Chapter 40: Stand-ins
The ghost doctor Baicao has disappeared, and it is impossible for me to find him now, and the appearance of the living dead under the Lord here is enough to explain the situation of the ghost doctor. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
There is no result here, I don't plan to continue to stay here and waste time, Tianfu is already in a hurry, and I can't tell when the defense of Rongguan will completely collapse.
I was actually trying to find some people to help, or move the soldiers from somewhere, but it seemed to be designed behind the scenes to not give me any chance to ask for help.
My own family, Li Tang, has been besieged from both sides of Chu and Qi, and the situation will definitely not be too pretty, and I think it is a fool's dream to get assistance from Li Tang.
Great Qin's strongest combat force, the Han family's army, was actually wiped out, Beidi's iron hooves had already stepped on Luodu, under their offensive, Great Qin was already in danger, how could there be extra strength to help Tianfu.
Not to mention the rebellion of the two princes of Zhao, Qian'er was only pacified not long after the assistance of General Yebei, and the internal situation in his own country has not been rectified, how can he have the strength to help Tianfu.
And now I'm alone, the grass head is dead, and the intelligence network and connections in his hands are no longer able to help me.
The intelligence network of the Shangguan Family Liang faction in Xirong, who cooperated with me, has been paralyzed and is unusable, not to mention that Shangguan Qingyan is not by my side now, and there is no way to borrow from the Shangguan family.
Thinking of Shangguan Qingyan's head, I decided that after I arrived in Tianfu, I would ask the people from Tianfu to help me contact her, and quickly receive these still usable powers in my hands.
The forces I can still use are the Poison Sect, but now that the chaos of the Xirong Poison People is still unclear, it is better for them to lurk and not expose them too early.
In addition to these, I am still worried about some problems in my heart, Shen Qing'er and my mother are still in Luodu, but Prince Luodu is holding on, and it is not so easy for Beidi to break the city.
The Shangguan sisters are still in Mingcheng, since the chaos has expanded from the first line of Yumen Pass, then the two sisters are likely to be in danger, and when I go to Mingcheng again, even if I use force, I will take the Duguyan sisters away.
Traveling all the way, from Jishui Town to the north to Tianshui City, I went to Wansheng to verify the situation and see if the chaos in the north was true.
My previous plans were based on the fact that the situation was true, and if that note was just a means for someone to lure me out in the dark, and it was a fiction, then the matter in the north would not be so urgent.
I went directly to the City Lord's Mansion to find Wansheng, but I saw many young adults standing at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, lined up, not knowing what they were doing.
As I got closer, I noticed that these people seemed to be writing their names, and after writing them, they received a lot of silver, and then went into the city lord's mansion to get some relatively rudimentary equipment.
I wanted to go straight in to find Wansheng, but I was stopped by two soldiers in armor and with knives at their waists.
"Join the army and go over there and line up!"
Standing straight at the door, these two iron-faced and selfless soldiers said this in unison, it seemed that it was not the first time they had said this.
They were guarding the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, and if I were to break in, there might be a mess, so I dismissed the idea.
"I have something to do with Wansheng in the City Lord's Mansion, and I still hope to get through. ”
My words are fine, but the two of them were unmoved, and one of them also said: "Our City Lord's Mansion does not have Wansheng, only City Lord Wanchi, you have come to the wrong place, please go back!"
When he said this, I was puzzled.
Wan Chi is obviously dead, what does he mean by saying that there is only Wan Chi in the City Lord's Mansion at this time, the soldiers on the side did not refute this statement, which seems almost ridiculous to me, indicating that there is indeed another "Wan Chi" who is in charge of the overall situation in the City Lord's Mansion.
Thinking of this, a thought suddenly came to my mind, as if I probably understood what was going on.
They wouldn't let me in, and I didn't break through the door, so I left right away.
Seeing that I didn't go in through the gate, the young man queuing up on the side suddenly smiled and said: "Lord Wanchi is iron-faced and selfless now, and he is extremely disdainful of this kind of practice of wanting to go behind, it seems that he has touched a nail!"
Another person followed up and said, "The current Lord Wanchi is a good official, otherwise we would not have responded to his conscription order like this." ”
"That's right, the City Lord's Mansion is the parent official of our local people, he is good to us, and we naturally want to defend him!"
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Far away, the words of those young adults will not be heard, but from the few words, the guess in my heart has been verified, and it should be like this!
Going around to a secluded place, I looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, I lit up with one foot, borrowed a little force on the wall, and climbed directly into the courtyard wall of one and a half feet.
After landing, I found that this place was still relatively secluded, no one walked around, and no one noticed me, and I was a little relieved.
I didn't have to wait long, I went straight to the place where Wan Chi stayed before, and now someone is pretending to be Wan Chi, and he will stay there if he wants to come.
I don't know if it's because there is a conscription order at the door, but there are not many people behind the City Lord's Mansion, and I sneaked around here and didn't meet anyone.
When I got there, I heard a voice coming from inside, so I jumped into the room and listened to what the people were saying.
I only heard one person report: "My lord, according to your request, the conscription order of the imperial court has been issued three days ago, and the response has been very good in the past three days, and now at least 3,000 people have come to apply!"
Then, a slightly old voice that I had never heard before, said, "Oh...... It seems that the adult's previous approach was correct, otherwise there would never be so many people recruited!"
