A Tale of a Thousand Miles Chapter 43 Passers-by complain about grievances
At sunset and sunrise, on the official road of Yongzhou, more than 200 people of the mission team put up more flags; There are also a few dragon flags with the word "Han" of the Han Dynasty, fluttering in the wind; Two hundred bright hooks; Seven carriages, and inserted with a red lacquered wooden plaque, on the book "on behalf of the heavens to patrol hunting", that is, holding the holy decree to walk on the official road in a high-profile manner, the people must kneel to send this team, along the way the county soldiers should also bow their heads, just this pomp, do not want to show off.
Nearly 100 carriages walked on the official road, escorted by county soldiers from various counties along the way, but they were also safe. Bright armor, shining in the scorching sun, hundreds of spears and halberds, exuding a hunting and murderous aura. The gold-scaled spear in my hand, changing its position from time to time, flashing with blue light, several huge "Fengzhi Qincha", so that others dare not approach, seven or eight big Han dragon flags, walking in the front, revealing majesty and solemnity.
Dongfang Shuo's carriage sat for a long time, and he also changed to riding horses. Dongfang Shuo is not an ordinary civil official, he has a three-foot sword, and an ordinary lieutenant really can't do him. Think about driving an ox cart to thousands of miles alone, people and an ox cart books are intact, as for martial arts and swordsmanship, it is a matter of benevolence.
Dongfang Shuo, Lu Jia and I rode at the front of the team, admiring the street customs and customs of Taiyuan, Bingzhou, along the way, the singing and dancing we saw were peaceful, peaceful and peaceful, and inexplicably emotional.
I was talking to them about the future itinerary, "My lord, Boss Lu, according to the current speed of travel, the day after tomorrow you can go out of the border of the state and enter Jizhou Dai County, but the general in front once said that there are often Hun cavalry haunted there, not as safe and sound as now, so I want to ask the two of you, how to plan the next road, is it to detour to Yunzhou and then enter Youzhou Qingzhou, or go straight to Jizhou and run to Youzhou Jixian?" ”
Dongfang Shuo thought about it for a while, and then he had a specific itinerary in his heart. So he introduced the specific route to the two of us: "Go sick, we have delayed a little too much time in the four counties of Hongnong, Hedong, Hanoi, and Shangdang, and now we have entered Taiyuan County, and we will go straight to Youzhou." From there, it passes through Changshan County and Zhending County in the north of Jizhou, enters Zhongshan Country in the north, and then enters Zhuo County in the east, and enters Jixian County along the West Sea. When we arrived in Jixian County, we had already completed three-fifths of the trip, and we were much easier and faster in the later period! ”。
Listening to Dongfang Shuo's route, it is basically the same as the marching route in my memory, but what I am worried about is the safety of the goods and the escorts, and the will of the Holy One can now be put in the second place. If I am alone and encounter the Hun cavalry, I can kill it, and I am confident that no one can stop me if I want to leave the whole Han world, but I still have important supplies and envoys Dongfang Shuo and Lu Jia by my side.
"General Huo, let's listen to Lord Dongfang, although there are some risks ahead, but we are not powerless people, plus General Huo is brave, and the guards escorted are all soldiers in battle, the Son of Heaven is guarded, and he is not afraid of the Hun cavalry. They have a full moon scimitar, and we are not bad, we have all eighteen kinds of weapons, and we have long-range weapons; Moreover, the Oriental Lord is resourceful and believes that we are safe. "Lu Jia didn't say a word all the way, but today he actually opened his mouth to comfort me.
"Okay, I'll listen to Lord Dongfang, you are the master of this trip, we will all listen to you!" Actually, I don't have any good ideas now, so I can only listen to what Dongfang says. After all, it's the first time I've gone far away, and I'm not familiar with life.
While he was talking about how to walk, suddenly a man who looked honest and honest appeared in front of the horse, holding a white cloth with the word 'injustice', kneeling in the middle of the road, and shouted:
"Wronged, the grass people are wronged! , please make the decision for the small people! ”
I stepped forward: "Who are you, what grievances do you have, you can go to the county office, or even the county guard to beat the drum and voice the grievances, why did you stop me and others?" "I really don't understand, there are too many things like this along the way. Unconsciously raised his voice and asked loudly.
"This general, the grass man is a person in the city, surnamed Wang Mingbao, who has been running a herbal medicine shop for many years and has a good business. A few years ago, after being introduced by others, he married a concubine Ma Rongfei, who was pampered in every way and entrusted all the financial power of the family to be in charge. But who would have thought that he would recruit a wolf into the house, it was a snake and a scorpion, not only the wives and children of the grass people died tragically, but now even the medicinal herb business that had been in the camp for many years was forcibly seized by this concubine, and she did not abide by the woman's way, and fornicated with Pei Ruhai next door at home. Now the grass people have been so depressed that they can't eat, living in the ancestral thatched house, watching their family business that they have worked hard for many years being forcibly seized by others, and living the life they deserve. The grass people were really unwilling and angry, so they came to sue and let the adults make decisions for the grass people! Wang Bao said while crying, a handful of snot and tears, which made people feel sad. Passers-by also expressed deep sympathy for what happened to Wang Xianbao, and even a few people said, "This Pei Ruhai seems to have a friendship with the county commander and the county guard, and others also give him three points of courtesy, dare not offend him, and are lustful." ' and other words;
What's more, he said: "This county order and Pei Ruhai are relatives, one is an opportunistic and flattering person in Shilin, and the other has no one in his eyes who does all kinds of evil, oppresses the good, whoever wants to sue the official will be killed by them in collusion, and these two people are about to become the emperor of the county town!" ”。
"This is worth it, this Wang Xianbao is also a bitter life, fortunately, the foundation that he worked so hard to build was robbed by that wicked man, and no one is willing!";
Dongfang Shuo and I were stunned by Wang Shibao's appeal, there are such absurd things in the world, I don't understand it very well, so I turned our eyes to Dongfang Shuo, wanting him to come forward to deal with this matter.