Xu Xuan sat in the room and sighed.

It was almost noon, but the door of his house was still closed.

Xu Xuan's home in Chang'an is also a well-off family, and this is thanks to Xu Xuan's identity as the deputy captain of Chang'an County. Because of this identity, he has also accumulated a small amount of wealth over the years.

But this identity made him frightened now.

As the captain, he has participated in many attacks on the Tang spy detectives in the past few years. More importantly, in the early days when the Liang army entered Chang'an, many Tang nobles were arrested because they refused to surrender and participated in the resistance of openness or secrets. These people were eventually driven to the north.

But now, these people are back.

A few days ago, the home of the Chang'an County captain was smashed. Because the son of some people who were persecuted then joined the Tang army in the north, he is now a lieutenant. After returning, he came to the door and beat the captain on the spot, and finally dragged him away. His whereabouts are still unknown.

Xu Xuan didn't know when such a bad luck would come to him.

"Dad, I'm hungry!" The two children, who are older than 10 years old, are already sensible, and sit silently on one side, while the other is only five years old, and are still ignorant. At this moment, they hugged Xu Xuan's knees and were about to cry.

There is no food at home.

There is a porridge shed for relief in the city, but Xu Xuan dared not take it.

"Dalang, you are just a small captain. You are just acting on orders. You can't blame you for your head, right?" His wife Tian Shi was worried, but her two children were hungry, but she couldn't help but stop talking.

"What do you know? I am the deputy captain. I don't know how many people I have offended over the years. Now I am afraid that there will be revenge and revenge. Chen Jiu is an example."

"How can you compare with Chen Jiu? He is so ill-hearted!" Tian said dissatisfied: "He is a captain and has a wealth of wealth. What about you, you are just a small courtyard that is left by your father-in-law."

"Over the years, I have also built a small village outside the city, dozens of acres of land." Xu Xuan said angrily: "Do you think I can do this with my little salary? If others want to catch your braids, you can catch a lot at any time. Do you know that in the past few years, I have personally captured more than a dozen spies from the north, and those merchants who smuggled supplies from the north. Now these people are proud, how can they not seek revenge on me? The consequences of those people after being caught are very miserable."

Tian immediately stopped talking.

After a while, he said, "But can you avoid it by hiding like this?"

Xu Xuan was silent for a while before saying, "You pack up and go back to your parents' home. I heard that the military discipline of the Tang people is still good, and they will never bully you orphans and widows."

"If I don't go back, you know that my sister-in-law is a snobbish person. She was so cool about us with you before. This time I went to borrow some food, and she was sarcastic." Tian suddenly started crying.

"That's better than being implicated by me at home. I can't die if I get ridiculed for a few words." Xu Xuan said dejectedly.

As soon as Tian cried, the dolls started to cry.

Xu Xuan was upset.

There was a knock on the door outside, and Xu Xuan suddenly froze. Tian immediately covered his mouth and grabbed the crying youngest man into his arms, looking at Xu Xuan in horror.

Anyone who should come will come, and you can't hide it.

Xu Xuan took a deep breath and strode outside. When his hand touched the door bolt, he looked back at his wife holding the child, then at his eldest son leaning against the door frame. His eyes turned red, but he finally turned around and opened the door.

Four or five soldiers stood outside.

The leader looked at Xu Xuan and said, "Xu Xuan, deputy chief of Chang'an County?"

"That's right!" My heart jumped, and Xu Xuan nodded.

"Follow us!" the sergeant said in a deep voice.

"Mr. Jun, can you ask me to explain a few words to my family?" Xu Xuan said.

"What's there to explain? We have to find someone else!" said the military man.

Xu Xuan didn't dare to argue. These soldiers didn't enter the house and looked kind. If they angered them, they were afraid that their families would suffer. Where was Chen Jiu's example?

"Okay, I'll go with Jun Ye!" Xu Xuan stepped out of the room.

The sergeant looked him up and down and suddenly said, "Where is your public uniform? Where is your sword? Where is your waist card?"

Xu Xuan was stunned and said for a while: "Another inside the room."

"Dress neatly, hurry up." said the military man.

Although Xu Xuan was not sure, he hurried back to the house. While wearing these signs of identity that he wanted to throw away, he said to Tian Shi who was following in, "After I leave, you go to your brother's house immediately. There are fifty taels of silver hidden in the small box under the bed. You can use it if you take care of my two babies in the future. In the future, you can take care of my two babies, even if you want to remarry, just don't let my baby change his surname."

Tian cried like a tearful person.

After finishing his dress, Xu Xuan wiped his tears, kissed his younger son, and hugged his older son. With the help of the soldiers outside, he walked out.

