Because they were going to Wancheng together the next day, Liu Wei stayed in the mansion of the Luyang Township Marquis that day, and it is said that he discussed with the Luyang Township Marquis until very late, so that when Zhao Yu saw these two the next day, there were slight dark circles on their faces.

The next day, after breakfast, Luyang Xianghou, Liu Wei, Zhao Yu and his party embarked on the road to Wancheng.

To tell the truth, the Luyang Township Marquis originally did not plan to bring his second son Zhao Yu on this trip, mainly because it was too dangerous - because even he and Liu Jian were not sure whether this trip would be able to convince that Wang Shangde, not to mention that in the eyes of the Luyang Township Marquis, although his son Zhao Yu was quite deferential and humble to his acquaintances, but his real character was by no means the case.

But worry is worry, I can't stand this kid is really smart, and he is younger than he was...... Well, it's just a line away, after thinking about it, Hou Hou of Luyang Township finally decided to take Zhao Yu with him, hoping that this kid would be able to come up with a good way when the time comes.

Liu Jian also thinks so.

Wancheng is not too far from Luyang, but it is not close, the straight-line distance between the two places is about two hundred miles, and the real distance is naturally more than that.

On the way to Wancheng, the group passed through several counties one after another, such as Pheasant County.

From the Jingchu rebels attacking Nanyang eight or nine years ago, and then Wang Shangde led the Beihai army to enter Wancheng, Nanyang County has formed two completely different patterns, namely Wanbei and Wannan.

Wannan, when it was completely broken by the rebels, after the Jingchu rebels occupied Wannan counties, they killed almost all the local wealthy families who were unwilling to give up their ancestral business and fled, or had no time to escape, and distributed the fields of these wealthy families to the local landless people, and after gaining the support of the people, the rebels continued to attack northward until they were stopped by Wang Shangde in Wancheng.

Subsequently, Wang Shangde organized a counterattack and plowed the Wannan that had already been destroyed again, but all the local families and civilians involved in the rebels were executed in public to set an example, and the rest were all recharged.

Wannan has experienced these two catastrophes, at least thirty percent of the light people died, and later Wang Shangde successively recruited troops in Wannan, so that Wannan was almost ten rooms and nine empty, and most of the Wannan people who survived by luck fled to Wanbei.

Compared with Wannan, the situation in Wanbei is slightly better, at least the rebels did not attack here, and the county governance of the local counties is basically still there, but in recent years, Wang Shangde has repeatedly collected money and grain and strong men in Wanbei in order to counterattack the rebels, so places like Pheasant County, although the population has only increased a lot compared with previous years because of the relationship between refugees, the atmosphere in the county is really depressed, and it seems that theft, robbery and other public security problems have occurred repeatedly, and the county orders cannot be stopped.

It is precisely for this reason that when he went to Wancheng this time, the Marquis of Luyang brought more than 20 well-dressed guards led by Zhang Chun, the head of the guard, for fear of being attacked by local refugees and even locals on the way.

According to Liu Wei's explanation, when the people from southern Wannan poured into northern Wanbei, the counties of Wanbei, just like Luyang County a while ago, did not open the official warehouse to help refugees, which forced those refugees who could not survive to take risks and start the business of robbing houses and houses, or three or five people, or a dozen or so such small-scale rogues abound in the counties of Wanbei.

However, the Luyang townsmen and the others were relatively lucky on this trip, and they did not encounter—or rather, the two dozen or so heavily armed guards in the convoy that scared off those rogues who tried to attack.

Until the evening, when the group was overnight in the wilderness, it seemed that some rogues tried to attack the convoy, but they were killed by the guard commander Zhang Chun and others, and the rest of the rogues fled.

At dawn the next day, the group continued to rush in the direction of Wancheng, and as they gradually entered the control of Wang Shangde's garrison, all the rogues they encountered along the way were gone, and they were replaced by patrol soldiers with a team of tithes.

On several occasions, these patrolling soldiers stopped the troops and interrogated them, but when they learned of the intention of the Luyang Township Marquis and his party, they immediately let them go.

In this way, on the afternoon of that day, the Luyang Township Marquis and his party finally arrived in Wancheng.

Wancheng, it is the seat of the entire Nanyang County, so it is logically larger and more prosperous than any county in the county, but after entering the city, as far as Zhao Yu saw with his own eyes, the situation in the city was not like that at all.

It is undeniable that the scale of Wancheng is indeed very large, larger than Yecheng, but there are hardly many civilians left in the city, almost all of the people who come and go in the street are soldiers in leather armor, and the shops on both sides of the street are also closed out of ten, even if you don't look carefully, you can feel a depression blowing in your face.

This is Wancheng, the county of Nanyang County, which was once the most prosperous city in the county, but I didn't expect it to fall into this kind of field.

Under the guidance of some soldiers along the way, the Luyang Township Marquis and his party came to the post house in the city.

And when they were about to go to see Wang Shangde, Peng Yong, who had been to Luyang County two days ago, rode to the post house.

When greeting each other, Peng Yong said with a smile: "There is a soldier at the gate of the city who reported that a group of people came from Luyang in the north and wanted to see General Wang, I guess it is you and others." …… I'll take you to the general. ”

Seeing Peng Yong coming alone, everyone was very confused, and Liu Wei asked cautiously: "I'm really sorry to go to General Peng." …… Why is there only one general today? ”

Peng Yong smiled and explained: "After I returned to Wancheng yesterday, the general allowed me to rest for two days, today I was free, and I walked around the city when I was idle, and I happened to hear that you were coming from Luyang, so I simply came over to show you the way." ”

"Oh."

