The autumn wind wrinkles the river, and the clouds are drifting away. A boat carrying a young man full of ambition set sail from Bianjing.

It only took a day or two for Wang to come to Jincheng in Zezhou. After a short pause in Jincheng, he was led by Yu Danian and Li Jian, and continued up the Yellow River to the two newly selected coal-producing places in Jinzhou and Jiangzhou. The purchase of these two land kings was particularly smooth, and everywhere they went, the prefect would personally greet and warmly entertain them.

Wang Bei couldn't help but sigh secretly, most of the last trip was to greet the Qipin County Order, and now he is the Wupin Prefect, which all depends on the identity given to him by Renzong: the imperial gift merchant envoy. Wang Bi was not an official, and his trip to Western Xia this time was also unofficial; He was just a businessman in the Great Song Dynasty, doing some business exchanges. But this imperial gift is different, which shows that he is not an ordinary businessman, but represents the strength of the Great Song Dynasty to communicate.

Wang Bian commented on himself, but others don't see it that way, Wang Bian's innate identity is not enough to alarm the prefect; Wang Fang only thinks about half of the reason, and the other half is that he is too famous, where is there no "Cloud Picking", and the lifter in that place has never drunk Yunxuan's tea when he entered Beijing to take the exam. Even coal-producing areas like Jinju and Jiangzhou, which didn't watch Jincheng get rich first.

The king did not stop much in these places, although it was late autumn. The Yellow River bends nine times and eighteen bends, and the more it goes west into the middle reaches, the more the water flow gradually becomes more rapid. Sailing against the current, the speed of the boat slowed down. So on the post road leading to Yanzhou, which crossed the junction of Hedong Road and Yongxing Military Road, there was a handsome young man riding a horse with a scholar.

The autumn wind is swaying, the leaves are yellow, and the spirit is high-spirited. The two of them stayed overnight, and it didn't take a few days to reach the boundary of Dunzhou.

At this time, it was late autumn, but there were many thinly dressed people on the road, some walking alone, and some groups of old people and children came from the direction of Yancheng County. These people were worried, and hurriedly passed by the two of them, and the scholar next to the king slowed down his horse and looked back at the backs of these people and asked, "Childe, is there something going on in front of you?" ”

On Wang Fang's angular-edged face, his brows were also furrowed, looking solemn and cold. After walking a few hundred miles, you will enter the boundary of Yanzhou, which is the place where Song and Xia meet, is it possible that the war on the front line of Song and Xia is urgent? He made a gesture at the scholar, and the two of them turned over and dismounted.

The scholar took the reins of the horse, and the king took two steps to meet the flow of people who were coming in the opposite direction of them, and he greeted an old man with a salute.

The old man led a little girl of four or five years old, the old man's clothes were in tatters, and the little girl's dirty little face looked at the king with big eyes in horror. Seeing the king come up and salute, the old man was startled at first, and the little girl also hid behind the old man timidly.

The old man saw that although the king was dusty, he seemed to be a serious person, and he was polite and respectful, so he also restrained his steps, he put his arm around the girl, and subconsciously blocked the girl behind him.

Seeing that this person was very wary, Wang Jian first said: "I am coming from the capital and am going to Yanzhou. ”

The old man sighed softly, looked back at the direction of Yancheng County and said, "If Gongzi is going to Yanzhou, let's take a detour." After saying that, he pulled the little girl to continue on his way.

Wang hurriedly said: "This old gentleman, please stay, isn't it that the Xixia people hit Yancheng County?" ”

The old man stopped, he saw that the king was kind and accompanied by a young man, both of whom were not very old, or came to visit relatives and friends. He sighed and said, "If the Xixia people still have a city guard, they can't defend the city now." Now it's a big flood that has washed away Duncheng County, a natural disaster for the enemy, and there are robbers, **ah, natural disaster**. The old man couldn't help but whimper, and the little girl cried too.

The old and the young stopped to talk to the king, and the passers-by around them couldn't help crying, and they all stopped. The king looked around, and Cai Jing was behind him at this time, and when he saw that the girl was pitiful, he took out a piece of bun in his bag and handed it to the little girl. When the king saw the girl, he first took a light bite, and then looked at the old man. The old man nodded, and the girl gulped

The old man thanked him and said, "My granddaughter hasn't eaten well for some days. After speaking, he wept and sighed. When the king heard him say this, he guessed that something had happened to his family, and he turned around and ordered Cai Jing to take out all the dry food and distribute it to everyone. Immediately, the desolate people gathered around him.

The king asked the old man, "Where are you going?" The people around him were all at a loss, and some said, "Go to the villages and towns in front to see if there is a place to stay." The old man said: "At least begging for food in other counties is better than in that county." ”

The king took the purse from his body, and there were some loose pieces of silver and copper coins in it. He said while distributing it to everyone: "There is a Yunyan County not far from here, and the county commander Zhang Zai there is my elder. You can go to Yunyan County first and ask him to help you settle down. I'll be there then. ”

After saying that, the money was also divided, and Wang Bian urged Ma and Cai Jing to speed up towards Yancheng County, Cai Jing turned around and saw the population behind him and said, "Benefactor, please leave your honorable name." As he spoke, he fell to his knees, and some of them wept uncontrollably.

