Chapter 228: The First Emperor’s Eastern Tour

On the way back, Liu Bang arrived at Guanting in the northwest of Meng County, Dang County and was detained.

Guanting, also known as Guanze.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, this place belonged to the territory of the State of Song, but was managed by officials sent by the State of Liang. After entering the Warring States Period, Guanze successively belonged to the State of Song and Qi. Emperor Shi unified the six states and was immediately included in the rule of Dang County and established Guanting to facilitate management.

The officials who guarded Liu Bang were not recognized by Pei County officials and villages.

There was no way to let the officials from Pei County come to see Liu Bang.

After Qin unified the world, although officials were stationed in various places, since he ordered the burning of books, officials kept fleeing. There was no way, the impact of burning of books was too bad. Many Confucian scholars even spared their lives to resist. The local officials of the Qin Dynasty were originally short of them. Many Confucian scholars from the six countries had to be arranged. Although the embarrassment was alleviated, they were not very stable.

This happened in Meng County.

Moreover, the escaped official has a considerable position and is the county magistrate of Meng County.

It was precisely because of the escape of the county magistrate that the city of Meng County was in chaos and many things could not be properly arranged.

Meng County is not sufficient in staff, so how could it be free to let someone guard Liu Bang?

So, the matter was left to the officials of Pei County who accompanied Liu Bang to Mount Li and returned with him. Anyway, Liu Bang was going to be escorted to Xiang County, so it was nothing to ask the officials of Pei County to escort it. It would be a big deal to save a lot of trouble, so why not do it?

Zhuang Buzhi, the man from Nesan, was twenty-six years old.

He is a standard Chu person!

He is not tall, about seven feet long, according to later generations, which is about one hundred and sixty centimeters.

He has a strong body, strong Kong Wu, and his white face is a bit scholarly. His arms are slender and good at making a pair of five-foot short spears passed down from family.

The short spear was made by a famous craftsman in the Chu State. One weighs thirty-five kilograms and the other weighs 50 kilograms.

But this farmer doesn't know anything and his martial arts are quite good.

He joined the government late. Three years ago, he recommended him to become a prison officer in Pei County. When he first saw him, he was easily deceived by his appearance. He smiled and looked harmless. But everyone in Pei County knew that this person was cruel and ruthless.

Treating prisoners is so fierce.

Anyone who is imprisoned in a prison, no matter what the crime is, he will be subjected to twenty sticks first.

To the point of Zhuang Bushi, these prisoners were all desperate people and were unruly. Twenty sticks were just to be the majesty of killing them.

If you are still disobedient, you will have other lives.

However, most prisoners, after eating these twenty sticks, remain honest and dare not cause trouble.

It is precisely because of this reason that Zhuang Buzhi's achievements are remarkable and Li Fang attaches great importance to it. On the contrary, Xiao He saw that this person was quite unkind.

However, such a tyrannical person respects Liu Bang very much.

No wonder, in the eyes of Liu Kan and others, Liu Bang is a scoundrel who is ignorant and idle. But for most people in life and at the bottom, Liu Bang is heroic and magnificent, a hero worth following, and an amazing person.

When Liu Bang was captured, Zhou Bo, Lu Wan and Zhou Ke were also implicated.

Zhuang Buzhi did not make things difficult for them. Although he was the one who was the one who guarded Liu Bang in name, in fact, he did not slacken at all to Liu Bang and the other four.

Starting from Guanze, Zhuang Buzhi led seven or eight county officials and pressed Liu Bang and four of them on the way.

Originally, before Guanze was captured, Liu Bang and others were planning to walk here to Yu County (now Yu County, Shangqiu, Henan), and then bypass Meng Zhuze and head east to Fengyi. But now, after Liu Bang was arrested, they were ordered to escort Liu Bang to Xiang County.

Along the way, Zhuang Buzhi couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Liu, what did you do? Why did Lao Qin arrest you?"

At this time, it happened that Liu Fei attacked the prison car in Sishui County, causing trouble.

But before that, Peixian did not explain the matter clearly. He only said that Liu Bang had committed a crime, so he had to be sent to Xiangxian for interrogation.

Meng County did not explain clearly.

And Liu Bang didn't even know what was going on.

In his opinion, he didn't seem to cause any trouble. He worked diligently in Sishuiting over the years, maybe it was a misunderstanding?

When Liu Bang heard Zhuang Buzhi's questioning, he looked confused.

If you want to say who he offended... it is probably Liu Kan from Lou Cang!

But many years have passed since what happened back then, so shouldn't it be? Besides, if Liu Kan really wants to deal with him, she would definitely send someone over here in person.

So, after Liu Bang doubted it for a moment, he immediately denied this idea.

If he had not offended anyone except Liu Kan in recent years... What could be done? Liu Bang shook his head in a daze.

