Infinite Brilliant Scroll

Chapter 233
After Quancheng was breached, Guan Luoyang first interrogated Liu Guang and others, and then sent Dai Zong to invite Li Kaixian, relying on him, a local, to take Liu Guang's confession and identify the wealthy families in the city to see which ones should be Direct beheading, those who can barely survive.

In just two days, these rich and unkind wealthy families who colluded with the government have already emptied their warehouses, all the minerals stored in their homes were moved out, and those who wanted to escape with large bags of gold and silver were all blocked. went back.

But the people in the city didn't have the spare energy to pay attention to the life and death of these gentlemen - because Liangshan opened a warehouse to release grain.

In addition to the large government granaries on the surface of Quancheng, the grain shops, salt shops, grain boats, and restaurants secretly controlled by officials of all sizes in Quancheng have also become ready-made places for distributing porridge and food.

Guan Luoyang also sent people to transport food to the gates of various cities, first fed the poor and beggars who had fled with rice soup for a few days, and then distributed some food to each of them.

When the Liangshan children in red were walking among the crowds outside the city, they could hear voices of gratitude almost everywhere, and some people brought their children to bow down to them, and some half-grown young men dared to go up to inquire, and I want to join Liangshan.

Three days later, when a large group of soldiers transported grain and mines back to Liangshan, there were tens of thousands of people around Guangquan City accompanying them.

Some people in the countryside on the road saw such a big commotion, and after hearing about the deeds of Liangshan soldiers and horses releasing food, the team unknowingly became bigger.

There are actually quite a lot of fertile land that can be reclaimed and grown in Liangshan. There are even some places that were originally good fields, but because the able-bodied people were pulled to work as miners, weeds overgrown and became barren.

But farming is a very difficult thing. Suffering from the lack of suitable farm tools, strong bodies, and food seeds, the people who fled there in the past could not complete farming at all. They could only choose fishing and hunting to barely survive. livelihood.

Now that there are so many soldiers in Liangshan, it is enough to open up the wasteland first, and the follow-up sowing, water diversion, and deworming can be left to these ordinary people to take care of.

"Alas, it's a pity that the season of spring plowing has already passed."

In the team escorting grain and minerals, Lin Chong sighed.

Lu Da immediately smiled and said: "The big boss has expected this for a long time, and he will stay in Quancheng for a while, so he wrote a letter and asked the Sa family to go back and forward it to Lin Daochang."

Lin Chong's eyes lit up: "Mr. Yuan Miao's divine sky method is said to be the best at controlling wind and rain, controlling thunder, lightning, cloud and sunshine. With his cultivation, if he puts his heart and soul into regulating the weather, things can indeed be accomplished."

"However, when I was in Bianliang back then, I heard that he was arrogant and had no children left. He looked down on even court officials and generals. Would he be willing to cast spells for these common people?"

Lu Da said: "The big boss said, after we go back, we should call Li Ying and the others first. After Lin Daochang reads the letter, before he has a chance to speak, let's gather around and boast, Sajia sees that the big boss has a plan in his chest, this It's sure to work."

Lin Chong nodded thoughtfully: "Then I will follow suit at that time."

There was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and Wu Song rode over. He said with a smile, "I found a few spies. It turned out to be the nearby state capital. They found out the movement of our team and specially sent people out to check."

Wu Song couldn't stop laughing, "Hahahaha, I cross-examined a few words, and those bird officials still haven't figured out what happened in Quancheng until today."

Lu Da snorted: "Unlucky! When the Sa family was in the army, Xiao Zhong's manager was in charge of the army, and he was often angry with these prefects who didn't know anything and didn't do anything."

Lin Chong smiled happily: "But now, this can actually prove that we have broken the city quickly and acted safely. I am afraid that we will not be able to take care of it until those defeated soldiers who fled to other state capitals enter the city and report to the officials. Clear your mind and report to Bianliang."

His judgment was not wrong.

