On the fifth day of the second month, a caravan came from Ruyang and entered the territory of Luyang County.

I saw that all the carriages of this caravan were erected with the words 'Ruyang Hou Zheng', which showed that it was a caravan belonging to the Ruyang Hou Mansion.

And sitting in the carriage headed by the leader was none other than Wang Zhi, the steward of the Ruyang Marquis Mansion who had a conflict with Zhao Yu that day.

Wang Zhi is the old man of the Ruyang Hou Mansion, from the ancestors to serve in the Hou Mansion, to his generation, he and the Ruyang Hou Shi Zi Zheng Qian has a close relationship, plus his sister is also Zheng Shizi's concubine, Wang Zhi became one of the few stewards of the Ruyang Hou Mansion at a young age, maybe in the future, when the old Ruyang Hou Zheng Zhong dies, after the son Zheng Qian takes over the family business, he can also rise to become the chief steward.

A few days ago, I heard that General Wang Shangde, who was stationed in Wancheng, had opened a military market and invited businessmen and families from all over the world.

The shortest route from Ruyang to Wancheng is bound to pass through Luyang County.

Wang Zhi didn't have a good impression of this county, after all, the last time, he lost face in Luyang County, and was humiliated in public by Zhao Yu, the second son of the Luyang Township Marquis, although in the end the prince Zheng Qian personally helped him come forward, but he also failed to help him out of this breath, but let him Ruyang Houfu and Luyang Township Marquis Mansion have a grudge.

Of course, for the grudge against the Luyang Township Hou Mansion, basically no one cares about the Ruyang Hou Mansion, you must know that his Ruyang Zheng family can be called a famous family in the whole of Henan, what is the Luyang Zhao family?

Not to mention that the county commanders of Rushui County are all on the side of their Ruyang Marquis's Mansion, although the father and son of Luyang Township Marquis are stubborn that day, Wang Zhi believes that it will not be long before the other party will still be obedient and obedient, just like those who once offended his Ruyang Zheng family.

"Bang, bang......"

The ice and snow that gradually began to melt were wet and slippery, coupled with the broken road surface, the carriage shook one after another, and Wang Zhi, who was sitting in the carriage bumpingly, only felt that the wine he drank last night was about to vomit.

"Do you know how to drive?"

Lifting the curtain of the carriage, the king scolded the coachman: "Lao Tzu has died." ”

The driver of the car was a servant of the Marquis of Ruyang's mansion, and he didn't dare to offend Wang Zhi, so he explained aggrievedly: "Wang is in charge, it's not the fault of the villain, it's really a bumpy road......"

Wang Zhi frowned and looked at the road he was driving, and saw that the road surface where the snow had just melted was really as rugged as the driver said, and cursed in his mouth: "What a broken road!" …… This Luyang has the time to dig a ditch, why don't you send someone to repair this broken road? ”

Cursing, he went back to the carriage to take a nap.

After a long time, he felt that the carriage seemed to come to a slow stop, and then the coachman's voice came from outside the carriage: "The king is in charge, the king is in charge, the road ahead cannot be walked." ”

"What?"

Wang Zhi, who was napping, was stunned when he heard this, got up and lifted the curtain of the door to look forward, only to see that on the road ahead, for some reason, there were many mounds of earth, each mound was about a man high, one in the east and one in the west, appearing on the road in an orderly manner, although the gaps in those mounds could still allow people to walk, but the carriage could not pass.

"These ......"

Frowning, Wang Zhi seemed to have thought of something, standing on the coachman's seat and looking around.

Sure enough, about a hundred feet away from those mounds, you could vaguely see a depression under the snow.

Wang Zhi knew that it was the canal being dug in Luyang County.

"Shhhh These guys...... Just poured the excavated soil on the road at will, blocking the road, so Liu Wei didn't care? ”

After a few curses, he summoned the servants of the house who accompanied him and instructed them: "There must be some villagers in this area, go find some people, and tell them to dig up the soil so that the convoy can pass." ”

"Yes!"

