The gods began by supporting Guo Jing to become emperor

Chapter 223: Seeing Yang Kang Again in Niujia Village

"Your Majesty, there are no pursuers anymore. Let's take a break."

Near Lin'an, in a deserted village, two figures stopped panting. One of them had a handsome face but looked tired, giving people a feeling of maturity and haggardness; the other had a feminine face and a slender figure, and his steps were slow as he walked.

"I've told you, once we leave Lin'an, don't call me Your Majesty anymore!" Hearing these words, Yang Kang turned around abruptly with a cold look in his eyes. Following him was his trusted eunuch.

When Lin'an City fell, he was well prepared. First, he found a substitute who was almost the same size as him, and then he burned down the palace, and finally he managed to cover up the incident.

In the eyes of the world, Wanyan Kang, the last emperor of the Jin Dynasty, is dead, but Yang Kang is still alive.

Now, he can only linger in the world and no longer live the luxurious life he once had.

The eunuch wiped the sweat off his face and carefully changed the topic, "Master, what should we do now?"

Yang Kang looked at the night and didn't want to walk any further. He walked into the deserted village and pushed open a door. Dust whizzed down. "What should I do? The Jin Kingdom is gone. What can I do? I'll find a place to hide for a while first."

Jin and Song had been at war for several years, and the Jin Kingdom had been conscripting young men, so even in the prosperous Lin'an, a large number of people fled. There were countless deserted villages like this. At night, the master and servant struggled to start a fire, roasted some dry food and ate it, and then found a place to sleep.

……

Jiankang.

When Guo Jing learned of the request from the Song envoy, he was stunned for a moment, "The Song Kingdom wants to buy the body of the Jin Emperor?"

The Song envoy said sincerely, "My Lord, the Jin Kingdom and our Song Dynasty have a blood feud. I hope you can sell his body to us. Our Song Dynasty is willing to pay a large sum of money!"

The Jin Kingdom was destroyed, and there was no point in keeping the body. Since the Song Kingdom was willing to sell it, Guo Jing agreed. "I agree to this, but I can't give you the head. I still need it."

"Thank you, Lord." The Song envoy thanked him sincerely, and then continued, "The Jin Kingdom has been destroyed. Our Song Dynasty is willing to sign a new alliance with Mongolia. Please come forward, Lord."

Guo Jing refused directly. "You can discuss this matter with the Grand Tutor and the King. The Khan once said that he would be in charge of all the affairs of the North. I will return soon."

The envoy was startled and became anxious. He quickly advised, "My Lord, the alliance between Song Dynasty and Mongolia was signed by you when you were the envoy to Song Dynasty. Now that our two families have joined forces to destroy Jin, we should also sign a new alliance. Although the King of Taishi is in a high position, he has seldom dealt with Song Dynasty. I hope you can come forward to mediate between the two sides to avoid misunderstandings."

Guo Jing smiled in his heart. He would fight against Song in the future, so how could he sign an alliance? The one who signed the alliance with Song was Mongolia. What did it have to do with him, Lord Guo?
Wouldn't signing the treaty be tantamount to putting shackles on himself, which would be detrimental to starting a war? He knew Mu Huali's personality very well. Signing the treaty this time was by no means an easy task, and it would be bad for him to get involved.

"The envoy is joking. Only the King Taishi can sign an alliance on behalf of the Khan. As for the solution, the King Taishi also has Han officials under his command. This meeting between the two sides will surely enable you to achieve your wish." As he said this, he picked up the teacup and drank tea without saying anything more.

Seeing this, the envoy from Song State had nothing to say and could only retreat.

……

The news of the Jin Dynasty's demise quickly spread across the country. People in both the south and the north were excited, running around to tell each other and were filled with joy.

Since the Jingkang Incident, the hatred between the Jin people and the Song people has lasted for hundreds of years. Only when one side falls can the hatred be completely eliminated. However, the Song Dynasty was defeated repeatedly by the Jin Kingdom and its morale was completely lost.

Fortunately, Guo Jing emerged as a rising star and destroyed the Jin Dynasty more than ten years earlier than in history. In the process, he continued to grow stronger, and the Central Plains became almost a three-way balance of power in the north and south.

Jiaxing, Yanyu Tower.

Upstairs, the servant shouted at the top of his voice, "Our boss said that the Jin Dynasty has been destroyed. Everyone present here today is exempt from paying for food and drinks. Eat as much as you want!"

"Boss Gao Yi!"

"Boss, business is booming!"

All the diners in the hall were delighted and shouted out festive words without paying.

A drunk who looked like a merchant said to his companion, "Hey, have you heard? The reason why we were able to defeat the Jin Dynasty this time was mainly because Lord Guo in the north made great efforts to attack Xuzhou and Jiankang. He was always at the forefront."

