The next day, in the evening, five hundred Dongchang captains led by Xiao Chen arrived in front of the Dingxi Houfu.
Dingxi Houfu is located on the main street a hundred feet away from the city gate of Dingxi City.
The towering walls and majestic gatehouse are completely different from Dingxihou's usual image of a commoner, showing a high-end atmosphere everywhere.
The huge dark red door, two feet wide and one foot high, is inlaid with fist-sized golden door nails, making it even more magnificent.
Outside the door, eight guards were lined up with swords on their waists. This formation looked much more domineering than the Han Palace in Le'an Prefecture.
Seeing a large number of troops suddenly appearing and surrounding the Hou Mansion, the eight guards looked solemn.
In the entire Dingxi City and surrounding areas, the Marquis's Mansion is equivalent to a royal palace. Even the local troops stationed in Dingxi Wei have never dared to show off their power at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion.
Where did these people come from? They dared to do such a thing after eating the heart of a bear and a leopard.
Not far from Dingxi Houfu, there is also a courtyard.
However, compared with the Hou Mansion, this courtyard is much "shabby". If it weren't for the people who went in and out wearing uniforms of officers and soldiers, it would look like a wealthy family in poverty.
This is the Dingxi Wei Commander's Department.
Walking into the hall not far from the gate, the conductor Zhang Feng sat on a chair with a sad face and let out a long and dejected sigh.
Dingxiwei's farmland is basically cultivated and cultivated along both sides of the Guanchuan River.
The private fields of Dingxihou are also along both sides of the Guanchuan River.
The only difference is that the private fields of Dingxihou are in the lower reaches, while the farm fields of Dingxiwei are in the upper reaches.
It doesn't matter if the weather is favorable or the rain is favorable. There won't be much rain this year, and the crops in the fields are in urgent need of irrigation.
Logically speaking, Dingxiwei's farmland is upstream, so there is nothing wrong with diverting water for irrigation first.
But the water of the Guanchuan River is really too small. As long as it is irrigated, it must be intercepted and the entire river water must be diverted to the fields.
Just now, a Qianhu from the guard station came to report that the guards of the Hou Mansion went to the place where the guard station intercepted and diverted water, destroyed a lot of the diversion ditches, and left a message that Dingxiwei was not allowed to intercept water for irrigation within ten days.
The reason is that the private fields in Dingxihou require water for ten days.
If it doesn't rain in ten days, all the crops in the guard fields will dry up.
In desperation, Qianhu had no choice but to report to the commander to make a decision.
But even if Zhang Feng, the commander of the Dingxi Guards, holds local military power, what can he do to the Marquis of Dingxi? Dare you lay a finger on him?
It's true that I don't even dare to say a word loudly.
Just the halo of the four words "Taizu's personal seal" on Ding Xihou's head made Zhang Feng dare not even fart.
Anyway, if the guard station does not have enough food, it can open its mouth to the court. If the Marquis of Dingxi is offended by this matter, and he sues himself in front of the emperor, his title as commander may be unstable.
Besides, although the people in the Hou Mansion, whether they were the guards or the servants, were all arrogant and domineering, Ding Xihou himself was always polite to him.
For the sake of irrigation water, Zhang Feng still couldn't do anything against him.
However, for ten days, the Hou Mansion will occupy the water source for ten days. Is this the plan to make the health center completely useless this year?
He was angry and sighed at the same time.
Zhang Feng really wanted to report this matter directly to the emperor.
But when I thought about something like this, I couldn't settle it. If I reported it to the emperor, wouldn't it be a slap in my face?
When I was at my wits end, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall.
"My lord, my lord." The voices of the hundreds of people guarding the city came from a long distance into the hall.
The thousands of households in the field had just received the bad news that there was no water available, and the hundreds of households guarding the city ran in in a panic. Zhang Feng had nowhere to vent his resentment, and he couldn't help but cursed him.
"I'm not dead yet. Are you shouting so loudly from a distance? Are you in a hurry to visit my grave?"
Baihu was stunned, and did not bother to wipe the sweat from his forehead. He looked at Zhang Feng, the commander of Dingxi Guards, in surprise: "Sir, what's wrong with you to get so angry?"
Even ordinary people hope that they can live longer. What happened to the Commander-in-Chief? He actually said that he would go to his grave. Is he cursing one of his own people like this?
The commander makes the anger in your heart quite big.
Hearing Baihu ask this question, the unknown fire in Zhang Feng's heart suddenly jumped up.
