Infinite Brilliant Scroll

Chapter 220 There is a dragon under the Hunhun song

At sunset, Guan Luoyang and his group arrived at Zengjiazhuang.

This Zengjiazhuang is just an ordinary village in name, but a canal was dug around the whole village.

Going from the east to the village, there is only one entrance. You have to build a wooden bridge over the canal to pass through. There are guards on both sides of the wooden bridge. There is a high wall inside the canal. At first glance, it looks like an earthen wall. You can only feel it when you walk close , the wall is thick and heavy, and many large stones must have been used to pour it inside.

At intervals inside the wall, there are small wooden buildings higher than the wall, and there are people on duty upstairs.

Such a posture, not to mention blocking bandits and bandits, even if some officers and soldiers were sent from Yizhou City to fight, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to take them down easily.

In the past, Mrs. Zeng was always proud of his family's ability to manage the Zengjiazhuang like this, but today, any arrangement inside and outside the Zengjiazhuang can't bring him the slightest sense of peace of mind.

He only wanted everything to be done to Guan Luoyang's liking, and he must not let Guan Luoyang pick a thorn, maybe he could avoid a fatal disaster.

After everyone entered the Zeng's village, the old master Zeng immediately ordered a banquet for them, and consciously ordered every family in the village to cook more meals to entertain the miners.

Guan Luoyang had an easy-going attitude, as if he really came to visit. He followed Mrs. Zeng to his house, and he ate the same dishes that were carefully cooked.

In the middle of the night, Old Master Zeng specially found a remote room, as far away from Guan Luoyang's residence as possible, so he dared to cry to his five sons.

The five sons of Old Master Zeng were all supported by rare delicacies and precious medicinal materials from small mountains and seas. Later, when they got older, they invited masters like Shi Wengong to teach them martial arts and magic skills.

Therefore, when the five adults came of age, they all had beautiful features and strong backs. Even if Old Master Zeng could straighten his stooped back, he could barely put his head on the chests of these five sons. It didn't look like him at all.

Especially the eldest son, Zeng Tu, who is the most favored, proficient in martial arts, usually dealing with the affairs of the village, he is more resourceful, capable of both civil and military skills.

When Mrs. Zeng explained the whole story, the other four sons couldn't help showing resentment on their faces.

This one said: "How dare a thief dare to bully my old father like this?! Why don't we use some gunpowder and kerosene to blow up the place where he lives while that guy is asleep, and make him smash to pieces, so we can avenge him!"

That one said: "No, he was able to kill General Shi. He is very capable. I'm afraid the explosives won't kill him, and there are some strange poisons specially collected from the land of Yanyun at home. Why don't you pretend to give him supper and boil it?" A pot of sobering soup, put all these poisons in the soup, the poison made his intestines rot."

Only Zeng Tu was as calm as before, and said: "It's not right. The reason why my family can be so prosperous is because of our friendship with Shi Wengong. You should also know that within a radius of five hundred miles, no one can beat Shi Wengong. Our Zeng family's methods, if killed Without Shi Wengong, is it possible to kill this Taoist Taoist?"

Old Master Zeng wiped away his tears: "This old man also means the same thing. My family will definitely not be able to resist him. We can only try our best to satisfy him, send him away, and report to the court later."

The sons of the Zeng family looked at each other and said, "I'm afraid that he will be greedy."

"Don't be afraid." Zeng Tu said, "The biggest property of our Zeng family is this Zhuangzi. He is looking for a boat to take away those miners. After the boat is full of people, how much money can it carry? As long as Zhuangzi It’s still there, and what was lost to him will be brought back sooner or later.”

Now that they had made up their minds, the Zeng family didn't mention anything else, and kept busy all night with the lights on.

The next morning, when Guan Luoyang opened the door and came out, he walked inside the Zhuangzi, only to see a carriage waiting beside him.

Those miners even put on new clothes, each with a package on their shoulders, carrying the cakes that they made overnight, and they were weeping, thanking the people in Zengjiazhuang.

Many young Zeng's children still couldn't suppress the look of disgust on their faces, and they refused to approach these miners at all, but those who were a little older, with the old master and all the stewards, how dare they let these miners He knelt down and supported him desperately.

Some of the Zeng's children, when they saw Guan Luoyang coming out, panicked in fright, and were accidentally kneeled down by the miners beside them, so frightened that they knelt down too, and kowtowed face to face with the miners, kowtowing more than the miners.

Guan Luoyang touched his face: "Am I so scary?"

Gongsun Sheng walked up to him unknowingly, and said: "The disciples of the Zeng family who supervised the workers in the mine also came back yesterday, and they relayed the battle situation, and the rumors became more and more mysterious."

"When Pindao got up this morning, he heard someone talking about Shi Wengong becoming three-headed and six-armed in the mountains, with a height of three feet and a waist circumference of ten. In the end, you grabbed him and bit off half of his body. , I can still hear Shi Wengong screaming, it hurts so much."

Guan Luoyang laughed, looked around, and said, "That old thing is also cunning. The people from the Zeng family put on such a face to treat those miners, which will surely soften everyone's hearts and think them kindly. It's really true Make it difficult for me to kill in front of everyone."

