Chapter 1498 The Sudden Change in Suzhou - Rebellion
An hour ago.
"..., His Highness later summoned Xiao Zhuo to discuss the specific contents of the loan document. He planned to summon the merchants in Suzhou City again in the evening to tell the merchants everything agreed so that Li Taiyuan and others would no longer have excuses to refuse."
In a very remote house in the Dan family mansion, Xiang Yuanhong said to Dan Mo.
"Haha, even if he prepares all the details, Li Taiyuan and the others can still find thousands of excuses not to pay the money. All he can rely on is everyone's fear of the Ming Dynasty clan."
After listening to what he said, Dan Mo smiled.
"Master Xiang, that's exactly what he said. He has no power and no errands, and the only thing he can do is honor his status. I just don't know if the Li family can handle it." Xiang Yuanhong also responded with a smile.
"There is no need to call me Xiangzhu. All people in the religion are brothers and sisters. Just call me Brother Dan." Dan Mo said.
"How to do this?" Xiang Yuanhong asked.
"Following the prince of the Ming Dynasty, his speech became refined." Dan Mo said again: "Why can't this be done? If brothers and sisters in the religion can't even treat them equally, how can they survive under the suppression of the Ming Dynasty court?
To survive? All people in the religion are relatives, regardless of superiority or inferiority."
"Well, Brother Dan." Xiang Yuanhong said hesitantly.
"That's right." Dan Mo smiled. He then added: "The Li family can probably handle it. I can't find out who the person who helped the Li family five years ago is, but his identity must be very valuable.
, I secretly thought that he should be a member of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty and would not be afraid of King An who has no real power."
"That's good. As long as the Li family can bear it, Brother Dan, you won't be under too much pressure." Xiang Yuanhong said.
"Hey, it's hard to say. King An called my name first at noon today, and Ban Wan may not call my name first. I have to think about how to reject it." Dan Mo said with some distress, and at the same time he felt very sad.
Not satisfied. 'Our Dan family is not the richest businessman in Suzhou, why did they choose our family first?'
"Brother Dan, you have to be well prepared." Xiang Yuanhong said: "After all the businessmen left, King An muttered a few words in the house, as if he wanted to deal with the Dan family."
"In this case, I have to prepare better." Dan Mo said.
They talked for a few more words, and Dan Mo stood up, pointed at a sword hanging on the wall and said, "Brother Xiang, what do you think of this sword?"
"What a sword!" Xiang Yuanhong praised after taking one look at it. He was well-informed in Prince An's Mansion, but he had never seen a better sword than this one. He couldn't help but walked a few steps closer and looked carefully.
Look closely.
"Brother Xiang doesn't have to be like this." Dan Mo said with a smile: "Since brother Xiang likes it, the eldest brother will give this sword to him."
A look of surprise immediately flashed across Xiang Yuanhong's face, but then he declined: "How can I take away what Brother Dan wants from me?"
"Oh, look, I'm hanging the sword here. In fact, I don't know any martial arts at all, and I don't know how to identify a good sword or a bad sword. It's just because this sword is very expensive. It's just hanging here for decoration. It's really a waste of natural resources. Brother Xiang
He is extremely skilled in martial arts, and he is a hero in our religion. As the saying goes, a sword is given to a hero, and it is a perfect match. Please don't refuse, brother."
Xiang Yuanhong declined a few more words. Seeing that Dan Mo was sincerely giving it to him, he no longer refused and accepted it. "Thank you, Brother Dan."
"We are all brothers in the sect, why are you grateful?" Dan Mo said: "Don't worry, I will find someone to deal with this sword and make sure that people believe that you picked it up cheaply from someone who didn't know the goods at a stall.
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"Thank you, Brother Dan." Xiang Yuanhong said again. He was a little worried that it would be hard to explain after taking it back, but Dan Mo's doing this relieved his worries.
"You're welcome." Dan Mo said again with a smile.
He was about to say a few more words to bring the relationship closer between them, when suddenly there was a knock on the door. Dan Mo was startled, and stepped forward to ask who it was. He opened the door when he heard that it was him.
