Chapter 139: Meeting (Text)
Chen Yuan, the king of the stalls, rubbed his eyes, got up from the mattress where he was camping, and like everyone else, he shook and hung in the sparse sunlight, turning this temporary camp into a mottled spot like fresh moss.
After walking a long distance on and off, the only thing he cares about now is what to eat today. After seeing a lot of the miserable things on the road that were numb to the past, this former Luodu man only felt that every extra day he lived was like earning.
Brother Pengju, who is getting thinner and thinner, is directing these people, doing simple exercises, the thinner ones are holding obliquely sharpened bamboo poles, the stronger ones are holding sturdy wooden poles, and some are also carrying iron tips, and then under the leadership of a few Juntou who are wearing shelves and holding blades, they do coordinated movements in twos and threes.
I vaguely heard some of their songs
Heaven sent me to kill injustice,
There were a few people in the world who were peaceful
If you hit the sword, please use it,
Kill all the grievances and enjoy the peace.
Although some of them are not comprehensible in literature and science, they can even be catchy for children, but it is Chen Yuan, a half-literate, who cobbled together the song number.
Once upon a time, this group of exiles has become a well-known drama in Henan -- the Dapeng Battalion, which is the prestige of the former official army that has evolved into thieves after breaking more than a dozen walled cities after the fire merged with several other forces and tried to annex this foreign force.
Of course, they don't know the fame of this drama, and a considerable part of it is deliberately advocated by some people with ulterior motives.
Because behind this hastily formed Dapeng battalion, there was actually a soldier and horse from Luodu, following unhurriedly, almost sitting back and watching them sweep through one city and town after another, breaking one fort after another and Wu Fort.
Then they came up to clean up the mess, and at the same time drove and persecuted the thieves and bandits who were in the road and the road, and after merging with each other or fire, they fled in a farther direction.
This is also the tentacle from the Luodu side, who rightfully entered the state, those who are unruly! The territory of the military leaders, and the reasons and opportunities that people can't refuse, and then coerce heavy troops to calmly change the local power structure and ownership in the name of rectifying defense or pursuing responsibility for ineffective governance.
And this qiē is also only a part of the extension of various power disputes in the city of Luodu.
"Are you a hero of the Dapeng Battalion......
Under the plain blue background banner embroidered with the four big characters for Tianxingdao, a military general wearing a half-old mountain armor said loudly
"Liangshan Mabu is Liu Qi, come to greet ......"
Behind him was a line of prummers on mules and horses, making a juggling effort to utter all sorts of festive and cheerful tones.
On the other side of the sea, Luo Kedi, the plenipotentiary envoy of Liangshan, was boarding the main ship of Hu Jingshui, a special maritime merchant in Yizhou, and he was carrying the entrustment of nearly 100,000 people on this Liangshan to embark on a long journey to a foreign land.
Although Liangshan won the victory again, the situation deteriorated, with a shortage of medical treatment and daily necessities, people died every day, and people secretly went down the mountain every day, trying to run out to make a living.
As the head of the elder brother Luo Qiqi has been a little emaciated, since the mountain of the year before last shock, several major factions including the middle and high-level of Liangshan, almost swept away, and there are people at the bottom to take care of themselves to pull the team away a lot, not only years of accumulation, most of it is destroyed, together with Liangshan's money, grain and materials, the channels and sources of production and import, and therefore almost cut off.
To add insult to injury, the defeated officers and troops in the nearby states and counties, after a major reshuffle of power, regained their strength and killed back, intending to use Liangshan, which was weak and weak in civil strife, as a sacrificial flag and prestige, but on the contrary, it achieved the position of the general leader of Luo Qicai, and somewhat saved the hearts of Liangshan's scattered people.
After such a toss, the number of people who continue to stay near Liangshan is less than half of the original, and many of them are old and weak people who have nowhere to go.
To tell the truth, he was an excellent soldier, but he was not necessarily an excellent manager and candidate for governance, and he could only rely on the remnants of the old team to maintain it, but fortunately, the military victory gathered the hearts and authority of the people for him.
However, relying on Yangsan's own limited production and monotonous economic structure, even if the war is won, it cannot be turned into a daily need, and Liangshan will become weaker and weaker in the long run.
At this time, someone comes to vote, even if it is difficult, you have to accept one or two.
In the official room of the household department, Cheng Luquan, the secretary of the office who was holding a note to report his illness, was frowning and stunned, and he had no appetite for his daily favorite peach crisp soup, and he had been cold from morning to night, and no one came in to clean up.
Because they were all driven out by the officials here, they were a little out of shape, and they were not allowed to take a step closer.
