Chapter 19 Withdrawal
After getting off the carriage and entering the government office, his dissatisfaction completely exploded.

"Wang An, look at this place you asked me to live in. Is this where people live?"

Just when everything was done, Cao Yunmeng rushed into Wang An's room with Xiao Zhao, pointing at Wang An's nose and questioning him.

Wang An just glanced at Cao Yunmeng and said indifferently: "If you are not satisfied, you can ask your rich father to escort hundreds of thousands of taels of silver here, and I will build a princess's mansion for you to live in alone, okay?"

"You..." Cao Yunmeng was so angry that he put his hands on his hips and pointed at Wang An's nose and cursed: "You are still a man, but you let your wife live in a place like this, aren't you ashamed?"

Wang An sneered and said, "You know you are the princess, but you still want a separate room. Are you afraid that others don't know our relationship?"

"What's the relationship?" Xiao Zhao didn't know about the deal between Wang An and Cao Yunmeng. She always thought that they were just a couple who were strangers to each other and had not yet gotten used to each other.

But now it seems that the truth is not as simple as I imagined.

Wang An and Cao Yunmeng had agreed that they would pretend to be husband and wife for three years. After three years, Wang An would announce to the world that their relationship was clear and let Cao Yunmeng leave freely.

During these three years, of course, the deal between the two could not be told to anyone.

Seeing Xiao Zhao's suspicion, Cao Yunmeng immediately stopped talking and just continued to glare at Wang An angrily.

Wang An was not to be outdone and stared back without saying a word.

The two stood in the room staring at each other for half an hour. Finally, Wang An couldn't stand it anymore and compromised, "This is the environment in Jizhou. At most, I can find a few yamen runners to clean your room."

"The tiles on the roof have fallen off. Can this be solved by cleaning?" Cao Yunmeng retorted without hesitation, but halfway through her words she suddenly realized that Wang An's room seemed to be much better than her own.

Not only is it more spacious, but it's also cleaner.

Although the styles of the various furniture pieces do not match, they are neither missing anything nor appear too old.

It can be seen that Chen He and others put a lot of effort into decorating such a room.

This is not because Chen He and others are partial to one over the other. The room given to Wang An is good, and the room given to Cao Yunmeng is bad.

In fact, this room was originally prepared for Wang An and Cao Yunmeng. Who could have known that Cao Yunmeng would clamor for a room of her own?

There was no time to decorate the room, so Chen He could only pick one with better conditions from all the rooms.

Unexpectedly, Cao Yunmeng was still not satisfied.

It seemed that she had taken a fancy to Wang An's room again. Cao Yunmeng showed a mischievous smile on her face. She walked around the room and said, "I think your room is good. If you know what's good for you, I won't bother to argue with you."

Wang An rolled his eyes. He didn’t care whether he lived better or not. Besides, as a man, he was too lazy to argue with Cao Yumeng about this.

So he called the black-armored guard standing at the door, picked up his bag and left the room.

Watching Wang An's departing back, Cao Yunmeng smiled triumphantly, and said proudly, "Xiao Zhao, clean up the room!"

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The first day in Jizhou passed without any disturbance.

The next day, Wang An had just finished washing up when Chen He came hurriedly to him.

"Your Highness, why do you live here?" Chen He looked a little strange.

I wondered if this young prince had some unknown family conflict with the princess, or some unspeakable secret as a man, so he avoided sleeping with the princess?
Although it was Cao Yunmeng who asked for a separate room last night, this morning when he hurried to find Wang An, he did see Cao Yunmeng in the room that originally belonged to Wang An. However, he was told that Wang An had already moved into the room that was arranged for Cao Yunmeng last night.

Chen He secretly complained in his mind, could it be that the princess couldn't sleep in the middle of the night so she went to the prince's room to look for Wang An, and Wang An, for some unspeakable reasons, did not hesitate to switch rooms with the princess?

But before he could figure out the answer, Wang An had already hung up your towel and asked in confusion, "Master Chen, why did you come to see me so early?"

Chen He immediately thought of the business, and his face immediately regained its anxious look: "Your Highness, Shuangfengguan Guerrilla Commander Zhao Yi heard that you had arrived in Jizhou, and he was ready to say goodbye to you early this morning!"

Wang An thought about it for a moment and suddenly understood.

Zhao Yi, the guerrilla commander of Shuangfeng Pass, was a general sent by the imperial court to guard Jizhou.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, after the vassal kings were established, the defense of the prefectures and counties would be the responsibility of the vassal kings.

It was natural for Zhao Yi to say goodbye, but it was only his first day in Jizhou and he was in such a hurry to say goodbye, which was a bit too hasty.

No wonder Chen He was so anxious. The garrison troops of the entire Jizhou were divided into local garrison troops and recruited soldiers sent by the imperial court.

Generally speaking, local garrisons usually selected strong and healthy people from the local people to serve as soldiers in wartime and farmers in peacetime. They generally had fighting qualities.

The imperial court would not call upon these garrison troops when they were on the march to fight unless it was a critical moment.

Over the past few hundred years, these garrison troops had long lost the strategic functions they had when they were first established. Rather than being an army, they were more like a group of peasants.

Recruiting soldiers is different. In the words of Wang An in his previous life, they are completely full-time professional soldiers.

The training is relatively rigorous, the equipment is complete, and the combat experience is richer, and there are many veterans among them.

Daliang was able to remain standing thanks to the bravery and fighting skills of these recruited soldiers.

In the past, when the barbarians invaded the border, because of the existence of conscripted soldiers, although they plundered Jizhou every year, they did not dare to send out all their forces and act recklessly.

Basically, they would fight quickly and decisively, and after looting enough wealth, food, and people, they would evacuate quickly.

And now, the autumn harvest is approaching.

If the Northern Di and Eastern Yi knew that the garrison troops of Jizhou had all withdrawn, they would surely come out in full force in excitement and turn the entire Jizhou into a hell on earth!
"We must not let Zhao Yi leave!" Wang An made the decision almost immediately.

No matter what, we must find a way to keep Zhao Yi.

Even if it's just to delay the opponent for a while and last until the autumn harvest.

"Come on, take me to see him!" Wang An said decisively.

The two of them walked through the halls and soon arrived at the main hall of the government office.

In the lobby, a big man in armor was drinking tea leisurely.

When he saw Wang An and others appear, he did not stand up to greet them.

Wang An was wearing the dragon robe of a prince from the Daliang Dynasty, and Zhao Yi had been promoted to a third-rank guerrilla general, so there was no reason for him not to recognize him.

(End of this chapter)