I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

After dinner, Wang Hongfu sat in the yard looking at the sky, feeling a little worried.

He didn't expect Anxi to become like this.

All this was because of his cousin Wang Wencheng.

How could an ordinary shopkeeper become such an unforgivable tyrant who controls a region?

He was actually able to get connections with everyone in Xizhou Prefecture.

This is no longer the business of Prince Ji's Mansion. If someone makes this matter public, it is very likely to implicate His Royal Highness Prince Ji.

The prince colluded with the governor of the border protectorate, persecuted the people, robbed the merchant caravans, and amassed wealth frantically with the intention of rebellion.

Even if His Royal Highness Prince Ji is in favor, he will not escape punishment if such a serious crime is proven.

Because the Ji Wang Mansion is too powerful, although it is not power, but the business world, but if everyone is like Anxi...

Which emperor could tolerate this and would not dare to gamble?

"Does Shopkeeper Wang have anything on his mind?"

Suddenly someone spoke behind him, which scared Wang Hongfu. He turned around and found that it was the squad leader of the guards.

"It's Squad Leader Sun. He hasn't gone to bed yet so late."

"I just checked the sentry post and saw Manager Wang here, so I came over to take a look.

"What difficulties did Shopkeeper Wang encounter?"

The guard squad leader asked casually.

Wang Hongfu sighed, took out Zhang Sheng's confession and handed it to the squad leader of the guards.

"Hey, Squad Leader Sun, I'm afraid the situation is a bit dangerous this time. I'm wondering if I should send someone back for help.

The Anxi Protectorate is definitely not trustworthy.

But if we have to go back and forth for help, it might take a month for the reinforcements to arrive.

Even if we try to hide it, we may not be able to keep it secret for a month. As long as someone comes to look for Zhang Sheng, we will be discovered.

This is what Wang was thinking about.”

The guard squad leader took the confession and started reading it. His face turned ashen when he saw the end.

"Two or three hundred guards? And they are cavalry?"

He didn't care about the other confessions. It had nothing to do with him. What he focused on was that the other side had several hundred cavalrymen.

There were only a dozen of them, and facing hundreds of enemy cavalry, they could not defeat them even if they were well-equipped.

A group of people rushed forward and crushed them to death.

"Manager Wang, if so many people protect you, you should be able to escape safely, but if you fight against the enemy, you have basically no chance of winning."

Wang Hongfu certainly knew this, which was why he was at a loss.

He was now constantly cursing Xizhou Governor Guo Xiaoke in his heart.

Damn you, you are a third-rank official, a governor of a state, and the Grand Protector of Anxi Protectorate, but you actually gave up your future for money.

Wang Hongfu thought that Guo Xiaoke was extremely stupid.

If he had not gone along with the gang, Wang Hongfu could have borrowed troops from Guo Xiaoke in the name of Prince Ji's Mansion.

Although it is against the rules, it is also a solution.

"Manager Wang, I remember that His Royal Highness seemed to have come to Anxi Protectorate before, and he was acquainted with the local tribal leaders.

Do you think it would be feasible for us to ask him for help?"

The guard squad leader is also a veteran of the guard camp. He also participated in the great battle several years ago.

He still remembered that the leader gave four dogs to His Royal Highness Prince Ji, which made His Royal Highness Prince Ji very happy.

Wang Hongfu thought about it and remembered that Prince Ji had told him that the local person in charge of managing the Gaochang survivors was called Qu Zhiping.

He was the nephew of the former ruler of Gaochang State and was later appointed as the prefect.

At that time, King Ji said that if there were any difficulties in communicating with the local people, he should look for Qu Zhiping.

After thinking for a while, Wang Hongfu shook his head;

“Captain Sun, Wang Wencheng has been operating here for many years, and it is still unclear who is the enemy and who is the friend in Anxi.

We are not sure whether the prefect named Qu Zhiping was also related to Wang Wencheng.

After all these years, I don't believe that Qu Zhiping didn't know what the leaders of the small tribes under his command were doing.

Since he has not taken any action, either he has become involved with Wang Wencheng, or he thinks that this is something done by Prince Ji's Mansion and he dare not interfere.

But we dare not gamble, we are evenly matched and cannot trust anyone.

Besides, he has no military power, so it is useless to look for him."

After hearing this, the captain of the guards nodded in agreement. He was indeed not thoughtful enough.

"What should we do?"

The squad leader of the guards was also very troubled. He came only to assist Wang Hongfu. If he had great talent, he would not be just a squad leader.

"We definitely can't do it on our own at the moment, we must have reinforcements.

But we can’t trust anyone in Anxi, so we can only look for someone outside.”

"Looking outside?"

Wang Hongfu's eyes lit up when he heard the guard squad leader's words.

With a "bang", Wang Hongfu slapped his thigh.

"Yes, Squad Leader Sun, you are right. We can't find reinforcements here in Anxi, but we can look for reinforcements from outside."

Wang Hongfu was a little excited.

"Outside? Manager Wang, other than going back to Chang'an, where else can we mobilize troops?"

The guard squad leader asked doubtfully.

He had not heard that Prince Ji's mansion had other people outside, or that the guard camp had any mission nearby.

Wang Hongfu did smile mysteriously.

"Haha, of course there are, and there are tens of thousands of troops."

"Tens of thousands of troops?"

The captain of the guards showed a look of surprise. How come he didn't know that Prince Ji's mansion had tens of thousands of troops?

Wang Hongfu did not speak, but stood up and stretched his muscles.

"Ha~~ It's late, Squad Leader Sun, let's talk about it tomorrow. Wang is going to rest first."

After saying this, before the captain of the guards could react, he walked back to his bedroom.

The captain of the guards was stunned for a moment, and then cursed in his heart, "You haven't finished speaking yet, where will the reinforcements come from?"

You went to sleep, but how can you sleep when you are neither up nor down?

The captain of the guards now wanted to break into the room, grab Wang Hongfu and force him to get the answer.

But in the end, he could only shake his head helplessly.

The next day

Wang Hongfu wrote a letter and asked a guard to deliver it at full speed.

Wang Hongfu stayed in Zhang Sheng's mansion to handle some follow-up matters.

For example, the two women who were tied up.

After learning that they had been rescued, the two women kowtowed repeatedly to express their gratitude to Wang Hongfu and others.

After questioning, we found out that both people were abducted by Zhang Sheng, and one of them was the singer mentioned by Wang Hongfu.

One of them was a woman from the local tribe, and she had a husband and children at home.

Another thing is that the singer had no relatives at home, and his only relative was beaten to death by Zhang Sheng.

In the end, the woman from that tribe chose to go back. Perhaps it was because of the local customs, and she didn't mind the matter.

The singing girl had no relatives and was helpless, so Wang Hongfu decided to take her back to Chang'an and put her in the textile workshop of Prince Ji's mansion.

It also provides her with a way to make a living and allow her to get married and have children in the future.

After everything was arranged, Wang Hongfu left Xizhou with the guard battalion and headed for the next target.

(I listen to my own novels every day and enjoy them very much.

Am I sick?