Ping An Biography

Jiang Youde, who was accompanying him on the official road, looked up at the westward sun and said, "I wonder if we can go to the county town to find a place to live before dark. We can go to Dashengzhai. Ren Weiguan is our place now."

Zhang Ning asked: "Where is the territory of the church?"

There are no people on the official road here, so Jiang Youde said loudly without concealment: "The altar of Hou Tanzhu is set up there, and there are many people who donate money to join the church within the radius, and he is very powerful in the radius of Dasheng Village. No one dares to mess with it, so it's safe for us to live there temporarily." <Mei, this girl is a very important person in their cult, so she asked her, "Have you seen the altar master Hou?" <Mei said disapprovingly : "From Sichuan to Guizhou, there are dozens of our altar masters scattered. I haven't met all of them, but Changde Mansion is close to the main altar, and we have met each other. Hou altar master's name is Hou Mao, I'm not very familiar with him. He has close contacts with Qiuye's guardians... Qiuye was originally sent from above. I guess Hou Mao's background is not simple. This is even better, Mr. Ping An Isn't it Jianwenjun's prince, if he knows, he can't offer you like a bodhisattva?"

Zhang Ning felt relieved.A group of people were near Hupingshan Town, and both of the Jiang family knew the way, so they walked ahead and took the winding road to the northeast.Along the way, Zhang Ning found that the hills not covered by vegetation were full of orange-red land, which was extremely beautiful, and he couldn't help admiring it.

Unexpectedly, after walking for a while, he suddenly saw a group of cavalry soldiers in front of the mountain pass, most of them were wearing red and black tall hats. Of course Zhang Ning recognized that this was the attire often worn by government servants.He couldn't help feeling tense: What are the officials doing in this wild forest in the countryside?

Peach Blossom Fairy and others can't help but be afraid of officials, because they have been doing illegal activities all the time.Seeing this, he hurriedly said: "The front is not good, we still have to move forward?"

><First><发>" Zhang Ning has been a civil servant, and the civil servant has a detached position in the local area. He has never suffered from the government, so he is not afraid of it.

Zhang Ning then rode his horse to the front, and led the people slowly along the road to the pass.Sure enough, seeing that he had no fear and was wearing a long robe, the officials didn't act aggressively, they just stood there and looked at the group of people here.

Finally, an officer who crossed the knife came to the middle of the road, waved and said, "The road is closed! What are you doing here?"

Zhang Ning said: "Not long ago, I won the fame of a student, and I traveled with my servants to increase my knowledge. When I came to Changde, I went to visit famous mountains and rivers. I heard that Dashengzhai has beautiful scenery and famous ancient temples. Why not let it go?"

"I'm full..." A man riding a horse behind whispered, full of envy and jealousy.These gentry never work, but they don't have to worry about food or clothing, and their mothers want to travel around the world to have fun, which is obviously very carefree for people.

The officer standing in the middle of the road said: "Then you came at the wrong time. Dashengzhai was occupied by the rebels, and the government sent troops to help the county clean up. It's chaotic right now. I advise you to go back to the city and stay there, so as not to waste time." something happened!"

"Ah?" Zhang Ning looked surprised, half true and half false, and it was inconvenient to ask too much from the official, so he hurriedly patted his horse and wanted to turn around.

In the eyes of the officials, they thought he was frightened, and the faces of several officers couldn't help showing mockery.Zhang Ning didn't care too much, turned around and left after beckoning left and right.Those guarding the pass were also very light-hearted, and didn't even bother to check the official documents for directions.

The group ran for a mile before Jiang Youde said, "What's the matter? Master Hou Tan has been here for at least two years, and nothing has happened to him. It seems that he still has acquaintances with the staff of the local magistrate. Everyone does not make mistakes. The river, why suddenly..."

The new member Zhao Erhu who was following behind looked puzzled, and couldn't help asking Old Xu something in a low voice.Old Xu ignored him, and hurried on his way without saying a word.

Neither Jiang Youde nor his nephew Jiang Hai belonged to the decision-making layer of the cult, so many things were unknown.Because the two of them and Zhang Ning went through life and death during this period, Zhang Ning didn't want to hide it from them, so he explained: "The name of the evil cult first attracted the attention of the court, and the process was very complicated, probably related to Hu Ying. Later, Hu Ying's two The subordinates came over to spy and found out that they were killed, but they made a secret report to the court. So now the court judges that the cult is a chaotic party. After the official document is released, it is estimated that the local officials want to get credit for it, and they can't wait to start doing it... But I didn't expect it to be so Hurry up, after all, the King of Han is still making trouble in the east, so I thought they would not be able to take care of them." <Mei said: "This is troublesome, Hou Mao knows too much. If he himself is caught, once he is tortured, many places in our country will be very worried. Dangerous, including the main altar."

Zhang Ning pondered for a moment: "At this time, the traffic is inconvenient and the information is blocked. I don't know if anyone has gone back to report the matter here. If the general forum still knows nothing about it, wouldn't it be passive? We have to find another contact point nearby to let people Hurry back and report first."

