Hou Junji had a little headache because Wen Jiao couldn't get in, and when he thought about it, he was sure of one thing, if he was Wen Jiao, maybe he would have been provoked. But Wen Ji still behaved as immovable, and there were obviously 5,000 men and horses in his hands, but he was too cautious, and that caution made Hou Junji have to admire.

Although the price reduction did not give him a specific deadline, let him kill Wen Jia in as many times as he wanted. But Hou Junji didn't dare to relax at all, because he had already detected Wen Yao's intention to march so slowly. killed a general and captured 3,000 elite soldiers. After he crosses the Yellow River, if he kills some more officials, who knows how much more men and horses under him will increase, the more he drags back, the more beneficial it will be for Wen Jia, and it will be difficult for Hou Junji to find an opportunity to start.

He tried to provoke Wen Jiao, even if he didn't chase it out in person and sent either of the two little girls around him out, Hou Junji firmly believed that as long as he killed either of them, Wen Jiao would never be able to calm down again. But it's a pity that the text can't come out, and the two girls don't come out either.

After breakfast, those officers and soldiers buried the corpses of the forbidden army that were killed by Hou Junji and others yesterday, and then began to straighten out the men and horses, and it seemed that they were about to go on the road.

Hou Junji shook his hair in annoyance, but he still didn't think of a good way in his heart. He is not a person who has been cultivated since he was a child, he has no background, he can only rely on his own intelligence and the ability to adapt to changes. But now Wen Yao behaves like a hedgehog with a lump up, and there is nowhere to bite if he wants to bite. The most important thing is that this hedgehog is outrageous, and if he wanted to, he would not be able to swallow the people on his side in one gulp.

He paced back and forth, but couldn't find his train of thought for a while.

"Let's go first."

Hou Junji gritted his teeth and said: "Go to the front and wait for them, less than seventy miles ahead is the county seat, Wen Yao must go into the city to see the county order." Let's go into the city, and the chances of becoming a city are much greater than in the wilderness. ”

More than 100 secret spies received the order, and after destroying the tracks, they rushed to the front county seat. During the seventy-mile journey, you will pass by several dilapidated villages, but you will not have a chance to start at all. Hou Junji thought about it and divided his secret spies into two teams, one team continued to follow Wen Yao's team to provoke, making Wen Jia think that he had not entered the county seat in advance. He led another group of people and entered the small county town as fast as he could.

The small town of Lu County, Jibei County, is not far from the south bank of the Yellow River. After leaving Lu County, you can't walk north for a while, and you can see the Yellow River water mixed with yellow and churning.

Wang Lingzhi, the county magistrate of Lu County, is also said to have been born in the Wang family in Jiangnan, and I don't know if he has no money to give gifts to the imperial court. Speaking of Jibei County's county guard Wang Chuntang is still his junior, but since he entered the office, he has been a county leader for a year, and then he was transferred to the Ministry of Rites to serve in an unusual manner, and after being a penny in the Ministry of Rites for two years, he didn't know why he was directly put down and served as the county guard of Jibei County.

Among them, Wang Lingzhi didn't know, and he didn't want to know, he felt that he had been a county magistrate for eleven years, and although he was not promoted, he was not dismissed.

Because of the heavy rain, he didn't know that the person who was most trusted by His Majesty the Emperor today was stationed about seventy miles south of Lu County. If he knew, he would have rushed to greet all the people in the county government and the squire. In fact, this Wang Lingzhi is also a person with some ability, otherwise Wang Bo is rampant in Jibei County, and it is a miracle that he can still exist in Lu County.

After the weather cleared, Wang Lingzhi's mood also improved.

There is nothing in the small city that will bother him, and the total number of people in this city is only three or four thousand, and some of them are the families of the rebels of the Jibei Army, and he can't manage it if he wants to. This is also the reason why Lu County has not been conquered by the Jibei Army, Wang Lingzhi's ability lies in not being cured, and going with the flow.

Early in the morning, Wang Lingzhi played a set of boxing in the yard, although it was a flower fist embroidered legs, but it also had the effect of strengthening the body. I was sweating all over, and I felt like my whole body was becoming transparent. Wang Lingzhi took a hot bath under the service of his comfortable maid and concubine, and when he was enjoying it, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door urgently.

"County gentleman...... ...... county gentleman, you go to the county government quickly. ”

"What's the matter!"

Wang Lingzhi asked with some annoyance: "Didn't Zhishilang send people to beg for food again?" Tell him no, the grain in the granary is not enough to last for two months, and if he wants it, the family members of his Jibei Army in the city will also starve! ”

"It's not someone sent by Chishiro...... It's someone from the palace. ”

"Palace...... Inside the palace?! ”

Wang Lingzhi stood up from the bathtub violently, where could he care about being rude.

"Who!"

"Lord Wen, the commander of the Dragon Courtyard Guard, led the army north to Yanmen Pass and passed through our Lu County, saying that he was coming to visit your lordship!"

"Ahh

Wang Lingzhi shuddered violently, and his face changed with fright.

Wen ...... Wen Yidao ......"

