The weather is clear today, but the wind and waves are high and the waves are harsh in Liyang County.

The current magistrate Qiu is a 32-year-old scholar in Guizhou. He won the imperial examination for eight years and was ranked third from the bottom. But no matter what, he was a gold medal and lived up to the thirty years of hard study. After he was admitted to the Jinshi, Qiu asked the Ministry of Personnel to be appointed as the magistrate of Liyang, Yingtian before he could be more than 10 years.

This made Qiu Mouxi. He thought he would only be sent to Huguang and a remote place in the southwest to serve as an official, but he was in Yingtian Prefecture, the southern capital, which was a treasure land in Jiangnan.

In surprise, he received the official position, took the post office, and happily went south to take office. He originally wanted to be proud of his youth, and the Marquis of Baili County was very happy to be in charge of his work, and he always had a future. However, when he arrived at the place, Qiu knew why the Ministry of Personnel had made up for him to serve as the magistrate of Liyang.

Because of this, the ex-girlfriend ran away before he had finished his work. No one of the Jinshi who had a little knowledge of the news would want to come to Liyang. In the end, Qiu, an unknown man in Guizhou, took advantage of the "bargain".

The term of office of the magistrate of this dynasty is not fixed. The senior is at most 13 years, and the shortest is one or two years. Whether the long term can be transferred depends entirely on whether the individual has a backend and luck.

If there is a backstage, for example, Yang Lian of the Donglin Party, who was less than magistrate in one year, was appointed as the Ministry of Personnel as the "No. 1 honest official in the world" and went north to become a noble scholar.

If there is luck, Hai Rui, who once served as the governor of Yingtian, had to be transferred to the capital as the chief magistrate, and then he would be out of control and leave his name in history.

But what kind of backstage and luck does Qiu have?

Therefore, he worked as a magistrate for five years, and he really couldn't leave or abandon it. In the first two years, he wanted to fight Xu Batian and be enterprising. At least he had to make the magistrate interesting and not be constrained by others.

However, in broad daylight, he, the magistrate, was rushed in and tied directly to the iron field to get scolded. No one in the mansion or Nandu made a decision for him, and then he was completely settled.

People also became smoother, and only Xu Yuan followed everything. Xu Yuan told him to go east and never west.

This is called a good official not suffering the loss in front of him.

There is nothing scary about Xu Yuan, but the Duke of Wei behind him, not to mention Qiu, a small magistrate, even this Yingtian prefect has to stick out his butt, which is a compliment.

On that day, Qiu was listening to the music in the yamen, but the master Bo Qiu broke in and said that someone from the Iron Field reported that there was a bandit relationship. He asked the county magistrate to immediately arrange the service and arrest the guards to the Iron Field.

Qiu was the most disdainful of Qiu. This man was his assistant official, but Xu Batian was the only one who did everything, and he cut off his dignified seal official in the yamen.

However, even though he knew that Qiu was Xu Batian's minion, Qiu did not dare to make a comeback. He signaled the song to retreat and said in confusion: "How can you make trouble for the bandits?"

"When should I ask when the troublemakers are in trouble?"

Qiu answered simply and asked Qiu whether he was going or not.

"Go, go."

Qiu did not dare to offend Qiu, nor did he dare to offend the ruthless man in the iron field. In desperation, he changed his official uniform and went to the front hall. When he arrived at the ground, he saw that all the officers and constables were gathered. Needless to say, it was all Qiu's arrangement.

"The bandits in the iron farm are in trouble, so let's go with the county to take a look..." Qiu said and got on the carriage. He didn't know how to ride a horse.

Qiu waved to the yamen runners there, and the team immediately rushed out of the county yamen. On the road, dozens of patrol inspectors met, and two or three hundred people lined up in a long queue and rushed to the iron field after leaving the city.

Unlike the magistrate Qiu who was sulking in the carriage, the yamen runners were very excited because they knew that they would never run errands in vain when doing things for Mr. Xu.

The people looked at this scene and couldn't help but talk, but no one knew what the yamen was doing to mobilize others.

Are there any tax and food resistance in the countryside?

Some mature people guessed this.

Not to mention the people in the city's random guesses, when Qiu led the team out of the city and walked halfway, he heard a faint explosion from the official road ahead, and everyone was puzzled.

Qiu leaned out of the carriage and looked at the sky. There was no dark cloud at all. It was not the thunder in February.

Seeing that the team stopped, Qiu was worried that if he went slowly, he would make Xu Yuan unhappy, so he quickly stepped forward and urged him.

Qiu kept silent in the car and then retracted his head.

The team continued to move forward, but after walking for a little while, no one dared to leave.

I saw flags waving on both sides of the official road ahead, and officers and soldiers were waving like clouds. In the official road, two or three hundred officers and soldiers with two or three hundred armored and weapons were taking off their clothes and unarmed, and then walked to the side of the road one by one with their heads held their heads and squatted down.

Qiu and Qiu were both stunned when they looked at this scene, not knowing what happened.

The team didn't dare to move forward any further.

After about half an hour, several riders came over and asked who they were.

Qiu stepped forward to report his identity and asked what happened ahead.

The other party did not answer, and the leader of the knight threw only a red triangle flag in front of the Liyang team.

"Those who cross this flag will kill!"

The leader of the knight coldly glanced at Qiu and the yamen runners behind him, and then turned his horse's head and left. When he ran to the three forks of road ahead, he heard the horse's hooves flying with dust, but hundreds of horsemen ran out, all of which were red cloaks, with great majesty.

Everyone was stunned and no one dared to cross the flag.

With just their hand, how dare they fight against those vicious officers and soldiers!

Qiu sat in the car, lifted the curtain and looked forward secretly, his eyes constantly turning.

Qiu was even more and more frightened. Lenovo had previously sent someone to send news to the iron field, and could not help but worry about whether these officers and soldiers would go to the iron field.

Could it be that the "bandits" mentioned in the iron site refers to these officers and soldiers?

It's impossible. If these officers and soldiers were bandits, how could they not attack them?

Maybe it was the troops sent by Nandu...

Qiu was a little calmer. Seeing that these officers and soldiers were all elite soldiers, there was no need to worry about being a bandit. He wanted to lead the team back now because the officers and soldiers would not let them go.

In terms of face, Qiu still has to ask the magistrate Qiu what he meant.

"Since the officers and soldiers were instructed, the people of this county should return. Don't miss the officers and soldiers." Qiu said lightly in the car.

Qiu nodded and ordered the team to go back. But after they returned to the city, the magistrate Qiu jumped out of the car and ordered the city gate to be closed immediately and no one was allowed to enter and exit.

"What does the county magistrate mean?" Qiu's order to call the magistrate was confused and couldn't help asking.

"Master Qiu Bo, please do not ask, just follow the instructions of this county."

Qiu's tone was unquestionable. In front of the yamen runners, Qiu was not inconvenient to contradict him. Thinking that Guancheng was not a big deal, he signaled his subordinates to do as they ordered.

It was nothing that night, and the inside and outside the city were calm.

The next day, a Jinyiwei dressed in a flying fish suit came to knock on the door, saying that he was ordered by the eunuch Wei, the eunuch in Jiangnan, to come to work for official business, and asked the magistrate of Liyang to come to see them immediately.
Chapter completed!