Hanhou

The Xiongnu spies were able to hide in the surrounding counties, under Wei Shang's nose, and hide for several years. Apart from catching the blind spots of the big bosses in the border counties and killing people without batting an eyelid, it also depends on a bit of luck.

However, as Shaling County was the first to find out the clues, the covers of the county were lifted one after another, and the good luck of these spies finally came to an end.

The big bosses in the county personally acted, and the suspicious villages gathered one by one to pass the sieve, and all the strongholds of the villains were destroyed.The merchants who colluded with the villains, the gangsters who were willing to be driven out, were all found out one after another, and they were taken to the official temple one by one for strict interrogation.

After careful investigation, there were more than [-] suspects captured alive in Shanyunzhong County.Half of them have solid evidence, or spies disguised as frontier residents, or have other identities, and within a few years, directly and indirectly passed on news for the grassland.Some even set up Liju, which became a transit point for children's caravans, helping to send them to Chang'an.

As the suspect spits out one after another, the number of confessions sent to the prefect's mansion doubles.There is really no room in the study, the compartments are all piled up.

The lights in the duty room were kept on all night, and the clerks and clerks burned oil and fire all night long. The written bamboo slips piled up into mountains, the consumption of knives and pens rose linearly, and the small officials sent ink in boxes.

The arrest work in the county was over, and Zhao Jia did not return to the county. He was also arrested by Wei Taishou, and he was "detained" in the study with Wei Yue, helping to sort out the confessions and check the missing persons over the years.

During the verification process, a thought suddenly flashed into Zhao Jia's mind, he stopped writing immediately, his expression became solemn, and the word Chuan appeared between his brows.

"What did Ah Duo think of?" Wei Yue stopped writing at the same time, pinching his forehead.There are too many things to do, burning ointments and sundials every day, staying close to the desk, sleeping for less than two hours at most, no matter how good the physical strength is, it is inevitable to feel tired.

"I'm thinking, most of these missing people have only simple records, and if they can't be checked, will they be replaced by impostors?" Zhao Jia spread out the wooden slips, pointed to the names recorded on them, and expressed his thoughts.

"Impersonator?" Wei Yue paused slightly.

"There are often wars in the frontier, bandits appear from time to time, Liju disappears, relatives no longer exist, and no one can prove his identity except his household registration in the official temple." Zhao Jia said solemnly, "If you are not in Yunzhong County , Will you infiltrate other counties under his name?"

The household registration system in the early Han Dynasty was not as good as that of later generations, even slightly inferior to that of the Qin Dynasty.

The household registration system is not perfect enough, so criminals have loopholes to take advantage of.Especially in Bian County, the bosses in the county are not aware of the problem, nor do they want to solve it, but are limited by conditions and cannot solve it at all.

Sending letters and exchanging news to each other is the biggest problem.

The Han Dynasty continued the Qin system, with one kiosk for ten miles and one post for five miles, and a special postman was responsible for delivering letters.Everyone in Bianjun post has fast horses, just to keep the news flowing.

However, there are constant wars in the border county, and they have to fight with the Xiongnu every now and then.Once the drums sounded, the young and strong in the county would all go to the battlefield.

The postman is good at riding, familiar with the terrain, and belongs to the staff of the official temple. After training, he is the best candidate for scouting.

Take Shaling County as an example. There have been two wars in three years, and bandits harassed them in between.There are vacancies in the county for catching robbers, pavilion soldiers, and postmen, and it is estimated that they may not be able to make up for them by the autumn harvest.

Even if it can make up for it, there is no guarantee that the Xiongnu will come again. At that time, the whole county will once again be strong and resolute. No one can say for sure how many will come back.

Posters are vacant every three days, and each post is almost vacant, and there is equal to no.

The transmission of letters between officials and temples basically relies on flying horses, and border residents can only rely on merchants to deliver letters.

With this method of communication, coupled with the particularity of the population flow in the border counties, unless dozens of people migrated at the same time, otherwise, only a few border residents in the cloud moved to other counties, and the officials and temples would not notify each other at all.

As Zhao Jia got deeper and deeper, Wei Yue's expression also became serious. He immediately pushed away the half-written bamboo slips, opened a new slip, and recorded everything Zhao Jia said.

"This matter needs to be reported to Ah Weng as soon as possible." Wei Yue wrote extremely fast.It's really too much work, and it doesn't work if you don't think fast.

Zhao Jia nodded, unfolded a new slip, wrote down several suggestions for this situation, and handed it to Wei Yue.

