Infinite Brilliant Scroll

Chapter 224 The prefect of Quancheng, a thousand sails compete

On Jingdong East Road, there are many state capitals, and the most affluent place among them is Quancheng.

Here you can see the city and mountains from a distance, and see countless springs up close. The waterways are vertical and horizontal, the lotus is full of flowers, and the gardens are beautiful. It has attracted many officials and rich families to settle here.

Liu Guang, the magistrate of Quancheng today, is brother-in-law with Chen Xizhen, the celebrity in front of the Emperor Tianming.

Indulging some young and strong people from all over the country to flee to Liangshan, this plan was first drawn up by Liu Guang, Shi Wengong and others.

In the past few years, every time Liu Guang thinks of this plan, he thinks it is a clever plan that can achieve multiple goals in one fell swoop, which is quite promising.

After many of the ordinary miners died, rumors spread to Bianliang, and some hard-headed ministers in the court, such as Li Gang, Zong Ze, etc., repeatedly admonished the emperor and criticized Liu Guang and others for their actions.

The Emperor of Heaven relied heavily on those ministers and refused to replace them easily. In the end, he was so disturbed that he simply retreated and refined himself.

Liu Guang was very dissatisfied with this, and thought to himself: Those who are courtiers originally want to share the worries of the emperor. Those people who call themselves loyal ministers and talk too much, but annoy the officials more, are really chaotic officials and thieves, and deserve death.

But when the peasants in Liangshan were wiped out as bandits, reported their meritorious service to the court, and then distributed the captives to various mines, even if all these rebellious and guilty people died, Li Gang and others would never find them again. It's an excuse to attack the official.

Liu Guang waited painstakingly for several rounds of spring and autumn, and the young and strong who wanted to escape from all over the country basically gathered in Liangshan. When it was time to collect the net, he began to notify the officials of various states to mobilize troops.

"Liangshan is just a group of grassroots people, how can they use such a big fanfare?"

In the study, a majestic and eight-foot-tall man was talking to Liu Guang, "As long as you give the child two thousand soldiers and horses, the blade will destroy the dead and the dead, and the destruction of Liangshan is just a matter of flipping the palm. Let some prisoners near Liangshan Hurry up and accompany the supervisor, just wait to help escort those little thieves."

Liu Guang has two sons and one daughter, Liu Qi, Liu Lin, and Liu Huiniang.

The one in the study is the eldest son Liu Qi, who has practiced martial arts since he was a child, has a rough temperament, extraordinary bravery, and is very famous in Quancheng.

"Of course my father knows my son's abilities."

Liu Guang smiled in his eyes, stroking his beard, and said, "But you are young after all, and you don't know the truth of sailing for thousands of years. Besides, I corresponded with various places, sent so many people to seal Liangshan closely, and mobilized troops, It’s not that you really need to borrow so many soldiers to get things done, but it’s just to distribute some credit to those people.”

"The rules in the officialdom are like this. We think about them in everything. If we encounter difficulties, they will naturally help us."

Liu Qi thought for a while and said, "That's fine, but in this battle, the number one caller should be me."

Liu Guang smiled slightly, and said: "My son, do you still remember Shi Wengong from Cangshan? When we first discussed this matter, it was already decided that the matter of destroying Liangshan must be decided by him. This person is a first-class general. , take this credit to let him return to his heart, we will not suffer."

When Liu Qi heard this, his face became a little unhappy, but he had seen Shi Wengong's martial arts before, and he was indeed much higher than himself. Having such a general and being completely tied to the Liu family will benefit a lot in the future.

Liu Guang persuaded again: "Besides Shi Wengong, you are the second person to make the decision this time. Besides, my son is still young, and those grassmen will regenerate after cutting. Then the credit will be all yours."

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew open the door.

Liu Lin walked into the room quickly, holding several letters in his hand, with a flustered face, and shouted: "Father, Zeng Nong from Zengjiazhuang outside Yizhou sent a horse to report that Shi Wengong from Cangshan Mine was beheaded. , the killer took all the miners away and left by boat, probably going to Liangshan.”

"Another letter came from Yizhou City, saying that brothers Gao Lian and Gao Feng dispatched their flying soldiers to Lin Lingsu's cemetery. They did not return for many days, and there was no news. Searches are being sent around."

