On this day, hundreds of cavalrymen drove over to Erxianzhuang.

Shan Xiongxin walked out to greet him nervously and asked respectfully, "I, Erxianzhuang, abide by the law and do good to the people. I wonder..."

The leading officer waved his hand, not letting him continue, and only said, "The general is here."

"General?"

"Your Majesty!" The officer was impatient with Shan Xiongxin's lack of clarity.

"The prince is coming?" Shan Xiongxin's eyes widened, "At this time..."

The officer shook his head and said, "Prepare food for 1,500 men. The general will be here in half an hour."

"Yes, yes, yes." Shan Xiongxin responded quickly, and then ordered people to open the door of his house, asked the servants to go out to clean the streets, and asked people to go shopping, put up a big pot to boil water, prepare horse feed, and mobilized the surrounding people to get busy.

The troops that arrived earlier did not just stand there and watch. Some of them watched the horses, and most of them worked with the Shan family. Even these soldiers who worked with them had sharp eyes. They watched the boiling water, the picking of vegetables, and everything else.

Shan Xiongxin saw all of this. He did not feel disgusted, nor did he dare to feel disgusted. He just felt that Wang Yan had a hard time...

After a while, the manager of the Wang family came over with a large group of people, bringing many chickens, ducks, geese and pigs, and slaughtered them on the spot under the watchful eyes of the soldiers.

Everyone was talking about Wang Yan and wondering what he looked like. A bunch of children came out, jumping around and playing. Sometimes a few kids got into trouble and cried after getting beaten. It was very lively for a while...

More than half an hour passed and Wang Yan finally arrived.

Another group of cavalry led the way, and then Wang Yan appeared.

He was riding on a tall warhorse, with two pretty little girls in front of him and a chubby boy riding on his neck.

Behind him was a slowly moving convoy and all the family's belongings. After that, it was the rest of the troops. Most were infantry, and the cavalry were at the rear.

"Prince!"

Shan Xiongxin hurriedly trotted over to meet him, very aware.

Wang Yan waved his hand: "We are all brothers, don't be so pretentious. Come, catch my son."

He casually took the kid off his neck and threw it to Shan Xiongxin as if throwing something. Shan Xiongxin hurriedly caught it. Before he could sigh that it was the first time he saw Wang Yan being a father, he saw the child he caught giggling non-stop, as if he was playing a very interesting game.

"The brat is tough."

Wang Yan smiled, then got off the horse and handed the two little girls and the boy to the maid who came up behind him. He waited for Qionghua to come out and meet Shan Xiongxin, and then the women followed Shan Yingying to the mansion.

"Why are you here, Prince?" Shan Xiongxin asked with concern.

Shan Xiongxin really didn't know the result. "The prince has told me to reduce my power and the news is not flowing. But for now, the prince is able to keep his life, which is a great thing. Where is the prince going?"

"Peking."

"That's a long way to go. Especially now that the prince is in danger, it's better to go to Peking early and be in the army."

"The military isn't necessarily safe either." Wang Yan chuckled. "Why did I come to your side? Just to see which wealthy family is more daring. To be honest, I was ambushed three times along the way, and the largest one even had more than 3,000 people gathered."

"Then they..."

"Either the whole family will die, or I will die."

The wealthy and powerful families really hated him to the core. Even though they had already stopped fighting, even though they knew he had a thousand guards, even though they knew he was an unparalleled warrior, they still gathered some troops to surround and kill him.

Of course, this was in line with Wang Yan's idea. Yang Guang only asked him to leave Daxing quickly, but did not say when he would go to Beiping to take up his post. In addition, Qionghua was very interested in traveling, so he led the team to wander around, slowly and steadily, and inspected the situation in the Central Plains that had been ravaged by the small war along the way. And the various industries of his old Wang family.

More importantly, it is necessary to show off one's presence in front of these wealthy families, show off one's power and see who is unwilling to submit.

So the journey was full of blood and wind.

Wang Yan didn't say anything more, but greeted the various busy people in a friendly manner, chatted and laughed with them, asked about how their lives were going, whether they had been affected by the previous catastrophe, and who was so bold as to bully them.

Although the scale of the rebellion was not that grand, and overall it was the government troops that had the upper hand, the troops of the wealthy and powerful families were all killed.

However, because the scope of the war was too wide and too large, and the wealthy families were still desperately sweeping away the common people, it was absolutely impossible to say that there was no impact. Especially the farm of Lao Wang's family, which was known to be wealthy.

The one who suffered the most in this battle was Wang Yan. All the local armies rose up, and most of them wanted to wreak havoc on Wang Yan's farm.

However, the people who followed Wang Yan to eat were not just eating for free. The adult men were busy farming and practicing martial arts in their spare time. Moreover, there were soldiers in the manor and disabled veterans, so it was not a problem to guide the people in the manor to practice military formations.

The only disadvantage is that it cannot wear armor, making it difficult to break through defense in a fight.

