The emotion that was about to materialize in Xiao Qingshan's eyes disappeared. Huang Shuli naturally didn't notice it, but Xie Boyuan immediately noticed it. Xie Boyuan wanted to laugh, but suddenly thought of the emperor and the famous families, and couldn't laugh anymore.

Secretary Huang exited the office, and Xiao Qingshan felt a little hot holding the Huang family's token. "Shixian Lieutenant is not here, what about allocating manpower?" Xiao Qingshan didn't understand this, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Xie Boyuan took the token directly and threw it into Shen County Cheng's arms: "You take the token to find Cheng Si, he will cooperate with you."

Shen Xian Cheng couldn't understand why Master Yuan gave him orders so confidently, but when he looked at the weak Master and then at the County Magistrate, he was at a loss. Shen Xiancheng also felt that it was him who should do this, so he took the token to find Cheng Si.

In fact, when Shen Xiancheng met Cheng Si for the first time, he knew that Cheng Si was not a hunter. People like them are very sensitive to people's auras. There is a huge difference between those who slaughter wild animals and those who have gone to the battlefield to kill enemies.

After Shen Xiancheng left, Xiao Qingshan asked Xie Boyuan: "Brother Yuan, is there anything else I have forgotten?" Xie Boyuan thought for a while and said: "It has been hot for days recently. Why don't the county schools suspend classes for 7 days?"

Xiao Qingshan also thinks this is a good idea. The county school is outside the city, and most of the people studying there are the children of big families and wealthy families in the county. Regardless of whether there was an accident or being held hostage, it was still a big problem.

Xiao Qingshan wanted to go to the county school in person, and by the way, he would bring some gentlemen hired from Linxian County to the county government office to live there for a few days. Xie Boyuan stopped him. In this situation, Xiao Qingshan couldn't leave the county government even a step.

In case of any emergency in the city, Xiao Qingshan is not in the county office, and it will be difficult for others to control the situation. "Master Xiao, write a handwritten letter and give it to Cheng Si, so that he can escort both the student and the husband into the city."

Xiao Qingshan hurriedly wrote a letter, and Xie Boyuan got up and left the office. He had to find Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Shui and ask them to inspect the backyard. Nothing should happen in the county government's backyard.

Ming Jia was practicing calligraphy when she suddenly heard Xie Boyuan walking in and asking Mrs. Yan to go out and have something to do. Mingjia quickly put down her brush and walked out, then heard Xie Boyuan explaining some things to Mrs. Yan.

After Xie Boyuan finished explaining the matter, Mrs. Yan saluted Ming Jia and went directly to the backyard. Ming Jia asked Xie Boyuan: "Master, are you worried that prairie people have sneaked into the county?"

Xie Boyuan nodded: "If I were a member of the Yelu tribe, I would definitely release people in each county in advance to incite the people and take the lead in making trouble at critical moments."

Ming Jia felt that Xie Boyuan was right and felt that he should not just sit back and wait for these people to cause trouble. It would be best to catch them all in advance.

"Master, are all the county government officials and your manpower here now?" Xie Boyuan sighed: "The government officials have basically returned to their villages to report the news. Half of my people were sent to the county school by me, and there are only a few left. Went out to deliver a message.”

Xie Boyuan told what Xiao Qingshan wanted to do to lead the villagers to patrol, and also said that the county school would have a holiday today, and that the Huang family's bodyguards would join in. Just to tell Mingjia that there is no manpower for the moment, but before closing the city gate at night, a lot of manpower should be available.

Mingjia felt relieved after hearing this, especially after hearing that other families could also contribute. "Master, close the city gate as normal this evening. Then divide into several groups to search the county town!"

Xie Boyuan has also thought about this problem, but Qu County is different now from three years ago. Today, there are many businessmen coming and going in Qu County, and many of them have moved back from other places. Today’s county population is mixed.

