There are precedents in the history of the Red Chamber

When Wei Zhenniang entered the room where Qiu Ju was placed, Qiu Ju was almost unable to hold on, and made a "hehe" sound in her throat, trying to speak, but couldn't.The doctor next to her said: "Master, Qiu Ju is not ready, it won't last until tonight, if you want her to talk, you have to prick the acupoints with your golden needle."

Wei Zhenniang looked at Shi Zhongzhu expectantly, Shi Zhongzhu signaled the doctor to give him the golden needle, and after cleaning his hands, he gave the needle quickly.

Qiu Ju was finally able to connect the voice of "hehe" into a sentence, "Miss, you are blessed, Qiu Ju will not feel bitter when looking at you, and I only hope to serve you in the next life."

"Qiu Ju, Qiu Ju, you are not suffering, you are not suffering, it is over, we will still be together in the next life, not master and servant, we should be sisters."

"Miss... sister..."

"Well, Qiu Ju, Qiu Ju, Qiu Ju..." Wei Zhenniang looked at Qiu Ju's dimmed eyes, crying uncontrollably.

Shi Zhongzhu pulled her into his arms and comforted her: "Don't cry, don't cry, I will bury Qiu Ju properly, you are like sisters, you will definitely be together in the next life, don't cry, don't cry."

Shi Zhongzhu helped Wei Zhenniang away, and motioned for the servant girl to dress up. Wei Zhenniang also knew that her situation was not suitable for her, so she just went all the way back to the yard, sat on the sedan chair, and kept talking: "Qiu Ju is a hard-fated person. She is the fourth child. She grew up like a weed, and her stepmother wanted to sell her to a dirty place. When I saw her for the first time, she was so thin that only a handful of bones remained, and her body was covered with wounds."

"It's so easy to enter Wei's house, life can be passed, and the stepmother died, but she met the cruel brother. She paid a lot of money to go in before, and she couldn't get a good word. The engaged fiance is not a good man either. Something, coveting her dowry. Fortunately, Qiu Ju went there before he entered the house. If I had known that her brother had arranged such a marriage for her, I would definitely not have agreed, but why didn't she tell me? "

"When those so-called relatives who were like wolves and tigers entangled me, I found out that her brother actually wanted to redeem her and sell her again, just because our Wei family treats the servants leniently and treats me like a fool!"

Wei Zhenniang nagged all the way, but Shi Zhongzhu simply responded, ah, Wei Zhenniang just wanted to vent his emotions, and Shi Zhongzhu didn't need to express his views.

Back in the yard, put Wei Zhenniang to sleep, rubbed the handkerchief, and wiped off the tears on her face, Shi Zhongzhu told Qiu Ye to take good care of her, and then went to the study.

Hualiu and Luer, the most skilled of the Eight Horses, were guarding the side. The captain of the guard battalion who had participated in catching the thief just now came to report. The two guards dragged Mu Kao in, kicked him on the leg, and pressed his shoulders. Kao knelt down in front of Shi Zhongzhu.

Mu Kao struggled to get up, but his ankle was unloaded, so he couldn't use his strength, and the two guards beside him pressed him too tightly.

"Who are you?" Shi Zhongzhu ignored his struggle and asked directly.

Mu Kao didn't open his mouth, and said in a green ear: "Master, this is the second son of Mufu, named Mu Kao."

"Nonsense, I'm not!"

"Then who are you?" Shi Zhongzhu asked.

"I'm a businessman running a business. I heard that the owner of this garden is rich, so I want to steal some gold and silver." Mu Kao made up.

"Hey, businessman, the businessman's hands are full of cocoons left by practicing martial arts and knives. How can a businessman have such a good skill?" Lu Er received Shi Zhongzhu's hint and interrogated: "Look, this kind of scimitar is inlaid with gold. It's silver, it's not Mr. Mufu, who can afford such a good scimitar? With such a virtue, you still want to deceive our master?"

Most of the barbarians have darker skin and darker facial contours, which are easily recognizable.

