Chapter XXVIII
The man in black was startled, got up and was about to run. Guan Feng didn't hesitate any longer, raised the long knife in his hand, and with a click, he saw that the head of the man in black was completely chopped off, and the bones rolled several feet away, and on the headless corpse, a large puddle of blood gushed out like a fountain, and after a while, the corpse fell.
Yun Han, Lin Guo, Ruan Shi and the others looked a little disgusted, and they all turned their heads away from looking. Ruan wanted to cover Yuan Chengzhi's eyes to prevent him from looking, but Mo Li suddenly said, "Madam, please don't stop Gongzi." ”
Ruan Shi was stunned, and finally let go of Yuan Chengzhi. Yuan Chengzhi was not afraid, his eyes widened and he watched the headless corpse fall to the ground, his face was fearless, and he looked up and asked Ruan: "Mother, are these bad people the one who killed my father?" ”
Ruan Shi nodded and said: "They are just one of them, Cheng Zhi, you have to remember that your father was loyal to the country, and he did his best for the safety of the people in the world, but now he has been wronged by bad people, one day, God will give your father justice!" When you grow up, you must also be a person like your father, open and upright, and a man must stand up to the sky to live this life in vain. ”
Yuan Chengzhi didn't seem to understand, but he nodded vigorously and said, "Mother, I remember, I will definitely be a person like my father when I grow up!" So I'm not afraid, I don't want to be a coward! ”
Mo Li looked at Yuan Chengzhi appreciatively, this little guy is quite bold.
At this time, Du Geng and Guan Feng had already cleaned up the scene, and all the men in black had been confirmed dead. At the same time, Yun Han and the others also hurriedly helped to remove the shackles and wooden shackles of the Ruan family, sorted out their clothes, and then asked the brothers to distribute some horses for the Ruan family to ride.
Mo Li discussed it with Guan Feng and Du Geng, and decided to avoid the official road and pick up remote and uninhabited paths. The team of nearly 100 people marched on the remote country road for about half an hour, and it was already dark.
In the deserted countryside, where there is a place to stay, naturally I found a hidden woods and set up a tent at night.
After the tent, everyone sat around and ate dry food. Mo Li, Guan Feng, Du Geng, Ruan Shi, Yun Han, Lin Guo and others sat inside and discussed where to go next.
When Mo Li and Guan Feng came, Zu Dashou and He Kegang did not specifically ask them where to take the Yuan family's family to settle down, but only asked them to protect the Yuan family.
For example, there are hungry people everywhere, there are mobs rebelling everywhere, and the Liaodong Tartars are even more eyeing each other, but there seems to be no quiet pure land in the world. It was Yizu Dashou and He Kegang who didn't know where to let them go to settle down, so they could only rely on their own decisions.
There is no way to return to his hometown in Guangdong, and the remnants of the eunuch party must have already sent people to set up an ambush. The southwest is far away from the emperor, but the southwest has always had an abnormal climate, and there are many miasma plagues, so it is inconvenient to take risks. The desolate land in the northwest is even more unstoppable, so where should I go to avoid the eunuchs?
Du Geng first said: "Madam, General Moshen, brothers, now the eunuch party is raging, the supervisor has been killed, the emperor has been deceived again, the Liaodong Tartars have the intention of annexing my Ming Dynasty, and the chaos in the world has been revealed, how can we avoid the eunuch party chasing and killing, where to settle down?" ”
Ruan Shi said: "I'm just a woman, and I don't know much about this, so I will listen to the opinions of General Mo and you." ”
Mo Li said, "What do you brothers think? Let's talk about it all. ”
He can't say that he doesn't know much about this era, and he doesn't even know the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the forces of all parties, etc., now these people see him as the leader, if he shows that he doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to convince people's hearts, you must know that in this troubled world, these people in front of him are the key to whether he can live in peace.
If he left these people, Mo Li didn't know if he could still live, although being with them was also a dangerous thing, but it was better than wandering alone in the late Ming Dynasty, maybe one day he would be eaten by the hungry and crazy hungry grass cowards.
