Started to get rich after exile

Chapter 117

"Master Pei, a member of the Ministry of Officials, is the younger brother of Concubine Pei. Concubine Pei was once picked up by Prince Heng's mother and concubine, and gave birth to a princess for the former emperor."

Ming Lanying frowned and thought for a long time, but she never thought of hearing that the emperor had sisters in the capital, "Then what about Concubine Pei and the princess? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"After the princess died in infancy, Concubine Pei stayed with the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha and stayed away from the capital all year round."

Ye Juelu's expression was gloomy, but Ming Lanying understood that the backyard of the deep palace is a place where children are eaten.

I heard that Prince Heng's mother and concubine were the late emperor's favorite concubine, and the favorite concubine would be targeted by others, let alone the people around her.

Concubine Pei has become a concubine, but I haven't heard that Prince Heng's mother concubine has become a concubine, so it should be gone.

"It's no wonder that Hu Leqiang dared to do such a stupid thing of bullying." Ming Lanying groped her chin in thought, "Then Mr. Pei still has sisters?"

Ye Juelu knew all the officials of the court like the palm of his hand, and nodded upon hearing this, "There is a concubine who married far away."

"A concubine who married far away? Then how did he get in touch with Mr. Pei who has lived in the capital for a long time?"

Ming Lanying doesn't really understand that the development of a big family is inseparable from anyone in the family, no matter whether it is a descendant or concubine, they are useful.

"Although they are married far away, it doesn't mean they have no connection. The Pei family has a concubine Pei and a member of the civil service, Wai Lang. As long as there are no accidents, the Pei family will not say they are rich, but at least they can take root in the capital."

"No accident..." Ming Lanying chuckled immediately, "Isn't this the accident? Hu Leqiang relies on the support of Mr. Pei... Oh no, it should be colluding with Mr. Pei and wants to make a big deal, no Master Pei instructed and helped them cover up, but they couldn't do it, how much money do you think they can spend in three months?"

Now he has locked up all the local officials in Fengzhou City who can manage and speak, and all the bandits in the government office have been controlled. The other bandits outside the city should not have received the news. He has temporarily taken over the entire Fengzhou City.

"Then ask your wife to help you."

Ming Lanying snorted and laughed, "It's okay to help, and the price is clearly marked."

Ye Juelu's brows and eyes were soft, and his eyes followed Ming Lanying, "Okay."

Before the bandits outside the city had received the news, Ye Juelu's people took the time to find the real account books in the government office. Record.

The officials and yamen servants of Fengzhou City were not allowed to use it. Ye Juelu could only use his own people. After searching up and down, he searched for an hour. Finally, the wolf cub sniffed the corner of the wall for a long time before finding it in the dark compartment of the study. .

Ming Lanying was afraid that the bandits outside the city would find out, so she took the time to sort out the statistics. The accounts were clear and clear, and she could just ask the hidden guards to hand them to the emperor.

Ye Juelu also sent the seal to the emperor urgently with the mistress, and asked the emperor to check on Lord Pei and Concubine Pei.

"Concubine Pei also check?"

Ye Juelu nodded slightly, "I'd rather be misunderstood than miss it."

Ming Lanying didn't say anything, but there was one thing she couldn't figure out, "What are they planning? Do they want to rebel like Prince Heng?"

Ye Juelu was silent for a while, "Not necessarily."

Concubine Pei used to be close to Prince Heng's mother and concubine, but now that Prince Heng's mother and concubine are gone, it is understandable that Concubine Pei takes more care of Prince Heng.

If it is to help Prince Heng rebel, the Pei family may not be able to do it, because they are not capable enough.

But if Prince Heng is taken away from the place where Prince Heng was exiled, it is still possible to protect him for the rest of his life.

After the end of the year, Prince Heng and his wives and concubines were demoted to common people, and they were already on the road to exile for three thousand miles, a little farther than the frontier fortress, but they were also within Ye Juelu's jurisdiction, so the emperor was relieved.

Prince Heng was given back his royal surname, named Nanli.

Ming Lanying quietly asked the late emperor's name—Nan Zhao, who is as bright as the sun and stars.Let him be as eye-catching as the sun and stars, and be able to see clearly, with the clear vision of a king of a country.

The emperor did it.

After Ming Lanying knew the names of the two brothers, she pondered for a while.

The winter sun is too far away, and there is no temperature, but today the sun is bright, and Ming Lanying is shaken. At this moment, she suddenly understands the intentions of the emperor's grandfather.

"Nanli is destined not to become an emperor. A gentleman has six arts, and etiquette is the first. Emperor Chongshun Shizong never thought of making him emperor, but wanted him to assist the first emperor."

Prince Heng is now a commoner. He has no identity or surname, so he can only be called by his first name.

