…… Although Shen zangfeng is reluctant to part with his wife, after careful consideration, he refuses Wei Changying''s suggestion. The reason is that he still doesn''t know the weight of the senior man in diecuiguan. If he is vain, it doesn''t matter if Wei Changying follows him. But if he is really a talented man, Shen Cangfeng can''t let him go. He must try to get people under his command.
The key lies in the fact that he has repeatedly rejected the solicitation of other members of the Shen clan, including Xi Liang''s assassin in office, which at least left the impression that he was a man of talent.
So Shen zangfeng worries that if this person is worth soliciting, it will be inconvenient for him to take the captain to win. The main reason is that he went alone. The ready-made reason can be said to be a trip specially for this person, which shows sincerity. But if he took his wife Let the other party know. Maybe he will misunderstand that he is traveling with his wife, and soliciting is just a way. This kind of master who has real material and practical knowledge and is proud of himself may think that Shen Zanfeng doesn''t pay enough attention to him because of such a thing, and then put on more airs
Shen zangfeng is now fighting against the clock. Naturally, he doesn''t want such a thing to be bad.
After listening to her husband''s explanation, Wei Changying could only give up and said, "but I hope that man doesn''t take Joe too seriously." Because of the example of avant-garde Xinyong concealing her surname from Wei Changfeng, she reminded her husband, "you should be on guard, don''t you say that there are many traitors bought by the Di people in the Wei people? The last time Di people raided Diecui pass, they couldn''t make it. It''s not a plan of combining inside with outside. It''s just to lead you to see! "
"Don''t worry, the guard of diecuiguan will find out his ancestors and grandchildren in the morning." Shen zangfeng said with a light smile, "besides, I found out that I had nothing to do with this man when I was assassinated last time."
Seeing Wei Changying, Shen zangfeng is still uneasy. He laughs and hugs his wife, bows his head and rubs her cheek. He chuckles and says, "I have a beautiful wife in my arms for my husband, and I haven''t even seen my eldest son. How can I take risks? Don''t worry, Ying''er, for my husband''s life, it''s very expensive now! "
That''s how it was decided. The next morning, Shen Zang Feng led the "spine fence" and rode away.
Seeing off her husband, Wei Changying is in the mood to care about other things. The first thing to ask is: "sister Xinmiao, what''s the news after your free clinic these days?"
Duanmuxinmiao frowned and sighed, "it''s a bit, but I don''t know if I can make it right!"
Wei Changying just asked casually - she was wondering that Ji Qubing''s relatives might have died in the wild. The reason why she gave duanmuxinmiao the idea of this free clinic was in case, but she didn''t want to be in case. She was surprised and said: "what is it? You may as well say it so that I can see it for you. "
"What Zhu Lian and Zhu Shi found out is that Shifu''s relatives fled in the same direction as Cao''s castle. Maybe they were admitted to Cao''s castle." Duanmuxinmiao frowned.
"In this case, why don''t you mention it earlier and send someone to Cao''s castle to investigate?" Ying asked
"How can I not mention it?" Duanmuxin Miao snorted and said, "it''s only when the news comes that my third brother is back. My sister-in-law, you are tied to your husband and son-in-law. Where can you control my side? I dare not be the villain of that disappointments, but I have found manager Shen''s entrustment by myself. "
Wei Changying smiled awkwardly and asked with concern, "what did manager Shen say?" She thought how powerful the Shen family was in Xiliang. Although Shen Youyi was appointed as the chief manager of mingpeitang for a short time, he and Shen zangfeng are now stable in the family. Shen Youyi, who wants to support the superior, can''t be ignored. Shen Youjia, Shen Youyi''s brother, is the commander of Xiliang. Even though he is still on the way to lead the army back, with him Since Shen Youyi has known the place, it''s no problem to check his personal contacts.
