Under the east city gate. Carriages carrying corpses filed out in a long line. On the ground, the bright red blood stains gradually turned black.
The officers and soldiers marched through the city all night and fought with people. At this moment, their faces were haggard, but they showed murderous intent.
The cold armored stomach, the sharp-edged sword, the blood stains between the armored stomach shirts, and the minced bones and flesh that had not been cleaned up in time, make people shudder when they look at it from a distance.
Lane entrance. Qiuniang's face was filled with nervousness. One's own family knows one's own affairs. Erlang is the emperor's grandson, a member of the clan who was deposed and demoted and imprisoned in the imperial city of Zhongdu a few years ago.
According to those stories of Mr. Storyteller. Throughout the ages, many people who have been deposed and abandoned in the clan have achieved good results.
Although those carriages were tightly covered with thick cloth, the blood stains on the ground allowed Qiuniang to tell clearly what happened.
So many people died in Fengyang City overnight. Will Erlang really be fine? Qiuniang held Zhu Yunwen's arms with both hands, she couldn't help but shiver, and unconsciously hugged Zhu Yunwen tighter.
Her face and eyes showed panic and uneasiness, and she tried to confirm again: "Erlang, is something going to happen?" Zhu Yunwen stared deeply at the carriages that were transported from all over the city to the east gate, and heard Qiu Niang next to her made an uneasy sound. She lowered her head and looked down with a smile on her face. She raised her other arm and reached out to gently pat the back of Qiu Niang's hand.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen to our family." Qiuniang opened her mouth, but the worry in her heart did not diminish.
Zhu Yunwen continued to comfort him: "If something happens, we can't appear here at this moment. Even the imperial city of Zhongdu cannot come out today." It is cloudy in Zhongdu today.
The sun shines through the layers of clouds on the ground, and it has become extremely soft, and the sky is also dimly lit.
Qiuniang tilted her head, a few wisps of breeze blowing her hair, her delicate face, her eyebrows furrowed: "Your Highness, you are leaving the city today." Zhu Yunwen has been observing the carriage leaving the city. , and only planned to continue leaving the city after all these carriages left the city.
He glanced back at the towering walls of the Imperial City of Zhongdu behind the low-rise houses. The red walls and glazed tiles reflect colorful light under the sunlight.
There were more guards on the palace walls than before. It seems to be to ensure that the imperial city is no longer invaded by others.
A smile appeared on Zhu Yunwen's face, and he said softly: "He is now the grandson of the emperor who oversees the country and the crown prince of the country. The imperial court launched the Hongwu New Deal. This year, the imperial court sorted out the top and bottom in Yingtian City. Now it is time to go to the local government. The people in the court are united, and the local authorities must also rectify Shuoyuan, so as to ensure that the implementation of Hongwu's New Deal can be implemented. He has a heavy burden on his shoulders. Founding nobles, court ministers, local gentry, and millions of wise people Military, everything is tied to him. If it were me at the time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have thought of doing these things. So in the end, this position should have been his. Now that I think about it, I should admire him. You should be lucky to have him." Zhu Yunwen talked for a while.
Qiuniang didn't understand what Hongwu's New Deal was, nor did she know how heavy the burden was. She only knew that her man had changed after the emperor's grandson came to Zhongdu this time.
Become more calm. Not as nervous as before. Qiuniang leaned on Zhu Yunwen's shoulder: "I think he is a good person, a very good person." Zhu Yunwen nodded without hesitation: "He is a good person!" After finishing speaking, Zhu Yunwen turned around and grabbed Qiuniang with both hands. hand.
Qiuniang was stunned for a moment, with curiosity in her eyes.
"Is there something wrong with Erlang?" Zhu Yunwen nodded: "I thought about it, we don't need to keep the more than 300,000 taels of property. Now that he has warned me in the imperial city, the family's life can always be better." Qiu Mother nodded: "But didn't His Highness say that those things cannot be used by ordinary people?"
"Don't worry." Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said: "Those things cannot be used by ordinary people, but the nobles in Fengyang City can use them. When the time comes, I will send them to each of their families, exchange them for broken silver coins, and then divide them Just like the people outside the city." Qiuniang's face was full of tenderness: "Erlang has a kind heart." Zhu Yunwen smiled, but shook his head: "Compared with him, my kindness is nothing. I just treat it as a gift. My family is in Fengyang, and I don’t want the people to call our family ungrateful. If the people have more money and food, their lives will be better. It’s just..."
"Just what? Erlang is worried that the court and the government will not allow it?"
"With him in the court, no one will say anything." Zhu Yunwen looked at the carriage team behind the east city gate and all left the city. He sighed softly and said: "It's just that we have to find a way. We can't let the people raise something for nothing." We must find a way to get this money into the hands of the people." The people are simple.