Gongsun Sheng said: "Are you going to let them go?"

"They can only pretend for a while, and after a while, they will definitely take action."

Guan Luoyang said, "When I go to Liangshan to settle these people first, when I come back next time, it will be their death."

While talking, old master Zeng and the others greeted him, and asked Guan Luoyang to get in the carriage first, and the Zeng family went out together to see him off.

They were sent several miles away, and when they reached the water's edge, they put the miners on board, and Mrs. Zeng opened the boxes of goods in front of Guan Luoyang, and then asked people to transport them to the boat.

Guan Luoyang said goodbye to them with a smile. Old Master Zeng covered his heart, his voice choked up, wishing Guan Luoyang all the best.

In the morning when the wind was favorable, when the boat had gone a long way, Guan Luoyang looked back and saw that group of people still standing on the shore in a silent farewell.

The waves are rippling, the sound is clear, and the wind on the water is mixed with mist, which is cool and pleasant. It is a pity that this place is not far from the mine. It has been mined for many years, and there is often smog nearby. If you smell it carefully, you can smell a little People don't like the smell.

Guan Luoyang stood at the bow of the boat, watching the water waves parting, suddenly remembered something, and asked Gongsun Sheng: "I used to study, and I read some records that when Zhao Ji was in power, he was incompetent and favored traitors. The people from all over the world have already complained."

"Some people went up to the mountains and entered the water to become bandits and bandits, and there were also people who rose up and made themselves kings. I don't know if there are any of them who can really make a big splash?"

Gongsun Sheng pondered for a while, and said: "In those years of Emperor Daojun, there was indeed some chaos among the people of the Song Dynasty."

"However, when Emperor Tianming first came to the throne, he selected talents and appointed them, which was considered exhaustive. He promoted many depressed masters and generals in the state capitals, allocated resources, and let them fight everywhere and kill Many bandits and thieves denounced Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu and others as six thieves, ransacked their homes and sent them to prison one after another, stopped Hua Shi Gang, Birthday Gang, etc., and the common people clapped their hands and praised them, and the people became more peaceful."

"As for people who can make a big splash, there should have been a few. For example, at that time, there was a lacquer garden owner Fang La in Qingxi, Muzhou. Some of them made friends with him and often visited his home as a guest."

"But in the second year of Emperor Tianming's ascension to the throne, he suddenly sent a team of Taoist officials, mobilized soldiers and horses, and killed Fang La's house. He wiped out many of his family's guards and killed thousands of slaves, so that everyone's property was burned."

"It was only later discovered that Fang La had secretly hooked up tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and was revered as a saint. If those Taoist officials had gone a few months later, Fang La might have become the anti-king of the separatist side. "

After hearing this, Guan Luoyang shook his head and said with a smile: "This emperor is really a prophet, but he was able to rely on these actions in the past, relying on deposing the six thieves, conforming to the people's will, and suppressing the turbulent situation. Now he himself is doing the opposite. Could it be that Aren't you afraid that thousands of unexpected people in the world will rise up and rebel?"

What Guan Luoyang said actually didn't just refer to himself, but to the aborigines of this world.

According to Lin Lingsu, when Emperor Daojun was in power, he had checked the total number of copper, iron, tin, and cinnabar deposits in the Song Dynasty through the court files, but it was only in the early [-]s.

According to Gongsun Sheng, in the past ten years, the Emperor Tianming sent people to discover more than [-] mineral veins in various state capitals using secret methods.

Originally, there were also private mines, and the government mostly only collected taxes. All the new mines opened in the past ten years have to have the government intervene in them, urging the excavation and transportation day and night.

People in the countryside live far less quickly than they die, and there are fewer and fewer people in the mines.

Take the Cangshan mine as an example. When the number of people was the largest, it was said that there could be nearly [-] young and strong, but now the miners brought out by Guan Luoyang are only more than [-] people.

The Cangshan mine is particularly important because it can produce red crystals and synthesize purple spirit sand. In fact, the scale here is far from the largest one in terms of the number of people, but it can be seen from a glimpse.

In the past ten years, the total number of miners who died due to labor, disease, and accidents in the new mines in the Song Dynasty may have reached an appalling level.

What's even more frightening is that ten years is a very long time for ordinary people. In this era, transportation is inconvenient and news is blocked. It is difficult for ordinary people to find out what is going on in the distance. How many people lost their lives.

When ten years pass, or even a few more years, the disparity in the countryside will become more and more serious, and the dull pain accumulated year after year will suddenly wake up and turn into a scene that makes people have nowhere to escape and is enough to crush to death. The despair of ordinary people, cutting off their heirs, and destroying their families.

Even if there is no Guan Luoyang, the people of the world will still rebel after all. After all, there will still be those heroes who are willing to join the people who cannot survive and have to rebel.

Gongsun Sheng said: "Perhaps the Emperor Tianming thinks that the current Song Dynasty officials and army, with their strong soldiers and strong horses and strong generals like clouds, are enough to suppress any disturbance in the countryside."

Guan Luoyang said: "Have you seen this emperor, what kind of person is he?"

