Chapter 20: Shifting the Tide (7)
Zhu Wenyu groaned for a while and said, "Okay, let's go back!"
After that, he turned back to Na Moduo and said, "Lord Mo, is there any movement in the court now?" ”
"The biggest thing in the court now is the matter of Yunnan, what does Lord Zhu want to ask?" Modo doesn't know why.
"Well, am I saying that there are murders everywhere? Also, how is Wei Guogong's side? Zhu Wenyu didn't want to tell Mo Duo about the Tianyi Alliance, so he directly asked the two things he was most concerned about.
"Lord Zhu is really right, I heard that there have been two murders in the past six months, and they are still exactly the same as before, dozens of people died, and they are rich local squires, one is in Huguang, and the other is in Shaanxi, exactly the same as the previous ones, and still can't find any clues, maybe it was done by the Tianyi League, which is not as good as the beast. The emperor attaches great importance to it, strictly orders a thorough investigation, and has a secret decree to the lord. ”
"Where's the secret purpose?"
"The secret is in the county office, and I didn't bring it with me. Come back with me, sir, and get it. As he spoke, the soldiers had already led the horses, and Modo turned over his horse and galloped towards the county town. Zhu Wenyu and the other three hurriedly got on their horses and followed.
"What about Wei Guogong?" Zhu Wenyu asked while urging the horse to move quickly, what he was most concerned about was this, what he was most worried about was that Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, had rebelled.
"Wei Guogong? Wei Guogong is very good, Wei Guogong guards the northwest flat of the mountain, and His Royal Highness King Yan, with them, there is nothing to do in the north, Wei Guogong is stronger than General Mu after all, with him guarding Shanxi, the emperor of the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty must be at ease. "Mo Duo turned out to be a subordinate of Chang Yuchun, the Duke of E, and he was also extremely impressed by Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, who was as famous as Chang Yuchun. At this time, although I don't know why Zhu Wenyu asked about Wei Guogong, his reverence was clearly expressed in his words.
"Oh, that's good." Zhu Wenyu muttered, it seems that this Tianyi Alliance has not really made a move, and it is still accumulating money.
"Nangong Ling and Miss Tang Yun, do you have any news about them?" Zhu Wenyu asked again.
"I don't know." Modo shook his head. "The lower officials are in the locality, and the things in the martial arts are not clear, and they are busy adjusting food these days, and they really can't take care of other things."
"Hmm. Master Mo, I will write a few letters when I go back to the county government in a while, you can send someone to deliver them for me, and then Maya and I will set off for Yunnan. Zhu Wenyu knew that Maya must be anxious at this time, the matter was very important, it was better to run, as for the matter of Nangong Ling and Tang Yun, he wrote a letter to the desert, asked him to inquire about the arrangements, and Wei Guogong's affairs, and also stared, and then told him about his trip to Yunnan. Write a letter to Tang Men again, explaining that he was seriously injured and that Tang Yun did not know his whereabouts, and told Tang Men to deliberately look for it. Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang was there, Zhu Wenyu only planned to report his safety, and reported that he planned to go to Yunnan, as for the matter of Wei Guogong and Tianyi League, Zhu Wenyu still felt that there was no evidence for the time being, and it was not good to mention it directly with Zhu Yuanzhang.
"The subordinate obeys." Modo was inconvenient to salute on his horse, and arched his hand.
When he was about to arrive at the county town, the official had already rushed to report the news, and when he arrived at the Danling County Ya, the county government was already at the door of the official who had fallen to the ground, and said: "Meet Lord Qincha." Welcome the master home. ”
Zhu Wenyu was about to tell them to get up, and in a flash, he actually saw a woman who looked like a village woman and led a maid ring to come out of the county government in a hurry, hurriedly greeted them, and bowed and saluted: "Zhu Wenyu has seen Mrs. Sister-in-law." ”
That person is Moduo's wife Bai, Zhu Wenyu saw it a few times last time he went to Danling County, she is a very generous and spicy Central Plains woman, and she is not the slightest bit of style when she is a county lady, it is said that she is still the lady of the six grades of the edict, which is one grade higher than Mo Duo, and she is still dressed as a village woman in a coarse cloth dress, Zhu Wenyu is very familiar, and when she came out at this time, Zhu Wenyu was busy going over to see the ceremony. Maya also met her last time she came to Danling, and she also stepped forward to see the ceremony.
That Bai is an extremely straightforward person, not an official body, unlike Mo Duo, who sometimes seems a little restrained on the scene, and has long been worthy of Zhu Wenyu's name, and said with a smile: "Uncle Wenyu, I only knew that you came back from your injury when you left, and you didn't go into the house to sit down and ran to the granary, didn't you think your sister-in-law was lazy in etiquette?" ”
Zhu Wenyu didn't even dare to say no.
