Loyal and righteous people rose up against gold

So that the ministers can fight wits and courage

Lianshui County, known as Andong in ancient times, is located in the eastern part of the Huanghuai Plain, the lower reaches of the Huai River, in the early Song Dynasty, Lianshui County belongs to Sizhou. In December of the third year of Taiping Xingguo (987), the Lianshui Army was placed, which belonged to Huainan East Road. In the fifth year of Xining (1072), it was changed to Lianshui County, which was subordinate to Chu Prefecture. In the second year of Yuanyou (1087), he was reinstated as an army. In the second year of Jianyan (1128), Lianshui was occupied by Jin. In the first year of Shaoxing, the fifth year (1135) was changed to Lianshui County. In the eleventh year (1141) it was cut to gold.

Zhu Yu is a native of Zhujiazhuang in Lianshui County, and when he was born, Lianshui was already a Jinbang. He didn't like to read since he was a child, he liked to dance with guns and sticks, and he was a lay disciple in Songshan Shaolin Temple. Last year, the newly married daughter-in-law of one of his disciples, who was also his niece, was snatched away by a Jurchen Jinren who was an official in the county government and committed suicide in disgrace. Zhu Yu was furious, gathered more than a dozen chivalrous people, infiltrated the county seat, killed the golden man, and then crossed the Huai River and defected to Zhenjiang Mansion.

The county government of Jinlianshui took his father and burned down his home.

A month ago, when he learned that his father had died in the Jin prison, he was filled with indignation and asked Zhenjiang Commander Qi Gong to send troops to help take revenge. Zhu Yu also did not contain Hu, led his troops to cross the Huai River, raided Lianshui County, and burned the county government.

Due to the relationship between the Song and Jin countries, although the Song praised Zhu Yu as a loyal and righteous person, it was not suitable for him to be placed in the army for the time being. Therefore, Zhu Yu is a vagrant. Two days ago, he was captured by several Jin people who had infiltrated him. In the hands of the Jin people, his fate is naturally more auspicious.

For such a loyal and righteous person who has the courage to resist Jin, he should try to rescue him, this is what the emperor has to say. After you arrived in Jindu, you met with Emperor Jin, and tried to save him, and you couldn't let him kill him. Of course, it really can't be saved, and there is no way.

I know, I'll do my best.

The delegation to Jinjin set off from Lin'an and went north by boat from the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. Two days later, when he arrived in Yangzhou, he received news that Zhu Yu was imprisoned in Haizhou, and the Haizhou prefect was asking the imperial court for instructions, asking the emperor for approval: Zhu Yu would be beheaded in public on the border of Song and Jin.

Originally, it was planned that the mission would take a boat to Chuzhou and wait for the Jin State to receive the envoys. Li Shizhang ordered the mission personnel to abandon the ship and go straight to Haizhou City by official road.

As soon as the mission crossed the border of the Jin Kingdom, it was immediately intercepted by the Jin soldiers. Li Shizhang showed them the imperial court seal, indicating that there was something important and that they needed to hurry up. The leader of the Jin army refused to let him go, and asked to wait for the imperial court to receive the envoy before letting him go.

Li Shizhang was furious, pointed at the little leader, and raised his eyebrows: What are you going to do? Do you still know etiquette? Your emperor is about to celebrate his birthday, and my Song country sent many officials to bring thousands of gifts and go all the way to congratulate them. You see, we are all literati, and we don't have a single shot or stick, so we are afraid that we will not be able to commit murder and chaos?

The leader of the Jin army was stammered by the question. Mouthful: This, this,-----

What is this, I have a major military matter to report to your emperor, and if it is delayed, you can afford to bear it?

The prefect of Haizhou was watching the singing and dancing at home, and the official reported: Song He's birthday envoy and a group of more than 100 people are coming to Haizhou at the boundary of Banpu. When he was surprised, someone from Linyi County, the capital of Yizhou, reported that the Henan unified army envoy and Song He's birthday envoy Fushi Lie Ziren came from Linshu in the morning.

The prefect of the palace hurriedly got up, changed into official clothes, rushed to the mansion, and led the important officials in the mansion to go out of the city to the north to greet Lord Fushi Lie Ziren. Tell the master, if the Song envoy visits, please tell me to come back tomorrow.

At noon, the prefect accompanied Shi Lie Ziren and his entourage into the backyard of the government, rested for a while, and walked into the restaurant for dinner.

Fu Shi Lie Ziren asked, has the Song envoy arrived?

The prefect replied that he had been resting at the post house for more than an hour.

Send someone to invite Lord Li and the deputy envoy to come here for a drink.

Soon, the person sent to report that Master Li said that the meal had been completed, thank you Lord Su Shilie for your hospitality, and asked, when is it convenient for your lordship, Lord Li and Deputy Envoy Fan will come to visit.

