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Chapter 106: Ba Ling (Long chapter, please subscribe)

"If you touch the short arrow, it means you are hiding poison arrows!"

Guo Jie pulled Wei Guang hard and pulled him back from the Hanque. He looked towards the small double-eaved houses and alleys around the county residence and the Changguan Temple, his face full of vigilance, searching for the idle people looking towards the Hanque.

Idle people are also called spies or spies.

Guo Jie suspected that Du Yicao had deliberately arranged for the food doctor to secretly hide the poison arrows, and sent an idle person to watch around. If Guo Jie or someone around him touched the poison arrows, he would go directly to the official temple to report it.

"Private."

Wei Guang was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. Looking at the poisonous arrow in the secret compartment on the ground, his heart trembled. He was only focused on breaking the short arrow used to murder Guo Jie, and forgot about the experience mentioned by an actor.

An actor went to Disheguili and performed a musical comedy in front of the nobles. Because he needed a short arrow, he brought a short arrow into the guest room.

He did not carry a bow or crossbow, but only a short arrow shaft without a tip. However, he was sent to the temple by the officials on the charge of secretly hiding poisoned arrows and was beheaded and thrown into the market.

The Han Dynasty law stipulated that no one could privately hide poison arrows. If anyone was found holding poison arrows, he would be sentenced to beheading or thrown into the market, unless the official in charge of the government or temple was in possession of poison arrows, and there was an imperial decree. Otherwise, the government or temple was not allowed to possess poison arrows.

As long as Wei Guang touched the poisoned arrow, he would be considered in possession of a poisoned arrow and would be reported to the official temple in Chang'an by someone else. Unless Princess Pingyang intervened, he would be beheaded and thrown into the market.

He was just a riding slave, and Wei Zifu did not enter the palace. She had to wait until the second year of Jianyuan (139 BC) to enter the palace.

After being reported, the only way out was to escape to Jinchengluli.

"Fortunately, my brother stopped me."

Wei Guang stretched out his silk sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "No wonder the food doctor never revealed his purpose in coming here despite being tortured by Yi Zong. It turns out he hid the poison arrows in the secret compartment of Hanque. If he reveals it, he will be beheaded and thrown into the public square."

Several people looked at the short arrow in the secret compartment.

I was in a dilemma for a moment.

Don't know what to do with it.

Guo Jie sneered, "Yi Zong should go and fetch the superior official Zhang Tang. Doctor Du's concealment of poisoned arrows is no longer a case that the county government can handle."

Did Doctor Du hide it secretly?
Wei Guang's face lit up with joy, and he praised his brother for being smart and finding an excuse to attack the Du clans of the Western Road.

Among the Du clans in the Western Road, only three served as clerks in government temples. One was Du Juecao who had been beheaded, one was one of the three elders in the county, and the other was Du Yicao in Daidi.

Du Juecao and Du Yicao were eliminated one after another, and only one of the three Du elders in the county was left among the Dus in the Western Road.

Yi Zong understood his sister-in-law's thoughts, turned around and left in a carriage covered with white cloth, and returned to the official temple in Chang'an to find Zhang Tang to deal with the short arrows and violet poison in the secret compartment of Hanque.

Guo Jie looked back and forth several times between the small double-eaved house and the rammed earth alleys, but did not see any sneaky idlers. It seemed that Doctor Du was just doing something shameful and was not deliberately framing Guo Jie and the people around him.

He had to be careful.

Guo Jie deeply understood that the higher he climbed, the more cautious he had to be. If he was not careful, he would be pulled down.

"Poison arrow?!"

Zhang Tang, wearing an iron crown and black clothes, rode in a carriage covered with black cloth and hurried to the county residence and official temple. He saw several short arrows and a bunch of violet poison lying in a secret compartment on the rammed earth ground.

His expression changed. "Even if it involves the King of Dai, we can't let him go! But we can't act rashly. We can't go to the Dai residence to arrest him in a big way. It's best to take a few people to the house of Doctor Du and bring him back secretly. Don't alert the King of Dai."

The Medical Department was one of the departments in the prefectures and states.

He was a Cao official who had been able to see King Dai.

In addition, due to the special duties of the medical officer, as a doctor, he often went in and out of the King of Dai's main residence.

When the wives, concubines, and grandchildren of King Dai needed medical treatment, the doctors were often highly skilled physicians. Doctor Du often went to King Dai's main residence to see patients.

In order to avoid being stopped by King Dai, it would be better to capture the person quietly.

"Please trouble you, Officer Zhang."

Guo Jie bowed and said, "The arrest is the responsibility of the county government, but the task of shielding the King of Dai from questioning can only be left to Zhang Shangli."

This statement clearly shows that the boss is taking the blame for his subordinates.

If it were someone else, they would have been furious and would have walked away without paying any more attention to Doctor Du's case.

Zhang Tang, however, was determined. "Go and arrest Doctor Du. I will handle the rest of the interrogation. No one else's pleas will be of any use. The King of Dai is here in person, and I have only one thing to say."

He said with a serious face: "Behead him and throw him into the streets!"

Zhang Tang firmly upheld the laws of the Han Dynasty, and no pressure from any ministers or princes could shake his resolute heart.

