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Horse-drawn carts, donkey carts, and ox carts come and go. Loaded with grain and grass equipment was continuously transported into Jinyang City, looking at this posture, I am afraid that it is going to fight, and the scale is not small.

Jinyang City is very famous in the five dynasties and belongs to Taiyuan Mansion. Even people like Wang Jin, whose history is not very good, know it. Zhu Wen attacked Jinyang, Chai Rong attacked Jinyang, and Zhao Guangyi also attacked Jinyang. The reason is very simple, this is an important town, a fortress to resist the Khitans going south, the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty took refuge in the Khitan in order to keep his glory and wealth, and finally was beaten by the Northern Zhou Dynasty to only Jinyang and a few surrounding counties, or held on for a long time.

You can see how strong it is.

Wang Jin and the three of them followed the grain transport team to prepare to enter the city, and as soon as they arrived at the city gate, they were blued down by the vigilant city gate guards.

"When the grain truck is finished, I'll wait for it." The guards' attitude was very tough, and they didn't give Wang Jin a chance to speak at all. A large crowd had gathered by the city gate, all of them were waiting to enter the city, and some of them simply sat by the gate and chatted.

"Have you heard, Zhu Quanzhong in the south said that he was coming to attack Jinyang, and the forbidden army of Liang State has gathered tens of thousands."

"Whoever you listen to, spreading rumors and disturbing the people's hearts will lose their heads."

"Shhhh This is what my brother told me when he came back to do business in Liang Kingdom. said that he came to seek revenge. ”

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Wang Jin was relatively close to them, and he could hear the content of the conversation clearly, but he didn't care. It is rumored that it is a long-standing conversation among ordinary people, of course, most of these words are not credible, but some details can be heard from it, after all, there is only a thin line between rumors and the truth.

Luo Ermeng tied his horse to Chen Feng and sat down on the spot. The intense fatigue after a long journey filled their heads, and Luo Ermeng was already groggy, with his head resting on his knees, and he fell asleep after a while.

The grain transport team was so vast that it was like ants moving, and it was impossible to see the tail at a glance. Wang Jin guessed in his heart that he might have transferred all the grain and grass that could be called in Hedong, so Zhu Wen really wanted to call, right?

Looking up at the majestic and majestic Jinyang City, people will immediately feel their insignificance when they stand at the bottom, how much price does Zhu Wen have to pay if he wants to fight down such a city? Moreover, now the Liang State is not stable, there are forces of rebellion everywhere, and the surrounding anti-Zhu Wen Jiedu envoys are also eyeing him, and they should not be able to fight him in the near future.

Wang Jin's appearance in this era only slightly set off a slight wave, and it was calm in an instant, he didn't think that his identity could speed up the pace of Li Cunqiao's unification in the north.

After waiting for nearly an hour, the mighty grain transportation team finally entered the city, and when they finished unloading the grain and grass, they would definitely have to go out of the city, so during this time, the soldiers defending the city recruited everyone to enter the city one by one.

In ancient times, there was a tax to be collected when entering the city, of course, ordinary people did not need it, but the merchants or those who entered the city to sell the game and dry firewood they caught had to draw a certain fee. There were not a few such merchants in the long queue ahead, and Wang Jin's way into the city still had to wait.

As soon as there were fewer people in front, Wang Jin immediately called Chen Feng and Luo Er to get up. The two of them snored at the gate of the city, which attracted the attention of those who entered the city.

"Who are you?" The soldiers defending the city had to come into contact with all kinds of people every day, and they had developed a pair of fiery eyes, and they only needed to know whether the person was a threat or not at a glance.

Unfortunately, Chen Feng and Luo Ermeng's tired posture was fully revealed, and at first glance, it was a long journey to be moral here, and there was a lot of sand on their clothes, even if the merchants from the south were dusty, they would not have so much sand on their clothes. Where there is sand is in the north, the north of Jinyang is the desert.

And Wang Jin is even more suspicious, although the body is relatively thin, but the palms of a pair of hands are extremely thick, and the calluses in the palms are also very thick, which is often used with knives and sticks, although the farmer will also have calluses when he takes a hoe, but the honest farmer does not have such sharp eyes as Wang Jin. The soldiers defending the city almost immediately judged that Wang Jin was from the army, and if he came from the north, he would immediately think of Khitan spies.

