Wang Zhi swore that he had never been so humiliated.

At the gate of Luyang County, he was humiliated in public by several county officials, and was asked to remove the goods from the carriage one by one for inspection.

There were even a few carriages loaded with wine jars, which could be seen at a glance, but the county officials asked them to move the wine jars down, saying that they would check the mezzanine to see if there were any prohibited items.

Obviously, it was those county officials who were taking revenge on him.

He Wang Zhi, the steward of the Marquis of Ruyang, was so embarrassed by a few pawns that at this moment Wang Zhi couldn't wait to turn around and leave immediately - he didn't go into the city, right?

But in the end, he endured.

Because he also knows that Luyang and Yexian are the only two counties in the entire Nanyang County that are stable, and they are okay in terms of food and housing, if they pass Luyang, although they will definitely encounter other counties in the south, but those counties are even more broken than Luyang, and there are few people in the city, for the hot wine, in order to rest in Luyang for a day, he endured it.

For this reason, despite the anger in his heart, he still hinted that the entourage of those entourages had done some good to the county guards, and finally let those county guards stop targeting them.

No, the county guard at the head checked the money bag in his hand and waved his hand casually: "Okay, put your things in the car and enter the city, don't block the city gate." ”

"Go back and wait until you see Liu Wei, and see how I tell him to clean you up!"

Resisting his anger, the king ordered things to be loaded into the carriage and entered the city.

After entering the city, Wang Zhi was still wrapped in a blanket and sat on the driver's seat of the carriage headed by him, looking at the streets and shops on both sides of the street along the way, with a little disgust in his eyes.

It is undeniable that Luyang is indeed far less prosperous and lively than Ruyang, and Wang Zhi, who has stayed in Ruyang all the year round, naturally looks down on this kind of remote and poor county.

He led the convoy to the post house in the city, and instructed the attendants and guards to solve the problem of food on their own, and Wang Zhi took about six or seven close retinues and guards to the best inn in the city.

I remember that when Luyang implemented cash-for-work before, he came to the county seat of Luyang and asked the county people about the best inn in the county, an inn with a signboard of 'Yang Ji Inn'.

Of course, although this inn is the best inn in Luyang, it is just a makeshift in Wang Zhi's eyes.

It is worth mentioning that when he came to this inn today, Wang Zhi stopped outside the door for a moment, because he saw that this inn had an extra signboard than when he first came a while ago.

There are only four words on this signboard: Lu Ye Gongji.

"Lu Ye Gongji? What is it? ”

Muttered a few words, Wang Zhi didn't care, and walked into the inn with a few servants.

The first floor of this inn, similar to the wine shop, is a special place to eat and drink, when Wang walked straight into the store, there are already many people drinking and eating in it, looking at the clothes, most of them should be from the county, and they still have a little money at home - how can the poor family eat wine and eat outside?

At this time, the guys in the hall immediately greeted him, and asked with a smile, "How many distinguished guests?" ”

Wang Zhi casually pointed at his people and said, "Just like that, you look at the wine and food, and ask for the best in your family." ”

"Alright, alright."

With a smile on his face, the man led Wang Zhi and the others to a table, and while wiping the table with a rag, he asked casually, "Where did the distinguished guests come from?" ”

This is a very common polite conversation, Wang Zhi didn't care, and said casually: "From Ruyang." ”

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the man's hand suddenly moved: "How many ...... Are you from Ruyang? ”

"How?"

Wang Zhi frowned and asked, and immediately felt a little wrong, because he found that when the guy finished asking, several drinkers and diners who were eating wine and dinner next door turned their heads to look over, and their eyes were full of unkindness.

"No ......"

The man lowered his head and wiped the table a few times, then turned around and ran to the cabinet, and whispered something to a shopkeeper who was in his forties.

Then, the guy returned to Wang Zhi's table again, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, our store doesn't accept a few people, so let's do their own thing." ”

After that, he no longer paid attention to Wang Zhi and the others, and beckoned other guests to go.

Wang Zhi was shocked and angry, slapped the table case angrily, and scolded: "Shop! Store? Come here! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw the middle-aged shopkeeper slowly walking over, and asked indifferently, "Do you have any advice?" ”

I saw Wang Zhi raise his hand and point at the guy, and said angrily: "What does that guy just say that he won't entertain me?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled lightly and said: "This is the rule set by my master recently, the master has an order, and I dare not disobey." ”

"Your master?"

Wang Zhi said angrily: "Call him out!" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "My master has something important to do, and he is not in the store at the moment." …… Step, please. ”

Wang Zhi gritted his teeth in anger, stepped forward and scolded hatefully: "Do you know who you are talking to? I am the steward of the Marquis Mansion of Ruyang, you offend me, be careful that I can't open a store for your family......"

"Ruyang Marquis Mansion?"

Hearing Wang Zhi's threat, the shopkeeper was not only shocked, but showed a strange smile on his face.

