Chapter Eighty-Eight: Sending a Letter
Zhao Gou saw that everyone was eager to try, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Zeng Xiaoyun and said, "My lord, the lower officials are willing to go!" ”
"Master Zeng, are you going?" Zhao Gou looked at Zeng Xiaoyun in surprise, his face full of doubts.
Zeng Xiaoyun said firmly: "Yes, it is the lower official who is going." The lower officials are civil officials, and they will not do anything to me; It's Zhizhou again, the official level is enough, they are the rising stars of the Great Song Dynasty, if there are any three long and two short, there is a negative emperor's grace, and please allow the lower officials to go. ”
Zhao Gou lowered his head and pondered, always feeling that Zeng Xiaoyun had something to say. After a moment, Zhao Gou smiled knowingly. He knew what Zeng Xiaoyun was worried about. After all, Yue Fei, Liu Qi and others are still young and fledgling, and they have never seen it in the world, so how can they take on such a heavy responsibility. If Song Jiang and the others deliberately made things difficult when sending the letter, with their newborn calves who were not afraid of tigers, it would inevitably exacerbate the misunderstanding between them.
"Don't worry, Lord Zeng!" Zhao Gou smiled slightly and said, "They are all capable generals sent by their father, and they can all go into battle to kill the enemy." Except for the thousand-person Imperial Forest Army, everyone else is the one who has passed the martial champion exam, and the future pillars of the Great Song Dynasty. Just because you have been resisting the rebels of Liangshan, and you don't know the major events in the court, all of them have meritorious reputations. Besides, the three of them are the top three, can you rest assured? ”
Zeng Xiaoyun smiled awkwardly, then turned to look at Liu Qi, Yue Fei, and Yang Yizhong, and smiled. His mind was broken by Zhao Goudao, and he was a little surprised in his heart, and remembered that the three of them would actually be champions, top eyes, and tanhua. Then the martial arts of the three of them must not be bad, but Zeng Xiaoyun still didn't know the names of the three of them, so he couldn't help but bow down and ask, "Are you really sure?" ”
Liu Qi, Yue Fei, Yang Yi and others are not fools, Zhao Gou's words have already made them understand that Zeng Xiaoyun underestimated them. However, they didn't have any anger. After all, Zeng Xiaoyun alone led a large army to deal with the Liangshan rebels, and he could hold out for several months, which made them a little admired.
The crowd replied in a loud voice: "We will definitely complete the task!" ”
Zeng Xiaoyun nodded, feeling that he was making a big fuss. It's just a letter to send a letter, what can happen, and gradually Zeng Xiaoyun is no longer entangled, and is at the disposal of Zhao Gou. Now, Zhao Gou is the highest official, regardless of official position, identity, etc., he is the only one who has no one, and all scheduling is controlled by Zhao Gou alone.
Zhao Gou remembered that Yang Zhi was mentioned in later generations as a descendant of the Yang family, and couldn't help but ask Yang Yizhong, and said: "You are a descendant of Yang Linggong, and your father is Yang Zhen, so do you know Yang Zhi?" ”
"Yang Zhi?" Yang Yizhong was taken aback and replied: "According to the genealogy, he is my uncle!" ”
"What? Your uncle? Zhao Gou was dumbfounded and muttered: "In this way, Yang Zhi is indeed the descendant of the Yang family!" ”
Yang Yizhong said: "My grandfather, father and other relatives are not in the capital, and there are only a few people left in Tokyo. Everyone else went to the south and the north, and Yang Zhinai was the grandson of his great-grandfather's eighth brother, and he was also the blood of the Yang family. According to my grandfather, my uncle had been a homeless man since he was a child, and he didn't know his name until he was a child. ”
"At the beginning, my uncle used to participate in martial arts and also served in Tokyo. For a long time, he never said that he was a member of the Yang family, but his surname was Yang, but he was not a member of the Yang family. My grandfather and father asked me to come to the capital to participate in the martial arts exam, also to meet my uncle and let him recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors. After all, the Yang family has a lot of people living outside, not as strong as before, some of them have broken off the incense, and there are only a dozen men in the Yang family. ”
Zeng Xiaoyun heard that Yang Yizhong was a descendant of the Yang family, but he was behind the gate, and he couldn't help but be a little impressed by him. Zhao Gou nodded, and along the way, Zhao Gou also asked about the deeds of the Yang family. It's not like in the romance novel, only the boss of the Yang family died in the battle of Golden Beach, and the rest of the people all survived, the most famous of the Yang family is just Yang Yanzhao, that is, Yang Liulang, and the other people are not as famous as Yang Yanzhao, and finally the family gradually grew bigger, so that the two places were separated, and gradually the incense of the Yang family was also cut off, some lived on the streets, some died early, and some died on the battlefield, the real descendants of the Yang family are very rare, and some are renamed and surnamed, taking advantage of the reputation of the Yang family.
