I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

On the Qianlong River, Jiang Yuan leisurely cast out the fishing hook. After three days, he had already left the imperial capital. According to the speed of this ship, it would probably reach Taiping County in just over ten days.

"Sir, why don't you stop fishing?" Li Hu looked at Jiang Yuan with a squint.

"You think I want to fish? I have to find an excuse to stay outside. That way, even if Lao Hei and the others want to attack us, we can still jump into the water and have a chance of survival."

Jiang Yuan cursed under his breath. In the past three days, Lao Hei really didn't do anything out of the ordinary, but Jiang Yuan still felt something was wrong.

If Duanmu Yuanchen wanted to send someone to escort him, the best he could do was to ask Chenliu to send Wei Yong and a group of East Factory experts.

There is absolutely no need to ask the Black Guards to escort you. Isn't this just like taking off your pants to fart? It's a waste of time.

"But if he attacks us while we are sleeping at night, we will have no chance. If not, we should just run away now." Li Hu said worriedly.

Jiang Yuan didn't even think twice and kicked him: "When did you become so cowardly?"

"If we run away now, we might be taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives. Who knows what crime we might be charged with? Besides, this is the Qianlong River. Who knows how deep it is? If a river master appears, he might be buried right here."

Li Hu rubbed his butt in grievance and complained, "Sir, this is not my fault. Think about it, we were all bachelors before, with only a miserable life. We just went up and did it!"

"Now I have a bunch of grandfathers above me and a wife to support me. It's definitely different."

"Then you have to be more careful, just in case you die, haha."

Seven or eight days passed in a flash as Jiang Yuan and his companions waited anxiously. When they were about to arrive at the Luoyun City dock, Jiang Yuan looked at Lao Hei uncomfortably.

It's just the finishing touch, this kid is really patient.

"Lord Jiang, at this rate, we will be able to reach our destination this afternoon." Lao Hei walked over quickly and said.

Jiang Yuan smiled and nodded: "Yes, thank you for your hard work on the journey. When you arrive in Luoyun City, you can go back and report."

We have been sent all the way to Luoyun City, and there will be no danger next.

Although there were many bandits along the way, with Wang Gang and Li Hu around, dealing with a few thieves was no problem at all.

However, Lao Hei shook his head seriously and said, "Sir, His Majesty has personally instructed that you must be escorted to Taiping County."

"I guess this is not necessary?"

"My Lord, please don't make it difficult for me."

Jiang Yuan looked at Lao Hei helplessly: "Since Your Majesty is so gracious, then I can only thank you for your grace."

"It's good that Lord Jiang has this intention."

"Thank you very much, too."

"My lord, you're welcome."

"It should."

"The duty lies."

After the question and answer session with everyone staring at each other, Jiang Yuan really couldn't hold his temper anymore.

This old man is so tight-lipped that I couldn't get any useful information out of him.

"Lao Hei, when are you going to take action?" Jiang Yuan simply asked directly.

Lao Hei smiled and shook his head: "Master Jiang, please rest assured, we have not received any orders to harm you."

"Really? As the old saying goes, even if I die, I want to die knowingly, right?" Jiang Yuan still asked in disbelief.

"Really not, we will never do anything bad to you, sir." Lao Hei said solemnly.

"Then why are you here to escort me? It's a bit of a waste of your talents." Jiang Yuan asked suspiciously.

After a moment of silence, Lao Hei waved his hand to dismiss several Black Guards, then spoke softly, "Master Jiang, before coming down, His Majesty had a long talk with me."

"His Majesty asked me to tell Lord Jiang a message. He knows he is wrong, but he really doesn't have the face to ask you to stay."

"However, if one day you are willing to put aside past grudges and wish to serve in the court, Your Majesty will certainly treat you as a distinguished person."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan smiled at Lao Hei, turned around and left without saying another word.

Duanmu Yuanchen still retained a little of his original intention after all, but that was all.

It was obviously impossible for Jiang Yuan to continue working for him. As for the future development of Taiping County, Jiang Yuan had already thought about it.

Not long after, Jiang Yuan and his group arrived at the Luoyun City Pier. They got off the boat without stopping and went into the city to find a carriage at the post station.

"Huh? What's going on? Why is there no one here today?" Jiang Yuan muttered as he looked at the avenue.

Although Luoyun City is not as important as Caiyun City, it is also a big city in the border area, and there are many merchants coming and going on weekdays.

But today, after walking around for a long time, they didn't see a single person.

"Sir, the city gate seems to be closed." Li Hu said quickly.

Jiang Yuan looked up and saw that something was obviously wrong.

When the group reached the foot of the city wall, a loud shout suddenly came from above: "Who are you? Stop!"

"We want to enter the city, open the city gate quickly!" Lao Hei shouted loudly.

"Luoyun City has been closed. Without the order of the governor, the city gates must not be opened to anyone!" The general above spoke again.

If these guys hadn't been wearing military armor, they would have been fired a hail of arrows.

"Why are you closing the city for no reason? Let your governor come to see me!" Lao Hei said without hesitation. In this situation, even a fool could see that something big might have happened.

"I am Jiang Yuan, the Baron of Taiping County. Report to Tian Wen immediately!" Jiang Yuan was also a little impatient and spoke directly.

"Hey...please wait a moment, I'll be right there!"

After a while, as the city gate opened, everyone rushed into the city, and Tian Wen hurriedly walked down the city wall.

"Jiang Yuan, what's going on? Could it be that even your Taiping County isn't left behind?"

Jiang Yuan was confused by the question. What do you mean even our Taiping County was not left behind?

"Governor, what do you mean?"

"What do you mean? You don't understand? Then why did you come here?" Tian Wen also looked at Jiang Yuan with a confused expression.

Ever since the rebels began to spread from Caiyun City to the surrounding areas, Luoyun City has received many officials who fled from other small cities in recent days.

When Jiang Yuan came here today, Tian Wen naturally thought so too.

"I'm just passing by. I'm curious why you want to close the city." Jiang Yuan said hurriedly.

Taiping County is his home base and he cannot afford to be careless.

"Just passing by? Where have you been these days?"

"It's floating on the water." Jiang Yuan said honestly.

Tian Wen slapped his thigh fiercely. No wonder there was no news about this guy.

"Alright, Jiang Yuan, enough nonsense. The remnants of the previous dynasty have rebelled. Now most of our Yunzhou has fallen into the hands of the rebels. You should quickly return to Taiping County to take charge of the situation!"

"What the hell? Prince Zhao is rebelling?" Jiang Yuan said in disbelief.

Just as Tian Wen was about to speak, a long black knife was placed directly on his neck.

"Tian Wen, do you know that lying about military intelligence is a capital crime?" Lao Hei said word by word.