But society is complex. The favor of rice rises, and the hatred of rice rises. This principle has been widely spread by people as early as thousands of years ago.
Qiuniang smiled: "Erlang can always come up with a solution!" Women always believe in themselves unconditionally.
Zhu Yunwen smiled softly and gently stroked Qiuniang's hair with his palms: "Let's go. I heard that there is a chrysanthemum garden next to Haoshui River. It is an industry under the name of the Founding Duke. I don't know if it is in full bloom at this time. ." The smile on Qiuniang's face became brighter and brighter.
This made Zhu Yunwen feel that the autumn scenery in the city was not as good as it was now.
"There is an inlet beside Haoshui in the east of the city. If it's summer, you can go down and catch fish directly. I haven't had the chance to go out with Erlang in the past few years. If we can come out in the future, Erlang will definitely like it." Qiu Mother kept holding Zhu Yunwen's arm, and the two of them walked from the alleyway to the east city gate, talking in low voices.
At this time, there were some voices in the city, but the people did not dare to go too far, let alone the east gate that was full of blood.
The appearance of Zhu Yunwen and Qiuniang naturally attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers left behind inside and outside the city gate.
"He is a cripple." A small flag officer under the city gate explained in a low voice to the chief flag officer in front of him. The chief flag officer shrank his eyes and stared quietly at Zhu Yunwen and Qiuniang who were walking from the city to the city gate.
"The news from the prefect's Yamen is that disabled people are no longer prohibited from entering and exiting Fengyang." The chief flag officer said in a low voice.
The flag officer nodded immediately: "Do you want your subordinates to take someone with them and follow them from a distance?" At this point, Zhu Yunwen had already led Qiuniang to the city gate.
"Thank you for your hard work." Zhu Yunwen politely handed over his hands and greeted the officers and soldiers under the city gate.
All the officers and soldiers quickly moved their feet and shifted their bodies. The chief flag officer turned back to the little flag officer and said, "No need." Then, he wanted to return the favor to Zhu Yunwen, but after thinking about it, the other party was just a disabled person now. If he behaved too much, if someone found out, he would still be Some are bad.
The chief flag officer then said: "Fengyang has not been peaceful these past two days. You need to be careful when walking out of the city. If anything happens, just look for me here." Zhu Yunwen said with a smile: "I understand." After that, Holding Qiuniang's hand, she walked out of the city.
The chief flag officer and the small flag officer, who were behind the two men, followed their backs and turned to look over.
"His Royal Highness Taisun left the city from the north gate and crossed the Huaihe River to the north. Today he can leave the city at will. I think life will be easier in the future." The little flag official whispered softly.
The commander-in-chief's gaze became deeper, and he looked at the cripple's figure gradually disappearing outside the city gate, and said, "We can't guess what happened to the big shots. Yesterday was bad, today is good, and we don't know what tomorrow will be like. Here." The little flag officer nodded.
I am just a left-behind Si Xiaoqi, not to mention how far away from the court, even from the adults who are left behind at the Si Yamen, I can only watch from a distance.
outside the city. As Zhu Yunwen walked on the official road, he couldn't help but puff up his chest, raise his head, and take a deep breath.
Then, he was all shaken up and looked at the yellowing fertile fields outside the city with alert eyes. Qiuniang was beside him, tilting her head quietly and watching the man walking out of Fengyang City.
There are oxcarts that can be hired in the city for people to travel out of the city. It's just that Zhu Yunwen didn't spend the money.
He and Qiuniang just walked quietly on the official road outside the city. And Haoshui is not far away from Fengyang City.
Soon. Only the gurgling Haoshui River was left, and it appeared in front of Zhu Yunwen and the others. On the endless plain of Huaiyou, the narrow Haoshui River cuts across the earth and merges into the rushing Huai River to the north.
There is a bridge over the Hao River. It’s just that we don’t know whether it is the bridge where Zhuangzi and Huizi swam on the Hao River.
Standing on the bridge, Zhu Yunwen tried hard to identify the direction.
"I don't know which direction the Chrysanthemum Garden of the Founding Duke's Mansion is." Qiuniang's eyes were crescent-shaped and she said softly: "As long as you are with Erlang, you can go anywhere." Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but tighten the hand in his hand. tiny hand.
The two walked across the river on the bridge and wandered aimlessly in the fields. far away. A place that is difficult to detect.
A group of people were clinging to the pile of hay piled beside the field, looking around with vigilant eyes. Most of the members of the White Lotus Sect are ordinary people in the local area. These people are busy with farm work during the day and cannot be distracted from other things.
