Among the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, Guizhou Province had the smallest geographical area, but the post stations along the way were densely packed.

Due to the very low proportion of Han Chinese in Guizhou and the fact that there are mountains and mountains everywhere, the core idea of the imperial court ruling Guizhou is to "stick to the first line".

As long as they control the communication line composed of post stations, they can quickly mobilize troops to suppress the rebellion in Guizhou Province, where the terrain is complicated.

Since the beginning of the Chenghua period, the post stations in Guizhou have gradually been abandoned.

Yingzong Zhu Qi Town made a change in the civil fort, and several provinces in the north were in a mess. After stabilizing the situation in the north, he was busy suppressing the Jingxiang exiles, and he had no time to take care of the Yunnan-Guizhou region.

The toasts in Guizhou came back to their senses, and one by one they no longer took the court seriously.

Even the Shuidong Song clan, which is known for their loyalty, began to disobey the information of yang and yin, and deliberately abandoned the post station together with the Shuixi clan. There are three routes from Bashu and Huguang to Guizhou, and the two Tusi tacitly joined forces to directly pinch the starting section of the three traffic lines.

Wang Yuan's Zazuo chief lawsuit is the territory of the Song clan in Shuidong.

The subordinate Zazuo post has long been empty, the houses of the post station have collapsed, and the weeds in the corners of the walls have grown taller than people.

However, the official road that runs through the post station is still in use, and merchants or exiles often pass through it. Compared with the Central Plains, the official roads in Guizhou are very narrow, and all kinds of uphill and downhill slopes, steep sections even have to be climbed on their stomachs.

In late spring, the wind and the sun are beautiful.

Three people came from afar on the official road, two of whom were escort officials, and the remaining one was, of course, an exiled prisoner.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor of Hongwu, was fierce, as long as it was not corrupt or corrupt, all kinds of criminal laws were very humane. Throughout the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, the sentence of exile could basically be reduced to imprisonment (labor reform) - only when there was a big deal would it be really exiled.

Shen Fuxuan is on the big deal!

Shen Fuxuan, the word Weitang, a native of Yuyao, Shaoxing Mansion.

He was admitted to Xiucai at the age of seventeen, but he was still Xiucai at the age of twenty-seven. In a fit of rage, Shen Fuxuan, who boasted of being full of wealth, was forced to make a living for the magistrate.

The curtain guest is the master, he was born in Shaoxing Mansion, and he is still a Shaoxing master!

The prefect was promoted all the way, and he actually made it to the prefect, and even with Master Shen, the tide rose. Later, the prefect was transferred to be a Beijing official, and he easily asked Qian to arrange for Shen Fuxuan to get a low-end official for him.

Last summer, Emperor Hongzhi died, Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao came to power, and the great eunuch Liu Jin began to jump up and down.

The chief officer assisted by Shen Fuxuan is a clear stream, and he is hot-headed and works against Gonggong Liu. It's a pity that Qingliu is also greedy, and he was found out by Gonggong Liu's backhand, and the wealth in his hand was taken away by the eunuchs, not to mention, even Shen Fuxuan, an adjutant, was also taken away, and he was sentenced to exile for 3,000 miles - fortunately, his house was not raided.

Looking at the mountains and mountains in the distance, thinking of his future exile career, Master Shen let out a long sigh: "My life is so bitter!" ”

The two dismissal officers (escorts) also stopped, one stood and drank water, and the other carried the flail and said, "Master Shen, don't complain, I didn't even give you a flail." Our brother is hard, I have to accompany you for thousands of miles, and I don't know what year or month I can go back. ”

Master Shen not only didn't shut up, but became more and more sad, hiding his tears and wailing: "I miss me Shen Weitang, five years old literate, eight years old can poetry, seventeen years old middle talent." It's a pity that the examiner doesn't know the mystery of the article, and I let my township fail the test again and again, but I can't even pass the exam! finally met the benefactor, stooped down and gave up school as a guest, and it took half a lifetime to get a low-end adjutant. I've been an official for two years, and the last sesame petty official can actually be involved in the court dispute. Now he is going to be assigned to Yunnan again, is that a place for people to be treated? My life is so miserable, the sky is above, please open your eyes! ”

The two dismissals were so annoyed that if they hadn't sent them to the family and could still receive the reward from their families when they returned, most of them would have cut down the two goods with one knife.

Master Shen's moth was not finished yet, and he suddenly began to recite Su Dongpo's work: "The heart is like a wood that has been ashed, and the body is like a boat that is not tied." Ask Ru Ping's life's achievements, Huangzhou, Huizhou, Danzhou! ”

Finally, a dismissal officer became impatient, shook the flail in his hand and said: "What state, hurry up, or I will put the flail on you!" ”

After all, Master Shen still chose to follow his heart, and continued to hurry, saying as he walked: "Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who don't know me say what I want." I don't lament what happened to me, but I sigh that this great Ming has lost a genius who has passed through heaven and earth......"

The three of them had not gone far when they saw a child standing on the side of the road.

The child was dressed in black and pants, covered in patches, and had straw sandals. There was an earthen bow hanging from his waist, and a bag of arrows hanging from his back, and the arrows were clearly a homemade weapon.

It's Wang Yuan!

Exiles and demotion are not encountered every day, and Abba and eldest brother squat for a few days and then give up, after all, they still have to work on the family's livelihood.

