Chapter 85: The noble young master coming out of the bandits' den
After Mu Tiantao entered the capital, his heart dropped by half.
Speaking of which, his living circle is actually very small. Before going to Lantian, he had been living in the southern borderlands.
Although Kunming Cuihu is not big, it belongs to Mu Tiantao when he was a child. The spring water in Jiulong Pond is always gushing, just like when Mu Wangfu went to school by Cuihu and Zhou Yafu planted willows and horses. It can last from the 16th year of Hongwu to eternity.
Kunming City is not big, shaped like a turtle. It was not a place suitable for people to live in its earliest days. Its real purpose was military, and it was a military city.
In this city, the young Mu Tiantao has seen many men or women wearing strange clothes, some are good-looking, some are ugly, but in general, they are all wealthy. .
Some people in Kunming city also have a difficult life at home, but their mothers always help them so that they can survive.
When Mu Tiantao came to Lantian, Lantian was already very wealthy. For the prosperity of Chang'an, Lantian's wealthy Mu Tiantao was mentally prepared, just as his mother told him, the Central Plains The land has always been a prosperous land.
He believed this very much... It wasn't until he passed through Kaifeng and entered Shandong that he discovered that the world was really unfriendly to the poor.
Along the way, countless thieves attacked him, and countless strongmen hoped to kill him and seize his horses and property.
Without exception, these people died in the hands of Mu Tiantao. Mu Tiantao, who had spears, muskets, and grenades, riding a horse and leading two pack horses, was like a human warrior. The car traveled all the way from Kaifeng Mansion to the capital.
Mu Tiantao is not afraid of robbers and strongmen. These people will even become his source of wealth.
However, every time he became rich, he would always encounter one or two heart-breaking tragedies, so that the young hero had to use his capture to save these people. poor.
He even killed officials!
A lot of people were killed!
In Wei Hui Mansion, he killed a county magistrate, two bookkeepers, a local tycoon, and burned down a prison full of blood and injustice.
In Zhangde Mansion, he killed a patrol inspector, a tax collector, and two police officers.
In Daming Mansion, he killed an academic official, two thousand-household households, six hundred-household households, and robbed a thousand-household guardhouse.
The reason why his power becomes more and more terrifying is entirely because, according to the academy's teachings, every time after helping people, he tells those miserable people to have hope and dare to resist injustice... Then, followers began to surround him.
When he killed the county magistrate and set fire to the prison, he only had seven or eight people around him. After he killed the two bookkeepers, he had no less than a hundred people around him. After he killed the inspector, some Trafficking in illicit salt was caught by inspections and was about to be executed.The dealer became his most loyal subordinate.
After killing a scholar who secretly killed an old scholar and ruined his family, he gained the allegiance of the old scholar and his son. When he attacked Qianhu, who did all kinds of evil, he became inexplicably successful. He became the leader of a team of five hundred people.
Mu Tiantao said that he was not a rebel! He is the eldest son of Prince Mu of Yunnan, and he is going to the capital to take the exam... Then, more and more people follow him... These people follow him to hunt down the officers and soldiers of the guards who harm the people, and at the same time, they honor Mu Tiantao as the eldest son. .
I only said that I was willing to serve the prince front and back.
The strangest thing is that the pretty little girl he snatched back from the tiger's mouth got into his quilt one day when everyone was sleeping in the ruined temple, and the others followed him. Everyone was snoring loudly.
Mu Tiantao would never do this kind of thing that takes advantage of others. If he wanted to, he would have slept with Liang Ying a thousand times when he was in the academy.
However, something was very strange. When he woke up in the morning, the girl who claimed to be cold and stayed in his bed all night changed her hair accessories into women's clothing, and when she walked Wei Wei showed some shy discomfort.
Mu Tiantao didn't care about this. He felt that after he found the people from Prince Mu's Mansion in the capital, there would naturally be a housekeeper to handle these matters.
He doesn't care about other people's thoughts on him. In fact, from childhood to adulthood, there are too many old women, middle-aged women, young women, and little girls who have their thoughts on him.
I heard my mother say that when she was a baby, two wet nurses fought over each other to feed him milk and they got into a fight, which became a running joke in Prince Mu’s Palace for many years.
Mu Tiantao is a truly good person!
Anyone who has spent time with him can feel his kindness.
Although he always behaves aloof, the more he behaves like this, the more those who follow him want to be loyal to him.
The waist card of Prince Mu’s Mansion was very useful along the way. Even if Mu Tiantao wanted to cross the state with a thousand people, there would be no problem.
In the eyes of these people in the government, Prince Mu’s waistband was verified to be correct. As for a Duke of Guizhou with several maids, two housekeepers and accountants, and thousands of clothes, they were still clean. It is perfectly normal for a domestic slave to go to the capital to take the scientific examination.
So, when Mu Tiantao stood in front of Guangqu Gate in the capital, he felt very heavy.
Because, the city gate guard welcomed him into the capital flatteringly, and turned a blind eye to the thousands of people he led who were not good at first sight and were armed with weapons.
