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She had not sent anyone to inform anyone in Jing Prefecture of her arrival. Although she had sent someone to send a message to Gan Shuxuan with the Flying Eagle, if Gan Shuxuan had not notified the people in Jing Prefecture of her arrival, then those people in Jing Prefecture naturally would not have known of her arrival.

"Uncle, I am going to inform the officials of Jing Prefecture."

Helian Manqiu smiled as she shook her head. Her lips curved up in a beautiful smile.

Currently, there were also people sent from Jing Prefecture. Even the original Jing Prefecture's officials didn't take her to heart and weren't willing to welcome her, admitting that she was an emissary of Jing Northern Prefecture. The officials from the military region who came to Jing Prefecture would also definitely come to welcome her.

"There's no need to do this. Since it's like this, we can just go in and see what Jingzhou looks like."

Helian Manqiu, who had never worn official uniform before, had now ordered her subordinates to take off their military uniform and change into casual clothes as they marched towards the Jingzhou City Gate. She wanted to see what Jingzhou was like now. She wanted to see if she could take over Jingzhou.

What was the purpose of that dark and unscrupulous Lord if he did not spread the news that she was going to Jing Prefecture?

"Uncle, would you like me to tell General Shi?"

"No need, let's go in and take a look."

"Yes."

Helian Manqiu led more than a dozen of her janissaries to the city gate. The city gate was open and pedestrians and vehicles were flowing in and out. From this, one could see the prosperity of Jing Prefecture. The troops guarding the city gates saw a man riding a fine horse with a sharp blade on his back. The group of people were strong and strong.

The soldiers guarding the city gate quickly moved out of the city and looked at the crowd. Some of them blocked the crowd's path to investigate.

The personal guards went up to deal with them. All the pedestrians and merchants from the northern border were armed with horses. The reason why the soldiers guarding the city gate came up to ask was because they saw that the horses were war horses.

The war horses of the Great Hengkong Empire had marks on them.

No matter how powerful the other horses were, they had no markings on their bodies. Those that had a war horse symbol on them were all military horses. People were not allowed to own them. They were not allowed to freely ride them. As a result, whenever a horse was seen to be mounted on a horse, it had to be investigated.

There were only a few old and weak war horses that were eliminated in the end. They were also not allowed to casually stray into the civilian world.

The soldiers guarding the gate of Jing Prefecture saw that the horses this group of people were riding were all war horses. Only the young handsome young man leading them was riding such a fine horse, without a single strand of hair on his body. With a single glance, he could tell that it was an extremely rare Bao-Ma Liang colt, but it was the only horse in this group that wasn't branded with a military horse.

His gaze was like smoke, piercing through the autumn water as he stared at the city gate of Jing Prefecture. A faint smile that was like smoke floated on his lips, bringing with it the chilliness of the autumn wind and a slightly chilling aura.

Her pair of beautiful eyes were like the cold river on a moonlit night, so deep that the bottom couldn't be seen. Her lips were as tender as a newly ripe cherry, and her elegant eyebrows were gently rippling. The aloof snow, the proud and elegant, the cold of the snow lotus bud waiting to be released. A cold and arrogant killing intent that would cause one's heart to palpitate was emitted from her face. It was faintly emitted from between her eyebrows.

Seeing that, the soldiers guarding the city gate did not dare to offend them, they cupped their fists and asked politely: "May I ask, where are you from? Where to? What sort of status did he have? Please show us your identity as a road sign so that we can check your registration. "

Helian Manqiu slightly nodded her head. The city gates of Jing Prefecture were still heavily patrolled.

The janissaries took out their identity tokens to show that they were soldiers. The soldiers did not let Helian Manqiu and the others in just like that, but bowed to them once more. "May I ask which army you are on and which general is the leader of? Currently, the lord had strict rules. All passersby and those who were suspicious of anything had to be closely investigated and registered. Especially the high-ranking officers and soldiers, do not underestimate them. "

The Blood Sword walked over and raised its hand to show its identity token. The soldier guarding Jing Prefecture quickly knelt down and said, "Sir, please forgive me. I did not know that you were here. Please come in."

Blood Sword nodded towards Helian Manqiu. Helian Manqiu urged her horse to lead the men through the city gate. The soldiers hurriedly sent people to secretly follow them. They also sent some people to report to the garrison in Jingzhou.

Helian Manqiu walked all the way from Jingzhou City to check up on the people's customs in Jingzhou City. As she walked along the road, Helian Manqiu had long since discovered that someone was secretly following her.

Jing Prefecture's garrison was that of Gan Zhixuan's trusted general. Although he had been sent to Jing Prefecture for grace, his official position was that of a civilian, and he was a subordinate of Jing Prefecture's garrison.

She did not immediately go to Jing Prefecture to guard the mansion, but instead went to a small restaurant for food. No one knew that this restaurant was one of her businesses. A long time ago, she arranged for the retired and disabled soldiers of the Military Region to go to various important prefectures in the northern border to open small, inconspicuous businesses and secretly gather all sorts of secrets.

Helian Manqiu borrowed the time needed to relieve herself and secretly called over the shopkeeper. She asked him a few questions and more or less understood the situation in Jingzhou.

