Chapter 43
Bang!
Cao Zheng had just run to General Wang's horse with a mercy and planned to take credit and show that he had not delayed the matter, and a whip was thrown hard on his face.
Who is General Wang? How can he stand in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty? How can he have a simple cultivation level? Judging from the momentum he emits, he is definitely at the peak level of acquired martial artists.
"Oh!"
Cao Zheng screamed, "He is just a civil servant, and he has no cultivation. At this moment, he was beaten and not only was he knocked away, but his teeth on one side fell out. The most important thing is that he is still confused now."
However, he didn't dare to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, but struggled to stand up. No matter what, he had to make it clear.
"General Wang... calm down, I am my own person, I am Cao Zheng, the governor of Hexi County!"
Holding the pain, Cao Zheng said, covering half of his face.
"Hmph! Let me ask you, was this food sent to Quanyang County?"
General Wang's face was gloomy, which made Cao Zheng feel a bad premonition.
"Report to General, this food was indeed sent to Quanyang County, but when he was dug to the official road, the carriage really couldn't get through! Xiaguan has been filling holes these days, and he wanted to send it to him as fast as possible, but unfortunately..."
He hurriedly brought out the speech he had prepared long ago.
But I thought in my heart that as long as General Wang is a reasonable person, even though he was whipped, this matter would be over.
However, things often happen unexpectedly, and the horse whip slapped Cao Juncheng again.
Now, he was really confused. The reason was justified and there were no flaws. Why did General Wang treat him like this?
"General Wang, you?"
"Hmph, since you know that the carriage cannot be passed, why don't you send someone to carry food and salt on your back! I think you are just fighting against Your Majesty sincerely!"
General Wang's anger did not diminish at all, but became even worse than before.
He was actually right. If he really wanted to deliver food, how could salt be stumped by this gully? Besides, only Leng Yan would be the only one who wants to save him, and the rest of the people would care about their lives.
This time, Cao Zheng did not dare to refute again. General Wang's words were reasonable, and he did not expect this before.
Thinking of the consequences of this incident, cold sweat as big as beans suddenly appeared on his forehead.
"Hmph, I'll come back to deal with you after I've finished going to Quanyang!"
General Wang did not engage in too much trouble with Cao Juncheng. After all, his main task was to bring Leng Yan back to the Great Zhou Imperial City intact.
He looked at the tall mound of soil in front of him, frowned slightly, then turned over and dismounted, carried a bag of grain and half a bag of salt, and ran towards the earth mountain.
As the saying goes, filling a hole is easy and digging a hole is difficult. In the past few days, Cao Juncheng and others have filled in a lot. General Wang easily stood on the top of the earthen mountain.
Seeing General Wang's actions, Cao Juncheng and the guards had guessed what he thought. He obviously wanted to bring some first aid food first.
However, something surprising happened. After standing on the top of Tushan Mountain, General Wang did not take another step forward, but stood quietly, without moving at all. Time stopped at this moment.
"Get out! I dare to step into Quanyang, today is your death!"
Then, a cold sound rang out on the other side of the hillside, and when General Wang heard it, he jumped down the earth mountain without hesitation and came to everyone.
“What’s the situation?”
Everyone was confused, especially after seeing General Wang’s current appearance, they became even more confused.
At this moment, General Wang's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and there was a thin red line on his neck, and a blood bead condensed at the end of the red line.
"General, general?"
Cao Zheng asked carefully, and it was obvious that something was a big deal.
However, General Wang slowed down for a while, and jumped up without saying a word, running towards the imperial city along the official road, leaving behind people looking at each other.
The most embarrassing thing was the imperial doctors who came from the imperial city. They were busy all the way and planned to use their wonderful hands to treat Leng Yan. Now, General Wang, who brought them, left first.
"What should we do?"
The yamen runners, Cao Junzhu and the imperial doctors did not think of any reason for a while.
They also heard the cold voice just now, but even if they had the courage to use them, they would not dare to go up and see where what was born or what appeared behind the Tushan Mountain.
"Forget it, no matter what, wait here, maybe that General Wang will return!"
Cao Juncheng finally made up his mind. After he was knocked out by General Wang's shop, he never dared to be clever again.
However, what they didn't know was that General Wang didn't care about their thoughts at all, but was full of his mind
"Who is that white-clothed swordsman? Why is he so strong? Why did he appear in Quanyang County? Why should he prevent others from entering Quanyang County?"
As he thought about it, General Wang subconsciously touched the red line on his neck.
After years of fighting on the battlefield, this is the first time he feels that he will be so close to death.
"Go, go!" He kept whipping the horse whip. The only thing he had to do now was to rush back to the imperial city and report the situation here to Leng Jue, so that His deity could make a decision.
On the other hand, Leng Yan, who was still busy, didn't know that Ximen Chuxue had already taken action to scare away General Wang who came to deliver food.
In a few days, he had built six water trucks. According to news sent back by Du Ruhui and others, the river water has now been directed to the vicinity of Quanyang County. After the farmland there was irrigation, the drought has been completely lifted.
"Squeak, squeak! squeak"
When the seventh water truck started to rotate, Leng Yan clapped his palms. The auxiliary materials he had prepared were almost used, so it was time to go back and get some.
However, just when he, Jiang Wei and others stood up and planned to return to the county government, a carrier pigeon fell beside him.
Leng Yan frowned and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
This carrier pigeon was specially prepared by Leng Yan for Xue Rengui, who guarded the West. Could it be that something was wrong in the west?
Thinking of this, he hurriedly pulled out the note inserted on the legs of the carrier pigeon.
Leng Yan looked at it and suddenly looked angry. He turned around and looked at the direction of the county government.
"Zhao Chao, go back and tell Lord Du, let them pay attention to Quanyang's government affairs. I will go to the West and may not be able to come back in a short time."
"Yes, King Yan!"
Then Leng Yan turned around and looked at Jiang Wei and others.
"Jiang Wei, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, you are here to follow me!"
After saying that, he turned over and ran towards the west regardless of everything.
Although Jiang Wei and others didn't know why they went to the west, Leng Yan's words were imperial edicts. Without saying a word, they turned over and chased Leng Yan and left here.
In the end, they took away one hundred Liangshan navy soldiers and twenty cavalry seedlings trained by Jiang Wei.
"The little thief from Tianzhu, I didn't expect you to dare to be so bold!" Leng Yan murmured to himself on the horse's back.
Just now, the news from Xue Rengui actually said that people from the Western Regions appeared in Quanyang's territory. After catching a living eloquence, they knew that they were from India.
Quanyang County is closely connected with the Western Regions, but Quanyang is barren, so the Great Zhou did not send heavy troops to take over the West. However, he did not expect that the troops from Tianzhu in the Western Regions had already entered Quanyang at some point.
If Leng Yan had not sent the Huotou Army led by Xue Rengui to guard the West, this might have been impossible.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!