Lord: Start with a copy of Water Margin

By the time Zhao Zhen straightened out Liangshan Prefecture, it was already mid-October.

During this period, although the handover work had some twists and turns, it was completed successfully.

Taking Yuncheng County where Zhao Zhen went as an example, after receiving the order, the county magistrate prepared various documents and household registration and tax accounts in advance for the handover.

The handover was naturally carried out by Zhu Wu and Liu Huiniang with their scribes. Under the recommendation of Lei Heng, Zhao Zhen took Hu Sanniang and met many people in Yuncheng County.

Zhao Neng and Zhao De, the two captains who had gained office by currying favor with the county magistrate, had Zhao Zhen removed from their posts, and others with bad records were also dismissed.

Seeing that Lei Heng was gaining power, many people in the county came to fawn over him. These days, Lei Heng was feeling very proud.

Fortunately, after experiencing the ups and downs of human relationships, I dare not excuse others on major issues of right and wrong.

Regarding Yuncheng County, Zhao Zhen discussed with Wu Yong and others. After all, this place is the hometown of Song Jiang, and I am afraid that the imperial court also intends to divert trouble to the east.

After all, according to what Lei Heng said, the county magistrate tore up the Song Jiang family's ancestral graves in order to please Cai Jing, and the Song family ancestral hall removed the memorial tablets of Song Jiang's ancestors under the magistrate's strict order.

Wu Yong was quite critical of this, as the imperial court had never had a precedent of looting the ancestral tombs of thieves. Although officials had previously suggested digging graves and dumping the bodies, this was never implemented.

Because of this, Wu Yong told an incident from Renzong's time: Someone slandered Shi Jie that he had rebel intentions. Xia Song reported to Song Renzong and proposed to dig up Shi Jie's grave to verify whether he was really dead.

Song Renzong finally gave up the idea of ​​digging the grave and breaking the coffin. Later, when the imperial court dealt with anti-bandit cases, it never took such extreme measures as digging up ancestral graves.

I'm afraid Song Jiang has already found out about this.

Zhao Zhen was helpless, so he took Lei Heng and the female cavalry led by Hu Sanniang to Songjia Village, Shuibao Township.

The Song Jiang family's land and house have long been without officials. Before coming, Zhu Tong once said to Zhao Zhen: "Master, there is a Buddhist temple built in the Songjiazhuang, and there is a cellar below. If you have time, the officials can go and see it." Look. Song Taigong and Song Qing left in a hurry that day. If there is anything valuable that cannot be taken away, it is probably hidden here. "

Everyone in Songjia Village has the surname Song. Speaking of which, I'm afraid they are all related to each other. When he heard that the new magistrate was coming, Li Zheng and Song Ping hurriedly brought people out to receive him.

Zhao Zhen saw that all the farmers in Songping were panic-stricken and said, "My husband, don't worry. Song Jiang is a thief and he won't do what you are waiting for. I'm here today not to arrest theft."

Lei Heng said from the side: "Song Laozhang, this husband is no one else, but the famous official Zhao Zhen of Xiaomengchang, Shandong and Hebei. You must have heard of the reputation of the official. The official is not the one in front, he treats the common people We are both careless, cunning and vicious. We are both working under high officials now."

After hearing this, all the villagers began to discuss in low voices. Song Ping heard this and said: "Lei Dutou, before Song Jiang rebelled, it was best for you and Zhu Dutou. He treats the people of Songjia's village no differently than the people of the county. Who can When the family was in trouble, he tried his best to help. Now that he has passed away, the county officials come to trouble him every now and then. Every household in the village is missing three or two chickens and ducks. Please make the decision for us. "

"Don't worry, old man. Now the subordinate officials in the county are being punished. In the future, no one will regard the Song family villagers as thieves. Of course, once it is found that they are connected to the thieves, they will not be lenient."

"When I came here, I heard that the Song Jiang family's ancestral graves were dug up. This has never happened since the founding of the People's Republic of China. I wonder what his family's ancestral graves look like now?" Zhao Zhen asked.

Song Ping said: "Mr. Sir, the ancestral grave of the Song Jiang family has indeed been dug up, and the bones are scattered in the cemetery. The villagers are afraid of being implicated, so no one dares to restrain them. Now I am afraid that many of the bones will be picked up by wild dogs."

Lei Heng said: "This is why the high official came here. Although Song Jiang committed a heinous crime, he did not disturb the ancestors. It is enough to remove this person and his family from the genealogy. The ancestors' bones are allowed to be buried in the ground. Today Let the two of you restrain yourself."

After hearing this, Song Ping did not dare to agree. He looked at Zhao Zhen and said, "Ms. sir, this..."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "What Lei Dutou said is true, just send someone to do it."

Zhao Zhen continued: "When I come to Songjia Village today, I will also search Taigong Song's residence again. I have nothing to do with you, so I can make a living without worrying about it."

