Chapter 4: Entering the City with False Confusion and Real Danger

"Probably... I can't hold it anymore..."

After Huang Yang said this, he didn't dare to look at Wang Zheng.

"Wind chill?"

After hearing this, Wang Zheng was a little puzzled, although he didn't know much about wind and cold, but he had the impression that wind cold was not an incurable disease, how could he not hold on, and the two of them said a few more words before they both walked into the house.

At this time, Wang Liu was already sleeping on the couch, Wang Zheng took the towel wet with cold water in Yu'er's hand, first tried Wang Liu's forehead, and then frowned.

I was right, my forehead is hot!

In fact, this kind of wind cold is not particularly difficult to treat, and in later generations, some people who are in good health can even be cured without medicine, but at this time it is a fatal thing, ordinary households do not even have land, and food and clothing are problems.

Coupled with the poor living environment and the lack of money to hire a doctor to take medicine, Huang Yang will have such a saying.

Putting the wet towel in his hand on Wang Liu's forehead, Wang Zheng clearly saw the dense wrinkles on Wang Liu's face, as well as the frowning brow that was still frowning in his sleep, and he could vaguely see Wang Liu's beautiful face in the past.

After putting the towel away, Wang Zhengzheng was about to leave, but saw Wang Liu in his sleep grabbing him and muttering: "Zheng'er... Fighting..."

Shaking his head, Wang Zheng gently put Wang Liu's hand back, walked to the threshold alone and sat down, frowning and recalling.

Yu'er and Huang Yang were already a little surprised when they saw Wang Zheng take the towel from their hands, and when Wang Zheng carefully put the towel on it, the two looked at each other and felt that Wang Zheng was different from before.

In the past, Wang Zheng looked at it twice at most, and he would never take care of people so carefully, looking at a person or his own mother was the most meticulous, Wang Zheng seemed to have really changed a little.

Gently patting Wang Zheng's shoulder, Yu'er said softly: "Brother Zheng, what are you thinking?" ”

Giving Yu'er a place, Wang Zheng wiped the ground with his tattered jacket, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, Yu'er, where is the nearest place to cure the cold and herbs." ”

After hearing Wang Zheng's words, Yu'er frowned, sat on the ground, and said: "There are thieves near Qishan City, and the nearest one is Ninghaizhou City. ”

Speaking of this, Yu'er seemed to notice something, looked at Wang Zheng with some concern, and couldn't help but say.

"Brother Zheng, we all know how you feel when your aunt suffers from the cold, but don't be dizzy and do that stupid thing!"

Seeing the undisguised worry on Yu'er's face, Wang Zheng smiled slightly, but didn't say anything.

......

At night, Wang Zhengzheng was sitting in the courtyard, holding a piece of black and yellow gnocchi, frowning, trying to put his mouth down three times and twice, but he couldn't eat anything.

Wang Zheng, who is accustomed to eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas in later generations, has not had the feeling of training to eat wild game when he was a soldier for a long time, so it is naturally difficult to swallow.

However, Wang Zheng knew that he had to eat something to have the strength to do something else, and in the end, he had to treat it as a training when he was a soldier, and eat the gnocchi in a few bites with his eyes closed.

Looking at the stars in the sky, Wang Zheng had a stronger idea in his heart, although he and Wang Liu were not real mother and son, but judging from the performance of the day, Wang Liu really cared about Wang Zheng.

Even in his sleep, he was worried about himself, and this alone made Wang Zheng feel ashamed.

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng didn't hesitate anymore, and there was nothing to clean up, so he stepped on his waist knife and left Yijingzhuang in the dark night.

Since there were no horses, Wang Zheng had to walk, fortunately, this strange mountain is in the territory of Ninghaizhou City, from Yijingzhuang to Ninghaizhou City is only more than 30 miles away, and the night of stumbling is almost the same.

Fortunately, it is not difficult to walk on this road, at first it was mostly the Loess Plain, and then there was a lot of green along the way, lush and ruins and broken walls, but it is also a good place to hide in place.

Soon came to the Wuwen River, the Wuwen River is also known as the Ninghai River by the locals, in Wang Zheng's opinion, this is simply the natural barrier of Ninghai Zhou, the water is turbulent and only a small bridge can pass.

In Jiaodong in January of the ninth year of Chongzhen, the weather was also a little cold due to the influence of the Xiaoice River, and Wang Zheng tried the temperature of the water flow, which was also quite cold.

