Chapter 199: The Scapegoat
"Let go of that girl!"
With a loud shout, Yuan Mai, who was dressed in a white robe, broke into the palace of the "Qingxin Nunnery", holding the divine bow "Ten Thousand Miles of Clouds and Smoke" in one hand and the "Chongxiao Sword" in the other, glaring angrily at several nuns who were about to forcibly shave Zhen Mi.
"Who are you?"
The hostess and several little nuns were so frightened that their legs trembled, they couldn't stand, and they fell to the ground.
"Mi, it's me, I'm here to save you!"
Seeing Zhen Mi who was forced into a corner, her face was already a little haggard, Yuan Mai opened his arms to her in distress and called her gently.
"Mai Gongzi, you're finally here!"
Seeing clearly that the person who broke in was Lang Jun, who he thought about day and night, Zhen Mi couldn't control his excitement anymore, two lines of tears burst out of his eyes, and he desperately threw himself into Yuan Mai's arms.
"Ah Mi, I'm here, from today onwards, I will never leave you again!" Yuan Mai reached out and stroked Zhen Mi's hair, and made a categorical promise.
"Xianyong, this place should not stay for a long time, Yecheng is Yuan Shang's territory, if he gets the news, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave!" Zhen Yao took a step forward, gently patted Yuan Mai's shoulder, and reminded softly.
Yuan Mai nodded, stopped his waist and hugged Zhen Mi, "Follow me back to Jinyang, from now on, with me to protect you, no one can bully you anymore!" ”
strode out of the temple, walked down the steps, put Zhen Mi on the back of the horse that "pierced the clouds", asked her to wait for a moment, and then turned around and entered the palace.
At this moment, Zhen Yao was holding a long sword. He led a hundred and ten soldiers to gather the nuns in the temple nunnery, and roughly counted, there were about twenty female nuns who were tall, short, fat and thin, ranging from seventeen or eighteen to forty years old, and they were all terrified, not knowing what fate would await them?
"Xianyong, what should these nuns do?" Zhen Yao walked up to Yuan Mai with the sword in his hand and asked softly in his ear.
Yuan Mai's eyes were as cold as ice. He said in a deep voice: "Kill!" Not a single living mouth will be left. After the killing, a fire turned the entire temple to ashes, not only the nuns, but also the monks in the temple above. Don't leave a single mouth alive! ”
"Isn't that cruel?" Zhen Yao asked with some hesitation.
Yuan Mai frowned. Said coldly: "The amount is small, not a gentleman." Non-toxic no husband! We can be merciful to people who have no stake in us, but we must not be merciful to those who have a conflict of interest. Moreover, these people are not really monastic. Instead, under the guise of becoming a monk, he deceived the world and stole his name, defrauded money, and died one by one. ”
"If this matter reaches Yuan Gong's ears, will he be furious?" Zhen Yao asked with a worried expression.
Yuan Mai coughed and said, "The reason why we want to kill them all is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots." Even if he knew, what could he do without evidence? I won't admit it! ”
After a pause, he said: "Besides, if there is no accident, it won't take about two years for my father to go west!" ”
"Uh...... Why did Xianyong say this? Zhen Yao asked in surprise.
Yuan Mai stretched out his hand to stop his questioning: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, there is no need to ask more, you will naturally know when the time comes, you and Zhou Cang just need to act according to my orders." Ah Mi and I went to the bottom of the mountain to wait, and when we were done, we went down the mountain to meet me! ”
Yuan Mai threw away his words, turned around and walked out of the palace, came to the courtyard and turned over his horse, hugged Zhen Mi in his arms, rode together, took dozens of cavalry, and took the lead to go down the mountain.
As soon as the group came to the foot of the mountain, they saw a raging fire in the temple and temple halfway up the mountainside, and the magnificent temple was immediately swallowed up by the endless fire.
After killing more than 20 nuns and more than 40 monks, Zhen Yao burned the temple and temple nunnery with a fire according to Yuan Mai's instructions. He left some pre-prepared banners of the Black Mountain Thieves and the weapons used by the Black Mountain Thieves not far away, and then went down the mountain.
After going down the mountain to meet Yuan Mai, Zhen Yao hugged his wrist and said: "The matter has come to this, my family and I can't stay in Jizhou for longer, let's go our separate ways, I rushed to Wu'an County overnight, and took my mother, brother and family to Jinyang, so as not to come to disaster!" ”
Yuan Mai nodded: "It's okay, let Zhou Cang lead twenty people to Wu'an County with you, and move the family to Jinyang as soon as possible, I will take Ah Mi to Hanoi first, and when the affairs in Hanoi are dealt with, I will go north to Jinyang." ”
The agreement was made, and the two sides parted ways. Zhen Yao and Zhou Cang took twenty elite soldiers, as well as the original retinue, and rushed to Wu'an County, a hundred miles to the east, overnight, while Yuan Mai took Zhen Mi and led the remaining cavalry to the west, and returned to Huai County, Hanoi County, Zhizhi in the starry night.
Not long after Yuan Mai's men and horses left, another elite horse of 200 people came to the bottom of the mountain. This team was sent by Yuan Shang to kill Zhen Mi.
"Huh...... Why did the fire start on the mountain? ”
Before they reached the foot of the mountain, the leaders of the two commanders looked surprised and did not understand what was happening.