Such a trivial matter as intercepting the official road can only be handled by Wang Yuan himself.

Wang Yuan clasped his fists and saluted the three of them, and said in Guizhou official dialect: "The three of them go slowly, the kid has something to ask." ”

Master Shen could barely understand this dialect, and he felt quite strange at the moment, and without waiting for the two officials to express his position, he smiled and said, "Little doll, what do you have to ask?" ”

Wang Yuan clenched his fists again: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, have you ever been to school?" Can you do an eight-strand article? ”

Master Shen laughed: "I, Shen Weitang, was admitted to Xiucai at the age of seventeen, and you actually asked me if I could do eight-strand ......" Halfway through laughing, he suddenly changed his face and said in a panic, "What do you want to do, why are you pointing a bow and arrow at me?" Put your bow and arrows down! ”

"That's you!"

Wang Yuan bent his bow and arrows, stood leisurely on the official road, and said to the three adults: "Trouble cooperate, robbery." ”

"Hahahaha!"

The two escort officers were amused, and one of them smiled: "How old are you, have you been weaned?" At a young age, he dared to learn to come out and rob the Tao. ”

"Whoosh!"

An arrow shot out, knocking the official's hat off.

The so-called people don't talk much, Wang Yuan used practical actions to tell the other party that robbery is a very serious matter.

"Bold!"

When the official was stunned, another official suddenly drew his sword. Who knew that the blade of the knife had just been unsheathed two inches, and Wang Yuan shot another arrow, hitting the tiger's mouth of the official, and the blood in his right hand was flowing and he couldn't hold the knife.

Wang Yuan aimed at his head, squinted and sneered: "Do you want me to shoot a third arrow?" ”

The official who was shot off his hat finally came back to his senses, shocked by Wang Yuan's divine shot, and said inwardly: "Little doll, do you know what the crime of robbing and killing the official is?" ”

Wang Yuan choked back directly: "When I arrived at the boundary of Guizhou Tusi, don't say it's just a small official errand, I will kill the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

The two officials were speechless for an instant, and they couldn't find the words to refute.

Since the Chenghua Dynasty, the Guizhou health system has gradually deteriorated, and daily rebellions still need to be quelled by local Tusi.

What's even more nonsense is that the boundaries of Guizhou are intertwined with Sichuan and Huguang, and sometimes hundreds of people rebel against each other, and they will travel for 180 miles, so they need to send troops from the three provinces together.

The provinces passed the buck to each other, saying that there was a rebellion in the other party's territory, and in the end no one wanted to take care of it, so they had to work with the military department to carry out the coordination work.

In this case, the imperial court naturally got by with Guizhou, and there was really nowhere to reason for killing an official.

Wang Yuan continued to order: "The prisoners stay, you can go." ”

"Don't rob the silver?" The two officials were quite surprised, and then overjoyed.

Wang Yuan said: "If you want people, you don't want money." ”

"You said it earlier!"

"Little brother, then our brothers will go first, you should be steady and don't shoot arrows."

The two officials immediately turned around and ran away, and when they went back, they could say that they had been robbed, and they could be perfunctory if they were injured casually.

Only Shen Fuxuan was left standing there stupidly, with a confused expression, and suddenly shouted at the backs of the two: "Don't run, come back quickly!" What should I do if you run away? ”

The two officials suddenly ran faster, so they didn't care that Master Shen hadn't gotten into the car yet.

Master Shen was so angry that he stomped his feet, squeezed out a smile stubbornly, and said flatteringly: "Little brother, I'm just a wanderer, and I don't have anything of value on me." It's not as good as ......."

Wang Yuan smiled and asked, "Why don't you do it?" ”

Master Shen judged the situation and begged in a low voice: "It's better to raise your noble hand and let me go." ”

Wang Yuan did not answer directly, but pointed to a big tree thirty steps away: "Sir, do you see that tree?" ”

Master Shen nodded and said, "I see." ”

Wang Yuan bent his bow and arrows: "And pay attention to the old eagle (crow) on the tree." ”

Master Shen suffers from mild myopia, and when he looks closely, he can only see a small black shadow. But seeing Wang Yuan's arrow, the black shadow immediately fell, and the arrow shot so fast and accurate that the crow didn't even have a chance to react.

"Good archery!" Master Shen patted the horse and praised.

Wang Yuan asked, "Can you outrun the sharp arrow in my hand?" ”

Master Shen shook his head again and again: "I can't run." ”

Wang Yuan finally put away his bow and arrows, and bowed again, looking polite: "Since you can't run away, then accept your fate." Sir, please follow me back to the mountain. ”

"Back to the mountain?" Master Shen still didn't understand. If he robbed him of a big man, it is possible to tie him back to the mountain to be a military advisor, after all, it is written like that in "Water Margin", but the problem is that Wang Yuan is just a little doll!

Wang Yuan comforted: "Sir, don't be afraid. I just want to study, but my family is poor and can't afford to hire a teacher, so I hope that my husband can go back to the mountain with me and teach me the great truth of those saints who can be officials. As for the sword soldiers meeting each other and scaring off the officials, I am just expressing a little sincerity on my part. ”

"You just want to apprentice for a long time?" While Master Shen felt sincerity, he also felt extremely ridiculous and resentful.

In the barbarian land of Guizhou, even the apprenticeship is so simple and rude, and the way to express sincerity is even more straightforward!