Yi Song

Chapter 307: Drinking, singing, dancing and beauties

Deyifang in Hejian City is brightly lit.

Goulan restaurants everywhere are full of people and the sound of strings is clear and lingering.

"Come on, drink!"

"Haha, Yanjing is a great victory. I can't wait for a fortune. If I don't drink a drink now, how will I wait!"

"Oh, Brother Wang, a great victory at Yanjing?"

"Great victory! The army has entered Yanjing City, and the Liao people abandoned the city and fled. An urgent report arrived at noon! The victory memorial jointly sent by King Su and Prime Minister Cai has been sent to the official court."

"Oh, that's a great victory! We, the Xuanfu envoys, and others, all have to share in the military merits!"

"Haha, everyone has a share, everyone is indispensable. This time, everyone made a fortune and made meritorious deeds!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Someone actually started crying, "It's not in vain that I sold my property, asked people around, and finally got into the Xuanfu Envoy's Department as a scribe. This trip is not a loss."

"It turned out that most of the imperial guards of the Three Governments were bought by gangsters from the capital and common people. Gao Qiu deserves to be punished for his crime!" Cai Jing said angrily.

After so long, the true colors of the Sanya Forbidden Army have been exposed.

Everyone drank another round of wine, and vaguely heard someone saying: "Why are there no people from Yufengxing on this road in Hebei? These guys used to be like reincarnations of starving ghosts, running faster than anyone else. What happened this time?" Didn’t see them.”

"Ha ha!"

"The situation in Yanjing is unknown. Although the Liao people were severely damaged by the Zhenwu Department and Duke Yan in the north and west, they still have some troops left. How could they easily abandon the city?"

In a private room, Lu Yihao, the deputy envoy of Hebei's transportation, Zhu Shengfei, the military envoy of Hebei's Xuanfu envoy, and Cai Jing, the prefect of Hejian Prefecture, were sitting together. The three of them looked sad.

"Could it be because Emperor Tianzuo, the leader of Liao, fled eastward, people's hearts were shaken, and the three armies dispersed?" Cai Jing guessed.

"Being so reckless will waste the opportunity to fight and harm the country and the emperor!" Zhu Shengfei was also very angry.

Zhu Shengfei speculated.

Lu Yihao frowned and said: "The Imperial Guards of the Three Governments are greedy by nature. If you don't enter Yanjing, I'm afraid they will plunder wantonly and commit all kinds of evil. The hundreds of thousands of Khitan, Xi, Han and Bohai people in Yanjing will definitely not If there is a civil uprising, there may be a big change."

"Yes, Hebei is Hebei, and Hedong is Hedong. They abide by the rules. I have to say that these guys are as vicious and cunning as Liu Erlang in business, but when it comes to observing the rules, no one can fault them."

"You, the third son of Gu, are crying for poverty here again. You, a straight woman, have collected so many good things from the Sanya Forbidden Army, and how much money can you make if you transport them back and sell them!"

The sound gradually became noisy, obscene words were spoken, nonsense was spoken, and everything was said.

"Haha, everyone is talking to each other!"

"So to make a fortune, you need to have connections, means, and courage."

"Isn't that right? In the city of Yanjing, I heard that the Jinshan Yinhai and the hundreds of years of savings of the Liao people have all become cheap for those grandsons."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Zhu Shengfei and Cai Jing changed drastically.

"Okay, okay, everyone is rich. Those bastards of the Sanya Forbidden Army must be full this time." Another person took advantage of the drunkenness to talk nonsense.

The sounds of clinking glasses, triumphant laughter, and the coquettish voices of singers floated up and down the Goulan Restaurant, like water vapor floating on a boiling cauldron.

"Behave! People follow the rules."

"Haha, it's not like you're wasting your time. You can collect money from everywhere and buy a place in the Sanya Forbidden Army."

"Oh, it's so confusing to rush into the army without knowing the military situation!" Lu Yihao sighed.

Cai Jing advised: "Liu Yanqing, Yao Gu, and Xin Shuxian are all veteran generals of the Western Army. If something goes wrong, they will respond in time. Yan Guogong's Hedong Army is on the west side of Yanjing, and the Zhenwu Department is on the north wing of Yanjing. Yeah, it’ll be okay.”

Lu Yihao and Zhu Shengfei looked at each other, their eyes even more worried.

