According to Pan Shiyi's recollection, after Su Jin led the troops away, Song Zhen handed over the defense of the city to Pan Shiyi, and Pan Shiyi assigned the remaining more than 1,000 van soldiers, but Yangzhou City at that time was still in the respite stage after the turmoil, and from time to time there would be some chaos, so in addition to the guards of the four cities, it was also necessary to dispatch people to patrol the city.

There were not many men and horses, but they were divided into five or six places for use, and the box soldiers were not iron-clad, so they needed to change shifts and rest, so the shortage of personnel can be imagined.

In the huge city of Yangzhou, a dozen or so patrol teams were placed in the city almost immediately like a few drops of water falling into the lake, submerged without a trace; The guards of the four city gates have also been reduced from the original standard of two two hundred men to guard in turn, to an unprecedented one of 100 men, that is to say, two shifts of 50 people each during the day and night; And these fifty people were stretched thin even at the city gates, let alone patrolling the city walls, inspecting the comings and goings, and some related affairs.

Pan Shiyi's anxious head was big, and the daily hard work also made the soldiers of the Xiang Army complain, and at this time, someone took the initiative to come to the door and solve the urgent need, this person was Guo Pinchao, the general judge of Yangzhou.

Guo Pinchao originally never went out to patrol the yamen, but that day he suddenly came to the city gate to patrol, although Yangzhou Xiangjun was not directly subordinate to the general judge, but after all, he was subordinate in terms of official position, so Pan Shiyi received him carefully.

While chatting, Guo Pin praised the Yangzhou Xiangjun for being able to endure hardships, and during the special period, he was able to be anxious about the urgency of the state capital, and stick to his post to guard the people, but at the same time he sighed that this is not the way.

Pan Shiyi felt something, and couldn't help but complain a few words, so Guo Pinchao immediately proposed a solution.

"This official plans to organize the inspection and arrest of the yamen and organize a temporary army, in addition to the necessary servants of the yamen, how can we also gather more than 100 people, in this way, these people are divided into two teams, and take turns to replace the four cities on duty to guard the box army, so that the box army brothers can also take a breath, what do you think?"

Pan Shiyi almost knelt down for Guo Pinchao, and it was a charcoal move to provide manpower at this time, so he agreed with his mouth full of promises, although the ragtag army formed by the officials to inspect and arrest quickly was not a regular army, but it was still comfortable for such an errand as guarding the city gate; And Guo Pinchao also took the initiative to let these people replace the night guards, because there are many people in the daytime, and the officials have not done the errands at the city gate, so they are afraid that something will go wrong; And at night, they just patrol the city gates and city walls, prevent fire, prevent theft, and prevent stealing and climb over the city walls, and the miscellaneous army will definitely be able to deal with such things.

Pan Shiyi naturally admired the foresight of Lord Guo Tongju, so after discussing the details, it was carried out once that night, and that time it was replaced by the midnight guards at the east gate, everything went smoothly, and in the next few days, the city gates took turns to be on duty, and there were no major mistakes.

Pan Shiyi also went to visit the mansion on the East Street of the Tongju Lord to thank him for his compassion.

When Su Jin heard this, his heart brightened; The fox's tail was exposed, and he was on duty at night, and the guards were not the Xiang Army, but the miscellaneous army organized by Guo Tongju, and Guo Tongju was Feng Laohu's first trump card, so it was strange that there was nothing here.

"Do you have any records of replacing guards here?" Su Jin asked.

Pan Shiyi said: "Naturally, they are all archived in the duty barracks at the city gate, and the number of people entering and leaving the goods every day, the records of duty, the number of people, and the affairs are all recorded. ”

Su Jin clapped his hands and said, "Come on, this matter has a score." After that, he stretched out his hand and took out the reinstatement document from his bosom and handed it to Pan Shiyi and said: "Congratulations to Commander Pan for his reinstatement, from now on, you and your brother Pan Jiang will jointly command the Xiang army. ”

Pan Shiyi hurriedly thanked him, and said incomprehensibly: "The envoy asked this, but did something go wrong when the shift was changed?" ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "You are quick to react, and you don't hide it, I suspect that Feng Jingyao took advantage of the opportunity that the night guard was not on duty to transport all the hoarded grain out of the city and hide it, but you didn't know anything." ”

