Yuanjia Wubi.
Yuan Hua, the eldest of the Yuan family, is not without advantages in Wubao. Because he sheltered the local disaster-stricken people during the war, and persuaded his father to reduce rent and exempt his son in the disaster year, he was deeply respected by the yin households in Wubao. If Yuan Hua wanted to implement something in Wubao, it would be executed immediately. .
He is good at governing the place. Some old people and think tanks of the Yuan family said that if he was not the suzerain but was an official, then at least he could govern properly in one state, and he could not go up because his character was too pure to be able to approved by some officials.
Yuan Fang showed his extraordinary talent in business. He followed the unique geographical location of the Yuan family, and the convenience of getting low-cost grain, silk and fine pottery in Liu Song, and formed the Yuan family's caravan. Today, the "Yuan family caravan" is already in the Guanzhong area. It is a little famous, but few people know that its person in charge is just a young man in his early twenties.
Many people envy the fact that the two direct sons of the head of the Yuan family are so talented, so that the other sons are as bleak as pearls. There are still four brothers between Yuan Hua and Yuan Fang, but these four brothers were sent out early, either to take care of the household affairs, or to be arranged by Yuan Zhe to do other things.
It was like leaving the center of the Yuan family.
Yuan Zhe is already fifty years old, and he is already an old man in this era. He also obviously shows that his energy is low. Most of the affairs at home are taken care of by the elders and a few sons. However, since more than a year ago, Yuan Zhe has started again When he came out as a director, he not only made frequent appearances, but also took away most of the power in the hands of the boss.
Yuan Fang has also risen as a result, and there is almost a tendency to replace the boss to become the next suzerain.
At first, the core members of Yuan Jia Wubi thought that Yuan Zhe, a wily fox, was beating and tempering Yuan Hua in order to succeed him, so they did this kind of father-son eccentric thing when his body became very bad. I am afraid that even Yuan Hua thought so.
But gradually, everyone realized that Yuan Zhe really hated Yuan Hua. Although he still loved his grandson, his attitude changed drastically when he faced his son.
What made Yuan Hua conflict with his father was because he discovered the terrible things his father was doing.
***
Yuan family authentic.
Yuanjia Wubi is a fort built to defend against the chaos of the barbarians. It is almost the epitome of medieval castles. Compared with those castles, the underground of the Yuan family is a separate system, just like an underground town.
Since the Yuanjia Wubi was built on the water and had its own wharf and boat service, the Yuanjia underground also had its own river channel corresponding to the ground. This underground river can even lead to the tributaries of the Feishui River, and the boats can be rowed along the river. , able to bypass the border and enter Liu Song through tributaries without being noticed.
This is the biggest secret of the Yuan family, which cannot be known to non-Yuan family direct descendants.
In addition, the Yuan family tunnels extend in all directions. Many rooms are made like secret rooms. There are also organs and secret passages along the way. Most of them are used to store precious utensils, weapons, armors and other things that cannot be seen in the light.
But now, in a "Hidden Soldier Cave", what hides is not a weapon, but countless delicate and pitiful women.
An empty tunnel was artificially divided into dozens of small rooms. It was said to be a room, but in fact it was no different from a prison cell. From the entrance, the guards on guard were all panic-stricken and worried, and some even covered their mouths and noses with cloth towels.
When they saw Yuan Hua coming, the guards shook their heads even more.
"Young master, why are you here again! I'm not happy when the sect master knows about it. And these women are getting sicker and sicker. If they really get sick..."
"That is the father's debt to the son, and it should be rewarded." Yuan Hua coldly replied to the guard, and then secretly got angry with himself.
This guard is also well-intentioned, and he is worried about him inside and out. Why should he run on others like this.
Sure enough, the guards had a gloomy expression and silently gave way to him to pass.
Yuan Hua bowed his hands to a few people as an apology, and then walked in with great strides, heading for the largest room inside.
In every dark room Yuan Hua passed by, there were terrifying howls and wailing sounds. These women who were supposed to be young, but now they were kept in captivity like pigs and dogs, suffering inhumane treatment.
But this kind of thing is all justified in terms of reason and law - the master has the right to kill the slaves at will.
Whether it is the Jin Dynasty or the Xianbei people, in their laws, slaves are not human beings.
Born into such a family, Yuan Hua took slaves for granted, and felt that there was nothing wrong with arbitrarily driving slaves. But when he saw what his father did to these slaves, he began to feel deeply afraid.
He believed that people's grievances have power. Their Yuan family is shrouded in such resentment, which will prolong the disaster for future generations, and will never get a good death.
