Volume 31 enters the capital and is as deep as the sea] Chapter 31 visits the Yun clan at night

Chapter 31: A Night Visit to the Yun Clan

The people of the Great Sui Dynasty are generally divided into three classes, officials, people, and slaves, regardless of the clothing they live in, there are strict hierarchical regulations, slaves are the lowest class, almost no personal freedom, and are regarded as goods trading, or the master's sī property, but slaves are divided into two classes, one is the sī slave, the lowest status, many sī slaves do not even have a name throughout their lives, and work for the master all their lives, and the sons born are also master slaves, the so-called generations are slaves, and some slightly posture nv slaves are a little luckier, and are accepted as shì concubines by their masters, gave birth to a child for the master, and although her child was born lowly, after all, she became the master, at least she could become a good citizen.

At that time, Yuanqing's aunt and Niuniu were Yangfu slaves, in order for them to become good citizens, Yuanqing did not hesitate to turn his face with his family, which shows the difficulty of getting out of slavery, and ordinary good people will not easily sell themselves into slavery until they can't live.

Another kind of slave is called official slave, which has a slightly higher status than sī slave, mainly for the official government, has their own residence and sī property, but has no personal freedom, must be dependent on the official government for life, the source of official slaves is generally people who have committed crimes, and even many people have been powerful family members or high-ranking officials before.

Yun Dingxing is an official slave, he was the father-in-law of the crown prince Yang Yong before, his nv son Yun Zhaoxun is Yang Yong's favorite concubine, and gave birth to three sons for Yang Yong, Yang Yan, the king of Changning, Yang Yu, the king of the plains, and Yang Yun, the king of Ancheng.

When Yang Jian abolished the prince, he identified Yun Dingxing as Yang Yong, and he was convicted, and he and his wife NV were not slaves of the Shaofu Temple, and there was no future from there, but Yun Dingxing was very cunning, because he was good at tools, he often made jīng beautiful utensils to flatter the officials of the Shaofu Temple, so that his whole family was free from heavy labor.

A year ago, Yun Dingxing seized the opportunity to make a pearl tent dedicated to Yuwenshu, and Yuwenshu recommended him to King Qi, who was like a fish in water in the palace of King Qi, and repeatedly succeeded in currying favor with King Qi, and gradually, he has become a powerful henchman around King Qi.

Yun Dingxing originally lived in Yùjīfang, north of Luoshui, and his family was crammed into three broken grass houses, but since becoming the confidant of King Qi, his family has gotten rid of slavery, and moved to Sishunfang near Fengdu, rented a tiled house covering an area of one acre, and could ride an old horse to the palace of King Qi every day, wear the brocade robe and gauze hat of King Qi, and gradually restored the treatment of the former prince Yang Yong.

Yun Dingxing is about forty years old, his appearance is strange, and a wisp of long beard floats in front of xiōng, making him like a fairy man, and in the past two days he has been given a task to straighten out the dead for the king of Qi, and he has packed his bags and is ready to set off early tomorrow morning.

At the beginning of the night, Yun Dingxing had just finished taking a shower, changed into a loose Zen robe, and was about to go to his study, when his youngest son Yun Jing rushed to report, "Father, someone is visiting from outside the mansion." )”

"Who is it?"

Yun Dingxing's house had not visited his home for several years, and this news really surprised him, and his son shook his head, "The light is dim, I can't see clearly, I am very tall, I look like an officer." ”

"Stupid, can't you even ask for a name?"

Yun Dingxing scolded his son, and walked quickly to the outside of the mén, he walked to the entrance of the mén with a lantern, but saw five or six people standing outside the mén, led by a young man, dressed in a light military uniform.

"Yang Yuanqing!" Yun Dingxing suddenly recognized this man, he had met him once.

