Tang Yuan hummed, and quickly called his son Tang Qingfeng over, asking him to lead the people to the town to buy things. He frowned and reminded him worriedly: "Try to keep a low profile, just like before, say you are a caravan, and go."
Tang Qingfeng agreed and ran away. Tang Yuan looked at the posthouse from the second floor and couldn't help sighing: "This borderland is too remote and dilapidated. It's impossible not to alarm people when buying so many things. Don't sleep too hard at night and wake everyone up."
As he spoke, he saw Miss Mu San and Mu Qinglu coming out. He smiled and looked at Mu Qinglu: "How is it, can you still bear it?"
The child grew up in the care of the couple. They treated him as their own child and had a deep affection for each other without many taboos.
Mu Qinglu frowned, but when he heard Tang Yuan's question, he shook his head truthfully: "I'm a little scared."
Miss Mu San's face immediately changed: "What nonsense are you talking about?! How can someone from our Mu family say that they are afraid?! You are the future chieftain!"
Mu Qinglu opened and closed his mouth, lowered his head and said nothing more.
Tang Yuan's expression also changed. He turned to look at Miss Mu San and said, "He is still a child. I know that you are as capable as any man. You have been running around and suffering in order to find Qinglu all these years. But he doesn't know about these things. It will take time for him to accept it."
Miss Mu San became more and more angry and annoyed. Naturally, she wanted to feel sorry for her nephew, but at this moment, feeling sorry for him would not solve the problem.
Mu Tong is cruel and ruthless, and has openly raised the banner of rebellion. At this time, if Mu Qinglu, as the son of the previous chieftain, cannot establish himself, he will not be able to win the hearts of the tribesmen and elders. But if Yunnan cannot be recovered, then they will be of no use to the court. Where will they be able to settle down at that time
She hardened her heart and shook her head, admonishing Mu Qinglu: "When your father was your age, he could have led the elephant soldiers to fight those Baiyue people! How could you bring shame to your father's reputation?!"
Having said that, Tang Yuan didn't want to escalate the conflict, so he could only pat Mu Qinglu's shoulder with all his strength and smile at him: "Good boy, don't be afraid, we are all here."
Xiao Heng and Su Rong heard the noise and came out to see Miss Mu San scolding Mu Qinglu. Tang Yuan didn't want to interrupt, so Xiao Heng spoke up: "Princess, I have something to ask you. According to the historical records of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the teachers of the Four Barbarians Hall, the territory managed by the chieftains of the Mu surname was Dali and Lijiang, northwest to Yangtang Town, and the northwest attacked and pacified Shuluo, Yanyuan, Yanbian and other places, and the southwest also governed Nujiang Prefecture and even Myanmar and other places..."
Miss Mu San followed into the room.
Mu Qinglu outside breathed a sigh of relief. Tang Yuan saw it at a glance and put his hand on his shoulder. After a while, he said, "Although she was a little anxious, it was really for your own good. Child, you are not an ordinary person. You just heard what His Highness said. You will rule an area in the future. Show your courage. We fought in Guizhou before, and you have been on the battlefield before. What is there to be afraid of?!"
Mu Qinglu was more afraid of his adoptive father than he was close to him. He could also listen to his words. He thought carefully for a while before nodding in confusion and fear: "I understand, father."
Tang Yuan put his arm around his shoulders and led him into the room.
In the room, Xiao Heng was asking Miss Mu San: "The Mu Mansion is located at the foot of Lion Mountain in the ancient city of Lijiang. Should Mu Tong be here too?"
Miss Mu San still gnashed her teeth when she mentioned Mu Tong, but she still tried to remain calm and responded, adding: "He is a sinister and cunning person. After killing my brother, he refused to leave Lion Mountain again. We tried to assassinate him several times, but he was too cunning and failed."
An official from the Siyi Hall took out a map of Lijiang and unfolded it, and everyone began to ask some key questions.
It was late at night, but Miss Mu San was still very excited: "In our Mu Mansion, the eldest son has always inherited the position of chieftain, but Mu Tong is just a bastard, but he is bold and reckless. After he came to power, he forced those who questioned him to death. Therefore, a group of old ministers and clansmen were dissatisfied and protected me and escaped..."
As he was talking, Mu Qinglu suddenly moved his nose and asked in surprise, "What's that smell?"
Su Rong stood up first, walked a few steps to the door and opened it.
An official from the Four Barbarians Hall breathed a sigh of relief: "It's the smell of burning fire. Aren't they making a fire downstairs to cook?"
To cook for hundreds of people, a lot of firewood needs to be burned, so it is normal to have smoke.
Su Rong frowned and shook his head: "No, something is wrong, the smell is too strong!"
He said, turning back to look at everyone: "Have you eaten since you came in?"
This question made everyone's hair stand on end. The official of the Siyi Pavilion next to him couldn't help but almost cried. He nodded tremblingly: "Drank some water..."
Yes, the meal is not ready yet, but when we get there, we always have to drink tea.
The others nodded as well.
Tang Yuan also sensed something was wrong: "Qing Feng has been out shopping for a long time..."
Everyone's faces changed drastically, but the officials of the Siyi Hall were still somewhat unbelievable: "This is the imperial posthouse..."
They were only notified at short notice before coming. How could someone have arranged the inn in such a short time and wait for them to take the bait and catch them in the jar
Since the time of Taizu, the Great Zhou Dynasty has divided Yunnan into Zhili Prefecture and Waiyi Prefecture. This is Zhaotong, and there are also officials of the imperial court. If Mutong rebels, will the officials of Zhaotong also rebel? !
This guess made everyone's heart skip a beat, and everyone's face instantly turned grim.
There were more than a dozen Jinyiwei in the guard team. Their duty was to protect Xiao Heng's safety together with more than a hundred personal guards. When they heard about the accident, they immediately suggested escorting Xiao Heng away first.
I don’t know about Zhaotong, but the commander of Qujing Xuanweishisi is reliable, so let’s go to Qujing first.
Su Rong shook his head: "I'll go down and take a look first."
To deal with more than 500 people, unless the prefect of Zhaotong and a group of officials of all ranks really rebelled, otherwise, they could only do this secretly, or use other methods to divert the blame. No matter which method they used, they were afraid of alerting the government, so they had to investigate the situation clearly before making the next move.
He had performed very well throughout the journey, so even though they were panicked, everyone still listened to him when he spoke. Su Rong looked at Tang Yuan again, "There might be something wrong with the water. If I'm not mistaken, they wouldn't use a colorless, odorless, and fast-acting poison on so many people. After all, not everyone needs to drink the water. Otherwise, as long as someone shows any abnormality, their plan will fail."