Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 457
The ten miles of Qinhuai in Jinling City are famous in the south of the Yangtze River.

But all the talents and tourists who come to Jinling City don't want to take a trip to the Qinhuai River, where they can enjoy singing and dancing on a snowy night.

Even though the Nine Mountain King's soldiers besieged Jinling City, and the city was almost breached, the lights on the Qinhuai River were still brightly lit, day and night, and there was still a kind of abnormal prosperity here, and the hard world outside seemed not to affect it at all. .

For the Qinhuai River, Li Xiuyuan never had the idea of ​​managing it in the past, but let nature take its course.

Because of the cruelty of the world, this kind of place gives opportunities to some women who are powerless and unable to survive.

After the ten-mile Qinhuai River is banned, where will these women be resettled?
Moreover, since ancient times, the places of romantic nights have always existed and have never disappeared.

now.

A huge painting boat on the Qinhuai River floats quietly on the Qinhuai River. Although it is still daytime, there are singing and dancing in the painting boat, which is very lively.

"Ten Miles of Qinhuai really lives up to its reputation, good dancing, good music, good women, how can such a paradise on earth be occupied by a guerrilla general, two adults, don't you think so?"

A man with a short beard who looked like a civil servant held a beautiful woman in his arms, and laughed while drinking alcohol.

"Qian Zongbing is right. Such a land that is so happy to miss Sichuan should be held tightly in his hands. How can it be taken away by others? Who is Li Xiuyuan? I have never heard of it. A loose guerrilla general dares to occupy it. The yamen office is in charge of city defense, issues orders, and governs a city. The official rank is not high, and the appetite is not small.
Nothing else to say, this time he divided up his credit and sent him to guard the saltworks along the coast of Zhejiang. "

The other general said with a sneer.

"Earlier, I sent someone to investigate the cavalry under the command of the guerrilla general Li Xiuyuan. They are quite extraordinary, with excellent weapons and armor, and all horses are all good horses. They are stronger than my own soldiers, but not weaker. They can repel ten The Wan rebel army is indeed capable, such an army falls into a guerrilla

It's a pity in the hands of the general, do the adults have any ideas? "Suddenly, Qian Zongbing's eyes flashed again, and he raised his glass with a smile and said.

"It depends on Yangzhou Sun Zongbing's intention."

Sun Zongbing from Yangzhou smiled, stretched out his finger and drew on the table: "There are only three things left in Jinling City right now, the achievement of repelling the rebels, the guerrilla general Li Xiuyuan and the tens of thousands of cavalry, and... The position of the commander-in-chief here, I am the commander-in-chief of Yangzhou City, according to the rules of the court,
There are 20 garrisons outside Jinling City. There is no commander-in-chief. There is only one deputy commander-in-chief. Now the 20 garrisons outside the city exist in name only. This official is in control, this position, this official will not give up, one of you is Jiangxi President

Bing, one is the general soldier of Hunan. If you want this position, you may be out of reach. "

"Master Sun is quite straightforward. Then the credit of the rebel army belongs to this official. I am a civil servant. If I get this credit, if I put it into practice, I may not have a chance of promotion."

Qian Zongbing said: "Then Mr. Zhao is at a disadvantage, taking nearly [-] cavalry from Li Xiuyuan? With the elite, it will be a great achievement to kill the Nine Mountain King Li Liangjin in the future."

Zongbing Zhao shook his head and said with a smile: "Since the two lords have said so, what do I have to say, so let it be. Come, I will toast you two."

"Come on, if you don't get drunk today, you won't return."

The two chief soldiers toasted to each other, with smiles from the bottom of their hearts on their faces.

Between glasses of wine, they divided up all the benefits in Jinling City.

Even Li Xiuyuan's General Li was thinking about getting it in his pocket.

As for Li Xiuyuan's achievements, they simply don't exist. Who in the court would believe that a guerrilla general could repel [-] rebels?Even if Li Xiuyuan made a memorial to the imperial court, his memorial would not be released by the Ministry of Education, and would definitely be intercepted.

the reason is simple.

There is no one in Li Xiuyuan's court.

It was heard that he was very close to Fu Tianchou, the minister of the military department, and he had a backer, but the minister of the military department had already been dismissed and imprisoned, and was about to be escorted to the capital for conviction.

So this is an opportunity given to them by God to make great contributions.

At that time, the petition for merit will only say that the three major generals joined forces to send troops to Jinling City to repel the rebel Li Liangjin, and as for the three words Li Xiuyuan, none of them will appear on it.

For a guerrilla general with no background strength, such achievements are like a crime of embracing jade.

How can you not be missed.

"Come here." Halfway through the drink, Sun Zongbing from Yangzhou suddenly shouted.

"Here we come. My concubine is waiting outside. What are your orders?" Soon, an old bustard came in with a flattering smile.

Sun Zongbing said: "What can I do if I have wine but no music? I'm tired of listening to these tunes. Let's change them. I heard from a scholar that there is a qin song called Shiniang on the Qinhuai River. Please come here as soon as possible. Waiting for someone to play the piano and sing music to add to the fun."

The old bustard was a bit puzzled when he heard the words: "My lord, that ten lady is not the girl on our painting boat, that ten lady is a noble lady from the Qin Pavilion, and she hasn't performed for a long time."

"If I ask you to go, go and invite me. Don't talk too much. Just record the amount of silver you need in my account. It's rare for me to come to the Qinhuai River. Naturally, I want to listen to the best music."