Several servants nodded, and looked around for the nearby village.

After only a few moments, these people came back and said to Wang Zhi with an embarrassed expression: "The king is in charge, and the nearby villagers refuse to help." ”

"Won't help?" Wang Zhi was stunned, frowned and said, "You can tell them later, and they will be rewarded." ”

"Got it."

A domestic servant nodded and said, "But those people just asked us where we came from, and I said that we came from Ruyang, and then the young people in the village began to sneer and said let us figure it out ourselves." ”

“……”

Wang Zhi's face was displeased when he heard this, and he asked in a deep voice: "Can you wait to report the name of our Ruyang Marquis Mansion?" ”

Hearing this, the expressions of the servants became even more strange, and one of them said weakly: "Yes, and then those people will say......"

"Say what?"

"Get out! …… It was those people who said it, they told us to get out, and what else did they say, and they were careful to break the legs of a few of us when they were late. ”

"What?" Wang Zhi's face showed disbelief.

He has been in the Ruyang Marquis Mansion for so many years, and he has really never encountered such a thing.

He frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked, "Have you ever asked, why are they targeting me Ruyang?" Targeting my Ruyang Hou Mansion? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the servants spoke, "Asked." They said that Ruyang was treacherous, and cut off the money and food subsidies given to them in Luyang without authorization regardless of the original agreement, and said that our Ruyang Hou Mansion instigated Rushui counties, let alone anything...... What a good thing ......"

As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Wang Zhi's expression, and said in a low voice: "Seeing that they insulted our Hou Mansion, the small few people originally wanted to reason with them, but the young people in the township all poured over, and there were many of them, so the small ones were ...... And he withdrew, and asked the king to be in charge. ”

Wang Zhi's face was gloomy when he heard this, and he scolded angrily: "Poor and remote land, do your best to make the people!" ”

can be scolded and scolded, since the township is unwilling to help, he can't help it, after all, he can't rush to the other party's township with the accompanying guards, in case things get bigger, Liu Wei, the county commander of Luyang County, will definitely not let him go.

"When I return to Ruyang, I will inform the prince of this matter, and then I will teach these Diao people a lesson."

Thinking in his heart, Wang Zhi summoned the accompanying servants and guards of the convoy and ordered them to move the earth.

And this makes those servants and guards suffer, you must know that these lands, no matter how you look at them, were piled up here before the snowfall last year, frozen by frost, hard as iron lumps, and they have no hoes and other farm tools in their hands, only the guards have swords in their hands, how can this be moved?

In desperation, the guards could only use their knives to chop and pry with their swords, and it took nearly two hours and a lot of effort to move a few mounds of dirt, barely allowing the carriage to pass.

"Let's go!"

Suppressing the annoyance and anger in his heart, Wang Zhi ordered the caravan to continue on its way.

But when they walked out of ten miles, a similar mound appeared in front of them, and Wang Zhi was so angry that he scolded: "Then what does Liu Ji eat?" Didn't he know that the men had poured out the earth on the road? ”

After scolding for a while, Wang Zhi personally led people to find the nearby township this time.

Coincidentally, the township he went straight to this time happened to be the Zheng Township where he had stayed.

Seeing the somewhat familiar village from a distance, Wang Zhi's face sank, he would not forget that he was here, humiliated in public by Zhao Yu, the second son of the Luyang Township.

In all fairness, he didn't want to come here, but he couldn't help it, after all, it was past noon at this time, and if they were to carry the mounds of dirt on the road, they wouldn't be able to get to the county seat of Luyang to rest before dark, then they would have to stay overnight in the wilderness, not to mention any wine and meat for dinner.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhi led people to Zheng Xiang in the distance with a calm face.

