After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran blinked and said, "I know. But in Heyang's situation, we can't come in directly if we want to."

After listening to her words, Li Xiujing sighed. indeed. Heyang became heavily guarded due to the rebellion caused by the refugees. Even if they revealed that they were imperial envoys sent by the imperial court, they would not be easily let in. Pei Jiaoran's plan was to use the other party's own people to enter Heyang County.

Although it can save a lot of trouble, it is really a risky move.

"Compared with these, what I'm more worried about right now is the civil uprising in Heyang." Pei Jiaoran lowered his head and looked at the facts on the case, "Is there really nothing to eat in Heyang, or has it been stolen by Shuo Shu?"

"I thought it was a giant rat eating my grain." Li Xiujing said.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran smiled slightly. She did not believe what Magistrate Yang said. The warehouse was destroyed by the flood. According to the construction of free warehouses, they are often located at high places that can avoid water, so as to prevent the grain stored in the warehouse from being invaded by water during floods.

Playing with the brush in his hand, Pei Jiaoran wrote a few words on the white deer paper.

"We have to ask He Liang to go out tomorrow." Pei Jiaoran rubbed the Zizhu penholder, "to find out what the attitude of the gentry in Heyang is. We also need to visit the villages along the way."

"I will arrange this." Li Xiujing smiled, "So Qingjia, where do you plan to go tomorrow? Will you take me with you to reason with the officials in Heyang County?"

Even though he knew that Pei Jiaoran was extremely capable, as the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake. And Heyang is not their home field. Now that they have entered this fog, they have to be careful every step they take. Especially in this situation. If you want to be reasonable, you still have to bring enough fists.

"I think Quan Dehui should be on the way. When everyone is here, we can sit down and talk." Pei Jiaoran raised his lips slowly, his eyes full of calculations.

The rain only stopped for one night. At dawn, thunder and rain sounded one after another. Pei Jiaoran turned over and looked at the pale light coming in, his eyes showing contemplation.

Standing up quickly, Pei Jiaoran changed into a silk-colored round-neck robe, and his hair was only tied up with a hosta. Shi Shiran went out and went downstairs.

It was very lively downstairs, but it wasn't He Liang and the others. Instead, they were a group of sergeants with unfamiliar faces, all of whom looked like they were worn out by their travels. Apparently he had traveled all night. And there was one person guarding them among them.

Purple robe and jade belt can be worn in Tongzhou.

Only Quan Dehui, the governor of Tongzhou.

Looking at the purple-robed man in the middle, Pei Jiaoran raised his lips and said, "Prefect Quan."

"Sister Pei." Quan Dehui glanced at her and said with a smile.

Looking down at Quan Dehui, Pei Jiaoran raised his eyebrows.

Although he had traveled all night, Quan Dehui was not tired at all, nor was he depressed because of the difficulty of solving the disaster. Instead, he looked at her with shining eyes.

Suddenly Quan Dehui's eyes narrowed. Sensing the change in the other person's eyes, Pei Jiaoran turned around. I saw Li Xiujing standing beside her at some point.

Looking at each other, the two walked down the stairs together.

Compared to the arrogance shown towards her. When Quan Dehui faced Li Xiujing, his behavior was obviously quite polite.

Upon seeing this, Yi Cheng quickly served the three people with food. As for the Tongzhou town soldiers who came with Quan Dehui, they surrounded the post station tightly.

"Go and invite Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Wu over." Pei Jiaoran glanced at Yi Cheng next to him, "Place another table for them."

"Here."

Not long after, Yi Cheng brought the two of them over and sat down at the table next to them.

None of them spoke a word and ate their breakfast quietly. Only the sound of pouring rain can be heard.

Just as he put down his chopsticks, a person was dragged in.

It was Magistrate Yang of Heyang. His whole body was wet, his hair was disheveled, his face was injured, and even his official robe was stained with mud.

"A certain person came to Heyang for inspection, but I heard that this person actually slandered Minister Pei as a traitor." Quan Dehui turned his head and glared coldly at Magistrate Yang who was kneeling on the ground, "I will punish him according to the law." After that, he raised his lips. He smiled and said, "But I didn't expect that Minister Pei would come here suddenly, so I was not welcomed."

Listening to Quan Dehui's words, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said nothing. This man clearly wanted to show her how much power he had in Tongzhou.

Quan Dehui smiled and said, "Heyang was hit the hardest this time. When I heard that Mr. Pei was here, I ordered people to invite the magistrates from other counties. I think they should be on the way already. Can Mr. Pei be willing to wait?"

"Of course. As the governor's relief envoy, I can still wait for this little time." Pei Jiaoran smiled.

After removing the food, Yi Cheng carefully served tea to several people. It was raining heavily outside, but the soldiers guarding the door remained motionless. At first glance, there were at least a hundred people.

Li Xiujing smiled and said: "Is Governor Quan bringing so many troops afraid of refugees on the road causing trouble?"

"The refugees are fierce, and it is safer to lead the troops. But fortunately, Minister Pei left that night." Quan Dehui looked at the two of them meaningfully as he spoke, "That night, the post house was set on fire by the refugees. Alas, the arsonist Die in it too.”

"Maybe it's the emperor's grace that protects us." Pei Jiaoran smiled gently on his face.

The group of people waited like this from dawn to noon. The sound of horse hooves sounded from far away, and Quan Dehui's face finally showed some changes.

Catching this change, Pei Jiaoran took a sip of tea. He turned around and approached Li Xiujing and started talking to him.

The sound of horse hooves stopped at the door, and two people came down. After announcing his identity, he was stopped by the guard at the door. The two looked at each other, and although they didn't know what was going on, they still saluted Quan Dehui. However, Quan De didn't speak, and they couldn't figure out what happened, so they could only stand at the door in a daze.

His eyes moved from Magistrate Yang to Pei Jiaoran and Li Xiujing. His brows furrowed.

There was no sound of anyone in the house, only the heavy rain was still falling.

Two hours later, the remaining five county magistrates arrived one after another.

Quan Dehui then let a few people in and introduced Pei Jiaoran to them with a smile.

Seeing Quan Dehui who was completely in control of the situation, Wu Lingjia showed displeasure. However, seeing that Pei Jiaoran didn't speak, she didn't speak either.

After slowly putting down the tea cup, Pei Jiaoran stood up and asked Yi Cheng to rearrange the table imitating the format of a political hall meeting.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get started." Pei Jiaoran said calmly.

She didn't have the airs of a high-ranking official at all, but instead seemed humble, polite, and very calm. None of the county magistrates seemed to have expected that the commoner girl in front of them would actually be the governor's relief envoy from the imperial court.

Everyone sat down, and Pei Jiaoran glanced at the main seat that had been deliberately left vacant. Wu Zi took the book from his arms and placed it on his head. She turned around and sat opposite Quan Dehui, while Li Xiujing sat next to her.

After the magistrates of each county sat down, Wu Lingjia and Zhou Mancao took their seats. The two temporarily acted as scribes.

After serving the tea, Yi Cheng stepped back.

"Everyone, have a sip of tea first. You may not have time to drink tea later." Pei Jiaoran said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, several county magistrates looked confused. It seemed as if they didn't expect that they would only have hot tea after traveling all night. They won't even be given food, and the meeting will begin.

It can be seen that Pei Jiaoran looks serious. All the county magistrates bowed their heads and drank tea.