Guo Jie watched Zhang Tang leave, looking at the back of the most famous cruel official in the Western Han Dynasty with a face full of admiration, and became more determined to follow in the cruel official's footsteps.

Such leadership is rare.

"Brother."

Wei Guang said excitedly, "I know where Doctor Du lives. I'll be accompanying him on this trip to capture Doctor Du."

Halfway through his words, he remembered that Zhang Qian had already gone to the Western Regions and no one was competing for the credit, and he suddenly felt that there was no point in competing for credit.

"Ugh."

Wei Guang sighed and said, "I hope my elder sister can convince Chong Huangrou. Otherwise, every time I follow my brother to capture people, there is no one to fight for it. Mang Tong is not a talkative person, so it is one less thing to do."

Zhang Qian went to the northwest.

Wei Guang wants to go to the southwest.

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A person who was born a cavalry slave may never have the chance to become a general who conquers the southwestern countries in his lifetime.

"hehe."

Guo Jie laughed dumbly: "Just wait, even if Chong Huangrou doesn't come, Su Jian or Huo Zhongru will come to work together. It will give you a headache. These two people like to make achievements."

Su Jian?

Huo Zhongru?
Could he be another person like Zhang Qian who has the opportunity to be recorded in history?

Wei Guang couldn't help but look forward to it.

"Where does Doctor Du live?"

Guo Jie asked, "Does he live in the North House or the East House? According to the doctor, Doctor Du lives in the Daidi lv in the North House. There is no time to lose. Come with me and arrest him."

"Wait a minute, brother."

Wei Guang stopped Guo Jie, who always did things immediately and never procrastinated, and said with a smile, "I have been preparing a banquet at home for such a long time, inviting actors, servants, and poor peddlers to eat and drink lavishly. Although I accepted gifts, I also lost a lot. It seems that I lost money, but in fact, my wife does not understand my feelings."

He held his head high with his martial crown on his head and said proudly, "I made many friends just for today."

Wei Guang bribed actors, slaves, and poor porters to act as his spies.

I dare not say that all the low-class people in the streets and alleys are his idlers.

At least the actors and servants in Gao Street were willing to be Wei Guang's idlers and willingly help to gather information.

Although they were all low-class people, actors could often go in and out of the houses of nobles and powerful people.

What Wei Guang did was actually similar to what Guo Jie did.

Guo Jie gradually arranged for the trusted knights to serve as village officials and field managers in the neighborhood, with only one purpose.

Replace all the grassroots cadres in Changan with his people.

After Guo Jie accomplished this, Chang'an at night became a place where he could come and go freely as if he were in an empty city.

The curfew is ineffective.

This was because the village official who was in charge of the gate control of the neighborhood and the field official who was in charge of the flute were all Guo Jie's men.

By then, controlling the grassroots cadres will have many other wonderful uses.

Guo Jie thought for a moment, then understood Wei Guang's intention. He smiled and said, "Mang Tong and I will go back and open the Five Armory and replace our armor. You can find a few poor porters and go to Daidilu to gather information."

When Wei Guang heard that Guo Jie approved of his approach, his face lit up with joy, and he immediately gathered a few poor porters and went to Doctor Du's house.

The five armors were opened, and Guo Jie was wearing a set of red-ribboned fish-scale armor. Compared to the Duting who only had one set of fish-scale armor, the five armors of the county residence and official temple had one more set.

Mang Tong can also wear a set of red fish scale armor.

"Doctor Du is not in Daidilu."

Wei Guang was full of relief. "Fortunately, I found someone to be idle and gather information in advance. If I had rashly gone to Doctor Du's house and disturbed him, he might have run back to Dai State and hidden himself."

A group of people ran to Doctor Du's house to arrest people.

If the neighbors or servants in the mansion told Du Yicao, they would run back to Dai and hide that same day.

"Where is Doctor Du currently living?"

Guo Jie nodded secretly, and thought more and more that it was a great thing for Wei Guang to spend a small amount of money to accomplish a big thing and to find a poor porter as his spies.

"Ba Ling Yi."

Wei Guang dipped his fingers in millet wine and drew a rough map on the table. "There was a youngest brother of a herdsman, a herdsman in the house of Doctor Du. He was in arrears with his food allowance and had nowhere to ask for it. When he learned that I was collecting information about Doctor Du, he told him without hesitation where he was going."

Stipend is equivalent to wages.

Guo Jie shook his head. It seemed that the general who did not give meat to the coachmen before the Spring and Autumn Period was not enough to alert some fools.

No one can be made difficult for others, especially the poor people who are already suffering and have no way out.

After all, Doctor Du Cao is the number one leader of the Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission.

Are you short of wages for a shepherd slave?
Apparently there is no shortage.

In the end, he fell because of a shepherd slave.

It's really ridiculous.

"Walk."

Guo Jie immediately donned his armor and mounted his Hexi horse. He said, "Go to Baling and arrest the men. Take Doctor Du and bring him to trial."

In the Duting of Chang'an, armor could only be worn inside the pavilion.

Once you leave the capital, you will violate the laws of the Chang'an government.

