This time, many men from aristocratic families in Guangzhuo were assassinated to death on the streets. The people called it the Wenliu disaster, or Wenliu in search of flowers and willows.
In this disaster caused by Wenliu, the Zeng family in Muzhou was the worst affected.
Zeng He was already old. When it came to Song Zhiyi's rebellion, the Zeng family was divided into two factions, one supported and the other opposed. Later, Zeng He was invited by the eldest son Zeng Youzhi to suppress the opposition. Since then,
Two-thirds of the clan moved to Guangzhui.
Among the twenty-nine people who died in the Wenliu disaster, six were from the Zeng family. One of them was the youngest son of Zeng Xiangzhi, the third brother, who had just joined the Qiuyu camp as a soldier.
Six tribesmen died overnight. The pressure from the original supporters increased. Zeng He was so shocked and guilty that he vomited blood several times and fell unconscious.
The conflict within the Zeng family was fierce. Zeng Youzhi turned the conflict outward and united with other aristocratic families to put pressure on the government and force them to find the murderer.
For several days in a row, both Magistrate Tang and Magistrate Liu were scolded so hard that they did not dare to reply a word. Some people got more and more scolded, and the words they said were very unpleasant.
Some people deliberately spread rumors to stir up trouble. Their words have completely changed and are extremely treasonous. However, only a few people cared about it at first. After the rumors spread, they realized that the situation was serious.
Several established local aristocratic families in Guangzhuo have been oppressed by foreign aristocratic families over the years, and they have long been angry and resentful. Taking this opportunity, many people came forward to criticize, which suddenly aroused many conflicts, which were out of control, and they started to talk nonsense.
He spouted more and more arrogance.
On the night when Shen Lie returned to Guangzhuo, the army was mobilized outside the city, 20,000 troops entered the city, and the whole city was under martial law.
Upon hearing that Shen Lie was back, the Ji family tried their best to organize as many people as possible and sent Ji Xiahe out of the city at dusk the next day.
Ji Xiahe wore the armor of the Qiu Yu camp and went out of the city with a group of strange soldiers. As soon as he left, he went straight to Zhuangzi.
Dark clouds gradually gathered in the sky, covering up the moonlight, the night wind became violent, and it was about to rain.
After Ji Xiahe entered Zhuangzi, he strode towards Shen Lie's courtyard. As he walked, he took off the armor on his head. When he looked up, he saw that Shen Lie, Du Xuan and Dai Yu were already waiting for him in the courtyard.
The wind in the courtyard was strong, the wind lanterns on the eaves were swaying, and the flowers and trees were swaying. Shen Lie stood in front of the stone table with the wind behind him. On the stone table behind him were the luggage and luggage he had brought when he came.
Ji Xiahe's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly stepped forward: "Brother Shen is leaving?!"
"Leave together with you," Shen Lie said, "When will you leave?"
Ji Xiahe breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Something big has happened. The situation is very serious right now. King Xunping will come with his troops the day after tomorrow. It is Jin Hongkang, Emperor Tianding's sworn brother before the uprising, the murderer!"
Shen Lie said lightly: "I know him and have fought against him before."
Ji Xiahe paused and remembered that he had asked Dai Yu about his lake tour in Jiangzhou not long ago, and it was related to Jin Hongkang.
Two years ago, Shen Lie went to Jiangzhou to pick up Guo Zhaohai, the only official in the Guo family who was trapped in Jiangzhou. On the way, he accidentally encountered Jin Hongkang's army. The two sides had not met yet, but the other party had already arranged their troops and relied on their people.
Duo began to outflank them from three miles away and forced them into Youhu County. Later, after Shen Lie was abandoned and left behind, the others left around Xiaonan Mountain in Youhu.
Ji Xiahe still doesn't know how Shen Lie came out of Jiangzhou, but he feels more and more disgusted with the Guo family and Ji Xiahe.
