"Report to Daddy, the Tang family was destroyed by the alien army!"
Zhou Ping'an recalled the scene of his family's collapse. The screams of his clan members were still in his ears, and there was hatred on his face.
"The late emperor divided the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom into a confederation for the Zhenbei King. However, the territory was filled with foreign people, and there were also defeated soldiers of the Heavenly Wolf. Even the Zhenbei royal family members were unwilling to live there."
"In order to establish his foundation, King Zhenbei drove the people of Daqing to move to the grassland."
"At first, they used the name of allocating land to lure the refugees, but the speed was too slow and the number was too small, so they joined forces with local officials to buy and sell people."
"When the local officials sold the village to the King of Zhenbei, the other party would send soldiers to forcibly drive the people to the grassland. According to Manager Tang Caravan, the people of Daqing mixed with foreign races, and large-scale fights and killings often occurred!"
As Zhou Pingan narrated, Zhou Yi's expression became more solemn.
The Supervision Department had heard a little bit about King Zhenbei's migration of people from Daqing, and the court turned a blind eye. Anyway, the number was limited.
What's more, some people think that moving the refugees out of Daqing will naturally lead to peace and prosperity!
I never thought that the King of Zhenbei would be so mad that he would launch an army and plunder. This behavior was the same as that of the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom. The local officials were either afraid of the power of King Zhenbei or greedy for money to buy people, so they dared to hide it from the court.
"There is no news in Beijing about such a big event..."
Zhou Yi's mind was spinning. The north was probably completely occupied. The king of Zhenbei covered the sky with his hands. Even if his martial arts reached the highest level in the world, he would not be able to escape if he was surrounded by a large army!
When it comes to life and death, Zhou Yi would rather give up his authority as governor rather than take risks.
"Ping'an, the Tang family is famous in Yangchang Mansion, what does it have to do with King Zhenbei's plundering of people?"
"To be honest with Dad, the Tang family also traded people with the King of Zhenbei, buying refugees and slaves from various prefectures in Daqing, and transporting Daqing people to the grasslands through caravans in exchange for cattle and sheep fur."
Zhou Ping'an talked about this matter without any regret or pity.
Daqing's laws only protect people with good status, and other people with low status can trade at will. As long as a tax is paid at the Yamen, people become goods that can be transported and bought at will.
"The King of Zhenbei threatened the Tang family with this incident and sent his entire family northward. He used the Tang family's thousand-year reputation in Yangchang Mansion to attract more common people and even gentry to move to the grassland."
"The patriarch refused verbally, saying that the Tang family was loyal to Daqing and would never abandon their ancestors."
"After that, the alien army sneaked into Yangchang City and exterminated the Tang family. The child got into the chimney and hid for three days and three nights. He did not come out until the people searching the Yamen left."
Zhou Ping'an said: "The Tang family is not alone. The King of Zhenbei gathered the remnants of the foreign tribes under his command. Any family or village that does not follow the order will be massacred in the blink of an eye!"
Zhou Yi's eyes were cold and he glanced at the Zhou family members who were pale with fright.
"Just pretend you haven't heard of this. Don't tell anyone. If the rumor really spreads, there is no need for our family to pursue it. The King of Zhenbei will send people to exterminate the clan!"
Everyone nodded repeatedly, not daring to tell others such a sensational thing.
"Ping An, our family cannot agree to help you take revenge."
Zhou Yi said: "Your Majesty, in just one day, our family and the King of Zhenbei are sworn enemies. You must work a hundred times harder. There are countless old members of the Tang family for thousands of years, and you must keep in touch frequently."
"Thank you, daddy!"
Zhou Ping'an's purpose is to take advantage of the situation, and he must take revenge himself.
"Don't talk about these spoiling things, let's have a banquet!"
Zhou Yi stood up and personally poured wine for Zhou's father, which immediately made him smile, and the fear caused by King Zhenbei was swept away.
Finish the banquet.
Zhou Yi did not return to the Supervision Department on the pretext of being drunk, but stayed in the Zhou Mansion.
