The ancestors of the Mei family in Runan came from Mei Mao, the governor of Changsha County during the Qin Dynasty. Mei Mao's son Mei Jing returned to the Han Dynasty and became the Marquis of Runan. The clan took root in Runan. After four hundred years of reproduction, although there were few officials, there were many clan branches.
Before Mei Gan arrived at the mountain, he was just the main record room in the county and was not considered a big figure in the clan. Therefore, when he was expanding his power, he successively recruited a group of orphans and beggars, all of whom changed their surname to Mei, saying that they were his nephews to strengthen their momentum. Mei Cheng was one of them, and he was a very trusted person who often represented Mei Gan to command the heroes of Runan.
Of course, Mei Cheng has now taken charge of the Mei family's branch in Jingnan. No matter how embarrassed the situation is, he is also the patriarch. No one will mention that he has no blood relationship with the Mei family in Runan. Just keep it running slowly. When Mei Cheng dies at the age of fifty or sixty, he will probably open up the foundation of the Mei family in Wuling. When the war was in chaos, the Ende who was rescued from the pile of corpses by Mei Gan was repaid.
But, that's the end?
A few years ago, Mei Cheng rode alone in various parts of the Jianghuai River and Huai River, wherever he went, he was called brothers and brothers with military generals, bandits, Zongshang, and powerful men, but he had orders and responded. Although life was dangerous at that time, it was very comfortable and happy. In comparison, even if the dozens of hectares of land in Wuling were repeatedly cultivated for decades, what could he earn?
The small families in Runan naturally didn't think that no matter where they went, they could only settle down with farming. But can Mei family be like them? Sometimes Mei Cheng was walking on the road and met fellow villagers from Runan. They looked at Mei Cheng as if they had pity and gloating. The warm and cold human relationships and the cold world, Mei Cheng had already tasted it.
At this moment, why do you have to receive an envoy under the tree in the yard? It’s not because the plum blossoms are elegant, but because the hall is dilapidated and has no face to see people! What’s there to be nostalgic for such a place?
He rolled up Lei Yuan's letter and carefully put it in his arms.
"If General Lei had not been against Cao's army back then, I would not know how many of us, Huainan people, could have arrived in Jingzhou alive. Speaking of which, this life was originally given by General Lei, but the general had ordered me, and I would obey all of them. But... where is the commander of the northern Wuling?"
"This is an important official task personally assigned by General Zuo and Grand Sima. General Lei will have a letter to explain it. Xi Duwei is the son-in-law of Lei and his family."
"Okay." Mei Cheng made up his mind. He bowed deeply to the messenger: "Please wait a moment and let me call someone from the Qi tribe who can set off today."
In just a few days, many people in the former Huainan Haoyou Alliance received letters from Lei Yuan.
This was agreed by Lei Yuan and Zhuge Liang. The Lujiang Lei family has great appeal in the Jianghuai period, but this appeal is different from the appeal of scholars such as the Three Jun Ba Jun. The Lujiang Lei family relies on a large number of clans that are also rooted in the Jianghuai period as their wings, and on the mutual trust formed by the struggle of the lower-class people and the small wealthy clans, so if you want to go to Jianghuai, you must bring a group of assistants.
Huainan Haoyou has been separated from the Lei family, some of which have become local heroes in Lingling, and some of them have served as Xi Zhen, the commander of the northern Lingling, and are like right-hand men. Lei Yuan is of course aware of his identity and does not summon old dependents on a large scale, and he cannot try to leverage the foundation. Otherwise, even if Xi Zhen and Lei Yuan are familiar with each other, they will not be able to tolerate it.
Lei Yuan sent a letter to the letter to the letter, or was a person who was not proud of his popularity in the mountain but entered Jingzhou; or was a person who was always ambitious and wanted to make great contributions and accomplish great things. Once these people left, Xi Zhen was more at ease.
But these people alone are not enough.
These people are the wings of the Lei family, which can be used to incite and prove it, but cannot represent the Lujiang Lei family to the outside world. Although Lei Yuan himself was qualified, when he was in Huainan, he was isolated from clan affairs for a long time. He was not familiar with local people, and local people were not familiar with him.
So, Xin Bin and Wang Yan received Lei Yuan's order and went on a trip today.
Xin Bin was the great manager when Lei Xu was the leader of the sect, and his power has gradually declined recently. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is the emperor and the minister. The great manager who was in charge of everything except military affairs will never come back.
But Lei Yuan is a kind person. Although he is cunning, he will not treat others mean. Since the winter of the previous year, Xin Bin has been in charge of the school set up by Lei Yuan in Yidu County. In addition, because of his profound qualifications in the Lei clan, he often mediates all parties and has been flattered many times.
Xin Bin's adopted daughter married Ren Hui, a very capable general under Lei Yuan, and the next generation also had support. Therefore, although the power is small, the status is still very high.
Unlike Xin Bin, Wang Yan and Lei Yuan have much closer relationship.
He was one of Lei Yuan's first twenty entourages, and followed Lei Yuan through life and death many times. After Lei Yuan arrived in Jingzhou, he was included in the first batch of Simali, and he was included in the first batch of appointed lieutenants.
Because of his growing older, Wang Yan has now withdrawn from the front-line enemy responsible for the war, leading two veterans, Shen Zhen and Han Zong, to be responsible for the army to ensure logistics and local garrisons.
But no one thinks that Lei Yuan is alienated from him. Every time Lei Yuan sees him, he still calls him "Uncle Yan" and does not avoid his family when he goes to the mansion. Just last year, before Lei Yuan entered Sichuan, he specially made a special connection to marry him the daughter of a good family in Yidu and gave him a manor and gold and silk.
Now that Wang Yan even has his son, he often says that his family's incense can be inherited, it depends on Lei Yuan's care.
These two old qualifications of the Lei clan of Lujiang act together, which is not common in Yidu County. They are also following the cavalry team and entourage, and they are quite famous. The two passed the town pavilion along the way, and there are people watching on the roadside. The people of the sacrificial community also noticed their party, whispering to each other, guessing the purpose of the trip.
Xin Bin and Wang Yan did not delay, and rode lightly and drove straight along the riverside official road. Soon after, they left the Yidao, entered Lexiang County, and headed to a farm not far from the official road.
The farm is not big, and it covers only more than ten acres of land. However, there are high walls outside the farm, and there are guards in all corners. Strangely, the two of them rode their horses to look inside the high walls and look inside the building, but they couldn't see any buildings. It seemed that all the construction time of the manor was spent on the periphery.
Wang Yan sighed and said, "That day, these people tried to take advantage of the old sect leader's serious illness and undermine the sect leader's power. As a result, many people were imprisoned by the sect leader here, saying that they wanted to be transformed through labor. I don't know if they have transformed it after two years, and have they figured out what to do in the future?"
Xin Bin sneered: "That day, we took the power of you and me first, and then we plotted against the sect leader. If the old sect leader had not been smart, we would have never redeem it for a hundred deaths!
He lowered his voice and said, "We will see them again today. This is the sect leader who ignores past grudges. Giving them another chance is also a test for us... We need to make more preparations!"
“What preparation?”
"These people were taken into custody in the manor for two years. Some of them figured it out, and the sect leader gave them a chance. But maybe some were still confused, and some were obviously confused and pretended to understand. Yongming thought, what should we do to them?"
"It's obvious that you're confused, pretending to understand?"
"This time, the main sect leads people to Jianghuai. If someone has ulterior motives, he will take this opportunity to do something that will hinder the sect leader..."
Wang Yan took a breath and said, "If there are such people, wouldn't the sect leader be in danger?"
Chapter completed!