Hurriedly urging the men and horses, they quickly rushed to the front of the mountain, only to find that the soldiers responsible for guarding the temple at the foot of the mountain had all died. Halfway up the mountain, you can see that the nunnery has been reduced to ashes, and even the temple has been burned in a roaring bonfire.
"How is this good, how can I explain to Mr. Shang when I go back?" The two leaders muttered to each other.
Another leader said: "When we came, Shang Gongzi ordered us to kill Zhen Mi and all the male and female monks in the temple, not to leave a single mouth alive, and then burn it out in a fire." I don't know who preempted our hands? After we go back, don't mention this matter, just say that we have acted as ordered, slaughtered Zhen Mi and the male and female monks, and burned down the temple with a fire, so that Shang Gongzi will not condemn us! ”
"That's great!" The first leader nodded in approval.
At that moment, the two leaders summoned all the soldiers in front of them and gave them a warning. Seeing the burning temple, these soldiers were still unsatisfied, and took torches to set the entire Cuifeng Mountain on fire, only to see the blazing flames soaring into the sky, burning the trees on the mountain, and then returning to ask Yuan Shang for credit.
The next day, Yuan Shao got the report, was furious, and sent Feng Ji to investigate the matter.
Feng Ji already knew from Yuan Shang's mouth that this case was planned by him, so when he got to the bottom of the mountain, he just went through the motions, then returned to Yecheng, and reported to Yuan Shao against his will, the burning of Cuifeng Mountain was done by Black Mountain thieves, these thieves killed all the male monks and snatched the female nuns, which is really arrogant!
"Zhang Yan, dare to be so presumptuous? When the army is dispatched, sweep away the Montenegro! Yuan Shao got the report of Feng Ji and scolded angrily.
Yuan Shang came out to advise: "Father, take a break from the wrath of thunder, Zhang Yan of Montenegro is just a rabble, it is difficult to achieve great things!" Fang Jin's biggest opponent of our army is Cao Apu of Xuchang, who first concentrated the elite troops, went south to crusade against the Cao thief, and destroyed the Cao thief, and the Black Mountain thief naturally surrendered without a fight! ”
Yuan Shao suppressed his anger and stroked his beard and said: "In this case, let that Zhang Yan run rampant for a few more days, and after I destroy Cao Cao, I will settle accounts with Zhang Yan!" ”
When Yuan Mai and his entourage returned to Huaixian, it was already noon the next day, and they sent people to reward all the soldiers with a lot of money, and ordered them to keep secrets strictly, and if there was any leakage, they would be killed all over the house. then drove Zhen Mi back to his mansion.
led Zhen Mi to the backyard, and Yuan Mai ordered the maid to summon Helan and Du and Cai Yan to come to meet his future wife.
I heard that the future wife is coming, Helan is holding the child, Du is holding a big belly, and he came to the middle courtyard one after the other, and see what the wife who has been waiting for Yuan Mai looks like?
Cai Yan was summoned but refused to come out to meet, the Du family and the Helan family are both concubines in the partial room, and it is a matter of course to visit the main house. And at best, he is just a dewy relationship, nameless and pointless, why should he go to see Zhen?
"This is Zhen, the husband's wife!" Yuan Mai sat on the chair, pointed to Zhen Mi beside him, and introduced to the Helan clan and the Du clan, "From now on, you will all be called sisters!" ”
After listening to Yuan Mai's introduction, Helan and Du secretly looked at Zhen Mi, only to see a beautiful woman standing in front of her, with snow skin and ice muscles, it is a sinking fish and a wild goose, and it is not enough to describe the shy flowers in the closed moon. Both of them are usually proud of their beauty, but when they saw Zhen Mi's face at this moment, they knew that there was a sky outside the sky, and there was beauty outside the beauty; is both ashamed of himself and jealous of Zhen Mi's beauty!
"I've seen my sister!"
In front of Yuan Mai, the two concubines did not dare to rebel, and they gave gifts together and shouted "sister".
Zhen Mi hurriedly returned the salute: "The two of them are older than Ah Mi, although I met my son early, and he promised me the position of wife, but I think it is appropriate for you to call me sister." ”
Yuan Mai smiled and agreed: "It's okay, I have already set a rule for them to call each other sisters, so that they don't have to fight for size." It's rare for Ah Mi to know how to be humble, so you and they should also call each other 'sister'! ”
"Let me see Childe's child?" Seeing Yuan Xun in Helan's arms, Zhen Mi wanted to hug him with a smile.
Du Shi smiled on the side: "Why do you still call Childe?" You should be called a husband! ”
Zhen Mi said shyly: "I'm not married yet, I'm just afraid it's inappropriate, right?" ”
Du Shi asked again: "The husband has already accepted four concubines, why is your wife not married?" I wonder when? ”
Yuan Mai took a sip of the teacup on the table, and said softly: "My marriage with Ah Mi is not public for the time being, and when the opportunity is right, it is not too late to hold a wedding." ”
At this time, the guards came to report that Lord Zhuge Jin had just returned from the south and was asking to see him outside the mansion.
"Oh...... Ziyu is back, it's so good, I don't know if I brought Kong Ming back! ”
Yuan Mai jumped up from the chair excitedly and said to the three women in the room: "A few ladies gossip for a while, get acquainted with each other, and I will go to the front yard to meet Zhuge Ziyu to see if he has completed his mission!" (To be continued......)