March 22, East Hall.
Tingwei Guo Dingzuo reported the cause of the riot at the school ceremony, saying that it was a riot caused by people's bets.
Shangshu Zuopu shot Kong Anguo to report that gambling houses in Beijing should be strictly investigated and those who committed crimes as women should be punished.
Yin Zhongwen, the minister of the temple, went out to plead guilty. He originally thought that he would be fined at most, but he got at least several decades of salary from this ceremony, and the three-year fine was only a drizzle.
Unexpectedly, Guo Ding secretly reported Yin Zhongwen's bad deeds of selling seats at high prices and using information he knew in advance to place bets, which made both King Langya and King Wuling hate him. Yin Zhongwen fled back to Jiankang from Huanxuan in order to calm people's hearts. I had no choice but to appease him.
Now that the situation in the court has been stabilized, there is no need to worry about human feelings anymore. King Wuling took the opportunity to announce that Yin Zhongwen was demoted to the capital and appointed as the governor of Dongyang. The post of Shangshu of the Temple Department was taken over by Wu Yinzhi, the former governor of Guangzhou.
Yin Zhongwen stood stunned in the hall. He did not expect that King Wuling would really convict him. He looked around blankly. No one on either side of the ministers came forward to intercede on his behalf.
Then, in the name of the emperor, King Langya authorized the cavalry general Liu Yu to supervise Guangzhou and hand over the military affairs of the two states. He ordered Sima Rongqi, the governor of Yizhou, to organize the troops and horses to prepare for another expedition against the puppet Shu. The pictures and figures were hung at the checkpoints, and the state capitals arrested Guangzhou. Merchant Xu Sheng and his party.
Yang Anxuan has finished his business in Beijing. Please return to Xiangyang after leaving the class. Because of Huang Heizi's incident, King Langya did not try to persuade him to stay. Liu Yu, Liu Yi, He Wuji and others all went out to invite them to return. King Langya decided to hold a banquet in Xichi on March 25th to bid farewell to the four princes.
After the dispersion of the dynasty, Yin Zhongwen still couldn't believe that he was actually demoted from the capital. He walked out of the imperial city alone and at a loss, without even hearing Liu Yi calling him loudly behind him.
Liu Yi understood Yin Zhongwen's mood at this time, so he caught up and said, "Brother Zhongwen, please take a step to speak."
Only then did Yin Zhongwen come back to his senses. He smiled at himself and said, "It's Duke Nanping. What a joke."
Liu Yi warmly invited Yin Zhongwen to travel to Yuzhou. Although Yin Zhongwen was not good in character, he was quite famous in the literary world. If Liu Yi wanted to make good friends with celebrities and support his career, he must rely on Yin Zhongwen. …
Jingkou is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the north, rivers and lakes in the south, connected to Wuhui in the east, and connected to the capital in the west. It controls Sanwu and defends the capital. It is known as Beifu, and together with Liyang Xifu, it is the gateway to Jiankang.
During the Western Zhou Dynasty, Jingkou was a fiefdom of Yiguo. Qin Shihuang visited Kuaiji in the east and reached Jingxian Mountain. Those who looked at the aura said it had "the aura of a king". Qin Shihuang sent three thousand ocher-clad prisoners to cut down trees and cut mountains to defeat the king, and ordered this place to be Dantu. Dan Tu means a prisoner wearing a red prison uniform (ochre). During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan moved the capital here and built an iron urn city on the peak in front of Beigu Mountain, which was called "Jing". The "kou" refers to the river mouth at the foot of Beigu Mountain, so it was called Jingkou.
During the Western Jin Dynasty, the area around Jingkou (now Zhenjiang) and Jinling (now Changzhou) was a barren and desolate land with few people living there. After crossing Yongjia to the south, refugees from the north began to gather here, and the Xi family of Gaoping immigrated here.
Xi Jiande was highly respected, recruited refugees, resisted Shi Le and other tribes, gathered tens of thousands of people, and gradually became the overlord in the Jingkou area. Later, Wang Dun's rebellion was put down, and he was granted the title of Da Sikong. The Xi family in Gaoping was promoted to a high-ranking family.
After Xi Jian's death, Jingkou was occupied by Cai Mo (recommended by Xi Jian), Chu Pei (father of Empress Chu Suan), Xun Xian (sixth grandson of Xun Yu, husband-in-law of Princess Xunyang, daughter of Emperor Yuan of Jin Dynasty), and Xi Tan (father of Empress Chu Suan). Xi Jian's second son), Fan Wang (who was exempted from being a commoner by Huan Wen in February and October), Yu Xi (a relative, the nephew of Yu Wenjun, the emperor and empress of Jin Ming Dynasty), Xi Min (the eldest son of Xi Jian and the brother of Xi Tan), Huan Wen, and Diao Yi (son of Shangshu Ling Diao Xie and father of Diao Kui), Wang Tanzhi, Huan Chong (brother of Huan Wen), Wang Yun (relative, father of Empress Xiaowuding and Wang Fahui), Xie Xuan, Sima Tian (Prince Qiao), Wang Gong , Xie Yan, Sima Yuanxian (the governor of Xuzhou, actually guarded by Liu Laozhi), Huan Xiu, and then guarded by Liu Yu. Jingkou has always been guarded by important ministers and relatives, which shows its importance.