In order to conceal their identities, most of the merchants and gentry who joined the White Lotus Sect would not choose to go out and interact with the White Lotus Sect during the day.
Therefore, most of the activities of the White Lotus Sect are held in the dark. Walking during the day like today is very rare.
Liu Zongsheng looked at the outline of Fengyang City on the other side of Haoshui River, and speculated in his mind the time when Emperor Zhu Ming's grandson left the city.
The people guarding Fengyang City rushed back early in the morning to report that Fengyang City had been lifted from the lockdown and the corpses of those who had been killed last night were being transported out of the east city gate.
Those are almost all the backbone of the Holy Religion in Fengyang City, the central capital! It is also a force that the people from the Holy Cult and Shanxi Dao have worked hard to build.
Now, everything was lost in the hands of the imperial court. Liu Zongsheng suppressed the anger in his heart. If the world had not been taken over by Zhu Ming, why would the holy religion be so hiding, and why would he waste his efforts like this?
Shanxi merchants are not good people. But the Holy Cult needs the money they have in their hands, that massive amount of money. The Shanxi merchants needed to use the Holy Religion to corrupt the officials of the Ming Dynasty layer by layer and control or deal with those who were not honest and cooperative.
Very helpless. If he could completely control the situation, there would be no need to use the useless name of King Han Ming to act.
Liu Zongsheng withdrew his gaze from Fengyang City in the distance, and looked sideways at King Han Ming, who was leaning under the haystack with his eyes closed to rest.
The Han family is really from Hutu. Is Prince Ming also something they can use? His thoughts were revealed so openly, he really had no scruples.
"Taobao." King Han Ming, who was leaning under the haystack, suddenly opened his eyes slightly and shouted.
"Huh?" Liu Zongsheng made a puzzled sound, turned his head with a smile on his face: "What are the instructions from King Xiao Ming?" King Han Ming's eyes were a little flustered, and he whispered: "The affairs in Fengyang here are over, are we going north? "Liu Zongsheng nodded: "Go north to Shanxi Road, maybe I will go out of customs this year."
"Come out of seclusion..." King Han Ming's eyes flickered again, but he stopped talking. Instead, he nodded and closed his eyes again.
Liu Zongsheng was stunned for a moment. He didn't take this seriously at all and continued to focus on looking in the direction of Fengyang City. Kick, kick, kick.
On the other side of the Haoshui River, two people walked over quickly and carefully, bending their waists and lowering their heads. When the two of them arrived in front of Liu Zongsheng, they clasped their hands in fists.
"Vacuum hometown, no living mother." Liu Zongsheng nodded and replied: "Vacuum hometown, no living mother." After saying that, he continued to ask: "What is the situation in Fengyang City now? Is Zhu Ming's grandson's son already divorced?" City?" One of them nodded immediately: "When the city gate was opened in Fengyang today, Zhu Ming had already left the city through the north gate and headed towards the Huai River. It seemed that he was going to cross the river and go north." Before Liu Zongsheng could take the words.
Another person's eyes were already shining brightly and said: "Taobao, we were outside the east city gate earlier and seemed to see Zhu Yunwen and his wife leaving the city and heading towards Haoshui."
"Zhu Yunzhen!" Liu Zongsheng was stunned, straightened up, and looked around. Behind him, King Han Ming, who had closed his eyes to rest, quietly opened and closed his eyes.
Liu Zongsheng looked at the people around him, and then asked: "Can you see that there are people from the government around Zhu Yunzhen?"
"No, there are only Zhu Yunwen and his wife. There are also brothers watching from a distance. When I found Zhu Yunwen, I rushed over immediately." As they spoke, the eyes of the two people looking at Liu Zongsheng became... Somewhat looking forward to it.
Liu Zongsheng did not let them down, nodding and saying: "The Holy Church will record your contribution today." After saying that, Liu Zongsheng had already stood up: "Today is the Holy Church's first step to take back the world!" , kill Liu.
Under the haystack, King Han Ming also stood up, his eyes just glanced at the Haoshui River in the distance, and then stared at Liu Zongsheng's back.
When I was young, I was not in control of Liu Zongsheng. Over the years, all matters in the Holy Religion, large and small, were controlled by Liu Zongsheng.
King Han Ming knew very well that he was just the Han emperor who was held hostage by Cao Cao during the Han Dynasty.
"In the future, the Taibao will be the prime minister, and you will be the princes in the court!" King Han Ming casually dropped a promise that he had made many times.
Liu Zongsheng was very satisfied and greeted the two of them.
"Lead the way. If you have this opportunity today, there is no need to risk entering the city."
"I'll take Zhu Yunwen and his wife with me, and we'll go all the way north!"…………Recommended monthly ticket
