That little fly

This incident has long been on the horizon. As early as the turn of spring and summer, there was news of the rebellion in Mobei, and the empire sent troops. When the general and so on.That kind of small-scale war is too far away for the vast majority of people in the empire. Few people worry about wars, because their empire is strong enough, their soldiers are strong enough, and their horses are strong enough. No one will think that there is a rebellion that the empire cannot handle .

Facts have also proved that everyone's ideas are correct.

When autumn came, there was a good report that the rebellion was under control, and it was estimated that the finishing work would be over by next spring at the latest.It's just that victory didn't come as easily as imagined. After counting the list of casualties and military expenditures, the high cost caught the cabinet's attention.As early as when the center received the battle report ahead, they noticed something unusual, and some other secret reports also mentioned the same thing.It's just that this is a big matter, and for the sake of prudence, the cabinet sent a group of supervisors to investigate the cause and effect.Now, with the results of the inspection, a complaint was filed directly against the fifth prince's niece, the Gao family of the Heavenly Mansion.

The Gao family's most direct crime is private iron casting.

They mined ore and smelted iron in a place called Chitabao in the northern desert. According to the normal procedure, they either directly brought the ore back, or smelted rough ingots locally and shipped it back.However, such a requirement is clearly not in the interests of business.Compared with transporting bulky iron ore or rough iron ingots, it is of course more convenient to transport refined iron produced in the place of origin. If we go one step further and sell ironware directly overseas, then even the customs duties of the empire can be saved. up.But this is obviously against the rules.It's not just about taxes.Certain iron-smelting technologies in Dongzhou Continent are strictly kept secret from the outside world under the supervision of the Ministry of War and Ministry of Industry of the imperial court. To put it seriously, this matter involves the security of the empire.

If nothing happens, if this kind of trickery is found out, the Gao clan will at most be taken down a few offenders who are guilty of the crime, and fined.It will definitely not hurt your muscles or bones.

However, if something happens, it will be a big deal.

The reason for the loss of such a rebellion in Beimo this time is that the natives of Beimo were equipped with very sophisticated weapons.Why has the Dongzhou Empire been crushing small tribes all around for so many years?To put it bluntly, isn't it because their weapons are better than others, and their swords are sharper than others.But when the enemy also has the same excellent equipment, coupled with the advantages of the location and the convenience of people, they will be caught off guard by attacking the defense of Dongzhou. The process should not be too simple.

Even if the center sent more troops later, the equipment gap between the enemy and ourselves was not that big, so it was hard work to fight chaos.Casualties and military spending rolled upwards.If it is said that for every penny that the Gao clan made in their coveted profits, the empire would almost lose [-] pennies for military expenditure.

It is said that the Gao family has a heart of disobedience, and wants to privately forge weapons overseas and raise troops to rebel. The vixens in the cabinet who have been enlightened for thousands of years will not believe it.But the incident was too big, and someone had to take the blame.

The first one is the problem of hurting money.

With the force of the Dongzhou Empire intimidating, only the Dongzhou merchants, aristocrats, and aristocratic families ran to other people's land to buy and sell business, mine and smelt iron.Now that the war is raging, not only the border guards are injured, but also the Dongzhou businessmen are raped by the local aborigines.On the surface, it seems that the merchants have been bankrupted, but how can there be a merchant with a pure background who can start a business abroad?Tracing back to the source, the people who were cut and bloodletted by the flames of war were all the dignitaries in the upper class of the imperial capital.There is an old saying that cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents; there is another old saying that people die for money and birds die for food.

It is enough to see that hurting money is a very serious problem.

But it's not just about hurting money.

The Imperial Guard also suffered heavy losses.

