Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 169 0164 [Detention of Imperial Eunuch]

The eunuch who was ordered to conquer Zhu Guoxiang for the second time was called Fang Mao, the godson of the great eunuch Tan Zhen.

Although Song Huizong was in a hurry, Fang Mao was not in a hurry. He ate and drank all the way, and kept asking for gold and silver from the officials along the way.

The scholars who failed the exam had already returned home, and the eunuch Fang Mao was still dawdling on the road.

Until the end of June in the lunar calendar, Fang Mao finally arrived in Daming Village.

"Zhu Guoxiang lives here?" Fang Mao's first reaction was that there was nothing to gain.

The subordinate official in Yangzhou who was in charge of the guide replied: "This is the place. I was the one who led the way last time when the land was requisitioned. The wharf hadn't been repaired at that time."

Fang Mao said: "You report, our family is waiting."

The subordinate staff jumped off the boat, ran quickly to Zhu Guoxiang's house, and came back with Mrs. Yan and Shen Yourong after a while.

Fang Mao asked, "Why are there only female relatives?"

Shen Yourong replied: "The nobles in the good teaching know that my husband has gone to instruct the farming."

"Is there any farming at this time? Hurry up and call him back!" Fang Mao just refused to get off the boat, and he wanted to wait for Zhu Guoxiang to welcome him grandly.

Shen Yourong has already reached the month of labor, half a month sooner, or a month later.Standing under the sun with her big belly, she just kept waiting, because the dead eunuch wouldn't let anyone go.

Four or ten minutes later, Zhu Guoxiang finally showed up. The first time he didn't visit the eunuch, but helped his wife into the inn to cool off.

Fang Mao felt that he was ignored, and when Zhu Guoxiang appeared again, he immediately asked coldly: "Are you neglecting angels like this?"

Zhu Guoxiang was also angry in his heart, and asked back: "My wife was pregnant for eight months, but she was exposed to the scorching sun. This is the reason why the emperor recruits talents? This is not like recruiting, but more like searching for fugitives!"

Fang Mao doesn't care about all this at all, his godfather is Tan Zhen, and Tan Zhen is Yang Jian's confidant.

I usually walk sideways in Tokyo, how can I pay attention to the countryside?

As for Zhu Guoxiang being favored after being expropriated, Fang Mao didn't consider this situation at all.Being favored by the officials again, can the favor of Yang Jian and Tan Zhen be firm?

Fang Mao had been delayed for a long time on the way, and the emperor was pressing him again. At this moment, he even ordered: "The government has an order. If Zhu Guoxiang doesn't agree, he will be kidnapped and go to Tokyo immediately. Someone, tie this guy up!" "

The eunuch also brought a team of imperial guards with him on this trip.

Zhang Guangdao, who had wanted to rebel a long time ago, was already burning with anger because the mistress was exposed to the scorching sun, and it was even more unbearable at this moment. He roared: "Beat the gong!"

"Dang Dang Dang Dang!"

The shopkeeper of the inn was Yu Shanwei, who took out a gong, stood at the door and rapped frantically.

Several imperial guards stepped forward to arrest Zhu Guoxiang. Zhang Guangdao carried sticks and immediately led others to stop him.

The nearby villagers heard the sound of the gong and rushed to this side one after another.Some were carrying hoes, some were holding sickles, some were carrying kitchen knives, and the village security guards were holding simple knives.

In an instant, more than [-] people came, and more villagers were shouting and running.

Fang Mao was so frightened that he hurried back to the boat, and said sternly, "Are you planning to rebel?"

Shen Yourong was afraid that things would become serious, so she came out with her stomach outstretched, and secretly pulled her husband's sleeve.

Zhu Guoxiang took a few steps forward and asked, "Where is your badge? Where are the conquest documents? Who knows if you are a fake angel!"

Fang Mao took out his badge and documents: "You come on board alone, just show it to you."

The subordinate officials from Yangzhou also smoothed things over and said, "Mr. Yuanzhang, this is really a nobleman sent by the government."

Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Is this to recruit talents?"

The subordinate smiled wryly and said nothing, he had long been unhappy with the eunuch.

