The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 319 Are there relatives alive?
After the ceremony was over, Guo Wei said sadly, "I'm sorry for the king's supervising army to take care of the emperor's coffin and ensure that the coffin enters the city smoothly."

Wang Jun hurriedly bowed ninety degrees: "Don't worry, Mr. Guo, I will definitely guard Zi Palace day and night, and I won't dare to relax at all."

Guo Wei nodded. When he stood up, his legs and feet were a little weak and his body swayed. Chai Rong quickly stepped forward to help him.

Wei Renpu said worriedly: "Commander, I would like to express my condolences. Our army is about to enter the city. Kaifeng City is in ruins, and we still need a commander to take command. This world cannot live without a commander!~"

"Marshal, please take care of yourself!" All the soldiers bowed down in unison.

Guo Wei's eyes were red and he couldn't hide the sadness on his face: "My lords, please get up quickly. Unfortunately, the emperor was killed by a traitor. As a minister, I failed to protect him well. I feel extremely guilty in my heart. Alas~~"

Wei Renpu saluted and said: "The commander-in-chief has executed Guo Yunming, the culprit of the regicide, to avenge the emperor. This is a very satisfying move. The emperor will definitely be grateful to the commander-in-chief if he is alive."

Guo Wei sighed and said nothing. Chai Rong supported him and slowly walked out of the tent and headed towards the commander's tent.

Seen from behind, Guo Wei's waist is slightly hunched, like a poor old man whose relatives have passed away and who is overly sad.

The other generals dispersed in twos and threes, and Zhu Xiu followed Wei Renpu back to the Chinese army commander's tent.

Entering the military tent, Guo Wei waved his hand to indicate that he no longer needed Chai Rong's support. His stooped waist immediately straightened like a gun, and he strode to the center seat and sat down.

Zhu Xiu took a sneak peek and found that Guo Wei's expression was as usual, his eyes were calm and indifferent, but there was still moisture in the corners of his eyes, indicating that his crying just now was not fake, at least some of his tears were real.

Zhu Xiu secretly sighed, "Old opera bone", and glanced at the expressions of other people, and found that others didn't care about it.

Zhu Xiugang sat down next to Wei Renpu. Guo Wei looked at him and said in a deep voice: "Tonight, the Yingchun Gate must be opened as planned!"

Zhu Xiu hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Don't worry, Commander, I have already contacted the people in the city. At three o'clock tonight, they will launch an attack at Yingchun Gate and open the city gate to welcome Ye's army into the city!"

"Very good!" Guo Wei nodded, clenched his fist and banged it on several cases, and said angrily: "Bai Zaijun and Zhang Yun, two idiots, dare to confront me. When the army enters the city, I will definitely Kill these two people and three clans!”

Zhu Xiu murmured, not daring to say a word, and sat down silently.

Yesterday Guo Wei led an army to patrol the city, and was shot and killed by imperial soldiers and horses at the Yuanhua Gate in the south of the city.

Guarding the south of the city are Bai Zaiyun, the former governor of Huazhou, and Zhang Yun, the servant of the Ministry of officials.

The two of them were also old acquaintances with Guo Wei, but unfortunately they defected to Li Ye's party early.

Originally, for the sake of old friendship, Guo Wei persuaded the two of them to open the city and surrender, but he did not want to be scolded by the two of them in the city, calling him a treacherous traitor who killed officials and rebelled.

Guo Wei was furious and ordered a strong attack on Yuanhua Gate despite the obstruction of Wei Renpu and Chai Rong.

The Yuanhuamen gate tower was renovated in the ninth year of Tianfu. It was tall and strong and equipped with bed crossbows. The Ye army took human lives to fill it, and naturally suffered heavy casualties.

Fortunately, Guo Wei woke up in time and ordered his troops to withdraw to the camp.

Although the defenses of various city gates in Kaifeng City vary in strength, the city walls are tall enough to withstand the enemy's onslaught, making it difficult to conquer in a short period of time.