"A lot of big families in various parts of Mizhou were looted, nearly a thousand officers and soldiers were lost in the city of Mizhou, and several generals were all killed. Judging from the whereabouts of the thieves, they went to Liangshan."

Liu Guang originally wanted to reprimand his son for his recklessness, but after hearing these news, his face was as heavy as iron, so he got up suddenly, took the letter away, and examined it carefully.

"This this……"

After reading the news, Liu Guang clenched the letter paper tightly, his eyes rolled wildly, and he calmed down after taking a long breath, and said in a slow voice, "The people who have talked about are all wearing Taoist robes, and there is vaguely Lin Lin inside." Lingsu, this demon is not dead?!"

"There is also Guan Luoyang, who must be the old friend of the demon, the rescuer, hateful, what do the brothers of the Gao family think, after all, they are also officials ordered by the court, and they actually ran to dig some kind of tomb by themselves, and dug up such a big trouble. "

Liu Qi hesitated and said, "Since something happened, what about Liangshan..."

"Liangshan's grass is nothing to worry about, but these monsters must be on guard."

Liu Guang had calmed down completely, and said, "Without Shi Wengong, the army needs to hire a few more generals and experts to keep an eye on those monsters. Qi'er, go to Jiangzhou City and ask the troops to garrison there." Yan Shude is here to help, Lin'er, go and invite Guo Jing."

The two sons did not dare to neglect and left in a hurry.

Liu Guang paced in the study, walked back and forth a few times, and looked at the letters in his hand after a while, afraid that he was not thinking well enough, so he got up and went to the backyard.

In Liu Huiniang's boudoir, there was a slight coughing sound, as well as the concern voices of several maidservants.

Just when Liu Guang came outside the boudoir, he heard a soft sound of a switch, and the window opened automatically, revealing the scene inside.

There is a large table in the house, which is placed close to the window. On the table are small sailboats, chariots and horses, all of which are made of wood.

The palm-sized wooden cow, with its torso inlaid with reddish-brown ore, strode forward with four hooves, rattling on the table, walking non-stop.

Liu Huiniang leaned over the table, covered the lower half of her face with a handkerchief, looked out of the window, and said, "Father, I heard that your steps are impatient, did you encounter any problems?"

"It's not a big or small trouble." Liu Guang stood still outside the window, handed over the letter, and a maid came to pick it up.

The maid spread out the letter paper and moved closer to Liu Huiniang, waiting for her to see the handwriting clearly.

Liu Guang asked casually, "Have you gotten better these days?"

Liu Huiniang was distracted, while reading the letter, she smiled and said: "A few days ago, my two elder brothers took me to see that manor. The cows, horses and snail boats were all made according to my drawings. I played around and felt I feel refreshed and have less headaches.”

Liu Huiniang was injured in her mother's womb. Since she was a child, she was intelligent but frail and sickly. She couldn't practice the skills of immortality and magic. Apart from studying at home, she only liked to play with little wooden people and animals.

More than ten years ago, an old monk passed by Liu's residence. When he saw these little things, he was astonished. He insisted on begging Liu Huiniang to be a successor, but Liu Guang refused, so the old monk stole the child at night.

Liu Guang's first wife missed her daughter and went blind from crying, and died soon after.

It wasn't until last year that Liu Huiniang returned home, saying that she had learned all kinds of tricks from the old monk, such as the tricks of armoring, trapping masters, and spying on people's hearts. The old monk passed away, so she was able to go down the mountain.

Liu Guang was naturally happy to have his beloved daughter back. Later, when he encountered some disturbing things in the officialdom, Liu Huiniang pointed out a clear way for him with just a few words, which made him overjoyed.

Just to make his daughter happy, he circled a fertile field outside the city, leveled the crops, mobilized peasants to build rockeries, dug small rivers, and recruited thousands of craftsmen to build various organs and artifacts according to Liu Huiniang's drawings.

Those things are made of wood, stone and iron, driven by minerals, and they are extremely exquisite. Even if the craftsmen carefully follow the map, they still make a mountain of waste products. I don’t know how much good ore was wasted, and finally created the paradise in the mind of Liu Huiniang’s sect.

"That's what happened."

After reading the letter, Liu Huiniang gave a low cough, and said, "Liangshan now rarely says that there are two generals and two top Taoist priests, and there may be more masters in reality. Although there are no soldiers and horses, we must guard against them. The head of the general will be selected. Father, I must have sent someone to invite Yan Shude and Guo Jing, right?"

