The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

The next day, Zhao Tong arranged a banquet to celebrate the victory and held a banquet for all the generals.

He sat at a table with Mi Zhenting, Huang Shang, and Huo Siqiu. Huang Shang looked a little unhappy, and Zhao Tong couldn't help but ask.

Huang Shang said politely: "Your Majesty, the dog is so bold that he didn't come back and actually ran away with Wanyan Zonghan. How can I let this go?"

Zhao Tong touched his chin: "Well... I'm afraid Erlang is eager to achieve great results. He wants to sneak into Huining and kill Wanyan Wu to beg for money before returning, right?"

Huang Shang: "...?"

Zhao Tong smiled and picked up the wine glass: "Old bachelor, everyone, come and have a drink."

Everyone raised their glasses together: "I am waiting to pay tribute to Your Majesty."

The banquet was lively and lasted from noon until the moon rose. Eight out of ten people in attendance drank too much.

Xiao Lizhi also drank a lot today and was a little drunk.

She was really panicked and wanted to anesthetize herself with alcohol. She found no chance to escape in the military camp, and even less chance when she entered Shangjing. She lived with Zhao Tong, Xiao Lizhi and others in the Liaoxi County Prince's Mansion, and there were many troops outside. Guarded so that not even a bird can fly out.

Xiao Lizhi returned to the room in a daze, and Huo Xuanji followed him back. They were still sleeping in the same room. The house was a suite, she slept inside, and Huo Xuanji slept outside.

Huo Xuanji didn't drink any wine, so she made tea and the two of them drank it. Although Xiao Lizhi was confused, he was not sleepy. He took Huo Xuanji to chat, but Huo Xuanji didn't talk much, so it was probably her who kept talking. Huo Xuanji was expressionless. Listen expressively.

Until finally, she casually said that there was a yellow cat at home, and she didn’t know if her mother had helped feed it.

Huo Xuanji said lightly: "Didn't your father-in-law die early?"

Xiao Lizhi immediately broke out in a cold sweat and was half awake from the wine. He had said before that his mother had passed away and that he was raised by his father. But now he just said it out of hand. In a hurry, he lay down on the table and lay down.

Finally, Huo Xuanji had no choice but to sneer, drag her to the inner room and throw her on the couch.

The next day, Zhao Tong ordered 30,000 soldiers and asked two of them to go out. Xiao Lizhi was surprised: "Could it be that they are going to attack Hanzhou?"

Hanzhou is the first city in Baishan and Heishui, belonging to Weizhou Road. It was heavily guarded before. However, after the Jurchens occupied places such as Shangjing and Zhongjing, they were relegated to the rear and were no longer taken seriously.

But this time the Jurchens lost their territory in the Liao Kingdom, and Hanzhou became important again. Wanyan Zonghan led the remaining soldiers back to Hanzhou City, intending to hold on to this danger.

Huo Xuanji glanced at her: "What are you going to do in Hanzhou? Your Majesty is going to visit the grave."

"Sweep...sweep the grave?" Xiao Lizhi's eyes widened: "Sweep whose grave?"

"Haha, Princess of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Baohua!"

"Ah?" Xiao Lizhi felt his heart pounding. Is it Sister Baohua's tomb? Is Sister Baohua buried here?
She had an impression of Wanyan Baohua. After all, the two families were very close. Their fathers were cousins ​​and their mothers were twin sisters. They had frequented each other and she had met her many times.

However, Wanyan Baohua was much older than her, and she was only five or six years old when she died. Although she had seen him many times and had an impression, the impression was not too deep now.

"Have you heard of Baohua?" Huo Xuanji asked.

"No, I haven't heard of it!" Xiao Lizhi hurriedly denied.

"I just know it, but I have never seen it. According to His Majesty, you look very similar to Princess Baohua."

"Really?" Xiao Lizhi shook his head hurriedly: "No, this can't be done, right?"

