Chapter 20 Fly Away
In early April of the second year of the elephant, the government completed the trial of the captured traitors, the evidence was conclusive, the crime was extremely heinous, the main culprit and the accomplice totaled thirteen people, first paraded in the streets, and then the court executed the main culprit Ling Chi and beheaded the rest of the accomplices to show the public.
As for the rumors that the head of Emperor Tianyuan appeared in the Sui State Mansion, the government said that it was purely a rumor, and the Sui State Duke was a great Zhou minister, how could the loyal body of the State be the mastermind behind the traitor.
On the day of the execution, the scene was so lively that the surrounding trees were full of people, and the walls, roofs, and rooftops were crowded with people, and everyone opened their eyes wide to see how these heinous thieves were tortured.
In particular, a few of them were guillotined, and when they were about to be stabbed, they all shouted: "Grandpa is a good man again after eighteen years!" Every time, it won the applause of the onlookers.
That's right, the traitor who dares to kill the king must be fierce and vicious, and this performance can also bear the words 'not afraid of death', when the blood is splashed, some of the timid faint on the spot, and some of the bold look at the blood boiling, and more frightened blindfolded and continue to look forward to the next one to come to power.
And that Ling Chi, who is said to be the most heinous of crimes, is entitled to 'enjoy', and when he is executed, he cuts the prisoner with 3,600 knives like cutting mutton, and the last knife kills him, which is really exciting!
The people were happy to see it, and the officials who were there were also relieved to see it, what was the bottom line of the beheading on the stage, everyone here knew it, but what did it matter? The traitor will bow down and be killed, the face of the court will be there, the majesty of the royal law will be there, and the people will have fun, then everything will be good.
The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was assassinated on the street in the capital, but the traitor has no whereabouts, this is not a joke for the world to spread!
In Chang'an City, thousands of people are watching the execution of the rebels, while Gongyu Wenwen of Xiyang County is busy in the mansion.
Tomorrow is a good day, a good day to go away and fly high!
He arranged all the affairs of the house in the study as usual, tried to make everything as usual, and then left Chang'an with the hiking team. Previously, Yuwenwen and his brother Yuwenliang spent a lot of money to go to the door, and it was easy to say that Yuwenzan, the right prime minister and king of Han, one of the auxiliary ministers, agreed that his two brothers would leave Chang'an and 'go out for a walk'.
After the people withdrew, the old housekeeper stayed, and Yu Wenwen was quite surprised and asked what else was the matter?
"Lord Lang, the spirit card of the ancestor is gone."
The ancestor in the mouth of the old housekeeper refers to the previous generation of Xiyang County Gong Yu Wenyi, who is also the actual uncle of Yuwen Wen's patriarchal father, Yu Wenyi was named Xiyang County Duke 20 years ago and had no heir after his death, so his brother Yu Wenliang inherited his second son Yu Wenwen to his name to inherit the incense and title.
"Huh? It was the father-in-law who took it and reframed it and came back in a few days, so the housekeeper should not panic. β
Hearing this, the old housekeeper knelt down and kowtowed to Yuwenwen a few times, "Xianzun is happy to have contentment under Jiuquan, and the old slave also wishes Lord Lang a smooth journey." β
"What's the matter with the housekeeper, my father-in-law will come back in a few days after he goes out." Yu Wenwen looked at the old butler and wondered in his heart, and couldn't figure out which one he was playing now.
"Master Lang doesn't need to be like this, the old slave has been fighting with the ancestors for decades and doesn't dare to have two hearts, but the road to Anzhou is far away and can't accompany him, so please take care of Lord Lang."
Yuwenwen was taken aback when he heard this, he was indeed going to run away to Anzhou, after all, his biological father Yuwenliang was the governor of Anzhou, of course he was going there to meet the upcoming war, but how did this old housekeeper know?
When he sorted out his outfit in private, he thought about it and brought the tablet of his patriarchal father, Yuwenyi, no matter how he said it, he inherited the title, and it was natural to put incense on the old man from time to time.
"Lord Lang, one of the people in the entourage this time is the eyes and ears of the imperial court, and I also ask Lord Lang to beware of one or two." The old housekeeper respectfully handed over a note, "At the end of February, the old slave disposed of a court ear, but he never thought that Huang Aqi betrayed the master, and the old slave was derelict in his duties. β
I'll go, it turns out that the housekeeper is a loyal old servant, I knew that I would have to jump up and down alone and play with my life!
Yu Wenwen took the note and read it, and his heart moved: Is it him? Then he nodded and put the note on the side of the oil lamp and burned it.
