Chapter 244: Plotting to Kill a Thief
Baume & Mercier connects heroes
The three heroes met and decided to do the same
The messenger who went to Beijing to report the news returned to Lizhou, appeased Liu Jia, who was worried about his mother's funeral, and rushed to the Chengdu Mansion to meet Xie Yuanming, who invited them into the secret room and opened the edict, which read:
Xie Yuanming was awarded the bachelor of Baomo Pavilion and the envoy of the Sichuan system, and he was allowed to engage in it cheaply, and led loyal and brave people to destroy Wu thieves.
At the beginning, Wu Xi was called king, and Xie Yuanming learned that he led the subordinate officials of the government to bow to the east, and muttered: Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, we are not disloyal, but forced by traitors.
Several officials who were reluctant to follow Wu Xi found him, saying that he had been in the public for a long time and was willing to obey his arrangements and eliminate traitors for the country; Liu Guangzu, the pacification envoy of Jinghu South Road, and Li Dao, the prisoner of Guangnan East Road, sent him a letter and advised him to seize the opportunity. Liu Guangzu said in the letter: Guanchuan Shu six marshals, and the Wu family has nothing to do with it, only you and Liu Jia, and Jun is particularly qualified, in Sichuan and Shu quite prestigious, now Wu Xi rebelled, you have to make a decision, organize people to crusade against the thief, once the matter is done, Jun is the hero of the Great Song Dynasty, the savior of millions of people in Sichuan and Shu.
In his heart, he Xie Yuanming wanted to wave his arms and shout, lead the army to fight the thieves, and cut off the scourge for the country and the people. But, when you think about it, it's far from easy. Who is Wu Bazi, there are more than 60,000 personal soldiers in the hands of the generals for generations, the children of the Wu family and their minions are all over Sichuan and Shu, he Xie Yuanming, a scholar who is nearly sixty years old, does not practice military affairs, and the commander has no soldiers available, if you want to get rid of Wu Xi, it is tantamount to going up the knife mountain and going down to the sea of fire.
It is said that the commander in charge of military defense and maintenance of law and order has about 3,000 troops, but in November last year, Wu Xi used the pretext of crusading against the Jin people, except for 200 remnants and weak veterans, all of them were transferred. The commander has become an empty shelf, and the commander has become a bare-bones commander. After Wu Xi became king, although he claimed to come and go freely, he actually strengthened the surveillance of relevant officials, and if he openly objected, he was immediately arrested.
Now that the secret decree has come, it shows that the Great Song Dynasty court values him and supports him, thinking of this, a pride of giving up who else suddenly swells up in my heart. Get out of the backyard and go straight to the front office.
Before he could sit down, the king of Shu sent someone to announce the edict: transfer Xie Yuanming to know Suining Mansion and go to office on the same day.
Jing'anfang, north of Xingzhou City, is the residence of Anquan, these days, Anfu claimed that Changshi is not in good health, needs to recuperate, closed doors. The master, An Quan, was originally a transfer envoy with the army, a subordinate of Wu Xi's father and son, who was calm and talented, so he was awarded the "pseudo-Shu" prime minister for a long history, and the power to act as the prime minister was provincial. At that time, many officials either abandoned their positions or openly refused to accept false orders. An Quan has many eyes, and many officers in the Metropolitan Department are Wu generals, and it is not the best policy to openly oppose it, so it is better to accept the appointment temporarily, saying that he is ill, to observe the changes in the situation, and then decide to stay. At night, Meishan celebrity Cheng Mengxi came to visit, and An Quan told the housekeeper to ask Mr. to meet in the flower hall.
Cheng Mengxi entered the flower hall and saw An Quan half-lying on the Taishi chair, with a pot fire in front of him, and a maid caressing the piano, and the sound of the piano was low and melodious. Brother Ziwen, when I came here late at night, I was disturbed, offended, and offended, and I gave up my hands while talking.
The maid helped An Quan up, An Quan got up, and gave up his hands, Brother Cheng, An is ill and cannot meet him, please forgive me.
The host sat down, and the maid served fragrant tea and stood aside.
Brother Ziwen, he is in a high position, and he has every opportunity, but he must take care. After saying that, he deliberately glanced at the maid.
