This mountain is mine

Chapter 278 Gathering on Jiangzhu

"This is Yingshan, and we will be in Bozhou soon."

Zhao Man looked outside the boat and said to Xiaodao.

On this way, they chose to take the water route as much as possible. The water route is fast and stable, and the concealment is also high. Now the Lianghuai River is flooded.

Zhao Man also kept a close eye on Xiaodao, for fear that it would be snatched away by Li Sijin. He took care of it himself, and had other things to do. He was not as gloomy and decadent as before, but he had no experience in raising children. Say whatever comes to mind, regardless of whether Xiao Dao can understand it or not.

How much he looked forward to the arrival of this child at the beginning, how can he be told to go with Li Sijin now?He wasn't really dead.

Zhao Man and Xiao Dao, one big and one small, guarded Yu Miaomiao. They spent a lot of time together, but they became familiar with each other day by day. Children are forgetful, and they don't hold grudges against Zhao Man. When Zhao Man talked to him, he ignored him after a long time. His father.

At this moment, the little guy stood on tiptoe and climbed the window on the boat to look out. There was catkins coming in through the window. He opened his palm and grabbed it, and one fell on his nose. He was so itchy that he stretched out his hand to scratch. As soon as he took a breath, the piece of the palm of his hand got into his nose again, and he was in a hurry, annoyed himself.

Zhao Man looked at his son's vigorous fangs and claws, and he completely ignored such trivial matters.

"Ah!"

It was finally healed, there was snot under the nose, Xiaodao thought for a while, leaned over, hugged Zhao Man's leg, and rubbed his face against his leg.

After boarding the boat, Zhao Man was kicked into the river by Yang Xun. He took a bamboo pole and wrapped it in a cloth towel, and scrubbed him. Even if Zhao Man didn't take a bath, he was still washed. He has lost his temper, he is in a trance, and it is impossible to guard against being pushed down, it is like this every day, his body is clean, Xiao Dao doesn't dislike him, and he looks up after a while.

Zhao Man immediately covered his face with a handkerchief, and rubbed his palm vigorously, until the knife screamed, Zhao Man stopped his hand, and saw a red face, with the knife hanging on his arm Go up to fight with him, climb up along his body.

Zhao Man lifted him down and said, "Go and take down all the catkins that fell on your mother."

Only then did the little knife bump over, and took off the two catkins that fell on Yu Miaomiao's head, then pinched it lightly, and put it on the tip of Yu Miaomiao's nose, trying to scratch her awake.

Zhao Man did not stop him.

Yu Miaomiao remained motionless.

Xiaodao played by himself for a while, before he blew hard, the catkins got on his face, and he opened the window again, picked up the catkins and threw them out.

A group of people crowded the bank, noisy, Xiaodao stared curiously, although Zhao Man couldn't hear the noise, but he could see that something was wrong on the bank.

There were too many people, and the boat was walking in the river, very close to the river bank. He could clearly see the faces of some of them, angry and ferocious. He saw a house surrounded by the crowd, with a plaque on it, which was the county government office. Make trouble at the gate of the yamen.

Zhao Man was not curious. Although they were on the boat these days, they also got news. A few days ago, the news spread that the imperial court ordered the embankment to be broken to cause the Yellow River in Hua County to burst. A lot of trouble happened, and I saw it several times along the way.

There have been troubles caused by refugees before, but it was not as big as this time. Zhao Man looked at it coldly and had to continue the trouble. This news is serious. When it was first revealed, the imperial court pressed it, but it didn't work. , but it became more and more violent, there must be something tricky in it.

Zhao Man didn't pay much attention to these nonsense things, he didn't know what was going on, he suddenly felt a little annoyed by these things, it was endless, like there was no end.

He can take care of it for now, what about when he dies?It should be over or it should be over.He was born less than a hundred years old, but he is worried about a thousand years old, and his life is in a mess. He loves the country of the Song Dynasty and the people of Li, but who will love him?The person who loved him so much was still lying silently.

He went to the bed, touched Yu Miaomiao's face, there was breath and warmth.

"Ah, they were fighting!" Xiao Dao turned around from the window to look at Zhao Man, and Zhao Man also looked at him, and saw someone outside the window fell into the water while pushing and fighting. For a long time, several people fell into the water one after another, and the water almost splashed into the boat.

