Compete for the Song Dynasty

Di Qing had already heard about the Lantern Festival, he praised Wang Pang in his heart, and was also pleased to have such a good son-in-law.But the matter of lantern riddles made Di Qing feel depressed.

Just two days after Wang Bang left Chenzhou, a guest came to Di Qing's mansion, claiming to be a guest of "Nan Jifeng", the owner of Longhu Villa.The diners came to propose marriage, so Di Qing naturally would not agree.Firstly, Yuexia already had a crush on someone and was about to send a dowry, secondly, Di Qing had never heard of this Longhu Villa, let alone the owner of Nanzhuang, so he sent him away.

As soon as the people from Longhu Villa left, the envoys from the imperial court arrived.The ambassador came to visit Di Qing, and Di Qing thought it was because the imperial court was worried about him, and he was depressed but it was inconvenient to say it directly, but the ambassador seemed to be living in Chenzhou, and he would visit the mansion every two days.Di Qing knew that Chaozhong had sent someone to monitor him.Indulging Nai in my heart, I feel more lost.In today's words, Di Qing has already suffered from depression. It is precisely because he has a heart to serve the country, but he has been wronged and humiliated.

Liang Yuexia just saw his father depressed, but he couldn't do anything.Not long after, Wang Anshi's mansion was hijacked on the way to deliver the dowry.

But it didn't count if it was robbed, and it was specially sent to Di Qing's mansion after the robbing.In other words, it was a dowry gift from the robbers.The dowry was delivered to the door of the mansion, and the person who left the letter to give the gift left.The letter said that Di Qing would die if he was a loyal minister, so he might as well be with the robbers. [

It was a coincidence that the ambassador didn't come early or late to visit, but he came at this time, saw the gold, silver and cloth and smelled that it was a robber, so he called Di Qing colluding with the robbers.Di Qingnai asked for an order to suppress the bandits, but unexpectedly the ambassador sneered and said, "Di Qing, the evidence of your collusion with the robbers is in the bandits. Do you want to take the opportunity to escape? You know what to do." The ambassador walked away handsomely, and Di Qing breathed a sigh of relief He came up and sat in the hall with his eyes wide open. When He Libo and others found out, they had already opened their eyes and cut off their breath.The imperial court was so distrustful, Di Qing was so angry and hated that he forgot Pang Anshi's entrustment, and eventually died in Chenzhou.

The leader of the robbers is actually the owner of the so-called Longhu Villa. Why the robbers are so rampant, this matter starts from the topography of Wanqiu:

Although Wanqiu is not tall, it is particularly eye-catching because it stands on the vast plain. "Erya · Shiqiu" says: "There are hills on the hills called Wanqiu, and Chen has Wanqiu." superior."

On top of the natural mound Wanqiu that existed in ancient times, an ancient city surrounded by an earthen city wall was built. Looking from a distance, it "looks like a mound on its back", becoming a place where "there are mounds on the mound". Unique Wanqiu shape.

An avenue to the southeast of Wanqiu is exactly the way Wang Pang and the others came via Zhoukou.Kaifeng is in the north of Wanqiu, so why go south to Zhoukou and go north to Wanqiu, because at this time, Longhu Lake has already formed around Wanqiu, and there is only one dry road leading to Wanqiu.But Di Qing and others came to Chenzhou when they took office. It was just early winter, and the lake was already frozen, so they took a shortcut by boat.This caused the stay in Zhoukou County, and Wang Pang was killed.

Longhu Lake was formed due to the flooding of the Yellow River.For thousands of years, Wanqiu City has been plagued by yellow water repeatedly. In order to protect the ancient city from being submerged, the officials and people of all dynasties built dikes and dams three to five miles away from the city every time the yellow water flooded.When the yellow water recedes, the sediment carried by it is deposited outside the embankment, the outside of the embankment becomes higher, and the inside of the embankment gradually becomes lower, forming the lake surface.There is a forest of willows by the lake, reeds all over the lake, and even a lotus pond. Needless to say, the beauty is beautiful, but the willow forest and reeds have become a haunt for robbers.

