Chapter 290: Civil Unrest II
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Originally, the border town was garrisoned by the old general Helian, and it had been quiet for nearly ten years, during which the old and new Beino changed, and the young king took power, and ambition inevitably began to stir. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info And Chongnan As the old general gets older and older, the soldiers have been content with the status quo for a long time. This is not the time to go on a grand scale.
Li Shuci pondered for a long time, looked at the eager begging eyes of the kneeling people begging for mercy, and whispered to Helian Tao: "I have an idea. ”
Seeing that she was cautious, Helian Tao couldn't help asking, "What do you think?"
"Formation. ”
Helian Tao was stunned for a moment, looked at her and said, "What does Xiao Wu mean, to govern the people with the people, and to govern chaos with chaos?"
"Hmm. Li Shuci wanted these people to form a regulation, so that they would not really become mortal enemies with the imperial court in the end and cause riots. After all, the original intention of the imperial court was to appease, not to execute these chaotic people, and it was not the imperial court that really hindered the people's livelihood, but the local officials who guarded and stole themselves. "If you go outside, you must first settle inside. How many gray birds do we have in our hands? Can we ask for a secret order?"
If Jin Yao trusted them enough to appoint Helian Tao as the minister of the Qincha at this time, then even if this trip did not go well, there would not be too many leaks. Helian Tao nodded, "I'll send a message to you." "Fortunately, there is a special spy line between them and Jin Yao, and only the king can open the secret letter in person. If you want to put it on the ordinary, the news they sent back is the usual line newspaper, and it will be passed on to the king after someone has read it.
"If the secret decree goes well, it will take half a month at the earliest. Helian Tao was very worried, and he knew that he would let the king make him an official first, so as not to have a small place to appease the envoys to step on his head and and pee. "How are we going to convince these rioters to follow us?"
"Persuasion?" Li Shuci shook his head, "You don't need to be convinced, you can be convinced." ”
Liu Rudao's carriage also came to the back, and when he heard this, he was immediately stunned: "Ah......? Isn't that a good ......?"
"If you want to reason with the bandits, do you make sense? These are just the rebels who have just entered the road, and the more we meet the bandits in the future, the more vicious they become, and they will let them join the army after thinking a few words, and there is no door!" Li Shuci looked at the few people on the ground who were at a loss and said, "There is only one way, first subdue the people, and then let them stutter." ”
"Xiao Wu is right, most of those people have no family to worry about, and they have no choice but to become bandits in order to make a living. Beating them can be regarded as revenge for those who were persecuted by them before. Don't be afraid of anything else. Let them be convinced to prevent future troubles. In case there are crooked thoughts at that time, it is inevitable to make an example of the chickens. ”
"We still have more than ten days to get to Beiming Mansion, I don't know how many people we can meet on this road, we have to be careful when the time comes, if we encounter a lot of people, no matter what means, Muyun Mushan, the drugs you have prepared in your hands, if it doesn't work, just be fascinated first." ”
Li Shuci thought for a while, and then said: "These few of them are really too weak, at this time, let's let them go to Beixiang City first, how can they last for a while, although we have a lot of food stored before, but Beiming Mansion doesn't know what the situation is, if there are people on the road, I'm afraid it won't be enough." ”
Helian Tao walked over and talked to those people, explaining that they should let them go, but the others immediately left with their own baggage. Only a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy stood up and didn't move, and he watched as Helian Tao suddenly knelt down again. said: "This lord, please accept the villain! The villain is from Bei'an City, Lao Ziniang is sick and dead on the road, helpless, wherever you go, if you want to go to the north, the villain has been mixed in Bei'an City Beiming Mansion since childhood, and the three religions and nine streams can recognize a person and point the way." The villain is young and can't eat much, so he just asks the master to stutter and don't starve to death. ”
Several people looked at each other when they heard his words, and they came around, and Liu Rudao said: "This kid is quite discerning, what is your name?"
"The villain's name is Anping, say hello to this master!"
"It's really clever, otherwise you wouldn't be able to run so far with a group of people at such a young age. Li Shuci looked at him and admired his energy very much. "Do you know who we are? Dare to step forward, not afraid of dying?"
An Ping is not big, he is thin, and he must be younger in fact, but this shows that this young man is indeed full of tenacity. "An Ping's life is not worth a few years ago, it is useless for the nobles to kill me. If you really want to kill me, it will also be the calamity of my life, whether it is a blessing or a curse, and it is a disaster that cannot be avoided. If you think too much, you will die on the road. ”
Li Shuci smiled: "It's still reasonable, have you read books, would you like to join the army in the future?"
When Anping heard the word 'with the army', he couldn't help but be stunned. I didn't expect them to have a relationship with officers and soldiers, but they didn't hesitate much: "The villain's father is literate, and he also taught the villain to read and write." As long as the master accepts Anping, Anping's life will be the master's in the future, and it will depend on the master's arrangement in the future. ”
Li Shuci admired Anping's ability to bend and stretch, so he said to Helian Tao: "I think he is a good boy, it is better to stay by your side and be a little boy first." ”
Helian Tao also liked his cool energy: "Get up, you follow us for a while, and when you get to the north, if you are willing to follow me, if you want to leave, you can also go to fend for yourself." ”
Anping was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately kowtowed three times, "Anping thanks the master for taking him in." ”
Pak An Fortress.