Zhao Gou couldn't help but think of that in the romance novels of later generations, Yang Zhi had never used marksmanship, and even the descendants of the Yang family did not know any marksmanship, only a big knife. Hearing Yang Yizhong's explanation, he understood. Yang Zhi has been exiled since he was a child, and the war has been raging, so that he was separated, and finally learned the knife technique, but did not learn the Yang family gun. Moreover, Yang Zhi never thinks that he is the Yang family, but like everyone else, he doesn't want to use the prestige of the Yang family to give himself a long face, he is him, and the Yang family has nothing to do with him.
So, Zhao Gou determined the person to deliver the letter, Yue Fei and Yang Yizhong went together, and the others were ready to rescue at any time. As for Wu Lan and Niu Gao, they were injured and should not charge into battle, so they arranged for the two of them to meet them in the rear. Moreover, Zhao Gou whispered a few more times in the ears of the two of them, and then watched the two of them leave.
Yue Fei and Yang Yizhong hurried to Qingzhou, and when they came, they rode their own war horses. Yue Fei is not from Jiangmen, but he has a Liquan gun and a BMW; Yang Yizhong was born in Jiangmen, not to mention, his war horse is not bad.
The two worked non-stop, and finally arrived in Qingzhou after a few hours. At this time, Qingzhou was already the world of Song Jiang and others, and all of them were wearing the same clothes, and they didn't have enough armor, so they could only wear simple clothes. After all, they are all ordinary people, and they have not been planning for a long time, and they are forced to choose to embark on this road in order to live.
The reason why Song Jiang and others gathered people to revolt in Liangshanbo was that the imperial court levied heavy taxes to cover the expenses of the imperial court. However, Song Huizong also knew all this. At that time, Gao Yu's power leaned towards the government and the opposition, Cai Jing and others had built a large number of buildings, and heavy taxes were on the one hand, and local officials also filled their own pockets, making the people miserable and regardless of the lives of the people.
Liangshanbo is a lake, the local people are living by fishing, and they also need to pay fishing taxes, there are too many eyes, so that they are miserable, and the expenses of the imperial court all rely on heavy taxes, so that the people are getting poorer and poorer, and the long-term exploitation makes them unbearable, and they have risen up.
If the country is rich and strong, who will gather people to revolt, who does not want to live in peace with their families, and live at sunrise. The requirements of the common people are simple, as long as they are warm. Song Huizong also knew in his heart that there was not much time, Song Jiang and others had already risen up, as the current emperor, Song Huizong also knew the weakness of the Great Song Dynasty, and he could only deal with it step by step.
Yue Fei shouted: "I am a messenger sent by the imperial court, I want to meet your master, open the city gate quickly!" ”
Yang Yizhong saw Yue Fei yelling, ignoring other things, and couldn't help but look at him with wide eyes. Although he also knew that this was Yue Fei's character, but in this way, he was too arrogant. The guards at the city gate saw that Yue Fei was wearing white armor and a white horse sitting under his crotch, and when they heard what he said, they did not answer, they all pulled out their bows and arrows and pointed at Yue Fei, and then sent a person to the city, wanting to report the news of this place to Song Jiang.
"Report!" The man came quickly, knelt down on one knee and said: "Report to Brother Song Jiang, there is a messenger from the imperial court outside the city, saying that there is something important to see my brother, I don't know whether to call or answer?" ”
Song Jiang snorted coldly: "Song Jun dared to send a messenger to come, is he afraid that I will really hit Tokyo?" Since they have sent messengers, it is okay to see each other, but I wonder what the military advisors think. ”
Wu Yong waved the feather fan lightly and said, "Brother, junior brother also thinks that it is time to meet." I heard that the imperial court sent reinforcements, but I don't know who it is. If my guess is correct, the person who delivered the letter was the one who came to support the team. With Huizong's character, it is inevitable to choose peace talks, why don't we meet once, and then make a decision, and I also want to see how the people who come this time are? ”
"In that case, let's see you!" Song Jiang nodded, and then ordered the man to open the city gate and let Yue Fei and Yang Yizhong come.
Yue Fei and Yang Yizhong dismounted and followed behind the man, and the people in the city all looked at them angrily along the way, seeing that they were wearing the armor of the Song army, they were angry, and they held back the anger in their hearts, and their eyes were extremely fierce, as if they wanted to kill them. Half an hour later, the two of them finally arrived.
"You two go in by yourself!" The man dropped a word and turned away, not even willing to say a word to them.
Yue Fei and Yang Yizhong also ignored it, bolted their horses to the tree, and even threw away their weapons. After all, they were here to deliver letters, not to show off their might and declare war on them. Therefore, it is not easy for them to bring their weapons, and their faces are light, and they are not afraid, and they stride forward.