Ye Juelu turned his head to look at her when he heard the words, "The emperor and I have been thinking about this truth for 20 years before we figured it out."

Ming Lanying was surprised, but on second thought, she is a person who has experienced two worlds, and she can guess this reason because of the inheritance and accumulation of thousands of years of history and culture and technology in the previous life, which allows ordinary people to broaden their horizons and enrich their knowledge.

She didn't feel proud, but just thankful that the thousand-year-old civilization has not disappeared in the long river of time.

"By the way, where will Nan Li and the others be exiled?"

"A little past the frontier, in the county next door to us."

"Oh, it's pretty close! Is it up to you?"

"Ah."

Since it is going to a more remote and desolate place in the frontier, it should also pass through this road.

Their way of exile was not escorted by ordinary government servants, but by a small team of Imperial Guards, passing by near Fengzhou City.

It's hard to say whether Mr. Pei got hints from his sister Taifei Pei, but Mr. Pei asked Hu Leqiang to use his status to bully Fengzhou City, and even colluded with bandits. This is at least really bad intentions.

Ye Juelu and Ming Lanying analyzed it, and Ming Lanying suddenly realized, "He wants to use bandits to create trouble, and then take advantage of the chaos to take Prince Heng away!"

Ye Juelu looked serious, "I can't rule out the possibility. The emperor already knew about Fengzhou City and sent [-] troops to take it over forcibly. I have already asked the emperor to secretly investigate Mr. Pei and Concubine Pei. When new officials arrive, we can gone."

Ming Lanying counted the time, the whole group traveled for half a month, and the [-] troops traveled day and night for more than ten days. During these ten days, they will temporarily manage Fengzhou City.

"What about the bandits outside the city?"

Ye Juelu had asked the dark guard to find out the location and number of bandits first, and he had an arrangement in mind.

"These bandits are very smart. One left and one right occupy the hills on both sides of a road. They are not far away. When an accident occurs on one side, the other side can quickly kill them. The number of people on both sides is about 8000."

"so many people?!"

Ming Lanying was shocked, this is not a troubled time, what's more, the emperors of this country are all Mingjun, who have carefully guarded the country for a hundred years, and there has never been a time when the people are in dire straits.

She didn't understand why people in Guotai Min'an would still be bandits!
"Why do they want to be bandits? Can't survive?"

Ye Juelu said slowly: "The world is so big, the emperor can't care about not having any of his subjects. There are so many officials, and there will always be corrupt officials mixed in. They can't get the fairness they deserve, and they are extremely disappointed. It’s better to be a bandit and take revenge.”

Ming Lanying sighed silently, no matter what era it is, it is impossible to have an absolutely harmonious, friendly and bright society.

Some people live in the sunshine safe and sound, full of good expectations for the world, while some people struggle in the mud, waiting for a ray of hope to save them.

"Sixteen thousand people... that's quite a lot."

Ye Juelu patted her on the back reassuringly, and said in a low voice: "Some people retaliate for the fairness they can't get, some people have to join because they can't survive, some people are evil by nature...they all They have their own reasons and last resorts, but it does not affect us to arrest them, everyone is walking the path of their own choice."

Ming Lanying smiled, "I know."

Be firm in your heart and follow your own path unswervingly. Everyone has their own way of life.

Xiaosan flew quickly, and the letter was delivered in two days. The emperor wrote a reply immediately after reading it, and happily boasted in the letter that he had the foresight to raise Haidongqing and gave them one.

Ye Juelu shook his head helplessly after receiving the letter. If the emperor hadn't become emperor, he should be taking the empress to visit the mountains and rivers by now.

Ming Lanying also thought it should be like this, "Unfortunately, his other brothers are not as promising as he is."

Ye Juelu grew up with the emperor and is the most familiar with the emperor, "The first emperor's offspring were not many, and many of them died in infancy. The reason why the emperor can grow up safely is because he was the first to stay away from the center of the battle."

The backyard of the deep palace is a place where children are eaten. Even if the emperor was the first to stay away from the center when he was a child, life was very difficult.

Later, the Ye family disappeared, and Ye Juelu was the only child saved by the Ye family. If Ye Juelu hadn't been a companion of the prince to study early, sharing the pressure with the emperor when he grew up, the emperor didn't know if he could be as good as he is now. A wise gentleman with love and righteousness.

After waiting two days for the emperor's reply, the bandits also sensed that something was wrong in the city, and none of the teams they sent out came back.

The third leader didn't believe in evil, and took a group of people to inquire about the news, only to find that all the officials in Fengzhou City seemed to have disappeared.

The common people who robbed a street didn't see their former brothers. They felt bad. They just wanted to turn around and go back, but they were stopped by a group of people dressed as guards. The leader was a young girl with a heroic appearance.

