Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 24 Imperial College Student Chen Dong

The dim lights on the Bianshui River are all painted boats. After nightfall, the lights are brightly lit, and the river water surges like gold and silver against the background;
  Both sides of the streets in the outer city are full of small vendors selling goods, and they are more lively than during the day. A large number of people flock to the streets, and their ears are filled with laughter and the shouts of various vendors coming out to attract customers.

There have been curfews in all dynasties. In the early Song Dynasty, the curfew system of the Tang Dynasty was followed. However, as a large number of people moved into Kaifeng, it was difficult to manage nighttime activities. Both Taizong and Zhenzong wanted to restore the curfew system, but in the end they gave up. By the time of Renzong, there was only one curfew system. has been eliminated.

The late mother picked up a green sachet and waved it in front of Liu Ling's eyes. He immediately shook his head.

"Change the color."

In the end, he chose two red sachets and tied them around his waist. The wife took his arm with satisfaction and pointed to a stall selling cakes in the distance. When the vendor pointed behind them and asked with a smile, "Then Can the little lady also want to eat?"

Only then did the two of them remember that there was Liu Wan behind them.

"Sorry, I forgot about you."

Liu Ling rubbed Liu Wan's head. She took a bite of the cake, with a smile on her face and whispered in Liao dialect:

"sweet."

The three of them paid and stood next to the stall eating jujube cakes. There was nothing wrong with them because they saw Wan Niang and Liu Wan's beauty and deliberately came to stir up trouble.

Liu Ling was still wearing a royal robe. Normal people couldn't tell the date, but they could see the workmanship, so they knew he was no ordinary person.

Moreover, Liu Ling has a handsome appearance and a calm demeanor in his movements. He does not seem to be from a poor family or even a commoner.

"Young master, walk slowly."

Waving to the hawker, Liu Ling turned around. There was a small commotion on the other side of the street. He stopped and looked at it for a moment. They were several young scholars wearing various clothes, but they were all dressed as scholars.

They are tributes in Taixue.

Liu Ling looked at them curiously. He heard that officials and scholars in the Song Dynasty were at two extremes. On the one hand, they were smooth and sophisticated, while on the other hand, they were hit hard and their blood was hard to cool down.

Because of the capture of Yanyun, there was also a holiday in the Imperial College. The Imperial College students had time to play today. They were noisy all the way. The leading Imperial College student first saw the late wife and was startled. Then he looked at the woman standing there. The handsome man next to him suddenly lit up.

He left his companions, met Liu Ling's gaze and walked up to him. He hesitated and said in a low voice:
  "Are you the General Liu who shot the Liao Queen Mother to death?"

"Do you recognize me?" Liu Ling looked at him doubtfully.

There was a lot of noise around them, and no one heard what they were saying. Seeing the eager expression of admiration for her husband on the face of the student, Wan Niang felt happy in her heart.

"My lord, Liu Ling," Liu Ling let go of my wife's hand, cupped it with hers, and said with a smile, "I grew up in the north, so I don't know the etiquette of the south. Please don't blame me if you are rude."

"How dare you?"

The student immediately held his hand and said excitedly: "Come on, General Liu. Brother Liu, the students only saw you from a distance on the street during the day. If possible, this is not the place to talk. Please pay for it." Brother Liu, let’s go drink and talk in a side room.”

Liu Ling wanted to take his hand out, but when he tried hard, he couldn't.

he:"."

Looking back at the late wife, she was still smiling.

"Brother, may I ask your name?"

"Student Chen Dong, courtesy name Shaoyang."

Chen Dong?

Liu Ling thought to himself that it was impossible for both of them to have the same name and be both Tai students, so the person in front of him was really the passionate Tai student.

He knew that Liu Ling was a military general, but his eyes were full of admiration.

"I'm very sorry. I want to accompany Zhuo Jing and my sister to see the city of Tokyo tonight. In a few days, I'm afraid I will have to go back to the North. Brother Chen is kind and I appreciate it. Please forgive me."

"It's okay, it's okay. The student will just follow you and say a few words."

Liu Ling shook his head and didn't know how to refuse, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement. Chen Dong followed him all the way, asking about the customs of the North and the battle to conquer Yanjing.

After walking for a while, in front of a restaurant, Liu Ling called the waiter and rewarded him with two coins and asked him to find a clean room.