"After the father leaves, the servants in the mansion will be dismissed after a while, and the mansion will be handed over when the time is right, and the housekeeper should also enjoy the blessings."
"The old slave has a son who lives in Chang'an City, if the lord of Lang has something to send the old slave to visit here in the future." The old housekeeper handed over another note, Yu Wenwen glanced at it and solemnly folded it into his arms......
The next morning, in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an City.
A carriage avoided the pedestrians coming and going on the main road and stopped in a forest in the distance, the captain of the carriage, Chi Chifan, was hugging and crying with her mother, and more than ten meters outside the carriage, Yuwen Wen was talking to his father-in-law, Chi Shun, the public lieutenant of Angu County.
"The son-in-law concealed it for a long time before telling it, which made the father-in-law and mother-in-law worry for more than a month, and asked for forgiveness." Yu Wenwen bowed to Wei Chi Shun and apologized.
After setting the departure date, Yuwen Wen invited the Angu County Duke and his wife to meet quietly in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an City today yesterday.
Yu Wenwen told his father-in-law and mother-in-law in detail about the incident and the upcoming trip to Anzhou, that is, "The emperor forced the drunken lieutenant Chi Chi to do misdeeds, but fortunately he escaped from the palace by luck with the assassination of the thief that night, and had to hide until now in order to prevent accidents" Yunyun, of course, "Your son-in-law is the real murderer who assassinated the emperor" This kind of fierce information can not be said.
"It's a long way to Anzhou, so be careful along the way." Wei Chishun is also open-minded, after all, her daughter is okay and her parents are relieved, "Sanniang has been spoiled by her mother since she was a child, and her son-in-law can be more tolerant." β
"It's natural, but does my father-in-law have to plan too?" Yu Wenwen still wants to remind his father-in-law more, "Now the situation is changing, the characters from all sides are ready to move, and the son-in-law thinks that he is afraid of seeing blood."
Wei Chishun looked at the sky and sighed, how could Yu Wenwen, a junior, not see it? The young emperor ascended the throne, and the forces of all parties are still fighting in the shadows, but it won't be long before they will tear their faces.
Who wouldn't want to sit in that position? But in the end, I can only sit alone!
"The son-in-law has a letter, and he also asks his father-in-law to forward it to the Duke of Shu." Yuwen Wen solemnly handed over a letter with both hands, "The little son-in-law occasionally meets a stranger, and it is very effective to predict the good fortune and the skill of avoiding disaster, he said that in a few months, the Duke of Shu will have a great disaster, and the method of avoiding disaster is in the letter." β
Chi Jiong, the prince of Shu, the nephew of Yuwentai, the founder of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was loyal to Yuwen, and the then governor of Xiangzhou was also the father of Wei Chishun.
According to the original historical trajectory, two months later, Wei Chi Jiong saw that Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui Guo, who was an auxiliary minister, had the intention of usurping the throne, so he called up his protΓ©gΓ© and the army to which his sons and nephews belonged to rise against Yang, and fought fiercely with the marching marshal sent by Yang Jian, the famous general Wei Xiaokuan, hundreds of thousands of troops fought fiercely in various places for more than a month, and finally Wei Chijiong was defeated and died.
Yu Wenwen thought of a way to try to reverse the history of Wei Chijiong's defeat, but he was not qualified to attract the attention of the Duke of Shu, so he simply asked his father-in-law Wei Chi Shun to give it a try, as for whether it succeeded or not, it was no longer something he could influence.
"If the situation changes, the Duke of Shu will definitely raise troops to help the clan, and at that time, my father-in-law will have a hard time in Chang'an City, please think twice!"
He sincerely hoped that Wei Chishun would come up with a countermeasure, after all, they were his wife's parents, and if Wei Chijiong stayed in Chang'an City after raising troops, they would definitely be killed.
Tianyuan Emperor Yuwenyun died under his own hands, but the subsequent history seems to be moving along the trajectory of the old time and space, although Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui, was seriously injured in the failure of the 'crossing', but he still stubbornly entered the palace to fight for power.
During the reign of Yuwenyun, four auxiliary officials were set up in the first year of the elephant: Yuwensheng, the king of Zaiyue of the Zhuguo State, was the great former suspect, Chi Zhen, the governor of Xiangzhou, was the great right bi, and Li Mu, the governor of Shenguo, was the great left assistant, and Yang Jian, the great Sima Sui Guogong, was the great queen.
