Aftermath of Water Margin

Chapter 27 Crossing the Yellow River, the traitors met by chance on a narrow road because of the conferring of poisoned wine for the first time

But it is said that Li Yingzhong's heroes abandoned Yinmachuan and returned to the south of the whole journey to the ferry of the Yellow River.This is the junction of the north and the south. The Jin Dynasty set up a camp on the north bank, guarded by the general Wulu and the rebel Wang Bao who let go of the Jin soldiers the day before yesterday.Li Ying also set up his camp and discussed: "Wulu and Wang Bao lead five thousand soldiers here, and there is no boat to cross. We must break him so that we can pass." Hu Yanzhuo and Wang Jin said: "The Wang Bao thief lost Sincerely betraying the country, making one or two emperors dusty, and Bianjing falling, is the chief culprit. When we meet today, I wish I could eat his meat raw! The two of us will go to fight the village." Li Yingdao: "Wang Bao doesn't matter, there is Wulu there, so don't You need to be careful when you underestimate the enemy. I will lead my own troops to respond." Hu Yanzhuo and Wang Jin led [-] soldiers forward.

But Wulu was discussing in the army and said: "The grass bandit in Yinmachuan abandoned his nest and fled back to the south. I won't arrest him here and go to the generalissimo to ask for credit. When will he wait?" Wang Bao said, "Don't hide it when you return to the teacher. Don't chase the poor. He came here alone, and his advantage lies in the quick battle. I have deep trenches and high fortifications here, and if I don't fight with him, I will definitely be exhausted. Send the document to the Marshal Tart quickly, and then invite soldiers to attack head to tail. And capture." Wu Lu followed his words and sent an order to guard the gate of the village and not to fight.It was just a matter of sending two "night not accepting" officials to invite soldiers with documents.

When Wang Jin and Hu Yanzhuo's front team arrived, they saw that the gate of the village was closed and lined with staghorn and thorns. It was so strong that it could not be attacked.Li Ying led all the heroes to come together, and fight with you in every possible way, but they can't come out.There was nothing to do but to return to camp.Yan Qing said: "He has five thousand soldiers not coming to fight. He is not afraid of us. He must have a plan. When my master's food is exhausted, he will invite soldiers to attack. I have no rescue for my lone army. What should I do? I can send out detectives Patrolling around, if someone goes to invite soldiers to bring it, he has his own strategy." Li Ying sent Cai Qing and Du Xing to lead the patrol. In less than half a day, he got two "Night Not Accepted" from Wulu, and searched them out. Invitation documents.Li Ying asked him to chop it up, but Hu Yanzhuo recognized him somewhat, so he asked him to ask where he was from.The "Yebuyan" shouted: "General, the younger ones are the general's subordinates. Wang Bao sacrificed the pass the day before yesterday, so he had no choice but to surrender." Hu Yanzhuo said: "Why doesn't Wulu fight and keep guarding the gate of the village?" "Ye Bu Accept" said: "Wu Lu is about to go to war, but Wang Bao stopped him, so I asked soldiers to attack." Yan Qing comforted, "You two are willing to surrender, not only not to kill, but also to be serious. Reward." "Night not accepting" knelt and wept: "The young one is from Tokyo. He has his parents and wife at home, so he cannot go back because Wang Bao keeps him. The general is willing to spare his life, even if he goes through fire or water!" Yan Qing asked for food and drink. Surprised, stay in the camp.To Li Yingdao: "It takes five days to go back and forth from Daming Mansion. On the sixth day, I have a plan to break Wulu. But I have to guard it tightly to prevent him from robbing the village at night." On the sixth day, Yanqing took out the wooden clip. Said: "Now I'm going to use this thing again. The soap carving flag was broken the day before yesterday, and the clothes and hats were stripped. I called Yang Lin, Fan Rui, Du Xing, and Cai Qing to dress up as servants. I used to be a general of the Jinying, and taught me." Yebu accept' words, let's go first. Choose four generals here, lead a thousand soldiers to attack, and he will fight naturally. I will set fire inside to break him."

