Chapter 39: The Department of Education

The Guanlong Group, represented by Li Tang, and the old families finally had their first round of competition in Chang’an, which ended with the 164 bloody heads of the Fan Yang family falling to the ground, and other powerful families voluntarily submitting a memorial requesting a self-demotion. The Guanlong Group, armed with guns, achieved a complete victory.

They should be celebrating their victory now, right?

Looking at the palace, Yun Ye sighed helplessly and turned his horse towards the Department of Education. The family of Lao Lu Chang’an was all exiled as slaves. The women were sent to the Department of Education, and the men were sent to work as servants. They would never have a chance to rise in life again, and it was even worse than the Yun family back then.

Old He of the Department of Music and Dance is an old acquaintance. His younger brother works in the Department of Music and Dance under Yun Ye. He is said to be quite appreciated by the crown prince. When he was in Chang’an, he often invited Yun Ye to the Department of Music and Dance to enjoy the wonderful ancient dances and songs. From time to time, he also performed himself. He was good at dancing, but not at counting. It was a waste of talent to stay in the Department of Music and Dance.

After a while, he became familiar with Lao He, and now that they were acquaintances, they naturally greeted each other warmly. The fat man put his arm around Yun Ye’s shoulder and insisted that he stay to enjoy the newly choreographed dance and song, and discuss the differences in physical development between Shandong women and women from Guanzhong. According to him, you have to see it with your own eyes to feel the subtle subtleties.

Compared to laughing, the lewd thoughts of men have long been shared. There is no generation gap between the people of the Tang Dynasty and modern people in this matter.

Since Guan Zhong set up the female gate, the government-run brothels have been unable to escape the actual content of the sex trade no matter how many names they have changed.

Therefore, Yun Ye must rescue Lao Lu’s wife and daughter as soon as possible. According to his family’s traditions and those inexplicable rules, if a woman is humiliated, death is the lightest punishment, even if it is now in decline.

Other Shandong clans probably don’t dare to do these things openly, for fear of retaliation from Li Er. Only an outsider like Yun Ye can do it.

Lord Yun’s requirements for women are not low. First, they must be literate, and second, they must be available to everyone. He is so impressed by the fierce ghost of the womanizer, Old He, that he has never seen such a man with such a strong taste. Even Lu Jiang’s eighty-year-old mother wants it. He is truly a man among men. However, this is not easy. Old He said that although his brother has a special taste and a huge appetite, the older brother should do his best to help, but some people said that they were not allowed to sell it.

The cunning old fox, knowing full well the purpose of my visit, has stubbornly labeled me a sex-crazed monster, refusing to discuss anything other than women. According to him, my brother is a brothel boss who can only manage women’s bodies.

“Brother He, the emperor still owes my brother ten thousand taels of money. It seems that the emperor has no intention of paying me back. He only said that he would pay with people. A total of only thirty or so women are worth ten thousand taels of copper coins? A few dozen carts of copper coins are enough to buy a thousand Persian female slaves, and there is still some left over. Brother He has always been happy, but now he is so indecisive and not at all straightforward.

Although Lao He is a bit wretched, he is still a man of courage. If he says he has a problem, then he must have a problem. He won’t find excuses to refuse. If it were any other matter, Yun Ye would not have pressed him so hard.

The old man, whose face was constantly changing, suddenly stamped his foot, began to tear his clothes, and threw his shoes outside. He tore his clothes all over his body until they were shredded, then snatched the document he had just given him from Yun Ye’s hand, added a few names with his teeth, and then stuffed it back into Yun Ye’s hand.

With a solemn look, he said to Yun Ye, “My brother is not doing well, so I can only help you like this. You have one hour, so go quickly!”

In Yun Ye’s puzzled eyes, he raised the inkstone on the desk and knocked it on his head with the ink. In an instant, blood mixed with ink flowed down his cheeks, and he lay on the ground with his eyes rolled back.

Now I understand. This guy was forced by Yun Ye to come up with a desperate plan. In the future, if a big shot asks, just say that you were knocked unconscious by Yun Hou, and that he forcibly took the documents, and that you resisted in vain. The blame is much lighter.

Yun Ye was moved, and went up to touch the artery on his neck. It was fine, this guy just knocked himself out.

With such cooperation, Yun Ye naturally dared not neglect him. As soon as he left the door, he called Lao Zhuang to come home and prepare the carriage and horses, and he and Liu Jinbao went to the backyard.

The sound of crying was incessant. Yun Ye felt that it was simply demonic music entering the brain, and he didn’t know how Lao He could stay here.

The old woman sat upright at the door, her clothes clean and tidy, her white hair in perfect order, and the women in the house were not crying either. They were also aware of the changes in the family, and obediently lay in their respective mothers’ arms, their eyes wide open and panicked, listening to the sounds outside.

“Follow me. The carriage is ready. You are going back to your hometown in Fanyang.” Yun Ye didn’t say anything else, just picked up the most important things to say.

The old woman looked at Yun Ye in surprise and asked, “Who are you and why are you saving us?” Her words were steady and calm, and she was not agitated in such an environment.

“Yun Ye, the Marquis of Lantian.”

“Why? Why? You stopped the thunder and lightning, destroying all the Lu family’s hopes in an instant. Now you’ve come here, seeking peace of mind?” The old lady still didn’t get up, but there was a kind of imposing air growing on her.

“Don’t talk about thunder and lightning. Your Lu family was preparing to take advantage of the locust plague to prove that the emperor was immoral by using the theory of heaven and man to cause the wrath of heaven and disasters to occur. You forced the imperial power by using the culture of the powerful families for a thousand years, hoping to achieve your goal of continuing to rule Shandong in practice when the emperor was at his weakest. You didn’t care about the suffering of the people of the world at all, secretly stockpiling grain in preparation for gaining fame in Guanzhong. You are greedy and ambitious, but you are incompetent. Haven’t you learned from this disaster?

The light in the old woman’s eyes dimmed, and she asked again: “You hate the noble family, so why did you save us? Without a home, how will you let the women and children in this house live? It turned out that there were nearly 500 people in the family, which could be considered a family of bells and bells. Where are they now? Those who committed suicide committed suicide, those who were beheaded were beheaded, those who fled fled, and those who scattered scattered. A thousand-year-old family disappeared in an instant. Is this what you want? Then you rescue a few women and children to win the world’s good name? Yun Hou is good at calculating. He is indeed worthy of being a famous mathematician of his generation. He can calculate everything that can be used to the bone. The old woman admires him.

“I never intended to save you. You are already over eighty years old and have long enjoyed the wealth of the world. No matter what happens, you should have nothing to say. You should know the truth of the saying, ‘The fire is burning oil and the flowers are in full bloom.’ Besides, according to the laws of my country, you are not punishable at your age. I just want to save those children. What crime have they committed? I really don’t want to see the Yun family’s tragedy happen again. This is my reasoning. I don’t care if you understand or not. Do I need to listen to others’ judgments when I do things?

Yun Ye looked down on these powerful families who played with the world from the bottom of his heart. This is the real world, not a game. When people die, they can continue after they are resurrected with full blood. When their heads are cut off, they can’t be put back on.

With the escort of the five carriages, Yun Ye sighed and thought to himself, I hope you don’t get caught up in the whirlpool of hatred.