Nanyang fell, the Qingzhou army was almost annihilated, and Xia Liangqing, the prefect of Qingzhou, chose to die after the city was broken.

More and more refugees are heading south.

This news must be bad news for Pingting County and Yamen.

But for Chen Mo, it was good news.

And one thing Chen Mo had to admit was that he hoped that the Heavenly Master Army in the north would win.

After all, he also embarked on the road of rebellion, and also sold smuggled salt, and the crime he committed was not enough to cut off ten heads.

If the Heavenly Master Army is defeated, the imperial court will definitely be liquidated step by step, and then he will not be able to escape.

Now that the Heavenly Master Army has won, then he will always have a tall man on top, and the attention of the imperial court will all be on the Heavenly Master Army, so as to provide him with time to develop.

There is a good saying, the sky is falling, and there are tall men on top.

The more chaotic it is, the greater the chance of survival for Chen Mo.

……

The east end of the village.

The original home of Wang Mazi has now been converted into a school and expanded.

Xiucai Zhao Daoxian was hired by Chen Mo as the gentleman of the school, and his monthly salary was consistent, including three meals a day.

The school is full of village children.

Song Min is also among them, and while studying, she maintains classroom discipline.

"This lesson is arithmetic. Before you start, you follow the teacher and recite the ninety-nine songs. ”

Zhao Daoxian wore a proper robe, held a teaching ruler, and walked back and forth in the class, while reading: "One by one." ”

"One and the same." The children sat honestly behind their desks and read obediently.

"One, two, like two." Zhao Dao said first.

"One, two, like two."

After a while, the childish voices of children sounded in the school.

The Ninety-Nine Song, that is, the ninety-nine multiplication table that everyone has heard of, was written by Chen Mo and taught by Zhao Daoxian to his students.

The ninety-nine multiplication table is not a product of modern times, and it was produced in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The only difference is that the original ninety-nine song ended with "ninety-nine-eighty-one" to "two-two-four".

When the mantra was expanded to "one by one", it was probably in the Song Dynasty.

Suddenly, there was a steady sound of footsteps outside the school, and a figure appeared at the door of the school.

When a child saw Chen Mo, he immediately poked Song Min, who was sitting in front of him listening carefully, with his finger, and then said, "Sister Song Min, your brother Mo is here." ”

Song Min turned his head to look and found that it was Chen Mo, his face couldn't help but turn red, although Chen Mo regarded her as a maid, but the people in the village thought that she was the kind of "bed-warming maid", and she was going to sleep when she grew up, so they were very respectful to her, and the children in the school also regarded her as the eldest sister.

There are bold children, and they will make jokes.

Zhao Daoxian found that the students were no longer reading with him, so he immediately frowned, and the teaching ruler in his hand slapped the desk fiercely: "What are you all doing, follow the teacher." ”

"Master, Immortal Master Chen is here." There are children's roads.

Zhao Dao turned around first and looked, and sure enough, it was so.

"Song Min, take them and continue to read." Zhao Dao said to Song Min first, and then walked out of the classroom.

"Yes, Master."

……

Outside the school.

Zhao Daoxian arched his hand to Chen Mo: "Immortal Master Chen." ”

"Master Zhao doesn't have to be polite." Chen Mo also arched his hand, and he still had respect for the teacher, and said, "Teaching this group of children, you have worked hard." ”

"Where. It is a contemptible honor to be able to enlighten this group of dolls and share it for Immortal Master Chen. Zhao Dao said first.

Chen Mo waved his hand: "Master Zhao doesn't need to be so flattering. ”

Zhao Daoxian nodded and did not speak.

"I came to the master to ask him to help me write a piece of paper." Chen Mo said.

"Immortal Master Chen, please speak." Zhao Dao said first.

Chen Mo told Zhao Daoxian his plan.

Chen Mo's words made Zhao Daoxian slightly stunned, Chen Mo was stunned for a moment, and he lowered his voice and said, "Immortal Master Chen is going to surrender to the enemy?" ”

"It's not called defection." Chen Mo smiled and shook his head: "Speaking of which, I and the Heavenly Master Army are all the way, and they are both rebellions, if you really want to say it, it should be regarded as surrender." ”

"Definitely." Zhao Daoxian refuted Chen Mo's words and said: "Chen Xianshi has a lot of energy, can tolerate people, and does not kill people indiscriminately, and he is also a village school, which has the merit of education. And although the Heavenly Master thief is powerful, he only knows how to rob some women and money, how can Chen Xianshi and them be all the way. ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Chen Mo's eyes, his face remained unchanged, and he chuckled: "Master Zhao, now that Nanyang has fallen, the Qingzhou Army has almost been wiped out, and it won't be long before the Heavenly Master Army can engulf the entire territory of Qingzhou, at this time, what should we do?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Dao was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Chen Mo meant, he wanted to save the whole village.

Chen Mo preserved the whole village on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also wanted to put on the tiger skin of the Heavenly Master Army for the time being, so that he could develop.

After all, if the Heavenly Master Army calls, you have to prove that you are all the way with them.

He's not trying to be small.

Just like the princes of the Eighteenth Road begging for Dong, you have to go all the way first.

At this time, it is most taboo to be at both ends of the head rat, and if you can't figure it out, then the two ends are not pleasing and the way to die.

"The contemptible people understand, and after teaching this group of dolls, they will go to write." Zhao Dao nodded first, and then said, "When does Immortal Master Chen want it?" ”

"The sooner the better."

After leaving the school, Chen Mo found Zhang He and asked him to inform him that in the future, he would call the north the righteous army, and in the future, he would not say anything about the thief army.

……

City.

It's messed up, it's completely messed up.

The news of the fall of Nanyang and the annihilation of the Qingzhou Army spread to the city like a tide, causing great chaos.

Countless people packed up their belongings and wanted to leave home and flee to the south.

And these are just ordinary people in the city.

As the royal family of the local scholars, they are also calm.

In the hall, the descendants of the Wang family gathered here, each with a bitter face, talking to each other, whispering, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing, as if the sky had fallen.

The Li family that the Wang family moved away before was different, the Wang family existed for a longer time than the Great Song Dynasty, rooted in Pingting County for hundreds of years, and was originally a great family in Qingzhou.

The current Wang family is a side line of the original Wang family.

The Wang family has a deep heritage in the local area, so naturally they can't move away like the Li family.

Looking at the noisy crowd.

Wang Xiu, the head of the Wang family, snorted: "What are you panicking about? ”

Then, his eyes looked at his second son and said, "Ran'er, you take your wife, daughter, and some of your property, and leave Pingting County immediately and go to a safe place in the south."

Your eldest brother and I stayed in the ancestral house of the Wang family. ”

The family bets at both ends, which is a routine operation.

After listening to the words of the head of the family, the clansmen immediately understood what the head of the family meant.

Wang Ran, the second son of the king, nodded solemnly.

(End of chapter)