"Who! Dare to block the way of the officials and grandpas!"

He Bai poohed, "It's nothing more than a bastard in human skin, but he dares to call himself an official!"

Shan Zhao grinned, his dazzling white teeth and dimples at the corners of his mouth were eye-catching, frivolous and reckless, "What nonsense are you talking to them! The lord has said, kill all these bottomless beasts, leave no one behind!"

Before the leader of the third family could react to any princes, He Bai and Shan Zhao killed him directly with a sword and a gun.

The third leader was surprised, he had a hundred people!There are only about 20 people on their side, how dare they!

Although He Bai and the others were not many, they could still deal with a group of mobs with one to five.

It's not a troubled time now, bandits are not that professional, fighting and killing all depends on the blood and courage, but He Bai and Shan Zhao are all fighting on the battlefield, they are more than enough to deal with bandits.

It took only half an hour for a hundred people, none of the bandits escaped, He Bai and the others were not killed, at most they were all injured.

He Bai grinned and glanced at the wound on his arm, the wound was not long, but deep, He Bai's expression was distorted in pain.

"Damn! You actually made such a big hole for my aunt!"

Shan Zhao flicked the spear in his hand, and immediately turned around and strode over when he heard the words, feeling a little anxious, but he still had to make a fool of himself.

"Yo! Isn't this our grandma Hebai who can hit the best in the world? Why is her arm hurt? Oh, it's so deep that you can see the bone, does it hurt? Hey, I didn't expect that! I'm fine! None of the corners of the clothes are torn, hehe!"

He Bai was outraged, and immediately raised his hand and stroked the fabric on his chest with his intact hand.

As soon as Shan Zhao approached, he was slashed with a sword, subconsciously dodged back, his inner clothes were torn, revealing a little bit of his fair chest, but the skin inside was not hurt.

Shan Zhao gasped, "Wow, you can't see how I'm doing, you! You've torn your clothes, and it's very cold now! Be careful, be careful!"

Blood was constantly coming out of his arm, staining half of his clothes red, He Bai endured the pain in his arms and rolled his eyes, "The clothes are torn now!"

Shan Zhao clicked his tongue, rushed forward, grabbed her arm, and took out a pack of medicine powder from the hidden pocket of his belt, "Be careful, don't move, the wound will open again later, and the princess will have to worry again when I go back." you."

He Bai didn't have the habit of taking medicine with him, so now he can only bear with it and let him take the medicine.

The corpses of bandits were lying all over the street. The guards simply cleaned up the wounds, dragged a few bullock carts, threw the corpses into the carts and sent them back to the foot of Bandits Mountain.

Shan Zhao bandaged Hebai's arm, and the group headed home.

Ming Lanying was stroking her cub and listening to Ning'er's endorsement, when she saw two people rushing back excitedly, one with a torn chest, one arm with a bandage, and half of the clothes were stained red.

"injured?"

Shan Zhao shook his head, "She was slashed to the bone, and I was slashed by her. I didn't even break a corner of my clothes. She was jealous that I was better than her, so she slashed my clothes while I was not paying attention. , I’ll go change my clothes first, Princess, teach her a lesson!”

Ming Lanying looked at He Bai amusedly, "Look at you narrow-minded, they still give you the medicine powder passed down from your ancestors."

He Bai murmured: "He always wants to be mean. He was unhappy when he was stabbed, and he laughed at me! I was just careless for a while, and I just scratched his clothes, and didn't really cut him!"

Ming Lanying directly raised her hand and slapped her on the forehead, "You still want to cut him! You are your own people, and you should not point your sword at your own people. You need me, a layman, to teach you this truth?"

"I know, I know!"

Ning'er hurriedly went to look for the medicine given by Imperial Physician Zhao, and now that the wound was no longer painful, He Bai waved his hand indifferently.

"There are too many of them, and they were beaten for a while without paying attention, sister-in-law~ I am in pain, I want sauced elbows with rice!"

Ming Lanying rolled her eyes, "Can you still shake the pain? Are you pretending?"

He Bai shook again, "Huh? I can't feel any pain at all? What kind of powder should I go here? It's more effective than the hemostatic powder last time!"

Ming Lanying couldn't bear to see this heartless shaking of her injured arm, "It's alright, alright, if you shake it again, it will collapse, and the wound will be stitched up at that time, it hurts you to death!"

He Bai immediately became honest, "Sister-in-law, I am very good today, two swords and one! One cut and one accurate! Reward me who is injured!"

"There are no pork knuckles, only rice with bacon."

"Okay! I want more bacon!"

In winter, I will store some bacon, which can be eaten for a long time. The bacon made by Ming Lanying is more fragrant. She also often makes bacon claypot rice along the way, because it is convenient.

(End of this chapter)