Chapter 7: Documents for Rebellion [Part 2]

The next day, early morning.

As usual, Zhang Yuan practiced in the morning, had breakfast, and then took a carriage to Zhang's mansion...

However, on the way to Zhang Yuan's house, he found that the atmosphere on the street was a little wrong. Usually, there were people coming and going on the street at this time, but today there were very few pedestrians on the street, and there were a lot more patrol soldiers!

Moreover, the patrols patrol frequency is very frequent. Zhang Yuan went to Zhang's mansion and had not yet walked halfway, and he encountered more than a dozen waves of patrol soldiers on the way. This level of strict patrol is not inferior to that of the military camp.

"Sihu, go and ask someone what happened? Why are there so many patrol soldiers on the street? Could it be that no one knows them and is messing around in the city?" Zhang Yuan ordered.

"Yes, young master, I'll ask now." Zhang Sihu responded, then got off the carriage, looked for several people on the street and asked, and also used the Zhang Mansion's waist sign to inquire about the situation with several patrol soldiers, and then returned to the carriage...

Zhang Yuan saw Zhang Sihu back and asked first: "How is it? What happened?"

"Go back to the young master, something big happened! The court issued a document to seek rebellion, and now the entire Tizhou is in panic, and people dare not go out." Zhang Sihu said hurriedly.

"Requesting for rebellion? This is not a matter of course. Everyone in Tizhou knows that my second uncle has rebelled and has responded actively before. Why did he realize that he is afraid until now?" Zhang Yuan said in amazement.

"Young master, this is different. Although the second master raised the banner of righteousness, with the style of the court over the years, everyone thought that the court would surrender with gentle means. Unexpectedly, it would be a document to issue a document to challenge the rebellion. After this document to challenge the rebellion, the three states around Tizhou attacked Tizhou in name only, and could blatantly rob the land of Tizhou. Moreover, the most important thing is that the document to challenge the rebellion was not only covered with the emperor's seal, but also the seal of Marshal Zhu Jiukang! People all speculated whether Marshal Zhu would personally come to attack Tizhou, and people were suddenly panicked." Zhang Sihu said.

"Master Zhu Jiukang!" Zhang Yuan was a little surprised. A few days ago, he asked his father Zhang Liang about the affairs of the world. At that time, Zhang Liang mentioned Zhu Jiukang to him. He was famous and the only marshal of the Ming Dynasty, both in the court and in the world. He was a great military strategist! The first master of the court, a master of the generation of masters! And he was a master of foreign merit! He was unparalleled in combat power!

"Young Master, the second master is in trouble this time. Old Marshal Zhu is invincible..." Zhang Sihu said halfway, and suddenly shut up his mouth, obviously realizing that he had said something he shouldn't have said, shouldn't have ambition to others, and to destroy his own prestige.

"Let's go, go, drive, go to Zhang's mansion." Zhang Yuan waved to Zhang Sihu.

Zhang Sihu was given Zhang Yuan's order and hurriedly drove the car, whipped the whip, and the horse pulled the carriage and rushed to the Zhang Mansion...

After a while, the carriage arrived in front of the Zhang Mansion. Zhang Yuan immediately jumped out of the carriage and entered the Zhang Mansion gate. However, as soon as he entered the door, he found that the servants in the courtyard were busy packing their luggage.

"What are you going to do? Are you fleeing to the Western Regions?" Zhang Yuan said intimately.

When the Zhang family came to Tizhou, Zhang Liang once said that if Zhang Jiao's rebellion failed, the Zhang family would move to the Western Regions to avoid the disaster of extermination. Therefore, Zhang Yuan had the guess just now.

At this time, several servants saw Zhang Yuan approaching and hurriedly saluted and then made way. However, Zhang Yuan did not move forward, but stopped in front of the servant and asked, "What happened to the family? Why are you packing your luggage?"

"When I go back to the fourth young master, the housekeeper ordered the young people to pack their luggage quickly and say they wanted to go far away with the master. As for where they go, they didn't say anything." The servant replied.

"Going far away?" Zhang Yuan hesitated and waved his hand to send the servant away. Then he wanted to go to his father gradually, but when he came to Zhang Liang's study, he found that Zhang Liang was not in the study. Then he was told by the servant that Zhang Liang had gone out.

After Zhang Yuan knew that his father was not there, he walked to the backyard again, wanting to ask the aunt Zhang Liu and his mother Zhang Song. After he entered the backyard, he found that the situation in the backyard was the same as that in the main courtyard, some servants were packing their luggage, and boxes of luggage were placed in the yard.

Zhang Yuan walked through the yard and came to his mother Zhang Song's door. He looked inside the door and found that several maids were packing things, but he did not see the trace of his mother Zhang Song's. So he asked the maid: "Where has my mother been?"

The maids hurriedly saluted, and then one of the maids replied: "Go back to the fourth young master, the lady was called by the eldest lady."

"Oh." Zhang Yuan responded, then turned around and walked towards the room of the aunt Zhang Liu. At this time, the door of the aunt Zhang Liu's bedroom was open. As soon as Zhang Yuan walked in, he saw the aunt, mother, second mother and third mother gathered in the room of the aunt Zhang Liu.

