The purchase of Zhuangzi went smoothly and took only three days to complete.
Ten miles south of the city, Zhuangzi was a large place, owned by a merchant in the city.
This merchant originally owned land outside the city before building Zhuangzi. However, when he went to Huaixi to do business, he encountered Wang Qing's rebellion and lost both his capital and profits.
After escaping back to Tokyo, he planned to sell Zhuangzi for turnover, but the land had to be sold together. His land asked for a very high price, 30% more than the market price, covering more than 100 acres. He had to buy it all, not sell it alone.
After careful inquiry, we found out that this land originally belonged to the great eunuch Yang Jian. Before his death, Yang Jian distributed all the family property. The merchant was his nephew. However, because there were no promising scholars in his lineage, he was allocated less. The land was only There are more than 100 acres in the suburbs of Beijing, and the money is the lowest among the people.
Yao Pingzhong asked Zhao Tao to come over and take a look. He felt that the location was good and quiet. As for the high land price, because it was fertile land, it would naturally be expensive to sell.
After buying it, Zhao Tong saw that there was no name, and saw that there was a small river in front of the village, and the riverside was lined with willow trees, so he took up his pen and wrote the word "green willow".
Then he ordered Yao Ping, Zhong Luo and Jin Shui to arrange the place and use it as a gathering place for Mingjiao believers in Gyeonggi Province.
In the blink of an eye, some time later, Tokyo ushered in the first snow of winter.
Zhao Tong put on his fur coat and went to the farm to check. Because it was connected to the land, there were some tenant farmers who worked in the spring and autumn, and even in the cold weather, they came to work on the farm. The cleaning was quite clean.
The village was originally well-stocked with everything, but several simple palaces were built to house books and worship gods.
The people stationed there were all believers brought back from Luzhou, but they were not those from the Forbidden Army, but the refugees that Wang Qing abducted at that time.
After these refugees were brought to the capital, they should be allocated to Xiang troops. However, this matter had to be managed by the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Household Affairs. The progress was slow. After a few months, some of them were still unaccounted for, so Zhao Yu asked General Luo Jinshui to These people were temporarily placed in the village.
He did not reveal his true identity, he still used the name Li Fei, and his face was simply disguised.
Although the disguise powder given by Yelu Dashi had been used up, it was not difficult to find this kind of thing. Several people in Suiyu Tower had it, and they were all heroes who had been in the rivers and lakes before. Even Shi Qian did not lack this kind of thing.
Zhao Tong chose from them and finally used Shi Qian's medicinal powder. Although the color was not exactly the same, it was still dark yellow. After washing it, it would be difficult for people who were not close to recognize its original appearance.
He had lectured many times in Luzhou, and his voice and tone were all familiar to the believers, so there was nothing wrong or wrong with him.
On this day, I returned to the palace from Green Willow Village and found out that Zhao Kai was on his way back to the capital. The recruitment in Liangshan went smoothly. Emperor Daojun promised official positions to the leaders and was following Zhao Kai back.
The light snow was still falling, and it continued all day without any intention of stopping. When the lights were first turned on in the evening, Zhao Tong composed a song to celebrate the Holy Emperor and passed it on, making the booksellers who had been waiting outside the house smile with joy.
A few days later, Zhao Kai arrived in Beijing. Soldiers and horses were stationed outside Xincao Gate. Emperor Daojun ordered to go and greet him.
This momentum was extremely huge, not weaker than the welcoming ceremony when Huaixi was recovered that day.
Emperor Daojun also issued an edict, ordering the Liangshan leaders to wear military uniforms and lead only three to five hundred horse infantry into the city. They would march from east to west and watch from Xuande Tower, so that the people in the city could admire these achievements.
Over there, Song Jiang received an order and asked Pei Xuan, a tough-faced man, to choose a sturdy man with a golden drum and flag in front, a gun, knife and ax behind him, and two red flags of "Shuntian" and "Guo Guo" in the middle. Form a team and enter through Dongguo Gate.
Emperor Daojun led hundreds of officials to watch at the Xuande Tower. Zhao Tong was also standing by, with a faint smile on his lips and clear and tranquil eyes.
I saw people coming from below, with golden drums, flags and banners, guns, knives and axes placed at the front. They were divided into teams. Among them were white-horse troops, holding two red flags of "Shuntian" and "Protecting the Country". They opened the way for diagnosis and treatment. After the military suppression, there were twenty or thirty people on horseback outside, accompanied by military drum music. Behind them were many heroes, walking in groups, looking majestic and heroic!
When Emperor Daojun saw this group of subordinates in Liangshan, he couldn't help but be delighted. He felt very happy and pointed out to all the officials: "Sure enough, they are loyal in their hearts, and they are all heroes at first glance!"
Zhao Tong squinted his eyes and looked at the leaders below, but there were not a hundred and eight people, but about seventy or eighty. In addition to those he had summoned under his command in advance, there were also a few missing who did not know where they were going. They were not in the team, or outside the city. stationed.
Especially he didn't see Lin Chong, nor Hu Sanniang.
Emperor Daojun watched the performance in Xuande Tower. He was so happy that he issued an imperial edict and asked the palace officials to pass it on. He told Song Jiang and others to take off their weapons and implements, put on the royal robes, and enter the palace to see him. .
The head official of the palace received the order to pass the order to Liangshan. Song Jiang hurriedly led the generals to the gate of Donghua, took off their military uniforms, put on the red and green brocade robes given by the emperor, hung gold and silver medals, raised the scarf frame to the sky, and wiped green boots.
Then Song Jiang took the lead, followed by Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng. The generals in front of the palace led the way and led everyone into the palace from Donghua Gate.