The two circles of the pacification embassy and the governor's mansion have been burned through by the fire! The surroundings were full of bandits disguised as ordinary people, who, regardless of the oily sweat baked by the fire, blocked the alleys and intersections to kill the escapees, snatch things, and grab anything. But all the people who came out were subordinates, and they didn't see a single master.
At this time, Liu Zhizhou and Liu Furen were hiding in an inconspicuous house in the northwest corner of Bei'an City. He climbed on the big tree and looked into the distance, stumbled down for a while, looked at his wife and children in the yard and said in a trembling voice: "It's all because of Wang Chen, who deceived Lao Tzu so hard! If it weren't for Lao Tzu's uneasiness, he prepared a place here in advance, and now he would have to burn those bastards to death!"
Wang Chen is the pacification envoy stationed in Bei'an City, as early as half a month ago, Liu Furen went to him to discuss the matter of the bandits, but he insisted that it was fine. I didn't expect that I had planned to let him top the bag here, and I escaped by myself!
"Master, what's going on?" The young and delicate aunt was the most unbearable, and the flowers that had already fallen had already lost their color and slumped into a mess of mud, only Mrs. Liu could still ask a little calmly at this time.
"Hurry up, prepare immediately, we have to find a way to get out of the city!" Liu Furen didn't care about scolding Wang Chen's eight ancestors, fortunately, Bei'an City has not been very peaceful, and he recognized the truth of the three caves of the cunning rabbit, and he had already secretly let people dig a tunnel leading to the outside of the city, and saw that it was already burning in a mess, and ordered repeatedly: "Everyone, when I give you a stick of incense, go back and pack your things." When the time comes, if anyone does not obey the commandment, let each one be appointed to heaven."
Although Liu Furen is not a good official, he can't be called a faint official, he has tried his best to maneuver, but at this time, the soldiers are scattered, Wang Chen doesn't know where to flee, the leader of the troops is gone, he is just a civil official, no matter how much he wants to do his best, he has more than enough strength but not enough!
Mrs. Liu did not hesitate at all, and told her eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law: "I don't care if it's hot or not, go back and put on two sturdy clothes, shoes and socks, and bring more food! Bring any sharp daggers and scissors with you in the house! Go quickly!" After speaking, without stopping, he led his youngest son back to the house to pack his things.
Liu's girl Chun Tao couldn't tie up the burden of panic, "Madam, where are we going to escape?"
Liu has followed Liu Furen in Bei'an City for so many years, and he has seen a lot of things, and he has long been prepared, and most of the money in the family has been prepared a little bit over the years, and all of them have been quietly replaced with small things such as gold melon seeds and gold beads, which are sewn into the close-fitting underwear.
"Chun Tao, you have followed me since you were a child, and you don't have a family, so it's just that. Others, you will give them these broken pieces of silver in a moment, and if you don't want to go with us, you can find your own way out! Let's escape from the city first! The lord is an official, and if he flees back to his hometown quietly, he will be punished! He can only go to Beiming Mansion for help. ”
Now I can't point to anyone else at all, so I can only get out of here first.
At this time, Liu Furen came in and said: "You can't go to Beiming Mansion, you look at this group of bandits, this Bei'an City has almost been robbed, they must be going to Beiming Mansion along the road, and it is not safe there!"
"But sir, where else can I go?"
"Let's go to Storm Beach!" Liu Furen gritted his teeth fiercely: "No matter how vicious the bandits are, they don't dare to go north! They can beat the guards stationed in the town, but they don't dare to face the real soldiers." None of the soldiers under the old general Helian are vegetarians! But they are guarding the oil-stealing ghosts and rats in Kitano at this time, and they can't take care of this side at all, but we can go to him!"
"Go to Helian Ting?" Mrs. Liu was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "It's okay, most of these chaotic people are gathered from those villages that have been affected by the war, and they will probably not return." ”
"There's really no better idea right now, I just hope we don't run into chaos when we get out of the city. When we get to Storm Beach, we'll find a way to get you and the kids to the side of the house for shelter. "Liu Pai is the eldest daughter of the two, and she married to Shajun a few years ago.
As they spoke, they returned to the courtyard with the others. There were twenty or thirty people in the courtyard, all of them full of panic, and they looked at the two of them. At this time, a little guy came down from the tree and said hurriedly: "Master, it's not good, that group of people has already searched around, I'm afraid they want to find us!"
"You people are all cronies of my old Liu for many years, go to the tunnel with me first, if you are lucky enough to escape your life, then we will talk about the future, now there is only one point, don't mess up!" Liu Furen said a few words in a deep voice, seeing that everyone nodded again and again, and finally took the lead in walking to the tunnel in the backyard.
The last person to go down the tunnel had just sealed the mouth when he heard a muffled sound in the outer courtyard, afraid that someone had already broken in! Liu Furen forcibly suppressed the nervousness in his heart and said, "Keep up!"