The patrol sergeant arrested Wang Mang, locked him in a prisoner car, and kept shouting at the people along the way. said that Wang Mang was an enemy spy who came to spy on the military situation and disturb the hearts of the army and the people.

The people didn't know why, just listening to the words of the officials, they looked at each other angrily and scolded loudly.

There were even many people who smashed Wang Mang with stones, snow balls, rotten vegetable leaves and other things.

Wang Mang was locked up in a prison car, as if parading the streets, and he couldn't say anything about the bitterness in his heart.

This prisoner's cart was very uncomfortable, not to mention that his hands were firmly locked, and even his neck was stuck, and he could not look around at all, but could only look forward.

High in the sky, snow fell. In addition, Wang Mang wore less clothes on this trip, and the rib wound was not completely healed, and the road was bumpy, and the carriage was shaken.

Therefore, after this torture, he was also a little unbearable, and his brain was dizzy. The neck where the prisoner cart was stuck had worn out the skin due to the shock of the prisoner cart, and there were traces of blood flowing out.

Now that Wang Mang knows, he has provoked the anger of the public, and it is useless to say anything, and he can only be relieved after seeing the commander who escorted the grain and grass.

However, this group of soldiers did not follow Wang Mang's wishes, and deliberately slowed down the trip, just to prevent Wang Mang from seeing the commander soon.

Although Wang Mang had previously issued a decree strictly prohibiting the soldiers from abusing prisoners.

However, there are policies at the top, and countermeasures at the bottom.

This group of soldiers hated "Wang Mang" very much, and although they did not dare to violate the laws and regulations now, it did not prevent them from looking for loopholes. used prisoner cars, bumpy roads and other factors to indirectly torture Wang Mang.

After several hours in a row, this group of soldiers did not report the matter at all, and sincerely made it difficult for Wang Mang.

Because they knew that if Wang Mang met the commander. Then the commander must give Wang Mang a certain amount of freedom according to the laws and regulations, and even let Wang Mang leave.

These soldiers will never tolerate such things.

The soldier who was about to beat Wang Mang just now sneered: "This thief is so hateful that he dares to slander Lord Wang and Lord Commander. If it weren't for the military regulations, I would have taken his head. ”

Another soldier said: "Lord Wang Mang is benevolent and righteous, and he requires us to treat the enemy's prisoners well and influence their hearts, and we must not disobey Lord Wang's decree." Now that this thief has slandered Lord Wang, it is reasonable and compliant for us to teach him a lesson like this. ”

"Exactly!"

"Let's take this fang for three days, and then say, if he dies unfortunately, then he deserves it. If he didn't die, it was his luck. When the time comes, we will hand him over to the Commander-in-Chief, and let the Commander dispose of him. ”

"Three days of wandering? How much food would have to be wasted? We don't have enough food to eat ourselves, and it would be a great pity if we let him eat it for free for three days. ”

"What to eat? You don't have to give it to him. Such thieves should starve to death. We can choose a bumpy road to bleed this thief a little more. Hmph, this guy dares to slander Lord Wang and Lord Commander, purely looking for death. ”

Wang Mang's neck was worn out by the prisoner car, and blood flowed out, and these soldiers saw it clearly, and their hearts were very happy.

And so it was, and it was another night.

He was completely covered in snow and became a snowman. His face was pale from the cold, and his lips moved slightly, and he wanted to speak, but he didn't have the strength.

That night, he said a lot and explained a lot, but these soldiers didn't believe it at all and ignored it. Even they felt that Wang Mang was irritable, so they specially locked Wang Mang far away, and the noise of the province reached themselves.

Wang Mang was dazzled by the hungry mind, and his body trembled from the cold.

He had already seen that this group of soldiers didn't want to make him feel better at all, and they were sincerely torturing themselves.

"I can't think of it, I can't think of it, I didn't die in the hands of those big families, but now I may die in the hands of my own soldiers."

Wang Mang smiled bitterly, and muttered weakly: "Sure enough, sure enough, the taste of being a prisoner is really uncomfortable, and life and death are not autonomous." Jingyan, I didn't go back all night, why didn't you send someone to look for it? If you don't send someone to find me, I'm going to die here. ”

Wang Mang now puts his hope on Wang Jingyan, and expects Wang Jingyan to send the little guys to find it.

However, he did not know. At this moment, Wang Jingyan was focused on the matter of raising a fetus. And she thinks that Wang Mang didn't come back overnight, so he must have gone to deal with those generals to deal with big things, and it was better not to disturb him.

In a flash, another morning passed.

On Wang Jingyan's side, all her spirit was still on the great joy of being pregnant, and she wanted to arrive in Yuzhou to see Xue Fengyi as soon as possible, but she didn't think about Wang Mang at all.

Qiu Tong, who was in the carriage behind, was a little surprised, got out of his carriage, came to Wang Jingyan's carriage, and asked, "Sister Jingyan, why hasn't Lord Wang come back yet?" He had set out early yesterday morning, and now it had been a day and a night. ”

Wang Jingyan replied: "Maybe he is handling something big, right?" After all, the matter of the tiger prison in front of you should not be taken lightly. Also, he used to be like this a lot, and when he was busy, he always saw no one. When I see him later, I'll talk to him. ”

"I think my sister should send someone to find it!" Qiu Tong was a little worried: "Lord Wang has offended Li Zhong, although it is difficult for Li Zhong's army to catch up with us, it is difficult to guarantee that someone will not be sent to assassinate us." Yesterday, Lord Wang went out alone, if he encountered danger, wouldn't it be difficult? ”

What she said was an excuse, what she was most worried about was not that Li Zhong sent someone to assassinate her, but that she was worried that the Huo family, the Sun family and others in Qingzhou would send masters to attack and kill Wang Mang.

She came from Qingzhou and obeyed the instructions of Empress Wei Ziyao to attack and kill Shangguan Ningxuan and arrest Wang Mang. Therefore, she knew that those big families in Qingzhou hated Wang Mang one by one, and they all wanted to kill him as soon as possible.

When Wang Jingyan heard this, he suddenly woke up and shouted, "Stop, stop..."

The little servant of the Wang family, who was driving the carriage, asked, "Young grandmother, what do you command?" ”

Wang Jingyan replied: "You can quickly go and invite Lord Chen Chong to come and ask him where his father-in-law is." ”

"Yes, young grandma!"

The little servant listened to the command, mounted the tall horse, and galloped forward.

After a while, just an hour or so, the little guy took Chen Chong to Wang Jingyan.

Wang Jingyan asked, "Lord Chen, my father-in-law waited with you last night to discuss things?" ”

Chen Chong was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Mrs. Wang, I didn't discuss things with Lord Wang last night." ”

"What? Xianggong is not with you? Wang Jingyan's face changed, "Lord Chen, Xianggong went out early yesterday morning and hasn't come back yet, can you send someone to find him for me?" ”

"What? Lord Wang was not in the army for a day and a night? Chen Chong was also shocked, and hurriedly ordered to go down to find Wang Mang.

Qiu Tong saw the situation, and after comforting Wang Jingyan for a few words, he didn't stay long. Instead, he pondered it carefully, guessing whether it was really taken away by killers sent by other families.

(End of chapter)