In particular, a group of robbers who appeared in recent years were even more arrogant. The bandits headed among the reeds, and built a mountain villa with high and low hills in the swamp, forming a lake surrounded by reeds.The owner of this villa is Nan Jifeng of Longhu Villa who sent someone to propose marriage.

Officers and soldiers also encircled Longhu Mountain Villa and captured Nan Jifeng, but Lu Wei set up an ambush in it, and was unable to break through it repeatedly.After a long time, the local government often turned a blind eye.

Not long after Di Qing took office, he didn't know the details of this matter.But the robbers had already found out about Di Qing's situation.Nan Jifeng even got Di Qing and punished him, so he took advantage of the imperial court's distrust of Di Qing, and used lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival to harm Di Qing.The robbers who were able to build the villa were not ordinary robbers, but came looking for an opportunity to retaliate.

Nan Jifeng and Di Qing have a deep blood feud, this person is none other than Nong Jifeng, the son of Nong Zhigao.Because Nong Zhigao proclaimed himself the "Southern Heaven Kingdom" and was sent by the Song Dynasty to send Di Qing to encircle and suppress him, all his family members were arrested, except Nong Jifeng, who was arrested by a personal servant who pretended to be a substitute, and escaped by himself, using the pseudonym Nan Jifeng.

Because he was proficient in Chinese, he came to the Central Plains, followed by the rest of Nong Zhigao, and stationed in Wanqiu Longhu as a robber.But he knew that the Han people were officials, and they didn't seek merit but success, so they didn't disturb the city, and whenever they robbed a large amount of money, they shared the spoils with some officials.After a long time, the encirclement and suppression by officials has become a show, which is the so-called real collusion between officials and bandits.

Just imagine if this is not the case, how can the government sit idly by so many messages about Mr. Di during the Lantern Festival.But all the movements of people entering and leaving Wanqiu City are in Nan Jifeng's eyes.Knowing that Di Qing came to Wanqiu, Nan Jifeng wanted to go into the city to assassinate him, but was stopped by one person.

The man tucked his arms into the fat sleeves, and despite wearing a lot, he still looked thin.He stood behind Nan Jifeng and said, "Nephew, don't be impulsive. The emperor doesn't believe in Di Qing anymore. Why don't you use a knife to kill someone so as not to expose us?"

Nan Jifeng looked at his father's portrait in the ancestral hall with his hands behind his back, and asked, "Uncle Wa has a good plan for reconciliation." He didn't turn around.

The speaker is called Wapan, and his age and seniority are higher than Nan Jifeng's, but he is indeed from Nong Zhigao's old department, and his status is lower than Nan Jifeng's, so even though Nan Jifeng calls him uncle, he still respectfully resembles this young master Said: "We are willing to follow the owner of the villa and avenge the king of Nan. However, the owner of the villa should not forget the art of war of the king of the south. Know yourself and the enemy and you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles. Now that the imperial court has sent people to monitor Di Qing, we might as well use this opportunity to frame him. Right now is the Lantern Festival , you can order people to rush to make lanterns to slander Di Qing for arranging lanterns for the festival."

Nan Jifeng nodded: "Alright, since you are creating public opinion and giving the court an excuse, you can go ahead."

Wa Pan immediately sent people to make silk lanterns, but he didn't want to be disrupted by the king at the Lantern Festival, and heard Yuexia's words. Seeing Yuexia's beauty, he came up with a plan to propose marriage: hijack the dowry and send it back, so as to frame Di Qing.

There was a banquet in the village to celebrate Di Qing's death, and Wa Pan said: "Master, how about sending someone to capture Di Qing's daughter and make it a village?"

Nan Jifeng shook his head and said, "I have a deep blood feud with him, how can I marry his daughter."

Wapan persuaded: "The Song army wanted to kill all of our troops back then, but releasing this woman today is like letting a tiger go back to the mountain."

When I was persuading, I heard that bandit soldiers came to report, and a woman brought several officers and soldiers to kill them like reeds by boat.Nan Jifeng slapped the table, "It's just in time!" He personally led a team and rushed out.

