The city wall of Xiangwu County is only two stories high, the wooden gate is weathered, visible to the naked eye, with a squeaky sound open, the middle-aged man in the Confucian robe with the county and the county lieutenant at the city gate to greet him, followed by a few guard-like people.

Xiang Qing turned his horse's head and ordered: "Each of the generals will arrange for the soldiers of their own battalion to rest in place, and the rat and Shan Fu will follow me in." ”

Wang Shu bowed his hand, and Shan Fu muttered: "I'm just a grain official, why should I go in with you?" ”

Xiang Qing said: "You are really cowardly. ”

Shan Fu immediately straightened his waist: "I'll go, why don't you go?" This Xiangwu County is my own territory, what am I afraid of! ”

Xiang Qing called Liu Hu and Yun Chengyu over again, whispered, and the three of them shouted a promise, and then went to do their own things.

Before Xiang Qing could speak, Xiang Xu had already stepped forward: "I don't want to stay here, I want to follow my brother." ”

A group of four people and four horses went straight to the city gate.

The middle-aged man in the Confucian robe bowed down and said, "Old man Xiangwu County Commander Li Jian, see general." ”

At this time in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the highest governor of a small county was called the county magistrate, and the highest magistrate of a large county was called the county order, such as the Luoyang order, and Xiangwu County, as the seat of Fufeng County, was also the logistics center of the counterinsurgency war.

Xiang Qing didn't get off the horse, nodded and continued to pat the horse forward, this is not that he is arrogant, but once there is an emergency, it is too late to get on the horse at that time, so he simply does not dismount.

Li Jian, the county commander of Xiangwu County, still looked respectful, his posture of bowing did not change at all, Xiang Qing and the four of them walked in front of him, and the ponytail was even thrown in his face, and he was not moved in the slightest.

At this time, Wang Shu had already gone through the formalities with the county lieutenant, mainly to check the seals of both sides and the like, and it would be over in a while, Wang Shu nodded at Xiang Qing, indicating that there was no problem with the seals.

Xiang Qing asked: "Li County Order, the war should not have spread to this point, why martial law?" ”

Li Jian replied: "General Qiyu, in recent days, there have been many Xiliang rebels who want to infiltrate the city, trying to destroy the granary of the county and cut off the supply of front-line soldiers. ”

Xiang Qing was really uncomfortable when he heard this middle-aged man call himself an old man, but he also knew that the average life expectancy in this era was relatively short, and it was not too much to call him an old man in forty or fifty.

Xiang Qing asked again: "How did Li County Order see through the rebels' meticulous work?" ”

Li Jian replied calmly: "The old man has been an official here for 20 years, and all the residents in the city are familiar with each other, so it is easy to recognize a few outsiders. ”

"Oh, I see, this can be regarded as a meritorious work by Li County's order, let's go, let's go to the city."

Xiang Qing also deliberately observed the guards behind Li Jian, who had been keeping their heads down, with a smile on the corner of their mouths, patting their horses and continuing to walk.

When Xiang Qing walked in front, the county commander Li Jian and the county lieutenant got together.

The county lieutenant was a black-faced man, and said in a muffled voice: "Did the imperial court send such a stinky hairy boy?" Do we still have to expect him to put down the rebellion? ”

Xian Cheng sighed: "So far, we have opened the bow and have not looked back." ”

Li Jian said in a low voice: "Don't talk too much, go and show them the way." Li Jian turned back and asked, "Are you sure everything is ready?" ”

The guards who had been keeping their heads down raised their heads together, their temperament didn't look like subordinates, but like people from the rivers and lakes, and the leader said: "Don't worry, this hairy boy is too big, he dares to enter the city without a guard, in the territory of Yongzhou, there is no one we want to kill that we can't kill!" ”

Xiang Qing walked in front, and Shan Fu chatted with Wang Shu: "Hey, rat, take a look for yourself, these soldiers have sealed off the entire street, and they don't even let the people go out, how do you think there is a problem?" ”

Wang Shu raised his hand and gave Shan Fu a brain collapse: "Did you call the mouse?" I can't even see this, are you blind to me? ”

Shan Fu covered his head and said, "I know that there is a problem, why are you still going into the city?" ”

Wang Shu grabbed the gap that Shan Fu couldn't cover and came again: "Are you cowardly?" Who is the general? Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, they prefer to go to the tiger mountains. ”

Shan Fu let go of the reins, covered his head with both hands and said, "Who coaxed it!" If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger! ”

The two of them argued endlessly in the back, but heard Xiang Qing say coldly: "Shut up." Coupled with Xiang Xu's cold appearance on the side, he was silent in an instant.

The houses in Xiangwu County are much sparser than those in Luoyang, and I don't know what materials are used to pave the roads, the horse's hooves make a crisp sound when they step on them, the willows in two rows are tilted with the wind, and there is a heavily armed soldier standing next to each willow tree.