The moment he walked into the city gate, Mu Tiantao finally understood why there were so many bandits in the world, and why Yun Zhao must be determined to reshape a new Ming Dynasty.
——Da Ming is hopeless.
No one regards the common people as human beings... The powerful people enjoy the flesh and blood feast of the common people in the countryside but refuse to give the common people a bite.
Officials are amassing money, and they are amassing money in an almost unscrupulous way. Each of them seems to be ready to welcome the new world.
In such troubled times, even people as loyal to the Ming Dynasty as Mu Tiantao would sometimes weigh the possibility of a successful rebellion in the dead of night.
"Since the prince is determined to take part in the scientific examination, he can no longer use the name of the Duke of Guizhou to interact with outsiders when he is in the capital, lest the prince will be unhappy."
The Duke of Guizhou also has a residence in the capital, but the officials from the Duke's office sent by his brother to manage the residence don't seem to welcome his arrival.
Mu Tiantao said in a deep voice: "I am the eldest son of Prince Mu's Palace, and this is my home."
This official didn't even bother to report his name to him, the eldest son of Prince Mu's Palace. He sneered and said: "There is only one owner of the Duke's Mansion, and that is the Duke."
Mu Tiantao raised the firecracker at hand and pointed it at the official whose name he did not know.
This man was not afraid at all when facing the firecrackers. Instead, he said to Mu Tiantao: "Your Majesty, there is no need to scare me. There is no room for change in this matter. For the long-term plan of Prince Mu's palace, the Crown Prince is in the capital." You must listen to my arrangements."
Mu Tiantao asked: "Which one of the four surnames of my Prince Mu, Liu Baifang Su, are you?"
The official sneered: "I. Zhang Ruoheng is the steward of Jiading Bo's house. It was the Duke of Guizhou who asked my uncle to help you take care of your home. I think the prince should understand the truth. "
Mu Tiantao. Hearing this, he sighed and said to the little girl next to him: "I'm going to trouble you to clean up the house later. I can't bear the irritation."
As soon as he finished speaking, several people followed Mu Tiantao from Shandong. The little girls who came to the capital obediently covered their ears.
Mu Tiantao deliberately leaned the gun forward again, and pulled the trigger almost against Zhang Ruoheng's temple. The fire wheel ignited, igniting the quick fuse, almost instantly. In an instant, a ball of fire erupted from the thick hand gun...
With a bang, Zhang Ruoheng's head exploded, white and red scattered all over the ground.
The remaining slaves were so frightened that they were about to run away when they were firmly held down by Mu Tiantao's subordinates.
“Cut off their heads and send someone to the father of the country, Jiadingbo, and tell him that Prince Mu is a barbarian who has never understood the etiquette of the Central Plains. He only knows that the only way to deal with those who take away my family property is to Death is the reward.
If Uncle Jiading feels that not enough people have died, there are not many others in Prince Mu’s palace who dare to die and fight.”
Old man. The scholar Xue Zijian smiled and said: "What the prince said is absolutely true. Although Jiadingbo is the current head of the country, he originally came from a small family and has never had authority. He can only do whatever he wants in the name of the queen.
The prince has taught you a lesson, that’s all. It’s nothing more.Not worth it. ”
The hall was quickly cleaned, and Mu Tiantao saw the servants left in the capital by Prince Mu’s Mansion.
Things were just as Mu Tiantao thought. Prince Mu's Mansion has not visited the capital to pay homage to the emperor for five consecutive years. Everyone thought that Prince Mu's Mansion had no successor, and this huge garden in the capital naturally became the object of everyone's covetousness.
The winner in the end. But it was Jiading Bo Zhou Kui.
After asking the old servant, Mu Tiantao discovered that the huge official residence of Prince Mu in the capital did not even have a penny, and even the old furnishings in the house were not available. They were all replaced by defective products by Jiading Bo Zhou Kui.
After thinking for a while, Mu Tiantao said to the old scholar Xue Zijian: "Tell me, in this situation, would your Majesty do it for a cent?" Your useless father-in-law, come to punish me, Prince Mu? "
Xue Zijian said: "Your Majesty will definitely be angry, but it is just angry. Your Majesty has reached the edge of betrayal and separation. At this time, he will never attack Prince Mu who has been loyal to the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years. , Otherwise, people will definitely be distracted. "
Mu Tiantao smiled and said: "That's good, let's go find Zhou Kui and ask him to come up with the three hundred thousand taels of silver that he stole from Prince Mu's Mansion. "
The old servant of Prince Mu's Mansion was startled and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, if there are not 300,000 taels, there will be less than 2,000 taels.
Mu Tiantao glanced at his old servant and said, "Do you know where your eldest son has been studying in these years?" "
Before the old servant could answer, he sneered: "Your eldest son studied under Yunzhao, the biggest robber in the entire Ming Dynasty. He spent seven years crawling around in the robber's den. Over the years, with this A pair of hands, risking their lives to become the best among robbers.
How can two thousand taels of silver satisfy the appetite of your heir apparent? If Zhou Kui cannot give me three hundred thousand taels of silver, I will make him pay the price for humiliating my palace, Prince Mu! ”