Dong Ping couldn't hear that his sister was comforting him, he opened his slightly swollen eyes and carefully looked at his sister's face, and saw that the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and the much rougher skin were much older than before the disaster, he felt a pain in his heart, and almost shed tears again.

But he is a big man, and he can't cry as weakly as a woman, so he can only suppress his tears and say, "Sister, we only listened to the events of the day, and the boatmen couldn't tell me clearly. If you don't feel tired at this moment, can you tell me? ”

Dong Rong was also worried about the events of the day, and when she heard her brother say this, she immediately called Zhang Yang and Jia Yi, who were guarding outside the door, in. Zhang Yang hasn't done anything, but Jia Yi directly knelt on the ground to plead guilty, he had already made a blood oath ten years ago and became Dong Rong's retainer, and even his children and grandchildren would swear to fight to protect Dong Rong in this life. As a result, this time, because of the birth of his third child, he was taken by Dong Rong to live in Haining's house, and as a result, the head of the family almost died and was left behind.

Speaking of which, it wasn't his mistake, but as a loyal retainer, no reason could hide the fact that he was the head of the house unguarded. As soon as he heard that the head of the family had an accident, he immediately crushed two big teeth, and when he went out, his wife only stopped him twice, and he flew out.

In the past six months, he has traveled almost all over the coastal state capitals, and whenever he hears about floating corpses or single women being bought and sold, he will run over as soon as possible. The result is often disappointed, and now that he finally sees the head of the family, he is relieved at the same time, but the guilt is also deeper, and he longs to remove an arm to atone for his previous sins.

"The head of the family, his subordinates are derelict in their duties!"

Jia Yi has been following his side for many years, how could Dong Rong not know his temper, and helped him up without waiting for him to say more, Zhengse said, "I know what you think, but don't say that I forced you to go home for vacation before, even if you are by your side, it must be too late to rescue such a sudden disaster." Now that the past has passed, and I have returned safely, let's plan for the future. There is a rebellion among the guards at home, and there are not many people I can trust, so you don't want to propose any punishment. ”

After that, she pulled Jia Yi to sit down, and then talked about the assassination at sea that day, and finally analyzed in a deep voice, "Although Zizhu and Yiba got married, there are no new big girls around me, but the people who can go to the island have also been investigated, where did they think that they would be infiltrated by Maitreya's teachings." ”

Zhang Yang remembered the resistance he received when he was looking for people in the past six months, as well as the collusion between the Maitreya Sect and the government, and said hatefully, "I just felt that the Maitreya Sect was becoming more and more arrogant, but I didn't expect them to be so deeply forbearing. I really don't know what high-ranking officials and dignitaries are behind Maitreya's religion to support? ”

Jia Yi took his subordinates to go deep into the mouth of the Maitreya Church to investigate, for fear that Dong Rong would fall into their palms, and they knew more about the inside story than Dong Ping and Zhang Yang.

"The Maitreya Sect is very powerful, and they are all brothers and sisters with the officials of the imperial court in private. And there are a few officials who are usually very honest and honest, although they have never echoed it, but they dare not speak out. On one occasion, a Dharma protector spoke with half a word, as if their sect leader had a close relationship with someone in Kyoto. ”

Dong Ping remembered that his brother-in-law's whereabouts were unknown, and he was so angry that he slapped him on the table, gritted his teeth and said, "No matter who is behind them, they have to pay the price for their recklessness." I will send a letter back to Kyoto tomorrow to ask a few of my classmates to pay attention to the movements of Maitreya. ”

Dong Rong also nodded and said, "Maitreya has taught the seal, so I will rush to Anzhou to extract the cash at this time." Let's get over as soon as possible, and hit the road early tomorrow morning. ”

Zhang Yang heard her say this, so he casually asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for many days, and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, that seal is a very important thing, why didn't you send someone to Anzhou to inform you before, this huge amount of silver taels will not have to be lost." ”

An inexplicable light flashed in Dong Rong's eyes, and she said with a smile, "Don't worry, at the beginning of the production of this seal, the prince and I set a trap in order to prevent someone from being greedy. It's okay if Maitreya doesn't go to the money village to get the money, but if he goes, he will get into big trouble. ”

Zhang Yang is still worried in his heart, after all, there are many officials in Daqi who collude with the Maitreya Sect now, and I don't know if the trap set before will have any effect?

But he saw that Dong Rong was full of confidence, and it was difficult to persuade him, so he had to bury many worries in his heart. However, Dong Ping has established a very deep trust in his sister since he was a child, even blindly, and he has never doubted it at all. pulled my sister and talked about the three children in the grassland, as well as the arrangements for the two of them to be disposed of in the peach paradise.

At this point, there was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, everyone drove two carriages, one with Dong Rong and two little maids, and the other with luggage, followed by the thirty or forty guards and the good hands of the dart bureau, and they went on the road.

Anzhou is located in the hinterland of Daqi, south of the Jiangnan state capitals, north of Kyoto, but all people who walk north and south have to pass through here, so it is very prosperous. And Dong Rong also took this into account at the beginning, and set up the headquarters of the Dong family firm here, and the only money bank under the firm is also here.

