Liu Anyang frowned: "Xinye Gong is not here?" The prince is not in a hurry, and Director Sima also went to help Mr. Zheng. ”

Zheng Sheng's heart was a little more stable, and there was finally some good news.

"Shizi, are you going to go out of the city to Luoshui?" Liu Anyang asked.

"Yes, I'm getting out of town. Was the grain team detained on the bank of Luoshui? ”

"Well, Master Sima told me before he went out, if you want to go, let me take you there. He told me exactly where it was. Liu An said.

Zheng Sheng asked strangely: "Isn't it impossible to go out of the city?" ”

Liu Anyang said with a smile: "It is true that the Luoyang City Gate cannot be entered and exited casually at night, but it is not impossible. ”

Zheng Sheng said happily: "Great, let's go!" ”

Liu Anyang and Zheng Sheng left the auction house together. The two mounted their horses and walked south along Tongcamel Street. Liu Anyang smiled and said to Zheng Sheng: "The guards of Xuanyang Gate are strict and harsh, and it is difficult to pass. But Pyeongchang Gate is different, and I know the captain who guards the gate there. ”

The two turned eastward again, then south, to Pyeongchang Gate.

Liu An got off the horse and said to Zheng Sheng: "Wait a minute." ”

He stepped forward and said a few words to the soldiers who came vigilantly with their swords, and then they were led up to the tower.

Liu Anyang quickly walked down, he came over and said with a smile: "Let's go." ”

The soldiers opened the right gate for them to leave the city, and the two of them went out of the city and hurried towards Luoshui.

The southern suburbs of Luoyang at night are also silent. Along the way, there was only the sound of Zheng Sheng's horses' hooves. The two came to the bank of Luoshui. Only then did Zheng Sheng realize that Luoshui had frozen.

Liu Anyang said to Zheng Sheng: "The grain team was stopped by a team of soldiers in Itoju on the south side of Luoshui. We crossed Naksu from Nagabashi and walked a short distance west to Itoju. ”

Zheng Sheng was guided by him, and soon reached his destination, and soon found Zheng's grain team.

But the situation of the food team is not good. They were completely controlled by an army: the Zheng guards gathered together, standing or sitting, looking sluggish.

Some soldiers watched over them with torches.

And Zheng's grain cart was also scattered not far away, and the grain on the cart was all moved down and piled up together, like a continuous hill.

Zheng Sheng glanced at the crowd and saw Zheng Yu and Wang Qian. It turned out that they had been arranged to serve as escorts in the caravan.

When they saw Zheng Sheng, they immediately became in a commotion.

Zheng Sheng gestured at them, asking them not to panic and move.

Only then did the soldiers notice Zheng Sheng and the others, thinking that they were curious passers-by, and came over to drive them away, "You two leave quickly!" ”

Liu Anyang said to the soldiers: "Please tell your general that Zheng Shizi of the Zheng clan in Nanyang has arrived." ”

The soldiers understood where they came from. One of them shouted, "You wait." ”

With that, he walked briskly to a small house, which was brightly lit and guarded by several soldiers. Soon, he returned.

He said to Zheng Sheng and the others: "Okay, who is Zheng Sheng between the two of you?" You. Okay, you go inside! ”

Liu Anyang said helplessly: "Shizi, be careful in everything. ”

Zheng Sheng followed the soldier into the room and found that although the room was not large, there were many people.

Zheng Wen and Sima Dingyun, this is what he knows. There was a middle-aged man with a short beard and a thick green shirt, and next to him sat a young man in bright white armor, and below him was a fat middle-aged man in a fur coat.

In addition to them, there were four soldiers with knives standing at the door.

Zheng Sheng looked at Zheng Wen and Sima Dingyun sitting behind the door, like prisoners on trial. He became more and more uneasy.

Zheng Wen stood up, walked to Zheng Sheng's side, and said to Zheng Sheng with a smile: "Kewu, come, let me introduce you." This is Chen Huang, the customs officer of Yique Customs. "The middle-aged man in a short-bearded green shirt.