Mu Kao was at a loss for words and couldn't find anything to refute, so he just yelled: "You Han dog, you killed my people and took my treasures, the mountain god is watching you, the fire god is watching you, all the gods in the world are watching With you, you will not end well."

"Hahaha, your mother-in-law has already suffered retribution. You have caused her trouble, and your family will die! Die!"

Hualiu quickly blocked Mu Kao's mouth, and said bitterly: "The barbarians are in chaos, so the master went to quell the chaos. Besides, now the barbarians in Guizhou have moved out of the mountains, and they are living a good life. They are just like you. Compared with the chieftain who oppresses the tribe, our master is the savior."

Hualiu said while looking at Shi Zhongzhu, afraid that he would take it to heart.

Ba Jun has been with Shi Zhongzhu for several years, and he is still young. Shi Zhongzhu raised them as nephews and apprentices, and smiled and signaled Hualiu that he was fine.

"How the barbarians live well is not up to you, nor is it up to me. I only know whether the whole world is the king's land, and whether the shore of the land is the king's subject." Shi Zhongzhu said lightly, he could comfort himself The feudal system was more advanced than the slave system, but it cannot be said against conscience that the chieftain's rule must be bad for the barbarians.There are also times when the chieftain has no regrets for his tribe, and there are also times when he fights for the interests of his tribe.It's just...the positions are different.

Shi Zhongzhu ignored Mu Kao's clamor, just came to Yunnan, and was worried that the situation could not be resolved, so Mu's house gave him such a good handle, so it was not in vain.

Shi Zhongzhu asked someone to inform Zhou Youde, but he didn't tell him what happened, he only said that there was something important to discuss. When Zhou Youde came, Shi Zhongzhu was waiting for him in the hall of the outer courtyard.

Zhou Youde walked in and saw many corpses covered with white cloths and put them in the yard, so he knew something was wrong. As soon as Shi Zhongzhu opened his mouth, it was true.

"Lord Zhou, some barbarians attacked my mansion this morning, and the leader was Mu Kao, the second son of the Mu Mansion." Shi Zhongzhu pointed to the bound man in the hall.

"These barbarians are really daring, it's too hateful!" Zhou Youde took a careful look at Shi Zhongzhu's face and said, "I don't know how my lord plans to punish these unruly people?"

"Tricksters?" Shi Zhongzhu sneered, "These people are tricky, but it's a pity that they don't regard themselves as the people of Da Yue! Master Zhou doesn't need to ask, just accompany me for a walk."

"Master Shi, Sir, what are you going to do, don't be impulsive, or the officials will take the body back to question the Mufu, and the Mufu will give you an explanation." Zhou Youde stopped him quickly, this is the rhythm of tearing your face, Mufu The government cannot collapse. If he collapses, Yunnan will be in chaos.

"Confession, they all went to the underworld to report, and burying the dead in my mansion is the best explanation!" Shi Zhongzhu sternly said, regardless of Zhou Youde, he asked the guards to load the 29 corpses into a carriage, and Mu Kao also escorted them. Followed out.

Zhou Youde had no choice but to follow suit.

Shi Zhongzhu rode fast all the way, and when he arrived at the gate of Mufu, the soldiers of Mufu had already confronted the officers and soldiers sent by Shi Zhongzhu.

Seeing Shi Zhongzhu coming, after a while, Asheng and Azhai, who received the news, also came out, and asked, "What does Master Shi mean? Our Mufu was canonized by a saint, it's not like you can add weapons at will."

Shi Zhongzhu didn't speak, but with a wave of his hand, the men from the guard battalion toppled the corpses covered with white cloths and put Mu Kao between the two sides.

"I only talk to the chieftain." Shi Zhongzhu said with contempt for A Sheng and A Zhai.

Mu Shun stepped out of the crowd and said, "My lord, what do you mean by this?"

"What do you mean? I still want to ask you what do you mean? Bringing weapons and killing the people in my mansion, do you think I will just let it go, don't tell me, you don't know this person."

Mu Shun struggled for a while, then looked at his mother's face, he thought that it was his mother who ordered his second brother, but he, the chieftain, didn't know it, and then he thought that Mu Kao relied on his mother's love and wanted to compete with him for the position of chieftain, Mu Shun Shun said cruelly, "What your lord said is true, I really don't know this person."

