Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 180

County Magistrate Chen hurriedly bowed and said, "I'm really sorry, Brother Jiang. The situation is serious, so I have no choice but to come to you. As for my sister-in-law, I will definitely come to apologize to her another day!"

"That's not necessary." Jiang Yipei stretched out his hand to stop him, frowning: "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Governor Wen is attacking the city." County Magistrate Chen said with a stern face.

"And then you ran away?!"

Jiang Yipei couldn't believe it: "Abandoning the people of the whole city?!"

County Magistrate Chen: “???!!”

He was so excited that he stood up all of a sudden and hit the roof of the car. He didn't sit down, but bent over and scolded the person in front of him: "Jiang Yipei, you and I have been classmates for more than ten years. I thought we had a good relationship, but I didn't expect that I was such a person in your heart! You misunderstood me to this extent!"

County Magistrate Chen was really angry!

"Brother Chen, Brother Chen!" Jiang Yipei was a little embarrassed and pulled County Magistrate Chen: "Sit down first, does it hurt? Well, you can't say that, I'm not..."

But after saying "yes" for a long time, I couldn't find a suitable reason, and was left with an awkward face.

Jiang Yipei felt that he had not said anything too much, he just doubted him a little! He was not familiar with him, so it was normal that he did not know his character! Was it necessary to be so angry?

But looking at Chen Nuo's face that looked so gentle even when angry, Jiang Yipei felt guilty for no reason. The gentleman is as gentle as jade, this must be the person in front of him!

Ever since he traveled through time and first went to see County Magistrate Chen, the two of them had always been polite and courteous to each other. He called County Magistrate Chen "Mr. Chen" and "Brother Chen", and County Magistrate Chen called him "Brother Jiang".

This was the first time that County Magistrate Chen called him by his full name and scolded him in a very unpresentable way.

How should I put it? It's quite friendly, more like the interaction between friends.

"Let's put this aside for now. Tell me what happened first. Why did you attack the city? Did you close the city gates?"

"Yeah." County Magistrate Chen sat down, took a deep breath, and stroked his chest from top to bottom to calm himself, as if he didn't care about closing the city gate.

Jiang Yipei: “…”

One person dares to close the door, and the other dares to attack. They both rely on the fact that the emperor is far away and the sky is high, and they don't care about their lives.

In ancient times, the city gates could not be opened or closed at the command of a governor or a county magistrate. There was a very strict management system.

There are regulations on what time to open in the morning and what time to close at night, and as a county magistrate, you must strictly enforce them.

Once the city gates are closed, unless there are special circumstances, breaking into the city gates is a capital crime!

County Magistrate Chen said: "Chunzhou County has begun to riot. Governor Wen's men are looting food everywhere. At first they just beat people up, but later they started killing people. Governor Wen doesn't control them. If he is allowed to enter Luoshui County, the people of Luoshui County will surely be several times more miserable than the people of Chunzhou County."

This Governor Wen...

Jiang Yipei's face was extremely ugly. The people in power were so cruel and treated human lives as worthless. How could the people under their rule have a good life!

This Governor Wen is really not a human being!

It's just that... Jiang Yipei looked at County Magistrate Chen with a complicated expression, and after a while he said, "You can't be thinking of rebelling just because of Governor Wen, right?"

The word "rebellion" was a heavy word for an official. In the past, County Magistrate Chen would have used the people of Luoshui County as an excuse, but today he did not say anything, let alone refute. Instead, he remained suspiciously silent! !

Jiang Yipei's heart finally died.

Although he was mentally prepared, and although he had been talking about "rebellion" all this time and had been instilling this idea into his family members and Jiang Xiubai, he still didn't want to do so in his heart. In addition, Jiang Xiumian had been hoping that he would "wake up" and stop daydreaming about rebellion. As modern people, they absolutely could not accept the ancient "rebellion."

If you can be a human being in prosperous times, why be a dog in troubled times?

What's the merit of following the dragon, being second to none and above ten thousand people, it's all bubble!

Since ancient times, it has never been easy to start a rebellion.

There are always corpses everywhere and rivers of blood. It can't be more tragic!

How could these children, who grew up under the five-star red flag, have ever seen anything like this?

However, although……

Jiang Yipei sighed and decided to put this matter aside for now. The most important thing at the moment was Governor Wen who was about to break into the house!

"He's killing people right outside your house, and you didn't stop him. Why did you come out of town to find me? And you blame me for doubting you. How could I not doubt you?"

"So you have to help me!"