It wasn't until four days after Quancheng was captured by Liangshan's disciples that urgent reports from all over Jingdong East Road rushed to Bianliang.

The first to arrive there was the fast horse from Yizhou.

Gao Lian, the general manager of Yizhou soldiers and horses, and Gao Feng, the deputy general manager, are missing. The local prefect is the most anxious one among all the officials on Jingdong East Road.

Hearing that Quancheng was lost, he immediately dispatched his confidantes to report the letter to Bianliang day and night without stopping, riding Gao Lian for a few months to collect the yellow smoke BMW that was ready to be tributed.

When the BMW arrived outside Bianliang City, it was around midnight, and half the sky was brightened by the various lights in the night market in the city.

Looking outside the city, you can also see smoke curling up, all kinds of incense, cooking smoke, and famous incense burned in temples and palaces, lingering over the capital city, like a fairy mist.

But all the desirable and enviable beauty in the city are blocked by the tall and majestic city walls, leaving only a gate connecting the inside and outside in front of the rider.

Ever since Emperor Destiny's command of civil and military heroes defeated Xixia and shocked Tubo, there was another large army on the border to frighten the Liao Kingdom.

One of them is the Xuande Gate of Bianliang City. No matter day or night, the gate will not be closed. How long has it been since Xixia was destroyed? How long have the two gates of Xuande Gate not been closed.

The post envoys on the back of Wanli Huangyan BMW showed documents and badges outside Xuande Gate, and the soldiers under the city wall just looked at them casually.

The Taoist officer guarding the city sprinkled a spell of light on the city wall, illuminating a puff of luck smoke above the post envoy's head, proving that his identity was not false.

"The night market in the city is lively, and in the middle of the night, there are nobles' children walking on the street. Although you are sending an urgent report, you still have to know the rules. After entering the city, turn to the road of Bixie Lane, detour for half of the city, and then go to Fuyin Go to the Yamen to report."

After a few words of advice from the Taoist official, he sent the post envoys to enter the city on horseback.

After entering the city, the first thing that broke into the nasal passages of the Yizhou post office was the strong aroma, but if you can distinguish it carefully, you will find that under the smell of smoke, there is a more rough and unpleasant pungent smell hidden.

In Bianliang City, there are tens of thousands of people who practice the magic way of skills. They swallow minerals, and the turbid air that overflows permeates every corner of the capital. Every morning, it will cause smog. Children with weak constitutions, if they Walking in the smog, you may even get tears in your eyes.

Spices are used up so quickly in the city because those dignitaries and those with some spare money at home want to use incense to cover up the strange smell like iron and stone being roasted.

Originally, there were too many hidden dangers in heresy ways, and the cultivation method of Immortal Dao Dharma Gate first polished the nine orifices and cultivated the spirit, but it was too difficult to bear. Even though all the nobles in Bianliang City wanted to seek magical powers, they did not. Can't hold on.

In the past, if they wanted to feel the taste of holding supernatural powers, they could only find ways to become officials. Once they became officials, they would use any means to become bigger officials and gain more power of luck.

And since the prevalence of magic arts, those officials with small positions, those children of famous families without official positions, and those wealthy businessmen have discovered such an easy-to-understand cultivation method.

As long as there are enough resources, anyone can cultivate the strength of a thousand catties, leap like flying, chase swallows and catch eagles. If you can ask those Taoist officials to help allocate mineral materials, it will be even easier to practice.

Just think, how could they give up this path?
However, after the post envoy turned to Bixie Lane, the strangely rich aroma suddenly faded a lot.

All the people living in this alley are Taoist officials of the imperial court. Most of them practice immortal ways, some of them practice heretics, but in short, they don't like the smell of the turbid air very much. Naturally, every household has means to isolate it.

Even the street is very fresh.

The post envoy noticed the specialness of this place, and saw that the streets and alleys on both sides were mostly magnificent mansions, and some places with Taoist plaques were even more luxurious than their Yizhou prefect's mansion, so they unconsciously slowed down their horses.