The group set out from Luozhou, day and night, but the three of them drove out three hundred miles, and before sunset they stayed at a small inn on the edge of a small town. Although the small inn is simple, the shopkeeper and the work are very enthusiastic, seeing the large number of people in the convoy, a rare big business, so boiling water and cooking, arranging the room, busy and happy.

Dong Rong has been in exile for half a year, and she has never suffered anything, so naturally she will not choose. I simply ate a bowl of porridge and two fried vegetables, and then fell asleep. On the second day, the people, who had rested all night, calmly went up to the official road, and arrived at the gate of the city before noon.

Originally, in and out, it was very busy at the city gate, but today it is even more congested for some reason, the people carrying the burden, the nobles in the car, and the scholars in robes, and even the vendors who sell small snacks have closed their mouths, strangely and quietly gathered not far from the city gate, tiptoeing to look at something, and from time to time there are three or five people gathered in one place and muttered something quietly.

Dong Ping was suspicious when he saw it, and after discussing it with Zhang Yang, he pulled the reins of the horse and guarded it by the side of the carriage, while Zhang Yang took two guards and squeezed in front of him.

A few fellows who carried coarse grain into the city to exchange for fine grain were almost squeezed over by a guard, and scolded in annoyance, "What are you squeezing, and you are also rushing to kill your head?" ”

The guard's face turned dark and he wanted to get angry, but Zhang Yang glared at him, and then smiled and saluted a few fellow villagers to make amends, "A few old men, I'm really sorry, my guard is anxious to see the excitement, but I almost got into trouble." Our farmers can only get some good food for a year, and it would be a pity if we scattered it. ”

The old farmer in the lead looked at Zhang Yang a few times, and saw that although he was in a hurry, he didn't dress and act like an ordinary person, and he was a little afraid in his heart, so he waved his hand and said, "That's it, this old man still understands the hard work of our peasant family." The left and right burdens haven't been turned over, so let's not talk about it. ”

Zhang Yang also counted on finding out the news in his mouth, how could he not speak. He walked outside on weekdays, and was the best at dealing with people, standing in front of the old farmer, but he asked a few words about the harvest and so on, and won the favor of the old farmer. When you have to ask why this city gate is so lively, it is naturally logical and easy.

The old farmer is also a good gossip, he turned his head to look around and saw that the people around him did not pay attention to them, so he whispered to Zhang Yang to explain his doubts, "This big brother, you don't know anything." In our city, a thief was caught the day before yesterday, and I heard that he ran into a money house and stole a million taels of silver. As a result, the money village was opened by the queen mother's family, no, the government directly pulled the thief out, and waited for the head to land at three o'clock in the afternoon. ”

Zhang Yang grinned when he heard it, and he was very funny in his heart. If ordinary people have a hard time carrying a thousand taels of silver, this thief is born and cannot steal a million taels of silver single-handedly. That's so much silver, even if you have to find a hundred carriages. It is obvious that the old farmer is also hearsay, and he is still mixed with water.

The old farmer Xu saw that his face was a little strange, and he felt that he was underestimated by others, so he raised his voice angrily and emphasized, "Big brother, don't believe it." I didn't lie, it's really a million taels of silver, otherwise the Queen Mother wouldn't be angry! ”

Zhang Yang hurriedly hid his face and said with a smile, "Don't worry, uncle, I believe it, can't I believe it?" ”

At this time, a vendor selling sugar gourds next to him retorted, "Uncle, where did you hear the news?" This is simply listening, I walked around in front of the government yesterday, this excitement is from the beginning to the end, it is not what you said at all. ”

"Oh, what the hell are you talking about, what did I get wrong?" The old farmer was unconvinced, and his shriveled chest was very combative, which made Zhang Yang laugh.

The peddler didn't hide it, and when he came to him, he said proudly, "Our Chase Bank, which has the best reputation in the city, received seven or eight guests the day before yesterday, and they took a ring-shaped seal, saying that they wanted to extract a million taels of silver. You don't know, this Chase money bank is famous for only recognizing tokens and not people, if it is a weekday, it will pay the silver directly. However, this seal is a noble man in Kyoto, when a thief stole the seal from his house, it is said that it was reported in Dali Temple at that time, and it is considered stolen. When the people of Qianzhuang saw it now, they naturally wanted to sue the owner. That noble man is the nephew of the current Queen Mother, and he went to the Queen Mother in anger. The thieves are so rampant, and the Queen Mother is also angry, no, she directly issued an edict to our Lord Zhizhou, and today she will pull people out and cut off her head. ”

"Oh, I see." A few old peasants listened with relish, nodded and agreed, "Yes, a good man does some work and doesn't eat, he has to be a thief." After hiding for so many years, I was still caught. God really has eyes, and he will never let go of a wicked person. ”

"That's it, that's it."

Zhang Yang's mechanical opening echoed, but in fact, his heart was already shocked. He was already extremely smart, and the peddler was also smart, how could he not hear the strangeness in this. I'm afraid this is what my sister-in-law didn't explain that day. R638