I don't want to be king

Chapter 208
Zhou Jiuling had three sons, the eldest son died tragically in prison, and now only the two youngest sons survive, but even the youngest has three out of forty.

Of the three daughters, the youngest girl committed suicide because of injustice. The eldest daughter and the second daughter are both alive, but they are also in their 40s. Two years of prison life have left them haggard. Even though they have come out now, their faces are still not very good.

As for the grandson and granddaughter, together with his concubine and daughter-in-law, they all disappeared together.

This made him very sad.

It is very likely that his old Zhou family has lost its roots here!
However, this time He Jixiang asked him to bring his family with him. Although he knew he was taking his family hostage, he agreed without hesitation.

The reason is simple, there is no choice.

Along with Zhou's family, the family members of Qin Anlu, the deputy commander of Yuezhou Metropolitan Commander Division, an old lady and a child who was not as good as the weak crown.

Unlike Zhou Jiuling, Qin Anlu asked for it on his own initiative.

He is only in his 30s, he is not afraid of his wife's death, the most important thing is his future!
Ever since he saw the strong and powerful Sanhe army, he suddenly felt a sense of ambition.

He can start all over again.

What court, what Emperor Zhengchang, the most important thing right now is the trust with the prince.

Therefore, he took the initiative to send his mother and only son to Sanhe.

At this moment, the old lady is holding the child in her hand and entering the inn, she suddenly feels as if she has passed away.

For a long time, she hadn't seen such a lively scene.

The people in the inn watched the group go upstairs, and then looked at the officers and soldiers sitting in the lobby.

"Hello, little brother of the He family,"

Those with sharp eyes immediately recognized He Shundi among the officers and soldiers, "You are escorting someone back, who was that old man just now?"

He Shundi gulped down two pots of tea, and said calmly amidst everyone's expectant expressions, "Do you know what a secret is?
That's all you can ask? "

"Hey, you kid!"

The old man who asked the question said angrily, "I'm old, otherwise I can go to fight. How about this bandit suppression? Did you win?"

Before He Shun could reply, the person next to him spoke up, a middle-aged man said, "Old Huangtou, no one likes to hear your words, so many of us went out to win the battle, otherwise we would go out all the way what?
free! "

"Yes, yes,"

Others also chimed in, "We have so many big and small battles, is there anyone we can't win?
Who the hell dares to fight us Sanhe people?

If we are vegetarians, we can't kill him! "

He Shun smiled without saying a word, and lowered his head to eat his own food.

Zhou Jiuling, who was sitting upstairs eating in the private room, listened to the diverse accents downstairs, looked at Liu Kan who was sitting opposite him in doubt, and said with a smile, "Brother, if the old man guessed correctly, after the conversation downstairs People, there should be many people from Yuezhou."

Although he is from Yuzhou, he has been an official in Yuezhou for ten years, and he is in charge of the government. Naturally, the accent of Yuezhou people is familiar and cannot be more familiar, but these people downstairs all call themselves Sanhe people, which puzzles him.

Liu Kan said with a smile, "Master Zhou must also know that Sanhe was originally a remote place, sparsely populated, outsiders rarely set foot in Sanhe, and we are only called barbarians.

Come to Sanhe with the prince, build roads, run schools, accept refugees, and you will be Sanhe people when you come.

This is the reason why Sanhe is prosperous today. "

Zhou Jiuling smiled and said, "I think my brother's conversation is extraordinary, he must be from a wealthy family, why should he be a leader in the army?"

Liu Kan said, "Your Majesty Zhou doesn't know anything about it. The three of us and all the people are soldiers. When we reach the age, we will join the army no matter how rich or noble we are."

"All the people are soldiers?"

Zhou Jiuling nodded after thinking about it, "Sanhe has a small number of people, so this should be self-promotion."

There was a quarrel in the avenue outside the window.

He turned his head and saw two strong men scolding each other, both of them were carrying wide knives behind their backs, although the quarrel was fierce, neither of them drew their knives.

A big man in gray cloth locked his hands behind his back and shouted, "Come here if you have the ability, and see if I don't beat you to death!

Street boy!

Mess with me! "

"You kind of beat me to death!"

Another big shirtless man also locked his hands behind his back, and put his head directly in front of the big man in gray, "Come on, hit, hit!"

The big man in gray was startled, he quickly took a step back, and then spit on the shirtless man.

"Top you a lung!"

The big shirtless man turned sideways, narrowly avoiding the spit, and in anger, he also spit at the big man in gray.

For a while, the two started a war of saliva. They didn't have enough saliva, and they were still retching non-stop. You come and go, it's so lively.

Zhou Jiuling looked puzzled.

Although he is a civil servant, he is also a second-rank martial artist, and he knows a little bit about kung fu.

The two big men spat at each other, jumping and dodging, he could clearly see that the gray-clothed man had entered the third rank, while the shirtless man had not yet reached the level of transformation.

If it was a fight, the gray-clothed man would be effortless, and the bare-armed man was not timid, and he was still talking quickly.

Liu Kan said with a smile, "Sanhe's laws are extremely strict. Fighting in the street will be punished, and no one will be spared."

In order to be quick for a while, even a fool would not do it through labor reform for half a year!

