Chapter 130: Seeing Off (I)
The suspicion of Wu Shan made Zhou Zhong wary of him from the beginning, so he did not arrange Wu Shan by his side, but arranged it with Uncle Camel, if he really had something to do with Jinyiwei, then Uncle Camel would find out the abnormality sooner or later. If it doesn't matter, then he can also learn something with Uncle Camel, and it won't be too late to transfer to his side in the future.
However, Zhou Chong's suspicion of Wu Shan is only known to a few people such as the Wangcai brothers and Sanniang and Uncle Huo, as for Steward Xu and Su Niang, Zhou Chong did not tell them, first, Su Niang has a big belly, and she will give birth in a few months, this may be the only child she and Steward Xu, and she must not make mistakes, so there is no need to let her worry about Wu Shan's affairs, and secondly, Su Niang is Wu Shan's godsister, and it is inevitable that she will be in contact with them often, Zhou Chong is afraid that she will show her feet after knowing the Tao, so she hid it from them.
But what Zhou Zhong didn't expect was that since Wu Shan entered the Chamber of Commerce, he has been behaving very normally, and he has studied very seriously with Uncle Camel, and he will soon be able to help Uncle Camel deal with some affairs, which makes Uncle Camel still praise him although he knew in advance that Wu Shan's origin was suspicious. In addition, both of them are surnamed Wu, and they may still be a family hundreds of years ago, so Uncle Camel secretly told Zhou Chong that if it is proved that Wu Shan has no problem in the future, he must accept Wu Shan as his godson.
Zhou Chong, as the president of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, of course, could not put all his attention on Wu Shan, in addition to paying attention to Wang Lun in Songjiang City during this time, there were two other things left, one was that although the fleet led by Sun Tong had not been away from the port for a long time, he was still waiting for the return of the other party with the stars and the moon, whenever the news of the fleet came. He's going to be happy for a while.
The other thing is the growth of chili peppers. Those sprouted peppers grow quickly. Four or five leaves have been extracted, and it turned out that Zhou Chong was a little densely planted, so later Bang'er called Bai Mengwan and Wang Jinxuan together, and the three girls transplanted the chili peppers, and after Bai Mengwan and Wang Jinxuan learned about the importance of chili peppers, they also volunteered to join the team to take care of the chili peppers. Bai Mengwan didn't do anything every day, she felt a little embarrassed to eat and drink for nothing, and Wang Jinxuan wanted to distract herself. Otherwise, I would worry about my father and cry every day, and I am afraid that before my father is rescued, my body will collapse first.
During this time, through the news that the Xie family and the manpower he arranged in Songjiang City, Xu Guan was very happy to coax the Jinyi Wei Baihu who came to escort Wang Lun back to Beijing, and the big and small banquets were continuous, and he even spent a lot of money to buy a beautiful widow to give to the other party, which made the Baihu Lord happy.
However, this method of delay can only be used for a while, and the hundred households must also obey orders, and the boss has also set a time limit for him to return to Beijing, so the other party can only delay as much as possible within this time limit. If you count the time, the other party is about to leave. However, the hundred households have already accepted Xu Guan's money. He also patted his chest and promised that Wang Lun would not be wronged on the way, and at the same time, he tried to return to Beijing a few days after the deadline.
For Wang Lun, Zhou Chong can think of everything he has done, and now it all depends on Wang Lun's luck, but he is also worried now that after he crosses over, it will definitely have a certain impact on the original history, in case Liu Jin was not moved down in April as recorded in the original history, it would be too bad.
A few days later, Wang Lun was finally escorted back to Beijing to ask for the guilt, and when the news spread, the entire Songjiang Mansion was shaken, especially the victims outside the north gate, many of whom had been treated by Wang Lun himself, so after hearing the news, they spontaneously organized themselves and stood on both sides of the road outside the city gate to see off Wang Lun.
After surviving the harsh winter, many of them became hired laborers of some landlords in Songjiang Prefecture, and some of them went to the city to work, although these people did not earn much, but at least they could ensure that they would not starve to death. However, the best way to work overseas is to work, such as the Xie family's soap workshop on Dayang Island, and the manpower needed by some chambers of commerce in Shuangyu Port, many of which are recruited from these victims.
It is also the victims who are looking for a way out, so the camp outside the north gate has already been scattered, most of them have moved away, and the remaining victims have also improved their living conditions and built a more decent residence in the camp camp, which makes the camp still look very dilapidated, but it has a kind of vitality.
The victims who had been scattered all over Songjiang Mansion rushed back yesterday afternoon, and even last night, because today was the day when Wang Lun was escorted away, and he left from the north gate, so the current disaster camp was full of people again, holding eggs, hot water and other things in their hands, ready to see Wang Lun off.