"Back then, Pindao had just left his teacher to travel abroad, and the imperial decree to recruit talents came unexpectedly. He was invited to Bianliang and became a Taoist official. Together with other Taoist official colleagues, he also met the emperor many times."

Gongsun Sheng fell into the memory, "The emperor was still a young man at that time, but he was wise and wise, and the city was already very deep. Except for the occasional expression of emotion when discussing the cultivation method with the Taoist officials, no matter what decision he made, he always had a well-thought-out decision. , Pindao really can't see what he looks like in the depths of his heart."

"It's just that, by chance, Pindao later rescued some wronged souls in the ditch leading from the imperial dining room to the outside of the palace, and heard some secrets that are no longer known."

"It is said that today's son, when he was still the prince, was already worried about the country and the people when he was young, and devoted himself to state affairs. He had nightmares for several months, and he didn't know what he dreamed of. He almost went crazy, screaming and running in the palace. When the gate of the palace was closed, some people could hear him weeping in the palace, and even wrote a letter to the Taoist emperor, asking himself to abolish the crown prince, crying that he had no talent for governing the country, so it was better to stay away from Bianliang and go to the mountains to learn Taoism. "

Speaking of this, Gongsun Sheng let out a long sigh, and shook the dust, "Later, the Emperor Daojun encouraged him and invited some Taoist officials to treat him, and he was cured. .Pindao really can't figure it out, how could such a benevolent prince become what he is now?"

Guan Luoyang frowned slightly as he thought about it, and his speculation about the Emperor of Destiny went a step further.

But if you want to really get a definite answer, you don't have to rush at this moment.

Anyway, Guan Luoyang had already made up his mind that sooner or later he would go out in person to meet the emperor for a while.

The ship traveled for a long time, and the scorching sun was in the sky. The miners were a little overwhelmed and flocked around the deck to get some air. Guan Luoyang ordered to slow down the speed of the ship.

Lin Lingsu also came out of the cabin, holding a bamboo tube, sipping the taste of mercury, watching the scenery on both sides of the river.

There are many plants and trees on the shore, which are in the flowering period. Countless flowers that Luoyang can't name are blooming on the shore.

These flowers grow here, and they are by no means expensive things, but when there are more flowers and plants, it is always a bit gratifying, and the people on the other boats can't help but smile.

They followed Guan Luoyang all the way here, feeling a little uneasy in their hearts, but they didn't dare to ask, but the sun was so bright and the scenery was just right, even the feeling of sultry heat and dizziness was blown away by the wind on the river, it seemed that they could temporarily forget all the worries in their hearts .

Someone sang a song with a rough voice and a high-pitched tune. After two or three sentences, they stopped singing.

But the other people on the same boat, who are also from his hometown, knew the singing method behind, so they took over his voice and continued to sing.

People in one boat and one boat were responding, and the singing sounded together and fell, spreading continuously on the vast water surface.

Guan Luoyang listened to them singing about the mountains and the water. Those lyrics were not elegant and magnificent, and even repeated a lot, but they fit perfectly with the mountains, rivers and waters here.

Suddenly there was a group of people galloping on horseback on the shore, all of them were not wearing armor, but all of them were armed with weapons.

When they heard the singing on the river, they all turned their heads to look. One of them, a man with a long beard and a steel gun in his hand, looked carefully at the singing people on the boat, and sang a song.

"The east is not yet clear, and the clothes are turned upside down. The upside-down is called by the public."

His phrasing was simple and unsophisticated, which should have been incompatible with the singing of the miners on the river, but this man's voice was deep and desolate, and the tune and the miners' singing seemed to gather together the uneven singing.

Singing so that the river stopped and listened for them.

"The east is not yet shining, and the clothes are turned upside down. The upside down is ordered by the public."

"Break willows and fanpu, mad husband Qu Qu. If you can't watch the night, you can't do it if you don't."

"The east is unknown..."

The boat walks on the river, and the horse walks on the bank.

Lin Lingsu said in a low voice: "This is the unknown of the East in the Book of Songs. It talks about the cruelty of the princes and the suffering of the laborers in the land of Qilu. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the way of magic was prosperous, and there were some countries like the Great Song Dynasty today. Oh, thousands of years ago , such as the present day."

After hearing this, Guan Luoyang raised his voice and said, "Brother on the shore, would you like to come on board for a while?"

The singing of the man carrying the gun gradually stopped, and he laughed and said, "The Taoist priest is kind, how dare you refuse, but there are long snakes in the water, and we brothers will go to the boat to ask for advice after we catch them."

While speaking, everyone on the shore raised their guns and knives, and galloped their horses into the water.

If there is a bull roaring under the water, a strange figure hovering around, drifting with the current and hiding very well, but now it is startled by knives and guns, turning up a raging wave.

Among the turbulent white waves, one can see that it has two horns on its head and its body is covered with scales. It is actually a flood dragon.

　I recommend a book, "Emperor of Shrouding the Sky", which is a bit serious and depressing in the early stage, but if you continue to write it, it should be a heroic story.

　　The author of this book is also a very talented person.

　　


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