Nu Yalang of Tang Dynasty

Three days later.

Yanqi Guards Mansion.

Hundreds of corpses were covered with white cloth and neatly placed in the courtyard outside the prison.

There were dozens of officials, officials, and officials, divided into several teams. They opened the white cloth, inspected the corpses, and registered them one by one.

"Pan Dagen, nicknamed 'Xijiao Human Demon', is recorded in the Kan book, killing forty-nine people with one horse and one sword, including the family of Mrs. Xu in Xiaojuguan."

"Mou Chi Shaowen and Mou Chi Suihe, two brothers nicknamed "Ghosts Bu Shu", slaughtered two villages in Wuqi and spared no old, weak, women or children."

…

After counting for a whole morning, the official quickly came to the entrance of the courtyard with a thick book, handed it into the hands of a superior officer, and said: "There are 319 judges in total.

Among them, there are 175 people named on the list of the Duhu Mansion, and there are 82 people who are in the first class."

Feng Changqing took the Kan book, looked through it for a while, and couldn't help but sigh: "After this battle, Anxi can live a peaceful life."

The magistrate couldn't resist his curiosity and asked in a low voice: "Judge Feng, these people who died were highly skilled in martial arts and ruthless. They were all well-known desperadoes in the Western Regions. In previous years, a whole team of arresters was sent out, but no one was caught. This time.

, how come they were all lost in Yanqi?"

Feng Changqing glared at the clerk: "Concentrate on your work and don't ask questions you shouldn't!"

The official shrank his neck and replied.

On the other side, in the side hall of the governor's mansion, Zhou Jun was sitting on a folding chair, looking at the map of the Western Regions on the wall in the hall, and heard distant scoldings in his ears.

"You bastard! The sage personally appointed the Longyou transfer envoy and interview envoy, and led the decree to reopen the Longyou trade route. Such a person, who had high hopes in the court, was actually besieged by thieves in Yanqi. What on earth are you, a guard envoy?

How do you deserve it?!"

"Hundreds of thieves and bandits gathered together with weapons in order to assassinate the imperial officials. This is treason!"

"With so many thieves gathered together, how dare you tell me that the mistake was not noticed?! Not to mention there are so many people, even if there are hundreds of dogs gathered together, you should be able to detect something wrong, right?!"

"You know, if something goes wrong in Yanqi during the first week of imprisonment, I, the governor of Anxi, and your family named Long will not be able to settle the matter even if they go to Beijing to plead guilty. If the trouble is not good, it is a trivial matter that they cannot keep their official positions.

You might even lose your head!"

Zhou Jun listened and shook his head.

This loud voice reaching hundreds of decibels was none other than Gao Xianzhi, the governor of Anxi who came from Kucha Town.

At first, Feng Changqing got Zhou Jun's letter and learned that hundreds of thieves had gathered in Yanqi to do harm to the latter. He was shocked. Only then did he realize that the hidden door killers in the inn were not targeting him. They were all trying to attack Yanqi.

Went with Zhou Jun.

In his desperation, Feng Changqing quickly broke into the Military Council of the Anxi Protectorate without caring about the procedures.

Gao Xianzhi, who was presiding over the military meeting, was interrupted from the agenda. He originally wanted to blame Feng Changqing, but after reading Zhou Jun's letter, he turned pale with fright.

The military meeting was immediately stopped. Gao Xianzhi quickly counted the soldiers in the tent and led the army to dispatch, one person and two horses. Without stopping midway, Gao Xianzhi rushed to Yanqi Town as quickly as possible.

When the troops from the Anxi Protectorate arrived at Yanqi Town, the battle was already over.

What was left to Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing was the corpse of the thief.

After talking about it, Zhou Jun heard the footsteps outside the door, straightened his robes, and stood up from the folding chair.

Gao Xianzhi, who had not yet had time to change out of his armor, strode up to Zhou Jun, raised his hands and said, "When Supervisor Zhou encounters this difficulty, I assume it is Gao who has neglected his duty. Please forgive me."

Zhou Jun waved his hand with a smile and said to Gao Xianzhi: "The thieves are cunning, all of them are skilled in martial arts and well-trained. Gao Du was guarding Qiuci, and it is natural that he was not discovered in time. He should not be punished."

Gao Xianzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Speaking of the attack on Supervisor Zhou, it was also the incompetence of Yanqi's guard. Hundreds of thieves gathered, and the guard was not even prepared. If the thieves' target was the city, wouldn't it be easy to succeed?

Did you? Please be at ease with Supervisor Zhou, I will definitely read this book to prevent such incidents!"

After Zhou Jun heard this, he understood in his heart.

Gao Xianzhi arrived with his troops, whether he scolded the Yanqi garrison or appeased the suffering host, in the final analysis, there was only one purpose - to test Zhou Jun's tone, to distance himself from the relationship, and to try to shift the blame to others.

Zhou Jun walked down the steps and said, "What Gao Duhu said is absolutely true. As the saying goes, the incompetence of subordinates brings disaster to the superiors. No matter which one of the thieves who come this time is singled out, they are all well-known figures in the Western Regions. Fortunately, Gao Duhu

We dispatched our troops in time and fought bravely to kill the enemy, which prevented the thieves from succeeding."

After Gao Xianzhi heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then his thoughts flew quickly, but he was not sure what Zhou Jun meant.

Shicai's words didn't sound like sarcasm, but Gao Xianzhi really didn't understand why Zhou Jun should take the credit for suppressing the bandits on him.

Zhou Jun looked at Gao Xianzhi's expression and naturally understood the other party's doubts, so he said: "This time to suppress the bandits, a certain person borrowed troops from Shazhou Prefecture."

After hearing this simple sentence, Gao Xianzhi understood it immediately.

Zhou Jun had the power to supervise hundreds of officials, but he did not have the power to mobilize troops. It is taboo to mobilize troops without authorization, let alone deploying troops across state capitals.

Therefore, Zhou Jun could only give up the credit for suppressing the bandits.

After thinking about this, Gao Xianzhi no longer had any doubts. He just rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said to Zhou Jun: "Supervisor Zhou has thought carefully.

ah."

Zhou Jun looked at Gao Xianzhi and felt a little funny.

Before meeting Gao Xianzhi, Zhou Jun always thought that this Anxi Jiedushi, who was born in Goli, was domineering and greedy.

But after actually meeting him, Zhou Jun felt that the historical records were a bit biased.

After some contact, it is true that Gao Xianzhi is greedy for merit and good reputation, but this person is able to think twice before acting and make decisions before taking action in the face of merit, so his ability to assess the situation is also true.

Gao Xianzhi, who had received the credit for his work, looked at Zhou Jun more and more, and he couldn't help but said: "Supervisor Zhou came to Anxi, and I don't know what advice I have. Gao will never refuse if he can contribute."

Zhou Jun thought for a while and said: "I plan to live in Yanqi for a while and arrange the affairs of Changxingfang on Longyou Road. Since I am not familiar with the affairs of Anxi, I would like to borrow someone from Gaoduhu to help."

Gao Xianzhi: "Who is it?"

Zhou Jun: "Feng Changqing and Judge."

Gao Xianzhi was a little surprised, then nodded and said: "Some small things, just a warrant."

Zhou Jun: "Captain Gao has taken a lot of trouble."

Gao Xianzhi said a few words with a smile, then found an excuse to Zhou Jun, and left first.

Watching Gao Xianzhi leave, Zhou Jun turned his head and turned his attention back to Yanqi Town on the map of the Western Regions. He whispered softly to himself: "From now on, this is the place where we will take root."

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