I don''t want to frown at duanmuxinmiao and say, "the Shen pipeline is too remote to live in. Therefore, it is necessary to send someone to ask. It will take at least ten and a half days for one time. This can only be done without delay when inquiring about people. Now those who go to inquire about the news haven''t come back! "
"Is it?" Wei Changying ignored duanmuxinmiao because of her husband''s return. Now, of course, he needs to remedy it. He said courteously, "I have something to explain to him in a moment, just to ask you. If it''s hard to find out over there, send some smart people. "
When he started to talk and walk away from duanmuxinmiao, Wei Changying asked Shen Youyi to come and ask about caojiapu. Unexpectedly, she said something. Shen Youyi smiled bitterly and waved: "aunt, you don''t know if you''re going to call your nephew to come here. My nephew is going to come to caojiapu. I sent someone to ask about it more than ten years ago Will you send someone now? "
Wei Changying was confused and said, "why?"
Shen Youyi leaned up slightly and lowered her voice to explain: "miss duanmuba just sent her maid to set up a conversation with the doctor during the free clinic, and then she could find out caojiapu. Where can we know? As early as ten years ago, when old lady song entrusted the Lord and the Lord to arrive in Xiliang, we sent people to caojiapu to inquire. "
"What about the result? Where are the relatives of Ji Shenyi? " Asked Wei Changying.Shen Youyi sighed: "yes, it''s just People are dead! "
Wei Changying was shocked and said, "dead?"
"Isn''t it?" Shen Youyi put out his hand and said, "originally, my family was born and raised in the capital of the emperor, so they didn''t adapt to our cool climate. In addition, the exiles have to work hard every day - although our family took care of them because of Qian''s affection, some of Deng''s people bought some of them Aunt is also from a big family. When we know that there are many people, we may not agree. What''s more, many of the exiles of Ji''s family are women and children, who die very fast. It seems that Ji Ying''s legitimate son, Ji Gu, escaped. He was only 14 years old at that time. He didn''t have enough Qi and blood. It was a fluke to escape from the eyes of the messenger temporarily... "
After Shen Youyi''s detailed explanation, Wei Changying knew that the reason why Ji Gu was able to escape was a very rare thing - because Xiliang was bitter and cold. Although the guards serving in exile were able to extort the prisoners'' families, they must have lost their power or been ignored when they were exiled. Their income was limited and they were usually very miserable.
The day before Ji Gu escaped, the messengers who guarded them shot and killed a hare. There are plenty of people on duty together. No matter how fat a hare is, there should not be several people to take home. So the messenger decided to eat it on the spot and told the prisoners to cook the Hare into meat soup for them. One of the two prisoners who were called to serve them was Ji Gu The reason why he is called is because he is thin and weak. He is always worse than others. He can''t do much to make him serve hard there.
It''s convenient for him to do anything trivial.
Results it has become a habit for these messengers to be domineering over the prisoners. Even though they know the origin of Ji Gu, they underestimate the medical skills of Ji''s family, especially Ji Ying. Ji Gu didn''t mention the skinned hare, went to the stream to clean it in the poor''s eyes, and then cooked a pot of soup with another unknown prisoner in front of the public In the middle of this, he used the opportunity to wash rabbit meat by the stream. Several plants in Rabbah can be said to be herbs everywhere Or the weeds in the eyes of ordinary people, with a pair of laxatives!
Not only that, God knows what method he used. In front of the messenger, he put the medicine into the soup
So soon after those messengers ate rabbit soup, they all died!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ji Gu encourages all the people to escape together. He and his remaining brother Ji Jian also mingle in it - but Ji Jian is unlucky. He was found by the patrolman and killed on the spot after escaping a short distance!
It was Ji Gu who got into Cao''s castle.
Here we have to say that caojia castle is called castle. There is indeed a fortress, but it is different from ordinary fortress.
As mentioned earlier, some people were forced to live in the wasteland at the junction of Wei and di because of taxes or land rent. At the risk of being slaughtered by the Di people and investigated by the government of the great Wei Dynasty, Cao family castle is such a place.
It is said that when such unruly people come out of the territory, the government will always suppress them. It''s just that the fortress of caojia castle is so good in terrain - the word "one man at a time, one man at a time, one man can''t open it" is made for this place!
