"They're going to buy food?" Wan Linggen's face sank, "Just bring more than two dozen people?" ”。

Shen Mingzhu nodded and lowered her head.

Wan Linggen stood up for a moment, forgetting the abrasions on his legs for a while, and he grinned in pain, and asked, "Zhan'er, didn't they go with them?" ”

Shen Mingzhu shook his head.

"Go and call them all." Wan Linggen said in a deep voice.

"Shall I go?" Shen Mingzhu looked at him in embarrassment.

"Yes, there you go! Ask for a lot of them to invite me here. ”

"Oh, okay." Seeing his grim face, Shen Mingzhu knew that he had made a big mistake, and went out with his head down.

Wan Linggen's mood was extremely heavy, he didn't know how serious the shortage of food in Kaifeng City was, the key was that these four old men who were over fifty years old and Wang Xian's brothers and sisters, plus more than 20 soldiers, could they transport the food back? Taking a step back, it would be a big problem to be able to guarantee their safe return.

The more he thought about it, the more serious he felt, so he hastily found a few soft cloths, wrapped the abrasions on the inner thighs, put on a pair of fat pants, and sat in the room waiting.

After more than an hour, those women walked in one after another, Wang Zhan'er and the others looked even haggard, and after saluting Wan Linggen, they sat in the corner and bowed their heads silently.

When everyone arrived, Shen Mingzhu walked in slowly, glanced at Wan Linggen, and leaned against the door with a small mouth, as if he had been greatly wronged.

Wan Linggen's gaze swept over everyone one by one, and finally stopped at Zhao Ling'er, "Ling'er, is the shortage of food in the city serious?" ”

Zhao Ling'er bowed and said, "Xianggong, it's true." Now that some families have started to eat grain, we have to cut back on our expenses. ”

"Do you know where the four elders are going to buy food?" Wan Linggen asked.

Zhao Ling'er looked at Wang Zhan'er's four women who bowed their heads and said softly, "Xianggong doesn't have to worry too much. I asked a few sisters in detail, and the four elders went to Henan Mansion. ”

"Henan Mansion?" Wan Linggen sounded a little confused, "What kind of place is that?" Do you have a map? ”

Everyone shook their heads, and Shen Mingzhu, who was leaning against the door at this time, spoke: "Xianggong, I have here a map of the state capital, county and county drawn by my ancestor. As he spoke, he took out a small bag from his bosom and opened it carefully, and sure enough, it was a map.

Wan Linggen was overjoyed, took the map and looked at it twice, and praised: "It's really a good thing, Mingzhu, thank you!" ”

Shen Mingzhu pursed her mouth and glanced at the women proudly, but everyone didn't look at her, and some even deliberately turned their heads, which made her feel very faceless, bit her lip and stood back again.

Wan Linggen searched carefully on that map, and finally saw a place marked "Henan Mansion" not far from Kaifeng Mansion, and he carefully recalled the Chinese territory in his memory, this so-called Henan Mansion should be near Luoyang, nearly two hundred kilometers away from Kaifeng.

Zhao Ling'er saw him staring at the map without saying a word, and said softly: "Xianggong, Mr. Gu and Mr. Fan have many protégés there, and there should be no problem in terms of safety." ”

Wan Linggen raised his head and glanced at her, let out a long breath and said, "But I can't rest assured, is the journey from Henan Mansion to Kaifeng Mansion really too peaceful?" ”

When everyone heard him say this, they stopped talking, and Wang Zhan'er and the others turned even paler.

Wan Linggen put away the map, looked around and said, "Sisters, you have to remember one thing, any of you have the same weight in my Wan Linggen's heart, you are all my family, very important to me!" Wang Zhan'er and the others raised their eyes full of tears and looked at him.

He also knew that the complex between them could not be eliminated by his own words or two, so he sighed and said, "Zhan'er, Hong'er, Xiangyu, Ting'er, the four of you will stay for a while, and the others will go back first." ”

When there were only these four people left in the room, Wan Linggen called them to sit down beside him, and said softly: "Sisters, other things have involved too much of my energy during this time, and I haven't taken care of your ......."

Wang Zhan'er shed two lines of tears and sobbed: "Why did the minister say this, my father...... They also wanted to help each other, but they didn't expect it...... On the contrary, he was worried. ”

Gu Hong'er, Fan Tingting and Mei Xiangyu also said in unison: "Xianggong! They were all tears and couldn't speak.

"I promise you, I'll bring the four elders back safely." He solemnly took the hands of several people and said.

The women couldn't stop the tears in their eyes and could only nod desperately.

After comforting the troubled women with kind words and sending them out of the door, Wan Linggen ordered someone to call Uncle Zhang over.

"Lao Zhang, didn't you do that manager? Are you familiar with the journey from Kaifeng to Henan Province? Wan Linggen asked impatiently.

After Zhang Shuye figured out what was going on, he thought for a while and said, "I was the head of Nandao before. This Henan Mansion belongs to the North Beijing Road, from Kaifeng Mansion to Henan Mansion, even if it is fast and fast, it will take two days to arrive. According to the time when the four elders set off, they should have just arrived in Henan Mansion by now. He glanced at Wan Linggen and said: "Most of the roads are official roads, and I haven't heard of any thieves nearby, so don't worry, don't worry, Dashuai, let's wait for two more days, if there is no news back, it's not too late to plan an action." ”

Wan Linggen thought about it, it seemed that it could only be like this at present, so he nodded, and after the two talked about some military affairs, Uncle Zhang said goodbye and went back to the camp at night.