The two worked together, and the list was quickly sorted out.

Wei Yue got up to see Wei Shang, Zhao Jia offered to help, and brought the bamboo slips from the case of the third son of Wei.

Facing the "two big mountains" in front of him, Zhao Jia took a deep breath and rolled up his sleeves.I can't finish it during the day, so I won't sleep tonight, and turn on the lights to fight at night!

"Ado." Wei Yue walked to the door, then turned back suddenly.When Zhao Jia showed doubts, he took out a lacquer box a few times.

The pattern on the lacquer box is very familiar, Zhao Jia is sure that he has seen it somewhere before.Before he could figure it out, Wei Yue had already opened the box, took out a caramel, and handed it to Zhao Jia's mouth.

"three……"

As soon as the three words were uttered, the caramel had already been put into his mouth.

The sweetness permeates the taste buds, and the slightly warm touch gently presses the lower lip.Zhao Jia looked up at Wei Yue, who rolled his eyes with a smile, and put his finger on his lips very naturally.

After confirming that Zhao Jia understood what he meant, Wei Yue withdrew his hand, took out another caramel, and put it in his mouth.I don't know whether it was intentional or not, I lightly licked the sweet-smelling fingertips.

Zhao Jia sat behind him, watching the figure of Third Young Master Wei disappear behind him, with a lacquer box in front of him, with caramel in his mouth, for half a minute, his mind went blank.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the house, the door was pushed open, and the servant brought an ice bowl with honey and dried fruit.

After the servants retreated, Zhao Jia picked up a wooden spoon, scooped up a few pieces of crushed ice, and bit them together with the caramel.

The coolness penetrated into the heart and spleen, and the brain gradually returned to normal.

Glancing at the seat where Wei Yue was sitting before, Zhao Jia squinted his eyes, picked up his pen again, and continued to work hard.

In the next few days, notices were posted in the counties, and the counties in Yunzhong began a blanket census.During the process, several cases of impostors were detected. Fortunately, they were not spies from the Huns, but wild men who had been hiding in the forest before.

Wei Taishou sent flying cavalry to send letters, and Dingxiang County, Wuyuan County, Yanmen County, Shang County and Dai County successively began to investigate.Among them, Yanmen County and Shang County captured the most spies.

Zhidu and Li Guang showed their power at the same time and laid down a ruthless hand. Whoever found out the facts, regardless of whether they had been evil for many years or newcomers, and regardless of whether they were barbarians or Han people, they would be thrown out of the city and beheaded.

The corpses were piled up and burned, and the heads were processed and hung on the top of the city in rows.Warn those with ulterior motives and greed, whoever dares to inform the Xiongnu and spy on Han County's intelligence, this will be the end!

Before the execution, some Han merchants shouted that they were wronged, and some were willing to pay money, just to save their lives.

"The imperial court promised a ransom to save his life!" The merchant shouted loudly.

It's a pity they miscalculated.

This is not Chang'an, but Bianjun; what they committed was not an ordinary crime, but treason!Because of their greed, the number of soldiers and civilians who died under the knife of the Huns is unknown.A hundred deaths are not enough to pay for such a villain!

"kill!"

On the execution ground, the executioner held up the butcher's knife, and around the execution ground, angry border residents kept gathering, besieging the road tightly.

They hated the Huns, and even more hated the traitors!

"Not a son of man!"

"The villain!"

"Beheading will make them cheaper!"

"They should all be cut to pieces!"

Through the words of jailers and jailers, and the letters between Zhou Juecao and Yanmen prefect, Zhao Jia's method of Lingchi has been spread in Yunzhong, Yanmen, Shangjun and other places.

Taishou Zhi specially wrote a letter to Zhao Jia, expressing his appreciation for the younger generation who can "introduce the old and bring forth the new", and if there is an opportunity in the future, they can communicate with each other face to face and exchange experiences.

Li Danghu directly sent someone from Shangjun to ask Zhao Jia if he had any manpower who had actually operated it. If so, he hoped that he could temporarily second him from Shaling County.There are not many officials in Shangjun who are good at torture, but they have caught a lot of villains, some of them are too stubborn, the old methods are useless, and there is an urgent need for such talents.

After reading the letters between the two, Zhao Jia was lucky in silence and didn't speak for a while.After writing for a long time, but still unable to write a reply, he simply got up and left the study, stood under the eaves, looked up at the clear blue sky, and expressed that he wanted to be quiet.

