After learning what happened from Hu Yicheng, Zhao Yan once again wanted people to separate the two groups of people who were fighting, although these soldiers knew the severity and did not use weapons, but after all, they were all a family, and it was not like a word to fight back and forth, but at this moment, the person who suddenly broke in outside made him stunned for a moment, because he never expected to see Wang Shu here.

"Didn't he go back to his hometown in Taiyuan, how could he be in Hezhong Mansion?" At this time, Zhao Yan was also very shocked and said, I saw that Wang Xu, who came in, was much thinner and much older than at the beginning, but he and Cao Song still recognized each other at a glance.

"Third brother, let's not go out yet, it's a little strange for Wang Shu to appear here, let's see how he handles this matter." Cao Song also opened his mouth at this time, and then pulled Zhao Yan back for a while, anyway, it was raining now, and it was night, it was estimated that Wang Xu would not be able to see them for a while.

Zhao Yan was also very curious about the reason why Wang Shu appeared here, and at the same time he didn't know what to say when he saw the other party, so he retreated back with Cao Song. I saw Wang Shu come in and shout to stop the generals on his side, most of the people quickly retreated, only a few were beaten too badly, they could only lie on the ground and hum, although Zhao Yan's guards relied on it, but when they saw that the other party was a scholar, they didn't chase and fight again, after all, the Great Song Dynasty was heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and generally if it was not necessary, they were not willing to provoke scholars.

Wang Xuan really didn't see Zhao Yan behind him, only to see that he first glanced at the wounded soldiers, and immediately commanded people to carry back his own side, and then stood up and asked the other side: "I don't know which general's subordinate you are, why did you clash with our grain team?" ”

"Who are you and why are you here?" At this time, Niu Lie, the head of Zhao Yan's personal guard, came out and asked, he had not been following Zhao Yan for a long time and did not know Wang Xu. Of course, Wang Shu didn't know him.

"Under is Wang Xu, the staff of the prefect of the river, this time he was ordered by the prefect to escort grain and grass supplies to the soldiers on the front line, because the military situation is urgent. If there is any collision, I hope that General Haihan! Wang Xuan immediately saluted Niu Lie. Seeing his appearance, Zhao Yan and Cao Song in the back also glanced at each other in surprise. In the past, Wang Xu's eyes were above the top, and even Zhao Yan, the king of the county, looked down on him, let alone a low-status military general like Niu Lie, but now the other party is extremely humble, as if he had changed his name, if he hadn't said his name just now, I'm afraid Zhao Yan and Cao Song wouldn't dare to recognize him at all.

Although Niu Lie was a rough man, when he heard that the other party was a staff member of the Jiangzhong prefect. There was also a bit of solemnity on his face, although a prefect could not be compared with Zhao Yan in terms of status, but the prefect was in charge of the administrative power of a prefecture, and he was regarded as a local real power figure, no wonder those soldiers before were so arrogant, after all, this is someone's territory, and it was sent by the prefect, and the general army could only tolerate them when they encountered them.

Thinking of the above, Niu Lie just wanted to follow Wang Xu's words and go down the stairs, and then the matter was revealed. But at this moment, I only heard Zhao Yan's voice behind me: "I didn't expect to meet you here, it seems that we are really fateful!" ”

Zhao Yan's words just fell. Seeing him come out of the darkness with Cao Song and Huang Wude, Niu Lie and other guards saw Zhao Yan and just wanted to salute, but he waved his hand to stop him, and then looked at Wang Xu indifferently.

Wang Xue never expected to see Zhao Yan here, and there were also two acquaintances, Cao Song and Huang Wude, who were also stunned for a while, and only after a while did they come to their senses, and immediately walked a few steps forward and saluted: "Meet the county king below!" ”

Just now, Zhao Yan only felt that Wang Shu had lost weight and aged a lot. Now when the other party approached, I found that Wang Shu had indeed lost a lot of weight now. The cheeks were also deeply sunken, and there were many wrinkles on the forehead and the corners of the eyes. There is even a lot of gray hair on his temples, and a thirty-year-old person looks like a middle-aged man in his forties, and it seems that his life has not been easy in the past few years.

The current Wang Xuan not only looks old, but also because of the rain before, his whole body is full of water and mud, and he looks like a wolf, which makes Zhao Yan suddenly feel a little irritable, and immediately instructed Huang Wude: "Old Huang, you let people make room for them to rest, as for today's fight, forget it!" ”

Zhao Yan turned around and left after speaking, and didn't pay attention to Wang Xu, in fact, he and Wang Shu really had nothing to say, they could scold him when they saw him before, but the other party is so miserable now, which makes Zhao Yan not know how to face the current Wang Xu, so it is better not to see it.

