The closing officer's words made the whole situation tense.
And this person also sensed that something was wrong with Uncle Wang, and walked straight to the front of the second carriage without waiting for Uncle Wang's answer.
Just when his fingers were about to touch the curtain, the man turned his head to look at Uncle Wang and said this:
"The world is in chaos now, so be careful. If you go south, you should go with more friends."
Saying that he would not touch the curtain again, he turned back to the front of the motorcade.
After that, both parties were silent and walked along the newly opened passage to close the door.
Suddenly, Wang Can, who had been silent all this time, shouted to the back of the doorkeeper in front of him:
"I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. I wonder what you call the general?"
The gatekeeper didn't look back and only said:
"A certain family is not a general, but a small two-hundred-ton army officer. A certain family is not a big shot either. His name is Wang Zhong and he comes from Fufeng. As for the great favor you mentioned, that is even more nonsense. You have a talisman
, I’ll send you through the customs, that’s all.”
Before Wang Can could say anything, Uncle Wang hurriedly replied:
"Yes, yes, that's all."
After saying that, he quickly started the carriage and left here.
When the carriage entered Yique Pass, the door behind them closed again, blocking off the misery outside.
On the wall, there are city gate officials who are constantly looking at the carriages below with eager eyes. There is greed and impulsiveness in their eyes, but they are restrained by some other reasons.
Uncle Wang, who was driving the car outside, naturally felt this malice. He felt like the weakling among the wolves, and his whole body was being scrutinized.
He did not dare to stay for a moment longer, for fear that these military officials would suddenly turn against him.
When the carriage went out of the gate, Uncle Wang was still worried. It wasn't until they had left Guancheng far behind that Uncle Wang breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Wang Can, who also felt the tension in the atmosphere, was sweating on his forehead, but he still held it back until now.
It wasn't until the two carriages entered a sweet-scented osmanthus forest one after another that Wang Can jumped off the carriage and saluted respectfully in the direction behind:
"Master Zhong, it's safe here."
That's right, the carriage behind Wang Can was carrying Zhong Yao, who had escaped from the White Horse Temple.
Zhong Yao took advantage of the chaos and left the White Horse Temple the moment it was breached. In this regard, he did not fulfill his duties as a human being.
But the little emperor has been defeated. Even if he stays here to die, what can he do? It is better to keep a useful person and find the person who can really help the Han Dynasty.
So Zhong Yao escaped from the underground cave of Baima Temple.
Also escaping at that time was Xi Yu, the servant, who was from the Xi family in Xiangyang and was also a member of the White Horse Temple operation.
When Zhong Yao and Xi Yu went their separate ways, what he didn't know was that the latter tossed and turned all night while disguised as Qian Shou, and finally chose to surrender on his own initiative.
This is what Xi Yu thought about himself. He found that he had no place to hide in the world. The family could not return, and the other princes had no kings and no fathers. Looking around, he felt that it was better to stay in a small place.
Forget it with the emperor.
So, he found a pair of mourning clothes from a farmer's house, and then took the initiative to go to Yongmen to look for officials in the shogunate.
In this way, Xi Yu, who had already escaped, took the initiative to die.
How strange!
But Zhong Yao's desire to survive, or the ambition in his heart, is much stronger than Xi Yu's.
After leaving the White Horse Temple, he kept going all the way. First, he went to Longmen Mountain in the southern suburbs to seek refuge with his friend Lu Shang. He was from the Lu family in Jiangdong and had been living in seclusion between Yique.
Lu Shang was very loyal and really planned to hide Zhong Yao in the mountain.
But Lu Shang's disciples and tribesmen were very opposed to it. They used the example of Zhang Jian to explain the consequences of this incident. The relationship between Lu Shang and Zhong Yao is not necessarily known to everyone, but I'm afraid a lot of people know about it.
In addition, Longmen Mountain is so close to Kyoto, so Zhong Yao will inevitably be discovered hiding here. And when the time comes, won’t they be buried together?
Zhong Yao saw Lu Shang's dilemma and left immediately without saying anything, preparing to go south to Yique Pass.
But he knew that the documents for his arrest must have been sent to Yique Pass. If he went south like this, he would be seeking death.
Just when Zhong Yao was panicking, he met Wang Can.
To be honest, he was not a serious teacher to Wang Can. At most, he only gave a few words of advice. But after Wang Can recognized Zhong Yao on the road, he was willing to protect him without saying a word.
This is Wang Can's ambition. As long as he believes in something in his heart, he will do it even at the risk of beheading.
At this moment, under the sweet-scented osmanthus forest, Zhong Yao's mind was swaying. He never thought that he could still get out of seclusion alive.
He glanced at Wang Can who was holding the disciple's ceremony with a complicated look, and said with shame:
"Your Majesty, please don't treat me as a disciple anymore. I feel ashamed. I am just a person who has been running away from you and living in an ignoble way. I don't deserve this gift from you. But your Majesty has the heroic spirit of ancient times. I am really ashamed."
ah."
Wang Can ignored it and consoled him:
"Master Zhong, whether you say it yourself or others say it, in the final analysis, you have to ask your heart, ask yourself if you are such a person, and ask yourself if you still have great ambitions. Only in this way can you move your heart and forbearance and gain what you can't do."