After eating, then drink it again in the evening. You go and tell Master Li to wait in the post house, and in the afternoon, I, the deputy envoy, and the prefect Wang will visit him.

For Lord Li, the birthday envoy of the Song Dynasty, he is familiar with this accompanying envoy. Last time, he was appointed by the Pingzhang political affairs and the Henan Xuanfu envoy Bu Sahua to lead people to Lin'an to inquire, and the whole process was accompanied by this secretary of the Ministry of Rites. It can be said that this Li Shizhang made him change his opinion of the officials of the Southern Dynasties.

In the past, he always thought that these little Nanban were all weak scholars, and they were used to talking loudly, sometimes reciting poems and filling in words, sometimes being windy and snowy, and a sour and fake vinegar woman's style, as for holding bows and arrows, galloping on a prancing horse, etc., there was no way to talk about it.

This Li Shizhang is tranquil and generous from the heart, and the outer circle is tough and solid to the inside. Although he is a Jurchen, and he is a soldier, he doesn't know anything about calligraphy, but he sees Li Shizhang swinging freely, and the words he writes are like flowing water, although some don't know, but I think it's really beautiful and good-looking.

What impressed him was his unfathomable amount of alcohol. The first time he drank alcohol, he didn't take this Song man in his eyes, and kept pouring a large cup into him, trying to put it down. Unexpectedly, Li Shizhang was not in a hurry, he responded calmly, you drank one cup at a time, and later, he was a little dizzy, Li Shizhang's face was red and white, and his words and deeds were as usual. Later, there were a few times when he always wanted to find out how much Li Bi had drunk, but the result was always, people were not doing well, but he himself was almost the same, fortunately, Li Bi would grasp the situation of the wine field and never take advantage of the victory to pursue, otherwise, it must be him who is drunk and foreign.

What surprised him even more was still to come. On that day, they visited Yujin Garden together. There is a huge racecourse in the park, and he was born in the northern grassland, and he was in a moment of interest, jumped on his horse, and galloped in the park. Half an hour later, it stopped. looked at Li Bi proudly:

How about it, Master Li came to run two laps.

Li Shizhang smiled and pushed, not daring to show ugliness in front of Lord Su Shilie.

At that time, he did have the idea of making Li Shizhang embarrassed, and forced the reins to him. At this time, Li Shizhang's deputy Yang Yuandao stretched out his hand to take it, "Lord Su Shilie, Lord Li is old, and he has been infected with wind and cold in the past two days, I will run a few laps for him and the adult, and this deputy envoy can do it too." ”

Politics has always been about reciprocity. Your deputy envoy came forward, and we should not bully the small with the big. The two lieutenants each chose their horses and ran on the racecourse. After a few laps, the two sides were evenly matched.

At the shooting range, although Li Shizhang is over sixty years old, he can still draw a one-stone bow and crossbow, and although he is slightly better than him, he can no longer find that confident sense of superiority.

In the afternoon, Li Shizhang personally visited Fushi Lie Ziren and brought him two gifts, a South China Sea Night Pearl and a pair of jade jade bracelets. Tell him the reason why he met in Haizhou in a hurry on this trip, and ask the general for help to try to save Zhu Yu's life.

In his heart, he admires Li Shizhang, as long as it does not involve national interests, he is willing to help with this, but this matter is very important, and it is up to the emperor to decide, whether he can help or not, maybe, not sure.

Li Shizhang knew that this case was open to heaven, and I was afraid that only Emperor Dajin could decide his life and death, so he was also thinking about how to persuade Emperor Dajin, but this person was now imprisoned in Haizhou Mansion, and before he arrived in Jindu to see Emperor Dajin, he had to ensure Zhu Yu's safety. Therefore, please take care of the prefect Wang's mansion, don't beat or abuse Zhu Yu, and even if the court approves it, don't execute it for the time being, let him work hard.

Fu Shi Lie Ziren promised to let the prefect take care of Zhu Yu, this is very easy to do, he just said it, he can also call the criminal department to suppress this matter, and wait until Beijing to find a way.

In the evening, the banquet was held in the largest and best Yingzhou restaurant in Haizhou Mansion. The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Now enter the free play stage, as the master, Su Shi Lie Ziren naturally has to determine how to drink this wine. Deputy envoy Yang Yuandao told him that in our country, whether it is official or civil, there are only two ways to drink elegantly and vulgarly. Ya is, line the flying flower order, select a word, everyone reiterates the verse with this word in turn, who can't say it, admit defeat and drink; The vulgar thing is, find some moon flowers, take out a branch, and pull the petals on it in turn, who is the last one, who drinks.

Su Shi Lie Ziren said, according to the Flying Flower Order, we can't compare to you Song officials, let's come to the vulgar and see everyone's luck.