Zhuzhou sighed: "My family has been operating in the capital for a hundred years, and all of my belongings are in Kaifeng Mansion. How can I give up lightly?"
"The emperor's search once is enough to take away your family's savings for generations. No matter how reluctant you are to part with them, you will still give them to others, either to the court or to the Jinren."
Zhuzhou lowered his head in annoyance and kept tapping the edge of the table with one hand.
"Escape if you can, otherwise you won't be able to escape."
"When is the deadline?" Zhu Zhou's eyes were blood red, his body felt tired to the bottom of his heart, and his appearance instantly aged ten years.
"According to Luanwen, Taiyuan may fall in autumn, and Kaifeng may fall in winter. The days are not far away."
Zhuzhou stood up resolutely: "Don't tell anyone this."
"I'm just telling you to avoid chaos in the city." Yun Kong thought about it. Zhang Tieqiao said that "Taoist priests will subjugate their country." If his rumors cause civil strife in Kaifeng Mansion, wouldn't he become the Taoist priest Zhang Tieqiao said would subjugate his country?
"Thank you, Taoist Master."
Zhu Zhou handed over his hands and turned to leave, but was stopped by Yun Kong: "Wait a minute, Mr. Zhu Zhou, I have one more thing I want to ask you. Only one of the big trees in the backyard was left that day."
"Yes." Zhuzhou stopped and responded.
"Is there any reason why you left it in particular?"
Zhuzhou hesitated for a moment, then approached him and whispered: "The woodcutter I hired said he couldn't cut it."
"Why?"
"Because when the tree was struck with an axe, blood flowed out."
Yun Kong said in surprise: "It turns out."
"Taoist Priest took a rest earlier." As soon as Zhu Zhou stepped out, he immediately ordered: "Qi'er, Hua'er! Move all last year's account books to the accounting room! Qin'er, Shu'er! Take the abacus and pen and ink to the accounting room, and inform Madam Prepare the night food, I won’t sleep tonight.”
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Yun Kong is not idle. He goes to the market every day to help people with divination, predict fortunes, read fortunes, etc., inquire about the news circulating in the market, and observe the changes in people's hearts.
He also looked at the sky every day, not observing clouds or stars, which he was not good at. What he was observing was resentment.
Sure enough, within just one month, an uneasy color appeared in the northern sky.
Zhuzhou discussed with Yunkong: "My family is not from Tokyo. The previous generation settled in Tokyo. My ancestral home is still in Hangzhou, so I am thinking of moving back to Hangzhou. The Taoist priest will check if it is safe."
Yun Kong divined a hexagram for him, and he got the "Tripod Nine Three", which was a hexagram that was difficult first and then easy, and ultimately auspicious.
In order to be cautious, he divined another hexagram and got a very auspicious "Cui hexagram". The hexagram said "good fortune (meaning good fortune telling), good fortune and good fortune". Yun Kong then touched his hand and said: "Hangzhou is not a problem. ."
The bamboo boat thanked him: "It is very convenient to go from Tokyo to Hangzhou. There is a river to connect the water transport. It will go smoothly. My wife and her family will go first. I will leave after all the business has been settled."
"Are you still planning to come back?"
"My father worked hard to build the business here. We can't just abandon it. Instead of uprooting it, it's better to leave the foundation. It will be easy to come back in the future." Zhuzhou sighed, "Business is part of the business. It depends on luck, so I can’t help but take a gamble. It’s easier said than done for me to put down all my business and start over in a new place.”
Yun Kong nodded and said: "I am a poor man with no family and no roots. My only bet is this body."
"When will the Taoist Master leave?"
"I'll be leaving in a few days."
Zhuzhou pursed his lips and hesitated to speak, but finally spoke: "I have a heartfelt request. What if I ask the Taoist priest to stay with me until I have to leave?"
Yun Kong sighed greatly in his heart: "Is this something that sir cares more about than life?"
"Shu'er and Hua'er will protect the whole family to go to Hangzhou, and the rest will be sent away. Qin'er and Qi'er will stay with me." The two servants Qi and Hua'er are strong and have a foundation in martial arts, and the two servants Qin and Shu are exquisite in their work. No wonder Bamboo Boat has this arrangement.
Yun Kong couldn't decide, so he had to take out three more ancient coins from the cloth bag and shake out the "Guan Gua" with the upper wind and the lower ground. This hexagram indicates that things are still changing, so you are uneasy and should wait and see what happens.
He asked silently in his mind: "So, if Mr. Yu doesn't leave this time, will it be a good thing or a bad thing?"
The three ancient coins rolled and collided in his hands. Yun Kong let go and the ancient coins fell on the wooden table. The three ancient coins were stuck in the small cracks of the wooden table and did not fall down.