Zhong Yao was stunned for a moment, as if his whole body had been struck by lightning. He stood there blankly, chewing Wang Can's last words in his mouth unconsciously.
"Try your mind and forbearance to gain what you can't do."
Also touched by these words, Zhong Yao seemed to have some kind of vitality in his heart. He looked at Wang Can gratefully:
"Wang Jun, what you said really touched me. I didn't expect you to have such insights at such a young age. You are really my teacher."
With that said, Zhong Yao wanted to pay homage to Wang Can as his disciple.
But I don’t want Wang Can to explain in a hurry:
"Master Zhong, this is not what this kid can do. It's Master Zhong who was in the middle of the situation and lost his mind for a moment. You shouldn't do it, you shouldn't do it."
So Zhong Yao retreated to the next best thing and became friends with Wang Can, his contemporaries.
With Wang Can's explanation, Zhong Yao felt a lot better, but when he thought about his future, he couldn't help but sigh:
"Now my homeland is no longer a country. I have a family but no home. The world is so big. Where can I find a place for me, Zhong Yao?"
Wang Can understood what Zhong Yao meant.
The teacher in front of me is actually a miserable person.
His family was originally from a wealthy family in Changshe, but after the Taishan Army broke through Changshe, his entire clan was kidnapped. Then he made many contributions during the operations on the side of the Qingjun in Kanto, but in the end he still failed.
This time, I failed to assist His Majesty in restoring the power of the Han Dynasty. It can be said that the family and country are really broken.
So Wang Can didn't know how to comfort him.
At this moment, Uncle Wang, who had been silent, suddenly asked:
"Mr. Zhong, Mr. Wang is a rough man. There are some things that he really can't understand. But there is still some confusion, that is, Mr. Zhong thinks too much about himself and things. In this world
There are mountains and rivers, tens of millions of people, who is nobler than the other? Even if it is Mr. Zhong and our master, they are just a drop in the ocean, how can they change the trend of the world. It is better to just go with the flow and take one step at a time."
Until this time, after hearing these words, Zhong Yao laughed at himself:
"Yes, in this world it is true that one more Zhong Yao from me is not much, and one Zhong Yao without me is not much."
Seeing what the teacher said, Wang Can glanced at Uncle Wang accusingly, and was about to explain to Zhong Yao. However, he was interrupted by Zhong Yao, who changed the subject:
"Your Majesty, where are you planning to go?"
Wang Can made no secret:
"We are going to Jingzhou to study."
Zhong Yao nodded and sighed:
"Studying is good. If it were still the quiet days of the past, I would definitely recommend you to study in Yingchuan and introduce you to the world's talents. But unfortunately, now only Jingzhou can tolerate the sound of reading. That's fine, this
All the way to Jingzhou, with this elder of your family accompanying you, even the end of the world is just a stone’s throw away!”
Uncle Wang didn't expect Zhong Yao to be so open-minded and didn't mind his ridicule at all. He even praised himself, which made him feel a little ashamed.
After all, Uncle Wang has no ill feelings towards Zhong Yao, he just thinks that he will bring trouble to his master.
After all, he had seen the pictures of sea arrests under the wall. This person was the key criminal that the general wanted to arrest, and now that his husband was shielding him, he didn't know how much trouble it would cause for his master who was still in Kyoto.
But seeing Zhong Yao as such a gentleman, he couldn't say anything no matter how much he said.
In this way, Zhong Yao parted ways with Wang Can and others here.
Wang Can and others are still facing south, and they will pass through Nanyang, enter Jingzhou, and enter the fertile land of peace.
Zhong Yao turned to the southeast. He wanted to return to his hometown first to see if the family tombs were overgrown with dead grass and no one was taking care of them.
But no one knew that when they saw each other again, things had changed.
Wang Can didn't know that Jingzhou in the distance was engulfed in war. Zhong Yao didn't know that there was his wise master in front of him.
Everything is so unpredictable.
…
At the strange Yique Pass, Guancheng Colonel Wang Zhong was watching Wang Can's motorcade disappear from sight.
The subordinates beside him were puzzled:
"Captain, the rebel Zhong Yao is clearly in that car, why not take it down?"
Wang Zhong sneered and asked:
"Rebel against the Party? Oh, who is against the Party? Today we are against the Party, and tomorrow too? Don't you think about us, weren't we also against the Party back then? Then our pro-junior side won and became orthodox. Then you look at the Yuan family
, originally had power in the government and the opposition, and was suddenly labeled as a rebel against the party, and for a while the tree fell and the animals were scattered. But look at it now? Isn’t the Yuan family rising again? So, if you think you are rebelling against the party today, how can you know that tomorrow it will not turn against the party?
?”
The subordinate suddenly realized:
"So Captain, are you leaving a way out for us?"
Wang Zhong smiled and said nothing.
At this time, another general, who was also an old brother of the Northern Army, asked:
"Captain, tell me, who won this incident at White Horse Temple?"
Wang Zhong pointed in the direction of Kansai and said this:
"In this game, the winner pretended not to have come, and the loser pretended not to lose. Tell me who won and who lost?"
Everyone understands.
So some people asked in detail:
"Captain, who do you think we should hope to win?"
Wang Zhong chuckled and shook his head:
"We hope whoever wins wins."
Everyone was silent, thinking that this was the only way to survive in troubled times.