In April of the fifth year of Yongjia, Taifu and Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, died of illness in Xiang County, and the news came, Sima Bi, the prince of the East China Sea, couldn't sit still, and hurriedly escaped from Luoyang with his mother Concubine Pei, and wandered to the east, intending to return to the East China Sea Kingdom. A large number of bureaucrats and scholars in the city also fled, including the brothers Wang Zhuo and Wang Yu.

Wang Yu meant, brother, you are a complete road idiot, and you have no concept of geography at all, as if Taiyuan is close to Henan and can be reached in one step. Now Hu Kou has blocked the north road and wants to go to Taiyuan, unless he goes to Jizhou first, and then goes west back to Bingzhou, these thousands of miles, there is still a Taihang danger in the middle, how can our brothers and sisters go? Don't say anything about the light horses and the plate fee, even if we are like our father, we can ride inferior horses, hold strong bows, and have no missing arrows, this road is also full of dangers!

Fortunately, Sima Bi, the prince of the East China Sea, is also going to run, and the two generals He Lun and Li Yun lead their troops to assist, so it should be safer to follow them. Let's just follow what you said, go east with us, and wait until we reach the East China Sea Kingdom, or we will settle down first by relying on Sima Bi, or then find a way to return to our hometown in the north.

So the two brothers packed up their floating wealth, took dozens of servants and maidservants, left Luoyang, and followed Sima Bi's team. First marched in the southeast direction, and when he came to the Great Horse Mountain, he suddenly galloped over from the front and counted the horses, and the first soldier opened his mouth and asked, "Which two are Wang Zhizhong and his Kundi?" The prince of the East China Sea is invited. ”

Wang Zhuo and Wang Yu hurriedly straightened their clothes and got out of the car to answer. They said in their hearts, I have no contact with the prince of the East China Sea, and this time I have followed him on the road, and I have never greeted him, how can he think of seeing us? What exactly is the command? When asked who came, they shook their heads and said they didn't know - you just have to follow.

The second king turned around and was about to get into the car, but was scolded by the visitor: dare to take the car to see Wang Shizi? How disrespectful! You guys give me legs! And the idlers don't have to follow, anyway, Wang Shizi is resting three miles away in front of him, and it won't take long to walk over.

Wang Yuxin said that three miles away, how far away...... Have I ever lived three miles on my legs in my life? But seeing that the expression of the person who came was hard and cold, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to follow behind the horse side by side with his brother Wang Zhuo. After walking a short distance, he felt that Wang Zhuo was gradually approaching, and then reached out and quietly poked his side, Wang Yu turned his head, Wang Zhuo glanced at him, and immediately shouted: "Ah, internal urgency, internal urgency, how can I meet Wang Shizi?" Please allow me to make it easier for me to pass by. ”

The soldiers in front of him were furious when they heard this, and scolded them repeatedly, but Wang Zhuo put on a bureaucratic posture this time, and the halberd pointed out: "I am the prince of Jingling County, and I am also an enemy of Wang Shizi, how dare you be rude?!" If not, I will be here for my convenience, and the crime of losing the official system of the court will be borne by you! ”

Wang Yu is not as generous as his brother, he just begged for help. Several soldiers glanced at each other and waved their hands helplessly: "Go and return quickly." Wang Zhuo hurriedly dragged his brother and ran to the woods beside the road.

Entering the forest, Wang Yu asked his brother Are you big or small, just solve it here, don't go far. Wang Zhuo suddenly raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "Run, otherwise I'm afraid my life will be ruined!" After speaking, he tugged at his brother's shirt, spread his feet, and ran into the distance.

This breath ran out of more than two miles, and Wang Yu was out of breath, and finally stopped his brother, he bent his waist and gasped for a long time, unable to say a word. Wang Zhuochao looked behind him, the woods were dense, and it seemed that no one was chasing him, so he explained to his brother: "Those soldiers have a murderous aura, and they will want to harm us!" ”

Wang Yu gasped for a long time before he could barely speak, so he asked his brother, how did you find out? Wang Zhuo smiled bitterly: "You don't know that there is often a murderous aura on the face of the ancestors, if I can't detect it, how can I protect each other so far?" My brother has long been buried in the wilderness! ”

The "Xianyu" he said refers to his mother-in-law, Princess Changshan. The princess is jealous, and often wants to harm the two concubines, all relying on Wang Zhuo's ability to observe words and colors gradually cultivated in adversity.

But Wang Yu didn't believe it very much, and said that if we go back to the convoy, there are dozens of servants to protect it, even if those rough embryos have bad intentions, they will wait for us to do nothing-but the prince of the East China Sea still has to go and say hello and ask what is going on.

The two of them cautiously twisted back to the starting place, Wang Yu still walked forward with his chest held up stupidly, but Wang Zhuo pressed his body low, first hid in the bushes beside the road, and looked at it from a distance. This was a terrible sight, only to see dozens of masked cavalry roaring over, killing all the servants of the Wang family in an instant, taking the maidservants on horseback, and then driving the carriage away......

