Chapter 38: Into the City
Lin'an City is indeed not as lively as it used to be.
Those soldiers were soldiers when they followed Wang Xie, and they had no other skills than to escape when they went to the battlefield.
But he went to war...... Although it is not about killing people and setting fires, it is indeed doing something to cut off children and grandchildren.
Maybe it's been suppressed in the state and county for a long time, maybe it's because this time in Lin'an, everyone has become a minister of the dragon, and they all have a lot of confidence, and they will inevitably act arrogantly...... Speaking of which, Taiwei Zhang and his flower-legged army back then were actually similar to Wang Xie's people.
Without him, their backer is the emperor, the master of this Zhao and Song dynasties.
Even if there is another emperor, so what?
What can a younger brother do with his own brother?
It's just that they are happy, and it is the people who suffer after all, these dog-day geese have plucked their feathers, forcing the flower boats on the West Lake to dare not open...... Even Xiang Guangshi's soldiers knew that they had to pay to go to a brothel, but Wang Xie's soldiers only knew how to swallow it, but they didn't know how to vomit.
Speaking of Xiang Guangshi, once upon a time, there were many riches in front of him, such as 'the first general of the Great Song Dynasty', 'the first person in the Western Army', and 'the first official of the military general', all of which could protect his life, but he couldn't grasp it, so that in the back, even the surname given to him by his ancestors was lost.
Now, the Holy Emperor of Xiaoci Yuan threw him a flattering look again, just like Zhao Shicheng thought, one Wang Xie can call two or three thousand people, so he Xiang Guangshi waved his hand, how can he also call twenty or thirty thousand?
The purpose of everything Zhao Huan did was very clear, that is, to live.
There is no one in the world who wants to live more than him, living in a bullpen with his father in the Jin Kingdom can't destroy his heart that wants to live, his queen concubine can't be destroyed if he is robbed by someone, and being surrounded by a group of Jin princes to make fun of himself and have to follow the identity of the king of the dead country to make amends, and he can't destroy his strong heart.
I have survived so many hard days, and now I have finally survived to the south, and it is time to be a master, and there is no reason why the Holy Emperor of Xiaociyuan of the Great Song Dynasty can't think about it.
So Xiang Guangshi was very embarrassed, extremely embarrassed, even if it was the emperor Nandu during the Jianyan period, when he stayed by the river to go or stay, he was not so sad.
If Qin Hui didn't die, if Cousin Wu didn't die, if Emperor Roufu didn't die, maybe he would have obeyed Zhao Huan, after all, in the eyes of outsiders, His Majesty the Emperor has lost patience with him, although he didn't take his life, but he has nothing left, just a walking corpse.
He has no reason to refuse, in front of the two brothers, one with a red face and one with a white face, ordinary people are bound to abandon the one who sings the red face.
But what if this man is lucky?
Sometimes I have to admit that a person's luck is indeed very important, and whenever Xiang Guangshi wants to agree, he will think of the face of His Majesty the Emperor...... Others may not know, but he does know it clearly.
That Your Majesty acted in a completely undisciplined manner.
Everyone thought that he wouldn't move Qin Hui, that he wouldn't go on the Northern Expedition, and that he was still the cowardly and incompetent King Kang, but what about the facts?
So at the suggestion of his granddaughter, Xiang Guangshi decided to do the opposite.
The reverse may not be right, but at least it's better to make a choice than a regular one...... Counting yesterday, it was the fifteenth day that he had been closed, and it was also the fifteenth time that the Holy Emperor of Xiaociyuan asked someone to come and was turned away by him.
But today, he couldn't refuse anymore, because Zhao Huan came in person.
To be honest, if Liu Yanqing is still alive, it is estimated that he can be regarded as half of His Majesty's courtier; But Xiang Guangshi's words...... Although he has worked under this man, he has always regarded himself as Zhao Gou's descendant, and from the beginning, he has been more unfamiliar.
"Your Majesty wants to see the villain, and the villain will go to see you in person, so why do you bother to go there in person?"
