Chapter 570: Breaking the Thief

Within a short time, that Hu Mu hurriedly came to the Song King’s Mansion.

When Zhang Anshi sent someone to inquire about the situation of the Postal Service, Hu Mu thought that it would be inconvenient to send a message, so he might as well come to present it in person.

Zhang Anshi sat upright, and Hu Mu first saluted, saying, “Your Highness ……”

Zhang Anshi gestured for him to sit down, then said, “Is there any news from the Postal Department?”

Hu Mu truthfully said, “Now the news, too messy, the next official dare not easily report.”

Zhang Anshi was from the Jinyiwei, so of course he knew exactly what Hu Mu had said.

In fact, whenever the word news is involved under this sky, the hardest thing is not to get the news.

Because getting news is easy, but in reality, the most difficult is once you intend to get news, the stronger your ability to collect news, the more elite soldiers and generals you have under your head, then …… once something happens, there is bound to be a snowflake of news coming.

That’s the problem, everyone who collects information plays it on their own terms.

The more news that was gathered, the more hundreds and thousands of messages that came in daily from various post stations, instead made the original fog become even more haphazard.

Thus, the difficulty is not so much in collecting the news, but in examining the news to ensure that the most accurate one is found among the countless messages.

Zhang Anshi understood the difficulties here better than anyone else, so he said, “The Jinyiwei side can assist from the side, in addition to this, think of ways to contact the Fujian Post Office as well as the Guangxi Post Office.”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi asked, “On the side of the Fujian Post Office, has there been no contact yet?”

Hu Mu then said, “Fuzhou there, has been besieged by the rebels, prohibited the news, but right now, has been trying to find ways to restore contact.”

Zhang Anshi nodded, he did not blame Hu Mu, he knows very well that the duties of the Postal Department is not Jin Yiwei after all, suddenly suffered a rebel army, under the destruction of the rebel army, many places are poorly connected, but it is an extenuating circumstance.

Just at this moment, Hu Mu seemed to think of something and said with a few hesitations, “There is one more thing ……”

When the words came out, Humu paused.

Zhang Anshi saw that Hu Mu looked like he was having a hard time speaking, and couldn’t help but say, “There’s no need for strangers here, just say what you have to say.”

Hu Mu thought for a moment and said, “The Xia family…someone came to the Postal Division to …… pry …… for news about Xuan Xia.”

Zhang Anshi couldn’t recall who this person was for a moment, so he couldn’t help but frown and say, “Which Xia Xuan?”

Hu Mu said: “This Xia Xuan is Xia Yuanji’s son, because it is the oldest son, and is the only child of the Xia family, Xia Yuanji is very spoiled. Maybe also because of favoring too much sake, so …… father and son have more than a few verbal disputes between the weekdays, that Xia Xuan in a fit of anger, even ran to the postal department, the next official heart will think, this Xia Xuan to apply for enrollment, naturally, there is no reason to turn away, our postal department in the use of people, so … … . so I sent him to Fujian.”

Zhang Anshi heard, no expression on the face, this is the family affairs of others, only coincidentally, mixed with the postal service, Hu Mu in the whole process did not make any mistakes, naturally, there is no need to blame.

So Zhang Anshi said, “The person is in Fujian, the Xia family is afraid of any failure, right? If they are afraid, why don’t they come to this king?”

Hu Mu is very understanding said: “Xia Gong proud, naturally refused to come to …… Moreover, this is a scandal, the so-called family scandal can not be publicized.”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “This Xia Gong …… has an interesting son, in any case, you do not have to put on the heart, you did not do anything wrong, really if something happened, this is also the number of heaven.”

Zhang Anshi realized that the older he got, the more he believed in fate.

Not because it’s really important for fate.

And lies, he found that fate can really dump pot, but where people’s families lost something, you go over to pat people’s shoulders, with a kind of compassionate, metaphysical tone, said, this is fate ah, probably …… can be many and their own related or unrelated responsibilities are shirked clean.

Hu Mu nodded, and the two of them talked for a while, his heart still remembered many things to be busy, he took his leave.

…………

Summer House.

Natsuhara Yoshi has not yet moved to his home town.

