The rise of the prince

Chapter 268 The Homeland Is Hard to Say + Ding Yi's Wrath

"Sister-in-law, come with me, take the child with you, and it will be safe to go back in only ten days." This is not the first time Li Xingzhou persuaded him. I started to talk about it with my sister-in-law whom I hadn't seen for a long time.

After all, he traveled thousands of miles south just to save himself, the sister-in-law of Princess Qing'an.

"No." At the side of the small desk under the eaves, the aunt shook her head sadly: "Xingzhou, you don't understand."

As she spoke, she made tea for herself, which was fragrant tea, which Li Xingzhou couldn't drink.

"Sister-in-law has been here for more than ten years. When I was still a girl's family, it was really forced by the situation. I couldn't help myself. My father hoped that I could win over the Huaihua Mansion and Jiannan Road. As a child of the Tian Family, how can I win?" As for self-determination, even if I am the queen's daughter, Princess Qing'an, who is favored by my father and emperor, cannot.

I got married out of desperation, but I didn't expect that when I came to Liu's family, there was a catastrophe, the family was in decline, and your uncle was a helpless person. "

The sister-in-law said with a sigh: "In this situation, and my daughter's house is far away in another country, I probably can only live a lonely life and die in depression, but my mother and everyone in the house will never leave me. With their help, I will be able to take over the Prince Consort’s Mansion properly, and live a decent life in this place thousands of miles away from home."

As she spoke, there were tears in my sister-in-law's eyes. She took Li Xingzhou's hands and said, "My sister-in-law can't leave now. Once I leave, what will the people in the house do? What will my mother do? Slack, if I abandon them to live on, how can I face the people in the mansion."

"Then take all the people in the son-in-law's mansion with us. There are no more than a thousand people anyway. I guess it will take some time for the Suzhou rebels to react even if they get the news. By then, we will have passed the border of Suzhou." Li Xingzhou suggested again. It is estimated that there should be more or less news about them in Suzhou at this time. With 1000 people and [-] horses, it is impossible to deceive people.

In fact, he also chose to say that if his little cousin, who is not yet one year old, can survive the 1000-mile journey through deep mountains and old forests and poor living conditions, it is a big problem.Moreover, when there are too many people, the march will be slow. If they are discovered, whether they can escape the pursuit of the rebels is also a problem.

But the key point is that Li Xingzhou is very confident in his own judgment. Suzhou Ding Yi is afraid that under external pressure, the Luzhou government and some universal immortals will fight against them, so he will not rush into Luzhou in a short time, but once Luzhou If one party, or Qifang, or Universal Immortal completely surrendered to him, he would definitely win Luzhou in one fell swoop.

For a short time, they are safe.

There is a high probability that Suzhou will not attack hastily because of their 1000 troops. The Dajiang waterway will be cut off, and the imperial army will not be able to move south quickly.

They also only have this chance!
If it drags on for a few more days, it is estimated that no one will be able to leave.

My sister-in-law still shook her head, "You don't understand Xingzhou. They say that fallen leaves return to their roots, but my sister-in-law's roots are no longer in the capital, but in Luzhou. If Luzhou dies, I will die here. When I wrote to ask for help, I just wanted to beg my father to send me a hand. Dajun rescued Luzhou, but he didn't expect to drag you down, silly boy.

You go back quickly, you are the only incense of the elder brother, if you have something wrong here, how can I explain to the elder brother under the nine springs! "

Li Xingzhou persuaded him all afternoon, but my sister-in-law didn't change her mind at all.

Because of the garrison of the Shenji Battalion outside the son-in-law's mansion, the people who were bewitched by the cult did not dare to approach it for the time being, because the momentum of firing guns was too frightening. For the people who didn't know it, the psychological deterrent was greater than its own lethality.

But he knew that this was only temporary, and Luzhou could not stay for long.

In the evening, my sister-in-law prepared a relatively extravagant dinner to welcome them. She said it was extravagant, but in fact it was just a few meat dishes and ordinary rice wine. Under the current situation, it is indeed a luxury to be able to eat these things.

After the dinner, my sister-in-law took her to meet her mother-in-law. The sister-in-law said that her mother-in-law was very kind to her, and she would not be able to support her if it weren't for the support of the old man.The mother-in-law was a short, stooped old man with thinning hair, at least sixty years old, and when the old man saw him, he would kneel down and bow down, so Li Xingzhou quickly helped her up.

In feudal dynasties, the heavenly family is supreme, which is indeed in accordance with etiquette.

Just like in the Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Zheng led the whole family to kneel down to worship the daughter of his concubine Xiande, the supremacy of the heavenly family is carried out in the bones and blood of every feudal dynasty.

Later, I saw his useless uncle, who looked about forty, with a short beard and heavy bags under the eyes. He lived in a side yard, and the house was messy and smelly. It was said that the king of the imperial court had come. , just bowed quickly, and then half-lyed on the bed drinking tea.