After sending Zhang Shuye away, he was still confused, took out Shen Mingzhu's map and looked at it carefully. From Kaifeng Mansion to Henan Mansion, this passes through Zhengzhou, but the mountains and rivers along the way can not be seen on the map, he put away the map and wanted to ask Shen Mingzhu, and suddenly thought of the delicate relationship between several women, and suddenly felt that his head was as big as a fight.

When it was getting late, Zong Ze sent someone to invite him over to the dinner, he didn't go despite the injury on his leg, and hastily ate some dinner sent by Liang Hongyu and others, and was about to go to bed when Yue Fei came.

Yue Fei saw that his two thighs were tightly wrapped, and said with a smile: "Brother Wan, you are so strong, I'm afraid the injury won't heal for a while." ”

Wan Linggen hurriedly let him sit on the main seat, and said with a wry smile: "Don't hide it from Brother Yue, my injury is nothing at all." As he spoke, he opened the cotton cloth wrapped around his legs, and sure enough, the muscles that were still a little red and swollen were already intact.

Yue Feiqi said: "Then why don't you go to the banquet?" ”

Wan Linggen then said the matter of the four elders going out to buy food, "Brother Yue, where are they now, what is their situation, I don't know at all, how can they still have the heart to eat a feast?" ”

Yue Fei frowned and said: "From Kaifeng Mansion to Henan Mansion, there is an official road to go, but it also has to pass through many mountain passes, I haven't heard of any bandits before, but now, it's really hard to say." ”

As soon as he said this, Wan Linggen's heart became even more anxious, "Brother Yue, I plan to take people to look for them early tomorrow morning, do you have anyone under you who is familiar with the road?" ”

Yue Fei thought for a while and said: "I have a brother named Tang Huai, he has been running around with me, and he is quite familiar with the road, so let's do it, when will you leave tomorrow, how about I let him come to you?" ”

Wan Linggen was overjoyed and said: "Then thank you Brother Yue, of course, the sooner the better." The two agreed on the matter, and Yue Fei didn't stay long, got up and said goodbye and left. Wan Linggen sent someone to call Zhang Fengnian and Li Qilin, and asked them to prepare a thousand cavalry each, and set off with him early tomorrow morning.

Before dawn the next day, Wan Linggen came to the martial arts arena, and two thousand cavalrymen were waiting there neatly under the leadership of Zhang Fengnian and Li Qilin, and Yue Fei was also standing there with a white-faced boy of seventeen or eighteen years old.

After Wan Linggen and Yue Fei met, Yue Fei pointed at the young man and said, "This is my brother Tang Huai." ”

Wan Linggen clenched his fists slightly, "Okay, hard work brother!" ”

That Tang Huai's eyes were not big, and he smiled and said, "Wan Da Shuai is polite." Wan Linggen patted him on the shoulder, "If you can, just call me Brother Wan." After Tang Huai respectfully said "Brother Wan", Yue Fei explained a few more words, and the group set off.

Starting from the west gate of the outer city of Kaifeng Mansion, along the official road all the way to the west, the horses galloped for a full hour, the sun rose in the east, the morning glow was full of sky, he also ran out for more than a hundred miles, Kaifeng City was no longer visible.

The so-called official road, that is, the dirt road paved with loess, has a width of three or four zhang, running all the way, smoke and dust are everywhere, and the momentum is not small.

Seeing that there was a high and low jungle in front of him, and the official road had narrowed a lot, only allowing a column of people and horses to pass through, Wan Linggen grabbed the reins of the horse and asked Tang Huai beside him: "Brother Tang, what kind of place is this?" ”

Tang Huai looked at it and said: "This should be a sand ditch, this mountain forest is about fifty or sixty miles long, and after the sand ditch is Zhengzhou." ”

Wan Linggen looked up at the front, and the official road under his feet meandered into the distance, hidden in the trees in front of him. He secretly calculated in his heart that these four elders would not stop here, and there should be a stop in Zhengzhou. Thinking so, he urged his horse forward, and led a large group of men and horses forward.

Because the road narrowed, the speed of the march slowed down, and it was not until near noon that they passed through the forest, and a gray city was in sight.

"Is Zhengzhou City in front?" Wan Linggen asked.

"That's right," Tang Huai said: "Zhengzhou Zhizhou Yang Zizai is a very careful person, we don't have the customs clearance token of the Marshal's Mansion in our hands, I'm afraid it's not easy to enter his door." ”

Wan Linggen asked, "Can you go over without entering the city?" ”

Tang Huai nodded and said, "Of course you can, but there is a recruiting envoy camp here on Jingbei Road, I'm afraid I can't get around." ”

Wan Linggen asked again, "Xingying?" Do you know who that solicitation is? ”

Tang Huai frowned and said, "I heard Brother Yue talk about it, it seems that he is a person surnamed Huang. ”

Wan Linggen thought to himself, no matter who he was, Lao Tzu didn't know anything, and if he met him, let's talk about it. So a dozen horses said, "Go!" ”