Aftermath of Water Margin

Chapter 22
But it is said that Jifu rescued Chai Jin with tricks and made Tang Niu'er go to the city to drop the letter. Yang Lin picked it up and read it with the leaders, and discussed: "Since Chai Jin has been released from prison, his family members are still imprisoned, and he can't leave the city. He made a plan to retreat to the maple slope to ambush. When there is an internal response, he will attack again." Then he sent an order to return to the soldiers, the banners were rolled upside down, the swords or shoulders were thrown, and the camp was exhausted.Seeing that the enemy soldiers had all retreated, the guards reported to the eunuch. Gao Yuan said, "Chai went into the city and couldn't be arrested. I think he was hanged down again. His family is still there, and he can vent his anger by killing him." Seeing the people in the city, they came to report one after another: "The city gate has been closed for a long time, and the salary and rice are cut off. I beg the master to open the city and temporarily release the woodcutters." People severely cross-examined.

But it is said that Yang Lin and Dai Zong pretended to be the official document handlers, and Hu Yanyu and Xu Sheng pretended to be elementary school students, so that people carried schoolbags, and the younger ones carried a few loads of firewood, hidden weapons and gunpowder, and mixed into the city.It turned out that Tang Niu'er lived in an alley, close to the city gate, and behind the house was the city wall.On the left is an open space. On the right, the family locked the door and went to the countryside. There is no close neighbor, so it is easy to hide. It is stated in the letter.Dai Zong and the other four made a mistake and sneaked into Tang Niu'er's house, where they met Chai Jin and Ji Fu in the dark room.Tang Niu'er only said that he bought the firewood for the little one, and picked it into the house, waiting for the soldiers and horses to arrive.

On the left side of the second watch, the sound of cannons was suddenly heard, and the soldiers guarding the city flew to Zhou Street.Gao Yuan got on his horse to inspect it himself, and then sent the peasants to the city. Tang Niu'er and his neighbors went to guard the stacks, and Dai Zong and Yang Lin followed.At the time of the four drums, the guards of the city were all mentally sleepy.Dai Zong took out a white silk trumpet belt and erected it. When he saw it from the city, he leaned on the bamboo ladder and filed up.The guard shouted, and Yang Lin drew his sword and chopped.Hu Yanyu and Xu Sheng went to the city gate to kill the gatekeepers, opened the gate wide, and lowered the suspension bridge.Li Ying and Hu Yanzhuo led the troops to rush in, and set off several fires in succession. The lights were completely red, and the city was full of excitement.Gao Yuan heard that Ximen had fallen, and led the troops with Sun Tongzhi to resist the battle.Li Ying and Hu Yanzhuo met face to face, not to speak, Li Ying shot Gao Yuan off the horse.Sun Tongzhi patted his horse and left. Hu Yanzhuo caught up with him and was beaten to death. The soldiers fled for their lives.They went to the state government together and killed Gao Yuan's family.Chai Jin and Ji Fu lead Yang Lin into the prison, but the prisoner has already escaped.Jifu released all the guilty prisoners, and Chai Jin went to lead out his family members, and said to Yang Lin, "If I didn't have this festival rank, I would have been wronged and sunk to the bottom of prison!" A group of people sat in the state hall.Hu Yanyu, Xu Sheng and Dai Zong all arrived. Li Ying sent an order to put out the fire and not allow Qiuhao to offend the people.The assets of Gaoyuan's yamen and the money and food in the warehouse were loaded back to the village.Tang Niu'er said to Chai Jin: "Take the rice and distribute it to the neighbors in the alley." Thank you all.One said: "We made fun of it the day before yesterday, and we really hid it inside. Mr. Tang is so bold!"

It was already dawn, so the troops were sent out of the city, and they went to Fengshupo to build a meal in An.Chai Jin went and carried his wealth up the mountain.Along the way, I heard that Tokyo was very dangerous.Li Yingdao: "We are all citizens of the Great Song Dynasty. Since our ancestors, we have been supported for 160 years. If your father is in trouble, you should go and find out the real news. If you want to bother Dean Dai, go and go, and get another one to go with you." Turning around to Yang Lin, he said, "My little brother is willing to go." Li Ying was overjoyed, and took more silver and hid it with Yang Lin.After fighting the middle guys, Chai Jinzi, his family members, Jifu, Tang Niu'er followed Li Ying and waited until he drank Machuan.

