The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 461
Seeing the situation in front of him, Tong Guan was very anxious. If Fang La ran away, he would lose the greatest contribution to this battle.

As a close minister of the emperor, he was too aware of that official's hatred for Fang La.

The rebellion caused by Fang La caused the most prosperous Jiangnan area in the Song Dynasty to be destroyed, not to mention the loss of population as high as one million, and the loss of wealth was incalculable.

In order to quell the criticism from all over the world, Zhao Ji could only reluctantly issue an edict of guilt, and promised to abolish Hua Shigang and other tyrannical regimes, which can be said to be a shame in front of the subjects of the Song Dynasty.

How could Zhao Guan's family, who had a high self-esteem, accept such things? He had always had a good temper, and it was rare for him to get angry.In the order to Tong Guan, he was required to capture Fang La back to Tokyo for punishment.

This is why Tong Guan is so anxious.

Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road, and some subordinates came to report back after a while. After interrogating the people in the city, I learned that Fang La and his gang were divided into two places.One group seems to have fled out of the city, and the other went to hide in Bangyuan Cave in Houshan.

After learning that Fang La himself had gone to Bangyuan Cave, Tong Guan was immediately overjoyed. He just wanted to catch Fang La and didn't care about other people.

At that moment, Tong Guan ordered people to investigate Fang La's remaining party in the city, and at the same time ordered Wang Chi and Yang Keshi to lead [-] troops each to search for Fang La.

Wang and the two of them tried their best, but due to the dense forest, numerous tunnels and complex and changeable terrain around Bangyuan Cave, they were still unable to perform meritorious deeds.

In view of this, Wang Ting then told Tong Guanjin to post reward notices everywhere, as long as anyone who can provide information about Fang La's hiding place, not only will he be promoted to rank, but he will also be rewarded generously. Not to blame.

Under the lure of such huge profits, it was true that someone in Fang La's army moved his mind and revealed the whereabouts of Fang La's gang in private, resulting in the remnants of Fang La being wiped out by the Song army.

Except for his wife Shao who was forced by Fang La to go with Fang Baihua, and Fang Tianding, Fang Bo, Fang Jinzhi, and Fang Jie, the remaining [-] relatives of the Fang family and Fang La himself were all captured.

There was also a small episode in this, that is, Fang La himself was captured alive by a young general under Xin Xingzong's command. Speaking of this young general, it was none other than the famous Han Shizhong in the future.

It's a pity that Han Shizhong met an unkind person, Xin Xingzong was jealous of the virtuous and capable, how could he be willing to let go of such a great contribution, and then relied on his status as Han Shizhong's boss and Tong Guan's confidant, to give his credit to Tanmo.

Closer to home, after Fang La and his party were escorted to Beijing by Tong Guan, there was an endless debate in the court about how to deal with them.

For example, Cai Jing and his son, whose ancestral graves were dug up by Fang La, and a group of officials whose ancestral home is in the south of the Yangtze River, all insisted that they cut a group of people into pieces.

Officials such as Li Gang suggested that Fang La himself be executed by beating, and the rest of the people should wait for the head to show the public, so as not to affect the image of Zhao Jirenjun.

Although Zhao Ji also hated Fang La and the others in his heart, he was concerned about his own reputation and after much consideration, he finally accepted the advice of Li Gang and others.

In the end, Fang La himself was sentenced to Ling Chi at the entrance of the downtown area in Tokyo, and the rest were chopped up in half and abandoned.

At the last moment of his life, Fang La finally showed his true qualities as a hero of his generation. Faced with such torture, he stood still and remained silent.

This made many people who were oppressed by corrupt officials and sympathized with the uprising all shed tears when they saw this situation.

Among the crowd watching the execution at the moment, there was Le He who had just arrived in Tokyo. He really did not expect that he would happen to meet Fang La and die.

After only watching for a moment, Le He couldn't bear it anymore, sighed, and whispered to Zhang Sandao who came to pick him up, "Is there a way to collect the corpses for Fang Jiaozhu and the others?"

