Xianggong is a big man in men's clothing
Chapter 61
Some refugees were so frightened that their legs became weak and they could not move.
Qi Zhongyu gently pushed the headless corpse in front of her, and she pushed the corpse to the ground, and blood trickled out from the bowl-sized scar.
She walked towards the person closest to her, and said coldly, "Get lost!"
Those refugees cried bitterly, trembling, supported each other, and ran away.
In a quarter of an hour, the tranquility of the past was restored outside the Qi family's courtyard.
Qi Zhongyu glanced at the corpse on the ground, pursed his lips and jumped into the yard with light work, and said to other nervous people: "Don't worry, they have already left, but just in case, arrange three groups of people to take turns to watch the night, Everyone else, go back to your room and rest."
Qi Anhao swallowed, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
Qi Zhongyu smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, fourth brother. I'm fine. This time, they are just ordinary refugees. They can't get close to me."
She said to Qi Anning: "Brother, I'm going to the village to find out the situation, I'll ask you to take care of me at home."
Qi Anning paused, originally wanted to arrange two servants to go with her, but considering Qi Zhongyu's ability, those two servants would not be able to help her, but would drag her down, so he said: "Okay, remember to go early Come back, be safe."
Qi Zhongyu responded, and leaped out from the yard again, picked up several corpses on the ground, walked to the road leading to the outside of the village, tied these corpses with the belts around their waists, and hung them on the roadsides on both sides of the road. tree.
This should scare away most of the refugees who came again. Qi Zhongyu glanced at the direction of Yuehe Village, and estimated that the team formed by Yuehe Village could deal with these refugees, but to be cautious, she still went around the village.
When there were too many refugees and the villagers of Yuehe Village were at a disadvantage, Qi Zhongyu would stop and help the villagers.
Her method was much more bloody and violent than other villagers. She just broke her neck without discussing it. Those refugees originally thought that being beaten and thrown out was already a terrible consequence. I didn't expect Yuehe Village to change the rules this time. Killed.
They were terrified, and part of them were scared away by Qi Zhongyu.
The villagers in Yuehe Village were also afraid of Qi Zhongyu, but knowing that Qi Zhongyu was on their side, they tremblingly stepped forward to thank them.
Qi Zhongyu responded indifferently, and continued to kill those misbehaving refugees in the village.
By dawn, she had killed hundreds of people. She ordered the team formed by Yuehe Village to hang the bodies of these refugees at the intersection leading to Yuehe Village to serve as a warning to the refugees.
The villagers gulped their saliva, but still obeyed.
Qi Zhongyu saw that the village had returned to its former tranquility, but after all it was damaged and it still needed to clean up the mess. These villagers could do it by themselves, so she no longer helped.
After thinking for a while, she left the village directly and used Qinggong to go to the village occupied by refugees.
She wanted to have a good talk with Yan Lang, the leader of the refugees.
This time, thousands of refugees attacked Yuehe Village at night, the momentum was extraordinary, and she did not believe that Yan Lang, as the leader of the refugees, had not noticed it.
Even if he didn't have the guts to conspire and never contributed to the flames, it would be a crime to let him go. She needs to teach Yan Lang a lesson.
Or, depending on his attitude, it is not impossible to kill him directly and choose another refugee leader.
The refugee's village is a long distance away from Yuehe Village. Qi Zhongyu strayed into the land of no one, and found Yan Lang who was covered in cold sweat in the main room without any effort. Seeing her was like seeing a ghost, Yan Lang almost knelt down Explain your innocence to her on the ground.
Qi Zhongyu sat on the stool, lazily listening to his explanation.
She ate lunch here, and took a few more carts of supplies before heading back to Yuehe Village in a big way.
Perhaps this time, Yan Lang really suffered, and he didn't get the antidote for ten days overdue. The pain was unbearable, and he finally restrained the refugees under his hands.
The refugees never came to Yuehe Village to attack.
Therefore, the villagers of Yuehe Village had a safe and sound New Year.
It's just that this new year has been overshadowed by the refugee incident. Every family in the village has never made a big deal, and the same is true for the Qi family. They just got together for a New Year's Eve dinner.
On the first day of the new year, after offering sacrifices to the ancestors, Qi Zhongyu looked at the children in the courtyard, who even lowered their voices a lot, and sighed helplessly.
Lu Dongfu said: "My lord, one day I will see the moon through the clouds and mist."
This is what Qi Changle said when offering sacrifices to the ancestors. He is well informed and heard that the emperor is planning to establish a crown prince in the next year. After appointing the crown prince, the court will be free to manage the refugees in various places.
After all, Qi Changle still had some expectations for the imperial court of the Great Qi Kingdom, and even talked about the Xinrijiao, which was so huge back then, but it only lasted two years in front of the imperial court's soldiers and horses.
But Qi Zhongyu is not as optimistic as his second uncle, and he always feels that this time is not as good as before, and the Xinrijiao has not made much noise until now, it should be Tan Haoran who has learned a lot of wisdom and chose to lie in secret and wait for the right time .
On the contrary, there was turmoil in Huainan Road. The court had reprimanded King Kang several times, and even ordered him to enter the capital. King Kang refused on the grounds that he was ill, but the court was not so easy to dismiss, so King Kang sent his eldest son to go. The capital does it for me.
Although the court was dissatisfied, it was no longer so strict after all, and King Kang must be forced to enter the capital.
Qi Zhongyu had only a half-knowledge of the current situation in the imperial court, but only realized intuitively that there would be even more chaos in the future.
She is guarding Yuehe Village, so she can be safe for the time being, but if the whole Daqi Kingdom is in flames, Yuehe Village will not be spared, she must think of a safer way to protect these people in the Qi family's courtyard.
Seeing her lost in thought, Lu Dongfu stretched out his hand to hold her cold hand, and said, "Master, it's cold today, let's go back to our room."
Qi Zhongyu shook his head and said, "I'm waiting for a letter."
Lu Dongfu said: "Go back to the house and wait. It's chilly in the yard, and your hands are even colder than before."
Qi Zhongyu glanced at her, and seeing her concerned eyes, he stopped insisting and nodded with a smile.
She ordered her servants to pay attention to the visiting guests, if anyone said they wanted to find her, they must be invited to the main room, served with delicious food and drink, and then go to call her immediately.
Now the servant obeyed Qi Zhongyu's words and immediately complied.
Qi Zhongyu and Lu Dongfu went back to the bedroom. The heat from the charcoal basin made the room warm. Qi Zhongyu went to the bed and lay down, and said, "As the lady said, staying in the room is warm."
Lu Dongfu said: "Whether Xianggong wants to eat cakes or not, I have prepared a lot in the kitchen, and they are still hot in the steamer."
Qi Zhongyu had just had lunch and was not too hungry, so he said: "Don't bother, come and lie down with me on the bed and rest for a while."
Lu Dongfu thought that he had nothing to do, so he lay beside her, and gently stretched out his hands to hug her.
She knew that Qi Zhongyu was depressed these days, and she could understand that now, the entire Yuehe Village, except for the too young children, could feel the solemn atmosphere of the coming storm.
No matter how the imperial court and the county magistrate of Siyuan County treated them before, they would rather be peaceful dogs than people in troubled times. Everyone still hoped that the imperial court would step forward to evacuate the refugees from all over the country and send them back to their original places to start over as they did more than ten years ago.
Even if you have to eat bran swallowed vegetables in the future, it is better than worrying about it now and not sleeping well.