Cai Jing also wiped his snot and tears, caught up with the king and said: "Son, these people are so pitiful, that bandit is hateful, and this flood is also hateful!" ”

How to ** Cai Jing in the heart of the king is a big deal, seeing that Cai Jing has such kindness, it is actually in response to the original goodness of human nature, but it can be created.

The further he went, the more victims came, and the king did not dare to stay longer. The scattered silver on his body was sent out, and if he arranged for Zhang Zai's side, Yun Yan would not be able to bear it. What's more, these are all palliatives rather than cures, and you can't waste time here, so you don't want to look at those passers-by just in a hurry.

The road became more and more difficult to walk, and the exit flood left mud on the already difficult dirt road. After the flood raged, the city wall was washed down by the flood, and the houses collapsed one by one, and there were dead people who were flooded and smashed down everywhere, and the corpses pillowed each other together, and the whole city was in a mess and miserable.

Some people who have not yet left the city are silently weeping to clean up the mess and looking for their relatives from under the wooden purlins of collapsed houses; Some guarded the corpses of their loved ones and wept bitterly, and the miserable state was unbearable to witness.

Cai Jing was young, and when he saw this scene for the first time, he couldn't help crying. While wiping away tears, he said, "Childe, why don't you be a high-ranking official?" Wang looked sideways at him and saw that Cai Jing was full of regret, so he asked: "Come to Japan, Yuan Chang has regrets for this?" ”

Cai Jing nodded and said: "If I become an official one day, the first thing I have to do is to control the water!" He said it firmly.

Don't look at Wang Bian, who seems to be only four or five years older than Cai Jing, but Wang Bian has already passed the age of standing before crossing over to the Song Dynasty, and Cai Jing is still a child at this time in his heart, so he said earnestly: "Yuan Chang must remember what he saw today." ”

Cai Jing nodded heavily! The king let out a long breath and said, "Let's go," and Tima prepared to enter the city.

After walking a few steps, I suddenly heard a whistle, and four or five people jumped out of the forest on the side of the post road beside me, and these people covered their noses with cloths, revealing only a pair of eyes.

One of the big men at the head drank: "Boy, stop, leave the money and spare your lives!" ”

Cai Jing was startled, he hurriedly looked at Gongzi Wang, only to see a contemptuous smile on the corner of Wang's mouth, just these little thieves wanted to rob, and they didn't look at who was robbing.

When the robbers saw that they were not at all birded by the king, they still drove their horses slowly, so they jumped before the king, and raised their broadswords in their hands. The rest of the robbers surrounded the two of them. The bluff followed and coaxed: "Leave the money." ”

When the king saw that the robber was just raising his sword, he leaned down and lay on his horse as if he was very relaxed, and said unhurriedly: "Don't worry, don't worry." ”

The leader of the robbers only thought that he wanted to take out the silver, and drank: "Dismount, and the horse will stay." ”

The hand next to the king had already held the hilt of the Songwen sword in his hand, but he said: "Even if it is robbery, you are too unprofessional." At the very least, report the mountain, and what if you rob the wrong person. ”

The robbers looked at each other, and the head of the robbers said, "Stop talking nonsense. So saying, he swung his sword at the king's horse.

The king is so calm, he hasn't even blinked an eye when he kills the enemy on the mountain, how can he talk nonsense to a few robbers. He just looked at the robbers as if they were forced to do it. After the robber leader drank it, he never really did it, and the others were also bluffing, not like a murderer and a vicious man, especially the mask didn't seem to want people to know the true face.

In particular, what revealed their identity was their cloth boots with soles, which the king recognized as the boots issued by ordinary soldiers, and ordinary people were cloth and linen shoes, even robbers could not wear this kind of boots.

If it was really a robber, Wang Bian would not be soft, but at this time there was Cai Jing behind him, and when Wang Bian saw him move, he just pulled out the Songwen sword, and the sword was slightly blocked and said, "Who are you all soldiers?" ”

When the bandit heard this, his hand shook and the knife had already landed, and he hurriedly turned around and ran. Wang didn't pay attention to it, and Cai Jing asked anxiously, "Why did Gongzi let him go." ”

Wang watched a few people run into the woods and said, "This is not an ordinary robber, we haven't figured out the situation yet, let's go to the city first!" ”

After that, the two went into the city and inquired about the location of the county government.

The people were displaced by the floods in Yancheng County, and Wang Bi found that there were suspected officers and soldiers disguised as bandits to rob. Natural disasters are together, and since they are here, they have to take care of this matter.

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