While Gongzi was getting dressed up and setting off, Da Situ and his son were also ready. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but they did not change into ceremonial dresses, but wore a very rare simple dress.

The most striking thing is that the house they are in is already full of oil-soaked firewood.

The old one is quite calm, sitting on the top and closing his eyes to recuperate, and the younger one is still a little worse after all, and from time to time he has to get up and walk out of the door to look around.

Seeing that the sun was gradually rising, but there was no movement at all, Shao Situ Cong finally lost his breath a little, and after entering the house, he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

I only heard Da Situ Jiao cough and said, "Meng Hui, the people in the house have sent everything away." The worst is that you and I, father and son go to Huangquan together. ”

Cheng's escape this time can be regarded as painstaking, in order not to arouse the suspicion of others. As the head of the family, the eldest Situ Jiao and the first heir, Shao Situ Cong, insisted on staying until the end. Even the secret letter informing the Cheng clan on the front line was delayed until yesterday evening, and if there was a little accident, the male descendants of the Cheng clan might be killed.

His son's face turned red, and he said in a slur manner: "Father, the son is not afraid of death, but ...... I fled a little early. ”

"Hmph! a little early?!" Da Situ Jiao snorted coldly, "You have been handling grain and grass these days, don't you have an approximate amount in your heart?"

"Even if this batch of grain and grass arrives at the front line, it will only last for half a month at most. With the old man's understanding of Dai Yan, within five days, this battle will be clear!"

Shao Situ Cong said with some hesitation: "Father, wouldn't it be better to wait until there is a conclusive battle report." In case ......"

Da Situ Jiao interrupted: "In case Dai Yan wins, do you think that my Cheng clan will be able to enjoy peace in peace?"

"How many years of dealing with this usurper for my father, can you still understand the thoughts of this fang?!"

He was actually a little uneasy about betraying his parents and country, and after opening the conversation, he began to talk endlessly: "Dai Yanqi learned from that Daliang martingale when he entered Qin as a proton in his early years, and since then he has been bent on letting me follow in the footsteps of the tiger and wolf country. ”

After he returned to China, he had the heart to learn from his teacher, but at that time, the Duke of Cheng was not as cold as him, and he couldn't bear to attack the clan with the same surname. If it weren't for the fact that Cheng Gong was indifferent to his advice, this fang would not have taken the risk of seizing his brother's office. ”

"In fact, it is nothing more than military merit, directly under the jurisdiction of counties and counties, and the set of heavy agriculture and suppression of business. Can he hide it from others, and can he hide it from the old man?"

"It's just that my Great Song Dynasty can stand for more than 700 years under the watchful eye of the concubines and barbarians, and it is not because of the unity and unity of the people of the surname. Where can the Western Qin, which has a few clans, be compared?"

"As for the counties under the direct jurisdiction, it is ridiculous. The Qin State can slaughter the Three Jin Dynasty, annex Bashu, expel Xirong, expand the territory, and naturally set up counties directly under the royal family. And where is my Great Song going?"

"What else is heavy on agriculture and suppressing business. Since my Tianyi Dashang is in the name of business, it is also in the world. Thousands of years ago, the circulation of goods was the main business of the Yin people, how to suppress it?"

"Dai Yan suffered several times after taking the position, and finally knew that if he gave an order to take all the power into the office, he would act against the sky, and if he did the opposite, the final result would not be much better than his teacher who was torn apart. ”

"That's why this fang has found a different way. Why did he go all these years to conquer the Quartet with reckless force? Dai Yan wanted to establish his supreme authority in the country with his military exploits, so that he could remove our siblings from the position of the secretary of the world. ”

"But in this way, I have too many enemies in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not the way to protect a small country. Even if you can repel the Qi Yan coalition this time, what about next time?"

Da Situ Jiao concluded: "If Dai Yan loses, as long as the Great Song Dynasty does not destroy you, my father and son can still survive." What if he does win...... I'm a big disaster!"