Sun Zongbing said indifferently: "I will let a few of my own soldiers go with you, I'm not afraid that I won't be able to invite this ten niangs."

Hearing this, the old bustard had no choice but to reluctantly respond: "My lord, please wait for a while, I will go and invite Miss Ten Niang to come and play the piano."

Zongbing Sun waved his hand to signal her to leave, then smiled and said, "Come on, my lords, let's continue drinking."

But at this time.

Li Xiuyuan led Xing Shan, Mao Wu, and a dozen Li family troops to the Qinhuai River on horseback.

"Young Master, the three chief soldiers were drinking on the painting boat." Mao Wu said.

Li Xiuyuan took a look, but saw that there were soldiers guarding the shore, and there were more than three personal soldiers of the chief soldier walking around on the painting boat. Such a formation indeed meant that there were high-ranking officials playing on the painting boat.

"Let the painting boat dock." He gestured.

Mao Wu responded, took a few soldiers and got off his horse, shouting to the boatman on the boat to let them dock.

Soon, the news here reached the ears of the chief soldiers on the painting boat.

"Hey, what happened outside, why is it so noisy." Qian Zongbing wondered.

A personal soldier came to report: "My lord, it is the guerrilla general Li Xiuyuan's men shouting from the shore, and they want to board the boat to pay respects to your lord."

"That Li Xiuyuan is here?" Qian Zongbing's eyes moved slightly.

The Yangzhou General Soldier next to him said with a smile: "I'm afraid they are here to curry favor with the three of us. I don't think it's better not to see them, so as not to be short-mouthed and soft-hearted. It's really embarrassing to do something at that time."

"Master Sun is right, it's better not to see him."

Qian Zongbing nodded and signaled his soldiers: "Go back and tell me that the three commanders are drinking on the boat. They are a little tired and need to rest. It is not convenient to see guests today."

"Yes, my lord." The soldier responded and left quickly.

Then Li Xiuyuan heard the soldiers on the painting boat yelling, saying that the commander-in-chief is out of alcohol and needs to rest, it is not convenient to meet guests today, so let Li Xiuyuan come back another day.

"Damn it, these dog officials still dare to put on airs." The soldiers under his command immediately couldn't help but get angry when they heard this.

"General, do you want to find a boat to sail there?" Mao Wu asked.

Li Xiuyuan frowned slightly and said: "No, go and call in Han Meng and the others. This general will pay a visit to the three generals in person. If the three generals avoid seeing me, it means that they don't take me seriously." Well, they are probably planning how to divide up my achievements and how to write memorials
Playing the emperor's request for credit, since this is the case, how could he not bother him. "

After speaking, he got off his horse, and when he walked to the shore, he took out an old picture from the cloth bag at his waist.

Open it and see that it is a picture of a dragon and a horse drawn by Zhang Sengyou.

Suddenly, a white light came out, but there was a neighing sound like a dragon or a horse, and a white dragon horse suddenly jumped out of the picture and landed on the shore.

"Take me across the river and go to that boat." Li Xiuyuan abandoned Fanma and sat on Longma and gave orders.

The dragon horse neighed, jumped out, landed on the river, and ran towards the painting boat.

However, what is unbelievable is that the dragon horse did not sink when it stepped on the river, it was as strong and stable as if it stepped on the bank.

Li Xiuyuan was dressed in black scale armor and crossed the river on a snow-white dragon horse.

"God, this is a wonderful horse." Seeing this scene, the soldiers under his command opened their eyes wide in disbelief.

Although they knew that the general had a horse, they never expected that it would actually come out of the painting.

It's not just them, the guards stationed on the painting boat also look like they've seen a man riding a horse walking towards here on the river at this moment.

Someone wiped their eyes and thought they were wrong.

But seeing Li Xiuyuan riding closer and closer, they realized that it was not a fake, but real.

It was the first time to see such miraculous soldiers, and they were all slumped on the ground in fright.

There were also individual soldiers who knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the gods, thinking that it was the manifestation of the river god.

"Quick, hurry up and report to the Chief Soldier." Someone said tremblingly.

"My lord, it's not good, it's not good." Soon, a soldier rushed into the painting boat in a panic.

"Screaming and yelling, how unreasonable is it to panic?" Qian Zongbing said angrily.

The soldier immediately knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "My lord, then, that Li Xiuyuan has come here." '

"Here he is, he's here. Seeing how frightened you are, could it be that he brought a lot of people here?" Zongbing Qian frowned.

"Just, he's the only one." Said the soldier.

Qian Zongbing snorted heavily: "Just one person scares you like this. Could it be that Li Xiuyuan stretched his head and six arms?"

Zongbing Sun of Yangzhou next to him said with a smile: "Maybe, this Li Xiuyuan has a group of strange people under his command. Didn't there be a man named Wu Xiang before? With supernatural power, I heard people say that the stone lion in front of the mansion is like a Throwing stones is as easy as throwing stones, but relying on one person to guard a city gate, if not
In this way, the rebels have already invaded Jinling City. This kind of warrior was not threatened by the official, but if he was persuaded, he really couldn't catch him. "

Qian Zongbing nodded and said, "There is always a shortage of strange people in the world. Where is that Li Xiuyuan now?"

"Go back to your lord, it's just outside the window." The soldier pointed to the river outside the window in horror.

Ok?
The adults of the general soldiers moved their eyes one after another, and immediately shrank their eyes.

Instead, he saw an imposing, handsome young man wearing a somewhat ferocious black armor, riding a horse with the appearance of a dragon, walking across the water.

(End of this chapter)