To Rule in a Turbulent World

"Come with me." You Miao took people to the warehouse, which was empty and the food was gone.He bowed and opened the wooden plank, and there was a cellar inside, and You Miao said again: "Come on, come down."

The cellar is surprisingly large, and there are still a lot of wine stored. Zhao Chao held the lantern and said, "How do you know this place?"

You Miao said: "When I was young, I used to play here with the proprietress's son. Let's sleep for a night first."

You Miao spread out the straw and let the female relatives sleep in the cellar. Zhao Chao arranged some people to sleep in the front yard and some to guard the backyard. You Miao said, "I'll go find the way."

Zhao Chao stopped him and said, "It's getting late, let's go tomorrow."

That night You Miao was lying on a table in the front hall, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. Li Zhifeng knew his worry and came over to hug him. When the two woke up in the first ray of sunlight in the morning, You Miao got on the horse , Let Zhao Chao and others stay in the abandoned restaurant for temporary shelter.He and Li Zhifeng went to explore the way.

The road was full of black smoke, the Qingfeng Mountain in Liuzhou had been burned to ashes by the forest fire, and there was light rain from the sky.The tea groves of more than ten years were destroyed like this.

"The old man's property is all gone." You Miao said, "I don't know how the relatives in Liuzhou are doing now."

Li Zhifeng and You Miao rode together, and heard that he just patted his head.You Miao couldn't stop thinking about his father, even if there were all kinds of bad things, they were still father and son who were related by blood.And this piece of tea forest was also planted by his mother, Qiao Ke'er.

It has been in business for more than ten years, and it was planted when he was born. Just like a fire, it was all gone.

When a tree is gone, it can be planted again, but when a person dies, he will never come back.You Miao thought of how his father still loved him when he was a child.When he was young, he didn't understand anything, so his father drank tea in the study and murmured: "Your return is not yet due, and the night rain in Bashan swells the autumn pond..."

You Miao went to You Dechuan's arms to act like a baby, and You Dechuan put his arms around him and patted his head.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel sad. Since returning to Liuzhou, he has hardly given the old man any good looks. The last sentence was three years ago on the Shangyuan Festival. He had a quarrel with the old man when he went home for dinner. Curse him to die quickly.When he went to Beijing to take the exam, the old man asked Qiao Jue to send him money and praised him for his progress.

Li Zhifeng hugged You Miao tightly, and You Miao shook his head, Li Zhifeng said: "Don't cry, people have to leave their fathers. It's only natural for young eagles to leave their nests."

You Miao remembered that Li Zhifeng had never mentioned his father to herself, so she wiped away her tears and said, "How did your father treat you?"

Li Zhifeng thought for a while and said, "He never talks to me, and he rarely talks to my elder brother."

"Never say it?" You Miao asked in surprise.

"Once, when I was very young, I showed him a bird." Li Zhifeng said, "He said 'yes'. That was the last word he said to me. One night he died of illness, brother Don't let me see him."

You Miao was a little surprised that King Quanrong was like this, and he asked again: "Where's your mother?"

Li Zhifeng said: "My mother is Han."

You Miao: "..."

"Your mother is Han?" You Miao said, "Can you find her?"

Li Zhifeng shook his head and said, "My mother was taken captive by the Quanrong people. After returning to her village, she died within a few days and was buried by the Crescent Lake."

You Miao asked again: "Where's your elder brother?"

Li Zhifeng said: "His mother is from a small clan outside the Great Wall, that's all I know."

You Miao sighed and said, "You may not have much affection for your father..."

"I understand the filial piety of your Han people." Li Zhifeng said: "You explained it to me when you were studying before, but the Quanrong people don't need to support their father. Besides, your father also has his own ideas, so don't be too sad."

Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and filial piety, You Miao knows that these are the concepts of Han people, and the tribes outside the Great Wall are rarely exposed to these. Some barbarians even kill each other, while some tribes rely on kinship to maintain their families.Sometimes it is difficult for him to imagine that the nomads do not have Confucius and Mencius, and do not have books. Isn’t it like living in a long night of human nature?The Diaolanhuadong was burned to clean, and the gold and silver were taken away.

The Han people also gradually formed their own rules after the sages and sages wrote books and established biographies.And a nation with books and culture, shouldn't it be getting stronger and stronger?Why was it destroyed in the hands of such backward barbarians?

"Here we are." Li Zhifeng said.

With Biyu Villa close in front of you, You Miao woke up suddenly, and looked up to see that the plaque had fallen to the ground and was trampled in half.He didn't even dare to go in and look, Li Zhifeng asked, "Should I go in?"

You Miao said: "Let's go together."

His voice was trembling, Li Zhifeng hugged him to calm him down, and drove his horse into the main gate of the villa.The whole villa was completely destroyed, as if it had undergone a great looting.The carbonized mountains are shrouded in moist clouds and mist, surrounding this dilapidated villa.

The windows in the hall were broken, and the paintings and calligraphy were torn and thrown on the ground. Fortunately, there were no corpses. You Miao dismounted and walked towards the garden. When she walked through the corridor, she was frightened.

The housekeeper did not rest in peace, hugged the pillar, and was nailed to the pillar by random arrows. You Miao avoided him and recognized the new housekeeper brought by Wang.He continued to walk towards the backyard, and saw several domestic servants who had their guts broken and trampled to death.Li Zhifeng followed behind him silently, You Miao's lips were trembling, and he finally yelled out.

"father--!"

You Miao's voice was full of tears, but there was no answer in the empty villa. He ran across the corridor and pushed open the door of his father's room, which was empty.After groping through the door, all the valuables were looted, but there was no body.He gradually calmed down, searched the entire villa, even went to the path behind the mountain, and finally confirmed that his father, You Hange and others were not here, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

It was past noon, You Miao sat down to think, and now she settled down, it seemed that they all ran away early.Of course they might have been taken away, but what did the barbarians do for them?Even if the housekeeper is killed, it is impossible for the maids and servants to escape.

The only explanation is that You Dechuan ran away ahead of time, while the housekeeper and those servants stayed behind to watch the house, but were killed by the invading Tatars.

You Miao got up, went back to her father's room, and said to Li Zhifeng, "Hold me and move the wardrobe."

Li Zhifeng tried it, lifted the wardrobe, threw it aside and made a loud noise.

You Miao reached out to explore and found an empty grid. After wiping it for a long time, there was nothing in it. Don't worry.

Li Zhifeng said, "What is it?"

"Land deed, IOU, bank note." You Miao seemed to have exhausted all her strength, leaning on Li Zhifeng, and said, "The old man ran away first."