On the way out of the city, Xiahou An asked Xu Chu beside him: "Zhongkang, what do you think of the old man?"

Xu Chu has always been not good at thinking, but since the lord asked, he still thought about it and replied depressedly: "It's quite kind."

Xiahou An shook his head and gave up the idea of ​​communicating with Xu Chu.

There are only a handful of people who know this trip, but the old man can send someone to intercept it on the way in advance, which is enough to illustrate the problem: either someone complained to Cao Song, or Cao Song had his own intelligence means, and that seemingly ordinary house was just a fool.

With these two points, Xiahou An prefers the latter.

However, Xiahou An didn't go into further research, after all, it didn't make much sense.

Less than half a day after coming and going, Cao Bao asked tentatively.

Although Tao Qian asked him to come to monitor and could even blame the bandits for killing him if necessary, he still had to take Xiahou An as the righteous envoy on the surface.

Faced with Cao Bao's temptation, Xiahou An came true and said that he only told Cao Song about his family matters. Because he had a heavy responsibility, he did not dare to delay any further, so he said goodbye and returned here.

Cao Bao was skeptical about this, but he didn't have much to say.

The team continues to set off.

A few days later, he left the jurisdiction of Xuzhou and entered the Beihai of Qingzhou.

Passing Chang'an, Chunyu counties, and arriving in Duchang.

As soon as the news of Xiahou An's return spread, it fermented quickly.

"Mr. County Master is back!"

The people in the city ran around and told each other, and were overjoyed.

The crowd continued to flow out of the city, reunited around Xiahouan, and everyone's face was filled with enthusiasm and hope, as if they regarded him as their relative.

Xiahou An had no airs and greeted the people with a smile.

The smile is a pure and simple person who has never been seen before.

Cao Bao was stunned and couldn't help but re-examine this young man. Even Tao Qian, who is known for his wise reputation, did not have such prestige among the people and was popular among others.

The road to the city was surrounded and was blocked. In the end, Taishici led his soldiers to maintain order and clear the road.

After entering the city, Xiahou An first arranged for food, accommodation and rest for Cao Bao and his 500 soldiers. Cao Bao did not refuse. If he lost his tribute in Duchang, it would be Xiahou An's guilt.

Afterwards, Xiahou An returned to the county government residence and summoned everyone to a meeting.

After the cup of tea, there were many talents in the hall.

Nowadays, military groups led by Xiahou An can be roughly divided into three categories: the first category is Cao Chun, Cao Ang, Xiahou En, Xiahou Jie, which belongs to the direct lineage of the Cao family; the second category is Xu Rong, Xu Chu, Wu'anguo, and Guan Hai, these are the iron players who are loyal to themselves; the third category is Wang Can, Lu Cui, Taishi Ci, He Man, Xinpi and others, who are currently working for themselves for the time being, and their loyalty is still a question mark.

Looking at everyone sitting down, Xiahou An was in a great mood. He opened his arms and laughed loudly, "Everyone, I haven't seen you for more than a month, can you miss me!"

Everyone has long been accustomed to Xiahou An's unruly and unrestrained personality, and no one cares about him and is silently eating melons.

Xiahou An, who had no response, curled his lips and complained that it was boring to everyone!

Cao Ang told him to talk less and asked: "Didn't you say you went to Xuzhou to find the Mi family to raise money? Why has you become Tao Qian's messenger now?"

This is also a question in everyone's mind.

Xiahou An spread his hands: "Tao Qian wanted to be promoted to the prefectural governor, but I happened to be in Xuzhou at that time..."

"So he used these things to please us?"

Cao Chun's eyes lit up.

These are all good things!

Xiahou Jie, who was sitting next to him, kept nodding.

For this big and small big reckless man and little fool,

Xiahou An glanced at him and said angrily: "I want to eat nothing. These are the things Tao Qian gave to the emperor. Do you dare to ask for them?"

The reckless man shrank his hand awkwardly, so he naturally didn't dare.

The little fool was not afraid at all and shouted: "So what about the emperor's tribute? Brother, Lian Yu..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiahou En on the other side directly covered his brother's mouth and said viciously in his ear: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will pull your tongue!"

It seems to be a warning, but it is actually protecting this stupid brother.

Hearing this, Xiahou Jie hurriedly covered his hands, and he was still quite afraid of this elder brother of his mother.

Everyone has never taken Xiahou Jie's muddles to heart.

Only Xiahou An was shocked, and this incident reminded him of the hiding jade seal, and it was not only the two brothers Xiahou who knew the inside story, but also more than 30 other young brothers.

Who can guarantee that this will not be revealed in the lifetime?

The human heart is the most difficult thing to guess in the world.

Only dead people can keep secrets!

As soon as this idea came out, even Xiahou An himself was shocked.

Then he abandoned this idea and decided to secretly that although the jade seal is good, it is a hot potato. He should return the jade seal as soon as possible before the matter is exposed to avoid causing a murder.

And this time I went back was a good opportunity.

"Okay, let's get back to the point."

Xiahou An took back his thoughts and said to everyone present: "I made a detour back this time, mainly because there are two things to explain."

Everyone listened carefully when talking about the important things.

"The first thing is that after I left, the government affairs of all sizes and big areas in Duchang City were handed over to Wang Can, and Wu'anguo continued to serve as a county magistrate to manage public security; in military terms, Xu Rong was the main one, and Taishi Ci was deputy, Guan Hai, He Man and others assisted together."

"Anyway, follow a principle: if the enemy does not offend me, I will not offend others. If the enemy attacks me, he will throw away his ancestral tomb!"

Guan Hai, He Man and others burst into laughter after hearing this.

"What about us?" Cao Chun couldn't help asking without mentioning himself.

Cao Ang also looked over. When Xiahou An was away, he and Cao Chun were all in charge. Why did he hand over the big responsibilities to others today?

Xiahou Anze said that Duchang has settled, and it is not very meaningful to stay here. Uncle Cao just took Yanzhou and surrendered hundreds of thousands of thieves. He was so busy that he was in a hurry that he needed help.

Cao Chun nodded in recognition and almost forgot about this. It was time to go back after so long.

In addition, Xiahou An also called Shanglucui and Xinpi. Although these two people have not clearly expressed their loyalty at the moment, and Xinpi is even forced to do so, when encountering problems, someone always needs to discuss it.

The first thing was passed, and everyone had no objection.

"The second thing is whether it is big or small."

Xiahou An first kept a secret, and then slowly said that he wanted to set up a school in Duchang City. The content he learned was not Confucian classics, but the local language and customs of Japan. The teacher already had it, that is, Tadajiro, whom he brought back from Xuzhou. As for the students, he looked for them from the orphans.

Everyone was puzzled.

Wang Can, who was entrusted with a great mission, even directly protested: "Why should we learn the words of barbarians in our great country?"

He was a disciple of the great Confucian Confucianism, and naturally praised Confucianism.

Originally, Xiahou An wanted to hand over this matter to Wang Can, but now, looking at Wang Can's attitude, he was afraid that it would not work, so he changed his mind and looked at Xu Rong who gave real power: "I will leave this matter to you."

Xu Rong nodded and agreed without saying a word.
Chapter completed!