The Bai clan took Maya's hand again and said, "Look at this Mayan girl, she is becoming more and more delicate, and only a character like Uncle Wen Yu is worthy of it." ”
Although Maya is a Bianyi woman, she has always been used to making nonsense, and at this time, she was also blushed by Bai's words: "Sister-in-law!"
"Yo, are you still blushing? Okay, okay, sister-in-law won't say anything, hurry, go into the courtyard. Without saying anything, Bai Shi had already pulled Maya and walked in.
Seeing this, Mo Duo smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Your old sister-in-law's old problem hasn't changed at all, she hasn't gone up or down, Master Zhu must not be surprised." ”
"Hehe, where, I like my sister-in-law's temperament very much. Lord Mo, please. Zhu Wenyu smiled and let his hand go.
"Lord Zhu, please."
After dinner, Bai dragged Maya to the backyard to whisper, Zhu Wenyu wrote a letter in the study, handed it to Moduo to collect, Moduo asked, "Then when will Lord Zhu leave?" The next team of military rations will set off three days later, will Lord Zhu go south with them? ”
Zhu Wenyu thought about it for a while and said, "No need, let's go by ourselves." ”
"Then the lower official will arrange a guide for the adults?" Mo Duozhi Zhu Wenyu had never been to Yunnan, and said.
"No, I know the way." Maya, who was speaking in the back, was walking in the door and suddenly interjected.
"Yes, Maya is from Yunnan, let's go by ourselves, Lao Mo, you just need to send these letters on my behalf. Give us two good horses, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning. Zhu Wenyu waved his hand.
"The subordinate obeys." Mo Duo was not polite when he heard this, and said simply.
"I've said it, don't always be a subordinate official, we're old guys, it's a shame to call it like this, just call me by my name, just like the old sister-in-law, how good." Zhu Wenyu pretended to make a face.
"The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials don't dare." Modo busy.
"Ha, don't pretend, it's decided, you're old Mo anyway." Zhu Wenyu ignored him, clapped his hands and smiled.
Mo Duo smiled, and stopped being wordy.
Early the next morning, Modo ordered his soldiers to bring over two good horses, both of which were tall and strong, and they kept digging the ground with their feet, whirring and panting, as if they knew that they were about to set off, and could not contain their excitement.
Zhu Wenyu nodded with satisfaction, "Old Mo, thank you." With that, he and Maya turned on their horses.
Na Moduo seemed to be very comfortable with Zhu Wenyu's "Old Mo", and diligently personally sent the reins to Zhu Wenyu and Maya, and said, "Lord Zhu, Maya girl, have a good trip!"
"Thank you, sister-in-law, I'll come back to see you next time." Zhu Wenyu said again to the Bai clan next to Mo Duo.
"Uncle has a good journey, take care of Sister Maya." After not seeing each other for a night, Maya has become "Maya's sister" in Bai's mouth.
"Got it, don't worry. I will. Zhu Wenyu smiled, turned around and raised his hand towards Maya, "Go!" Let's go!" A whip: "Drive!" Go south with Maya.
Since the beginning of southern Sichuan, the mountains have gradually increased, although it is not a high mountain forest, the mountain peak is dangerous, but it is also a group of mountains, layer by layer straight to the edge of the sky.
Zhu Wenyu and Maya rode all the way to Maya's hometown in Lijiang, Yunnan.
It's early spring, and the farther south it gets, the warmer it gets.
Yunnan is located in the southwest, the mountains are many and the valleys are deep, the people who live are mostly Miao Dong Zhuang Naxi and other ethnic minorities, it is not as good as the Central Plains to be civilized, all dynasties have taken it as the place of "South Wilderness", the meaning of the name of Yunnan is "the south of Yunling", the four seasons are like spring, the weather is warm, it is rare to see a snow all year round, but the scenery is extremely beautiful.
The two of them have encountered more and more soldiers on the road, and after careful inquiry, they learned that the war in Lijiang has become bigger and bigger, and there were only four or five villages that refused to accept the jurisdiction of the local yamen of the imperial court, but after three or four months, forty-six of the fifty-seven cottage Tusi in Lijiang have been involved in this matter, and almost the entire Lijiang has been reversed, and even the prefect of Lijiang has been killed, and the Zhizhou yamen has also been set on fire by the Naxi people. The Marquis of Xiping, Muying, was greatly annoyed, and was ready to personally lead the army to Lijiang to quell the chaos.
Maya was concerned about Abba and Aunt, so she hurried away, avoided the official army, and went straight to the Black Bear Village.
As soon as I arrived outside the Black Bear Village, I only heard someone in the village asking, "Who!"
"Go and tell Abba, and I'm back." Maya ignored the questioner, and had already dismounted, threw the reins in her hand, and rushed towards the gate.