That night, the dust finally settled, and the blood and limbs of thousands of people came to an end.
Chen Yan left the military camp with Jiang Yuesheng and fifty members of the Qianqi Battalion and headed to Xiao County to capture Xiao County's big devil Li Mu.
Tan Zhongping stood outside the military camp and cursed.
This is his first time "cooperating" with Qianqiying.
Tan Zhongping, a veteran on the battlefield, was frightened, really frightened.
After going to Zhuangzi in the south of the city to see the refugees, Tan Zhongping was in a good mood. When he saw that it was going to rain, he didn't want to go back home, so he came to the military camp.
As soon as he went to bed, the soldiers announced that Qianqi Camp Xiaoqi outside the camp wanted to see him.
Then, Xiaoqi, who claimed to be Chen Yan, said that there was a gang of rebels outside the camp, more than a thousand people, and that they would be brought in. After the people came in, they would be shot first and then chopped down, leaving no one behind.
Tan Zhongping was dumbfounded. He didn't even know what happened. If this guy named Chen Yan hadn't opened his mouth and told him clearly about the eight generations of the Tan family's ancestors, Lao Tan would not have believed what Chen Yan said, because only Qian Qi
The camp will have the minister's "information", very accurate information.
The Li family, the thousands of dead soldiers raised by Li Mu, who were not dead soldiers, were all wiped out in this way.
Chu Qing still slept soundly. He didn't even know that his father was back, let alone what happened outside the city.
Early the next morning, Chu Qing woke up after sleeping for seven hours, walked out of the room, and stretched out.
A tall and round figure was in the courtyard, throwing small stones at the annoying sparrows on the tree early in the morning.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Chu Wensheng turned his head and yawned: "Qing'er woke up. This sparrow is so annoying. It flies away and flies back again, always making Qing'er noisy."
"Dad, you don't need to bother me. Just scream." Chu Qing felt warm in his heart and said with a smile, "Don't you have to go to court today, Chen..."
Halfway through, Chu Qing was completely stunned and completely dumbfounded.
"father?"
Chu Wensheng suddenly felt as if he had drank some old wine, stroking his beard and smiling: "Hey, that's right, call me again and listen."
"Dad, are you back?" Chu Qing finally realized it and ran over quickly, with a look of surprise on his face: "Dad, when did you come back? Yesterday you..."
Chu Qing was stunned again, with a look of astonishment on his face: "How long have I been asleep?"
Chu Wensheng laughed and hugged Chu Qing's shoulders: "Let's go, daddy will show you something good."
Chu Qing smiled again, feeling his father's strong but gentle palms, and all his worries disappeared.
The two men came to the bedroom, and Chu Wensheng closed the door secretly, mysteriously, and then took out a big bundle from under the bed.
Chu Wensheng grinned widely and said happily: "Qing'er, guess what local specialties dad brought back to you when he went to Liuzhou County this time."
Chu Qing couldn't laugh or cry: "Dad, didn't you say you were going before you left..."
Chu Qing couldn't talk anymore, because Chu Wensheng opened the baggage, and it was all paper, with the amount of paper written on it. Of course, these things are generally called banknotes.
"Holy shit!" Chu Qing ran up and opened the bag. It was full of banknotes in various denominations.
Chu Wensheng asked proudly: "Are you happy, my son? Haha, even as a father, I don't know what local products you like. Take them all. If you want any local products, just buy them."
"Big Daddy!" Chu Qing poured out all the banknotes and was so excited.
Chu Wensheng sat on the bed and said cheerfully: "Come on, praise me daddy."
"Wait a minute." Chu Qing's expression changed slightly: "Dad, where did you get so much money?"
Chu Wensheng's smile disappeared: "Uh..."
"No, Dad, there are probably fifty or sixty thousand guan here at least. Where did you come from?"
"Forehead…"
"Tell me, where did you get all this money?"
Chu Wensheng asked tentatively: "Did the strong... strong wind blow?"
Chu Qing: "..."
"Oh, that's all you spend."
Chu Qing was anxious: "Dad, don't make trouble. With so much money, can I not ask you where you got it from?"
"Uh... Qing'er, listen to daddy make it up for you... No, I'm telling you the whole story."
