Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 860: Magistrate Li is out of reach, Zhang Bangchang drives the tiger to devour the wolf [2 more]

Neihuang County.

"Ugh--"

County magistrate Li Chun was sighing in his mansion. He had been feeling depressed these days since Liu Gao left.

"Father……"

Li Chun's daughter Li Xiao'e asked him worriedly:

"What happened on the training ground that day?
"Why has father been so sad and unhappy every day since the martial arts test?"

"Girls, why ask these questions?"

Li Chun didn't want to tell Li Xiao'e.

Mainly, it’s useless to talk to her, and it will make her as depressed as herself.

"Ugh--"

After saying this, Li Chun couldn't help but sigh again. He didn't know what the result of Liu Gao's trip to Daming Prefecture would be.

If Master Liu Gaoxing fails in his interrogation, I am afraid that I will never be able to remove the hat of colluding with the traitors...

If Master Liu Gaoxing succeeds in questioning the crime, is it possible?
Li Chun had thought about resigning from his official position and running away with his family, but the whole world belongs to the king, so where could he escape to?

Besides, if he ran away, it would be confirmed that he was colluding with the rebels.

If all else fails, I will just hit my head and die in front of Liang Zhongshu to prove my innocence!

Li Chun secretly made up his mind. At this moment, the doorman suddenly came to report in a panic:
"No, no, no!
"Someone's coming from Daming Prefecture!"

Li Chun was stunned: "...What kind of person?"

Doorman: "It's a Yuhou..."

Spicy balls!

Li Chun felt very disappointed:
It seems that the attempt to bring the matter to justice has failed, Liang Zhongshu has come to arrest me...

"Daughter..."

Li Chun held her daughter's hand, her eyes moistened:

"After I leave, you two must take care of yourselves..."

Li Xiao'e was confused: "Why did my father say that?

"Father is just going to Daming Prefecture. He's not not coming back..."

"Ugh--"

Li Chun's eyes turned red with sadness when he thought about how his daughter had to go to the music school because of him.

Wanting to say something but not knowing what to say, Li Chun smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"Dad, I'm sorry..."

Before I die, I will kneel down and beg Liang Zhongshu, hoping that Liang Zhongshu can take care of my wife and children...

Li Chun hardened his heart, let go of his daughter's hand, and walked out, only to see a handsome Yu Hou whom he had never seen before.

The handsome Yu Hou greeted Li Chunke politely:
"Sir, the county magistrate, His Highness invites you to meet him at Daming Mansion!"

Li Chun was stunned: "Your Highness?"

"His Royal Highness King Yan!"

The handsome Yu Hou helped Li Chun solve his confusion, but it made Li Chun fall into even greater confusion:

"May I ask this Lord Yu, where is the lord who stayed behind?"

The handsome Yu Hou said with a smile:
"Are you asking about Liang Zhongshu?

"Liang Zhongshu has returned to Tokyo!"

Li Chun was stunned: "Why?"

Handsome Yu Hou: "You will know when you meet His Highness at Daming Mansion!"

Li Chun: (_)
When he arrived in Daming Prefecture, Li Chun felt that his brain was not working well.

Daming Prefecture is still the same Daming Prefecture, so why are all the people so happy and prosperous, as if they have been reborn?

The streets were filled with red flags waving, gongs and drums beating, and lights and decorations, making it extremely lively as if some big happy event was about to take place.

The patrolling government troops were also full of energy and bravery, as if they were veteran soldiers who had fought in many battles!
Li Chun wanted to ask passers-by, but after looking at the handsome Yu Hou, he finally suppressed his doubts.

When he arrived at Liang Zhongshu's mansion, Li Chun was shocked to find that the door sign had been replaced with a new one reading "Prince Yan's Mansion".

real or fake?

Li Chun couldn't believe his eyes:

No, what happened in the past few days?
What year is this eve?
Soon, Li Chun met Liu Gao, who was talking with his brothers in the study.