Before Wang Zhi could figure out the strange smile on the other party's face, a drinker stood up from the side, staggered to Wang Zhi's side, and said with a smile: "Ruyang Hou Mansion, you said that you are from Ruyang Hou Mansion, right?" ”

"So what?" Wang Zhi frowned and looked at the drunk.

"Hah!" When the drunken man heard this, his face changed suddenly, he grabbed Wang Zhi's clothes, pulled him in front of him, and scolded fiercely: "It's your family that instigated Rushui County, right?" ”

As he spoke, he didn't wait for Wang Zhi to reply, and smashed his fist on Wang Zhi's cheek.

"Y-What do you do?" The entourage that followed Wang Zhi stepped forward one after another, and when they saw this, the locals who were eating at the inn also immediately stood up.

For a while, a group of people fought in the hall.

The shopkeeper who was still sneering just now had a bitter word at the moment, and persuaded him repeatedly: "Go out and fight, go out and fight, don't smash my things." ”

While shouting, he also called the guys at his inn, all of whom were strong young men, and finally drove the two gangs out of the inn.

I have to say that among the people accompanying Wang Zhi, several of them are guards, and they are not lazy with their fists and feet, and after a long time, they gradually gain the upper hand.

But at this moment, I suddenly heard a person shouting on the street: "Ruyang people have beaten people, Ruyang people have beaten people." ”

As soon as the words fell, the people of the nearby counties surrounded one after another, at first there were more than a dozen people, and then the number of people increased, so shocked that the guards around Wang Zhi finally pulled out their blades.

"What, what's going on?"

Seeing hundreds of people densely packed around him, Wang Zhi was so shocked that he retreated again and again, and at this time, he felt as if he had returned to Zhengxiang.

Probably afraid of the swords in the hands of several Ruyang Hou guards, the locals of Luyang did not close too tightly, but surrounded Wang Zhi and others and scolded them.

"It was these Ruyang Marquis Mansion who instigated the Rushui counties to cut off the money and grain subsidies for our Luyang."

"Perfidious, I!"

"Get out of Luyang!"

"These people also humiliated the townspeople...... Townsfolk such good people, you dare to humiliate you?! ”

Wang Zhi listened to these scoldings, listened to them for a long time, and gradually understood the reason for the anger of these Luyang people.

It turned out that the matter of his Ruyang Marquis Mansion instigating Zhushui Counties was spread, and even the grievances between his Ruyang Marquis Mansion and Luyang Township Marquis Mansion were also spread.

"Is it Zhao Gongyu's father and son?"

Wang Zhi was shocked and angry.

In all fairness, he had a grudge against the Luyang Township Marquis's family, in fact, even he didn't care much, let alone Ruyang Marquis Zheng Zhong and the prince Zheng Qian, but at this moment, he was blocked in front of the inn by hundreds of angry Luyang people, and Wang Zhi gradually realized the prestige of the Luyang Township Marquis in Luyang.

"Steward Wang, what should I do?"

One of the guards asked Wang Zhi in a panicked whisper.

The rest of the guards also looked panicked.

Don't look at the sharp knives in their hands, the swords in their hands are mainly used to set off the status of the master's family, and the rest are for self-defense, but they don't dare to really cut at these unarmed county citizens, otherwise once they really make a mistake, when the Luyang County Government investigates it, the Ruyang Marquis Mansion may not be able to protect them.

And at this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "County Lieutenant Ding is here, County Lieutenant Ding is here." ”

"County Lieutenant Ding? Ding Wu?'

Wang Zhi seemed to have grasped the savior and looked forward to it.

Sure enough, a moment later, I saw Ding Wu, the lieutenant of Luyang County, squeezing through the crowd with a team of county guards, and walked towards Wang Zhi's side.

Seeing this, Wang Zhi hurriedly shouted: "County Lieutenant Ding, County Lieutenant Ding, it's me, Wang Zhi, the ...... of the Marquis Mansion of Ruyang."

At this point, his voice stopped abruptly.

Because he saw that the county lieutenant Ding Wu turned his head and glanced at him, his expression was playful, and there was no kindness in his eyes, which was similar to the attitude of the day and the joke.

Sure enough, after understanding the situation, I saw Ding Wu look around and said coldly: "When there is trouble on the street, you have so much courage, take it away!" ”

The county guards behind him immediately arrested several locals who were knocked to the ground by Wang Zhi and others, and prepared to take down Wang Zhi and others.

Several guards beside Wang Zhi took a look at it and subconsciously raised the sword in their hands.

Seeing this, Ding Wu narrowed his eyes, slowly stretched out his right hand to his left waist, and said coldly: "What? To be arrested? ”

After taking a few deep glances at Ding Wu, Wang directly pressed down the sword in the hands of the guards beside him: "Don't act rashly, you are not the opponents of Ding County Lieutenant......"

As he spoke, he looked at Ding Wu and said, "County Lieutenant Ding, Wang has never offended you. ”

"Indeed!"

Ding Wu personally stepped forward to detain Wang Zhi and whispered in his ear: "However, your family has offended Lu Yang." ”

As he spoke, he straightened up and waved his hand.

"Take it away!"