According to Shen Youyi, this caojia Castle actually has neither walls nor solid buildings - because it doesn''t need any! This place, on three sides, is like a sharp cliff cut by a knife and axe. The place with the highest cliff is tens of feet! When the siege cloud car arrived, I could only look at it and sigh Actually, the cloud car can''t arrive, because the river under the cliff is not turbulent, but it''s enough to submerge the cloud car base
And the west is cold and bitter. The cliff is not as full of Ficus pumila as the South Cliff. It''s totally impossible to expect that there will be such a tenacious old vine growing for hundreds of years for the surprise soldiers to attack
So unless we have wings, we can only think about attacking from these three sides!
And the rest is the only way up.
This road is a real one! The path to the most experienced Porter, pick up a pair of baskets have to lean on the rope to hold some baskets, in order to avoid not always rubbing against the rocks on both sides
Such a Jedi has made those who want to attack despair!
Most of all, this Jedi place is not small! There are about three thousand people in caojiabao. They can live on top of each other. They even have fields There are mountain springs In addition to salt, they also need to come out to buy, they can completely seal the only path, live a leisurely life in a paradise, and completely self-sufficient!
Although the Shen family is strong and strong, most of them are prepared for the Di people. Previously, from Shen Yujia to Shen zangfeng, they all stared at the life of Qiu Dida alone with mu Huer. Where has the Kung Fu to manage such a nest Er, Diao Min can say, but it''s not enough to say that the traitor - Cao family castle has such a unique environment, but has always been very cautious, and doesn''t do any business without money, so that when the government exterminates these strongholds that cultivate on the land of Wei but don''t pay taxes to Wei, they haven''t been listed.
After all, they don''t make trouble - they don''t pay taxes. It''s easy to cover up. Xiliang is not the south of the Yangtze River. A large area of land is reduced to a battlefield. Even the officials in the Yamen who are specially in charge of this area don''t know the exact number of acres. It''s mainly the good farmland of today, which may become a battlefield tomorrow. The battlefield of today, which may be cultivated in a few daysBut if these people who steal farming and planting come out to do business when they are idle, the government can''t wait!
After all, no one is willing to worry about his family when he is fighting with Di people. Don''t let robbers take advantage of the situation!
The Shen family is very strong at this point. As long as there are bandits in Xiliang, whether the Di people jump in or the Wei people make trouble, they will immediately suppress them! And for such bandits, the Shen family never recruits them. Generally, they are all chicken and dog, full of owls!
Up to now, almost no one has been spared, except for a very small number of people who dare to violate this article, who are too few in number, too secretive in their hiding places and inconvenient for the army to exterminate.
Caojiapu''s cleverness and terrain are the basis of its existence for decades.
However, several Castle owners of caojia castle are also very interesting. The number of people in the castle is always controlled at 3000. After the number reaches 3000, if anyone tries to join the castle for a living, he excuses that there is no room in the castle and refuses to accept it.
Moreover, we should try our best to meet the requirements of the government, the Shen family and the local people in Xiliang.
So Xiliang up and down, for the existence of caojiapu is also a blind eye. Vertically and horizontally, the people in Cao''s castle are just mixed food - even if the local taxes are paid, they really can''t collect much.
There are three thousand people, no big deal. It''s really a civil commotion. It''s hard to hide it completely.
“…… At that time, a family uncle was sent to Cao''s castle to take the picture of Ji Gu. At that time, it was more than ten years since Ji Gu escaped without trace. " Shen Youyi sighed, "he was a teenager when he escaped, and his appearance may change when he grows up. But the family thought that he had a good skill in medicine. What place would there be too many doctors of Ji family? Cao family castle has eight out of ten meetings to take him in! After entering the castle, as long as you inquire from the medical skill, you are not afraid that there will be no clue among 3000 people! "
Wei Chang Ying frowned and asked, "and then?"
"Then I heard that Cao family castle saved a shabby young man after Ji Gu escaped, and that he could get medical skills." Shen Youyi sighed, "it''s a pity that the young man was saved by the people of caojiabao and had not eaten for many days. He was dying! Because he knew medicine, he was brought into the castle with an exception He used the medicine accumulated in the castle to recuperate himself for a while, but he survived... "
Wei Changying is surprised and says: "isn''t it alive? How did you die later? "