He raised his hand and hit the table hard: "The guards of the Hou Mansion are too much. I set up the farmland of Xiwei, but I have to feed thousands of people. They even unreasonably destroyed our water diversion ditch and refused to let us use Guanchuan River."
River water. If things continue like this, I can't bear to see the emperor suing him anymore."
Immediately, he turned to look at the other party and shouted loudly: "As one of the 100 households guarding the city, you don't keep watch at the gate of the city. Do you want to leave an excuse for the Hou Mansion and give him another reason to scold me? Say that.
Well, what's the matter with running here in such a hurry?"
Baihu was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that he was here to report the situation, and he almost forgot what the commander had said.
He bowed his body and said hurriedly: "More than five hundred cavalrymen from Dongchang entered the city gate and headed straight towards Dingxi Houfu."
"Dongchang?" Zhang Feng frowned, "More than five hundred famous captains? You didn't ask them what they were doing in the city?"
"These five hundred teams came from outside the city like a gust of wind. When the subordinates found out that they wanted to interrogate them, their vanguard had already arrived. The plum blossom order in their hands flashed and they shouted: Dongchang is handling the case.
The soldiers and civilians must give way. If you see someone from Dongchang, if you dare to stop me, I will rush over and report to you, sir."
"What kind of case is Dongchang handling?" Zhang Xing touched his chin covered with green stubble with one hand and tried hard to use his brain: "There is a severe drought in Gongchang Mansion in the east. I only heard that Dongchang Mansion is experiencing a severe drought.
The purple-clad captain of the factory was appointed by the emperor as an imperial envoy to provide disaster relief in Gongchang. Could it be that Wang Kuan, the prefect of Gongchang, was found guilty and implicated in the Hou Mansion? "
"Probably not. A few days ago, Wang Kuan also brought a lot of grain from Dingxi Houfu back to Gongchang. Is it possible that there is not enough grain and people from Dongchang came to borrow grain again?" Hundreds of households were also confused.
guessing.
"The people in the East Factory are talking about handling a case. How can handling a case mean borrowing food?" After pondering for a moment, Zhang Feng hurriedly looked at the guards at the entrance of the hall, "Gather the existing personnel in the Command and Envoy Department and follow me to Dingxi Houfu."
The hundreds of people guarding the city nearby said hurriedly: "Sir, do you want me to go with you?"
"What are you going to do? Whether it is Dingxihou or Dongchang, I, Dingxiwei, are not the ones I can provoke. Go back and guard your city gate, and don't give them a reason to scold me. Even if you have made a meritorious service."
"Yes." The hundred households guarding the city reluctantly responded, turned around and hurried away.
At the gate of the Hou Mansion, the leading guard came up to him. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Chen, who was at the front of the team: "Who are you, who dare to form a group and run rampant at the gate of the Hou Mansion?"
Xiao Chen waved his right hand as if there was no one around, and the team behind him rushed away, immediately surrounding the Dingxi Houfu.
Dozens of figures jumped up from their horses and stood on the courtyard wall and roof of the Dingxi Houfu, looking warily into the Houfu.
Seeing that the other party not only ignored him, but also attacked the Hou Mansion. The leader of the guard suddenly felt uneasy on his face.
With a "crack" sound, the knife in his hand was pulled out.
However, it was just a matter of pulling out the sword. Before he could raise the sword, Xiao Chen had already disappeared from the horse.
As soon as the figure flashed, the guard leader was shot across the air like a sandbag. With a "bang", the two-foot-wide dark red door of Dingxi Houfu was completely knocked away.
It flew until it reached the wall of a house inside the door, then stopped, and slowly slid along the wall to the ground.
Seeing this sudden change, the other seven guards were shocked.
His right hand subconsciously grabbed the handle of the knife at his waist.
Although they were used to daily rampages, the leader's fate still made everyone try hard to control their emotions, and they never dared to draw out their swords.
"Who are you?" Several people took a few steps back cautiously, almost pressing their bodies against the wall of Dingxi Houfu, and asked in a low voice.
Xiao Chen ignored it and shouted softly: "Take it."
Several captains behind him rushed over and easily took off the opponent's sword, and at the same time fastened a pair of shackles on the opponent's body.
"Drive, drive." Dust was flying in the distance, and Dingxi Guard Commander Zhang Feng came galloping with thousands of officers and soldiers.
He rushed to the gate of the Hou Mansion, took a look at the collapsed gate of the Hou Mansion, and then looked at the seven shackled guards of the Hou Mansion. He hurriedly jumped off his horse and raised his hands to Xiao Chen, who had a calm face: "I'm going to Dingxi
