The speed of Wu Fanhui's return trip is very fast, he has not ridden a horse for a few months in the capital, he feels rusty, this time he returned to Mizhi County, that is, Li Yong, Wang Baofu, Ma Jigang and Sun Kailin and others, there is no drag, to strictly speaking, from the riding skills, he Wu Fanhui is the drag of everyone, even Wang Baofu and Ma Sanli and others, because of long-term strict training, better than his riding skills. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The journey back is fixed, leaving the capital, passing through Liangxiang and Zhuozhou under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Mansion, entering Dingxing under the jurisdiction of Baoding Mansion, passing through Ansu, Qingyuan, Qingdu, entering Zhending Mansion, and then passing through Dingzhou, Xinle, Zhending, Jingshan, and entering Shanxi.

In Shanxi, it is necessary to pass through Yangquan, Shouyang, Yuci, Taiyuan, Jiaocheng, Fenzhou and Yongning Prefecture, enter Wubao under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture in Shaanxi, and then pass through Suide to Mizhi County.

Leaving the capital, I had just entered the jurisdiction of Liangxiang to resist, and a depressed atmosphere came to my face.

Although the capital is unusually prosperous and rich, the good township not far from the capital is far from the feeling of wealth, and the traces of the invasion of the Houjin Tartar still exist, and it is impossible to recover in a short period of time.

Entering the territory of Baoding Mansion, the ruins of the broken walls can already be seen on both sides of the official road, these are the traces left by the burning and looting of the Houjin Tartars, the surrounding scene has become more desolate, when the Houjin Tartars invade these places, they have plundered a large number of people, and even there is a situation of thousands of miles of uninhabited.

Wu Fanhui's mood became heavy again, this is Gyeonggi, suffered such a heavy blow, did the officials at all levels not know to appease the people, thinking that the Houjin Tartars withdrew, everything would be fine, you must know that in the following time, the Houjin Tartars will continue to invade Beizhili, Shandong and Shanxi and other places, and where they pass, there is almost no grass.

Houjin Tartars entered the customs and plundered, whether it was ordinary people or the scholar family, they could not be spared, those who wanted to escape from the scholar family, there was no chance at all, the Houjin cavalry was very fast, if the family of these scholars left the city, I am afraid that they would die faster.

After entering the Zhending Mansion, Wu Fanhui didn't pay much attention to the situation around the official road, these things were not something he could worry about for the time being, so he should hurry back to Mizhi County, rest well, and think about it well.

Although there is a desolate taste in various parts of Beizhili, the public security situation is quite reluctant, at least there are no bandits on the official road, and there are not many homeless people.

Entering the Yangquan under the jurisdiction of Shanxi from the shin of the well, I feel that I have come to another world.

There are almost no people to see on the official road, and the people and horses of Wu Fanhui and his party are particularly conspicuous.

Wu Fanhui vaguely remembered that at this moment, Shanxi should have been caught in the infestation of the Liukou, but most of the Liukou were concentrated in Pingyang Mansion, but why he almost couldn't see anyone along the way, could it be that there was a problem with his memory.

When he arrived in Wenshui County and was about to enter Fenzhou, Wu Fanhui made a decisive decision to stop his journey for the time being.

Xie Zong, the magistrate of Wenshui County, never expected that the new champion would come to visit.

Xie Zong personally made arrangements at the Yin Hotel of the county government to receive Wu Fanhui, the new champion, and his party.

Xie Zong is going to tie up this new champion, people were enshrined as Hanlin Xiu, the edict has arrived in Wenshui County, it doesn't take many years to be able to soar, if you climb this relationship, you will definitely not be wandering around the place for a lifetime, you will definitely have the opportunity to go to the capital.

Xie Zong is a top three jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, a native of Huanxian County, Shaanxi, and has nothing to do with it, and was sent by the Ministry of Officials to Wenshui County, which is under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Prefecture in Shanxi Province, as the magistrate, and it has been four years and three years in a flash, although the local officials will be assessed at the end of the year, but Xie Zong, who has nothing to do with it, will either continue to stay in Wenshui County, or it will be the turn of other counties to serve as the magistrate.

Wu Fanhui, the new champion, came to visit, this is simply a good thing for pie in the sky, and Wu Fanhui is also from Shaanxi, Yan'an Mansion and Qingyang Mansion are next to each other, and they are completely fellow villagers.

Xie Zong threw away everything from the county government and specially accompanied Wu Fanhui, and the fifty entourages that Wu Fanhui brought with him were all entertained by the county government.

Xie Zong is painstaking, Wu Fanhui, the champion of the new department, is only sixteen years old, and at this age he is even six yuan, in the eyes of Xie Zong, who is well versed in the pain of the imperial examination, he is simply an immortal-level reader. However, this new champion is young and has not officially stepped into the officialdom, leaving him with the best impression, and it will be good to meet again in the future.

Xie Zong's enthusiasm and thoughts, Wu Fanhui understands, he also happens to have something to ask, he has been away from Shaanxi for nearly half a year, all his thoughts are on the examination and the palace examination, almost no matter how much he cares about the outside world, no wonder there will be ten years of cold windows no one asks, you must know that the situation in the outside world is not clear at all, it is equivalent to being blind, no matter how high the knowledge is, it is useless.

After three rounds of drinking, after saying a lot of polite words, Wu Fanhui got to the point.

