Huan Rong

Chapter 32

No matter in what age, the most precious thing is always talent.

Shi Shao was imprisoned by the barbarians, not only was he able to keep his family, but he even instigated internal turmoil, and then led his family to flee south.

Huan Rong knew very well that such a person would not lose his arrogance even if he was down and out, it was pure fantasy to try to trick him into working for him with just a piece of grain cake and a few heart-warming words.

After carefully questioning Shi Shao's experience as an official, knowing that he is proficient in finance and that his family used to be a wealthy businessman in the North, Huan Rong's eyebrows jumped.

In future generations, this person in front of him is definitely a talent with high IQ, high EQ, and high education.The annual salary is a minimum of one million, and it can easily exceed seven figures after tax.

Give up when the opportunity comes your way?

Huan Rong asked himself that he couldn't do it.

Now that the net has been opened, it must be tightly covered, and the big fish must not be allowed to slip away no matter what.How to fool around, cough, and persuade Shi Shao to join his camp, sincerity is the basis, and benefits are also indispensable.

It's just that I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

You can't act too hastily now, anyway, people can't escape in Yandu, so you can observe carefully and take pictures slowly.

Huan Rong made up his mind, changed the subject directly, and started asking about the barbarians in Beidi.

"Mr. was once an official under the Xianbei Hu tent. Do you know what's going on inside?"

"The servant's name is respect, and the gentleman can call me the name. The word sir is really not suitable." Shi Shao cupped his hands and said, "The one who imprisoned the servant's family was begging Xianbei, who made his fortune in the land of Longxi, and later attached himself to the Di people, just like Xianbei. The ministries have always been at odds."

"I know about it." Huan Rong nodded.

"I'm in the Xianbei camp, and I often see Di people picking quarrels and provoking trouble."

"Oh?" Huan Rong became interested, "Jingde means that the begging Xianbei is at odds with the Di people?"

"Exactly."

Seeing that Huan Rong was interested, Shi Shao had no intention of hiding anything, and explained everything he saw in the Xianbei tribe.

Qifu Xianbei is not a pure Xianbei tribe. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, it has merged with the Gaoche people, conquered the neighboring tribes, and soon became the most powerful Hu tribe in Longxi.

The problem is that they were strong at an untimely time, when the Qin army swept Liuhe.When the first emperor unified the world, he met the "Qin destroyer Hu" unluckily, and was chased and beaten by the Qin army together with the Xiongnu tribe, and ran for his life across the grassland like a rabbit.

On the way to flee for his life, Qin Ershi tried his best to die, causing chaos in the world.

Later, Chu and Han fought, Liu Bang won, the Xiongnu became stronger, and Xianbei finally had a good life for a few days.

However, the good times didn't last long. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was determined to destroy the Huns, Qifu Xianbei once again became the sufferer of the Huns, and was chased by the Han army together.

After being strong for hundreds of years, when the Three Kingdoms came to power, the Jin Dynasty replaced the Wei Dynasty, and the Wuhu was in chaos, the begging and Xianbei took the opportunity to go south, burning, killing and looting in the land of the Han people, which was really "prestige".

It's a pity that after the prestige passed, he was intercepted and killed by other Xianbei tribes, and at the same time suppressed by the Di people, he had to shrink his neck and honestly depend on the Di people to live.

"The Di people regard the Xianbei Hu as a slave, and the Xianbei Hu pretends to be obedient, but in fact has secret ambitions. If the Di people are strong, let it go. If there is a day of decline, they will retaliate violently."

Shi Shao was an official in the Xianbei tribe, and saw many disputes between the Xianbei people and the Di people.Both for self-protection and to provoke conflicts between the two, he did not give advice to the leader of Xianbei, which really made the Di people suffer a lot.

"The former general of Shancheng took refuge in Murong Xianbei, and there was a disagreement in the begging tribe. The Zhai family and the Chulian family were eager to follow suit. Contrary to this, the Wuyin family and the Chilu family insisted on relying on the Di people, saying that the Murong family was the same. The begging department has old enemies, so they will definitely not take them in easily. What's more, they will kill them when they are not prepared."

Having said that, Shi Shao's face was flushed, recalling the situation at that time, he was obviously a little excited.

"When the chiefs were arguing, the servant happened to be in the tent. At that time, I knew that this opportunity must not be missed. If we can provoke Qifu Xianbei to cause internal chaos, the whole family of the servant can take the opportunity to escape!"

The more Shi Shao spoke, the more excited he became, and the hand holding the water cup began to tremble.