Huo Xuanji chuckled, then took her out without saying anything.

Back then, Zhao Tong buried Wanyan Baohua on the other side of the Liao-Jin border, in a mountain forest. To the front was Qingcao Gorge, and behind was the border.

Thirty thousand troops were ready to go, and they also brought with them the craftsmen found in the city. They not only had to sweep the tombs, but also set up monuments and repair the tombs.

Zhao Tong did not want to move Wan Yan Baohua's tomb. After all, she betrayed the Jurchens and it would not be good to move back to Huining. And if it was moved to the Yang family, it seemed inappropriate, so he planned to let Baohua sleep here forever and pacify it later. In the Northeast, the world is at peace, and in the whole world, it is the king's land. It is actually the same everywhere.

It's not that close to Beijing. After all, we have to cross the border, and it's not all via official roads.

There is only half of the official road, and the other is other deserted roads. The bifurcation of the road is where he and Xiao Min parted ways. Go straight from here and then cross the border to the mountain forest.

The mountain forest is some distance away from Hanzhou. Judging from the current Jurchen military strength, there should be no more patrol teams in that area. Even if the border is in the barren mountains and ridges after all, if it is deployed to the rear, it will not be deployed here. Even if there were indeed patrols, they would just be destroyed.

The army set off immediately. The sky was clear and crisp. After entering early autumn, the climate was very pleasant.

If we ride fast horses, we will reach the mountains and forests on the same day. However, there are many people in the team, so the walking is naturally slow. We spent the night in the wild and did not arrive until the next morning.

This mountain forest is extremely desolate. Even during the war, no one came. Because the forest is not big, there are only a few hunters, and the woodcutter does not come to this border area to cut firewood.

Zhao Tong followed his memory and led people deeper into the place, and soon they arrived at Yan Baohua's cemetery.

Just looking at the tall grass in front of him, he could vaguely see the earthen grave behind the grass. He ordered the grass branches to be cleaned up to reveal the scene in the middle.

It hasn’t changed much since then. Except for the fact that the mound has become smaller due to rainwater over the years, and the wooden boards standing in front are mottled with mold, other places are the same as when I left.

Xiao Lizhi looked confused and thought to himself, is this the grave of Sister Baohua?
It turned out that Sister Baohua died on the way and was buried here by Zhao Tong. Zhao Tong was quite conscientious. He still remembered this place after all these years and knew to come and build a tomb for Sister Baohua.

Zhao Tao looked at the soil bag for a moment, then asked people to offer incense and pray, and then the monks and Taoists brought from Shangjing City began to chant sutras.

Because this time he not only wanted to repair the tomb, but also put Baohua's bones into a coffin. It was not good to keep being buried in the ground so hastily.

After the ritual was completed, it had been more than an hour. Then the graves were dug and the coffins were placed. I will not go into details here, and then the tombstones were erected, with the origin of the tombs engraved on them.

After everything was done, incense, candles, and fruits were laid out in memory. It was not until late in the day that Zhao Tong took the people out into the forest.

On the way, Xiao Lizhi asked: "Your Majesty, are you not afraid of tomb robbers when you build a new tomb with a stone monument?"

Zhao Tong said: "The origin is explained on the stele, but there are no accompanying objects. Moreover, this place is deserted outside the pass. How can thieves come here to dig graves? Those thieves are stupid. They don't go to the Central Plains to rob tombs, so they come here to dig graves." Xiao Lizhi She immediately said nothing and just muttered something in a low voice. She thought Zhao Tan couldn't hear it, but Zhao Tan sneered: "Send the coffin back to Huining? Aren't you afraid that the Jurchen tribe will crush Baohua's bones and spread it to ashes?"

Xiao Lizhi's face turned pale and he immediately fell silent.

Zhao Tong then mused: "Actually, it's not completely impossible, but that's all for the future, don't think about it now."

