After listening to a few people, Lin Yanchao could feel that Lin Qianqian was a little scared. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lin Qianqian and Lin Yanchao said: "Let's not take the land route, okay?" “

At this time, the wind was already blowing on the roof, Lin Yanchao glanced outside the house and then shook his head at Lin Qianqian, at this time, the risk of taking the sea route is ten times greater than the land route.

But seeing the old man said to Lin Yanchao: "Little brother, this matter is true, we all know in the state capital, if it weren't for the brigade to go on the road, there would be very few people walking alone, this little brother, I would like to remind you to be careful again and again." “

Lin Yanchao then said: "Thank you for the old man's kind words." “

At that moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard outside. Then the sound of horses' hooves stopped outside the inn.

Everyone was surprised when they heard it, there were few horses in the south, who still rode horses to the inn in this weather, and it sounded like there were more than a dozen horses.

The merchants are not bad people in their hearts. More than a dozen maritime merchants in the store secretly touched their knives beside them.

As he spoke, the door of the inn opened, and several officers and generals walked in. Everyone has not relaxed their vigilance in their hearts, and the officers and soldiers have sometimes been all the way with the gangsters in recent years.

There was a person next to the officers and soldiers, and the shopkeeper recognized it as the subordinate who came to the store with Lin Yanchao. The other party said a few words to the general's side, and the other party bowed down directly in front of Lin Yanchao and said, "I don't know that the eldest master is here, please forgive me for the crime of missing the distance." “

Lin Yanchao nodded and said a few words lightly.

The room full of merchants was indescribably surprised, who was this person who could actually ask officers and soldiers to escort him.

Lin Yanchao ignored everyone's surprise and asked the officers and generals, "How far is it from the county seat?" ”

"There are still two days, and it is a mountain road, I implore the eldest lord to lead troops to escort the left and right."

"It's okay, there's General Lao."

After Lin Yanchao agreed, he took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve and put it in the hand of the old man who had just reminded him, and said: "A little meaning, if it is not a respect, just ask for directions!" ”

Where is the old man willing to accept it, insist on not accepting it.

Lin Yanchao no longer insisted, so he went out of the house with the officers and soldiers, hired a carriage in the town and set off, and arrived at Ningde County for two days.

After arriving at the county seat, Lin Yanchao knew that the officers and soldiers were not allowed to leave the place of faith without permission, and he was safe, so he asked them to go back, and he ordered Chen Jichuan to take the post to the county office to visit the main hall.

Generally speaking, Lin Yanchao passed by and lived directly in the post station, which would not alarm the local government, and in order to avoid suspicion, people would not offend Zhang Juzheng, and they would not take the initiative to come to see him.

But this time, Lin Yanchao heard about the disappearance of a merchant in the inn, and he was not very relieved, not only for his own safety on the road, but also because of such a big incident, he couldn't stand idly by. So he was going to ask the local magistrate.

Lin Yanchao was waiting at the post station outside the city, and soon saw the honor guard of the county coming to the post station.

In the small county town, the county travel is a big event, and the green sedan chair carried by the four people came to the post station, which made the whole post station a sensation.

The magistrate of Ningde County was born in the donation class, although he heard the news that this Ming champion had offended Zhang Juzheng, and he was having a very hard time now, but even so, a six-rank palace official, he could not afford to offend a seven-rank foreign official.

Seeing Lin Yanchao, Ningde Zhixian immediately saluted and said: "I don't know if the champion is missing the county from afar, and the lower officials have set up a banquet in the Yin Hotel to wash the dust for the champion princess." ”

Lin Yanchao wanted to talk to him, so he agreed: "Okay, I'm going to disturb your county." ”

So Lin Yanchao and the magistrate came to the county government together.

The magistrate of the county set up a banquet to receive officials such as Lin Yanchao, the county magistrate in the county, the second master such as the main master, and the third master also had to accompany him.

Although there was a county man at the banquet, the lord was thin, but the county magistrate wanted to donate his prison background, and the ink in his stomach was not enough, so he was afraid that he would not be able to catch Lin Yanchao's words during the banquet, so he invited two masters to accompany him, and he drank and wrote poems for a while, and some people responded for him.

The magistrate prepared so much, but he didn't know that it was useless at the banquet for a while.

At this banquet, Lin Yanchao entered in civilian clothes, but saw that everyone in the room was wearing official clothes.

Lin Yanchao asked: "Not to mention the banquet, how do you wear official clothes?" ”

A few people in the county said: "Zhuangyuanlang was born in Tsinghua University, and he is a noble official in Beijing, so I don't dare to make a mistake." ”

Lin Yanchao said: "It's okay, I just happened to pass through this county when I returned to my hometown, not to mention that I still have something to borrow from you in a while." ”

When the magistrate and the others heard Lin Yanchao say this, they all relaxed.

They didn't know what Lin Yanchao's sudden appearance in the county meant, but as soon as they heard the word borrowing, they mistakenly thought that they were here to fish for oil and water, and everyone immediately relaxed.

So a few people went to the back of the house to change clothes, all of them changed into civilian clothes, and the magistrate also told his henchmen to immediately go and get a rich Cheng Yi.

Everyone re-seated, and the chief attendant told him that he could start the table, and the magistrate told Lin Yanchao, and Lin Yanchao nodded.

So the dishes were sent like water, Lin Yanchao saw that there were only six people at the table, but there were almost sixty or seventy dishes, I really didn't know that this not rich county had so many dishes. The magistrate also said vigorously that the mountains and wilderness places are simpler than the champions.

After three rounds of drinking during the banquet, Lin Yanchao said straight to the point: "I heard that there have been many cases of missing business travelers in this county, and hundreds of people have not heard from them in the past few years, but is it true? ”

When the magistrate heard Lin Yanchao's words, he was startled, and the chopsticks in his hand fell on the table with a click. The rest of the counties, the main body is also bloodless.

The master beside Zhixian coughed, reminded Zhixian of his gaffe, and then asked Lin Yanchao: "Dare to ask Zhuangyuangong, where did you hear about this?" ”

Lin Yanchao observed his words and looks, looked at the expression of Zhixian, and knew that the other party was very weak-hearted, it seems that this case is really not small. If I said that I heard about it at the inn on the road, I am afraid that I would not be able to scare them.

Lin Yanchao coughed and said, "At this moment, could it be that Master Fei still thinks that this official happened to appear in your county?" Listening to Lin Yanchao's words, everyone had frightened expressions on their faces.

You must know that officialdom has always been deceived and concealed.

The imperial court wants to learn about a matter from local officials, and often it is reported from the other party, which is often not the truth of the matter.

In order to know about this matter, the imperial court generally sent a person from the Beijing officials to the local area to investigate. Such an official is the Qincha member mentioned in the play.

Of course, the imperial court sent Qin to the locality, the first class was a clear inspection, and the first class was an unannounced visit. Ming Chahao said that what local officials are most afraid of is unannounced visits.

In the play, Qin sent the senior to the place to hide his identity, and made a private visit to learn the truth, which is just a bridge in the play.

The imperial court will not be so troublesome, for example, the Qin who investigates it will be sent to the neighboring province where the incident occurred to be an official, and pass by the way.

For example, when the incident occurred in Zhejiang, the imperial court asked the Qin to send a senior official to Fujian to take up a post and investigate by the way, or the imperial court pretended to let the Qin sent a minister to return to his hometown in the name of the provincial relatives, and then reported the truth of the matter to the imperial court after an investigation.

And at this moment, the magistrate is treating Lin Yanchao as a messenger. (To be continued.) )