He has no official body or title, although few people treat him as a real grass citizen, but he doesn't dare to hold it up.
personally opened the middle door, ran out in person, and saw Zhao Huan in person.
This emperor is indeed much gentler, and he is a little more benevolent than that one, and his first action is to take Xiang Guangshi's hand:
"When you say that, you are ashamed...... Several generations of the Liu family have been loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, and now you are the queen of the general, but now you have fallen like this, how can I bear it in my heart! ”
Saying that, he recalled his father's feat for Xiang Guangshi, obviously running away with people, but he was praised by Zhao Huan as a loyal and brave man who defended the country, obviously he was chased by the Jin people and cut off his head, but he was said to be a martyr by the Holy Emperor of Xiaociyuan......
The words were full of regret, and Xiang Guangshi's tears were about to fall.
Damn, why didn't I know I was so powerful?
But thinking about it, the kung fu on his face still has to be done, he tried his best to cooperate with Zhao Huan, made a sad expression, and said:
"The humble house is shabby, and I am afraid that it will dirty Your Majesty's body."
I just don't want to invite people to come in and sit.
But Zhao Huan didn't care: "I won't go in either, I came today to ask you to follow me." ”
"Let's go...... Where to? ”
He can ask such a question, in fact, he has already exposed his own mind; But Zhao Huan probably heard too much swearing, and he didn't notice his disrespect at this time, but just replied:
"Several generals are running around for the country, and the New Year has just passed, so I should visit them."
Okay, look down on Zhao Shicheng, to understand Zhao Shicheng......
I don't know when this one will be able to become Zhao Shicheng.
That is to say, although Lin'an is big here, there are only a few capable people, which is actually normal. And as an emperor, he is more justified than Zhao Shicheng.
On the contrary, Zhao Huan was sluggish for so long before he started to act, and he couldn't help but seem to be slower.
Xiang Guangshi lowered his head and thought about it, if he wasn't there, then everything would have nothing to do with him, no matter what those families did, it was not something he could manage.
But if you go...... Maybe they can say something at a critical time, and those families will make money after all.
So he arched his hand and said: "As it should be, the villain will go with His Majesty." ”
Zhao Huan was extremely relieved, and pulled Xiang Guangshi into his carriage, which was really a good look like a monarch and a fish in water.
The group of them rushed towards Yue Fei's house in a mighty manner, and all of this was watched by the people who were called by the wind to star.
It was only after following again, and seeing a few people enter the Yue Mansion with his own eyes, that person hurriedly went around to the gate of the North Palace...... Entering the North Palace Gate is the Xuande Hall and Xiaoxi Lake, and then entering the Inner Palace, which is the only place still controlled by the Imperial City Division.
Chongfeng received the news as soon as possible, and when he came back from Yingzhou, the emperor only gave him a total of 500 people.
If it was just these five hundred people, he would naturally not be able to do anything, but he still had five hundred pairs of armor, which were heavy armor taken from Tiefutu's body.
There is this thing, only the armor-piercing manpower is enough, and that is the real invulnerability.
Chong Feng thought for a while before he said to the eunuch beside him:
"Including the Water Gate, the twelve gates of Lin'an, if the official family only allows one to take one, it is indeed not difficult."
"But if you take away a gate, and you don't let the rest of the people know, this is ......"
The eunuch was Huang Yanjie, who arrived first, and the old eunuch replied with a smile:
"Wang Xie's people have run away a lot before, and now the soldiers and horses in the city, one of the three are the people of the Sanya and the Imperial City Division, the Imperial City Division is easy to handle, and the Sanya is also easy to handle."
Everyone knows this truth, Huang Yanjie knows it, and he also knows it, but Wang Xie also knows it.
The only remaining people in Sanya were scattered by him, and it was impossible for these people to stay together.
Seeing that the commander did not speak, Huang Yanjie continued:
"Actually, Wang Xie, how did they hand over the weapons of the three yas, wouldn't it be better if you went to hand over their weapons!"
