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Chapter 139 The Mid-Autumn Moon in August (Part 1)

After the storm caused by riding a horse and hurting people subsided, Sun Tu's reputation in the east of the city became more and more famous, and the people also trusted the public security office more and more. No matter they were ordinary good people or street rascals, they dared not violate the ban rules again, because they already understood that Sun Dutou was not a joke. No matter what your identity was, as long as they committed a crime, he would pursue it to the end.

In this way, the atmosphere in the Dongcheng area was solemn. Although they were still not allowed to go on the road, they would not close their doors at night, but they were no longer messy things, and even the thieves were almost extinct. For this reason, the streets and military personnel in Dongcheng here have also received a lot of praise, which has made them feel a little grateful to Sun Tu and the public security.

However, for Sun Tu himself, the benefits ended here. He was not appreciated by his superiors for this. On the contrary, both Xue Tong and Han Gongyin were full of resentment for his tough performance before. If he hadn't had his special status, he would have been expelled from Kaifeng Prefecture long ago.

Because he knew that he had offended all his superiors completely, Sun Tu became more cautious and did not dare to make any mistakes after that. He did his best in the errands in the public security office, or in the yamen, etc., and did not give anyone any handle.

After more than half a month, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching.

Early in the morning of August 14th, Sun Tu came to Kaifeng Prefecture in neatly dressed. Because the rules will be followed tomorrow, all officials in Beijing can take a day off, so the Paiya, which was originally scheduled to be on the 15th day of the lunar month, was changed to today.

Just as the officials of the government office listened to the instructions of the Han Gonggong and arranged the relevant errands in the second half of the month, a burst of crying suddenly came from outside, which made Han Changzhou, who was talking nonstop, frown slightly: "Come on, let's see what happened outside the government office, why are there anyone making noise there."

The servant guarding outside the door agreed and ran out. After a while, he brought back the message: "The prefect, the old man Guan and his family ran to our yamen to cry and betray. The young men had already persuaded them, and finally persuaded them to leave."

Han Changzhou sighed when he heard this: "It is indeed worthy of sympathy for the change in the old man's family, but his son fell into the water. The yamen has tried their best to investigate the affairs of his granddaughter. However, there is no clue yet. He should understand my government office. In this way, if someone asks him to bring a message, we will definitely help find people, but if they dare to come to the government office for no reason, our government office can only do it for business."

Because Sun Tu has not been to the yamen for many times recently, he is not aware of what the old man’s family has to do. However, he can hear that the other party has made a noise in the yamen for more than once or twice. Obviously, their experience is extremely miserable, otherwise ordinary people would not dare to come to Kaifeng Mansion again and again.

However, other officials did not think so much like him, but they all praised him for his good deeds and said that the prefecture was the most appropriate to deal with it. After just a few words, everyone avoided the matter and talked about other official matters again, especially the matter of the Liao envoys to Tokyo in two months, which was discussed by everyone.

The Liao and Song countries have been enemies since the founding of the Song Dynasty, but since the alliance between the Chanyuan, they have rarely had major wars, and even if there is some friction, they are controlled to a small range. Moreover, every year, both sides will send several batches of envoys to each other to show friendship, which is also an opportunity to promote their own strength to the other party.

However, because in the past two years, many people in the court have proposed to reopen the war, which has made the relationship between the two countries a little tense. The Song Dynasty has not sent envoys to Liao this year. Unexpectedly, the Liao Kingdom took the initiative to say hello this time and will send envoys to come in September. It is expected that it will arrive in Bianjing in early October.

In this regard, the monarch and ministers in the court naturally attached great importance to it. At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, both the prefectures and counties along the road, and the public security yamen in Bianjing City, took on a considerable responsibility. Kaifeng Prefecture, as a major people-friendly public security yamen in Tokyo City, naturally had a great responsibility.

Although he was a little reluctant, Han Changzhou still said to his subordinates: "Compared with the other three sides, the public security in Dongcheng of Bianjing is obviously much better, and all this is the credit of Sun Dutou. I hope that others can learn from Sun Dutou more about public security matters, so that my official can be worry-free and the court can be worry-free."

"The prefectural prefect praised it, and the subordinates were just doing their duties." Sun Tu hurriedly said modestly, but the smiles of others were a little awkward. There was a little more other meaning in their eyes when they looked at Sun Tu.

"Forget it, let's leave today. After tomorrow, we will be busy." Han Changzhou waved his hand and stood up first. Then the other officials followed him one after another, then dispersed to work on their own chores.