The empire has not suffered such a big loss for a long time.When the death list was reported to the center, the long list made the minister of the Privy Council almost have a heart attack.It's not just about pensions.Although the environment of the northern desert garrison is bitter and cold, it is a good way for the children of officials to earn qualifications so that they can return to the imperial capital for a triple jump in their official career.How many family forces, how many family officials and eunuchs were injured and died in this local conflict.People originally went for gold-plating, smooth and stable, eat a little sand, suffer a little, just boil for three years.In the end, committing crimes, you actually ran into a war!What's more, the enemy's weapons are also sharp? !Great son Lang, either buried his bones in a foreign land, or came back with missing arms and legs.Dongzhou's officialdom pays attention to official appearance and official prestige, and ugly looks will be brushed down. What do you think about a great future if you lack arms and legs?

Originally killed and injured, the soldiers and their families, the sufferers, could only blame themselves for their bad luck. Unfortunately, bad luck has spread, there is no way, let's accept fate.Now there are rumors that the Gao clan played a disgraceful role here, smuggling weapons to the enemy in the North Desert, and because of this, the war caused huge casualties... Once such news spread, the wounded and their families would immediately explode .What the Gao family committed in Chitabao is almost a life-and-death enmity with the entire upper class.With such a causal premise, who would dare to intervene in the Gao family's lawsuit, and who would dare to intercede for them?Another investigation team came back with ironclad evidence, and the Gao family’s charges of private casting of ironware were firmly established.

The only question now is how many people will add to the flames and extend the accusation of their furniture ironware to the heinous crime of treason with foreign countries.

No, it's not surprising at all.

Chitabao, an inconspicuous small place in the northern desert, is just an inconspicuous small iron smelting factory among the many industries of the Gao family. Home's urging talisman and burial place?

First of all, there must be enough Dongzhou merchants there.

Second, there must be a heavyweight Imperial garrison there.

So, nothing is a coincidence.

Ning Renhou didn't believe in the recovery of Skynet, reincarnation and retribution. He only needed to ensure that he was charged with a crime of ransacking his family and exterminating his family, and designed a situation where he would be isolated and helpless.

Shui Qingqian knew that Chita Fort was a new gift he had received. Shui Qingqian was rolling around on the kang with a golden egg inlaid with rubies and sapphires. He heard that this was Chita Fort. It is a collection of a certain vassal and small state.

"When will Grandpa Cheng come back? I want to tell him that I like this New Year gift very, very much." The 'Grandpa Cheng' in Shui Qingqian's mouth is Cheng Jing's biological father, who travels around and can speak more than 100 languages Flying children.

"Your Grandpa Cheng wrote to say that he won't be back in the near future. He has left Chitabao and is heading further west."

"Oh, I know, Grandpa Cheng is studying the languages ​​and cultures of different tribal peoples." Shui Qingqian was a little envious.He thought it would be cool to speak more than 100 languages.

Mrs. Shui lowered her head to sort out the ledgers in the inner treasury. Seeing that the Chinese New Year was coming again, they received a lot of miscellaneous gifts to sort out, and also sent out a large number of New Year's gifts.Mrs. Shui saw a large set of ruby ​​jewelry for girls, and suddenly smiled, "The little girl of the Meng family is engaged (Meng Shaogang's own sister), I originally prepared a box of pearls for her, but I think this set It's more beautiful, but this is yours, do you want to give it to Sister Fang Fei as a congratulatory gift?"

Shui Qingqian saw the jewelry used by the girl, rolled on the kang with her head in her arms, depressed, "I want the 'see blood seal throat' in the forest, I want the 'dogfish dagger' in the sea, I like swords, I like swords. It's a boy! If grandma gives me something weird again, I won't mind it!"

Mrs. Shui rubbed her son, laughed for a long time, added a gift to Meng Fangfei, and then remembered something, "Your grandma said that they are leaving for Pugan and will not come back for the New Year. However, your grandfather said that he He entrusted the boat team to bring you a few gadgets, they will arrive about a year ago, and he said you will definitely like them."

