Chapter 1779: Isolation never stands under a dangerous wall
Seeing Wen Xunpeng's anxious look, Su Ziji smiled, looked into the distance, and then scanned the surroundings, saying: "I understand your heart, sir. Don't worry, you will never stand alone under a dangerous wall.
, you will know later."
After a pause, he added: "We met in the back mountain. We just left quickly through the back road. There are armored soldiers to support us, so why worry?"
Wen Xunpeng was about to say something else, but Su Ziji turned around and ordered a few soldiers to go with him.
Only bring a few soldiers for protection?
Wen Xunpeng felt even more uneasy, but he still wanted to speak, when he suddenly saw Su Ziji's eyes turning back, he was shuddered, fell silent for a moment, and said decisively: "Then please bring your ministers with you, my lord!"
That expression seems to be saying, if you don't take me with you, I will stop you even if you don't take me with you.
Su Ziji knew his temper and seemed helpless, saying, "Then follow him."
As he said that, several people walked and followed on horses, heading towards the mountain. Behind them, hundreds of armored soldiers stood. Several of them looked at each other, but did not move. They just waved their hands, and a group of cavalry immediately separated and flew away.
Keep an eye on the path.
There are only two paths in Zengxian Mountain. Keep an eye on the paths, and nothing will happen.
Because it was raining, there were almost no pedestrians on the street, and many shops were closed. Fang Xi was so busy that her eyes were dazzled. After finishing her work, she heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from outside.
"Sir! It's not good! Something big has happened!" The man ran in such a hurry that he almost lost his boots.
Fang Xi frowned and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
"Sir, it's a civil uprising! It's a civil uprising!"
The visitor hurriedly said: "Many people have gone to the imperial envoy! They all shouted that Zhang Dai was innocent and wanted to seek justice! Sir! Something big has happened!"
Fang Xi's expression suddenly changed, she was shocked and angry: "They are so brave!"
What does it mean to seek justice?
First you cry out that the imperial envoy is unjust, and then you go to seek justice. How is this different from rebellion?
In this kind of civil uprising, people may feel that the law does not punish the people, and they may also feel that the officials have made a big mistake. Killing the officials in anger is excusable, and the people will only be appeased afterwards - but it is a pity that they finally stayed in some yamen
, gradually became clear.
If it is said to be in the late dynasty, only the leaders should be held accountable.
In the early days, most of the people were suppressed together with the rebels.
Of course, regardless of suppression or not, when an official encounters trouble, he will naturally be destroyed - die or be held accountable!
As a scholar, Fang Xi had naturally heard of this kind of thing. He immediately thought of what Zhang Dai would encounter. He stood up with a snap and gave a stern order: "Get your horses ready and follow me to Zengxian Mountain!"
The man was ordered and quickly responded: "But this one is matched with seven horses..."
"Seven horses will do!" Fang Xi ordered sternly: "Prepare oil coats for me, call up the elite soldiers, and follow me up!"
The man hurriedly agreed, calling for people and preparing horses. Fang Xi changed into oil clothes and gave gloomy instructions: "Inform all the yamen, send people there, and record the files."
When you are an official, you naturally know the secrets and if you don't tell them, the yamen can say that you don't know. But if you tell them about such things and then ignore them, you will be deemed guilty and worthy of death.
No one wants to be a faggot.
"The people assigned to me by the imperial envoy must be mobilized immediately. Even if they don't have horses, they must come to meet them on foot. You can keep command. Anyone who disobeys will be killed immediately."
"yes"
Fang Xi stopped talking, got up, climbed on his horse, and ran out with six riders.
He planned to leave the city directly and go to the imperial envoy's office.
Even if the civil unrest breaks out, as a member of the imperial envoys and an official of the imperial court, how can he just watch?
Then who has he become?
Fang Xi had a stern look on her face, whipped her horse whip hard, and her horse neighed, spread its hooves, and ran towards the city gate.
Only halfway along the road, several people came in front of us, shouting: "Wait a minute! Stop! Stop!"
"Uu——"
Fang Xi first pulled the reins of the horse, and the horse he was riding slowly stopped. When he raised his hand, the six armored soldiers following him also stopped.
"Who is that person in front of you?" Fang Xi asked sharply.
At this moment, someone came to intercept him, making Fang Xi very wary.