Immediately after, there was a hoarse voice, which others may not be able to hear, but as soon as I heard it, I knew that this person was Wansheng.
"Master Liu, how many people does the imperial court conscription order ask us to conscript?"
The slightly old voice was Master Liu's, and he quickly replied, with a lot of respect in his voice, "Lord Hui, according to the instructions of the conscription order, each county must levy a thousand new troops to go to the north to fight against Beidi, and according to the national strength of Great Qin, it is more than enough to levy more than one million new troops!"
The voice of the previous proclamation said, "My lord, if you can levy 3,000 troops, I am afraid that there will be a lot of rewards!"
Wan Sheng didn't speak, Master Liu said: "However, the new army that went up doesn't know if two of the ten can come back alive, in the face of those Beidi cavalry who are good at conquest, how can these inexperienced young people resist!"
Master Liu said a lot about the fierceness of the battle in the north in three or two sentences, and the three people in the room immediately fell silent.
Maybe he was thinking, and after a while, Wan Sheng said: "In this way, if you recruit a thousand people, send all the rest back!"
Hearing this, the person who reported it suddenly didn't understand, and said, "My lord, this is a good opportunity for meritorious promotion, so don't you want it?"
Wan Sheng was a little unhappy, and said slightly angrily: "Luo Xian, what credit is comparable to the life of our sons and daughters in Tianshui City? Can you not go, the tragedy of the white-haired people sending the black-haired people should not happen in our Tianshui City!"
I have to say that Wan Sheng, the pretended Taishou, is still very competent, sympathetic to the people's feelings, and may be more competent than his uncle Wan Chi.
Being persuaded by Wan Sheng, Luo Xian replied convincingly: "My lord, my subordinates understand, I will order it!"
"Well, you go down!"
"Whoa!"
After Luo Xian retired, Master Liu smiled and said to Wan Sheng: "My lord, I will thank you for your kindness on behalf of the people of Tianshui City!"
Wan Sheng smiled bitterly, his voice was no longer hoarse, and said: "Old Liu, don't be sarcastic about me, there are no outsiders here, why bother!"
As soon as he said this, Master Liu lost the respect he had just now, and said: "Wansheng, I just thanked you for the people of Tianshui City, but I didn't just talk about it!"
Wan Sheng seemed a little distressed, and said: "Elder Liu, if it weren't for your idea, I would have spread the news of my uncle's death a long time ago, and now let me pretend to be my uncle, I'm afraid it's not okay?"
Liu Lao didn't care about Wan Chi's words, and replied with a smile: "Your words have already shown that I didn't see the wrong person, and it is very correct for you to pretend to be Wan Chi Taishou! Besides, you are Wan Chi Taishou's nephew, why not inherit the position of Tianshui County Taishou?"
Wan Sheng was not fooled by him, and asked: "Old Liu, I'm afraid it's not so simple, otherwise if you bump into my uncle's death, it will be impossible for me to immediately keep my secret and impostor!"
Wan Sheng had already spoken, and Liu Lao no longer hid it, and said: "Now that the north is in chaos, Beidi has rushed through the Yumen Pass, and many cities in the north are in the midst of war, and such a war will burn to the south at some point, and the comfort of Tianshui City will not be too long." ”
"I chose to let you impersonate you is also selfish, I am the head of the people of Tianshui City, and I don't want the people of Tianshui City to be poisoned by war and suffering. ”
"If you pass on the news of Wan Chi Taishou's death, the imperial court may dispatch a new Taishou down, and the future of the people of Tianshui City will be uncertain at that time!"
"Rather than that, it's better for you to take over this position, not to mention anything else, at least you won't bring too much suffering to the people of Tianshui City!"
Liu Lao explained so much, Wan Sheng basically accepted all this, and said: "Liu Lao, you have thought so much about the people of this city, I should really replace the people of a city Thank you for being old!"
For Wansheng's words, I also nodded secretly in my heart, this Liu Lao is indeed a good person, and he is really thinking about the people of Tianshui City!
With him and Wan Sheng, before being affected by the war, the people of Tianshui City could still live a good life.
From the conversation between Wan Sheng and Master Liu, I have already determined one thing, the breaking of the first line of the Northern Yumen Pass is not a lie, it seems that most of what is written on that note is true.
In this way, I have more things to do, but I still have to go to Tianfu first, because the problem there is the most urgent.
Even if Prince Meng can't hold the north and Luodu, it is more than enough for him to transfer my mother and Shen Qing'er away.
With this layer of assurance, I won't worry too much about what is going on my mother's side.
And now, having found out what I need to know, I don't plan to show up, because I'm afraid it will take a lot of time to get out, and I still have so many things to do that I can't delay.
And Tianshui City will be handed over to Wan Sheng and this Master Liu, they will toss it themselves, with Wan Sheng's talent, it may not be enough to govern the people of a county, but with one Master Liu, it will be almost the same.
Besides, Wansheng is not a bad person, and he won't do anything to make Tianshui City a miasma.
When I decided to leave, Wan Sheng was still discussing with Master Liu about the imperial court's conscription order, which was indeed an extremely important matter for Tianshui City, and it was no wonder that Wan Shan and they poured so much effort into it.
Anyway, so far, Wansheng can be regarded as a qualified Taishou!
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To be continued......