Especially those who didn't believe in evil at the beginning and have already suffered from this.

Everyone knows that labor reform is not something ordinary people can bear.

What's more, the present and the prince have already proposed: everything depends on money.

In Sanhe, money is the boss.

Don't you see that the local tyrants in Baiyun City are all the guests of the prince?
Talking to the prince is always in a harmonious voice.

Zhou Jiuling nodded and said, "In troubled times, heavy codes should be used, and the prince is indeed wise."

It was dark on the second day.

The convoy of one hundred people set off again, and finally entered Baiyun City the next night.

The convoy finally stopped at the Chief Secretary's Yamen in Baiyun City.

Shan Qi came out to greet her in person, and said loudly, "Master Zhou, I haven't seen you for many years, it's really a joy to meet you now."

"Master Good!"

Zhou Jiuling leaned over and cupped his hands, then looked at Wang Qingbang and the others, and saluted one by one, "Master Wang, Lord Chen, Sir Xie, this is..."

When looking at Xing Keshou, he was slightly stunned.

Xing Keshou smiled and said, "Master Zhou, you don't know me now?"

"Forgive me for my stupid eyesight,"

Zhou Jiuling looked at it again and again, finally shook his head and said, "Please advise."

Xing Keshou smiled and said, "The old man is Xing Keshou."

"Lord Xing,"

Zhou Jiuling said apologetically, "You and I haven't seen each other for decades, Mr. Xing has become so old that I can't even recognize him."

Xing Keshou sighed, "This old man is really old. Mr. Zhou should not call me to wait for you. Now this old man is serving in the army and has no official position."

"Master Xing is polite."

Zhou Jiuling naturally wouldn't take this seriously. They have no official position in Sanhe, but they have the right to be officials.

After all, they are all on the same side as the prince.

Shan Qi smiled and said, "Everyone, it's better not to chat outside too much, Mr. Zhou, please come in."

Everyone greeted Zhou Jiuling and entered the chief secretary's yamen.

There is a banquet that night.

Lin Yi did not participate.

He said to Ma Gui in front of him, "Tell Master Shan, I don't see Zhou Jiuling now, let him live in Sanhe for a while, learn more rules, Sanhe's laws must be clarified, Sanhe is How to try the case, how will this Yuezhou try in the future.

We must unify our thinking. If he does not agree, this king will not force him. "

Ma Gui smiled and said, "What the lord said is that this Yuezhou has to follow Sanhe in the future, otherwise it will be inappropriate if it continues to be messy."

Lin Yi glanced at him and said, "I heard that your parents and sister Chen Xinluo have arrived in Baiyun City?"

Ma Gui smiled and said, "Tou Chen said he would treat us to dinner tonight."

Lin Yi thought for a while and said, "It's not easy for him to bring 50 taels of silver for this king."

As long as they are close to Sanhe An's family, he will subsidize them with 30 taels or 50 taels of silver.

Who made these people his close ones? Follow him without credit or hard work.

Ma Gui smiled and said, "My lord is kind."

Then he took the bank note from Mingyue.

Lin Yi continued, "Is your family okay?

Is your son in school yet? "

Ma Gui smiled and said, "A big boy, a little boy, and a girl are all in the school, and I will ask Mingyue and Zixia to take care of them."

Another is still in its infancy.

Every morning is a mess, those who go to school refuse to get up, those who don’t go to school refuse to sleep, they have to shout and curse at the top of their voices to be obedient, and the chickens are flying like dogs.

"You have three wives?"

Lin Yi asked suddenly.

"Yes"

Ma Gui didn't understand the meaning for a while, and answered cautiously.

"Fortune,"

When I thought that I didn't have a wife yet, and the people under my command had two or three wives, I couldn't help feeling sad, "It's pretty good."

He realized he wasn't supposed to sympathize with them.

The most difficult thing is yourself!
They are poor, but they have several wives!
I have money, leisure and status, but I am still single.

"."

He and the prince suddenly turned to this topic, but Ma Gui still didn't know how to answer the conversation, so he could only bow his head in silence.

Lin Yi continued, "Is there any news about Zhang Mian in Hongzhou?
According to me, there are fewer people taking them over, so don't let people make dumplings. "

"My lord, please rest assured!"

This question, Ma Gui would answer, and he hurriedly said, "Although the number of people is a little smaller, the officers and soldiers brought by General Zhang are all masters, and even the civilian husbands, Mr. He Jixiang, picked masters to give, many of them were given by Hua Jin. Yes, no matter what, there are more than 2000 people who are Huajin.

What's more, Ye Qiu and Shensuan also went with Master Zhang. "

More than 2000 Huajin masters, although it is almost meaningless to fight Ankang City, but it is definitely more than enough to fight a small Xunyang City!

Lin Yi asked in surprise, "The blind man and Ye Qiu also went?"

Ma Gui nodded and said, "Qi Peng said so."

"That's okay."

Lin Yi is a martial arts idiot.

Now I finally understand the meaning of Ninth Grade and Grand Master.

In fact, it is a sniper on the battlefield, who specially picks out the opponent's sniper to fight. If there is no sniper on one's own side, the generals will not dare to show their faces.

(End of this chapter)