Chapter IV: Forced Demolition of Chang'an
"The edict to the world: the current Xirong soldiers are in danger, so Chang'an is no longer a perfect place. I was worried about the concerns of thousands of people in the world, and for the plan of the Tang Dynasty for thousands of generations, I moved the Beijing division east to Luoyang. From now on, Chang'an all royal clans, civil and military officials, craftsmen and merchants, and mansions and Zhumen have all moved into Luoyang, and all timber, stones, materials, money, grain, and livestock will be moved, and those who violate the order will have their property confiscated and disposed of by the law of the country.
A literate man was standing at the gate of the city reciting the "Edict of the Holy Decree" posted on the city wall to announce the world. A group of people gathered around to listen carefully, and after the man finished reading, a group of people said: "This is clearly Zhu Wen's fake holy decree, coercing the Son of Heaven to his fiefdom to be slaughtered by him, hey, I didn't expect that the chaos in the world has just begun, and now our people will suffer again" The people shook their heads and expressed helplessness. Li Xian happened to pass by, and when he saw all this, he couldn't help but shake his head and continue to walk forward.
At this time, in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, in the courtyard of the Yi family. Yi Fang, Li Qiu, and Aoi Kamian are putting the body of the chivalrous guest You Bailin brought back from the court into a black coffin, preparing to secretly transport it out of the city for burial at the right time.
"May I ask Li Daxia, where did that Huang Yuetian go?" Yi asked Li Qiu.
"Since the assassination failed, Brother Huang has disappeared, and now I am also investigating his whereabouts," Li Qiu replied.
"This Huang Yuetian is acting strangely and is not very reliable, I think this matter has something to do with him nine times out of ten," Yi Fang said.
And Kwai Jiao on the side heard this, and said: "No, Brother Huang is as famous as Brother You, and his reputation is also recognized by the rivers and lakes, I think it's Brother Yi, are you too worried?"
"Anyway, I think there is something wrong with this Huang Yuetian, the news that Zhu Wen secretly returned to Chang'an was brought by him, and he left under the pretext of assassination, shouldn't he be suspected?" Yi Fang said.
"Hey, forget it, we can't explain this matter without evidence, let's hurry up and find an opportunity to transport Brother You out of the city for burial," Li Qiu said.
At this time, a young man dressed in family clothes entered the door and said: "The young master is not good, Zhu Wen told the world, saying that the capital will be moved to Luoyang from now on, and all the red walls of Zhumen will be moved with it, and all the family property will be confiscated by violators, and the official in charge of our Xicheng has just sent someone to pass the word, saying that our family has land, a house and a teahouse, and it is also among the movers, young master, what do you say?"
"Zhu Wen, this bastard dog thief, what does he want to do?" Yi Fang said through gritted teeth, and then hurried towards the door.
Aoi Evil on the side hurriedly grabbed him and asked, "Brother Yi, where are you going?"
"Let go of me... Hey, I'm going to talk to my dad about it," Yi Fang explained, seeing that Aoi had misunderstood that he was going to find Zhu Wen.
"Well, don't be too impulsive," Aoi said.
At this time, Yi Fang's nine-year-old son, Yi Anjie, came to Aoi and said, "Uncle Aoi, there are a lot of cattle at the door, can you go and drive them away?"
Aoi Kari said: "It's okay, it may be the house next door that was demolished and demolished, don't be afraid, Jie'er" Aoi Kari said.
"Then Uncle Kwai give me your dagger to use, I'll go and get rid of them," Yi Anjie said.
Aoi took out a dagger from his waist, handed it to Yi Anjie, and said, "Let's play with it, but be careful, this dagger is very sharp, don't cut your hand."
"Well, Uncle Aoi, don't worry, I won't cut my hands," Yi Anjie said, taking the dagger given by Aoi Evil, and happily ran to the gate
When Yi Fang came to his father's room, he saw an old man in his sixties sitting in the main hall. Yi Fang bowed and asked, "Daddy, what do you say we should do now, or we will sell the house, right?"
"Who will buy it at this time? Even if it is bought, it will be demolished, and Zhu Wen's move to Luoyang will inevitably expand the new city, and it is these pillars, tiles and beams that he wants," said the old father.
"Is it just like watching the house be demolished and this home destroyed?" Yi Fang asked.
