But the messenger is a eunuch, who is too lazy to do this, he just wants to watch the people cut down and return to Beijing to restore his life, and he really doesn't want to stay outside, so as to save himself from being accidentally killed by the rebels one day.

The eunuch who sent the decree represented the royal attitude outside, and he disregarded the public opinion like this, but he really annoyed people, and the crowd was angry for a while, and the contradiction was about to erupt.

When Shen Mo heard the news, he didn't know if the Qi family's affairs would affect the Zhao family, so he took Su Ying to the county seat as soon as possible.

The Zhao family was also running for the matter of Qi County's order, and spent a lot of money, but they didn't even see the face of the eunuch who passed the decree, let alone pleaded for mercy.

However, one thing is fortunate in misfortune, the Zhao family was not affected by this incident, and Qi Yating and the child were not on the list of executions.

Qi Yating's eyes were red and swollen, and she had been crying since she got the news, and Zhao Yuan couldn't coax her no matter how she coaxed.

After all, it was her maiden home, but it was understandable.

Shen Mo and Zhao Yuan's father and son went to the living room to talk, leaving only Su Ying in the room to comfort Qi Yating.

Su Ying didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only ask about the situation first.

"Shen Mo and I don't know what General Yuan has done, and the messenger can't understand, what did he do to make the emperor so aggressive, and even kill your father, a brother-in-law who has almost no contact?"

not only killed one of the county commanders, but killed the whole family.

Qi Yating cried tremblingly.

"I went to the prison and asked my father, saying that General Yuan was reported for plotting rebellion and wanted to punish the Nine Clans.

Originally, this matter should not have affected my family, but my cousin escaped, and the officers and soldiers did not find anyone, so they only heard her personal maid say that she fled to Yunling County to join my aunt, that is, my mother.

The officers and soldiers came to ask us for someone, but where have we seen my cousin, and how can we make a person?

But no one believed us, and this matter reached the ears of the emperor, that is, my father harbored the rebellious criminals, and the crime was complicit, so my Qi family was sentenced to death. ”

Qi Yating said a lot of words, and the amount of information in it was really large.

Su Ying extracted two key pieces of information.

"General Yuan plotted rebellion? Yuan Qing escaped? ”

Qi Yating nodded, and cried for a while, regardless of whether she didn't deal with Su Ying or not, now she just wanted to find someone to talk to.

"We can't tell you clearly, General Yuan is fine, why was he reported for rebellion. I haven't even heard of any evidence being found. As for my cousin, I hate her to death, where can she escape, why should she flee to Yunling County? Besides, we haven't even seen her face, and we're not sure if she's really escaped here. ”

The cousins are thousands of miles apart, and they haven't seen each other once in a few years, so they don't have any feelings at all.

But now, the entire Qi family has been affected by her, and it is strange that Qi Yating does not hate her to death.

"Su Ying, although I have always been at odds with you, I can't help but admit that you are a capable woman. Can you help me and help me find my cousin. Only by finding her can we prove the innocence of my Qi family and save dozens of people from my Qi family. Help me, okay? Please. ”

Qi Yating has grown so big, and she has not begged people so lowly.

But the officers and soldiers of the imperial court can't find anyone, how can she Su Ying look for it?

"Where do you want me to find it?" She asked rhetorically.

Qi Yating hurriedly stopped crying and said: "Zhao Yuan said, Shen Mo now has more than 100 people under him, he was about to beg Shen Mo today, but I didn't expect you to come first." Shen Mo listened to you the most, you said that if you asked him to help find someone, he would definitely try his best to find it. ”

Seeing that Qi Yating was about to cry again after speaking, Su Ying hurriedly said, "Don't cry yet." Shen Mo and Zhao Yuan were originally good friends, and after he heard the news of the Qi family, he was most worried about Zhao Yuan, so he brought me to the county seat as soon as possible. If you find Yuan Qing and you can save your Qi family, I believe that Shen Mo will definitely help with this. ”

"Really? It's just wonderful. Qi Yating cried again, "Thank you, I'll go get the silver, and it will be used as the cost of finding someone." ”

Su Ying hurriedly stopped.

"Don't panic first, Shen Mo will definitely discuss this matter with Uncle Zhao and Zhao Yuan, and you don't need to pay the money."

Su Ying knew that Shen Mo would definitely help with this, but she didn't expect that Shen Mo and the Zhao family's father and son would talk about far more than that.

"Shen Mo, there are no outsiders here, I'll tell you directly, my father and I, as well as several other wealthy families in the county, have long been fed up with this world, and we also know that this big week is about to end, so we all plan to join forces to defect to the Ming Lord. If you have this in mind, you might as well join us. ”

Silence's heart was pounding, but he asked quietly, "Who are you going to go to?" Is there a suitable candidate? ”

Zhao Yuan's father shook his head.

"At the moment, there are rebels everywhere, but they are all a rabble of brave and unscrupulous, and so far, I have not heard of a reliable one. That's why we hesitated to make the trip yet. ”

Shen Mo suddenly thought of something, so he asked the two: "If you follow the rebel army, but your family Zhao Jing is still in the regular army of the imperial court, won't you become an enemy at that time?" ”

"I'll call my sister back." Zhao Yuan can't let his sister become an enemy, "If we choose the right person, and support that person with money and food, and wait until the world is decided, then our Zhao family will definitely be regarded as a great hero, and when the time comes, I will help my sister ask for a general to be a general, so that she can enjoy it." ”

Rich and powerful people, when they see that the dynasty is about to die, their sense of smell will always be very sensitive, and many people will spend huge sums of money to support the people they want to follow.

The Zhao family and the wealthy businessmen in the county also have this plan.

Shen Mo wanted to win over these people, so that the funds for the rebellion would be guaranteed, and more troops could be recruited in the future, and the chances of success would be greater.

However, if he wants to win over people, he must have a convincing performance.

He knew what was missing, so he was in no hurry to take a stand.

"What you said, I will think about it, and for now, it is more important to help you find people first."

"Well, that's the only way to do it." Zhao Yuan sighed, thinking that Shen Mo didn't want to take risks.

After sending Shen Mo and Su Ying away, Zhao Yuan's father saw that his son looked sullen, so he asked him why.

Zhao Yuan said: "Shen Mo has brains and kung fu, his family has money and food, and there are more than 100 people under his hands. But why did he hesitate? ”

Zhao Yuan's father replied meaningfully.

"You know he has everything, so why should he go to someone else?"

He didn't tell his son more clearly, but only said to himself, "Why should we go near and far and look for the Lord everywhere? ”