Chapter 22: The Robbery
Jiang Yuyan believes that rulers can rely on religion to maintain their rule, but they should not rely too much on religious beliefs. Jiang Yuyan doesn't believe in Taoism, and this Laoshizi Tianfang taught her not to believe it.
"These people, the former emperor was quite favored during his lifetime, and the Tianfang Sect and the Tibetan monks changed shifts every day, and they first went to the side hall of the funeral palace to pray for the emperor. Kangling is still under construction, find a place for them near Kangling, build two worship rooms, and the money will come out from the inside, and when the mausoleum of the former emperor is repaired, let them settle there. Alright, you can do it. ”
Jiang Yuyan's eyebrows were calm, Zhu Houzhao died in the prime of life, and the aftermath was not arranged, Kangling was built in February, and the construction period was less than one year. Since Zhu Houzhao likes it, she is also willing to give these people dignity, isn't it good to chant and chant Buddha for the emperor?
"Do as my mother commands." Jiang and Xu retired.
Leaving Jiang Yuyan stunned, Zhu Houzhao wants to be buried with the former queen Kangling, even if she Jiang Yuyan is favored again and becomes the successor, it is not as good as the original queen.
"Senior brother, they have arrived, and there are quite a few people." Ding Xiu lay on the ground, his ears were close to the ground, and it took a long time to return to Lu Wenzhao.
Lu Wenzhao pulled Ding Xiu up and patted the soil on his body.
Only then did he look at everyone and said in a deep voice: "All ready, line up!" "Let's get on my horse.
When they came to Datong Mansion and only installed it in Jinyi Weihu for one night, they hurried to the border north of Datong. There is also a hundred households to the north, if Zhou Huai'an wants to go out, this is the nearest choice.
Everyone tightened their reins, endured the wind and swept the yellow sand, and squinted silently at the smoke and dust gradually rising on the southern horizon.
As soon as he arrived in Datong, Zhou Huai'an asked the bearded swordsman Wang Shun to introduce Fan Yongdou, although Fan Yongdou was from an average background, but with his talent, the business was really not small, and it was a smuggling business, and he was very transparent up and down.
Sending two children out of the customs is nothing more than a gesture for him. But Fan Yongdou is a businessman after all, and businessmen will not do business without capital, and he asked Zhou Huai'an to follow him for five years and be responsible for his personal safety.
After all, Zhou Huai'an is a master of the ground level, and the eight great Jin merchants have been doing business all these years, but they can only invite some martial artists of six or seven grades to be elders.
After all, his family has tens of millions of assets, and plucking a single hair can make a person worry about food and clothing for a lifetime, and he doesn't know how many people covet his money. If Zhou Huai'an worked hard for him, Fan Yongdou would sleep much more steadily.
As a reward, Fan Yongdou promised to let the two children go with the caravan to Dajin, and when they arrived in Dajin, they could also hand over the children to the head of the local Fan Chamber of Commerce to raise, and when they grew up, they could also follow the Fan family to do business without worrying about food and clothing.
Zhou Huai'an just wanted these two children to survive and inherit Yang Tinghe's bloodline, compared to the situation where there were no bones left in Daming, the conditions given by Fan Yongdou were very appropriate, and Zhou Huai'an agreed to come down.
Capital.
As soon as Qiu Moyan arrived at the Zhou Mansion in the capital, he found that the gate of the Zhou Mansion had been sealed by the Jinyi Guard, and the entire Zhou Mansion was arrested and imprisoned.
Breaking into the edict with her martial arts is tantamount to sending her to death, but if she just leaves, she feels sorry for Zhou Huai'an. Therefore, Qiu Moyan observed Beizhen Fusi for several days in a row.
stared at Sun Rui, a small flag official, until he figured out his connections, and only the day before Sun Rui was on duty, sneaked into his house, knocked him unconscious and tied him up, disguised himself as Sun Rui, and swaggered into Beizhen Fusi.
Today is the day when the Zhenfu Division went out to send the beauties of the emperor to Xianying Temple, and the Jinyi Guards were dispatched in large numbers, and Sun Rui was assigned to the Imperial Prison, so he naturally stayed on duty.
Qiu Moyan separated the others, and in the name of inspecting the prisoners, he looked at the cells one by one, and it took him a while to find the place where the people of the Zhou Mansion were imprisoned.
The women's prison and the men's prison were separated, and she first found the cell of Zhou's father, Zhou Ruichang. Zhou's father was not detained in solitary confinement, Qiu Moyan didn't recognize many people from the Zhou Mansion, only Zhou Ruichang and Zhou Huai'an's younger brother Zhou Huaining, in addition to them, there was also a middle-aged man, an old man lying on the grass.
Qiu Moyan looked at the former majestic soldier squire, but now he has become a prisoner with shackles, his heart is infinitely sour, and he only feels that if Zhou Huai'an sees his family in such a situation, he will definitely be extremely sad and angry.
Sun Rui was just a small flag officer, and he was not qualified to take the key to the cell, so Qiu Moyan could only call in a low voice through the strict iron door window: "Uncle Zhou, Uncle Zhou." ”
Zhou Ruichang, who heard the voice, was stunned for a moment, and staggered to the door, and the others in the room were also surprised, and Zhou Huaining also hurriedly squeezed to the door.
Zhou Huai'an looked through the window on the door and saw that it was a strange brocade guard, both puzzled and frightened.
Seeing this, Qiu Moyan hurriedly whispered: "Uncle, it's me, Mo Yan." ”
Before, Qiu Moyan was to confuse others, so he specially hoarse his voice and used the cold to win the trust.