"You don't usually take care of your family business, so you know when you mix with those people on the rivers and lakes, when did you care about this family?"
"Dad, no matter what, that Zhu Wen killed innocents indiscriminately, and the crime was heinous, I don't know how many more disasters will be caused, we can't move to Luoyang with him," Yi Fang said.
"Of course I know this, but the imperial decree has been issued, and I am helpless," said my father.
"It's a big deal, we don't want a house or a family business, let's move to the south, it is said that the south is vast, and many people have moved there to cut down and farm, and their lives are no worse than the Central Plains," Yi Fang suggested.
"Well, now we can only act on the opportunity," said his father.
At this time, I only heard the rumbling sound everywhere outside, in Chang'an City, everywhere was demolishing houses and digging walls, moving furniture, the sound of columns collapsing and collapsing walls came and went, shaking the whole city, and the smoke and dust raised went straight to the sky, even if it stood in Xianyang, which was dozens of miles away, it could also be seen.
Zhu Wen's two sons, 19-year-old Zhu Youqi and 16-year-old Zhu Youzhen, roamed around Chang'an City and oppressed the people in the name of supervising the demolition. When they see what they like, they loot it and have fun, of course, no one dares not to give it to them, Zhu Youzhen is still underage and has not been crowned, but the two brothers have been with their vulgar and ruffian father Zhu Wen since childhood, and the domineering, arrogant and domineering arrogance is even better than their father Zhu Wen.
At this time, Zhu Youqi and Zhu Youzhen came to Chang'an City to inspect the demolition and relocation situation everywhere. Suddenly, Zhu Youzhen received a flying letter, which read: "Little Prince, the Yi Mansion in the northwest corner refuses to be demolished, please let the Little Prince move to investigate" The payment was not named. Zhu Youqi looked around, but didn't see who flew the letter, so he said according to the content written on the letter: "Let's go, go to the northwest of the city to see"
So, officials, large and small, accompanied Zhu Youzhen to the northwest corner near the Yi family compound. Seeing that everything was in good condition in the Yi family's compound, and there was no sign of demolition inside and out, Zhu Youqi asked the accompanying junior official: "Who lives in this house, and why did you resist the decree and not move?"
In the accompanying team of officials, a small official in the street stepped forward to talk: "Back to the little prince, this family's surname is Yi, who opened a teahouse, and has lived here for generations, and their family is doing funerals these days, so the time for demolition has been delayed, and the lower officials must urge them to do it as soon as possible..."
Before the little official's voice fell, Zhu Youqi hurriedly said: "Is there an excuse for the funeral to delay the important matter of moving the capital to the imperial court? If you delay the time and fail to complete the plan of moving the capital on time, you can't afford to have ten heads."
"Yes, yes, the lower officials will go and let them demolish the house immediately," the little official nodded humbly and replied.
At this time, Yi Fang's nine-year-old son, Yi Anjie, holding a dagger inlaid with red and green gems given by Aoi Kai, sat at the gate of the house, playing with the ground turtles scurrying around underground due to demolition. Not far away, sixteen-year-old Zhu Youzhen saw this dagger knife with a beautiful color and inlaid with gems, so he hurriedly dismounted and ran towards nine-year-old Yi Anjie.
Zhu Youzhen came to Yi Anjie, arrogantly pointed at the dagger in Yi Anjie's hand, and said in a commanding tone: "Give me this"
Yi Anjie glanced up at Zhu Youzhen and ignored him.
Zhu Youzhen repeated again: "Give me this in your hand"
Yi Anjie still ignored him, Zhu Youzhen was anxious, so he scolded loudly: "I'm talking to you, are you deaf?"
Yi Anjie still ignored Zhu Youzhen and continued to play with the turtles on the ground. At this time, Zhu Youqi also dismounted and walked over with other officials. One of the officials said to Yi Anjie: "Child, this is the little prince of Liang Wangfu, he wants the dagger in your hand, you can give it to him, obedient, good."
Yi Anjie opened his mouth and said to the official: "This is not my thing, I can't give it to him"
"It turns out that you are not deaf, why did Xiao Wang ask you just now, but you didn't answer?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Yi Anjie with wide eyes and reprimanded loudly.
