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It would take some time for the three counties' County Head and leaders to rush to the Huaiyang, and during this time, Tang Yin did not idle around either. Simply the names of the plains, Sanshui, Chifeng, and the four legions' captains, vice captains, and thousand-man commanders were enough for Tang Yin to approve for a period of time. Basically, every legion submitted a thick stack of names, which included detailed information on the candidates, military merits, and so on. Tang Yin only chose the leaders of the various groups, as for the vice captain and the thousand-man commander, he would handle all of them.

While he was staying in the Huaiyang, there were naturally a lot of local officials who came to visit as well. There were people visiting every day, and there was an endless stream of people passing by the Tavern gate. Tang Yin was a casual person, so he did not like proper etiquette. He would push all those who came to see him to meet them in place of him. After all, Zong Yuan worked at the Huaiyang in the first place and was very familiar with the local officials.

Although the County Head was still Yu Tao, the one who held the true power was Tang Yin. For their own future prospects, they would naturally curry favor with him a hundredfold. When they came here, they would bring a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry from home.

As Tang Yin had closed his eyes and had disappeared, they could only see Zong Yuan, so the officials could only pry information from the latter. Of course, they could not avoid Zong Yuan. Zong Yuan did not reject anyone that came. Some wanted to give Tang Yin money through him, but he would accept all of them. Some wanted to bribe him to speak to Tang Yin on his behalf, but he also agreed.

He gave Tang Yin all the gold and silver that the officials had given him. He also gave all the money that the officials had given him to him, but he did not go into foreign affairs, and kept all the money that the officials had given him in his own pocket. This kind of method could not be hidden from the eyes of Hidden Arrow Crew, and this kind of stealing money was something that Tang Yin hated the most. Logically speaking, the Hidden Arrow Crew should first lock him up, and then leave him to Tang Yin to deal with after the investigation, but Zong Yuan had plotted a clever sneak attack on his Tong Gate, and now that he was in front of Tang Yin, he became extremely popular, and was deeply appreciated by the latter, so his Hidden Arrow Crew did not dare to rashly touch him.

As the leader of the hidden arrows, Cheng Jin had also sought Tang Yin for information on this matter. He told him everything that Zong Yuan had done, and asked him about it. At this time, the Dark Arrow organization was gradually moving from the scouting intelligence department to the secret service department, similar to the Ming Dynasty's two factories and a guard.

However, he had never said anything good to an official of Huaiyang in front of him, and it just so happened that on the contrary, he would frequently look for himself. Which official had insufficient ability, it was not enough for him to use, which official's character was too bad to be trusted, etc.

He asked Cheng Jin with uncertainty: "Do you have any problems with these?"

Cheng Jin's face turned serious, and anxiously said: "Master, how dare I falsely accuse Master Zong?"

Tang Yin nodded his head, although Cheng Jin was ruthless, he was very upright, if not for sufficient evidence, he would not say anything wrong about Zong Yuan in front of him. He lowered his head and thought for a long time. Not only was he not angry, he laughed and said: Master Zong may have received benefits from everyone, but he did not do anything improper.

"Oh …" Yes! Lord! Your subordinate understands. " Cheng Jin cupped his hands and bowed, then turned and left.

Knowing that Zong Yuan was taking the bribes privately, not only did Tang Yin not get angry, he trusted Zong Yuan even more.

Humans had their own preferences. As long as one knew of his preferences, it would be easier to control him. He was afraid that if he didn't have his preferences, he wouldn't be able to find his weakness. Zong Yuan is rich, and also greedy, this is a good thing, from this it can be seen that his ambition is not big, I am afraid that someone like Zhong Tian, who does not reveal himself, or have no desire, would grab the opportunity to stab you in the back.

This was Zong Yuan's expertise.

He could already tell that Tang Yin was very suspicious, and it would be very difficult to earn his trust. Since this was the initial stage of Tang Yin's life, he could treat everyone around him nicely, but once he becomes famous, with Tang Yin's Evil Qi and brutality, the people around him might not be treated well. At this time, Zong Yuan deliberately displayed his greedy nature, just to dispel Tang Yin's doubts and show that he was not ambitious, and even more so not to threaten Tang Yin.

Tang Yin had so many advisers and advisers under his command, and he even had Qiu Zhen, Zhang Zhe and the other extremely intelligent and far-sighted geniuses. But in the long run, none of them were able to get close to Zong Yuan. Flying birds end, good bows hide, cunning rabbits die, dogs cook, this is a principle that has never changed.

Ten days later, Shangguan Yuanji and the rest who were the furthest from Huaiyang arrived.

At this time, the high ranked officials of the three counties, namely Tianyuan County, Guannan County, and Jinguang County, had all gathered their Huaiyang.

In the residence of the County Head Palace, Yu Tao prepared a sumptuous feast to entertain Tang Yin and the other county's County Head and county guards.

