Chapter 570: The Great Sacrifice of the Jin Ancestral Hall
I saw two people sitting in the room, one was a tall and fat warrior, and the young man sitting in the middle was Li Yuan's second son Li Shimin, Tian Deping suddenly realized that he had been fooled, he turned around to leave, and two strong men flashed out and blocked the door.
"Since Tian Senjun is here, why don't you sit down and have a drink?" Li Shimin said with a smile on his face.
Tian Deping sighed secretly in his heart, he knew that he couldn't go out now, but he still fell into the trap, his father really killed himself.
Helpless, he had to bow and sit down, "Is there anything wrong with the second son looking for me?" ”
"Tian Senjun should know better than me in his heart."
After a moment of silence, Tian Deping said coldly: "Entrusted by people, loyal to people, I don't want to betray General Gao." ”
"If you don't want to betray him, you will be sent to death, do you think that my father will be arrested tomorrow at the Jin Ancestral Hall? Since I am sitting here, I am well aware of all the conspiracies of Gao Junya, but my father does not want to cause too many killings and increase the sins, so let me solve this matter at the smallest cost, if Tian Senjun refuses to cooperate, then tonight will be a bloody night. ”
Tian Deping was speechless for a while, the other party knew everything, what was the point of General Gao's plan?
At this time, Wu Shi Tong took out a cloth bag and opened it, revealing ten gold ingots of Huang Chengcheng, Wu Shi Tong divided the gold into two, "I know that your father's gambling debts outside you will not be able to pay back in your life, here is a thousand taels of gold, I will divide it into two, you have two ways to go, five hundred taels of gold to pay off your father's gambling debts first, but you choose, take the other five hundred taels of gold, you can take your parents away from home, incognito, provided that you sue us for the hiding place of five hundred people." If you are not willing to go away and fly high, then you can also choose to be loyal to Li Gong, and I believe that Li Gong's kindness will never treat you badly. ”
Tian Deping bowed his head and was silent, and at this time, Li Shimin wrapped up five hundred gold and stuffed it to Tian Deping. "This money is for you to pay off your father's gambling debts, Tian joins the army, please leave! I don't want to take advantage of others. ”
Li Shimin immediately ordered: "Get out of the way and let Tian join the army and leave!" ”
The two big men immediately retreated, Tian Deping's hands trembled, he suddenly knelt down, clasped his hands into fists and said: "Tian Deping is willing to serve the son!" ”
An imperceptible smile flashed at the corner of Li Shimin's mouth, and he hurriedly helped Tian Deping up, "Tian doesn't have to be like this to join the army, please get up quickly!" ”
The Jin Ancestral Hall is a major event in Taiyuan City and even the entire state. As early as a few months ago, the government began to prepare, and the families and clans from all counties and counties sent representatives to participate in the sacrifice ceremony.
Early in the morning, Gao Junya and Wang Wei arrived at the ancestral hall chief priest square, the square was lined with more than 100 couches, and the chief priest led dozens of subordinates to busily arrange the last venue.
At this time, an entourage hurriedly came over and whispered a few words to Gao Junya, Gao Junya nodded, and ordered in a low voice: "As long as the main lord comes forward." Just start arresting people right away! ”
The entourage left in a hurry, and Wang Wei asked in a low voice, "Are you ready?" ”
Tian Deping has led 500 people to lurk in the mountains and forests outside the ancestral hall. As soon as that person appears, do it immediately! ”
Wang Wei suddenly pulled Gao Junya, and when Gao Junya turned around, he found that Li Yuan was not far behind him, greeting some villagers, and Gao Junya's face turned pale in an instant. Li Yuan actually arrived first, why didn't Tian Deping arrest anyone?
At this time, Wang Wei greeted him with a smile, "Li Gong took time out of his busy schedule to come, it's really not easy!" ”
Li Yuan smiled slightly: "Although we will send troops tomorrow." But the Jin Ancestral Hall Festival is a big event, I have to participate in it anyway, but it won't be too long, please forgive me. ”
"Might as well be! Might as well! Li Gongneng came to give face. ”
The three of them walked up the steps and sat down on the VIP seat, a maid served them tea, and the three of them exchanged a few words, Gao Junya was a little restless, just now he quietly ordered Tian Deping to come and arrest people, but Tian Deping never showed up, Gao Junya couldn't help but secretly scolded Tian Deping for not doing things well.
Suddenly, there was a slight commotion in the distance, and I saw a group of soldiers escorting one person who was walking quickly, Wang Wei and Gao Junya were startled, but they found that they didn't know the person who was arrested, and the two looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.
At this time, the soldier escorted the bloodstained man up, and Li Yuan said angrily: "What happened? ”
A general knelt down on one knee and reported, "Envoy Qi, we have captured a messenger from Liu Wuzhou. ”
"What messenger, who is Liu Wuzhou going to send a letter to?" Li Yuan asked puzzled.