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The man hurriedly came in, and before he could close the door, he whispered to Dan Mo: "Brother, it's not good, the government knows our family's identity."
"What!" Two identical exclamations came from the room. Dan Mo and Xiang Yuanhong both looked at the people in front of them with disbelief on their faces.
"Brother, the family of the person we managed to bribe in the Jinyi Guard just now came secretly to report the news." This man also had a look of panic on his face: "I said that for some reason in the afternoon, two guards of King An came to see He Yuan.
Yuan went out with them, and when he came back, he immediately ordered everyone to call back all the Jinyi Guards in Suzhou, but those who did not arrive within an hour were all removed from the Jinyi Guards. After that, he went to the place where King An lived, and when he came back, he
Tell everyone to be prepared to raid Dan's house. No one can leave the Yamen. All food and accommodation must be in the Yamen. They must sleep with their clothes on at night and wait for orders at any time."
"The briber in our family was so anxious that he thought of a way to call his family and tell them in code. His family hurriedly came to tell us. After I heard about this, I ran all the way here.
Tell me here, brother." After saying this, the man coughed hard and took a few breaths.
"What should we do?" Dan Mo muttered with dull eyes. Although generations of believers in their family have thought about the situation of being discovered by the government, after all, they have lived in such a comfortable way for decades and are not prepared for such a situation.
, I suddenly panicked and didn’t know what to do.
"Brother Dan, immediately order all religious things in the family to be destroyed!" Xiang Yuanhong immediately said, "I know something about your Majesty today. It is important for teachers to have a reputation. If nothing can be found in the mansion, very few
I'll beat you to it. Destroy all these things, and then tell those in the clan who know the identity of the believers to keep their mouths shut, so that they can't find anything and still have hope of survival."
Xiang Yuanhong had been under tremendous pressure all the time during the more than eight years he had been in the capital, so he was not particularly panicked when he realized what he was doing, and immediately told Dan Mo what to do.
"This may not be useful." Dan Mo's clan brother Dan Qing, who came to deliver the message, said: "Brother Xiang, the search for the White Lotus cultists is different from other things. The government has always killed the wrongdoers and will not let them go. Even if nothing is confiscated,
They will also arrest all the tribesmen and torture them. There will always be people who cannot bear the punishment and confess." At this point, he remembered the punishments used by Jin Yiwei to punish criminals that he had heard in the past, and he couldn't help but tremble all over.
"It is true that the government may arrest everyone and torture them. But if you do what I said, there is a 90% chance that you will be tortured and your identity as a believer will be discovered; if you don't do what I said, your identity as a believer will definitely be discovered. For this reason
If it's possible, we should try it." Xiang Yuanhong said.
"Brother, I think we should immediately arrange for some tribesmen to escape with their children." Danqing disagreed with Xiang Yuanhong's idea. In his opinion, whether the things related to the White Lotus Sect at home are destroyed or not, the result will be the same, and the tribesmen are sure
They will be taken back and tortured severely. What should be done immediately is to find ways to send away some of the children in the family to preserve the family bloodline.
"You can't run away." Xiang Yuanhong said: "The sect's foundation in Jiangnan is weak. Apart from your Dan family, there are no other powerful believers. It is impossible for the government to avoid Jin Yiwei's efforts when searching."
"You can run to Jiangbei."
"Suzhou City is next to Taihu Lake and not to the Yangtze River. You know better than me. From the tone of the person who sent the message, there will probably be an inspection in the middle of the night today. If the person is found to be incompatible, a sea arrest document will be issued immediately. It concerns the White Lotus Sect.
, no one dares to neglect, the navy will block the river early tomorrow morning, and no birds can get across, how will your people get across?" Xiang Yuanhong said.
"Is it possible that the whole family is just waiting to die in Suzhou City!" Dan Qing shouted excitedly: "The whole family is staying in the city, just waiting to die! If you send some people out, at least you can keep the family blood! You are not from our Dan family.
Of course people can stand and talk without back pain!"
