The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 57 The Death of Zhao Hongyin

Yao Feng was firmly held down, and he sighed helplessly. Ever since Huangfu Hui was defeated, he knew that Chuzhou would not be able to hold on.

But he didn't expect it to be so fast, it's unbelievable, but the facts are in front of him and there is no way.

Zhao Xu ordered Yao Feng to be taken down, treat him well, and not abuse him. At the same time, he had someone treat Huangfu Hui's wounds. He knew that Huangfu Hui was not dead.

Sure enough, Huangfu Hui was only seriously injured and did not die, so he ordered to go down and treat his wounds well, and at the same time send people to rule over the fact that Chai Rong and Chuzhou had been occupied.

Then Zhao Kuangyin and his son entered the city together, but the current Chuzhou City is a mess.

Because there was going to be a war, everyone was flustered. Now I heard that the Tang army was defeated and the Zhou army was about to enter the city.

Everyone was very disturbed. After all, Chuzhou City was going to change its owner again. It was the rule since the Five Dynasties.

Since the Five Dynasties, every time the city was broken, it was not a major cleansing of the city, but the people in the city who suffered.

Then some local hooligans began to fish in troubled waters and took advantage of the fire to attack them. It seemed that several people had already rushed into a shop.

This shop is supposed to be a shop for buying fabrics. Several people went in and took several bolts of good-sized fabrics. The boss stopped them and was beaten up severely by them.

Seeing this, both Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Xu couldn't stand it anymore, especially Zhao Xu hated this kind of people who made a lot of money from wars.

Then he cried out in a rage;
"Gao Huailiang, Wang Yansheng, you clear it up quickly, the bandits in the city who took advantage of the fire, and anyone who resists, I don't even know who the fuck they beat me."

The person behind came out, the tall one was Gao Huailiang, and the relatively short one next to him was Wang Yansheng.

Both of them are currently Zhao Xu's subordinates. After listening to Zhao Xu's orders, the two immediately got off their horses and walked towards the local ruffians who were robbing.

"Brother Gao, let's compete with each other on who will complete the task first, how about a drink for the loser?" Wang Yansheng was still in the mood to joke at this time.

But in their eyes, these bandits who take advantage of the fire are not worthy to sit on an equal footing with them, are they not at the same level at all!

Gao Huailiang is also very relaxed. For them, Zhang Fei eats bean sprouts-a piece of cake!

"I said, Old Wang, you owed me a bottle of wine last time. If you lose again this time, it will be two bottles. You are not allowed to play tricks."

"Okay, it's settled, let's get started."

The two soon came to these people who took advantage of the fire and kicked the result person in front of them to the ground with a few kicks.

Then the two separated to eliminate those bandits. Of course, it wasn't just the two of them who were acting, otherwise he would have been exhausted to death.

They each took a small team and walked towards the looted area in the city. About half an hour later, the two of them came back.

"My lord, a total of more than 200 bandits were captured, and they took advantage of the chaos to harass the people's houses. They should be executed immediately."

It was Wang Yansheng who said this, and when Zhao Xu heard that this guy was really ruthless, more than 200 people killed as soon as they said it.

In fact, he knew that Wang Yansheng was a man with amazing strength, but a tyrannical personality, and he was a willful tyrant.

I remember reading a story about Wang Yansheng, that guy is very tyrannical and likes to eat the ears of his enemies.

After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, Wang Yansheng was sent to the back border to defend the Khitan. This guy was really good at that time.

When they violated the law, Wang Yansheng did not use the criminal law to punish them, which made his subordinates very curious.

That night, he summoned his subordinates to have a feast, but when they arrived, he found that there was nothing but wine.

What kind of banquet is this, there is wine but no food, how can people eat it, but after a while they will understand what is going on.

Wang Yansheng ordered the criminals to be brought up, walked in front of them, and suddenly tore off their ears with his hands.

Not to mention that, at this moment, he actually put the torn ear into his mouth, chewed it, and made a crisp sound.

Then this guy actually picked up the wine glass and drank heavily. After drinking, he continued to tear the ears of other prisoners.

A total of more than ten people's ears were eaten before and after, and the whole banquet was completely silent. He was so shocking.

In the next few years, the enemy did not dare to cross the border, and the people under his rule did not dare to break the law, although Wang Yansheng has not yet become a high official.

But his tyrannical character had undoubtedly been exposed, and Zhao Xu was still not used to it. After all, these people were wronged.

"Stop it, hand them over to Zhao Pu for interrogation. They are taking advantage of the fire to rob them and punish them. They are innocent. Let them go home! Dad, what do you think?"

Zhao Kuangyin still agrees, these people are not soldiers after all, they are some local hooligans, it is better to interrogate them in detail.

Seeing the Chuzhou people fleeing in a hurry, with big bags and small bags ready to flee, Zhao Kuangyin cleared his throat:

"The commander Zhao Kuangyin in front of the Great Zhou Palace respectfully informs the folks in Chuzhou, and the commander Zhao Kuangyin in front of the Great Zhou Palace respectfully informs the folks in Chuzhou."