Yan Qing went to the Wulu camp with "Night Not Accepting", and said first: "Marshal Tart refused to send troops, but he was brought back in the original batch, and he sent a master here." Yan Qing stepped forward and went with Wulu. Li, check the wooden clip.Called and said: "Marshal Tart said that there are five thousand soldiers and horses here. Could it be that a few people can't be suppressed, and they want to call in soldiers?" Wu Lu said: "We were going to fight, but we were blocked by Wang Bao." Yan Qing said: "The marshal also said that Wang Bao is from the Southern Dynasty. If he refuses to go to war, he may have two minds. If he pushes back again, he will follow the military law and behead the order." Wang Bao watched the two of them talking, because he could not understand the language. , indistinguishable.Suddenly it was reported that there were four generals in front of the stronghold, where Yaowu Yang Wei cursed.Wulu called for the coat, put on the gun and mounted the horse, and started the camp to fight.Wang Bao remonstrated: "Before the soldiers arrive, you can't go to battle." Wu Lu was furious, and shouted: "Incompetent junior! I heard you, it's almost a bad thing. If you don't want to go to battle, behead first!" Wang Bao had no choice but to Come out with a knife.

The two rounds faced each other, when Hu Yanzhuo saw Wang Bao, he was so angry that he beat him with double whips.Wang Bao caught the knife and fought ten times.Seeing that Wang Bao was timid, Wu Lu raised his gun and went out.Guan wins the enemy and lives, and he also fights for thirty rounds.Ling Zhen set off the cannon, Yan Qing and Fan Rui set fire to the village, Yang Lin and Du Xing drew their swords and killed indiscriminately.Seeing the fire in the village, Wu Lu turned his horse's head and went back to the side of the village.Yang Lin, Du Xing, Cai Qing, Yan Qing, and Fan Rui rushed out together, and Wu Lu fled to the wasteland on his horse.Wang Bao was flustered, and was thinking about getting away, but Hu Yanzhuo caught up, fell off the horse with a whip, and the little boy was bound.Wulu's soldiers fled dead and fled, all scattered, and no one stopped them.It's just that the turbid waves of the Yellow River are so turbulent that there is no boat to move. "No collection at night" reported: "There are [-] big boats hidden in Hanli, which can be crossed." Li Ying was overjoyed, so he pulled out his stronghold to the side of the boat, loaded his family and luggage on the boat, and then crossed with the soldiers and horses.

In an instant, they arrived at the south bank, Liyang City was also guarded by soldiers, but it was Wang Jinbiao.After entering the city, Wang Jinwen found out that the old business manager passed away a month ago, which was very sad.Li Ying took 200 silver and rewarded him with two "no collection at night" and taught him to go back.Yan Qing said: "I picked up this wooden clip by chance, and I did three great things." Hu Yanzhuo said: "If you have no brother, you are so bold, you can talk about the local talk, and you can't do it!" , Cursed: "You traitor! The imperial court sent ten of our generals to guard the Yellow River ferry. Yangliu Village is the first urgent place to go. Why did you surrender the country privately and lure gold soldiers across the river, ruining the Song Dynasty for [-] years? The mountains and rivers of Sheji caused the dragons of the two dynasties to sink into the desert and killed millions of lives! You think that you are greedy for officials and titles, and you want to be a wife. A hundred steps away, hang Wang Bao up and call the sergeant to shoot him to death with random arrows.Let's set up wine to celebrate.In a short while, Wang Bao's body was like a hair, and he put down the meat to cut up the meat and feed it to the dogs.All the leaders are happy.