"Maybe something was wrong... I haven't caused trouble in the past two years!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Wan and Zhou Bo. That meant he was asking them: Are you carrying me on your back and making trouble?

Lu Wan and Zhou Bo also shook his head.

As for Zhou Ke...

Not a troublemaker.

Besides, his cousin Zhou Chang was very trusted by Liu Kan when he was working in Lou Cang. Although the two had different ideas, they were relatives after all. If Liu Kan really took action, Zhou Chang would definitely find a way to notify Zhou Ke. Therefore, Liu Bang once again excluded Liu Kan.

Little did they know that everything was secretly planned by Chen Ping.

If it weren't for Liu Kan's inquiry, he might even be kept in the dark, let alone Zhou Chang.

The group went south from Guanting, and a few days later, they arrived at Qixiang. When they walked forward, they were Dangshan County. After passing Dangshan, they entered Sishui County.

Liu Bang's identity is a prisoner, so it is naturally impossible for him to enter the county town.

So Zhuang Buzhi left him in Qi Township, so he asked Liu Bang and the other four to take good care of him, and went to Dangshan alone.

When passing Dangshan County, you need to change the disc, which is also a law stipulated by the Qin Law. The Qin Law attaches great importance to disc, especially the three-field rebellion in Qilu. It was originally a bit slack and slack defense, which suddenly returned to its earlier strict state. If you don’t pass the disc, no one can pass the disc. Therefore, the Zhuang didn’t know that you must change the disc before you can pass Dangshan County.

Zhuang Buzhi left!

Liu Bang and others were detained in the Qiting prison, and several officials from Pei County were guarding outside.

Seeing noon, everyone felt hungry. At this moment, Chief Qi Tingting accompanied a fellow villager to the outside of the prison.

"Where did these prisoners come from?"

"Qi Biyou, these people were prisoners taken to Xiangxian County. They needed to change the sealed discs on the way, so the prisoners were temporarily detained here."

It turned out to be a tour here!

Liu Bang looked out from the prison door and saw this Youzi dressed in the dress of a military officer.

You Zi was one of the three elders, who was responsible for arresting criminals. It was nothing strange that he came to ask and investigate. So Liu Bang didn't take it seriously. He sat in the haystack, leaning against the wall, but he couldn't help but miss the small family in Fengyi City!

I didn't think anything before, but after being in trouble, I realized that the dilapidated family was so warm.

I couldn't help but sigh, glanced at Zhou Bolu Wan and the other two, and couldn't help but feel guilty: "Brothers, it was Liu Ji who dragged you down!"

"Why did your brother say this?"

Lu Wan hurriedly said, "Anyway, we didn't do anything. I guess the government office made a mistake... When we arrived in Xiang County, we would naturally be able to calm the wrongs."

"Put the wrongdoing?"

Zhou Bo, who was relatively silent, spoke at this time, "I don't think it's that easy."

"Lao Zhou, what do you mean?"

Zhou Bo shook his head, "I don't know much either. I just feel that it doesn't seem that simple..."

The few people were talking when suddenly smelled the fragrance of rice.

Liu Bang was stunned and looked up. He saw that Qi Tingting and his men brought two wooden barrels, filled with fragrant rice.

"Brothers have worked hard. Dan Youzi said that since you have arrived in Qixiang, you can't even ignore a meal." The pavilion chief put the bucket in front of the officials of Pei County with a smile on his face, "Come on, eat something... We can't treat very good things here, and it's no problem to have enough food... There are also a few of them in there, so you can eat them to avoid being hungry and delaying your feet.

After passing Dangshan County, you will be unable to eat hot food all the way... Hehe, go further and you will be the Daze of Dangshan!"

What the pavilion chief said is not wrong.

Several officials stood up and said thank you, served the food, and squatted outside the cell to eat.

"Chief Liu Ting, why don't you eat it? The rice in Dangshan tastes quite good, but it is much sweeter than the rice in Pei County."

Although Liu Bang was a prisoner, these officials respected him quite well.

They all came out of the bottom, and with Zhuang's unknowing instructions, the officials could still remember Liu Bang and the four others in the cell.

An elderly official served four bowls of rice and rice and placed it at the prison door.

"Liu Ji, you can have something too... The pavilion leader said it was right. It would be difficult to eat hot rice before entering the Daze of Dangshan County. Don't worry too much, you didn't do anything bad. When you arrive in Xiang County, just make it clear."

"Old man Chen, thank you!"

As Lu Wan spoke, she brought the rice from outside the door, first placed it in front of Liu Bang, and then gave Zhou Bo and Zhou Ke a bowl each.

He held a bowl of rice and squatted by the prison door, and opened his mouth to eat.

But at this moment, Zhou Bo suddenly said, "Wan, don't eat it first!"

"What's wrong?"

Liu Bang had just picked up his job, and when he heard Zhou Bo's words, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at him in confusion.

"Brother, let's eat when they finish eating first!"
To be continued...