Chapter 1270 Times have changed

Chapter 1270 Times have changed

Luo Chao had the patience to listen to Lu Lingxuan whisper about their mother and son's experiences over the years. Of course, the most important thing was what they had brought to them since the beginning of the Tang Army's war to destroy Qi. influence.

But when Lu Lingxuan heard about begging Gao Zhongmi to help reunite their family, she couldn't help but frowned and said with some displeasure: "You are really reckless, you don't know anything about the people in Kansai, so you just do it for yourself." If your affair stirs up trouble, you may find yourself in trouble again. If you and your son want to find me, you can just look for me privately. Why should you seek help from such a prominent person?"

"Is there something hidden in this?"

Seeing Luo Chao looking so nervous, Lu Lingxuan couldn't help but become worried and hurriedly asked in a low voice.

"Oh, that's all. I can't go into details here. I'd better go home quickly!"

Luo Chao hesitated to speak and did not want to continue. He did not say anything about driving away the mother and son. Together with his entourage, he collected the scattered belongings on the ground, and then the family headed west again.

Two days later, Luo Chao took his wife and children back to his home in Chang'an City. It was the old city of Chang'an, not the new city.

In this messy layout, there is a small courtyard with two front and back entrances. Compared with the surrounding poor families, it is not shabby, but it definitely has nothing to do with style, especially considering that Luo Chao had pursued it more than ten years ago. Having worked for the Supreme Being today, he is now in such a living situation, which makes people even more curious.

Along the way, Luo Chao also recounted his past experiences one after another. After following the Supreme back to Guanzhong, he did not settle for continuing to serve. Instead, he chose to join Yuwen Hu, who was obviously more popular that year. From then on, he It started a life of regret for the rest of my life.

Especially when Yuwen Tai died of illness during the Eastern Expedition, a series of power struggles occurred in Guanzhong. Famous ministers and generals were killed one after another. In the end, the current supreme leader won. Even Luo Chao's old master Yu Wenhu was killed.

Because Luo Chao did not join in the fiercest disputes at that time, he avoided being hit immediately, but he was also worried about the subsequent purges, so he simply gave up his official position and hid among the people, living in fear all day long.

It is precisely for this reason that even a person as distinguished as Gao Zhongmi mobilized a lot of manpower and spent a lot of energy to interview Luo Chao's whereabouts from some old acquaintances he had contacted due to poverty in recent years, and to inform him of his wife and children. Customs entry news.

After Lu Lingxuan listened to her husband's story, her mood was extremely complicated for a moment. As for Luo Tipo, who was full of dandy dreams but cruelly failed, she hated his stupid father even more.

Listening to this story, I realized that I had followed the Supreme Master into the customs. Even if he did nothing since then, his qualifications from humble beginnings alone were enough to get a share of the pie when the new dynasty was established. But in the end, because of To be reduced to this by a single thought is to let down the hard work of mother and son who have been implicated by him as slaves and maids all these years!

Compared to her frightened husband and despairing son, Lu Lingxuan is more assertive. Naturally, she was not willing to spend the rest of her life living in trepidation and mediocrity with her husband, but wanted to strive for a turning point.

"Although my husband intends to hide himself in the world, if someone of honor is looking carefully, his whereabouts will be revealed soon. It is indeed a bit reckless for me to beg the Duke of Ji for help before, without knowing the secret, but after the Duke of Ji sent people to find my husband, Presumably, we already know the story of the husband, but we did not pursue it in depth. This shows that the story must have been concluded at that time, and the husband no longer needs to be careful about hiding himself. "

Luo Chao is a fan of the authorities. He was still frightened by the tragic massacre that year. However, after hearing his wife's analysis, he suddenly became hopeful: "What the lady said is indeed true. In recent years, I have indeed no longer heard of anyone doing it again." About the events of that year.

The Duke of Ji has a deep friendship with the current Supreme Being. If he knew that the remnants of my past were still secretly alive in this world, he would definitely not let it go easily. But now I hope that the Duke of Hebei will no longer pursue the case. I think the matter has been revealed, but I am afraid of the unexpected. If the facts are slightly different, there will be a catastrophe of extermination and annihilation of the family..."

"It's very simple to verify. I'm going to visit the Duke of Ji in the name of thanking you. My husband might as well secretly visit the descendants of the families who were punished back then. If they can all live in peace of mind, my husband is not the original evil in the matter, but is just implicated. Then you don’t have to worry about it anymore!”

Lu Lingxuan quickly came up with another idea, and then said: "Today the Supreme Lord is fulfilling his duties, which shows that he has a broad mind. If the past has become a foregone conclusion, the husband can take the opportunity to confess his past mistakes and confess himself. As long as the Supreme Lord has a little In a moment of regret and thought, my family's situation can be greatly changed, and we no longer have to sink into Guizhou!"

After hearing this, Luo Chao also nodded in agreement. With the encouragement of his wife, he no longer cares about human life, and regained his determination to work hard. So the couple began to work separately, hoping to gain something as soon as possible.

However, although Luo Chao was barely a figure in the past, he had been out of the current situation for many years. He wanted to return to the center of the current situation for a while, but he was quite confused and couldn't get in.