Pan Shiyi was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty, Su Jin said: "You don't know their conspiracy, how can I blame you, but you can't get out of it, now take me to check the records, I want to know who was on duty at the city gate in those days." ”

Pan Shiyi said angrily: "This group of rats actually took advantage of such an opportunity to trap our army in injustice, and if you are lowly you can take the adults to check the records and see if it is the gang of grandsons who are black-hearted and black-hearted to help the abuse." It's just that I don't know if you want to check the records of that city gate? What day is the record checked? ”

Su Jin thought for a while and said, "Is the nearest county near Yangzhou Tianchang?" ”

Pan Jiang and Pan Shiyi both nodded and said: "It is the length of the sky, and it is less than forty miles to get together." ”

Su Jin said: "You say that the road from Yangzhou to Tianchang is more secret and safe?" ”

Pan Shiyi said: "Tianchang is in the northwest of Yangzhou, and there are official roads to arrive from the north gate of the West Gate, but the official road of the North Gate passes through the mountain pass at the west end of Shugang Mountain, and the villages and towns are scarce. And the official road of Ximen is the way for adults to set off to Bagong Mountain, the official road is easy to walk, and there are many people. ”

Su Jindao: "Then go to the north gate to check the records first, the time is a certain day between November 26 and December 26, this time is when Yangzhou learned that we took the news that the bandits of Bagong Mountain snatched back the grain, and we did not return to Yangzhou, and it must be one of the days when we want to smuggle it." ”

Everyone nodded, it could only be during this time period, the news that the grain was snatched back over there, Feng Laohu here must know that the black market must be temporarily closed, and the grain envoy will definitely search for grain in the city, because the imperial court's November 20 deadline has passed, as long as the grain is found, the hoarder can be arrested in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Everyone rushed to the north city like a gust of wind, and the small military camp near the city gate was the usual resting place for the city gate guards, and they would eat and drink here when they changed shifts, and military affairs were also taken care of here.

The head of the city guard is surnamed Ma, and when he saw the envoy coming with two commanders, Ma Dutou hurriedly ran over to greet him, and poured water on a stool, and was very busy.

Pan Shiyi said: "Don't be busy, take the duty records of last month and this month, and the envoy will watch it." ”

Ma Dutou hurried into the barracks, and soon came with two personal soldiers and a military minister with a large pile of pamphlets.

Su Jin frowned and said, "So much? ”

Ma Dutou said with a smile: "My Excellency, no matter how big or small, we all need to record it here, even if it is a basket of eggs that have been knocked over by the old woman, it must be written on it how many have been broken, how many are intact, why they are broken, who caused it, how to deal with it, etc." ”

Su Jinxin said: "Isn't this a account?" "Took the records and rummaged through them one by one, but the hateful thing is that these Qiu Ba didn't even make up a number, this one was from the first to the second year of junior high school, and that one jumped to November 15 to 16, Su Jin was looking for it with sweat, and finally had to mobilize everyone to look for it in a pile of records.

So a large group of big men pouted their buttocks and turned around on the ground with thick fingers like bear paws, catching loaches to find the record of the corresponding day, which seemed ridiculous.

Finally, after some hard work, I finally found all four records between November 26 and December 2.

Su Jin hurriedly took it and opened it, but as soon as he opened it, he was suddenly covered with waterfall sweat, and the word circle on it was dotted with ink, and the writing was quite powerful, but Su Jin didn't even know a word.

Su Jin sighed and said, "Who usually wrote this record?" ”

The ministry hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The villain is full-time to record, the brothers are dictated, and the villain is recorded." ”

Su Jin glared and said, "Your ancestor opened a pharmacy?" ”

The ministry laughed and said, "The villain's house grinds tofu." ”

Su Jin said: "Then why is this word written like the prescription of the medicine in the pharmacy, for fear that others will know a word, but there is really yours." ”

The ministry was ashamed to death, so he hurriedly took it and said, "Let me read it to you, little one." ”

Su Jin sat down on the wooden stool and sighed: "Wang Mazi writes Wang Mazi to recognize it, and it can only be like this." ”

The minister smiled and nodded, reached out and dipped his mouth in the spit, pulled open the first page, and began to read.