Qi Zhongyu has lived in such an environment for more than half a year, and her original idea of living comfortably has gradually changed. She refused Tan Haoran's invitation before, unwilling to become a knife under his hand, fighting everywhere, but now... …
She wanted to try, but she couldn't follow Tan Haoran's orders because she couldn't leave Yuehe Village for the time being.
She is willing to help Tan Haoran occupy this village, and even find a way to take down all the surrounding land, and then give it to Tan Haoran.
As for how Tan Haoran will arrange, she believes that the other party will give her a satisfactory answer.
Therefore, what she was waiting for was the letter that Tan Haoran wanted to send over.
Based on her understanding of Tan Haoran, the other party will definitely send someone to bring supplies.Sure enough, in the evening, a group of merchants dressed as businessmen drove more than a dozen carriages and stopped outside the gate of Qi's courtyard.
When Qi Zhongyu heard the servant's report, he immediately turned over and got up, and strode into the main room to meet the visitor.
However, to her surprise, it was not Tan Haoran's confidant Xie Xinghe who came here this time, but Song Deliang, the Right Guardian who hadn't seen him for a long time.
He... looked a lot older, and there was a deep scar on one side of his cheek, piercing through one eye, and that eye looked foggy, and he was actually blind.
But when he saw her in his intact eye, shrewd light had already appeared, and he said, "Qi Zhongyu, long time no see."
He didn't call her Zhong Yulang, and it seems that he knew her current identity in advance, which is not surprising, after all, she was sent here by Tan Haoran.
She sat on the stool and said, "Mr. Song."
The corner of Song Deliang's mouth twitched, and he ordered the people he had brought to retreat first, and Qi Zhongyu also signaled the servants of the Qi family to leave, and closed the door.
The house was brightly lit, Song Deliang took out the envelope from his arms and handed it to her, Qi Zhongyu took it, tore it open and checked it in front of him, what was written on the letter was almost the same as what she had guessed, Tan Haoran said that now that the east wind has arrived, the imperial court Soon there will be great chaos, and then it will be the time for the rise of the New Sun Sect to face the world.
He wanted to invite Qi Zhongyu to Shannan Road to reunite with him and discuss the world together.
But at the end of the letter, it also mentioned that if she is not willing, he will not force it, but the situation in the future will only become more and more dangerous, unless she hides in the mountains with her family and waits ten or eight years before coming out, otherwise, Wherever you go, there is a tragic and chaotic world.
He will do his best to arrange a place for her to settle down so that she will not be disturbed by the troubled times.
This was Tan Haoran's promise to her friend. Qi Zhongyu felt warm in her heart. She smiled and said to Song Deliang: "Guardian Lao You came here to deliver the letter in person. You must have something to say to me."
Song Deliang said: "You seem to have matured a lot, but it's really different after you get married."
Qi Zhongyu put the letter on the table, and said, "The right protector has also become much older, what is the reason?"
Song Deliang, as the guardian of the right, does not have strong martial arts himself, so he will never go to the battlefield in person.
What's more, the Xinrijiao is still dormant now, and has never confronted the court face to face. The wound on his face can only be caused by daily life.
Could it be that someone disliked him and wanted to assassinate him?With Song Deliang's temper, it is very possible to offend others without knowing it.
Song Deliang touched the scar on his cheek, and said coldly: "As you said, Xinrijiao is not monolithic. Except that everyone serves the leader, everyone has their own thoughts."
Qi Zhongyu raised his eyebrows, "But even so, you are an old man of Xinrijiao. Haoran is not a person who does not forget old feelings. You should be under one person and above ten thousand. Who else would dare to do anything to you?"
Song Deliang gritted his teeth and said, "Who else? Of course it's Zuo Guardian who is my equal in Xinri Sect."
Left protector?
Qi Zhongyu frowned. If she remembered correctly, several years ago, Zuo Hufa and Tan Xiutong were arrested by the imperial court and taken to the capital, where they were executed after autumn.
Why did another left protector pop up?
Qi Zhongyu suddenly thought of a person, she suddenly realized, and said: "This Zuo protector, shouldn't he be called Xie Xinghe?"
Song Deliang nodded and said: "It's him. He appeared in front of the leader with injuries all over his body shortly after you left Shannan Road. At that time, I tested it with the leader and believed his innocence. , he took the initiative to come to the leader and said that he would share his worries for the leader. You also know that the leader is a person who cares about old love very much. He is very grateful to Xie Xinghe for being a teacher
After years of help, he arranged some church affairs for him. "
"This Xie Xinghe is also very capable. He is extremely efficient in handling things, and he does things beautifully. In a short period of time, he became the leader's confidant. The status in Xinrijiao is also getting higher and higher, and he has won the favor of other church members. Even I...have to admit that he is indeed a man of great courage and wisdom, and the most rare thing is that he has always been loyal, so I recommend him to the leader to become the left protector of the Xinri Sect."
When he said this, he clenched his teeth, trembling all over, and said, "But I didn't expect that it was all pretended by that bastard Xie Xinghe. Not long after he became the left protector, he started to fight against me secretly, and finally What's annoying is that the leader didn't see his wolfish ambitions, but instead trusted him more and more. Even though I told the leader that this person is not trustworthy, the leader thought I was jealous of the virtuous, and comforted me by telling me that I would always be the closest to him. An important deputy, heh!"
Song Deliang sneered again and again, cursing that Xie Xinghe was not a thing, Qi Zhongyu listened to it, but did not believe it.
After all, Song Deliang is indeed a jealous man. When she was in Xinrijiao, she suffered a sinister and vicious loss from him.
She interrupted the other party's eloquence, and said: "You said that Xie Xinghe was ambitious, so do you have evidence to prove this?"
Song Deliang was startled when he heard the words, shook his head and smiled bitterly and said: "This is why he is so smart. Except for me, no one in the high-ranking church has noticed his real intention. He not only wants to bring me down, but also wants to get new friends." The seat of the leader of the Japanese religion."
Qi Zhongyu understood the meaning of this sentence, turned cold and said: "Song Deliang, I'm afraid you are crazy. The most important thing in Xinrijiao is the position of leader, and Haoran is the core person who gathers the hearts of these people. Since Xie Xinghe is shrewd If he is powerful, it is absolutely impossible not to realize this point, if he dares to attack Haoran, he will definitely be cast aside by the Xinri Sect and ridiculed by the people of the world, what do you think he is planning?"
Song Deliang saw the sarcasm in her eyes, and he pursed his lips tightly and said nothing more.
It's also because of his own bad reputation that he fell into this situation, but no one believed his words from the bottom of his heart.
He was dizzy and chest tight with anger, thinking of the smug look on Xie Xinghe's face, he barely held back the desire to vomit blood.
He couldn't get angry, he couldn't let Xie Xinghe's treachery succeed, so he went to the leader this time to accept this mission, he wanted to take Qi Zhongyu to Shannan Road, with him, no matter how insidious and cunning Xie Xinghe was, he could face the leader's best friend Friends, you can only be at a disadvantage.
When the time comes, he will reveal his true face little by little, and let the leader see through his hypocrisy and viciousness. He will make Xie Xinghe die if he wants to live!
Qi Zhongyu waved his hands, tired of listening to his nonsense, and said: "Okay, let's not talk about Xie Xinghe, what is your purpose for coming to me this time?"
Song Deliang took a deep breath, calmed down and said: "As you can see, the world is about to be in chaos, and the leader is employing people. I want to take you and your family to Shannan Road to follow the leader. The leader can ensure that your family is safe and sound. .”
Qi Zhongyu said: "I see, please go back and tell Haoran that I will not go to Shannan Road, Yuehe Village cannot do without me for the time being."