"Say your names, what are you doing in Jinyang, and lead your way!"

At this moment, the three of them were in trouble, Wang Jin was wanted for murder and ran out, and besides, he had never seen what Lu Yin was. Luo Ermeng and Chen Feng just followed the convoy, the identity certificate or everything was on the leader, and the leader's body was gone, where to get the way?

In order to strictly control the flow of population and avoid anything that threatens the rule, the ancient authorities stipulated that people who left their hometowns for more than 100 miles must show the road guide. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, it was the strictest, and Zhu Yuanzhang relied on religion to prevent others from following him, and then wandered to the countryside, and formulated extremely harsh policies. Unless he has a reputation for himself, it is possible that a country farmer will never leave his home fifty miles away in his life.

The road guide in the five dynasties period was handed down from the Tang Dynasty, but in the troubled times of the five dynasties, the road guide existed in name only, and the purpose of defending the city has become to collect city gate taxes, as well as to prevent lumen and spies from mixing into the city.

Unfortunately, Mr. Yan, who was guarding the city, was the kind of extremely dangerous character. Wang Jin didn't know that he was regarded as a spy of the Khitans, and besides, the Khitan people's clothing and hairstyle could be the same as those worn by the Han people, but this habitual language was not the same, if it was really a purebred Khitan, he could smell the smell of sheep from afar, which was deeply implanted in the bone marrow of the grassland people, and he couldn't go out of the bath.

The scene immediately froze, and several people at the city gate looked at Wang Jin standing in a daze, without any expression, and secretly touched the knife on his waist.

"Don't, this general, villain Wang Jin. Yanzhou people's. Don't you come to Jinyang to seek refuge with relatives, the reward party people have killed all the people in our village, and I am left to escape, where is there any way out. ”

Wang Jin talked nonsense, and said his name, the rest are basically made up, although the ruler of Hedong is the Shatuo people, but most of the people below are still Han people, and there will be no hatred.

The soldiers defending the city were naturally not fools, and they didn't believe what Wang Jin said at all, "What relatives do you take refuge into, what is your name, and where do you live?" If it's wrong, just grab it! ”

Wang Jin was stunned, this was just made up casually, he had any relatives in Jinyang, and a series of questions from the soldiers caught him off guard.

"If you can't say it, it's a spy, take it away!"

"Wait, I have a relative, that is, Liu Yizhou, the staff of the marshal." Wang Jin didn't want to go to prison as soon as he entered the city, and Lord Liu, who had a relationship with him in Lingzhou, immediately came to mind.

The soldiers guarding the city stared at him for a long time, and then suddenly clutched their stomachs and laughed.

"I'm laughing to death, this thing actually said that it was a relative of Lord Liu, Lord Liu was dignified and in a high position, how could there be a poor relative like you. Boy, do you know what happened to me when I lied to your uncle? ”

Immediately, Luo Ermeng and Chen Feng also gave him a fierce look, they were also scared, they couldn't enter the city, and they would be unlucky if they entered the prison.

"This general, you can ask Lord Liu first, just say if you know a person named Wang Jin in Lingzhou, he should know."

The soldiers guarding the city are actually guarding the gate, and the most important thing is to be able to observe words and feelings, and can bully the weak and fear the hard, but they can't offend the powerful. Seeing that Wang Jin swore so much, they also hesitated, if it was really Lord Liu's relatives, they would just not be able to eat and walk around.

"You go to Lord Liu's mansion to report it." One of the leading soldiers commanded his men.

Wang Jin and the three of them were invited into the small room under the city gate, and actually poured tea for them, and after the people left, Luo Er couldn't hold back: "Brother Jin, do you really have relatives here?" The kid was a little scared and anxious to find out the truth.

Wang Jin pursed his lips and shook his head. Luo Ermeng sat on the ground, "Mother, this time I stabbed the big basket." After speaking, he looked lost and depressed.

Wang Jin said: "Don't worry, although it is not a kinship relationship, there is still some friendship, and it will not do anything to us." ”

Luo Ermeng seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, and stood up embarrassedly to pick up the tea and drink it violently, as if he wanted to hide his panic just now.

"I'm not sure he remembers me, though!"

Luo Ermeng, who had just taken a sip of water, didn't hold back, and sprayed all his master's face.