Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 29: There’s a Girl in the City (Special thanks to book friend Jiang JDC for his monthly ticket!)

Wang Yan suppressed his doubts and said with a smile:
"It is His Majesty's decree. Marquis Yu from Zhangdu is here to carry out official duties. I will do my best to assist you."

Wang Yan immediately summoned the staff of the government, and in front of Zhang Yong and others, he gave instructions on how to organize all the prefectures and counties in Jinzhou and summon orphans to come to Jinzhou.

After the staff agreed, they retreated to do their work.

Wang Yan looked at Zhang Yong and smiled:

"Zhang Du Yuhou and his party have come a long way to work hard. I have set up a banquet in the backyard. Please come and enjoy the banquet."

Zhang Yong stood up and said: "Now that Wang Jiedushi has finished writing, I will not disturb you sir."

All we need to do is arrange a temporary place for hundreds of people like me to rest in the past few days.

I will go to Jinzhou City to look for orphans soon. "

Wang Yan thought to himself: "If I hadn't seen you as the hero who helped His Majesty get rid of Zhao Ni, this military envoy is a high-ranking official. At your age, would I personally accompany you and entertain you?"
Really disrespectful. "

Wang Yan smiled and said: "Marquis Yu of Zhangdu is loyal, hardworking and diligent in his duties. No wonder your Majesty thinks so highly of you.

I will prepare the wing and wait for Zhang Du and Marquis Yu to come back and settle down. "

Wang Yan stood up and sent Zhang Yong and his party to the gate of Jiedushi Mansion.

When I walked near the rockery garden in the courtyard, I heard a quarrel and shouting coming from the corridor to the left of the rockery, mixed with the cry of a girl.

Seeing Zhang Yong looking at him, Wang Yan felt angry and said with a smile:

"It makes Marquis Zhang Du Yu laugh! The servants in the mansion are really useless."

Wang Yan stretched out his hand to indicate that he wanted to take Zhang Yong and others away from this place as soon as possible and continue walking to the door of the mansion.

When Zhang Yong heard the girl crying, his heart moved, he stood still and said:
"Wang Jiedushi, don't rush out of the mansion. I just heard a girl crying in the corridor. I want to see what's going on."

Wang Yan had no choice but to accompany Zhang Yong and others around the rockery and walked towards the corridor.

When they got closer, they saw seven or eight servants of the mansion and a middle-aged man in shabby clothes, standing in the corridor arguing around a little girl in rags but very bright.

Seeing the arrival of Wang Yan and others, all the servants were horrified. They quickly knelt down on the ground and saluted, saying:

"See Lord Jiedushi!"

Wang Yan's face was covered with frost and he scolded:
"A bunch of worthless trash! What are you shouting about here? You have disturbed the distinguished guests of this envoy from the capital, and you have completely lost the face of this envoy!"

The servants were shocked when they heard what Wang Yan said, and they quickly saluted and apologized to Zhang Yong and others on the side. A leading steward looked at Wang Yan respectfully and said:
"Sir, this is the crime of my old servant! There is just a pariah here who wants to sell his niece into the house as a maid. I don't want this pariah to have a naughty character.

Old servant, take them down now! "

Zhang Yong looked at the girl surrounded in the field, and saw that she was holding a short knife in front of her jade-like neck. Although she was immature, she had a peerless face with tears dripping down her cheeks. On the wooden floor in the hallway.

Zhang Yong looked at everyone in the field and asked:
"What's going on? Why is this little girl holding a knife to her neck?"

The servants looked at each other in confusion for a while. The housekeeper didn't know where Zhang Yong and others were from, so he couldn't help but turn his eyes to Wang Yan, who gave him a fierce look and scolded:

"Your distinguished guest is asking, why don't you hurry up and report the truth?!"

The housekeeper said hurriedly:

"Yes, sir!

This distinguished guest is from Jinzhou, and his surname is Cao. "

The housekeeper pointed at the middle-aged man in shabby clothes and continued: "A few days ago, he came to the old servant's door to ask for help, saying that he had a niece at home who was only 7 years old. She was a natural beauty and wanted to be sold for a thousand taels of silver. She was sold to my Jiedu Envoy's house as a maid at a sky-high price.

