In his small body, there was a lot of thought at this moment, but Zhao Huirou's eyes were extremely firm at this moment.
After going down the mountain, Su Shi sat back on the wheelchair. He couldn't help but look back towards the rockery, and then shook his head.
How could he not feel Zhao Huirou's affection for him?
But... Zhao Huirou is so young that Su Shi doesn't dare to think about it. "Perhaps, her thoughts will change when she gets older. Maybe... maybe she lacks father's love."
Su Shi comforted himself like this, and then smiled. He had only just established himself in the capital, and he was far from being truly safe. If he wanted to keep the secrets of the system, he needed to have
A larger and stronger network of relationships will do.
"Louyang, go to Jiaomenzi." Su Shi looked at the sky and it was still some time before dark, so he decided to go and meet Zhu Ji for a while.
Jiaomenzi Street is located to the west of Kaifeng Prefecture, not far from the Bianhe River Water Gate. Because many people dump their garbage here, the smell here is unpleasant. Although it is still far away, some of it goes straight to the nose.
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Under such an environment, anyone with some financial resources would not choose to settle here. Over time, the poorest people in the entire Bianliang City lived here.
When Su Shi came here, it was Jiaomenzi Street before it was renovated. When he came from a distance, a pungent smell penetrated his nostrils, making Lou Yang couldn't help but twitch his nose.
, "Master, who are you looking for? I'll go and let him know, so you don't have to go there in person."
"Yes, yes, we are running fast. Master, just ask whoever you want to tell us." The accompanying brothers Longhu also nodded in agreement.
"Even if you are asking for someone, you still need to be sincere, so let's go." Su Shi shook his head stubbornly.
In Su Shi's impression, everyone who has ability also has a temper.
What Su Shi wants is not an ordinary guardian who can give you some money and let him keep you safe. What he wants is a general who can really lead troops in war and can trust him enough to put his own armed forces into his hands.
Such a person's identity was so important that Su Shi naturally had to invite him personally.
"Go and find out. The person we are looking for is called Zhu Ji. He was a commander in Xijing before." Su Shi also only heard from Pang Ji that Zhu Ji lived nearby, but he didn't know where he lived specifically.
Very clear.
After the Longhu brothers agreed, they left in two directions, leaving Lou Yang and Xiaobai Ge behind the carriage to protect Su Shi's safety.
Su Shi in the carriage was thinking about some of the deeds Pang Ji said about Zhu Ji.
Zhu Ji practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his personal martial arts skills were superb. When he grew up, he joined the army and was soon promoted from an ordinary soldier to a tenth general, superintendent, deputy governor, and commander of the first battalion (for a hundred people) due to his military merits.
One capital, five capitals are one battalion, five battalions are one labor, three to five armies are one wing)
In other words, Zhu Ji has become a middle-level officer in charge of five hundred soldiers. Compared with later generations, he is a level above the battalion commander.
The important thing is that Zhu Ji is only in his early twenties. He has such an official position at such an age. Presumably, as long as he continues his normal career, it will not take much effort to become a famous general in the future. But all this happened because of a fellow countryman who suddenly
The news was sent to him that his younger brother had been framed and imprisoned, and his mother was critically ill, so he changed.
Zhu Ji is a person who attaches great importance to filial piety. He lost his father when he was very young. It was his mother who worked hard to raise him and his younger brother by doing needlework for wealthy families and provided him with martial arts training, so that he has everything he has now.
Although Zhu Ji was already married, and his wife was accompanying his mother in Bianliang City, he still couldn't rest assured, so he boldly went to Shangguan, the commander of the military capital, and said that he wanted to take leave to go back to visit his mother and younger brother.
At this time, it was just before the battle of Dingchuanzhai was about to begin, so naturally the army was not allowed to take leave.
Zhu Ji was very worried, and asked Shangguan to send his salary back to Bianliang City to sort it out first. But perhaps because he was too young and too arrogant, the relationship with Shangguan was not on good terms.
How harmonious it was that this request was rejected by Shangguan.
In turn, the commander of the military capital also taught him that as a soldier, he should be loyal to the country instead of going back to his mother to fulfill his filial piety. Everything will be discussed after the war.
The news from fellow villagers was that her mother was critically ill and there was no time to delay. Of course Zhu Ji couldn't wait.
His mother and brother were his relatives in this world, his God, everything to him. In a moment of anxiety, he made the move to leave the camp and return to Beijing privately.
This move was no different from deserting, so he was captured and imprisoned. Later, Dingchuanzhai was defeated in the Battle of Chuanzhai, and his Shangguan Army Commander was killed in the battle. The new Commander-in-Chief took office and released him from prison.
brought it up.