Although the official family was dead and the people in the city were in chaos, the imperial court, under the auspices of several important ministers such as Su Fengji and Su Yugui, was still able to maintain operations and dispatched troops and horses to defend various city gates in an orderly manner.

If you don't think of other methods and just attack by force, the casualties will be heavy.

Zhu Xiu sent Hu Guangyue to sneak into the city through the Bianhe River waterway, contact Ma Qing and Chen An, and ask them to concentrate their manpower. He also contacted the Fu family, Cao family and other aristocratic families in the city who supported Guo Wei to formulate a plan to attack Yingchun Gate.

How to ensure that Ye's army enters the city is already in Zhu Xiu's overall plan. Ma Qing and Chen An only need to act according to the plan.

Glancing at the furious Guo Wei, Zhu Xiu was secretly frightened. Uncle Guo's body became more and more powerful, his murderous aura became more and more intense, and his temper seemed to have become much more vicious.

Even Chai Rong became more and more taciturn.

No wonder, for them, Kaifeng City is a sad place where their family members lost their lives. The closer they are to Fengfeng, the farther they are from their loved ones who died.

Li Chongjin was also missing all day. It was said that he had gone to the bank of the Bian River to walk his horse.

After discussing the matter of entering the city tonight, Chai Rong and Zhu Xiu stood up and left, while Wei Renpu stayed to discuss some confidential matters with Guo Wei.

The two of them walked out of the commander's tent side by side. Chai Rong suddenly stopped and raised his hands and said, "Thank you very much for the Zhao Village matter!"

Zhu Xiu said hurriedly: "Shuai Chai's words are serious. It is my duty to share the worries of Marshal Chai and Marshal Chai."

After a pause, Zhu Xiu said softly: "The commander-in-chief regards me as his nephew. The affairs of the Situ Mansion are my business. The blood feud of the Guo family is my blood feud. Li Chong and I should handle this matter!"

Chai Rong took a deep breath and said with a wry smile: "Originally, I wanted to take care of him myself, but my father didn't allow it, so I had to let you and Chongjin do it."

Zhu Xiu smiled and said: "The commander-in-chief is trying to protect Chai Shuai and consider Chai Shuai's reputation."

Chai Rong nodded and pressed Zhu Xiu's shoulder with his kind palm: "I should have done it myself to avenge my family, and I should be responsible for such a big deal. You and Chongjin took the risk on my behalf. , bear the blame.”

Zhu Xiu grinned with a bright smile: "I have been staying in Jingzhou, and I don't even know which way the gate of the Kaifeng court opens, let alone stepped into the court. After all, I can't be regarded as a minister of the Liu family emperor.

Letting me send him on his way is not considered a regicide or rebellion.Even if rumors spread in the future that some infamy will fall on me, I am not afraid, let alone care. "

"Good brother!" Chai Rong patted him on the shoulder, his eyes full of gratitude and his face full of emotion.

He thought Zhu Xiu was just trying to comfort himself by saying this.

As everyone knows, Zhu Xiu is also speaking from her heart.

He has no psychological burden about killing Liu Chengyou, and he is not afraid to admit it.

To put it mildly, he and Liu Chengyou had a deep hatred as early as in Cangzhou. At that time, he failed to kill him in the Khitan rebellion, which already made Zhu Xiu full of regrets. Now that he had the opportunity to do it, why not do it?
To put it more seriously, he believed that Liu Chengyou was not worthy of being king, and he and Zhang Yijun were not willing to serve the old Kaifeng court.

Others may have been forced to rebel by circumstances, or they may have followed the trend, but Zhu Xiu had had the intention to rebel since he had become enemies with Liu Chengyou in Cangzhou City, and it could be said that he had been plotting for a long time.

So Zhu Xiu was not afraid to admit that he rebelled and killed the emperor.

