I played as an assistant in ancient times

Shen Xiaoye didn't ask any more questions. The three of them drank up the tofu pudding and soy milk in their bowls in a flash, wrapped up their meat patties and decided not to go through the city gate they came in through, but to go out through the west gate in a different direction.

Unfortunately, the city gate had already been closed and many people were stuck at the gate, unable to leave.

"Turn around." Shen Changsui saw that there were guards at the city gate and people dressed in uniforms from the Guard Division, so he quickly grabbed the two of them and turned around.

Lin Erniu was very nervous and gritted his teeth not daring to ask anything.

Shen Xiaoye was very puzzled and followed his uncle into Beihuai Lane, where the residents were wealthier and quieter.

When they walked deeper into the city and were out of sight, she said, "I wonder if we can leave the city today."

"Let's go to Lingxu Temple to have a meal later. If you can't leave, stay overnight.

Fortunately, we were a step slower, otherwise we might be trapped in the city and basking in the sun now." Shen Changsui was reluctant to stay in the inn, but the atmosphere in the county town became tense, and he couldn't reach the Taoist temple in the southwest of the city at this moment.

"The western urn city hasn't been repaired yet, right?" Lin Erniu looked around, then turned back and asked, "Uncle Changsui, what are they doing? They're not coming to copy..."

He was glared at by Shen Xiaoye and stopped immediately.

"Fill your stomach first, then go to Weiyuan Escort Agency to ask for news.

I don't know if my grandfather and uncle have sent any letters. "The affairs of the court have nothing to do with her. Shen Xiaoye is worried about her family.

The three of them munched on the meat patties in silence, and for some reason they felt that they were not as delicious as before.

After a while, Shen Xiaoye saw residents constantly coming and going in the alley, and some of them looked at him sideways, after all, they were unfamiliar.

Shen Changsui gestured to take the diagonal alley in the middle of Beihuai Lane that ran diagonally toward the City God Temple. However, as soon as they turned in, they saw several yamen runners jogging towards them.

There was also a middle-aged man in shorts in the middle. When the three men stepped aside to make way, he suddenly stopped and pointed, "Captain Lu, these are the three."

Shen Xiaoye was slightly startled, and the moment he had seen this middle-aged man in the morning flashed through his mind. Seven or eight yamen runners had already surrounded him, and several unsheathed knives flashed before his eyes.

Lin Erniu's legs went limp and he slid down the wall.

Shen Changsui on the side reacted very quickly and pushed Shen Xiaoye behind him and protected her with his arms, no longer caring about Erniu who was picked up by two yamen runners.

He recognized the middle-aged man hiding behind the yamen runner as Dr. Ge's driver this morning, but ignored him and instead clasped his fists to the head constable Lu and said, "Captain Lu, we have paid the stall fee to the temple keeper."

"Ahem, put away your knife, put away your knife." Captain Lu had helped the Shen family when they were adding additional household allowances.

Later, Grandpa Shen often went to the city to deliver some wild game he had hunted, and we got to know each other after a while.

The bailiffs obediently put away their knives, but one of them hesitated for a moment before retracting his sword, which attracted a glance from Shen Xiaoye.

She immediately felt the other party's sharp gaze and lowered her head quickly. Is this man a constable? But Shan's momentum is stronger than that of the grandfather who walked the escort. His men have definitely seen blood.

Captain Lu on the other side said sternly, "Don't play along with me, kid. When I heard Doctor Ge's description, I thought it sounded familiar, and it turns out they are really your uncle and nephew.

Come on, follow me to the county government office to see the people you rescued this morning."

"Dead?" Shen Xiaoye couldn't help but stick his head out from behind his uncle. Please don't.

Lin Erniu said in a trembling voice: "It wasn't us."

Captain Lu almost rolled his eyes. He took a shortcut to the city gate to identify people and still encountered several people walking around. He could only say that everything was destined. "Alive."

Phew, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, but when Shen Changsui asked again why he had to take them to the government office after saving someone, the other party said, "You'll know when you get there."

The tone is a bit stiff, which is not right!

