Ji Xiahe originally planned to hide this matter, but after hearing what Dai Yu said, Ji Xiahe was completely relieved.
Although this matter was not trivial, he completely trusted Shen Lie, and he knew very well what kind of person Shen Lie's eldest brother, Ji Xiahe, was, and did not want to mention him too much.
Hearing that Shen Lie had gone to bed, Ji Xiahe also planned to go back to his room to sleep.
When he came out, he saw that it was still early in the sky outside. He remembered a few things, turned back to look at Dai Yu who came out with him, and said, "You have been following Shen Lie all these years?"
Dai Yu didn't expect to be asked this question and said, "I have been with the young master for almost twelve years."
"Then, what happened about the lake tour in Jiangzhou the year before?"
Dai Yu paused and nodded: "Yes."
"How did they escape?" Ji Xiahe asked curiously, "They said they were dead at the time, so why did they come out so easily?"
"..."
Dai Yu smiled and said: "Master Ji, these words..."
It was as if they were cursing why they would not die.
Ji Xiahe also realized something was wrong and laughed a few times: "It's nothing, I'm just curious. Actually, you understand what I mean."
"Master Ji, why don't you go ask my young master," Dai Yu said, "My young master will let me tell you, then I can tell you."
"It seems you can't sue anyone yet?"
Dai Yu smiled and said goodbye to Ji Xiahe.
Ji Xiahe opened the folding fan and shook it twice in front of his chest.
He didn't really need to know, he was just curious. Thinking about what happened to the Ji family over the years, and seeing that his old neighbor the Guo family wasn't much better off, he actually felt sad in his heart.
In troubled times, no family can really escape from the troubled times in the world.
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Guangzhui and Anjiang are adjacent, and they are the two rear areas where Song Zhiyi launched his army. To Song Zhiyi, the existence of Guangzhui and Anjiang was more important than Yongan Kyoto.
After the Ji family took refuge in Song Zhiyi, they moved to Guangzhui, where they enjoyed great prosperity for a while.
There were many aristocratic families like the Ji family who came here, and these aristocratic families were all given preferential treatment by Song Zhiyi. Last year, Song Zhiyi ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. His country was named Ping, and his reign was named Tianding. More than half of the civil and military officials in the dynasty, as well as generals and ministers, were from their family.
At that time, the court was enjoying itself from top to bottom, and the newly appointed officials, big and small, were all in the limelight. However, it didn't take long before problems gradually came to light.
Many of the civil and military officials in Daqian started from small officials, worked their way up from low to high, defeated countless competitors, and climbed up step by step. Both their qualifications and political management experience have been honed for several years.
However, administrative officials like Song Zhiyi who were appointed based on their merits and deeds were full of paper skills and had no practical management ability. Many shortcomings emerged in a short period of time, and there were a lot of shortcomings.
For a newly established dynasty, this was undoubtedly fatal. Even if Song Zhiyi did not mention it, the officials in the dynasty gradually understood how unpalatable this bowl of rice was.
Many people thought of resigning, but the new emperor did not agree and forced them to stay in their official positions. At the same time, various rumors spread, and Song Zhiyi's eyes were completely focused on the properties of these families.
Guangzhui is the favorite place for wealthy foreign families. It is ridiculed by the people as "the town of buying official posts" and "the town of seeking glory".
At the moment, Ji Zhongchuan had just returned to Guangzhui, and he was pulled out before he could rest for a while, ostensibly to go to a restaurant to drink and listen to music.
Although Guangzhuo is not the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, it is still full of waterways and painted boats. More than half of the restaurants in the city are full of rich people. At night, the orioles sing and dance, and the lights are bright.
Ji Zhongchuan and a group of famous family members went to a restaurant called Qin Yan Tower.
A young and beautiful female musician was playing the piano in the next seat, and the lithe dancers danced coquettishly. Three of Guangzhuo's ten most famous dancers came. Ji Zhongchuan happily hugged the soft waist of one of the famous dancers and held his hand in his hand.
The touch feels extremely good.
After three rounds of drinking, I started to feel drunk, but no one said anything they shouldn't have said. They just complimented each other, hinted at each other, and quietly inquired.
At the banquet tonight, many people wanted to know from the Ji family about the Guo family's future plans.
Ji Zhongchuan did not know this, and Guo Yu refused to disclose it at the time.
But Ji Zhongchuan now refuses to say that he doesn't know. Instead, he uses all kinds of Tai Chi techniques, perfunctory and prevaricating, and remains mysterious, as if he doesn't know, but also as if he knows but can't tell.
After drinking till the end of time, he had to go back. Ji Zhongchuan came down from upstairs with the help of his entourage.
When he arrived at the door, his drunken eyes became brighter. After being helped into the sedan by his entourage, he patted the smell on his sleeves with an impatient look on his face.
"Sir, would you like to get up the sedan?" the attendant said respectfully from outside.
"Yeah." Ji Zhongchuan responded.
The sedan was lifted, but at this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly shot from outside.
Ji Zhongchuan happened to lean to the right, wanting to hold his forehead and take a nap, when the arrow was nailed directly to the sedan chair from above him, and the tail of the arrow was still swaying beside his head, making a buzzing sound.
It was just five inches away from his left ear!
Ji Zhongchuan was so frightened that he almost wet his pants, his eyes were wide open, and his hands and feet were shaking violently.
At the same time, screams were heard in several other places, and he was not the only one who was assassinated.
Ji Zhongchuan's entourage was also shouting, and he hurriedly opened the curtain of the sedan chair. Although Ji Zhongchuan was scared, he quickly adjusted himself and made crazy looks at his entourage.
The attendant was a smart man. He reacted and immediately cried: "Master!! Master!!!"
He turned around and rushed outside and shouted: "The master was shot through the forehead! Report to the officer! Go to the officer! Go back to my house, go back to my house!"
When the sedan was lifted up again, Ji Zhongchuan remained in his original appearance, not daring to move. To be precise, even if he wanted to move, he couldn't move, as if his bones were paralyzed.
I rushed back to Ji's house in fear all the way, and the whole Ji family was alarmed.
Ji Wenhuai had been ill these past few days. When he heard that such a big incident had happened to his son, he immediately lifted the quilt and had to get out of bed. A group of people helped him over.
Several men in charge went in one by one to look at the long arrow in the sedan, and then came out one by one. They were all frightened.
Ji Zhongchuan's entourage has already described the situation at that time.
Knowing that it was not just targeting the Ji family, everyone felt a little relieved.
Just when he relaxed, he heard the butler's tragic voice wailing from outside: "Master, master, something happened!"
Ji Zhongchuan's eldest brother Ji Mingyou hurried forward: "What happened?"
The butler's knees weakened and he knelt on the ground: "Young Master, the young master is gone! The young master was shot to death with an arrow on the street!"
Ji Mingyou's eyes widened and his chest felt tight: "What?! What did you say!"
Ji Mingyou's wife, Zeng, rolled her eyes and fainted, but was supported by people shouting.
Ji Wenhuai's ears were not good, so after hearing what the old servant beside him told him, he rolled his eyes and fell unconscious.
The entire Ji Mansion, like other mansions of aristocratic families, was in complete chaos.