At this time, Liu Gao was still wearing white clothes, a feather fan and a scarf, but Li Chun felt that he seemed like a different person.

In fact, Liu Gao has not changed, even his clothes and appearance have not changed, but in Li Chun's eyes he has changed.

"County Magistrate Li has arrived just in time."

Liu Gao smiled and put something into Li Chun's hand:

"Look at this first."

Li Chun knelt down as soon as he received it:
"Holy, holy decree?"

Although Liu Gao told him that he could stand up to read it, Li Chun still insisted on kneeling down to finish reading the imperial edict.

After reading it, Li Chun's head was buzzing:

It turns out that Liu Gao was really the newly appointed King of Yan by Song Huizong!
Although Liu Gao was originally a rebel, with this imperial edict, Liu Gao became a legitimate vassal king!
"Your humble servant greets His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan!"

Li Chun fell to the ground in a hurry, and Liu Gao stepped forward to help him up:

"There's no need to be polite, County Magistrate Li. We'll be one of ours from now on."

Li Chun was stunned: What do you mean our own people?
"Liang Zhongshu sent troops to arrest me, and they still wanted to arrest me even after I showed my token! This is an unforgivable crime of insubordination!"

Liu Gao confidently told Li Chun:
"But after I launched an expedition to question him, Liang Zhongshu felt guilty and repented, and he gave me Daming Prefecture as compensation.

"He has returned to Tokyo to inform the authorities.

"From now on, Daming Prefecture belongs to Yan State. Doesn't Magistrate Li belong to us?"

Is this possible?

Li Chun couldn't believe his ears:

No, how did you come to call for an explanation?
But Liu Gao didn't say anything, and Li Chun didn't dare to ask, so he could only nod repeatedly.

Liu Gao asked him to sit down and chatted for a while, then suddenly changed the subject:
"Li Magistrate, how young is your son now?" Li Chun answered subconsciously: "My first wife has passed away, leaving behind only a little girl, who is sixteen years old."

"Isn't this a coincidence? Isn't this a coincidence?"

Liu Gao pointed at Yue Fei and said: "This is my brother Yue Fei!
"At the age of seventeen, he has already become the commander-in-chief of my eighteen thousand wild wolf cavalry because of his military merits!
"He is indeed a young hero!

"I would like to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage for my brother. What do you think, Magistrate Li?"

"Ah this..."

Li Chun was confused: Isn't this a bit too abrupt...

Yue Fei was also confused: Brother, I haven’t brushed my teeth yet…

"how?"

Liu Gao frowned and said, "What does Magistrate Li mean?

"Do you think my brother is not worthy of your daughter?"

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

Li Chun shook his head hurriedly.

In fact, he had long been attracted to Yue Fei, but he did not expect that they would marry in this way:
"This is wonderful, but I'm afraid I can't reach it."

Liu Gao laughed. In the original novel, Zhou Tong said to Li Chun, "I'm afraid I can't reach you." Now the situation is reversed.

Li Chuncai is the one who is out of reach!
"It's all fate. It's just a happy decision."

Liu Gao called Yue Fei: "Come here and pay your respects to your father-in-law."

Although Yue Fei's mother was still alive, Liu Gao was his elder brother and the King of Yan. How could he not obey?
So Yue Fei paid his respects to Li Chun, and Li Chun was secretly delighted, thinking that it was a blessing for his daughter to marry a great general...

After all, when Li Chun came, he still thought that his daughter would go to the music school. The comparison between the two is simply heaven and earth.

Liu Gao asked Yue Fei to send Li Chun back to Neihuang County, and suddenly he remembered and asked Li Chun:
"I heard that Magistrate Li is also engaged in the horse trading business. Can you give my brother a good horse?"

Li Chun quickly said: "That's exactly what I meant!"

