Chapter Twenty-Five: General Fei
Snow is falling, and there is a blanket of silver everywhere.
A group of people walked on the snow, making a creaking sound.
"Sir, why don't you take the carriage" Wang Gang looked at the road without a single footprint, and did not dare to walk in front.
"It's okay, Ziyi, if you can't walk, go to the carriage," Zhang Qian said. It feels like Wang Gang doesn't want to walk anymore, and he is embarrassed to get into the carriage alone.
"Well, sir, I have a few articles for you, or let's go to the carriage." Wang Gang said that he really couldn't walk.
"Yuci County is just a few miles ahead, along the way, we have also seen a lot of county seats, what do you think of Ziyi?" Zhang Qian said as he looked into the distance.
"I said sir, you have a shortcut and don't go, you have to go around most of Yanmen County, why bother" Wang Gang was a little puzzled.
"Ziyi, as a county guard, you have to be aware of the people's feelings, you are always in Yanmen Pass, and you don't know what the situation is in the county below, you have to go down and walk more." Zhang Qian stood still and looked at Wang Gang with some sternness.
"I ...... Isn't it snowing? Wang Gang was a little speechless, and to be honest, he also felt that he was not very competent as a county guard.
"It's snowing, we passed through the nine counties of Yanmen, and there were no people who froze to death in that county." Zhang Qian pointed at Wang Gang and asked.
"That,,this. I'll pay attention next time" Wang Gang lowered his head, thinking of the people who were frozen in the collapsed houses, and he was powerless no matter how bright his tongue was.
"Three hundred and eighty-seven lives," Zhang Qian muttered again.
"Sir, I know it's wrong, I've already arranged for Xu Huang to take people to inspect every county town" Wang Gang lowered his head, his eyes and nose were a little sour.
"It's because I'm too strict with you, and you've done a lot, if it weren't for the grain and cotton you sent, maybe a lot more people died than now," Zhang Qian said.
"Sir, let's keep going." Wang Gang didn't go to the carriage anymore.
Zhang Liao and Chu Yu followed silently behind, listening to what the two of them were saying. It is also full of pain, the people are bitter, and the people of Yanmen County are even more bitter.
The group came to Yuci County, which is a large county in Taiyuan County, with a population of more than 200,000, second only to Jinyang County, equivalent to most of the population of Yanmen County.
Pedestrians were busy on the streets, and there were a few refugees under the eaves of the houses on both sides, all dressed in single clothes, and some small children with straw sticking in their necks.
Two eyes patrol the pedestrians on the street, sometimes rushing up and kneeling in front of the pedestrians. Pedestrians took a detour, and some kicked children to the ground with their feet. The child did not cry when he fell to the ground, but continued to look for the next pedestrian.
Wang Gang walked up, picked up the child, took a large cake from Zhang Liao's hand, handed it out silently, and turned to leave.
There wasn't much he could do, and along the way, he saw too much, and he gradually became numb.
Zhang Qian wanted to find out a little news, so he chose an inn with a lot of people, and did not go to the post house.
Walking into the inn, the shopkeeper seemed to have a lot of people, and dozens of officers and soldiers hurriedly came to greet him.
Wang Gang first arranged for the fellow soldiers to rest, and then the four of them went to the hall to eat.
There were a few rangers in the hall talking about something, and when they saw Wang Gang and a few people coming in, they turned their heads and looked at them and continued.
"If you want me to say, you should kill all the Hugh slaughterers, occupy Yunzhong County, and now go to harass and attack Wuyuan County," said a ranger armed with a short sword.
"No, but this time they didn't take advantage of it, the newly appointed Wuyuan County Taishou Lu Bu is not easy to mess with," said a man with a big knife next to him.
"I heard that the Taishou Lu Bu only brought 200 cavalry, and he killed thousands of Xiu Tu's army, and also killed the general Xiu Tu with one sword," said the ranger with a short sword in his hand, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
"Later, when the Naxiu slaughtered soldiers, they heard that General Lu was coming, so they turned around and ran."
"Yes, I've heard too, now the Wuyuan County Hugh Slaughter Soldiers have fled back to Yunzhong County," someone next to him echoed.
"Now the people of Wuyuan County call Taishou Lu Bu General Fei"
"What do you mean by General Fei?" asked a diminutive young man at the table next to him.
"General Fei is a very powerful general" The ranger with the short sword was somewhat stopped by the question, and took a sip of wine in embarrassment.
"General Fei refers to the cavalry general Li Guang, when General Li was the Taishou of Yanmen County, led more than 10,000 horsemen out of Yanmen to attack the Hun army, the Huns fled in despair, the Huns were afraid of submission, called "General Fei", and did not dare to attack for several years"
A young scribe, dressed in a dark blue kudzu shirt and a scribe's hat, with thin cheeks and piercing eyes.
"This little gentleman knows so much, tell us about General Fei again," the short young man looked hopeful.
"Let's not talk about the matter of General Fei Li Guang, I heard that the new Taishou of Yanmen County is also very extraordinary," the young scribe looked at everyone and looked at him.
"The new Taishou of Yanmen County seems to be called Wang, Wang Gang," said a ranger.
"Yes, it is that Wang Gang Wang Ziyi, although this person is from a humble background, he is young and talented. He repeatedly broke the Yellow Turban Army, and loved the people like a son, and distributed the grain and grass to the poor people in the general," the young scribe finished speaking, and looked at everyone.
"It's really fake, there is such a good official" someone expressed doubt.
"Really, really, we went to Dai County the other day, and there was not a single homeless person begging on the streets of Dai County," replied a businessman.
"This time, the imperial court has finally found some good officials for us and the state," said one businessman.
"Imperial Court" sneered twice after speaking, and continued.
"I don't know whose court it is, and the ten permanent servants are in trouble. Everyone in the clan encroached on the land, relatives took power, friends and parties did each other, and the ministers of the DPRK and China were in the camp and dogs, who still remembered that there was a merger and state" The young scholar became more and more angry, picked up the wine jar on the table, and poured it into his stomach with a bang.
"Mr. Cautious, cautious" An old man next to him hurriedly grabbed the young scholar. The young scholar was unimpressed.
"Sir, do you know this person," Wang Gang whispered.
"Wen Hui, the word Mankey, this person is anxious for justice and righteousness, righteousness and wealth, and he became famous as a young man," Zhang Qian said.
"Good, good, good" Wang Gang shouted three times in a row, applauded and stood up.
"Listening to my brother's words, it only stirred people's hearts. It's really the temperament of my generation of scholars," Wang Gang said, picked up the wine jug and touched it with Wen Hui, and also learned to drink with a bang.
Wang Gang's sudden appearance made everyone stunned.
"Dare to ask my brother Taizun's name" Wen Hui seems to be only in his twenties, with a bold personality and a heart to make friends.
"Yanmen Wang Gang Prince Yi"
Wen Hui was also stunned when he heard Wang Gang say his name, and hurriedly saluted and said.
"The kid made a mistake, and he made a mistake for a while, but it was really not his intention, and he collided with Lord Taishou, and he was looking forward to his anger," Wen Hui saluted.
Several other people also hurriedly knelt down, and only Wang Gang and a few of them stood for a while.
"Everyone, get up, the ignorant are not guilty, and you are not wrong" Wang Gang picked up Wen Hui and walked back to his desk.
Wang Gang knew that since his identity was revealed, no one would talk about it anymore, so he went back to his room to rest after eating.