"You are rude, I don't want to talk to you," Yi Anjie said lightly.
"How can this be reasonable, you dare to talk to Xiao Wang like this, give me something quickly" Zhu Youzhen said angrily, while reaching out to forcibly snatch the dagger in Yi Anjie's hand. Yi Anjie clutched the dagger tightly, and between pulling, he accidentally cut Zhu Youzhen's hand and shed blood.
Zhu Youzhen saw that his hand was cut and blood was bleeding, so he hurriedly said to the guards behind him: "Quick, hurry up and report to my father."
The guard had to turn around and leave, and Zhu Youzhen said to another guard beside him: "Why don't you come and bandage Xiao Wang quickly" The guard hurriedly took out a white cloth to bandage Zhu Youzhen's wound. While bandaging, Zhu Youzhen scolded: "Light, are you a stupid pig? If you hurt Xiao Wang again, Xiao Wang will peel you and cramp."
The guard had no choice but to kneel on the ground, kowtow like garlic and said, "The little prince spares his life, the little prince spares his life..."
"What are you doing here? Hurry up and bandage Xiao Wang..."
"Yes, yes, the little one obeys" The guard hurriedly got up again and bandaged Zhu Youzhen's wounds. Sixteen-year-old Zhu Youzhen, who is arrogant and domineering, and bullying, is very similar to Zhu Wen when he was young.
At this time, Zhu Wen was listening to music in the forbidden military camp. Huang Yuetian entered the tent and bowed under the guidance of the river valley, and then said to Zhu Wen: "Lord Envoy, the fish that slipped through the net of the last trip to stab the Prime Minister has not been cleaned up, I don't know if the Minister will continue to clean up?"
After Zhu Wen pushed the camp prostitutes away, he asked, "Could it be that the Huang Sect Leader knows where they are?"
"Yes, they didn't go far, just west of Chang'an City, in a house surnamed Yi," Huang Yuetian said.
"Okay, Commander Jiang, you immediately order three hundred elite soldiers, then follow this king to take a look, this time we must cut them down and eradicate them forever" Zhu Wen said to Jiang Nizhong on the side.
Na Jiang Yizhong limped forward and promised: "The last general will obey the order"
Zhu Wen said to Huang Yuetian again: "Please ask Sect Master Huang to also go with this king, how about it?"
"Lord Xiang, it is inconvenient to show up here, please forgive me if I make Lord Xiang" Huang Yuetian said.
"Well, thank you for the news brought by Sect Leader Huang this time, Sect Leader Huang please take care of yourself," Zhu Wen said.
"Thank you, Prime Minister, then I'll go back to Bohai Kingdom first," Huang Yuetian said.
Hexu Valley sent Huang Yuetian out of the military tent, and Huang Yuetian said goodbye: "This time, I am really grateful to Lord He and Huang for joining forces to bring down You Bailin, Huang is really grateful."
"It's all the credit of King Liang, I didn't help much, Sect Master Huang is now the first in the world, gratifying, congratulations!"
"This matter is uncertain, I have to go to Sumo first, so I won't accompany you, please take care of Lord He!" Huang Yuetian said.
"Sect Leader Huang, please go slowly"
Huang Yuetian took two steps back and turned to leave. After Huang Yuetian left, Jiang Ruzhong walked over from a distance from the tent and said, "Second brother, this Huang Yuetian is insidious and cunning, if we fight him one day, I'm afraid we won't necessarily be his opponents, you'd better get out of here now."
"Leave here, big brother, where do you want me to go?" asked Hexugu.
"I received a secret order for us to act separately," Jiang said.
"How do you split up? Are you going to transfer me to another state as a festival envoy?" asked Hexugu.
"Of course not, I'm afraid that this Huang Yuetian will betray us in the future and put the charge of framing You Bailin on you, I'm afraid that by then you will become the public enemy of martial arts, and everyone will be the target of assassination, rather than this, let's have a golden cicada to come out of the shell, and there is no proof of death" Jiang Yizhong said.
"What does this mean?" asked Hexugu.
"I'll make a game for you to fake your death, and from then on, hide incognito and hide in Shaolin Temple," Jiang Ruzhong said.
"Do you want me to be a monk? No, no, I can't live without wine and meat all day, how can I go to the Shaolin Temple to be a monk?"