There were three counties of Tianyuan County, three counties of Guannan County, and four counties of Jinguang County. There were already a total of ten people at the head of the county. If the two sides of the main hall were filled with large and small officials, the servants of County Head Palace would enter and exit, occasionally bringing trays of dishes of food, wine and fruits to each table.

According to Tang Yin's wishes, there was even an entire roasted lamb set up in the middle of the hall. The lamb was already sixty to seventy percent done, and the smell of meat filled the entire room. It was rare for the officials from the three counties to all gather together. Many of them did not know each other, so they were currently exchanging greetings and toasts. The great hall was abnormally lively and bustling with noise and laughter.

Of course, it was impossible for the people to not know who was the main character of this banquet. There were even more people who went to toast Tang Yin, surrounding him in a huge circle.

No matter how strong Tang Yin's alcohol tolerance was, he could not handle the toasts from so many people. Seeing that there was no end to it, he stood up and waved his hands, saying: "Masters, all of you can return to your seats, I have something to say!"

Hearing that, everyone did not dare delay, and immediately went back to their seats, quietly waiting for Tang Yin to speak.

Tang Yin stood at the same place, he looked at everyone present, and then laughed, picking up the dagger on the table, going around the table, he walked to the center of the hall, cutting off a piece of meat from the whole roast lamb, and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing twice, he laughed: "The taste is good!" While speaking, his gaze turned towards Yu Tao, and said: "To be able to successfully push Ning Jun back, Master Yu must have done a great service!"

Ah!" "My lord is too courteous, my lord is too courteous!" Yu Tao was overwhelmed by the unexpected favor and bowed repeatedly with a complacent expression on his face.

Tang Yin said: "If the Master Yu had not turned the tables on us, the rear lines of our troops would not have been stabilized so quickly. We would also have had some worries during the battle and would not have been able to use our full strength." Pausing for a moment, he smiled and asked: "Master Yu, what kind of reward do you want?"

Yu Tao quickly said: "Helping Master to defend against Ning Jun is something that this official should do and should do, I do not dare to ask for a reward!"

Her words were even better than her singing! Tang Yin laughed coldly in his heart, shook his head and said: "You need to reward me with meritorious deeds, and punish me if you do. This is the law of the wind, Master Yu does not need to be humble." As he said that, he looked at the other people. Everyone's expression did not change, but their eyes were all looking towards Yu Tao.

"Zhong Tian committed great treason, killed his own master, and seized the throne. Everyone has the right to kill him. Right now, we three nations should stand united against Zhong Tian. What do you think, lords?"

"Master Tang is right!"

"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded his head and smiled to Yu Tao: "I think it's better this way, Master Yu only becoming the head of a county is really a waste of talent, you should be the head of the three counties, right?"

"This …" Hearing that, Yu Tao's face changed. The Inspector was just a hollow seat, she did not have any real power, moreover she was not favored by others, she would be looked down upon wherever she went. This was a difficult task that took effort but did not please him, how could she be at ease and comfortable as the head of a county?

Yu Tao took a deep breath and stood up in a hurry to say: "Tang. Master Tang, I … I think it's better for me to become my County Head. As the chief Inspector of the three counties, this official will really … I can't take it! "

Tang Yin smiled and asked: "Is Master Yu not satisfied with my arrangements?"

"No, no, no. This official definitely does not mean that. I just feel that my ability is limited and unable to …" "I can't take on such a heavy responsibility. This is bad news …"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Tang Yin waved his hands and laughed: "Master Yu, you don't have to be so modest. I have already made up my mind, the position of the total Inspector is definitely yours!"

"But …"

"There are no jokes in the army, and there are no jokes in the government. Since I have already said it, there is no need for Master Yu to say anymore." Tang Yin said smilingly. He was smiling, but his eyes were radiating light, his sharp gaze landing on Yu Tao's face, causing the latter to involuntarily shiver and not daring to speak out the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

He could hold it in, but his four county heads couldn't. The four of them were all Yu Tao's trusted aides, and it was only because Yu Tao was the leader that they were able to keep their positions. Once Yu Tao left, they could no longer keep their positions.

One of the county leaders who was in his forties with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks said, "Master Tang's arrangement, is it really inappropriate?!"

"Oh?" Tang Yin turned his eyes to look at him, and asked: "What's wrong with that?"

"Although the Master Tang has been promoted to the official level of the Master Yu, but this general Inspector is just a fake, isn't this the same as rising and falling? Master Tang keeps on saying that he will reward the Master Yu who has contributed a lot, but he will use this kind of method to push others aside. Could it be that the Master Tang is not afraid of being mocked by others? "

His words were heavy, straight to the point, not leaving Tang Yin any face.

Although Yu Tao did not say anything, he was secretly happy in his heart. His trusted aides were his trusted aides, and at such a critical moment, he would need to rely on them to speak up for him.

As the county chief spoke bluntly, the atmosphere in the hall immediately froze. Everyone inhaled and no one dared to breathe, all of their gazes turned towards Tang Yin.