In the past, there were also eunuchs who conscripted Zhu's father and son. Although they were greedy, they were shameless, and the basic rules were still followed.

Now this one seems to have no brains.They asked for bribes in public in Xingyuan Mansion, and they asked for bribes in public in Yangzhou, and even arrested people directly in Daming Village.

What the hell?
Such mindless eunuchs not only existed in the late Northern Song Dynasty, but also existed in large numbers.They are very smart in Tokyo, they are all masters of stealing and climbing, but when they arrive in the city, their IQs are zero, and they can do any absurd things.

Zhu Guoxiang was so troubled that he had to find a way to solve the problem.

The two sides confronted each other, and soon Deng Chun and Deng Xia brothers came with more security guards and tea workers on the "main battleship" left by the bandits.

There are also hundreds of villagers running along the creek with all kinds of guys in their hands.

They heard that the eunuch was going to arrest Zhu Xianggong, and Daming Village would become like other places in the future.This is unbearable, even if you hide in the mountains and become a bandit, you must rescue Mr. Zhu, otherwise everyone will have a bad life.

Immediately afterwards, Tian San also led the new immigrants to kill from the abandoned tea mountain.

Six to seven hundred villagers, men, women and children, surrounded more than a dozen eunuchs and imperial troops.

Even Meng Zhao brought the students out with a bench in his hand.

Meng Zhao has a weak personality, and he is terrified when he sees Huangcha, and his legs don't work when he walks.He can only silently recite "Mencius" to strengthen himself: "I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring spirit. It is Qi, the largest and strongest, and if it is directly nourished and harmless, it is stuffed between heaven and earth. It is Qi, and it matches righteousness and strength. Dao; if there is no right, you will be discouraged. It is born from the collection of righteousness, and it is also taken without righteousness..."

After repeating the silent recitation several times, Meng Zhao shouted in a trembling voice, "Xiao Shu, I'm not afraid of you!"

The students are all brats, they only know how to speak like the teacher, and they immediately yelled, "Xiaoshu, I'm not afraid of you! Xiongshu, I'm not afraid of you..."

Seeing that the matter was getting serious, the subordinate official in Yangzhou was so anxious that he persuaded: "Mr. Yuanzhang, why is this? You can't offend the emperor's servant. Let the villagers disperse quickly."

The merchants who stayed temporarily in the inn and brought their buddies out to watch the excitement were all frightened by the scene.

Zhu Guoxiang was still in deep thought, not knowing how to end it.

Could he blame Zhang Guangdao for arbitrarily calling the shots and ringing the gong to summon the villagers?
Things have come to this point, and it is impossible to reconcile the contradictions, so the troubles will simply become bigger.

Dean Zhu is just cautious, not weak.

"Round the boat, arrest people!"

Following Zhu Guoxiang's order, Zhang Guangdao and Tian San led the villagers to attack the forbidden army on the shore.Deng Chun and Deng Xia rowed a small boat, surrounded the official boat where the eunuch was, and threw hooks to start climbing.

"Stop them quickly!" Fang Mao's face turned pale with fright, and after yelling, he crawled and hid in the cabin.

The dozen or so forbidden soldiers who remained on the shore had never fought a battle since they could remember. Faced with the siege of hundreds of villagers, they immediately threw away their weapons and chose to surrender.

After a while, the official ship was occupied.

Like carrying a chicken, Deng Chun came out with one hand and threw the eunuch in front of Zhu Guoxiang after getting off the boat.

"It's all tied up." Zhu Guoxiang remained expressionless.

Fang Mao shouted: "The surname is Zhu, our family is an imperial envoy, if you dare to touch half of our hair, just wait for the family to be ransacked and exterminated!"

Zhu Guoxiang said, "Gag him up."

Grandma Yan was almost paralyzed with fright: "This is good, this is good..."

Although Shen Yourong was also worried, she believed that her husband would not act recklessly, and there must be a way to solve the problem.She supported Grandma Yan: "Auntie, when men do things, let's go home and wait."

Zhang Guangdao took people on board to search, and quickly brought out a box.

