Yang Qin was about fifty years old, and his appearance was that of a typical Han Chinese. He was well-maintained and no different from officials in the Central Plains. However, he was a Jinshi of the Liao Kingdom. In just a few years, he was promoted to a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs. The Liao Kingdom was destroyed.
Later, all the Han officials surrendered to the Jin State, and their officials were restored to their original posts and continued to serve the Jin State.
Yang Qin was highly appreciated by Wan Yanchang, and was promoted when Wan Yanchang was the Prime Minister. He was promoted to Minister of War of the Jin Kingdom. In the seventh year of Shaoxing, Yang Qin had private contact with Wang Kang, the envoy of the Song Dynasty. As a result, he was recently reported.
Three months later, he was dismissed from his post and returned to Liaoyang Mansion. He originally thought that nothing would happen. Unexpectedly, Jin Bing put him under house arrest and apparently wanted to continue to deal with him. Yang Qin became afraid and tried to spread the news to Yong Yong.
The country asks for help.”
Yang Qin stared blankly at Zhong Huan standing in the courtyard. It took him a long time to finally realize that King Yong had sent someone to rescue him. He was surprised and happy and asked hurriedly: "What happened to the Jin soldiers outside?"
Zhong Huan smiled slightly and said: "All the Jin soldiers have been killed. Please wake up your family quickly and pack your things. We will leave the city at dawn!"
Yang Qin quickly went back to the room to let his wife pack her things.
At this time, one of his subordinates ran over and said to Zhong Huan: "Commander, we have repeatedly counted and found that there are indeed only nineteen corpses, not twenty people!"
Zhong Huan frowned, what's going on?
At this time, Yang Qin came out with his wife, followed by his three children, two sons and a daughter. All three were underage and only in their teens.
Yang Qin's ex-wife was a Khitan and gave birth to two sons, both of whom died in infancy. The ex-wife also died of excessive pain.
Now his wife is Han, and the three children he gave birth to are all healthy, which makes Yang Qin happy. Of course, he doesn't want his children to die due to him, so he decided to escape from the Kingdom of Jin.
A family of five plus an old servant, each carrying a cloth bag filled with gold, silver and soft goods. They had packed it long ago and were waiting to escape.
The soldiers cleaned up the corpses of the Jin soldiers and found that there were indeed only nineteen of them, and they were sure that no one had escaped.
Zhong Huan couldn't think of the reason and asked Yang Qin. Neither Yang Qin nor the old servant knew. Zhong Huan left two soldiers lurking in the mansion and waited for dawn before joining them and leaving the city.
"Come with me! Go to the house next door first!"
Zhong Huan led everyone out of the house from the back door and went directly into the house next door. He saw Pang Guangji. Pang Guangji was overjoyed and said quickly: "You all have to dress up as ordinary people and take an ox cart out of the city after dawn. Don't worry, it's not a war now."
When I came out of the city, I never checked, I just took a look at the wooden sign. I have prepared all your wooden signs."
Pang Guangji arranged for them to rest temporarily in the lobby.
Zhong Huan pulled him aside and asked in a low voice: "Are you sure there are twenty guarding soldiers opposite you?"
Pang Guangji was surprised and said: "Of course I can be sure, why, the number of people is wrong?"
Zhong Huan nodded, "We killed everyone. Indeed, there were only nineteen people, one missing."
"Have you ever gone to the toilet?"
"I've been there, but there's no one in the toilet."
Pang Guangji's face changed slightly and he said: "This is strange. My men were monitoring the perimeter and did not find anyone escaping. Could it be that there was one less person today?"
Zhong Huan said worriedly: "We can't find out the reason now. The top priority is to get out of the city quickly. When will the city gate be opened at the earliest?"
"There's still half an hour left!"
"If so many of us go out of the city together, will we be interrogated?"
Pang Guangji shook his head and smiled: "There are many people in the first batch of people leaving the city. They are basically Han people. Only Han people work so hard to make a living. Each of you holds a pole and a rope. There will be many such people who go to the dock to pick goods.
, I have already made arrangements."
"What about them?"
Zhong Huan glanced at the family of five sitting in the lobby and asked, "If they leave the city so early, will their family be interrogated?"
"Don't worry, their old servant is very capable and will handle it well. I will also remind him."