The old servant thought that the third young master just needed a personal maid to serve him, and he heard his servant praise his niece's beauty as rare in the world, so he agreed to bring her here for a look today.

After coming to the house to meet today, the old servant saw that the little girl was really beautiful, so he agreed to the price of one thousand taels of silver that the servant asked for.

Unexpectedly, the little girl started crying and making a fuss. She was desperate to avoid being sold, so she made a noise and disturbed the distinguished guests! "

Wang Yan breathed a sigh of relief and thought:
"Fortunately, it's not about forcing people into slavery! Now, after the Empress Dowager Fu and the young emperor killed Zhao Ni's party, they recently defeated the Han Dynasty in the "Battle of Xingzhou", and their prestige is growing.

If Zhang Yong sees something scandalous in my family and goes back to Beijing to report it to the Queen Mother and the Young Emperor, it will be a big disaster. "

Wang Yan looked at Zhang Yong and smiled:

"Zhang Du Yuhou, there is nothing going on here, it's just a villain who doesn't know what the people call him, and he's just messing around.

I don't dare to delay Zhang Du Yuhou from doing the important things assigned by His Majesty. "

Zhang Yong was noncommittal, looked at the little girl surrounded by the crowd, and said:

"Little sister, please put down the knife, don't hurt yourself.

I am Zhang Yong, the Marquis of Yu, who is the current Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Imperial Palace. If you have any grievances, you can tell me. Even if I cannot make the decision for you, Your Majesty will definitely make the decision for you! "

The little girl's sobbing face showed an expression of surprise and asked: "Big brother, are you really someone who is close to the current emperor?"

Zhang Yong nodded and said with a smile: "Little sister, how could I lie to you?

You see, if I hadn't been your Majesty's imperial guard, at my age, how would I have dared to take over the throne of the King of Labor? "

Wang Yan smiled awkwardly and said:

"Zhang Du Yuhou was joking.

Zhang Du Yuhou is really young, talented and funny, and I admire him. "

Perhaps it was easier for the little girl to believe that Zhang Yong was also a teenager and the age difference between the two was not big, so she immediately said:

"Brother, can you really help Nunu? Woo hoo..."

Zhang Yong smiled and said: "I can definitely do it! Didn't I tell you that what I can't do is still with Your Majesty!

Little sister, what is your name? Put down the knife first and slowly talk to your elder brother about your difficulties. "

The little girl sobbed: "Brother, Nunu's name is Fifth Chaolu, and her family has lived in Mizhi County for generations.

Nunu heard from her mother that her father was originally the county magistrate of Mizhi County. In the first year of Xian De, the Han and Khitan barbarians came and killed him. In order to cover the people's escape, his father was caught up and killed by Han soldiers. Woo... Nunu was only 1 year old at that time.

My mother took Nunu and fled to Jinzhou Prefecture, where she went to live with her aunt and her family.

Last autumn, my mother also fell ill and passed away. Before her death, she gave the only 5 taels of silver in the family to her aunt and uncle, and entrusted Nunu to them.

Yesterday, my eldest uncle said that he would find Nunu a handyman job from a wealthy family to help the family make money to supplement the family income, and Nunu agreed.

But when she got here, Nunu heard her uncle talking to the housekeeper here, and realized that Nunu was going to be sold to this family as a maid!

Wuwu... Nunu didn't agree, so the eldest uncle scolded Nunu, saying how much food Nunu had eaten at home, saying that Nunu was a broom star, who killed his parents, and now he is coming to harm their family again!
They force Nunu to enter the house, otherwise Nunu will never be allowed to enter their home again! Woohoo…

Big brother, Nunu’s mother told Nunu before her death that no matter how hard it is, you can’t work as a slave in someone else’s house. That will disgrace your father’s reputation! Wuwu... So, Nunu had no choice but to die to make his determination clear! "

(End of this chapter)