The boxes are full of gold and silver in various shapes, including gold and silver coins with square holes, gold collars, silver collars, gold cakes, silver cakes, gold leaves, silver leaves...

Needless to say, there must have been extortion along the way.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Interrogate them separately and find out where the gold and silver came from. Don't beat them, just don't let them sleep."

How can a group of useless people stand up to fatigue interrogation?
Fang Mao didn't sleep for two days and two nights, feeling like he was going to die, and vomited everything out of his head.Not only spit out the details of this extortion, but also confessed many farts in the past, and signed and stamped the confession in a daze.

Immediately, Zhu Guoxiang called everyone to a meeting.

"This eunuch can't be killed or let go, otherwise disaster will be imminent," Zhu Guoxiang said. "For the current plan, I can only go to Beijing in person and take them to the emperor to file a complaint. After I left, Zhang Guangdao In charge of Daming Village, Yourong is responsible for managing the household registration books. Meng Zhao and Yu Shanwei continue to manage the village school and inn, and assist in the management of the village. Tian Er manages the tea business. The rest are in charge, and their responsibilities remain the same."

After speaking, Zhu Guoxiang took out a three-year development plan and asked everyone to implement it.

Meng Zhao asked, "Will the officials listen to us?"

"If he has something, he will listen." Zhu Guoxiang said.

The next day, Zhu Guoxiang took people back to the cottage, and personally hung a rope and descended to the cliff of the back mountain.

Compared with the previous cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum, he is now more experienced.

First, choose a natural environment that is most suitable for the growth of Ganoderma lucidum, and imitate the fungicide technique to grow Ganoderma lucidum.Next, I will no longer try my luck, but carefully move the basswoods that have begun to germinate together to give them sufficient growth conditions.

Then, many small ganodermas automatically aggregated into one big ganoderma.

57 cm in diameter, and can continue to grow.

But I can't wait, now I have to pick it and bring it to the emperor.

Zhu Guoxiang shook the rope, and the villagers pulled him up.Seeing the giant Ganoderma lucidum in his hand, everyone was dumbfounded, and looked at Zhu Guoxiang even more in awe.

Such a fetish must be a gift from a fairy!
A few days later, Zhu Guoxiang hadn't left yet.The subordinate staff quickly ran back to Yangzhou and brought He Zhizhou, Li Tongpan, and a group of soldiers and Cao Cao.

He Zhizhou was as anxious as an ant in a hot pot, and said in a begging tone: "Mr. Yuanzhang, how can you detain the imperial envoys? Let them go quickly."

Li Tongpan also said: "This is a serious crime of beheading!"

Zhu Guoxiang brought a giant Ganoderma lucidum from the house, and said, "I recently got an auspicious one, and I plan to dedicate it to the officials."

As soon as Xiangrui came out, the officials stopped talking.

Who doesn't know what kind of piss the emperor is?With this Wannian Ganoderma lucidum, Zhu Guoxiang will be invincible.

Zhu Guoxiang asked someone to bring gold and silver again: "This is the money that the eunuch extorted from everyone, and all of them will be taken back, just sign the receipt."

The officials looked at each other in blank dismay, they would rather spend money to eliminate disasters.

"Really don't want it?" Zhu Guoxiang took out another object, "This is the eunuch's confession. If you don't want to get back the gold and silver, I can only take it to the capital and hand it over to the officials."

Li Tongpan reached out to get the money, and immediately signed his name: "We are afraid of an egg, and we are not at fault, we were just blackmailed by the eunuch."

The dead eunuch traveled all the way, extorting dozens of officials along the way, Zhu Guoxiang wanted to return all the money, and got the receipts of these officials by the way.

Perhaps Song Huizong didn't care about extorting money, but delaying the conquest time would definitely make the emperor furious.

A few days later, Shen Yourong successfully gave birth to a daughter, and Zhu Guoxiang finally set off.

He was accompanied by the strong man Deng Chun, and 22 village security personnel.

As for the eunuchs and imperial guards, they were all tied up tightly.

Dean Zhu usually doesn't make troubles, if he wants to, he will make a big one!
(End of this chapter)