my causal simulator

Chapter 293 Haoshou old thief
After seeing off Gongsun Sheng, Lin Shuhang wrote a letter to Zhou Tong, asking Lu Zhishen to contact Zhou Tong to gather heroes, and at the same time to find Zhao Heng.

Since learning of Gongsun Sheng's combat power, Lin Shuhang has completely given up the unrealistic way of retreating against the Kingdom of Jin by himself, and has instead strengthened the strategy of fighting against Jin with the Northern Song Dynasty as the core. Therefore, the future Song Qinzong, in his own The task link has also become more and more important, whether it is to obtain all kinds of information, or affairs in the court, the army and the field, it is indispensable to rely on Zhao Heng's assistance.

Since Tong Guan is going to be arranged this time, the preparation work must be done, and the intelligence is the first priority.

According to the historical records, there are ten great generals around Tong Guan. Except for Feng Mei, the imperial flying dragon general, and Bi Sheng, the flying tiger general, the others are soldiers and horses from all over the country.

Perhaps because of the praise of Liangshan in the Water Margin, the strength of these ten people was greatly belittled in the Water Margin. It is understandable that the first two were defeated by Lu Junyi. Water Margin is still one of the top combat forces in this era in reality, but the eight soldiers and horses are all in charge, and even the strongest Chen Zhu can't beat Yang Zhi for thirty or forty rounds, so it seems a bit watery.

According to the information obtained from Zhao Heng, Feng Mei and Bi Sheng should all have martial arts prowess among the top ten generals, perhaps comparable to Lu Zhishen. Although the other eight are not as powerful as imagined, they are far from those in the Water Margin. The mentioned second-rate level, King Wu's strength is there, and they are all relatively high-level.

But these ten cronies are obviously not the ceiling of combat power around Tong Guan, but three others.

One of them was Liu Yanqing, who was the envoy of the Baoxin Army at the time, and was described by Zhao Heng as having unreasonable courage. The strength of a martial sage is appropriate, and he may even have reached the peak of a martial sage. Gongsun Sheng under the open.

The second is Huyan Flying Dragon, the father of Hu Yanzhuo, the double-whip general in Water Margin. He is known as the number one expert in the Northern Song Dynasty. He is over fifty years old, but his cultivation has already reached the realm of transformation, he is an absolute peak martial saint, and he is loyal to Tong Guan, which must be one of the biggest obstacles in eradicating Tong Guan.

And the third place was a name Lin Shuhang had never heard of: Lu Xianzhi.

This person's identity is very mysterious, he doesn't know where he came from, and he doesn't know who his teacher is, but according to Zhao Heng, this person is not only strong in martial arts, never defeated, but also extremely good at Taoism. Helper, once summoned [-] heavenly soldiers to help him defeat the enemy, and also awarded the head with a flying sword, and took the head of an enemy general hundreds of miles away at night, and was named the real person protecting the country by Song Huizong.

It doesn't matter whether he summons a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers or flying swords hundreds of miles away, Lin Shuhang is very clear that these are just rumors and exaggerations. After all, even if he is as strong as the peak of the earth immortal, he can't use the sword control technique at all in this era of thin spirit energy This type of means.

But since there are such rumors, it should not be false that he is good at Taoism, and his level of Taoism must not be low, at least above Gongsun Sheng, maybe he can compare with Nan Luo Bei Zhang, properly One of the best in the world.

This kind of character that cannot be found in history is actually the biggest variable. Even Lin Shuhang feels a little tricky.

But now that the plan has been made, it is enough for the soldiers to cover up the water and soil.

The action of beheading Tong Guan must be successful in one fell swoop, otherwise, once he escapes and returns to the northern army, there will be almost no possibility of assassination, and a mutiny will be stirred up, causing the northern army to rebel and the northern barrier lost. For the Northern Song Dynasty, which was already short of military strength, it was undoubtedly worse. Even if the domestic forces that were already ready to move, such as Fang La and other peasant troops, revolted in advance, it would really become a mess of internal and external troubles.

Help is needed, but this is not the kind of help Zhao Heng can provide. The current military system in the Northern Song Dynasty is definitely unreliable, and no one can be absolutely trusted. But Tong Guan will know everything, and the only way to gather a group of people is by yourself. .

Fortunately, it went quite smoothly.

After Zhou Tong got his letter, he began to recruit heroes from all corners of the country for him. He used the title of gathering righteousness from all corners of the country and performing martial arts during the New Year to celebrate the New Year, which is the so-called martial arts conference.

Based on Zhou Tong's appeal in the Jianghu in the Northern Song Dynasty, all the heroes and heroes around Bianjing now come here after hearing the news.

Lin Shuhang was naturally inconvenient to show up, not to mention showing up, and he never even interacted with Zhou Tong, lest such an act of gathering heroes from the rivers and lakes would arouse the suspicion of Cai Jing's party.

It was only through Lu Zhishen's transfer line that he learned the names of some celebrities who came to gather together, and among them, there were many names that Lin Shuhang was very familiar with.

