Mang Shen and others stood in front of the hall, and they all responded to Putian Shou: "Greetings to the City Shou!"
The guardian of the field led him to sit on the table in front of the screen. The retainers had already served him sake, and everyone passed it around to drink. Putian Shou said: "Things happened in a hurry and there was no time to prepare. Sir, please rest for a while and let me drink some wine to wash away the dust."
Mang Shen said: "I have military orders, so I don't dare to work in the city to guard the rewards. These two gentlemen are under the sect of Mr. Wei. I would like to use one or two of Mr. Wei's chariots for the time being."
Pu Tianshou was a little surprised and said: "These two gentlemen... seem to have met before. Are they under the sect of Mr. Guo?"
Mr. Jin took off a piece of jewelry from his waist, held it over his head, and said: "My lord, I would like to pay my respects to the Lord of Putian City!"
Putian Shou hurriedly avoided the table and came forward, took the ornament from Mr. Jin, looked at it carefully, put the ornament over his head, bowed and said: "How dare I, I only obey the orders of the young master."
Mr. Jin took back the ornament, hung it on his waist again, and saluted: "The Lord is willing to send several leather chariots to Mr. Mang as a military envoy."
Putian Shou said: "I would like to serve you! Sir, please follow me to the stable..." Then he called the elders down the hall and said, "Sir, please come to the back hall to rest for a while and serve wine." The elders bowed their hands and took the rest of the family. After people moved to the back, Mr. Jin and Putian Shou went down to the hall and walked out.
After going out, Putian Shou asked in a different tone: "What is your order, Master?"
Mr. Jin asked: "Is there a post road from Putian to Nanguan?"
Putian Shou said: "Of course!"
Mr. Jin said: "I will send my confidants to set up a post station to communicate with Daliang. I will still wear this pendant as a reminder."
Putian Shou thought for a while and said: "The Ximen Post Office official is available. Go to the post house and see the post official, and you can get the news."
Mr. Jin thought for a while and said, "Yes. What's the point?"
Pu Tian Shou said: "Rong Chen will try again."
Mr. Jin said: "There is no room for military action, and it must not be missed."
Pu Tianshou said: "I will do my best."
When the two came to the stable, someone from the stable came to greet them. This time Lord Xinling went out of the city and brought out a hundred chariots, that is, four hundred horses. Even if he gathered all the stablemen in the field, he would be too busy. The city guard simply dispersed the army horses in Putian City to the homes of various military officials to feed them. In addition to providing grass and fodder, the city guard's office also provided subsidies; the stablemen were only responsible for feeding the horses left by Lord Xinling. Even so, when Mr. Jin walked into the stables for inspection, he found that the horses were still not in satisfactory condition. It's no wonder that a dozen stablemen can ensure that nearly four hundred horses have enough fodder and drinking water (during the food requisition two days ago, five to twenty horses were taken away). It is already very good. The horses are groomed and cleaned on time. body? Don't even think about it. When Mr. Zhongyue returned to the camp, he had already reported the matter to Lord Xinling. No one had come up with a good countermeasure. They could only find a way to send these horses back to Daliang as soon as possible. If they were taken to the military camp, the treatment might not be as good as that of Pu. Tian, after all, in a war environment, one person serves two purposes. Even if he is the driver, who would care about the horse? I'm afraid only people like Mr. Xiahou, who put fame and wealth aside and only think about horses, can do it. ——Even Mr. Xiahou couldn’t take care of it. At first, he was only in charge of Lord Xinling’s four horses, which was okay. Later, when the number of horses increased, ten people were recruited from the civilian army to help him. These ten people were all Mr. Xiahou himself. Go down to each camp and invite them one by one.
Mr. Jin thought about sending a few more horses back, so he said to Pu Tian Shou: "We have six people, one each, and prepare six more horses to go back to Daliang." Pu Tian Shou said: "How many are there?"
Mr. Jin said: "I'm afraid there will be others on the way, and it won't be enough."
