Qin Official

For the tenth time, Li Xian read the silk book sent by the county city ten times. After he was sure that he had remembered almost every word on it, he threw it into the brazier and burned it, watching the silk slowly twist in the flames. It deformed and turned into coke. After making sure that no residue was left, he pushed the door open and walked out.

He now lives in the small courtyard of the other officials in the official temple in Anlu County. He has a separate room of his own. After going out, Li Xian greeted his colleagues in the same courtyard as usual, and after casually being a little late for breakfast, he Arrive at the county lieutenant's office where the office is located.

These days are critical moments for recruiting troops, so the county lieutenant's office is very busy. Many pavilion chiefs and township officials are waiting outside, holding slips in their hands, preparing to submit the recruitment status of their townships and pavilions. The county lieutenant requested that five Recruitment tasks must be completed in June, and formations must be completed according to place of origin in the township and pavilion. After the summer harvest is completed in June, training must be gathered in the county.

Li Xian bypassed these village officials and entered the official office. He first went to a room at the door. In front of a janitor, he picked up a pen and wrote the names and dates of the 28 officials in the county official's office on one side. A large wooden slip with a circle in the column corresponding to today...

In the Qin State, every official in a county or county had his or her own file. The number of days of attendance must be recorded every day, and business trips and leave requests must be noted. If you are absent too many times, you will be blamed by the supervisor at the end of the year, which is equivalent to clocking in for work in future generations.

"Liu Zuo still hasn't come today?"

After punching in, Li Xian asked the clerk calmly.

"No."

Li Xian is now the most respected military official in Youwei, so the clerk said with a flattering smile: "I have been missing seven or eight days this month. It is said that I am sick at home."

Li Xian nodded and looked at the offices of the two county lieutenants. The right lieutenant Zheng Shou was in the main hall, and the left lieutenant Yunman was in the side hall. Originally, Zheng Shou was an outside official. Although he was a full-time official, he had to compete with local gangsters in everything. Yunman discussed. Until half a year ago, Heifu returned with many children from the county who had made meritorious services. Most of these people were recruited into the lieutenant system. Now, the situation has changed, and the Yun family can no longer control the sky with one hand. Zheng Shou has begun to take back a lot of power. Yun Man may have noticed something. He has been sick at home in recent days and has not come to the board of directors.

"Liu Zuo's days are numbered." Li Xian thought of what was said in the silk letter.

But Zuo Wei's high house and compound were like a fortress, and there were nearly a hundred servants and guests. It would be difficult to attack by force, not to mention that nearly half of the county soldiers were descendants of the Yun family.

"The pavilion chief said he will arrive in Anlu tomorrow. I only have one day to prepare in advance..."

With this in mind, when Li Xian was in Moshi, he made an excuse to inspect the training situation of the county soldiers and walked to the school ground near the south gate.

There was a wooden fence and a sentry outside the school grounds. Li Xian was a familiar face here. After a few casual questions, he was let in. When he reached the edge of the school grounds, he heard a burst of cheers...

However, I saw that the archery target area in the school field was crowded with spectators, and the county soldiers clapped their hands and cheered while watching.

When I got closer, I saw a relatively tall village commander standing sixty steps away. Unlike most people who took aim for a long time while shooting an arrow, he barely took aim and the arrow had already been fired. One arrow follows the other, and the arrow head of the next arrow closely follows the tail of the previous arrow. The onlookers can only hear "pa pa pa pa" and three bowstring sounds, followed by people in the distance reporting the target, saying "three arrows" They all hit the bullseye!

This string of arrows is really powerful, and what's even more rare is that it hits the target sixty steps away. The new recruits in the Caiguan Archery were very surprised. Seeing that Xiao Tao Tun Chief was usually quiet and stammered, and even I need someone to help me explain it, but who would have thought that he really has some skills.

The old soldiers on the side began to brag to the newcomers about the deeds of Chief Xiao Tao, from the sound of an arrow in Blind Mountain that shocked hundreds of people, to the arrow attack on Xu Yang in Linyang City to quell the chaos, and to the accurate arrows on the battlefield to stop the Chu general. He committed suicide and everyone was amazed.