Let's say that Dai Zong and Yang Lin arrived in Tokyo within a few days after practicing the magic method.More than ten miles away, the people fled and fought everywhere.It's getting late, and there is no place to stay. There is a Qingxu Temple beside the official road. Dai Zongdao: "I can't enter the city, and I can live in the temple. You can go in tomorrow and find out the news." Taking off the armor horse, the two walked in .The Jade Emperor's Hall was quiet, no one was seen, the smoke disappeared and the candles were extinguished.When he found the kitchen, there was only a lame Taoist sweeping the floor. Yang Lin asked, "You are the only one here in such a big courtyard?" Surrounded, murdered and looted, all the residents fled. My Qingxu Temple is on the main road, soldiers and horses come and go from time to time, how can I disturb it! Fangtou’s master has avoided it, and I am disabled. I have nowhere to go, so I have to stay. Let him do the counting!" Dai Zongdao: "The two of us are going to visit relatives in the city, but we won't be able to make it to the evening, so I want to borrow you to watch the temple overnight. If you have rice, I will borrow some cooking rice, and I will send incense and gold to you tomorrow morning." The Taoist said: "You might as well stay here, and you can just sneak away at night. There is no rice." Yang Lin said: "Is there a place to buy it?" The sick one has a big boil on his foot, and he can't walk. You go out of the Guanmen Gate, turn from the east to the big forest, there is a stone bridge, and there are people across the bridge." Yang Lin said: "There is an earthen jar to borrow. Come buy some wine if there is any wine." The Taoist went inside with his hands and feet, and brought out a big earthen jar with no mouth.Yang Lin mentioned it, and walked along the path pointed out by the Taoist.As a result, there is a stone bridge out of the forest. Standing on the bridge, you can see the beautiful scenery, and the clear stream around it is endless.Relying on the hill, the pines and bamboos are densely dense, and there are more than ten families, all of which are thatched houses.A few weeping willows in front of the door, a crow babbled on the willows, and the stream light reflected the sunset, red and purple for a long time.When you get off the bridge, some people's houses are locked, some are closed, and there is no one on the way.At the end of the village, there is an earth wall and bamboo doors.Yang Lin walked in, the courtyard was covered with flowers and bamboos, the thatched cottage was hung with Hunan curtains, purple mud chalk walls, cypress smoke curled up from the small furnace on the incense table, a painting was hung on it, and the paper window and wooden couch were unique. Clear the situation.Yang Lin stood on his feet, coughed, and a boy with two buns came out from inside, and asked: "Why?" Yang Lin said: "The past guests, staying overnight at Qingxu Temple, want to buy some rice for cooking, your family can get it Sell ​​it?" The boy said: "The Dongren is not here, so I can't be the master." Yang Lin had to go out, and stood by the door blankly.Thinking: "Where can I buy it? I'm just hungry tonight!"

Just as he was about to turn around, a man came from Xishou Mountain Alley, wearing a short robe with a scarf, silk shoes and clean socks, holding a crossbow in his hand, followed by a servant, picking a branch of wild flowers, and carrying a pair of turtledoves.The man looked at Yang Lin and said, "Thank you for finding this place!" Yang Lin was overjoyed, and the two bowed down.Who is this person?It is the prodigal son Yanqing.Then invited in, Yang Lin said: "Principal Dai is still at Qingxu Temple." Yan Qing said: "My brother has picked it up, I'll wait here." Yang Lin hurried to the temple, Dai Zong said: "Why did you go?" How long? Can I buy rice?" Yang Lin said: "You don't need to buy it. There is a brother here. Please go with me." He returned the Taoist earthen pot, shouting loudly, carrying the parcel, and went out of the temple together.Dai Zong asked which one it was, and Yang Lin said, "You'll know where you go."