After Liu Yu took control of Jingkou, he recruited soldiers and horses, strengthened city defense, encouraged commerce and trade, attracted refugees to reclaim wasteland, and did light corvee. After two years, Jingkou City showed great vitality.
Feeling deeply that the Beifu Army was not as good as before in terms of generals, numbers, equipment, combat power, etc., Liu Yu vigorously selected and appointed young generals in the Beifu Army, recruited new soldiers in Jingkou, Guangling, and Jinling areas, and stepped up training. Today, the Beifu Army There are already 80,000 troops, except for 20,000 at Jingkou, stationed in Guangling, Xiapi, Pengcheng, Shanyin, Jinling and other places.
Governor Fudong
On the side is the prison. The long alley is dark all year round. The prisons on both sides are dark and damp. Thieves who robbed food are imprisoned here. There are more than 70 people crowded into five cells, which is extremely crowded.
Several jailers came in from outside and shouted: "Where is Wang Yi? Come out quickly."
After a while, a man stood at the fence in front of the cell. The jailer opened the cell door, chained him and took him out.
Half an hour later, Wang Yi returned to the prison. Other people in the prison gathered around and asked, "Brother Wang, you didn't get beaten, did you?"
Wang Yi shook his head and sat on the ground dully, thinking about his thoughts. He was originally a subordinate of Wang Guobao. He was ordered to kidnap and kill Yang Anxuan. After the failure, he was sent to Guangzhou. Soon after, Wang Guobao was killed because Wang Gong raised an army, and later Wang Gong was killed by Sima Yuanxian. The imperial court restored Wang Guobao's official position as a scribe, and Wang Yi and others returned to Jiankang City.
The good times did not last long, and when Huanxuan came to power, he exiled Wang Guobao's family to Jiaozhou. Wang Yi received great favor from Wang Guobao and led his troops to escort Wang Guobao's son Wang Hu to Jiaozhou. At that time, Wang Yu was in court and life in Jiaozhou was not difficult.
By the time Liu Yu came to power, Wang Yu and his son were killed, and the Wang family in Taiyuan had lost power in the court. Wang Yisheng was afraid that Liu Yu would be angry, so he took more than a hundred troops to protect Wang Hu and prepared to flee to the Northern Wei Dynasty. When Qu'a ran out of food, he started to grab the food and ended up poking a hornet's nest, and most of it was captured by the Beifu army.
Wang Yi led more than 20 people to protect Wang Hu and fled to Yangzhong. He was caught up on the way. Wang Yi made up his mind to take the blame and risked his own life to protect Mr. Hu. As a result, he was found in the side hall just now. I saw Mr. Hu Lang who looked frightened.
The officials he was talking to obviously knew their identities. After having Wang Hu taken away, they directly gave the conditions for releasing Hu Langjun, asking them to dress up as assassins and kill Yang Anxuan. Afterwards, regardless of success or failure, they would let Wang Hu go.
Wang Yi knew that as soon as this matter reached his ears, it meant that he would definitely die, and anyone who knew about it would definitely die. That person sent Mr. Hu Lang away in advance, and was willing to swear an oath as evidence. He even promised that twenty people could escort Mr. Hu Lang out of Jingkou first. He would wait for his confirmation before taking action, which was somewhat credible.
Glancing at Pao Ze who was sitting around him, Wang Yi knew that most of the people who acted with him would never return, and how should he tell them in order to save as many lives as possible.
After pondering for a long time, Wang Yi opened his mouth and told everyone that Mr. Hu Lang had also been caught, and there was a chorus of lamentations. Then Wang Yi told everyone the good news that he had met an acquaintance who was willing to help rescue Hu Langjun, but he had to do a dangerous thing for most of the people.
Most of the people in prison had received favors from the Wang family, and when they heard that they could rescue Mr. Hu, they all expressed their willingness to go. In the evening, Wang Yi and others were put on more than ten ox carts and quietly headed east.
In a manor outside the city, Wang Yi and others met Wang Hu. According to the pre-selection, 21 people escorted Wang Hu to board the boat on the small river beside the village. The boat would directly cross the river to Hailing. At the beginning of the morning, a man who went with the ship returned and told Wang Yihu that Lang Jun had been sent to Hailing City.
Wang Yi told everyone about the assassination of Yang Anxuan. At this time, there was no way out. Although Wang Hu had arrived at Hailing, life and death were still in the hands of others. They had no choice but to fight to the death.
Fifty-Eight dressed as a merchant ship guard and sailed up the river in two boats. The river wind blew his clothes violently, and Wang Yi felt like "the wind is rustling and the water is cold."