Song Deliang was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Are you going to give up the leader who treats you like a brother for the sake of irrelevant outsiders?"
Qi Zhongyu helped his forehead and explained: "No, I have already decided to stay in Yuehe Village, but I will not stay in a corner, you go back and tell Haoran that when the time is right, I will lay down all the nearby land and give it to him. "
"Haoran's sphere of influence is concentrated in Shannan Road and Henan Road, and even Lingnan Road has some Xinrijiao forces, but Huainan Road is protected by King Kang. I have a grudge against King Kang, and I will find someone When the opportunity is right, assassinate King Kang. Even, I can help him take down the entire Huainan Road... Well, how about it, you go back and tell him that there is no need for him to worry about Huainan Road, and I will help him settle it."
How rampant these words are, Huainan Road has a vast territory and is a land of prosperity, the imperial court is powerful, and King Kang is here.
which is
It will take several years for Tan Haoran to completely capture Huainan Road.
But Qi Zhongyu, relying on her current population of more than 1 in Yuehe Village, dares to say that she wants to conquer the entire Huainan Road? !
Song Deliang sneered in his heart, thinking that Qi Zhongyu was perfunctory in saying this.
Forget it, different ways don't conspire with each other, not to mention, he has nothing to do with Qi Zhongyu.
This time, he just ran for nothing, fortunately, he didn't waste much time, so he set off to return to Shannan Road, and continue to fight Xie Xinghe to death.
But as soon as he took two steps, he heard Qi Zhongyu say: "Wait a minute."
Song Deliang was overjoyed, his face twitched, he turned around and said, "Why, have you figured it out?"
"You think too much, I just want you to stay a little longer and take the letter I wrote back to Haoran."
Song Deliang was trembling with anger, Qi Zhongyu got up and passed by him, opened the door and told the servants, "Make a table of good wine and food to entertain these distinguished guests from afar."
The servants took the order to retreat. Although Song Deliang was in a hurry, he still sat on the stool and waited for Qi Zhongyu to finish writing the letter.
After a while, the servants of the Qi family brought a table of good wine and food. After Song Deliang had eaten, he called the people he had brought to eat.
Seeing this, Qi Zhongyu shook his head, but didn't say anything.
She had a lot of things she wanted to say to Tan Haoran, but her writing speed was too slow, until Song Deliang yawned, and finally finished writing. She stuffed the thick letter paper into an envelope, handed it to Song Deliang, and said: "Night Road It’s good to go, you wait until tomorrow to set off.”
Song Deliang shook his head and said, "It's important to go back and return to your life."
He held the thick envelope, and the corner of his mouth twitched. He didn't know what the other party was writing, so he wrote a thick stack of letter paper.
He was not interested in these, and after bidding farewell to Qi Zhongyu, he drove the carriage towards Shannan Road.
Qi Zhongyu looked at the convoy gradually going away, feeling a little uneasy in her heart, but she didn't know where the uneasiness came from, she just thought it was her own thinking, so she closed the courtyard door and counted the supplies brought by Song Deliang with her second uncle .
Tan Haoran is rich and powerful, and this time he also sent a lot of things, but the valuables are much more practical than last time.
Qi Zhongyu only spent 1 taels of silver bills before, and the other silver bills and jewelry were never touched, because he thought that he might be able to return them to Tan Haoran in the future.
Now, she changed her mind and decided to help Tan Haoran occupy Huainan Road when the time came. The money could just come in handy.
However, she just had this idea in her heart. She was at a loss as to how difficult it would be to implement it and how to do it. She needed Qi Changle's help, so she told her plan to Qi Changle.
After Qi Changle finished listening, he sat on the stool blankly and stared at her for a long time before saying, "Zhong Yu, is everything you said true?"
Qi Zhongyu nodded, and said: "The leader of the Xinrijiao is my best friend. He has helped me a lot, so I want to repay a little bit."
Qi Changle looked at the letter paper in front of him. From the words, he could see that the leader who stirred up the situation was also sincerely concerned about Qi Zhongyu. It was no wonder that his nephew was willing to risk his life for him.
It's just that this is a rebellion, and it will be decapitated!
Qi Changle said: "Zhong Yu, I don't want to pour cold water on you, but how can you be sure that the world is really going to be in chaos?"
Qi Zhongyu said: "I'm not sure, so I also wrote the premise in the letter. I will not help him until it is confirmed that the Daqi Kingdom is hopeless, and if the new emperor ascends the throne and stabilizes the situation, I will also go to Shannan personally. Let me go and save his life in front of the court soldiers and horses."
Qi Changle was deeply moved, and said: "I see, then we will wait for the right time to see if it will come."
For the next ten days, everything was calm. Relying on the supplies sent by Tan Haoran, Qi Changle distributed them to the villagers, so that the villagers finally got rid of their worries and put on smiles, and successfully passed the last day of the Spring Festival, which is the Lantern Festival Festival.
And
Tan Haoran from Shannan Road, facing the bloody, decayed and shriveled corpse in front of him, his eyes were moist. He took a few deep breaths to keep his breath from trembling, and asked in a deep voice, "Who did it?"
Xie Xinghe and the other high-ranking members of Xinrijiao looked at each other, but no one dared to speak up.
But the facts are in front of us, Song Deliang, the guardian of the law, was robbed by refugees on the way back to help the leader deliver a letter. Although he brought a lot of people, he was still no match for the hungry and crazy refugees. hands, and no one survived.
Tan Haoran covered his face and let out a sob uncontrollably. It was all his fault. He knew that the situation in Huainan Road was tense, but he still asked the Right Protector to take people to deliver things in person. Moreover, more than a dozen carriages were lined up side by side. In the eyes of the refugees, they were just A piece of delicious fat, I can't wait to pounce on it and take a bite.
These refugees not only snatched Song Deliang's belongings, but also took away the horses. Without thinking too much, they also knew that the horses were eaten by the refugees.
If Tan Haoran hadn't realized that something was wrong and sent Xie Xinghe to investigate it himself, it is unknown how long the Right Protector would have exposed his corpse in the wilderness.
He squatted in front of Song Deliang's corpse, his white hands clenched into fists, and said, "Your guardian, you can go with peace of mind, I will definitely avenge your blood and hatred!"
He suddenly stood up, with cold eyes, and said to Xie Xinghe: "Take ten thousand soldiers and horses, go to the place where the right protector is buried, and kill the local refugees, don't let anyone live!"
Xie Xinghe was stunned when he heard the words, and said hesitantly: "But leader, we should act cautiously at the moment and not expose our strength, otherwise the court..."
Tan Haoran laughed loudly, and said sarcastically, "The imperial court?"
He turned around and walked to the leader's throne step by step, sat down, and said coldly: "You don't know yet, the dog emperor has passed away, and the court is now too busy to take care of itself. How long will we fight, this time is our chance to become famous in one fell swoop."
Xie Xinghe really didn't know, he claimed to have mastered half of the New Sun Sect, but he was still no match for Tan Haoran's well-informed.
He took the order to retreat, and he caught a glimpse of Song Deliang's body from the corner of his eye, and a triumphant smile flashed in his eyes.
The other senior leaders of Xinrijiao also filed out, and Tan Haoran was the only one left in the empty room.
Tan Haoran slumped on the stool, thinking dejectedly: Now, even the Right Protector has left him, and it's so ridiculous to die.
For the throne, he has lost too much, his father and brother, his relatives, his freedom...
In the future, there will definitely be more losses.
He should be thankful that his good brother Zhong Yulang has always cared about rural life from the beginning to the end, and didn't want to join him and make contributions with him.
