The sky was bright, and Shangqiu City, which had been sleeping all night, also woke up. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

White smoke rose from the house, and the smell of food followed. The cough of the elderly, the greeting of the husband and wife, the laughter of the youth, the cry of the baby, the barking of the rooster and the dog, the neighing of the horse and the roar of the pig...... In this era, not to mention the animals, there were several large areas of farmland with crops, which were used to grow food for the long siege.

All this constitutes a vivid picture of the Song capital's human settlements.

Although most of the nobles and countrymen in the city followed the Song Wangyan to fight against the fierce Qi Yan army, Shangqiu City is after all the capital of the thousand-year-old country, and there are also several famous cities among the countries, and there is no shortage of popularity.

Compared with the noisy and lively civilian residences in the southeast, the aristocratic mansions in the northwest of the city are much quieter.

The waiters who serve the nobles to get up hold all kinds of things in their hands, and take small but fast steps on their feet, busy but orderly through the pavilions and pavilions.

Situ Cheng, the Song Guoda, didn't sleep well last night, so it was rare to get up early this morning. The old man who had nothing to do suddenly became interested, and ordered someone to find out the halberd he used back then, and danced in the garden.

Although the old Situ, who is rich and slightly clumsy in his movements, does not look like him, he is indeed a royal general, just like the monarch of the Song Kingdom.

Among the Eight Cave Mingzun, the Imperial Land General Rong is second only to Tongtian Wuqi, which corresponds to the Kun hexagram, which shows its importance. This kind of Mingzun is not only good at the art of killing in battle formations, but also has the method of restraining soldiers and boosting morale, which is especially suitable for leading troops to fight. Therefore, it was originally a full-time job for the princes and monarchs.

The Imperial Land General Rong is divided into eight levels like the other Eight Cave Mingzun, according to the five elements from low to high, it is the mountain peel, the heaven and the earth, the Ze Dicui, the water and the earth, the thunder and the earth, the wind and the earth, the fire and the earth and the earth.

In fact, the qualifications for the transaction are not bad, and at the age of fifteen, he achieved the position of Mingzun, and when he reached the age of crowning, he was already a third-order "Cui Di Rong (Kun Xia Redeem Shang). Ze Shang is said to be in the ground. The gentleman uses the weapon to remove the weapon, and he is not safe. ）”。 At that time, he was regarded by the Chinese people as a genius like Dai Shiyan, and he would definitely become a famous commander of the army in the future.

But now, in Xue Di (near present-day Qufu, Shandong), Song Wangyan, who led his army against the invasion of the Qi and Yan coalition forces, has become a seventh-order "Jin Land Rong (Kun Xia Lishang." Ming out of the ground said Jin. The gentleman is self-evident. But he stopped after a serious injury, and now he can't even swing the weapon of the year.

The Song Dynasty has five clans and six Qings. That is to say, there are five of the strongest branches of the Song family, that is, after Song Daigong, the Dai family of the current Song State Office, the same Hua clan after Song Daigong, the Yu clan after Song Huan Gong, the Feng clan after Song Zhuang Gong, and the Cheng clan after Song Chenggong.

They also hold the six most important and critical official positions of the country, that is, the Great Sima, the Great Situ, the Sicheng, the Left Division, the Right Division, and the Great Sikou.

The great Situ in the "Zhou Li" is also known as the local official, who is in charge of the map of the land of the state and the number of its people, so as to help the king to disturb the state. In fact, he was the head of the household department who was in charge of economic entry and exit in later generations.

It was just a cup of tea, and Da Situ Jiao was out of breath and had to stop. He carried a fifty-pound halberd (a note that had to be inserted) and looked up at the blade that was as bright as new. The morning light reflected by the sharp halberd blade made him squint his old eyes, and a wave of anger rushed straight to his head.

Notes that have to be inserted: If there is no annotation in this article, the weights and measures are all in the Qin system. The weight unit of the Qin system is five powers, from small to large is baht, two, jin, jun, and stone. These five units are not in the decimal system, 24 baht = 1 tael, 16 taels = 1 catty, 30 jin = 1 jun, 4 jun = 1 stone. One catty is equivalent to about 250 grams in modern times, that is, half a catty, a quarter of a kilogram. So the actual weight of this euphorbia is 12.5 kilograms.

"Bang dang!"

Da Situ Jiao threw the halberd aside, and with a cold face, he asked the maid to come forward to wipe off the sweat for herself, and picked up another cup of honey water and drank it.

Just as he was drinking water, a middle-aged man in his forties walked in, a little thinner than the middle-aged man of Da Situ Jiao, but the eyebrows were very similar. This person is the eldest son of the old man, Cheng Cong, and he is also the young Situ of the Song Kingdom.