But think about it, his own Ji family had never been good people, but his surname was Ji, and his family was very kind to him, so Ji Xiahe got into conflicts from time to time.
"If Song Zhiyi is a hypocritical person who likes to put on a white face and a bad face, then this Jin Hongkang is responsible for all the bad things," Ji Xiahe said in a low voice, "When Guang Zhui's accident happened, Jin Hongkang was in Shihe, following Zeng Those reckless people at home are causing trouble again, and I'm afraid the situation will be difficult to deal with now."
"When are you leaving," Shen Lie asked, "Zi Shi, Yin Shi?"
"The family is talking about tomorrow night."
"Tomorrow night?"
"Tomorrow night at Haishi."
"If you want to leave, leave today." Dai Yu frowned, "Do you think you can leave tomorrow? Do you believe that Jin Hongkang has been targeting Guang Zui for a long time?"
"But tonight is too hasty," Ji Xiahe looked at him, "We haven't arranged the manpower yet. There are many people in the Ji family. We will leave Dingxing to mobilize the troops this time. When the time comes..."
"You're leaving tomorrow night, haven't you started taking care of yourself today?" Du Xuan interrupted.
Ji Xiahe was at a loss for words, paused, and said, "There is some management, but Ji has a large family..."
"With a family to take care of, you can have as few things as possible," Du Xuan added. "If you feel in a hurry, those people will definitely not be able to guard against you. Master Ji, Du thinks you might as well go back and make an agreement with your family now. It's best to leave tonight." good."
"But, it seems like it's going to rain again tonight." Ji Xiahe said softly.
"If the rain gets heavier, the road tomorrow will be even more difficult," Shen Lie said.
Ji Xiahe pursed his lips and said anxiously: "I came here to explain to you that I will leave tomorrow and to prepare you, but unexpectedly you just said tonight... that's all, tonight is tonight!"
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Since the heavy rain that day, the river has been turbulent and turbulent in these days, so the Ji family has long planned to abandon the waterway and switch to the land route.
Shen Lie followed Ji Xiahe into the city, while Dai Yu and Du Xuan took their luggage to wait at Wuliting outside the city.
After listening to what Ji Xiahe said, the Ji family members all had their own opinions, some disagreed, and some advocated leaving now.
Shen Lie stood outside the door and waited. Some unfriendly remarks about him came from inside the house. Although he was quickly interrupted by Ji Xiahe, he could still hear it.
Many followers and old servants of the Ji family were outside the door. After hearing this several times, they couldn't help but look at the young man under the eaves. He was dressed in black clothes with a waist, standing straight, tall and slender, and his handsome eyebrows were cold and calm, as if The unpleasant words in the room were not talking about him.
I'm a little worried that he will leave in anger and abandon them.
But having said that, does such a young young master really have the courage that others say he can do?
There was a quarrel in the room for about half a quarter of an hour, and finally the decision was made, and they left an hour later.
The man in charge immediately went to make arrangements and open up relationships.
Several female relatives went crazy after hearing this, and their peaceful life was shattered. When they first came here, they considered Guangzhui as the place where they would settle down and settle down. Therefore, the boxes and boxes of dowry they brought with them when they married into the Ji family also I brought them all together, and now that I am leaving in such a hurry, let alone counting, I may not be able to take away even the ready-made items.
Ji Xiahe was messing around in the backyard. This time, even Sun, who always loved him very much, didn't want to pay attention to him.
Everything was busy and noisy, but the voices were deliberately kept low, and a strong depressive atmosphere hung over the entire Ji Mansion.
In such a hopeless and powerless atmosphere, the seventh lady of the Ji family, who was full of aggrieved and did not understand why she had to leave, secretly sent her confidant to inform her close friend of the Zeng family and beg her to find a solution.
But such a short time was not enough to think about it. Miss Qi finally reluctantly got into the carriage together with other female members of the Ji family, and left the home where she had lived for several years with full of resentment.