Maybe because he had just criticized Jiang Yipei, County Magistrate Chen did not even ask "will you help me?" and spoke very bluntly.

Jiang Yipei was almost numb: "How can I help you?"

What help do you need? He has nothing!

His daughter's combat vanguards haven't even begun to show signs of being a part of the army yet. No, the new recruits are still just kids. It will take several years before they can be of any use!

Several years!

Luoshui County had long been razed to the ground.

But if he doesn't help, according to Governor Wen's character, Luoshui County is his granary. If there is no food and no money, they will definitely come. Over time, even if his people cannot find Jiangjia Village for the time being, it will definitely affect the lives of Jiangjia Village.

How annoying! How could it be so annoying! He began to miss his life as a landlord again! He wanted to go home so badly!

Jiang Yipei closed his eyes, threw away the negative thoughts, and asked County Magistrate Chen: "Do you know how many soldiers and horses Governor Wen brought?"

County Magistrate Chen nodded: "About two thousand people!"

"What?!" Jiang Yipei stretched out two fingers and almost poked County Magistrate Chen's eyes: "Two thousand?"

Well! This number is more than three Jiangjia Villages!

County Magistrate Chen still wants him to help him, how funny, what help can he get, his soul?

The soul left the body and scared those two thousand people to death?

County Magistrate Chen pushed Jiang Yipei's hand away and said to himself, "Catch the leader first. As long as Governor Wen is gone, those are just a mob and cannot be used as evidence."

"Are you kidding me?" Jiang Yipei almost laughed out of anger: "If so, then you succeeded."

County Magistrate Chen: “???”

"Why do you say that?" Why does this sound so unkind?

"They have two thousand soldiers, how many do you have? Just the four squads of yamen runners and hangers-on in your county government? Three hundred people? Not even enough to fill their teeth!"

Jiang Yipei slapped the back of his right hand on the palm of his left hand, and his helpless look was about to break.

Three hundred versus two thousand, what can we use to fight against them! They even want to catch the leader first, it’s even a question whether we can get close to them, okay?!

County Magistrate Chen hooked his finger at Jiang Yipei, motioning him to come closer, then stared into his eyes and said word by word: "I have 5,000 soldiers and horses, and we can reach Luoshui County today."

"Ah? What? What did you say?" Jiang Yipei scratched his ears, suspecting that he had misheard: "Five thousand what?"

"Troops and horses." County Magistrate Chen leaned over and whispered, "I have been secretly training the troops."

Jiang Yipei: “!!!”

He turned his head to look at County Magistrate Chen so quickly that he almost sprained his neck. "Did I hear correctly?"

"It is absolutely true." County Magistrate Chen affirmed: "If you follow me into the city today, you will see it and know that I did not lie to you."

Jiang Yipei took a deep breath and exclaimed, "Wow! What a guy!"

I secretly trained my troops!!!

How many words are there in this?

How can such a small number of words contain so much information?

Judging from his tone, this "secret" must have been going on for quite some time!

Jiang Yipei swallowed and asked, "How long have you been practicing?"

County Magistrate Chen thought about it and couldn't remember it very well: "It's been many years."

Jiang Yipei: Look!

but--

They have been thinking about rebellion for a long time, so what's the big deal about having some soldiers? Is it any surprise that they have been secretly training troops for a long time?

The most surprising thing is——

"You've already won, why are you looking for me? And you want me to help you? Are you kidding me? How can I help you?"

"I just said, they are on their way, but they haven't arrived yet. What we need to do is to guard the city gate before they come."

"That's a good point. You say we can defend it and we can do it!" Jiang Yipei said unhappily. He lifted the curtain of the carriage window and found that the carriage was still moving very slowly. He didn't know when he would arrive at the county town.

"Brother Jiang, don't worry. They can't do anything to the city gate for a while. We still have time."

"If we have time, do you have any solution?" Jiang Yipei asked.

"If there was, I wouldn't have come all the way to find you." The road was so difficult to travel in the snow, and Governor Wen's men were guarding outside the city gate, so County Magistrate Chen started to sneak out of the city through a secret passage last night.

If he had a way, why would he do this?

County Magistrate Chen said sincerely, "In addition to discussing countermeasures with Brother Jiang, I came here today to be honest with you, Brother Chen. I can't even begin to compare to Brother Chen's abilities, but I have money and power, and I can protect Brother Chen's family in Luoshui County."

The belated honesty made Jiang Yipei feel a little uneasy.

County Magistrate Chen claims to be rich and powerful. In Jiang Xiubai's words, he is really Versailles.