The sister-in-law seemed not to want to see him more, so she took herself away.

The son-in-law's mansion is very large, as big as half the imperial palace. After all, when the old head of the Liu family was not dead, there was no disintegration, and there was no internal fighting, the Liu family was also a big family in Huaihua Mansion and Jiannan Road. .

It's just that the situation is changing, a heavy rain killed the old head of the Liu family, and in just a few years, the Liu family completely declined.

Along the way, everyone treated my sister-in-law with great respect, and there were many people in the son-in-law's mansion, far more than his palace.

Seeing people's attitude towards my sister-in-law, Li Xingzhou gradually understood that my sister-in-law might really not go with him.

Li Xingzhou couldn't help sighing, how determined he was to go south. When he came, the sergeants of the Shenji Battalion must have been prepared to sacrifice their lives for the national disaster, but he didn't expect such a result.

Sister-in-law doesn't want to leave at all, even if she dies on this land, she won't leave. It's a bit like a dog picking a mouse. Li Xingzhou couldn't help laughing at himself.

After tonight, he will have to make a decision whether to leave or stay. It is man-made, but many times, things will exceed expectations. After all, he is not a god, and he cannot know what everyone is thinking in advance.

After Qifang settled down the yamen servants and the Xiang army, it was already afternoon, and as the sun was setting, she rode a horse on the empty and messy streets, feeling a sense of loss in her heart.

The river bridge outside the yamen in the north of the city used to be the most prosperous place in Luzhou. At that time, there was a lot of traffic, people coming and going, peddlers and pawns, there were all kinds of religions and streams, and the crowds crowded shoulder to shoulder and bustled.

Now there are only dilapidated houses left, with overgrown weeds in the corners, the smell of feces and urine in the street, none of the dilapidated shops are lit, and you can't hear the chickens and dogs barking, except for the night wind, the silence is terrible.

This is Luzhou, the hometown where she was born and raised, where she played and rode horses.

Unknowingly, Qi Fang's eyes were wet. Tomorrow she will leave her homeland and seek refuge with Na Ding Yi. The new Ping Nan King is so arrogant and overbearing. He is young and has a bright future, but he is ignorant and wants to ruin his life in this place.

Although she is unwilling and doesn't want her homeland to be like this, what can she do?

The current chaos in Luzhou, even if it is really the lower realm of the gods, so what?
After a while, she rode back to the mansion, and Menzi took the reins and led the horse to feed fodder and water.

Qifang glanced at the tall and vermilion gate, feeling sad, now she is alone in this mansion.

The elder sister-in-law and her two nephews have been secretly sent to Guazhou by their father. If there is something wrong with this, it is the last blood of their family. The concubines of the second brother also ran away after the accident.

As soon as she entered the door, her personal servant girl came up to greet her, handed her wet wipes and hot water, Qi Fang washed her face twice casually, and then asked how the mansion was doing today.

"Master still hasn't come back. That Ding Feng is eating, drinking and messing around in the main hall, and no one else dares to go in." The personal servant girl took the towel and wrung it dry for her, while reporting the situation in the mansion.

"Today, the Xiang army came to the treasury to send five stones of rice for emergency. Someone was killed in the north of the city, and also in the south of the city. I heard that it was a rice grabbing fight, and five died. But at that time, the lady transferred all the people. The yamen servants and the Xiang army must have something very important, so I didn't ask anyone to report it, for fear of disturbing them."

Qifang nodded, and rubbed her temples helplessly. Recently, Luzhou City has been looting everywhere and killing people every day. Ordinary people will be afraid when walking on the road in broad daylight, for fear of being killed at any time.

She washed her face, and then said: "Go and tell everyone in the mansion to pack up and get ready."

The little maid next to her was surprised and said: "Miss, are we leaving now? What about the uncle and the second master?"

Qifang nodded: "That's right, we're leaving, just in these two days, when we arrive in Suzhou, they will naturally amplify Grandpa and Second Master, you don't have to worry about this, let them prepare."

The little maid nodded, took the water basin, put away the towel and retreated.

At this moment, the gate at the door suddenly shouted and ran in, "Miss, the second master is back! The second master is back!"

Qifang's heart was shocked, and she hurriedly ran towards the door.

Ding Yi was expressionless, and rode around the wooden fence of the camp. Because he walked back and forth too much every day, and after two days of spring rain, the road outside the camp is now muddy. It didn't do much, and within two days, even the planks and stones were all trampled into the mud.

The horse crossed the mud pit very slowly, and he couldn't help urging with his legs crossed.

Soon, the horse entered the big camp, and the torches outside the tent were connected together, illuminating the large area of ​​the camp. Many high-ranking officers in the army were already waiting there, including Liu Ji, Ding Yi's newly promoted Xiang commander, and Ding Yi's second uncle Ding For, cousin Ding Bing and so on.

On the table in the middle of the crowd, there was a whitish human head.

