It could be seen that Cai Yan was really happy for him, and Wei Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. For Cai Yan, this was a happy thing after coming to Anyi. This is also human nature, the fiancée does not want her husband to have a future.

.Although Wei Xuan came from the Wei family, if he was a dandy, he would not have been promoted to be filial and honest so early. Cai Yan was a lady and naturally knew what it meant to Wei Xuan to be promoted to filial and honest.

Wei Xuan wanted to stay and have some wine with Cai Yan to celebrate his entry into the officialdom, but considering the reputation of the girl, Wei Xuan held it back. Unmarried men and women were engaged, so seeing each other frequently was nothing, but he

Staying in the south for too long will cause criticism from others.

Wei Xuan came and went in a hurry, and Xu'er seemed very unhappy: "My uncle, it's true. The lady even called him Brother Xuan, but there was no response at all. He even talked to Sister Chunqin as soon as he walked in. It's really disappointing."

"Chunqin and the others are in charge of Baihu Ridge for Brother Xuan. He has made a special trip to explain something before going out. Do we have to talk to Xu'er first before we get in? Brother Xuan is not as free as you."

"Miss, you...it's so smooth to call you brother Xuan, and you said he's shameless..."

Wei Xuan didn't need any preparation when he went to Xingxian County as the postal supervisor, but he chose to go to Xiangling as his first stop, so he naturally had to make some preparations. So he first came to the manor and told Bai Shu and others about his plan.

Having said that, Cypress's first thought was that the entire escort team would be dispatched.

Naturally, Wei Xuan could not take away all the escorts. Firstly, many of them had just participated in the training and had no combat experience at all. Secondly, he was the postal officer who went to the county, not the county soldiers and commanders who went to fight.

People feel like they are playboys.

However, it was not enough to have no one around. After discussion, Wei Xuan decided to bring twenty knights, including six companions of Du Zhong, and the rest were locals from Wenxi and Anyi. Du Zhong wanted to go but was stopped.

Wei Xuan vetoed it. Firstly, the identity of Eucommia was too sensitive, and secondly, people were needed for the training of the Japanese escort team. Personnel were mobilized to be on standby at any time, and the remaining nearly two hundred escort teams were reorganized and started training.

Of course, the twenty-man escort did not set off together. Wei Xuan divided them into three groups and took seven of them with him. The rest were divided into two groups and went to Xiangling in advance to prepare. Guo Ye, Du Chong, Wang Qiang and other seven people became the lucky ones.

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Although Wei Su acted indifferently, Wei Xuan's mother really didn't want him to go out. Firstly, she always felt that Wei Xuan had not fully recovered, and secondly, it was getting colder as expected as he went north. Wei Xuan had no choice but to comfort him, saying he was a white tiger.

The people in the hall had already gone to Xiangling, and he had brought nearly twenty guards with him. In the end, Wei Xuan repeatedly promised to come back early to celebrate the New Year, and Wei's mother reluctantly agreed.

Three days later, Wei Xuan left Anyi with seven of his followers and began to travel to the county. In the past few days, he really did not go to the governor's office for a day. Because Wei Su told him that he really wanted to see some real situations.

Just go quietly by yourself, don't make a big fuss. Wei Xuan came from later generations, and he understands that when superior leaders come to inspect, they notify them early, and then the subordinates splash water to clean the streets a few days in advance, and even close the roads on the same day as a warning, so they can't see the real situation at all.

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Wei Xuan's first stop was not to go straight to Xiangling, but to go north to Wenxi. Wenxi is the second largest county in Hedong. Wei Xuan's eldest brother Wei Jian was transferred here from another county last year as a commander. Wei Xuan came here

The main thing is to ask your brother to find out the composition and authority of officials in a county-level unit. Because next, the people Ya will face directly are usually the local county magistrate and county head.

Wenxi was only one day away from Anyi, and Wei Jian also knew some of the things that had happened in the Wei family recently, but he was still surprised when Wei Xuan stood in front of him, and first walked around Wei Xuan several times,

After making sure that Wei Xuan was intact, he asked Wei Xuan to take a seat. However, he did not have new furniture produced by Weihe Furniture Factory here, so Wei Xuan was anxious and just smiled and said: "Brother, you have to flatter He'er and let him insert it for you.

A team sent us a new set of furniture. Now Anyi Ling also sits on the Imperial Chair."

"You kid, the Grand Master's chair, the refined salt, and the Grand Master Laojun's dream. Didn't I give you a lesson for this?"

Wei Xuan was a little embarrassed. The 26-year-old Wen Xiling was obviously not as funny as the young people of later generations, and he acted surprisingly stable.

Wei Jian also seemed to feel that it was not good for him to be like this after not seeing his brother for a long time, so he changed the question: "How is your health? Are you fully recovered? What happened when I heard that you encountered bandits in Paizi Ridge?"

"Brother, this is why I came here this time. The information obtained from interrogating the prisoners and the information from the White Tiger Hall point to Xiangling. I want to come to you to ask if there is any good solution. Next, I should go to Xiangling

Okay." After that, he roughly told Wei Jian some of the things that happened in the Wei family these days.

"Why don't you let Governor Yin send troops directly to Xiangling or Huoshan? Do you think they won't go back for the time being?"

