Chapter five hundred and sixty seventh crossing the river
Fu Zhan didn't have many ways to deal with the current situation. He could only listen to Fu An. He asked: "Where is your Majesty now?"
Fu An said seriously: "Brother, don't worry, I have arranged for someone to take your majesty to the ferry first. As soon as we arrive, we can leave by boat with your majesty."
Fu Zhan said: "We must protect His Majesty's safety."
"I know."
Fu Zhan and Fu An's family went to the City God's Temple to worship. The City God's Temple in Pingyuan City, like the City God's Temple in Chang'an, enshrines the records of humans and gods.
The reason why he is said to be a human god is because Ji Xin is indeed a person. He followed Liu Bang in revolting against the Qin Dynasty. Later, during the Chu-Han conflict, he was captured by Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu persuaded him to surrender, but Ji Xin would rather die than surrender. He was later captured by Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu was burned and killed.
After Ji Xin's death, his loyalty and integrity were widely spread among the people. Later, in order to commemorate Ji Xin, the people built a temple to worship him. This is the earliest origin of the City God Temple.
In the following dynasties, the emperors highly praised Ji Xin. In the Tang Dynasty, a county was set up specifically for Ji Xin's hometown. In the Song Dynasty, Ji Xin was posthumously granted the title of Duke. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols posthumously granted him the title of Duke.
Ji Xin was king, and in the Ming Dynasty, Ji Xin was posthumously named Marquis of Zhonglie. However, in modern times, not many people seem to know who Ji Xin was.
Back to the story. Fu Zhan, Fu An and other Fu family members arrived at the Chenghuang Temple and began to worship.
This worship lasted for an hour or two. Fu Zhan, who was kneeling in the main hall and praying to the statue, heard footsteps coming from here. He opened his eyes and saw Fu An walking over.
He asked softly: "How is the situation?"
Fu An knelt on the mat, kowtowed forward, and said at the same time: "A group of informants have left, but there are still many left. Brother can continue to stay in the hall to pray, and I will take my sister-in-law and children to the backyard to eat.
Fast food.”
"Okay." Fu Zhan responded softly, closed his eyes again, and knelt in front of the statue, motionless, like an old monk in meditation.
Fu An got up and took Fu Zhan's wives, concubines, and children to the backyard to have a fast meal under the arrangement of the Taoist priest.
People are like iron, and food is like steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will feel hungry. Eyeliners are also people, they can get tired and hungry, and they also need to drink water and eat.
Seeing that the Fu family had begun to eat fast food in the Chenghuang Temple, they had no intention of leaving soon. Several leading spies met to discuss and felt that they could not wait here hungry.
So they left only one spy leader and three or four spies to continue to squat outside the Chenghuang Temple, while the rest of the spies went back to the city to have dinner.
Fu An's men had been secretly watching the movements of the spies. When they saw a large number of spies dispersed, leaving only a few spies outside the City God's Temple, Fu An's men immediately entered the City God's Temple and reported the matter to Fu An.
After hearing the reports from his brothers, Fu An's eyes suddenly lit up and he realized that the opportunity had come.
He found Fu Zhan, knelt down beside him, pretended to pray to the statue, and whispered: "Brother, most of the spies outside have withdrawn. Let's take this opportunity and leave quickly!"
Fu Zhan opened his eyes and nodded to Fu An.
The two brothers of the Fu family came out of the City God's Temple with their families, got on their carriage, and walked back quickly. Upon seeing this, the few spies who were left behind hurriedly mounted their horses and followed closely. As they walked, they suddenly realized
Something is wrong.
The direction of the carriages was not back to Pingyuan City at all, but to the ferry in the north. The spies didn't understand what was going on. The leader of the spies rolled his eyes, winked at his men, and then urged his horses to move forward.
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The carriage was not moving very fast. Soon, the spy leader and several of his men ran in front of the carriage. Then he reined in the horses and stopped in the middle of the road.
Seeing someone blocking the way, the driver stopped the carriage and shouted angrily: "Who is so bold as to block the carriage of the prefect!"
With a smile on his face, the leader of the spies got off his horse, bowed his hands to the coachman, and said, "I am the shopkeeper of Qingxiang Buzhuang. I saw the frame of Governor Fu's carriage and came here to say hello to Governor Fu."
After hearing this, the coachman's expression softened a little, but he still glared at the other party, then turned back to Fu Zhan with a smile on his face and said, "Sir, it's the shopkeeper of Qingxiang Cloth Shop here to say hello."
"Well, I understand, let him go!" Now at the most critical juncture, Fu Zhan had no intention of greeting the rest of the crowd. The coachman responded and was about to speak when Fu An suddenly said: "Wait a minute.
Down!"
He urged his horse forward and came to the shopkeeper of the cloth shop. He looked him up and down, got off his horse and asked, "Which cloth shop are you the shopkeeper of?"
"As for the Second Young Master, it's Qingxiang Buzhuang!"
"you know me?"
"The Second Young Master of the Fu family, who in the entire Pingyuan City doesn't know the Second Young Master?" The shopkeeper of Buzhuang is a very impressive person. When he speaks, he has a very lovable smile on his face, and his words are also very pleasant.
Fu An nodded and asked, "Where are you going, shopkeeper?"
"A batch of fabrics has arrived from the ferry. A few guys and I are about to go over to pick up the goods."
"Oh! Qingxiang Buzhuang, I haven't heard of it before! Where exactly is it in the city?" Fu An asked curiously.
"On Ximen Street in the west of the city..."