The father and son were in charge of economic affairs, so they stayed in Shangqiu to be in charge of logistics and military resources.

Cheng Congli stepped forward and bowed after a few weeks: "The son greets his father." ”

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, his son's face did not change much, but his heart sank when he saw his expression, knowing that Cheng Cong did not bring any good news.

The transaction waved away the attendants around him, and after they walked away, he turned his head and reprimanded: "Meng Hui, my father has told you many times that you must have calm in every major event. Seeing that you are as brilliant as a lost dog, what great things can you achieve?!"

Cheng Cong was helpless when he heard this, even if he was a little panicked, he hadn't reached the point of losing heart. No matter how you say it, he is also a young Situ who has been in the world for a long time, and this idea is always available in the city government. It's just that he knows that his father has often lost his temper over the years, and now he is doing it himself.

However, he also knew that his father was not an old and confused nameless fire, but he had great distress in his heart, at least five years ago, although his father was not a good-tempered person, but he would not be so angry with others.

At that time, after the destruction of the Teng Kingdom, the Song Wangyan was greatly prestigious, not only the princes of the countries were terrified, but there was no one in the country to resist. He took advantage of the reason of rewarding the meritorious heroes, and transferred the great Situ to the newly acquired Tengdi, and at the same time turned the fiefdom of the Zhuang family Taoqiu into the direct jurisdiction of the royal family, and since then, the temper of the great Situ of the Song Kingdom has become worse and worse day by day.

On the surface, the large area of Tengdi is much larger than the city of Taoqiu, but this is not the case.

Known as "the middle of the world", Taoqiu is not only rich in pottery and lacquerware, but also one of the best prosperous places in the world and the capital of commerce. Since it has been directly governed by the public office in the past few years, the taxes it pays account for two-thirds of the total commercial tax of the Song Kingdom!

This is where Tengdi, which was destroyed by fire not long ago, and is still at the junction of the four kingdoms of Qi, Lu, Chu and Song.

Cheng Mingming confessed why his father had such a big change, and as the first heir of the Cheng family, how could he swallow this breath, otherwise he would not have done his best to help his father commit a big crime that was enough to be punished by the clan.

The son had no choice but to swallow his saliva, and after straightening his face more thoughtfully, he arched his hand again and said, "Father has taught him a lesson." ”

"Is it possible?" Da Situ asked as he walked up to his son and lowered his voice.

His son also whispered: "That son has already woken up, and the barbarian of Chu has also missed." ”

"Hehe......" Regarding this "bad news", Da Situ Jiao did not have a very annoyed look on his face, but laughed in a low voice

Cheng Cong, who lowered his head and was about to accept his father's scolding with his head and face, didn't expect Da Situ Jiao to react like this, and said puzzledly: "Father......"

Da Situ Jiao said with a smile: "Dai's son is equivalent to a waste person when he enters the big temple. Ben Situ saw that Dai Yan, a rebellious man, had no descendants to pass on the throne, wouldn't he be happy!"

The more he laughed, the happier he became: "And Xu Pi, the old horseman, thought that his daughter would be able to restore the country if he gave birth to the only heir of the Song Kingdom...... Hahaha......"

Shao Situ Cong, who knew some secrets of the Shang and Song clans, also understood, he laughed with his father for a while, and continued to ask: "Father, do you want those two southern barbarians to ......?"

Cheng Cong stretched out his palm and slashed down, the meaning of which could not be clearer.

Da Situ waved his hand and said absentmindedly: "Why do you want to kill them? Let them go, let them make as much trouble as possible! ”

He paused and said, "Since the assassination failed, the Huang kid asked for that thing, so let his subordinates take it for themselves." ”

Cheng Cong admired the "Huang boy" a little. He has also seen the Mindi Bugger and Chu Mo Assassin who shot this time, even if he was born in a really rich and noble family, he also recruited a lot of ranger assassins under his door, but there are indeed few ordinary characters like these two.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at the courage of these two who dared to assassinate the prince of Song next to the East Palace of the Song Kingdom, before more than a dozen Ming Zun, is enough to prove their worth.

Although the Huang clan of the Chu State is only a lowly official of the side branch now, he can recruit such a powerful disciple with his current low status, and Meng Weijun, who is known as the 3,000 disciples and is famous for shocking the world, was only like this back then.

Cheng Cong said a little anxiously: "But father, if the news leaks...... It's a big deal!"

"Leaked news?!" his father said disapprerovingly, "Is Qi Yan's 200,000 army so easy to deal with this time?"

"Once the army of the Zhao State sends troops, plus those remnants of the Teng State are launched, who in Shangqiu City can still take care of our father and son?"

Da Situ Jiao sneered again and said: "This more than 700-year-old country of the Great Song Dynasty is about to be lost in the hands of Dai Yan, what scruples do our generation have?!"