Seeing Zhao Yan turn around and leave, Cao Song turned his head to look at Wang Xu, and didn't say anything at the moment, he also turned to leave, only Huang Wude stayed to look at Wang Xu, and said with a smile: "Wang Yuma, please come with the old slave, and the old slave will arrange a room for you!" ”

"Huang Gong laughed, he was no longer a colt in the morning." Wang Shu heard Huang Wude's words but said with a wry smile, but he still followed the other party into the post station, after all, he did need a room to rest, as for the soldiers behind him who heard that the person in the post station turned out to be His Royal Highness the county king of the Great Song Dynasty, they were all frightened, fortunately the other party did not mean to blame, otherwise they would be miserable.

Zhao Yan returned to the room in an irritable mood, and Cao Song also followed, as soon as he entered the door, he immediately said: "Third brother, do you think that Wang Shu has changed a lot?" ”

"Of course, I can see that he is much thinner and older than before." Zhao Yan replied a little absent-mindedly.

"No, I'm not talking about a change in appearance!" Cao Song strode over to Zhao Yan and sat down and said, "The last time I saw him was a year ago, when he was ridiculed, he was still very arrogant in his bones, but now it's only been a year, and the arrogance in his body is gone, and he is willing to be a small staff, which is a bit incredible." ”

"What's this, I heard that he was very depressed when he left the capital, and there is an old mother to serve at home, sometimes people have to bow their heads in order to live, this year is enough time to smooth out the edges and corners of his body, which may be a good thing for him!" Zhao Yan was not as surprised as Cao Song, because he knew that when a person was faced with the problem of survival, sometimes he had to lower his head.

"No, third brother, you don't know, no matter how down-and-out Wang Shu is, their Wang family is also a big family in Taiyuan, not to mention anything else, just the land left by Wang Xu's ancestors is enough for him to live a rich life, and he has no brothers in his family, and no one will rob him of the family property at all, so as long as he is willing, he can be his own rich man behind closed doors, but now he deigns to be a staff member, and the only explanation is that he is voluntary!" Cao Song's business in the past few years has not been in vain, his brain has turned very quickly, and his analysis is extremely reasonable.

Zhao Yan also felt extremely reasonable when he heard it, but he quickly waved his hand indifferently and said: "Whether Wang Shu is forced or active, this is his own choice, we have nothing to do with him, there is no need to worry about him at all!" ”

"That's just as well!" Cao Song also nodded when he heard Zhao Yan's words, in fact, he originally wanted to say that Wang Xu's fall to the point where he is today has an inseparable relationship with Zhao Yan, so he was worried that Wang Xu would hold a grudge against Zhao Yan, but he quickly thought that with Zhao Yan's identity, even if Wang Shu really hated him, it was useless, so he didn't say it in the end.

After resting for a night, Zhao Yan thought that the rain would stop the next day, so that they could go on the road immediately, but they didn't expect that this autumn rain would not stop, although it was much smaller, but they still couldn't hurry, and finally Zhao Yan and Huang Wude discussed it, and had to prepare to stay at the post station for a few more days.

It's just that what Zhao Yan and the others never expected was that this time it would rain endlessly, in fact, this is also normal, after all, the autumn rain in the north is like this, either it doesn't rain, or it will rain endlessly, and the wet and cold climate can be compared with the winter in the south.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Yan had no choice but to live in the post station with peace of mind, but soon that Hu Yicheng came to report one thing to him, that is, the food in the post station was not enough, speaking of which, there was originally a warehouse for storing grain in the post station, and it was no problem to live a few hundred people, but Zhao Yan brought more than 2,000 people this time, plus Wang Xu's escort team of grain and grass materials also had thousands of people, as a result, so many people gathered together, and the food in the post station was able to last for a few days, which was already the result of Hu Yicheng's careful calculation. If this rain continues, I'm afraid the whole post station will go hungry.

"Lao Huang, do we still have any dry food to bring?" Zhao Yan could also understand Hu Yicheng's difficulties, and asked Huang Wude beside him at the moment, he remembered that everyone carried a lot of dry food when they were marching, and now they can also take it out for emergencies.

"King Qiyu, we usually only bring six days of dry food, and we have been on the road for three days before, so it is estimated that there are only three days of dry food left, even if we save some dry food, I am afraid we can only eat for four or five days, but we have to rush after leaving the post station, and it will take at least two days to find a place to replenish supplies." Huang Wude also said helplessly at this time, he didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

Zhao Yan was also worried when he heard this, there were still two days to go from the post station, so they had to leave at least half of the dry food, so that they could only last two more days at most, but looking at the rain outside, it didn't seem like they could stop in a day or two, could it be that they really wanted to starve?

Just when Zhao Yan and Huang Wude were worried about the food, they saw that Hu Yicheng suddenly smiled very humbly: "Your Royal Highness the County King, the villain has a way to get food, but you have to come forward in person, the County King!" (To be continued) R466