Book of Changes

Here Yuan Heng is full of confidence, feeling that everything is well arranged, then he remembered the Second Young Master who was arranged in the mansion, and decided to visit him so that he could get some good words for the future.

Yuan Heng went to visit, but was stopped at the door.

Yuan Heng angrily reprimanded the guards, "Whose soldiers are you?"

The guard felt aggrieved, "My lord, no one will see what the Second Young Master said."

"Get out!" Seeing the guard obediently step aside, Yuan Heng was about to step in.

"Master Yuan, if you have something to do, let's talk at the door." Only a cold voice came from inside.

"Second Young Master, I offended you a lot yesterday, please forgive me." Even though he knew that Wang Ling was invisible in the house, Yuan Heng still bowed in a polite manner.

"Your Majesty Yuan, Tang Tangzheng, a second-rank official, can't bear this sentence. Please go back, my lord."

Yuan Heng knew that it would not be an exaggeration for the second son to say that he was spoiled since he was a child, but after all he was a son of a family, so he was unavoidably arrogant, so he withdrew after a salute.

Wang Lingrang didn't know what was going on outside, but he had already made a choice in his heart.For the prosperity and peace of the world, he didn't want to do this but he had to.For the future, we can only take one step at a time.

Two days later, the imperial decree came to Gao Xian.Gao Xian immediately sent [-] elite soldiers to Hangzhou.

When Xie Qiulang heard the news, he immediately put on his clothes and planned to go with the army, but was stopped by Lieutenant Gao Xian Bai Yandao, "I know you are worried about Wang Lingrang, but you are seriously ill and it is really not suitable for a long journey. Don't worry, Wu'an, I will definitely Bring him back for you. Please also ask our general Huaihua to help me guard Yangzhou and continue my food and grass."

Xie Qiulang didn't speak, but endured the pain and continued to put on his clothes.

"I said, Wu An, why are you so stubborn? The dispute between Wang and Xie is raging now, and it will not benefit anyone if you two get along well. Besides, you also know that after this incident, the Wang family" Bai Yandao said with hatred .

"I promised him that I will protect him well." Xie Qiulang said in a muffled voice.

"Protect him comprehensively" Bai Yandao pointed out the window and said loudly, "Protecting him comprehensively will be exchanged for your Xie family's full family! Do you have the heart, Xie Qiulang. You are the first son of the Xie family, and the Xie family treats you well. , is it possible that you are going to ruin your grandfather's plan for many years because of Wang Lingrang!"

"I want to protect him well." Xie Qiulang bowed his head and tied his clothes.

Bai Yandao was so angry that he laughed, knowing that he would not be able to dispel Xie Qiulang's thoughts without a dose of strong medicine, "Xie Qiulang, you forgot who was so determined to take Wang Lingrang to Yanzhou City! Who threw him in the deep valley! Who was obliged to take on this important task at that time! It was you! You had the opportunity to repent back then, but it was you Xie Qiulang who made up his mind to push him into the pit of fire! Where did your courage to go all out for the Xie family go? Just because you spent so much time with him Today I remembered the past friendship. That friendship is nothing!"

Xie Qiulang acted as if he hadn't heard, put his head down and put on his shoes, his voice trembling, "I want to protect him well"

Seeing that Xie Qiulang was still not enlightened, Bai Yandao strode towards Xie Qiulang and wanted to punch him to wake up the evildoer, but he raised his fist and held back, but there was nowhere to vent his fist, so he slammed He kicked the stool for a while, and with a bang, the attendants at the door jumped, "Xie Qiulang, you chose this path yourself. Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness have been a dilemma. Do you want your Xie family to kill all the family, or do you want to kill everyone?" Your brother!"

Xie Qiulang couldn't suppress his feelings anymore, and stood up abruptly, "At the beginning, I just said that I was suppressing the Wang family with corruption and bribery! Now I want to harm the whole family of the Wang family with the crime of treason! If this thing is done! I am Really disloyal!"

"Xie Qiulang! That Yuan Heng conspired to rebel, the evidence is conclusive, it's a foregone conclusion. Now it's a done deal, it's up to you!" Bai Yandao turned around angrily, stopped at the door and said in a low voice, "I will bring you back, you Rest in peace."

Hearing these words, Xie Qiulang felt that the whole world was instantly cleared up, but when he wanted to say something, his throat felt stiff. When Baiyan Road was far away, he said bluntly, "Thank you", and then it was like pulling a thread Sitting upright on the bed like a puppet.

