At noon the next day, on the official road, Chen Sanlang and the Laoshan Mansion came to meet each other. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The messenger was chubby, and rode on a red horse, so that people could not help but feel tired for the horse. Behind it were four retinues, all dressed in soft armor and with long knives hanging from their waists.

Seeing Chen Sanlang, the envoy did not dismount, tilted his head slightly, his two big nostrils were exposed, he looked very arrogant, and asked lazily: "Which one is the champion Lang?"

Seeing this, Zhou Fencao and the others all showed indignation, thinking that the other party had specially sent an envoy to greet them, which was enough to show their sincerity and enthusiasm, but they didn't expect this envoy to have such an attitude.

Chen Sanlang stepped forward and hugged his fists: "I am Chen Yuan of Jing County, what do you call Your Excellency?"

The envoy glanced at him and snorted coldly: "This envoy's surname is Su Minggui, and he is here to welcome Zhuang Yuanlang into the mansion on the order of the prefect, so come with me later." ”

Hearing that his surname is Su, I am afraid that he is related to Su Zhenhong, so it is no wonder that he is pretentious.

Chen Sanlang didn't care about him either, and ordered the troops to move.

That Su Gui hurried to Chen Sanlang's side, suddenly coughed dryly, squeezed out a smile, and said in a slightly lowered voice: "Zhuangyuanlang, Su has heard for a long time that Yangzhou in Jiangnan is rich in the world, and when I saw it today, it was true." ”

Chen Sanlang said indifferently: "Why do you say this?"

Su Gui smiled: "I heard that Zhuang Yuanlang was born in a poor family, but he served as the county magistrate of Jing County for a short time, but when he migrated, he had hundreds of people and horses, and dozens of vehicles.

The implication is that after Chen Sanlang took office, he wantonly looted the people's fat and ointment, so that he could accumulate so much family property.

In fact, he did not mean to mock and ridicule, he was not greedy for officials, what kind of officials should he be? He just felt that his eyes were hot, and the baggage must have been loaded with gold, silver, jewelry, and grain, etc., which were extremely sought-after resources in Yongzhou.

Today's Laoshan Mansion is very poor, there is no way, the people are displaced, a large area is abandoned, there is no production, how can there be income? There is not much grain stored in the city, and it has to be used sparingly every day.

Su Gui saw the weight in Chen Sanlang's team, and his eyes were very greedy, as for whether it was Chen Sanlang's embezzlement gains, who cared?

Chen Sanlang was noncommittal and said: "The envoy of Su welcomes him from afar, I dare not slack off, little meaning, please smile." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and touched his waistbag.

Su Gui was happy when he saw him, but the next moment, when he saw that Chen Sanlang just took out a small ingot of silver, one or two of insufficient fineness, his face suddenly sank: "Zhuangyuanlang, is this a flower child?"

Chen Sanlang looked at him coldly: "Your Excellency doesn't want it, I'll save it." ”

I really put the money back again.

Su Gui was so angry that he almost smoked, pointed at Chen Sanlang and shouted, "Chen Yuan, you don't know how to lift!"

Chen Sanlang's face was straight, his eyes were wide, and he said it strangely, the jujube red horse that Su Gui was riding suddenly fell down with weak front legs, and now it was okay, the fat messenger lost his balance, and his bones rolled to the ground, and his head and face were covered with dirt, and he was embarrassed.

"Someone, call me!"

Su Gui shouted to the heavens, and the four entourages rushed forward to make a move.

In an uproar, more than a dozen Zhuang soldiers rushed up, one by one with knives and guns in hand, as long as the other party dared to make a move, he immediately killed the killer.

Su Gui struggled to stand up, pointed at Chen Sanlang, and was angry: "Okay, wow, I said earlier that you came to Laoshan Mansion with bad intentions and wanted to rebel." Wait, I'll go back and tell your lordship, and send troops to kill you all......"

Reaching out to pull the horse, he didn't expect the horse to kneel and whine, and refused to get up no matter how much he fought.

Su Gui couldn't, so he had to turn around and leave under the escort of his entourage.

Looking at them walking away, Zhou Fencao said worriedly: "Childe, this messenger is rude, he just offended him, I'm afraid he will say bad things about Su Zhenhong." Otherwise, let's take a detour and not go to Laoshan Mansion. ”

Chen Sanlang said with a smile: "It's okay, the messenger is the messenger, and Su Zhenhong is Su Zhenhong." He can govern a government and a city, and he should not be such a narrow-minded person who will not listen to one side. ”

Zhou Fencao said: "Childe, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?"

"You don't have to be polite, sir, if you have something to say. ”

Zhou Fencao raised his eyes and looked around, and said slowly: "Since entering the Laoshan Mansion area, I have carefully observed, but I have seen that the fields are deserted, the villages are dilapidated, and the people's livelihood is withering, and many scenes have not changed much from other places. Since Su Zhenhong has presided over this place for a long time, but he doesn't know how to govern and operate, I think this person is reckless. ”

Chen Sanlang smiled: "Mr. is observant. ”

In fact, these have already been seen by him one by one.

Zhou Fencao asked: "In this case, why do we still go to Fucheng?" The worry in his heart can never be eliminated, entering Laoshan Mansion, once something happens, it is equivalent to sending sheep into the tiger's mouth. No matter how great Chen Sanlang's ability is, hundreds of people are in danger of facing thousands of enemies.

"I have a reason to go to Fucheng. Sir, don't worry, the Taoist chief has already taken care of the city, and it will be fine. ”

Chen Sanlang said firmly, Zhou Fencao was not good at speaking, and he thought that with the wisdom of his son, he would never do something that he was not sure of.

The team continued its journey.

Due to the weight and consideration of the family, the speed of its implementation has not been fast, but this place is not far from Laoshan Fucheng.

In the evening, an advance scout spy reported that the city of Laoshan Mansion was already within a hundred miles. But because it was getting late, I had to find a place to spend the night and enter the city again tomorrow.

The place was quickly found and was a nearby village.

There are still people living in this village, a few, just seven or eight households, each household, only one or two, basically the old and weak population. Because the young man was either killed, or went out to find a livelihood.

When these people saw Chen Sanlang's team coming, they were all indifferent, and their eyes looked numb. In these eyes, there is basically no hope for life.

Chen Sanlang instructed not to disturb the people and find a vacant place to settle down. In fact, there is nothing to disturb, and turning the rice jars of all the families in the village upside down may not be able to make up enough food for a few catties.

The camp was quickly set up, and the family began to live and cook skillfully, and there were stews and stir-fried vegetables, and there was an attractive aroma emanating from it.

The aroma attracted the inhabitants at once, and when they saw that these strangers did not look like wicked people, they became emboldened, and gathered around one by one, watching with their eyes open.

Xu Jun saw that most of these people were old and weak women and children, and he felt sorry in his heart, and couldn't help but say, "San Lang, give them something to eat." ”

Chen Saburo nodded.

Xu Jun immediately went down and asked someone to fetch a large bucket of rice, poured broth on it, and sent it outside, so that the villagers could line up and bring bowls one by one to receive them.

The villagers were overjoyed, and some of them immediately knelt down and kowtowed in thanksgiving.

It's been a long, long time since they've had a decent meal...... (To be continued.) )