Chapter 121: Dazed
The carriage shook gently, and Zong Zhengke seemed to be asleep, leaning on the pillow in the car, his eyelids drooping slightly. There was a commotion outside, so loud that it almost overturned the car, but she was not affected in the slightest.
Mingxin sat next to the car door, opposite to Master Yuanzhen. The two, one sideways lifted the curtain and observed the movement outside; The other twisted the beads in his hand and silently recited the scriptures.
After a moment, Mingxin lowered the curtain and sighed lowly. It's miserable, the people who were beheaded for public display. Even a person like her who is as hard-hearted as a stone can't help but feel compassion.
Today is the fifth day after the night of the riots in Yuyan Mansion. But it wasn't for Master Yuanzhen to return to Yuchuan Mansion, and asked Xiao Peng to ask for a release order from Prince Yuchuan, and more than a dozen ancestors and servants of the Zongzheng family would probably be trapped in Yuyan Mansion.
And in the past few days, Yuyan Mansion has been bleeding like a river.
That night, not only the prefect's yamen and several wealthy families were attacked by mobs, but as many as five counties under the jurisdiction of Yuyan Mansion were affected by this catastrophe. There were more than a dozen groups of homeless volunteers who had initially been armed, shouting "to do the right thing for heaven" and "paying for the debts of blood and blood," and brazenly attacked the county government offices in these county towns and the most notorious households in the county.
People were killed, belongings looted, and houses burned. When the rebels opened the granaries and the silver storehouse, they were even more angry when they found them empty enough to run horses. As a result, four of the five county towns were directly occupied by the rebels, and the banners of "King of Heavenly Dao" and "King of Fengtian" were raised.
When Prince Uogawa learned of this, he was furious. Originally, Yuyan Mansion was not his fiefdom, and he couldn't control this matter. Helplessly, the old prince was newly mourned, the princes in the house were infighting, and Princess Sun was a woman who could not take on the heavy responsibility, so he used this as an excuse to send troops to Yuyan Mansion and vowed to sweep away the demonic atmosphere!
Prince Uogawa was the general who led the army, and when the emperor first ascended the throne, he was fortunate that his own brother had a heavy army to deter many parties. Although the Uogawa Mansion has been such a place in the past few years, Prince Uogawa has not stopped training his generals.
Whether it is the soldiers of the Yuchuan Mansion or the soldiers of the royal palace, their combat effectiveness is quite impressive. Among the leading generals, except for a few generals who have followed Prince Uogawa for many years. He had several sons who were also brave and good at fighting.
Although it is not as brave as the Flying Leopard Rider, the army in the hands of Prince Uogawa is also one of the strongest armies of the Tianxing Dynasty. How are those rebels the opponents of the regular army? The next day, all the occupied counties were recovered, and several rebel leaders were captured.
At that time, Zong Zhengke got the news. But he said to the Zongzheng who heard the news and told her: "I'm afraid there are still a few days to wait." ”
Sure enough, that night, an even greater wave of rebel siege broke out. This time, not only Yuyan Prefecture, but also among the seven prefectures and 26 counties under the rule of Yuchuan County. As many as fifteen county towns were attacked, and seven of them were occupied by the rebels. But in the next day, the seven county towns were recaptured by the Yuchuan army that rushed urgently.
That's when it stopped. However, at the entrance of the vegetable market in each prefecture and county, the heads of the captured volunteers were rolling, and there were more people killed in the battle between the two sides when they fought for the city.
On the way out of Yuyan Mansion, Zong Zhengke unfortunately passed by a place where he beheaded the public. The smell of blood was even more unbearable in this hot summer. Those rebels who were ruthlessly slaughtered were actually coerced people, and the earth-shattering cries when they were executed in public were simply heartbreaking.
Even if it has sailed out of Yuyan Mansion. Walking on the official road, there seems to be a smell of blood on the side of the nose, and you can still hear heart-rending cries and begs for mercy.
It was only at this time that Zong Zhengke opened his eyes, sat cross-legged, and muttered the sutras. The noise had such a great effect on her that she could only close her eyes as if she had not heard, and could not recite the scriptures as if she had not heard.
In her previous life, when she was incarnated as a geist, she had seen even more tragic and cruel scenes. She never expected it. The impact on her in person will be so great. How innocent those people were, deceived and deceived just to survive, and became pawns of some - with their blood and their lives.
These people include Li Yi, who has suspicions about the Tianxing Dynasty. also has her who wants revenge, Zong Zhengke! She didn't understand, she had clearly made up her mind to be ruthless, and sat back and watched this tide of the rebel army surging all over the Tianxing Kingdom, why did she still feel remorse?
For a while, Zong Zhengke was a little dazed. She was thinking. Is there a better way to do things, which can make her repay the hatred of her previous life, but not be too widespread. She needs to think again.
With the protection of the soldiers sent by the Uogawa Prince's Mansion, the Somasa family and his party returned safely to the Somasa Annex. Mrs. Ren led her son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren and grandchildren to greet her at the door, and when she saw Zong Zhengjin riding on a horse from a distance, she immediately cried bitterly, and almost couldn't stand on the ground.
When Zong Zheng saw his family, he also felt that he was living again. That night, he had not slept at all since the riots. Although the third old lady who borrowed the house immediately summoned the nursing home to inspect everywhere, no one knew whether he could resist the attack of the mob.
The Zongzheng family has been rooted in Yuyan Mansion for decades, and it is also a wealthy family of official eunuchs. From the information received, it is known that the targets of those mob attacks are all high-ranking families. Zong Zheng was very tired, and that night, Zong Zheng was holding a sword in his hand and holding a full hall outside the guest house where she lived until the light of day.
Later, the mob was exterminated, but the whole Yuyan Mansion was under martial law, and the city gates were closed tightly to prevent entry and exit. Moreover, there are rumors that the post station of the Zhu Prefect's Mansion in the east three miles outside the Yuchuan Mansion was extinguished, and the prefect's yamen was burned, which was actually a poisonous plan continued by the mastermind behind the extermination case.
Zong Zheng discussed with the third old lady that except for the necessary purchase of people, no one was allowed to enter or leave the house, lest he get into trouble. He also came to appease Zong Zhengke, telling her not to be afraid, she has a grandfather. Fortunately, Yuyan Mansion was soon controlled by the Uogawa Army, and although those big-headed soldiers occasionally disobeyed military discipline, there would be no more mob attacks in the end.
But it wasn't until Zong Zhengke sent Mingxin to send a warrant from Prince Uogawa that Zong Masashi had to leave Uoyan Mansion with his granddaughter and his subordinates and go home. And if it weren't for the fact that there was a crack Uogawa army that came with the warrant, he would never have ventured to leave the city when the situation was unknown.
Fortunately, it was smooth. Zong Zhengjin has been up and down in officialdom for decades, to be honest, this is the first time he has encountered this kind of thing, and it is false to say that he is not nervous or afraid. Seeing his family at this time, he was also in a state of flux, and his son was busy supporting Mrs. Ren, who seemed to be fainting, and said with a straight face: "If you continue to cry, people will think that our family is going to do things in vain." ”
Old lady Ren's crying stopped abruptly, and she said with tears in her eyes: "Old lady, what you say is really poking the concubine's heart!" ”
Zong Zhengjin smiled and said, "Okay, okay." If you don't die in a great calamity, you will have a blessing in the future. Let's all go inside. ”
Zong Zhengke also got out of the car and said hello to Mrs. Ren and her aunts and sisters. Mrs. Ren rarely comforted her with a pleasant face, and the family hugged the grandparents and grandchildren back to the house. (To be continued.) )