Chapter 37 Pingzhang County Knows the Suffering of the Commoners
"Wang Wu, you said you were the county lieutenant of Pingzhang County?"
Huaiyu stood up and asked angrily: "The county order was killed, as a county lieutenant, you abandoned the people of a county and fled for your life alone, and you actually started to rob the house here, you are so bold!" β
Wang Wu was frightened by Huaiyu's roar, and the little Langjun in front of him was obviously a girl pretending to be Xiaolangjun, who was young, but he exuded an aura that could not be ignored from the inside out.
He knew that Huaiyu was extraordinary, so he didn't dare to make a mistake, and said: "The little wrong, on the day the county order was killed, the villain happened to go outside the county to supervise the spring ploughing, so he escaped, and when the villain returned to the county office, no one survived the county officials, and they were all killed by bandits."
"The enemy is outnumbered, the villain is just a small county lieutenant, how can he compete with that group of bandits, he has to ...... as a last resort"
Before he finished speaking, he was already in tears, pulling his sleeves to wipe his tears.
Huaiyu saw him crying sadly, and his heart moved: "Let me ask you, do you know how many bandits there are?" β
"No less than 100 people!"
"No less than hundreds, no less than hundreds." Huaiyu repeated this sentence softly, thoughtfully.
Gu Youzhao saw what she was thinking, walked over and patted her on the shoulder, raised the sword in his hand, and showed a confident smile.
Huaiyu smiled when he saw his arrogant appearance.
She looked at Ah Wei: "Ah Wei, you are the person who is looking for Yanlou, right?" β
Ah Wei nodded, he was indeed the one who was looking for the Wild Goose Tower.
"Zhao Yan once said that Xunyanlou has members in all cities of Dayou, and Pingzhang County is less than 100 miles away from Xiangcheng, so you want to come there to find Yanlou?"
Ah Wei said: "Not bad! β
"And can you command these people?"
"I can't!"
Huaiyu froze: "Forehead ......"
"But you can! Before leaving, the banquet boy left you a goose hunting order, which is the highest order of the goose building, see this order, such as seeing the landlord. Ah Wei slowly said something that shocked Huaiyu.
Huaiyu knew that Xunyanlou was huge, and he also knew that Pei Sangongzi, the owner of Xunyanlou, was obedient to Zhao Yan, but he didn't know that Zhao Yan gave him the order to Xunyanlou so casually, and he didn't mention a word to himself when he left.
Huaiyu thought of Zhao Yan and was a little distracted.
In that case, he really didn't have the opportunity to mention these things to himself, he was in a hurry, and he didn't leave him a good word, and I don't know what happened to him.
But if that's the case, it's easy to do!
Huaiyu came back to his senses and said to Wang Wu: "Wang Wu, I am determined to go to Pingzhang County, eradicate the thieves, and return Pingzhang County to peace, are you willing to go with me?" β
"You?"
Wang Wu solemnly looked at Huaiyu and shook his head again and again.
"You're just a powerless little girl, even if you are noble, how can you fight against those hundred or so ferocious bandits?
"I see, you better not get involved in this matter, Mingzhe protects himself! Now in this world, even the head of a county can be killed in the government like this, girl, even if you have a noble status, how do you know when the disaster will come? β
Huaiyu's expression did not change, nor did he refute Wang Wu's words, but only ordered: "Ah Wei, set the car!" Let's go to Pingzhang County first! β
Ah Wei responded and left, and after a while, he took a purple heart wood goose pattern token of less than two inches and handed it to Huaiyu: "This is the goose hunting order." β
Huaiyu took it, took it in front of him and looked at it carefully, and smiled: Such an important token was put in the carriage like this, and Zhao Yan made it.
Wang Wu saw that Huaiyu didn't listen to his advice, and he really wanted to go to Pingzhang County, so he hurriedly stopped her: "Girl, don't go your own way, listen to the villain's advice, don't go to this troubled water......"