However, it was Li Chongjin who killed Liu Chengyou, and Zhu Xiu's biggest role at the scene was to wave the flag and shout.

Now regarding Liu Chengyou's death, the official statement is that he was killed by the traitor Guo Yunming. This conclusion has been finalized and cannot be questioned.

This is related to Guo Wei's reputation and the legitimacy of taking over Kaifeng, and there is no room for other people to make irresponsible remarks.

Zhu Xiu and Li Chongjin's identities as dragon slayers can only be buried deep in their hearts.

"By the way, there is one thing that I haven't told you yet. I wanted to wait until I got back to Kaifeng and everything has settled, but now that we have met, I might as well tell you." Chai Rong said with a chuckle.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Xiu looked confused.

Chai Rong said: "Last year, my father returned to Kaifeng from Hezhong, so he sent people south to find out the whereabouts of your family members. It took several months to finally get some information."

"Huh?!" Zhu Xiu was dumbfounded, her eyes widened with a look of disbelief. "Chai Chaishuai said he found out about my family background?" Zhu Xiu stammered.

Chai Rong smiled and said: "Yes, didn't you say that you are from Haozhou and were kidnapped by the Khitans when you were young? Haozhou is now occupied by the puppet Tang Dynasty. It is really not easy to get some information.

Fortunately, my father sent elite troops from Wangyundu to sneak into Haozhou. After traveling to many places, they finally found out about your family. "

Zhu Xiu's head buzzed, as if he had been hit by Shi Xiangwen's fist.

When he introduced his family background in Cangzhou, he said that he was from Haozhou, which was just nonsense.

Just because his ancestors were indeed from Haozhou in his previous life, and by chance he had the same name since time traveling, he casually mentioned his previous place of origin.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Guo actually sent someone to find a family named Zhu in Haozhou?

Or his relative?

Zhu Xiu's head was a little dazed, it's unbelievable, isn't this a coincidence?

"According to the news from Wangyundu, there is a family named Zhu in Dingyuan County, Haozhou. They went to Suzhou many years ago to visit relatives. Unfortunately, the Khitans went south to cause rebellion and were trapped in the city. The adult men in the family were killed and left behind The two sons, the eldest and his mother escaped by hiding in a dry well, while the younger was captured by the Khitans hiding elsewhere, and his whereabouts have been unknown since then."

Chai Rong looked at him sympathetically and said softly: "According to inquiries, the missing child of that family has the same name as you, and the age of birth is also similar to yours. It is very likely that he is you!"

Zhu Xiu opened his mouth stupidly, his head filled with mud.

Chai Rong mistakenly thought that Zhu Xiu was so happy that he became crazy and couldn't react for a while.

No wonder, after being kidnapped by the Khitan people since childhood and growing up alone, suddenly hearing that he still had relatives alive must have been extremely shocking and joyful.

Chai Rong didn't know that Zhu Xiu was shocked but not happy.

He never expected that Uncle Guo would send people all the way to Haozhou to find out about his family background.

What was even more unexpected was that Uncle Guo actually found a family with the same name in Haozhou.

Is this God's will?
Zhu Xiu smacked her dry mouth, her mood suddenly became very complicated.

He didn't know if the family named Zhu was related to him.

Even if there is a relationship, they are still the original relatives of this skin.

How much it has to do with him as a time traveler is a question worth exploring.

Chai Rong saw Zhu Xiu's unpredictable expression and said softly: "There is one thing that is different from the life experience you introduced. You said that your family is a family of rural sages with a family of farmers and scholars, but the family surnamed Zhu has been farming for generations, and their ancestors were even scholars. There has never been one. So whether it has anything to do with you remains to be verified."

"." Zhu Xiu was speechless and touched her nose in embarrassment.

All the farming and reading heirlooms are just made up by him.

"Ahem~~ As time goes by, I actually don't remember much about it. It's just that when I first became a disciple of my mentor, my mentor said that I was gifted and well-educated, like a child raised by scholars, so he guessed about my family background."