The reason for this is that Shao Situ Cong had heard his father mention it piecemeal before, and now it is the first time he has heard Da Situ Jiao's systematic explanation, and he can't help but feel refreshed. felt that his father seemed to be old but shrewd, and this remark was not completely selfish, and could be called a wise and good word for judging the situation.

"Hey......" Da Situ Jiao took a breath, and then sighed, "It's not that my father doesn't understand the truth that if you don't change, you die, but if you don't change, you die." My Great Song will not change, and I can die more slowly!"

His face showed a look of loneliness and said: "The king has the way of the king, and the minister has the way of the minister." Being a father has a limit, and he only wants to be rich and rich in this troubled world. Meng Hui, among the old man's sons, you are the only one who is still a little cautious, and the Cheng family is about to ask you for his father. ”

Hearing this, the corners of Shao Situ Cong's eyes were also a little moist, and he involuntarily bowed to the ground, and said sincerely: "Father's words, son keep in mind." ”

At this moment, I only heard a great chaos outside. Shao Situ Cong immediately walked outside, and he saw that a thick black smoke had been lit in the sky, and the direction was Taicang, where the grain and grass in the country were stored.

"Bell Bell Bell ......"

The alarm bells in the city have sounded.

Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Dynasty, is the real thousand-year-old capital, but according to the standards of later generations, Shangqiu is really small and pitiful, and the urban area is protected by moats and rammed earth walls, with a radius of only seven or eight miles, as long as you stand on a high place, you can see the whole city at a glance. (In fact, Yinxu is only 24 square kilometers, and the ancient city of Gusu is only 14 square kilometers, and the cities of this era are basically at this level.) However, due to the effect of the city absorbing the population, a bazaar will spontaneously form outside the city walls. ）

In such a small place, the fire in Taicang can be seen in the Da Situ Mansion, and Si Chengzhi, who is already preparing sacrifices in the sacrificial temple, can naturally see it.

However, he was not too panicked in his heart, the reason was that Taicang was empty now, and there was not much food in it at all, so he reduced the soldiers guarding Taicang to the limit. This is also the reason why Da Situ's subordinates can easily set a fire in the important Taicang.

But he couldn't let it go. Now it is the middle of autumn, the weather is dry, and once the whole city is fired, it is very likely that the entire Shangqiu will be burned to the ground like the fire more than 400 years ago.

At this time, he felt that he was short of manpower. According to the establishment quota, the city defense army under Sicheng should be 2,500 men in one division. It's just that now a lot of people have been transferred to the front line, and there is only one brigade of 500 people left, most of whom are still old, weak, sick and disabled. Si Chengzhi even transferred the two elite pawns, that is, two hundred people, to guard the palace room of the Song Kingdom. The two most powerful Simas are by Gongziqi's side at the moment.

Some of them were either on duty at the head of the city or were patrolling the city, and he could not count on the city guards now.

Fortunately, Si Chengzhi still has some disciples, and now he can't care about the difference between public and private, so he immediately ordered to send his retainers to Taicang to extinguish the fire. But just as he was dispatching his men, there were several fires in the city.

Si Chengzhi finally confirmed that the fire in Taicang was not accidental, but someone deliberately did it.

There will be chaos in the city!

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice to the subordinates around him, "Stop the bell and ring the gong!"

"Hold the order of the city and tell the whole city, you must not go to the street except for the armor, and those who violate the order will be killed!"

"Inform the Dai family, Hua family, Feng family, and Huan family, let them prepare the department, and wait for my order!"

Da Situ Jiao sighed deeply, threw the torch in his hand into the family ancestral hall full of firewood, and then he turned around and climbed into the Xuan car a little awkwardly.

The old man, who suddenly became a little stiffer, stood on the car, looking around at the huge mansion that was smoking everywhere, and his face was a little dazed. After all, this is the former residence of the Cheng family for hundreds of years, and now he wants to burn it clean with a fire.

"Father......" Shao Situ Cong, who was sitting in the throne of the emperor, looked at his father in a daze for a long time, and finally couldn't help but remind.

"Hmm. Da Situ came back to his senses, waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"