Among the four giants who held real power, Yu Wensheng was named the king of Yue and had already left Fengzhou (near present-day Danjiangkou City, Hubei) to take up the domain, Wei Chijiong served in the Xiangzhou Governor's Mansion (Zhiyecheng, near present-day Linzhang, Hebei), and Li Mu served in the Bingzhou Governor's Mansion (Zhijinyang, near present-day Taiyuan, Shanxi), except Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui, who remained in Chang'an City.
On the occasion of this great change, Yang Jian was close to the water and the building was the first to get the moon, and his daughter Yang Lihua is now the queen mother in the harem, and the advantages inside and outside are obvious.
Han Wang Yu Wenzan is now serving as the right prime minister of the auxiliary government, and this playboy who is addicted to wine will be played to death by Uncle Yang sooner or later, so the next plot will be similar to the old time and space.
The only consolation is that Yu Wenyun was assassinated this time, and his henchmen Zheng Yi and Liu Fang had no way to forge the edict to let Yang Jian take over the power, and the leadership of the forbidden army in Beijing and the palace is still in fierce contention, and Yuwen Wen spent money to curry favor with Yu Wenzan, the king of the Han Dynasty, so that he was able to leave Chang'an justifiably.
You have to go to Anzhou to make some preparations before Yang Jian really takes power!
After a moment of saying goodbye to the two sides, Yuwen Wen and Yuwen Fifteen followed the carriage onto the road, joined their own convoy parked on the side of the road, and walked forward for a while to cooperate with their brother Yu Wenming's convoy.
At this time, Yuwen Wen and his brother Yu Wenming went out with their families, in addition to the escort force as light as possible, Yu Wenming took his wife Li and his young son, and Yuwen Wen took the makeover wife Wei Chi Chifan.
The rest are confidant servants, family generals and guards, after all, it is a long way to Anzhou, and there are not enough guards for fear that they will be intercepted by bandits and horse bandits halfway, Yuwenliang, Yu Wenming, Yuwenwen father and son took into account the current situation when they discussed secretly, and Yuwenliang left his right-hand man in Chang'an when he returned to Anzhou.
As for the "eyes and ears of the court" mentioned by the old butler among the guards he selected, he had already found an excuse to send it away.
Anzhou Prefecture Zhi'an Lucheng is located in the modern Anlu City, Hubei Province, more than 90 kilometers northwest of Wuhan, according to the conventional route from Chang'an to the southeast direction of the Wuguan Ancient Road all the way to the southeast, through Xiangzhou (Xiangyang, now Xiangyang, Hubei), Suizhou (Suicheng, now Suizhou, Hubei) can reach, the whole journey is about 1,300 miles.
The other road is farther, starting from Chang'an all the way east through Luozhou (Zhiluoyang, now Luoyang, Henan) to Xingzhou (Zhichenggao, now Xingyang, Henan) and then turning south, all the way south through Yuzhou (Zhishangcai, now Runan County, Henan), Shenzhou (Zhipingyang, now Xinyang City, Henan) can be reached, the whole journey is about 1,700 miles.
The relationship between the two routes is like a right triangle, from Chang'an to the southeast out of Wuguan, this road is a right triangle, the hypotenuse is a short road, from Chang'an to the east out of Tongguan, this road is a right triangle, and the two right angles are the long road.
This time, they dredged up the relationship and left Chang'an in the name of traveling, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, they were willing to seek far, considering the ability of the accompanying family members to bear the long-distance journey, the daily itinerary should be controlled, and it is expected that it will take nearly 20 days to arrive in Anzhou.
After passing Luoyang and entering the border of Xingzhou, away from Chang'an, and then turning south, the power struggle on the side of Jingshi was almost white-hot, and the forces of all parties were waiting to draw their swords and see red, and no one cared where the two of them ran.
On Yu Wenwen's side, Mrs. Yu Chi Chifan, actress Liu Caiyun and two maids sat in a carriage, and the little eunuch Li Sanjiu, who couldn't ride a horse, guarded Yu Wenwen's strange belongings in another carriage, and the rest of the people were all riding horses.
The two families are combined into one, dozens of guards are clustered in the convoy to face the morning sun and march eastward, and the current situation in the imperial court is like a chess game, and Yuwenwen does not want to be a chess player, not even qualified to be a chess player, he can only learn from the Spring and Autumn Period Jin Guozi Chong'er like "born outside." β
Holding the reins, Yuwen Wen looked back at Chang'an City, the 'henchman servant' Yuwen Fifteen, and the 'not being a big boss for many years' Zhang Dingfa rode a horse behind him, looking at the majestic ancient capital in front of him, he said silently in his heart:
Chang'an, I'll be back!