Wang Xiangu (Peach Blossom Fairy) said: "Not far from the city of Changde Mansion, there is our contact point. I have lived there, and I know people there... The road in the direction of Changde Mansion is flat. If you drive overnight, you can arrive before dawn. If it’s not safe, bring people back to the main altar, and I’ll go over and finish things right away.”

"Let's go together, just to understand the situation." Zhang Ning said.

Wang Xiangu looked around, her eyes stayed on Zhao Erhu, and said softly: "That contact point is directly under the superior, and unless there are key figures in the evil spirit sect, it cannot be leaked to others. In our group, apart from me, maybe only Mei Suddenly said: "I know where you are talking about. "

Zhang Ning had no choice but to say: "Then you go, let's go back to the main altar along the way."

Wang Xiangu then separated from the crowd and went on her own way.Zhang Ning and others couldn't find a town on the official road that didn't go to the village or back to the store, so they had to go to a village to spend the night, gave some bankers a forged official document, and made up a story to fool you.The villagers got the money and didn't cause any trouble.

The next day they continued on their way, and in the afternoon, Wang Xiangu and another person caught up with them.The person who rode with her was a middle-aged scribe, and Zhang Ning looked familiar.

Just as he was recalling, the scribe got off his horse, bowed deeply and said, "Mr. Ping'an, are you all right?"

Zhang Ning didn't remember who it was, and when he saw him get off the horse, he bowed and saluted very respectfully. He didn't want to make a big deal, so he had to waste time and jumped down to return the salute.Seeing that Zhang Ning couldn't call out his name, Wang Xiangu said with a smile: "Ping'an is because the nobles forget things too much. This is Uncle Zheng. It sounds like an old friend. Didn't Ping'an in Yangzhou capture Uncle Zheng and ask for poems?" Change."

It turned out to be Zheng Qia, one of the legendary 22 survivors of Jianwen.As soon as Zhang Ning was reminded, he immediately remembered, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "I was rude that time, I hope Mr. Zheng forgives me."

"You can't do it." Zheng Qia hurriedly said, "You are a noble person, and it's up to the old man to apologize. Back then, I didn't know Mount Tai."

Although Zhang Ning is also from a literati background, he is not very authentic. Now that he has seen the grind of these real literati, he bows and bows and talks endlessly on the official road.But Zheng Qia should be a more important person around Jianwen, Zhang Ning didn't want to cause any conflicts for no reason, so he had to calmly talk to Zheng Qia.

At this moment, Zheng Qia didn't seem to be in a hurry, he was looking Zhang Ning up and down, and nodded slightly.Zhang Ning said, "It's all in the past, we don't have to worry about it", and then couldn't help looking at Wang Xiangu: "Have you reported the letter back?"

Wang Xiangu said: "The people in the main altar already knew about it, the leader left the main altar, and the rest of the people are also leaving one after another."

"Then where did they go?" Zhang Ning asked.

Wang Xiangu said: "Your uncle's side, you have been there."

It turned out to be Fengxia Mountain, and the road was really difficult to walk, so I had to toss about it now.

"You can't stay here for long, let's talk while walking." Zhang Ning said.A group of people got on their horses separately, Zheng Qia and Zhang Ning walked side by side, but deliberately left half of the horse's body behind.

Zhang Ning turned his head and asked him: "What's the plan above, can Mr. Zheng let me know?"

Zheng Qia said: "This old man is just a messenger. I'm afraid the cult must be disbanded. I got some news from the Changde Mansion. There is an eunuch named Ma Baoer in the mansion, and there are several Jinyiwei school lieutenants and some military followers. The people from the capital may have come to monitor the local government to deal with the evil sect. It is inferred from above that the local government will first use the information it has to arrest important people one by one; An order from above is to transfer some of the most important people to other places in the near future..."

He paused and said, "The old man has to tell the leader about where to go, and Mr. Ping'an will know from her."

Zhang Ning turned his head and asked, "Where will the leader go from now on?"

"There are two guardians in the main altar. They were originally from the palace. They were asked to escort the leader back. Now Mr. Ping'an has offended Xuande greatly. It is very dangerous outside, so he has to go back so that the family can be reunited." Zheng Qia said.

Zhang Ning thought about the words that offended Xuande greatly, and couldn't help but said: "Could it be that the story about me in Shandong has already spread here?"

"The old man has also read that essay, and it is really brilliant." Zheng Qia said calmly.

Zhang Ning asked again: "I heard that the cult has tens of thousands of members, and those who moved away should be a small number. What about the rest? The imperial court believes that the cult is a chaotic party, and they will definitely not let them go easily."

Zheng Qia sighed softly and said, "Now we are weak and have limited strength, so we have no choice but to tell some leaders in advance to let them find another way out. And those ordinary believers who are persuaded or donated money to join the church, they don't think so. Worrying about life, the imperial government can't commit to massacre... Since the Yongle Dynasty, the imperial court has made secret investigations and raids in many places, and we can still maintain a part of contact. This time, I am afraid that we will have to disperse completely. Everyone hides their identities and finds a place for safety. It can only pass."