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When Wang Lingzhi put on his official uniform and hurried to the county office, the people sent by Long Tingwei's commander Wen Jia had been waiting for him in the living room for a long time. Sitting in the living room drinking tea, it was a young man who looked a little gloomy, only about twenty years old, not much studied but very divine, with a nose as strong as an eagle's beak, and a blue brocade robe embroidered with a flowing cloud pattern on it. This kind of dress Wang Lingzhi had seen when he was in the capital eleven years ago, and it was the unique costume of Long Tingwei, the most powerful guard in the palace.

Although he has only met once, Wang Lingzhi has a deep memory.

When he said that he had thanked him in the Golden Palace before he took office, and when he said that the majestic Dragon Court guards on duty in the Golden Palace stood solemnly, he still remembers it vividly. In particular, the handsome and bewitching eunuch standing next to the emperor, he could never forget it after just one glance. The man's eyes were too cold, and just one glance at it was like an imprint in his heart.

Later, he specially inquired, and that person was Long Tingwei Duwei Wenjiao, who had grown up with His Majesty since childhood. Although he is a eunuch, he has won the trust of His Majesty, and the emperor personally took a table, a word, and a knife for him.

When the young Longting Guard Brigade saw Wang Lingzhi arrive, he didn't even stand up, still sitting firmly on the chair and tasting the tea leaves that were not expensive, hanging his head and blowing hot air.

"May I ask who this lord is?"

After Wang Lingzhi entered the door, he looked at the brigade rate and asked cautiously. Although in terms of official position, he is from the county order of the seventh grade, and he has more identity than a brigade rate who is not in the grade, but that person is from the palace, and he is the most trusted guard of His Majesty the Emperor, Long Tingwei, although it is only a brigade rate, who knows which family is from a big family? If you are born in a family, you will be famous as soon as you are born, so Wang Lingzhi spoke with a little politeness, and even had a point or two of humility.

"You are the county magistrate of Lu County?"

The brigade leader glanced at Wang Ling casually, then stood up and said with a straight face: "Lord Duwei has almost arrived twenty miles away, and he will enter the city soon, since you are the county commander of this county, then go and prepare now, Lord Duwei ordered, the county monarch does not have to go out to greet him, Lord Duwei has come from afar, you prepare a place to live." Also, Lord Lieutenant is so quiet, don't arrange the place too noisy. ”

After speaking, the captain was about to leave, and more than a dozen brocade-clothed guards who came with him followed him, and they didn't even look at Wang Lingzhi.

Wang Lingzhi sighed, and said in his heart that everyone who came out of the capital knew the rules. All of them are above the top, but they are just a group of guards, all of them pretending to be the second and third grade members of the imperial court.

"What? What are you waiting for? ”

Seeing that Wang Lingzhi was standing there with some hesitation and did not move, a trace of impatience and disgust flashed between his eyebrows.

"Excuse me, where are you going?"

Although Wang Lingzhi was unhappy in his heart, he still spoke very politely.

"Didn't I just say that? Didn't you hear that you were asked to arrange a quiet place for Lord Gongdu to rest? The place where Lord Du Wei wants to live, I naturally want to see it with my own eyes, you can choose the place, and as for the security guards, I don't have to worry about the county gentleman. ”

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Wang Lingzhi thought about it, but after all, he didn't dare to set the place where Wen Yao lived at the post station, he vacated the place where he lived in the county office, and then ordered someone to clean it thoroughly, replaced it with new bedding, and even changed the curtains with new ones. When it was time to clean up, Long Tingwei's people stood aside with their horizontal knives in their hands and watched, and those maids looked a little uncomfortable staring at them with cold eyes.

"My lord, may I ask your surname?"

Wang Lingzhi smiled, walked up to the brigade leader and asked politely. He naturally took the brigade's hand, and then a bag of silver was naturally stuffed into the brigade's hand.

Weighing the weight of the silver, the brigade's face softened a little. It's just that the smile looks a little fake, but it's much better than just now. From his skillful gestures of weighing the bag of silver, Wang Lingzhi could deduce that this person was an insatiable guy. From Jiangdu to Lu County, I don't know how much money I received along the way.

"My surname is Zhou, and I know my life."

The lieutenant smiled and said, "The county gentleman has a heart." ”

Wang Lingzhi hurriedly said politely: "Where is it, by the way, Lord Zhou, when will Lord Duwei enter the city?" ”

Zhou Zhiming said: "After the county monarch arranges it, I will send someone to report to Lord Duwei, and it is estimated that Duwei is now resting twenty miles outside the city." Once you come and go, it's just a matter of an hour. ”

"In that case, I will personally go to meet the Captain."

"If the county gentleman wants to go, it's okay, but I have something to explain."

Zhou Zhiming glanced at Wang Lingyi and said in a low voice: "Lord Duwei doesn't like to work hard the most, and he doesn't like the lively and cumbersome etiquette of local officials, so if the county magistrate goes, don't bring too many people, and as for the people and squires in the city, don't be tired." And...... We didn't disturb the county monarch after we entered the city, right? ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Wang Lingzhi smiled: "I naturally understand this!" ”

"Okay, let's go."

Zhou Zhiming said as he walked: "By the way, Lord Du Wei is drenched in the rain, and he is slightly unwell from the wind cold, you had better prepare a carriage, I think Lord Du Wei will be happy." ”

I don't know why, Wang Lingzhi felt that Zhou Zhiming's smile was so frightening.