Xu Hyun sat in the room and sighed.

It was nearly noon, but the door to his house was still closed.

Xu Hyun's home is also a well-off family in Chang'an, and this is due to Xu Hyun's identity as the deputy head catcher of Chang'an County. Because of this identity, he has also accumulated a small family fortune over the years.

But this identity makes him panic now.

As a catcher, in the past few years, he has participated in many actions to capture Tang spies, and more importantly, in the early days of the Liang army's entry into Chang'an, many Tang nobles were arrested because they refused to give in to participate in overt or covert resistance, and he also participated. Eventually, these men were driven to the Northland.

But now, these people are back.

Just a few days ago, the head catcher's home in Chang'an County was smashed. Because the son of some people who had been persecuted had joined the Tang Army in the North, and was now a captain officer, he came to the door when he came back, beat the head catcher on the spot, and finally dragged him away, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

Seo Hyun didn't know when such bad luck would befall him.

"Dad, I'm hungry!" The two children, the older teenagers, were already sensible, sitting silently on one side, while the other was only five years old, still ignorant, holding Xu Xun's knees at the moment, crying.

There is no food at home.

There was a porridge shed in the city, but Xu Xun didn't dare to get it.

"Da Lang, you're just a small head catcher, but you're just acting on orders, and I can't blame you, right?" His wife, Tian, was sad, but her two children were starving, but she couldn't help but not speak.

"What do you know? I have been the deputy catcher, and I don't know how many people I have offended over the years, and now I am only afraid that there will be revenge and revenge. Chen Jiu is an example of this. ”

"How can you compare with that Chen Jiu, he is all black-hearted!" Tian said dissatisfiedly: "People are head hunters, and the family has a lot of money, what about you, just such a small courtyard is still left by your father-in-law." ”

"Over the years, I have also placed a small village outside the city, dozens of acres of land." Xu Xun said angrily: "Do you think you can do this with my salary? Someone else is going to grab your pigtails, and you can grab a handful at any time. Do you know that in the past few years, I have personally arrested more than a dozen spies from the north, as well as those merchants who smuggled supplies from the north, and now these people are all arrogant, can they not seek revenge on me? What happened to those people after they were caught was very miserable. ”

Tian was silent for a while.

After a while, he said: "But if you hide like this, can you dodge?" ”

Xu Xun was silent for a long time before he said: "You pack up and go back to your parents' house, I heard that the military discipline of the Tang people is still good, and they will never bully you orphans and widows." ”

"I won't go back, you also know that my sister-in-law is a snob, there was you before, she was very good at us, this time I went to borrow some food, and she was sneering." Tian suddenly burst into tears.

"That's better than being at home and being at home. Being ridiculed for a few words and not being able to die. Xu Hyun said dejectedly.

As soon as Tian cried, the dolls immediately began to cry too.

Seo Hyun was upset.

There was a knock on the door outside, Xu Xun's whole person suddenly froze, and Tian immediately covered his mouth, grabbed the crying old man into his arms, and looked at Xu Xun in horror.

Those who should come will come, and you can't hide from them.

Xu Hyun took a deep breath and strode outside, when his hand touched the deadbolt, he looked back at his wife holding the child, and then at the eldest son leaning on the door frame, his eyes were red, but he finally turned around and opened the door.

There were four or five soldiers standing outside.

The first person looked at Xu Xun and said, "Xu Xun, the deputy head catcher of Chang'an County? ”

"It's exactly under it!" His heart jumped, but Xu Hyun still nodded.

"Come with us!" The sergeant said in a deep voice.

"Master Jun, can you let me explain a few words to my family?" Xu Hyun said.

"What is there to confess, we have to find someone else!" Sergeant Road.

Xu Xun didn't dare to argue, these soldiers didn't enter the house, and they seemed to be kind, if they angered them, they were afraid that their families would suffer, Chen Jiu's example was there!

"Okay, I'll go with the military master!" Xu Hyun stepped out of the room.

The sergeant looked him up and down, and suddenly said, "Where's your uniform?" What about the saber? What about the waist card? ”

Xu Xun was stunned for a while, and then said, "Then in the house." ”

"Get dressed and hurry." Sergeant Road.

Although Xu Xun didn't know why, he hurried back to the house, while wearing these identity signs that he was eager to throw away now, he said to Tian who followed closely: "After I leave, you go to your brother's house immediately, there are still fifty taels of silver hidden in the small box under the bed, you take it and use it again, in the future, you take care of my two dolls in the future, even if you want to remarry, it's okay, just don't let my doll change her surname." ”

Tian cried like a tearful man.

After dressing, Xu Xun wiped a handful of tears, kissed his younger son, hugged his eldest son, and walked out amid the repeated threats of the soldiers outside.

Along the way, these soldiers searched for several more catchers, but they were all his former subordinates, but they were all panicked at the moment.

