Luoyang and Chang'an are the two capitals of east and west in Daning. The dignitaries in Luoyang like to live in the southwest of the city, but the dignitaries in Chang'an are just the opposite. They all live in the northeast of Chang'an, especially Ruyuanfang and Shengye near Dongshi. For example, Jingzhao Webster, the first of the 33 surnames of Jingzhao, lives in Shengyefang.

At night, in the Wei mansion in Shengyefang, more than a dozen important figures of the Wei family gathered in the meeting hall to discuss urgent countermeasures.

They, Jingzhao Wei, are the No.1 gate in Guanzhong, so naturally they were patronized by the Liangzhou army today, and they robbed a lot of food and property, and even many valuable antique calligraphy and paintings were looted. The loss was extremely heavy, and the only thing to be thankful for is that these Liangzhou soldiers did not dare to hurt people in their house, which is already a blessing in misfortune.

Since the Wei family lost in the struggle with Xiao Jie at the beginning of the year, almost all the land in Sizhou area was handed over to Xiao Jie. The head of the family, Wei Zheyuan, was in Luoyang, and Wei Tai took care of all the affairs of the family in the ancestral land in Guanzhong.

At this moment, Wei Tai sat in his seat, quietly listening to a report from a clansman.

"Today we made an appointment with the Du family and a dozen other families to meet the King of Qin, but we were all turned away. We couldn't even get in, let alone meet the King of Qin."

The other clansmen couldn't help but look a little dignified after hearing this. If the King of Qin doesn't care, I'm afraid these soldiers will come again sooner or later to continue to harm them.

Wei Tai also sighed silently, then cast his eyes on a young man, sighed and said: "Tao'er, you really hit the mark, King Qin doesn't want to care about it at all, what do you think we should do next?"

This young man is Wei Tao. The Wei family lost to Xiao Jie, and the head of the family, Wei Zhe, was convinced of the defeat. But he knew that his son was arrogant and would never give up easily. He was worried that he would have another conflict with Xiao Jie, so he sent He sent him back to his old house in Guanzhong, asking him to stay in Chang'an to concentrate on his studies and hone his mind.

Now that the Wei family is in such a catastrophe, Wei Tai intends to unite with a dozen other high-ranking surnames in Chang'an City to plead with Qin King Xiao Huang, hoping that he can come forward to stop Liangzhou soldiers from harming these famous families again.

However, Wei Tao told his uncle Wei Tai that they should stop wasting their time in vain. The King of Qin would never see them, but Wei Tai thought he had to give it a try. After all, so many great families came forward together. Do them a favor.

It's a pity that the result was just as the Wei family expected. The important figures of their dozen or so families were all rejected, and they could only return home one by one without success.

This also made Wei Tai have to pay attention to the opinions of his young nephew, and wanted to hear if he had any good ways to save the Wei family.

Seeing that every clansman in the meeting hall cast their eyes on him, although he was a junior, Wei Tao did not shirk his timidity, but said bluntly: "Uncle, with all due respect, what we should think about now is not how to keep us The Wei family's food or property, but how to preserve the lives of the clansmen."

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the meeting hall, and a clansman showed a puzzled face and said, "Could it be that the Liangzhou army dares to kill innocent people indiscriminately?"

Wei Tao glanced at this clansman and saw that it was his other uncle Wei Qi, so he didn't answer his question right away, instead he smiled and asked, "Uncle thinks, in the future, King Qin will be able to invade Luoyang and become emperor, or will the court It can quell the rebellion and regain Chang'an."

Wei Qi didn't hesitate at all: "The king of Qin is so perverse, there is no possibility of success, Chang'an will return to the imperial court sooner or later."

Wei Tao nodded, then sighed: "It is precisely because the imperial court will counterattack Chang'an at any time, once the Liangzhou army is defeated, they will definitely massacre and loot in Chang'an before they retreat. As far as people are concerned, what they are facing is the catastrophe of extermination."

What Wei Tao said made the faces of the dozen or so clansmen in the meeting hall change drastically, and they couldn't help but start worrying about the fate of themselves and the Wei family.

Wei Tai was even more worried. After all, the head of the family ordered him to take care of the family's affairs. If the Wei family really suffered such a catastrophe, what face would he have to meet the ancestors of the Wei family after his death?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help turning his eyes to his nephew Wei Tao again, and said in a deep voice: "So, we have to arrange for the clansmen to leave Chang'an as soon as possible. This is a place of wrongdoing."

Although he felt the hope in his uncle's eyes, Wei Tao couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Uncle, as soon as the King of Qin captured Chang'an, he sent people to keep an eye on us aristocratic families, just because he was afraid that we would act rashly and do something that would harm him. The matter, his people are watching very closely, there are his people inside and outside Chang'an City, I am afraid that it will not be easy for us to take our people out of Chang'an..."

Wei Tai couldn't help but heaved a long sigh when he heard the words: "Could it be that heaven really wants to kill our Wei family?"

"Uncle might as well listen to me first." Seeing Wei Qi so depressed, Wei Tao hurriedly continued to add, "I went to several gates of Chang'an City to check, because the imperial officers and soldiers are now sticking to Pujin Pass-Tongguan-Guangtong Warehouse On the front line, there is no intention of attacking Chang'an, so the defense of Chang'an City is not monolithic, I have seen some people spend a lot of money to bribe the guard of a certain city gate in the middle of the night, and leave Chang'an secretly."

Wei Tai couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words, but then he thought of something, hesitantly said: "But the King of Qin is watching our Wei family so closely, I'm afraid those guards may not dare to let us go."

"Adults don't dare to let go, but children are still allowed." Wei Tao nodded, and then continued to say in a deep voice, "No matter how much we spend, we will send the children of our Wei family out of the city to preserve the blood of our Wei family, even if We all died in the city, as long as they live, our Wei family will have a chance to rise again in the future."

Wei Tai didn't express his position directly, but just glanced at every clansman present, and asked in a deep voice, "What do you think of Tao'er's proposal?"

Although the other clansmen were a little heavy-hearted, they still nodded silently one by one, because they couldn't think of a better way now.

……

The next day, under the cover of night, the Tonghua Gate in the north of Chang'an City slowly opened a crack, and then a few women led a large group of children to come out through the crack. There are nearly a hundred people ranging from one to two years old, they are all sensible, no one makes noise, and they all quietly followed the team out of the city.

The guard of Tonghua Gate is called Peng Qi. He is standing aside and watching quietly at the moment, his eyes are a little unpredictable.

To be honest, he didn't want to take the risk, but there was no way, the Wei family gave too much.

Right under his feet, there are several large boxes, filled with white money, which are the remuneration given to him by the Wei family.

These boxes were originally hidden in the secret room of Wei's mansion, and they were lucky enough to escape the search of the Liangzhou soldiers who came to the door, but now they are all cheap to Peng Qi and other defenders of the north gate.

Wei Tao watched from a distance, until the last child left the city and the city gate slammed shut, he left slowly, but he did not return to Wei's mansion in Shengyefang, but appeared outside the gate of the governor's mansion.

Wei Tao glanced at the plaque on the gate, and then said to the guards at the gate: "Please inform His Royal Highness, it is Wei Tao, a son of Jingzhao Wei's family, who has come to plead guilty."

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