Nanming Engineer

Chapter 153 Fengjie White Emperor City

Meng Zhiyu was so frightened by Wang Huan's cessation of drinking that he shivered again, and peeked at the group of squires with the same pale faces behind him. There were also some people surnamed Tan, and they all shrank behind the crowd secretly at this time , I thought to myself, I can't blame me, Zongbing Wang wanted to trouble your family, and I didn't instigate it.

He summoned two county yamen squad leaders who were hiding aside and handed them over to Ma Xintian and Zu Bian as guides to search for people in various parts of the county. .

Wang Huan waited for the two people by his ancestors to take a hundred households away, then he changed his expression and said kindly to Meng Zhiyu: "Okay, now we can enter the city, but we don't know about the wine in Mengzhi County. But good wine?"

Meng Zhiyu smiled apologetically and said, "The wine is from the cellar of Linjiang Winery in the city. It is very refreshing, but it's just a rough place. It can't compare to the good wine in the big city. I wonder if it can be recognized by adults."

Wang Huan raised his head and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, since that's the case, I must drink this wine. Mengzhi County, please lead the way!"

Meng Zhiyu quickly stretched out his hand to lead the way. When he came out, he was sitting in a sedan, but Wang Huan was riding a horse. Of course, it was inconvenient to sit in a sedan at this time, but he didn't dare to ride a tall horse, so he quickly asked someone to bring a donkey. , rode up, and followed Wang Huan one horse head behind.

Three thousand Kuizhou soldiers had been standing on the official road just now. After Wang Huan gave the order, they started to march together. However, they saw that thousands of people were uniformly dressed, with white robes and scarves. They were spotless and clean. They walked in unison and made a uniform sound when they stepped on the ground. , everyone is in high spirits, with their chests and belly protruding, their eyes stern and unblinking, the spears on their shoulders are shining, the crossbows on their waists are faintly shining, and the flags are fluttering with majestic figures, just looking at this entanglement If you look at the formation, you know that what is coming is a strong army that can fight.

The squires and commoners who were watching outside the long pavilion smacked their tongues secretly when they saw it, and they all understood that this army of Wang Zongbing was stronger than Tan Wen's army, but not weaker. Come back, it turns out that it is really powerful.

The Kuizhou army lined up in a column of four, and the long line couldn't see the edge at a glance. They marched proudly, followed the main general Wang Huan, and entered Fengjie Tucheng.

This Fengjie County is extremely dilapidated, the city walls are rammed with loess, many walls have grown grass and no one takes care of them, the gates of the city gates, even the tiles are incomplete, and they look like they will collapse at any time.Even the two city names "Fengjie" inscribed on the city gate by that famous person of unknown dynasties are covered with dust and mud, making it hard to see clearly.

Entering the city, I saw a stone street less than two feet wide, with short brick houses and earthen courtyards on both sides. There was not a single decent house. The people on the street were timidly hiding under the eaves on both sides, wearing rags. Sallow and emaciated, he looks like a hungry person who has not had enough to eat all year round.There was a strong smell of excrement and urine in the air. It seemed that the city did not have perfect sewage treatment measures, and the residents dumped their excrement and urine on the street.

Wang Huan looked at all this with a frown, and the word "Chuan" was twisted on his forehead. He seemed very displeased. Fengjie's dilapidation was beyond expectation. Like this.

When he arrived at the entrance of the county government office, Wang Huan looked at it, and almost none of them stumbled. The county government offices in Daming were all upright, with several courtyards inside and outside, and the high-door courtyards were built solidly and stately. A land temple in the countryside, the vermilion lacquer on the gate is mottled, one of the copper door knockers is missing, and the two town house stone lions are covered with moss, and they can't even recognize their appearance.Weeds are overgrown on the fence, and there are several gaps where you can see when you stand at the door. The yamen servant standing guard at the door seems to have spent some time cleaning his clothes, but there are a few patches exposed. Of the water and fire sticks, one person only held half of them.

Wang Huan was dumbfounded, even if the common people were fine, this county government is also the same. Could it be that the previous county magistrates in Fengjie were all upright officials like Hai Rui, who devoted themselves to the public with the money from the court every month, even Doesn't the face of the imperial court even have to be repaired?

Meng Zhiyu saw Wang Huan's expression in his eyes, blushed for a while, and said in a low voice awkwardly: "I made the commander-in-chief laugh, Fengjie county government has been like this for many years, the predecessor of the predecessor of the next official, the predecessor of the predecessor of the predecessor, It’s like this, the lower officials want to repair it, but they have no money and no one, so they have no choice but to make do with it.”

Wang Huan let out a long breath, turned to look at Meng Zhiyu with a heavy expression, and sighed: "Mengzhi County, you have suffered!"

Meng Zhiyu raised her head as if flattered, tears flickered in her eyes, it was touching, Mr. Wang is so considerate, it is really rare, I have suffered all kinds of grievances in Fengjie like a little daughter-in-law, I have nothing to say about my suffering, others are the county Ling earns a lot of money, but he drinks northwest wind every day, and is so poor that he can't even eat. Who can he reason with?Wang Huan's words "suffering" hurt the wound deep in Meng Zhiyu's heart, and he couldn't control himself for a while.

At this moment, Meng Zhiyu had an urge to go through fire and water for Wang Huan. The scholars of the Ming Dynasty died for their confidantes, just because of Wang Zongbing's words.

Being an official under such a person would definitely not be aggrieved like the Tan family.

Wang Huan stood at the door and looked at the county government office. Without even getting off his horse, he directly asked Meng Zhiyu: "Where is Tan Wen's headquarters?"

Meng Zhiyu was in the middle of being moved, he was a little choked up when he heard the words, he quickly took a deep breath to stabilize his emotions, and said in a vibrating voice: "I know, my lord, please come with me."

Wang Huan's refusal to enter the county office was not because he did not want to give Meng Zhiyu face, but because he was really worried that the tiles on the roof might fall off, and whether the crumbling walls would collapse at the slightest touch , in order to allow the mission of saving Daming to continue, he cannot go in.

Meng Zhiyu was as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He slapped the donkey excitedly and ran rampantly on the street, running very fast. In addition, the county was not big, with four streets. When he turned the corner, he could see a dusty military camp. The house stood in the distance.

When they got closer, Wang Huan discovered that Tan Wen's headquarters was not much different in size from Shizhu Tusi City, covering half of the county. An imposing gate tower stood in front, with two half-heavy wooden doors nailed with copper nails. With the door ajar, the soldiers guarding the door had no idea where to flee.

Wang Huan entered through the door unceremoniously. The row is divided into two sides. On the left is the private residence of the general soldier. There are three courtyards at the front and back. On the right are the school grounds and barracks warehouses.

The Kuizhou soldiers were led by their own generals to settle in the barracks, and Wang Huan led the Hundred Guards and Meng Zhiyu to the private residence of the general soldier.

The private house has been vacated. According to Meng Zhiyu, since Tan Wen was defeated and the three brothers were caught dead on the stone pillar, Fengjie was turned upside down. The trees fell and the monkeys scattered. The elders of the Tan family panicked all day long. The office was busy discussing countermeasures, and Tan Wen's wives packed up their belongings and took advantage of the opportunity to escape. The huge general's yamen soon became an empty shell, and some of the remaining veterans who guarded the camp also abandoned the camp and stole it when they left. There are many things in the warehouse, but now there is only an empty camp in the military camp and nothing else.

(End of this chapter)