Xiao Li felt that he had said the wrong thing just now and almost revealed his secret, so he nodded hastily: "Your Majesty is right."

Zhao Tong glanced at her, raised the corner of his mouth, and said, "Get on the horse!"

The group mounted their horses and returned to Shangjing with the army in a mighty procession.

On the second day after Zhao Tong returned to Beijing, he ordered the city gates to be opened to allow some people to enter and exit.

However, a special voucher is required for entry and exit. This voucher has been issued one after another in the past few days. Not everyone can have it. Residents who do not need to leave the city on ordinary days cannot get it. Only people who go into the city daily or for a short time to make a living can get it. Only then can you claim it.

The population of Shangjing is very large. If it is not during wartime, the city cannot be closed for a long time, otherwise there will be problems in the lives of the people. Zhao Tong also made this decision after thinking carefully.

As for the Jurchen spies who cannot be completely caught, there is no way to do it. However, as long as the Jin Kingdom is wiped out in the future, these spies will not be able to hide themselves. They will not dare to make any waves. They will probably hide their heads and shrink their tails, only doing An ordinary person.

Zhao Tong was in a good mood that day, so he took Huo Xuanji, Xiao Lizhi, the Bai brothers, Luda and others for an outing. The most famous sights in the Liao Kingdom were various Buddhist temples and pagodas. There were many pagodas and temples in the capital city, but The largest ones are Beipo Temple in the north of the city and Great Buddha Temple in the south of the city.

There are pagodas behind the two temples, which are tall and majestic, exquisitely built, beautiful and quite ancient.

Several people discussed that the Beipo Temple was closer and the pagoda was much higher than the Great Buddha Temple, so they went there to watch.

When we arrived at Beipo Temple, we saw that it was indeed a vast Zen forest. Now that the city was open to the public, there was an endless stream of people coming to offer incense, and the incense was extremely strong.

The group of people walked in. Not only did it look grand from the outside, but there were also many temples inside. Lu Da looked around and started to tiptoe. Zhao Tong said, "What are you doing, Zhishen?"

Ruda lowered his voice: "Sir, I don't want to see this kind of place. When I see it, it reminds me of the time when I became a monk in Mount Wutai."

"Oh?" Zhao Tong said with a smile: "Didn't you feel wronged at that time? You should eat and drink when you should?"

Rudahan said: "Young master, it's not that easy. Wherever I dared in the temple, I only went down the mountain secretly when I had time. However, I couldn't control myself after drinking too much. I behaved in all kinds of ugly ways. In the end, I was sent to the Grand Prime Minister's Temple in Tokyo by my master. , went to the vegetable garden to serve as a vegetable."

"Tokyo's Daxiangguo Temple, a big vegetable garden..." Zhao Tao touched his chin: "Does every Zen temple have a big vegetable garden?"

Ruda thought for a moment: "That seems to be the case, right? Wenshu Monastery in Wutai Mountain also has a vegetable garden, right next to the temple. Unlike the vegetable garden in Daxiangguo Temple, which is far away, it is adjacent to Dongyue Taishan Temple."

Zhao Tong said: "The Daxiangguo Temple is located in an area with a lot of land. How can a vegetable garden take up the space? There are many industries on the temple, so it is natural to set them up in the outfield."

Luda said: "Although my subordinate has made vegetables for a while, he actually doesn't know how to grow vegetables. He only knows how to drink and practice martial arts and lead a group of rogues."

Zhao Tong nodded: "I suddenly remembered something."

Lu Da asked: "What do you think of, young master?"

Zhao Tong tapped his palm with a folding fan and said, "You have been secular for ten years and have saved a lot of money. Why don't you get a wife, have children, and start a family?"

When Luda heard this, he immediately froze, thinking that he was not from Suiyulou, hadn't His Majesty been staring at the bachelors in Suiyulou and beating him, so why did he hit himself?
Zhao Tong saw him stunned and said with a stern expression: "You are different from Li Kui. Li Kui is ignorant and doesn't know himself. But you are not ignorant about living your life. How can you die alone."