Guo Jie and Mang Tong were both wearing red armor, and a military official with ten personnel officers, also wearing red armor, followed behind them.

Flaunting.

But there will be no punishment.

Guo Jie is now the head of the county residence. As long as it is official business related to the county residence or the state residence, he is not allowed to leave the official temple, let alone put on armor.

Even if I leave Chang'an.

Leave the Right Secretary.

Still no one had any objection.

The best benefit of being the head of the county residence was that Guo Jie had a very high degree of freedom as an official.

Baling Town is located on the east bank of the Ba River east of Chang'an. This place is the strategic point of Chang'an. Anyone entering or leaving the Yao and Tong passes from the west or east must pass through the Ba River and Baling Town.

A Ba Bridge was built across the Ba River, one of the sixteen bridges in the nine markets of Chang'an. The Ba Bridge was five zhang wide and three hundred steps from east to west, with dozens of archways, hundreds of pillars, and more than a hundred beams.

There are embankments on the east and west sides of the bridge, and there are also stone pillars.

A five-li-long embankment was built and ten thousand willow trees were planted.

It was early spring and the snowy winter had passed. Guo Jie rode a Hexi horse to the west side of Baqiao. The carriages and open carts on the road saw the red-ribboned fish scale armor and hurriedly made way, allowing him to travel smoothly along the way.

Even the crowded Ba Bridge, filled with open carts loaded with goods, still made way for Guo Jie's Hexi horse to pass.

"Pooh!"

Wei Guang spat out the willow catkins in his mouth and said impatiently, "I've heard there are a lot of willow catkins on Baqiao, but I never thought it would be everywhere. It's really annoying. We should cut down all the willow trees on the east and west banks. If the water leaks, I don't know how big a fire it will cause."

In early spring, willow catkins flutter like flying snow, floating on both sides of Baqiao.

Guo Jie thought to himself, this will be one of the eight scenic spots in Guanzhong in the future - the snow and wind at Baqiao.

However, Wei Guang was right. The flying catkins in the sky could easily cause a fire.

Like Wei Guang, Guo Jie did not have the whining of a scholar. He was a true pragmatist who thought that the willow trees on both sides of Baqiao should be cut down.

It’s a pity that the two of them had no say. The purpose of planting willow trees was to strengthen the embankment and prevent the embankments built on the east and west banks from collapsing.

Baqiao was three hundred steps from east to west, and it still took Guo Jie and his party a long time to reach the east bank of Baqiao on horseback.

When he arrived at the gate of Baling Town, he saw many young men from Wuling riding horses.

The gatekeepers at the city gate saw Guo Jie and his entourage parading through the city wearing armor.

He did not dare to delay. He took a look at the talisman and immediately sent the armored general away to avoid trouble.

Du Yicao and other members of the Du clan lived in Dongjunli. Dongjun refers to Dong Yan, the male concubine kept by Princess Guantao.

He was deeply favored by Princess Guantao, who awarded him a small mansion in Baling Town.

The name of a neighborhood in Baling Town was changed to Dongjunli. The residents thought it was a good thing as it could be connected with Dou Taizhu of the Dou family, a relative of the emperor.

Before sunset (14:30-17:15), Guo Jie and his entourage arrived at the gate of Dongjunli. The three leading men dismounted, tied their horses to the foundation stone at the gate, and walked into Dongjunli.

The Han Dynasty had a strict system of registering horses, and detailed records were kept of all horses entering cities to avoid theft.

Anyone caught stealing horses will at least be sentenced to serving time in the city.

Dongjunli was a large village in Baling Town, with a large population. Guo Jie and others walked in wearing armor but failed to attract the attention of the residents.

Many powerful members of the Dongjun clan served as military officials in Baling Town and often returned home wearing armor. The villagers had long been accustomed to seeing military officials wearing armor.

However, when Guo Jie and others walked through Hongmen and headed towards the residence of Doctor Du Cao at the innermost part of the alley, they met many common people in plain clothes carrying plows and hoes along the way, and they looked at Guo Jie timidly.

Don't dare to look directly.

There are relatively few jobs in the neighborhood, and residents still need to go out of the city to do farm work, cultivate the land, and support their families.

The common people in plain hats carried plows and hoes and hurriedly stood against the rammed earth wall, lowering their heads in plain hats, not daring to look directly at Guo Jie, for fear of arousing the impatience of the military officials.

"Lord Wei."

A shepherd slave wearing a tattered jacket and trousers and a flat cap that had been washed white saw Wei Guang really coming, and his thin face was filled with joy.

The herdsman hurried over to greet him. "I just said it casually, but I didn't expect the Lord of Wei to come. There's no rush to go in. Doctor Du went to Changmen Garden to visit Dong Yan. He wants to wait until 21:00 PM to 21:45 PM before returning."

Guo Jie took a few looks at the shepherd slave. He was thin and looked like a poor man who didn't have enough food to eat all day.

"For your reward."

Guo Jie took out a bronze dagger and threw it over: "Please pay more attention to this matter."

Copper is money.

A copper dagger is enough to provide food and drink for Mu Nu's family for a month.

(End of this chapter)