Unable to escape, Yu Zhu had to ask Dong Hu to pick up Li Shuang and Queen Wang and return to Wanjiaping first, while he anxiously waited for the departure of the new inspector Pan Luohuan. This Pan Luo Huan grew extremely tall and strong due to adequate nutrition, and he also learned some boxing and kung fu. He looked a bit majestic, but he was a man with great ambitions and little talent. Before getting the inspection post, he was a low-ranking military attache in Pan Tong's personal army. As a military attache, he did not like to practice martial arts. Instead, he was keen on eating, drinking, and gambling, which were common among officials' children. After receiving the appointment, he was not in a hurry to set off. Instead, he gathered his friends to continue drinking and gambling. According to him, he wanted to have a good time before heading to the remote mountain ravine.
Compared with the complacent Pan Luohuan, Pan Tongzhi is an official veteran. He knew very well what kind of thing his nephew was, and he was afraid that the people in the mountains would be unconvinced when Pan Luohuan went to Liulizhai for inspection, so he made preparations in advance. In order to protect his nephew, he transferred a hundred elite soldiers from the army, led by an officer named Tang Xiangwei from his own army, and accompanied Pan Luohuan to take office. Pan Luohuan repeatedly told Pan Luohuan to treat his subordinates well, act with caution, win over and divide the old forces in the mountain, and gradually cut off Ouyang Xuan's ambitions.
But Pan Tongzhi really didn't expect that Pan Luohuan would ignore his words before leaving the city gate. On the day of departure, Tang Xiangwei and Yu Zhu led their people to wait at the city gate early, but Pan Luohuan never showed up. Tang Xiangwei, who was anxious about waiting, sent people to look for him but couldn't find him. It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that the sweaty soldiers found him in a brothel called "Yihongyuan" in the city. When the soldiers shouted loudly and urged outside the door, Mr. Pan was annoyed because he was disturbed. He slapped the shouting soldiers twice before reluctantly leaving Yihongyuan.
After arriving at the city gate after a long time, Pan Luo saw that Yu Zhu was accompanied by two mules, so he ignored Yu Zhu's persuasion and had someone unload the baggage and used the two mules as his own mounts. The baggage was distributed among the soldiers. Due to the large number of people and the inconvenience of going upstream by boat, we took the land route. Since it was almost noon when we left the city, we were in a hurry to get to Hengyuan Town before dark. This section of the official road was in disrepair and was difficult to navigate. The soldiers were walking in a hurry and were carrying heavy baggage, so their marching speed couldn't help but slow down. Seeing that the sky was already dim, but there were still several miles away from Hengyuan Town, this made Pan Luohuan extremely angry. He was hungry now but did not want to eat the dry food brought with the army. He just wanted to go to Hengyuan Village early to lie down and drink. Eat meat. Riding on a mule, he saw the veterans walking in front of him whispering about something as they walked. He became so angry that he condescendingly hit several of them with his whip. Tang Xiangwei, who was walking in the front line, heard the screams, cries and commotion, and hurried to Pan Luohuan's mount to stop them. Tang Xiangwei, who came from a miserable background, felt sympathy for the soldiers and defended them a few words. Unexpectedly, Tang Xiangwei's behavior angered Pan Luohuan. He thought that Tang Xiangwei was trying to sell him off in front of the soldiers by contradicting him, so he also gave him a whip with his backhand.
Accelerated by Pan Luohuan's whip, the group hurriedly hurried and finally arrived at Hengyuan Village before dark. In the faint light of torches in front of the village gate, Yu Zhu did not see any familiar faces among the people who came out to greet him. He also heard someone reporting to Pan Luohuan that Lord Xiong had hosted a banquet in the village. He knew that Xiong Ben had already occupied the village. Yokohara Town. At that moment, he made an excuse to Pan Luohuan that he was going to visit relatives outside the village, and promised to be there before departure time tomorrow morning, then hurriedly left with the accompanying dozen or so soldiers of the Perak Army. Pan Luohuan did not doubt that he had it, and took Tang Xiangwei straight to drink and eat meat. Naturally, he was drunk again that night. The soldiers under his command were already panting from exhaustion. After eating and drinking in a hurry, they all found a place to fall asleep.
When the sun rose above the treetops the next day, Pan Luohuan woke up from his hangover. He ordered Tang Xiangwei to lead the entire team, while he continued to sleep while lying on the sliding pole. Yesterday, riding a mule was labor-saving but still uncomfortable. Today, the road into the mountain was even narrower and more difficult to navigate, so he asked someone to carry him into the mountain to avoid being exhausted like yesterday.
After Tang Xiangwei met Yu Zhu, who had been waiting at the mountain pass, they walked along the mountain road to Wanjiaping. The two of them had previously served in the Chongqing Prefecture's Xiang Army. Although they had no contact, they looked familiar. The two walked together and talked in low voices. The more they talked, the more they talked. Their common experiences and topics quickly brought them closer together. Tang Xiangwei talked about the banquet he attended with Pan Luohuan last night, and complained in a low voice that the officials in Xiongben Town, Hengyuan Town, were barbaric, rough and full of gangsterism. After hearing this, Yu Zhu sneered and said: "They were originally bandits who killed people and looted goods." He then detailed all the evil deeds of the bandits in the mountainous area. He also told how Xiong Ben obtained the hegemony through bribery after being driven out of Jiguan Mountain. Original town. After hearing this, Tang Xiangwei sighed and said: "No wonder I heard crying from the village last night when I was drinking. When Xiong Ben heard the cry, he cursed the villagers in Hengyuan for disobeying the imperial discipline, and they all fled to the mountains. , but the remaining ten or so households are also unruly people who don’t understand the rules." Now Tang Xiangwei understood that these villagers who were unwilling to move to Wanjiaping had become meat and potatoes on the chopping block, and their situation would be extremely miserable. What made Tang Xiangwei feel depressed was that he remembered Pan Luohuan's words about Sang and Huai. When Xiong Ben finished scolding Ouyang Xuan for seducing the villagers of Hengyuan and leaving him with no one to drive him, Pan Luohuan intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Tang Xiangwei who was drinking silently and said: "Yes, these untouchables don't understand the order of hierarchy. Only a whip can do that." Let them understand the truth and the rules..."
Pan Luohuan went on this trip with great confidence. In addition to the official inspection appointment letter, his confidence also came from the hundreds of elite soldiers who accompanied him. But after arriving at Wanjiaping, there was no grand welcoming scene. In addition to greeting Yu Zhu, the soldiers and mountain people along the way looked at these outsiders with cold eyes, and no one came forward to kneel or salute. This naturally made Pan Luohuan full of anger but unable to express himself. After he inspected Wanjiazhai, no one came to handle the handover, so he vented his anger on Yu Zhu and scolded Yu Zhu for deliberately neglecting official duties. At this time, Yu Zhu had already received Ouyang Xuan's countermeasures, so he pretended to be aggrieved and said that he was only a member of the arresting team and was only responsible for catching thieves in the mountains, let alone govern political affairs.
Pan Luohuan also had a very bachelor character. Seeing that Ouyang Xuan didn't show up, he unceremoniously occupied the Perak Army headquarters, ordered people to take over the material warehouse, and drove away the guards. There was a lot of food and clothing in this warehouse, and there was also a lot of wine. This made Pan Luohuan so happy that he drank and drank all day long. Ouyang Xuan originally planned to purify this wine and use it to disinfect the wounded in the future, and the reserve was dozens of tanks. Fortunately, Pan Luohuan was addicted to alcohol and did not allow anyone else to get involved. Only those close to him would occasionally get rewards, otherwise the wine would be drank up without any use.