Shui Qingqian nodded, this is Thaksin, his grandfather is the head of the 36 waterways, especially in Shui Qingqian's heart, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Prepared for it, he had a good relationship with his grandfather when he was a child!However, Shui Qingqian's mood suddenly cooled down. After two years of rolling in the muddy waters of the imperial capital, he has already noticed many things, especially the dark side of things.It's like when he was five years old, his grandfather was a great hero in his mind, able to fly into the sky and escape from the earth, invincible, but at the age of nine, Shui Qingqian vaguely understood that his grandfather was a "wicked person" in the legal definition, capable of killing people. The kind of murderous person who winks.Then again, in just two years, the three Heavenly Mansions were all destroyed due to various reasons, and two of them involved him, which was enough for Shui Qingqian to understand that his grandfather, his father, and even his mother It is definitely not as glamorous and clear as it looks on the outside.Speaking of blood on your hands...

Shui Qingqian fiddled with the golden eggs in silence for a while, then suddenly asked, "Grandpa Cheng purposely stayed in Beimo, and it's the same reason why grandpa stayed in Nanfan with my grandfather, right." The thick and dense eyelashes slapped lightly, "Mom, are there a lot of people involved in this? Are they helping me, venting?"

"No, Luzi, you can't simply look at this matter..." Mrs. Shui put down the ledger, feeling that her son's mood was a bit wrong.But it is also expected, what about the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood, and the war in Beimo, how many innocent people were involved?It would be terrible if the son didn't touch it at all.

So, it's time to tell my son about Fei Tianer's history of blood and tears, especially the legendary "Fei Tianer's Revenge".However, in the end, this somewhat bloody task was still handed over to Lord Hou by his wife.

That's a bit of a stretch to say.

In Fei Tian'er's big family, there used to be a Fei Tian'er who died tragically.

"...Wen Ruo didn't say a word in the end. It is said that when they finally buried Wen Ruo, he didn't have a single piece of intact skin on his body." Ning Renhou sighed and patted his son's flesh. "That's Fei Tian'er's deepest grief in 500 years. I wanted to wait for you to grow up before telling you about this... Well, this is the cause of 'Fei Tian'er's Revenge'. What happened later, you I also know."

Shui Qingqian's face was a bit ugly, it was sad and frightened, but also a lot of anger and excitement, he kneaded Yuan Bao unconsciously, and after a while he forced himself to say, "Father, I figured it out."

Looking at his son's expression, Ning Renhou felt that his son's understanding was limited, but this is a big proposition, and it will not happen overnight.

Shui Qingqian's understanding comes down to: they are just protecting themselves, they are not the party to cause trouble for no reason.Regarding the issue of good and evil, after listening to the stories of Fei Tian'er, Shui Qingqian understands more, after all, he has experienced some things himself.

Thinking back to the time when they first came into contact with the high society, Shui Qingqian just arrived, and without doing anything, he inexplicably caused a lot of harm, how old was he then!Who did you provoke?It's nothing more than Fei Tian'er's name.It's a pity that his grandfather is the third prince of the imperial court, and his father has the aura of Mr. Renshu who is a Buddha of Wanjia, and he was named a first-class marquis. Such a background cannot guarantee that Shui Qingqian will not be bullied at all.It can be seen from this that the Fei Tianers who combined beauty, wisdom, and mysterious golden fingers back then, how could it be possible not to attract envy when they were born in this world?Shui Qingqian is not so naive now that just relying on her beautiful appearance, adding wealth with wisdom will make people worship Fei Tian'er as their ancestors and gods.Without the backing of matching strength, the ancestors who are outstanding in everything are like three-year-old children holding gold bricks and swaggering through the market. They have been torn apart by life and squeezed until there is no drop of bone marrow oil left. That is normal—— From this point of view, 500 years ago, a tragedy like that of Youwen Ruo would happen sooner or later.