The Jing Prefecture's garrison received the news very quickly. Ni Junfeng heard that there was a group of people riding into Jing Prefecture on war horses. They had the highest grade of identity cards that belonged to the hidden guards, so he couldn't help but think for a while.

After much deliberation, he ordered some people to ask for a favor to discuss this matter. He ordered them to find out the identity and purpose of this group of people first.

Upon receiving his orders, he immediately went to the inn where Helian Manqiu had settled down to investigate the origins of these people.

After arriving at Jing Prefecture, he did everything with caution. He kept a low profile and was respectful. He did not seek for merits but never failed. He wanted to be able to establish a foothold in Jing Prefecture as soon as possible. He was well aware that Jing Bei was a land of grace, and most of the generals here were his trusted aides. They would definitely not be satisfied with Helian Manqiu accepting Jing Bei, and even more so, would not want Jing Bei to be separated from them.

When he arrived at the inn, he saw a few familiar faces. They were the personal guards of Helian Manqiu.

Seeing the kindness, the janissary hurried over and knelt down to show his respect. He then smiled and invited the benefactor in.

He asked in surprise: "But the young general has personally come to Jing Prefecture?"

"Yes, General. It is the Count that came to Jing Prefecture. I didn't expect that you didn't receive any news."

"Why didn't the young general send someone to spread the news?"

"General, I'll have to ask you to go greet uncle first." General, I'll ask you to go meet uncle.

When he reported back to Helian Manqiu's room, she personally went out to greet him. She hurriedly put on her clothes and knelt down on one knee to kowtow: "This general pays his respects to Senior, congratulations, Senior Uncle."

Without waiting for the benefactor to kneel, Helian Manqiu hurriedly grabbed his arm to help him up. "Uncle Shi, please get up. There's no need to be so polite. Please come into the room for a chat."

The blood sword followed behind Helian Manqiu. It folded its arms across its chest but smiled without saying a word.

He wasn't sure why his lord hadn't spread the news that Helian Manqiu had arrived in Jingzhou, but now that he had been with Helian Manqiu for so long, he knew that he had to think about everything.

"Uncle, why have you come here in private?"

Helian Manqiu lazily leaned against the back of the chair and said faintly: "I didn't want to come, but now that my sister is seriously ill and staying nearby, with an errand boy pressuring her, how could I not come to Jingzhou? I have already reported this matter to the Lord. "

"This matter did not seem to have been ordered by my lord to Jing Prefecture. This general had been here for quite some time, so I have to be careful. "Today, Sir Garrison has ordered me to come and investigate your background, but I don't know how I will reply to Sir Garrison after I return."

Hearing these words, Helian Manqiu smiled faintly. The rank of the official she had given him was not lower than that of the garrison in Jing Prefecture. Yet, she was sent to Jing Prefecture by the Mysterious Master to serve as the garrison general.

"Uncle Shi, do you feel wronged?"

He smiled and said, "Uncle, you are being too kind. I am a survivor and originally was a lowly soldier in the military state. Now that I am able to listen to my lord's orders, what grievances do I have? This is the honor of this lowly general. I am willing to serve under my lord and take care of your affairs in Jing Prefecture! "

Helian Manqiu held the hand that he had given them and softly said, "That's good. I'm just afraid that all of you uncles will feel unhappy and feel wronged."

Shi Qingzhuang smiled and said, "Young uncles need not worry about this. I am willing to do anything for you, not to mention that you have a title now, so you can comfort General Helian's spirit in heaven."

The two chatted for a while, and then they asked Helian Manqiu if she had any instructions for them to come to Jingzhou.

Helian Manqiu understood the worry in his heart as she heard Shi Mu's words. She smiled and said with concern, "Go back and report. Uncle Shi, I'm here to stay in Jing Prefecture for a few days. I'll be able to explain this to the messenger when I return."

He thought about it for a moment and felt that this matter had gone through many twists and turns. If Helian Manqiu did not make any move here, she would not be able to explain this to the messenger when she returned. If he wanted to create a commotion here and do something, he would not be willing to give up without an order.

He knew very well that even though the imperial edict had decreed that Lian Helian Manqiu would be the official ruler of the town, Jing Bei was still the ruler of the land. The people of the officials here still thought that they were under the rule of the great emperor and had not changed because of the imperial edict.

After another long conversation, they did not need to hide anything from each other, so they explained everything that had happened and what they feared.

Helian Manqiu smiled and said, "I will listen to my lord's orders. Go back and speak the truth. As for what Ni Junfeng is planning to do, my lord must have already secretly sent out orders to him."

Although his official rank was the same as Ni Junfeng's, after he arrived at Jing Prefecture, he kept a low profile and respectful attitude towards Ni Junfeng. Ni Junfeng was quite satisfied with the way he treated him as a subordinate.

"Reporting to Lord, the people that entered Jing Prefecture today are Uncle Zhenbei and his entourage. Uncle Zhenbei is currently here personally and is staying in an inn."

Ni Junfeng suddenly stood up when he heard this. He did not want Uncle Zhen to quietly arrive at Jing Prefecture.