As soon as Zhang Yuan walked to the door, he was discovered by the aunt Zhang Liu. So he waved to Zhang Yuan with a smile and said, "Yuan'er is here, come in quickly."

Zhang Yuan walked into the door, saluted to the four mothers, and called out: "Auntie, mother, second mother, and third mother."

"It's good that I'm here. I'm planning to send you a letter just now." said the aunt Zhang Liushi.

"Auntie, what's wrong with the family? Why are you packing your luggage?" Zhang Yuan asked.

"Your father is going to Qingquan City in the east to serve as the city lord, and everyone in his family has to follow him." said the aunt Zhang Liu.

"Go to Qingquan City? Let's leave today?" Zhang Yuan asked in surprise.

"Let's leave today. I was not so anxious, but at dawn today, your second uncle suddenly heard news that he was going to fight and urged your father to go to Qingquan City quickly. Seeing that things were so urgent, your father immediately ordered his family to pack his luggage and set off to Qingquan City before noon." said the aunt Zhang Liu.

"Then I... want to follow me too?" Zhang Yuan asked hesitantly.

The aunt Zhang Liu did not reply, and his mother Zhang Song said, "Yuan'er, you should stay in Anmin City. This Anmin City is much safer than Qingquan City. There is a war there, so it is much more peaceful here. And you have also bought a home business here. If you go to Qingquan City, your home business here will be abandoned."

"Mother?" Zhang Yuan seemed very confused. According to his understanding of his mother Zhang Song, she should have hoped that she would stay by her side, but now her mother advised him not to follow him, which made him consider another issue and said intimately: "It seems that Qingquan City is really dangerous, otherwise my mother would not have advised me to stay."

"Yuan'er, don't follow me. Qingquan City is in chaos and not a place to live a peaceful life. Just stay in Anmin City." Aunt Zhang Liu persuaded.

"Auntie, mom, second and third nicknames, since Qingquan City is so dangerous, why do you still follow me and stay in Anmin City? My father is going to fight and doesn't care about the family. If you go, it's useless." Zhang Yuan said without saying a word.

"Your father is going to be the city lord. If the city lord's family is not in the city, then will the others dare to live in Qingquan City? If other generals follow your father and place their families in other cities, then how can those generals have the heart to guard the city? Wouldn't they all escape?" Zhang Liu said seriously.

"..." Zhang Yuan also read the military books of the Ming Dynasty and knew the rules of the Ming Dynasty for the "city lord". As the city lord, unlike the general who fights wars, generals should not bring wives and concubines in the army. However, the city lord is guarding the city. The city lord's family and the children must be in the city. If the city is captured by the enemy, the city lord's family and the children will live and die with the city!

"Do my elder brother want to follow me?" Zhang Yuan asked again.

"Your elder brother trained a battalion of recruits. Your father went to Qingquan City to serve as the city lord this time. Your elder brother also took the recruits battalion to Qingquan City to station and serve your father as the vanguard general." said the aunt Zhang Liu.

"..." Zhang Yuan didn't speak anymore, thinking in his heart whether he should go to Qingquan City with him. Now he understood that Qingquan City must be the front line of the battlefield. Zhang Liang served as the lord of Qingquan City. Once the title of the lord was pressed, the Zhang family was tied to Qingquan City, and at the same time was tied to Zhang Jiao. From then on, the Zhang family had to fully support Zhang Jiao to fight for the world and had no way out!

Zhang Yuan stayed in the Zhang Mansion for two hours. He originally wanted to wait for his father Zhang Liang to come back, talk to his father Zhang Liang and ask about some things, but two hours later, he never saw Zhang Liang return to the mansion. However, the butler Zhang Jing came back. After Zhang Jing came back, he immediately ordered the servants to load their luggage into the car, obviously he was going to set off immediately.

"Uncle Jing? Why haven't my father come back yet?" Zhang Yuan asked Zhang Jing.

"Fourth Young Master, the master will not go back to the mansion. After discussing the matter at the Second Young Master's Mansion, he went directly to the recruit camp where the eldest Young Master trained, and perhaps he would take the army straight to Qingquan City." Zhang Jing said.

Zhang Yuan rubbed his eyebrows in distress, and Zhang Jing had Zhang Yuan's expression before, so he asked: "Fourth Master, what's wrong with you when you have any questions? If it's not a big deal, just tell me directly, I'll do it for you directly."

"Uncle Jing, how long does the convoy have to set off?" Zhang Yuan said as he answered the question.

"You can leave after you've prepared your tribute. Look at this, you can leave in a while. Fourth Master, take care of yourself in Anmin City. If you have anything, go and talk to the second master, or write a letter and send someone to Qingquan City..." Zhang Jing said.

"Uncle Jing." Zhang Yuan interrupted Zhang Jing and said, "I'm going home now and I'm going to hand over some things to my father. Before I come back, don't let the convoy leave! Uncle Jing, please wait for a moment!"
Chapter completed!