Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() And at this time, people are under the eaves, so they have to bow their heads.Zhu Qilan took the lead, and the master and servant saluted Li Xin with a blessing, but the residual royal dignity made Zhu Qilan bite her lips and refused to address Li Xin.

Of course, Li Xin also saw Zhu Qilan's expression, she couldn't help but "hum" softly, but this is not the place to get angry, so she showed the style of a big woman and said: "Help them clean up. Follow us home." After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at the pair of master and servant, turned around and walked outside.

While walking, Li Xin cursed: "A yellow-haired girl who doesn't know the rules, doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth. She looks nothing more than that. My husband is living and going back! Hmph!"

When Li Xin arrived, of course none of the guards and mother-in-law arranged by Zhang Biao dared to stop her.Now that they heard Li Xin's order again, those women immediately started to tidy up Zhu Qilan and Xiu'er's things.Then the master and servant were sent to their own carriage, followed by Li Xin's carriage, and walked towards the outside of the Fucheng.

And Li Xin led a small team of personal guards around the carriage, and the guards arranged by Zhang Biao, except for one person who rushed to report to Zhang Biao, the rest also followed from a distance, guarding the convoy. Safety.

When he was about to reach the gate of the city, a caravan of more than [-] people came in front of him.It can't be said to be a caravan, it should be said to be a purchasing group sent by King Chong in Runing Prefecture to Jiangnan to purchase interesting items.

Although those princes in the late Ming Dynasty were the most noble people except the emperor, their lives were actually quite pitiful.

Since the rebellion of King Ning during the Zhengde period, the emperors of all dynasties have strictly prohibited the vassal kings and their families from leaving their fiefs, and even required the local government where the vassal kings are located to strictly guard them.In other words, the family of the vassal princes of the Ming Dynasty was actually imprisoned in their own fief in disguise.

Of course, those vassal kings can dominate in their own closed city.Even if they did some things like bullying men and women, murdering and stealing goods, the court generally opened their eyes and closed their eyes.But it is absolutely not allowed to go out of the four walls.

You can imagine how miserable the prince's life was!No matter how you play, you will always get tired of playing in a city, so what should you do?What King Chong chose was to go to the south of the Yangtze River to buy some interesting items and women to satisfy his greed.Anyway, the palace has a lot of money, which is the origin of this procurement group for the palace.

And with the rapid rise of the Runing Army in the Runing Mansion, the Chongwang Mansion and the Runing Army are in a state of being in a state where the well water does not interfere with the river water.This is the reason why the palace cannot make friends with local officials, especially local military officials.But the more important reason is that Wu Shigong has never lived in the Fucheng, and he never participated in the banquets of officials in the city and banquets in Fengyue places.Therefore, there was no way for the whole Chongwang Palace to get acquainted with Wu Shigong.

Of course, the Runing Army and the Chongwang Mansion were not without friction. The implementation of the "Forbidden Wasteland Order" and the strength of Sihai Commercial Bank and Qianzhuang in Runing Mansion will always affect some industries in Chongwang Mansion.However, due to the restraint of both parties, at least the contradiction was not brought to the surface.

So when the two convoys meet, the two sides will each give way and pass on the right side respectively.However, the convoy that saw the Wu Mansion did not give way at all.Steward Zeng, who led the team at Chongwang Mansion, couldn't help but hum in a low voice: "You're so arrogant!"

But the rest of the teams are clearly used to the situation.The two sides also walk towards each other as if the other side does not exist.But at this moment, a man named Ye Chao was taken in by Chongwang Mansion halfway.Hastily squeezed to the side of steward Zeng.Fu Er said to Manager Zeng, "The carriage behind belongs to our lady."

That Ye Chao was Zhu Qilan's servant who jumped off the car and fled at that time.But after he escaped, he realized that his prospects were quite bad. If Zhu Qilan was lost, Ye Chao would only face the word "death".

Compared with death, the crime of leaving Fengyang City without permission is very small, so Ye Chao wanted to find his young lady back.Speaking of which.It can be seen how inexperienced Zhu Qilan and Ye Chao are.

In fact, when Fengyang City was facing destruction, if a clan like Zhu Qilan escaped from the city with minor crimes, that kind of behavior would not count as a crime and would not be held accountable by the court at all.So when Zhu Qilan saw Wu Shigong, she simply confessed her identity, and maybe nothing major happened.

And under Ye Chao's careful inquiry, it's no secret that his young lady was taken away by the Runing Army.Besides, Wu Shigong took Zhu Qilan's master and servant away from the camp where the common people were detained under the watchful eyes of everyone.After hearing the news, Ye Chao knew that his young lady had fallen into the hands of a military officer of the Runing Army.

But then Ye Chao was desperate.Why?Because Runing Mansion strictly implements the "Forbidden Flow Order", Ye Chao, without a guide, cannot enter the territory of Runing Mansion at all.It was also Ye Chao's luck that he happened to meet Guan Shi Zeng's purchasing team from the Chongwang Mansion.