There was still some hot tea splashing on his hands, but he didn't realize it, and poured out the words that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, including how to stir up civil strife, how to escape while taking advantage of the chaos, cross the river by boat, and how to reach Qiaozhou , Entering Qiao County.

Shi Shao thought he could breathe a sigh of relief after coming to Jindi after a narrow escape.How could he have expected that he encountered two gangs of bandits one after another, all his money was robbed, and even a piece of his outer robe was torn off.

Without money, the servants around him began to flee, and even the local tyrants took advantage of the fire to rob him and took all his wives and children away.It wasn't that the two elder brothers tried their best to protect each other, and he was almost caught as a farm slave.

At the end, Shi Shao's lips trembled, his fingers clenched the teacup tightly, his knuckles turned white from the force.

"At present, there is only one younger brother and several elderly servants by my side, and the rest of the family members are missing."

Crossing the river, overseas Chinese, bandits.

"The bandits that Jingde encountered came from the land of Sheyang?"

"Exactly."

Huan Rong was silent for two seconds, and called the boy to give some instructions.

After a while, five or six robbers were brought by the servants. Seeing the two in the middle, Shi Shao suddenly jumped up, strode forward, grabbed the bandits by the collar, and said angrily, "It's you!"

Angry to the extreme, regardless of 21 [-], he will fight with his fists.

The healthy servant looked at Huan Rong, and asked if the gentleman should stop him.

Huan Rong shook his head.

Unexpectedly, this group of bandits was one of the sources of Shi Shao's downfall.If you can let him vent his anger, it can be regarded as a small "favor".

Unexpectedly, Shi Shao's face turned red and he fell to the sky without hitting his fist twice.

Huan Rong was startled, and said loudly: "Doctor!"

The bandit hurriedly took half a step back, and almost raised his hand to say: He stood obediently and was beaten, this man fainted by himself, and has absolutely nothing to do with him!

There were two doctors in the convoy, both with their families, who were "sent" into the carriage by Princess Nankang.He stayed in the carriage all the way, and had no other work except to boil two bowls of ginger soup and prepare a few wound medicines.

Hearing Huan Rong calling for someone, he rushed over with a medicine box on his back.

"This gentleman didn't eat for several days, and he fainted because of his anger."

The results of the two diagnoses were almost the same. To put it plainly, Shi Shao had been hungry for a few days, and when he got angry for a while, he used up what little energy he had left, so it's no wonder he didn't faint.

When the doctor was checking the pulse, Shi Shao's younger brother rushed forward and threw himself on his elder brother, his face full of fear.

"do not be afraid."

Huan Rong's heart suddenly felt compassionate, he ordered the boy to bring some drinking water, took him aside to wash his hands and face, and changed into a clean coat.Like Shi Shao, Shi Xu was too thin, and half of the grain cake in his bosom was already moldy.

"Put people on the carriage first."

Shi Shao hadn't woken up, and the houses in the county government office were too simple, so Huan Rong simply asked the servants to pack up a cart and put the people in to rest.

"Lang Jun, I want to share some water with the people here."

"Okay." Huan Rong nodded and said, "Count the number of people and find out their place of origin."

"promise!"

Ah Mi prepared dry food, followed Huan Rong's instructions, and brought two literate servants, and while distributing water, recorded the names of the people's hometowns, their ages, and the days they lived here.

"Lang Jun, there are 26 males, 31 elderly, [-] women, and [-] boys in this place. Except for the Shi family, all of them are from Yandu."

"Since you are a local, why did you end up here?" Huan Rong frowned.

Old age and infirmity are all that matters, and more than 20 males are all weak and standing, and they have no household registration, neither farming nor working in Yanting. What is the reason for hiding in this dilapidated place? Is there some unspeakable secret?

"Lang Jun, our ancestral home is here, and we have farmed here since the Han Dynasty, but..." an old man said hoarsely, his voice was like sandpaper.

"The tyrants in the county wanted to keep private slaves, and the joint officials canceled our household registration and took away all the land. We were regarded as refugees. Once we entered Dongcheng, if we were not arrested as farm slaves, we would become salt slaves. Future generations All shall be slaves!"

Huan Rong's eyes widened, but the servant fell silent.

The old man continued: "Your Majesty is a newcomer, I don't know that this county is more powerful than a tiger! Before, the Lord of Zhou wanted to investigate this matter, but he died suddenly in a foreign land. We really had no choice but to hide here."

As the voice fell, weeping sounded one after another.

It turned out that women and children gathered together, bowing their heads and weeping.