The reason why he did not move was because the Shinto path in Zhu Di’s tomb needed to be repaired, and thus the emperor ordered Natsubara Yoshi to check and supervise it.

Many of the ministers to the Shi, including the Lord, and even the royal relatives, can always play some of the residual heat, even Xia Yuanji such old ministers, although has lost Zhu Di’s trust, just this trust, just pure Zhu Di that Xia Yuanji has been unable to take on a big task, and their own opinions are different.

But for Xia Yuan Ji’s character, he actually still have a number, know that this public can be regardless of other things, but also quite loyal, and can also strictly require themselves, three times to reflect on themselves.

The construction of this sacred road, related to the aftermath of Zhu Di, since it is more attentive.

He first ordered the Secretary to ask, not assured, and then ordered Wei Guo Gong, and ultimately worried about Wei Guo Gong is just a military man, not enough to act in detail, and then ordered the Crown Prince Prince Xia Yuanji supervise this matter.

This involves, rather than the quality of the project, and lies in, after all, this is a sacred road, is the future, the road used to sacrifice Zhu Di, and therefore more or whether the sacred road is in line with ancient etiquette, or in the process of construction, whether it will violate any taboos.

So this and other things are very clean.

But after giving Zhu Di a report on the actual repairs to be made, Natsubara Yoshi got the bad news.

Fujian is against it.

And his son, rumored …… to be in Fujian as well.

When the news came, he fell into silence as if he were mute.

The family was in a mess, and some wanted Xia Yuanji to go over to the Song Wangfu to make inquiries.

Natsubara Yoshi only shook his head.

Then someone else wanted Natsubara Yoshi to go to the Postal Department, but Natsubara Yoshi still shook his head in disbelief.

The family had no choice but to go to the Postal Service themselves.

But after several inquiries, the Postmaster General had no idea about the whereabouts of Xia Xuan.

The Postmaster General himself, in fact, doesn’t know what’s going on.

This steward of the Xia family, like a bereaved mother, returned to the Xia family residence again in disappointment, and then came to see Xia Yuanji.

“Master ……,” said the butler, bitterly.

Xia Yuanji sat in the bookstore, this bookstore is he carefully arranged, there are many collections of books, book collection is his greatest hobby in life, the furnishings, very simple, the air filled with a ink and book aroma.

On the walls were several pieces of writing, almost none of which were in the handwriting of a famous artist.

This, in fact, is a sight to behold in the capital.

Generally speaking, if it is a great calligraphy post, often merchants and nobles are willing to pay thousands of dollars to buy, and then hung in the home.

But people like Natsuhara Yoshitoshi, but often do not pursue this kind of famous calligraphy post, in some cases, the search may be some usually less well-known calligraphy and painting, some simply post their own or friends and relatives of the calligraphy post up.

This is not because the calligraphy posts of famous artists are too expensive, but because, to the extent that people like Natsubara Yoshitoshi, on the contrary, do not envy the so-called famous artists.

The famous artist is like a label, for those who are not proficient in calligraphy and painting, buy his ink treasure, will never buy the wrong, even if you are blind, as long as according to the celebrity’s real handwriting to buy, will never lose.

But for the real visionary, and refined calligraphy and painting people, but very little to get together this hilarious, this is probably because, in their view, even if it is a famous artist, its book post is also good and bad, many times, a piece of ink, or need to be state of the art.

On the contrary, there are some lesser-known calligraphy post, perhaps this is the peak of a certain calligrapher’s work, even if its lesser-known, but also extremely unique, worthy of collection.

Natsubara Yoshi falls into the latter category.

In the past, after official business, occasionally in this bookstore in the nap, looking at the collection of books here, occasionally look up to see their own collection of some paintings and calligraphy, Xia Yuanji feel very relaxed.

But now, his expression was tense and silent so far, and when he waited for the steward to come in, he only raised his head slightly.

The housekeeper had to say: “Master, the postal department over …… there is still a question three do not know, said that it …… is in search of …… but the villain thought, they are like is prevarication, this young boy is young, suddenly encountered military chaos, heard that Fujian, has been killed by the rebels, ten rooms nine empty, the rebels hostage people, there are 100,000 people, I am afraid that …… I am afraid that …… the small said a word that should not be said, I am afraid that the young master The fate of the young master is very bad.”