"So ......" Chongfeng felt that this was feasible, and if he tried to gnaw on these stinky bones, it would not be impossible.
It's just that in this way, it doesn't meet the emperor's request not to alarm others.
"There are still people here in the inner palace who want to watch, and it's not beautiful when there are too many people, so I'll call a hundred people and let them try it."
As he spoke, he looked at the Qingyan Hall not far away, where all the emperor's women lived, including his sister.
"Actually, the official family can come in directly."
"Your Majesty's deep meaning, how can you and I calculate it clearly."
Chong Feng nodded: "Then ...... It's good from Yuhang Gate. ”
Yuhang Gate is the farthest from the palace, but it is the largest city gate in Lin'an, but it is also the place where Wang Xie's soldiers and horses are stationed the least.
After all, he is such a small number of people, each gate is evenly divided, and he can only have a force of 300 people, and it is impossible for him to send out all the people, and some key places still need people to watch......
There are hundreds of people in Yuhangmen, and it is indeed the easiest place to break through.
Huang Yanjie arched his hand towards the one in the chair:
Then the lower official went...... It was only half an hour's journey for the official family to get here, and the commander should have arranged it earlier. ”
The old eunuch was not slow, and when he left the palace, he beckoned people to come.
Huang Yanjie didn't tell a lie, when he came before, the emperor was indeed still thirty miles outside Lin'an City.
But I don't know who gave this majesty an idea...... Anyway, it's not Lu Zai, King Yongjia is also a king after all, and his marriage naturally can't be simple.
There are more than five hundred people in the team to welcome relatives, and this is still from Shanyin, counting the people who are married from the Tang Mansion, there are almost seven or eight hundred in this team.
Liu Bang knew that Lin'an was in front of him, and according to his temperament, he should have led troops to kill him, and then called out all the people of Lin'an, let them be a witness, and he would be in the limelight again.
But no, he couldn't do that.
Everything has to leave a way back, and while he used Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, he also left Xiang Guangshi; When he killed Qin Hui, he didn't kill all the Qin people.
Now he has to deal with the Zhao family, even if he doesn't want to admit it, but this Song Kingdom is the Song Kingdom of the Zhao family, and he is indeed Zhao Gou in the eyes of others now.
Comparing his heart to his heart, when he was the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the talent of the old Liu family was his last hole card and his retreat.
It is said that this time is different from the past, but the truth will never change, just four words to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, but the degree of it is difficult to measure.
After passing, it is to kill chickens and scare monkeys, and if you can't do it, that is, you will kill chickens and show monkeys.
If he's a ranger, if he kills him, he kills it, it doesn't matter.
But he was the emperor.
Han Cheng Qin system, Han Fei said that what can harm a country is nothing more than five beetles (du) eight traitors, beetles, and moths.
Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, chivalry uses force to prohibit it, the family manipulates right and wrong, the sufferers evade military service without assuming their own responsibilities, and profiteers benefit from the people......
This is the five beetles.
The monarch's bedmate, beside him, father and brother, raising trouble, people's cuteness, popularity, might, and quartet, these are the eight traitors.
The power in it means that what the ministers and the people think is good, and the monarch thinks is good; What the ministers and the people think is bad, the monarch thinks is bad.
That's why he's always scoffed at rules.
But even if everyone knows about the eight traitors, how many people have been able to avoid their harm since ancient times?
Is it because they're not smart enough?
Of course not, because rules are rules, you can look down on it, you can ignore it, you can even try to smash it.
But it's there, you see it or not, it's always there, you can go out of the way, try to get out of its control, but at the same time, you have to suffer from it.
On the big right and wrong, Liu Ji felt that he was still quite clear.
A group of people changed into the clothes of the county king's mansion to welcome their relatives, and swaggered towards Lin'an City, while the rest of the people were waiting for news from Lin'an, as long as the wind was there, they would rush over immediately.
The bride still doesn't know what happened, she can't come out, she can't lift her hijab, she can't even talk to people.
Even if she sensed that something was happening outside, she could only wonder in her heart.
