"Brother Zijian, brother Zhengyang, this is Foolish Brother Zhongdao. If you have anything you want to say, please feel free to mention it directly in person."

The eldest brother Wei Jian brought two Confucian scholars, Pan Zijian and Xu Zhengyang, both of whom were famous talents in Luoyang.

Pan Zijian had met Wei Cheng before, and he didn't seem unfamiliar at this time, but Xu Zhengyang was a little reserved.

"I've met Mr. Wei Shijun." Xu Zhengyang bowed.

Wei Cheng glanced at his eldest brother, stepped aside slightly, supported him a little, and said: "Brother Xu, there is no need to do this. Since he is a close friend of my brother, he is Wei's elder. Just call me 'Zhongdao', and that will make it look better."

Be kind."

"I don't dare, I don't dare." Xu Zhengyang seemed to be an honest and responsible person, and he did not dare to neglect Wei Cheng's identity as Bingzhou Mu.

Wei Cheng didn't bother to worry about the title and let him go.

"Zhongdao, brother Zhengyang, let's sit down and talk." Wei Jian glanced at Wei Cheng.

Wei Cheng looked at Xu Zhengyang, who had been bowing, nodded in a funny way, and motioned for everyone to sit down together.

"The thing is like this, when Brother Zhengyang and I were settling down the refugees, we found that there were many strangers in the team."

"oh?"

Wei Cheng frowned slightly.

Pan Zijian explained: "The refugees going north have always been in teams of a hundred, with a number of team leaders and deputies among them to take care of the elderly, weak, women and children along the way. Therefore, everyone in the team is very familiar with the identity of the people."

"Just three days ago, Brother Zhengyang discovered that many people had sneaked in among the refugees, including some strong men, who also carried standard weapons and incomplete armor and stomachs with them. We were worried about alerting others, so we kept telling everyone not to act rashly."

Wei Jian nodded and said: "You are not wrong in doing this. If you directly name the other party's identity, I am afraid it will anger the other party and even implicate innocent people."

Pan Zijian bowed his hands and said, "Brother Zhengyang and I thought the same way, so we asked the corps commander to tell everyone to keep quiet. We didn't come to report to the envoy until we arrived in Anyi today and assigned a residence."

Wei Jian looked at his younger brother.

Wei Cheng looked at him and said with a smile: "So, those people have already sneaked into various satellite cities?"

Pan Zijian was stunned for a moment, stood up hurriedly, and responded in panic: "The incident happened suddenly, and we had to do it as a last resort."

Seeing this, Xu Zhengyang on the side also stood up and raised his hands and said: "I came up with this idea. If you want to punish Lord Wei, just punish me. Brother Zijian has nothing to do with it."

Wei Cheng waved his hand and frowned: "I don't mean to blame you. At present, your approach is the safest. However, I am wondering...whether the purpose of these people from the beginning was to sneak into the satellite city.

.”

Wei Jian raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "You mean, these people are probably sent by other forces to gather information?"

Wei Cheng shook his head and said: "For now, this is only a possibility. Moreover, it is not difficult to find from Brother Pan's description that these people are probably from the military. I think there is a high probability that they are deserters."

"deserter?"

Wei Jian and the other three looked at each other in confusion.

Wei Cheng picked up the teapot, sniffed the tea, and said, "Yes, there were quite a few people who were forcibly recruited into the army before..."

···

Satellite City No. 9.

Thirty percent of the people living here are masons, and the remaining 70% are either apprentices or family members of masons.

Early this morning, another group of refugees went north to Anyi, and the stewards selected more than 100 people to live in the satellite city.

"This will be your home from now on. Our treatment in No. 9 City is very good. As long as you are willing to work, you can eat meat every day."

The stewards of Satellite City No. 9 were all villagers of the Wei family in the beginning and were stonemasons. Now they have ascended to heaven and become stewards of the city. They are all given the surname: Wei.

The power in his hands has increased, but his temperament has not changed.

For these colleagues who had fled, the stewards had no intention of embarrassing them, but tried their best to arrange their residence.

"Hu Laoshi, there are nine people in your family, and we will live in this courtyard from now on."

At the entrance of an independent courtyard, the steward and a family of nine pushed in.

Hu Laoshi and his party were overjoyed when they saw the neat layout of the yard and the four east and west wing rooms.