The manager Zeng was a relative of Chong Wang's side concubine, and this time he took the purchasing team from the palace to Nanjing to make purchases.But when he returned, he heard that the peasant rebel army was raging in Fengyang, so he was so frightened that he temporarily stopped his return journey.

After the peasant rebel army left, the royal procurement group set foot on the return journey along the route of Nanjing reinforcements.When Ye Chao learned that Guanshi Zeng was from the Chongwang Mansion, he immediately visited him, and confessed the identity of his young lady in a private meeting with Zeng Wangfu, and asked the Chongwang Mansion to help get his young lady back.

But Manager Zeng didn't want to take over this troublesome thing at all.But Zhu Qilan has royal blood after all, so it's not good to ignore her, so Manager Zeng brought Ye Chao with her, ready to let her prince decide after returning to Runing Mansion.

But now when Ye Chao told Guanshi Zeng that Zhu Qilan was in the convoy in front of him, Guanshi Zeng hesitated.Leave it alone?Going back may be blamed by the prince.Can you step forward to snatch it?Going back may also be blamed by the prince.The key point is that the current manager Zeng has no idea how Chong Wang will handle this matter.

But steward Zeng changed his mind and thought again: Although that Lord Wu is arrogant, in his own mansion, if there is anything in his mansion, he should always be the boss of Chongwang mansion!Besides, I have to make sure that what Ye Chao said is true.If Wu Shigong hadn't captured Zhu Qilan at all, that kind of resentment would be a little inexplicable.

But in his heart, Manager Zeng also had the idea of ​​killing the prestige of the Runing Army.After all, among all the palaces under the sun, only his own Chongwang Palace could swallow his anger in front of Wu Shigong, a local military officer, and that would almost become a shame for the vassal.So Steward Zeng gave orders immediately, and several palace guards immediately stopped Li Xin's motorcade.

Seeing several palace guards approaching, the inner house guards who were in charge of the guards immediately moved closer to the two carriages for protection, and the captain of the guards who led the team pressed his hand on the handle of the knife and said calmly: "This is a relative of my lord, the idlers and others Please get out of the way."

Those inner house guards couldn't help being nervous.The reputation of those vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty was so bad that they could do anything lawless.In case the female relatives in the carriage were disturbed, it would not be enough to pay for the lives of these personal guards.That is to say, it was people from Chongwang's mansion who came over, otherwise, those personal guards would have drawn their swords to face each other long ago.

But the guards of the palace were still completely unconscious.They are all used to sitting in the city of Runing Prefecture and watching the sky, thinking that no one in the whole world would dare to touch them.Therefore, having the opportunity to suppress the arrogance of Wu Shigong, the chief tycoon in the Runing Mansion, the guards of the palace seemed very excited.

But the excited expression of the palace guards, in the eyes of the inner house guards, is frivolous.And it was wrong to come up, the leading guard of the palace casually bowed his hands to the captain of the guard, and said, "Excuse me! We lost two people in the palace. I want to see the inside of your carriage. If not, then I'm sorry!"

The captain of the personal guard immediately clenched the handle of the knife, and the veins on his face burst into anger.How dare these people molested their mistress?But thinking that the person in front of him had a background in Chongwang Mansion, the captain of the personal guard also hesitated.

But Li Xin who was sitting in the front carriage also heard this.Originally, Li Xin was in a bad mood today, and when she met someone who dared to harass her, she was immediately furious, regardless of whether the other party was Chong Wangfu or not, she immediately yelled coquettishly in the carriage: "What the hell is he doing! Who is blocking the way? Just Break whose leg!"

As soon as he heard his mistress speak, the captain of the personal guard raised the scabbard of the knife without hesitation, and hit the leading guard of the palace sideways on the face, hitting the guard with his mouth full. It was blood. He half knelt on the ground, covered half of his bruised face, and spat out a few teeth that had been knocked out.

As soon as they saw that their captain had made a move, all the personal guards immediately drew out their knives, and the guards sent by Zhang Biao, who followed far away, also stepped forward immediately, drew their knives and joined the guard team.

Seeing the menace of the guards in the inner house, the guards of the Chongwang Mansion who were about to step forward immediately backed down.They can afford to bully some common people in the city of Runing Mansion, but compared with the elite soldiers of the Runing Army, they are silver spears and candle heads.

But Guanshi Zeng who was hiding behind was angry and scared. He shook the flesh on his face and kept talking to himself: "There is no law of the king! It's too arrogant!" Ye Chao was even hiding behind Guanshi Zeng Behind him, he didn't even dare to show his head.

This movement also aroused Zhu Qilan's curiosity, she opened the curtain of the carriage a crack, and looked outside secretly.But when she saw Ye Chaoshi hiding behind the crowd, her eyes widened.

Zhu Qilan's little head was quite smart, she immediately suppressed the urge to shout, and kept making gestures in Ye Chao's direction.And Ye Chao, who had been paying attention to his lady's carriage, also quickly discovered Zhu Qilan's actions. (to be continued...)