For example, Wang Jin and Shi Jin are masters and apprentices. The former is the famous former coach of the 80 Imperial Army. His fame and strength are only higher than that of Lin Chong. He is one of the top martial arts masters in the world. dragon.

In addition, Lin Shuhang is more familiar with Chai Jin and Wu Song.

Xiaoxuanfeng Chaijin originally lived in Bianjing City, so he had a good relationship with Zhou Tong and other bigwigs. This time, Zhou Tong was the first to respond when the order to perform martial arts came out.

There are quite a lot of heroes in his village, many of them are skilled in martial arts, and in an instant, more than a hundred people have attracted the momentum of this martial arts conference.

At this time, Wu Song killed someone in his hometown, afraid of lawsuits, and hid everywhere. He had just defected to Chai Jin's mansion, and had not yet been neglected by Chai Jin due to years of illness. guest of honor.

Of course, it is impossible to announce the killing of children so early. These people in the Jianghu have mixed thoughts, and there are all kinds of people. Once the plan is announced, it will be known to the world in an instant. It is only after the discussion that it will be announced. Lin Shuhang suggested that the venue of the martial arts conference be set in Dingtao County, hundreds of miles away, on the grounds that it is not appropriate to gather at the feet of the Son of Heaven and use knives and guns.

Dingtao is only tens of miles away from Yuncheng, and its county magistrate, Zhang Quan, is Chai Jin's little follower. With Chai Jin's relationship, he held a gathering of martial arts experts here, and drew them all to Dingtao. Tao, in terms of emotion and reason, he can't find faults, and he won't arouse suspicion.

On the ninth day, Lin Shuhang, the Taibao, finally ushered in the first court visit in his life.

Except for Gao Qiu who went to the court on the second day after he was imprisoned, Huizong had already been out of court for three days. During this period, Yang Jian was asked to go to the middle school to urge him several times to make the regulations for establishing the crown prince as soon as possible. The time limit was three days, and now three days have passed. It is time to check and accept the results, but obviously there will be no results.

In the Zichen Palace, the officials gathered, the charter was taken out, and all kinds of etiquette norms had been customized, but the date of the crown prince's enthronement directly overturned Huizong's previous choice of the fifth day of March.

The reason is also very simple. The fifth day of March was not chosen well. According to the Chinese calendar, although it is an auspicious day, it is suitable for opening a business and breaking ground, but it is forbidden to sacrifice and travel.

The almanac has been handed down since ancient times, and there are actually many solutions to it. It seems that such suitable days for business opening, ground breaking, sacrifices, travel, etc. are often encountered but not sought after. It may take a month or two, which obviously does not meet the requirements. Huizong's request.

Therefore, choosing auspicious days and the like, as long as the time is urgent, you can just look at it in the almanac. The establishment of the crown prince is regarded as "opening", so it is mainly to see the opening, but Cai Jing's party uses "sacrifice" as an excuse , but to have both auspicious days in all aspects, it will have to be delayed until March 21.

After another half a month, according to the plan of Cai Jing and others, Tong Guan should have led the vanguard to return to the court. As long as there is a large army outside the city, Song Huizong will not be allowed to go his own way.

On the surface, the establishment of a crown prince is a major national event after all, so there is nothing wrong with looking at an auspicious day, and choosing a perfect day, this reason is really unassailable.

Huizong just said a few words in the court hall that there is no need to be so taboo, but he was rejected by the officials for various reasons. Huizong is a type of "rake ears" and his ears are soft. Whenever the officials say something to me, he will Immediately lost his mind, when he secretly looked down at Lin Shuhang, he saw that his eyes were watching his nose, his nose was watching his heart, and he had no intention of refuting, and could only temporarily agree.

After the court was over, King Ding Zhao Heng and Lin Shuhang chatted and walked out together. Before they had gone far, they saw Cai Jing leading the group of officials coming over with a smile. He first nodded at King Ding as a greeting, and then All attention was focused on Lin Shuhang, and he said with a smile: "Lin Taibao is really a busy man. Since the day he took office, the old man has been eager to see him several times, but he has not been able to get what he wanted. Today, by going to court, he is finally a Having the opportunity to look up at Lin Taibao's face, he is truly a man of talent, not just one in the pool!"

Lin Shuhang turned his head to look at him, only to see that although Cai Jing was in his sixties, he still had a face like a crown jade, no lines at the corners of his eyes, and his body was not fat. It's not just about the physical appearance, but also the meticulous grooming and makeup. Looking at the appearance alone, if you are wearing a Taoist robe, you may still have a bit of dusty clothes. It can be said that it is from a handsome boy to a The old paradigm.

He had a smile on his face, and although the words in his mouth had double meanings, his expression seemed quite friendly, making people feel like he was sighing like a spring breeze when talking to him.

However, Lin Shuhang knew very well that Cai Jingshicai's words were obviously not a superficially friendly greeting, but a visit to ask the teacher for a crime.

Since the edict that he was awarded the position of Taibao the day before yesterday came, Cai Jing had already sent people to the Lin residence to invite him, but Lin Chong directly turned them away without even replying.

