Chapter 386: fugitive slave

Chapter 386 Fugitive Slave

More than a quarter of an hour later, Master Xiaohan sent Gu Jinli to the gate of Huyun Temple.

"Little donor, remember to bring me some food when you come back next time. Your food is delicious. When I dreamed last month, I dreamed that you brought a mule cart of bean cakes, all for me. Yes, I ate in the mule cart, and I was very full." Master Xiaohan was not afraid of embarrassment, and told Gu Jinli how much she loved eating bean dregs cakes.

Gu Jinli smiled and said: "Okay, next time I come, I will bring you a mule cart of bean cakes so that you can eat enough at one time."

Hearing this, Master Xiaohan narrowed his eyes and said to Gu Jinli, "Little donor, I'll be waiting for you. You must keep your word."

"Of course it works, don't worry." Gu Jinli looked at Master Xiaohan and thought about what kind of existence Master Xiaohan was in Huyun Temple. Why didn't the owner of the temple let Master Xiaohan leave when he was talking to her?

However, since the master of the temple can trust Master Xiaohan, she must be reliable, so she doesn’t need to worry too much.

Wang Yongfu and Gu Jinan had been waiting at the door for a long time. When they saw Master Xiaohan closing the door and going in, they immediately came up to him and said, "Xiaoyu, have everything been delivered?"

Gu Jinli nodded: "Well, let's go home."

She handed the reins to Wang Yongfu and asked Wang Yongfu to lead the mule in front, while she and Gu Jinan walked behind.

Wang Yongfu was smart and knew that the brothers and sisters had something to say, so he walked on his own without waiting for them, keeping a distance of more than ten meters from the brothers and sisters.

There was no one on the mountain road, so Gu Jinan asked in a low voice: "What is the relationship between Hu Guanzhu and the Lu family?"

Gu Jinli said: "Huyun Temple should be one of the places that the Lu family left for their family to hide from the world. The past owners of Huyun Temple should be the servants of the Lu family."

She told Gu Jinan what happened when she bowed to Guanzhu Hu and Guanzhu Hu avoided it.

 Only those who are servants dare not accept the courtesy of their masters.

 Gu Jinan frowned when he heard it, but was not happy because their guess was confirmed: "This matter is too hot, just let the two of us know about it, don't tell mother yet."

 As long as the Chu army does not fall, they will have to hide it for the rest of their lives.

Gu Jinli nodded: "Well, it's enough for both of us to know about this."

Ms. Cui is timid, and she doesn’t remember the Lu family or Huyun Temple. The only thing she remembers is the nanny who took her wandering there.

But that nanny is already dead. Before the Lu family can stand upright, it would be better not to let Cui know about it.

Gu Jinli told Gu Jinan in detail what happened in the temple and what the temple owner said to her.

After hearing this, Gu Jinan finally felt relieved: "We are currently busy eradicating the founding heroes. In a short time, it is impossible to search the wealthy families of the previous dynasty."

The first emperor of Da Chu also made a decree that as long as the noble families of the previous dynasty surrendered to Da Chu, the royal family of Da Chu would never surrender them.

It's just that the wealthy families are afraid that the successor emperor will covet what they have in their hands, so they stay in hiding.

 As for where they are hiding?

I heard Shang Xiucai say that there are some in Da Chu, some overseas, and some in Da Rong. Anyway, the Da Chu royal family wants to find them. It will be difficult to destroy these wealthy families and take their things to fill the national treasury. . Gu Jinli thought of the current Emperor of Chu and couldn't help but said: "Although it is not easy to live in hiding, since we have lost, it is necessary to hide for decades or even hundreds of years. After all, no one knows whether the successor will succeed or not." He will go crazy and have a bloodbath."

“Now this guy can kill even the founding heroes, what else can’t he do?”

 Speaking of it, the current emperor of Da Chu also had a good fortune. He killed the heroes and caused the entire northwest frontier army to rebel. In the end, there was still a founding hero who was willing to lead the army to put down the rebellion and subdue the northwest frontier army again for him.

Although the army that suppressed the rebellion has not yet returned to the court, Da Chu is once again stable.

However, based on what the Emperor of Chu was capable of, Gu Jinli felt that Chu would definitely be in chaos again in her lifetime.

As soon as she traveled through time, she was on the run. She had suffered enough from the troubled times. Thinking that the Emperor of Chu was so unreliable, she still had to make money quickly, buy land and people, build a fort, and train an army capable of fighting. It's better to come to the nursing home to save your life.

Da Chu is not allowed to raise private soldiers, but it can maintain nursing homes, and there is no limit on the number of nursing homes. As long as you have money and food, you can raise as many as you want.

 This is a huge benefit for those who want to cause trouble.

However, Gu Jinli didn't understand why the Emperor of Chu didn't issue an order to limit the number of nursing homes for wealthy households when there was such a big disadvantage here.

 If there is no restriction, just wait in the future, and Chu will bloom everywhere overnight.

Gu Jinli didn’t know that the first emperor of Da Chu had caused a big incident because of the abolition of the private military system, and the Da Chu that was about to be established was almost destroyed.

 And a large part of those who caused trouble were military generals who followed the Emperor of Chu to conquer the country.

Those generals believed that the first emperor of Da Chu abolished the private military system in order to take away the soldiers in their hands so as to eradicate them, so they started a riot.

The first emperor of Da Chu was afraid. Although he strongly abolished the private military system, he allowed nursing homes without limiting the number. Only then did the troublemaking generals settle down and stop making trouble.

The first emperor of Da Chu also always remembered to reduce the number of nursing homes in various places, but he died before he started to do it.

Before he died, he left a will, instructing his descendants to reduce the number of nursing homes in various places when the country of Chu was stabilized, so that the country of Chu would not be like the previous dynasty, where aristocratic families supported their troops and respected themselves. Who was the royal family of the previous dynasty? You can't afford to provoke them. If you dare to provoke them, thousands of private soldiers will assemble to fight you.

It's just that the first emperor of Da Chu arranged things well. How could he know that his son was not useful? The first thing his grandson wanted to do was not to reduce the number of guards in various places in Da Chu, but to cut down the number of guards in Da Chu. Several heroes who were most loyal to the Chu royal family started the construction.

And because of a drought, this big change happened.

Gu Jinli and Gu Jinan were talking quietly on the mountain road, and they finished talking about the matter before they even got out of the mountain.

At the end of the day, they came to Dasong Village at the foot of the mountain, picked up the mule cart they had left there, yoked the cart, and asked Wang Yongfu to drive it, and the three of them returned home.

More than an hour later, as soon as they arrived home, the third grandmother said to Gu Jinli: "Xiaoyu, Mr. Xue from Hukou Town is the Xue Mingyu who has a grudge against Sun Li's family. He asked his servants to give you a gift." A letter has arrived. Your mother has left it in your room for you. You can read it yourself."

"Hey, I got it, Third Grandma." Gu Jinli responded. He first went to the kitchen to fetch water for his hands and face. After cooling his body, he drank a bowl of warm water. Then he returned to his and Gu Jinxiu's room, picked up the food and put it on the table. I read the letter above.

After reading it, her face darkened... The letter from Mr. Xue was about Mr. Lu, and the letter actually said that Mr. Lu might be a runaway slave!

 (End of this chapter)