Chapter 36 Zhuangyuan Mansion
The scene in the imperial horse prison in Liao can be said to have happened in an instant. Those who participated in the 'horse recognition competition' who panicked and fled around were all caught and escorted to Empress Dowager Xiao. However, these people are not enough to eliminate the anger in Empress Dowager Xiao's heart.
Think about it, Liao is not a big or small one of the hegemons. Unexpectedly, it was mixed into the palace by the generals of the Song Dynasty who had always looked down on. This is a great shame for Liao and the Empress Dowager Xiao. Xiao Tianyou, the king of the Southern Courtyard, was in charge of the soldiers and horses of Liao. Naturally, it was embarrassing and angry when such a thing happened.
Seeing that Empress Dowager Xiao's face was gloomy, she immediately stepped forward and bowed and said, "The Empress Dowager, don't worry, I have let my men block the four gates of the capital and sent people to search from house to house in Beijing. I believe..."
'Boom--' Before Xiao Tianyou finished speaking, a huge sound sounded, and then the mountain shook. However, soon, everything returned to calm. But just after this happened instantly, the Empress Dowager Xiao also took care of others and helped the two maids around her to stand firm. After calming down, Empress Dowager Xiao was shocked and angry to see that the imperial horse prison was in chaos again.
"Xiao Tianzuo, go and see what happened." Empress Dowager Xiao looked at the people who came to participate in the 'horse recognition competition' again, remembered that her face was damaged, and immediately said in a low voice, "Take all these people down and investigate them strictly." After saying that, Empress Dowager Xiao left quickly with her maids and eunuchs.
Xiao Tianzuo saw the Empress Dowager Xiao leave before patting his brother Xiao Tianyou on the shoulder and leaving. Xiao Tianyou didn't expect that the capital under his governance was actually mixed into by Song Generals, and the anger in his heart can be imagined. However, this is not fun. Just when he wanted to see if Meng Liang was caught, his soldiers would report.
It turned out that Meng Liang and Yang Zongbao rode a fierce horse all the way to the south gate of the capital. On the south gate, there happened to be a general of Liaoning to patrol. He had seen the 'one-character plate rib jade Linlin' and knew that it was given to the Empress Dowager Xiao by the national teacher. Therefore, he thought that the two were horse thieves and immediately ordered the gate to be closed. However, the messengers who ordered the four gates to close closed failed to catch up behind Meng Liang.
Seeing that the gate was about to be closed, Meng's conscience was more urgent. He knew that if he couldn't get out of the capital, he and Yang Zongbao would be more fierce and less anxious. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a loud noise shook the ground, and the gate actually opened a little more. Seeing this, Meng Liang was overjoyed. He immediately clamped his legs, and Yu Linlin hissed, jumped over many Liao soldiers and rushed out of the capital.
Yang Zongbao has been looking back frequently when he has been out of the capital. Somehow, Yang Zongbao was actually worried about the 'Jia Nan' disguised by Mu Guiying. But at the thought that this 'Jia Nan' was a man, and Yang Zongbao was a little entangled. In a word, Yang Zongbao left Liao with an extremely complicated mood.
Let's talk about Mu Guiying later. Before entering the imperial prison, Mu Guiying carefully observed the route and the situation around him. Therefore, she asked Meng Liang and Yang Zongbao to ride the horse first, but she slipped out of the imperial horse prison in the chaos. I did meet Liao soldiers on the way, but five or six Liao soldiers, for Mu Guiying, that's a small thing.
Hiding all the way, Mu Guiying left the palace with the aura of the 'female protagonist'. However, outside the palace, there are already soldiers all over the city, and they are searching door to door. Among them, there was a team of Liao soldiers who saw Mu Guiying suspicious and spoke Liao language and pointed to Mu Guiying. Unexpectedly, it was still the loud noise, the ground shook, and Mu Guiying took advantage of the chaos and slipped away.
However, Mu Guiying did not hide in the street this time, but jumped directly from an alley to a family. This family is a new house, and there are not many people going in and out, and the decorations in the courtyard also look new. Finding a secluded place, Mu Guiying sat down and rested for a while.
But it didn't take long for Mu Guiying to do it, and the door of the house was cracked. Mu Guiying was shocked and knew that it might have been found here by Liao soldiers. Thinking of this, Mu Guiying immediately got up and secretly looked at the gate.
Seeing a young man in his twenties quickly open the door, he saw a group of soldiers rushing to rush inside outside the door and immediately shouted, "Hey, whose subordinates are you? If you don't know whose mansion this is, how dare you break into?"
The soldiers were stunned and looked at each other, wondering whose mansion it was. When the young man saw the appearance of these generals, he curled his lips and said, "Tell you, the empress dowager gave it to my master Jiang Zhuangyuan. My master is the champion of the dynasty..."
