"It's nothing, since Brother Yang was my Zhou Ping's noble man at that time, my Zhou Ping also returned Brother Yang today. With Brother Yang's ability, it's just that there is no chance, so he sank into the recklessness, then I, Zhou Ping, will have this opportunity with you, and the rest of the way depends on how you go, Brother Yang! ”

At this moment, there were suddenly several screams outside, which could not be heard clearly in the wind on the lake. Yang Wuyi was stunned, and when he was stunned, a person came in from outside, it was Xue Liangwu, who saw a few blood stars on his body, his face was full of murderous energy, and he sang a fat song to Zhou Xing.

"Prison, I've already finished off Song Jiang and a few of his cronies!"

"Okay, when I go back, I said that I accidentally fell into the water!" Zhou Ping nodded.

"Whoa!" Xue Liangwu replied and retreated. Zhou Ping looked at Yang Wu's stunned face, and said with a smile: "Yes, killing Song Jiang is my order, Brother Yang, you don't have to worry, Song Jiang robbed the Birthday Gang and offended Taishi Cai, which is unforgiving!" ”

"But didn't the edict say that it would not be pursued again?"

"An edict is an edict, and the reality is reality!" Zhou Ping replied earnestly: "If you are Taishi Cai, you can endure this breath?" He is in a high position, his protégés are all over the world, as long as he stretches out a little finger, he can crush you to death, if I don't kill Song Jiang out of his evil breath, none of you will escape death, Taishi Cai is too lazy to find out if you have robbed the birth gang, he only knows that you are also one of the Liangshan thieves! ”

Yang Wu nodded, Zhou Fangcai's words were very convincing. But this is only one of the reasons why Zhou Ping killed Song Jiang on the surface, and another unspoken reason is that he is unwilling to let himself have a competitor, under the existing system of the Great Song Dynasty, it is an iron law that cannot be violated to control martial arts with literature, and there is no martial artist in the highest palace of power. In history, even with Yue Wumu's bravery and loyalty, he was not appreciated and recommended by Zong Ze, Li Gang, Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun and other main battle factions, and he could not become a major member of one side at a young age, commanding nearly one-third of the troops of the Southern Song Dynasty; But once these ministers of the main battle faction stepped down, Yue Fei was quickly stripped of his military power, ascended and surrendered secretly, and was immediately executed. In other words, as a martial artist in the Great Song Dynasty, if you want to climb up without losing your head, the only way out is to hold on to the thigh of a certain Wenchen, and then pray that this Wenchen will not capsize on top of the court and will not betray himself. Zhou Ping and the Xue family brothers are also average, if they hadn't hugged the thighs of the Han family, even if they were the reincarnation of the overlord of Chu and the resurrection of Li Cunxiao, they could only be honest and honest as a red guy (a derogatory term for soldiers in the Song Dynasty).

So under the premise that the existing political pattern has not changed, Zhou Ping's first priority now is to hold on to the thighs of the Han family and fight all potential competitors. As for what two-sided betting, the trick of stepping on two boats, frankly speaking, Zhou Ping has not thought about it, but he is not qualified to play such a high-end trick now. Han Xiaoxuan can now be regarded as a feudal official, and there is indeed a lack of a few capable generals on hand, which is also the reason why the Xue family brothers and Zhou Ping can climb so fast; But if Song Jiang is also under his command, maybe Han Xiaoxuan will play the trick of balancing the two sides, and use Song Jiang's group to balance Zhou Ping's forces, and Zhou Ping will be sad in the future. So it's better to take this opportunity to kill Song Jiang and a few of his henchmen, and then pull Yang Wu over, and the remaining few are weak and can't do anything.

Zhou Ping and Yang Wu drank a few glasses of wine, then got up and said with a smile: "The wind is strong on the lake, I'll go to the boat to take a look, Brother Yang please take care of yourself, after arriving in Jeju, I will clean up the banquet, and then talk to Brother Yang!" Then he said goodbye. After Zhou Ping left, Yang Shun'er looked at his back and asked in a low voice, "Fifth brother, do you think what this guy just said is true or false?" ”

Yang Wu didn't answer immediately, and a wry smile appeared on his face after groaning for a while.

"Really? What about fake? Do we have any choice now? ”

In Jeju City, Zhiju Yamen.

"What, Zhou Ping has already succeeded in recruiting the Liangshan bandits?"

Under the plaque of "Mirror Hanging" in the lobby, a thin layer of sweat has oozed from Han Xiaoxuan's white forehead, and his upper body at this time can't help but lean forward, if you look from behind, you can clearly see that his buttocks have left the chair.

"Exactly!" Xue Liangchen replied in a deep voice, but judging from his somewhat flushed face, he was also quite excited: "But-"

"But what? Speak quickly! Han Xiaoxuan was already a little impatient and urged.

However, when they were on the mountain, some of the thieves were unwilling to accept the recruitment, so a conflict ensued. Song Jiang, the Ruan brothers, Liu Tang and others died in the chaos. Zhou Ping had to burn down the cottage and lead the Zhaoan thieves back to Jeju together! ”

"That's what happened!" Hearing that the Liangshan thieves had been pacified, Han Xiaoxuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and sat back on his ass: "Song [***] Kou robbed the Shengchenggang and robbed the prefectures and counties, which is not punishable, and dying in the internal fighting is a matter of heaven, just to explain to the Taishi." Well done Zhou Prison! ”

"It's just that most of the thieves died in the fire, and their heads were burned beyond recognition, and there was no evidence, but I was afraid that someone would-"

When Xue Liangchen said this, he stopped and looked at Han Xiaoxuan's face.