Half an hour later, Zhong Huan stood in front of the city gate with nine of his men. Two men who were lurking in the Yang Mansion did not find anything unusual and came back to join them.
Sure enough, the west gate of the city was full of people, all of whom were Han Chinese, small traders doing business, people going to visit relatives in other counties, and the largest number of people who went to the dock to pick up work, there were fifty or sixty people, all.
One is dressed up, wrapping his head with a cloth, wearing a gray or crimson short coat, carrying a pole on his shoulder, with a hemp rope tied to it.
Zhong Huan and his men were among them, and they were inconspicuous. Although Zhong Huan was taller, there were many civilian men who were taller and stronger than him.
The Yang family's ox cart was with another ox cart. In the other ox cart, two father and son were sitting. They were going to study in other counties. The Yang family's excuse was of course that they were visiting relatives. Anyway, the soldiers guarding the city didn't know Yang Qin.
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Pang Guangji himself pretended to be the driver and drove the cart, while the old servant rode a donkey beside the cart.
At this time, Yang Qin's heart was pounding and he was extremely nervous. Once he was caught, he would definitely die, and his family would not survive. Although he was extremely nervous, he still pretended to be calm and comforted his three children.
The city gate finally creaked open, and the vegetable farmers waiting outside were eager to come in and sell vegetables. They were stopped by the Jurchen soldiers and told them to leave the city first and then enter the city. The Jurchen soldiers stopped a group of civilians and let two ox carts leave the city first. After all, they could sit in the city.
People who drive bullock carts must have a higher status than civilian husbands.
"Where to go?"
"Go to Shenzhou to study!"
The father and son let Jin Bing take a look at the waist badge, and then the carriage left the city.
Next came the carriage of Yang Qin's family. The old servant jumped off the donkey, ran to the leading centurion, and said to him in fluent Jurchen dialect: "My officials are taking their family to visit relatives in Tangchi County, and there are women in the carriage.
, it’s not very convenient, so you don’t need to check it!”
With that said, one ingot and two taels of silver were stuffed into the hands of the centurion. This gift of money is very particular. First, there must be an excuse. Otherwise, the father and son did not send a penny, wouldn't they just leave the city?
The old servant used the excuse that there were women in the car, which was very clever. If you don't want the Jurchen soldiers to harass the women, you have to pay.
But it’s not good to give too much money. For example, give five taels of silver. Five taels of silver from the Kingdom of Jin is worth thirty guan. This is a lot of money. The centurion will definitely be suspicious. Even if there are women, there is no need to give so much.
, when something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
It's even worse if you don't give too little. The centurion will think you're underestimating him and will make things difficult for him. The female family members will be harassed even more, so give more or less money, which is just right. The old servant obviously knows this well.
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The centurion pinched two taels of silver and felt very satisfied. Then he smiled, waved his hand and said, "If there are women, we won't check them. Let's go!"
The bullock cart started slowly and drove slowly out of the city. The old servant also clasped his fists in salute, got on the donkey and left.
When the two bullock carts left, the peasants behind them were already impatient. They rushed out with wooden signs in their hands. They went to the dock to work every day. The soldiers were already used to it and didn't bother to take a second look. Then a large group of vegetable farmers came out.
People came in and occupied the land to sell vegetables. People buying vegetables also came from all over the city to bargain and it was very lively. A new day began.
A Jurchen centurion came out of a brothel and came to the Yang Mansion humming a tune. He was the leader of the Yang Mansion's guarding soldiers. He went to find a woman last night, slept with the prostitute in his arms, and came back at dawn.
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After knocking for a long time, no one came to open the door. He cursed and climbed over the wall into the house. When he reached the backyard, he found that all his men were gone. He ran to the small courtyard where the Yang family was under house arrest, and the Yang Qin family was also missing.
The Jurchen centurion suddenly panicked. Suddenly, he found that the door and the wall were covered with blood. This was the blood that spurted out from the throats of the Jurchen soldiers when they cut them.
The Jurchen Centurion's scalp suddenly exploded. After searching carefully, he finally found the corpses of his men in the pond. There were nineteen corpses, many of them. His legs went weak and he said, "Plop!" He knelt down and hissed with all his strength.
Yelled.
Not long after, a pursuit team consisting of 3,000 Jurchen cavalry rushed out of the west city gate and ran towards the Liaohe River.