Natsubara Yoshi, who was already not looking very good, seemed to be waxing even more waxy all of a sudden.

He pursed his lips and looked at the steward for half a second, while then suddenly let out a long sigh and said, “It’s me who spoiled too much, this is retribution.”

The steward hesitated and pleaded, “If your lordship …… goes away, perhaps ……”

Without waiting for this steward to continue, Xia Yuanji said, “A trip? To where? To the palace? Or to the Song Wangfu? Hey …… what can old me say if I go? Begging them to think of ways to send a large amount of manpower to search for Xuan’er? Hey …… how can I say this?”

“You yourself said that now the Fujian Prefecture of Government has reached the point where nine out of ten rooms are empty, to the point where blood is flowing into the river. At a time like this, I don’t know how many people have become lonely souls, I don’t know how many people are howling, at a time like this, how can I be so brazen as to make such a request? Just for the sake of my son alone, do you disregard the living world?”

“This ……” the steward looked at Xia Yuanji with a sad face and said, “The master said at first that this clearing out the hidden households, sooner or later, it will be bad, you see …… this is not listen to the words of the master, must be so, now how?”

Xia Yuanji slowly closed his eyes, through a few points of helplessness, said: “Things have come to such a point, has been much to say no good, when the old man appealed to the court, that things have to point to the point, a lot of things, it is hard to be confused, but instead to stabilize the world. But …… since they do not listen, to this point, and then complain about these, will only be laughed at. Right now …… things have happened, also can only do everything possible to pacify the rebellion.”

The steward said, “But young master ……”

Xia Yuanji shook his head slyly, the side said: “I am old enough to have a son, will be this child in the heart, everywhere is obedient to him, and now it is finally self-feeding, and what else can be done? Hey …… everything is finished, all finished, the sea of bureaucracy, fame and fortune, and now …… really everything is empty, to say that is really ashamed, hard work, into the dynasty as an official, conscientious, and even can be said to be the position of a great man, and now … … …In the future, if it is gone, but both sorry ancestors, behind even a fragrance is not, really a word is difficult to say.”

He said, more and more disheveled, a pair of eyes and then can not see the previous days of the spirit, the whole person is like a walking corpse.

The steward looked at Xia Yuan Ji this way, angry and said: “His Highness the King of Song is also, his majesty ordered him to pacify, and now Guangxi Buzhengzhi and Fujian Buzhengzhi have become what is the case, but he is still indifferent, only still relying on this capital, refused to leave half a step, the world is in turmoil, where is the person who is the commander-in-chief, this is so immovable. ”

“Now the people in the capital, are talking, said that the Song King is afraid of death, do not dare to enter the army, his majesty and too much favor him, this is also do not hear, if your lordship is still the Ministry of Household Secretary, usually your lordship and love to righteousness, I am afraid that it must be impeached him not.”

He couldn’t help but mix a lot of emotions with this statement.

This is the truth, his own young master’s life and death is uncertain, of course he is hoping that the rebellion will be quelled as soon as possible, as soon as it is quelled, the young master will have a few more points of hope to live, but Zhang Anshi is so loose, it is a person can’t look at the eye.

Xia Yuanji face, after all, slightly have a few points of anger, but then, but more frustrated up, just a bitter smile and shake his head, actually seems to be speechless color.

A long time, Xia Yuanji said, “Xia Xuan this child, since childhood, do not know the height of the sky, people are also reckless, act not secret, this change, to his this eye of the low nature, I am afraid …… it is really a nine deaths. Others can live, he will be able to live, you …… make preparations earlier …… the old man’s mouthful of life …… material.”

He said here, the steward could not help but shed tears, to Xia Yuan Ji this age, often will be prepared in advance of the life of the material, make a good coffin, the ancients for the afterlife is more important, so generally in the living to prepare for all this.

This is originally Xia Yuanji prepared for his own self-use, but now it is actually used in his own son, white hair to send black hair, this is how bleak.

The steward’s red eyes said, “I’ll go and prepare. Master you …… also need to tighten your body.”