In addition to these people who came to see off, many people in Songjiang City also rushed to see off Wang Lun, after all, Wang Lun used to be a famous doctor in the city, and there were definitely not a few patients who were cured by his hands, plus he was usually kind and charitable, and he was a famous good person in the city, so after hearing that Wang Lun had an accident, these people were also the same as those disaster victims, all rushed to see him off, and now the total number of people has exceeded 10,000 people, and the crowded water on both sides of the avenue outside the north gate is impassable.
Among these people who came to see them off, Zhou Zhong and Wang Jinxuan dressed up as an ordinary couple, mixed in the crowd and looked at the city gate anxiously, and there were more than a dozen guards around them dressed as ordinary people to protect them from being approached by others.
Zhou Chong received the news that Wang Lun was going to be escorted away a few days ago, and he didn't plan to tell Wang Jinxuan, but Wang Jinxuan is a smart woman, after she learned that the Jinyi guard who escorted her father had arrived in Songjiang, she had been thinking about the date of her father's departure, and at the same time, she often asked Zhou Chong, but Zhou Chong accidentally showed a strange look on his face, which immediately made Wang Jinxuan aware of something, and Zhou Chong couldn't stand her hard questioning, so he had to tell her the news.
After learning that her father was going to be escorted away today, Wang Jinxuan cried again, and finally thought of seeing her father off. Speaking of which, after Wang Lun was questioned, according to the meaning of the holy decree, his family was also to be imprisoned together, but Wang Lun's wife died early, several concubines were divorced by him in advance, and his sons were all officials outside, so there was no problem for the time being, and the six daughters married to five of them had nothing to do with their mother's family in terms of law, so the only one who was implicated was Wang Jinxuan.
It is precisely because of this that Wang Jinxuan is now a wanted criminal in the imperial court, of course, with Xu Guan dragging behind his back, the Songjiang government is simply unable to work, but even so, if she appears in Songjiang and is recognized, it will be a big trouble.
At the beginning, Zhou Chong was naturally resolutely opposed to Wang Jinxuan's desire to go back to Songjiang to see Wang Lun off, but although Wang Jinxuan was weak on the outside, she was a strong woman in her bones, and the things she decided would never change, so after being rejected by Zhou Chong, she actually ran to Zhou Chong's yard and knelt down, and Zhou Chong didn't agree to her and didn't get up. This made Zhou Chong very embarrassed, and Aunt Wang and Bang'er also helped Wang Jinxuan intercede, and Zhou Chong had no choice but to agree to take Wang Jinxuan back to Songjiang to see Wang Lun's last side.
"Good people are not rewarded, good people like Master Wang have also been arrested, and everyone in the court is blind!" Standing not far from Zhou Chong, a thin young man in a patched shirt said very resentfully, looking at his appearance, he should be a victim of the disaster camp who has been treated by Wang Lun in the camp.
"Young man, although we have no way to be a Ming monarch now, don't speak so loudly, be careful to be listened to by someone with a heart, it will be a big trouble then!" Hearing that the young man was scolding the court, an old man in his fifties and sixties next to him kindly persuaded him, but he didn't realize that he had also committed a great crime of disrespect in the first half of the sentence.
"Phew, if you hear it, you hear it, it's a big deal that Lao Tzu went to Shuangyu Port, anyway, it is not under the control of the imperial court, even if it is the minions of Jinyiwei, it can't reach there!" I saw that the young man spat at the Ming soldier in front of the city gate, and said fiercely, the Chamber of Commerce of Shuangyu Port had been recruiting people from among the victims before, so the victims still had a certain understanding of the overseas situation.
Zhou Zhong heard the young man's words, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the natural and man-made disasters in the Ming Dynasty have made many people turn away from the Ming court, which is definitely a great disaster for a country.
In fact, such extreme ideas as that young man are not a minority in the crowd, at least Zhou Chong heard many people scolding the court for being unreasonable, so that a good person like Wang Lun was imprisoned.
Compared to Zhou Chong, who has been listening to the reactions of the people around her, Wang Jinxuan has been anxiously looking at the direction of the city gate, since she left Songjiang that day, she has never seen her father again, and now that her father has been imprisoned for so long, she is eager to see her father's current situation with her own eyes, but what disappoints her is that the escort prisoner car has not appeared for a long time.
Zhou Zhong listened to the discussion of the people around him while observing the surrounding environment, after all, in Songjiang City, there are not a few people who know him, for example, diagonally opposite him, there is a group of people dressed as scholars standing there, it seems that they are also here to see off Wang Lun, among which Li Zheng, Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing are among them, fortunately, he is wearing makeup now, and there are many people around, so he was not discovered by the other party.
It was almost noon, and suddenly heard a commotion from the city gate, and then two columns of knights galloped out of the city gate, these knights were wearing flying fish suits, embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists, and they were flying on horses, and they looked extremely majestic, they were the legendary brocade guards, and after these brocade guards who opened the way came out, a prisoner car also slowly drove out of the city gate. (To be continued......)