Huaiyu glanced at him coldly: "As the county lieutenant of Pingzhang, you are in trouble in Pingzhang, and you should do your best to save the people of Pingzhang from fire and water, but now you let it go, and even more stop me, what is the reason!?" β
"This ......"
Wang Wu lowered his head to wipe his sweat, sighed fiercely, and straightened up: "Okay!" If the girl insists on going, the villain is by no means the greedy person who is afraid of death, so she will go with the girl! β
Huaiyu's face looked better at this time, and asked, "Do you have horses and vehicles in this wine house?" β
After all, they only have one car, and it is the limit for six people to ride, and there is no longer enough to add the five Wang brothers.
"Yes, yes!"
Wang Wu hurriedly asked Wang Liu to bring their horses, and explained to Huaiyu again and again:
"The girl doesn't know, although Xiaoliu and I are robbing houses in this trip, but this place is secluded and barren, few people come, and the two of us need to go to the nearby county town from time to time to change some food. There are no horses, so it's not very convenient. β
"You're going to get by!" Duan Qinqin sneered, "I'm afraid that I used the stolen silver taels to exchange for food, right?" β
"Harm! Girl, you are wrong, now this radius is a hundred miles, and the silver taels are the most worthless! β
Huaiyu said in his heart: At this time of war, isn't the silver two the least valuable? Money can't buy food.
She and Pan Fu got into the carriage, turned around and pulled Duan Qinqin and Xiaoliu up, Gu and Zhao and Awei were already sitting on both sides of the left and right, Gu and Zhao picked up the reins, and the group set off for Pingzhang County.
After less than two hours, he arrived in Pingzhang County, Huaiyu opened the curtain and looked around, this Pingzhang County was really as Wang Wu said, miserable.
There was a merchant on both sides of the street less than two feet wide, and there were many old people, women and children on the side of the road, or holding young children, or sobbing in a low voice, and when they saw Huaiyu and their carriage, they did not raise their eyes to look up, but shrank in a hurry, as if Huaiyu and they were the fierce gods.
At this time, the sun is setting in the west, and the sun is setting; The chickens and dogs are gone, and the crows are wailing.
The whole Pingzhang County was lifeless and deadly silent.
Huaiyu felt a pain in his heart, asked Gu Youzhao to stop, picked up the bamboo stick, got out of the carriage and walked.
After walking for a short time, I finally saw an inn that was still open, and there were four big characters written on the plaque at the door: Rujia Inn.
Huaiyu walked in: "Shopkeeper, but there is still a spare room?" β
The shopkeeper was looking at the account book with a sad face, and when he saw someone coming in, he hurriedly greeted him: "Yes, yes, how many of them want to stay in the hotel?" β
"Exactly, please prepare three upper rooms for us." Ah Wei stepped forward and said, "Give us something else to eat." β
"Hey, hey, wait a minute, the food will come up."
The shopkeeper accepted the few taels of silver handed over by Awei, grinned widely, and hurriedly led Huaiyu and the others upstairs.
"This Rujia Inn has some skills, and in such a situation in Pingzhang County, he can open as usual." The group entered the guest room, and Ah Weiqi said, "Wang Wu, do you know the origin of this shopkeeper?" β
Wang Wudao: "The son doesn't know, the shopkeeper's surname is Ru Mingfang, he is a first-class rich man in Pingzhang County, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a lot of money, he has not only opened this inn in Pingzhang County, but also Rujia Tavern, Rujia Silk Village, Rujia Grain Store, ......"
"It's just a pityβ"
"What a pity?"
"Alas! It's a pity that this rich businessman is a dime and a dime, and he is just a rooster on weekdays, but after the Yan army attacked, he actually raised the price of grain and did not sell it to the people of Pingzhang, so that the rice and noodles in the Rujia warehouse were piled up into a mountain, and the people of Pingzhang County starved to death on the side of the road......
"What a cunning and heartless businessman!" Awei was indignant.
Huaiyu wasn't so angry, she said in a deep voice.
"Ah Wei, you take this token and immediately go to Xiangcheng to transfer people, no more, thirty people are enough, be sure to rush back before dawn!"