Tong Guan waved his hand and said: "There are more than 100 people in the mission, and there are officers and soldiers to escort them, and the chariots and horses are different from the people, how dare the thieves attack the officials?" Besides, the old man has been in Xiongzhou for almost a year, but he has never heard of thieves on the ground in Xiongzhou. ”

Wang Anzhong also said: "Yang Zhonggui doesn't need to panic, Xu is these four guards are greedy for the scenery on the road is very different from the capital, delayed the footsteps, and has not caught up for a while. ”

Tong Guan saw that there was nothing serious, so he invited Wang Anzhong and Yang Qiu to sit in the guest house, and said to the two: "The two of you are in a hurry for days, it is better for the old man to be the east, please stay in this city for a few more days, and then go to Yanjing is not too late." ”

Wang Anzhong just shook his head and said: "One day when I rush to Yanshan Mansion, I can be at ease in my heart, and when I announce the will of the official family to the military and people of Yanshan Mansion, I can live up to the trust of the Holy Hope below." Master Tong, I don't know if I might send someone to accompany you tomorrow? ”

As soon as Wang Anzhong finished speaking, Tong Guan was about to find an excuse to stop him, but he didn't expect Yang Qiu to suddenly say: "Wang Zuocheng, Master Tong is enthusiastic, it's better to go to Yanshan Mansion in two days to announce the decree." The guards were all working hard along the way, and I couldn't say that the four guards who got lost today just couldn't hold on, so I thought about finding a place to rest......"

Tong Guan was stunned, he didn't expect that the people of the proclamation mission would help him speak, Xu is this Yang Qiu felt that he was "in the same breath" as himself, they were all eunuchs, and he unconsciously helped himself speak, maybe Yang Qiu couldn't work hard all the way and wanted to steal a few days of laziness.

Tong Guan only received a message from his own family in the capital yesterday and the day before yesterday, saying that the official delegation was coming, so he paid more attention, but he didn't expect to come two days later, and he sent Liu Yanqing's "army" just two days ago, and he didn't know if he arrived in Yanjing City, if the mission rushed to Yanjing tomorrow, maybe they would catch up with Liu Yanqing halfway.

Thinking of Liu Yanqing's "army", Tong Guan shook his head a little. In the past few years, Tong Guan has never seen such an embarrassed army: those who can have half a piece of armor on their bodies are probably small leaders like the team leader, and those who can have a knife in the hands of soldiers are considered good, most ordinary soldiers hold a thick hardwood stick five feet long, smooth and even, and the heads can barely be draped neatly, and those who can ride horses are at least the generals who have entered the product.

Although on the day he received the message from home, Tong Guan sent people to find the transfer envoys from all over the country to calculate how much grain, grass, armor and canes could be scraped together, but after all, the grain and grass could be collected by the transfer envoys from all over the country, but when it came to armor and weapons, where could they be found for a while?

Tong Guan couldn't, so he had to let the army in the division even out a number of armor sticks, and collected some old armor, leather armor, and some unrepaired knives, guns, bows and crossbows from the treasury of Xiongzhou Mansion. There was no armor, and leather armor; If there is no leather armor, they will be given a felt hat; If you don't have any armor to protect yourself, you will be given a knife or a gun, and if you don't have a knife or gun, you can only be given a hardwood stick.

The wooden stick was also one of the weapons recognized by the imperial court. Among the "fighting weapons" listed in the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", there is the article "stick". Each soldier is given a wooden stick, which can be regarded as having a weapon in hand. 12

On the day Liu Yanqing led his troops out of the city, Tong Guan didn't want to see it, but it was not appropriate for him not to go to the army. I had to reluctantly watch the city see it off. There was no morale, and now there is no armor, but he is just carrying a wooden stick, and no matter how he looks at it, it looks like a homeless person is in rebellion. Fortunately, Liu Yanqing still has some means to govern the army, and he can still afford to play the banner, and these "homeless" people still obey the order and drag their way north. In fact, at this point today, Tong Guan really didn't dare to put his hope on Liu Yanqing, fortunately, he still had a third move, so now he can sit here without panic and talk to the people of the imperial court's proclamation mission.

Now seeing that Wang Anzhong wants to leave for Yanjing early tomorrow morning, Yang Qiu, who is the envoy of the decree, prefers to stay in Xiongzhou for a few days before going. Regardless of the entanglement between the two, Tong Guan only begged the envoy to go to Yanjing a few days later, and when the provincial government arrived in Yanjing, he found that he had not captured Yanjing; If you go back a few days later, then Zhou Nan's Wansheng army and Liu Yanqing's army have been fought, and the Xuanzhi mission will naturally not listen to what the enemy army says.

Wang Anzhong was insisting on leaving tomorrow, but suddenly saw Yang Qiu but wanted to stay for a few days before leaving, and was about to use the official family to threaten Yang Qiu, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Yang Qiu glaring at him. Although Wang Anzhong is a nerd, he also understands that Yang Qiu must have something, and it is inconvenient to say it in front of Tong Guan. was silent at the moment, and Yang Qiu said to Tong Guan with a smile: "Since the Taishi is enthusiastic, I will rest for two days before leaving, so as not to let outsiders say three or four." ”

Tong Guan Yang Qiu agreed, and said with a smile: "That's exactly how it should be." Wang Zuocheng and Yang Neishou were tired of saddle horses all the way, and the old man retired first. In the evening, the old man will send someone to invite you to the banquet. Leave. ”

Wang Anzhong and Yang Qiu sent Tong Guan out of the post house and silently returned to the guest house. As soon as he entered the guest house, Wang Anzhong asked sharply: "Zhonggui has a plan?" Why do you have to rest for two days before leaving? ”

Yang Qiu didn't answer first, just closed the doors and windows, Wang Anzhong saw that the doors and windows were closed, and then glanced at Yang Qiu, who had no beard under his chin and white skin, and couldn't help but ask nervously: "...... you You're ...... What is this going to do?! Wang An was in a hurry, and almost said the words "you eunuch".

After Yang Qiu closed the doors and windows, his face immediately fell, and he said with a crying voice: "Wang Zuocheng, the official seal of Yanshan Mansion is gone!" ”

"What...... What?! …… Hmm......" Wang Anzhong was just about to shout out the word "what", but Yang Qiu, who had been prepared, tightly covered Wang Anzhong's mouth with his palm.

Wang Anzhong struggled a few times, but he didn't get rid of Yang Qiu's hand, Yang Qiu said softly: "Wang Zuocheng is silent!" Let go of your hands and discuss it carefully, this matter must not be known to outsiders. Otherwise, you and I will be a great sin! ”

Wang Anzhong knew that the loss of the official seal was a big deal, and it was the official seal of Yanshan Mansion that the official family had high hopes for, although he did not keep the official seal, but he said that he had to go to Yanshan Mansion to take over the official seal. Now that the official seal has been lost, death will not be executed by the official family, and there is no precedent for the imperial court to kill civil officials, but exiled himself to a remote place and cannot come back for the rest of his life, it is more uncomfortable for him than death.

Yang Qiu slowly let go of the hand covering Wang Anzhong's mouth, and Wang Anzhong immediately asked, "Has the holy decree been stolen?" When was the official seal stolen? Who stole it? But those four straight guards? ”