Chapter 5: Natural disasters and chaos [Part 2] ()

A few days later, the Zhang family convoy arrived at the border of Lizhou. As long as you pass Longxu Pass, you will enter Tizhou. You are about to reach the gate of Longxu Pass, and suddenly...

A team of soldiers rushed out of Longxu Pass, leading by a team of light cavalry and a team of swords and shields behind. This situation made Longxu Pass city gate exclaim, and Zhang Jing, who was sitting in the front of the Zhang family carriage, was also startled because these soldiers headed straight for the Zhang family carriage!

"Is the Fengzhou Zhang family convoy ahead?" A general in armor among the cavalry shouted.

Zhang Jing hurriedly jumped off the carriage, stepped forward a few steps, and said, "It's the Zhang family's convoy. I wonder what advice does this military master have?"

"I dare not, I dare not." The general said, turning over and dismounting, walked to Zhang Jing, took out a letter, and said, "I am ordered to come and answer. This is General Zhang Liang's handwritten letter. Please check it."

Zhang Jing was stunned at first, especially the phrase "General Zhang Liang", which made him extremely puzzled. However, he still took the letter, opened it apart, and then read it. There was not much text on the letter, but it only explained that the general in front of him was named Lu Dakai, which was sent by Zhang Liang to pick up the Zhang family convoy. The next journey was General Lu Dakai escorted the Zhang family convoy into Tizhou. He said nothing else, but Zhang Jing was able to go there, and this letter was indeed written by Zhang Liang, which means that the person in front of him was trustworthy.

"It turned out to be General Lu Dakai. Please take care of him for the next journey." Zhang Jing said with his fists.

"Should this be the case." Lu Dakai was polite, and then continued, "Then, you can enter the pass now and lead the troops to open the way in front of you. Please inform us and follow us."

Lu Dakai and Zhang Jing discussed for a while, then Lu Da drove on the war horse and led the troops to lead the way in front, while Zhang Jing led the convoy to follow closely. Soon, the team entered Longwu Pass, but the team did not stay in Longwu Pass, but only added some supplies within the pass, and then passed through Longwu Pass and entered the Tizhou border.

After entering Tizhou, the people in the Zhang family felt that they were just like they had entered another world. Refugees were everywhere, with no clothes covering their bodies, pale faces and thin skin, and some people were selling their children and daughters, which was simply a waste of life!

Fortunately, the Zhang family convoy had an army to open the road, otherwise it would be impossible to rush. Even so, refugees still stood up. However, they did not want to block the road and rob, but wanted to sell their children...

"Master, kind-hearted lady, I bought my daughter! No money! Just give me some dry food! Please! Please!" A refugee knelt on the side of the road and kept kowtowing to the passing carriage. A seven or eight-year-old girl stood beside him. The girl was dirty, but her face was wiped clean with her sleeves, which looked very iconic. However, in Tizhou, the girl with the sign was not worth a few steamed buns.

When Zhang Yuan heard the prayer, he opened the curtains of the car. Seeing the situation outside, an inexplicable feeling surged in his heart, saying, "He doesn't eat anything with a tiger, how could he be willing to sell his daughter!"

"Xiao Si, it's difficult for him to express his words and deeds. He sold his daughter, which is also good for his daughter. If someone buys it, the girl will have some food to eat..." Zhang Chong said softly.

"..." Zhang Yuan felt a little sad, but suddenly he thought of something, so he said, "Second brother, you buy that girl!"

"Uh?" Zhang Chong was stunned at first, then shook his hand and said, "No, our Zhang family has its own rules, and the servants at home are carefully selected, and..."

"That's a rule!" Zhang Chong was interrupted by Zhang Yuan before he finished speaking, then lifted the curtain in the carport and said, "If you don't buy it, then I'll buy it!"

Zhang Yuan said and jumped out of the carriage. Zhang Chong was about to reach out to stop him, but he shrank his hand back and said to himself: "If you buy it, buy it. If you can't get it back, you'll get the board. If you beat it, you'll be worth it."

Zhang Yuan jumped out of the carriage, and Zhang Sihu, who was temporarily coachman, hurriedly parked the carriage on the side of the road, and followed Zhang Yuan over. Zhang Yuan walked to the man who was kowtowing and begging, and once again looked at the man and the girl who were selling his daughter, trying to make sure that the other party was not a human trafficker, but then he thought again that even if it was a human trafficker, he would have to buy it from the girl at this time.

"Stop, I want this girl." Zhang Yuan said to the man who kept kowtowing and begging.

The man noticed Zhang Yuan as early as when Zhang Yuan jumped out of the carriage. When he saw Zhang Yuan wanting to buy his daughter, he was very happy and quickly pushed the girl down to Zhang Yuanjin and said, "Thank you, thank you, Yushan, pay homage to the master!"

The girl looked at Zhang Yuan dullly, then looked at her father, with a cold expression, as if her heart was dead. The girl did not speak, and bit her lips stubbornly.

"It's free, it's free. There's one or two silver here. Take it, I'll take this girl away." After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, he walked towards the carriage with the girl's right arm, but the girl did not resist. He just turned around and looked at her father with a cold look, and her father was holding a two-liang of silver and thanking her.

When he walked near the carriage, Zhang Yuan was about to take the girl into the car, but then Zhang Sihu said, "Young Master, see, should you send this girl to the female family car in front? It is not appropriate for her to stay in the young master's car, let alone the second master is there."

"Uh, this." Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment, then said, "Then send it to the female family car in front. By the way, you can say something to your mother again."