He didn't understand before and wanted to win him over, but now...
This road is too hard and too dangerous.
Now he only hopes that Zhong Yulang can hide in the mountains with his family in the ensuing troubled times.
As long as he thinks that his best friend is still living in a certain corner of this world, he will feel warm in his heart, and think that he is no longer alone.
He took a deep breath and cheered himself up again. He is the leader of the New Sun Sect, and there are still many things to do, so he can't be immersed in pain. First, let's start with burying the right guardian...
The news of the emperor's death spread across the country within a few days.
This happened so suddenly that no one except the court officials expected it.
Although the emperor is indeed quite old, already in his seventies, there were no rumors of him being unwell when he was alive. Although the people scolded him in their hearts because of the famine, they didn't want him to really die. .
After his death, he felt that a mountain standing in his heart had collapsed, and even the refugees felt bewildered, sad and painful.
After Qi Changle learned of this, he couldn't even bother to eat, and locked himself in the study for a whole day, until the next day, Qi Anning helped him to go to the bedroom to rest.
Qi Zhongyu was worried about his second uncle's health, and learned from Qi Anning that his second uncle was just a
She didn't sleep at night and was not sick, so she was relieved.
She doesn't have deep feelings for the old emperor, because she has never experienced the peaceful and prosperous world opened up by the old emperor. Since the moment she crossed, she has been running around for her own life, and the old emperor was no longer there. Ask about politics.
It was his inaction over the past ten years that made the prosperous Great Qi Kingdom evolve into what it is today.
To put it bluntly, he just occupies the latrine and doesn't shit. Since he doesn't care about the government, why doesn't he take the initiative to abdicate to let the virtuous, choose a wise and wise successor from among his descendants, and continue the century-old glory of the Great Qi Kingdom?
It can be said that the current troubled times in Daqi State all stem from him.
Now he kicked his legs and died simply, leaving behind the devastated Great Qi Kingdom. No matter who the successor is, it will take many years to completely stabilize the situation.
Moreover, even if the new emperor ascends the throne, it is not that simple.
Because the princes fought to the death for the throne before, they have developed for decades, they have money and soldiers, no one is worse than the other.
They are not willing to accept the sudden appearance of the new emperor, there must be another way, when the time comes...
Qi Zhongyu thought about it, but he couldn't imagine how chaotic the court situation would be in the future, so he just waited and watched the drama.
She waited patiently for a few days, and finally learned that before his death, the emperor wrote an imperial decree to make Yuwang the crown prince, and after his death, Yuwang could become the heir apparent of Daqi.
Qi Zhongyu said in his heart: Sure enough, he is King Yu.
Qi Changle sighed and said: "It is said that the emperor loves the eldest son, and the common people love the youngest son, but the throne falls on the youngest King Yu, and the princes above him must be dissatisfied. Messed up."
Qi Zhongyu was noncommittal, and had already taken out the money Tan Haoran gave her, and started to form his own power.
Today's villagers in Yuehe Village are extremely convinced of her ability. They respect and fear her, and they are willing to obey her, which saves her a lot of trouble.
And the bodyguard named Gao Yu hired by Qi Anye from the county seat, under her undisguised actions, also took the initiative to visit her door, willing to join her sect and help her achieve supremacy.
Qi Zhongyu didn't say anything, he was also helping others to build territory, so he only responded and let him go back.
Qi Changle supported his forehead with a headache, and said: "Zhong Yu, if you really want to build a big business, you can't be so upright. You have to be a corporal...to do it."
He said a lot, Qi Zhongyu frowned and said, "It's so troublesome."
Judging by the tone, it seemed that he was about to give up the rebellion in the next moment, just because Qi Zhongyu was afraid of trouble.
Qi Zhongyu really wanted to give up, she was never good at dealing with people, but when she thought of the approaching troubled times, she had to endure these troubles if she wanted to protect the Qi family and pay back to Tan Haoran.
But she was really not good at getting along with people, so she said: "Second Uncle, if you don't mind, I would like to ask you to come forward and help me."
Qi Changle: ...
What can he say?
The nephew is close, even though he wanted to rebel and violated the principles of Confucius and Mencius for so many years, but he couldn't let it go, otherwise he wouldn't know if his nephew would be tricked to death someday.
Moreover, the nephew has not left blood with his nephew and daughter-in-law to this day, even if Qi Changle goes underground, he has no face to face his elder brother.
So, with a long sigh, he boarded Qi Zhongyu's "thief ship".
Qi Changle was not as blatant as Qi Zhongyu, but he had an excellent reputation and knew how to behave in the world, so he quickly attracted a group of forces.
And the imperial court really lived up to Qi Zhongyu's expectations. Not long after King Yu ascended the throne, several princes accused King Yu of murdering the old emperor and surrounded King Yu and Concubine An in the palace.
Even though the great eunuch Zhou Xiang personally took out the imperial decree, he was ridiculed by the prince that the imperial decree was forged. Zhou Xiang, a eunuch with ambitions, helped the country and the treacherous concubine to harm the emperor. Xianghe An Guifei's head, and beheaded the new emperor
emperor.
If you want to blame, you can only blame Wang Yu for being born too late, and he has no military power, imperial decree and imperial guards, and he is not a match for the princes, so he only became emperor for a few days, and he was reunited with the old emperor in the underworld up.
All of a sudden, the throne of Daqi Kingdom is vacant again.
The other princes would not be happy whoever takes this position, even if the country cannot live without a king, this matter can only be stalemate.
Until, the Xinrijiao was born out of nowhere, and tens of thousands of soldiers were sent from Shannan Road to capture Huainan Road.
Other places also responded one after another and rose up. When the princes were fighting endlessly, half of Daqi Kingdom had been occupied by the rebel army.
The princes and court officials only woke up at this time, but it was already too late.
Qi Zhongyu looked at the small red flag on the map, and said, "The force on the Shannan Road is Tan Haoran, who are Lingnan Road and Hebei Road? I have never heard of their names."
Qi Changle had heard about it, after all, the leaders of the rebel army were dragons and phoenixes in the beginning, so they could respond to everyone.
He said: "The leader of Lingnan Road is the eldest son of the wealthy Shen family. I once met him once, and he is a very capable and open-minded person; while the leader of Hebei Road, Zhang Yuanzheng, was once a private salt dealer. After the imperial court ordered him to be wanted, he fled alone, but his family and relatives were implicated by him, and all of them were beheaded for public display. After that, he disappeared, unexpectedly..."
Qi Zhongyu nodded and asked, "Since that's the case, Second Uncle, shouldn't we also raise the flag?"
Qi Changle looked at her steadfastly, and sighed: "Yes, let's start from Siyuan County."
The county magistrate of Siyuan County was notorious, and the villagers under his command hated him for a long time. If Qi Zhongyu went to attack the county seat, he would definitely get enthusiastic response from the villagers, but it would be easier than attacking other places.
Moreover, Siyuan County is the most prosperous county under the jurisdiction of Haozhou. Not only is the business prosperous, but it also occupies an important traffic route. After they occupy this place, they can plan for a broader world.
Qi Zhongyu narrowed his eyes and smiled, and said, "Okay, leave the war to me and Gao Yu, and ask my second uncle to stay at home and wait for my good news."
Qi Changle patted her on the shoulder, and said: "Be careful in everything."
Qi Zhongyu responded, left the study, went back to the room first and kissed the ignorant Lu Dongfu, then turned around and led the rebellion without looking back.
The incident happened suddenly, and the officials in Siyuan County were completely unprepared. It took only a few days for Qi Zhongyu to behead the head of the county magistrate and completely captured Siyuan County...