Xiao Tao, on the other hand, just smiled and told everyone to stop making noise and stand together to listen to him teach archery skills.

The art of archery used on the battlefield does not have to be like the aristocrats of the Spring and Autumn Period who learned archery. There are so many details, and they also have to be honest and correct. Xiao Tao directly taught everyone the eye skills, body skills and foot skills...

The so-called eye training method is of course impossible to see lice as big as wheels as in the legend. The most basic requirement is to keep the eyes "not blinking", that is, not turning away or blinking. As for the foot technique, it is "left foot vertical, right foot "Horizontal", while saying this, Xiao Tao also slowed down his movements to demonstrate to everyone, keeping his right foot straight, placing his body weight on the back foot, and pointing his left toe towards the target...

It was at this time that he saw Li Xian.

"Left...the left hand is like a stone, and the right hand is like a tree branch. The right hand shoots, but the left hand doesn't know. This is the way to cover the shot. You can learn and practice it again..."

After saying that, Xiao Tao asked everyone to contact each other on their own, then walked over and bowed his hands to Li Xian.

Li Xian smiled and said: "In the army, ability really speaks for itself. These talented officers and archers are convinced by you."

Xiao Tao said sheepishly: "I... I just secretly learned some of the techniques of leading troops from the pavilion chief."

"Among the old men who follow the pavilion leader, you are the only one who has learned some skills in military training." Li Xian knew that he could not treat his soldiers with sincerity, and Dongmen Leopard was a reckless man. He could charge and kill the enemy, so let him Leading troops must be a mess, but it's a pity that Xiao Tao has a stutter, which limits his options, otherwise he will be more than one commander and one hundred generals in the future.

"Speaking of which, Xiao Tao, the archery technique you taught the county soldiers is not the same archery technique you taught the pavilion chief when you were in Wei."

Talking about this matter, both of them couldn't help but laugh. Heifu was good at martial arts, but his shooting skills were extremely poor. After two years of training, he had not made much progress and only reached the passing mark of an average military officer.

After chatting about their current situation, Li Xian lowered his voice: "The pavilion chief will arrive tomorrow..."

Xiao Tao was happy, and then he was surprised: "What...what's going on here?"

Li Xian did not answer, but first asked: "Of the two hundred Anlu County soldiers in the city, how many can act under the tiger talisman of the county?"

"Everyone can respond to orders..."

"What if the order from the county is to surround the Yun family and arrest Yun Man? There are also many children of the Yun family who are old in the county... How many people can follow the order then?"

Xiao Tao understood clearly and pointed to the officials who were practicing archery: "I dare not say anything else, but my men... these fifty bows and crossbows, they can aim wherever the pavilion chief points them!"

…

After leaving the school grounds, Li Xian went back home first before arriving at the door. Ji Ying, who he had arranged to meet at this time, happened to be nearby.

"You go and deliver the letter first, and I'll go to Li Wei Shi's house to ask for a drink of water!"

Ji Ying, who was already in charge of a rural postal service, came over with a smile. It wasn't until he entered Li Xian's house that he handed Li Xian a slip containing a lot of things.

"This is a newly discovered matter."

Li Xian took a look and saw that what was written on the slips were all about the Yun family's children and old stories. Although they were all chronicles, each one had a time, place and person, and they were not random. Nonsense.

Ji Ying said helplessly: "Adultery, private fights, buying slaves from Chu, killing cattle, drinking, and playing games. If combined, these crimes can cause several of the Yun family officials in the county to lose their official positions." , but to Yun Man, it is of no consequence. At most, it is useless to teach the tribesmen. In the past few months, although I took advantage of my position to open a lot of Yun family's letters, I found nothing. Recently, they seem to be alert. I wrote a lot, and even the private messages were not included in the official document.”

It could be seen that Yun Man seemed to smell something unusual and became cautious.

"That's enough." Li Xian put away the slips and said with a smile: "The pavilion chief has verified Yun Man's serious crime. If this crime is confirmed, it will be enough to kill this official! Add the crimes of these clan members, the Yun family will surely fall! "

"Seriously!" Ji Ying was overjoyed and said with a smile that the director of the pavilion was still the best.