Zhao Kuangyin yelled several times in a row and finally someone stopped to listen to what he was saying.

"Everyone don't need to panic, don't need to run away. Now Chuzhou is part of our Zhou kingdom, and the people of Chuzhou are the people of Zhou."

"Emperor Da Zhou has issued a decree that the people of Chuzhou should not be harmed in the slightest. If anyone dares to take advantage of the fire and disobey the imperial decree, I, Mr. Zhao, will definitely kill them with all my might."

After he finished speaking, everyone became quiet. After all, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, and it doesn't matter which country Chuzhou City belongs to, as long as they don't infringe their interests.

Zhao Xu also admired his father for calming down the people with a few words. The people are easy to appease.

He also said a few words:

"You all go home, do whatever you have to do, I, Da Zhou, will definitely ensure that you live and work in peace and contentment."

When the people in Chuzhou heard this, they all went back to their homes to find their mothers.

Zhou Jun entered the city and came to the governor's office in Chuzhou. Zhao Xu ordered the treasury to be opened, and gave some money to reward the soldiers who came with them this time.

Zhao Kuangyin still wanted to stop him, but Zhao Xu convinced him that the soldiers were not working so hard to get promoted and get rich, and it was okay to give them a little bit.

Just a few days after they distributed part of the treasury's money, the minister sent by Chai Rong to accept Chuzhou arrived.

This person is called Dou Yi, and he is a very upright person, upright and upright, and he is a well-known upright official.

As soon as he arrived in Chuzhou, without saying anything, he went into the treasury to count his belongings, and the counting was finished soon.

"Master Zhao, I would like to ask, according to the account book, why is there a loss of [-] yuan in property, is it..."

Dou Yi wanted to ask if you had swallowed it for yourself, but before Zhao Kuangyin answered, Zhao Xu answered.

"So that Lord Dou knows that we were looted by the Tang army before we entered the city. I think they are new surrenders, and we didn't force them to surrender."

Dou Yi also nodded. Although he didn't believe Zhao Xu's statement, there was nothing he could do about it. Who was right about the war.

At this time Zhao Kuangyin spoke:
"Master Dou, which part of the money do you want to give to the families of the soldiers who died in this battle?"

"Master Commander, when you first conquered Chuzhou City, you took whatever you wanted, it didn't matter how much you took, but now His Majesty the Emperor asked me to count and put it in the warehouse. I won't let you take it without the Emperor's edict, which is not in line with the state. law."

After Dou Yi finished speaking, she still had an upright face, Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to write to Chai Rong.A few days later, Chai Rong issued an edict to take out part of the pension for the military family members.

And this time, Mr. Zhao Hongyin came with envoy Chai Rong, who had nothing to do at home.

Chai Rong asked him to lead the army to conquer Huainan, but he was shot by an arrow at the city of Shouzhou.

Fearing that he would make another mistake, Chai Rong asked him to follow him. Once again, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Xu and his son captured Chuzhou. This time Chai Rong sent Zhao Hongyin to comfort him.

At the same time, it was more about wanting their masters to get together, so Zhao Hongyin led the people to Chuzhou, but it was already night when they arrived at the city of Chuzhou.

Of course Zhao Xu was about to open the city gate, but was stopped by Zhao Kuangyin:
"Father, although you and I are father and son, we are also subjects of Da Zhou. I cannot let you in at night. This is my Da Zhou's law. Children cannot break the law."

Hearing what Zhao Kuangyin said, Zhao Hongyin did not ask to open the door, but praised his son instead.

Even Zhao Xu asked to put him into the city in a hanging basket, but he refused. The old man wanted to stay outside the city with the soldiers.

Zhao Kuangyin immediately opened the door at dawn.He pleaded guilty to his father, but Zhao Hongyin was not angry but very happy.

"You two are good. I didn't lose my Zhao family. The old man is happy hahaha. Xu'er has grown taller again, and she is also dark but strong."

The old man's eyes almost narrowed into a line.

"Grandpa, Second Uncle, please come in with us." Zhao Kuangyi came with Zhao Hongyin this time, and he was gifted as an enshrining official.

As Zhao Xu said, he reached for Grandpa's arm, but Zhao Hongyin frowned and let out a muffled groan.

"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" Even Zhao Kuangyin would look worried.

"Daddy, he was shot with an arrow by a man named Lin Renzhao, and the injury hasn't healed yet, so..."

"Kuangyi, how did you take care of dad, how could you put dad in danger, you..." Zhao Kuangyin was furious when Zhao Kuangyi said that dad was shot.

"Brother, I, I..." Zhao Kuangyi faltered, unable to speak.

"Okay, Kuangyin, don't blame Kuangyi for not paying attention, let's go in." With Zhao Xu's support, they entered Chuzhou City.

But that night, Zhao Hongyin started to have a high fever. According to the doctor, he was getting old and had a cold.

Slowly recuperated and came over, but this time Zhao Hongyin was not able to survive, it seems that Zhao Hongyin died of illness in July of three years.

(End of this chapter)