"What's wrong with Wu Zhuangyuan? Wu Zhuangyuan's mansion can't get into the imperial criminal?" When the soldiers were about to retreat, a cold shout came from behind them. Hearing this sound, the soldiers immediately turned around to salute and called 'County Horse Master'. The young man's face was immediately a little embarrassed, but he had to go out to see the young general in front of him.
The young man just wanted to kneel down to worship, but a man came out in front of him and said to the young general, "Master Ma is so majestic. I'm really afraid."
"Jiang De, don't think it's great to be a martial arts champion and become an official." The "County Ma Ye" seemed to have any scruples about the people in front of him. He left a word and left with his soldiers.
Looking at the distant 'County Horse Master', the man smiled coldly and turned his head to one side. Mu Guiying also saw his side clearly. Compared with the previous 'County Horse Master', it can be seen that the two are one black and one white, one martial arts and one text. Perhaps because of practicing martial arts, this Jiang De man is elegant with a trace of fortitude and is very handsome.
Without the excitement to see, the surrounding crowd slowly dispersed. Jiang De didn't care about those people and went straight to one of the small, exquisite and handsome little women. Jiang De smiled and said, "Sister, let's go home. My brother will show you our new home."
The little woman smiled and whispered, "Who is that brother?"
"He?" Jiang German was angry with a trace of disdain and whispered, "That man is Su Heqing, the son-in-law of the king of the North Court, and his father is a general in the dynasty. As for Su Heqing's martial arts, he is also good, but he is still a loser under his brother. As they spoke, the brother and sister slowly walked into the mansion. The previous young man closed the door happily and followed them.
Jiang De's sister saw that the house was very quiet and nodded: "Brother, why did you suddenly come to Liao as a martial arts champion and urged your sister to come here? Is there something wrong?"
Hearing his sister's inquiry, Jiang De paused and then said to the young man behind him, "Wu Xin, there is nothing here. Go and do your work."
"Yes, master." Wu Xin, a young man, moved his eyes and saw that the brother and sister had something to say, so he retreated to them.
Then, Jiang De turned to his sister and said, "Sister, how about taking you to see your room?"
"Then ask my brother to lead the way." Jiang De's sister followed Jiang De slowly leaving the front yard.
Mu Guiying, who was hiding in the dark, thought that it would not be easy for her to leave the capital at this time, and she listened to Jiang De, who had a 'story'. Since there is nothing to do now, let's listen to the story first and make plans after dark. Looking back on the room that looked like a woman's boudoir before, Mu Guiying took the path and entered the room first.
After four checks, Mu Guiying hid in a large cabinet with women's clothes, similar to a 'closet'. As for why Mu Guiying is so bold to hide here. Mu Guiying has her own plan, let's not talk about it here.
As soon as Mu Guiying hid, Jiang De and his sister came in. After Jiang De closed the door, his sister asked anxiously, "Brother, you can talk about it now."
"sister." When Jiang De turned around, his eyes were full of tears and his voice was a little out of tune: "Our family is gone. Our father and mother, as well as all the people in the village, have been killed..."
"Ah, brother, what the hell is going on?" Before Jiang De's sister finished her words, tears had flowed down.
Jiang De took a deep breath and said, "After I learned to go down the mountain, I went back to the village first. At that time, Jiangjia Village had not changed at all. I stayed for a long time, so I wanted to come to Liao and challenge the masters so that they did not experience harassing our village. But I didn't expect that I contributed to the Song Dynasty in Liao, but they slaughtered our village because they could not collect grain and fodder in our village. And this is not over. After they slaughtered it, they actually burned the village with a fire. I can't collect the bodies for the villagers and let those people 'enter the earth for peace'..."
After Jiang De finished speaking, the brother and sister were not talking, and only the disordered breathing of the two could be heard. Mu Guiying, who was hidden in the wardrobe, was shocked. She didn't expect that Jiang De's brother and sister were also from Jiangjia Village. Here is a saying that Jiangjia Village is the village where Mu Guiying saved Jiang Baoer, the slaughtered village. However, Mu Guiying remembered that from the scars of the bodies at that time, the traces of the scene, and Baoer's description, the murderer should be the Liao soldier. But judging from Jiang De's tone, this does not seem to be the case.
"Brother, tell your sister who is so cruel to kill old and weak women and children." Jiang De's sister quickly cheered up in Mu Guiying's unexpected tone, with hatred: "I, Jiang Cuiping, swear here that I will fight for my life to avenge my parents and the villagers."
"Okay, sister. Our brother and sister will stay here for revenge. Jiang Deyi talked about revenge, and his tone was also full of ice. Looking at the south, Jiang De said word by word, "Yang Liulang, no matter how miserable your Yang family is, my brother and sister Jiang will walk around the world in vain if they don't take revenge."
Hearing Yang Liulang in Jiang De's mouth, Mu Guiying in the wardrobe immediately took a breath of 'cold air'. As soon as she made a sound, Mu Guiying immediately said that it was not good. Sure enough, before Mu Guiying could react, his eyes lit up, and the wardrobe was suddenly opened...