Of course, the guardian of the field was happy that Mr. Jin had taken away a few more horses, and his burden was lightened, so he asked no more questions and ordered the stableman to prepare six four-carriage carriages. He led Mr. Jin back to his mansion.
When we arrived at the back hall, the elder had already invited several gentlemen to the Nuan Pavilion, prepared a jar of sake, and then left. Seeing the city guard leading Mr. Jin back to the mansion, he took the two of them to the Nuan Pavilion. Everyone stood up to greet him, saw the ceremony, and returned to their seats. Since Mang Shen is the leader and the others are assistants, Mang's manor sits in the east, Xinlingjun's manor sits in the west, and the city guard sits in the north. After the ceremony, Mr. Jin said: "We are here to guard the city, and the chariots and horses are complete. We think that if we go to Zhongzhong and Daliang, we may need many chariots, so I would like to ask the gentlemen to take a ride. Is it difficult?" His eyes are particularly focused on this. Chen Si's face stayed for a moment. As a result, the other five people, including Chen Si, said in unison: "Here!"
Mang Shen specially thanked him and said: "Brother went out of the city by boat with Captain Daliang, and there was no car. It is really nectar to get help from the prince."
Mr. Jin was a little surprised, thinking that I just wanted to take a few more people to ride back to Daliang, but you climbed along the way and tried to get the car from my house! However, he didn't show it on his face, he just said vaguely: "As long as you have what you need, the amount doesn't matter."
The city guard also said politely in the banquet: "But if you have an errand, you won't dare to resign!"
Mang Shen also said honestly and politely: "You are guarding Putian Fortress, between Daliang and Young Master. My father is in charge of guarding Daliang City, and my eldest brother Yin is in the middle of the fence. Young Master Wei personally leads the army in the field. Three armies are guarding Daliang, Daliang. It must be as solid as gold. In the meantime, you are the only one who is in the middle, and the relationship is not small."
Putian Shou didn't expect to be polite, but his politeness caused trouble. He looked a little hesitant and said: "Putian has no communication with Yanzhong, Daliang, and Mr. Wei. How can we communicate in the middle?"
Mang Shen said: "Military orders come every day, please wait for them!"
Hearing this, everyone here was shocked: Did Mang Mao really make this determination, or was Mang Shenhu pretending to be a tiger? If it was the latter, would Mang Shen really ask for military orders when he saw Mang Mao? If you really ask for a military order...it would be too much of a joke! If Mang Mao had made the decision, why did Mang Shen know it first and have Mang Shen relay it instead of giving the order directly to Futian Mamoru? Since he didn't know the truth, Fu Tianshou could only hold up his hands and said: "I obey the military order!"
Mang Shen naturally saw the reluctance in Putian Shou's heart, but he still said very forcefully: "From the confinement to Putian, my eldest brother Yin will be in charge; from Putian to the young master, you will be in charge. I am willing to patrol and meet the young master." At sunset, the young master's army will arrive at Nanguan."
Everyone was even more surprised and confused. They did not expect that Mang Shen would be so decisive in killing, which was very different from his previous image of a humble gentleman.
Not to be outdone, Putian Shou asked, "Why do you want to meet the young master?"
Mang Shen did not hesitate and said: "But if you go there with the Putian Festival Talisman, you will definitely get the master's order to come back."
The exchanges were so fluent that even Mr. Jin and Mr. Cao couldn't help but wonder whether Mang Shen had already discussed it with Lord Xinling - but this was obviously not the case! The two gentlemen know very well. Both of them looked at Futa Mamoru to see how Futa Mamoru would respond to these words.
Fu Tianshou just bowed his head and said: "Here you go!" He stood up from the table, took a cup, scooped out the sake from the jar, offered it to Mang Shen first, and said: "Young general, you are an outstanding young man with outstanding knowledge. You will definitely achieve great achievements and be the lintel of your house! Please drink it first to be strong!"