He hurriedly saluted, "Is General Yang coming to me?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly: "Mr. Yun's new home is not easy to find!" I went to the old mansion and learned that Mr. Yun had moved. ”

Yun Dingxing's face flushed, his so-called old mansion was just three dilapidated thatched huts, which was actually seen by Yang Yuanqing, and he smiled awkwardly: "Is there something wrong with General Yang looking for me?" ”

"Something important!" Yang Yuanqing did not hide his intentions.

Of course, Yun Dingxing was very aware of the contradiction between Yang Yuanqing and King Qi, in fact, it was his idea to suggest that King Qi send dead soldiers to search the Red Rust Tea House, he was a little scared in his heart, he knew that he should not see Yang Yuanqing, as a confidant of King Qi, he should turn Yang Yuanqing away, and even scolded him angrily, but after hesitating, Yun Dingxing nodded in a ghostly manner, "Then General Yang, please come in!" ”

Perhaps looking for opportunities in the past few years has made Yun Dingxing develop a habit of never letting go of any opportunity, and he instinctively realized that Yang Yuanqing looking for him might bring him some opportunities.

It was also Yun Dingxing who happily invited himself into the mansion, so that Yang Yuanqing confirmed Yu Wenshu's evaluation of this person, he was by no means a loyal person, at least he was not loyal to King Qi.

Yang Yuanqing and Yun Dingxing entered his study, the two sat down separately, Yun Dingxing personally poured a cup of tea for Yang Yuanqing, put it in front of him and said with a smile: "How could General Yang think of coming to sit in the burrow?" ”

Yang Yuanqing has sent his subordinates to understand Yun Dingxing in advance, this person has exhausted his family wealth in order to please the officials, and his performance is glamorous, but in fact, his family is poor, and the king of Qi treats his subordinates and is mean and unkind, Yun Dingxing has done a lot of things for him, and he has to reward an old horse, he knows that Yun Dingxing's thirst for money and a little dissatisfaction with King Qi.

Yang Yuanqing took out six cakes weighing fifty taels of gold each, put them on the table and pushed them in front of him, "This is a little bit of my heart, please Mr. Yun smile." ”

Yun Dingxing's eyes lit up, and his breathing suddenly became a little short, this is three hundred taels of gold! Worth 6,000 yuan, with this gold he could buy a bigger house, the whole family was clothed and fed, and several years of down-and-out life made him have a special desire for money.

But Yun Dingxing also knew that Yang Yuanqing would never give him three hundred taels of gold for no reason, there must be something important to find him, he stared at the glittering gold on the table, couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and asked: "Yun has no merit, how dare he accept a heavy gift from General Yang, does General Yang have anything to do with Yun's service?"

Although he said this, he didn't push the gold back, obviously, he wanted this gold, he just wanted to hear what Yang Yuanqing asked him for?

These details were seen by Yang Yuanqing in his eyes, even Yang Yuanqing didn't expect him to be greedy to this extent, at least the politeness of the excuse was gone, Yang Yuanqing changed his mind, leaving this person in the Qi Palace, in fact, it is not necessarily a bad thing, the crown prince Yang Yong was caught by his grandfather Yang Su because of this person, and was finally deposed, he ruined a prince, and he may not be able to destroy a King of Qi again.

Originally, Yang Yuanqing wanted to bribe heavily to buy the information of the dead soldiers of the King of Qi, but at this moment he changed his mind, and he wanted to use this Yun Dingxing as bait to slowly put the King of Qi on the road of no return.

Yang Yuanqing took out the Panying Sword, put it on the table, stared at Yun Dingxing and said, "Does Mr. Yuan know this sword?" ”

Yun Dingxing took a closer look at this sword, his heart was suddenly shocked, he turned over and knelt down in front of the sword, he recognized that this sword was given to Yang Guang, the king of Jin, by the first emperor, and now it should be the sword of the Son of Heaven, how could it be in Yang Yuanqing's hands?

He bowed down in fear and said, "Humble people, how dare you see the sword of the Son of Heaven." ”

"Mr. Yun, please take a seat!"

