Chapter 666 Rescue the Family

The results of the excavation in the basement made no one believe that there were not many gold and silver, and there were not many valuable treasures. Most of them were copper coins. The dug out coins piled up into a hill, exceeding the roof, and many of them were moldy. Li Qing'an quickly estimated that, along with the dug out some gold and silver, at least about 200,000 guan.

There are also two large boxes of land deeds, most of which are fertile land in the Jianghuai area. Many of the land deeds have turned yellow, and they are probably the property left by King Qi.

It was time for the court to go to the court. Several prime ministers from the Political Affairs Hall rushed to the Siqi Palace after hearing the news. Each of them was frightened by the pile of copper coins that looked like a hill.

"I remember that I had dug out 300,000 guan in his manor a few years ago! Why are there so many more?" Zhang Yun said in surprise.

Li Qing'an shook his head and said, "Zhang Xiangguo, you still underestimate the wealth of this prince. My soldier said that there are many traces of large boxes in the cellar. It is probably filled with antique treasures and has been taken away. These copper coins are not convenient to carry, so they stay here."

He walked up again and patted the box of the land deeds. "These land deeds are the same. He knew in his heart that these land deeds would become a piece of waste paper, so he stayed here too."

At this time, Pei Min, who had been silent, asked solemnly: "Your Highness, how do you plan to deal with these land and property?"

"I invited everyone to discuss this matter. I suggest listing all the royal families who fled to the Southern Tang Dynasty and confiscating all their land and property. The money and property obtained are used to build water conservancy, and secondly to run schools to reduce the burden on the court."

Li Qing'an also knew in his heart that confiscating the royal family's property may not necessarily receive support from the Political Affairs Hall. Zhang Yun must have no problem. Wang Jin hesitated and agreed, but the others were relatively upright and would not flatter him. Therefore, he had to make concessions and use the money for people's livelihood. In this way, he was more likely to get support.

Especially Yan Zhenqing, if he just confiscated his property, he might not agree, but if he uses it for water conservancy and school management, he would have much more possibility of agreeing. His eyes looked at Yan Zhenqing.

Sure enough, Yan Zhenqing, who was dedicated to running schools, first expressed his support, "I support His Highness Zhao's idea. These royal family's property is also taken from the people. Now it should be returned to the people for use in water conservancy and school management. I agree very much."

Then Zhang Yun and Wang Jin both expressed their support. Among the seven majors of the Political Affairs Hall, Cui Ning and Guo Ziyi were on the way to Beijing, so there are only five people now, and three of them have agreed, so Li Qing'an's suggestion will be approved.

Pei Min knew what Li Qing'an wanted to do very well. Although he did not agree, he knew that there was no point in opposition, so he said, "Let me make a suggestion! The money and other property that was dug out can be sold, and the land will be taken over by the government. I support it, but I suggest that their Yongye fields and private houses should not be sold for the time being, and will be temporarily managed by the government, and will depend on the situation in the future."

Pei Min thought it more thoughtfully. He knew that Li Qing'an was trying to force the royal family. Since it was a force, he had to leave some room for nothing. He really didn't give them a way out, and the problem was even more serious.

Pei Min made this suggestion and received unanimous support from the other four people. Li Qing'an also admitted that Pei Min was more considerate than himself. He said happily: "Then let's decide this. Yan Xiangguo is fully responsible for this matter. He dispatched personnel from various ministries to negotiate and resolve them. All the royal families in Guanzhong will be sorted out. I will also send 5,000 inner guard soldiers to assist Yan Xiangguo and listen to Yan Xiangguo's dispatch. I hope Yan Xiangguo will complete this matter within half a month. There is no problem!"

Yan Zhenqing thought about it and found that half a month was a little nervous, but if he had enough staff, he would still be able to finish it even if he had to hurry up. He nodded, "No problem!"

"good!"

What Li Qing'an wanted was Yan Zhenqing's words, "Tomorrow morning, I will hand over all the information from Zongzheng Temple and the Intelligence Hall to Yan Xiangguo. If Yan Xiangguo needs any other materials, you can directly retrieve them from the Intelligence Hall."

Li Qing'an never handed over these military powers to the prime minister of the Zhengshitang, but in order to successfully complete this action, he did not hesitate to break this precedent.

