"Dead?"
Ren Hong suddenly sobered up: "Who was killed?"
”It won't be killed by his luck.Chen Pengzu was still vague: "Dunhuang County sent Lingshi to see the corpse, and interrogated the assistants and pawns in Fengsui, but he still didn't understand, probably he met Hu Lu, or a dead thief who absconded across the border, anyway, he died a miserable death, and all his clothes, knives and bows were taken away." ”"So in the end, although it was determined that it was a thief who killed him, who did it has not yet been clarified."
Chen Pengzu disagreed: "Every year, there are eight similar cases in Fengsui along the border, if you want me to say, it's good that Suichang is dead, it's making room for you." ”Chen Pengzu sent Ren Hong to his post today, even if he completed the task, of course, it was none of his business, but Ren Hong was different, he had already taken this headless and tailless murder case to heart, after all, he didn't want to follow in his footsteps.So Ren Hong carefully inquired about what Chen Pengzu knew, including the content of the book after Ling Shi's autopsy, the more he listened, the more Ren Hong felt strange and as they got closer, he could see the broken Sui clearly: on a wind-eroded platform, the tall beacon stands here, it is made of adobe and red willow, and the grass is narrow, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, up to four zhang, that is, more than eight meters.A figure could be faintly seen above, and they were also spotted at this time, and they were shouting a warning.There was a small dock courtyard on the east side of Fengsui, which was where the flints lived, and when Ren Hong and them went up to the platform, four people had already come out and looked at them vigilantly.The leader was a middle-aged man with a long beard and a red beard, and the three beside him, all in armor, were armed with blades: there was a tall man, a hunchbacked old man, and a thin young man, and the man who had always been guarding the beacon, although he could not see his face clearly, was holding a hard bow and standing vigilantly on the edge."
Chen Weishi, don't come to harm!"
After the two approached, the middle-aged official in the lead recognized Chen Pengzu, so he relaxed his vigilance and came over to greet him."
This is Song Wan, the assistant of the Broken Sui, an old man in Suizhong, who met me when he went to Buguang to wait for the official to do something."
Chen Pengzu introduced casually, and pointed to Ren Hong and said: "This is the new Suichang, Ren Hong!"
”"The new flint?"
Everyone looked at Song Wan, Ren Hong was wearing a flint-length fine linen robe, and now his identity was confirmed, and Song Wan's originally smiling face suddenly fell, but he still reluctantly bowed his hand to Ren Hong: "The subordinates have seen Suichang." ”Ren Hong saw it in his eyes, knew it, and said politely: "Ren Hong is young, he has just arrived, and he hopes that Song Assistant will give him more advice." ”He looked at the others: "What do you call these people?"
”Song Wansui pointed to the past one by one, first of all, the hunchbacked old man: "Qian Luo, a native of Dunhuang County, is nine out of forty years old, the oldest in Sui, and is responsible for making food on weekdays. ”Qian Luluo smiled and saluted, looked at Ren Hong's dress with a pair of small eyes, and finally stopped on the tall horse behind him.Then there was the thin young man: "Sui pawn Yin Youqing, a native of Dunhuang County, three out of twenty, served for the first time, and was the youngest in Sui, who could sew and mend clothes. ”Yin Youqing is probably the lowest status in Suili, and he is a little submissive.When it was the turn of the tall man, Ren Hong heard a familiar name: "Lu Guangsu, a native of Xixiang, Xiaogu County, has five out of twenty, and is good at making five soldiers." ”Ren Hong stopped and said with a smile: "Lu Guangsu, your brother Lu Duowei is doing things in Hanging Springs, and he asked me to bring a winter coat over." ”Although this Lu Guangsu and Lu Duowei are brothers, one is tall and the other is short, and the only similarity is their flat nose and bulging forehead."
I heard this familiar name, and it was really Ren Jun of Hanging Springs!"
Lu Guangsu was still pursing his lips just now, and he smiled: "When I went home last month, my brother also mentioned Ren Jun to me, saying that you took care of me, ate and drank well, and even the letters sent in the past were also written by Ren Jun. ”Ren Hongdao: "I wrote a letter a few days ago, I heard that the former Suichang unfortunately died, can someone read the letter for you?"
”"Zhang Qianren, who is in charge of raising dogs in Suizhong, helped me read."
As Lu Guangsu spoke, Song Wan's face became even worse.Ren Hong understood that this Song assistant was probably illiterate, so he needed others to do it for him.No wonder Chen Pengzu has to come with him, otherwise he will not be able to hand over the letter of appointment for verification.He raised his head again and pointed to the man standing guard on the flint, "What about you?"
How to call it?