Huan Rong's eyes were sour, it was hard to say what was in his heart.Ah Mi took half a step forward, and quietly shook her head at Huan Rong.

The gentleman is kind, and will be touched by what happened to these people.Although Ah Mi felt sorry for them, she still had doubts about them. She only wanted to raise private slaves, and there were countless refugees from overseas counties. There must be a reason behind such a huge effort, together with the county officials.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"I know." Without waiting for Ah Mi to continue, Huan Rong shook his head, "I have a measure of this matter."

The tyranny in the old man's words is most likely the Chen family, if not, who has such great power, can cover the sky with one hand in Yandu, and say one thing?

The former county magistrate died inexplicably, and he hadn't laid a foundation in Yandu yet, so why should he wrestle with him.Acting recklessly without knowing the details of the opponent is not fighting the strong and helping the weak, nor is it upholding justice, it is the idiot among the idiots.

After receiving the drinking water, the old man took the boy aside, and the middle-aged men and women brought tools, fell wood in the forest, cleared weeds in the yard, moved away the rotten tables and chairs, and swept away the piles of debris piled up everywhere. Rubble.

Shi Shao was still awake, Shi Xu ate three grain cakes and belched repeatedly, seeing the boy smiling, his cheeks turned red.

Huan Rong sat on the shaft of the chariot, smiled and waved to Shi Xu.

"How old is Xiao Lang?"

"Mr. Huifu, servant is six years old."

She is obviously a doll, but she still wants to speak like an adult, imitating her elder brother in words and deeds, all of them are rigid, which is really cute.

Just as Huan Rong was about to ask again, the government soldiers and health servants who were going to Dongshi suddenly returned. There were no farmers and refugees as expected in the car, but three middle-aged men who looked like officials were tied up in the car.

"what happened?"

"Back to Mr. Lang, these three people are so bold that they hindered the servants from recruiting refugees. The servants said that Mr. Lang is the magistrate of Yandu County. Not only did the rats not repent, they dared to insult them!"

After listening to Jian Pu's narration, Huan Rong didn't get angry on the spot.After careful observation of the three people in the car, it was found that they were all reeking of alcohol, obviously they had just come out of the wine shop.

"Do you know their identities?"

"These three reported themselves as the Chen family, one is the head of the prison gate pavilion, and the other is the thief arrester."

Chen?

Huan Rong narrowed his eyes, what a coincidence.

In the east of Yandu County, several rivers pass through.There is an endless stream of salt boats on the river, and the houses and shops on both sides of the river are scattered.

Ten miles away from the wharf, there are few residential houses, and in the end there is only one gorgeous house, with cornices reflecting the sky, painted pillars and carved beams, which shows that the owner is wealthy.

In the main room, Chen's father and son sat facing each other, with a chessboard in the middle, on which the black and white sons strangled, and it was hard to tell the winner.

After a while, Chen Huan said, "Father, Huan Rong has arrived in Yandu."

Chen Xing nodded, and casually picked up a sunspot.

"Yu Canjun sent a letter a few days ago, father, do you want to help him?"

"Huan'er, you have to remember that it's Yu Yuangui, not Yu Jijian, or his worthless sons who are old with the Chen family."

"However, father, Huan Rong's father is the Duke of Nanjun. Hearing that he got the favor of Xi Ting, if he is not expelled as soon as possible, it may become a bad situation and it will be difficult to deal with it."

Chen Xing didn't speak, he picked up another piece, and it landed on the chessboard with a bang.

"Father!"

"Huan'er, you lost."

Chen Huan lowered his head, only to realize that Bai Zi's situation was over and there was no way to save him.

"Be reckless and panic when things happen. How do I teach you on weekdays?"

Chen Huan seemed dissatisfied, met Chen Xing's gaze, and finally lowered his head.

"You only see Huan Rong's strength, but you haven't seen his danger." Chen Xing shook his head, quite disappointed with his son, "He is already in danger. I don't need to do anything, just wait."

Chen Xing saw it more clearly than Chen Huan.

Huan Rong left Jiankang, was assassinated on the way, and then sent people to Gushu with great fanfare, there must be something tricky behind him.

Whether it's a father-son feud or a brother-in-law fight, Mrs. Chen doesn't need to rush to the stage, just sit back and watch the show, and add fuel to the flames when necessary.

It's a pity that although Chen Xing saw it clearly, he couldn't stand the short-sighted people in his clan.He was thinking of watching the show with nothing, but at the west of the city, Huan Rong's family's handle had already been handed over.