Chu Qing looked at Chu Wensheng racking his brains. He didn't want to ask more questions, but the amount was too high. He sighed helplessly, made a cup of tea, sat next to him, and waited patiently for Chu Wensheng to compile it for him.
"A few days ago, didn't His Majesty ask dad to go to Liuzhou on business? Do you know where Liuzhou is?"
Of course Chu Qing knew. Not only did he know where it was, he also knew that Zhechong Mansion in Liuzhou County had been attacked, and he said it was his father who forced it.
However, Chu Qing was not in a hurry to speak and waited for Lao Chu to tell him.
"Dad, didn't he go there? Well...he went to the county town and wanted to stay overnight. My son, guess what?"
Chu Qing shook his head: "Is the room full?"
"No, it was the shopkeeper who said that the King of Wu wanted to rebel, and that he would rebel with the Li family and collude with the barbarians to rebel together."
Chu Qing was dumbfounded: "Isn't King Wu's fiefdom located on the south side of Weijiang River? It's so far away from Liuzhou County, and even the people in the county know about it?"
"That's not it. It's so rampant. It's extremely rampant. My father went outside again and met a beggar. The beggar also said this and said that the King of Wu was planning to find the Li family to assassinate my father."
Chu Qing sighed.
He didn't even want to ask who the residents of this county were. The innkeeper knew that King Wu was going to rebel. The beggar at the door knew that King Wu wanted to find the Li family to assassinate his father. What the hell was this an assassination?
, or has a wanted order been issued, even beggars know about it?
"What happens next?"
"And then..." Chu Wensheng scratched the back of his head hard, his eyes lit up: "Yes, and then, my father went to Li's house to confront him. Yes, he saw Li Ke, and my father asked him, you old man
Are you going to rebel? Li Ke said, yes."
"He is really here."
"Yes, Lao Li is a real person. He is very angry as a father. My father also served in the army back then. He is very angry, very angry."
"I know you are angry, but what happens next?"
"Dad told him not to rebel. After all, I am the left minister of the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court. I cannot let Old Li go astray."
"You just took action?"
Chu Wensheng was not happy: "How can it be possible? My father is a civil servant and a decent man. It is Qiu Ba who does it. It is the work of a rough man. My father is to use fists... to move with affection and courtesy. Li Ke
Just say that he realizes his mistake and will follow his father back to Beijing to plead guilty."
Chu Qing looked shocked: "Did you bring Li Ke back to the capital?"
"Yes, Lao Li is a sensible person."
"You are just confused, right? What about the other people, where are the other people in the Li family, just watching you bring them to Li Ke?"
Chu Wensheng waved his hand: "Oh, there are some unreasonable people. Li Wenbin, a young man, is very angry. He also got angry on the spot and even scolded his father. But he is a young man after all. He can understand if he is angry. He should pay more attention in the next life.
Enough."
Chu Qing: "..."
"In short, I have said all my good things to my father and given them two options, either to surrender or to reincarnate."
Chu Wensheng added: "However, most of the Li family members are sensible and have surrendered. It's just that there are too many Li family members. When they came out, they would inevitably stumble. There are a small number of people, just a few.
I fell down and accidentally fell to my death.”
Chu Qing had already learned Chu Wensheng's concept of numbers and asked: "How many are there?"
After all, it was the Li family, and Chu Qing was deeply afraid that his father would be taken advantage of again.
Chu Wensheng whispered: "About a dozen."
"How many are a dozen?"
"Dozens are dozens, twenty are dozens, and ninety are dozens. Don't tell me there are really more than ninety."
"No way." Chu Wensheng waved his hand: "It's just three hundred and seventeen mouths."
Chu Qing almost fell off the ground.
He finally understood that this was not about stumbling and falling to death, but that it was clearly about being exterminated.
In fact, there are some things that Chu Qing simply cannot understand. These are things that he would never be able to understand if he were not his father.
Even a murderous general would not proudly tell his son how many families he had destroyed and how many people he had massacred. Chu Wensheng had never been proud of the fact that his hands were stained with blood.
, even if those killed are enemies and thieves.
Chu Wensheng was deeply afraid that Chu Qing would continue to ask questions, and pointed at the burden: "The Li family knows things well and knows how hard it is to be a father, so they gave me some money and food as travel expenses. Qing'er's expenses are what no one knows."