The shopkeeper was telling Fu An the location of his shop with a serious look on his face, and Fu An was listening attentively. Suddenly his shoulders shook, and a cold light suddenly appeared, and the shopkeeper's words suddenly stopped.
A bright red streak emerged from the shopkeeper's throat, and blood slowly flowed out along the bright red streak. The shopkeeper's eyes were wide open, and he looked at Fu An in disbelief. He shook his body twice and fell to the ground.
This situation made several of the clerks in Buzhuang stunned and scared. Before anyone could react, Fu An's body swayed and he had already moved in front of several clerks. A few cold lights suddenly appeared in the air.
All the workers, without exception, had a short red line in their throats, and their bodies fell to the ground with a crash.
Fu An shook his dagger, sheathed it, and shook his head towards his men.
Two big men walked over quickly, picked up a body with one hand, walked to the roadside, and dragged the body into the grass on the roadside. After returning, they used the loose soil on the ground to cover up the remaining blood stains.
At a glance, it was as if nothing happened here. Fu An got on his horse again, came to the carriage, first looked at the driver and asked, "What did you see?"
The coachman was also stunned at this time. He shook his head blankly and stammered: "Second...Second Young Master, the younger one...the younger one didn't see anything just now."
Fu An smiled calmly, ignored him, and said to Fu Zhan in the car: "Brother, they are all spies!"
Even though Fu Zhan was a prefect, he had never seen this kind of killing scene a few times. He swallowed, nodded, put down the curtain, and didn't finish a sentence.
Fu An slapped the driver on the shoulder, making the latter tremble with fright. Fu An said: "Continue driving to the ferry."
"Yes! Yes, yes, yes!" The coachman didn't dare to breathe. He quickly swung his whip, drove the carriage, and continued to move forward, but this time the speed of the carriage increased a lot. wavv
The journey was smooth and several carriages arrived at the ferry smoothly. When they got here, there was no need to go to the boatman. Fu An had already arranged the boat. It was not a very big boat, but it was more than enough to accommodate people like them.
Fu Zhan got off the carriage, came to the painted boat, summoned several coachmen and accompanying servants to him, and said: "I am going to Hebei by boat now, and then take a post in Luoyang. Are you willing to follow me?"
I welcome you to go to Luoyang with me. If you don't want to go, you can go back now!"
As he spoke, he took several money bags prepared in advance from his wife and said: "Master and servant, I don't have anything to give you before I leave. You can use this money to settle down and buy a house."
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The servants present looked at each other, and no one took the money bag from Fu Zhan's hand. They all said in unison: "I am willing to follow you to Luoyang. I hope you can continue to take me in and don't drive me away!"
As he spoke, all the servants knelt down one after another. Fu Zhan was moved, stretched out his hands to help everyone up, and said: "Since everyone is willing to follow me to Luoyang, then let's get on the boat together!"
Fu Zhan, Fu An and others abandoned their carriages and horses and boarded the boat one after another. In the cabin of the boat, everyone saw Liu Xiu. Without saying anything, Fu Zhan and Fu An knelt down and said, "Wei minister
See Your Majesty!"
The sudden actions of the two of them caught everyone present off guard and did not understand what was going on. Fu Zhan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is coming from Luoyang, why don't you salute His Majesty soon?!"
He specifically mentioned that Liu Xiu came from Luoyang. In this way, people would know which emperor the emperor in front of them was.
The emperor of Luoyang is Liu Xiu?! The look of surprise on people's faces became even stronger, but they didn't have time to think about it. They all knelt down and said in unison: "The common people pay homage to your majesty!"
Liu Xiu waved his arms and said, "Everyone, please get up quickly!"
After everyone got up, they all looked at Liu Xiu secretly. Of course, people were familiar with the name Liu Xiu, and it could even be described as thunderous. Now that they finally saw Liu Xiu in person, how could they not be curious?
Liu Xiu is much younger than people think, and he is handsome and tall. He looks elegant and has an air of elegance all over his body.
This is completely different from the image of a fat-headed and big-eared emperor that people imagine.
"The emperor is so young!" These words came from among the female relatives.
Fu Zhan turned around and saw that it was his daughter Fu Qingyi who was talking. He glared at her, then quickly said to Liu Xiu: "Your Majesty, my little girl Qingyi is young and ignorant."
Liu Xiu waved his hands disapprovingly. He had a big heart and could conquer the world, and his mind was equally broad. He laughed and said, "Miss Fu is right! Haha!"
As soon as he smiled, the awkward atmosphere immediately disappeared without a trace.
Soon, the painting boat left the ferry and sailed to the other side. Fu Zhan couldn't help but get up and walked to the window. Looking at the outline of Pingyuan City in the distance, he couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.
Now that I have left, I wonder if there will be a chance to return to Pingyuan City again. After all, he has stayed here for more than two years. It is impossible to say that he has no feelings for Pingyuan City at all.
Liu Xiu walked to Fu Zhan, looked in the direction of Pingyuan City, and said quietly: "Sooner or later, the Han Dynasty will regain Pingyuan, Qingzhou, and the whole world!"
The sadness in Fu Zhan's heart was swept away. He nodded solemnly and said, "As long as Your Majesty is here, I believe that this day will not be too far away!"
Liu Xiu smiled and said meaningfully: "With my own strength, if I want to conquer the world, it is like a worm shaking a tree. With the strength of tens of millions of people, if I want to conquer the world, it is like a wind blowing up and destroying everything."
Fu Zhan smiled and sighed sincerely: "Your Majesty's sage is a blessing to all ministers, not only to the country, but also to the people!"