Yang Yuanqing put away the sword and said with a smile: "I have never known Mr. Yun in my life, and I have no grievances, I came to Mr. Yun today, and I actually came here by the secret decree of the Holy Lord to investigate the details of the death of King Qi." ”

Yang Yuanqing took out the note that Yang Guang gave him again, and said, "This is a secret order given to me by the Holy Lord, does Mr. Yun want to take a look?" ”

Yang Yuanqing's sentence of 'investigating the dead soldiers of the King of Qi by the secret order of the Holy Lord' has been like five thunderbolts, which stunned Yun Dingxing, and he has always been very suspicious in his heart, more than 100 dead soldiers of the King of Qi were killed, how could the Holy Lord ignore it, it turned out that Yang Yuanqing was sent to investigate secretly, how could he know that he was related to the dead soldiers.

Yun Dingxing was extremely scared in his heart, he was convicted and enslaved because of the case of the crown prince Yang Yong, which had become a nightmare for his life, and he had just gotten rid of it after six years of hard work, could this nightmare befall him again?

He turned over and fell to his knees again, trembling with horror, Yang Yuanqing could see the fear in his heart, and it seemed that he also knew that what he was doing was a holy taboo.

The smile on Yang Yuanqing's face had disappeared, he slapped the table heavily, and said coldly: "Yun Dingxing, you assisted King Qi to raise the dead, are you guilty?" ”

Yun Dingxing trembled, unable to say a word, Yang Yuanqing slowly pulled out the Son of Heaven Sword and put it on the table, "I'll give you a choice, are you willing to be loyal to the Holy Lord, or continue to be loyal to your King of Qi?" ”

Yun Dingxing's teeth warped, "The common people... Pledge allegiance... Holy! ”

"Well, since you are willing to be loyal to the Holy Lord, I will tell you, the Holy Lord wants to know the details of the King of Qi sī raising the dead, do you know what to do?"

Yun Dingxing wiped the sweat on his head, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart, he took out a piece of paper folded into a square from his arms with trembling hands, and handed it to Yang Yuanqing, "This is the information of the King of Qi raising the dead, and it is my record, please take a look at it." ”

Yang Yuanqing unfolded the paper, only to see that it was densely filled with the number of dead soldiers raised by the King of Qi and the hiding place, which made Yang Yuanqing also startled, there were as many as 3,000 people, what is the King of Qi going to do?

"Anything else?"

"No, that's all I know."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, put the paper into his arms, and pushed the gold to him, "Although you can work in the Qi Palace, just treat it as if nothing happened, this gold is a reward from the saint, I hope you will not repeat the mistakes of Yang Yong's case." ”

After speaking, Yang Yuanqing got up and walked away.

I don't know how long it took for Yun Dingxing to recover from his extreme fear, and a trace of doubt arose in his heart, was Yang Yuanqing really sent by the Holy Lord? But when I thought about it, I felt that there could be no one else, the prince had died, and he could only be a saint.

Yun Dingxing's eyes fell on the three hundred taels of gold again, his eyes flashed with greed, he took the gold into his arms, the shining gold light shone on his eyes, he couldn't help but laugh wildly, no matter what moral loyalty he had, it was all a fart, only gold treasures were the most real.

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Half an hour later, Yang Yuanqing appeared in Yang Guang's imperial study, he presented the record of the dead written by Yun Dingxing to Yang Guang, Yang Guang read this record again, and there was a deep sadness in his eyes, the death of the eldest son hit him greatly, and the second son actually raised three thousand dead soldiers, which made him feel an unprecedented exhaustion and disappointment, he didn't even want to ask where Yang Yuanqing's record came from, so he waved his hand and signaled Yang Yuanqing to retreat.

Yang Yuanqing bowed and slowly retreated, from beginning to end, Yang Guang did not say a word to him, Yang Yuanqing understood Yang Guang's mood at this time, he was still immersed in the great grief of losing his eldest son, and now he was extremely disappointed in his second son.

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