"Young master, Zheng Luo is here."

Before dusk, when Zhao Yu was resting in the house, Jingnu led Zheng Luo into the house.

The two were followed by Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng.

Recently, as several work sites in Luyang County are gradually on the right track, the county government and the Hou Mansion of Luyang Township have withdrawn their manpower one after another, Zheng Luo is one of the few guards who are still being sent abroad, and he suddenly returned home today, Zhao Yu can naturally guess what must have happened.

Sure enough, when Zhao Yu sat up on the bed, Zheng Luo had already walked up to him, clasped his fists and said, "Second son, just about an hour ago, that Wang Zhi of the Marquis Mansion of Ruyang led a caravan composed of about a dozen carriages through Zhengxiang ......."

As he spoke, he told Zhao Yu what had happened.

"Is that Wang Zhi?"

Zhao Yu touched his chin with interest.

Of course, in fact, in his opinion, Wang Zhi is just an insignificant little person, but this Wang Zhi had a conflict with him at the beginning, which made Zhao Yu have a little impression of this person, in fact, it doesn't matter who the Marquis Mansion of Ruyang resides.

From the side, Zhang Ji snorted coldly: "It's finally here...... Second son, do you want to give him some color? ”

"Don't rush yet."

Zhao Yu pressed his hand, turned his head and asked Zheng Luo, "Where is Wang Zhi's caravan now?" ”

Zheng Luo replied truthfully: "When I came, I asked someone to investigate, Wang Zhi's caravan was blocked on the official road on the north side of Zhengxiang, when I took people to see, the gang was digging with their bare hands, I estimated, it is estimated that it will not be able to catch up with the county seat before dark......"

"That's right."

Zhao Yu touched his chin and thought about it, and said, "This person is not in a hurry to deal with it first. …… I'll take a look at the county first. ”

As he spoke, he instructed Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng: "Prepare the carriage, let's go to the county seat first and see the situation." …… Zheng Luo, you go back to Zheng Township first. ”

"Yes."

Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng, and Zheng Luo responded with their fists.

A moment later, when Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng were ready for the carriage, Zhao Yu, who had also greeted the Luyang Township Marquis at this time, took Jingnu and a number of other guards to the county seat, and rushed to the city by closing the city gate in the county seat.

After entering the first city of Luyang, Zhao Yu found an inn to settle down, and then sent guards to inquire about several city gates to see if Wang Zhi had entered the city.

The guards of the Luyang Township Marquis have a good relationship with the county guards in the county, even if they don't know each other, as long as Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng and other guards report to their homes, it is enough for those county guards to know everything.

According to the county officials, no caravans from the Marquis of Ruyang have entered the city so far.

Zhang Ji and the others went back to the inn to inform Zhao Yu of the incident, which made Zhao Yu feel quite funny: "Are you really locked up outside the city?" …… This is really, he still wants to see the reaction of the county. ”

I have to say that Wang Zhi's caravan was really blocked out of the city.

By the time they had made great efforts to clear a road north of Zhengxiang that could be used by caravans, it was already dark, and by the time they rushed to the county seat of Luyang in a hurry, the county seat had already closed its gates.

In desperation, Wang Zhi could only shout to the county guard on the city gate: "Brother on the city tower, we are the caravan of the Marquis of Ruyang, and we were unable to arrive before the closure of the city due to some accidents on the way, can you make it convenient and open a city gate for us to enter the city?" ”

According to the law of the Jin Kingdom, the county towns will close the city gate after sunset, and the city gate must not be opened twice unless the rooster crows the next day, but as the so-called law above has a law and a local favor, if you encounter a better relationship, in fact, this law is not so absolute in the place.

For example, if it is the Luyang townsman who calls the door outside the city at the moment, the county guard guarding the city gate will naturally give the townsman face, and slightly open the city gate and put it in the city marquis to enter the city, which is not a big deal.

But Wang Zhi, he obviously doesn't have this face.

Even, after hearing Wang Zhi's self-report, several county guards on the upper floor of the city gate were still gloating and communicating.

"Hey, do you hear that? The one outside the city, he claims to be the Wang Zhi...... of the Marquis Mansion of Ruyang."

"It's the Ruyang Marquis Mansion in Ruyang, right?"

"I heard that he instigated Rushui counties to break their promises and cut off the money and grain subsidies given to our Luyang County, right?"

"More than that. It is said that this Wang Zhi also provoked the group of refugees in Zheng Township, and almost caused a big disaster, but fortunately he was stopped by the Xianghou Mansion, but he didn't expect that this Ruyang Houfu did not distinguish between black and white, and in turn asked the Xianghou, humiliated the Xianghou, and asked the Xianghou to apologize...... This son of a bitch. ”

"Oh, that's it...... Hey, brothers, leave him alone and tell him to stay out of town. ”

Several county officials gloated and listened at the city gate, ignoring Wang Zhi's shouting outside the city.