Li Qing'an's carriage left the Siqi Palace. Hu Peiyun, the head of the intelligence hall, caught up with the carriage. Li Qing'an's personal soldiers just found him, and the general asked him if there was something to do.

"General, I am in a humble position!"

Li Qing'an ordered, the carriage slowed down. He sat in front of the window and slowly said to Hu Peiyun: "How is the situation in Chengdu?"

"Report to the General, the Jiannan Intelligence Hall has invested all its manpower to monitor the actions of the officials and royal family of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Not only that, his subordinates have also transferred 60 capable members from Xiangyang, pretended to be fleeing merchants and entered Shuzhong to strengthen the power of the Jiannan Intelligence Hall. According to the latest news, they have settled down."

"Yes!" Li Qing'an nodded, expressed satisfaction with Hu Peiyun's report. He said again: "I still say the same thing, safety is the first priority, and we must learn from the lessons of the Hebei Intelligence Hall."

"I understand! I have sent a letter to Lord Zhuo, emphasizing the importance of safety to him."

"I understand. I must report to me at any time, especially the internal struggle between Li Heng and the prince. We must add a fire to make their struggle burn more fiercely, and we can do whatever we can."

"Yes! I remember it."

Li Qingan thought about it and there was something he couldn't let go of, and he instructed: "There are also Xi Yuanqing and Zhao Chongyi's family members, and we must speed up the rescue. This time Xi Yuanqing is the pioneer and can't be delayed any more."

"Bizhi has received the news that the rescue is ready very smoothly. In these two days, we can start saving people."

Li Qingan gave a few more words and left Prince Siqi's Mansion. Hu Peiyun hurried back to the intelligence hall. Now he needs to pay full attention to the progress in Chengdu.

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Tianwang Temple is a temple that is not very prominent in Chengdu. It is outside the northern city and is not very popular. In the past two years, after the military camps near the temple began to garrison a large number of troops, no one dared to come to Tianwang Temple to burn incense, making this dilapidated temple even more deserted. The young monks ran away, and only a few elderly monks rely on growing some vegetables to make a living.

But a few months ago, the Tianwang Temple suddenly became lively again. After Xi Yuanqing and Zhao Chongqi led their troops north to flee, their families in Chengdu were unable to escape and were all arrested and held as hostages in the Tianwang Temple. The reason they were detained in the Tianwang Temple was that there was a military camp less than fifty steps apart, with 10,000 troops garrisoned. If anyone dared to rescue him, he would immediately attract the siege of the army.

Xi and Zhao had more than 100 families, and were detained in the east and west courtyards of the temple. Since Xi Yuanqing and Zhao Chongyan still had some prestige in the Jiannan army, the officials in charge did not dare to abuse them too much. They just put their families under house arrest in the yard, re-heightened and reinforced walls, and sent people to guard the yard gate. They would send some rice, grain and vegetables in every day. There were wells in both yards, so they could cook and live by themselves.

Nearly four months passed in a flash, and the boredom day after day, and the guards gradually became numb. In the past, the guards had to count the number of people four times a day. Early, midnight, evening, and night, due to the bribery from the two families and the continuous protests between the two families, the counting number of people in the evening and midnight was cancelled, and only counted twice a day. When counting, the night was also a formality, shouting a name and agreeing. There were sixteen guards, each six guards guarding a yard, and taking turns monitoring. There were also six others responsible for patrols around and contacting the military camp when an emergency occurred.

The Tianwang Temple is not empty. It is close to the military camp of ten thousand people to the west, and dozens of acres of vegetable fields to the south. Going forward is a village. There are more than a hundred families in the village. One mile further forward is the city. Standing at the gate of the temple, you can clearly see the magnificent city walls of Chengdu.

To the north of the temple is a long and narrow hill that runs east and west. The hills are very low and covered with dense forests. The hills last for more than ten miles. The temple is just at the end of the hill, with trees particularly lush. The forest is only twenty steps away from the temple. The focus of the guard is also patrol.

To the west of the temple is a small river. The locals become Baishui, and the river finally flows into the Minjiang River. Because the river passes through densely populated areas, boats and oars in the river are an important transportation channel in the local area.

That night, the sky was gloomy, the moonlight and starlight were covered with thick dark clouds, and the night was particularly dark. As usual, the families of the Tianwang Temple fell asleep early. Four guards sat outside the gate of the courtyard, yawning boredly. The gate of the courtyard was locked, and the big copper lock with fists hung on the iron fence. Only the guards had the key.