Mang Shen was very dissatisfied with Futa Mamoru's change of subject, but the other party's courtesy and humility made it difficult to say anything, so he had to take the cup and drink it all in one gulp. Pu Tianshou took the cup, and without waiting for Mang Shen to speak again, he toasted to everyone at the table one by one, using flattering words in his mouth, and spoke at length without repetition. Mr. Xinling's disciples, Mr. Jin and Mr. Cao, naturally understood and said many polite words in cooperation. Mr. Mang's disciples did not know what happened, but when they saw Mang Shen drinking, they all agreed and took the cup to drink. After a drinking tour, the retainer came over and reported: "The carriage is ready!"
Mr. Jin and Mr. Cao stood up quickly and said: "The mission is urgent, I don't dare to trouble you and give me more gifts!"
Mang Shen was overtaken by the two gentlemen, so he didn't dare to stand up for himself, and he politely said goodbye. However, he still reluctantly added: "The connection is very important, so please encourage me!"
Futian Mamoru felt unhappy: Who do you think you are, and you dare to ask me to "encourage" you? Without showing anything on his face, he said with a smile on his face: "Here~~!"
Mang Shen had no choice but to go down to the hall and go outside. Six horses and carts were lined up majestically on the street in front of the mansion. After a while, everyone arranged their formation: Mang Shen was the chief envoy in front, followed by Che You, Jin, Xiao Jian, Cao and Chen Si, walking in one column. After the six people got on the car, they each took their own plans, bowed their hands to Putian Shou and said goodbye. Putian Shou returned the greeting one by one, even Chen Si, who had no sense of presence, was no exception. Six carriages walked slowly along the street and out of the east gate. The four carriages in the middle turned left and right in turn. Chen Si, who was originally at the end, moved forward slightly, forming three columns with a slightly forward front. There was no golden drum in the process. Only under Mang Shen's command, the queue transition was completed neatly, started at the same time, and gradually transitioned to the quick step without any chaos in the formation. The operation was clean and neat, which impressed the garrison on the city.
This group of vehicles riding on the Great Wall gradually turned into smoke and dust in the eyes of the defenders. When it slowly dissipated, the tower in the enclosure was already in sight. Following Mang Shen's command, everyone gradually slowed down, transitioned to a normal pace, and stopped when they were a hundred steps away from the tower. Mang Shen took out the festival talisman from his arms, held it in his hand, held the bridle in one hand, rode his horse forward, and shouted: "The army~envoy~return~ to the country!"
As soon as they saw the dust of the convoy, the guard had already arrived in the city. Seeing six cars and five cars stopped, only Mangshen's bicycle came forward, holding the joint in one hand and the bridle in the other. It was obvious that there was no threat, so he walked down to the city to greet him.
Although there are wars outside the Great Wall and Daliang City, it is not as good as in the middle of the city. Therefore, the city has not been closed and the normal opening and closing has been maintained. Of course, since there is no market in the city, there are few people.
The guard inspected the festival talisman and personally led him to the Yanshou Mansion. The five passengers outside the car were led by one person, and they still went to the post house outside the city. On the way, the guard told Mang Shen that since a "general" was coming, both the Shou and Wei were at the Shou Mansion, so there was no need to travel between places. Mang Shen thanked him, thinking that his eldest brother Mang Yin must have arrived. My heart felt relaxed.
Walking to the door of the mansion, the guard knocked on the door and explained the situation. Mang Shen came up to check the festival talisman, and the guard left. The person who opened the door was naturally a retainer from Gushou, but Mang Shen didn't recognize him. When he saw Mang Shen, he said, "Shou and Wei are discussing matters with Shangguan, so we might not be able to see each other. If you have official business, you can refer it to the various departments to handle it."
Mang Shen naturally knew what to do: he took out a handful of copper coins, no matter how many, from his arms, passed them through the crack in the door, and said, "I'm about to meet Shangguan."