In the distance, he saw six or seven people standing near the ditch talking, and from time to time one of them stretched out his hand and pointed to the north and south sides of the ditch, as if discussing something.

Wang Zhi didn't care about anything else, and walked straight up.

When he got closer, he recognized that one of them was Zheng Yong, the son of Township Chief Zheng, and he shouted from a distance: "Zheng Yong." ”

Hearing the voice, the six or seven people all turned their heads, and one of them was really Zheng Yong, the son of Township Chief Zheng, who was just pointing to the north and south sides of the ditch pit, explaining something to the few people on the side.

After seeing that it was Wang Zhihou, Zheng Yong had a little strange look on his face, exchanged glances with a few people on the side, and immediately stepped forward to meet him, clasping his fists and smiling: "This is not ...... Is the king in charge? The king's steward is in a hurry, and he doesn't know what to do? ”

Hearing this, Wang Zhi raised his finger and pointed in the direction behind him, and said unhappily: "About two hundred zhang north of this place, there are random piles of soil everywhere, blocking the road, that is what you did, right?" I asked someone to bring me the dirt. ”

Zheng Yong smiled and said: "Steward Wang is angry, and I plan to move those soil one after another when the construction starts after spring this year......

"I can't wait that long!"

"Huh?" Zheng Yong was puzzled and said: "I've seen it down, and the soil shouldn't hinder walking." ”

Wang Zhi said dissatisfiedly: "But the carriage can't pass. ”

"Carriage?" Zheng Yong exchanged glances with a few people on the side, and then said: "Then I can't help it, we won't start work until the tenth day of February......

Wang Zhi was stunned, and then his face sank suddenly: "Zheng Yong, what do you mean by this?" ”

"It's not interesting." Zheng Yong said lightly: "That is to say, there is nothing you can do in the future, so the king will figure it out by himself." ”

Hearing this, Wang Zhi's face became more and more gloomy, and he said coldly: "Zheng Yong, are you dizzy?" If you say something like this, aren't you afraid of offending Wang and the Marquis of Ruyang? ! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw someone beside Zheng Yong stroking his palm and mocking: "Wow, Ruyang Houfu." ”

"Who are you?"

Wang turned his head to look at the man, feeling that the other party was vaguely familiar, but he was not impressed.

At that moment, the man casually clasped his fists and said, "In Xia Zheng Luo, the guard of the Marquis Mansion of Luyang Township is also the supervisor of Zheng Township. …… Steward Wang, don't come unharmed. ”

"Luyang Township Marquis Mansion ......"

Wang Zhi finally understood why this person was so hostile to him, and he sneered and said, "Little guard, don't make trouble for your hometown Hou!" ”

"Hey." Zheng Luo snorted coldly and said coldly: "Your Ruyang Marquis Mansion humiliated my hometown Hou and the second son that day, and you still expect me to have a good look at you?" Wang Zhi, I advise you to leave early, otherwise, if the people who were humiliated by you in public that day learned that you were here, I would not help you. ”

Looking at Zheng Luo and then at Zheng Yong, Wang Zhi wanted to have a seizure, but he saw that many young men appeared not far away, and they all seemed to be walking slowly towards this side, and he turned around and left hatefully.

Looking at the back of Wang Zhi leaving, Zheng Luo sneered and said: "This guy is really bold, he dares to appear in my Zheng Township, and he is not afraid that Ding Lu will lead someone to find a place to bury ......."

"Dinglu?" Zheng Yong asked curiously: "Does Ding Lu have a grudge against Wang Zhi?" ”

Zheng Luo smiled and said: "Originally, no, but these days, that guy didn't know how to deceive the Ma family's trust, if he met this Wang Zhi, he would definitely try to help the Ma family and son get angry." ”

"Uh-oh." Zheng Yong suddenly realized.

"Don't talk about this, brother, I'll go back to the Xianghou Mansion first and inform the second son of this matter, the second son has been waiting for this matter......"

"Okay."