Although Lu Lingxuan had a clear goal, Gao Zhongmi was the first-class dignitary in the world. In addition, there were many people from Guandong coming to Guanzhong, so they naturally wanted to see him. Therefore, the Duke of Ji's palace was always full of people. Lu Lingxuan brought her son several times to submit messages asking for an audience, but the invitations were screened out in the front hall, the gifts were returned, and there was no chance of meeting Gao Zhongmi.

Luo Chao's secret visit did yield some information about personnel.

Although Yuwen Hu and others had been executed, their families were not implicated too much, and their official titles were inherited. However, after entering the Tang Dynasty, the official titles of the previous dynasty were reduced according to the rules, and Yuwen Hu's adopted son was demoted to the title of the Earl of Shuichi.

Luo Chao found the residence of Yuwen Hu's family in Chang'an New City after some inquiries. Naturally, he did not dare to visit them, but secretly observed their family life in the square, wanting to determine whether the court was lenient on the outside but cautious on the inside, and was still arranging people to secretly monitor the family's life.

His surveillance was not a big deal, but he soon witnessed a farce of human relations. Yuwen Hu's adopted son, the Earl of Shuichi, Yuwen Xun, led a group of servants to the house of Raoyang Marquis to make a scene, and then went to court again. Raoyang Marquis's name was Yuwen Guang, who was the adopted son of Yuwen Hu's elder brother Yuwen Dao, and was a cousin of Yuwen Xun.

When Luo Chao first saw this, he couldn't help but think of a conspiracy in his heart. Could it be that the court still refused to let the Yuwen family go, so it secretly carried out some provocations and frame-ups? However, as he inquired in the streets, he learned that the conflict between the two families had been going on for a long time, and it had nothing to do with outsiders, but was purely a dispute within the family.

Yuwen Dao and Yuwen Hu died one after another, leaving the children of the two families to make a living. In addition, their mother Yan had been detained in the territory of Northern Qi in her early years and was only able to return to the country a few years ago.

Although the current supreme ruler executed Yuwen Hu in accordance with the law of the country, he still felt grateful for the old relationship. Because he pitied the death of all the sons of Yan, he ordered the servants to allocate one thousand pieces of silk to Yan every year as a pension, hoping that she could spend her old age in peace.

Yan was old and weak, so this part of the wealth naturally belonged to her grandchildren. But as the power of her entire family was gone and the income decreased, the children of the two families had to think realistically and long-term for their livelihoods.

Relatively speaking, Yuwen Guang, the Marquis of Raoyang, lived a better life than Yuwen Xun, the Earl of Shuichi. This made Yuwen Xun dissatisfied and secretly suspected that Yuwen Guang might be occupying his grandmother's pension funds and spending them for his own consumption. After several disputes, the contradiction became more and more intense.

This time, the two families moved to the new city of Chang'an like other dignitaries, and they had to clean up their houses. Yuwen Xun saw that the decoration of his cousin's hall was much more gorgeous than his own, so the suspicion and anger accumulated in the past broke out completely, and they fought each other and then went to court.

This kind of family discord is a relatively explosive news even in ordinary neighborhoods. Now the two families in dispute are not ordinary families, so it has caused quite a stir in the capital. Not only are the common people keen on discussing it, but even some dignitaries have expressed to the Chang'an County Government that they must make a fair judgment and settle the matter as soon as possible.

After the final review, the result is that Yuwen Xun, the Earl of Shuichi, judged the gentleman's belly with a villain's heart, and even cried thief. There were also cases where the Yan family's retirement funds were embezzled, but they happened in the Shuichi Bo family. On the contrary, Raoyang Hou Yuwen Guang did not take a penny, and even took the initiative to bear more of the expenses for his grandmother's worship of Buddha.

As for the different living standards of the two families now, it is mainly because of the different family businesses they inherited.

In the past, Yuwen Dao was a dictator of Longyou. He once held the reins of the world's Fang Bo with the current supreme emperor. Even if he was not keen on making money, the wealth he accumulated was very considerable. Even until now, Longyou Sifang City will send a considerable amount of dividends to Raoyang Hou Yuwen Guang's family every year, so his life is naturally rich.

Although Yuwen Hu's family also has a certain amount of savings, it should not be as good as Yuwen Dao, who was a dictator of Longyou. Moreover, he died in the chaos that year, and his family lost a lot of small people and goods during the turmoil and panic. As his adopted son, Yuwen Xun also lacked the ability to manage the business, so naturally he gradually ran out of money and even set his sights on his grandmother's retirement money.

A farce ended with the truth coming out, and the audience had different feelings. For Luo Chao, who was interested in verifying some things, this was great news.

If the current supreme was still entangled in the past and couldn't let it go, there would naturally be people below who would observe his expression and take this opportunity to suppress and sanction the descendants of the Yuwen family. However, this matter did not reflect the will of the upper echelons from beginning to end, and even exposed some details that the descendants of the Yuwen family lived as usual.

For example, the dividends of Sifang City can be retained and continued to be enjoyed, and Yuwen Hu's mother has been receiving assistance from the current supreme, which shows that the supreme really has no intention of deliberately suppressing and retaliating against the Yuwen family.

Even the Yuwen family is like this, and Luo Chao, who is not a core figure, has no reason to be implicated today!

After confirming this situation, Luo Chao couldn't help but be overjoyed. He was very impressed with his wife's keen cognition. He immediately decided to do a great job under his wife's encouragement and guidance, regain the original intention of serving the Supreme, and strive to return to the position that belonged to him in the current situation!