Thirty miles of road, it didn't take long to arrive, today the king of Yongjia County welcomes his relatives, everyone knows, but this team has only been out for half a day, how did it turn back?
Although the guards of Chongxinmen were curious, they didn't dare to snub this one, saying so, but when the group of people entered the city halfway, the leader still found trouble:
"Are you from the county king's family?"
Wang Qi was wearing a red robe, holding a suona and blowing wildly, this person happened to be standing next to him, and he replied:
"Yes."
The man said, "What happened then, why don't you see the king of the county?" ”
"Oh," Wang Qi took out the words that had been prepared a long time ago: "On the way to Shanyin, I fell down a lot of big rocks, and now I can't get by, the king of the county is behind, and I will arrive later." ”
The leader touched his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly pulled out his knife and aimed it at Wang Qi.
Everyone was startled by this man's actions, and listened to the man:
"You're not from the County King's Mansion at all!"
I don't know how he saw it, Liu Bang snorted:
"Brother, where are you talking about this, if you are not from the county king's mansion, how can you have this battle to welcome your relatives?"
The man naturally knew this, but at this time, he was determined, and he called people.
One of the people next to him saw that the matter was getting bigger, so he asked in a low voice:
"Isn't there a mistake? I remember that sedan chair is indeed from the county king's mansion. ”
The man was resolute: "Absolutely! ”
As he spoke, he also lowered his voice: "Damn, when I went out of the city today, Lao Tzu just didn't say a happy word, and he was slapped twice by the people of the county king's family." ”
"And now...... Didn't you kid spend a few days with that county king before? His house is full of bullish things, will he talk to us so well? ”
The man suddenly felt that it made sense, and his heart became vigilant, but he was still a little worried:
"If you get it wrong, it's not easy."
"Then give him a try!"
As he spoke, the leader looked at Liu Bang and pulled him aside:
"It's cold, and everyone wants to drink some hot tea and warm wine, but it's hard to suffer here, you ......"
Before he finished speaking, Liu Bang knew what he meant, but where did he have any money, so he said a few words to the person next to him, the man paused, turned around and opened the front curtain of the sedan chair, and saw that the bride really wore a lot of gold and silver on her hands, and she didn't even discuss, so she directly gave her a handful.
Poor Tang Wan has always been ignorant, and he didn't dare to open the curtain of his head, but he didn't expect that before he passed the door, he was bullied like this by the evil slave of the county palace, and he began to cry again.
Liu Bang was holding a handful of rare gadgets in front of this garrison, and the people were all accepted, but they were even more convinced, these people were definitely not from the county king's mansion.
The people of the county king's mansion can afford to pay this money?
The people around him also reacted and shouted:
"There are thieves, there are thieves!"
Liu Bang was very angry, he didn't do anything after taking the money, the most important thing was that the dog was about to attract other people, he didn't think about it, put two fingers in his mouth, and directly blew a loud whistle.
The two of them didn't know what this person was trying to do, but when they saw that the suona blowing just now was unpleasant, as if they had taken an aphrodisiac, their eyes suddenly turned red.
The leading guard only heard a 'click' sound, and saw the one next to him, whose hand had been twisted into hemp rope by this man.
"Leave it alone, damn it, take this door!"
Dog's day, and said to let you live longer.
"Don't let one go!"
Fortunately, half of the people have already entered the city,
Fortunately, they had almost a thousand, and there were only more than two hundred people on the other side.
Fortunately, his soldiers have just come down from the battlefield, fortunately, these people are useless eggs, fortunately, these people have oppressed the people, resulting in movement here, and there is no one who goes out to see the excitement.
Liu Bang watched these people keep arresting, and then looked at the Great Song Imperial City in the distance, where only one roof was exposed.
"Official ......"
Wang Qi interrupted his thoughts, Liu Bang took off the red robe outside, threw it directly on the ground, and walked towards the city without looking back.
"I'll leave it all to you."
Wang Qi was overjoyed, as if today was really the day he got married.
looked at these Wang Xie's soldiers, revealing their big white teeth.
(End of chapter)