Chang'an County Ya, the place Xu Xun was most familiar with before, now looks extremely unfamiliar. The people who came in and out of the yamen were no longer the people they were familiar with before, but more sergeants.

"County Zun, Chang'an's deputy head catcher Xu Xun and his seven subordinate catchers have all been brought back, and there are still eight people who have not found a trace!" The soldier at the head clenched his fists and bowed to one of the people sitting in the hall.

"There is labor!"

The sergeant left the lobby, and Xu Xun and the others stood on top of the hall with their heads bowed, but they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

"Xu Hyun, do you still recognize me?" The man in the hall who was called the prefectural lord asked.

Xu Hyun raised his head and looked at the county lord in the hall, he was very young, definitely not more than twenty years old, at this time, he was sitting behind the big case in a cyan official robe, staring at Xu Hyun, but Xu Hyun really couldn't remember who the other party was.

"Do you remember Yongji Houfu?"

Xu Hyun's cold sweat flowed down suddenly.

Yongji Houfu was raided, and he participated in it. At that time, it was the Chang'an County Commander who took him and Chen Jiu and his party there.

"You, you're ......"

"I am Feng Ying, the second son of Yongjihou." Tangshang County Order.

Xu Xun's legs weakened, and he knelt down with a bang.

Sure enough, what should come will always come, when he copied Yongjihou's home, Yongjihou's family was arrested in prison, and the family property was confiscated, and later Yongjihou and his eldest son were sentenced to beheading, and the rest of the people, I heard that in the end they were all exchanged with the north, and now, the wrongdoer has come back to take revenge.

"Young Master, I was also ordered to act back then." He said in a trembling voice.

"There's nothing young to wait for. Call me the county honor! Feng Ying sighed lightly, but walked down from the hall and helped Xu Xun up: "When Yongji Houfu was in trouble, I was still young, but I still remember your appearance. ”

Xu Hyun's legs kept swinging: "County Zun, villains have never done evil." ”

"I know. Back then, some people wanted to be light to my daughter, but you stopped it, and for this reason, you quarreled with another person on the spot. I also remember that person, his name is Chen Jiu. Feng Ying said: "This person has a broken leg and is now locked up in the Chang'an County prison." ”

Xu Xun blinked and looked at the other party, he really couldn't remember these things, but what he meant by this, didn't he die in a desperate situation?

"I called you here today, but I have something to say to you!" Feng Ying looked at the other party and said: "The Tang Dynasty has returned to Chang'an, but the officials at all levels in Chang'an have almost completely been abolished. Therefore, I can only send a sergeant to find you to come back and do something. ”

Xu Xun was stunned, and only said after a while: "We, do things?" Isn't the county honorable to hold us accountable? ”

Feng Ying smiled: "We are not looking blindly, we always investigate, you Xu Xun, and these few in the hall, although there are some minor bad deeds, but on the whole, they are quite passable, and there is no big evil." Now when employing people, these messy things in the past will end here, and from today on, let's still go back to the county government to do things. ”

Xu Hyun and a few other catchers were a little like they were in a dream for a while.

"Xu Xun, you will temporarily act as the head catcher of Chang'an County, there are too many things to do next, your idea of manpower is definitely not enough, you are very familiar with Chang'an County, so next, put up enough manpower, of course, it must be clean, do you understand what I mean?"

Not only was it not pursued, but was it also promoted?

Xu Hyun swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Also, the six-room supervisor in Chang'an County has run away, and there is no one left, you can find it for me, if you can't find the supervisor, you can find the original clerk back." Feng Ying continued.

"Yes, my subordinates!" Xu Hyun had already fully reacted at this time, and for a while, he couldn't help but feel refreshed, it seemed that a small move at the beginning had been exchanged for today's blessings.

"Moreover, in the next period of time, during the day, you have to follow the official to do things, and at night, you also have to live in the county office, and there will be a special person to train you, the current Datang is not the Liang of the past, nor the Datang of the past, the rules are different, you have to study hard, otherwise if you violate the rules again, you will not be good." Feng Ying said.

"Yes, my subordinates will go looking for someone."

"Go quickly, I hope that tomorrow I can see this county government to catch fast, the government servants, and the six rooms are all enriched, this is the first task entrusted to you Xu Xun." Feng Ying waved her hand.

Walking out of the gate of the county government, Xu Xun looked at the still gray sky, but he felt refreshed for a while.

"Brothers, you go and contact the past brothers first, I have to go home and talk to my mother-in-law." Xu Hyun said.

"Yes, Headcatcher!"

Xu Hyun opened his legs and walked in the direction of his home.

At the door of the house, Tian was holding one, pulling one, carrying a small package on his back, and was crying and locking the door and preparing to leave.

"Lady, I'm back, I'm promoted, I'm fine!" Xu Hyun yelled, provoking the surrounding neighbors to poke their heads out of the door and behind the window one by one to look at this family.