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One by one, people from the governor's yamen came here to ask, the garrison of the city gate Wang Zheng was also anxious at this time, Zhao Gonggong came to ask, and the governor of Zuo also came to ask, all of them asked if there were patrol scouts to enter the city to report the news, but when the sun was about to set in the West Mountain, there was still no trace, and the two bigwigs in Datong City were about to run away, although he had nothing to do with this matter, but it was difficult to ensure that the governor and Zhao Gonggong were angry with him.

Seeing that he was going to be on duty in another half an hour, Wang Zheng stood in the city tower and looked into the distance, the road and grass outside the gate extended to the horizon, and no one could see it, he was carrying a knife, and he was also a little on fire, so he called a guard to come over and scolded a few words, telling them to keep an eye on it, and immediately report it as soon as there was news, and then turned back to sit in the city tower.

Wang Zheng is not a fool, last night, the chief soldier suddenly led the troops out of the city, and now there is no news, and the governor and Zhao Gonggong seem to be very anxious to know what news Wang Zongbing has, there is an abnormality here, it is very weird.

Think about it, when I usually patrol the border, I actually make a show, and there will be a lot of preparations before going out of the customs, where is there such a rush this time? Besides, even if they patrol the borders, they are led by guerrilla officials and the like, and it is not impossible for the chief military officer to personally lead the troops, but there are very few, and it is impossible to go out of the customs at night.

And it often takes half a month to patrol the border, Xuanfu border town is continuous, there are seventeen passes, and there are six or seven fortresses, and it takes at least ten days to go back and forth in the past, but on the contrary, it is only less than a day, and the governor and Zhao Gonggong are in a hurry to get news, isn't this abnormal enough?

Wang Zheng felt that the chief soldier might not have gone to patrol the border, but he couldn't guess what he was going to do. Holding tea, sitting in the city tower for a long time, Wang Zheng suddenly had a terrible thought, the day before yesterday at noon, the treasure caravan set off out of the customs, and last night, the chief officer led the troops out of the city, and the whereabouts were so weird, could it be because of the treasure caravan?

Wang is a veteran of the border pass, so when he thought about it, he immediately understood something, the caravan and the governor, Zhao Gonggong has always been not very good at dealing with each other, it is said that it is because of some Lianzhou Marquis in the Beijing Division who committed their taboos, originally, this is nothing, but there are rumors in these days that a shopkeeper surnamed Chen of the Jubao caravan actually beat Zhao Gonggong. Thinking about it this way, it is easy to sort things out, could it be that General Wang is going to the caravan? Out of the desert, no one can say anything about this kind of thing, even if the caravan is attacked, the people in the caravan have no place to run even if they want to, this is a confused account, and it is impossible to find out who did it, and the final result can only be over.

If you follow this line of thought, then it is easy to explain how anxious the governor and Gonggong Zhao are now. The more Wang Zheng thought about it, the more frightened he felt, but being frightened is one thing, this kind of thing, of course he didn't dare to shout everywhere, in fact, there must be a lot of people in Datong City who saw this way, but this matter has a lot to do with it, don't say it's just speculation, even if there is really ironclad evidence, who dares to talk nonsense?

The gods are fighting, and a little ghost like Wang Zheng can't hide, how dare he get up? So Wang Zheng's mind turned, and he made up his mind, this matter can only be done without knowing, no matter who asks, even if the court investigates in the future, as long as he clears himself up, he must not reveal the slightest bit.

After all, whether it is Zuo Qiu Ming or Zhao Gonggong, they are not fuel-efficient lamps, they are all ruthless characters, and pinching their fingers can break their bones.

Wang Zheng sighed, and couldn't help but think in his heart, they are all people of the Ming Dynasty, why do they have to make such a fuss, if it is really as he thinks, wouldn't the caravan of tens of thousands of people have to die in a foreign land? sighed, Wang Shoubei was not too sentimental, this is a border town, the philosophy of the border town is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, what is it to kill people and kill people? He's used to it.

While he was thinking wildly, one of the guards hurried over and said breathlessly, "Your Excellency, Your Excellency...... There's a team of horses outside......"

When Wang Zheng heard this, he immediately cheered up and couldn't help asking, "Could it be that General Wang is back?" ”

The guard said: "The sky is dark and I can't see clearly, but we are indeed wearing our armor, and the banner is also under the banner of General Wang." ”

Wang Zheng felt a sudden shock in his heart, and couldn't help but think that Mr. Wang had come back after killing people.

Wang Zheng hurriedly stood up with a knife and said, "Quick, call someone to report to the governor's yamen, and I'll take a look." ”

Walk to the edge of the city tower, stick to the female wall and look down, under the sunset, sure enough, it is the Ming army of the brigade called the door under the city, on the banner of hunting, it is clearly written the name of 'Chief Soldier Wang', the people below look very impatient, curse loudly with the words of the north and south, but Wang Zheng did not have any doubts, those military horses out of the customs have always been unruly, especially when the meal comes back at this time, presumably the dinner is not used, tired and hungry, usually curse a few words, he has long been used to it.