Along the way, these soldiers looked for several constables, but they were all his former subordinates, and now they all looked panicked.

Chang'an County Yamen, the place that Xu Xuan was most familiar with before, now looks very strange. What people are coming and going in and out of the Yamen are no longer the people they were familiar with before, but more are soldiers.

"The county master, Chang'an deputy chief inspector Xu Xuan and his seven subordinates have all brought back, and there are still eight people who have not found any trace!" The soldier in charge bowed to the person sitting in the hall.

"Have you been working!"

The soldiers left the lobby, and Xu Xuan and others stood in the lobby with their heads down, but they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

"Xu Xuan, do you still recognize me?" asked the man who was called the county magistrate in the hall.

Xu Xuan looked up and looked at the county magistrate in the hall. He was very young and would never be over twenty years old. He was sitting behind the big case wearing a blue official robe, staring at Xu Xuan, but Xu Xuan really couldn't remember who the other party was.

"Do you still remember the Yongji Hou Mansion?"

Xu Xuan's cold sweat suddenly flowed down.

The Yongji Hou Mansion was confiscated, and he participated. At that time, the Chang'an County Magistrate took him and Chen Jiu and his party.

"You, you are..."

"I am Feng Ying, the second son of Yongji Hou." said the county magistrate in the hall.

Xu Xuan's legs became weak and he knelt down with a loud bang.

Sure enough, what should come will always come. I confiscated Yongji Hou's home and arrested Yongji Hou's family in prison, and my family property was converted into a public servant. Later, Yongji Hou and his eldest son were sentenced to beheading, and the remaining people were heard that they were finally taken to exchange with the North. Now, the enemies are back to take revenge.

"Young Master, I was also ordered to act back then." He said tremblingly.

"There is no young master. Call me the county master!" Feng Ying sighed lightly, but walked down from the hall and helped Xu Xuan up: "When the Yongji Hou Mansion was in trouble, I was still young, but I still remember your appearance."

Xu Xuan kept swaying his legs: "County Master, the villain has never done any evil."

"I know. Some people wanted to be careless to my family's women back then, but you stopped them. For this reason, you even started arguing with another person on the spot. I also remember that person, named Chen Jiu." Feng Ying said: "This person was broken and is now locked in the prison in Chang'an County."

Xu Xuan blinked his eyes and looked at the other party. He really couldn't remember these things, but what he meant was that he was in a desperate situation?

"I asked you to come here today, but I have something to say to you!" Feng Ying looked at the other party and said, "The Tang Dynasty returned to Chang'an, and the officials at all levels in Chang'an were almost completely abandoned. I became the magistrate of Chang'an County, and the captain and yamen runners, but none of them came back. So I could only send soldiers to find you to work."

Xu Xuan was stunned and said for a while: "We, do things? Isn't the county magistrate going to hold us accountable?"

Feng Ying smiled and said, "We are not just looking for things. We always investigate. You, Xu Xuan, and the few in the hall, although you have some minor bad deeds, but overall, they are still quite decent and have no big evil. When you are employed now, these messy things in the past will end here. From today on, you will still return to the county government to do things."

Xu Xuan and several other constables seemed to be in a dream for a while.

"Xu Xuan, you will temporarily act as the chief chief of Chang'an County. There are too many things to do next. You must not have enough manpower. You are very familiar with Chang'an County, so next, you will have enough manpower. Of course, it must be clean. Do you understand what I mean?"

Not only was he not investigated, but he was also promoted?

Xu Xuan swallowed.

"Also, the six-house supervisors in Chang'an County have all run away. You can find them all. If you can't find the supervisor, you can just find the original official." Feng Ying continued.

"Yes, I'm honored!" Xu Xuan had already fully reacted at this time. For a moment, he couldn't help but feel refreshed. It seemed that a small action at that time had brought me the blessings of today.

"Besides, in the next period of time, during the day, you will have to follow your officials. At night, you will also live in the county government office and have a dedicated person to train you. The current Tang Dynasty is not the Daliang of the past, nor the Tang Dynasty of the past. The rules are different. You must study well, otherwise if you violate the rules again, you will not be good." Feng Ying said.

"Yes, my subordinates are looking for someone now."

"Go quickly. I hope I can see the county yamen constable, yamen runner, and six cottages in the county yamen tomorrow. This is the first task assigned to you Xu Xuan." Feng Ying waved.

Walking out of the county government gate, Xu Xuan looked at the still gray sky, but felt refreshed.

"Brothers, you guys, please contact your brothers first. I have to go home and talk to your wife." Xu Xuan said.

"Yes, headmaster!"

Xu Xuan stepped apart and walked towards home in a row.

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.
Chapter completed!