Zhao Xiaodao grinned heartlessly and looked happily. He dragged out the bamboo pole behind the cabin door. Although it was a very thin one, he dragged it with some difficulty. It's not big, and it gets stuck on the wall from time to time.

Zhao Man was afraid that he would poke the pole on the bed, so he whipped it for him, and finally dragged it to the window smoothly.

"Take a bath." Xiaodao said, holding up the pole to stab into the water.

Zhao Man's eyelids tugged.

This is how Yang Xun bathed Zhao Man in the past few days, and even ordered Zhao Xiaodao to treat him like this, holding the hand of the knife, and poking people's sore spots one after another.

They have long wanted to teach him a lesson, and he knew that he deserved it, and he also knew that he didn't bother to resist.

It's just that he has to teach his son, and he can only be funny in front of his son, so how can his son listen to him.

Really taught Li Sijin the knife, as Miaomiao wanted, Zhao Man was afraid that she would have no worries, so he really left with peace of mind.

He couldn't make her feel at ease.

This boy Zhao Xiaodao was very unfilial, he started to bully his father and screamed with joy.

"No nonsense." Zhao Man said seriously.

"You take a shower and go into the water." I haven't washed yet today!Xiao Dao freed one hand to pull Zhao Man's clothes.

Zhao Man stared at the little guy: "Wash it for you?"

As he spoke, he lifted him up and made a gesture to throw him out of the boat.

Xiao Dao struggled twice, Zhao Man let go of one hand to scare him, and he started yelling "Grandpa"!

The voice is called crisp and bright.

In an instant, the door was pounded loudly from the outside, and Yang Xun shouted: "You are bullying Xiaodao again, your skin is itchy, isn't it!"

The voice is called a big one.

Zhao Man couldn't hear but could feel the slight vibration of the water cups and kettles on the table, and the ship planks under his feet trembled accordingly.

The father and son stared at each other, one was helpless, the other was still yelling, Zhao Man couldn't do anything about him, so he withdrew his hand, carried him in from the outside, but threw the bamboo pole out, and just hit a young man in the water. Get up on top of the person's head.

The poor man was still holding a knife, his hand trembled when he was beaten, and he almost cut himself.

Seeing this bamboo pole falling from the sky, I was about to search for someone, but the boat had already gone far away.

On the boat, Yang Xun came in, and Zhao Manzheng said solemnly: "I lost the bamboo poles, are you happy now? I lost a few, and I will teach you how to count them. Remember? Let's play later and see what you get!"

Xiaodao looked at Zhao Man, he also remembered to look at him when talking to his father, counted his own fingers before saying: "Seven."

Seeing his grandfather looking out, he quickly turned his gaze back to look at himself, he quickly argued, "I didn't lose it."

Zhao Man rubbed the top of his head, "If you lose it, then lose it!"

Xiaodao said angrily: "Dad lost it!"

Zhao Man coughed, Yang Xun squinted at him, and snorted, "Excellent!" He comforted Xiaodao: "Grandpa's place has a lot of bamboo. If Xiaodao wants to play with it, ask your third uncle to go."

Zhao Man: "..."

Li Sijin folded his arms around his chest, leaning on the door frame, looked at Zhao Man with a mocking smile, and stared at the person on the bed again, sinking, no matter how mocking he was, he couldn't replace him standing by the bed and watching.

Zhao Man saw his eyes and stood in front of him openly. He withdrew his gaze and waved to Xiaodao: "Go, go outside and put the paper kites."

After a pause, he said firmly, "Your mother likes to play the most."

When Xiao Dao heard this, his eyes were brightened, he tilted his head and broke away from his father's hand, and ran outside.

Yang Xun also followed out.

Not long after, Zhao Man could see two kites hanging in the sky from the window, a particularly red carp kite, long, thanks to it being able to fly, and a kite with a cat's head, the cat was smiling and squinting. Focusing on the water surface, looking at him, stretching against the wind, getting higher and higher, farther and farther away.

Zhao Man took a few glances, feeling unhappy, this person is boring.

He picked up a peanut from the plate on the table, and hit it at the faintly visible rope under the kite. Seeing the big carp fluttering away and disappearing, he immediately felt relieved.

Fly far away if you like to fly.