Jiang Yizhong turned his head and looked around, then stepped forward and whispered: "This is not what I meant, it is the meaning of the sect leader and his old man, do you want to disobey the decree?"
"Since it's the sect leader's will, then I can only obey it, go to Shaolin Temple, it's a big deal to be a monk," Hexugu said.
"You are not just a monk in the Shaolin Temple, you are responsible for quietly copying all the Shaolin martial arts secrets, which will be very useful in the future," Jiang said.
"I see, isn't it just copying some books, it's much better than fighting and killing for Zhu Wen all day long," Hexugu said.
"The more brutal Zhu Wen is, the more chaotic the world will be, the better it will be for us, isn't it just to help him add fuel and fuel to the world, and make the world even more chaotic? In the future, when we have enough power and enter the Middle Earth, it will be just around the corner," Jiang Yizhong said.
"Well, what the eldest brother said is right, but I'm really fed up with days like this, if it weren't for the disobedience of the sect, I would have left here a long time ago, since the sect leader has other arrangements now, then it's decided, I'll go to the Shaolin Temple" Hexugu said.
"Okay, second brother, then you can go to Shaolin Temple with peace of mind, and I will go and arrange for you to get out," Jiang Yizhong said.
"Well, thank you, big brother, oh yes, big brother, then how should I contact you in the future?"
"Don't worry, the third brother and the fourth brother will also come out soon, with their help, we will naturally be able to get in touch when the time comes," Jiang Yizhong said.
"Really, the third and fourth brothers are really coming out?"
"This is a secret, the canon rules order that you can't inquire about each other, you just have to do your own thing, and you will know when the time comes," Jiang Ruzhong reprimanded.
"Okay, big brother, you have to take care, I'll say goodbye first," Hexugu said, and was about to turn around and leave.
"Wait a minute," Jiang Yizhong called out to him.
"Big brother, are you okay?" asked Hexugu.
Jiang Ruzhong took out a bag of things from his arms, handed it to Hexu Gu, and said, "You go to Youzhou first, and give this thing to Elder He Rang of Tingfeng Hall."
"What does Big Brother mean?" asked Hexu Valley.
"Qin Zhengao betrayed the sect leader, and he should be punished. I instigated Zhu Wen to kill him, but Zhu Wen didn't agree. It just so happens that this Elder He Rang is ruthless, and he wants to be the hall master, so we will fulfill him, and when the time comes, Tingfeng Hall can also be controlled by us, wouldn't we kill two birds with one stone?" Jiang Ruzhong said fiercely.
Hexugu took the bag and said, "Okay, I'll go to Youzhou."
"After doing this, you can go directly to the Shaolin Temple," Jiang Ruzhong said.
"Well, I understand, big brother, take care!" With that, the river valley turned around and left.
At this time, in the Yi family's mansion, Yi Fang, Aoi Kami, and Li Qiu were discussing how to transport You Bailin's body. Yi Fang said: "Taking advantage of the fact that the houses have been demolished everywhere in the past two days, let's quietly transport the coffin out, let my father go out in disguise, go out of the city to find a place to bury the ranger, and then let my father follow us back, just say that he didn't die but fainted, and got up from the coffin again on the way, what do you think of this method?"
"Well, Brother Yi, this method is very wonderful," Aoi said evilly.
"Well, I also agree with this method, so that Brother You can be buried, and it can also explain why Father Yi is still alive," Li Qiu said.
"Yes, a few days ago, we had such a fake death here, in fact, he just passed out, and on the way to the burial, he pushed open the coffin lid and got up by himself. Let's do the same, and the big guys should believe it," Yi Fang said.
"I just don't know if Daddy Yi is willing, after all, this thing is unlucky," Aoi said evilly.
"No problem, my father has agreed, and he also admires the ranger very much, and hopes that the ranger can settle down as soon as possible," Yi Fang said.
"Okay, without further ado, let's hurry up," Li Qiu said.
"Young master, it's not good, the little young master is at the gate, and he is entangled with the people of the official family, you go and take a look" At this time, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old family member hurriedly rushed in to report.
"Let's go, let's go and see" Yi Fang heard the news, immediately turned around, walked through the house, and ran to the gate. Others followed.