Seeing Ding Yi get off his horse, everyone dared not show their anger, and no one spoke.

When Ding Yi got the news in the afternoon, his chest was full of anger, and he rushed from Rinyang City at high speed. It was already night, and he said angrily, "Who did it, get out!"

When his cousin Ding Bing was yelled at by him, he immediately fell to his knees in fright, and said nervously: "Brother Yi, yes... it was made for brother, but he."

Before he could explain, Ding Yi had already slapped him mercilessly on the face. This slap was firm and merciless at all. Blood splashed from Ding Bing's mouth and nose on the spot, and half of his face was swollen after a while.

Ding Ti is Ding Yi's second uncle and also Ding Bing's father, he couldn't see it, and said quickly: "Xiao Yi, this time Yong Dong is just an outsider, even though he is the son of the prefect of Luzhou, an outsider is an outsider after all, Just die, Ding Bing is your cousin, we are all in the same family, why bother."

Ding Yi turned his head to look at his uncle viciously, and suddenly became angry, father and son are both worthless!
How could their pig brains understand the importance of Qi Jia's two brothers, Qi Yongdong and Qi Rui's two brothers are the most important thing to ensure that Qi Dong dare not tear his face with them!

As long as they are in their hands, Luzhou will be dragged into infinite internal friction, and they dare not fight to the death with them in Suzhou.

As a result, his stupid pig cousin did this kind of thing. If you want to kill Yongdong, you can kill him. If you want to kill him, you can kill Qi Rui together. It is impossible for the prefect of Luzhou to know who his two sons are in a short time. Death is life, but after he killed one, he was so guilty and afraid that he didn't dare to kill the other, and let Qi Rui run away!

It's more than enough to fail!
The anger in Ding Yi's heart could hardly be suppressed, and he forced himself to ask in a low voice, "Why did you kill him?"

Cousin Ding Bing was so frightened that he fell limp on the ground, and was slapped with blood all over his face, but at this moment he became plausible.

"Brother Yi, our Ding family can hold Xu Guo in our hands, so it is right to say that we are the same as the emperor, and our Ding family are all superior people, right?

You asked me to treat those two brothers with courtesy, elder brother, I treated them with courtesy, but they didn't respect me at all. In the future, Brother Yi, you will be the emperor, and the cousin, let me say, is also a prince. Let them follow the etiquette that courtiers should follow when they meet the prince It's also reasonable.

But the two of them just refused, I drank some wine that day, and killed Yong Dong in a fit of anger.

But as a brother, I'm not a fool, I realized after I killed one, brother Yi, you managed to get these two boys here, it must be useful, so I kept the other one and prepared to detain it.

I didn't think about it when he was escorted back to the camp, he suddenly went crazy, bit off the escort's ear, and then took the horse and ran away."

The more Ding Yi listened, the more angry he became, he was so angry that he was almost unsteady!
Back then, if it wasn't for his grandfather's request, how could he have put this idiot cousin in the army? That Qi Rui was originally a straightforward, tall man, and seeing him kill his own brother face to face, wouldn't he go crazy!
Even if something goes wrong, it won't be a bad thing to kill both of them who act decisively. After all, Qidong will not know whether the two sons are dead or alive. He said that if he is alive, he is alive.
The more Ding Yi thought about it, the more angry he became, and he said angrily: "Come here, pull Ding Shan down, and behead him for public display!"

Now Ding Ti and Ding Bing's eyes turned red, and they cried and begged for mercy, expressing their kindness and complaining, and even moved their grandfather out to suppress him. In the end, Ding Yi had no choice but to order to change the stick to twenty.

But even so, the second uncle was still very dissatisfied, and clamored to tell his father that he had no respect for his elders and disrespected his elders.

Ding Yi didn't bother to pay attention to them, these two yelling idiots didn't understand that their actions almost ruined their Ding family's great career!

He called Liu Ji, the commander of Xiangdu, who was promoted by him personally. He was the leader of the rebel army who led the villagers to resist the imperial army, and now he is the commander of Xu Guoxiangdu with tens of thousands of people under him.

"My lord." Liu Jigong cupped his hands.

Ding Yi just nodded, and hastily ordered: "Let the soldiers get ready and leave for Luzhou within four days."

"Yes!" Liu Ji was shocked, then took the order, and then turned around to prepare.

Ding Yi looked at the brightly lit tents in the distance, his face was cloudy and uncertain. Once Qi Yongdong died and Qi Rui fled, he couldn't just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, he could only fight quickly.

This would be much more risky, because there are many soldiers in Suzhou, but there are no elite soldiers and little battlefield experience, and they are all temporarily enlisted. He could have waited for Luzhou to internally fight, and then one of them could not support himself.

The situation was so good, but only to be disturbed by his idiot cousin, he turned into this in an instant.
But no matter what, even if it's a fight to the death, the advantage is on their side.

(End of this chapter)