The person who intercepted the man recognized him, and he breathed a sigh of relief. The leader said: "Master Fang! I finally found you! I was sent by the grandson to look for you. The grandson has something to tell you."
Fang Xi also saw clearly the appearance of the people who intercepted him at this time, and they all looked familiar. After a brief memory, he realized that these people were indeed the people beside his grandson.
These people are all Taisun's own soldiers, and they are Taisun's cronies.
Fang Xi then leaned closer and asked, "Where is Taisun? Do you have anything to tell me?"
Although he was anxious to leave the city, out of respect for his grandson, he still got off his horse, held the horse, and asked the other party.
The leader said: "Master Fang, Taisun has sent a group of people to look for you, but they probably couldn't find you. Taisun waited for a long time, so he asked us to search again."
"I searched several times before but couldn't find it. I was about to go to the Yamen when I happened to meet your Excellency - Taisun said that a civil uprising has started. Please don't go into the mountain and get out of the way immediately!"
Don't go into the mountain, get out of the way immediately?
Fang Xi could hear the concern from the grandson in these words of warning.
In fact, he was just a new official in the officialdom. If the grandson hadn't remembered the friendship, why would he have sent someone to find him at this time to ask him to get out of the way and not take risks?
Fang Xi's nose felt sore, and all the events in the past seemed to reappear in front of her eyes.
But he did not agree immediately. Instead, he asked this person how much he knew about the civil uprising.
Visitors can only tell Fang Xiting what they saw and heard along the way.
Fang Xi fell silent. The matter seemed more serious than what he heard just now?
Do you want to obey your grandson's orders not to return to the mountain and avoid civil unrest, or do you have other plans?
"We are about to reach the city gate, let's climb the city wall and take a look before talking." Fang Xi got on his horse again and continued forward with his armored soldiers.
This attitude was actually very obvious. Several people who were ordered to intercept Fang Xi looked at each other, and one of them asked: "Master Fang won't listen, what should we do?"
One person said: "We have intercepted Mr. Fang and conveyed the message to Mr. Fang. If Mr. Fang does not listen, we will have no choice but to go back and recover."
What else can be done besides this?
Can Master Fang still be forced to leave?
Or knock Master Fang unconscious so that Master Fang cannot leave the city?
They have no right to do this.
These few people could only follow him, then climb up the wall and look far away.
When Fang Xi climbed up the wall and looked far away, her already livid face became even more ugly.
I saw in the distance, under the night rain, the torches were divided into several parts. Each part seemed to have hundreds of people, scattered and scattered.
But the speed was very fast, and they were quickly gathered from all directions.
The little bits of fire light merged together, as if they had merged into a river. Just looking at it from a distance made people feel fear.
The number of people... was really too many, beyond Fang Xi's imagination.
The connected torches had reached a formation that frightened him even just looking at them, but they continued to gather together.
How many people are participating in this?
Look at it this way, it's not just some street gangsters involved.
Many people participated!
It was real people who got involved.
What kind of civil uprising are officials most afraid of?
It is not a popular uprising where gangsterism can be seen at a glance, but a popular uprising in which many ordinary people participate.
"how so?"
Fang Xi's face showed confusion. She didn't understand why Zhang Dai, an upright official, was hated by the people and even caused such a big civil uprising?
Those corrupt officials who do nothing, do evil things, and even plunder the land, have not reached this level!
why is that?
Fang Xi looked at the torches in the distance, and felt a deep sense of powerlessness in her heart.
After becoming an official and entering this situation, he deeply felt how deep the water was. It was so deep that he could not understand or see clearly.
It seems that the teachings of Confucius and Mencius cannot be measured at all, and personal power seems to be unable to change the slightest bit.
After a moment of silence, Fang Xi turned around and walked down the city wall. The Jia soldiers who came up with him, as well as several government soldiers who came up with him, all followed.
"Sir?" he called out to the capital soldiers.
Fang Xi kept walking and went all the way back down.
He took the horse, got on it, and said to the person who came to intercept him: "Thank you grandson for me, but I have a reason to go back."
"I have already escaped once, am I going to betray my commander and escape again?"
"In this case, how can I gain a foothold in officialdom?"
After saying that, Fang Ximeng whipped him: "Let's go, keep moving forward, and go back to the Imperial Envoy's Mansion!"