However, they did not have armor, but they had more sophisticated weapons, such as spears, bows and arrows, etc. In addition, they practiced martial arts all year round, ate and drank well, and protected their own and their families' property and lives, so their combat effectiveness was still very strong.

As long as they could hold off the first wave, things would be much better afterwards, but there would definitely be some casualties. Xiao Mei had already made arrangements for these things, and they were all generously compensated.

Although crops and the like were destroyed, the Wang family's overseas grain transport fleet never stopped, and it became larger and larger, bringing back huge amounts of grain that basically covered the Central Plains, ensuring food for their own family and stabilizing grain prices in the Central Plains.

It can be said that before the fight started, Wang Yan had taken various aspects into consideration, even the possibility that Yang Guang might be afraid and give up halfway.

To put it bluntly, it was Yang Guang who let him go this time. If Yang Guang was upset, he would have to take Wang's head.

Then Wang Yan would not be here at this time, but sitting on the dragon throne in Daxing Palace, thinking about who to kill next and how to quickly flatten the wealthy families...

After talking with the farmers for a long time, and followed closely by Shan Xiongxin, he checked everywhere in Erxianzhuang.

"Old Dan, does your family have so many war horses?"

Wang Yan stood in front of the stable with his hands behind his back, looking at the large number of horses inside.

"There are many people in my family. During the previous war, some people came to attack my family. We fought several battles and captured a lot of war horses that we haven't had time to deal with yet."

"Yeah?"

Wang Yan raised his eyebrows and pointed at one of the horses: "Why does this yellow horse look so familiar to me? It seems to be Shubao's horse, right?"

Shan Xiongxin was sweating profusely. Under Wang Yan's gaze, he bowed his hands and pleaded guilty with difficulty: "Please forgive me, my lord. Shubao is indeed here. Previously, the wealthy families rebelled, and the government troops went around suppressing bandits and rebellions. They killed anyone they saw holding a weapon. It was really a great disaster.

I carry the title of the chief leader of the Thirteen Provinces' Green Forest. At this time, heroes from all directions... bandits from all directions all come to me. Before the war, some people here dispersed, and many have nowhere to go. I plan to wait and see for a while. Earlier, the second brother Qin was ordered by the King of Patron to deliver official documents here, and Princess Yu followed him to play and came to the village on the way..."

"Why is Shubao hiding from me?" Wang Yan shook his head with amusement, "Come on, take me to see what kind of people these four heroes are."

Shan Xiongxin let out a long sigh, resigned himself to taking Wang Yan to the backyard, stopped in front of a large room, and opened the door.

Quiet, extremely quiet.

It's so quiet that you can hear a pin drop.

Wang Yan stood in front of the door with his hands behind his back, raised his head and fanned the air in front of his nose: "It's fine if you are just a bunch of bastards, but why do you let Princess Yu, a woman, smell the stench of your wine here?"

"Prince..."

Seeing Qin Qiong coming forward to greet him with a guilty look on his face, Wang Yan waved his hand and said, "It's okay. You are also worried about the safety of these people. I understand. But I am not a bloodthirsty person. I still trust you and Lao Dan. I am grateful to you two. Although these people have some problems, they are not guilty of death."

Hearing Wang Yan say that they had problems, a few of them looked indignant. Wang Yan glanced over and said with a smile, "Why, heroes, are you still unhappy?"

"You're not happy even when I talk to you." Someone grumbled.

Wang Yan looked over and saw a burly man with a bushy beard.

So Wang Yan smiled and waved: "Come on, come on, come out, don't be depressed in there. It's almost time for dinner, let's do some exercise before dinner. I want to see how powerful you guys are. Do you still dare to show your teeth to me? You go first."

"You are a great general, I won't fight with you. What if I hurt you and then cause trouble to me?" Cheng Yaojin leaned back but was kicked out by someone behind him.

Cheng Yaojin turned around and glared at him: "Who kicked me, you bastard?"

Wang Yan saw Cheng Yaojin with his back to him, so he kicked him on the butt.

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"If you don't dare to fight, just go away and stop getting in the way."

"Hey..." Cheng Yaojin got angry and went into the house to get his axe. "Let's make a deal first. Let's spar. You can't hold a grudge. I heard people say you hold a grudge the most."

"It's all slander. A certain family is the most generous. Come on."

Cheng Yaojin approached with an axe in his hand, smiling, and asked Wang Yan if he wanted a weapon. After reaching Wang Yan, he suddenly swung the axe and chopped him down.

"Chop your forehead... pick your teeth... pick your ears... and your feet..."

Wang Yan did not fight back, but just dodged with a smile on his face.

Seeing that the three axe attacks failed to work, Cheng Yaojin recited his formula again.

"Just these three and a half boards?"

"That's enough beating you."

Wang Yan shook his head in amusement, then dodged another blow to the forehead by moving sideways, and kicked the man with a whip-kick at close range, sending him flying into the crowd.

Cheng Yaojin threw away his axe, covered his stomach with a grin and said, "I underestimated you. You are better at fighting than Yuwen Chengdu."

