Chapter 289: Yangzhou Counterinsurgency (4)
Luoyang Taichu Palace.
Empress Dowager Wu was discussing something with Wu Chenghe, and after a moment, Empress Dowager Wu smiled and asked Wu Chengsi to go back and prepare first.
At this time, Xia Guanshang Shu Wu Changqian, well, it is Cen Changqian, who was given the surname Wu not long ago, and Zhang Qianqiao was also given the surname Wu, and asked to see him outside the palace.
Empress Dowager Wu was stunned, at this time, Xia Guanshangshu should be about to leave work, how could he still be there, so she ordered someone to invite in.
Wu Changqian entered the main hall, hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Queen Mother, good news from Yangzhou!" Immediately handed over Wu Qing's good news.
Empress Dowager Wu was overjoyed, Shangguan Wan'er took it and handed it to Empress Dowager Wu, Empress Dowager Wu unfolded it, looked at it at a glance, and shouted and said with a smile: "It's really a pillar!" The suppression of the rebellion in less than 20 days was a blessing to our court. Wan'er, crowned the champion general of Wuqing, Li Xiaoyi as the general of Yunlu, and the other officials were promoted to one level! All soldiers will be rewarded. ”
"Yes" Shangguan Wan'er agreed, and couldn't help but feel happy for Wu Qing in her heart, after all, her sweetheart was so powerful, and she was also happy.
Now that the Queen Mother and Pei Yan have a contradiction, Wu Qing was able to quickly quell the rebellion, which also made her feel very relieved, and she originally wanted to mobilize Hei Zhi Chang Zhi and Cheng Wuting to send troops to quell the rebellion, but she didn't expect Wu Qing to be so fast. This diluted the unhappiness between him and Pei Yan a lot, but Pei Yan openly opposed herself, and she didn't need to endure it anymore.
It turned out that a few days ago, Wu Chenghei asked the Empress Dowager Wu to establish the seven temples of the Wu family, but was opposed by Pei Yan and other ministers, thinking that the world belonged to the Li family, and the establishment of the seven temples of the Wu family would affect the Li family's Sheji, so the Empress Dowager Wu gave up. Although Empress Dowager Wu didn't care about Xu Jingye's rebellion on the surface, she was actually very afraid. She didn't expect the rebellion to be so fast, so she asked Pei Yan for advice, and Pei Yan said that if Empress Dowager Wu returned to power, he would be in power with the new emperor. then the thief will collapse himself. Empress Dowager Wu endured it.
After the Yangzhou rebellion reached the imperial court, Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi didn't know which one was insanity, so they vowed to get rid of the high-ranking clans such as Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, and Li Lingkui, the king of Lu, but they were refuted by Pei Yanyi with words.
Therefore, during this period of time, Empress Dowager Wu wanted to kill Pei Yan, and was afraid that Pei Yan's death would cause greater consequences, but now that Wu Qing has put down the rebellion, then it is time to kill.
After three days of rest in Yangzhou. The warships crossing the river were also ready, and as soon as Wu Qing gave the order, he ordered the army to board the ships and cross the river. Kill Runzhou.
At this time, Li Xiaoyi and Wei Yuanzhong were also able to pacify Chuzhou, and nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed and wounded in the pacification of Liangshan Wei.
Wu Qing standing on the bow of the ship. After reading the battle report. I almost didn't curse, and I just crumpled it up and threw it into the river. At this time, more than 500 warships on the river set sail, majestically towards Runzhou on the other side of the river, Wu Qing wanted to write a poem, but after thinking about it, now he still needs so much commotion, so he gave up.
Guarding Runzhou was the military advisor Wei Siwen. Xu Jingye didn't know where to go, but Wu Qing still didn't pay attention to it at all. If only he could rebel in the name of King Qin. Then he will lead his troops to attack the eastern capital, then those who are still watching and those with ambitions will gather in Jingcong and respond one after another. Xu Jingye rebelled but wanted to occupy Jiangdong as the foundation of the king for no reason, which is very sad, so it will become a real rebellion.
When I came to Runzhou by boat, I didn't expect that many years later, I could still lead the troops to fight Runzhou, which is really incredible.
When the warship approached Runzhou, he saw a white flag floating on the head of the city, Wu Qing couldn't help but be stunned, at this time a small fishing boat came in front of him, and there were two people standing on it.