Licking his lips that were chapped by the river wind, the faint fishy smell aroused the passion in Wang Yi's heart. His brother Wang Zhi died under Yang Anxuan's arrow back then. It was a pleasure in life to be able to avenge his eldest brother before he died. …
The pier in the north of the city is the busiest place in Jingkou. The dozens of miles wide river is dotted with sails. The pier is full of large and small ships. Laborers are loading and unloading goods like a colony of ants. Rows of warehouses stand on the pier. .
Xu Daofu took Wang Zhan and others off the passenger ship and saw stone archery towers every hundred steps along the embankment, making it difficult to raid Jingkou Pier by water.
"His grandma, this place is a bit more lively than our Panyu." Wang Zhan spat into the river and sighed.
Xu Daofu glared at him, and Qian Ming reminded him softly: "Brother Wang, be careful."
After escaping from Xuanwu Lake, Xu Daofu took a few people to Stone City. When he saw a notice offering a reward for his arrest posted in the city, Xu Daofu changed the legend and became
Tian Zhen, a commoner from Jiangzhou who returned to Jingkou to visit relatives.
Because his eyebrows were eye-catching, Xu Daofu used a short knife to modify them slightly, trimming off the tips of his eyebrows to make them short and thick, greatly changing his image. The portrait hanging at the city gate was in vain, so several people boarded a passenger ship with new identities and sailed down the river to Jingkou.
Get off the boat and follow the flow of people into Jingkou City from the north gate. The streets in the city are clean and tidy, with shops on both sides. From time to time, you can see soldiers marching past with weapons.
Qian Ming looked at the prosperity in front of him and said with a smile: "It is said that Jingkou wine can be drunk and Jingkou soldiers can be used. Now there is an additional Jingkou song to listen to."
Jingkou was the last stop of the trip. Xu Daofu decided to go south to Panyu after seeing Jingkou. After three months in Guangzhou, the big things were over, so he might as well relax.
Xu Daofu smiled and said, "Let's find an inn to stay in first, and then go to Shulan Courtyard to drink and listen to music in the evening, and have a good time."
Wang Zhan said with a smile on his face: "It's fun to follow Mr. Xu, but it's a pity that I don't have time to stroll around the Qinhuai River in Jiankang..."
Qian Ming reluctantly pulled Wang Zhan, and Xu Daofu cursed secretly. This reckless man was a water thief he conquered a few years ago. He was a good fighter. It would be really dangerous for him to find out the information. He had to explain it before going to Shulan Hospital in the evening. Clearly, he is not allowed to talk nonsense.
Shulanyuan is located in Xicheng. The half-mile-long street is lined with brothels on both sides. Since the rise of Goulan, two more Goulans have been added, making it more and more lively.
Compared with when it was first opened, Shulan Courtyard is no longer as good as before. The columns under the red lanterns show mottled colors, and a corner of the carved window is broken. Even so, when Xu Daofu and others stepped into the hall, they were still stunned by the laughter and laughter.
Wang Zhan smiled strangely and said, "My dear, this is even more lively than Jia Qi Tang in Panyu."
A beautifully dressed maid came to greet her. The fragrance was strong but not pungent. She approached Xu Daofu with a glance, took his arm affectionately, and said softly: "The gentlemen are here. Cuiyun of the Nu family is waiting for the gentlemen." "Are you guys listening to music in the lobby or drinking in the Xiang Pavilion upstairs?"
Xu Daofu felt the softness on his arms, his heart swayed, and he smiled and said: "Let's listen to the music in the hall first, and then go upstairs later."
The hall is spacious, with tables and tables surrounding the high platform in the middle for guests to drink and listen to music. There was dancing and singing on the high platform. At this time, they were singing "A strong drunkenness will not dissipate the remaining wine." There were many people singing and singing in the audience, and the atmosphere was lively.
A screen was used to separate a small room on the south side. Xu Daofu and his friends set up three tables. After Cuiyun asked, the food and wine were served in a flowing manner. Four beauties were invited to pour wine and laugh at the side. Cuiyun was leaning against Xu Daofu. He poured wine and vegetables beside him.
Cuiyun read that everyone was fine. The strong man next to him had a tough face, a strong body, and was generous. He was a rare wealthy man. If he served him well, he would definitely be rewarded.
The wine was full of passion, Cuiyun had already nestled in Xu Daofu's arms, and said in a charming voice: "Master Tian, come and sit in your room. Your flute skills are good, let me play it for you."
Xu Daofu glanced at the red lips, his heart skipped a beat, and he smiled and said, "Very good."
He hugged Cuiyun and stood up, letting Qian Ming and others do what they wanted. When Wang Zhan saw Xu Daofu getting up and walking to the backyard, he hugged the woman next to him and stood up, then followed him staggeringly.
At this time, a man passed by, saw Wang Zhan, and exclaimed: "Black bear?"
The woman beside him giggled first, and Wang Zhan next to him was black and rasp-colored, looking like a black bear.
Wang Zhan pushed the woman in his arms away, stared at the man with red eyes, and roared: "Yellow croaker, are you looking for death?"
When Xu Daofu heard the noise behind him, he stopped and turned around to look. His eyes were cold, not even a little drunk.
