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Chapter 277 Plan ahead
Dong Ping couldn't tell that his sister was comforting him. He opened his slightly swollen eyes and carefully looked at his sister's face. He saw that the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes and the much rougher skin were much older than before the disaster happened that day. A pain, almost shed tears again.

But he is a big man, so he can't be weak and cry like a woman, so he can only suppress his tears and say, "Sister, we only heard the superficial facts of that day, and the boatmen couldn't explain it clearly. If you will If you don't feel tired, just talk to me, okay?"

Dong Rong was also brooding over what happened that day, and when she heard what her younger brother said, she immediately called Zhang Yang and Jia Yi, who was guarding the door, in.Zhang Yang was not doing much, but Jia Yi knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty. He had made a blood oath ten years ago and became Dong Rong's retainer. In this life, even his descendants would swear to the death to fight to protect Dong Rong.As a result, this time, because of the birth of his third child, Dong Rong sent him to live in Haining's house for a short time. As a result, the owner of the family almost died and became exiled.

Speaking of which, it wasn't his mistake, but as a loyal retainer, no reason could cover up the fact that he became the head of the family without guards.As soon as he heard about the Patriarch's accident that day, he immediately gritted his two big teeth. When he went out, his wife only stopped her a few words, and he also sent her flying out.

In the past six months, he has traveled almost all over the coastal state capital. Whenever he heard of floating corpses or single women being bought and sold, he would run there immediately.The result is often disappointing. Now that he finally sees the Patriarch, he is relieved and feels even more guilty, wishing to take off his arm to atone for his past sins.

"Patriarch, this subordinate has neglected his duty!"

As soon as Jia had been with me for many years, how could Dong Rong not know his temper, and before he could say anything more, she helped him up with her own hands, and said seriously, "I know what you think, but don't say that I forced you to go home for vacation earlier. , even if you are by my side, the rescue must be too late for such a sudden disaster. Since the previous incident has passed and I have returned safely, we should plan for the future. The guards at home have rebelled, and there are not many people I can trust, so you don’t want to What punishment is proposed?"

After finishing speaking, she pulled A to sit down, then talked about the assassination at sea that day, and finally analyzed deeply, "Although after Zizhu and Yiba got married, I didn't have any new big maids around me, but after being able to go to the island Many people have gone through investigations, and they never thought that they would be counter-infiltrated by Maitreya's teaching policy."

Zhang Yang thought of the resistance he had encountered during the search for people in the past six months, and the collusion between the Maitreya Sect and the government, and said in a bitter voice, "I just thought that the Maitreya Sect was becoming more and more arrogant, but I didn't expect them to be so tolerant. It’s almost the same, and there are very few officials who don’t agree with it. I really don’t know what high-ranking officials and dignitaries are behind the Maitreya sect to support it?”

Jia Yi and his subordinates went deep into the entrance of Maitreya Church to inquire frequently, for fear that Dong Rong would fall into their hands, and they knew more about the inside story than Dong Ping and Zhang Yang.

"The Maitreya sect is very powerful. In private, they are brothers and sisters with the officials of the court. And there are a few officials who are usually very clean and honest. Every word and half a sentence, it seems that their leader has a very close relationship with someone in Kyoto."

Dong Ping remembered his brother-in-law's whereabouts were unknown, and he narrowly escaped death. He slapped his face on the table in hatred, and said through gritted teeth, "No matter who is behind them, they will have to pay for their recklessness. I will send a letter back to Kyoto tomorrow, please let me know." Several students pay attention to the movements of Maitreya Sect."

Dong Rong also nodded and said, "Maitreya can teach the seal, so maybe he has rushed to Anzhou to withdraw the cash right now. Let's go there as soon as possible, and we will be on the road early tomorrow morning."

Zhang Yang heard what she said up to this point, so he casually asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for many days, and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, the seal is very important, why didn't you send someone to Anzhou to inform you about it? There is no need to lose a huge amount of silver."

An inexplicable light flashed in Dong Rong's eyes, and she said with a smile, "Don't worry, at the beginning of making this seal, my lord and I set up a trap in order to prevent someone from becoming greedy. If Maitreya can't teach you to go to the bank to get money back Well, if you go, you might get into big trouble."

Zhang Yang was still thinking about it, after all, there are many collusions between Daqi officials and Maitreya Sect now, so the traps set up earlier will still have any effect?

But he saw that Dong Rong was full of confidence, but he was not easy to persuade, so he had to bury many worries in his heart.Dong Ping, on the other hand, has built up a deep trust in his sister since childhood, even blindly, without any doubts.Pulling my sister to talk about the three children in the grassland, and the arrangement of the two farewells on Taoyuan.

At this point, there was nothing to say all night. In the early morning of the second day, everyone drove two carriages, one with Dong Rong and two little maids, one with luggage and things, followed by three No. 40 guards and elite escorts. Then he hit the road in a mighty way.

Anzhou is located in the hinterland of Daqi, bordering the capitals of Jiangnan states in the south and Kyoto in the north. Anyone who travels from north to south must pass by here, so it is very prosperous.And Dong Rong also considered this seriously at the beginning, and set up the headquarters of the Dong's Commercial Bank here, and the only bank under the commercial bank is also here.