At first, it was troublesome and unnecessary.

After all, in Cai and Tong's party, what really makes Lin Shuhang feel troublesome is Tong Guan who holds a heavy soldier, and like Cai Jing and Wang Fu, who seem to be able to cover the sky with one hand and dominate the world in today's Kaifeng, but in fact, as long as they hold the military power Tong Guan fell, and their power had no room for struggle and resistance in front of the imperial power.

Second, and the most fundamental reason: communication with Cai Dang is meaningless to Lin Shuhang.

After all, I followed Zhao Heng's path, and now everyone in Bianjing is well-known as the prince's party, while the Cai party strongly recommended to support the third prince Zhao Kai. Intersecting lines, so no matter how much you communicate, it is useless. No one will trust the other party, and it is impossible to believe that the other party will change the door, and it is even more difficult to fool the other party.

If they were other ordinary courtiers, under such circumstances, they could only choose to fight with Cai Jing, but who is Lin Shuhang?It's the person who is going to kill Tong Guan first, why would he want to beep with you if he can do something?
Anyway, Cai Dang didn't have a good life for a few days. Instead of wasting time in intrigue with these dying people and maintaining superficial skills, he might as well take the time to refine a few more pills.

Of course, there is another deep meaning, which is to anger Cai Jing, and it is best to take some action, so as to accelerate the demise of the Cai Party.

Although the other party is unlikely to be fooled, ignoring the other party means that you don't need to spend half your energy on it. Why not take the opportunity for nothing?
Lin Shuhang smiled faintly, and glanced at Cai Jing, he didn't even want to return the gift, he just said: "Differences in ways don't conspire with each other, Haoshou old thief, Lin naturally doesn't bother to answer."

Cai Jing was slightly taken aback, and the surroundings were instantly quiet.

Cai Dang supports the third prince, Zhao Kai, and Lin Chong is Zhao Heng's man. Everyone knows about this, and they also know that there will be a fight between the two. When they touch each other's neck, they come over to say hello with a smile, but you have to go back with respect, and if you want to use a knife, everyone also comes secretly, that's the way of an official, and it's not a loss of each other's dignity.

But like Lin Chong, Cai Jing took the initiative to come over to say hello, but you just put on a bad face, saying that you don't agree with each other, and even directly calling the other party an old thief. This is so embarrassing... It seems that the two have already It's like old enemies who have been fighting each other for decades.

It would be fine if Tong Guantong suddenly turned against Cai Jing and showed such an attitude. After all, Tong Guan's status is there, and he can be on an equal footing with Cai Jingping, but who are you, Lin Chong?

It's just an upstart who has just won the emperor's favor, has just been conferred the false title of eunuch, and has no real power in his hands. Even though there is Zhao Heng standing behind him, this Zhao Heng has not yet become the prince, even if he does, You have to be polite to veterans like Cai Jing, let alone Lin Chong, who dares to make such a show with Cai Jing?

Cai Jing's eyes narrowed slightly, without him needing to speak, the officials behind him were already chattering and saying: "Hehe, this Lin Taibao has such a great official authority, I have never seen it in my life."

"It's just that I have just sealed up a Taibao. If one day let this person hold real power, wouldn't even the Tian Family be ignored?"

"Ridiculous, vulgar! Even the elders don't know that such a vulgar and reckless man can actually be appointed as the Taibao. When His Majesty made this decision the day before yesterday, we should try our best to oppose it."

"I heard that when he met His Majesty, he made a Qingyu case describing the Shangyuan Lantern Festival. It was spread from the palace. I read it before. It is indeed a beautiful and famous sentence. What a romantic person he is, but it is unimaginable... Hehe , that word, I am afraid that this person copied it from somewhere?"

"Before he became an official, this person was a martial artist in the capital. How could he know how to write beautiful articles? He must have plagiarized and deceived His Majesty."

"This kind of reckless man can stand on the same court as me, Your Majesty missed it..."

Everyone said something to each other, yin and yang were strange, and they tried their best to sarcasm.

But Lin Shuhang smiled and said nothing, as if he didn't care about the reputation of this article.

Cai Jing smiled slightly, pressed his hands behind him slightly, then looked at Lin Shuhang, and said meaningfully: "Young man, the road is getting narrower, and the way to be an official is not as simple as you imagined, even..."

"What did you say, old thief?" Lin Shuhang pretended not to hear clearly, frowned, raised his ears and leaned over his head, but pronounced the word 'old thief' very clearly.

No matter how many people you have, no matter what you say, I just use two words: 'old thief'.

This is already calling the old thief twice in a row, obviously on purpose.

rude?This is more than rude.

The surrounding ministers who were originally helping Cai Jing to speak were a little stunned, and couldn't believe their ears. Cai Jing was even agitated for a moment, and the second half of the sentence he hadn't finished was stuck in his throat Come on.

He, he, Cai Jing, Cai Xiang, who is under one person and above ten thousand people in the Song Dynasty, was molested in front of all civil and military officials like this!
(End of this chapter)