Zhang San hesitated for a while, thinking of the special relationship between Mu Xu and Fang La, he gritted his teeth and replied, "There is no way for now, but after a few days, when the guards are not so strict, we may give it a try."

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to my brother, as long as it's done before I leave Beijing." Le He patted Zhang San's shoulder and said again,
"This time I go back to see the village master, I will definitely ask for credit for my brother!"

Zhang San's face was full of joy, and he hurriedly thanked, "Then I would like to thank Mr. Le, the villain is very grateful."

"Okay, don't gossip. Do you know where Tong Guan's mansion is?"

"Look what Mister said, that Tong Guan is well-known in Beijing, how could I not know his mansion?"

"Then you will lead the way tomorrow, and I'm going to meet him."

While gossiping, the two squeezed out of the crowd, joined Le and his followers who were waiting outside, and went to the temporary residence together.

The next day, after the morning court, Tong Guan returned to the mansion full of anger. As soon as Fang entered the gate, he saw Tong Jian's father and daughter welcoming him. He immediately asked with a straight face, "Why are you here at this time?"

Tong Jian replied in confusion, "Brother, the government will reward Jiangnan for his peace, so I brought Jiaoxiu here to celebrate!"

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Tong Guan changed his usual calmness and said without hesitation, "Don't mention it, for brother's great contribution this time, the official only rewarded some property, and the title has not been promoted at all! "

Tong Jian was puzzled and said, "Why is this? Could it be that elder brother is rejected by the officials?"

While talking, the three came to the main hall, Tong Guan first took a sip of the tea offered by the servant, and then explained,

"It was not murdered by that traitor Mu Xu, who lied to me that day that he was going to attack Xixia, but who would have thought that he would take advantage of the Lord of Liao's expedition and occupy Yunzhou and other places.

The officials have always had the ambition to regain Youyun, and now that a thief has taken the opportunity, they are naturally extremely displeased, not to mention a good reprimand, this time the credit will be greatly discounted! "

After hearing this, Tong Jian hurriedly pleaded guilty, "It's all my brother's fault, if I didn't trust Mu Xu so easily, I wouldn't let my brother be coerced by him."

Tong Guan has always been kind to his family, so he didn't blame Tong Jian, instead he waved his hands and said, "Forget it, just expose this matter, and don't bring it up again in the future."

While speaking, he glanced at his niece, and couldn't help asking, "What's the progress with Wang Qing?"

Hearing Tong Guan mentioning Wang Qing, Tong Jiaoxiu couldn't help but blushed, she quickly lowered her head and pinched the corners of her skirt.

Tong Kai said, "I came to see my brother today. Apart from congratulating him, I also want to report this matter. Wang Qingyi secretly sent someone to Beijing a few days ago to ask my younger brother to marry Jiaoxiu, and promised that as long as the marriage certificate is finalized, He wrote to the imperial court to ask for peace."

"I finally heard good news." Tong Guan nodded in satisfaction, with a smile on his face.

"It's just that the younger brother is a little worried that the Cai family will not be able to explain it. I don't know what the elder brother is planning?"

Tong Guan said proudly, "Don't worry, I have reached a deal with Cai You, and he will share half of the credit for recruiting Wang Qing this time. Not only did he promise not to prevent Jiaoxiu from remarrying, but he will also speak well for us at the official's house. .”

"That's good. This way, the worries of the future are gone. After returning home today, the younger brother agreed to this marriage."

"Well, let's do it like this. Remember to let Wang Qing's messenger convey the words of your brother, so that Wang Qing will accept the surrender as soon as possible, and there must be no accidents, otherwise..."

Tong Guanhua was halfway through when he was interrupted by the butler who suddenly barged in. Before he could get angry, he heard the butler say, "Master, there is a guest outside the door asking to see you. The person here claims to be from Yunzhou."

"What! You Mu Xu, the old man is thinking about how to find some bad luck for you, but unexpectedly, you dare to send someone to the door!" Tong Guanteng stood up suddenly, and said in surprise and anger.

(End of this chapter)