Chapter 168: Little Lori
Soon, all kinds of news came together, and they all said that Chang Dachun, the governor of Chang, had returned to his Chang Mansion. Everyone unanimously did not go forward to capture the biggest leader in Wuchang and give this opportunity to Yang Xiaoshan.
Yang Xiaoshan knew that it was the brothers' hearts for him, and kept the greatest credit for himself. At this time, he doesn't need to be humble, it's not appropriate to give this credit to anyone, it's better to take it himself, and everyone's hearts are balanced.
Although Wuchang City was full of noise, Changfu seemed very quiet, and the fierce resistance that Yang Xiaoshan thought would be there did not appear.
"Shizi, Changfu has been surrounded by us. Do you want to bombard this Changfu with shelling? His own soldiers reported.
"Listen to the movement, it doesn't look like there are heavy guards in this mansion, a few of you crash open the gate of this Changfu, let's go in and have a look." Yang Xiaoshan waved his hand.
After a while, the gate of Changfu was knocked open by several strong guys. Everyone rushed in with knives and guns, and they were ready to do a big job, but there was no one inside, and some were just scattered corpses that had hanged themselves.
"Oh my God, Master Chang's whole family hanged themselves!" Everyone came to the hall, where many people were hanging densely, and sharp-eyed people recognized the identity of the corpse. Chang Dachun, his wife Liu, his son Chang Jisong, daughter-in-law Ma, and grandson Chang Shan all hanged themselves.
"Hey, this Master Chang is a good person, but the whole family committed suicide." A Wuchang soldier sighed.
"Don't talk nonsense, they are pure demons, and they are innocent of death." The person next to him immediately stopped him, thinking that he was speaking for the Qing Demon.
Yang Xiaoshan was inexplicably sad in his heart, this Chang family died in front of him, their grandson looked very young and about the same age as himself, and he also did the funeral of the Qing court.
"Untie the white silk, let them down, and find a place to bury them." Yang Xiaoshan also heard that Chang Dachun had a good official reputation, treated the people well, and did not engage in excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the other officials were busy fleeing for their lives. But his whole family hanged himself, and he died to repay the king, it is rare to have such a high integrity, which is a pity to work for the Qing court.
"Let Yang Jianjun bring someone to check their family's property and fill it into the holy treasury for military funds." Yang Xiaoshan then ordered, if the Changfu can't fight, according to the procedure, it will still arrange for someone to raid the house and confiscate it.
"It's like their granddaughter isn't here." Someone muttered softly, and Yang Xiaoshan didn't care when he heard it.
The Changfu area is very large, but the layout is extremely simple, and the furniture is used by ordinary people, and the people who come to check it shake their heads. This regular governor has done a lot of work, but his family background is really poor enough, except for many books, inscriptions, and inkstones, the others are not as good as a small county official.
Yang Xiaoshan likes this place very much, although this place is simple, it is very cultural, and the layout of the courtyard gives people a particularly elegant feeling. Yang Xiaoshan walked along the corridor in the courtyard and watched, and unconsciously came to the backyard of Changfu.
This seems to be a place for the ladies of the Changfu to live, and it has been raided, and even worthless things such as pots and pans have been taken away.
Yang Xiaoshan sighed, turned around and prepared to leave.
"Is it my brother? Brother save me! A childish voice came from a small room.
Yang Xiaoshan was startled suddenly, thinking, "How can there be people here?" ”
"Who? Hurry up and come out! Yang Xiaoshan stopped and returned, staring at the inconspicuous cabin.
But the voice seemed to be gone, and the only answer to him was silence.
Yang Xiaoshan didn't dare to be careless, he listened to the movement in the small house with his ears, and then suddenly lifted his foot, kicked open the wooden door, and broke in.
At a glance, there seemed to be no one in the cabin, only a pair of pairs of firewood piled up there.
"Come out, I see you." Yang Xiaoshan actually didn't see it, he just deceived the people inside.
"Don't kill me, I'll come out, I'm wrong, you're longhair." A timid voice, a little girl crawled out from behind the firewood, about twelve years old, with white skin, a small cherry mouth, and big watery eyes, in the words of later generations, it was very cute. It's just that his face seems to be smeared with a handful of firewood ashes, and it looks a little dirty.
"Who are you?" Yang Xiaoshan saw that it was just a little girl, he put away his sword, looked at her and asked.
"I'm the child of the nurse of the Chang family, don't kill me." The little girl looked particularly scared.