It is said that Li Ying still divided his soldiers and horses into three teams and marched towards Henan.Li Yingdao: "I'm sorry to ask Dean Dai to go to Tokyo to find out the news first, so that he can join the sect and stay behind." Dai Zong took the order and went.All the way without a word, we walked for a few days and arrived in Zhongmu County.The people fled, leaving only an empty city.Li Yingdao: "Let's stay in the city and wait for Dean Dai to come back, and then decide where to go." Then he went into the city and settled down.At that time, after the war, the surrounding fields were depressed, the ground was full of thorns and hazels, there were few pedestrians, and there were hordes of jackals and tigers.After waiting for two or three days, Dai Zong did not come back.Yan Qing, Yang Lin, Hu Yanyu, Xu Sheng and a dozen soldiers, sling bows and crossbows, went to the wild to shoot birds.When I arrived at Rise Pingxi, I brought back some game.I saw four people sitting in two cars on the main road, all in square clothes and casual clothes. Immediately behind him was an officer riding with orders on his back. There were two or three loads of luggage.Seeing this, Yan Qing pondered and said, "The two people sitting in the car had kind faces, and I couldn't remember them for a while. The officer immediately carried the order on his back, and I think he was a demoted official." He didn't take it to heart either.Not more than half a mile away, I saw ten soldiers coming, all carrying knives, bows and arrows, and carrying simple knives.The leader saw Yan Qing and shouted, "Little Brother Yi, why are you here?" When Yan Qing looked at it, he was a neighbor outside Lu Eryuan in Tokyo City, named Ye Mao, who was a horse-headed army in Kaifeng Mansion.Yan Qing also shouted: "Where is Brother Ye going?" Ye Mao said: "Unlucky! We have to walk more than 8000 miles!" Why are these people hurting people! Do you know who are the four people sitting in the car in front? If you say it, you will be frightened!" Yan Qing said: "Come to make fun of me again. Those four people, I just saw the bad luck on their faces Who is it?" Ye Mao said: "It is to write a sincere post and send it to the ministers of the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom." Yan Qing was taken aback and asked: "Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan? Who is the younger one? These people have long been demoted before Bianjing was broken, why are they still here today?" Ye Mao said: "That is Cai You, Cai Jing's son and bachelor. You don't know, Bianjing When the capital was not yet broken, the scholar Chen Dong impeached the six thieves for harming the country and the people, and ordered them all to be demoted. They were escorted in two groups. One was Wang Fu, Yang Jian, and Liang Shicheng. They were assassinated by their enemies at Yongqiu Post. Clear the accounts; that one is these four. After all, Cai Jing is cunning. Seeing that the Jin soldiers attacking Bianjing is in danger, he bribes and buys the escort officer. He is lenient and hides in the countryside. He waits and sees where he is, and he wants to surrender to the Jin Dynasty as an official. Disturbance, no place to investigate. After Kang Wang took the throne, Li Gang became the prime minister, and strict investigations were carried out, but the Danzhou Zhihui never saw it. There was a first report from the enemy, and he was arrested. , order us to escort. Because there are local bandits in Qi County, you can't leave, come around here." Yan Qing said: "Where do you rest in front?" Ye Mao said: "Go to Zhongmou County. I heard that there are soldiers and horses Tunza, let's go and see." Yan Qing said: "The soldiers and horses in the county are my good brothers, so why not take a rest. We won't see each other for a long time, and we will find a glass of wine to catch up on the old relationship." The two walked while talking, and arrived the edge of the city.Ye Mao rushed to the escort officer's horse and said, "There is no lodging in front. Although there are soldiers and horses in Zhongmou County, there are acquaintances inside, so you can rest." The escort officer called in and found an empty house to live in.

Although Yang Lin, Hu Yanyu and Xu Sheng saw Yan Qing chatting with Ye Mao, they didn't care and didn't know what to say.Yan Qing came up and said to the crowd: "I met four nobles by chance, and we must hold a feast for them." Li Ying said: "What kind of nobles are they?" Yan Qing said with a smile: "These four nobles are usually gracious. In front of us. We meet on a narrow road today, don't neglect!" Then Cai Jing and his sons, Gao Qi, and Tong Guan were demoted to Danzhou and said: "I have invited you to the city." Everyone said together: "It's really rare to meet. It's enough for everyone to reward him with a knife, and it's a feast!" Yan Qing said: "If it's a knife, what's the fun? You need to entertain him slowly. It's so good." Everyone agreed.