"Yes, Lord Guo is truly a role model for Han people like me. What Grandpa Yue failed to do, he did."

At this time, someone next to him suddenly said, "You don't know that Grandpa Yue left behind the Wu Mu will, which gave us a way to deal with the Jin Kingdom, but the officials in the court didn't take it seriously, and later the secret was cracked by the Jin people."

Before he could finish, someone slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Damn it! How could Grandpa Yue's things fall into the hands of Jin Gou!"

"That's right. Guess what happened later." The man raised his eyebrows slightly, his face full of energy. "More than ten years ago, Lord Guo went to Jiangnan, and this Wu Mu's posthumous letter fell into his hands."

"Otherwise, how could Lord Guo defeat the Jin people so many times and destroy them all!"

"So this is Lord Yue's military strategy. No wonder Lord Guo is so powerful!"

When Yue Fei was mentioned, some people couldn't help but sigh, "Yes, Emperor Gaozong and the treacherous minister Qin Hui unjustly killed Prince Yue. Now, the Jin Dynasty has finally been destroyed. I believe Prince Yue can rest in peace in his grave."

"Now that the Jin Kingdom has been destroyed, we should go pay tribute to Prince Yue and let his spirit know that he is still alive!"

"Yes, yes, yes, let's go together, let's go together!"

……

After the meal, the tomb of Yue Fei by the West Lake was already filled with people. Among these people were soldiers, scholars, merchants, and farmers. It was because of Yue Fei's emergence that their ancestors were able to live a stable life.

Now, a hundred years later, people still remember him.

In front of the tomb, there were a variety of incense sticks and offerings, and the sound of crying was heard everywhere.

On the other side of the river, Guo Jing looked at the scene in the distance, feeling mixed emotions, "Yue Wumu, such a hero, I wish I could meet him in person."

Huang Rong, who was standing next to him, heard this and rolled her eyes. She smiled mischievously and said, "Husband, is what they said true?"

There was nothing to hide about this matter. Guo Jing nodded and said, "I did get the Wu Mu's will, but it was not me who found it. My teacher gave it to me and asked me to study it carefully and inherit Yue Wu Mu's will."

Huang Rong smiled faintly, beautifully, "No wonder Daddy once said that your method of marching and deploying troops is very similar to that of Prince Yue a hundred years ago. It turns out that you have inherited his legacy."

"Let's go. This time we come back to visit the old place again. I don't know when we will come back next time."

……

After the war, Guo Jing was planning to return to the capital. Signing an alliance with the Song Kingdom was not something that could be accomplished in a short period of time. In his opinion, the Song Kingdom was obviously defeated in military power and was not a complete country, but it still had an inexplicable arrogance in its bones and looked down on Mongolia.

He knew that this was because the Song Dynasty was a Han dynasty and had always looked down on barbarians. But the problem was that it was fine during the Han and Tang dynasties. After all, the Central Plains could suppress the foreign races at that time. Even during the fragmented Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there was still plenty of martial virtue.

What qualifications does a country that is weak externally and has been defeated repeatedly have to be arrogant?
You are afraid of the Jin people, but aren't you afraid of the Mongols?

Guo Jing couldn't figure out what the officials of Song were thinking, so he simply stopped thinking about it and took his two wives to play around Lin'an. Looking at the pedestrians on the street, the group walked and stopped by the lake, "Hua Zheng, the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is quite different, right?" Hua Zheng was very interested and smiled when she heard it, "I have never seen such a big river or such a big city since I was a child. They say that the south is rich, and it is true."

"Let's go, I'll take you somewhere!"

……

Then, Guo Jing arrived outside Lin'an City with hundreds of guards.

The city and the outside of the city seem to be two different worlds, one is still prosperous, the other is withered and dilapidated, with abandoned villages, roads overgrown with weeds, fertile fields unattended, and grass several meters high.

Hua Zheng looked at it for a while and then lost interest. "Guo Jing, where are we going?"

Guo Jing felt mixed emotions, "Niujia Village, where my parents once lived, I don't know if it still exists."

Back then, he was in a hurry and had no time to go to Niujia Village. Now, more than ten years later, he must come and take a look.

At the same time, a figure was walking across the field, seemingly going the same direction as Guo Jing and the others.

……

“Is this Niujia Village?”

When she arrived at the place, Hua Zheng was greatly disappointed. What she saw was a desolate scene. The ground was covered with dead grass, the houses had collapsed, and some places were so overgrown with trees that people could not pass through.

Guo Jing looked at the deserted village with an indescribable feeling in his heart, "Yes, this is Niujia Village, it has been deserted thirty years ago." He was walking in the night in fine clothes, but no one saw him.