Not long after, Xiao Dao came back, was sweating all over his forehead, and didn't enjoy himself enough. He rubbed his head and face on Zhao Man's body. After rubbing his face, he thought his father was too dirty. Zhao Man hugged him and changed his clothes. , Xiaodao urged him to take a bath.

Zhao Man taught Xiaodao the truth: "If you play in water, you will wet the bed."

Xiaodao tilted his head to look at Zhao Man, he didn't believe it, he didn't wet the bed every day, and grandpa didn't wet the bed either.

In the middle of the night that day, Zhao Man deliberately refused to urinate on the handle of the knife. Seeing that there was a wet map on the bed, he carried his naked butt sleeping son next to Miaomiao.

As time went by, Miaomiao didn't improve at all, she couldn't make up for it, couldn't absorb it, and her body became weaker and weaker.

Every time he held the medicine bowl, he wanted to cry, wishing he could take it for her and spit out the nutrients for her to absorb.

He didn't know what to do, he had no countermeasures.

At this time, looking at the two sleeping faces, one big and one small, Zhao Man didn't feel sleepy at all. He asked in a hoarse voice, "Miaomiao, you don't want me, but are you willing to give up a knife? Do you have the heart to ignore me bullying him like this? Do you want me?" Give him to Li Sijin, but I don't agree, I bullied your son, and there are two young ones, so small, motherless children are like grass, how can you rest assured?"

He himself is like a grass, gradually wilting and listless all day long. When he was full of energy before, it seemed like decades ago, very far away.

"I can't even beat children, you stand up to protect them and stand in front..." He covered his face in his palm, and spit out three words: "I beg you..."

There is some tide in the palm.

In the morning, when Xiaodao was about to wake up, Zhao Man took him back and shamed him by pointing at the undried sheets, and wanted to hang them by the window for others to see. The two had a quarrel.

"You played in the water too, didn't you wet the bed?" Xiao Dao couldn't stop his father, he hummed and asked.

Zhao Man flatly denied it.

"Playing with water is not the same as falling in it."

The knife was twisted from the bed, and when he went to have breakfast, Zhao Man had someone wash the quilt on Yang Xun's bed, and after washing, hang it on the deck, Yang Xun didn't bother to care about these trivial matters.

Xiaodao had breakfast, and after being reminded by Zhao Man, he remembered that he hadn't checked the bed of his grandfather who was playing in the water with him, and when he went over to check it, he was stunned.

Yang Xun was puzzled by Xiaodao's sizing up and the sudden lack of admiration in his eyes, he took a stone to teach Xiaodao to swim, Xiaodao was not happy, turned his head and left.

That night Zhao Man urinated him in the middle of the night, and he really didn't wet the bed.

The little guy forgot about bedwetting again.

On the third day, I wet the bed again.

Xiaodao believed it, playing with water will wet the bed.Share this knowledge with his mother: "Mom, get up and play with me in the water... You will also wet the bed after sleeping for a long time."

Of course she won't, everything depends on Zhao Man.

Zhao Man is not conscious of bullying the child at all.

However, Xiaodao still had to play when it was time to play in the water. When he played, he didn't remember such trivial things as bedwetting, but sometimes he was worried. Seeing his grandfather's uneasy appearance made him feel at ease again. Grandpa should be even more ashamed.

Arriving in Jiangxia, the thoroughfare of nine provinces, it is convenient to enter the Yangtze River from here to the Jinyi Department of Chishui River.They didn't waste their time at all, and they didn't go to the shore. They wished they could go back quickly, but they were stopped at the place where the branch flowed into the river.

A large ship for disaster relief lay across the river.The bow and stern are connected to the ground by wooden boards, and many people carry things from the boat to the boat.

There is also a lot of food piled up on the boat, which will not be able to be moved in a while.

Zhao Man looked at the ship from the boat with gloomy eyes. Miaomiao's breath became weaker when he got here, and he couldn't feel the weak hand unless he stayed for a long time.

"...The main relief was Liu Tingzhou, the prefect of Fangling in the past. This time, it was the imperial envoy sent by the Jiangnan court. The person who transported the food and medicinal materials here in Bianjing was Mr. Fang Shifang, and Du Hui, the commander of the original navy in Bianjing. None of his subordinates Seeing them, there seemed to be a big person on board suddenly. Liu, Fang, and Du were all entertaining, the door was closed and the guards were heavily guarded, so it was not good to approach them rashly. The rest said they couldn't decide, so they could only wait for the three to come out .”

