(Thanks to the new alliance leader Feng Junzi, Tu Fulai, adei, traveling separately, and cheering with smiles...)
When the inspection envoy Deng Gui saw Xu Wujiang and others returning empty-handed, he knew that these slippery men were unwilling to contribute.
Although he is only a ninth-rank military inspector, he is a member of the Privy Council who has been selected by the Privy Council to be appointed by the eighth rank. He is an official but not an official. He is usually stationed next to
Among the military villages in the market of Huaiyuan Town.
The local political system of this dynasty was very different from that of the previous dynasty. Towns would be established in important markets without counties. Therefore, Deng Gui also served as the supervisor of Huaiyuan Town.
His subordinates, including Xu Wujiang, in addition to low-level military generals such as Dutou and Jiexi, also had chief clerks, tax collectors and other subordinate officials. They had considerable authority, covering the mountains and plains outside Biyang County.
He has jurisdiction over the wild countryside, preventing theft, catching thieves, and killing people.
However, Tongbai Mountain stretches for two to three hundred miles, and is connected to Sui, Guang, Ying and other three states. Bandits are infested in the area. I don’t know how many bandits there are. Deng Gui only has a hundred or so treacherous people.
The local soldiers may secretly collude with the private thieves. How can he control so much?
Today, in front of Wang Zhen, Deng Gui still pretended to ask:
"In broad daylight, there were robbers blocking the road and stealing money. It's really audacious. Do they regard me as the Huaiyuan Inspection Department as nothing? Xu Wujiang, are you waiting?
Catch these audacious people?!"
"Horses are thieves and horses are fast. Maybe they have heard of Deng Langjun's reputation. We chased them, but they were all gone. How could we catch up?" Xu Wujiang said, "But not
To think that a few horse thieves actually alerted Deng Langjun to take action in person!"
"The horse thief offended the censor Zhongcheng and reported it to the king. How can I dare to slack off? But you guys are sneaking around, refusing to work hard to catch the thief, and let him go so easily."
You thieves, do you really think that I dare not punish you?" Deng Gui stared at Xu Wujiang and asked, his voice suddenly becoming stern.
"..." Xu Wujiang was stunned, unable to figure out what Deng Gui meant.
Xu Wujiang had just rushed to rescue Xu Huai, but he didn't ask Wang Zhen and others about their origins, thinking they were just traveling on an ordinary trip.
At this time, he glanced at Wang Zhen, who was wearing a green shirt with patches on the lapel and sleeves. He thought that there was only one servant girl and a bodyguard with gray temples beside the grandfather and grandson.
Send him, is it actually the censor Zhongcheng Wang Zhen who is in charge of the censor station?
Another one, when such a number one person arrives at Tongbai Mountain, what about the officials from Sizhou County who are fawning over him?
At this time, Wang Zhen excused Xu Wujiang and others: "If we can drive away these horse thieves, it will be good if they come back without incident!"
It was a blessing to be able to escape safely at this time. How could he bring up the matter of assassination?
Xu Wujiang was still in the dark, but Deng Gui was a corrupt official after all. He heard from his colleagues that Wang Zhen was demoted to Tangzhou because he had offended something.
However, he also knew that Wang Zhen's reputation was extremely high, and it was not necessarily impossible for him to make a comeback. He just said that because he didn't want to leave any clue.
Now seeing Wang Zhen excusing Xu Wujiang and the others, Deng Gui accepted it and reprimanded Xu Wujiang: "Ms. Wang is considerate and won't pursue you for dereliction of duty. I'm still unhappy."
Come and thank Xianggong Wang."
"The king is wearing a sinful body, and when he was driven away from Tangzhou, he did not dare to be a gift to you strong men!" When Wang Zhen saw Xu Wujiang and others coming to salute, he hurriedly returned the courtesy.
Only then did Xu Wujiang realize that Wang Zhen was the censor Zhongcheng who had been demoted from the capital, and he stood aside with his sword pressed.
Deng Gui and Wang Chen complained: "As usual, I have to inspect Nanxiang today. I have military affairs and cannot stay in Huaiyuan Town. Today, Xu Wujiang will entertain me on my behalf."
Prime Minister Wang, tomorrow Xu Wujiang will select a group of soldiers to escort you, Prime Minister Wang, to Biyang..."
Deng Gui then warned Xu Wujiang with a bluffing face: "Don't let Mr. Wang be harassed by bandits again. If you are negligent, be careful and I will come back to deal with you!"
Xu Wujiang had no choice but to accept this assignment.
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Xu Huai watched the inspector Deng Gui quickly lead his team and disappear into the distant forest. He thought that he saw that Wang Zhen's encounter with the bandits was not simple, right?
Regardless of Deng Gui, what Xu Huai was thinking more about at this time was the appearance of the assassins when they left, thinking that they would not give up, or rather
The people behind the scenes will not let Wang Zhen off easily.
Xu Huai guessed that the three assassins did not see his appearance clearly, and thought that as long as Wang Zhen did not tell him, it would be impossible for the assassins to make a comeback.
They would find him, but that was what he was thinking, but he felt an inexplicable emotion, and felt that he shouldn't really just stand by and watch.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly: Who am I?
It can be said that I was unintentionally involved before. I just wanted to verify the text memory that flashed in my mind. But now I don’t take it out quickly. I feel guilty.
Are you tired of life?
Wang Zhen was old and his eyesight was poor. He didn't see Xu Huai's face clearly when he stood under the cliff. When Deng Gui left with a group of soldiers, he asked Lu Xiong in a low voice:
"Is it the young man who stopped the assassin at Yatou just now?"