Qi Zhongyu gently pushed the headless corpse in front of her, and she pushed the corpse to the ground, and blood trickled out from the bowl-sized scar.
She walked towards the person closest to her, and said coldly, "Get lost!"
Those refugees cried bitterly, trembling, supported each other, and ran away.
In a quarter of an hour, the tranquility of the past was restored outside the Qi family's courtyard.
Qi Zhongyu glanced at the corpse on the ground, pursed his lips and jumped into the yard with light work, and said to other nervous people: "Don't worry, they have already left, but just in case, arrange three groups of people to take turns to watch the night, Everyone else, go back to your room and rest."
Qi Anhao swallowed, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
Qi Zhongyu smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, fourth brother. I'm fine. This time, they are just ordinary refugees. They can't get close to me."
She said to Qi Anning: "Brother, I'm going to the village to find out the situation, I'll ask you to take care of me at home."
Qi Anning paused, originally wanted to arrange two servants to go with her, but considering Qi Zhongyu's ability, those two servants would not be able to help her, but would drag her down, so he said: "Okay, remember to go early Come back, be safe."
Qi Zhongyu responded, and leaped out from the yard again, picked up several corpses on the ground, walked to the road leading to the outside of the village, tied these corpses with the belts around their waists, and hung them on the roadsides on both sides of the road. tree.
This should scare away most of the refugees who came again. Qi Zhongyu glanced at the direction of Yuehe Village, and estimated that the team formed by Yuehe Village could deal with these refugees, but to be cautious, she still went around the village.
When there were too many refugees and the villagers of Yuehe Village were at a disadvantage, Qi Zhongyu would stop and help the villagers.
Her method was much more bloody and violent than other villagers. She just broke her neck without discussing it. Those refugees originally thought that being beaten and thrown out was already a terrible consequence. I didn't expect Yuehe Village to change the rules this time. Killed.
They were terrified, and part of them were scared away by Qi Zhongyu.
The villagers in Yuehe Village were also afraid of Qi Zhongyu, but knowing that Qi Zhongyu was on their side, they tremblingly stepped forward to thank them.
Qi Zhongyu responded indifferently, and continued to kill those misbehaving refugees in the village.
By dawn, she had killed hundreds of people. She ordered the team formed by Yuehe Village to hang the bodies of these refugees at the intersection leading to Yuehe Village to serve as a warning to the refugees.
The villagers gulped their saliva, but still obeyed.
Qi Zhongyu saw that the village had returned to its former tranquility, but after all it was damaged and it still needed to clean up the mess. These villagers could do it by themselves, so she no longer helped.
After thinking for a while, she left the village directly and used Qinggong to go to the village occupied by refugees.
She wanted to have a good talk with Yan Lang, the leader of the refugees.
This time, thousands of refugees attacked Yuehe Village at night, the momentum was extraordinary, and she did not believe that Yan Lang, as the leader of the refugees, had not noticed it.
Even if he didn't have the guts to conspire and never contributed to the flames, it would be a crime to let him go. She needs to teach Yan Lang a lesson.
Or, depending on his attitude, it is not impossible to kill him directly and choose another refugee leader.
The refugee's village is a long distance away from Yuehe Village. Qi Zhongyu strayed into the land of no one, and found Yan Lang who was covered in cold sweat in the main room without any effort. Seeing her was like seeing a ghost, Yan Lang almost knelt down Explain your innocence to her on the ground.
Qi Zhongyu sat on the stool, lazily listening to his explanation.
She ate lunch here, and took a few more carts of supplies before heading back to Yuehe Village in a big way.
Perhaps this time, Yan Lang really suffered, and he didn't get the antidote for ten days overdue. The pain was unbearable, and he finally restrained the refugees under his hands.
The refugees never came to Yuehe Village to attack.
Therefore, the villagers of Yuehe Village had a safe and sound New Year.
It's just that this new year has been overshadowed by the refugee incident. Every family in the village has never made a big deal, and the same is true for the Qi family. They just got together for a New Year's Eve dinner.
On the first day of the new year, after offering sacrifices to the ancestors, Qi Zhongyu looked at the children in the courtyard, who even lowered their voices a lot, and sighed helplessly.
Lu Dongfu said: "My lord, one day I will see the moon through the clouds and mist."
This is what Qi Changle said when offering sacrifices to the ancestors. He is well informed and heard that the emperor is planning to establish a crown prince in the next year. After appointing the crown prince, the court will be free to manage the refugees in various places.
After all, Qi Changle still had some expectations for the imperial court of the Great Qi Kingdom, and even talked about the Xinrijiao, which was so huge back then, but it only lasted two years in front of the imperial court's soldiers and horses.
But Qi Zhongyu is not as optimistic as his second uncle, and he always feels that this time is not as good as before, and the Xinrijiao has not made much noise until now, it should be Tan Haoran who has learned a lot of wisdom and chose to lie in secret and wait for the right time .
On the contrary, there was turmoil in Huainan Road. The court had reprimanded King Kang several times, and even ordered him to enter the capital. King Kang refused on the grounds that he was ill, but the court was not so easy to dismiss, so King Kang sent his eldest son to go. The capital does it for me.
Although the court was dissatisfied, it was no longer so strict after all, and King Kang must be forced to enter the capital.
Qi Zhongyu had only a half-knowledge of the current situation in the imperial court, but only realized intuitively that there would be even more chaos in the future.
She is guarding Yuehe Village, so she can be safe for the time being, but if the whole Daqi Kingdom is in flames, Yuehe Village will not be spared, she must think of a safer way to protect these people in the Qi family's courtyard.
Seeing her lost in thought, Lu Dongfu stretched out his hand to hold her cold hand, and said, "Master, it's cold today, let's go back to our room."
Qi Zhongyu shook his head and said, "I'm waiting for a letter."
Lu Dongfu said: "Go back to the house and wait. It's chilly in the yard, and your hands are even colder than before."
Qi Zhongyu glanced at her, and seeing her concerned eyes, he stopped insisting and nodded with a smile.
She ordered her servants to pay attention to the visiting guests, if anyone said they wanted to find her, they must be invited to the main room, served with delicious food and drink, and then go to call her immediately.
Now the servant obeyed Qi Zhongyu's words and immediately complied.
Qi Zhongyu and Lu Dongfu went back to the bedroom. The heat from the charcoal basin made the room warm. Qi Zhongyu went to the bed and lay down, and said, "As the lady said, staying in the room is warm."
Lu Dongfu said: "Whether Xianggong wants to eat cakes or not, I have prepared a lot in the kitchen, and they are still hot in the steamer."
Qi Zhongyu had just had lunch and was not too hungry, so he said: "Don't bother, come and lie down with me on the bed and rest for a while."
Lu Dongfu thought that he had nothing to do, so he lay beside her, and gently stretched out his hands to hug her.
She knew that Qi Zhongyu was depressed these days, and she could understand that now, the entire Yuehe Village, except for the too young children, could feel the solemn atmosphere of the coming storm.
No matter how the imperial court and the county magistrate of Siyuan County treated them before, they would rather be peaceful dogs than people in troubled times. Everyone still hoped that the imperial court would step forward to evacuate the refugees from all over the country and send them back to their original places to start over as they did more than ten years ago.
Even if you have to eat bran swallowed vegetables in the future, it is better than worrying about it now and not sleeping well.
Qi Zhongyu has lived in such an environment for more than half a year, and her original idea of living comfortably has gradually changed. She refused Tan Haoran's invitation before, unwilling to become a knife under his hand, fighting everywhere, but now... …
She wanted to try, but she couldn't follow Tan Haoran's orders because she couldn't leave Yuehe Village for the time being.