At this time, at the gate of Yi Fang's house, a local official stepped forward and scolded Xiao Anjie: "Boldly Diao Min, dare to stab the little prince, and still kneel down to admit his mistake"
"Admit your mistake, no need, he dared to stab Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang wants his life" Zhu Youzhen shouted viciously, while pulling out the knife in the hands of the guards next to him and slashing at the nine-year-old Yi Anjie.
"Stop" At this moment, Yi Fang's voice came from inside the door of the house. After shouting, Yi Fang jumped out of the threshold, quickly protected his son, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"
"He asked for my dagger, but the dagger was not mine, I couldn't give it to him, so he came to grab it, and then accidentally scratched his hand," Yi Anjie said aggrievedly.
"Stabbing the little prince is a capital crime, and you dare to use strong words, don't you hurry up and kneel down to the prince to admit your mistake, and beg the little prince to spare your life" The little official seemed to know that this Zhu Youzhen was not easy to mess with, so he kept blinking at Yi Fang, making his eyes look and signaling him to soften.
"Do you have a part to speak, get out of here!" Zhu Youzhen scolded the little official, and kicked it over, and the little official was so frightened that he retreated again and again, not daring to speak.
At this time, Jia Ding, Li Qiu, and Aoi Kamian all came to the door to watch the situation. Yi Fang waved his hands and said: "Since it was the dog who accidentally scratched Your Excellency, the next generation of the dog apologized for Your Excellency" After that, he turned his head to the family and said: "Luo Yi, please go and help me get the gold creation medicine."
After hearing the order, the family hurriedly said, "Yes, young master," and was about to turn around and enter the house. I heard that Zhu Youzhen said: "No need, Xiao Wang's body, how can you use the medicine of you untouchables?"
Aoi Kamiya on the side heard this, he was so angry that he clenched his fists and was about to rush forward, but he was stopped by Li Qiu, Li Qiu whispered: "Don't worry, let's see."
"Listening to what Inuko just said, it should be Childe, you are at fault first. Childe, you don't look very old, but you must be older than the dog, and if you don't give in a little, why do you still bully others?" Yi Fang asked.
"Do you dare to talk to Xiao Wang like that? Do you know who my father is?" said Zhu Youzhen arrogantly.
"I don't care whose son you are, as long as you are a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, you should abide by the law," Yi Fang replied.
"Even if the emperor sees my father today, he has to give three points of courtesy, you pariahs dare to be so rude to Xiao Wang. Come on, fence this house for me, and when my father comes, kill them all," Zhu Youzhen said even more nonsense. So, a row of guards behind him got the order and surrounded the Yi family's house.
"I didn't expect you to be so domineering at a young age, and this Tang Dynasty world was caused by you gentlemen and eunuchs," Yi Fang also said angrily.
Zhu Youzhen was furious when she heard this, and slashed at Yi Fang's head with a knife, Yi Fang quickly dodged, pushed Xiao Anjie to the side, and dodged Zhu Youzhen's knife, Zhu Youzhen continued to slash at Yi Fang, but he still dodged it. Zhu Youzhen chased after him with a knife, Yi Fang quickly rushed to Zhu Youzhen's back, grabbed Zhu Youzhen with his eagle claws, grabbed Zhu Youzhen's right wrist and pinched it hard, forcing him to put down the knife. Zhu Youzhen saw that the knife was knocked down, and hit Yi Fang on the side with his left fist, but he forgot that his left hand was injured just now, and when he punched down, Yi Fang didn't feel anything, but Zhu Youzhen himself screamed loudly. After screaming and crying, Zhu Youzhen scolded again: "You pariah, you dare to bully me, let me tell you, my father is the current Liang King Zhu Quanzhong, you offend me like this, I will kill your whole family"
At this time, the Aoi Evil on the side couldn't hold back for a long time, and when he heard this, he was furious and said: "Okay, I'll just say, who dared to be so arrogant and arrogant at a young age, it turned out to be Zhu Wen's son, it really didn't take any effort to come by, I can't kill Zhu Wen, and killing you, a thief, can be regarded as avenging Brother Bailin" After that, Aoi Evil pulled out the sword in his hand and stabbed at Zhu Youzhen, and Li Qiu on the side also clenched the sword in his hand, ready to draw his sword to help at any time.