"You!" Xiang Yuanhong didn't know what to say for a moment. Danqing had already said these words, and any rebuttal he had would be considered as standing up and talking without hurting his back.
"Brother, quickly wake up all the people in the clan who are good at martial arts, and then call our youngest son, the most capable people in the clan, and escape from the city!" Dan Qing said to Dan Mo in a hurry.
Dan Mo had gradually calmed down and said in a deep voice: "No, you can't do this. Brother Xiang is right, you can't escape."
"Brother, is it possible that the entire family is waiting to die in the city?" Danqing shouted.
"Of course we can't wait to die!" Dan Mo said: "There is a 90% chance of being exterminated, so we must not do this."
"Brother Dan, there is no 90% chance. His Majesty rarely kills people nowadays. Even if it is found out that the Dan family is a White Lotus cultist, he will only execute some people and exile the others to the frontier." Xiang Yuanhong became more and more powerless as he spoke.
"Even if this isn't genocide, it's almost the same. The whole clan was exiled to the scourge of the border. How many people can survive?" Dan Mo said. When he saw Xiang Yuanhong, he wanted to speak again, so he interrupted: "And at this time
King An was in Suzhou. He wanted to build the canal but was short of money, so he raided the entire Dan family. He sold the men into slavery and the women into prostitution. Then he sold off all his belongings so that he could have money to build the canal. Just in time.
I offended him again at noon today, and he is probably not happy either. Dealing with our Dan family in this way will make him feel at ease. Do you think he will do this?"
"Brother Dan, what are you going to do?" Xiang Yuanhong didn't know what to say, so she could only ask. "If there is someone who can help, I will definitely help."
"Eldest brother really needs your help." Dan Mo said: "I want to mobilize the family to attack where King An lives and capture him alive."
"What! Why do you do this!" Xiang Yuanhong immediately asked in surprise: "To capture the prince alive is a major event that will shock the government and the public. The Dan family will definitely be exterminated." If the family is a White Lotus believer and is only a direct descendant, they will be executed.
, if the collateral clan can be exiled, then if they attack the prince of the Ming Dynasty, all nine clans will be executed.
"Brother, why are you doing this?" Danqing also asked in surprise. He didn't care about the nine tribes being exterminated. Anyway, in his opinion, the nine tribes would have been exterminated if he was a member of the White Lotus cult, and he would not be missing a single charge. But he didn't
Understand the use of capturing Zhu Ying alive at this time.
"I will use Zhu Ying and other officials in Suzhou City to deceive the trust of the navy, seize the navy, and escape overseas." Dan Mo said word by word.
He immediately explained: "Sir, capture Zhu Ying, and then use Zhu Ying as bait to capture all the officials in the city alive. As long as all the officials can be controlled, the matter will not be leaked out for at least two or three days. There will be two or three days."
time."
"Then he kidnapped Zhu Ying and officials in Suzhou City and went to the Donghai Navy's squadron stationed in Liujiagang to defraud the fleet. Although the fleet stationed in Liujiagang is a squadron, half of the entire Donghai Navy's ships are in this fleet.
Among the fleets, as long as we can capture this fleet, we can escape from the Yangtze River safely."
"After escaping from the Yangtze River, I found a small island to anchor temporarily. Then I divided the family members into several groups and went to various places to settle incognito. In this way, the entire family can be saved."
Xiang Yuanhong was frightened by this crazy plan and stood there blankly, not knowing what he was thinking. Dan Mo ignored him and ordered Dan Qing to wake up everyone in the family. Although Dan Qing also felt that Dan Mo's
The plan was very crazy and I didn't agree with it, but I thought it would be better to wake up all the clan members first and then discuss the next step, so I agreed and hurried out of the room.
After a while, Xiang Yuanhong came back to his senses and said to Dan Mo: "Brother Dan, this, this, this, this plan of yours cannot succeed. There are too many loopholes in the middle. Even if it is water
The generals of the division were deceived, but it is impossible for the soldiers of the navy to resist such a situation, let alone other things. Brother Dan, you should give up this idea, it won't work!" (To be continued)