An Quan understood, waved his hand to the maid, and the maid bowed and went out.
Brother Mengxi smiled, he was in the officialdom, and he couldn't help himself, but he was just eating a mouthful. It's just that recently, I feel dizzy, I don't want to eat, and I am tired of everything.
This time, Cheng came to treat the disease. This is the prescription of Meishan Wanfu Temple, which specializes in treating your disease, drinking it for five days in a row, and keeping the medicine until the disease is removed.
An Quan stood up and said, thank you, Brother Cheng, for coming.
The maid came, and gave the recipe to the butler, and asked him to send someone to the pharmacy, and come back to fry it, and bring it to me to drink later.
Brother Ziwen, just mess around like this?
An Quan shook his head and sighed: "Until now, it is difficult to support alone, and there is no heroes and heroes to help, so what can I do!" ”
Does my brother know Yang Juyuan, the supervisor of Hejiang Warehouse?
Yang Juyuan naturally recognized that last summer, he was changed from knowing the Da'an Army to being a transfer envoy with the army. Mainly responsible for the allocation of military supplies for the Wu family, Yang Juyuan is the chief officer of the grain depot in Hejiang County, and he has some contact with his work, which gives him the impression that this person is shrewd and capable, decent and upright, and is an officer. Other than that, there is no deep personal relationship.
It's acquaintance, but no deep friendship. Brother Cheng might as well say it directly.
Did you just sigh that there were no heroes to help? According to the old man, this person is a hero. Although this person is a subordinate officer, he has always had great ambitions, he was familiar with the scriptures and history in his early years, and he was admitted to the Shiluo rank twice, he loved to practice martial arts, and he was good at riding and archery, and he was not successful in martial arts, and he was chivalrous and righteous for others. After the Jin people entered Fengzhou, they did all kinds of evil, which caused strong dissatisfaction among this person. Therefore, plan to do something earth-shattering.
What is the planning method? Ahn Kwon is clearly concerned.
When he returned to Hejiang, the team general Zhu Bangning took the initiative to find him and told him about the pain of being suspicious and difficult to perform by his superiors for no reason in the army.
He knows this Zhu Bangning, he is six feet tall, has extraordinary bravery, has been in the army for more than ten years, and has made several military exploits, but he is only the captain of ten big-headed soldiers.
Yang Juyuan was persuading, and Zhang Lin came to the door. Zhang Lin is the commander of the Youyi army, this person's arm strength is very strong, the bow and crossbow that opened the two stones did not change his face and his heart did not beat, and the garrison was more than 30 miles away from this recently. A small leader of the golden soldiers, who snatched his cousin, took three brothers and killed the golden people. Because of the boredom in my heart, I went to Yang Juyuan to complain.
Yang Juyuan had an idea, "The two brothers are heroes and heroes, but they are not tolerated by traitors, why don't we do the right thing for heaven, destroy the Wu thief, drive away the Jin people, and return me to Song Langlang." ”
Zhang Lin and Zhu Bangning replied in unison, "Okay, listen to Brother Juyuan." ”
Within three days, Yang Juyuan contacted Zhu Fu, Chen An, Fu Hui and other righteous people, about 300 people.
Speaking of this, Cheng Mengxi stared at An Bin and asked, "With the help of this Yang Jiancang, are you still afraid that the big thing will not happen?" Ahn Quan asked, "Can I see him?" ”
Cheng Mengxi said, I told him that it would be more convenient for him to come to you.
Two days later, Yang Juyuan came to visit, and An Quan took him into the backyard residence. The two sides sat down and talked about family life. Yang Juyuan said sincerely:
"Kuraji-sama, the lower officials came here to ask a question," Seeing An Quan nodded, he continued, "Are you willing to be the prime minister of the traitor?" ”
"I am reluctant to do this prime minister's long history, and among all the generals at present, no one has risen up to resist. But if you die like Governor Yang, you just have a good reputation, what good will it do? If there is a hero who kills this thief, then I, An, will be satisfied. An Quan said, his eyes were red, and tears were rolling.