"Liangchen doesn't have to worry, as long as the Liangshan thieves are pacified, what does it matter if the thief leader is dead or alive? Don't worry, if you report the names of the meritorious personnel to me, I will list them on the paperwork. Speaking of this, Han Xiaoxuan stroked his beard twice with a smile: "Liangchen, this time you and Ah Ping can remove the word 'right'!" ”

Xue Liangchen hurriedly knelt on the ground and said loudly: "It's all cultivated by Xianggong!" ”

"Get up, get up!" It seemed that Han Xiaoxuan was in a good mood at this time, he stood up, stretched out his hand to help Xue Liangchen up, and said, "It's all my own family, why bother with so much courtesy." You and Zhou Ping are my township party, so you can do it! ”

"Thank you!" Xue Liangchen also looked grateful.

Two days later, Jeju Congchun Garden.

The turn of the Tang and Song dynasties was a major change in ancient Chinese history. Whether it is from the social structure, political system, bureaucracy, etc., there have been far-reaching changes. One of the more significant points is that the aristocratic nobles in the Middle Ages completely lost their political power and were replaced by the scholar class produced by the imperial examination, and the distinction between the "good and the low" was basically eliminated in society, and the original super-economic relations such as personal dependence between the landlords and the peasants gradually disappeared, and were replaced by a system of tenant exploitation with a system of private land ownership. Its embodiment in reality is the flattening of social organization, the central political axe can draw fiscal and tax power far beyond the previous generation, and the inequality between members of the social class has also changed from political inequality to economic inequality.

This Chunyuan originally belonged to Cui Yin, a famous minister at the end of the Tang Dynasty, when Cui Yin was the prime minister of Tang Zhaozong, and all major military affairs were paid to him, and only the power of the Shence Army was handed over to the eunuch ministers. In order to win in the infighting, this Cui Yin colluded with Zhu Wen, the most powerful feudal town at that time, and issued an edict to lead Zhu Wen's army west into Guanzhong, and Zhu Wen took the opportunity to rob Tang Zhaozong into Luoyang and usurped the Tang Dynasty. And Cui Yin himself and Qinghe Cui Manmen were also killed by Zhu Wen, and this famous garden also fell into the hands of Zhu Wen's son-in-law Zhao Yan, and then traveled in the Northern Song Dynasty of the Five Dynasties for more than 100 years, and in the Xuanhe period, it was already one of the many properties of Jeju tycoon Zhang Jiahe. This famous garden is next to the canal, and the owner at that time specially opened a short section of the river into the garden, meandering and flowing, which is both irrigation and enjoyment, which is really a beautiful scenery. At this time, it is already the middle of winter, but there are many brocade curtains in the garden, sheltering from the cold wind, and more charcoal stoves are placed, just like spring, the host and guest are sitting beside the stream, and the maidservant puts the exquisite wine and food in the small wooden basin, and leaves it along the stream, and the person who needs it will take it out of the wooden basin.

"What a luxury!" Zhou Ping sat by the stream, looked around, he estimated slightly, there are no less than hundreds of brocade curtains around him, and this alone is not the capital of a family. Needless to say, there are other charcoal stoves, wine and food, utensils, servants and maidservants. And all this in front of him is just that Zhang Jiahe paid money to celebrate the celebration of the pacification of the Liangshan thief, looking at the appearance of Shi Shiran of Han Xiaoxuan, the governor of the upper reaches, this must be just one of the countless extravagant banquets he has attended.

"Prison Zhou!" A voice came from behind him, Zhou Ping looked back, but it was Wen Cheng, he hurriedly got up and saluted: "It turned out to be Gong Wen, please forgive the official for being clumsy, I never saw you coming!" ”

"Huh!" Wen Cheng smiled and waved his hand: "The detention is already an official position under the eighth grade, and I can't say that I am an official in front of the old man!" ”

"Gong Wen smiled!" Zhou Ping respectfully invited Wen Cheng to sit down, at that time, the official system of the Northern Song Dynasty was extremely complicated, and there was no direct connection between official character (level) and dispatch (specific work), but generally speaking, those with low grades often held power, and those with high grades were often just fictitious titles. Although Zhou Ping is only a positive eight-rank person, he is already one of the top few martial artists in Jeju, and he can not be described as a petty official.

Wen Cheng carefully lifted the placket of his robe and sat down. Zhou Ping took out a glass of wine and a plate of vegetables from the stream and put them in front of Wen Cheng. Wen Cheng said with a smile: "I have been imprisoned for work, time flies so fast, you and I were in Youzhou a year ago, but I didn't expect to go to Jeju now and become colleagues." ”

"Yes!" Zhou Ping nodded, and the peerless face in the tower of retribution suddenly appeared in front of him, and he said, "Can Gong Wen remember the affairs in that tower?" I don't know what happened to Youzhou City now? ”

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