Everyone suddenly realized, and immediately thought in their hearts: When Peng Yong left the Xianghou Mansion the day before yesterday, the Luyang Xianghou gave him an additional three jars of twenty-year-old wine, and this gift was really not in vain.

After thinking about it, Liu Wei cautiously tested Peng Yong: "General Peng, I don't know what General Wang's attitude was when you saw General Wang back that day?" ”

Looking at Liu Wei's gains and losses, Peng Yong did not hide it, and said truthfully: "I don't hide it from you, the general is very unhappy, although I keep my promise and never let that Kong Jian add oil and vinegar to explain to the general about the work relief in Luyang County, but the general is still very unhappy, so when I see the general, I must be careful." ”

“……”

Liu Wei and the Marquis of Luyang glanced at each other, and they were both a little apprehensive in their hearts.

About half an hour later, Peng Yong took the Luyang Township Marquis and his party to a mansion in the north of the city.

Probably noticing the expressions of Liu Jian and the Luyang townspeople, Peng Yong explained with a light smile: "Don't misunderstand, this mansion is not General Wang's, but the general lives here temporarily. …… As far as I know, the owner of this mansion is surnamed Cui, and when the rebels attacked Wancheng, the owner of this mansion fled with a thin and soft wind, and I don't know where to flee. According to the law of my Great Jin, he fled his hometown without the permission of the government, and regarded it as giving up his family business in his hometown, so General Wang moved in. ”

"I see." Liu Wei nodded.

In order to prevent a large number of people from moving in times of disaster, the Jin State did issue such a law, and even regarded those who fled their hometowns as criminals, but even so, when disasters came, there would still be many people who fled their hometowns despite the strict prohibitions of the government, and poured into other counties, indirectly implicating other counties.

Luyang County, which was almost dragged into the water by refugees, is an example.

At this time, Peng Yong walked to the gate of the mansion and said to the four soldiers on duty outside the gate of the mansion: "Wait, go and tell the general immediately, just say that Luyang County ordered Liu Wei and Liu Gongqian, together with Zhao Jing and Zhao Gongyu, the marquis of Luyang Township, to come to meet the general and go quickly." ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers all knew Peng Yong, and one of them immediately ran towards the mansion when he heard this.

After a while, the soldier went and returned, and after hugging his fist towards Peng Yong, he said to Liu Wei, Luyang Xianghou and others: "The general has an invitation, please come to the study of the mansion to meet him." …… I led a few of them. ”

"I know where they are, I'll just lead them." Peng Yong waved his hand and said.

"Yes!" The soldier did not dare to have any opinion, and immediately returned to his original position.

"Please." Peng Yong gestured to Liu Wei and the Marquis of Luyang.

"Okay, there's General Laupen."

Under the personal leadership of Peng Yong, the Marquis of Luyang and his party walked into this mansion.

I have to say that the original owner of this mansion seems to be quite rich, and he has built this mansion quite exquisitely, with gardens, fish ponds, towers, and water pavilions in the mansion, all of which are even better than the Xianghou Mansion, but the Luyang Xianghou and Liu Wei have no intention of appreciating it, their faces are tense and their hearts are heavy.

It can be seen that they are really a little apprehensive and uneasy about seeing Wang Shangde soon.

After a while, Peng Yong led the Luyang Township Marquis and his party to the study where Wang Shangde was.

At that time, there were four soldiers outside the study, and when they saw Peng Yong, they immediately stepped forward and saluted: "General Peng." ”

"Hmm." Peng Yong nodded, then pointed behind him and said, "I will take Zhao Xianghou and Liu Xianling to see the general." ”

These soldiers knew what was going on and pushed to the side, but when Zhao Yu was about to follow Liu Wei and his father Luyang Xianghou into the study, a soldier stopped him: "Followers, children, stay here." ”

Zhao Yu didn't want to explain anything to these soldiers who admitted death, so he turned his head to look at Peng Yong and pleaded: "General Peng, I also want to see General Wang and beg him to take back his life." ”

Peng Yong glanced at Zhao Yu a few times with interest, and instructed the soldier: "Let this kid in." ”

"General Peng?" The soldier looked at Peng Yong suspiciously: "The general only said that he saw these two people......"

Peng Yong said with a smile: "It's okay, the general won't care, I'll take care of something." ”

When it came to this, the soldier naturally didn't dare to disobey, so he had to let Liu Wei, Luyang Xianghou, and Zhao Yu enter the house, but the rest of the people, such as Zhang Chun, Jingnu, Cao An, Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng and others, were all stopped.

"Please, two."

Under the leadership of Peng Yong, Liu Wei, the townsman of Luyang, and Zhao Yu, the three of them walked into the study.

After entering the study, the three of them looked around, and then they saw a man in ordinary clothes, who was sitting behind the bookcase with his head slightly bowed, waving a pen and writing something.

"That's my general." Peng Yong gestured beside him.

"That's Wang Shangde......

Liu Wei, Luyang Xianghou, and Zhao Yu subconsciously tightened their faces.