The house has been prepared for a long time. It is located in the most central location and has servants cleaning it all year round. The interior decoration and use are all top-notch in the country.
Those merchants who are interested in entering the tribute list will select high-quality goods and send them to Zhou Yi to enjoy, and then it will be His Majesty's turn.
Half asleep and half awake.
Night falls.
A black shadow jumped around Zhou Mansion.
Night clothes blend into the darkness
, coupled with the exquisite and extraordinary Qinggong, the guard Fanzi did not find anything strange.
After a while.
The black shadow came to the door of the main house, opened a hole with saliva, and looked into the house with one eye.
The sound of even breathing came out, and Zhou Yi was already asleep.
The true energy penetrated the edge of the window, opened the latch of the door inside, and penetrated through the gap in the window. The whole person crawled on the ground like a boneless black snake.
The dark figure came to the window and determined that the sleeping person was the Governor of Dongchang. He waved his hand and sprayed more than a dozen poisonous needles.
The sharp blade slipped out of both sleeves and slashed towards Zhou Yi's neck.
When the first poisonous needle entered the body, Zhou Yi suddenly woke up. The majestic sea-like true energy penetrated the body and condensed into an almost substantial circular air shield, which blocked all the other poisonous needles.
The two knives struck the air shield, causing it to vibrate slightly without even opening a single gap.
"this……"
The black shadow screamed in horror. He had never heard of such true energy in the world. It was so terrifying.
Immediately he used Qing Kung, and his body retreated and he escaped.
"We want to see where the traitor comes from, and we will punish all nine of your clans!"
Zhou Yi used the Dragon Capturing Technique to pull the black shadow back. He waved his hand and lifted up the black cloth mask, revealing a handsome face with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes.
"Jiejiejie, you are actually a pretty boy!"
"Everyone can get a castrated dog and kill it."
The black shadow shouted harshly, knowing that the dungeon of the Supervision Department was terrifying, so he was about to bite the poison bag and kill himself as he spoke.
"Want to die? There's no such thing as a good thing!"
Zhou Yi flicked his fingers and hit several acupuncture points of the black shadow with his true energy.
From the time the black shadow entered the house to now, there were only a few breaths between the rabbit and the falcon. Hearing the movement, Fanzi rushed into the house and saw the assassin standing stiffly on the spot. "Duke, you will die if you humble yourself!"
Seeing this, the gangsters fell to their knees, kowtowed and confessed their sins.
"Go back to the Inspectorate."
Zhou Yi stood up and took just two steps when his legs suddenly weakened and he fell to the ground.
"Godfather."
Gan'er Xiaoyinzi hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and saw Zhou Yi's face turned purple, and a strange fragrance came from his shoulders.
"What a powerful poisonous needle!"
Zhou Yi circulated his true energy to protect his heart, took out the token from his sleeve, and said, "Go to the palace quickly and report. Please ask Dr. Liu to diagnose and treat our family. Give Lin Fu one night to find out the origin of this person."
"As commanded."
Xiao Yinzi knew that the situation was urgent, took the token and started to perform Qing Kung, and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.
Another fan went to Yong'anfang. At this time, the Imperial Hospital was on duty, so he went directly to Doctor Liu's house to invite someone over.
At this time.
After hearing the commotion, everyone in the Zhou family came to the door of the main house. After reporting, Zhou's father, Zhou's mother and adopted son Zhou Ping'an came in to visit.
Zhou Yi sat cross-legged on the bed and practiced martial arts to resist the poison. Not only did the bruises on his face not fade, but the color became darker.
Zhou's father looked worried and cowardly, not knowing what to say.
The rise and fall of the Zhou family is entirely dependent on the Book of Changes. If he is really poisoned and dies, he will suffer countless retaliations within a few days.
At that time, let alone keeping concubines, it was difficult to survive!
Mother Zhou burst into tears: "Er baby, what's wrong with you?"
"There is no need to worry, mother."
Zhou Yi spoke in a weak and low voice: "It's just a little trick. Doctor Liu will come later. He can be cured by taking a few pills."