Yue Fei was confused. He already had a half-step thousand-mile horse, so why did he ask Li Chun for another one?
But since Liu Gao said so, Yue Fei didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, it would be right to follow his elder brother's arrangements!

……

Tokyo.

"what?"

In a rage, Emperor Huizong of Song overturned the table again:
(ノ益)ノ彡┻━┻

In the past two years, it would cost tens of thousands of taels of silver just to re-purchase the dragon case.

But there is no way, I can't control my hands...

Song Huizong was furious and pointed at Liang Zhongshu and cursed:
"You're going to give him Damingfu as compensation?

"Trash! It's all trash!"

Liang Zhongshu, with his head wrapped like a big dumpling, knelt on the ground, trembling and not even daring to fart.

Not to mention him, even Cai Jing was trembling beside him, fearing that he would be implicated by Liang Zhongshu...

Zhang Bangchang secretly gloated: Old dog, you have come to this day?

Although Song Huizong was furious and cursed, no one dared to respond and everyone was silent.

The siege of Tokyo was lifted just a few days ago. Who would dare to provoke Liu Gao again?

So after a period of helpless rage, Song Huizong could only gasp for breath and wait for someone to comfort him.

"Your Majesty, calm down..."

Cai Jing finally took the blame for his son-in-law:

“This is actually a misunderstanding. Liang Zhongshu didn’t know that the Prince of Yan had been crowned king. It was his job to send troops to capture the rebels after learning about them.

"But the King of Yan was really wronged...

"Your Majesty is magnanimous, why not just give him the Daming Prefecture.

"It will also allow the King of Yan to guard the border for the Song Dynasty with peace of mind..."

This staircase is very comfortable!
Song Huizong breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, although he was angry, he also knew that it was impossible to do anything to Liu Gao.

He was even more afraid of angering Liu Gao and causing him to send 100,000 troops to besiege Tokyo again...

Anyway, Daming Prefecture actually belongs to Liu Gao, so why not do a favor and appear magnanimous?

What a generous person!
Song Huizong became more and more angry, but he had no choice but to back off, otherwise he would miss this opportunity:

"Well, let's follow Cai Qing's advice!"

He deserves to be the Grand Tutor!

Zhang Bangchang was stunned:
He was still thinking about how to add insult to injury, but the other person had already passed the test...

But then the three treacherous ministers were summoned to the imperial study by Song Huizong, who said with a gloomy face:

"I am very angry now..."

"His Majesty!"

Cai Jing decisively came out to help Song Huizong relieve his worries, after all, this matter involved him:

"I recommend Liu Gao, the governor of Yangzhou!

"Liu Gao is known as 'Shandong's No. 1 Tiger Minister'. Letting him deal with Liu Neng will surely be very effective!"

"But Liu Gao was also defeated when he suppressed Liangshanpo..."

Song Huizong frowned and shook his head:
"I'm afraid he can't beat Liu Neng..."

Zhang Bangchang's eyes rolled around:
"Your Majesty, I have a bold idea!

"After the four great rebels were defeated one after another, most of Huaixi Wang Qing's power was inherited by the rebel Tian Ding!
"Tian Ding now controls five prefectures, namely Nanfeng, Shannan, Yun'an, Ande and Dongchuan, with a strong army and powerful horses!

"But as far as I know, the person who really holds power among the rebels is Song Jiang, the former bailiff of Yuncheng County!

“This man originally wanted to be an official, but he made friends with bandits by mistake and went astray!
"If Your Majesty recruits Song Jiang, you can annex this group of rebels without bloodshed!

"Place them next to Liu Neng and let them fight with Liu Neng!
"Your Majesty can just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. No matter who dies, Your Majesty will be the winner!

"This is a strategy of driving a tiger to devour a wolf!"

Song Huizong was overjoyed when he heard this: "Is this a feasible plan?"

Zhang Bangchang smiled sinisterly, opened one hand, and then slowly and forcefully clenched it into a fist:
"Nine times out of ten!"

(End of this chapter)