"Why do you call me brother?" Yang Xiaoshan then asked.
"Because you're about the same size as my brother, I recognized the wrong person." The little girl hurriedly replied.
"You were peeking at me just now? Why are you hiding? You are not the child of a Qing court official, and we will not kill you. Yang Xiaoshan's tone softened.
"I'm scared!" The little girl muttered.
"Wait! You lie to me, you are not the child of a nurse, you are the granddaughter of Governor Chang!" Yang Xiaoshan inadvertently saw the little girl revealing a gold collar. Thinking back to the words of his subordinates just now, I realized that this girl was definitely not a child of an ordinary family, and it was very likely that she was the granddaughter of Governor Chang.
"Don't kill me, I'm Chang Shuying, the youngest granddaughter of the Chang family, I don't want to die, go around me." The little girl was still too young, and as soon as the lie was exposed, she immediately cried out in fright.
"Why are you here? Who hid you here? Yang Xiaoshan figured out the details of this little girl, and he couldn't make up his mind.
"The nurse hid me here, she said that the long hair is coming, and our whole family has to commit suicide, she has hurt me since I was a child, saying that I am still young and should not die, let me hide here and not come out." Chang Shuying honestly explained the process.
This time Yang Xiaoshan made a difficulty, and the children of Qing court officials had to be killed according to the regulations, but how could such a cute little girl do this by herself?
"I didn't see you, and you didn't see me." Yang Xiaoshan decided to leave this matter alone, this troubled water will bring him a lot of trouble, so don't wade in, let her fend for herself, he wants to leave after speaking.
"Brother, you are a good person, save me, save me, okay?" Chang Shuying saw that Yang Xiaoshan was a good person and knew that he would not kill himself, so she pinned her hopes for life on Yang Xiaoshan. She knelt on the ground, hugged Yang Xiaoshan's calf, and begged bitterly: "I am willing to be a maid for you and serve you." Don't leave me, save me. ”
Yang Xiaoshan began to struggle in his heart, whether to save this little girl or not? Seeing Chang Shuying crying on the ground with pear blossoms and rain, she should have been the eldest lady, but now she begged herself so lowly, Yang Xiaoshan still relented, and said: "You get up first, you hold my legs, I can't save you." ”
"Brother, if you don't save me, I won't let go." Chang Shuying didn't dare to let go, as if she was afraid that her life-saving straw would fly.
"I promise you, you stand up first." Yang Xiaoshan gritted his teeth, saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, not to mention that this little girl begged herself so much, she really couldn't bear to ignore her.
"I believe in you, you're such a great guy." Chang Shuying didn't seem to be lying to himself when he saw him, and stood up happily.
"My name is Yang Xiaoshan, and I am the righteous son of the East King. Just let them call me son. Your name is Chang Shuying? I'll call you Yingzi, if you believe me, put the gold collar around your neck here first, the nurse's child shouldn't have such a valuable item. Yang Xiaoshan spread his hands and motioned for Yingzi to hand over the gold collar to herself, which was also a test of whether she believed in herself.
Yingzi glanced at him, lowered his head and untied the collar, put it in Xiaoshan's hand, and said with care in his mouth: "This is my brother's love token, because I like it, I begged him for a long time before I borrowed it for me." ”
The little girl didn't realize that her brother was dead, and Yang Xiaoshan couldn't bear to break it, so she said calmly: "Just let me go here temporarily, and if you leave this Changfu, I will pay you back." You follow me now, remember not to talk, not to look around. ”
Yang Xiaoshan was determined to save this Yingzi out, although some people wondered how there was a little girl behind him along the way, but because of his identity, no one dared to say more, but in the end, Yang Fuqing, who was guarding the gate of Changfu, stretched out his hand to stop Yang Xiaoshan.
"What? Yang Jianjun, am I going to be searched too? Yang Xiaoshan said unhappily.
Yang Fuqing was ordered to raid the Chang family's property, and everyone who left the mansion had to be searched to prevent them from hiding their belongings privately and to ensure that everything was returned to the Holy Treasury. Yang Fuqing's people at the gate guarded the gate, and the heavenly soldiers who confiscated the family property at the door lined up in two lines, all waiting for the search.
"Shizi, how dare your subordinates search for you?" Yang Fuqing bent down and said politely, "It's just that this one behind you is?" The latter sentence is neither soft nor hard, a kind of businesslike tone.