"That's good, that's good."
Zhou's father was slightly relieved. Even though Zhou Yi looked bad, he kept comforting himself in his heart.
Zhou Ping'an, who was waiting on the side, frowned, then quickly relaxed his brows, and then showed a look of fear and worry.
"You guys go out first."
Zhou Yi waved his hand and ordered everyone to wait outside: "Stay safely, our family has something to tell you."
Only the father and son were left in the room. Zhou Yi looked at Zhou Ping'an for a long time, and said in wonder: "He is indeed a child trained by a big family. Our family underestimated him after all."
The last trace of worry in Zhou Ping'an's heart immediately disappeared, and he bowed and said.
"Dad, I'm sorry, the Tang family is very fierce in internal fighting. I've seen it a lot, so I can figure it out."
"Not bad, not bad! "My family didn't understand anything when we entered the palace. We only relied on listening, watching, and pondering to gradually understand the truth, but we also lost our original intention."
Zhou Yi sighed: "Only oneself knows the gains and losses!"
Zhou Ping'an said doubtfully: "It's hard to hide what dad is doing from His Majesty."
"Our family doesn't need to hide it, but we need to come up with a justifiable reason. Your Majesty doesn't insist that our family go north, but we need to be honest and stable for a while."
"I am suffering from severe poison, so I need to rest and recover!"
Zhou Yi said: "Remember, everything in this world is about compromise, even if your Majesty is the emperor!"
"Children are taught."
Zhou Ping'an bowed and thanked: "Dad, are you going to report the drastic changes in Northern Xinjiang to the imperial court?"
Zhou Yi pondered for a long time and shook his head slightly.
"In some time, Your Majesty is focused on reforming taxes. If drastic changes occur in Northern Xinjiang, those officials who are unwilling to change taxes will definitely use this to force Your Majesty to retreat."
This is only a superficial reason, but in fact, King Zhenbei separatist power and rebelled, which was a good thing in Zhou Yi's eyes.
Only when there is chaos in the local area, will the orthodox emperor attach more importance to the Supervisory Department and use this to continuously expand his power until he can control the change of imperial power.
Of course, it's also possible that things went wrong and King Zhenbei successfully rebelled and changed the dynasty.
That doesn't do any harm to Zhou Yi. Taking advantage of the chaos in the palace that swept away the inheritance of classics, he ran to the mountains and forests to avoid trouble, and he was able to make trouble again a hundred and eighty years later.
Zhou Ping'an wondered: "In order not to change taxes, the ministers of the court allowed the King of Zhenbei to cause chaos. Isn't this a small gain but a big loss?"
"Jiejiejie..."
Zhou Yi laughed a few times and sneered: "The civil and military officials in the entire dynasty are all short-sighted people, or they don't care who becomes the emperor, they only care about how much food grows in their own fields!"
If Zhou Pingan realizes something, according to what his father said, officials are not loyal to Your Majesty, but to their interests.
If the Zhengtong Emperor offers many benefits, the world will have the surname Zhao. On the contrary, if the Zhenbei King offers many benefits, the world will have no choice but to change his surname to Zhang.
Anyway, the flowing emperor and the officials in the court are iron-clad!
Zhou Yi then asked about matters in Northern Xinjiang, such as people's livelihood, climate, etc. The records in the book were too brief and far less clear than what the local people knew.
About half an hour.
There were rapid footsteps outside the door, and a man in black was carrying an old man with white hair through the door.
The old man was Imperial Physician Liu. He was of no rank in the imperial hospital, but he was recognized as having the most superb medical skills.
"Meet the Governor."
Imperial Physician Liu once treated Zhou Yi's injuries, and he had some kind of friendship with him. He stepped forward to check the wound on his shoulder.
"This smell is the flower of the other shore. Rumor has it that it comes from the Buddhist country outside the region. It is extremely poisonous and will kill you if you touch it. Fortunately, the Governor has strong Qi and sealed the poison in his arm, otherwise I can't do anything."
After identifying the source of the poison, Doctor Liu wrote a prescription and ordered Fanzi to quickly grab the medicine and brew it.