"The county soldiers set off to Paizi Ridge the next day, but I think there should be no results. These people can flee to Paizi Ridge from Huoshan and Xiangling, so naturally they will not sit still and wait for death. I am mainly worried that Wang Yue will be there

Xiangling. I told Tong'er before I came here that I wanted him to ask the Tongshi for help. I just don't know if Tong'er will say it or if the Tongshi will go."

"Zhongdao, Tong'er has just come back. You have been with Tongshi for so long, why don't you just ask him directly?"

"Brother, Master Tong only regards me as a registered disciple, and he also thinks that my respect for him is only due to his life-saving grace that day. Tong'er is different, he is a martial arts idiot, and he must have seen eye to eye with Master Tong.

Then I accepted him as my personal disciple and took him to travel to the east of the river!"

When Wei Jian heard this, he pondered for a while with a serious expression and asked, "What would you do if the boy teacher doesn't come to Xiangling but Wang Yue is in Xiangling?"

"Now that a person like Wang Yue has exposed his identity, the purpose of assassinating the master behind him becomes meaningless. This is also the reason why he did not appear at the Paizi Ridge scene. I think as long as the action is more secretive, it will not happen.

let's go."

Wei Jian shook his head: "This won't work. I'm not sure how many people from the Xiangling County Government are involved. Even if Wang Yue isn't here, it's very dangerous for you to go there rashly!"

"That's why I came to my eldest brother to ask about the situation in Xiangling. I thought that the local officials and families in Hedong would not have the courage to become enemies of the Wei family. Behind them, there might be bigger families and officials in the court. I thought that the current Luoyang Dynasty

The three forces in the hall are all possible. Brother, please help me analyze the situation of Xiangling officials and local families."

When Wei Xuan saw his brother say this, he was somewhat surprised, because Wei Xuan was not yet nineteen years old after all! But since Wei Xuan came to ask him specifically, he naturally knew everything. What surprised Wei Xuan was that Xiangling

County Magistrate Huang Heng's benefactor turned out to be the Yuan family, but County Lieutenant Kong Qian was General He Jinxiang Party.

Wei Xuan was very curious as to why these families and relatives liked to manipulate the local area down to the level of county magistrate and county lieutenant. But now he had no clue, because the assassin Wang Yue came from the palace. But the traitor of Baihu Hall

An in-law from the Wei family! This in-law is only related to a collateral lineage of the Wei family, because a woman from the Wei family married and gave birth to him, so he was able to join Baihutang and be transferred to Anyi to work.

Wei Xuan also received news from his brother that the family to which this in-law belonged was considered a big family in Xiangling. The head of the family, Tang Ling, was the head of Xiangling County. The Tang family used to be the second largest family in Xiangling.

A few months ago, the largest family, the Yang family, was confiscated and exterminated for colluding with the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. It seems that Xiangling is really a mixed bag.

Wei Ji was also shocked that the weapons in the Xiangling arsenal could leak out and armed the bandits of the Shoji Wei family. Because such a large-scale leakage of weapons requires taking great risks, generally one or two people cannot do it at all, and perhaps the entire

People in several key positions in Xiangling County Yamen have been bribed and used!

Naturally, Wei Xuan also informed his elder brother of some of the family's important decisions, and hoped that Wei Ji could write back to persuade Wei Su that it was time to recruit guests on a large scale to defend the Wei family.

He just smiled at Wei Tong. He was not Wei He. At Wei Tong's age, he usually supported any decision made by the family. Unless he had personal experience, he would not try to change it.

Wei Xuan thought for a while and reminded: "Brother, no matter who is targeting us these times, it is better not to do what I have seen along the way. I am worried that the Yellow Turban Party will expand rapidly, and even some

An uprising may break out again, so you must pay attention to your own safety in Wenxi! Also increase some county soldiers appropriately and organize more township warriors to prepare for thieves!"

Although Wei Ji saw that Wei Xuan was very cautious, he had no intention of listening and just smiled. Wei Xuan was anxious, thinking that after the escort team had some effect, he would send some people to protect his brother as soon as possible.

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After bidding farewell to his brother, Wei Xuan led his people towards the northeast on the second day. It was only a day's journey on horseback from Wenxi to Xiangling, but since Wei Xuan was visiting the county to observe the people's sentiments and look for clues, he naturally couldn't just take a quick look.

.After entering Xiangling County, they simply abandoned the official road and walked into the country roads. They walked and walked, and occasionally stayed in the homes of ordinary people. Although the conditions were more difficult, they were very relaxed.

Compared with Anyi and Wenxi, Xiangling is naturally poorer, so Wei Xuan and others can often see some material people in the village who don't go to the doctor when they are sick, or who don't have money to ask for an answer, but go all the way.

Go to Taiping Taoist to ask for amulets! Knowing that these people are in vain, Wei Xuan is unable to change everything, which makes Wei Xuan very depressed.

Wei Xuan didn't believe that people like his eldest brother or even his father didn't know the situation of the people below, but it seemed that they all habitually ignored it. If Wei Xuan hadn't been chasing clues, maybe even Xingxian wouldn't have come back to such a remote mountain village.

Of course, what Wei Xuan didn't expect was that these seemingly ordinary and poor mountain villages provided Wei Xuan with very important clues.


Chapter completed!