"I haven't eaten for three days..."
"Excuse me, give me something to eat..."
"Have pity on us..."
…
Outside Cangzhou City, at a roadside teahouse on the side of the official road, more than a dozen refugees in ragged clothes and dusty faces leaned against a low earth wall, holding a broken bowl in their hands, and weakly repeated these few words.
Cangzhou has been in turmoil. Some people have lost their homes and their lives are difficult. They can only flee everywhere. Along the official road, such refugees are not uncommon.
The clerk in the teahouse was annoyed by the noise, strode over, kicked a person by the wall, and said angrily: "Go, go, go farther, don't disturb our business!"
This teahouse was opened next to the official road. It hadn't opened for half a year because of the bandits nearby. A few days ago, those bandits were taken care of by someone. They waited and watched for a long time before they dared to open the door again. The refugees who couldn't be driven away were paralyzed here like mud, which greatly affected the business.
"They're all poor people, why bother them." In the teahouse, a man couldn't stand it anymore, took out a few pieces of dry food from his bag, distributed them to the refugees, pointed to a certain direction ahead, and said "Along 30 miles along this official road, there is a Dongjia village. You can go there to do some work, at least you can make a living. It's still early, so don't delay on the way. It's time to..."
"thanks, thanks… "
A group of refugees distributed the dry food, and immediately kowtowed to thank them. After a few kowtows, they got up and walked towards the direction the man pointed.
The guy was happy to see this, shook his head, and went back to work.
The man also sat back down again, and the person sitting beside him suddenly asked in a low voice: "General Wei, it's already at this time, why hasn't General Fan come here yet, is there something wrong?"
Wei Liang drank a cup of tea and said, "What's the rush? There's still a quarter of an hour. Blind Fan always delays doing things until the last moment."
"My surname is Wei, I've heard you speak ill of Lao Tzu from afar. I haven't seen you for more than a year. You must have developed this ability!" A loud voice came from outside the door, and a man came in from outside and sat Opposite Wei Liang.
This man was tall and mighty, one eye was blind, and a knife scar slanted through his eyes, looking a little scary.
Behind him, there were more than ten people riding on horses, and a wave of evil spirit spread over the face, making the few people in the shop immediately raise their hearts.
Wei Liang glanced at him, and said calmly: "I haven't seen you for more than a year, blind man Fan, you have grown up. I don't know, but I thought it was some bandit who came down the mountain..."
The waiter in the teahouse walked over with trepidation, and asked in a trembling voice: "Guest, what do you want?"
Wei Liang put a few copper coins on the table, and said to the one-eyed man, "Go out and talk."
A group of people left the teahouse all the way, got off the official road, and went straight to a certain forest not far ahead.
Wei Liang stopped, and more than a dozen people behind him quickly got off their horses, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "I have seen General Wei!"
Wei Liang waved his hand, and they got up immediately.
The one-eyed man took a step forward and asked in a deep voice, "Where's the princess?"
"Your Highness has arrived in Cangzhou." Wei Liang looked at him and said, "When we suppressed the bandits, we heard that there was a blind and powerful guy who occupied the top of the mountain a year ago and wiped out all the forces in a radius of thirty miles. If you subdue it, I guess it's you."
The one-eyed man nodded, and asked again: "The people in Cangzhou are saying that His Highness Prince Jing was assassinated, is there such a thing?"
Wei Liang nodded without denying it.
The one-eyed man's expression changed, and he said, "Then Your Highness..."
Wei Liang waved his hand: "Just assume His Royal Highness Prince Jing is dead."
The one-eyed man took a few steps back and said in shock, "Then we, aren't we..."
"Prince Jing is dead, we still have the princess." Wei Liang looked at him and said, "Do you think Her Highness the Princess is not as good as Prince Jing?"
The one-eyed man wanted to say something, Wei Liang waved his hand and said, "If there is anything, we will talk about it when we see the princess."
Several people let go of their horses and took the same horse with the people beside them. Wei Liang and a few of his men got on the horses and got on the official road. The group of people galloped away, splashing a cloud of smoke.
A certain county in Cangzhou, a remote village.
More than ten horses stopped in front of the village entrance. The one-eyed man dismounted and looked into the village with excitement on his face.