He then stepped forward to feel Zhou Yi's pulse, and immediately noticed that the pulse was thick and strong, which did not look like someone who was suffering from severe poison.
Doctor Liu frowned slightly, looked deeply into Zhou Yi's eyes, coughed and said.
"Mr. Du, there are some strange poisons mixed in this Biangan flower. I can't cure it easily. I need to rest and recover slowly."
"Our family knows."
Zhou Yi said with a smile: "Mr. Liu comes from the Jianghu world. He has been known as a medical fairy for a long time. However, he was ostracized by those idiots in the Tai's Hospital. Our family has long been indifferent to him!"
Doctor Liu looked happy. With the governor of Dongchang as his backer, he could easily get the position of court judge.
At that time, Imperial Physician Liu was known as a wonderful medical fairy and had a great reputation in the world. However, it was not as comfortable as being an official in the Jianghu. He found an opportunity to reveal the emperor's list to check the pulse of the late emperor, and then he became an official in the Imperial Hospital.
The position of imperial physician is a hereditary system. After the father dies, the son succeeds, and the elder brother succeeds the younger brother. It is an iron rice bowl that can be passed down.
Because of this, Tai Hospital is particularly exclusive.
Even though Taiyi Liu, an outsider, has excellent medical skills, he has not been able to survive for more than ten years.
He also failed to get promoted.
After all, any promotion is an exercise of power and has little to do with performance or ability. For example, every time Dr. Liu visits a doctor, the court will send several doctors to jointly consult.
The noble man recovered from his illness, and the credit fell on his colleagues.
While speaking.
Footsteps came again from outside, Xiao Yinzi led the way, followed by Eunuch Yuan, the Superintendent of Ceremonies.
Xiao Yinzi said: "Godfather, Your Majesty is worried about your health and ordered Eunuch Yuan to visit you personally."
Zhou Yi nodded slightly, understanding the underlying meaning of these words. His Majesty did not believe that a great master who could compete with Xiantian could be poisoned so easily.
"Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Yuan."
"Our family is also on errands for His Majesty."
Eunuch Yuan put his palm on Zhou Yi's shoulder, and probed his true energy along the meridians, and clearly sensed that the evil energy was fighting with Zhou Yi's own true energy.
"The poison is so strange and poisonous. Judging from the method, it seems to come from the south. Has Mr. Yi ever offended anyone from the south?"
"Our enemies are spread throughout all the prefectures, counties and towns in Daqing!"
Zhou Yi said: "The assassin has been escorted to the dungeon for torture and interrogation by the Supervision Department. Why don't Eunuch Yuan wait for a while and then go back and report to His Majesty?"
"That's very good."
Eunuch Yuan nodded slightly and sat on a chair nearby.
There was an outsider in the room, making it difficult to talk. Everyone was waiting quietly for a reply from the Supervision Department.
time flies.
The outside of the window turned from black to white until noon.
Lin Fu entered the door with a stack of confessions, bowed and reported.
"Governor, the assassin confessed that he is from the Tianjian Sect of Jianghu Sect, and is the disciple of the sect leader!"
"Heavenly Sword Sect?"
Zhou Yi wondered: "Our enemies are all from the officialdom, or those aristocratic families have never had any enmity with Jianghu sects, but who hires murderers?"
"The assassin seemed to have a tough talk, but in fact he became a soft-footed shrimp after a few rounds of torture. He even thought that there was someone behind the scenes, and he was tortured many times to get to this point."
Lin Fuchen reported: "After torture, it was determined that no one hired the assassin, but that the assassin heard the rumors about the Governor, claimed to be a righteous knight in the world, and came to assassinate him on his own initiative."
"Be a chivalrous person and eliminate harm for the people?"
Zhou Yi was stunned when he heard this, and then he became angry again and said sternly.
"My family has always been confiscated and exterminated, but I never thought that people would come knocking on our door. Tianjianmen... I dare to use the word Tian as my name. It is really a crime of great disrespect."
"Be punished!"