"Damn it, when will such a day end?"

A guard scolded in a low voice, his eyes glancing to the backyard from time to time, and he could hear noise and yelling. It was the noise that others were gathered together to gamble, and the noise made him feel itchy.

"Erwazi, please watch first, I'll go to a cottage."

The guard got up and wanted to go to the backyard, but another guard named Erwazi grabbed him, "I'll talk first, I'll only play two games, and I'll exchange it for me!"

The guard smiled, broke free from his hand, and ran to the backyard. When he ran, a guard guarding the west yard opposite him patted his butt, got up and followed him to the backyard. The guard was left with only two people.

"Let's sleep for a while!"

One person yawned, lay in the corner of the wall, fell asleep in a daze, and the other person squinted his eyes and began to doze. At this time, a 'shush!' sound came from the room, and he woke up suddenly. He heard something. He stood in front of the iron gate and looked for a while. It seemed that a child was crying. He opened his voice and asked, "What happened?"

"It's okay! The child kicked the urinary pot over and cleaned it up." A woman replied.

"Damn it, there's so much nothing!"

The guard yawned, then got into the bedding in the corner of the wall, and fell into a deep sleep.

At this moment, more than a dozen black shadows appeared in the mountains and forests behind the temple. At some point in the small river not far away, a row of small boats were moored, with more than twenty. The black shadows ran from the boat into the woods.

These people were ordered to come to the rescue table. The members of the Jiannan Intelligence Hall of Zhao's family were actually two months ago. Since there were many elderly and children in the family, if they climbed over the wall, it would be easy to alarm the guards and the military camp. If they were found to have escaped, the matter would be serious. Now the families of the two families have been almost forgotten by Li Heng. Once Li Heng remembers them and is suspected of escaping, they may all be executed.

So the Intelligence Hall considered many plans and finally decided to adopt the safest method to dig the tunnel and rescue the humans and gods without knowing it.

They found more than a dozen tomb robbers and rewarded them with a lot of money. After nearly two months, they finally dug an underground passage about fifty feet long, which led from the edge of the forest close to the river to the rooms of the east and west yards. Considering that the elderly were having difficulty, the tunnel was relatively wide, five feet high and three feet wide, so people could walk in the tunnel with their heads down.

After only a moment, a thin figure crawled out from the corner of the kitchen in the east courtyard. This was the authentic exit, which was usually covered by a bundle of branches.

"Gugu!"

After a few night owls cried, someone slipped into the main room next door. He was Xi Yuanqing's third brother Xi Yuanping. They had been in touch. In these few days, as long as there was no moon at night, they could escape. Today, the sky was gloomy for the day, and the Xi family knew that it would be tonight.

Xi Yuanping ran into the kitchen, and the man in black immediately asked in a low voice: "Are you ready?"

Xi Yuanping nodded, "Everything is ready."

The two of them immediately moved a water tank away, and a big hole appeared on the wall behind the water tank. This was dug by the Xi family. When they escaped, they could come directly without having to pass through the yard and be found by guards.

When I moved the water tank, a man first emerged from the hole in the wall. This was Xi Yuanqing's eldest brother Xi Yuanjin.

"Jump into the tunnel quickly, someone is following you!"

The Xi family members came out of the hole in the wall one by one, jumped into the tunnel, and finally helped out an old woman. This was Xi Yuanqing's grandmother, who was over 80 years old. She insisted on leaving the last one, and her two grandchildren helped her out, one left and one right.

"How are the Zhao family?" the old woman asked tremblingly.

"Don't worry, grandma! We dug two authentic tunnels and are picking up people there."

"That's good."

"Grandma, I'll go down and carry you first."

Xi Yuanping jumped into the tunnel first, and the other two carefully put the old man down. At this time, everyone walked away. The man in black checked the door and locked the door. He blocked the hole and covered the tunnel entrance. He then slipped away like a monkey.

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The authenticity is spacious, and the two families retreated very smoothly. They hardly stopped. After coming out of the tunnel, they ran directly to the river to board the boat. The two men in black were responsible for counting the number of people.

One hundred and seventeen people, the last one escaped was the thin man in black.

"Are you all?"

"All out, no one left."

"Okay, let's go!"
Chapter completed!