Seeing Yuan Hua passing by, some of the female slaves in the house immediately shouted "help", while others couldn't make a sound at all and could only stare at the only tearful eyes that kept saying that they were still alive.
This part of the road, Yuan Hua used to go every few days, but recently, it only came once every nine or ten days. Not only because he really couldn't bear the death energy and calamity that surrounded him on this road, but also because he was afraid that these diseases would spread to himself.
Yes, this disease, the disaster here is not simply the master tortures the slaves, but Yuan Zhe has created a terrible disaster artificially.
"You came."
The largest room was unexpectedly unfurnished like a prison cell. There was even a couch, a small table and a dressing table. Even the mattress and bedding on the couch were made of precious silk only found in the south. and silk.
The bronze mirror on the dressing table was buckled, and only a toothbrush was still on it. The visitor expressed that its owner still loves beauty. Although she no longer looks in the mirror, she still maintains the dignity she deserves.
"Helian County Master..." Yuan Hua went straight to the door of the room, and spoke through the door: "How are you doing recently?"
The woman known as the Helian County Lord seemed to be dissatisfied with her situation, and she even asked him in a slightly sarcastic manner: "Being locked up here, like a dog, eating food that can make people sick, is it okay? Every once in a while, let people see how ugly your body has become... Master Yuan, do you think this is okay?"
Poor Yuan Hua lowered his head.
"Just yesterday, how many people died? I heard someone drag them out. And I, even if I say my identity, your father doesn't want me to live. In his opinion, a defeated country The daughter of the royal family who died in battle is no different from the orchid he bought with money..."
The woman seemed to be in despair, and the only thing that supported her was the hatred in her tone: "My identity, the only thing it brings me is that the cell is bigger and more gorgeous, and the medicine I get is more than Others are more."
"You will be punished, the gods and Buddhas all over the sky are watching you! Never a wolf would hunt after a full stomach, and never a tiger would slaughter its kind in order to kill another tiger. Tigers and wolves are still ferocious people! If I knew this earlier, why would I have to flee from the Xia country all the way and fall into the hands of those Xianbei people, maybe it’s better than you vicious lunatics!”
Yuan Hua just leaned against the door, his face full of sadness. He didn't tell the girl behind the door that after so many days, the only thing that could support him was that she was still alive.
He could hear her furious voice, feel the anger still flowing in her body, and know that although her appearance was completely destroyed, her limbs were damaged, but she still had the strength to curse, which was his only consolation.
He once admired her beauty and extraordinary bearing so much, he was shaken by her tall and plump figure, he even thought of taking her as a concubine, just to protect her arrogant look instead of venting her desires.
But it was all ruined. Even though she said that her nobility and extraordinaryness came from a truly extraordinary family, his father was unwilling to give in a single cent for the risks, and even let him be abandoned by his father...
What kind of suffering is this...
"You better have a good rest." Yuan Hua heard these words, as if he was suddenly stabbed into his heart. He simply came to be abused, to bear the hatred of this woman, to give her a way to vent, so that the other party has the motivation to live, and he also has the motivation to support.
"Grandpa has promised me that I won't do anything to you again. You can rest and recover, and you may be able to recover. I promise you that I will send you to Liu Song to be reunited with your family."
"Healed? I don't even dare to look in the mirror now! What have you made me into, even if my family sees me, would they still dare to recognize me? Haha, hahahaha..." Known as "Helian County Lord" The woman burst into laughter, followed by great sadness: "Woooooo...do you dare? You don't even dare to open the door and look at me!"
…
Yuan Hua leaned for a while, then suddenly stood up and ran out.
He ran so quickly, so ignorant of his image, that in addition to the dark colors of the fire, the shadow of his running was pulled into all kinds of weird images in the entire tunnel.
"What kind of beauty do you think the women in there were like before? Even our young master, who is the least feminist, is fascinated. It stands to reason that the mistress that our young master married was also a beautiful woman, and she gave birth to a son. What the hell is there? Dissatisfied, I was fascinated by a female slave!"
When Yuan Hua entered, the guards were bored and couldn't help chatting.
"Hu Ji, you know, hehe..."
"Wu Ji is a piece of shit, which one of them is not Orchi! Sometimes I really don't want to do it. When I close my eyes, all these women scream..."
A guard gritted his teeth.
"My mother-in-law thought I hit an evil spirit!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
Only soon, a continuous footstep interrupted the stiffness.
Yuan Hua, who ran over, had a crazy aura on his face. When he saw several guards, he immediately grabbed the collar of one of the leaders and roared in a low voice, "Where's the key to that woman's cell inside! Give it to me! "
"No, no, no, young master..." The guard stammered and replied, "The people inside can't go out, and it will be a big disaster if you go out! The head of the family ordered it!"
