Chapter 106: Ringing Horse
No one in this world wants to be a bad person by nature, some are just selfish people.
Zhu Wen looked back on his life in the prison, from the tyranny of the government, he couldn't survive and rose up against the Tang Dynasty, and then he returned to the imperial court and won the trust of the Emperor. If it weren't for the continuous expansion of power, he would have wanted to be loyal to Datang for the rest of his life.
Even he was still thinking that if Zhaozong hadn't been so suspicious of him back then, would he be a loyal minister like Guo Ziyi.
The answer is no, selfish people will not have the courage to serve the country loyally after all. Becoming a king and defeating a king, Zhu Wen can have today, and what he didn't expect the most was Li Ji, the little emperor.
"Faint Jun," Zhu Wen smiled bitterly: "It's so deeply hidden, and it should be like this when you have a child."
People like him will not bow their heads even if they lose, and even if they lose, they must maintain their dignity in the world.
Compared with Li Zhen, who was also captured, he didn't have that kind of momentum, since he was imprisoned in the prison, except for howling and mourning.
There are many scum literati, which is perfectly reflected in Li Zhen. Every time he thought that one day he would be pulled to the Dharma field and chopped off his head with a click, he couldn't live in fear.
It's good to be beheaded, but if there is a car cracked or something, then life is better than death.
So Li Zhen began to scold, scolding King Liang for being mad and scolding King Liang for killing the king in vain. After scolding Zhu Wen and crying to himself, he was blind and blinded, regretting that he had opposed the Son of Heaven at the beginning, and the face of the literati was lost by him.
There is another kind of person, he is indifferent to fame and fortune, loyal to the Tang Dynasty, loyal to the Son of Heaven, even if the knife is on the neck, they are not afraid.
This kind of person will respect him even if he is an enemy, and the idea of loyalty to the court has been engraved in his bones, he is the old eunuch Zhang Chengye.
Li Keyong was still righteous and sent two officials to escort Zhang Chengye back to Luoyang.
The old eunuch's hair was gray, and there was still a long way to go to Luoyang. But he has always held a firm belief in his heart, returned to Luoyang, and met the Son of Heaven.
Dreaming of returning to Chang'an countless times, Zhang Chengye dreamed that he saw the first emperor again and saw the Tang Palace in the storm.
But now the court in Chang'an is in ruins, and Luoyang has become his only concern.
Eagle Mountain, with steep cliffs on both sides, and only one path at the bottom of the valley. The path is narrow, allowing only one carriage to pass through.
The carriage was very dilapidated and looked old. Two people dressed as officials took turns driving the carriage, and it was Zhang Chengye himself who sat in the carriage.
Zhang Chengye was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, holding a copy of "Ram Spring and Autumn" in his hand and reading it carefully. After a long journey, they have reached the realm of Xiangzhou, not far from the capital Luoyang.
"Chirp~!" An eagle chirped and circled in the air, and the bushes on the cliff scattered among them with a flock of sparrows flapping their wings and 'buzzing'.
The two officials couldn't help but shudder when they looked at this miraculous natural danger. The tall and thin man is called Liu Da, and the fat man is called Jia San.
"San'er, why do I think something is wrong here?" The tall and thin Liu Da looked at the cliffs on both sides.
Jia San shrunk his neck: "Brother, don't say it, I also think it's cold here, let's go quickly."
Born in troubled times, there are many mountain bandits. Many of the defeated or helpless people went up the hill to fall into the grass, and this Eagle Valley is a steep terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is an excellent hiding place for bandits.
I was really afraid of something, and not long after the carriage reached the valley, it was blocked by seven or eight big men in front of it.
Seven or eight people were dressed in green clothes, and the outfit was over. Holding a machete in his hand, one of them had a vicious scarred face, and the scar on his face stretched from the corner of his right eye through his nose to his chin. It can be seen that this person has suffered extremely serious external injuries, but for some reason he did not die.
Scarface shouted: "I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to pass by, leave to buy road wealth!" If you dare to collapse without saying a word, you will step forward and rub your head. Died in the wilderness, and was buried in a bad place. Sent to Wangxiangtai, never come back. ”
Liu Da and Jia San were so frightened that they fell from their horses and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"Ask the king to spare his life, the villain is just passing by here, and there is really no entanglement on his body."
"There are old and young villains, please spare the king!"
Scarface seemed to be accustomed to this kind of formation, and sneered: "Master is here to block the way, nine out of ten people are the same as what you said." If everyone forgives, wouldn't I starve to death here and tie a few of them to the mountains! ”
Eagle Mountain, the ringing horse Jin Dabiao is the top spot.
Xiangma is really no stranger in Datang, Qin Shubao, the founder of Datang, has been a Xiangma, and those heroes in Wagangzhai are more from Xiangma.
In fact, this ringing horse said that it was bandits, and more of them were rebellious peasants.
Jin Dabiao has a huge strength in the Eagle Mountain area, and his territory has jurisdiction over three counties and 16 towns. Sixteen towns are just boasting to the outside world, but in fact they are sixteen villages.
In the Eagle Mountain territory, everything is decided by Jin Dabiao, and the government is a fart in his eyes.
When Zhu Wen was in power, the feudal towns attacked each other, and they were still too busy to take care of themselves, who would pay attention to these mountain bandits.
In addition, the mountain bandits all occupy places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult for officers and soldiers to send large armies to conquer them. Many soldiers who lost the battle also died when they returned, so they had to form gangs and gather in the mountains and forests.
Jin Dabiao started the mountain under the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor for the way of heaven, and he had three non-robberies, the poor did not rob, women and children did not rob, and orphans and widows did not rob. During the disaster years, they will often go down the mountain to help those poor people, so they are quite popular with the local people.
In fact, this is just Jin Dabiao's show to outsiders, what does it mean not to rob the poor. The poor don't have a cheap fart except for a cheap fart, do you snatch lice from him, it's better to have a good reputation under the banner of not robbing the poor.
Anyway, some big families are going down the mountain to help in a disaster year, but also to make a name for themselves and expand their team.
Jin Dabiao didn't understand, why didn't those mountain bandits in the nearby mountains understand this, and they didn't know how to win people's hearts. At best, the brain capacity of those mountain bandits was about the size of soybeans, so they were all swallowed up by Jin Dabiao one by one.
There are 2,000 people in Eagle Mountain occupied by Jin Dabiao, and unfortunately, Zhang Chengye was captured by the scar-faced lynx under Jin Dabiao.
"Big brother, this poor sour talent has nothing of value on him, just a few strings of copper plates, and he already knew that he would kill it at the bottom of the mountain." The lynx was a little angry, he saw the carriage escorted by an official messenger, and thought that some official who had returned to his hometown wanted to make a fortune. I never thought that this person was a coarse white old man, and there was nothing of value in the car except for a few strings of copper plates.
Jin Dabiao sat on his tiger skin couch and waved his big hand: "Third child, Hugh is reckless." Wouldn't indiscriminate killing of innocents ruin my reputation on Eagle Mountain, let me ask you, who are you? Dare to break into my Eagle Mountain! ”
Zhang Chengye was blindfolded and tied up the mountain, and when they arrived at the cottage, they were covered and masked, only to hear someone among the bandits exclaim: "Prison envoy!" ”
PS: Thank you for the light wind and rain, he is also an author, the title of the book is "The Resurgence of the Water Margin"