Ge Shuqing, who was sent to create trouble and test the inside story, has been missing for several days without any reason, and his family has come to the yamen to make trouble; Chen Zikun, who was in charge of covering and dealing with the aftermath, personally tried to win the battle and failed, and got into big trouble, and is being interrogated by Shangguan in the secluded military camp at the moment.
And Feng Shisan, the dead dealer who was really used to take the lead and act in dirty work, was not restrained at all, and used the cover of the official face to make this sky-shattering case with a false shot, and then disappeared without a trace.
Although it is said that the Tan family, who was directly involved in this matter, was implicated, of course, a disaster was indispensable.
But for Lu Quan, who was in the middle of the contact, it was also a complete disaster, and he found that he didn't have any constraints, or the means to deal with the aftermath.
In the words that he relied on the most relied on directly, Shangshu Province, he had to stop, and this was no longer at their level, which could be pushed or swayed.
Once the robbery on Po Chuen Street is linked to the forces he represents, it will be an even greater disaster, because no one will believe him personally, and the conclusion of the Po Chuen Street case is just a self-made proposition.
They will only see that in order to cut off dissidents, they do not hesitate to buy bandits to loot the wealth of Guangfu and damage the interests of the country, which is a worse situation than using the defense army to attack the residence of a certain naval domain.
And it is extended to a certain faction of forces, which have unscrupulously used means to achieve their goals, to break the rules and bottom limits, and trigger a new round of party contention and encroachment.
Therefore, as long as things end and disappear at this node, it is the best choice, although in the household department he is known as the "inner master" with hands and eyes, but more to use and rely on the convenience and information of this position, the power network that he weaves, once he loses strong support, out of this qiē, his own action can be said to be almost equal to zero.
In this case, even if he wants to resign and run away, or find a fault, the condition of exile in a foreign country will not be accepted, as long as he is alive,
The abandoned son must have the consciousness of the abandoned son, although this incident was also caused by another abandoned son who was more important than him, but those people at least seemed to be generous enough to leave him, and arrange the last chance for his family to run away and say goodbye, at least in the yamen of this household, it will not be too chaotic.
As he picked up and put down the sigh, the manuscript over and over again, and the hesitation and entanglement that he rubbed and tore off, time passed little by little, and the afterglow of the dusk sun finally disappeared between the ridges and black tiles of the official office, and the cornices and arches.
The clerks and clerks outside finally couldn't bear it anymore, plucked up their courage to each other, and pushed the door open again and broke in, but they could only stand in front of the empty table, because their superiors, the secretary Cheng, were nowhere to be found.
The seaside under the cover of night is full of a certain refreshing coolness, and Lu Quan, who is dressed as a small businessman, leans over and leans into the darkness of the shadows as much as possible, as if he can obtain a certain sense of security.
He never thought that one day he would climb out of the wall of his office, thanks to this gap that had been washed away by the rain because of disrepair, but had not yet been repaired because of the bureaucracy's procrastination. He escaped from the surveillance of all kinds of eyeliners to everyone's surprise.
The nature of greed for life and fear of death and selfishness finally overwhelmed the worry and concern for the safety of his family, after all, as long as he is alive, his wife and concubine can remarry, and his children can be reborn.
He still has a secret hideout and hidden goods on the outskirts of the city, so he can only leave Guangfu and hide for a while, maybe there will be a turnaround, although it is extremely slim, but as long as there is a glimmer of possibility, who is willing to die.
He was also gambling, betting that his uplines did not dare to report to their respective masters in the first place, but tried to deal with the situation on their own, and after the backers behind the gambling got the delayed news, they did not dare to use all their strength to use official forces to search for him, but continued to strangle the matter under the table, this time he seemed to be right, and Shun Lì used another set of fake identities to escape straight out of the city.
He just wants to run as far as he wants, and everything else can only be left behind, and it is best to flee to those big people in Guangfu, where he can't reach.
Yizhou, he looked at the boat sign in his hand, which seemed to be the best choice he could get for money, the flickering lights and the ringing bells, and the shouts urging to get on the boat.
However, soon after dawn, he regretted it, wait, why did I get on the Borneo ship, he roared in his heart, because, from the boatman to the shipowner, all had a Borneo accent, and they did not worship the dragon king, Guanyin, or other common sea gods common to the Cantonese ship merchants, but the water god Jumang, who relied on a bunch of wings.
Then, with some tears in his eyes, he looked at the logo of the three palms on the huge sail, if he was not mistaken, it should represent the family crest of the Luo clan, and it belonged to the famous prince.
In other words, he turned around and inexplicably ran to the ship to which the opponent belonged.