He took out a letter and presented it to Li Yuan, and then glanced at Wang Wei and Gao Junya, Li Yuan looked at the letter cover, couldn't help but stand up in surprise, took two steps back, pointed at Wang Wei and Gao Junya and scolded angrily, "You are so bold! ”
Wang Wei glanced at the letter skin, and couldn't help but 'buzz! 's sound, almost exploded, only to see the letter on the cover, Wang Juncheng, General Gao personally opened, and the payment was: Liu Wuzhou respectfully.
Gao Junya was furious, "This is a bloody mouth!" ”
But they didn't have a chance, Li Xuanba suddenly appeared next to his father, he waved his hand, and more than a dozen soldiers rushed next to him, holding the two firmly down.
Wang Wei suddenly understood, and was just about to shout, his teeth hurt, and his jaw was already dislocated, so that he couldn't say a word, someone quickly snatched the secret decree from his arms, Gao Junya was also twisted and dislocated, and his hands were firmly tied by ropes, it seemed that everything seemed normal between the two, but they couldn't speak, and they couldn't shout.
The representatives of the major families who came to attend the ceremony around the Jin Ancestral Hall didn't know what was going on, and they surrounded them one after another, gossiping and discussing, but they didn't know what happened, Wang Juncheng and General Gao were actually arrested.
Li Yuan said loudly: "I am very sad to tell you that someone here we have fornicated with Liu Wuzhou, and they actually want to betray Taiyuan City, fortunately we caught the messenger, otherwise Taiyuan was robbed and slaughtered by Liu Wuzhou, and everyone here could not be spared, and they were the ones who betrayed Taiyuan City!" ”
Li Yuan pointed at the two of them, "It's these two people who colluded with Liu Wuzhou, the evidence is conclusive, I, Li Yuan, will never tolerate it!" ”
Li Yuan asked people to hand over Liu Wuzhou's letter to everyone to read, and a burst of angry scolding suddenly broke out all around, if Liu Wuzhou captured Taiyuan, these wealthy families would bear the brunt.
Although it was a bit unbelievable that Jun Cheng and Hu Benlang would fornicate with the rebels who had just rebelled, Li Yuan was a loyal elder, and everyone believed his words, and several young people with fierce temperaments even rushed up to punch and kick Gao Junya, but were stopped by the soldiers.
Li Yuan felt a burst of pride in his heart, and he made a move at the Jin Ancestral Hall, which was just what he wanted, just as Wang Wei raised his head and saw Li Yuan's smug eyes, he felt a sad cry in his heart, someone in Jiangdu must have leaked the secret of the saint, otherwise how could Li Yuan know?
Gao Junya also suddenly saw Tian Deping's indifferent gaze in the crowd, he hated it and wanted to rush over, but Tian Deping disappeared into the crowd in a flash.
In the spring of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, Liu Wuzhou and Li Yuan successively raised troops in Mayi County and Taiyuan, and took the lead in opening the curtain against the Sui.
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Although the spring in the north is a very bright and moving season, the spring of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause is an unprecedented disaster for the Central Plains, this is a drought once in 70 years, the rivers are dried up, the land is cracked, hunger is everywhere, last year's grain is exhausted, but the new wheat seeds have not sprouted, and almost all the people are facing a desperate situation.
In the face of despair, the millions of victims who swept through the seven counties of the Central Plains began to flee for survival, and there were four main directions for the escape of the victims, the first of which was the direction of Heluo, where there were Luokoucang, where millions of stones of grain were stored, and the rich and prosperous capital, where millions of victims poured in the direction of Heluo.
The second direction is the direction of Jianghuai, which is also the traditional direction of escape of the victims of the Central Plains, Jianghuai has enough water sources, can stay away from the drought, the temptation of water has become the biggest expectation of the victims, not to mention that the Son of Heaven is still in Jiangdu, does the Son of Heaven not care whether his people live or die? As a result, the Jianghuai region has become the second largest destination for the victims after Heluo.
Xuzhou is also a direction, but there are not many victims who fled to Xuzhou, after all, Xuzhou does not have much sense of expectation, and Xuzhou officials are not very prepared, resulting in the victims who went to Xuzhou to turn north and rush to Qingzhou.
Qingzhou has become the third direction of the victims, Qingzhou is already one of the richest areas in the Great Sui, where you can get land, you can eat enough food and clothing, you can also eat mutton and sea fish, especially the last one to bring a fatal temptation to the victims, whether it is true or not, the same millions of victims are pouring in the direction of Qingzhou.
In just half a month, 800,000 people flocked to Qingzhou.
In Lu County, in Dongping County, in Jibei County, all the official roads leading to Qingzhou are an endless stream of victims, helping the old and the young, carrying burdens, crutches, hard to move forward, after passing Juyeze, along the way began to appear one after another porridge greenhouses, there are government greenhouses, there are private greenhouses, there are soldiers and officials who are busy giving porridge in the greenhouses, and the victims finally see the hope of survival.
(To be continued.) )