She is willing to help Tan Haoran occupy this village, and even find a way to take down all the surrounding land, and then give it to Tan Haoran.
As for how Tan Haoran will arrange, she believes that the other party will give her a satisfactory answer.
Therefore, what she was waiting for was the letter that Tan Haoran wanted to send over.
Based on her understanding of Tan Haoran, the other party will definitely send someone to bring supplies.Sure enough, in the evening, a group of merchants dressed as businessmen drove more than a dozen carriages and stopped outside the gate of Qi's courtyard.
When Qi Zhongyu heard the servant's report, he immediately turned over and got up, and strode into the main room to meet the visitor.
However, to her surprise, it was not Tan Haoran's confidant Xie Xinghe who came here this time, but Song Deliang, the Right Guardian who hadn't seen him for a long time.
He... looked a lot older, and there was a deep scar on one side of his cheek, piercing through one eye, and that eye looked foggy, and he was actually blind.
But when he saw her in his intact eye, shrewd light had already appeared, and he said, "Qi Zhongyu, long time no see."
He didn't call her Zhong Yulang, and it seems that he knew her current identity in advance, which is not surprising, after all, she was sent here by Tan Haoran.
She sat on the stool and said, "Mr. Song."
The corner of Song Deliang's mouth twitched, and he ordered the people he had brought to retreat first, and Qi Zhongyu also signaled the servants of the Qi family to leave, and closed the door.
The house was brightly lit, Song Deliang took out the envelope from his arms and handed it to her, Qi Zhongyu took it, tore it open and checked it in front of him, what was written on the letter was almost the same as what she had guessed, Tan Haoran said that now that the east wind has arrived, the imperial court Soon there will be great chaos, and then it will be the time for the rise of the New Sun Sect to face the world.
He wanted to invite Qi Zhongyu to Shannan Road to reunite with him and discuss the world together.
But at the end of the letter, it also mentioned that if she is not willing, he will not force it, but the situation in the future will only become more and more dangerous, unless she hides in the mountains with her family and waits ten or eight years before coming out, otherwise, Wherever you go, there is a tragic and chaotic world.
He will do his best to arrange a place for her to settle down so that she will not be disturbed by the troubled times.
This was Tan Haoran's promise to her friend. Qi Zhongyu felt warm in her heart. She smiled and said to Song Deliang: "Guardian Lao You came here to deliver the letter in person. You must have something to say to me."
Song Deliang said: "You seem to have matured a lot, but it's really different after you get married."
Qi Zhongyu put the letter on the table, and said, "The right protector has also become much older, what is the reason?"
Song Deliang, as the guardian of the right, does not have strong martial arts himself, so he will never go to the battlefield in person.
What's more, the Xinrijiao is still dormant now, and has never confronted the court face to face. The wound on his face can only be caused by daily life.
Could it be that someone disliked him and wanted to assassinate him?With Song Deliang's temper, it is very possible to offend others without knowing it.
Song Deliang touched the scar on his cheek, and said coldly: "As you said, Xinrijiao is not monolithic. Except that everyone serves the leader, everyone has their own thoughts."
Qi Zhongyu raised his eyebrows, "But even so, you are an old man of Xinrijiao. Haoran is not a person who does not forget old feelings. You should be under one person and above ten thousand. Who else would dare to do anything to you?"
Song Deliang gritted his teeth and said, "Who else? Of course it's Zuo Guardian who is my equal in Xinri Sect."
Left protector?
Qi Zhongyu frowned. If she remembered correctly, several years ago, Zuo Hufa and Tan Xiutong were arrested by the imperial court and taken to the capital, where they were executed after autumn.
Why did another left protector pop up?
Qi Zhongyu suddenly thought of a person, she suddenly realized, and said: "This Zuo protector, shouldn't he be called Xie Xinghe?"
Song Deliang nodded and said: "It's him. He appeared in front of the leader with injuries all over his body shortly after you left Shannan Road. At that time, I tested it with the leader and believed his innocence. , he took the initiative to come to the leader and said that he would share his worries for the leader. You also know that the leader is a person who cares about old love very much. He is very grateful to Xie Xinghe for being a teacher
After years of help, he arranged some church affairs for him. "
"This Xie Xinghe is also very capable. He is extremely efficient in handling things, and he does things beautifully. In a short period of time, he became the leader's confidant. The status in Xinrijiao is also getting higher and higher, and he has won the favor of other church members. Even I...have to admit that he is indeed a man of great courage and wisdom, and the most rare thing is that he has always been loyal, so I recommend him to the leader to become the left protector of the Xinri Sect."
When he said this, he clenched his teeth, trembling all over, and said, "But I didn't expect that it was all pretended by that bastard Xie Xinghe. Not long after he became the left protector, he started to fight against me secretly, and finally What's annoying is that the leader didn't see his wolfish ambitions, but instead trusted him more and more. Even though I told the leader that this person is not trustworthy, the leader thought I was jealous of the virtuous, and comforted me by telling me that I would always be the closest to him. An important deputy, heh!"
Song Deliang sneered again and again, cursing that Xie Xinghe was not a thing, Qi Zhongyu listened to it, but did not believe it.
After all, Song Deliang is indeed a jealous man. When she was in Xinrijiao, she suffered a sinister and vicious loss from him.
She interrupted the other party's eloquence, and said: "You said that Xie Xinghe was ambitious, so do you have evidence to prove this?"
Song Deliang was startled when he heard the words, shook his head and smiled bitterly and said: "This is why he is so smart. Except for me, no one in the high-ranking church has noticed his real intention. He not only wants to bring me down, but also wants to get new friends." The seat of the leader of the Japanese religion."
Qi Zhongyu understood the meaning of this sentence, turned cold and said: "Song Deliang, I'm afraid you are crazy. The most important thing in Xinrijiao is the position of leader, and Haoran is the core person who gathers the hearts of these people. Since Xie Xinghe is shrewd If he is powerful, it is absolutely impossible not to realize this point, if he dares to attack Haoran, he will definitely be cast aside by the Xinri Sect and ridiculed by the people of the world, what do you think he is planning?"
Song Deliang saw the sarcasm in her eyes, and he pursed his lips tightly and said nothing more.
It's also because of his own bad reputation that he fell into this situation, but no one believed his words from the bottom of his heart.
He was dizzy and chest tight with anger, thinking of the smug look on Xie Xinghe's face, he barely held back the desire to vomit blood.
He couldn't get angry, he couldn't let Xie Xinghe's treachery succeed, so he went to the leader this time to accept this mission, he wanted to take Qi Zhongyu to Shannan Road, with him, no matter how insidious and cunning Xie Xinghe was, he could face the leader's best friend Friends, you can only be at a disadvantage.
When the time comes, he will reveal his true face little by little, and let the leader see through his hypocrisy and viciousness. He will make Xie Xinghe die if he wants to live!
Qi Zhongyu waved his hands, tired of listening to his nonsense, and said: "Okay, let's not talk about Xie Xinghe, what is your purpose for coming to me this time?"
Song Deliang took a deep breath, calmed down and said: "As you can see, the world is about to be in chaos, and the leader is employing people. I want to take you and your family to Shannan Road to follow the leader. The leader can ensure that your family is safe and sound. .”
Qi Zhongyu said: "I see, please go back and tell Haoran that I will not go to Shannan Road, Yuehe Village cannot do without me for the time being."
Song Deliang was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Are you going to give up the leader who treats you like a brother for the sake of irrelevant outsiders?"