Liu Guang nodded.

"Not safe enough." Liu Huiniang thought for a while, "Father sent someone to prepare gold silk, BMW incense inkstone, and invite Lin Chong."

Liu Guang's expression was displeased: "Lin Chong? This guy also made some meritorious service when he broke Xixia back then, but he was also an unreliable person. He criticized many of his father's friends in Bianliang and was hated by the officials, so he was relegated here. In the past few years, my father has suppressed him a lot."

Liu Huiniang smiled: "After all, he still has an official status, and his martial arts are superb. Father, didn't you just make him poor, and didn't dare to really use the knife on him. It's not a big mistake."

Liu Guang snorted coldly and said, "Many barefoot officials from East Jingdong Road, rough robbers in the green forest, because they served in the army together and didn't know how to be an official, they still had some contacts with Lin Chong after returning home. I really want to kill him, but it's not worth it..."

He understood halfway through the sentence, "Huiniang, what do you mean, as long as I invite Lin Chong, Lei Heng, Zhu Dian, Du Qian, Shi Xiu and others, they must also do things for us this time?"

Liu Huiniang nodded and said: "This group of people are not suitable for the court, and they have an official status. It is not easy to be with grassroots people. In fact, it is inevitable that they feel lonely, so they keep in touch frequently. Father, as long as you give them enough face, even if they are in their hearts I don’t want to be with you, but I’m always willing to do something for you.”

Liu Guang said to himself: "Besides, I can still ask the imperial court to transfer orders. They can't help but refuse."

Liu Huiniang said: "It's best to give grace and power together."

Liu Guang felt relieved, stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Turning enemies into pawns, being my forerunner, and being my father, I don't have such a heart. I didn't think of them in time. My Hui Niang is the true daughter Zhuge Ye."

After Liu Guang left, Liu Huiniang saw the bright sky outside the window, swallowed the pills, suppressed her cough, and ordered the servants to get out of the carriage and go to the organ manor to play.

The manor is outside the city, and the carriage has to go out of the city.

Liu Huiniang originally lifted the curtain of the car to look at the scenery in the city, but when she was about to leave the city gate, there were more beggars on the road.

Under the corner outside the city wall, there were even a lot of people squatting in scanty clothes, with yellow and emaciated faces.

After only a glance from a distance, Liu Huiniang seemed to have smelled the stench on them, covered her nose and said, "Are there more beggars here?"

The coachman said: "I heard that some tenants outside the city sold their fields to the magistrate to build a manor, and they became beggars."

Liu Huiniang shook her head and said, "My father's rule is so prosperous, he can't farm the land, but he can also do other jobs. If it's really not possible, he can be a boatman and help unload the goods."

The servant girl smiled and said, "It looks like they are all old and young, women and children, how can they have such strength?"

Liu Huiniang said: "You girl is really stupid. There are many people in the city who look about the same age as them, with white hair and spots, and they can still sleep in brothels at night. This age is actually not too old. Look at them, they still have strength Begging from passers-by is not really old and weak, it's just lazy and lazy."

After all, she was kind-hearted, and couldn't bear to look any longer, so she lowered the curtains and waited wholeheartedly to play in the manor.

The carriage rumbled across the road.

Half an hour later, several carriages also stopped in front of Lin Chong's house.

Liu Guang sent people to move the treasures in the carriage into Lin Chong's home one by one, and stayed there for three quarters of an hour, talking patiently before leaving.

Lin Chong was dressed in a plain blue round-neck robe and a blue scarf, looking very refined. After seeing him off, he sat at home frowning.

A thin gentleman walked in from outside the door, and he cupped his hands to congratulate: "Congratulations brother Lin, congratulations brother Lin, I saw the emblem of Liu Zhifu's family on the carriage, and given these many treasures, brother Lin must be reused again. In the future Flying to the top, don't forget the little brother."

Lin Chong said angrily: "Li Kaixian, you look at me like this. Forgive Lin Chong, a vulgar person who is not worthy of talking to you. Go back home."

Li Kai stepped forward and patted Lin Chong on the back, begging for mercy, "Little brother was just joking, if brother Lin can't get angry, you might as well punch me, it's all atonement."

Lin Chong squeezed his fist and looked at him, afraid that if he blew too hard, he could blow him to death, so he finally endured it, and talked sullenly about Liu Guang's invitation to him.