Liu Tingzhou ran the fastest during the Bianjing change, and was the first to rush to the south of the Yangtze River. The imperial court there was short of officials. He performed well in the officialdom, and this time he immediately recovered.

The supplies were all shipped from Bianjing.Neither the Yang family nor Zhao Man took anything from Bianjing.

People in Bianjing official circles are anxious to apply for jobs in the south. There are so many talents in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are afraid of being squeezed out. Fang Shi was dismissed from his position by Tang Kuo earlier, but for the time being, he has no worries about this. He relied on his father to take this task Well, he really intends to do something practical, at least he won't be greedy for ink, and he can keep some people in check.

No one on the boat cared about who came to relieve the disaster, they just wanted to get around as soon as possible.

Yang Yuan and Li Sijin got out of the cabin, and were about to negotiate with the big boat over there, when they saw Chuanxiong anxiously running over: "My lord, those refugees left because they were afraid that the boat would turn around, so they used small boats to block the front and block the boat." The river has come a lot, and it has been blocked to the river mouth."

This is a real delay. Even if we change boats directly at Jiangkou, we still have to transfer another boat.

Yang Yuan and Li Sijin frowned when they heard this.

At this moment, the door of the room on the second floor of the official ship in front opened, and several people came out of it.

Unexpectedly, the two sides actually met each other directly.

The only person who raised his head was actually Zhao Chi.

Although his body is broken, his spirit is still good. His eyes have lost their former restraint, like a wolf, with a murderous look.

Seeing Yang Yuan and Li Sijin suddenly, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he looked away again, and said a few words to Fang Shi and Du Hui, who were beside him with their heads down, before turning around and entering the room.

Fang Shi raised his head, his face was so downcast that Li Sijin saw Fang's appearance, and knew that Zhao Chi's return was not to give him good fruit.Now that Zhao Chi hasn't publicly revealed his identity, it should be time for him to use it, otherwise he would have turned over the old score and ended up with him, so why would he stand here so well.

However, Zhao Chi's generous appearance in front of others must have something to rely on, and he is not afraid of dying to return to the court.

Fang Shi and Du Hui glanced at each other, they did not speak, but they had a tacit understanding.

Both of them are traitors in the eyes of the emperor, and he has suffered so much that the emperor wants to kill them.

Rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, let alone courtiers like them?Which one is the fuel-efficient lamp?

Rather than being killed, it's better to have a heart and kill others. Since ancient times, there have been ministers who have killed the emperor, not to mention that the emperor is not in the palace now.

Now is not the time to talk, the two exchanged their minds and looked away, Du Hui hurriedly got off the boat and left.

Fang Shi heaved a sigh of relief, looked up at the boat, saw Li Sijin, was stunned for a while, and asked him with his eyes: "Why haven't you left yet?"

Li Sijin shook his head, Fang Shi wanted to avoid suspicion but did not come over to speak, he looked at Yang Yuan again, the two were separated by a sampan, Yang Yuan smiled at him, Fang Shi also smiled lightly, it was considered With a smile, all grievances and enmities are gone, and I will not mention it since I am busy.

In the old year, Yang Yuan was almost held hostage in Bianjing. At that time, he made friends with Fang Shi because of a conspiracy. The traces of Yuan Yuan's actions are not obvious, and Fang Shi's intentions can still be found out. However, in the final analysis, the Fang family looked down on Shi Shuhui and didn't want to be implicated by this family, so they went downhill and broke the engagement.

Fang Shi was unwilling and couldn't get around the family, so he could only submit and marry a noble daughter who was from the right family.

If he had seen Yang Yuan one or two years earlier, Fang Shi would not have given Yang Yuan a good look at him, but time has passed, he has a wife, concubine and children, and his wife manages the family well, gets along well with his mother, and the house is peaceful. The family watched and helped each other, and never caused him any trouble, so that he would not have to worry about the future and concentrate on his official career. This is something that he could not do after marrying Shi Shuhui, and he did not have the grievances of the past.

The heart is all smoothed out, only the world is sophisticated, but there is no grudge with Yang Yuan because of it.