In the Chen Mansion in Bixie Lane, Chen Xizhen was originally practicing in a quiet room, when suddenly he had a whim, made calculations with his fingers, and faintly realized that it was related to the affairs of Quancheng and the people outside the mansion.

He immediately went out, flew out of the mansion, and saw that the street was empty, only a horse was walking slowly, dressed as a postman, he stretched out his hand, and even the man and the horse stopped him, and sucked the documents on the postman's back from the air.

The bandit Kou Xiao gathered in Liangshan...Yun Tianbiao led an army to attack Liangshan and died...Liu Yongxi died...The city of Quanzhou died...

Chen Xizhen glanced at the document, his face turned livid in an instant, he resisted the attack, and read it again from the beginning.

Bang!
The documents were blown into ashes, and the air around Chen's mansion was filled with low and long sword sounds. The breeze blew through, splitting the fragrance outside the evil spirit alley, and cutting off the green leaves on the branches at the end of the alley.

In the Wanshou Temple in Bianliang City, Liu Hunkang was enjoying the shade under the moon, lying on a deck chair, and the white cranes in the courtyard were sleeping. Suddenly, several white cranes woke up and croaked towards the evil spirit lane.

Liu Hunkang opened his eyes and took a look, picked up the teacup next to the wicker chair, picked up a little tea with his fingernails, bounced it into the wind, and fell asleep again.

In the Huolong Immortal Mansion bestowed by the emperor's imperial pen, Wang Laozhi was walking around the alchemy furnace, turning a deaf ear to the sound of the sword.

"Why hasn't the Ziqi Shensha from the Cangshan Mine arrived this year?"

That's all he cares about.

Many people in Bianliang City heard the sound of the sword, and Chen Xizhen's party members hurried out to the Chen Mansion.

A group of Taoist officials and generals walked quickly, more than forty people gathered outside the Chen residence in no time.

Fuxie real person Gou Ying smelled the smell of blood, and glanced at the postman, and saw that the man was affected by the sound of the sword, and there were seven or eight bloodstains on his body. Seeing it as an eyesore, he stretched out his hand, ready to shoot him out of the alley .

Suddenly, a drop of clear water fell from the air, with the fragrance of tea, it landed on the forehead of the emissary, and the water flowed all over his body, and the wound healed immediately.

Gou Ying recognized Liu Hunkang's breath in the tea, she had already stretched out her hand halfway, but after thinking about it, she drew back, not looking at the postman.

Many generals nearby have already asked Chen Xizhen why he suddenly became angry.

When Chen Xizhen told them what happened in Quancheng, everyone was stunned and unbelievable at first, and then the crowd became passionate, clamoring to send troops to Liangshan to avenge Yun Tianbiao, Liu Yongxi and Liu Guang's family.

"Taiwei Yun, my brother too. Daoist Liu Yongxi, my life-and-death friend. Brother Liu Guangxian, my brother!"

Chen Xizhen was filled with hatred and anger, with tears in his tiger eyes, he looked around at everyone and said, "This hatred is irreconcilable. When the sky is light, I will go to the palace to ask the officials for instructions. Brothers go back and prepare the magic weapons and armor, and bid farewell to the family members." , Tomorrow, I will mobilize [-] troops to raze Mount Liang to the ground."

Everyone said nothing else, and each turned back home full of anger.

Gou Ying was sad and angry, but showed a contemplative attitude, grabbed Chen Xizhen and said: "Daozi, the great revenge must be avenged, but according to your intention, you want to bring all the brothers with the army to attack Liangshan?"

Chen Xizhen said: "That's right. The officials have great trust in us, and there is absolutely no way they won't allow this."

"I'm not saying that the officials don't allow it, but the bandits in Liangshan are so vicious, even if we can lead our troops to flatten Liangshan, I'm afraid we will lose some old friends. Wouldn't it be more heart-wrenching then?"