He had found out the news about Niujia Village very clearly. After the Guo Yang incident, many people left the village. Wanyan Honglie secretly took action and the village of hundreds of people disappeared.

He also learned the location of Niujia Village from Qiu Chuji, and found out these things through investigation by the Beggars' Gang.

However, what Guo Jing didn't know was that there were two uninvited guests living in this deserted village. Hearing the noise outside, the master and servant quickly hid, "Master, we've been discovered!"

These two people were none other than Yang Kang and his companion who had escaped from Lin'an. They had thought that this place was remote enough and that no one would come here, but they had not expected that someone would come here. Thinking that they had not had time to hide the traces of their life these days, he became extremely anxious.

As the soldiers cut down trees and cleared the road, they soon discovered signs of human life. "My Lord, it seems that someone lives here."

"Husband, could it be that he is a villager from Niujia Village back then?"

"I don't know, let's find the person first!" Guo Jing shook his head and ordered the soldiers to search.

Suddenly, his ears moved and he looked back suddenly. He saw a figure running towards him from a distance, and a cold voice rang out, "Brother, long time no see."

Guo Jing looked surprised, "Sister, why are you here?"

Hua Zheng and Huang Rong, who were standing by, saw the woman in front of them and looked at each other with a slightly subtle expression.

"Let her come here."

Without any soldiers to stop her, Mu Nianci walked up to Guo Jing and said, "Brother, I want to say goodbye to you. The Jin Kingdom has been destroyed, and I should return to the ancient tomb." After she finished speaking, she paused and said, "I asked the people of the Beggars' Sect."

Not surprising then.

Guo Jing understood in his heart. He came from Jiankang and did not think of hiding his identity. After all, not everyone could have hundreds of guards around him. Anyone with a sharp eye and a decent brain could guess his identity.

Then Mu Nianci saluted towards Hua Zheng and Huang Rong, "Meet my sister-in-law."

As for Mu Nianci, they had known about such a person for a long time, but they were still surprised when they actually saw her. In terms of appearance, Mu Nianci was not as good as Huang Rong, but her cold temperament was quite good.

Hua Zheng was about to change her words when a soldier suddenly came over to report, "My Lord, we caught two people!"

"bring it here!"

Soon, two figures were pushed and brought over.

"It's you!" Three voices sounded at the same time.

Guo Jing, Huang Rong and Mu Nianci looked at the person in front of them in surprise, with uncontrollable surprise on their faces. No one had expected that they would meet Yang Kang here!

At this moment, he was no longer as elegant and graceful as before. He was wearing coarse clothes and had disheveled hair, just like a starving man fleeing famine.

Guo Jing was not surprised that Yang Kang was still alive. When he learned that this man had committed suicide by burning himself, he had some guesses in his mind. However, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find a person who had escaped from Lin'an. The emperor of Jin was already dead, and Yang Kang alone could not do anything.

But he never expected that he would meet him in Niujia Village.

Seeing those people, Yang Kang was also surprised, and then he smiled miserably, "So it's you!"

"I ran for a long time and finally hid here. I didn't expect that you would find me. Is this God's will to kill me?"

Guo Jing couldn't help but ask, "Yang Kang, don't you know where this is?"

Now, it was Yang Kang's turn to be confused, "Where is this?"

Mu Nianci looked at his face, her cold eyes showing a hint of murderous intent, "Niujia Village, you should have heard of this place from your stepmother."

Yang Kang's eyes widened, and he was stunned. This was actually Niujia Village?
He abandoned his previous identity and chose to cut off ties with the past. Naturally, he did not think about what happened in Niujia Village in the past. After escaping from Lin'an, he and his trusted eunuch hid in different places before coming to this deserted village. However, God played a joke on him again. This place turned out to be Niujia Village.

If he had known that this was Niujia Village, he would never have come!

"Clang!"

Mu Nianci drew the long sword from her waist and pointed the tip of the sword directly at his eyes. "Misfortunes sent by heaven can be forgiven, but those brought upon oneself cannot be forgiven. Yang Kang, your days of doing evil are over!"

"Pfft!"

Faced with this murderous intent, Yang Kang knelt down shamelessly and cried bitterly, "Miss Mu, please don't kill me. I am my father's only flesh and blood, you can't kill me!"

At this moment, he was like a dog wagging its tail and begging for mercy. If he really had backbone, he should have been buried along with the Jin Kingdom. But when he chose to fake his death, he became a dog that had lost its home.

Seeing this, several people who knew his identity couldn't help but show contempt. They thought he had been an emperor, but how could he have no backbone at all?

Seeing that Mu Nianci was unmoved, he turned to Guo Jing and kowtowed repeatedly, "Guo Jing, my father and your father are brothers. I am no longer a member of the Wanyan family. Please don't kill me, don't kill me!"

(End of this chapter)