"Then I'll kill you, and then take the key, my father will not blame you for being incompetent!" Yuan Hua easily lifted the guard up, with blue veins all over his forehead. "Believe it or not, I strangle you?"
Seeing the generous young master showing such a crazy appearance, the guard unhesitatingly took off a bunch of keys from his waist and took out one of them and handed it to him.
"Young master, you are the master, I don't dare to disobey, you will kill me if you kill me, but there are still elders and children in my family. If you kill me, if you let her go, the master will not let my elders and children go. , the lives of all our brothers and children here are gone. I'll give you the key, and I hope you can give it back to me before you go out... "
Yuan Hua paused, put him down, grabbed the key and left.
"one two three four… "
Sitting on the bed of the cell, the "County Helian" counted silently and put his body into a beautiful posture.
Her crow-feather-like hair is now loose, covering most of her face, revealing only her tall nose bridge and sexy lips, while the rest of her fair skin and fan-like eyelashes are all covered by the hair. hidden.
She just counted so unhurriedly, when she counted to five hundred, she heard the sound of something twisting from the iron door. This sound used to be the sound she was most afraid of, but now, it A smug smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
The door opened, and the young master of the Yuan family, who was pure and almost cute in love between men and women, got in. His tall body squeezed into this not-so-small dark room, but it suddenly made the space cramped.
There is no light in the house, because some diseases cannot see the light, and some diseases cannot see the wind, so these houses cannot see neither the light nor the wind.
In a dark room, a woman with long hair and waist-length sat on the couch, with only a small lamp in front of the couch. The lamp oil is almost exhausted, and there may not even be such a thing as an "oil lamp" in other people's rooms. And she undoubtedly cherished this oil lamp very much, and rarely used it, so the small table in front of the couch was clean, and there was no trace of the oil lamp being smoked for a long time.
A woman whose face has been ruined, and a person is locked in a house, why should an oil lamp be lit. It's a pity that this young master's smart mind is completely unaware of what this means. As soon as he entered the room, he showed a complex look of worry and guilt, and said to the thin woman who could be blown away by a gust of wind: "You and me. Let's go, I'll take you to Liu Song."
The woman was half-recumbent, her black hair poured straight down, and her thin shoulders were also exposed from the wide robe, which made her exude a pitiful aura.
Hearing Yuan Fang's words, she gradually straightened up, revealing her terrifying face.
The pitiful temperament of Yingying just now became terrifying immediately. The dark red rashes and patches on the fair skin looked even more terrifying.
The woman just brushed her hair away, stood up like she was facing her servant, walked to Yuan Fang with bare feet, and blew a bad breath in his face.
The smell was so foul, and there was no moving reverie of "breathing like a blue" at all, and Yuan Hua shivered in shock.
"You... how did you become like this?"
Yuan Hua woke up immediately after speaking.
Why can't she be like this! That's what made her like this!
"You said you wanted to send me away?" The woman smiled slightly.
Yuan Hua actually nodded in this terrifying smile, but felt that this woman with a stench all over her body and a rash on her face was still beautiful and moving.
"Then why didn't you take me away?"
She tilted her head.
Yuan Hua nodded as if he had just woken up from a dream.
However, in just a moment, Yuan Hua noticed that the woman in front of him suddenly became terrified, and her eyes widened in shock, as if she was staring at something terrifying.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you looking so bad?" He shouted, raising his foot to pull her.
She didn't answer, and looked behind him without moving her eyes. When she heard his question, she tried to grab his arm with one hand and pointed behind him with the other, her fingers trembling a little.
"You dare to touch him!"
Yuan Fang turned his head when he heard the familiar voice.
He saw Yuan Fang covering his face with a towel.
Yuan Fang, who was completely covered up and down, actually stood at the door holding a sharp knife, exuding a terrifying aura all over his body.
This younger brother, who has been praised by many for his "good temper", is now full of murderous intent.
Yuan Hua and this younger brother had a good relationship since childhood. Seeing him standing behind him with a mask and a knife, he couldn't help feeling a chill rise from behind.
If Yuan Fang wanted to kill him, he would not have noticed it just now.
But in just an instant, he realized why "Helian County Lord" was trembling.
Because that murderous intent was facing the woman in front of him.
***
He Mulan couldn't be stationed in Runan County for too long. When the team was rested and the horsepower was almost restored, they would set off.