However, the rules of the city gate guard still need to verify the identity of the other party, so he stood on the city tower and shouted: "Who is under the city and why did you enter the city?" ”

Someone below replied: "We are the military horses of the general army of the king, go out of the customs to patrol the border, and now rush back to the city to rest." ”

Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows, feeling that something was wrong, and continued to ask: "Why did you come back so early even if you were patrolling the border?" ”

Originally, I was going to go out for half a month, but if I encountered any changes on the way, it was common to go out for a month, but it was only a day of hard work and I went back and forth, which inevitably made people suspicious.

The person below replied: "General Soldier Wang took us to Baigou, but found that the treasure caravan was attacked, everyone was killed, and there was no one alive. ”

Saying this, Wang Zheng gasped, sure enough, it was not wrong, the treasure caravan was all cut down, where is this horse bandit, tile thorn, Tatar iron horseman? Can the horse bandits gather so many troops and kill so many people in the caravan? The Tile Thorns and the Tatars had a great demand for salt, cloth, silk, porcelain, tea, and pig iron, so how could they have fished with all their might, and this time they attacked the caravan, and which caravan would be willing to trade with them in the future? The murderers must be these people in the city.

Wang Zheng felt that his bones were cold, ruthless, ruthless!

If it was another military horse, Wang Zheng would not be allowed to let them go until their leading officer came out to say hello, but this time it was the chief soldier who led the team, and he didn't know how many levels higher than him as a garrison, so he naturally didn't dare to work Wang Fen. Besides, what the outsiders said confirmed their suspicions, and it was impossible for horse bandits or Tatars and Varsians to deceive Kaichengguan.

Wang Zheng immediately ordered one of the guards beside him: "Quickly open the city gate and welcome the chief soldier into the city, did you say hello to the governor's yamen?" ”

"My lord, I have already sent someone to use a fast horse to deliver the news, that is, half a cup of tea, and the governor's yamen will be able to know the movement."

Wang Zheng nodded, packed up his clothes and hurriedly went down the city tower, in the door hole of the city gate, shouting people to put down the drawbridge, open the heavy gate, the gate slowly opened, a gap came out, and then outside the city was a team of Ming troops riding into the city, Wang Zheng stood on the edge of the doorway, seeing that the clothes and armor of these people were stained with dried blood, he gasped in his heart, and couldn't help thinking: "This blood, presumably those poor caravans flowed." ”

The first team of people in front of the horse hurried over, the river flowed endlessly, and it took a lot of tea kung fu before a carriage came in quickly under the escort of a team of cavalry, Wang Zheng knew in his heart that this was most likely the carriage and horse of the chief soldier, but when he went out of the city, the chief soldier seemed to be riding a horse, how could he come back and sit in a sedan chair?

This doubt was quickly dispelled, and now it is natural to obediently greet the chief soldier, Wang Shoubei walked quickly to the side of the road, knelt on one knee, lowered his head, and said loudly: "The last general, Wang Zheng, greet the chief soldier." ”

The carriage stopped abruptly, there was no movement in the car, and there was no response from the people in the car, and Wang Zheng, who was kneeling on the ground, was about to jump to his throat at this time, but he could only kneel with his head down, and he didn't dare to come out. You must know that in front of him, but his top boss, a character who can decide his life and death with a word, not to mention, this fierce god and evil demon has just killed someone and returned, invisibly, Wang Zheng felt that there was a strong murderous aura in this doorway and the carriage of this carriage.

The carriage of the carriage lifted the curtain, and Wang Zheng heard the sound of stepping on a high stool to get off the train, but he didn't dare to look up, but he didn't know what the chief soldier was going to do.

Immediately, his eyes saw a pair of boots slowly moving towards him, the boots were made of fine rhino skin, and the brims of the boots were embroidered with gold thread, and the boots were not armor, but the skirts worn by officials, and the crimson robes showed dignity.

Wang Zheng was confused all of a sudden, something is wrong, if it is General Wang, he should wear armor when he goes out of the city to patrol the border, even if he does not wear armor, he will only wear military attache robes and skirts in the formal field, which is strange today.

The man in the boots stopped in front of Wang Zheng, and then did not move, as if looking at Wang Zheng, which doubled the pressure on Wang Zheng, but he didn't dare to raise his head, so he had to lie on his stomach honestly.

Finally, the man who opened his boots spoke, his speed was very slow, and his voice was very soft, which made people feel very comfortable to listen to: "You are the North Gate Guard Wang Zheng?" Get up and speak! ”

This voice is really different from Wang Fen, after all, Wang Zheng has also listened to Wang Fen's lectures, how can he feel that this voice is far from the voice of the chief soldier?

(To be continued)