"Attack Liangshan?"

Li Kai put his hands behind his waist, took two steps, and said, "Brother Lin may have to go to this matter."

Lin Chong said: "Forgive that Liangshanshuipo are nothing more than grassroots bandits at most. Liu Guang really wants to attack without any effort. Why does he have to involve our brothers? I am really worried that there is some conspiracy in it."

Li Kaixian laughed loudly: "Graves? Brother Lin really thinks they are robbers?"

"Eight hundred miles of water, no knives or swords, and the surrounding area has long been sparsely populated. Who can they rob? Brother Lin, have you heard of any villages and strongholds that were looted by Liangshan in the past few years?"

"That's just the common people who were deliberately forced to Liangshan by them."

Lin Chong's face suddenly changed.

His good friend Li Kaixian was originally a Jinshi from Quancheng all the way to Bianliang. He has outstanding talents, extraordinary wisdom, and even more fierce.

At the beginning Li Kai wanted to see the emperor, and complained about his pros and cons, but he failed to make the trip, so he was reprimanded. The next day, he brought a sword to the imperial city.

When Lin Chong met him, he was about to slit his wrists and splash blood as words. Lin Chong heard the whole story and planned to help him, but in the end they were kicked out of Bianliang together, and they became close friends ever since.

Li Kai never speaks aimlessly, since he said so, the matter of Liangshan must be even more strange.

Under Lin Chong's careful questioning, the more he listened, the more startled he became. Looking at the boxes that brought gold and satin, his eyes were full of anger, and he said, "This old thief is so vicious! If my brother didn't tell me, I'm afraid that Zhu Dian and the others will be in danger." I really can't help but have to go to the wrong place, when the time comes, a mistake will cause eternal hatred..."

He clenched his steel teeth and let out a loud shout.

Li Kaixian had quick eyesight and quick hands, grabbed his wrist, and the whole person he led floated sideways.

Lin Chong was startled, and hurriedly stopped, Li Kaixian was able to land, and asked in shock: "Brother Lin, where are you going?"

"I……"

Lin Chong was full of murderous intent, he just wanted to rush into Liu's mansion and kill that old thief Liu Guang, but when he thought that Liu Guang was a member of the imperial court after all, and he hadn't caught any real evidence of the crime, he suddenly felt a little helpless.

He pointed to the box, "I, I smashed these dumb things into old thief Liu's house."

Li Kai shook his head again and again, and said: "Brother Lin, you know that I wanted to seek death at the beginning, why didn't I mention the matter of seeking death later?"

Lin Chong didn't know how to answer.

Li Kaixian said: "I just understand that our momentary arrogance is worthless. Only by enduring it can we find the opportunity to do something useful."

Lin Chong's face was gloomy, and after a while, he said, "Brother, tell me, what should I do?"

Li Kaixian said: "You should take it as Liu Guang's invitation, and set out with them, and call Shi Xiu and the others. I predict that after these people take down Liangshan, they will kill people randomly. How many people show your abilities, Brother Lin."

"However, if Liu Guang wants to fight Liangshan, he can do it by himself. If he comes to invite you, there must be some accidents. At that time, we need to be more careful in the battle."

Lin Chong was persuaded by him.

Li Kai first asked him, Shi Xiu and others to take care of their family members, and tonight he will quietly leave the city and hide, until the matter of Liangshan comes to a conclusion.

Daylight the next day.

Lin Chong, Shi Xiu and others rushed to the army and set off with Liu Qi and Liu Lin.

At the edge of the open waterway, there are already three large ships and two to three hundred small boats on the big river, waiting there quietly.

After everyone boarded the boat, the sails were raised and filled with the wind, and some navy ships gathered on the road one after another.

Thousands of sails raced to Shuibo Liangshan.

Jinwu slanted to the west. After sailing for a long time, Lin Chong looked at the past from the bow, and Liangshan was already in sight.

Everyone stopped the boat for the whole night, and infantry had already set up camp on the shore, and erected a banner with Yan characters and another weird banner embroidered with the image of a heavenly king.

The swords and guns in the army are in order, the voices of people and horses are screaming, and there are people everywhere. Some people are checking the bow strings, and some are wiping the tip of the gun.

When Lin Chong and the others saw Yan Shude and Guo Jing waiting outside the tent...

Guan Luoyang also saw them on Liangshan.

(End of this chapter)