His full name is Ping Shien.

He was admitted as a Jinshi 11 years ago. That year was the critical moment for Gu Zheng's downfall. The court was in chaos, all factions competed for power and profits, and the relationship between them was complex.

Under such circumstances, Ping Shien took the initiative to stand in Xu Yizhi's faction and became one of Xu Yizhi's many disciples.

Over the past ten years, he has unswervingly followed Xu Yizhi's pace, provided advice for Xu Yizhi, done a lot of things, showed quite excellent personal ability, and gradually won Xu Yizhi's trust.

And he also took advantage of his relationship with Xu Yizhi to make a rapid progress in officialdom. At the age of 39, he has already sat in the position of three grade assassin.

The post of Assassin is quite special. He is of the third grade with the prefect and the Jiedu envoy, but he neither has the power to appoint and remove local officials like the prefect, nor does he hold the military power like the Jiedu envoy. His main duty is to supervise local officials. Once a local official is found to have anything that does not comply with the laws and regulations, he will immediately play it to the emperor. Because of this, he has a privilege that other local officials do not have - admonishing the emperor!

At the end of each year, the assassin will evaluate the performance of local officials. This evaluation is very important for local officials. It is related to the future of officials. For example, some officials can be promoted according to their seniority. Because the assessment given by the assassin failed, they were forcibly pressed in their original position for decades.

In addition, the assassin is the only way to Zhongshu Province, which is the highest department under the cabinet. As long as you enter Zhongshu Province, you will enter the power center of the southern Chu Dynasty.

Ping Shien was originally a Beijing official, but later he was released as an assassin of Jiangzhou. It seems that his official position has been reduced, but everyone knows very well that he is demoted openly and promoted secretly. Only when his three-year term of office expires, he will be transferred back to Bianjing and enter the Chinese Library Province immediately.

All these are the arrangements made by his mentor Xu Yizhi.

Based on the above, local officials in Jiangzhou are extremely flattering to Ping Shien, and they want to give him up as their ancestors.

This year is the third and last year of Ping Shien's tenure as an assassin of Jiangzhou. After this year, he can return to Beijing next year to report on his work. It must be a bright future waiting for him in the future.

It was at this time that he received a secret letter from his mentor Xu Yizhi.

Xu Yizhi mentioned in his letter that his sister went to Qiuyang mansion and hoped that Ping Shien could help take care of one or two.

Jiangzhou's jurisdiction includes five areas: Qiuyang mansion, Pingjiang mansion and changliao mansion. Ping Shien lives in the mansion of Pingjiang mansion, but he also goes to other mansion from time to time.

After receiving the secret letter from his mentor, Ping Shien dared not neglect it and immediately took his men and horses to Qiuyang mansion.

When he arrived at Qiuyang mansion, he knew that Xu Shaoqing had left the mansion and went to Jiuqu County, so he hurried after Jiuqu county with his men and horses.

Coincidentally, as soon as he arrived in Jiuqu County, he learned that Xu Shaoqing was in trouble.

Ping Shien thought to himself that it was better to come early than coincidentally this time. The time of coming was just right!

As soon as he entered the county government, he sat directly on the main seat.

As for Zhong shuran, he could only give up the main seat, walk to the side and stand, bow his hands and salute respectfully.

"Zhong shuran, the magistrate of Jiuqu County, paid a visit to the assassin. I don't know if your presence is far from welcome. I hope you will forgive me."

Ping Shien ignored Zhong shuran. He first asked someone to bring a chair, asked Xu Shaoqing to sit down, and then said to Xu Shaoqing with a smile.

"Haven't seen you for a long time. Mrs. Guo still looks so young."

Xu Shaoqing was used to flattery and didn't respond much to Ping Shien's words. She dealt with them casually.

Ping Shien seemed not to feel the coldness from Xu Shaoqing and still chatted with her enthusiastically.

"I wonder what happened to my mentor's bones? He is an old man, but he has to work hard for state affairs. It's really hard. I specially asked someone to prepare some tonics. I hope my wife can take them back for me when she returns to Beijing, so as to replenish her mentor. "

Xu Shaoqing answered, "yes."

Ping Shien exchanged greetings for a long time. It was like suddenly remembering that there was still a clock standing next to him. He hurriedly said, "is this county magistrate Zhong? What are you doing standing there? Sit down quickly! "

Without waiting for Zhong Shu's response, Ping Shien then asked, "as soon as I arrived in Jiuqu County, I heard that you asked the captors to tie Mrs. Guo away in public. I don't know which law Mrs. Guo violated, so I need you to mobilize the public?"

The words were full of blame.

Zhong shuran arched his hands and said, "there was a theft in the health hall of Yunshan village last night. Someone broke into the house and was accidentally found by the owner's house. Two of the thieves were caught, one dead and one injured. The owner's family came to the county government this morning to report the case. After careful investigation and multi-party inquiry by the constable, it was found that this matter may be related to Mrs. Guo, so the lower official sent someone to invite Mrs. Guo to the county government to cooperate with the investigation. "

Xu Shaoqing gave a cold hum from her nose: "with my wealth, can I see the property of a rural medical school? It's ridiculous! "

Zhong shuran immediately said, "what the health hall has stolen is not property, but the memorial tablet of a dead person."

The sarcasm on Xu Shaoqing's face became more and more intense: "Oh, how boring am I to steal a dead man's memorial tablet? County Magistrate Zhong, please use your brain when handling the case. Don't believe what others say. "

Ping Shien echoed: "what madam said is that you are too confused in handling this case, county magistrate Zhong."

He looked at Zhong shuran and was very dissatisfied.

Zhong was not stupid. From the moment Ping Shien appeared, he saw that Ping Shien was on Xu Shaoqing's side.

As the saying goes, a senior official kills people, not to mention that Ping Shien's official rank is much higher than him. In the face of Ping Shien, he has no room for refutation at all.

As long as ping Shien is here today, the truth of this case will not be revealed.

Thinking of this, Zhong shuran stopped talking and stood in place for training.

In order to calm Xu Shaoqing down, Ping Shien trained Zhong for an hour in front of her.

Zhong shuran thought the matter was over.

But Xu Shaoqing suddenly changed her mouth.

"In fact, I do have two guards missing. I haven't been able to find them for a long time. County magistrate Zhong said that the health hall caught two thieves last night. Can I see them?"

Before Zhong shuran spoke, Ping Shien took the lead in responding.

"Of course! Somebody, bring those two thieves to court! "