Walking into the thatched cottage, Yanqing had already lit the lamp and waited.Dai Zong was overjoyed when he saw him, and after meeting each other, they all talked about their whereabouts.Yan Qing said: "There is no place to buy rice. I think I'm hungry. Let's get something to eat before we talk about it." The young man took out vegetables, game, and a large plate of preserved deer, and poured some good wine for a meal.Dai Zong and Yang Lin said about their previous deeds: "Li Ying asked me to listen to the news in Tokyo. If you don't spend the night in the Qingxu Temple and go to the village to buy rice, you will be gone forever!" Yan Qing said: "The younger brother came back from Zhengfangla, Persuading me to be a secluded man from the East. Knowing that there is a disaster of "the birds are exhausted, the bows are hidden", the people from the East want to enjoy wealth and honor, but they are stubborn. I had to leave the letter to Song Gongming and hide from far away harm. There is a girl from the East. My son, who assumed his surname as Lu, called Lu Eryuanwai, opened a shop in the capital, and came to join him. Because I like leisure, he has a village here, so I will stay here, hunt some birds and plant some flowers and trees. , happy and at ease, peaceful in soul and dreams. The year before last, I heard that Song Gongming and Dongren were murdered by Jian Chen. My Dongren was buried in Luzhou. I went to the grave to cry and lay a funeral ceremony. I don’t go out. The news in Tokyo is not good. The Jin soldiers are camped at Tuomougang, and the emperor is soft. I refused to let it go. I cut off the three towns and searched for rich families to reward teachers with gold and silver. The people's misery is unspeakable! I, the second member of Lu, was tortured to death. If the decree is carried out to the outer states and counties, if you don't donate, the whole family will be beheaded. The day before yesterday I heard that Chai Daguan was also imprisoned in the Cangzhou Prison. Now that all the brothers have been rescued, this is a great thing! The current situation in the capital, although there are old masters, Yao Pingzhong and other Qin Wang teachers gathered in the city , the minister who harmed the country wants to make peace and is not allowed to go to war. Seeing that the big event has gone, and the inside and outside of the city are blocked, how can the two brothers get in? Why don't you live in Zhuangshang and listen to the news. If Bianjing is broken, here is also I can't settle down, so I have to find another place to go." Yang Lin said: "Brother Yi, all the brothers are reunited, why don't you also go to the cottage?" Yan Qing said: "Let's see." Since then, Dai Zong and Yang Lin have only lived in Yan There is no question about Qingzhuang.

Let's talk about Emperor Qinzong, in the early five o'clock dynasty, all the civil and military officials were in shifts. Qinzong said: "The Jin soldiers are in a hurry to attack various sects. How can you resist them?" The east of the river is so powerful that it cannot be resisted. Now surrounded on all sides, the three armies are terrified. If we fight against it, it will be like Mount Tai pressing an egg. Please submit a temporary blessing to Xiangyang to avoid the front, and wait for the army of the king of the world to try again. Lift." A minister flashed out from the squadron. His robes were like a slip. It was Li Gang, the waiter of the Ministry of War. What? And the world's city, how can it be as strong as the capital! Today's plan, we should straighten out the army and horses, consolidate the hearts of the people, and wait for the king's division. If you leave the capital, the golden men and horses will come after you, why should you treat them?" Qin Zong said : "Who can be the general and retreat the enemy soldiers today?" Li Gangdao: "The court's high-ranking nobles and generous officials worshiped and raised ministers. They were used for business purposes. For example, Zhong Shidao, Yao Gu, Zong Ze, etc., are all veterans who know the soldiers. Worship As a general, he pays attention to foreign affairs. The ministers in the capital are suppressed, adapt to the situation, and stick to the city. Wait until the gold soldiers and food are exhausted, and then go to battle, and they will win a complete victory. If this is the case, the clan will be safe." Huang Qin said: " To teach the way of teaching is to worship the general, to teach the soldiers, and to defend the city, there is nothing better than a gentleman." That is to say, in addition to the minister, you are also a military envoy, and Tokyo stays behind.Li Gang thanked him and came out to rectify the strategy of defending the city.Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong went on the track again: "Li Gang's opinion as a scholar should not be listened to. Mr. Zhong is eighty years old, how can he be a general? Now that the army is scattered and the situation has collapsed, if the capital falls, how can there be a sage who will be alone?" Note? The old king moved to Duzhou to build up the 800-year-old foundation of the Zhou family. There is no one way to win, and this is a risk!" Qinzong listened, his color changed suddenly, and said: "It was almost Li Gang's mistake!" Cang The pawn descended to the imperial couch and said, "I can't stay any longer!" He ordered the forbidden soldiers to take armor, and the emperor drove Chengyu and the concubines of the six palaces to leave the palace gate.When Li Gang heard about it, he approached him.Xun cried to his death and invited: "Your Majesty has allowed your ministers to stay, and now you can go again, why? The parents and wives of the Sixth Army are all in the capital, and they are willing to defend to the death. In case of defeat, Majesty will be used as a guard? In the past, Tang Mingcheng heard Kaguan was lost, the grapes were in a hurry, and the ancestral temple court was destroyed in Anlu Mountain. How can your majesty follow the same pattern? Try to call the guards to ask, or do you want to keep the clan? Would you like to ask the emperor's decree from the outside of the line, and the forbidden soldiers will all Said that he was willing to defend to the death. Yinzong realized that he could not do it. The six imperial guards bowed down and all called long live.