It just so happened that Xue Andu got another clue that was in the same direction as He Mulan. It was on the way to Chen County, so Xue Andu discussed it with He Mulan, and then set off with He Mulan with several hundred elite soldiers. , drop by to explore new clues.
The great monk of Wan'an Temple has died, and the little novices confessed that they would occasionally "drink tea" to passersby who were staying overnight, and most of the tea drinkers were solo travelers rather than traveling in groups, and they would disappear after drinking tea. .
All of this made He Mulan and Xue An guess that there was a drug in the tea that could put people in a coma, or it was simply sex, so these people would disappear.
The question is where did these people go? If there is no one to carry it, and there will be no dead or dead, is it really impossible for the power of ghosts and gods
Fortunately, Xue Andu had quite a few rangers under his command. After exploring the Wan'an Temple, they found a secret passage under a certain Buddha statue, which could lead directly to the vicinity of a chariot and horse.
The owner of the carriage shop also asked what he didn't know, but provided a very useful message.
There are several rice traders from Chen County in this city, and sometimes they hire their carts and horses to transport big bags of corn to Chen County.
The carts and horses are not like ordinary merchants, and the past towns need to check things. They all "filial piety" to the city gate officials in various places according to the month in order to obtain the necessary convenience. Compared with the businessmen who plucked their hair, most of the people who hired carts and horses were many people who pooled money to go on the road together, or mules and horses that transported goods. a lot.
"First Clan"
The target is in Chen County, or at least there are accomplices in Chen County. Xue Andu was instantly shocked, and he wished to immediately go to Chen County to find the whereabouts of the various Mi Xings.
Not until the next day, when going to Baize Township on Chenjun Road, a ranger found his long-lost brother. This man has lost his mind now. Some people found him lying on the road in a state of despair, with the skin festering and bleeding all over his body.
Therefore, there is a large black mole on the face, so the facial features are extremely obvious. The local ranger had been looking for him everywhere, and took him back immediately.
The missing brother became like this, and the rangers didn't dare to bring him back to his original home, so they had to put him in the abandoned house, and first asked the boss to see what was wrong, and then reported to Xue Andu according to the situation.
It wasn't until no one of them dared to lean over, and even some of them ran away in a hurry after seeing them, these rangers realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly sent a letter to Xue Andu.
This incident had nothing to do with He Mulan at all, but the culprit pointed directly at Chen Jun, and he discovered that the missing person had appeared, and it happened to be in a place where the army had to pass by, so that He Mulan had to pay attention.
So many coincidences, it would be strange if they were just coincidences.
So when he arrived at the boundary of Baize Township, He Mulan left Na Luohun and Di Yefei to deal with the camping and camping, and then invited the local county magistrate and Ranger as guides, and went straight to the broken house that housed the missing. go.
Xue An always remembered to find out from the missing person where they were when they disappeared, so his attitude was especially eager.
Just as soon as he got to the bed, Xue An was so frightened that he gasped, and even stepped back a few steps, covering his mouth and nose.
The man sleeping on the door is now full of pus, and his face has a strange black and purple color. There was a terrible stench in addition to the suppuration.
Under such torture, this man remained motionless, only his chest was still slightly heaving. Those rangers who said he was "unconscious" were obviously right. If he was still struggling in the streets a few days ago, he must be close to death now.
Even a daring man like Xue An did not dare to step forward, and the others were so afraid that they couldn't even move. Just when the magistrate couldn't help rushing out the door, He Mulan suddenly remembered a terrible disease and couldn't help crying.
"Everyone out! Go out first!"
This order made these people feel like they were in a state of amnesty, and they all ran away at once. He Mulan tore off his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose, and wrapped a bandage around his hands. He approached the man and checked his armpits, neck and groin.
Enlarged lymph nodes are enough to make anyone vomit. At least Xue An, who dared not go out, vomited.
"In the end... What kind of disease is it? Could it be the plague?" Xue An's scalp also started to tingle, and he said a word full of fear.
He Mulan strode to the window and let out a sigh of relief. Only then did he resist the urge to scream and grit his teeth: "Plague, where is the plague, it's the plague! It's winter, and there are no wars and disasters. There is a plague!"
As soon as Xue An heard the "epidemic", his face froze, and when he looked at the man on the door, his expression changed again, and he took a few steps forward and drew his knife.
"what are you doing!"
He Mulan opened her eyes wide, but she still hasn't reacted...
Swish!
I saw that Xue An even dropped his sword and killed the man directly!
After killing people, Xue An didn't even look ashamed or guilty. He threw his knife to the ground and made a gesture to invite He Mulan to go out.
"Come on! This brother has died of illness. He even burned the house for me!"