"Lord Xie, this official came to disturb him, it was really helpless, I wanted to return to my hometown as soon as possible, but along the way, I found that the official road was very depressed, and I hardly saw anyone, I don't know what happened on this official road, and I want to ask Lord Xie."

"Lord Wu can come to the county office, this is the honor of the lower officials, where is there a disturbing statement, my lord must not say this again, as for the question raised by the adult, it is a long story...

Xie Zong did not have any concealment, in his opinion, Wu Fanhui's request is very normal, people are the champion of the palace test, return to their hometowns and provinces, prevent danger on the road, and inquire about the situation along the road, it is very necessary and necessary, the champion is the champion, from the abnormality on the official road, he noticed the problem, it is different.

Xie Zong said very carefully, and Wu Fanhui listened more seriously.

It turns out that there is really something big happening in Shanxi.

In March of the third year of Chongzhen, the Liukou entered the territory of Shanxi from Shaanxi Shenmu, and since then Shanxi has begun to become unstable, Shanxi has also suffered from famine in recent years, and it is difficult to have many harvests on the barren land, and a large number of homeless people began to appear, and the arrival of the Liukou has allowed these homeless people to find a way out, and they have joined the team of the Liukou, so that their team has grown rapidly.

By the end of three years, the number of rogues had reached 200,000.

After the Jin Tartars withdrew from the Northern Zhili, the governors of the three sides refocused their attention on the Liukou, in view of the continuous growth of the Shanxi Liukou team, after he started the imperial court, he sent Cao Wenzhao, the deputy commander of Yansui, to lead 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry into Shanxi to exterminate the Liukou.

Cao Wenzhao's reputation for exterminating the Liukou in Shaanxi is already very big, he defeated the Liukou several times, which made the leader and the leader of the Liukou change their color, and Cao Wenzhao's entry into Shanxi also made the Shanxi governor Geng Ruqi and the general soldier Zhang Honggong breathe a sigh of relief.

In February of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao officially entered Shanxi to exterminate the Liukou.

The rogues stranded in Shanxi, with Wang Jiayin's strength being the strongest.

Wang Jiayin is entrenched in the area of Ping'an Fu and Zezhou, with more than 30,000 sergeants under his command, and Cao Wenzhao's Guanning Iron Cavalry is only 3,000 people, although Cao Wenzhao's fame is very great, but Wang Jiayin doesn't care, he once led the army to defeat Hong Chengchou's main force, and has enough proud capital.

It's a pity that Wang Jiayin miscalculated this time, Cao Wenzhao used 3,000 people, and he was defeated, Chongzhen in April of the fourth year, in the process of escaping, Wang Jiayin was killed by insiders.

After Wang Jiayin was killed, his younger brother Wang Ziyong was elected as the head of the plate, and continued to rebel with the rogue.

Cao Wenzhao was promoted to the chief military officer of Lintao because of his meritorious defeat of Wang Jiayin, and continued to lead the Guanning Iron Cavalry to exterminate the Liukou in Shanxi.

When Xie Zong said this, Wu Fanhui's expression was already very focused, you must know that Wang Jiayin was the real leader of the peasant rebel army in the early Ming Dynasty, and the later leaders of the peasant rebel army, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and Wang Ziyong, were all from his command, Wang Jiayin used to be a border army and had good combat ability.

As for Cao Wenzhao, needless to say, his courage and good fighting are second to none among the generals in the late Ming Dynasty.

No wonder there are not many people on the official road, there are many rogues in Shanxi, just with Cao Wenzhao and his 3,000 people, it can't be suppressed, and a large number of homeless people join the team of the rogues, so that the rogue team has grown stronger after being hit, and they always have an inexhaustible source of soldiers.

"Lord Xie, this way to Mizhi County, is it safe on the way?"

"According to the situation known to the lower officials, Fenzhou and Yongning Prefecture are safe, but there are some sporadic bandits, which are not the climate, but the adults should also be on guard, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, or the lower officials will send a sergeant to follow the adults to Fenzhou."

"No, Lord Xie's kindness, this official understands it."

"Where, this is what the lower officials should do, the adults are the champions of the palace examination, and they will win glory for me in Shaanxi, and the lower officials are from Shaanxi, so they should naturally serve the adults."

Wu Fanhui looked at Xie Zong, smiled and nodded, he still has to maintain the relationship that has been attached to him, after all, he needs a helper to do anything in the future, and the two Jinshi are the best candidates.

Before resting at night, Wu Fanhui informed Li Yong and others of what he knew.

The expressions of Li Yong and the others also became serious, if they really met the rogues along the way, it would be dangerous.

Wu Fanhui was not particularly worried, he knew that what Xie Zong said must be true, the Liukou did not have that much ability, and the entire Shanxi was in a mess, at most, it was in Pingyang Mansion and Zezhou, and Wang Jiayin was killed in April, the blow to the Liukou was not small, and it is now the end of May, and the Liukou should still be gathering strength, waiting for the next outbreak.

This time should be the safest, and we must seize the opportunity to leave Shanxi and enter Shaanxi as soon as possible.

After thinking about it carefully, Wu Fanhui made a decision, set off the next day, went to Yan'an Mansion in Shaanxi Province as soon as possible, and returned to Mizhi County as soon as possible.