Qi Zhongyu helped his forehead and explained: "No, I have already decided to stay in Yuehe Village, but I will not stay in a corner, you go back and tell Haoran that when the time is right, I will lay down all the nearby land and give it to him. "
"Haoran's sphere of influence is concentrated in Shannan Road and Henan Road, and even Lingnan Road has some Xinrijiao forces, but Huainan Road is protected by King Kang. I have a grudge against King Kang, and I will find someone When the opportunity is right, assassinate King Kang. Even, I can help him take down the entire Huainan Road... Well, how about it, you go back and tell him that there is no need for him to worry about Huainan Road, and I will help him settle it."
How rampant these words are, Huainan Road has a vast territory and is a land of prosperity, the imperial court is powerful, and King Kang is here.
which is
It will take several years for Tan Haoran to completely capture Huainan Road.
But Qi Zhongyu, relying on her current population of more than 1 in Yuehe Village, dares to say that she wants to conquer the entire Huainan Road? !
Song Deliang sneered in his heart, thinking that Qi Zhongyu was perfunctory in saying this.
Forget it, different ways don't conspire with each other, not to mention, he has nothing to do with Qi Zhongyu.
This time, he just ran for nothing, fortunately, he didn't waste much time, so he set off to return to Shannan Road, and continue to fight Xie Xinghe to death.
But as soon as he took two steps, he heard Qi Zhongyu say: "Wait a minute."
Song Deliang was overjoyed, his face twitched, he turned around and said, "Why, have you figured it out?"
"You think too much, I just want you to stay a little longer and take the letter I wrote back to Haoran."
Song Deliang was trembling with anger, Qi Zhongyu got up and passed by him, opened the door and told the servants, "Make a table of good wine and food to entertain these distinguished guests from afar."
The servants took the order to retreat. Although Song Deliang was in a hurry, he still sat on the stool and waited for Qi Zhongyu to finish writing the letter.
After a while, the servants of the Qi family brought a table of good wine and food. After Song Deliang had eaten, he called the people he had brought to eat.
Seeing this, Qi Zhongyu shook his head, but didn't say anything.
She had a lot of things she wanted to say to Tan Haoran, but her writing speed was too slow, until Song Deliang yawned, and finally finished writing. She stuffed the thick letter paper into an envelope, handed it to Song Deliang, and said: "Night Road It’s good to go, you wait until tomorrow to set off.”
Song Deliang shook his head and said, "It's important to go back and return to your life."
He held the thick envelope, and the corner of his mouth twitched. He didn't know what the other party was writing, so he wrote a thick stack of letter paper.
He was not interested in these, and after bidding farewell to Qi Zhongyu, he drove the carriage towards Shannan Road.
Qi Zhongyu looked at the convoy gradually going away, feeling a little uneasy in her heart, but she didn't know where the uneasiness came from, she just thought it was her own thinking, so she closed the courtyard door and counted the supplies brought by Song Deliang with her second uncle .
Tan Haoran is rich and powerful, and this time he also sent a lot of things, but the valuables are much more practical than last time.
Qi Zhongyu only spent 1 taels of silver bills before, and the other silver bills and jewelry were never touched, because he thought that he might be able to return them to Tan Haoran in the future.
Now, she changed her mind and decided to help Tan Haoran occupy Huainan Road when the time came. The money could just come in handy.
However, she just had this idea in her heart. She was at a loss as to how difficult it would be to implement it and how to do it. She needed Qi Changle's help, so she told her plan to Qi Changle.
After Qi Changle finished listening, he sat on the stool blankly and stared at her for a long time before saying, "Zhong Yu, is everything you said true?"
Qi Zhongyu nodded, and said: "The leader of the Xinrijiao is my best friend. He has helped me a lot, so I want to repay a little bit."
Qi Changle looked at the letter paper in front of him. From the words, he could see that the leader who stirred up the situation was also sincerely concerned about Qi Zhongyu. It was no wonder that his nephew was willing to risk his life for him.
It's just that this is a rebellion, and it will be decapitated!
Qi Changle said: "Zhong Yu, I don't want to pour cold water on you, but how can you be sure that the world is really going to be in chaos?"
Qi Zhongyu said: "I'm not sure, so I also wrote the premise in the letter. I will not help him until it is confirmed that the Daqi Kingdom is hopeless, and if the new emperor ascends the throne and stabilizes the situation, I will also go to Shannan personally. Let me go and save his life in front of the court soldiers and horses."
Qi Changle was deeply moved, and said: "I see, then we will wait for the right time to see if it will come."
For the next ten days, everything was calm. Relying on the supplies sent by Tan Haoran, Qi Changle distributed them to the villagers, so that the villagers finally got rid of their worries and put on smiles, and successfully passed the last day of the Spring Festival, which is the Lantern Festival Festival.
And
Tan Haoran from Shannan Road, facing the bloody, decayed and shriveled corpse in front of him, his eyes were moist. He took a few deep breaths to keep his breath from trembling, and asked in a deep voice, "Who did it?"
Xie Xinghe and the other high-ranking members of Xinrijiao looked at each other, but no one dared to speak up.
But the facts are in front of us, Song Deliang, the guardian of the law, was robbed by refugees on the way back to help the leader deliver a letter. Although he brought a lot of people, he was still no match for the hungry and crazy refugees. hands, and no one survived.
Tan Haoran covered his face and let out a sob uncontrollably. It was all his fault. He knew that the situation in Huainan Road was tense, but he still asked the Right Protector to take people to deliver things in person. Moreover, more than a dozen carriages were lined up side by side. In the eyes of the refugees, they were just A piece of delicious fat, I can't wait to pounce on it and take a bite.
These refugees not only snatched Song Deliang's belongings, but also took away the horses. Without thinking too much, they also knew that the horses were eaten by the refugees.
If Tan Haoran hadn't realized that something was wrong and sent Xie Xinghe to investigate it himself, it is unknown how long the Right Protector would have exposed his corpse in the wilderness.
He squatted in front of Song Deliang's corpse, his white hands clenched into fists, and said, "Your guardian, you can go with peace of mind, I will definitely avenge your blood and hatred!"
He suddenly stood up, with cold eyes, and said to Xie Xinghe: "Take ten thousand soldiers and horses, go to the place where the right protector is buried, and kill the local refugees, don't let anyone live!"
Xie Xinghe was stunned when he heard the words, and said hesitantly: "But leader, we should act cautiously at the moment and not expose our strength, otherwise the court..."
Tan Haoran laughed loudly, and said sarcastically, "The imperial court?"
He turned around and walked to the leader's throne step by step, sat down, and said coldly: "You don't know yet, the dog emperor has passed away, and the court is now too busy to take care of itself. How long will we fight, this time is our chance to become famous in one fell swoop."
Xie Xinghe really didn't know, he claimed to have mastered half of the New Sun Sect, but he was still no match for Tan Haoran's well-informed.
He took the order to retreat, and he caught a glimpse of Song Deliang's body from the corner of his eye, and a triumphant smile flashed in his eyes.
The other senior leaders of Xinrijiao also filed out, and Tan Haoran was the only one left in the empty room.
Tan Haoran slumped on the stool, thinking dejectedly: Now, even the Right Protector has left him, and it's so ridiculous to die.
For the throne, he has lost too much, his father and brother, his relatives, his freedom...
In the future, there will definitely be more losses.
He should be thankful that his good brother Zhong Yulang has always cared about rural life from the beginning to the end, and didn't want to join him and make contributions with him.
He didn't understand before and wanted to win him over, but now...
