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Eighty-nine: strategy discussion

"You said there are people in the county town who worship the statue of Wu Wudi? How did you find out that this person has a problem?"

In the Lingguan Office, Cao Yan heard the news about Li Buzhuo and couldn't help but stand up behind the desk with a serious expression.

"Since a month ago, I went to the second floor of the Library Library to check the files. Compared with the household registration and list of previous years, I found many abnormal populations, suspected of impersonating household registration. The person I was chasing today was named Wang Ye, who was one of the most suspicious people."

Cao Yan was slightly shocked. When Li Buzhuo asked to review the files a month ago, he actually didn't take it seriously. Those old case files had been piled up for more than ten years, and they were not very rigorous. How could it be possible to find out the abnormalities with one person's strength? Who knew that Li Buzhuo really followed the clues and found the suspicious person.

Although Cao Yan was surprised and knew that it was not the time to worry about this, he asked, "What's the matter with that person now?"

"Diet." Li Buzhuo looked regretful. Seeing Cao Yan's eyebrows, the character "chuan" twisted deeper again, and explained: "I traced the place where he lived from where he often appeared. I wanted to hit him unexpectedly, but unexpectedly, this person was extremely cruel. When he found something wrong, he used a firearm to fight with me for life and death. I still couldn't protect myself and could not leave a living."

"Dead?"

Cao Yan pondered for a while, called him to follow him, and went to Qingkou Lane where he had just fought fiercely to deal with the funeral.

By the time of Shenmeng, the bodies of the three men were wrapped in linen and stuffed into a tightly sealed carriage carriage and brought back to the Lingguanya.

The origin of the man who impersonated Wang Ye was also found out. This person was called Wenrenyu. He was originally from the Longzhou area. He was exiled for the crime of privately circulating books. During the exile, the team of officials who escorted the prisoners were attacked and killed, and the prisoners disappeared. Now Wenrenyu has been found, proving that the prisoners are not dead, but are taken under the command of the remnants of the previous dynasty.

Wenrenyu was overturned to the bottom of his residence in Hedong County. When Li Buzhuo and Cao Yan returned to Lingguanya, Zhang Jinyue also returned from a patrol outside the county. When he learned about this, he frowned and said, "There are people in the county who use firearms privately. If this matter is spread, he may not be good for Lord Cao's reputation."

"It's not the time to care about this." Cao Yan smiled bitterly, "If the remnants of the previous dynasty were really messing with the muddy waters in Hedong County, I would like someone to participate in my book. Even if I demoted me to Cangzhou, it would be better than taking responsibility in this place of failure."

Li Buzhuo frowned secretly.

Cao Yan is now close to his old age. It is said that he will beg for bones at the end of winter this year and return to his hometown to maintain peace and prosperity. At this critical moment, the sudden disappearance of the population has made him feel overwhelmed. If there are remnants of the previous dynasty, he will be confused by the people's livelihood situation in Hedong County, it will be a big deal whether he can return to his hometown safely. If Hedong County has a great chaos under his command, it will not only be unsafe in his later years, but may even be included in the county annals and bear the reputation.

For this reason, this spiritual official who holds the authority of a county, faced the clues of the previous dynasty's remnants, was to avoid responsibility and not to investigate too deeply. If he could survive these two months, he would resign and return home. Then the mess would naturally be cleaned up by those who would later.

Not to mention Zhang Jinyue's attitude of patrolling Hedong County, the scammer's attitude of surfing the fish. As a county psychic official, Cao Yan was also evasive, and Li Buzhuo alone, even if he fought for his life, it would be useless to find out the clues about Taowu Castle.

Li Buzhuo was anxious, but he didn't show it. He advised: "If the remnants of the previous dynasty could really become a climate, they would not have been wiped out by hundreds of schools. Now they are in secret, so they can only use some weird means. As long as they find out where these people come from, there is nothing to be afraid of. If Lord Cao can solve this big case before returning home, it would be a good story to spread it."

Cao Yan shook his head without thinking and said with a wry smile: "You are not well-informed in the world, so naturally you don't know the benefits and disadvantages. Although they are not worth mentioning than the Heavenly Palace, they are easy to deal with spiritual officials in a mere county. How can I beat them with my men and horses?"

As he said that, he took out the note found on the red-robed Qi Refiner today and handed it to Cao Yan: "If Lord Cao really let it go, there will be a big mess today."

Cao Yan took the note and saw the words "On the 24th day of the 20th anniversary of the Hedong County Nanjiao Casting and Refining Department, he said in a slight voice: "These people want to move the Casting and Refining Department?"

The fishery and canal operation industry in Hedong County are the most developed, and the one that is most valued by the Tiangong is the county-level casting and refining department. The casting and refining department transports hundreds of thousands of kilograms of pig iron and steel to the Tiangong every year, which is the source of casting weapons, armor and firearms.

Iron is the best pattern steel. Even if you only use skillful craftsmanship to forge weapons, you can cut iron like mud.

The Hedong County Casting and Refining Department only produces 2,000 kilograms per year. If it is intercepted, Cao Yan will be in trouble.

Facing Cao Yan's gaze, Li Buzhuo did not add any more fuel to the fire and said to the truth: "This note was found in the remnants of the previous dynasty. As for what actions they will do, I don't know."

Cao Yan looked anxious and murmured: "It's a bad thing, it's a bad thing..."

Li Buzhuo couldn't help but feel sorry for his iron, and he held back his tone and said, "Don't the families of Hedong County still have private military departments? The people's livelihood and stability in the county are shared with them. With the people's expectations of these prominent families in the county, if you want to investigate the case, it is probably several times more efficient than the service personnel of Lingguanye. Lord Cao might as well ask them for help..."

"No!" Zhang Jinyue suddenly interrupted Li Buzhuo's words, "This matter cannot be said. The He family and Yao family are all old Confucian families, so they probably knew about this a long time ago."

Li Buzhuo was slightly stunned.

Cao Yan sighed: "After sixteen years of the previous dynasty, I want to let them take action by relying on a Xingye Temple to worship the former pilgrimage ancestor and impersonate him? I might as well buy a piece of tofu and kill him more neatly."

Zhang Jinyue showed a deep expression of agreement, but changed the subject and said, "But if the remnants of the dynasty really take action tomorrow, we have to formulate some policies and strategies."

"I hope to hear it carefully." Li Buzhuo thought to himself that this guy could finally come in handy at the critical moment.

"First of all, we must send troops to ambush. If the remnants of the dynasty are really going to attack the Forging and Refining Department tomorrow, we will ambush a team of elite soldiers outside the Forging and Refining Department, just waiting for the rabbit."

"The second thing is that this matter must not be made public. The remnants of the previous dynasty were so hidden in the county, so the connection between members would not be too close. Today, you killed those three people in Qingkou Lane, and the other members may not have noticed it."

"Repeatedly, this matter must be hidden from the major prestigious families in the county. In this way, we cannot dispatch too many troops. We should only send twenty or thirty elite soldiers, which can cover up people's eyes and ears, and will not alarm the snake."

Zhang Jinyue said the plan directly without any delay. As if he had already thought about it in his heart, Cao Yan nodded and said, "Yes, you must kill the remnants of the previous dynasty."

"I will rush to the Casting and Refining Department to arrange tomorrow's transportation schedule." Zhang Jinyue nodded, "As for the elite soldiers who ambush outside the Casting and Refining Department tomorrow..."

"I'm willing to go."
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