Xia Yuanji struggled to open his mouth, as if his next words required a lot of strength, he said, “Finding his bones, before being buried, the old man will be fine, if the old man is also gone, who will let that boy into the ground?”

The steward was even more upset, wiping his tears and only nodding before turning away.

…………

Fuzhou City.

More and more rebels, gathering in this neighborhood.

At first, the people in the city thought that the rebels were gathering to attack Fujian, thus the city began to panic.

The three divisions located in the city, at this time their respective minds were quite complicated.

Whether it is the Buzhengji, or the commander-in-chief, or the press commissioner, in fact, their minds, but more than hope that the rebels make a fuss or the court to come to appease, but also to avoid the recent dynasty always have people on them these local parents shouting to kill.

But on the other hand, the rebellion became more and more violent, and when this Fuzhou City even began to be in a precarious situation, they realized that the situation was too serious.

And at that moment, the rebels entered the city and the number of people coming to beckon them to surrender began to pour in.

The Bujinkan certainly did not hesitate to refuse.

But the city could not help but begin to see people start to collude with the rebels.

Every day inside the city walls, there are tens and hundreds of letters thrown out.

The people outside the city are also using bows and arrows to throw letters into the city, or …… someone borrows the name of the messenger to beckon to the city to contact them.

For a while, people are on edge, some people are looking forward to the rebels, waiting for Fuzhou to fall into the hands of the rebels, the rebels took the entire Fujian Buzhengji, and then the world responded.

Others, purely fearful in their hearts, subconsciously hope to be able to leave themselves a way back, lest the rebels enter the city and be trapped.

In fact, at this time, the world did not yet have much loyalty to Zhu Ming.

It is important to realize that the Yuan Dynasty fell, but only a few decades, the change of dynasties, in their view, is actually a family affair.

In these few short decades, didn’t we experience the overthrow of the Yuan Dynasty, and the rule of Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and others, followed by Daming, and even Daming, didn’t it also go through the Battle of Pacification?

For a while, the rumor that there would be a son of heaven in Fuzhou also began to spread.

At this time …… the fortified city in which they are trapped, but no one expects that the rebels, at this time, are more panicked than they are.

On all sides, the armies and horses from all directions were constantly attacking their periphery, and the fighting strength of the other side, had become stronger and stronger.

What’s even more frightening is that the other side is outnumbered, by several times, by the rebels.

The rebels were quickly dismantled, and the people who had been held hostage now began to throw themselves into each other’s camps and began to pacify the rebels.

At this time, the number of rebels has become less and less, from tens of thousands of people …… to less than 10,000, and to the present day, there are only thousands left.

More than seventy troops of men and horses began to be stationed, forming a closed circle.

Tan Nan s men and horses, there are thousands of them, the scale is considered larger, as for the other counties and townships, more than thousands, less than one or two hundred people, now, gathered in one place, after screening and grinding, finally …… determined to launch a general attack.

Xia Xuan led the way, they did not have any war horses, but they did borrow some sharp swords like the other battalions, and quite a few wooden shields.

Tannan battalion has the strongest combat power, is because Deng Da and Xia Xuan specially organized a boat-dwelling people composed of men and horses, there are about a thousand, one by one are extremely willing to bear hardships and stand hard work, and the combat is extremely heroic, often in the middle of a fierce battle of vegetables and chickens pecking at each other, once a team of such a defiant army and horses once put into, can immediately as a living force, quickly tear open the mouth of the rebel army, and then in one stroke of luck to break them up.

After carrying out a little preparation, everyone ate and drank enough, followed by teaching Wu Erren and other people to take a nap directly, and after nourishing their spirits, they began to get fully loaded.

On Xia Xuan’s face, there was a scarlet scar, which was left behind when he attacked the rebels, although precious anti-inflammatory drugs were used and did not cause inflammation, it was particularly eye-catching because it was a new scar.

He fetched his harpoon, and at once, with Wu Er and the two of them, one on the left and the other on the right, he gave a loud cry.

Immediately after that, the boat-dwellers rose with them, each with a murderous look in their eyes.

“Break the thieves today, no retreat.”