The two of them bowed and saluted from afar, and shouted loudly: "Runzhou Assassin Li Siwen, Sima Liu Yansi, meet the general!" ”
His own guard asked, "You come forward and speak." ”
In a moment, the small fishing boat approached the big boat, and the soldier lowered the rope ladder and dragged the two men up.
"The lower official has seen the manager." The two of them met.
Wu Qing asked, "I heard that you two were caught by Xu Jingye, why didn't you kill you?" ”
Li Siwen said: "Xia Guan is that Xu Jingye's uncle, how dare he kill Xia Guan." ”
Wu Qing looked at Liu Yansi, and Liu Yansi hurriedly said, "It was Wei Siwen who saved Xia Guan." ”
Wu Qing sneered and said, "Now that you see the defeat of the Xu thief, do you two think that you can atone for your crimes?" ”
Li Siwen hurriedly said: "General, both of us have the heart of death, and the thief spared the lower officials, and the lower officials were helpless." Now that Xu Thief and others have been captured by us, I hope the general will see it. ”
Wu Qing was stunned for a moment, and then stared at Li Siwen, to be honest, he also knew Li Siwen, and he was the most trusted brother of Master Li Ji, but such a person had to be guarded against, so he asked: "Since this is the case, why don't you escort him to Yangzhou?" ”
Li Siwen said: "Last night, Xu Thief wanted to lead his subordinates to flee to Hailing, and the general Wang Naxiang released me, so after conspiring, he put sweat medicine in the wine and food, and caught him after he turned it over. ”
"Sweat medicine?" Wu Qing's heart was shocked, there is sweat medicine in this era, he only remembers that when he watched "Water Margin" in his previous life, sweat medicine is a magic medicine throughout the whole article, I didn't expect it to be available here, why haven't I heard of it before?
Thinking of the many benefits of sweat pills, Wu Qing couldn't help but feel excited, so he asked, "What kind of medicine is this sweat pills, which can numb people?" ”
Li Siwen was a little embarrassed on his face, sighed and said: "This is also because my family was poor when I was a child, so I stole the prescription from a practitioner, and later made some money without capital. ”
Wu Qing immediately understood, so he called Li Siwen into the cabin and said in a low voice, "Give me the prescription." ”
Li Siwen was stunned for a moment, thinking that Wu Qing was going to do something, so he took pen and ink and wrote it down on the spot. Wu Qing took a look, the main medicine is the mandala flower, this flower is also more common, and the main medicine used to boil hemp boiling powder in medicine is this mandala flower.
The next thing is simple, Wu Qing ordered the four generals to go to Runzhou to escort the prisoners first, and then load the prisoner car and prepare to escort Luoyang. He himself rushed to Shangyuan County.
Walking into Shangyuan County, seeing that Shangyuan County was no longer prosperous, I couldn't help but feel a little sinking in my heart, and then went straight to the old house.
But in half an hour, I came to the old house, and saw that the door of the old house was locked, rusty, and my heart sank, I haven't run this side all these years, could it be that Xu Xiaoying and the shadow guard who stayed behind lied to themselves? With a calm face, he ordered the guards to open the door.
"Who are you and what are you going to do?" A middle-aged fisherman dressed in cloth walked over with a steel fork in his hand.
Wu Qing was stunned, and the man was also stunned, and then Wu Qing ordered someone to stop temporarily, and then came to the fisherman and asked in a low voice, "What's going on here?" ”
The fisherman said in a low voice: "My subordinates have seen the Lord, but this is just a cover-up, and if the Lord wants to enter the house, he has to enter from the farmers next to him." ”
Wu Qing's heart suddenly relaxed, and said, "Since this is the case, it's better to go in and have a look." ”
Immediately ordered the guards to rest at the farmer's house.
Walking into the farmer's house, he followed the shadow guard to the cellar, and after passing through the long corridor, he came to the secret room in the backyard, and then saw the large wooden boxes that were tightly sealed, piled up all over the secret room. Wu Qing opened a few boxes at random and saw that they were full of silver ingots.
Then he asked, "Show me the account book of the goods here." ”
The shadow guard said: "It's all at Miss Xu of Jiangnan Boat Company." ”
It was impossible for Wuqing to inspect them all, so he had to go out of the secret room, and after returning to the farmer's house, he went straight to the Jiangnan boat. (To be continued......)