Wang Yu was so frightened that his face turned green, and Wang Zhuo couldn't help but sigh: "This is not a thief, it must be an official and a soldier pretending to be ......."

Wang Yu asked how do you know, Wang Zhuo said: "If the thieves covet it, the army of the prince of the East China Sea is one or two miles ahead, how dare you rob it?" This must be an official and an army pretending to be bandits, so they are afraid of our two officials, and want to lead us to no one to kill us first. ”

They are not alone, not only the thousands of soldiers and horses of He Lun and Li Yun in front, many subordinates and family members of the King of the East China Sea, and there are also many bureaucrats and scholars who follow them on their sides and behind them, why don't thieves rob others, but rob their homes? This is not only robbery, but also killing, and covering his face, must be afraid of being seen by others. If you kill someone else, it will be fine, if you kill a duke and a marquis, it will be difficult for Sima Bi to explain, so he first tried to lure the Wang brothers to no one in the name of Sima Bi and slaughtered them......

Since they were not fooled and ran away in time, there would be no heavyweights near the convoy, and they would pretend to be thieves to kill and rob at this time, whether it was Sima Bi, He Lun, or Li Yun, they did not hesitate to take care of it......

In fact, Wang Zhuo and Wang Yu didn't know that the soldiers sent to rob and kill them were Li Yun's subordinates, and they were personally sent by Li Yun. Long Xiang's general Li Yun was originally a general of Bingzhou, who worked as a beggar, and was later incorporated by Sima Yue. Begging for this kind of homeless group, there is not much difference from thieves, and a thief for one day, a thief for life, Li Yun saw that the Wang brothers had a light car and a lot of luggage, and he had already coveted it, and just waited for the road to be narrower, so he ordered his subordinates to pretend to be bandits to rob him......

Of course, the two brothers didn't know that soon this team would be attacked by Xuan An near Xuchang, He Lun was killed on the spot, and Li Yun fled - a few years later, he was beheaded by Shi Le in Shangbai; Sima Bi was killed by Yu An, and Pei, the princess of the East China Sea, fell to Hu Ying......

When the Wang brothers were frightened, Wang Yu spread his hands and said, Brother, now that the light car and horse are gone, the servant retinue is finished, and the money is in the hands of the thief, then how can we move forward? I had to go back to Luoyang. Wang Zhuo waved his hand again and again, and said that he couldn't go back-"Now that Hu Kou is invading, the king of the East China Sea has died, and I don't see Wang Taiwei (Wang Jun)'s class, but I see the prince of the East China Sea fleeing with his family...... He refuses to live in a dangerous city, and if I wait, I will not be lucky! "We have to keep fleeing.

Wang Yu said that if you want to escape, I not only can't walk, but I also feel that the road ahead is boundless, and there is nowhere to go. Brother, do you know how big the world is? Do you know how many journeys and how long it takes to get from here to Yanzhou and even Jizhou? You still want to go back to Taiyuan, how can we go back with our empty hands!

Wang Zhuo pondered for a while, and couldn't help sighing: "Mo Ke, it's better to go to the Yingchuan Zhong Clan......"

The Zhong family of Yingchuan Changshe was originally a first-class wealthy family, and during the Han and Wei dynasties, there was a famous minister Zhong Xuan, and Zhong Xuan's second son, Zhong Huiben, and Jia Chong were Sima Zhao's henchmen, but unfortunately for virtue did not end, according to Shu rebellion, according to the law when the three clans...... Theoretically, the Zhong family would be killed, but fortunately, his brother Zhong Yu had foreseen it, and greeted Sima Zhao first, saying that my brother "is difficult to protect his skills and cannot be full-time", Sima Zhao immediately promised him: "If it is as Qing said, it will not be the same as Zong." "This avoided the doom of the race.

Zhong Yu has a daughter and grandson, Zhong Yan, who married Wang Hun as his wife, and is the grandmother of Wang Zhuo and Wang Yu. Although there is this relationship, because the Zhong family gradually sank after entering the Jin Dynasty and was demoted to a second-rate family, it was despised by the Wang family and did not often come and go. It's just that now that there is no way out, I have to go to my grandmother's mother's house.

Immediately, Wang Zhuo asked his brother: "Yingchuan Changshe, shouldn't it be far away?" ”

Wang Yu said yes, we are now in the southwest of Xingyang County, and then south is Yingchuan County, and the northernmost county of Yingchuan is Changshe, in the southeast direction, it is estimated that it is more than 100 miles away. Wang Zhuo couldn't help laughing: "Very good, very good, I'll wait for speed, and it's not difficult to walk a hundred miles in a day and a night." ”

He planned well, but the two brothers did not dare to take the big road anymore, and were forced to copy the path, the road was rugged and difficult, and they were pampered and pampered, how could they go fast? In addition, there is no food in the abdomen, and there is no water in the search, so the result is that the slower and slower it is, and when it gets dark, you can hear barking everywhere, and you don't know whether it is a dog or a wolf, so you don't dare to move forward in the dark.