"That's good, brother, I look down on Wu Bazi from the bottom of my heart, and I want to gather some loyal people to crusade against the traitors and eliminate harm for the country. What do you think? ”
An Quan knocked on the table and applauded, "Wu thieves treason and gold, surrender thousands of miles of land in Sichuan and Shaanxi to the enemy, harm the people and mislead the country, heaven will not tolerate it, and everyone will be punished." Even if you go to the soup, An will not hesitate! ”
Yang Juyuan was overjoyed: "Mr. Fei is not enough to master this matter, and Mr. Fei is not enough to handle this matter." The two agreed that on the sixth day of the third month, An Quan invited Wu Xi to visit the temple, and took advantage of this opportunity to lead the group of warriors to kill Wu Xi.
Due to the connection between Li Kunchen and Yang Junyu, Yang and Li met in Hejiang Military Warehouse.
Yang told Li that their gang was headed by An Quan and planned to do so on the sixth day of March. When Wu Xi worshiped the Taimiao, he took the opportunity to kill him.
Li Haoyi is not familiar with An Quan, and he only heard that Wu Xi uses him very much. Now, how to lead the way.
Yang Juyuan told him: An Ziwen is brave and strategic, he doesn't want to be attached to the enemy in his heart, and he thinks that there is no need to make senseless sacrifices. Under the coercion of Wu Xi, Prime Minister Ren had a long history, often saying that he was sick and did not go to court, and he belonged to Cao Ying's heart in Han. Cheng Mengxi, a famous man from Meishan, visited him, and An Ziwen sighed: "Shu Wu Haojie made the erector famous, so the world, how can a gentleman be worthy!" "Because of Cheng Mengxi's recommendation, An met me in the bedroom. At the first time of meeting, I asked: "Does Mr. have a long history of being a traitor?" An Ziwen's face changed suddenly, and he replied with a crying voice: "At present, it is impossible to expect to lead troops to defeat the traitors. It must be a fearless hero to destroy this thief by surprise, so that Sichuan and Shu can restore tranquility and see the light of day. ”
I asked, "What did the gentleman decide to do?" An Ziwen swore to the sky: "If this thief is punished, although he dies as a loyal ghost, what can the husband hate!" When I heard this, I said happily, "Mr. Fei is not enough to master this matter." ”
I heard that the imperial court secretly issued an edict to Xie Yuanming, and awarded the bachelor of Baomo Pavilion and the envoy of Sichuan to engage in it cheaply. But this person was indecisive, Wu Xi also took precautions against him, and sent someone to Suining Mansion, he was so frightened that he hurriedly gave out the official seal and took his wife and children back to Guangyuan's hometown.
Li Haoyi said: "The state of a woman, the wine jar and rice bag, is not enough to say. It seems that An Changshi can do great things. I want to meet him. ”
Yang Juyuan replied: "Yes, I will go and tell him today." ”
Yang Juyuan reported to An Quan: The Chinese army is contacting Li Haoyi with hundreds of officers and soldiers with a sense of justice, and wants to join us in the incident. After hearing this, An Bin was overjoyed: "Is it the son of the old commander Li Dingyi?" This person has come, and the arm of the broken light is broken. ”
The next day, An Quan met with Li Haoyi and Yang Juyuan at the Office of the Governor of the Shu Palace in Xingzhou. Li Haoyi bowed his hand, and An Quan said: "Lord Lingzun and my colleagues, you and I are not outsiders, Yang Jiancang is witty and capable, you are brave and strategic, and there are two of you in major matters, so I can rest assured." ”
Li Haoyi said: "Wu thieves came and went, and there were as many as 1,000 guards. You plan to take advantage of the opportunity to start an incident on the sixth day of the third month, when Wu thieves worship the Taimiao. That alley is narrow, and if something happens, it will inevitably be hard to fight, and I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed. ”
An Yang and the others thought about it, and it was true, An Quan asked, "Then does General Li have any better arrangements?" ”
Li Haoyi looked out, there was no one else around, approached them, and whispered:
"On February 29, the Wu thief wanted to worship his ancestors in the East Garden, and he must be tired, and that day was my brother in charge, and at the time of the fifth watch, all the brothers mixed into the palace, and took the thief by surprise and killed the thief."
Yang An looked at each other, "Wonderful, really wonderful." ”
The three of them discussed the details.