”The man who guarded Sui had a round cake face, thin eyes, a somewhat alien appearance, and his hair was not tied in a bun, but braided, which made Ren Hong a little vigilant.The hunchbacked Qian Luluo was very attentive and called: "Zhao Hu'er, come down and meet Ren Suichang." ”Zhao Hu'er on the flint said angrily: "The old flint said that someone must be left on the wall to watch. ”Qian Luluo scolded him and said: "The old Sui Chang was more than ten years ago, and now I have to listen to the new Sui Chang!"
”Zhao Hu'er was indifferent, Lu Guangsu explained: "That was more than ten years ago, Zhao Hu'er is Hu's father and Han mother, escaped from the Xiongnu, was picked up by Lao Suichang, and was adopted and raised.Later, the old Sui Chang died, and Zhao Hu'er stayed in the broken Sui, which is the person who has stayed in the Sui for the longest time, good at archery, and can track the footprints of Ren Jun, so I will go up and drag him down. ”After only a while, Lu Guangsu already regarded himself as the first horse boy under Ren Hong.Ren Hong stopped him: "Zhao Hu'er is right, there must be someone waiting on the wall at any time, I brought some food and wine for the second and third sons, and it will not be too late to see each other at night." ”When everyone heard that they had food and wine, they were all overjoyed, but Song Wan was silent.Chen Pengzu asked at this time: "Why are there only five people?"
There should be nine people at full capacity. ”"There are two people who went out to inspect Tiantian and have not returned, and there are two people" Lu Guangsu glanced at Song Wan: "Go to the Dunhuang County Government to do business." ”"That's right."
Ren Hong didn't interrogate him carefully, although he was a new official, he was not polite, and immediately ordered to open."
Lu Guangsu, Qian Luo, Lao Ru and others drove my horse and the rented donkey cart to the stable.""
Yin Youqing."
Ren Hong called the young man again: "You take Chen Weishi to drink water and rest." ”"Aided Song, take me for a walk in the flint?""
No."
Song Wan led the way in front and introduced Ren Hong and Chen Pengzu into the dock.And Qian Luluo, who was leading the horse, looked at Ren Hong's radish, wanted to reach out and touch it but was almost bitten, and quickly retracted it, and was surprised: "The high-headed horse, at least worth one or two hundred thousand dollars, this Ren Hong can buy a good horse, and he became a flint chief at such a young age, Guangsu, is he a son of a wealthy family?"
”Lu Guangsu deliberately kept the mystery for Ren Hong: "I only heard my brother say, although this Ren Jun, although he is an official, he is extremely cherished and careless, especially good at tinkering with food, you wait, I am afraid that the good days we are waiting for are coming!"
”Although it is also called the dock, but the dock of the broken flint, about only one-fifth of the size of the hanging spring, ten meters square, equivalent to a small quadrangle, it is connected with the beacon Sui into one, there is a trench building that is next to the platform, the level of lifting is made of wooden planks, and it leads directly to the flint.There are a total of eight rooms in the dock, two rooms on the east wall are kitchens and granaries, Ren Hong went in to take a look, the granaries were full of grain, Song Wan said, once a month from Buguang to wait for the official to transport grain, although there is also a stove in the kitchen, a kettle, a retort, but compared to the hanging spring is much simpler.The two rooms on the west wall are places to accumulate salaries and place armor soldiers, and the fires are not only needed for cooking on weekdays, but also used for beacon warnings, and must be ensured to be sufficient.In the small room of the Tibetan armor soldiers, there are ten people with a full set of leather armor, as well as Ge, spears, crossbows and other weapons.Each of these armor soldiers is recorded in a weapon collection book, which is in every flint and every arsenal, compared to the number of armor soldiers in the arsenal of Donghai County, which is often two million pieces, there are only dozens of broken flints: 4 crossbows, 3 bows, 4 ge, 4 spears, 2 halberds, 5 swords, and 5 knives.In addition, there are 400 crossbow bolts and 200 arrows.Armed with ten people, it is more than enough.Ren Hong asked Song Wan to light the lamp, looked through the inspection and inquiry one by one, and made sure that there were many pieces, and watching Ren Hong flip through the slips, Song Wan couldn't help but show a trace of envy in his eyes.If it weren't for his illiterateness, the position of the chief of the Sui would definitely be a certainty, and it would not be the turn of this little son to do it, in this way, the bribes to the chief of the west would all be lost, and it would be difficult to pursue the request At this time, Ren Hong closed the slip and said with a smile: "The soldiers are all complete, but I have something to ask Assistant Officer Song." ”"Sui, but it doesn't hurt to ask."
Song Wan came back to his senses.Ren Hong's expression flickered under the lamp: "It's about the death of the predecessor Suichang!"
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