"Yes, young master, I am a little bitch." Zhang Sihu said.

After Zhang Sihu finished speaking, he picked up the girl and walked quickly towards the carriage in front. At this time, Zhang Chong sat in the coachman's position, waved to Zhang Yuan, and said, "I'm stunned. Come up quickly, I won't be able to keep up with the team."

"Oh." Zhang Yuan responded, then rushed into the carriage, but he did not enter the carport, but sat on the edge of the carriage. On the other side of the carriage, Zhang Chong temporarily served as the coachman and drove the carriage to the convoy in front...

A few days later, as the Zhang family's convoy went deeper into Tizhou, the number of refugees gradually decreased, but the guards along the way became more and more severe, especially at some post stations along the way, there were actually troops stationed, and there were no less than a hundred soldiers stationed at each post station, which seemed to be a sign of war.

The butler Zhang Jing saw the situation on the way and felt a little uneasy, so he pointed at General Lu Dakai and asked about the situation in Tizhou. However, Lu Dakai looked at him and never answered Zhang Jing's questions head-on. When Zhang Jing asked about Zhang Liang's recent situation, Lu Dakai was also vague, which further prompted Zhang Jing's uneasy. However, the convoy had entered the interior of Tizhou and was heavily guarded along the way. Even if he wanted to take the convoy back to Fengzhou, it was too late.

On that day, with the Tizhou County City in front of me, Lu Dakai ordered a cavalry to go to the County City to report the news. When the Zhang family convoy opened the gate of the county city, the gate had already opened. Zhang Liang, the head of the Zhang family, stood at the gate and had been waiting for the Zhang family convoy for a long time.

When Zhang Jing saw Zhang Liang, he felt relieved, quickly greeted him and saluted, "Master."

"Can you be safe along the way?" Zhang Liang asked with a stern face.

"I was a little shocked, but I was still alive and there was no accident." Zhang Jing said respectfully.

"Well, this is not a place for detailed discussion. If you go and greet the convoy, let's go to the city first." Zhang Liang said.

"Yes, lord." Zhang Jing responded.

At this time, the third young master Zhang Dao had already got off the carriage, rushed to his father Zhang Liang, and saluted: "Father."

"Well, let me go to the city, and we'll talk later." Zhang Liang said.

"Yes, father." Zhang Dao said.

Soon, the Zhang family convoy entered the west gate of the county city, followed the Cross Street, and advanced about 800 meters, and finally stopped in front of a huge house. At this time, the gate of the house was open, and the eldest son of the Zhang family, Zhang Ren, stood at the entrance of the house, and the large mansion behind Zhang Ren was the new house of the Zhang family.

When the convoy stopped, a servant informed Zhang Chong and Zhang Yuan that he had arrived, and his father Zhang Liang was waiting for them in front, so the two of them hurriedly got out of the car and rushed to the front. Sure enough, they saw his father Zhang Liang, Zhang Ren, Zhang Dao, and the butler Zhang Jing.

"Jing Er, watch here, move all your luggage into the house, and organize the things in each room and courtyard." Zhang Liang ordered.

"Yes, lord." Zhang Liang said.

Zhang Liang nodded, then said to his four sons: "Come with me."

After Zhang Liang finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the courtyard. Zhang Ren, Zhang Chong, Zhang Dao and Zhang Yuan hurriedly followed. The five of them walked through the beautiful small bridge and flowing water courtyard, then through the long corridor, and then arrived at the main house and entered a study room. It was obvious that this was Zhang Liang's study room.

"Let's find a place to sit." Zhang Liang said as he sat in the main seat of the study, while the other four people looked for stools and chairs to sit down.

"What do you think about me asking you to come to Tizhou?" Zhang Liang said with a flat face.

"It's a bit puzzled. Tizhou has suffered a disaster and the world is in chaos. Moreover, my father came to Tizhou to take over the second uncle's visit to Fengzhou. How could he suddenly change his mind?" Zhang Dao asked first.

"Yeah." Zhang Liang responded with a stern face, and then said to his eldest son Zhang Ren: "You tell them, alas..."

Zhang Liang sighed, then closed his eyes, and his face seemed to be a little heavy, which made Zhang Chong, Zhang Dao and Zhang Yuan very puzzled.

"Second brother, third brother, and fourth brother, the Zhang family is facing the disaster of extermination this time, and the family moved north was helpless. When my father and I came to Tizhou, we wanted to take our second uncle's family to Fengzhou, but we didn't expect it..." Zhang Ren explained.

When Zhang Liang received a letter from his second brother Zhang Jiao, he wanted to ask Zhang Liang to go to Tizhou County and escort Zhang Jiao's family to Fengzhou to escape the famine. Unexpectedly, Zhang Liang came to Tizhou, but Zhang Jiao said he wanted to rise up and build a rebel army. In order to prevent the disaster from affecting the Zhang family, he tricked Zhang Liang to Tizhou and asked Zhang Liang to write a letter to his family, allowing the Zhang family in Fengzhou to move north to Tizhou to help him raise an uprising.

The slaughter is a crime of treason, and it is to kill the nine clans. Now Zhang Jiao is going to revolt. If it is victorious, the Zhang family may get some benefits, but they will be defeated! Then, the Zhang family will be killed! No one will keep!

"This, this... the second uncle actually..." Zhang Dao didn't know what to say, and Zhang Chong's eyes flashed, as if he was very interested in rebellion.
Chapter completed!