Zhu Xiu hurriedly made up for his previous lies.

Chai Rong nodded, not having any doubts about this issue.

Zhu Xiu swallowed with a dry mouth: "Then that family is still in Dingyuan County now?"

Chai Rong said regretfully: "Five years ago, there was war in Haozhou, and most of the people were displaced. After many trips, I heard that the family settled in Jiangning. What happened now is unknown."

Zhu Xiu was silent. At that moment, he was really afraid of hearing some bad news.

After all, that family was very likely to be related by blood to the real person Zhu Xiu. This feeling made him very strange.

"Don't be sad."

Chai Rong patted his shoulder and said comfortingly: "I tell you this in advance so that you can be mentally prepared. When the major events in Kaifeng are settled, I will accompany you to Jiangning to visit your relatives."

Zhu Xiu bowed gratefully and said: "Thank you very much, Chai Shuai. It's just that Chai Shuai has a heavy burden on his shoulders. When the general takes charge of Kaifeng, there may be more things to do. Then Chai Shuai will be needed to share the heavy burden for the general."

Zhu Xiu paused and said with a wry smile: "If we want to go south to Jiangning, I will only take Pan Mei and Hu Guangyue with me."

Chai Rong hesitated for a while. He also knew that the imperial court was in dire straits and was definitely not the time for him to leave.

But he felt that visiting relatives must be crucial for Zhu Xiu. At this time, he wanted to be by Zhu Xiu's side and take care of each other.

What's more, Zhu Xiu had helped him many times. Chai Rong felt a little guilty when he asked himself what he had not done to help Zhu Xiu.

Besides, he was also afraid that Zhu Xiu would never come back after going to Jiangning.

After all, when he left Cangzhou, Zhu Xiu wanted to go to Tang State, which made Chai Rong feel that Zhu Xiu preferred the south to the north.

Zhu Xiu cheered up and said with a smile: "I understand Chai Shuai's intention, but this matter is still far away, so there is no hurry. I'd better take care of the immediate things first. Even if I go to Jiangning to find my relatives, I will be back in half a year at most." "

Chai Rong stared at him closely, not believing it: "Is this true?"

Zhu Xiu laughed and said, "Chai Shuai is still worried that I won't come back if I leave?"

Chai Rong smiled half-heartedly and said: "The south is rich and stable, unlike the north where there are frequent wars, and the water towns south of the Yangtze River are full of warblers and swallows. They like to have fun. Isn't it just the same as your temperament?"

Zhu Xiu shook his head and said: "It is just that it is too rich and stable, addicted to pleasure, and comfortable and comfortable, and lacks a sense of crisis in times of peace. In addition, it is located in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River. The Tang Dynasty court is destined to have no future."

"Then you still wanted to run to Jiangnan before?" Chai Rong asked strangely.

Zhu Xiu spread her hands: "I offended Liu Chengyou before, and sooner or later I will be persecuted in the north. Of course, I have to run farther."

Chai Rong said with a smile: "I told you when I was in Cangzhou, let you join the Tianxiong army, and be taken care of by your father."

Chai Rong suddenly stopped talking. He wanted to say that with Guo Wei taking care of him, no one could persecute Zhu Xiu.

But then I thought about the fact that the Situ Mansion had suffered a drastic change and everyone in the house had been killed.

Chai Rong sighed and shook his head: "You are right, relying on others for protection is not a long-term solution after all. Your own safety cannot be left to the control of others."

Knowing that he was thinking of something sad again, Zhu Xiu comforted him, "Chai Shuai is mourning, the deceased is gone, we should live a good life besides remembering it."

Chai Rong nodded silently, forced a smile: "You should think about the matter of going to Jiangning carefully. If you have any needs, just ask. My father and I will fully support it."

"Thank you Chai Shuai!"

(End of this chapter)