Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Land of Crickets
Looking at the delicate face of Cheng Xiaoniang, Liu Jing held her hand and said with emotion: "The lady is the first virtuous person in this world, what kind of earth-shattering good deeds did Qin did in his previous life to have such a blessing!" β
Cheng Qiuyan also looked at her fiancΓ© Jun with affection, and said softly: "What about the previous life, only in this life, Lang Jun has already saved the slave's family, isn't this enough." β
When Taiwei Liu saw his fiancΓ©e's seductive eyes, he was about to play a hooligan by taking advantage of the situation, but he was easily dodged, and said with a smile: "The big wedding is coming, why should the good monarch be in a hurry, if you have this free time, it is better to find an opportunity to take your sister of the Hua family, and when the time comes, I will take them to worship together, so as to save some money for the family to marry." β
Poor Liu Taiwei has never met such a virtuous woman, and he has nothing to say for a moment of gratitude, so he can only lightly hold his fiancΓ©e's slender jade hand, sit under the willows on the embankment, and watch the bright moon rise in the east.
Two days later, Liu Jing was dressed in military uniform, did not listen to the dissuasion of his subordinates, insisted on leading the team in person, escorted the prisoners, and went to attack Qingfu to pick up Yang Jian back.
Qiao Daoqing and the others couldn't, so they had to arrange a team of Shenji battalions to escort them, and Lin Chong sent Shi Wengong and Sun An, two generals, with five hundred people to follow, and left Fengfu in a mighty way.
Along the way, because the captives were relatively hungry, the team walked very slowly, and only after the sunset was left, they arrived in Gong County, Liu Jing took the order to find the magistrate, and ordered his subordinates to take care of the prisoners and camp on the spot.
When the county magistrate heard that the lieutenant was passing by with his army, he was really frightened for a while, thinking that the county was going to be plundered by the officers and soldiers again, so he hurriedly took the county lieutenant to personally welcome him to the county office, and ordered his men to prepare wine and food to entertain the lieutenant.
But because it was really a poor county and there was nothing good, he killed two chickens, got a side of meat, plus a few plates of vegetables, and put them on the table, for fear that the captain would dislike them, so he spoke with him carefully.
Liu Jing didn't say anything, just drank some chicken soup with multigrain pancakes, ate a piece of chicken, and said to the county order: "Our army is going to attack Qingfu on business, but it is harassing your county, but the whole army, including prisoners, has thousands of people, and they are still hungry, so please ask the big and small hotels in the county to cook some meals and send them to them." β
The county commander and the county lieutenant were eating indecently eating chicken, and when they heard this, the chicken leg in their hands fell to the table, and their faces were ashen.
Liu Jing smiled and said: "I have brought my own coils, and the money for the wine and food will be paid immediately, so you don't have to worry about it." β
"Ah" There are such good things, when will the officers and soldiers start to give money for dinner, the two of them were surprised, but they didn't think that the captain would tell a lie, the county lieutenant hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the captain will take someone to order." β
The county lieutenant said to Feng Siniang, who was standing behind him: "You go with you, you receive the food, and pay the money." β
There are more than a dozen restaurants in the whole county, and the county lieutenant led his subordinates to inform them from house to house, teaching them to prepare meals for the passing army and send them over, and when they left, they said: "People give money!" β
Those shopkeepers were suspicious, and at first they made a small number of meals and tried to send them over, but they really gave money at that time, and they were so happy that the guys rushed back to report to the shopkeeper.
After eating here in the yamen, the magistrate asked someone to carefully touch out a dozen small porcelain boxes, put them on the table and said: "The county is too poor, only this special product is given to the minister, let's play with it in your spare time." β
Liu Jing picked up a small box, lifted the lid and saw that it was a cricket that had always been iron-headed, and Leng Yuenu behind him asked curiously: "Xianggong, this insect is delicious?" It's just that this is too little, not enough to eat two bites. β
When the magistrate heard this, his face turned green, and Liu Jing smiled dumbly: "Girl, this thing is expensive, we can't afford to eat it, this is a tribute, and one will cost one hundred and two thousand taels of silver." β
Leng Yuenu stammered: "Isn't this an autumn insect, there are everywhere, where is it worth so much money." β
Liu Jing gave her popular science and said: "This is a tribute insect, the entire Great Song Dynasty, that is, the most famous crickets in Gong County, every year to pay tribute to a hundred, these are all picked out to pay tribute, these are the best in a thousand miles, you say it is not expensive." β
said to the county order: "Xianggong Meiyi has a certain heart, but I don't have a fighting insect Yaxing, and the second is that if I accept it, it will hurt the fathers and elders in the township, everyone works hard, and does this drudgery in the middle of the night, and if you can't pay it, you have to pay money to atone for your sins, and make the family ruined, you teach me how to bear it, these things, or keep the tribute." β
The magistrate of the county said with emotion: "I didn't expect that my Great Song Dynasty would have a good minister like Taiwei, and the student was ashamed, but he was taught." β
After staying for one night and setting off the next morning, Liu Jing asked Feng Siniang to take out two ingots and five taels of silver, and gave one ingot to the county magistrate and the county lieutenant in each hand, and said: "But it's a lot of trouble, this is the food money." β
Where are the two willing to accept it, Liu Jing pointed to the patched official robe of the county order and said: "Xianggong's gorgeous clothes, I really can't wear them, go and change them." "Let's go out and get on the horse.
The county commander held the silver tightly in his hand, and sighed with tears: "From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of Shangguan sending silver to his subordinates, the saint is out, Yin and Yang He, Shengtaiwei, Fa Xuanji, Bizi Palace, Qing Jiuwei, Zhen Fu is ordered to build a spiritual banner with a calendar, and the atmosphere is built with a spiritual flag. β
Liu Taiwei, who is about to become a famous disciple, knows what he will think if he knows that someone has said that he is a saint.