"Yes!" Lu Xiong nodded and whispered, "This young man is acquainted with this festival-level man under Deng Gui. He seems to be from the same clan..."
"I just heard Deng Gui say that Xu Wujiang was a soldier recommended by the local Xu clan. That boy might be the nephew of your old friend Xu Wuxuan. No.
"However, this matter involves you and is irreparable, but we cannot involve more people," Wang Zhen said in a low voice, "After you send me and Xuan'er to Biyang, we can go directly to Biyang."
After leaving Biyang, don’t go looking for Xu Wuxuan..."
"I won't go to Xu Wuxuan, but I will stay in Biyang. From now on, my husband will have an old servant with no name who leads the horse and drives the cart," Lu Xiong said hoarsely,
"My lord, please don't drive Lu Xiong away - if it were all my fault, after sending my lord to Biyang, I would still want to go to the Mobei grassland to see the Chihu people's cavalry.
How powerful is it? But looking at the situation today, Cai Qing will definitely not give up. How can I let go and leave? My husband, just treat me as a hermit in Biyang, and I can do it every day.
Being with your father-in-law is one of the great pleasures in life."
"Brother Lu's kindness, Wang Zhen can't repay." Wang Zhen saw that Lu Xiong was determined, and when he saw Xu Wujiang walking towards them, he sighed.
He bowed his hand to Lu Xionggong and stopped trying to persuade him.
"You idiot, come here and thank Wang Xianggong for reporting the letter!" Xu Wujiang called Xu Huai and walked to Wang Zhen to thank him.
"Thank you, Prime Minister Wang, for reporting the letter." Xu Huai pretended to be a fool and stepped forward to thank him.
"It's easy to say. It's fate that we met today. I still don't know the name of this young man..." Since Wang Zhen decided not to involve irrelevant people, many things will not happen.
Tell the truth.
"Old Mr. Wang, please don't be polite to this fool - Xu Huai was a little late to realize his wisdom and was clumsy. His father, Xu Wuxuan, was my brother. He died early. He
My mother finally managed to keep him until he was fourteen, and she also fell ill and passed away the year before last. He has been hanging around with me for the past two years. He is such a fool, but he doesn’t know what he is doing these days.
You guys are stupid. Every day when you go out and come back at night, you go to Yingzizui and squat down. You don’t listen to any scoldings. It’s a good thing that you met Wang Xianggong today. Otherwise, I would have fallen into the hands of the horse bandits.
I don’t know how to explain it to his dead parents..." Xu Wujiang said.
Wang Zhen and Lu Xiong looked at each other, and both could see that the other's eyes were full of shock and confusion.
Xu Wuxuan has died long ago, and the young man in front of him is Xu Wuxuan's son?
Xu Wujiang said that the young man had been staying at Yingzizui Cliff for the past few days. They guessed that the "eldest brother" behind the young man had already guessed that they were going to do something in the near future.
Pass by here.
However, recalling the young man's calmness when he stood at the top of the cliff facing the assassin, they never wanted to understand that in the eyes of people like Xu Wujiang, this young man actually
A clumsy fool, idiot?
Seeing the confusion on the faces of Wang Zhen and the "car driver", Xu Huai smiled very "honestly".
Before regaining his consciousness, Xu Huai lived in confusion for more than ten years. In the eyes of others, he was a clumsy "idiot".
There is nothing to deny this.
"Are you deceiving us with your words?"
The girl Wang Xuan did not have a royal temperament, and Lu Xiong's government and scruples opened the car curtains and glanced at Xu Huai, and couldn't help but argue,
"He fought off those horse bandits alone. How could he be stupid?"
"..." Xu Wujiang laughed. It was obvious that they rushed to Yingzizui and frightened the horse thief away, but he would not argue with a little girl.
Xu Xin'an saw that the girl was so beautiful that no one in the three hundred miles of Tongbai Mountain could match her. He couldn't help but said:
"This idiot, just because he can fight off horse thieves? He has been practicing boxing and kicking with us since he was a child. His muscles and bones are strong, and he can easily carry a stone mill weighing three to four hundred kilograms.
Come, but only with all your strength..."
Except for Xu Wujiang and Xu Xin'an, nine out of ten soldiers in this group are Xu clan members or villagers with different surnames from Lutai Village. They grew up watching Xu Huai - female
Seeing that they all looked like this, Hai Wangxuan thought to herself that it was really a ghost, but she refused to admit defeat easily and said:
"Xu Zhu, a famous general in the late Han Dynasty, was stupid because of his ferocity. He was called a tiger-mad general. Even if he was a bit stupid, how could he not defeat three or five horse thieves?
run?"
Xu Xin'an liked it in her heart, but she didn't know how to please a girl, so she subconsciously argued:
"He is so stupid, he dares to call himself a tiger idiot? Those blind horse bandits didn't know where they came from, but they were frightened by this idiot's bull-like size.
That's all, but if you really want to do it, you will know that this stupid thing is purely an embroidered pillow. In normal competitions among the clan, those young people who are new to fists, feet, swords and guns, only
If you are smarter, you can trick him around. You see, he doesn't even have a knife, but he picked up a hatchet and pretended to be a swordsman. Speaking of which, those horse bandits are really stupid.
Ah, to be scared away by this idiot is really hilarious!"
The girl Wang Xuan didn't like Xu Xin'an's tendency to refute her, so she looked away and never looked at him again.