From time to time, there was a college student surnamed Chen Mingdong, who was a loyal man, learned from the past and the present, mastered Confucius and Mencius, was generous and fierce in situations, and did not shy away from the powerful.Seeing that Emperor Qinzong stopped coming out of the chariot, he led all the students to prostrate and play: "Emperor Taizu, the heavenly gods, quelled disasters and chaos, and defeated four hundred military states in the city; below Taizong, the sages were inherited from each other, deeply benevolent, and cultivated. Vitality. Therefore, the sky is auspicious, the grain is plentiful, and the people are happy, and it has been established for 150 Xu years. Since Wang Anshi first changed the old rules and updated the law, the world has been dying, and it is still gnashing its teeth. The emperor appointed the small group and ignored state affairs. , and gradually collapsed. Cai Jing and his son were prime ministers for twenty years, jealous of the virtuous and capable, greedy and insatiable, misleading the country and deceiving the emperor; , Yang Yi disturbed the court, and was good at enlightening the people; Liang Shicheng made a grudge against the North, and Zhu Li brought disaster to the South. These thieves are colluding with each other and corrupting the state affairs. Your Majesty's new throne, you should trust the virtuous, far away from the hard-nosed, and the family can be in danger And Fu'an. Please pronounce the jade sound urgently, and immediately slaughter these thieves, so that the people will breathe out and the six armies will be happy, and the Jin people will retreat without fighting." Qin Zong said: "I am in the East Palace, and I know the bad things of these people. , but the Emperor Taishang has no ministers, and since I came to the throne at the beginning, I can't change his politics suddenly to hurt the heart of the Supreme Being. These people can be relegated to a distant place, and they will be killed after the Jin soldiers retreat." On the way to Kaifeng Asked by the government, Chen Dong thanked him and withdrew.

But it is said that the governor of Kaifeng, whose surname is Nie and whose name is Chang, is a straight man, and he has always been jealous of this generation.At present, according to the imperial decree, envoys were sent to take Cai Jing, Cai You, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, Wang Hen, Yang Zha, Liang Shicheng, etc., and their family members, and asked them carefully.Cai Jing and others saw that the situation had changed, the power was out of hand, and they had nothing to do, so they all bowed their heads and laid down their crimes.Nie Chang investigated and clarified each item by item, and all of them were dispatched to the evil military state to arrange.The family members were all sent to the army, and the land property and property were confiscated into the official, and they were used as military pay.Qin Zong followed up with the hearing of prison memorials.Immediately, he was pushed out of the capital gate and was not allowed to stay. The people in the capital were all enthusiastic and cheered.