The person who came was Liang Yuexia. Seeing the two teams facing each other, the officers and soldiers scattered when they saw the bandits coming out to fight.Even the officers and soldiers on the same boat under the moon jumped into the water and fled back.Yuexia was about to rush over to face the enemy in anger, at this moment a bamboo raft came quickly from the side, and the bamboo raft was caught between bandit soldiers and Yuexia. Point it down, and use the penny to punt the boat at a fast speed in the opposite direction.The bandit soldiers have been in the lake all year round, and their speed of pursuit is not slow, but they came faster, and they left the robbers far away after a while, and saw that the boat was not returning to Wanqiu, but heading west.

Besides, in Di Qing's mansion, Lu Shenyan and Rou'er managed to persuade Zhu Yuexia to settle Di Qing's funeral first, prepare to reconcile Rou'er, and Yuexia went back to Bianjing to find the king, but they didn't notice at a glance, so Yuexia recruited some people from the house The soldiers went to kill Longhu.Even if Yue Xia has some fists and kicks, he must not be a match for the robbers. Lu Shenyan was in a hurry, and the officers and soldiers came back to report that the young lady was arrested and disappeared.

The news of Di Qing's death has not yet reached the capital, and Di Qing is not around, so the government will not allow them to live.Lu Shenyan became the housekeeper himself, and all of Di Qing's property was handed over to him to meet the family's expenses. He made the final calculation, although the dowry was suspected to be given by the robbers and temporarily confiscated, even though the money spent on the Lantern Festival at Wangpang was a lot, it was all Wangpang's private property.

After calculating that there was still money left, Lu Shenyan found a place in the city, leaving only one or two house servants and maidservants, and sent some money to send them away, leaving Rou'er to wait for the moon to go down, and took the Di Qingling card all the way to the city. Bianjing.

When Lu Shenyan arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, he was so excited that his legs and feet couldn't be controlled. .He Libo was on duty, and saw a person who almost rolled up to the high platform of the main entrance of Kaifeng Mansion, it was just an important matter, and when he went up to meet him, it was actually Lu Shenyan.

When Lu Shenyan saw He Libo, he burst into tears, and said while crying, "Go to Young Master, something happened in Chenzhou."

Wang Pang hurriedly came to the conference hall in the back hall of Kaifeng Mansion, saw Di Qing's ranking on the counter table, he had already guessed it in his heart, and after listening to Master Bao, Lu Shenyan cried and complained, but Bao Zheng didn't say a word.He looked at Wang Pang, the veins on Wang Pang's forehead were popping, his eyes were fixed, his eyes were sharp, his lips were tightly closed, his hands were clenched into fists, and his chest heaved and heaved.

Bao Zheng asked He Libo to take Lu Shenyan down to rest, leaving only him and Wang Pang in the room.

All the grief and anger turned into voices, but Wang Pang didn't know who to hate, Di Qing's teachings were still in his ears, but this time they were framed by bandits, and he disappeared under the moon.

He tensed his nerves and made his face stiff. Could it be that I, a person hundreds of years later, can't even keep my mentor and wife?During these thousand years, people are so powerful.He looked at Bao Zheng and said.

"Father, what should I do?"

It's just six words, and I didn't give in at all, Nai, but asked Bao Zheng again, how to gain a foothold in the court, how to forge ahead like a man and give him an answer to his goal.The word "how" was born from the back molars biting, each word clearly burst out.

Bao Zheng looked at him and said calmly: "As a husband, if you can't achieve this position, even if you have a heart to love the people, it's useless."

Wang Pang said: "The intention of the father-in-law is to let the child bear it?"

Bao Zheng looked at Wang Pang, his eyes were firm, just as Bao Zheng thought, Di Qing's death was not caused by one person, even if he couldn't bear it, he couldn't judge right from wrong, but Wang Pang and Di Qing had a deep relationship, and they were about to marry Di Qing's daughter, at this moment in his heart Depressed and indignant.and asked him: "

Do you have other thoughts? "

Wang Pang said: "Father, I want to lead troops to suppress bandits!" Seeing that Bao Zheng was still looking at him and waiting for him to say, he calmed down for a moment, and said, "One can find troops to suppress bandits under the moon. , if I succeed, I can also gain fame. After all, Master Di is my mentor, I can't just sit idly by and forget my righteous father to help me."

Bao Zheng nodded: "Tomorrow, you and I will face the king and ask for your order!"