It's just that Chen Dong's road is too noisy.

The waiter's face was full of joy, and soon he brought the four of them upstairs.

Open the window and you will see the bustling street market outside. Liu Ling ordered two more tables of wine and food, and asked his wife and Liu Wan to eat aside. He put the wine bottle on the table. Chen Dong saw the wine and waved his hands.

"If a student comes back drunk, he will be scolded by the teacher."

"Brother Chen, is he a student?" Liu Ling placed two wine bowls in front of him, poured wine in, and pushed one of the glasses in front of Chen Dong.

"Yes."

The two chatted while eating. Chen Dong took a sip of wine and gradually finished the whole bowl of wine. Liu Ling poured wine for him again, but he was embarrassed to refuse and began to speak with a loud tongue.

"Aren't the previous generations of our Song Dynasty rich? Isn't the court unclear?

Aren’t the weapons of our Song people sharp?
  But, in the end, it was in this dynasty,
  Only then did I get this Yanyun land back. "

Chen Dong raised the wine bowl high, and the wine spilled on him. Without realizing it, he shouted: "This wine is to celebrate the Song Dynasty!"

Liu Ling smiled and said nothing, but in his heart, he thought of the fight in Yanjing City that day.

After entering the city, the Song soldiers were indeed trying their best to fight, but Empress Dowager Xiao refused to surrender. The Liao people in the city were driven into panic by Yang Keshi's mad dog drive to kill them all, so they desperately helped the defenders. Resist.

But if Liu Yanqing's army outside the city and the troops led by his son Liu Guangshi could enter the city in time to support, perhaps the Song people would only pay a heavier casualty, but they would be able to capture the city of Yanjing with their own hands.

Through this battle, the Jin people had clearly seen the flashy nature of the Song Dynasty. After they spent the past few years digesting the land, population and wealth of the Liao Kingdom,
  The Jin people's march south is bound to happen.

These words that Chen Dong said with passion are also the thoughts in the hearts of many people in Song Dynasty.

The imperial court must have been preaching that I, the Heavenly Soldiers of the Song Dynasty, had recaptured Yanjing with my own hands.

However, among the people who were a little better informed, as well as the troops who fled from the North, there were always some officers who did not dare to return to the original organization. As they went to various places, the news was slowly spread.

Even if the government strongly blocks the spread of the news, someone will eventually know what the Song Dynasty is like in this battle to conquer Liao.

Liu Ling just used words to test. Chen Dong probably didn't know the facts, but he also heard some rumors.

So he also wanted to ask Liu Ling, a person who had experienced it personally,

I wanted to know what was going on at that time, but Liu Ling pushed me back.

This guy's drinking capacity is really bad.

"Although I am a scholar, I feel friendly when I see the general." Chen Dong drunkenly stretched out his hand to grab the wine pot and wanted to pour more for himself. Liu Ling calmly pushed the wine pot away and put the teapot into his hand. Chen Dong said Dong poured down the tea and took a sip, frowning.

"Why is this wine so light?"

"If you want strong liquor, you have to go to Beidi to drink it."

"It's a joke." Chen Dong drank tea and retorted: "There have been wars in the North for many years. The people live under the iron heel of the barbarians. They don't have food to eat on weekdays. How can they get the surplus food to make wine?"

Stereotypes still exist.

But what Chen Dong said is not unreasonable.

Liu Ling picked up the chopsticks, made a "cutting" motion on his wrist, and said softly:

"When we win the battle, we drop the enemy general's blood into the wine and drink it all in one gulp. This wine is very sweet and very strong!"

"Sure enough, he is a barbarian who drinks blood like hair." After Chen Dong finished speaking, he fell down on the table.

Wan Niang and Liu Wan next to them both looked at each other in astonishment.

"are you full?"

Liu Ling looked at them, who nodded. Then he knocked on the door and called the waiter. He first gave them the meal money, and then gave them a few coins as reward.

"My brother is a Taixue student. He was drunk just now. Please find an honest person to send him back to the Imperial College."

Looking at Chen Dong's drunken face, Liu Ling added with good intentions: "Remember to tell the person who takes him back to hand him over to the gentleman who teaches there, otherwise I won't worry."

"Sir, please rest assured and keep it safe for me!"

The waiter was beaming with joy after receiving the reward, and he lifted Chen Dong up effortlessly.

(End of this chapter)