The common people looked through the window, originally they wanted to see how pompous the general Zhengxi from the imperial court was, but after seeing that Xiang Qing and his party were only four people, they couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

At this time, a child whose teeth had not yet grown up happily opened his arms and staggered out, but he tripped over the stones on the ground and fell to the ground, howling and crying, and the two soldiers next to him immediately pulled out their sabers and walked towards the child step by step.

Shan Fu immediately pulled out his sword and rushed forward, blocking in front of the child, and shouted, "What do you want to do!" ”

The two soldiers replied: "Protect the safety of the general, and no idle people are allowed to approach!" ”

Shan Fujian pointed at the two soldiers and asked, "A child, he can't even pick up the sword, what danger can he have!" Don't quit yet! ”

At this time, the child's mother hurriedly ran over, picked up her child and ran, there was no extra nonsense at all, Shan Fu was also puzzled, what is going on?

I heard Xiang Qing walk in front and call: "Come back." ”

Shan Fu rode his horse and followed absentmindedly, Wang Shu patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "Didn't you say that you were the smartest?" Can't you see this? These soldiers are Li Jian's people, who sealed the city in order not to leak the news. ”

Shan Fu pushed away Wang Shu's hand on his shoulder: "Of course I know this, but if I didn't stop it just now, I'm afraid that the two soldiers would really make a move on that child, is this child wrong?" ”

Xiang Qing turned his head: "This kid is right, everyone is right, what is wrong is this world, let's read more books when you have time." ”

Xiang Qing took out a book of Analects from his arms and threw it to Shan Fu, who took it and looked at it, it was not an excerpt, but an original monopolized by the family, which was an incomparably precious book.

At this time, he had already arrived at the county yamen, and the county magistrate had already prepared wine and food, and was waiting outside the yamen with the local more famous family gentry.

"General Xiang, these folks have been waiting for a long time, the front line is bitterly cold, a little thin wine, and the conditions are simple, please don't dislike it."

Xiang Qing snorted coldly, he seemed to be born with no habit of looking down on these fat-headed, big-eared, brocade-clothed and well-fed nobles, he turned over and dismounted: "You also know the bitter cold on the front line, the soldiers eat bran vegetables, and we have big fish and meat in the rear, doesn't this make the front-line soldiers chill?" ”

Li Jian said with a smile: "General, it's really just a little bit of wine, you always have to eat some wine and food, and go to get rid of the fatigue in your body, so that you can better go into battle and kill the enemy." ”

"If it makes sense, then it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, let's go." Xiang Qing took Xiang Xu and the three of them to sit down, Xiang Qing naturally sat in the chief, he was the one who did not give up, the other three also sat in the forefront, those family gentry also sat down in seniority, and Li Jian also sat in the first place under Xiang Qing.

Xiang Qing raised his wine glass, and the others also raised it in a panic, Xiang Qing said with a smile: "You are all subjects of the Han Dynasty, with your great help, this battle will be won!" Come, drink this cup full! ”

Everyone drank it all, only Xiang Xu didn't drink, because Xiang Qing said that he was not yet an adult and didn't let him drink, he just sat there motionless, and the others didn't know what he was doing, and they didn't dare to ask.

At this time, it is often the touting link, which has been like this from ancient times to the present, the big people start to speak, and the little people welcome and flatter. But to borrow a phrase from Mr. Lu Xun, this world has always been like this, right?

What kind of young and promising, terrifying in the future, talented and talented, these people come as soon as they open their mouths, many people are facing this kind of situation, everyone in a room is praising you, and they have long been fluttering, but Xiang Qing is a person who is extremely sober about himself, after all, he has been a street boy for a lifetime in his previous life, and he has been a dick for a lifetime, which has long made him recognize the reality.

As soon as Xiang Qing raised his hand, the boiling hall instantly quieted down, the needle fell audible, and the birds were silent, Xiang Qing picked up the wine glass and said: "It seems that you are all heroes in the world, this Xiliang rebel army occupies the entire territory of Liangzhou, in your mouth, the elimination of the rebels is a gesture, it is really heroic, so that the general has to admire, come, drink another glass!" ”

Everyone drank another glass, and saw Xiang Qing put the wine glass on the table, sighed, looked up at the sky, and was silent.

Someone was curious and asked, "Why is the general sighing?" Is there a problem? ”

Xiang Qing sighed again: "Hey, General Ben does have difficulties, but General Ben is thin-faced, and I'm really embarrassed to talk to you." ”

Seeing these gentry of the world sitting in the forefront, he began to say: "What is the difficulty of the general, just speak!" ”

"General, we also want to share your worries!"

"Yes, General, we will do our best."

At this time, that Li Jian already felt that something was wrong, he had just sat down and just drank two glasses, why did he start the routine? It's not that no one has done this, and Xiang Qing is still the first one who is in such a hurry.

Shan Fu sat next to Wang Shu and asked secretly: "Hey, I can understand that this requires money and food, but no matter how anxious you are, you have to drink for three rounds, right?" Come up and ask for it, what's the situation? ”

Wang Shu beckoned, let Shan Fu come over, Wang Shu said mysteriously: "Because the general's wine volume is only three glasses......"