"Mu Shun!" A Sheng and A Zhai glared at him.

"Oh, I don't know him. He can say that he is Mu Kao, the second son of the Mu Mansion. Since the chieftain says he doesn't know him, he is pretending to be a fake. Let's kill him." Shi Zhongzhu ordered lightly, and the guards raised their knives and dropped Mu Kao. Everyone falls to the ground.

Ah Sheng and A Zhai bit their lips tightly, but did not call out Mu Kao's name. Now that they were defeated and arrested, they had no choice but to refuse to admit it. They were the Mu Mansion conferred by the imperial court. There is no absolute proof, Shi Zhongzhu dare not kill them.

Shi Zhongzhu ordered people to take Mu Kao's head to show the public, expose it to the sun for seven days, bruise the bones and throw ashes on the road, and let thousands of people trample on it.

Ah Sheng, A Zhai, Mu Shun, and Ju Xing heard that their hands and feet were cold, but they dared not speak out against it. This time they failed to demonstrate successfully, but Shi Zhongzhu gave him a blow.

Ah Sheng and Ah Zhai originally thought that Shi Zhongzhu would withdraw his troops if he gave a fright.Unexpectedly, Shi Zhongzhu killed his son in such a cruel way, and would not let them go in Mufu.

Just listen to Shi Zhongzhu's order: "The Mufu colluded with the clansmen, stormed the mansion, committed chaos, and the commanders of Yunnan are here."

"The next official is here." A burly man with dark complexion came out.

Shi Zhongzhu said: "Master Su Zhe, please be loyal to the country."

"Yes, the lower officials are determined to exterminate the mob." Su Zhe promised in a deep voice, and went to dispatch troops and generals.

After Shi Zhongzhu finished his harsh words, he naturally retreated back. The Mu Mansion still has bows and arrows, so they are standing in front of them as targets?

Shi Zhongzhu noticed that Zhou Youde was staring at Su Zhe with an ugly face, and knew that Zhou Youde was not happy.Su Zhe's official position is slightly lower than his, and he has always been his loyal younger brother, but now he quietly listens to Shi Zhongzhu's orders!Don't look at what Zhou Youde said on weekdays, "Your Excellency is the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and he should take over completely." But in fact, he still regards Yunnan as his own territory. Now that a traitor has appeared on his own territory, Zhou Youde is really furious.

It was still not easy for Zhou Youde to adjust his expression to a normal state, and said to Shi Zhongzhu: "My lord, let the officers and soldiers leave one or two people from Mufu, so that we can help a puppet come to power."

Shi Zhongzhu raised his eyebrows, and said: "What to keep, whoever talks about Yunnan must be the head of the Mufu, it's different."

Shi Zhongzhu didn't intend to let the Mu family take power again. In Guizhou, he didn't weaken the people who were in power on a large scale. The main reason was that there were more ethnic groups in Guizhou, and there was no unified leader. explain.But Yunnan is different, the Mufu is the Tudi Emperor, Shi Zhongzhu decided to abolish the hereditary Tusi, appointed and dismissed by the court, starting with the Mu family.

Of course, Shi Zhongzhu wouldn't tell Zhou Youde about these things. He proposed the reform of the native land and returned it to the natives, so let's do it by himself. These people are all unreliable.

Shi Zhongzhu secretly ordered Su Zhe to make preparations long ago, the only thing that was out of plan was Mu Kao's attack, but now it is logical, everyone in Mu Mansion surnamed Mu was killed.Shi Zhongzhu exhibited the bodies of the Mu family members, and told the barbarians not to prosecute people with the surname Mu other than the head of the Mu family, not to prosecute the Naxi people, and not to blame other ethnic groups in Yunnan.Then send people to preach how the Yi people in Guizhou live a good life and win the support of the people.

Zhou Youde watched Shi Zhongzhu give orders in a fit of ninja, and finally Shi Zhongzhu left, Zhou Youde hurried back to the government office to write a letter for help.