"Didn't Princess Yu tell you that when Yuwen Chengdu was seventeen years old, I tied him to a target and shot him with arrows?"

So everyone's eyes turned to the graceful Princess Yu standing beside them.

Princess Yu smiled and nodded: "It is true. Prince, I never want to talk about such things."

"You need to be more talkative about this kind of thing."

Wang Yan said with a smile, as if he had just realized something, "So it was you who robbed the imperial throne a few years ago?"

"Huh?" Cheng Yaojin was startled, and shook his head repeatedly to deny it without saying anything, "No, no, Prince, look at how honest I look like. I can't even rob people, how could I possibly rob the emperor. Look at him, Prince, he looks like he has a plan, it must be him who did it."

Cheng Yaojin pointed at someone, a man wearing a scholar's robe and with a long beard.

Seeing Wang Yan looking over, the man bowed and saluted: "Xu Shiji greets the prince. The imperial order is a thing of the past. The prince is magnanimous, so don't scare us villains."

Xu Shiji was a ruthless man. He was born in a landlord family. He first went to Wagang Mountain and then followed Li Tang. He was given the surname Li. Later, Li Shimin ascended to the throne at Xuanwu Gate. He died to avoid taboos and became Li Ji. He was one of the twenty-four heroes in Lingyan Pavilion and was awarded the title of Duke of Ying. He lived a long life and lived until the time when Li Zhi and Wu Zetian came to power.

"Hahaha~" Wang Yan laughed, "I was driven out of Daxing and appointed as the commander-in-chief of Youzhou. You all know the reason. Seeing that you are a bunch of rabble and don't know where to go, you won't be able to rob houses anymore.

Although I have lost my power, my brothers in the army still recognize me as the commander. My last military order before leaving is to send troops from all over the country to suppress bandits. From now on, if anyone dares to gather in the mountains... Confucius said, "If you hear the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening. Xu Shiji, please tell me what this sentence means?"

"This sentence comes from the fourth chapter of the Analects of Confucius, Li Ren. It means that if you know the ultimate truth of the universe, you will be willing to die." Xu Shiji explained without knowing the reason.

Wang Yan smiled and shook his head: "Wrong."

"Dare to ask?"

"If we know in the morning that there are people gathering in the mountains nearby, then this group of thieves can die at night."

Wang Yan spoke these treasonous words in a calm tone, showing an even more arrogant and domineering banditry in front of a group of bandits.

Seeing the group of people looking at each other in bewilderment, he said, "I am going to Beiping to destroy Goguryeo. You can't be bandits, and you all have good strength. It would be a pity if you don't go to the battlefield to fight. Pack up in the next two days, old Danpo, give me some money, and follow me to fight Goguryeo."

"May I ask, Your Majesty, what if I cannot go?"

Wang Yan glanced at the person who asked the question and said, "Then you are the roving bandits. Didn't Old Cheng rob the emperor's money? You are all in the same group.

A while ago, a family in Daxing was surrounded and killed by soldiers, poisoned by soldiers, had a fire in their home, and was assassinated by their confidants. In order to avenge the person behind the scenes, the family developed a new punishment called Lingchi.

Get a sharp knife, cut here, cut there, cut here, cut there, make sure the person being tortured is conscious. Someone starts a fire nearby, gets a stone slab, and signs a black dog. Cut off a piece, roast it until it smells burnt, and then feed it to the dog.

The torturers could only cut a few hundred times in the beginning, but after more than a month of sleepless practice, they were now able to cut more than two thousand times before the person being tortured died.

"Old Cheng, tell me, how many blows can you withstand?"

Cheng Yaojin looked at the smiling Wang Yan, shook his head repeatedly, and smiled awkwardly: "My Lord, I, Old Cheng, never said I wouldn't go. From now on, my Lord, I will fight wherever you say to fight, and I will kill whoever you say to kill. But there is a problem that I need to talk to you about."

"speak."

"I, Old Cheng, still have a widowed mother at home, I'm afraid..."

"No problem." Wang Yan waved his hand. "Don't we have Lao Dan? Bring your families here. My family has a farm here and we have power. The county magistrate here is also from my family. We have hundreds of strong men who have trained in military formations. Ordinary troubles will not fall on us.

Big trouble will only come to me. Who dares to cause trouble here? I swear, if I find out the culprit, I will personally dig up his ancestral grave. I will dig out all the ancestors of this person and grind their bones to dust!

It's settled, everyone, hurry up and do it, let's give half a month, and bring the family members here so they can take care of each other. If anyone dares to run away, then you can pray to God, don't let my family find them.

"Old Dan, go and get all the good wine and food. I am very happy to meet you all today. Let's get drunk and have a good time. I will tell you some dirty stories in the court to open your eyes."

"Okay, Lord Wang, I, Old Cheng, love to hear these."

"Hahaha……"

Wang Yan looked at the group of "heroes" who were huddled together and trembling like lambs to be slaughtered, and laughed wildly.

His laughter is more heroic than that of a hero...

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