Li Gang, the right minister of the Shangshu, invited Nie Chang, the governor of the government, to come and discuss, saying: "The six thieves have caused a lot of trouble. Chen Dongfu played the sage Yu Yun, approved your mansion, confiscated the army, and placed Manyan. Although people's hearts are happy, they are not enough. Do your best. The Holy Majesty is afraid of injuring the Great Majesty because he first ascended the throne, so he refuses to kill him. Moreover, there is no case of beheading ministers in this dynasty. If your mansion is released from Beijing, I have a brave man named Wang Tiezhang , This manpower can carry a tripod, and he is bold and bold. Send him to stab the six thieves to death and avenge the world. If the sage knows, I will go to the secret report, and it will be fine. It's a very pleasant thing to treat his body with the way of a man!" Nie Chang said: "Master Li's theory is in agreement with the lower officials, so go and act." Li Gang summoned Wang Tiezhang to knock on the governor Nie Chang, and looked at it. That King Iron Staff:

Over seven feet in stature, within thirty years of age.His arms are as strong as iron, and his tendons are knotted into purple lumps; his eyes are bigger than copper bells, and his pupils are red.With a sharp blade hanging from your waist, you are used to cutting through the night;If it wasn't for Yi Shui's sad singer, it must be Wumen's Ren Xialiu.

Seeing Wang Tieshang's strength, Fu Yin said: "This man's is usable." Then he said goodbye and left.When I arrived at the mansion hall, I signed the documents and dispatched the family members separately.Cai Jing, Cai You, Gao Qiu and Tong Guanzuo went to Danzhou together.Together with Wang Fu, Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng, they escorted them to Bozhou.Drive out of Bianjing overnight without delay.The escort officer didn't dare to be slow, and quickly urged him to get up.

After all, Cai Jing is old, strong and cunning, and discussed with Gao Qiu and Tong Guan: "We have done our best, and we are really under one person and above ten thousand. We only want to be rich and honored for ten thousand years, and passed on to our children and grandchildren, who knows that it will change in a hurry. The Daojun Emperor passed on the crown prince, and I lost power. The court should not use a group of people, the new scholars will be poisoned. Although they have been placed in a smoky place by the Holy Grace, they have to survive, but thousands of miles away , the future is hard to guarantee. First get to know the escort officer, leave the city quietly, don’t go to the posthouse, and rent a private house along the way. Wherever you go, wait for the opportunity to survive. What do you two think?” Gao Qiu said : "The old grand master sees it very clearly! Usually, he only hides the truth from his majesty, and if he does what he wants, he will end up complaining to others. Now that he has lost power, he must be cautious." Tong Guandao: "I have always relegated ministers, and most of them are killed in the middle way. What's more, we If you have done it long enough, it is your turn, so how can you do it without seeing the opportunity?" Cai Jing then negotiated with the escort officer attentively, gave gifts generously, and begged him to protect him, and the officer agreed.It doesn't matter if you go out of Beijing overnight, and go by a small road.