After that, Zhao Zhen went to Songjiazhuang under the guidance of Lei Heng.

I saw that the door of Songjiazhuang was closed and sealed. Lei Heng stepped forward and removed the seal, took out the key, and opened the door.

Everyone pushed the door open and went in, only to see that the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, but the houses were still neat.

Zhao Zhen said: "After a search, the house here still needs to be used. It would be best if it can be purchased. If not, from now on, this place will be used as a garrison for rural soldiers. It will be like a moth-eaten and rat-eaten place."

Lei Heng nodded and took note.

The female riders also dismounted and walked in, in small groups, rummaging around Songjiazhuang.

After a search, except for some clumsy household items, other light household items had long been without official status, and the small and valuable things were also taken away by the searching subordinates.

Lei Heng led Zhao Zhen to the Buddhist hall. Sure enough, as Zhu Dian said, the Buddhist hall enshrines the third generation of Buddha. Zhao Zhenrang moved the bed and knocked on the floor. Sure enough, there was a piece of floor that was alive. Lei Heng stepped forward and moved it away, and saw a rope head under the board. Pulling the head of the rope only, a hole appeared.

Lei Heng saw it and said, "Master, let me go down and have a look."

As he spoke, Lei Heng looked around, took a few pieces of paper money from the altar table, rolled them into a ball, lit them, and threw them away. Seeing that the paper money was burning smoothly, he made another torch and pulled the rope down.

Hearing an exclamation, Zhao Zhen quickly shouted: "Brother Lei Heng, are you in danger?"

Lei Heng said: "Master, there is indeed something down there."

Gu Dasao said, "Sir, I'll go down and take a look too." Then she dropped the two swords in her hands and went down to the cellar with a torch along the rope.

As soon as she went down, Gu Dasao also screamed. Then Gu Dasao climbed up and said to Zhao Zhen, "Sir, there are a lot of gold and silver down there."

Lei Heng also climbed up and said to Zhao Zhen, "Sir, there are seven or eight wooden boxes down there, all filled with copper coins. There are also seven silver winter melons and one gold winter melon. Yes, there is also a stone mill."

Zhao Zhen said, "It seems that Song Taigong really didn't take his property away."

As he said that, he asked someone to borrow a rope and a basket from the village. Lei Heng went down and put the money into the basket one by one, and Gu Dasao lifted it up from above.

The heaviest thing turned out to be the last stone mill that was pulled up. The two millstones weighed no less than 500 kilograms each. In the cellar, Lei Heng tied a hemp rope to it, and Zhao Zhen, Gu Dasao, and Hu Sanniang pulled it together, and then pulled it up.

Zhao Zhen had seen the two stone millstones, which were just made of ordinary bluestone. However, to allow Song Taigong to put them in the cellar, there must be something extraordinary.

Although he didn't understand it, Zhao Zhen still had people load them and transport them away, and then restored the Buddhist hall to its original state.

During this period, Song Jiang of Qingzhou also took advantage of the autumn harvest to allow his soldiers to plunder, and most of the land in Yanzhou fell.

In the city of Bianjing, Hu Yanzhuo recommended Chenzhou Tuanlian Envoy [Baisheng General] Han Tao as the main vanguard, and Yingzhou Tuanlian Envoy [Tianmu General] Peng Qi as the deputy vanguard.

Han Tao was born in the military examination and used a jujube wood spear. Peng Qi was the son of a general for generations, and used a three-pointed double-edged sword. Both of them were from Tokyo and were excellent in martial arts.

The three of them reported to Gao Qiu and went to the state to select 3,000 elite cavalry and 5,000 infantry. These three cavalry and infantry were well-trained and strong.

Gao Qiu also opened the armor and weapon warehouse in the capital and ordered Hu Yanzhuo and the other two to select 3,000 sets of iron armor, 5,000 sets of leather horse armor, 3,000 copper and iron helmets, 2,000 long spears, 1,000 swords, countless bows and arrows, and more than 500 cannons and iron cannons, all loaded on the carts. On the day of his departure, General Gao also allocated 3,000 war horses.

Hu Yanzhuo divided the clothes, armor, helmets, swords, flags, spears, saddles and horses brought from Guan into the three armies, and also made chain iron armor, weapons and other items.

The 8,000 cavalry and infantry were neatly dressed and rewarded. Everyone held their heads high and their morale was ready. The spears and swords flowed fast, and the horses and men marched like the wind.

After Gao Qiu had reviewed the situation, he was secretly delighted. After returning to the city, he went to Cai Jing's residence to praise him.

After rewarding the troops, Hu Yanzhuo urged the troops to march out of the city. Han Tao led the way in the front army, Hu Yanzhuo was the commander of the central army, Peng Qi was the commander of the rear army, and 8,000 cavalry and infantry soldiers marched towards Qingzhou in a mighty force.