"This is Yang Yi, the captain of the South Battalion of the Chinese Army." The young man in armor.

"This is Taiyuan Wang Jian." That fat middle-aged.

"Lord Chen, Captain Yang, he is Zheng Sheng, the son of my Nanyang Zheng family."

The two looked at Zheng Sheng with calm faces.

"Brother, what the hell is going on?" Zheng Sheng asked softly.

Zheng Wenqiang smiled: "It's just a misunderstanding." Master Chen thought that our grain was going to be shipped to Luoyang to be sold in order to earn a high price. ”

Zheng Sheng was shocked, after all, he and Sima Dingyun had discussed the matter of transporting grain to Luoyang to sell. But these grains are not! Then why is Zheng Wen's face so embarrassed?

"Humph! To deceive the court with such a clumsy excuse! No way! Even if you have King Shunyang as a guarantor, you will not be able to avoid sin! Yique customs officer Chen Huang said loudly.

Zheng Wen looked at Zheng Sheng helplessly, and said softly: "Look, they don't believe that we have to transport grain to Hongnong to relieve the victims. ”

Zheng Sheng looked at Chen Huang and Yang Yi, and said solemnly: "Two adults, it was my idea to transport grain from Jingzhou to Luoyang. After I arrived in Luoyang, I heard about the serious drought in Hongnong, and wrote a letter to my family, asking for grain to be brought over. This did not deceive the two adults. ”

The two looked at him indifferently, as if they were watching a funny performance.

"Zheng Shizi, Sima Dingyun and a few of us have discussed that we will transport grain from Jingyang to Luoyang to sell together." Fat middle-aged Wang Jian said with a smile.

Sima Dingyun shouted angrily: "Wang Jian! Thou treacherous, what face do thou stand in the world! ”

Wang Jian trembled with fright and stopped speaking.

Chen Huang stood up with an awe-inspiring expression: "Zheng Wen, no matter how insistence, the Nanyang Zheng clan smuggled a large amount of grain into Luoyang when there was a shortage of new grain in Luoyang. And in the case of being verified and detained, he still refuses to repent and tries to get away with it. I will enforce the law impartially and report to the Luoyang County Government, and you will wait to be punished! ”

"Chen Huang! You are just a small customs officer at Yique Pass, what authority do you have to mobilize the Chinese army in Nanying to investigate the transportation of illicit grain? Sima Dingyun said in a deep voice.

"You think I'm doing it privately? No, Captain Yang, let's talk about it. Chen Huang smiled.

"I was ordered by Sun Bang, the general of Nanying, to assist the tax collector Chen in seizing the private grain." Yang said.

Sima Dingyun fell silent again, Zheng Sheng looked at Wang Jian, he suddenly thought of a possibility, they seemed to have fallen for someone else's trick. First, someone approached Sima Dingyun to discuss a partnership to transport smuggled grain, and Sima Dingyun would definitely ask the Zheng family for help. When the grain team arrives in Luoyang, then they can be disposed of justifiably.

Sima Dingyun's food has not yet been raised, and the grain team that Zheng Sheng wants to bring to Hongnong to relieve the victims has collided head-on. I have to say, it's really unlucky!

Zheng Sheng said softly: "Two adults, if you don't believe it, can you do this: the general sent someone to monitor us to see if we sold the grain after we transported it to Hongnong?" Or did it help the victims? If, without knowing what the grain is really used for, you condemn us, will you not be able to wronged the good people? ”

Yang's face softened slightly, "Okay!" I agree! ”

"Captain Yang! The merchant is cunning and cannot be trusted! Chen Huang hurriedly stopped.

Zheng Sheng finally saw the leader of this matter clearly, "Lord Chen, my method is not clear enough? As long as the grain is transported to Hongnong, the use of these grains will be clear. If you refuse to do this, could it be that your original intention is to deliberately obstruct and frame us! ”