Gou Ying said, "Daozi, it's fine for you to be the commander, but for the vanguard generals, etc., it's better to borrow a few people from the frontier army, and then command them to lead the army to charge and kill. Even if they die for the court, it will be a blessing for them."

Chen Xizhen thought about it carefully and nodded: "Fellow Daoist Gou Ying said the same thing, but since this is the case, you might as well borrow some more things. The army has not moved, and the food and grass go first. Anyway, the frontier army has not fought recently, and the grain and grass allocated to them , also move some for us to use first, and then return them after leveling Liangshan."

Gou Ying repeatedly praised: "The Taoist has a good opinion, that's exactly the case."

After they discussed it properly, they waited for the sky to brighten and entered the palace immediately.

However, Chen Xizhen's anger at night had already attracted the attention of many people. When he entered the palace, several ministers who had always disagreed with him were already waiting in the palace.

Today the emperor did not go to court again, and the eunuchs with palm prints in the palace stood on the side of the dragon chair, asking them to play something and forward it to the emperor.

When Chen Xizhen mentioned the matter of borrowing food and grass from generals, Li Gang and others were rare loyal and upright ministers in the dynasty, and immediately refuted it angrily.

"This is absolutely impossible."

Li Gang exclaimed, "Since Emperor Taizong Taizong, it has been the wish of the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty for generations to recover the old land of Yanyun from the Liao Kingdom. After the break of summer, because the soldiers and horses were exhausted and the treasury was empty, they said they would take a few years to recuperate."

"Now our Song Dynasty is strong and powerful, and the national fortune of the Liao Kingdom is about to decline. This is a rare golden opportunity in hundreds of years. It's just that the officials have not ordered the war for a long time. You actually want to borrow the general and food. What is your intention? ?”

Chen Xizhen said indifferently: "After all, the Liao Kingdom is a large country with thousands of miles away, and it cannot be compared with Xixia. There is no reason why it is so easy to defeat. The reason why the frontier army has not moved is because the officials are considering the people of the Great Song Dynasty."

"However, those generals live leisurely among the frontier army every day, and they don't look like half generals. It is the duty of generals to use them to fight grass bandits. Li Gang, if you don't understand military affairs, don't speak up."

How could Li Gang and others agree to agree? After a lot of disputes among the people, it was still nothing, and they could only wait for the emperor to make a decision.

After the emperor dispersed, all the ministers waited for three days, but still did not see the emperor's decree for this matter. Chen Xizhen brought up the old matter again, and there was another debate.

After waiting for two more days, Chen Xizhen quietly sneaked into the palace, begging to see the emperor.

Only then did I learn that the emperor had been in seclusion for the past two days, and after hearing about their quarrel, he was quite annoyed.

In the imperial garden, the emperor said to Chen Xizhen: "Destroy Xixia and frighten Tubo, as long as we destroy the Liao Kingdom and recover the land of Yanyun, I will be the first Ming emperor of the Song Dynasty who will shine through the ages, and achieve great achievements since the Han and Tang Dynasties. Daozi, it’s fine if you want to fight against grass bandits, why bother mobilizing frontier troops at this time?”

"The current achievements of the official family are already catching up with Tang Zong and Han Zu. There is no need to rush to break the Liao Dynasty. But if those grassroots bandits are not eliminated, I am afraid that it will cause troublesome people from all over the world to follow suit. The thief adds a few more..."

Chen Xi's tongue was shining like a lotus flower, and the emperor frowned slightly when he said some words, and he was a little more disgusted with those unruly people.

It's a small thing to pollute the history books, and it's okay if some folks don't know how to understand Tianxin's rumors, but if they officially rebel, it will damage the luck of the dynasty and hinder his practice, and it will be very ugly. In the end, the emperor nodded slightly , approved this matter.

The next day, the emperor sent someone to the frontier army Han Shizhong's tent to issue an order.

(End of this chapter)