One of the boys with a dirty face pulled the sleeve of the middle-aged man next to him and whispered: "Dad, aren't we going to the city to sell goods? Is it really okay to live here in case someone discovers our identity?"

, I’m afraid I won’t be able to escape even if I run away.”

The middle-aged man was curiously looking at the layout of the small courtyard. He glanced at his father, who was chatting happily with the steward, and said in a deep voice: "It depends on your Aweng's decision. If he doesn't want to leave, we will

Can you still escape by yourself?"

The young man curled his lips and cursed: "I think Aweng was painted by Lao Hu. What good is a stonemason? Let's... ugh."

"Shut up, don't take us with you if you want to die."

The young man's mouth was covered by a tomboy dressed like a beggar. If you look carefully, the tomboy is holding a strange-shaped short knife in his left hand against the young man's waist.

"Hey, who are they?" the steward turned around and asked curiously.

The tomboy quickly let go of the young man and said with a smile: "It makes the manager laugh. My brother and I usually play like this."

The steward was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he laughed and said: "Yes, yes, my two boys are also fighting like this... I am so lucky, the whole family is male, no one will dare to bully you in the future

A family, hahaha.”

The leader of the old man frowned slightly and glanced at the young man and the tomboy to capture the traces.

"Haha, Manager Wei also saw it. For a family of nine, eating is a problem, otherwise we wouldn't have come all the way to seek refuge."

"Well, it's true that a half-grown man is living in poverty, not to mention that your family of four or five is small, so I'm going to suffer a lot."

The old man shook his head with a wry smile on his face, completely unable to see the harsh glare he had just given.

The young man hiding aside glanced sideways at the tomboy next to him and didn't dare to talk anymore. The old man never showed mercy when he hit someone.

"Now that the last household has been settled, Wei will stop nagging. I'd better take them to clean the house inside and out first, so as not to have trouble sleeping tonight."

The old man bowed his hands to the person in charge and said a few more words of gratitude.

Wait until the steward leaves.

The old man's kind expression instantly turned gloomy.

"You two kneel down for me."

···

After leaving the small courtyard, the steward turned back three times all the way to the guardhouse.

Just half a step into the guardhouse, he suddenly exhaled and relaxed instantly.

"How's it going? Did you find out the origin of the heel?"

Xun You walked out of nowhere and handed the steward a wet wipe to wipe his sweat.

The steward took the wipes with both hands and said with a wry smile: "I always thought they were deserters, which made me nervous all the way."

Xun You was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "Why, aren't they deserters?"

The steward spread out the wet wipes, wiped his face, and said angrily: "Those people before were definitely deserters, but this family of nine is definitely not. Do you know what I saw in them?"

"What?"

"The earth shovel used to touch gold, these people are probably local masters."

Xun You's expression changed, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he felt as if he had suddenly clarified his thoughts.

"Quickly, send someone to take them into custody. I want to interrogate them personally."

The steward handed the wet wipes to the boy aside, looked at Xun You who was furious, and asked curiously: "What, they have a problem?"

Xun You laughed and said: "There is no big problem with them, but there is a problem with their previous whereabouts. If I guessed correctly, those so-called deserters are actually with them."

Xun You walked towards the door while talking, "By the way, the people in the other satellite cities must also be controlled. You send people to spread the word and don't hurt those local masters. These people may be of great use. As for

Those soldiers can be detained for the time being."

The steward nodded and asked doubtfully: "Why are you so panicked? And where are you in a hurry?"

Xun You replied without looking back: "I'm going to see the young master."

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Wei Mansion.

Wei Cheng looked at Xun You across from him with a strange look on his face, "Are you sure you're not joking?"

Xun You didn't know why Wei Cheng asked this, and said bluntly: "Master, this is absolutely true, and there are many people who know about it. If you don't believe it, ask the second master, or ask the fifth master, they should have heard of it."

right."

Xu Ding, who was standing next to him, stood up and said, "Sir, I can confirm this. The Cao family did secretly support many local masters. These people specialize in robbing ancient tombs and collecting gold, silver and jewelry.

At that time, Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, used this to gain a relationship with Cao Teng, and many people said that Cao Song was born a native scholar."

Wei Cheng opened his mouth and couldn't say a word for a long time.

Damn it, why is there such a thing as Colonel Mojin? Is there also General Faqiu Zhonglang?

"Okay, okay, let's control the people first and ask them if they were sent by Cao Cao to sell the stolen goods."
To be continued...