Entering July, the inventory in the county is coming to an end. Except for a few townships where the population is too scattered and the final sorting is still in progress, the rest of the townships have already sent the sorted lists to the official temple.

At this point, Zhao Jia was finally freed from the heavy desk work, and was able to free up his hands to start implementing a more advanced training plan.

During the days when he was arrested by Wei Taishou, two civil servants were in charge of the affairs in the barracks.

The five hundred watchmen arrived as early as the end of June, and all of them moved into the new barracks.Because the county was busy arresting the Xiongnu spies, and then began to check the population, the soldiers were confined in the barracks and were not allowed to move around at will, and half a month's work was exempted.

There is no need to build fortresses and city walls. The drill has not yet started. After digging the ice cellar, five hundred strong men have nothing to do in the camp except to eat and sleep.

The civil servants knew very well that something must happen if they continue to let them idle.After discussing with each other, the two of them decided that it was okay to leave the camp. They leveled the school grounds in the camp and continued digging the cellar.If there is nothing to dig, we will widen the streams and deepen the ponds.

In short, if there is no condition, create the condition, if there is no work, find a job, and you must not be idle!

Fortunately, this situation did not last long. Zhao Jia escaped from the affairs of the county, returned home for a short time, and explained a few words to Uncle Xiong. They drove towards the barracks mightily.

At that time, the guards in the camp were queuing up to receive meals.

According to the plan formulated by Zhao Jia, before the training started, the camp had two meals a day, rice, rice and steamed cakes, and steamed buns once every two days, and at least one meal a day could see meat.

For such an arrangement, not to mention the newcomers, the old soldiers who have served hard service are all inconceivable.

I don't know how long such a good meal can last. Most of the soldiers had experienced the initial shock, and they ate desperately with their stomachs open.

The young and strong people in the border area are tall and the food is good. In just a few days, they have become a lot stronger than when they were at home.When Zhao Jia arrived at the barracks, he found that the entire battalion was full of mighty and majestic burly men.Dozens of the tallest and strongest are completely comparable to the strong men carrying big shields in front of the formation.

Seeing Zhao Jia, the civil official immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that Lieutenant Zhao is here, the drill can begin.No more racking your brains to scout around to see where else to dig near the camp.

On the first day of entering the camp, Zhao Jia ordered the soldiers to gather and check them one by one according to the roster.Make sure there are no omissions, and let everyone disperse.

Since the soldiers entered the camp, Zhao Jia hadn't shown up, except for Boping and Fang Bao who arrived first, it was the first time they saw the real Zhao Xianwei.

Comparing the words of the little official and the health servant, many people showed doubts.It was really hard for them to believe that the young man in front of him, who was not yet Fu Ji's age, had fought several bloody battles with the Huns, and was awarded a title for his military exploits.

"Don't believe it." An old pawn with scars on his shoulders and chest was sitting on the couch, raised his hand to slap a mosquito to death, glanced around, stared at several young pawns, and suggested, "Go When the Xiongnu invaded at the age of [-], my younger brother and some fellow villagers were ordered to defend the fortress. Thousands of Huns came to attack, and hundreds of people died. If Zhao Xianwei did not provide timely support, the fortress would definitely not be able to hold it!"

"In that battle, the county lieutenant dared to charge thousands of Huns with less than one man!"

"Go around the fortress and ask, not to mention Yunzhong County, everyone in Wuyuan County knows it all!"

With a snap, the old soldier slapped another mosquito to death, and wiped away the blood on his palm.

"It's you, dare you? Or you, dare you?"

All the soldiers who spoke the loudest just now kept their mouths shut, some were ashamed, and some were still unconvinced.

"Don't be dissatisfied. Here, you don't have to be good to get ahead." The old soldier's expression became serious, and he didn't see the laziness before. He stood up from the bed, his back straightened, and his fists were clenched. A ferocious beast with a murderous look in its eyes, "I haven't seen blood, I haven't hacked the Huns, just be honest with me here, don't make trouble for nothing! Whoever dares to stab randomly, I don't need Zhao Xianwei to do it, I will clean it up first you!"

The same scene almost happened in different barracks.

The clerks and junior officials are experienced, and each barracks will arrange several old soldiers.These old soldiers have been on the battlefield and have seen blood, so they are most suitable to be corporal leaders, and they can be used to subdue the crowd.

Such an arrangement has advantages and disadvantages, and the overall advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

After listening to the little official's report, Zhao Jia put down his pen and smiled slightly, looking forward to the plan to be implemented.