Chapter 68: The Prison Robbery
The whole temple of the White Horse Temple sits in the north and faces south, is a long courtyard, the main building can be seen at a glance, it is a tall wooden tower, but now this wooden tower is still complete, but there are also many traces of burning black. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The entire White Horse Temple is built around this wooden pagoda, and the leading hall, the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the Great Buddha Hall, the Pilu Pavilion, etc., are all listed on the central axis of the north and south, which should be built according to the tradition of the Han people.
Five major halls and four courtyards and east and west wings, the entire White Horse Temple covers an area of very amazing, and it can also be imagined that Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty attached great importance to it.
Nowadays, many buildings have collapsed and damaged, only the wooden pagoda in the middle is still relatively intact, and it is estimated that it is the result of the desperate protection of the monks in the temple at that time.
It's just such a dilapidated building, I really can't imagine that there will be any people living here, it is more barren here, and there is still some distance from Luoyang City, and living here must be difficult.
As soon as Yuan Yun's thoughts started, he unexpectedly saw several monks walking out of the White Horse Temple, all of them carrying heavy courage on their shoulders, and it seemed that they were planning to rush to the newly emerging market in Luoyang City.
When Zhi Liang saw a monk walking out of the temple, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly came to Yuan Yun and said: "More help from Yuan Hou, now there are monks living in the White Horse Temple, and we also have a place to stay, so I won't bother Yuan Hou, Zhi Liang will not be here." ”
Yuan Yun nodded, waved his hand and signaled Zhi Liang to disperse on his own, but he was a little unhappy in his heart, Lao Tzu sent you so far, at least Lao Tzu should go to the temple and sit down, right?
After thinking about it, he suddenly heard the sound of neat footsteps coming from behind, Yuan Yuncai smiled bitterly again, he brought more than 2,000 gunpowder army soldiers, and it was reasonable for people to dare to let so many soldiers enter the temple.
Zhi Liang bowed again, and then quickly led a few other people to the gate of the White Horse Temple, and in a moment, the monks who were carrying the burden stopped, and one of them rushed back to the temple very excitedly, and after a while, there were many people in the temple, not to mention a hundred and ten people.
Looking at such a scene, Yuan Yun was stunned, he really couldn't understand how so many people survived here, before he came to rebuild Luoyang, the nearby land was barren, and there were no people within a hundred miles, how could these monks support themselves?
Although there are many doubts in his heart, it is the right way to send the money and grain looted from Chang'an to Luoyang at the moment, so Yuan Yun smiled bitterly, and continued to move forward with a large team of people, if he arrived before the afternoon, he might have time to return home and meet Cai Wenji.
Jia Xu is simply a vampire now, even if Yuan Yun comes back with such a large amount of money and food, his face is still full of displeasure, and he repeatedly said that this robbery in Chang'an is risky, but the harvest is very dissatisfied.
The servants sent by Jia Xu counted for an afternoon before they counted the materials that were brought back from Chang'an, but during this time, Yuan Yun could not leave, so he could only sit in Jia Xu's mansion and wait.
Jia Xu squinted at Yuan Yun, and suddenly smiled: "If Yuan Hou is worried about the wife of the family, why don't you train a few more bookkeepers for the old man, so that it will not take such a long time to count, can Yuan Houbu return earlier?" ”
Yuan Yun's cheeks twitched, he was very disgusted with Jia Xu's disguised robbery, he had trained more than 20 account rooms, but it was still not enough, if it was calculated according to the scale of rebuilding Luoyang, at least hundreds of account men would be needed, and if he cultivated them one by one, then he would not do anything.
After thinking about it, Yuan Yun had a flash of inspiration and said with a smile: "I have a way, I will have someone pick up one of my shopkeepers when I go back, and then send it to Luoyang College, so that he can teach arithmetic and accounting. ”
Jia Xu was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Yuan Hou has developed Luoyang Academy so vigorously, and even reduced the construction of a few workshops, is it just for these to pave the way?" ”
Yuan Yun's old face was slightly red, in fact, the main purpose of establishing the academy is to attract talents, but it is indeed mature talents to be attracted, not to cultivate them from scratch, otherwise where is the time enough?
But now that Jia Xu said so, there is nothing uncomfortable about recognizing this credit, so Yuan Yun nodded and said: "There is indeed such a plan, but now the academy is still just a new establishment, and the real talents are just some people invited by Old Man Zheng Xuan. ”
Jia Xu laughed and said: "Yuan Hou seems to have forgotten a person, now the prince has the right to open the palace, that is, he can establish his own retainers, although it is not an official position of the imperial court, but he can still receive the imperial court's salary, if the academy is linked to the official position of the prince, the attraction of this academy will be greatly increased, hasn't Yuan Hou thought about it?" ”
Yuan Yun was stunned when he heard this, and thought for a long time before he reacted, Cao Ang now has the right to open a palace, that is, he can establish his own small court, all the institutions are the same as the imperial court, this kind of official position is also very attractive, because he is recognized by the Han court, so the world's scholars are also very yearning for this, this is indeed a super large temptation cake.
