On the way back to Anping County, Zeng Yu also passed through Xiangyuan County along the road. It has been nearly half a month since Zeng Yu and his troops left, and the panic caused by the arrival of the Yellow Turban Army has also calmed down under the appeasement of the county commander Lu Wen and others.

However, Lu Wen told Zeng Yu that although the county seat of Xiangyuan County was not breached, all villages except the county seat were plundered by the Yellow Turban Army, and now only the county seat and a few surrounding villages in the entire Xiangyuan County are well preserved. When he said this, Lu Wen showed a sad expression, since he served as the county magistrate, although he was not an outstanding political achievement, he was also close to the people, and now the people under his rule have lost half of them at once. First, he felt sad and angry at these people who were killed and coerced by the yellow scarves, and secondly, if the court investigated it, he would be considered to be the real end of his career without a background, and he might even be convicted and imprisoned.

Zeng Yu didn't know how to comfort him, he just assured Lu Wen that when he returned to Beijing this time, he would definitely take care of him and let him be treated fairly.

Lu Wen expressed his gratitude to Zeng Yu for his comfort, he looked at Zeng Yu, and said enviously: "I really envy Zeng County, you are young and have a position, unlike me, you have long passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and you have no chance to make contributions if you want to." This future will eventually belong to you young people. ”

"Right and wrong, the princes of the court should decide fairly, and the official will not sit idly by and watch the court fail any meritorious minister. If I go to the capital here, even if I get rid of my official hat, I will definitely not let Lu Gong receive unfair treatment. Therefore, adults don't have to worry too much, but think more about how to make the rule recover as soon as possible and let the people settle down as soon as possible. Zeng Yu said.

Feeling the sincerity in Zeng Yu's words, Lu Wen's heart warmed, in fact, he didn't want to be punished by the court at this age. Although he doesn't expect to be promoted to the rank of knight, if he can retire smoothly, he can also leave a family property and connections to future generations, otherwise a person who is guilty of being dismissed from office will only bring shame to future generations.

At this time, the family is the most important thing for a person, and even in the hearts of many people, the strength of the family is still above the loyalty, otherwise there will be no gate valve in the future. Lu Wen is no exception, he only has one son-in-law, and he is almost thirty years old this year, and now he is walking outside as a nephew of the official family, and he also has a three-year-old son, so for him, being able to be stable and leave a support for his children and grandchildren is his last pursuit.

Outside the county office, the people of Xiangyuan County heard that the leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves who killed their family before had been captured by the county magistrates of Anping County and was about to be escorted to the capital.

Zuo Zhangba was locked in a prisoner car, surrounded by Zeng Yu's personal soldiers. Because Zeng Yu had already sent a letter to the capital, saying that he had applied for the Yellow Turban Thief Qu Shuai, the task of these pro-soldiers was not only to guard Zuo Zhangba, but also to ensure that he could not be allowed to die, and for this purpose, two military doctors were specially arranged to accompany him.

The guards saw that there were more and more people watching outside, and they didn't know what to do.

"Team rate, there are more and more people outside, and they are all victims of the Yellow Turban of Zuo Zhang's Bayi, I'm worried that they will impact the military formation, what do you think is good?" A pro-soldier chief was worried that the people would be angry and couldn't control it, so he asked Xu Meng for instructions.

"I'll drag them here first, and you hurry up to the county government to ask the lord." Xu Meng thought about it for a while, but he really didn't know how to deal with this situation, so he instructed Shi Chang.

"No!" After speaking, the chief hurriedly walked towards the county government of Xiangyuan County.

As for Xu Meng, because he was appreciated by Zeng Yu, he is now a team leader of Zeng Yu's personal guard, with a hundred people under his jurisdiction, and he is one of the only two team leaders in the pro-military camp today. He is also from a poor background, so he understands these people in Xiangyuan County very well, and knows that these people have worked hard for most of their lives, and after being destroyed by one person, they have hatred for this person in their hearts. Now they have not yet attacked, not because their own soldiers are present, but because there is no one to take the lead.

However, Xu Meng is now in the military, and he must not let Zuo Zhangba die here because of these people. So although he is not good at this, Zeng Yu and Zhu Wen are not there at this time, and he can only bite the bullet to appease the people who are about to break out.

"Folks, here is Lord Zeng's personal guard battalion, and everyone must have come to see the culprit. Now that everyone has seen it, let's disperse first, and I believe that there must be many things waiting for you at home. Xu Meng stepped forward and said dryly.

"We've seen this thief, but we have a question, how can you protect this thief, wouldn't it be better to just stab this person." A scholar said that he had been plagued by yellow turban thieves when he came to his house, and the anger in his eyes seemed to erupt when he spoke.

"Yes, why did this kind of thief still let him live, just kill him." Another citizen said.