Wang Zhuo's physique was slightly stronger, and he was barely able to move, Wang Yu almost played tricks the next morning, and Wang Zhuo finally pulled him up. Until noon, the two of them were really hungry, Wang Zhuo said that it is estimated that there will not be much danger, let's go on the main road and find someone to ask the specific location of Changshe County.

It took a long time to find the way, and finally saw a few beggars on the side of the road, Wang Zhuo stepped forward to ask the path, and the other party replied: "This is also in Yangzhai, Henan." Wang Yu was shocked on the spot, we are going to the southeast, how did we get to the south, turned his head and asked Wang Zhuo, brother, how do you identify the direction and lead the way?

Wang Zhuo also wondered: "The sunrise is the east, and the right hand is the south, so I naturally go straight to the southeast......"

Wang Yu couldn't help but sigh: "The sunrise is in the southeast, not due east." ”

Wang Zhuo glared at him: "What is the proof?" ”

Wang Yu was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "There is a 'sunrise southeast corner' in Hanle Mansion......"

Wang Zhuo said with a bitter face: "Mo Ke, then let's change the way." ”

Wang Yu said What else is the way to change, this is more than a hundred miles to Changshe, I am about to starve to death, where can I still walk? "It's better to hang yourself here!"

Wang Zhuo persuaded his brother for a long time, and then suddenly remembered: "On the outskirts of Yangzhai, there is my other courtyard, why don't you go?" ”

At that time, the wealthy families were looking for land to buy land and build manors to maintain their extravagant and corrupt lives. Wang Jina entered the "World Speaks New Language: Extravagance Chapter", the first two verses say Shi Chong, and the third section says that he, how can he be supported only by Yu Lu and Jue Lu? Although it is in the hometown of Taiyuan, it is far away from Luoyang after all, and it is inconvenient to transfer, so it is close to all parts of Henan, and there are many industries.

When they arrived at the Wang Zhuo brothers, they sat on the empty mountain, and with the destruction of the soldiers, the industry belonging to their branch gradually shrank. But it was also a coincidence, Wang Zhuo suddenly remembered that in the suburbs of Yangzhai, there are still dozens of hectares of land, there is a small farm, and after last year, he also went to Luoyang to supply special products, presumably not yet broken or changed hands, right?

So the two brothers fought their spirits, endured hunger, drank a few sips of water to quench their thirst, inquired everywhere, and finally came to the gate of the village at dusk. Wang Zhuo stepped forward to call the door, someone poked his head out, looked the two up and down, Wang Zhuo hurriedly said: "I am the Duke of Jingling, this is the Marquis of Minyang, who escaped from Luoyang a few days ago, met bandits on the way, everyone died, and the plate fee was empty, so helpless to this - why don't you welcome me in, and serve me with food and wine?" ”

Before the words fell, his head shrank inward, and then with a "bang", the door closed.

Wang Zhuo was furious, stepped up his knocking on the door, and shouted a loud reprimand - even the master dared to close the door, do you want to rebel?!

After a long time, I heard a voice coming from inside the door: "I don't know the master's house, who knows if you are true or false?" Wang Zhuo drank and asked: "I went to Luoyang to pay tribute last year, didn't anyone know my brother?" ”

The man inside the door replied, "Only the head of the village has visited the master's house, how can I know it?" ”

Wang Zhuo pondered, yes, this small village courtyard to pay tribute, there has always been a housekeeper to answer, except for Zhuang Tou himself can stand at the bottom of the stairs and say a few words to the Wang brothers from afar, others may not even have a chance to see their backs. So he hurriedly asked: "Where is the head of the village?" ”

Mennai replied, "The county honorable, please go to the meeting, it is difficult to return today—please come back tomorrow." ”

Wang Zhuoxin said how could it be possible to wait until tomorrow, I'm afraid that our brothers and sons will have to starve to death tonight! So he continued to knock on the door and said, "Just ask for a meal and wait for the head of the village to come back." "Wang Yu also opened his mouth to lament, saying that if we are fake, we will only eat your meal, and then we will fight or kill, whatever you want; But if we wait for it to be true, and the head of the village comes back and recognizes it, will you not be afraid of being punished at that time?

There was a whisper in the door, as if they were deliberating, and after a long time, the door was finally opened and the two brothers were allowed in. Wang Zhuo immediately begged for food, and the other party replied clearly, if there is chaos today, many tenants have fled, and the land has less output, and this time the county order invites the head of the village to come over, and it is estimated that the grain will be sent again, even if the master's house arrives, I can't take out any delicacies from the mountains and seas to entertain. Wang Zhuo hurriedly said: "You can eat it, don't ask for anointment." ”

In fact, it was past the usual meal point, and the customers had to go to the kitchen to sweep the inventory, and finally two bowls of brown rice and half a plate of pickles would come out. When the Wang brothers saw it, their eyes immediately lit up......