The group was stationed in Xianyuan County for another night the next day, and it was not until the third day that they came to the Governor's Mansion of Xiqing.
Raiding Qingfu respected Qian Boyan, and Taifu Yang Jian, personally went out of the city to greet each other, and congratulated: "I was surprised to hear that Taiwei was on the eighth day of August, in Fengfu and Dongping, and the students were overjoyed, and they had long thought about letting Taifu Yang lead them to visit, but they were busy with official business and could not get out. β
Yang Jian also said with hindsight: "Hey, I knew that the virtuous brother beat the local chickens and dogs of Liangshan thieves, and I won't leave my brother, so it's a pity that I can mix up some military exploits." β
Qian Fuzun hurriedly said: "Taifu came here on business, but he can't drag it out, this is all a matter of no way, the banquet has been prepared, this is not a place to talk, wait for the student to hand over the prisoner to the Taiwei first, let's go to the mansion to talk." β
The two of them immediately handed over the prisoner, and they had their own local general judgment and observation, and led people to escort the prisoner and go to the street first.
When such a big event happened, the people who were watching the excitement on the streets of Qingfu were already full, and they all stretched their necks, pointing at those prisoners, and after a while, they pointed at the Shenxiao Army walking behind.
Feng Siniang and the others, riding horses scattered in front of and behind Liuqing, holding the reins with one hand, one hand on the leather case on the waist, two eyes, like eagles and falcons, scanning the sides of the road to see the lively.
"Xianggong, those who wear white clothes are not good things." Feng Siniang's cold voice reached Liu Jing's ears.
Liu Jing suddenly became vigilant, his eyes swept to both sides of the road, and sure enough, some men and women in white clothes were mixed in the middle of the crowd, and when they saw that they were discovered, they all lowered their hats, quietly hid in the crowd, and retreated.
This big city is really a mixed place, seeing that it was okay, Liu Jing and the others did not make a noise, and followed Qian Boyan to the mansion.
At the end of the day, when he talked about the matter, he cleared his throat and said: "Now Fengfu and Dongping are stationed with the Shenxiao Heavenly Army, and the defense is solid, and the people's lives are stable and rich. β
Liu Jing arched his hand and said: "The land of the ten counties under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is naturally strong and strong, where it is necessary to garrison the Shenxiao Army, don't joke with the minister." β
Qian Fuzun was anxious, and went over to hold Captain Liu's hand and said: "Sir, let's talk about digging out your heart and lungs, although I have a lot of garrisons in this city, how is this combat power, don't you old man know, usually go out to scare a countryman, if you really face these Liangshan troops you captured, I'm afraid you would have fled without a fight!" You can't bear to let me attack the birthday when the time comes. β
"As long as Mr. sends the divine army to station, my attack on Qinghe, Fengfu, and Dongping will become a triangle, and when the thieves come, they will respond to each other, so that even Gong County and Xianyuan will be safe together, sir, do you say this is the truth."
Liu Jing sighed and said: Fuzun deserves the reputation of Zhongxing Shepherd, but the pattern of Jing is small, so let's do it according to the will of Xianggong, but I have a limited number of soldiers there now, and I am afraid that I can't transfer too many people to your place. β
Qian Fuzun saw that he agreed, and said busily: "Where do you need too many people, I have heard what Mrs. Yang said, Dongping there, only went to thirty chiefs, two generals and more than 100 people, and it is not the same as beating Song Jiang to the ground, I will only follow the same configuration as Dongping, and the military camp will definitely be arranged in the best place in the city." β
Liu Jing nodded and said: "It seems that Fuzun has already planned it, so let's follow what Xianggong said, it's just that those Liangshan prisoners, it's better to escort them away earlier, my subordinates said, this city is a bit mixed, I'm afraid that someone will worry about it later." β
Qian Fuzun smiled and said: "Captain, look, I'm not a righteous but combatable man in this attack, those captive students have seen it, they are all elites, and it's a pity to send them to the border to die, so the students plan to recruit them with their incorruptible tongues, so that they can become the Shenxiao Army willingly, isn't it beautiful." β
Well, Liu Jing thought about it, this Qian Fuzun really has this ability, in history, he recruited no less than 100,000 An Liukou, and he was a master of playing tricks, so he said: "The prime minister is clever." β
Fu Zun finished his business, he was in a happy mood, changed his face, and said with a sly smile: "Taiwei has worked tirelessly to come far away, the student has no filial piety, I heard that Mr. likes colors, and the student has arranged a few beauties to serve your old man at night to practice." β
When Mr. Liu heard this, his face was gloomy and uncertain, and he said in his heart that this thing was really spreading fast enough, and it had only been a few days, and the old driver of the Qingfu had already known about it.
He waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your kindness, it's just that you already have a partner at night, so you don't need to." Pointing to Feng Siniang behind him.
Fuzun was shocked and hurriedly asked Yang Jian: Who is this? β
Yang Jian said with a smile: "This is the personal guard brought by the Taiwei from the capital, and it is also his wife, and now he has a seal." β
Fu Zun was busy: "Rude and rude, it was the student who was abrupt, by the way, I heard that the Taiwei had married on the eighth day of August, but wasn't there a war that day." β
"It was just a ploy to lure the enemy to take the bait, and the wedding date was changed to the eighth day of September." Liu Jing said.
"Oops." Qian Fuzun said: "That's right, Taiwei's wedding, why don't the students prepare some congratulatory gifts, Mr. must be here for a few more days, wait for the students to prepare some gifts, and then let the general judge go to watch the ceremony for the students, and bring the Shenjun back by the way." β