However, Sun Tu had no much interaction with these colleagues. He casually said a few words and left straight back to the east of the city.

Because the security in the east of the city is already very good now, Sun Tu didn't have to stay in the public security office all day long, and only arranged some errands. He went to Liufangju to check the business and sent the fried chicken seasonings that had just been taken out of the warehouse.

By the way, since the Zhang family was completely overthrown, the supply of chicken in Liufangju has finally not been a problem. However, diners are unforgettable to remember the frozen chicken provided by Sun Tu every year. However, the stored meat in the warehouse is limited after all. After a few months of limited supply, more than ten tons of chicken were sold out.

Not only chicken, but even the fried chicken seasonings and other ingredients that were originally piled up in warehouse No. 1 are now almost exhausted. After all, Tokyo has a population of millions, and there are also constant customers coming to Liuxiang to try their best every day. The consumption of related seasonings is naturally huge. In a year, it finally reached the point where it was about to use up.

When Sun Tu told Wu Lishi about this situation, the old shopkeeper was so worried that he grabbed his beard: "What should I do? Official, you don't know. Now I can enjoy a great reputation in the capital and are not under Fanlou because there is fried chicken to supply. If the goods are cut off, it will be difficult to explain to the customers. Can't those seasonings be delivered?" In the past six months, the old shopkeeper also asked Sun Tu about the origin of these strange seasonings openly and secretly. After all, with his many years of experience, he could not tell how many spices contained in the powders, and what are they each.

But Sun Tu couldn't give the correct answer to this point, so he could only say that it was brought to him by his friend who often went to trade overseas. Even he didn't know what was there. Now facing the old shopkeeper's problem, he could only smile bitterly: "I can't do anything about this. Because my friend failed to bring relevant spices from overseas this time, maybe I won't be able to come in the future. So I thought Liufangju had to think of ways to attract business in other aspects in the future."

Sun Tu felt a little guilty when he said this, but the fried chicken ingredients were mostly refined or synthetic items from later generations, and they were not developed by people of this era. Now he can only give up.

After comforting the other party for a while, Sun Tu said goodbye and left, and then went home.

Seeing Sun Tu come back early, Ya'er, who is already very addicted to the Internet and otakus, was very happy and stopped indulging in handheld games. She spoke with Sun Tu: "Third brother, you are so busy lately. I haven't been home early like today. By the way, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, do you still have to work in the yamen?" As she spoke, she blinked her big eyes in anticipation, hoping to get the answer she wanted from him.

Sun Tu felt guilty when he heard this. During this period, he really neglected Ya'er and left her alone at home. He went out early and came back late every day, and could not say a few words when he met. Think about it carefully, the previous time he went out for fun was the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Eight months have passed in a flash.

At that moment, Sun Tu smiled and touched Ya'er's hair: "It's not good for the third brother. I shouldn't always leave you alone at home. Don't worry, I won't be a businessman tomorrow, so I'll stay at home for a day. At night, let's go out for a walk together to see how the Mid-Autumn Festival in Tokyo is different from Yuncheng County."

"Really?" the little girl immediately jumped up and shouted in surprise.

"Of course it's true. No one will lie to you, Ya'er." Sun Tu said seriously, and at the same time, he had made a secret decision in his heart that he would definitely spend more time to accompany Ya'er in the future. After all, she is the closest person to him. Fortunately, now that the public security office is on the right track, his responsibilities and burdens have finally become much lighter.

This promise made Yaer even more happy, and Sun Tu took the opportunity to say, "By the way, where have you practiced in the past two days? I haven't checked it yet."

"Ah..." The original smile fell down again because of this sentence: "I haven't practiced the calligraphy today yet." Although the words were said, Ya'er obediently took over the results of her calligraphy practice over the past few days and handed them over to Sun Tu for inspection.

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In the darkness, a voice without any emotion sounded: "Will that family with Guan still refuse to give up?"

"Yes, they have been making noise in front of Kaifeng Prefecture for several days. If this continues, it will be a big deal."

"Hmph, it seems that one must do it once and for all. Ask your subordinates to be more skillful and do not let the government discover any problems."

"You can rest assured that I have arranged the matter. Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, and everyone is busy celebrating the festival, so no one is too careful. I will arrange for a family named Guan to go on the road. If they want to complain, they can only go to find the King of Hell."

"very good."

As the last sentence fell, the darkness became silent again, and no one knew that a bloody killing had unfolded silently.

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Chapter completed!
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