"Kill him... Kill him...," all the people shouted.

Xu Meng's head was big for a while, and he shouted loudly: "Everyone, be quiet, I know your anger, I am similar to you, there were once thieves who invaded and killed my parents, even my two young brothers, did not escape the poisonous hands of thieves." I've always dreamed of being able to slash enemies, but I don't have the strength, so I can only mess up or. In the end, I met Zeng, and it was he who made me see hatred clearly and get a new life. Now the thief in this prisoner car, he has harmed everyone and suffered heavy losses, countless relatives and friends have been murdered, and many of our military siblings have fallen forever because of the war. So we also want to kill him immediately and avenge the siblings who once trained together, but this person is a felony of the imperial court, and we need to take him alive to the capital so that everyone knows the fate of killing the people. If he is allowed to die here because of the momentary speed, although everyone has a bad breath, it will implicate my lord, make him lose his trust with the court, and even lose his official position because of this, can you bear to see this situation? ”

After Xu Meng finished speaking, the onlookers fell silent, and the people at this time paid attention to the grace of dripping water and repaid the springs, especially the people at the bottom. They had Zeng Yu lead troops to support them before, so they helped them keep their last home, and at this time, when they heard that if they killed Zuo Zhangba here, it would affect him, and most of them temporarily extinguished this thought.

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Xu Meng, who was getting better, continued: "Don't worry, the imperial court has always set an example for rebellions, and once he is escorted to the capital, there will definitely be no way to live, so everyone's revenge is avenged." ”

"Since the military master has said so, we naturally understand, everyone is scattered." An old man stood up and said.

Seeing this, the other people all nodded, and for a while, all the people left one after another, which made Xu Meng and the other soldiers breathe a sigh of relief. To be honest, if they encounter a group of bandits, they will not frown at all, and they will definitely come up to suppress each other. But those people just now were ordinary people, and the discipline that Zeng Yu's personal soldiers had always observed was to protect the people, so they couldn't fight, which made them nervous and overwhelmed.

So when Zeng Yu and Lu Wen came together, they didn't see the people that the soldiers said. asked the soldiers who stayed here, only to know that it was Xu Meng who had persuaded the people to retreat.

"Lord Zeng's subordinates are really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!" Lu Wen said to Zeng Yu with a smile.

"Lord Lu has won the award, he also made a mistake, or the people know the general situation, this must be the adult's usual teaching." Zeng Yu was also relieved in his heart, but he didn't show it.

"Haha, Lord Zeng might as well take a break in this county for a day today, and I will also entertain you. The last time the war was tense, I didn't have time to express my gratitude. Lu Wen laughed, and then said to Zeng Yu.

"Lord Lu is kind, I have received it in my heart, but I still need to escort this thief leader to the capital as soon as possible, so it is inconvenient to disturb me too much. Besides, you and I are both officials in the party, and there will be opportunities to get together in the future. When I come back from the capital, I will ask Lord Lu for a glass of wine to drink. Zeng Yu declined.

When Lu Wen heard this, he also knew that Zeng Yu was telling the truth, and Zeng Yu had been away from Anping County for nearly a month, and he still needed to deal with the affairs in the county before he went to the capital this time. So Lu Wen didn't force it.

The two talked to each other for a few words, and then Zeng Yu said goodbye, and led his own soldiers to escort Zuo Zhangba to continue on the road.

For the next few days, the crowd did not stop again. Eight days later, I finally arrived in the territory of Anping County.

Sun Hao had already arranged for people to wait at the border of Anping County, and when he saw them and his party appear on the official road in the distance, and also saw the county commander who was guarded by his own soldiers in the middle, everyone immediately stepped forward to pay respects.

Since he arrived in Anping, Zeng Yu didn't ask these waiting people more, but just asked them to open the way in front of the head and continue to march forward, after all, this is still at least a day's journey from the county seat of Anping County.

When the sun was approaching the next day, the city wall of the county seat of Anping County finally appeared in Zeng Yu's sight, and when he got closer, he saw Sun Hao and others waiting outside the north gate of the county seat, as well as some people of Anping County.

After Zeng Yu led his troops to leave, Sun Hao took over all the things in Anping County on the one hand, and on the other hand, he mainly did one thing, that is, he described Zeng Yu's leading troops this time as being based on the enemy outside the country. Zeng Yu, with the respect of a county, regardless of the danger, first persuaded the surrounding bandits, and then personally led the soldiers and horses to go out to exterminate the rebellious Yellow Turban bandits, so that the people of Anping County could continue to have a stable life.

The so-called three people become wolves, and everyone becomes tigers, under Sun Hao's continuous encouragement, the people of Anping County can be said to have become Zeng Yu's diehards. Even if Zeng Yu asked for more taxes because of this, the people would not necessarily resist, which can be seen from the things in the hands of the people who greeted him.