Wei Liang looked at him and said, "Let's go."
"At the end, I will see Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
A moment later, in the yard of a private house in the village, the one-eyed man knelt on one knee, the muscles on his face trembled, his excitement was uncontrollable.
"Get up." Yang Liuqing smiled and said, "General Fan has worked hard this year."
After the one-eyed man stood up, he shook his head and said, "As long as His Highness is fine, I don't need to work hard!"
He also met several lieutenants who were acquainted with each other before, and met Prime Minister Wang. Before he had time to rest, he was pulled aside by Wei Liang.
"Didn't you want to ask about His Highness Prince Jing?" Wei Liang looked at him and said, "It is true that Prince Jing is not dead, but he is no longer able to support our cause..."
Wei Liang opened his mouth slowly, and after a while, the one-eyed man came back to his senses, sighed, and said, "I was worried about this a long time ago, but I never thought that even Prime Minister Wang could not let Prince Jing go on the road." On the right path…”
After finishing speaking, he looked at Wei Liang with piercing eyes, and asked, "What you said just now is true. Your Highness really intends to make trouble?"
Wei Liang looked at him: "What do you think?"
A sneer appeared on the face of the one-eyed man, and he said, "Except Your Highness, I don't accept anyone!"
Wei Liang nodded, but the one-eyed man looked at the thing hanging on his chest and asked, "What is this?"
Wei Liang took off the "Sky Eye" gifted to him by King Jing and handed it to the one-eyed man.
The one-eyed man held it in his hand, looked at it over and over for a long time, until Wei Liang taught him how to use it.
He opened a small cover and put it over his eyes, unexpectedly he could clearly see the expressions on the faces of people hundreds of steps away.
"This, this is Jingguo's binoculars!" He looked at Wei Liang and said in shock, "This thing is hard to find, where did you get it?"
"What is this?" Wei Liang looked at him with some contempt, and said, "Lend me your knife."
A look of vigilance appeared on the face of the one-eyed man, and he asked, "What do you want my sword for? We are familiar with each other. I will not give you this thing!"
"Long time no see, let me open my eyes again." Wei Liang shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I don't want your things."
After Wei Liang said that, the one-eyed man had no choice but to untie the long knife at his waist. Wei Liang held it with one hand, and pulled out the knife at his waist with the other hand. There were several gaps on the top.
In the unbelievable eyes of the one-eyed man, he handed him his knife and said, "It's a pile of scrap metal, let alone a precious knife, this knife is for you, don't embarrass Your Highness when you go out... "
The one-eyed man clenched the knife in his hand, looked carefully, looked up at Wei Liang, and asked seriously: "Tell me honestly, what happened to you for more than a year?"
Wei Liang smiled and said, "Come here, I'll show you another good thing."
The two walked into a house, and when they walked out again, the expression on the one-eyed man's face could no longer be described as shock.
"God's punishment..." He looked at Wei Liang, took a deep breath, and asked after a long time: "Damn, tell me honestly, did you snatch these things from Jing Guo?"
Before Wei Liang could answer, his face showed excitement, and he said: "With this thing, what are you afraid of? There are only less than two thousand guards in Cangzhou, yours plus mine, plus these Heaven's punishment, Cangzhou will be captured tomorrow night!"
"Taking Cangzhou?" Wei Liang looked at him and asked, "What happened after taking Cangzhou?"
"Of course it's going straight ahead!" The one-eyed man looked at him and said, "With God's punishment, what are we afraid of!"
Wei Liang looked at him and asked suddenly: "Do you know what is the main contradiction and what is the secondary contradiction?"
The one-eyed man was stunned, pulled out his ear, and asked doubtfully, "What?"
"Do you know what is a unified mind and what is a united front?"
"..."
"Do you know how to establish a revolutionary base area, how to fight an agrarian revolutionary war, how to mobilize the power of the masses, how to do a good job in diplomatic work and united front work..."
"..."
The one-eyed man was startled, and asked, "What are these?"
"You don't know anything, you just know how to fight and kill..." Wei Liang looked at him disdainfully, let out the long-standing sullenness in his chest, and asked, "Are you a pig?"