Then Yan Qing, together with Yang Lin, Fan Rui, Cai Qing, and Du Xing, went to the escort officer's apartment. Seeing Cai Jing and other four people standing and chatting, Yan Qing cupped his hands and said, "General Li heard that Cai Taishi, Xuetu, Gao Taiwei, Tong Shumi, etc. Here, the residence is sluggish, so I have prepared a small drink and sent someone to welcome you." Cai Jing and the others said in astonishment, "Which General Li accepts this kindness? I'm waiting for the detainees. I don't want to disturb you, so I resign." Yeh Seeing Yanqing's invitation, Mao Mao said to the escort officer, "This is the neighbor. General Li thinks he knows him." The official said: "General Li dares to have an old relationship with the Grand Master? What official position is it?" Yan Qing said: "Exactly. He was very favored by the Grand Master and the Privy Council. You will know as soon as you go." Cai Jing thought: "I think it's because of the disciples. Officials. The world is cold, and there is such a kind person." The escort officer urged them to get up together.Yan Qing sent Du Xing to report first.Li Ying arranged the team very solemnly, bows were stringed, knives were out of sheaths, the hall was brightly lit, and grand banquets were set up, all heroes stood neatly on both sides.Seeing Cai Jing arrived, he started the drum music in the army.Li Ying stepped down to meet each other, and then went to the hall to divide the guests one by one.After seeing the ceremony, he sent Cai Jing and other four people to sit with the escort.Because of his father's presence, Cai You modestly avoids the first place in the east.All the heroes sat down on both sides one by one.

After three rounds of drinking and two sets of food offerings, Cai Jing and Gao Qiu raised their eyes to watch, but they didn't recognize them. They couldn't help but said: "A certain kind of waste person, why bother to make a big show. It's just that I haven't known Jing before, so I feel uneasy." Li Ying smiled and said: "The grand master is one person under ten thousand people, and he has a vision of the world. Although he has been blessed by the sun many times, he has not been able to see the dragon's light. Gao Taiwei and Tong Shumi have met two or three times. Have you forgotten it?" Already?" After drinking for a long time, Li Yingdao: "Emperor Taizu conquered four hundred military states with one stick, earned thousands of miles of land, and passed it on to the ranks of saints. The first Daojun emperor ascended the throne, that is, he worshiped the grand master as prime minister. Managing yin and yang, and taking charge of the important affairs of the military and state, how can once Bianjing fall, the two emperors will be dusted, the two rivers will be submerged, and all surnames will suffer disasters, whose fault is it?" Cai Jing and others felt uneasy when they heard this, and thought: " Invite us to drink, how can you say such a big hat?" Looking at each other, there was no answer, and got up to say goodbye.Li Yingdao: "Although it's simple and obscene, it's not easy to get a cheap name, so why not go!" He called a big cup to pour wine, held it in front of Cai Jing, and said, "The grand master is panicked. It's not someone else, but Liang Shanbo. Li Ying, one of Song Jiang's subordinates, is the flying eagle. Cheng Taishi saw love and was arrested in Jizhou prison. Fortunately, he was rescued and gathered in Yinmachuan to defeat the golden soldiers. Today, he led the soldiers to join the sect and stay behind to help Zhongxing. Unexpectedly When we meet today, please offer me a cup." Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, and Cai You all presented each.Cai Jing and the others were so frightened that they refused to drink and just got up.Li Ying said with a smile: "My brothers and I will offer a toast, and please sit down." Wang Jin stood up, took off his white beard, and shouted: "Gao Qi! I am not the master of Liangshanbo, but the 80 forbidden soldiers. Teach Wang Jin. You are a scoundrel, and you have low skills in learning how to use guns and sticks. You want to compete with my late father, and you will be overthrown with a stick. Instead of blaming yourself, you threatened to take revenge and kill me. You voted for the old businessman I will be promoted to command envoy of soldiers and horses, and I will express it to you today." Gao Qiu was speechless.Seeing Xiaoxuanfeng Chai coming in and out, he said: "I am the descendant of Chai Shizong of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I live in Henghai County, Cangzhou, and Xiaoxuanfeng Chaijin is. The previous dynasty gave me the iron certificate of Danshu, so I can live and work in peace and contentment. You make the clan brother Gao Lian was the magistrate of Gaotang, and Yin Tianxi took advantage of his brother-in-law to vomit my uncle Chai Huangcheng to death and wanted to occupy the garden. The black whirlwind Li Kui beat Yin Taisui to death when he saw injustice on the road. Gao Lian imprisoned me. Fortunately, Song Gongming Rescue the Shanzhai. After being recruited, I made great achievements when I broke Fangla. I resigned from the official rank and retired to Cangzhou. You also made Gao Yuan the prefect of Cangzhou to collect gold and silver according to the order. Gao Yuan avenged his personal revenge and wanted to kill my whole family. Relying on your power! How can you endure such rampant behavior?" Gao Qiu was also speechless.Pei Xuan held on to the double-strand swords and walked to the banquet and said: "This is an old story, so there is no need to mention it! There is no joy in the army, so wait for me to dance the sword to help you get drunk." With the double-strand swords, turn left and right, like two lightning bolts Yingtao, the cold light is shining, the chill is hurricane, and everyone applauds.After dancing, he flicked his sword and sang:

