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Emperor Ming of the former dynasty!Xiangli nodded with a serious face, paused, and asked Xiao Wu beside him: "What is Emperor Ming?"

Wu Youcai: "..."

Emperor Ming was the first emperor of Dajing in the previous dynasty!He is just a local official, not someone who cares about the country and the people, who has the time to manage the affairs of the former emperor!

However, although it is not very clear what Emperor Ming did, after all, Emperor Ming was not an emperor who was born in the world like Emperor Qin, Han and Wu. There are not a few emperors in history, and those who can be remembered are either very good or poor.

"Probably more than 100 years ago." Wu Youcai wrenched his fingers, calculated, and said.

Jiangnan Road has been prosperous since the establishment of the previous dynasty, and Emperor Ming didn't have many things at that time, otherwise the files in the Gusu county government warehouse would not be limited to this.

With such a small stack of files, the girl naturally turned through it not slowly.Of course, the dossiers in the warehouses of the local government offices all record local events.Jiangnan Road was prosperous and peaceful for a generation, except for the hatred and disputes among the common people, there were all trivial matters.

But even so, the girl still looked through it very seriously, and when she finished flipping through the small pile of files, Jiang Shaoyan looked up at the locked box on the top shelf.

In fact, she saw this box when Wu Youcai pointed out the bookshelf.Among the girls, the taller one stood on tiptoe and took the box down with a hook.

The box itself was not too light, and with the contents inside, it was still a bit heavy to hold, so I hugged the box and shook it, but there was no sound.Jiang Shaoyan turned around and asked Wu Youcai, "Master Wu, can you open this box for me?"

Letting Wu Youcai be the acting county magistrate was the right step. If the acting county magistrate of Gusu hadn't been Wu Youcai, it would definitely not be so easy for her to find something.

Wu Youcai, who was carrying a large bunch of keys, shook his head at Jiang Shaoyan for the first time today, but instead of refusing, he spread his hands and said to Jiang Shaoyan: "Miss Jiang Si, I saw that box the first day I came to Gusu. I heard that the key It's gone, and the previous county magistrate never opened it."

To be honest, the former county magistrate was far inferior to Wu Youcai in terms of ability.It’s just that compared to being a Gusu county magistrate who loves the people like a son, the former county magistrate obviously didn’t focus on the local people, but on the dignitaries. It’s better to have more things reported by the people than to be less. Thin mud, if it really doesn't work, just take it over reluctantly.

Even if such a smart person discovered these things, he didn't bother to take care of them.

Don't have a key?The girl went to the table in the warehouse and put down the box in her hand, then picked up the lock that fastened the box and looked at it for a while, then suddenly took a hairpin on her head from the bun with her backhand down.I pinched the tip of the hairpin a few times, poked the hairpin into the keyhole, and poked it against the keyhole a few times. Everyone only heard a "click", and the lock buckle fell to the ground with a "snap". .

These actions were almost done in one go, and Wu Youcai was dumbfounded watching from the sidelines.

Would a good person like Miss Jiang Si still pick the lock?

"Our young lady is really good at everything!" The voices of Xiangli and You Rongyan sounded from the side, and they said excitedly, "With young lady here, even thieves would not dare to enter Jiang's house."

is it?It turns out that Miss Jiang Si did this to prevent thieves?Wu Youcai looked at the girl's expression of calmly unlocking and opening the box, and nodded seriously, convincing himself: It's really not a good person for ordinary people to know, and it's the object he should focus on as a local parent official.But Miss Jiang Si is different, she knows this to prevent thieves, so it's not surprising that she knows these things!

Unlocking the lock and opening the box, inside was a pile of well-arranged portraits, Jiang Shaoyan flipped through them and found that they were wanted portraits issued by Emperor Ming at that time.

Thanks to Mr. Jiang's extensive books, he doubled the wanted portraits. Jiang Shaoyan somehow felt that something was wrong. After reading it carefully for a while, she passed the stack of portraits to Wu Youcai, Xiangli and others, saying: " Look at these pictures."

Wanted portrait?What's wrong with wanted portraits?Wu Youcai was a little puzzled. Although he was an old county magistrate with no ambitions, he had handled a lot of portraits that were handed over to him to post.

Although it is the Great Zhou Dynasty now, it has experienced two dynasties anyway, and many veterans of the Great Zhou Dynasty are also from the former Dajing, and many rules and work styles are no different from the former Dajing.

The same is true for the wanted portraits, including the official seals below, which are all stamped in the same way, and the seals issued by whichever government office are stamped.

It seems that the most wanted portraits are from Dali Temple. After all, the Yamen of Dali Temple always has to deal with vicious people.

However, this pile of portraits did not come from Dali Temple, the seal on the bottom was the seal of the Ministry of War, presumably it was the murderer that the Ministry of War wanted to arrest directly.The Ministry of War is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and it seems that most of the portraits issued directly by the Ministry of War are those who violated military regulations.

"Most of the people who break the military rules in places with strict discipline like the army are mixed people who can't even be tamed by the army." Her relationship with General Zhao Xiao in her previous life gave her a little understanding of the army. "Most of these people are fierce and aggressive. the wicked."

Xiangli, who was flipping through the portraits, couldn't help but feel emotional when she heard the words: "That really knows people, faces, but not heart, but you can't tell from the portraits, none of them look like villains!"

Yes, not quite like those vicious and aggressive villains who repeatedly violated military regulations.

Ordinary people like Xiangli don't know the theory of facial features and five elements, they just speak out based on instinct.Jiang Shaoyan herself is also a half-hearted person, and all her knowledge comes from Jiang Gong's extensive books.

But it would be fine if one or two faces did not match those who repeatedly violated the military regulations, but this is a pile of portraits. The people on the pile of portraits all have regular facial features and upright eyebrows.

Besides, if it's just an ordinary search, why are these portraits locked in this box?

She had already searched through the warehouse in Baoling City like her own backyard, and there was no wanted portrait in this box.If the Ministry of War is looking for a group of fugitives who violated military regulations, they have already found Jiangnan Road, and Jiangnan Road is very close, so why is there no one in Baoling, only Gusu?

This is indeed a bit strange, but Wu Youcai didn't have any major reaction. He just looked at it and handed it back to Jiang Shaoyan.

These are all old things from the previous court, and the previous court is gone, so why care about these things?
Moreover, looking through the entire Gusu yamen, there seems to be nothing else related to this portrait.

"It was sent by the Ministry of War to find deserters who violated military discipline," Wu Youcai said, weighing the portrait in his hand, and frowned, but instinctively felt that something was wrong, what was wrong?

"There are five wooden boards posted in Gusu City, including four city gates and the center of the city." Jiang Shaoyan said, "There should be more than five portraits for each person, but here is only one. "

Yes, the problem is here!Wu Youcai nodded, and said instinctively, "One copy is not enough."

"And there is no trace of posting on the back of this pile of portraits, it seems that it was only distributed to Gusu County Magistrate, and it was never posted." Jiang Shaoyan said.

is it?Wu Youcai nodded, but there was little reaction.He did not forget Jiang Shaoyan's exhortation: to be a qualified Gusu Acting County Magistrate is enough.This qualified Gusu Acting County Magistrate does not include checking the old affairs of the previous dynasty.

(End of this chapter)