"We have made so many registration books for each village, and there are also yamen from each village, so we are not afraid of anyone pretending to be a villager. Every time there is a county event, most merchants will submit applications for stalls. Do the merchants in the county have many businesses in the past three years? Fill in the name of concubine and we will have records."

Ming Jia looked at Xie Boyuan and said, "Each family has a few literate people, and the teachers and students in the county school can also help. With our own manpower and the Huang family's manpower, it is not difficult to search the county seat of Qu County in one night." !”

As for those who fled to other places and moved back, they must have their origins. As for the number of merchants, there will not be too many, so we will focus on checking their partners in Qu County.

After checking them all, Mingjia didn't believe there were no clues at all. As a result, the people's dissatisfaction naturally disappeared when the grassland people were found out and the people knew the danger.

Ming Jia's words made Xie Boyuan's eyes light up. In the past, most of the time they closed down the city to search for people, which took up a lot of manpower, but in the end the effect was very poor. But Qu County is different. Qu County has very comprehensive information registration for each village and county merchants.

"Okay, I'll contact the people from each family right now. We'll prepare in advance and wait until all the people are back and the city gate will be closed at night." Xie Boyuan happily touched Ming Jia's little head.

Mingjia came back to the study by himself, and could no longer calm down to practice calligraphy. Even Shixian Lieutenant's personal servants can be bribed, and the county government's backyard cannot be guaranteed to be absolutely safe.

Before something happened, she could ask Granny Yan to lock up a few maids, but now there is still the Shi family in the backyard of the county government office. Mingjia felt that he had to take some more measures.

Mingjia took his brother's dagger and his own dagger, handed it to Shuang'er and said, "Take the two swords and send them to the blacksmith shop in the west of the city. Give him some more money. You can stay there and let him open the two swords in the afternoon." Feng, take care of it and bring the sword back."

Shuang'er picked up the two daggers and was about to leave. Mingjia suddenly remembered and gave two more instructions: "Take a look and see what sharp weapons the blacksmith shop has, and buy some together!"

Shuang'er looked at the young lady in astonishment, but quickly bowed her head and agreed. Several of their servants and maids had learned some kung fu from Mr. Chen Liu. Although they were not masters, they had been practicing for more than two years.

Chen Liu's kung fu was learned in the military camp, and they are all very practical moves in battle. What he taught the young men and maids were also practical killing moves. Mingjia still feels that by equipping these servants with some sharp weapons, she can feel more at ease.

When Mrs. Yan came back from the backyard, she saw that her young lady was distracted. Granny Yan stood quietly nearby. Granny Yan had also felt the tense atmosphere in the front yard in the past two days, and what Military Advisor Xie had just come to give her orders confirmed her hunch.

Mrs. Yan had just told Mrs. Shui to keep an eye on the backyard, especially the servants of the Shi family. Afraid that his wife would be worried, Mrs. Yan planned to persuade the young lady to go back to the backyard, so that Mrs. Shui could accompany her while she took the maid to check on the servants.

Mingjia was trying to recall whether there was any description of this war in the original novel she had read. In the tenth year of Kaiyuan, it seems that there was a war with the grassland tribes.

However, because the perspective of the original work is in the capital. Therefore, she only remembered that the capital prepared food and grass and finally received the good news. The focus was on describing the capital's preparation of food and grass, military pay, and the final rewards and pensions.

After all, although it has been ten years since the founding of the dynasty, the national treasury is still very tight. In war, money flows like water, so just because of the different perspectives, the capital only cares about how much money is spent.

However, now Mingjia just wants to know how many people were killed or injured in this war. Especially the people on the border, many cities have been affected. However, these original works did not mention it, not even which general won the war in the end.

Mingjia came out of her thoughts and saw that Mrs. Yan had returned. "Have everything been arranged? I don't feel at ease in the front yard. Please accompany me to the back yard!"

After Mingjia finished speaking, he stood up and walked out of the study. She still wanted to take a good look around the backyard herself, and it was better to have someone guard some places.

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