Cai Jing continued: "On the way to Hebei, this Northern Expedition caused serious disasters. The imperial guards of the three yamen passed through the border like locusts along the way. The rest of the internal servants, attendants, and even the palace servants did everything they could to extort the place.

There is also Fan Ne, the transfer envoy of Hebei Road, who does his best to exploit people and suck out their marrow. In just two or three months, the people in Hebei are in dire straits and are filled with resentment. There is a folk proverb that goes, "Northern Expedition, Northern Expedition, from south to north, money and grain were cut, but the people of Liao were lacking." Cutting down all the way, grabbing all the way, the emperor's grace is mighty, and the blue sky is three feet high. '"

Lu Yihao couldn't help but sigh: "With the resentment among the people reaching this level, is this Northern Expedition worth it or not?"

"If we capture Yanjing, everything will be easy. If we fail to capture it, the officials will not be able to explain it to the world." Zhu Shengfei said decisively.

"Alas, if the Duke of Yan was to fight this battle, why would so many things happen!" Cai Jing sighed, "If only the Duke of Yan, who was also the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei, were allowed to preside over the Northern Expedition.

Move the main force of the Western Army to Hebei and move up from the north. The Hedong Army moved from west to east. The allied forces of the Zhenwu Department moved from north to south and joined forces at Yanjing, and the overall situation was decided. Why did it cause so much trouble! "

Lu Yihao and Zhu Shengfei knew the tricks inside.

The battle between Yan Guoping and Xia was fought with great momentum, but a group of Qingliu admonishers stabbed him in the back. There was also a lot of criticism from the DPRK and China. All the benefits have been taken by you alone.

The remnants of Xixia who retreated to Longyou could not be destroyed in three or four years, which shows that Duke Yan was angry and deliberately slacked off.

It’s understandable that someone who has worked hard for the country and risked his life to fight in all directions, but still has to be insulted like this behind his back, is of course heartbroken.

But the state system of the Song Dynasty was like this, and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together. Civil officials still have the final say on military and state affairs. It is inevitable that military generals will suffer some grievances.

We must take the overall situation into consideration and endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden. Besides, the official rewards are not bad either.

It's just that they don't know that times are about to change.

The prosperity of the Song Dynasty and the pride of civil servants would soon be ruthlessly popped like a soap bubble.

"Let's go, I'm feeling stuffy after drinking this wine." Lu Yihao said.

"Okay, I'll go take a look outside the city. There's a secret report saying that someone is stealing and selling weapons, food and grass." Zhu Shengfei said.

"Let's go together, I'm about to catch these thieves. Magistrate Cai, let's come too. To catch the thieves, we have to rely on the people in the government office. The people in Xuanfu Division are terrible." Lu Yihao said.

The three of them left hand in hand, and the feast continued.

"There's wine, there's singing, there's dancing, and there's beauties! It's such a joy!" King Su Zhao Shu held the wine glass, jumped on the table, and said unsteadily.

The wine was sloshing around, and there were traces of wine all over his chest and clothes.

"Your Majesty, the song has stopped." Someone shouted from below.

"Can't stop! Come, come, sing another song for me." King Su shouted.

A singer who was clinging to him said charmingly: "The king wants me to sing, so I will sing. But I sang seven or eight songs, and my voice was exhausted, and I didn't get any reward. It's so sad."

"Take it, take it!" Zhao Shu took off a jade pendant and stuffed it into the singer's arms.

Everyone cheered loudly, and some people flattered him: "Your Majesty has the character of a famous scholar in the Wei and Jin Dynasties!"

The Kabuki's eyes lit up. This was a fine piece of jade pendant, which could easily be sold for hundreds of guan.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The singer put away the jade pendant, twisted her waist, and began to sing.

"Sit and look at the world like the palm of your hand, the shadows of mountains and rivers pouring into a cup. When you return late, the sound of the flute is heard, and the dust is ninety thousand miles away."

When he was singing to the fullest, there was a sudden thunder outside the window. The sound was so violent that it made the whole restaurant roar. The singer screamed in fright, and Zhao Shu was so frightened that he fell from the table and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, there were people around him, so he didn't fall directly to the ground, but slipped from the person's body to the ground. However, he was scared to death and couldn't recover for a long time.

Cai You, who was sitting at another table, was so frightened that he hid under the table.

The restaurant suddenly became quiet, and the only sound was the rapid sound of horse hooves coming from the city gate.

Da da, like a war drum, beating in everyone's hearts.

(End of this chapter)