Yu Yang Yuan, Fang Shi, this person is still within the scope of making friends, but they can only be friends of gentlemen, and can't go any further.

It's neither good nor bad.

Yang Yuan and Li Sijin stood at the bow of the boat. He smiled squarely and asked Li Sijin, "Did Zhao Chi escape or was sent back by Tang Kuo? Do you think Tang Kuo is on this boat?"

Li Sijin didn't answer directly, but looked at the room on the second floor. The curtains were drawn on the windows, so naturally he couldn't see anything. He still took a few more glances, which was very attractive to him.

I also saw people coming and going, carrying rice grains and medicinal materials down from the boat, and followed the people who carried the burden with their eyes. I saw a shed set up by the government not far from the shore, and rice grains were distributed for disaster relief, and refugees There was already a long queue.

Li Sijin said: "What do you guess?"

Yang Yuan looked into the distance and didn't answer, but said: "Zhao Chi is really courageous, and he is not afraid that someone will make him unable to go back."

Li Sijin smiled. Compared to Zhao Chi, he was more interested in Tang Kuo. The two fought against each other several times, but each time they couldn't win each other. Previously, Tang Kuo had a high force value, and his routine was indeed a bit weird , Unlike ordinary people, Li Sijin was also caught off guard at first.

Because of the similar origins of Tang Kuo and Miaomiao, Li Sijin really remembered this person, and now Tang Kuo is not some great emperor who conquers the world.

I don't know what Tang Kuo will do when he sees him and Zhao Man.

He faintly looked forward to it.

The two silently stared at the official ship, their eyes were like ripples on the surface of the water, spreading out and shining from time to time.

……

In the room on the second floor of the official ship, Tang Kuo stood by the window, looking outside through the curtain.

The inside of the room is dark, but the outside is bright. He can see the outside clearly, but people outside can't see him.He looked at Li Sijin like a poisonous snake. In the Qingcheng Walled City, Li Sijin ruined his way of retreat. He had already clearly realized that this young man of literature and art was different from what he had imagined.

In fact, everyone here is different from what he thinks.

The Yang Yuan next to Li Sijin, he has done business several times, but he has never taken advantage of it. Yang Yuan did not treat him differently. He became a good friend and supported him to achieve hegemony. The Yang family was the first to rush into Bianjing City.

A few years ago, some of his businesses in Da Song were inexplicably unable to continue. He didn't know the reason before, and he spent a lot of thought to manage it, but he couldn't do it. Now he has become a dog in the water. From another angle, he can see it clearly, because Yang Yuan Can't wait to receive the fruits of victory.

Yang Yuan also started to investigate Tang Kuo a long time ago, not for any other reason, purely because of business, the big fish eats the small fish in the mall, and the rule is not to spit out the bones, and he followed the business route, but he picked up a lot of bargains. It's really nothing to make a foreigner with a good source of goods unable to do business in Song Dynasty. He took other people's goods and made them his own without much effort.

They are all enemies, or two enemies with insidious minds.

Tang Kuo's knuckles were pinched, but he could only hold back. It was no longer the same as before. Those who didn't like it could be killed.

He is fully aware that the era in his memory is 1000 years more civilization, but it does not mean that he himself has 1000 years more wisdom.

Most of the explosives he made with his wisdom brought to the extreme were blown up by people led by Zhao Man, and only a little bit remained. Otherwise, how could he have fallen to the present situation? The enemy still has Zhao Man, who faked his death. It would be better if he was really dead.

It was because the Jurchens were not civilized, still in the stage of struggling for food and clothing, brave and forthright, had few contacts, didn't have so many flirtatious people, and were not very scheming, so Tang Kuo had the opportunity to show his face. With Tang Kuo's previous temperament, he really didn't know if he could live to his current age.

We must be cautious and plan carefully, Tang Kuo secretly advised himself to calm down.

"Are you sure you can handle Fang Shi and Du Hui?" Zhao Chi broke the silence in the room. He knew the reason for jumping over the wall in a hurry, and he also understood his situation. He died outside. There are more happy people than sad people.

Tang Kuo came back to his senses, but his face was still cloudy.

"Do you doubt me?" Tang Kuo raised his voice. He was still very confident in front of Zhao Chi. The emperor of the Song Dynasty who was insulted by him and stepped into the dust had no right to talk to him on an equal footing.