Li Xian said: "The pavilion chief will arrive in Anlu with the county soldiers tomorrow. They will pass through Beijiao Township first. You will have someone send a message to Dongmen Bao tonight and ask him to take the soldiers from various pavilions in the township to prepare. "

Ji Ying was very excited after hearing this. They had been planning for half a year since they came back, and they also followed Hei Fu's instructions to be careful not to do anything illegal and not be exploited by the other party. It can be said that their hard work has finally come into use.

"Are you going to take action?"

Li Xian followed Xiao Tao's example and made a bow-like gesture, pointing in the direction of the Yun family's mansion: "The arrow is already on the string!"

…

After sending Ji Ying away, Li Xian thought for a moment and found that he had arranged everything. As soon as Heifu arrived in Anlu, he could use the soldiers from the northern suburbs and the county soldiers to cooperate with the county soldiers to control the situation. Suppress the possible resistance of Yun family.

"Then there's only one thing left..."

When Hei Fu's silk letter arrived last night, Li Xian hesitated for a while. Is there a way to live up to Hei Fu and preserve the clan at the same time?

Li Xian knew about his clan. As a family of officials who had served the Ao family for four hundred years, the elders in the clan had always remembered their old master. Not only did they often tell the young people about the past, they also secretly lived through the Chu Kingdom period. During festivals, the Mingshi Festival was held, and the clan chiefs of the past dynasties also had close ties with the Dou family.

It is a joke to say that the Li family is a traitor to Qin among the Chu people. The whole family together does not have the courage. They are just nostalgic for the past, so if they are implicated for this, it is really unfair.

So Li Xian also thought: "Maybe I can fly back to my hometown, meet with the clan leader alone, and ask him to quickly destroy the past letters, and then commit suicide in advance..."

In this case, the blame can be placed on the head of the clan, and the clues can be broken without involving too many people.

But Li Xian immediately gave up the idea.

"A ruler who keeps secrets will lose his country, ministers who keep secrets will lose their lives, and if a few things are kept secret, it will cause harm."

The clan can try to save it later, but what we have to do now is to save our own career and future, as well as what Hei Fu ordered!

So, he has one last thing to do!

It was already time to get off work in the afternoon. The officials in the official temple had finished their busy day and were walking outside talking and laughing. Li Xian also greeted them as usual.

It wasn't until he entered the hall of the county right lieutenant's office that Li Xian took a long breath and put on a look of panic and horror. He deliberately didn't even take off his shoes, so he hurried in and bowed down to the man who was about to go home. In front of Zheng Shou, the right lieutenant of the county, he got a big jump!

"Wei Shi, what happened!?" Zheng Shou thought it was the Chu army on the other side of Yunmengze who was attacking!

Li Xian burst into tears and said, "I have something to report to the right lieutenant!"

"What's the matter?"

"When my subordinate Xiu Mu returned to his hometown, he accidentally discovered that the leader of the Li family in Jinshui Township had correspondence with the Chu State! It may also be between the Chu State!"

"ah?"

Zheng Shou was shocked. The Li family was the second largest lord in the county. His descendants occupied half of the positions in Jinshui Township and had always been relied upon by him. However, his Wei Shi was originally from the Li family, so he would not frame his own clan. ?

"Every word I tell you is true, I never dare to deceive you."

"What should we do?" The right lieutenant was a little panicked. He had always relied on the children of the Li family to maintain the balance with the Yun family. Now that something happened to the Li family, half of his men would be unable to use them.

"In order to avoid alerting the enemy, it is better to bring the leader of the Li clan to the city first, and then arrest him after he enters the county captain's hall."

Li Xian lowered his head, hiding his cunning eyes and true purpose.

"This matter is not trivial. Can You Lieutenant inform Zuo Lieutenant, Mr. Yun, that we will come to the county temple tomorrow to interrogate the Li family clan leader? I heard that the Yun family and the Li family have always been at odds. I think Zuo Lieutenant will be happy to help You Wei capture the Li family!"