Arching his hand slightly, Yuan Yuncai said with a smile: "Thanks to Mr. Wenhe's reminder, I will send a letter to the prince when I go back, if this matter is implemented, we will immediately start to publicize it, and the academy in Luoyang may be expanding." ”
Jia Xu smiled and nodded, and then changed the topic and said: "General Zhang Liao is really a general, and now he has connected eight cottages, and countless materials have been looted, and now he is urging us to send people back to carry them, the old man has already divided a batch of labor, and in a few days you can see the materials being transported back, plus Yuan Hou got back from Chang'an this time, which is enough for Luoyang for more than half a year, and our urgent need is solved." ”
Yuan Yun said with a smile: "If we can last another year, we can produce it next year, and then Luoyang's self-sufficiency should be realized, and the problem of us having to support ourselves has passed, and then we have to live a nourishing life, so the business road in the Western Regions must be opened, I don't know if Mr. Wenhe can be recommended by someone with good eloquence, I am ready to establish some contact with Ma Teng." ”
Jia Xu frowned slightly, and said: "This envoy needs to choose carefully, Ma Teng is not like Duan Xuan or Zhang Lu, the iron horse in his hand has been pressing the fierce Qiang people and cannot move, plus their clan is in the Xiliang area all the year round, whether it is the people's desire or the foundation, it is very stable, it is a force to be reckoned with, if we trust non-people, it will inevitably suffer a catastrophe." ”
Yuan Yun thought the same way, the Ma family seemed to have an unstable heart, one would reconcile with Cao Cao, and the other would take the opportunity to rebel, and Ma Chao finally directly became a lifelong enemy of the Cao family.
Thinking like this, I felt that it was too difficult to find a candidate for this messenger, and I was suddenly a little discouraged.
At this moment, I saw Xiaoliu running into Jia Xu's mansion study in a panic, and then said anxiously: "The lord is not good, something happened at home." ”
Yuan Yun stood up and immediately asked, "What's the matter, hurry up." ”
Xiao Liu arched his hand and said, "Zhao Yun, who was imprisoned in the dungeon, was rescued. ”
Yuan Yun was taken aback and continued to ask, "Is there anyone injured in the mansion?" ”
Xiao Liu shook his head and said: "No one was injured, it's strange here, not only is no one injured, but I know that the guards opened the dungeon the next day, only to find that Zhao Yun was gone, and things seem very strange." ”
Yuan Yun breathed a sigh of relief, no one was injured, and it didn't matter if Zhao Yun ran away or not, if he ran away, he would catch it back, as long as his family members were not injured. Thinking like this, I feel that it is still inappropriate to build a dungeon in my own home, and I must change places to do it, otherwise there will be a prison robber today, and another person will come tomorrow to spy on intelligence, and then it will really be impossible to live in people.
Jia Xu saw that a few officials were still counting the goods at this moment, so he said to Yuan Yun: "Yuan Hou go back and take a look first, the inventory here is finished, and the old man will send the account books over later." ”
Yuan Yun arched his hand and replied: "Mr. Wenhe, I'll go back to the house to see what happened." ”
Hurriedly left Jia Xu's mansion, and when he returned to Yuan's mansion, it was almost evening, and he had been accompanied by Shi Shen and Xiaoliu to go to the dungeon location, where Li He had been there for a long time.
When he arrived at the door of the dungeon, Li Hezheng was standing there, his brows were furrowed tightly, because he was in charge of the dungeon at home, and the first prisoner was imprisoned, and he escaped, he only felt that he was very incompetent, and several guards were also fined by him.
Yuan Yun came to him, glanced at the dark entrance of the dungeon, and asked Li He, "Have you found any clues?" ”
Li He bowed down and replied with a look of shame: "Back to the lord, Zhao Yun was indeed rescued, this person's martial arts must be very high, and he is experienced, first used wine to deceive the guards, and then took advantage of the guards to drink, and quickly went into the dungeon to rescue Zhao Yun, before and after less than half a pillar of incense." ”
"This is a real master, the most terrifying thing is that Li He's subordinates are all people who are used to fighting on the battlefield, they can still survive after so many years of fighting, and they are definitely not ordinary people, they have not noticed the movement of the comer, but they can imagine the other party's strength." Shi Shen interjected.
Yuan Yun looked at Shi Shen, knowing that he was exonerating Li He, but he didn't reveal it, and said to Li He: "Those two guards have also followed you Li He for so long, don't punish too much, this time as a lesson, if you commit it again next time, you will be punished for both crimes." ”
After speaking, seeing that Xiao Liu had returned from the dungeon, he asked, "Have you found any clues?" ”
Xiao Liu shook his head and said: "There is nothing left, there is no trace of destruction in Zhao Yun's cell, it should be that he stole the key, this prison robbery is not simple, he has done so many things, and no one in the whole house has found out, he is really a very terrible person." ”
Yuan Yun now feels that his neck is cold, this person has come and gone without a trace, so if he wants to take his head, isn't it easy? This is definitely not good news.
Shi Shen looked at Yuan Yun and frowned, and immediately comforted: "Don't worry, my lord, our main strength is to guard the back house, and the dungeon here is extremely strong, so it is where we are negligent, so the lord doesn't have to worry too much about this, starting today, the guards in the palace will work in four shifts, and there will definitely be no accidents." ”
Yuan Yun nodded, and his heart could only be like this, and he ordered Li He to continue to investigate, and then explained to Xiao Liu, asking him to send his letter to the beggars outside Luoyang, hoping to get more clues.
After arranging these, Yuan Yun returned to the back house accompanied by Shi Shen, and he didn't see Cai Wenji for some days, and he really missed it tightly.
The two walked all the way, and when they arrived at the door of the back house, Yuan Yun stopped his steps, and saw two people sitting at the front door of the back house, one was Zhao Yun who had just escaped, and the other was unable to look at the situation because of insufficient lighting.