At this time, news also came from Bianliang City, saying that Zhu Ji's old mother died of anger because her second son was framed.
After Zhu Ji's brother learned the news in prison, he was so angry that he refused to fight and hanged himself in prison.
A good family was torn apart like this, and everyone was gone. Zhu Ji immediately gained a lot of sympathy.
But regardless of the cause, Zhu Ji's behavior was no different from that of a deserter. After the military commander reported the matter, he convicted Zhu Ji, exiled him thousands of miles to Quancheng, and tattooed his face for the crime. However, considering that there was a reason for this person's incident, and in addition
He had also achieved military exploits and received many requests from his colleagues in the army. Finally, he was allowed to return to Bianliang City and arrange the funeral arrangements for his mother and brother before heading to Quancheng.
This is everything Pang Ji said about Zhu Ji. Anyway, what Su Shi wanted was talent, so he gave it to him. As for how to operate next, it was not his concern.
"This is really such a hard life!" After hearing this story, Su Shi not only sighed, but how could such a person not be the person he was looking for?
Needless to say, he is capable, and he commanded five hundred troops at a young age. Being able to hold such a position in the Western Army, a Song Army with a strong fighting capacity, shows his ability. But more importantly, he is now
He is a criminal, a person abandoned by the Song Dynasty. If you reuse such a person, you don't have to worry about him betraying you.
Su Shi now employs people with ability second and loyalty first.
If you don’t have the ability, you can exercise your ability.
On the other hand, if you are too capable and not loyal, you may end up raising a white-eyed wolf, which Su Shi will never allow to happen.
Su Shi will never allow outsiders to know about Shangcangshan. Otherwise, once exposed, someone will inevitably accuse him of raising a private army and having rebellion intentions. If so, even if he had saved His Highness King Jing,
It’s hard to outweigh the merits and demerits.
Even if the matter of going to Cangshan is so important, the leader must be trustworthy.
Just when Su Shi was thinking about things in the carriage, the Longhu brothers had already ran back, "Master, the man has been found, not far away, but something happened there, you'd better go and see for yourself.
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"Oh, lead the way." Su Shi saw that Long Xingyun was hesitant to speak, so he didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, he could see what happened right away.
The carriage moved, but after less than half a quarter of an hour, it stopped in front of a courtyard. Su Shi opened the carriage curtain, and what he saw was a group of villagers gathered around to watch the lively scene.
"The nobles are here again. Get out of the way. Don't offend them."
As soon as the carriage stopped, the people watching the excitement retreated to both sides.
The lower the people are, the less educated they are, the more fearful they are of the powerful. This seems to be something that happens in every dynasty.
Su Shi got off the carriage from the sloping board. Lou Yang pushed the wheelchair towards the small courtyard from the road set aside by the people. The first thing he saw was a young man with tattoos on his face holding a hairy nectar in his hand.
He was writing something, and at his feet, a woman whose beauty and graceful figure could not be concealed even though her clothes had many patches was holding his legs and crying.
"Official, official, don't divorce me. If you do, I will die here for you to see. I will die for you to see."
Seeing this scene in the eyes of the surrounding people, many women had unbearable tears on their faces.
"Oh, God is so unfair. To force someone to do something for a woman is to ruin their family. What a crime." An old woman murmured while weeping.
Among the people, everyone was whispering to each other. Su Shi, who was in a wheelchair among the crowd, quickly figured out the whole story. It turned out that all the disasters in the Zhu family were caused by this
On the body of a beautiful woman.
The woman's original name was He Li, but she changed her name to Zhu He after marrying Zhu Ji.
At home, she respects her uncle and honors her mother. She is also a person who values affection and justice. But because she was so beautiful, she was spotted by the silk merchant Hu Dan when she was shopping on the street, which caused the disaster for the Zhu family.
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Hu Dan inherited the family's silk industry and was quite wealthy. Since he was the only son in the family, he had been misbehaving since he was a child, and his father was angered to death by him.
But Hu Dan did not repent and continued to act domineeringly, bullying men and dominating women from time to time, and running rampant in the countryside.
This time, after he saw Zhu He, he became interested. He first made friends with Zhu Zhi (Zhu Ji's younger brother), coaxed him into a restaurant, got him drunk and put on a brocade robe, and then went to seek revenge.
The Kaifeng Prefecture Yamen officials detained him for the crime of not being allowed to wear silk brocade.
Ordinarily, this is not a serious crime. As long as you admit your mistake with a good attitude, Li Zheng is willing to come out as a guarantee, and pay some fines. But the problem is that this Hu Dan sent money to Li Zheng, and then Kaifeng Mansion treated Li Zheng.
When Zhu Bei called him to question him, he insisted that Zhu Zhi was a good citizen because he liked to work hard and was not engaged in production.