Zhou Ruichang heard the female voice, and dared to look at the human face carefully, and found that there was a slight disobedience and familiarity between his eyebrows. I saw her calling herself "Mo Yan" again, and I couldn't recognize her anywhere.
He was a little worried: "Mo Yan, why are you here?" ”
Qiu Moyan wiped away his tears and said astringently, "I'm here to save you out." ”
Zhou Ruichang was not happy, he looked at the situation outside through Qiu Moyan, looked lonely, and said: "Good boy, you are alone, you can't save our family, go back." ”
Zhou Huaining was a little incredulous and said, "Dad! Are grandpa and Min'er going to wait for death? ”
Zhou Ruichang glared at him and scolded, "Go back and stay!" ”
Qiu Moyan was also a little ashamed, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Zhou Ruichang's eyes and said: "Huai'an, he saved Yang Tinghe's descendant, I can't find anyone, so I can only come alone, uncle, I'm sorry, but I can at least take one person away!" ”
Zhou Ruichang shook his head and said, "Eh, it's because the old man is not standing upright, and his godson is not right to get to where he is today." The rebel did things recklessly, he has made a big mistake, our lineage is now locked up here, if he doesn't escape, the other side branches still have a way to live, if he escapes, it will be a big crime that affects the whole clan. ”
"Although the old man is attached to Yang Tinghe, but the friendship is not general, his plot to poison the emperor, I did not participate, luckily escaped the liquidation of the factory guard, I thought I could survive, but I didn't expect to be planted in the hands of this rebel. The old man was born in the rivers and lakes, acted informally, was in a high position, bribed Yang Tinghe, and the Zhou family did not owe him, but unfortunately, it was the old man who was full of this matter, which caused a big disaster, and the rebel son was a person who admitted death and harmed the whole family! Zhou Ruichang said with tears in his eyes.
The reason for this is the case, Qiu Moyan didn't know what to do for a while, Zhou Huai was relieved to remember Yang Tinghe's kindness, but it was just the result of his father's bribery, and in the end, he harmed his own family.
Zhou Ruichang looked at Qiu Moyan and said mournfully: "Mo Yan, you are a good boy. Promise my uncle that no one will be saved! After going out, find Huai'an, you two live a good life, ah. "No one doesn't want to live, but being a man has to think too much, he can't be like Zhou Huai'an, reckless, the Zhou family has a big business in Anhui, and there are a lot of side branches, he doesn't want to end up with Yang Ting and that.
Qiu Moyan looked at Zhou Ruichang's sad face, and reluctantly agreed: "Uncle, I promise you, don't worry, I will definitely find Huai'an and live a good life." ”
The corners of Zhou Ruichang's mouth twitched slightly, swallowed what he wanted to say, and only said: "Let's go, let's go, it's not good to be discovered." He wanted to say that if Zhou Huai'an died, let Mo Yan not delay himself, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't want to say it, not because he didn't want Mo Yan to be good, but because he didn't want to think that the only son who could survive would die.
Qiu Moyan silently visited the female relatives of the Zhou Mansion again, and left Beizhen Fusi with tears in his eyes.
Zhou Ruichang hugged his younger brother and father and cried and repented.
Datong Province.
Among Zhou Huai'an's group, a Tatar from the Fan Chamber of Commerce was dressed as a Tatar, with his hair tied into two braids on both sides, pulled up and hung down on his ears, a square with small bangs on his head, and a man with a longbow on his back. ”
The people of the Fan Chamber of Commerce immediately stopped, and the leading Fan steward asked, "Brother Wurita Nashun, I can see how many people there are." ”
"It's so far away that I can only see one column, about twenty people. There should be more later. "Uzhtana drops by.
Zhou Huai'an and his entourage had gloomy faces, and the bearded swordsman Wang Shun said hatefully: "Damn, it's the brocade guards of the dog day again, and they have blocked us all the way." Six brothers were broken. "Zhou Huai'an originally brought more than 30 people, but now there are only more than 20 people left, but there are a lot of people in the Fan Chamber of Commerce, and they are still holding goods, and they have brought more than 200 people.
Steward Fan waved his hand and said, "Put the goods here first, solve the people and then come back to pull the goods." ”
Zhou Huaian also said: "The two children should also stay first, the scene later is not suitable for them." ”
Manager Fan was noncommittal, and pointed to two people to stay to watch the goods and people.
Uzhtanashun smiled confidently and said, "Fifteen steps further, that's my range, I can solve a few first." ”
Zhou Huai'an was also a little surprised when he heard this, this is not far away, at least he hasn't seen a figure yet, it's a bit exaggerated.
But he saw that Steward Fan said proudly: "The Wuzh Tanashun brothers are Tatar condor shooters, and it is trivial to wear Yang in a hundred steps!" It was the Arak Khan of Chahar who valued our host, so he sent Uzhtanashun to the proprietor as a guard. ”
Zhou Huai'an looked at Steward Fan and Youyou's proud expression, and felt very strange in his heart, but now is not the time to think about it.
Sure enough, after taking the fifteenth step, Uzhtana bent his bow and arrow, the long bow was like a full moon, and he aimed at the small figure in his eyes, and as soon as his thumb and forefinger with a bony slope wrench were loosened, the arrow flew like a fly, and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes in an instant.
Wuri Tanashun quickly fired two more bows, and after shooting two arrows, Zhou Huaian and the others rushed straight forward with their horses.
On the side of Jinyiwei, everyone waited silently, but saw Ye Gucheng suddenly fly up, he was riding a horse behind Lu Wenzhao, after flying, he lightly touched Lu Wenzhao's right shoulder, held a sword in one hand, and jumped again, and the whole person quickly flew out of the five positions in front of Lu Wenzhao.