Misfortune comes from the emperor, the earth cracks and the sky collapses.The two emperors patrolled far away, stern and snowy.The strong ministers play tricks, and the world is centrifugal.Tonight, kill me, let me stretch out my arrogance!
The faces of Cai Jing and the others were ashen, and Yan Qing said: "Sword dancing is not as good as sumo wrestling. Gao Taiwei, do you remember that after the army was defeated at Liangshanbo, you were carried up the mountain by Langli Baitiao, and Song Gongming treated you to a banquet. Sumo wrestling with you? It's a long night today, let's fight with you again." Fan Rui said: "Tong Guan! You heard Zhao Liangsi and Guo Jing say that Gongsun Sheng can make demons, and sent troops to Erxian Mountain to arrest him and fight with you. What does Gongsun Sheng have to do with it? It was all done by me, the demon king of the world, Fan Rui! I will teach you to recognize it tonight. The second person on the right, wearing a star crown and a crane cloak, is Mr. Gongsun." Check it out, there is a lot of drinking late at night, so I will bid you farewell. These four are court criminals, and I can't make mistakes in escorting you." Fan Ruiyuan opened his strange eyes, and said with his beard upside down: "What are you, come to speak My lords are not afraid of the sky and the earth. These four thieves don’t say that they scattered my one hundred and eight brothers, you just see that the whole country was destroyed by him. Jackals and tigers everywhere , corpses all over the ground, what kind of world has become of the 200-year-old Dasong tiles that have been destroyed! Today, when the enemies meet, they are extremely open-eyed! Don’t we allow us to say a few words! This dog's head!" The escort officer was so frightened that he was sweating all over, so he dared not speak again.Li Yingming withdrew the banquet, cleaned it up, set up an incense table, lit a burner of incense, and led the crowd to worship the spirit of Taizu Wu in the sky in the south and worship the two emperors in the north. We should fight for the country, report to the sages and ancestors, and dispel the anger of the people all over the world!" They all performed five prostrations and three kowtows.At the end of the ceremony, a table was lifted and a tablet was called to offer it, but it was the names of Song Gongming, Lu Junyi, Li Kui, Lin Chong, and Yang Zhi.After lighting the joss sticks, all the heroes worshiped four times together, and said, "Brother Song Gongming, all the heroic souls, you got four strong thieves, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, and Cai You, here tonight, and they were murdered by him during his lifetime. Today is to avenge my grievances, I hope you can learn from me!"

Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, and Cai You all knelt down and begged: "I know my crime. But I went to Danzhou according to the imperial decree, willing to accept the law of the country, and hope that all heroes will forgive me." Li Yingdao: "I wait for a hundred Eight people, working together to meet the stars, working together, equipped with wisdom and courage. After being recruited, they went to the Daliao in the north and Fangla in the south, and made achievements for the court. More than half of the brothers died on the battlefield for the king's affairs. You stop it. Apart from dismissal, you can't tolerate it. They poisoned Song Jiang and Lu Junyi with medicine and wine, causing them to die of Qu Han's injustice. They also made troubles in many ways. Song Gongming and Lu Junyi were left here, and now the Jin soldiers are invading the world, and we are sent to resist the enemy. How can the border be lost, and the clan and society are in the ruins? Today, all the loyal ministers and good generals have been destroyed, and half of the walls have been ruined, and the people are devastated. Who is to blame? You begged for mercy today, did you spare us back then? Another thing is that if Cai Jing hadn’t been bribed, Liang Zhongshu would not have found a hundred thousand gold pearls to donate for his birthday! It was not hindered, so they robbed Liangshan. Gao Qiu did not let his nephew strengthen the women of a good family, and Lin Wushi did not go to Liangshanbo. If he was not affected by the invasion, he criticized Hua Shigang, and Yang Tongzhi did not go to Liangshanbo. Tong Guan did not accept it. Zhao Liangsi raged to attack the Liao Kingdom. The Jin people had no quarrels to take advantage of. How could the country be ruined and the family destroyed? Today, you don’t think about the master worrying about the humiliation of his ministers. I want to be ashamed and live! It’s just that Shi Le said it well: “Wang Yanqing, you should not use it sharply.” Tokyo was broken the day before yesterday, and someone saw Taizu’s oath stele in the Taimiao: “The minister is guilty, so don’t torture him.” It is recorded in Article 5000. I am following the precepts of my ancestors, and I will not use weapons, but just taste the taste of dove wine." Calling his men to pour four bowls, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, Cai You's eyes were full of tears, trembling Yes, I won't accept it again.Li Ying raised his hand, only to hear three cannon blasts, and four to five thousand people shouted in unison, like shaking mountains and shaking mountains.Two ambush one, pull the ear to pour down the poison.In less than a moment, Cai Jing and the other four died underground bleeding from their seven orifices.All the heroes applauded and congratulated each other.Li Yingming dragged the corpse out of the city and let the crows peck at the wolves for dinner.There are poems to prove it:
The culprit who harmed the country has turned into dust, and the hero can only grow out of boredom.

If you don't frown in your life, there should be no teeth-gnashing people in the world.

But the escort officer was stunned for a while when he saw the four dead, and said: "The generals are not bad, just teach me how to return to life?" " Called 20 taels of silver to send to the escort officer and said: "In case you travel thousands of miles." The escort officer thanked you.Yan Qing also took ten taels of silver and gave it to Ye Mao, saying, "Thanks to your communication, I let go of my bad breath." Ye Mao said, "The house outside Lu Eryuan was burned. Poor An, his mother and son were sent to Jinying, and their whereabouts are unknown." Yan Qing said "I've redeemed it, and now I'm here to commemorate it." Lu Cheng came out and said, "Uncle Ye, Miss Tong'an, I don't think I can return home. Please return the rented house. There are a few broken things. The day before yesterday I borrowed you three qian and didn't return it, so let's push it off." Ye Mao said: "It's a small matter." Then he went with the escort.

Suddenly, the sky is bright.But when Dai Zong came back, he said, "Zong stayed behind to recruit heroes. Wang Shan and Li Chengcheng led their subordinates to surrender. They will be loyal and courageous. Everyone will follow them and serve them as much as they want. The army is very strong. Three times in a row, please the emperor Huandu, who knew that he was suppressed by Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan, filled his chest with anger, because he was seriously ill. When he was about to die, he did not care about his family, and yelled "cross the river" three times, and vomited blood to death. All the soldiers were runny. When Du Chong came to succeed him, he was weak and incompetent, and he did not hesitate to disintegrate the soldiers. They all disintegrated and dispersed repeatedly. It was also heard that the fourth prince of Wushu led a hundred thousand soldiers to Jiankang. Du Chong was afraid, and the soldiers had not yet arrived. He abandoned Henan and led troops Retired to Huaixi. The people fled again and again, and the capital is still empty." The leaders heard this and said in amazement: "Zong Liushou is dead, where should I return? Kuang Wushu went south, how can I live in this empty city? Dilemma What should I do?" Dai Zongdao: "My little brother met a brother on Shandong Road and said that he was very good. It's better to go to shelter for a while and then make sense." There are different religions; .I don't know where Dai Zong is going, let's listen to the next chapter.

According to official history, Cai Jingliu was demoted to Danzhou and died in his eighties.43 family members were killed.Today, I would like to invite all the heroes to spit at me, so as to please everyone's ears.It can be said that "Hou Shui Hu Zhuan" was completed, but the rebellious officials and thieves were afraid
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