Xie Qiulang was neatly dressed, sitting on the bed, only felt that his eyes were dark, and felt that the whole world was spinning, and felt that time seemed to come to an end.He thought a lot. When he was a child, his eldest brother taught him to recite books, his father made him practice martial arts, his grandmother hugged him and told stories, the swallows that nested in the study room came back every year, the lotus leaves of Xingyuan Academy, Wang Lingrang and Gao Xian wrote for him The penalty writes that the two hugged each other in the snow to keep warm that year, spent a few years in the military, but only a few months of official career, spent the night in the wild, escaped in the rain, and went boating on the West Lake.

He recalled the guarantee he had given to his grandfather at that time, and he recalled the 120 or eight members of the Xie family.Xie Qiulang lay straight back, and when he closed his eyes, he saw the scene of Wang Lingrang beheading at the Meridian Gate. The executioner's knife, white prison clothes, and loose hair, once the knife went down, Xie Qiulang curled up sideways on the bed, tears streaming down his face but he couldn't cry. come out.

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Yuan Heng was full of confidence, sitting at home and waiting for the army to pass through Yangzhou, then he rushed to join the army on the grounds of returning to Beijing to report on his duties.Yuan Heng couldn't sit still when he thought of becoming a king and worshiping a minister in the future, so he called Xie Shukang to come to Yuan Mansion to have a drink.

The clouds arch the moon, the night sings, the war drums up, and the drunk sings.

The two pushed cups and exchanged cups, and between the toasts and cups, the power in the court in the future was completely divided up.

On the afternoon of the second day, Yuan Heng and his wife went to the street to prepare things for the trip to Beijing. When they were tired from walking, they sat in a teahouse to rest.I only heard the person next to me whisper, "Hey, you know, the Yangzhou cargo ship caught fire."

"How could it be possible not to know? It has been spread all over the city of Hangzhou. It is said that there are more than 20 ships with goods. It is said that the fire was so blazing that even the fish in the river were burned to death."

"It's more than that, it is said that the water in the canal has been boiled dry."

"I don't know how many people have died. I have a friend who just came back from Yangzhou. It is said that the howling of the ship can be heard within a three-mile radius."

"No one escaped?"

"No, let alone people, not even a dog escaped. It is said that many officers and soldiers were killed at that time."

"It's a pity, there are so many goods."

Yuan Heng felt a little uncomfortable when he heard these words at first, so he could only comfort himself in his heart by saying that the cargo ship was really on fire, but the more he listened to it, the more cold sweat he got. It snapped, and my whole body trembled uncontrollably.

"Husband, do you think we want to buy something for the second son. It is said that the second son likes tea, let's go to the tea shop to see it later."Madam Yuan asked.

"That's right, the second son is still with us." Yuan Heng seemed to have found a life-saving straw, "Madam, you go shopping first, I'll go back first." After finishing speaking, Yuan Heng simply went to sea to fight against pirates all year round, Madam Yuan is also used to it He was in a hurry, thinking that there was something wrong with Yuan Heng's army, so he didn't think much about it and continued to buy.

Yuan Heng ran back home, ran directly to Wang Lingrang's room, pushed it away to rush in, and saw a figure standing in front of the desk writing through the screen.Yuan Heng's heart that hung in his chest sank instantly.Yuan Heng tidied up his clothes calmly, walked around the screen, and walked in.

When Yuan Heng saw Wang Ling, his mind went blank, "Why is it you! Second Young Master!"

Wang Lingrang imitated Xie Qiulang's voice and said, "I'm not the second son."

"Where's Xie Qiulang?" Yuan Heng asked loudly.

"Probably, I've already gone to Beijing to meet the saint." Wang Lingrang wrote something in a stroke, calmly, "If I were you, I would go and settle my wife and children now, instead of waiting here to die."

Yuan Heng stood there for a long time, then suddenly moved, and ran out like crazy.

On October 11rd of the [-]th year of Yanji, Zhenhai Jiedu envoy Yuan Heng rebelled.Fortunately, Emperor Wen had a long-term vision and had a long-term plan. He ordered Huainan Jiedu envoy Gao Xian to rob and balance in Yangzhou, and the entire rebel army was wiped out.That night, Heng hanged himself in Hangzhou.

According to unofficial records, on October 11rd in the [-]th year of Yanji, Gao Xian ordered the pirate boats to be set on fire. Survived.For a while, the floating corpses were all over the canal, and the salvage lasted three nights. Fishermen dared not cast their nets, old men dared not fish, and young children dared not play in the water.

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