Zhao Chi didn't care about his tone, and just started: "The refugees are making trouble now..." He is really the target of those angry people who stand up.It was rumored that he was the one who ordered the flooding of the Lianghuai River.

Tang Kuo didn't let him finish his sentence: "What do you know? Now that you have brought the food and came to relieve the disaster in person, those beggars can only be grateful. His copper plate, that has a different meaning!"

Zhao Chi listened with downcast eyes, thinking to himself, how lucky is this idiot?It is really strange that he can still become the leader of a clan after he can say such words.

"This is called building momentum, do you understand! I will help you plan, good people will tell you to do it, push everything to the Supreme Emperor, and pour a basin of dirty water on the Jiangnan court, what are you doing blindly! To win the hearts of the people Whoever wins the world, when the time comes... hum."

Zhao Chi sneered impatiently in his heart, popular opinion?People's hearts can't help him attack Lin'an Mansion and kill those ambitious people.The old Zhao's family didn't rule the world because of the people's understanding. Since Qin Shihuang, no one has gained the people's understanding of the world, and the common people don't care who is the emperor.

If he wants to go back now, he has to sneak around, so as not to be wiped out by the minions of his brothers as soon as he shows up, but the most urgent thing is to chop off this Jurchen empress, so as to get rid of the shame and hatred in his heart. In the future, no one will know about his embarrassing experiences, and thirdly, he can return proudly based on this.

Who doesn't hate the Jurchen in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty? After killing Tang Kuo, he Zhao Chi is still the emperor who is wise and martial, brave, and has no stains.

"This Fang Shi and Du Hui's lives are in my hands, how dare they refuse? What's more, these two are your former confidantes, they were rejected by Jiangnan, and now they have not gone to that side..."

Zhao Chi didn't take it seriously when he heard the words, Tang Kuo couldn't see the tricks that abducted him and escaped from Bianjing, but Zhao Chi knew the reason for it, even if he didn't, once he got suspicious, the seeds of doubt would grow bigger and bigger.These two people are no longer available.

The two had their own thoughts, one was talking rhetorically, the other was silent.

Not long after, Fang Shi came back, turned a blind eye to Tang Kuo who was in the room, and only respectfully said to Zhao Chi: "Your Majesty, the news has already spread, Admiral Du is guarding the shore, and all the people in the yamen are in place. "

Just waiting for Zhao Chi to perform.

"Where are Li Sijin and Yang Yuan?" Zhao Chi asked.

"They got off the boat and went to the direction of Jiangkou. They were looking for local wealthy households on the shore to inquire about renting a boat. They seemed to be in a hurry. They haven't left yet. There are guards from the Yang family on board."

Tang Kuo interjected: "Li Sijin made trouble with the rebels years ago, and now he can still openly walk outside. Is the Yamen just for fun?"

Zhao Chi usurped his fist and said nothing, the Yang family had meritorious service in protecting the city, now they don't need to be chased, they took the initiative to go back to Bozhou, naturally they can't be stopped, if they don't leave or stay outside to make trouble, then the loss outweighs the gain.

What's more, Zhao Chi still wanted to go to Bozhou to find someone to relieve the Gu. Before finding someone, there was a big mess. Now that the Gu insect has not relapsed for some reason, it does not mean that it will not attack in the future. He does not want to be an enemy of Yang now. For Li Sijin, let him go for now.

Being an emperor also has many embarrassments, where he can act recklessly.

He ignored Tang Kuo's words and nodded, as long as they didn't make trouble with him, the emperor.

"Let's go then."

Tang Kuo sneered, opened the curtain when he saw Fang, strode ahead of Zhao Chi, and went out.

He personally pretended to be a guard to watch over Zhao Chi, never leaving him a step away, and he could still make Zhao Chi fail to cheat, and save Zhao Chi from taking the opportunity to trouble him. He was also worried that these ancient people were not worried.

Zhao Chi walked slowly to keep up, Liu Tingzhou was waiting at the bow, sending someone to test the firmness of the newly replaced sampan, when he saw the square, he led someone out, and hurried forward.

People on the shore are crowded, congested and noisy, and there are also boats dotted on the water, sparkling, noisy and chaotic everywhere, a good show is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)