Moreover, it was hard for Jiang Yipei to understand the meaning of these words.

It's the harvester's fault. People are impressed by his "abilities", so he is "qualified" to cooperate with others. Otherwise, they have money and power and would not bother to come to you.

Jiang Yipei still thought that County Magistrate Chen wanted to cooperate with him because he had few available men, and he was thinking of balancing him with military power...

Jiang Yipei was very curious: "Maintaining troops is very expensive. How much income can you, a county magistrate, earn?"

Chen Nuo said: "My father left me a lot of property, which is enough."

Jiang Yipei knew that County Magistrate Chen was rich and his family had many properties, but when he was studying, he never showed off his food, clothing and other expenses. Instead, he occasionally revealed a low-key luxury, which showed that his family was not poor. However, he never expected that his family was so rich that they could support 5,000 soldiers.

Maintaining an army is not that simple. The most basic thing is to ensure that they have enough food to eat, while training and weapons are the top priorities.

"Since you've been so candid, which family in Jiangnan is yours? Do they know you're planning a rebellion?"

"My mother is from the Jiangnan Lu family, which was once a large local family. Now they are being severely suppressed and have been dissatisfied for a long time."

"I see. It means we have been deployed for a long time and are just waiting for your order."

"You could say the same thing."

Jiang Yipei thought about it and felt something was wrong. "You just mentioned your mother's family, then what about your father's family? Which prestigious family is it?"

In Jiang Yipei's memory, Chen Nuo was from Jiangnan. His father died when he was in his teens. He and his mother depended on each other for survival. He had met his mother several times. His mother was a noble lady with extraordinary elegance and elegance.

"My father is the current emperor's younger brother, the loyal prince Zhao Xu."

Jiang Yipei: “…”

He was often speechless when he came to this ancient time, but he is most speechless today.

Prince Qin Zhao Xu is the youngest brother of the current emperor. Although they are born from the same mother, they are twenty years apart and are the only two born to the Empress.

Prince Qin has been doted on since he was born. In contrast, the current emperor, because he is the legitimate son, has been made the crown prince since he was young and has been strictly required to learn how to become a crown prince.

Their teaching methods and modes of getting along with the Emperor and Empress are naturally different. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the current emperor was trained to be the crown prince, while King Qin can only be a favored and idle prince.

But the prince at that time couldn't see it.

Later, as King Qin grew up, he showed intelligence and compassion far surpassing that of the crown prince at the time, which made the crown prince feel a great sense of crisis.

The court gradually split into two factions.

In fact, it is not necessarily a good thing to follow the King. Many people wanted to follow the King just to have the merit of following the emperor, because the prince at that time had no shortage of people around him. Some officials could not squeeze into the core layer, and were unwilling to be a marginal follower, so they tried their best to instigate the King to fight with the current emperor, but the King was unmoved. It was impossible for him to kill his brothers for the throne, and he was also happy to be a rich man.

However, what was unexpected was that the current emperor, with his growing suspicion and anxiety, became more and more targeted at the king's loyalty, and did many things that killed a thousand enemies but lost eight hundred of his own. The old emperor gradually became disappointed with him and began to think about replacing the crown prince.

Only then did a little bit of the rumor spread out, and the emperor at that time could no longer sit still. He had killed his brother and his father, and when he found the imperial edict that had not yet been stamped with the imperial seal, he almost went crazy. The old emperor actually wanted Prince Qin to be the emperor!

After the current emperor ascended the throne, all members of the Qinwang party suffered. Some were killed, some were suppressed. If the Jiangnan literati had not been able to silence them, the Qinwang wife would not have returned home but would have been buried with the Qinwang. Even so, the Qinwang wife died of illness half a year later.

She had to die. If she didn't die, the Emperor would never let Lu go, especially since she was pregnant with the king's posthumous child.

Although no one knew about it, it was still better to be cautious. So when Concubine Lu of Prince Qin died, a widow named Chen appeared in the distant Qingzhou, who lived in seclusion in a separate courtyard with her son.

Jiang Yipei: "Do you want to avenge your father?"

County Magistrate Chen picked at his fingers unconsciously, his eyes somewhat blank. “My mother said that my father was the best man in the world. He shouldn’t have died, nor should he have been cursed after his death.”

The whole Dasheng knew that the late emperor died because he killed his father in order to serve the king.

As for why he killed his father, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that he killed his father.

The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. What's more, King Qin is dead and there is no way to defend himself. This crime will follow him for the rest of his life.