At this time, Wang Zheng looked at the wooden bridge in the center and thought: If this wooden bridge is destroyed, this small Wuwen River will become the moat of Ninghaizhou in winter, and if you want to cross the river, it will naturally not be so simple.

After crossing the Wuwen River, you can reach Ninghaizhou City within a few miles, and when Wang Zheng saw the city tower on the south gate of Ninghaizhou City from afar, the sky was already dark.

This Ninghaizhou City is the Muping District of later generations, although a district with a population of hundreds of thousands of people in later generations is not very prosperous, but it will not be without pedestrians.

There is no one in the wilderness, and the current Ninghaizhou City feels like this to Wang Zheng.

Wang Zheng had come not far outside the state capital, but except for the fields and houses that had been abandoned for an unknown period of time, there were not many pedestrians on the road.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, Ninghaizhou City suffered a major military disaster, and the biggest disturbance at that time was the rebellion of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and other thieves.

In the Battle of Daling River, Zu Dashou was besieged by Jurchen soldiers, and Kong Youde was ordered to reinforce, but on the way, he disagreed with the local wealthy clans, and angrily led the army to rebel.

Then he led the rebels all the way to attack the city and plundered the land, swept Jiaodong, and successively besieged Deng, Lai, and the two mansions, at that time, even the Dengzhou capital city garrisoned by Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, was captured by the rebels, and the rest of the counties and states were naturally not spared, and the territory of Ninghaizhou was also besieged by the rebels.

Jiaodong has been a rich place since ancient times, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are dangers everywhere, and the only one in the north who has been fighting for years can compare with the prosperous Qinhuai is only Jiaodong.

However, Chongzhen's continuous military disasters and bandits in the past five years have made Dengzhou look particularly deserted, and the officials and soldiers have done all kinds of evil, even worse than bandits.

Denglai's military armament was slack, and in the fifth year of Chongzhen, it was beaten by thousands of border soldiers led by Kong Youde, and there was no resistance, and the imperial court could only mobilize officers and soldiers from all over the country to suppress it.

The rest of the officers and soldiers were not much better than the local soldiers in Denglai Second Prefecture, and their quality was also uneven.

Thinking of this, it is not difficult to explain why Wang Zheng didn't see many pedestrians along the way, and at such a time, people who can still risk their lives to walk around, except for those homeless homeless, only people like Wang Zheng who have to go out have important matters left.

Walking to the door, Wang Zheng saw a very funny scene.

Two people in shabby red coats leaned against the city gate and talked and laughed, Wang Zheng didn't know what these people were doing at first, but when he got closer, there was actually a person holding a wooden spear in his hand.

At that time, Wang Zheng's expression was very exciting, looking at the two bastard-looking people in front of him, could this be the officers and soldiers of the imperial court?

In fact, the spears in the hands of these two officers and soldiers did not know where to throw them, although the weather was cold, the mandarin duck jackets on their bodies were very heavy, and they were very hot to wear.

But they can't take it off yet, they usually rely on this tattered official clothes to bluff people, if they take it off, they will be no different from ordinary people, so they have to open their arms and lean against the city wall with an uncomfortable face.

That look, don't mention the military appearance and military posture, it is not as good as the three Yanding who inspected Zhang Dacheng killed by Wang Zheng.

In later generations, the most important thing to be a soldier is military appearance, military posture and military regulations, these are the foundation, but the officers and soldiers in front of him are none of the same, plus Wang Zheng's recent understanding of officers and soldiers, it can be described as insufficient to protect the people and more than enough harm to the people.

No wonder people like Kong Youde can walk sideways in Denglai, it is true that the military equipment has been abandoned to the extreme.

It seemed that there was some surprise, the two people with spears in their hands stepped forward with a 'yo he', looked Wang Zheng up and down, his eyes were always unwavering, but finally his eyes stopped at the waist knife on Wang Zheng's waist.

Seeing his appearance, Wang Zheng suddenly remembered that he walked in with those salty waist knives swaggeringly, would there be something inappropriate?

In a weak heart, he was about to explain, but at this time, the officer and soldier opened his mouth first.

He smiled and said, "I don't know which adult's house the little brother is, why did he return to the city early in the morning?" ”

Looking at the appearance of this officer and soldier intently, Wang Zheng really couldn't see that this product was pretended, and he should indeed not recognize himself, so he was tentative at the moment.

"The master is inspecting the salt in Lord Zhang's mansion, and this is the salt dealer who went out to arrest the salt dealer who sold illegal salt!"