This road is too hard and too dangerous.
Now he only hopes that Zhong Yulang can hide in the mountains with his family in the ensuing troubled times.
As long as he thinks that his best friend is still living in a certain corner of this world, he will feel warm in his heart, and think that he is no longer alone.
He took a deep breath and cheered himself up again. He is the leader of the New Sun Sect, and there are still many things to do, so he can't be immersed in pain. First, let's start with burying the right guardian...
The news of the emperor's death spread across the country within a few days.
This happened so suddenly that no one except the court officials expected it.
Although the emperor is indeed quite old, already in his seventies, there were no rumors of him being unwell when he was alive. Although the people scolded him in their hearts because of the famine, they didn't want him to really die. .
After his death, he felt that a mountain standing in his heart had collapsed, and even the refugees felt bewildered, sad and painful.
After Qi Changle learned of this, he couldn't even bother to eat, and locked himself in the study for a whole day, until the next day, Qi Anning helped him to go to the bedroom to rest.
Qi Zhongyu was worried about his second uncle's health, and learned from Qi Anning that his second uncle was just a
She didn't sleep at night and was not sick, so she was relieved.
She doesn't have deep feelings for the old emperor, because she has never experienced the peaceful and prosperous world opened up by the old emperor. Since the moment she crossed, she has been running around for her own life, and the old emperor was no longer there. Ask about politics.
It was his inaction over the past ten years that made the prosperous Great Qi Kingdom evolve into what it is today.
To put it bluntly, he just occupies the latrine and doesn't shit. Since he doesn't care about the government, why doesn't he take the initiative to abdicate to let the virtuous, choose a wise and wise successor from among his descendants, and continue the century-old glory of the Great Qi Kingdom?
It can be said that the current troubled times in Daqi State all stem from him.
Now he kicked his legs and died simply, leaving behind the devastated Great Qi Kingdom. No matter who the successor is, it will take many years to completely stabilize the situation.
Moreover, even if the new emperor ascends the throne, it is not that simple.
Because the princes fought to the death for the throne before, they have developed for decades, they have money and soldiers, no one is worse than the other.
They are not willing to accept the sudden appearance of the new emperor, there must be another way, when the time comes...
Qi Zhongyu thought about it, but he couldn't imagine how chaotic the court situation would be in the future, so he just waited and watched the drama.
She waited patiently for a few days, and finally learned that before his death, the emperor wrote an imperial decree to make Yuwang the crown prince, and after his death, Yuwang could become the heir apparent of Daqi.
Qi Zhongyu said in his heart: Sure enough, he is King Yu.
Qi Changle sighed and said: "It is said that the emperor loves the eldest son, and the common people love the youngest son, but the throne falls on the youngest King Yu, and the princes above him must be dissatisfied. Messed up."
Qi Zhongyu was noncommittal, and had already taken out the money Tan Haoran gave her, and started to form his own power.
Today's villagers in Yuehe Village are extremely convinced of her ability. They respect and fear her, and they are willing to obey her, which saves her a lot of trouble.
And the bodyguard named Gao Yu hired by Qi Anye from the county seat, under her undisguised actions, also took the initiative to visit her door, willing to join her sect and help her achieve supremacy.
Qi Zhongyu didn't say anything, he was also helping others to build territory, so he only responded and let him go back.
Qi Changle supported his forehead with a headache, and said: "Zhong Yu, if you really want to build a big business, you can't be so upright. You have to be a corporal...to do it."
He said a lot, Qi Zhongyu frowned and said, "It's so troublesome."
Judging by the tone, it seemed that he was about to give up the rebellion in the next moment, just because Qi Zhongyu was afraid of trouble.
Qi Zhongyu really wanted to give up, she was never good at dealing with people, but when she thought of the approaching troubled times, she had to endure these troubles if she wanted to protect the Qi family and pay back to Tan Haoran.
But she was really not good at getting along with people, so she said: "Second Uncle, if you don't mind, I would like to ask you to come forward and help me."
Qi Changle: ...
What can he say?
The nephew is close, even though he wanted to rebel and violated the principles of Confucius and Mencius for so many years, but he couldn't let it go, otherwise he wouldn't know if his nephew would be tricked to death someday.
Moreover, the nephew has not left blood with his nephew and daughter-in-law to this day, even if Qi Changle goes underground, he has no face to face his elder brother.
So, with a long sigh, he boarded Qi Zhongyu's "thief ship".
Qi Changle was not as blatant as Qi Zhongyu, but he had an excellent reputation and knew how to behave in the world, so he quickly attracted a group of forces.
And the imperial court really lived up to Qi Zhongyu's expectations. Not long after King Yu ascended the throne, several princes accused King Yu of murdering the old emperor and surrounded King Yu and Concubine An in the palace.
Even though the great eunuch Zhou Xiang personally took out the imperial decree, he was ridiculed by the prince that the imperial decree was forged. Zhou Xiang, a eunuch with ambitions, helped the country and the treacherous concubine to harm the emperor. Xianghe An Guifei's head, and beheaded the new emperor
emperor.
If you want to blame, you can only blame Wang Yu for being born too late, and he has no military power, imperial decree and imperial guards, and he is not a match for the princes, so he only became emperor for a few days, and he was reunited with the old emperor in the underworld up.
All of a sudden, the throne of Daqi Kingdom is vacant again.
The other princes would not be happy whoever takes this position, even if the country cannot live without a king, this matter can only be stalemate.
Until, the Xinrijiao was born out of nowhere, and tens of thousands of soldiers were sent from Shannan Road to capture Huainan Road.
Other places also responded one after another and rose up. When the princes were fighting endlessly, half of Daqi Kingdom had been occupied by the rebel army.
The princes and court officials only woke up at this time, but it was already too late.
Qi Zhongyu looked at the small red flag on the map, and said, "The force on the Shannan Road is Tan Haoran, who are Lingnan Road and Hebei Road? I have never heard of their names."
Qi Changle had heard about it, after all, the leaders of the rebel army were dragons and phoenixes in the beginning, so they could respond to everyone.
He said: "The leader of Lingnan Road is the eldest son of the wealthy Shen family. I once met him once, and he is a very capable and open-minded person; while the leader of Hebei Road, Zhang Yuanzheng, was once a private salt dealer. After the imperial court ordered him to be wanted, he fled alone, but his family and relatives were implicated by him, and all of them were beheaded for public display. After that, he disappeared, unexpectedly..."
Qi Zhongyu nodded and asked, "Since that's the case, Second Uncle, shouldn't we also raise the flag?"
Qi Changle looked at her steadfastly, and sighed: "Yes, let's start from Siyuan County."
The county magistrate of Siyuan County was notorious, and the villagers under his command hated him for a long time. If Qi Zhongyu went to attack the county seat, he would definitely get enthusiastic response from the villagers, but it would be easier than attacking other places.
Moreover, Siyuan County is the most prosperous county under the jurisdiction of Haozhou. Not only is the business prosperous, but it also occupies an important traffic route. After they occupy this place, they can plan for a broader world.
Qi Zhongyu narrowed his eyes and smiled, and said, "Okay, leave the war to me and Gao Yu, and ask my second uncle to stay at home and wait for my good news."
Qi Changle patted her on the shoulder, and said: "Be careful in everything."
Qi Zhongyu responded, left the study, went back to the room first and kissed the ignorant Lu Dongfu, then turned around and led the rebellion without looking back.
The incident happened suddenly, and the officials in Siyuan County were completely unprepared. It took only a few days for Qi Zhongyu to behead the head of the county magistrate and completely captured Siyuan County...
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