Wang Fu, Yang Jian, and Liang Shicheng used the old scale to carry more luggage with their families, and stayed in posthouses all the way. They were unprepared and did not show courtesy to the escort officials. They were calm and boasted: "The imperial court still uses us Days. When the Jin soldiers have retreated, the Daojun Emperor will be restored and slaughtered, and those young children still don’t know our methods!" When they arrived at Yongqiu Station, Liao Yicheng did not come to welcome him, Wang Fu said angrily: "I am The most noble minister, even though he was relegated, is still the deputy envoy of Jiedu, why don't you come to meet him?" The postman said: "The soldiers and horses are full, and the supplies are all short. Whenever there are officials coming and going, they should be surveyed first, so that they can be ready to serve. Come here suddenly today, how do you know if it is a noble official or not? This kind of power can only be used the day before yesterday, and it is useless now!" He went out by himself.Wang Fu thought to himself that it didn't make any sense, so he had to let it go.Ask the family to prepare their own dinner and drink with Liang Shicheng and Yang Jian.When the escort officer saw that he was not invited, he was already cold and angry. The instructor took care of him and went to rest in another room.Wang Fu drank until he was half drunk, and said: "The three of us used to do great things, but once we lost our power, we would be bullied by this villain. We must find a way out, don't try to get rich, how can we be depressed in that smoky place?" , Live with your head buried in your neck?" Yang Jian said: "'When the time comes, the time will never come again!' The Taoist emperor is an idler when he passes on the throne, and some edicts can't be passed on, let alone I wait! It's just that the time is good. Liang Shicheng said: "It's not like that. Things in the world can still be done, so let's just leave it at that? Mr. Wang must have a big idea, don't let your own anger get discouraged first." A gentleman said, I have sent my son Wang Chaoen to Jinying to meet with the marshal and talk about it. In a few days, Bianjing will be captured, and the two emperors will be captured to the north, and the person with a different surname will be the lord of China." Twirling his white beard, he said with a smile. "Do you know that the three of us are not in the discussion? In a few days, there will be good news." Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng were overjoyed when they heard this, and praised: "Mr. Wang really has the means to turn things around! If so It's done, the two of us will do our best to help you." Wang Fu said: "wealth and honor are shared, so don't say too much, lest there will be leaks." So he drank happily and went to bed drunk.

But it is said that Wang Tiezhang was ordered by the governor of Kaifeng, pretending to be a messenger, crossing his waist with a knife, and hiding a falcon feather dagger, all the way.Cai Jing was with him, but there was no sign of him. The three of Wang Fu knew that they had landed in Yongqiu post, and at dusk, they had already flown into the post wall.Wang Fu could understand every sentence of what he was talking about, sticking out his tongue: "This thief is so rude, no wonder Shang Shu and Fu Yin want to kill him!"By the end of the night, they were all drunk and asleep, and the family and others also went to rest, gently opened the door, flashed into the room, picked up the residual lamp, and made it easy to start.He saw Wang Fu and the other three were on their respective beds, snoring like thunder.Take out the dagger from the bottom of the folds of the clothes, the dagger is really like a pool of autumn water, worth a thousand gold, if it stabs a stream of blood, even if you die.He picked up the dagger, pinched his big finger, stabbed Wang Fu's throat, and then stabbed it again, blood gushed out like a spring, he stood up straight without making a sound.Xiang Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng also used this method. In less than half a cup of tea, three vicious and firm officials were gently sent to hell.Wang Tiezhang looked at the dagger, there was no blood on it, and it was put into the sheath.Then he drew his waist knife and cut off the heads of the three men.There are two skin pouches beside him, put the head into the pouch, close the mouth line, and put the waist knife into the sheath.With his leather bag on his back, Yuan jumped out from the back wall of the post station. It was really easy for the attendees to do so without any effort.There is a poet in the past who sighed and said:
Founding the country and inheriting the family far away from the villain, harming the people and trapping the master also died.

Thousands of years of stench pollute Qing history, and the jade belt and scarlet robe turn into wild phosphorus.

Not to mention Wang Tiezhang carrying a leather pouch to go back to Fu Yin, but also to say that the escort officer got up at five o'clock to urge him to make the trip.Those family members packed their luggage on the animals and asked the three masters to get up.He couldn't call again, so he pushed his hand away, only to see blood stains on his hands.He hurriedly took a fire to illuminate them, only to see three headless corpses, frozen in a pool of blood, frightened to death.The escort officer came to inspect and found out that he was killed by the enemy, so he had to go back to the capital to report.The family bought the coffin, buried the headless corpse, and stored it in the suburbs, waiting for the order to be issued.It's exactly: Fortunately, there are young foxes in the world, and there are new evil spirits in the underworld.I don't know what will happen next, let's listen to the next chapter.

Those who are good at provoking frontiers are also Wang Fu.After being exiled, he still vainly discussed creating a different surname, as if he pretended to be himself, and the crime of the thief and the minister is all over the sky!The dagger of Wang Tiezhang will definitely whistle first in the box
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