Shen Xiaoye secretly tugged at her uncle's clothes, and seeing him shake his head almost imperceptibly, she knew that things were not simple.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the gate of the county government, Captain Lu waved away the driver and saluted the man who hesitated to put away his knife: "Zhao Xiaoqi, please go first."

So, Shen Xiaoye saw the man in yamen runner's uniform walking in front of Captain Lu, leading them, who had unloaded their backpacks, through the Shengmen on the east side of the Yimen, passing the Lifang, Huwei and Lifang rooms and going straight to the lobby without entering.

Then he turned left and passed through an archway on the west side of the lobby and entered the Supervision Office.

The front of the hall was guarded by two rows of soldiers who were different from the yamen runners, and they had the aura of "Keep Away from Strangers".

Captain Lu stopped and guarded the three of them while Zhao Xiaoqi went into the hall to report. A moment later, Shen Xiaoye and the other two were brought in. It seemed that Captain Lu was not allowed to come in at all.

When she entered the room, she saw a young man with gauze tied on his head sitting in an armchair at one side. He looked at her with a confused look, then lowered his eyes.

At this moment, Shen Changsui took the lead in bowing and said, "I am Shen Changsui from Jiuli Village, Linghe County, greeting you."

Shen Xiaoye came back to his senses and followed the nervous Erniu in saluting. In the Zhou Dynasty, there was no rule of kneeling for every situation, and the common people only knelt in specific occasions when meeting officials.

"No need to be polite." Captain Zhao, who was sitting at the top and wearing the uniform of a sixth-rank military officer, turned his head and asked Shen Changsui with interest, "Do you have any achievements?"

"I was lucky enough to pass the prefectural examination. There will be no academy examination until next year." There are two academy examinations in three years, and there is no academy examination this year. As a student, Shen Changsui has no problem calling himself a student, even though he is the second to last.

Captain Zhao sat up straight and nodded: "If he passes the exam next year, it will be great to see another talented young man under the jurisdiction of County Magistrate Tan." People with a background can investigate faster.

"I'm congratulating you. It's because of your majesty's wisdom that you have promoted literary styles in various places and opened many schools. Only then have young talents continuously emerged." County Magistrate Tan stood up and bowed in the direction of the capital.

This county magistrate is really capable! He is indeed the one who quickly took charge of the county's reforms after his superiors were investigated last year. It is estimated that his eighth rank has a good chance of being promoted to the seventh rank.

Shen Xiaoye had already noticed that Captain Zhao's mouth was twitching slightly.

County Magistrate Tan was not impressed at all. "Captain Zhao, Shen Changsui's martial arts skills are also quite good. The martial arts master at the county academy even advised him to take a martial arts exam."

"Oh, a man of both civil and military talents." Captain Zhao had already seen that Shen Changsui had a stable lower body and lean and strong arms. Even the girl next to him had practiced martial arts.

He is an ambitious person. Wuchang is in troubled times and civil officials are in prosperous times. In the future, civil officials will surely shine.

Captain Zhao's expression became a little softer, but only a little.

County Magistrate Tan smiled at Shen Changsui again, and now he did not pretend not to know him. He said, "This is Captain Zhao from the Guards Department. He has come to ask you something. You must tell him everything you know."

"I'm sure you know everything." Shen Changsui bowed to the two of them.

Captain Zhao was straightforward. He pointed at the young man sitting silently beside him and asked, "When you first saw him, which direction was the other person beside him going?"

Lin Erniu raised his head suddenly, his face full of confusion. Shen Xiaoye lowered his eyes and stood still. Did he encounter a sinkhole?

Shen Changsui calmly replied, "When we discovered something strange in the woods, we didn't enter because it was still dark.

I chose to run to the official road for help as soon as possible. But..."

Captain Zhao's eyes flickered: "You can say whatever you want."

“I don’t know if the groaning sound coming from the woods at the beginning was from him.

When we asked Dr. Ge and others to go in, he was unconscious." Shen Changsui did not intend to hide it.

Captain Zhao and County Magistrate Tan looked at each other and asked with a smile, "Which of you three heard the groan first?"

He nodded at Shen Xiaoye and said, "Little girl, you go first."