During this period, some county officials who did not know the exact details were puzzled and asked: "Why do you say that the counties of Rushui have broken their promises?" They don't have a reason to give us money and food, right? ”

"You don't know. …… Our Luyang this time for the Rushui counties in the disaster, if we didn't accommodate those refugees, those refugees would have gone north to the Rushui counties, originally those county orders and our Liu agreed, I Luyang to accommodate those refugees, not to let them go north as a disaster, and Rushui counties therefore gave me Luyang some money and food subsidies, but I didn't expect that our Luyang kept its promise and stabilized the refugees in the territory, those counties were instigated by the Marquis of Ruyang, and they reneged on their promises one by one, do you say angry people are not angry? ”

"Oh, I see...... Brother, how do you know so clearly? ”

"At the end of last year, it was rumored in the county, it was said that it was a servant of the township marquis who was angry about it, and it was rumored for a few months, whether it was Liu Gong, Xu County Cheng, or Ding County Lieutenant, none of them sent anyone to refute the rumors, which shows that there is indeed a case."

"Uh-oh."

The county magistrate suddenly realized.

Under the city, Wang Zhi shouted for a long time and did not see a response from the city, so he scolded a few words in a low voice with an indignant face.

If the same situation were in Ruyang, the county magistrate in the city would dare not respond to him?

But there were still uninteresting servants who stepped forward and asked, "Steward Wang, what should we do now?" ”

Wang Zhi slapped his backhand and scolded: "You don't have long eyes? What else can I do? ”

The entourage who was slapped dared not speak in anger, covered his face and did not dare to speak.

That night, Wang Zhi and his party could only find a vacant lot in the corner of the wall outside the city, surrounded the caravan carriage to block the wind, and then lit a bonfire.

At the beginning of February, the temperature was still cold, but the caravan did not bring many blankets to protect against the cold, and in the end, Wang Zhi sat by the campfire wrapped in two blankets, and the rest of the entourage and guards could only fold their arms around the campfire.

Some people may find it strange that this time Wang Zhi led the caravan from Ruyang to Wancheng, how to say that this journey is also three or four hundred miles, don't these people know to bring some cold things on the road?

However, in fact, even Wang Zhi did not expect this kind of emergency to happen, you must know that on the way from Ruyang to Wancheng, there are county seats along the way, and the distance is not too far, usually in the morning, starting from a county town, you will be able to rush to the next county seat before dark, and then you can go to the post house, inn, and wine shop in the city to settle down, where do you need to prepare anything to keep out the cold?

The two blankets that Wang Zhi was wearing were still prepared when he had to nap in the carriage during the day to relieve his difficulties.

How did he know that the road conditions in Luyang County were so bad?

Sitting by the bonfire, eating cold and hard dry food, Wang Zhi felt more and more on fire in his heart.

At this time, he should be in the city, drinking hot wine and eating warm dishes, instead of sitting outside the city blowing the wind and eating cold dry food.

"Fuck! I don't eat it! ”

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he smashed the dry food in his hand into the bonfire in front of him, splashing a spark, startling the entourage and guards sitting around the bonfire to avoid one after another, and then looked at Wang Zhi with panicked eyes, watching the latter wrap the two blankets and climb into the carriage to sleep.

It is said that the night wind in the cold winter can freeze people's lungs, of course, the night wind in early February is not so exaggerated, but it is really not pleasant.

When Wang Zhi woke up from the carriage in the early morning, he felt cold and hard all over his body, as if he were a dead man, not only in his throat, but also in his chest.

"Someone, someone...... What time is it? He asked in a hoarse voice.

"It's already time to go back to the king to take charge." The attendant who had come to return replied cautiously.

"It's time? So the gates are open? ”

Wang Zhi's spirit was shocked, and he ordered: "Go, pack up your things and enter the city." ”

Although he still remembered the instructions of the prince Zheng Qian in his heart, he didn't feel it tight to arrive in Wancheng one day earlier or one day later, not to mention that he urgently needed a few bowls of piping hot wine right now, so that he could drive away the cold in his body.

Wang Zhi's decision, the retinue and guards of the Marquis of Ruyang naturally did not dare to disobey, so a group of people extinguished the bonfire and drove the carriage slowly towards the east gate.

In Luyang County at the beginning of February, it was still morning again, the city gate was still relatively deserted, Wang Zhi and his entourage only saw some farmers carrying hoes to go out, and some people who didn't know what to do, anyway, these people were dressed more shabby, so that Wang Zhi, who was wrapped in a blanket and sat in the driver's seat, was very disgusted.

"Stop."

The county guard guarding the city gate unsurprisingly stopped them and stepped forward to interrogate them: "What are you waiting for?" ”

Wang Zhi was also angry at this time, and said angrily: "What about no long eyes? Don't you see our team's flag? ”

This sentence made those county officials change their complexions, firstly, Wang Zhi's attitude was bad, and secondly, they were really illiterate.

Although the Confucian Confucian sage broke the monopoly of knowledge by the aristocracy hundreds of years ago or even earlier, and created an opportunity for people from low backgrounds to read and change their own destiny, hundreds of years later, commoners from low backgrounds still cannot ensure that they have the opportunity to read and learn words.

So, those county officials unceremoniously replied to Wang Zhi: "Bring down all the things in the car for me and search!" ”

"You."

Wang Zhi was choked with anger, and said angrily with wide eyes: "You wait for the little county guard, dare to search the carriage of my Ruyang Marquis Mansion?" ”

"Ruyang Marquis Mansion?"

The county guards glanced at each other, and immediately a malicious smile appeared on their faces.

"Hey! The search is your Ruyang Hou Mansion! Get down! ”

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