Chapter 375: Unable to See the Situation


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In the next few days, bad news came one after another.

The situation in Lu'an further deteriorated and had already spread to nearby Anfeng, Xinfeng, several county governments and even the entire Chizhou Prefecture were implicated.

Countless refugees fled with their families. Officials colluded with local merchants to annex land and raise food prices. Although it was a year of great harvest, a famine occurred where people had to eat their own children.

Wang Bo and his companions always held a glimmer of hope for the imperial court, until one day.

"Madam, there's news from Jinling. Several groups of people who left the capital were robbed and killed at the Miluo River ferry. No one survived."

A guard came over and reported the news he had just received.

He shouted so loudly that almost everyone present could hear him.

What does it mean to kill you while you are ill?

That's it!

How cruel!

Zhu Zhen relied on his military power and status to blatantly frame civil officials. Now he is aggressive and wants to take their lives, but the Emperor of Southern Liang doesn't even dare to fart!

More than twenty officials from the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Rites, the left and right ministers, and at least four to five hundred family members, all lost their lives as soon as they left the capital.

Zhu Zhen was telling the world without any reservation how much he hated these literati!

Qiao Xin pursed her lips and ordered, "Tell Shi Jingmo to protect himself and not pass on any information for the time being! The people over at Yu Mancang, keep a low profile and evacuate when necessary. Nanliang is going to be in chaos!"

"yes!"

Qiao Xin turned around and looked at Wang Bo with a smile: "You should be thankful that you met us and saved your life."

Wang Bo's spine collapsed all of a sudden. Such an emperor and such a court made his persistence in the past few days ridiculous!

Qiao Xin no longer treated them well, leaving Shunzi and a dozen guards to lead these people across the river immediately. He rushed to meet Zhang Jun, as the other party's letter was transmitted quickly, so something must have happened.

Shunzi, Master Fang, Pei Xinyuan and others are good at speaking but their fighting skills are slightly weaker, so they were left behind to look after these people.

Old man Wang Bo can be their grandfather. No matter how eloquent he is, the generation gap is still there.

How to persuade?

Isn't this like a tiger biting a hedgehog and not being able to bite it?

Shunzi is not an inflexible person. The old one is stubborn, can the young one have the same character?

In the following days, Shunzi no longer went to Wang Bo to show his courtesy every day, but instead became intimate with several young masters of the Wang family.

The next generation of the Wang family are all talented. Under the selection system of Nanliang, which was mainly based on recommendations, and with the protection of their father, they all got official positions.

However, they were all practical men who were impatient to please their superiors and deal with various official relationships. Even as the son of the Vice Minister of Works, it was difficult for him to climb up the ladder.

But he has real talent and knowledge!

Wang Bo’s son has actually helped local people build floating bridges in Lingnan area many times!

Even his eldest son and third son have real abilities!

It doesn't matter what you are in charge of, as long as you have the ability, isn't this the talent his old lady likes most?

When Shunzi came to this conclusion, the depression he had been holding in for the past few days disappeared!

Master Fang, fanning himself, walked over with Pei Xinyuan. Seeing Pei Xinyuan's relaxed look, he couldn't help but joked, "Why are you so happy to have found a treasure? Why haven't you been serving Lord Wang these days?"

"No, we should give the old man some time to say goodbye, right?"

Asking people to change their jobs and not even allowing them to feel sad, doesn't it seem that they are too heartless!

Master Fang and Pei Xinyuan looked at each other and suddenly became interested. How could such sarcastic words come out of the mouth of a smiling tiger?

"Have you found a solution or a new goal?"

"Wang Bo is not the only one in the Wang family. Besides, he is an old man who is about to die. It would be good if the old lady could take him back, but it doesn't matter if she can't!"

"Are you attracted to his son?"

Shunzi clasped his hands together and said jokingly, "Oh, you two are really good at playing tricks. Your brains are really quick! But let's make one last effort before we get home! I'll play the white face, and you two will play the red face!"

Pei Xinyuan: I shouldn’t join in the fun!

Master Fang: He is a military strategist, not a lobbyist for aristocratic family!

In the following days, Wang Bo found that these people's attitude towards him was completely different.

Whenever he was sad and depressed, no one asked him why. Even his wife was used to it.

When he went on a hunger strike, no one begged him to eat more. Even his filial children just looked at him and then ate up the food in front of him!

Wang Bo couldn't stand this drastic change for a moment. He even tore off several strands of his beard. He pointed at his son with a shaking finger and cursed, "Unfilial son!!!"

On this day, it started to drizzle, making the road more difficult to travel. After a day's journey, everyone was exhausted and just wanted to drink some hot soup. Wang Bo didn't know what was wrong with him and wanted to make trouble again. Before he could raise his hand, his wife knocked it down.

"Okay, stop your face-saving tricks. You still think you are the Minister of Works. Our family has reached the end of its rope.

All the food, drinks and things we use are given by others. How dare you get angry? People have given you enough face. Don't be so rude. You don't know what's good for you. Who owes us anything? Look at how many people who have been with us for so many years have left in just a few days. There are only a dozen people left.

There are only a dozen people left in your Wang family. Are you going to take them all to fulfill your so-called dignity? You will be happy only if they die cleanly! Our family can't stand any more trouble!"

No one was willing to set up the stage, and even the audience was very few. His wife scolded him harshly, so he couldn't continue this one-man show. The old man was immediately depressed!

As the rain water rose sharply, some debris floated on the river from time to time, mixed with a few bloated corpses. The Wang family became more and more silent.

Pei Xinyuan and Master Fang also figured out what was going on. The old lady was trying to completely destroy the arrogance of the Wang family.

After resisting for five days, Wang Bo was forced to reluctantly sign a 20-year indenture contract after being betrayed by his family.

Twenty years!

He doesn't even know if his old bones can live another 20 years, so why do the Qiao family have so much confidence in him?

The further they walked towards Lu'an, the more uneasy they felt!

The important task of escaping death gathered in a valley not far from the city gate. From here, one could see everything that happened at the Lu'an city gate.

Not far from them were two towering piles of dead bodies.

Shunzi and others, along with several masters of the Wang family, squatted in the valley and watched. Meanwhile, several young men brought kerosene and firewood and poured them on the corpses.

Fire suddenly appeared and a strong smell of burning came.

The huge tongues of fire distorted the air, and the faces of the Wang family members turned pale under the moonlight.

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