Of course, the ancestors are not easy to mess with.Compared with today's clansmen running away from each other, it is not easy to get together, but the original "hard-working 22-member group" fell into trouble together, and those who fell from the sky must be very closely connected with each other.

At that time, the Jin family was still a small state in troubled times, and the most powerful country was the Yan family.But it was the strongest Yan family. On the night of the New Year's palace banquet in the year Wen Ruo died, the royal family disappeared overnight, and all the direct branches, close branches, and side branches... Anyway, not one of the Yan's royal families participated in the New Year's palace banquet. Did not run away.Then, Yan's royal palace was on fire, which lasted for half a month, burned down the prosperity of Yan's family, and ruined the vigorous Yan's empire.

Because of that fire, no one knew what happened in Yan's palace during the New Year's Eve banquet.The five-foot-high palace wall cut off all life.The fire burned the city wall red and hot, and the outside couldn't get close even if they tried to put out the fire, so they could only listen to the hell-like Shura screaming for help inside, and then listened to the screaming gradually weakened, and finally became a deathly silence.

At that time, [-] guards gathered outside the palace city, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty who were like ants on a hot pot were all witnesses to this genocide. They didn't know how it all happened, but each of them knew Who is behind the scenes!Because in the hellish wailing for help, there is a sentence that has been repeatedly cried and recited by the people inside the wall. That sentence is mixed with the mournful screams, and it sounds over and over again. It is everywhere, uneven but one after another. , It resounded through the sky, from the beginning to the end, accompanied by crying until the last breath... It was a very strange situation. For the people inside the wall, they kept crying and shouting, as if the words were their despair The prayer in the heart, humbly and repeatedly chewing in the mouth, in order to get even a glimmer of life.But those words were actually fierce and murderous, and to everyone outside the wall, it was a complete warning, a terrible nightmare curse, and tens of thousands of soldiers were terrified and trembling when they heard it...

That sentence is the only evidence that the 'Legend of Fei Tianer's Revenge' ever existed.

That sentence says——

"Fei Tian'er wept blood, the enemy clan was completely wiped out."

After half a month, after the fire was burning and finally extinguished, people went in to collect the corpses, no matter the princes, nobles or court ladies and eunuchs, they were all torn to pieces.Later, Wu Zuo confirmed that the scorched and stinky black mud on the Jiaotai Hall and the square in front of the hall was burnt blood, and the New Year's Palace banquet became a real mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.There are many people in the royal family who are capable of martial arts, palace servants and imperial guards, thousands of people, they are completely powerless to resist.

The blood of the royal family was used to pay homage to the dead, and the blood of the Yan family was used to wash away the sins of the Yan family. The blood in the main hall of the palace and the [-]-foot square in front of the hall soaked into three inches of soil.This incident was a big blow to the people in power of the princes of the various states at that time, and it was also this time that the severe horror and bloodshed established Fei Tian'er's detached position in Dongzhou Continent from then on.

However, human nature is always complicated.

With the passage of time and Fei Tian'er's escape from the world, the "Legend of Fei Tian'er's Revenge" has become more and more like a legend.During these 500 years, unpleasant incidents, large and small, happened occasionally.The light ones are like Emperor Jin Li, who put a Hongwen Pavilion scholar who was suspected of flying in the sky into a hard prison, and then Emperor Jin Li fell insane the next year and passed it on to his son.The insane Emperor Xiu died a few years later, and was given an extremely dishonorable posthumous title by the historians.

Serious cases such as this case of being injured in Qingshui.

Luzi shot an arrow in the chest and vomited blood, which was almost the second time Fei Tianer saw blood in the past 500 years. When every member of the tribe got the news, their hair stood on end. Every drop of blood was enough to make a century-old family Funeral.

It's a family heritage.It is not only the legacy of the ancestors, but also the foundation of life preservation.

Flying children have taught their children this way generation after generation, keeping in mind——

"Fei Tian'er wept blood, the enemy clan was completely wiped out."