The group set off from Luozhou, traveling day and night, but the three of them managed to drive three hundred miles away, and stayed at a small inn on the edge of a small town before sunset.Although the small inn is simple and simple, the shopkeeper and the work are very enthusiastic. Seeing the large number of people in the team and the rare big business, they boiled water for cooking and arranged the rooms. They were very busy.

Dong Rong has been living in exile for half a year, and has never experienced any hardships, so she naturally doesn't know how to pick and choose.After simply eating a bowl of porridge and two fried vegetables, I fell asleep.On the second day, everyone who rested early in the morning and took a rest all night calmly went to the official road, and arrived at the gate of the city before noon.

The gates of the city, which used to be very busy coming in and out, are even more congested today for some reason. People carrying burdens, nobles in cars, scholars in long robes, and even vendors peddling small snacks all shut their mouths, strangely. They gathered quietly not far from the city gate, watching something on tiptoe, and from time to time, three or five people gathered together and whispered something.

Dong Ping looked at it suspiciously, discussed with Zhang Yang and pulled the reins of the horse to protect the carriage, while Zhang Yang brought two guards and squeezed closer.

A few fellow villagers who carried coarse grains into the city to exchange for fine grains were almost overturned by a guard, and they cursed angrily, "Why are you crowding, you are also rushing to beheaded?"

The guard's face turned black and he wanted to get angry, but Zhang Yang glared at him, then smiled and apologized to the fellow villagers, "I'm so sorry, old man, my guard was impatient to watch the excitement, and I almost broke into it if I didn't want to It’s a disaster. Our farm has been busy for a year before we can get some good food, and it would be a pity if we spread it.”

The old farmer in the lead looked at Zhang Yang, saw that although he was in a hurry, he didn't dress like an ordinary person, and felt a little scared in his heart, so he waved his hands and said, "Forget it, this master understands our peasant family. Hard work. The left and right burdens have not been turned over, so let's not talk about it."

Zhang Yang also counted on getting news out of his mouth, how could it be possible to keep him silent.He usually walks outside and is the best at dealing with people. Standing in front of the old farmer, he won the old farmer's good opinion just by asking a few questions about the harvest.It will be logical and easy to ask why this city gate is so lively.

The old farmer is also a good gossip, he turned his head and looked around and the others didn't pay attention to them, so he whispered to Zhang Yang, "Brother, you don't know something. In our city, we arrested a man the day before yesterday. The thief, I heard that he ran into a bank and stole a total of 100 million taels of vain silver. It turned out that the bank was opened by the Empress Dowager’s family. It's down to the head."

Zhang Yang grinned when he heard this, and he was very funny in his heart.It would be difficult for an ordinary person to carry a thousand taels of silver, but even if this thief was born, he would not be able to steal a million taels of silver by himself.With so much money, it would take a hundred even to load a carriage.It is obvious that the old farmer is also hearsay, and it is still mixed with water.

The old farmer Xu saw that his face was a little weird, and he felt that he was underestimated, so he raised his voice angrily and emphasized, "Brother, don't believe me. I'm not lying, it's really 100 million taels of silver, otherwise the Queen Mother wouldn't will be angry!"

Zhang Yang hurriedly hid his face, and said with a smile, "Don't be upset, old man, I believe it, can't I believe it?"

At this time, a hawker selling candied haws next to him retorted, "Old man, where did you hear the news? It's not what you said."

"Oh, then what's the matter with you, where did I make a mistake?" The old farmer puffed out his shriveled chest unconvinced, with a fighting spirit, which made Zhang Yang laugh.

The peddler didn't hide anything, and came up to him and said proudly, "The Datong Bank with the best reputation in our city received seven or eight customers the day before yesterday. They took a seal that looked like a ring and said they wanted to extract 100 taels of silver. You don’t know, this Datong Bank is famous for only recognizing tokens but not people. If it’s a normal day, it will pay the silver directly. However, this seal belongs to a nobleman in Kyoto. Back then, thieves broke into his house and took the seal. It was stolen. It is said that it was reported at the Dali Temple at that time, and it was regarded as stolen goods. The people in the bank saw it now, so they naturally wanted to tell the owner. The nobleman is the nephew of the current Empress Dowager, so he sued the Empress Dowager in anger Go. The thieves are so rampant, the Queen Mother is also angry, no, she directly issued a decree to our Lord Zhizhou, and today she will pull people out and behead her."

"Oh, so that's the case." The old farmers listened with relish, nodded and agreed, "Well, what kind of work does a good man not eat, he insists on being a thief. After hiding for so many years, he was still caught Yes. God really has eyes, and he will never let a villain go."

"Yes, yes."

Zhang Yang mechanically agreed, but in fact his heart was already overwhelmed with shock.He was already extremely smart, and the peddler said he was smart too, how could he fail to recognize the strangeness in it.I'm afraid this is what my sister-in-law didn't explain clearly that day.

(End of this chapter)