Zhuzhou asked in shock: "What is going on?"
Yun Kong also broke out in a cold sweat: "Rare, rare. I have seen one copper coin standing upright, but I have never seen three."
The two of them stared at the raised copper coins in surprise. They were frightened and couldn't make up their mind.
Yun Kong gritted his teeth: "I ask divination every day. If the situation suddenly changes, I will leave. Is that okay?"
Zhuzhou swallowed: "Thank you, Taoist Priest."
"September at the latest, okay?" That means staying for another one or two months.
"No one wants to die, Taoist priest. When you want to leave, I can't force you to stay. But if you are here, I will feel more at ease."
A month later in August, the Jin soldiers finally arrived at Taiyuan City, and for the second time they surrounded this capital of the Jin State in the Five Dynasties and an important military town in the defense of the north.
After capturing the first line of defense first, the Jin people could attack Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty, without any worries.
When the urgent military information about the siege of Taiyuan reached Kaifeng Mansion again, there was intrigue among the government and no one was willing to send troops to avoid offending the Jin people.
Taiyuan was an isolated city with no one to rescue it from beginning to end. The "internal and external attacks" by the prefect Zhang Xiaochun became a fantasy that could never be realized.
Yun Kong saw from a distance that the resentment in the northern sky was getting stronger and stronger, and he thought that the sound of Jin Bing's horse hooves was approaching the capital, and might soon share the same fate as Taiyuan.
At this time, Yun Kong still had a question: Who is Guo Jing?
If the Song Dynasty is exhausted, is there any way to reverse the situation?
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At this time, there was another person looking for Guo Jing.
This man has nothing to do with Yun Kong. He is the Minister of War of the Song Dynasty, that is, Sun Fu, the highest officer in charge of military affairs.
Taiyuan is besieged and there are no reinforcements. If Taiyuan city is defeated, Tokyo will be the next target. He is the one who is most afraid of the arrival of the Jin people, because even if everyone escapes, he is still the one who can't escape the most. The soldiers are in his hands. It means that the future of the Song Dynasty is entirely in his hands.
However, from the very beginning of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was afraid of generals taking over military power. All the soldiers in the world were included in the royal "forbidden army", and generals were appointed to lead the troops only when fighting. As a result, there was no emotional communication between generals and soldiers, and the soldiers' military discipline was weakened. In a war like the Jin Dynasty, With the masters and the idiot Minister of War, it is simply delusional to keep Kaifeng.
In this situation, Sun Fu desperately tried to find other ways to stop the Jin man.
One day, he decided to pick up Qiu Jun's "Emotional Poems" and read it.
Qiu Jun was a Jinshi during the reign of Renzong. It is said that he was very skilled in magic and could predict the future prosperity and failure. He was the highest official in the palace and wrote poems such as "Tianyi Dunjia Fu" and "Poetry of Observing Times and Reflections". Sun Fu respected this man and secretly felt that he might have left some hints for the future.
Sure enough, when he read one of the lines "Guo Jing, Yang Shi, and Liu Wuji are all lying on the white clouds in the southeast.", he suddenly felt in his heart: "Aren't these the names of three people?" Sun Fu was full of hope for a miracle, and this line of the poem He regarded it as a prophecy and firmly believed that there must be another purpose in the poem...
"Every time in troubled times, strange people will appear again and again. This must be a call from God! There is still hope for the Song Dynasty!" Sun Fu, the Minister of War, ordered that the action to search for these people's names was immediately launched, which was more active than the action to deal with the Jin people. .
Sure enough, the hard work paid off, and a man named Liu Wuji was interviewed among the citizens, but he looked ordinary and was just an ordinary porter.
But Guo Jing is not among the common people. He is the "Dragon Guard" of the forbidden army in the palace, which is the horse army among the bodyguards.
Sun Fu was very excited and kept telling people: "Things have turned around, things have turned around."
When he summoned the two people to come to him, Guo Jing's appearance immediately caught his attention.
Guo Jing is a burly man, full of pride and majesty. After all, he is a dragon guard. His voice is also loud: "See Mr. Sun!" This sentence has made Sun Fu put aside the future of the Song Dynasty. Got sixty hearts.
Sun Fu's satisfaction was written on his face. There were people around him who knew how to watch what was happening and spoke hurriedly: "Congratulations, sir! You have got a good general! The Song Dynasty is saved."
Sun Fu tried his best to maintain a solemn expression, and asked hypocritically and calmly: "Oh, so, does this person have military merit?"
This sentence cannot be left out. The speaker immediately said: "This Guo Jing once captured two marshals of Jin Bing alive and made great achievements!"
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