In troubled times, there are people under him who are the kings of life, just like Zuo Liangyu in the later years of history, as the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty, he repeatedly disobeyed military orders, but Emperor Chongzhen was helpless against him, the main reason was because Zuo Liangyu's subordinates had a large number of troops.
Therefore, it is imperative that he find a way to firmly control these people in front of him, so that they can switch from being loyal to Yuan Chonghuan to being loyal to himself, and then slowly increase his strength, so that there may be a way to live.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Mo Li thought for a while and said, "Madam, brothers, Mo Li will say a little bit of my thoughts first. Now the Tartars are on the border, and the border of Liaodong is not quiet, but the court is controlled by traitors, so that the superintendent was tragically killed, and the court traitor is not eliminated for a day, and the Ming Dynasty has no hope, and the superintendent will not be able to avenge his grievances.
But we currently do not have the strength to clean up the court, and even the remnants of the eunuch party are difficult to deal with, they can't intercept and kill this time, and they will definitely send people to continue to hunt down and kill the lady and son in the future, so we must be vigilant and strictly prevent the killers of the eunuch party from sneaking up again. ”
Guan Feng nodded and said: "My lord is right, but now the eunuch party is in the name of the imperial court after all, we can't fight, Guan Feng thinks that we should avoid the edge for the time being, and send the lady and son to a safe place first, which is also the entrustment of Zu Shuai and General He." But the world is so big, where should we go to avoid the interception of the imperial eagle dogs? I think the land of lakes is more suitable. ”
"Oh? Guan Feng said in detail. Mo Li's eyes lit up and he said.
"My lord, the southwest plague land is not suitable for the adventure of the lady and the son, and the northwest is desolate, and it is not good, Guangdong and Fujian are the hometowns of the governor, and the eunuchs must have sent people to set up ambushes, and it is not safe.
There are the most scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, but there are also many people who love to talk about and criticize state affairs, and now the superintendent has been framed, and the world mistakenly thinks that the superintendent has betrayed the country, and those who read are the easiest to spread rumors everywhere, and then the wife and son will be in a disadvantageous situation.
Then there is only one area of Huguang, firstly, the people of Huguang are simple and simple, and there are many upright people, and secondly, Huguang is far away from Beijing, so I think the impact of rumors will be lighter, and besides, Huguang is located in a remote area, and there are many mountains, we can find a remote and quiet place, so that Mrs. and son can temporarily settle down, and then make plans. Guan Feng told the story.
"Well said!" Mo Li clapped his hands and said: "Guan Feng's analysis just now is quite reasonable, I don't know if the other brothers have any different opinions?" ”
The fat man Wei Hong scratched his head and said, "I don't have any opinion, the lake is wide, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, but it is a good place to live in seclusion, hehe." ”
Yun Han thought for a while and said, "I have no opinion on going to Huguang to live in seclusion, but I don't think we can be intoxicated with mountains and rivers, right?" We must not forget the grievances of the superintendent and the great enmity of the superintendent, and one day, we will get rid of the traitors who killed the superintendent one by one and avenge the superintendent! ”
"That's right! We must avenge the Overseer! The Overseer must not be allowed to die unjustly! He Zhendong and He Zhenbei also shouted excitedly. The two of them have followed He Kegang since childhood, and He Kegang is deeply appreciated and trusted by Yuan Chonghuan, and they naturally love Yuan Chonghuan very much.
Mo Li's heart moved, secretly thinking that at this time in history at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were many powerful people, and the rebel army was everywhere, all of them were disaster victims who couldn't survive, as long as these people had a bite to eat, they could work for you, if they pulled the banner of Yuan Chonghuan's old department and occupied the mountains in Huguang as the king, it is estimated that they could also gather a lot of people, didn't King Chuang in this period of history pull up hundreds of thousands of displaced people and claim to be a million army to crusade against the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?
"Avenge the Overseer! Avenge the Overseer! The crowd shouted excitedly.
"Brothers, please listen to what Moli has to say!"