Ruda blinked his eyes and said to himself: I get drunk when I have nothing to do. How can I have time to take care of my wife and family? If I really have to go to such trouble, it is no different from being a monk in the temple. I'm afraid that by then I won't be able to drink or play, and I'll be depressed to death. I absolutely cannot accept this matter. Even if your Majesty talks about smallpox, I will never get married.

Zhao Tong observed his expression and suddenly said: "Let's not talk about Suiyulou for now. I see that many of the other generals are bachelors. Few of them have the ability of Li Yanxian and Han Shizhong to arrange their family affairs properly. I'm afraid I hope they can find it themselves. It will be nothing but water in a bamboo basket.”

Lu Daxin said, Your Majesty, you also know that this kind of thing is not easy. It would be great to practice martial arts, drink and have fun every day. Who wants to be a burden to get married?

However, he said: "These people don't understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts. They are all idiots."

"So..." Zhao Tong looked at Luda with a half-smile but said: "After the war is over, when I return to Tokyo, I will choose ladies from good families and designate marriage matches for everyone, so that they will not be too lazy to search for themselves and shirk their jobs in the end. Can’t find it to fool me.”

"Ah?" Ruda was dumbfounded when he heard this. This was a proposal for marriage. It was not easy to refuse the proposal, as it would be disrespectful to the decree.

He hurriedly said: "Young Master, look, my subordinates are now in their forties, heading straight for those who are fifty. As the saying goes, there is no confusion at forty, and one knows destiny at fifty, so there is no need to get married, right?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and said slowly: "I was chatting with Song Jiang a few days ago. He is older than you and is really close to fifty. You should pretend to be old. Song Jiang told me that he would marry a wife after defeating the Jurchens. , have children, you have extraordinary martial arts skills and a strong physique, are you not as good as him? "

When Lu Da heard this, he immediately cursed in his heart. Damn it, Song Gongming was indeed a pervert. I heard that when he was in Yunzhou, he raised Yan Poxi, a prostitute from outside the family. In the end, he got into trouble and had to end up in Caoliang Mountain. Now he actually The desire to lust is not dead, and as soon as he has power and money, he starts to miss women.

"This, subordinate, subordinate..." Ruda's mouth twitched and he replied that he was not better than Song Jiang, so he wanted to get a wife? The answer is not as good as Song Jiang's, let alone bad. How can I be inferior to that black Saburo old pervert!
Seeing him murmuring, Zhao Tong did not ask any further questions and walked forward, waving his fan: "Where is the vegetable garden in the temple? Go over and see if there are any radishes and pull out two to eat..."

Apart from the fact that the pagoda is not as tall as the Beipo Temple, the Great Buddhist Temple in the south of Beijing is not smaller in size at all, and even more people come to offer incense.

The south of the city is a civilian area, where ordinary people live more and the population is denser. Although it is not as wealthy as the northern city, the incense is not ambiguous at all.

Lin Chong took Hu Sanniang and Xiao Lintu, and followed the crowd into the Great Buddha Temple. He originally wanted to go directly to the abbot, but seeing the crowd today, he couldn't help but whisper: "Madam, look at the people coming and going today, the temple is busy, I'm afraid... It is not convenient for the abbot to discuss the matter, so I think it is better to come another day."

Hu Sanniang nodded: "In that case, just listen to your husband and go back first."

Xiao Lintu said at this time: "Dad, Mom, I don't want to go back, I want to hang out outside."

Lin Chong frowned and said: "There are many people at the moment, dad..."

Hu Sanniang thought about it: "Since we want to visit Tu'er and there are a lot of people here at the moment, we might as well take our husband to the vegetable garden to see how big it is and calculate whether we can rent it out and hire helpers."

Lin Chong pondered slightly, and then said: "Okay, you two come with me..."

(End of this chapter)