Emperor Daojun opened the Hall of Wende, cleaned up the court rites, and arranged the decorations. The ceremonial officer led Song Jiang and others into the palace one by one, and then arranged the salutes. After the long live chants were completed, Emperor Daojun began to award rewards.
First, he was granted the title of Doctor Song Jiang Wude, the pacifier of Chuzhou, and the general manager of the military capital.
Chuzhou is an important town in Huaidong, with important geographical location and prosperity.
In terms of words, this official position is actually good. It is not a small official or a small position, but a civil servant.
However, Huainan East Road has its own pacifier, who takes over the military and political power of Huainan East Road.
And Chuzhou also has Zhizhou, who is responsible for the military and political power of Chuzhou.
Then what is this Chuzhou pacifier? It's probably a nice name, but the real official position is actually the last one, that of the general manager of Chuzhou's military and horse capital.
Under Zhizhou, he was in charge of Chuzhou's troops and horses.
But Song Jiang was originally just a minor official in Yuncheng County, Shandong Province. He had no rank and no rank. He would never have the chance to step into the official ranks even if he spent his whole life. Now he can be regarded as reaching the sky in one step.
Then Emperor Daojun appointed Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng and other leaders. Although some of their official positions were really lowly, they were finally officials and no longer just grass bandits.
After everything was done, Emperor Daojun ordered Guanglu Temple to arrange a royal banquet, wine was served in the Liangyang Department, food was eaten in the Zhenxi Department, rice was made in the Zhangjiu Department, meals were served in the High Official Department, and music was played in the Jiaofang Department.
This specification is different from the celebration banquet that day. It is a rule for foreign ministers to enter, and it is not as casual as the celebration banquet.
During this banquet, until dusk, it snowed heavily outside the palace again, and this time it was even heavier, with feathers flying everywhere.
Zhao Tong sat behind the case and drank, feeling full of doubts in his heart. The people in Liangshan across from him were still those performing martial arts in front of Xuande Tower, and there was not one more person.
He looked carefully several times, but there was still no Lin Chong or Hu Sanniang. He recognized both of them, and there was no mistake.
As the night grew darker, the banquet slowly dispersed. Song Jiang and others all wore hairpins and left the palace, mounted their horses, and were taken to the posthouse to rest.
Zhao Tong returned home and just entered the study and sat down when Lei San came to report that someone had sent gifts before. Seeing that they were all gold, silver and copper goods, he accepted them temporarily, but left a message alive, saying that he would wait for the prince to come back to make a decision.
Zhao Tong was curious and asked who sent him. Lei Sandao was Song Jiang, the leader of the Liangshan bandits who entered the city today.
Zhao Tong smiled, asked Lei San to put the things in storage, and then stood outside the study door to watch the snow.
I saw the sky waving, and large tracts of snowflakes were falling, as if they were floating down from the palace, without any intention of stopping.
Before the study, everything was covered with silver carvings and jade, the path was paved with white, the trees and objects, and the colors of snow all reflected the lights in the room, making them dimly illuminated.
Facing this scene, Zhao Tong suddenly thought of a word, "Reading for Yingxue", and gradually fell into deep thought...
On Liangzhexi Road, the boundary of Runzhou, there was also a heavy snowfall that was rare in a century.
Goose feathers cover the sky, the sky and the earth are vast, and the night is sad and pale.
The two people were meandering in the heavy snow, without horses, just walking hard.
The horse had already been injured and died. A chase went through Jingdong East Road and Huainan East Road before he was completely freed.
Walking in the lead was a man with a leopard head and eyes, a swallow's jaw and a tiger's beard, and a burly figure.
He wore a Fan Yangli and a gray cloak with dark red spots on it.
The iron spear on his shoulder turned out to be a snake spear eight feet long. The tip of the spear was also dark red at the moment, and it was clear that the blood was frozen and had never dried up.
The man stopped at the bottom of a dead tree, looked up at the sky, and said to the woman who was following him: "Sanniang, we are not far away. Now the pursuer has been eliminated. After tonight, there is no need to rush on the road. "
The woman behind was dressed in black and simply covered her head with a handkerchief. She was pretty and tall and straight. She just nodded when she heard the words and seemed quite tired.
The man added: "Although I didn't kill Li Kui this time, I still stabbed Sister-in-law Gu to death. The revenge of Hujiazhuang is half avenged. As long as the time comes, I will definitely kill the black guy. Sanniang doesn't have to worry about this." .”
The woman shook her head when she heard this: "I'm not worried about this matter. It won't matter whether I kill the black guy sooner or later. It's just that the man has not avenged his own revenge, and he was..."
The man frowned and let out a long sigh. He was none other than Lin Chong, who occupied the second highest position in Liangshan.
Zhao Kai and Gao Qiu recruited Liangshan, and Song Jiang was flattering to welcome him. Lin Chong originally thought of pretending to obey, and he would be conceited and wait until he returned to Beijing to slowly worry about it.
Unexpectedly, Gao Qiu had a gloomy mind. Although it had been a long time since the incident, he did not want to let him go. Instead, he wanted to eliminate the root of the problem to avoid future troubles. He secretly encouraged Song Jiang to poison him. After being discovered by Lin Chong, he sent people to pursue him.
Lin Chong and Hu Sanniang descended from Liangshan and fled south. Behind them were more than a dozen Liangshan leaders and more than a hundred minions. At this time, the loyalty and righteousness and the ranking of heroes were all false. They all wanted to put him at risk. Death place.
The two people left in a hurry, relying on their superb martial arts skills to set some traps between the two places, and actually killed all the dozen heroes who were chasing them, and dispersed the remaining skirmishers before entering. To the boundary of Runzhou on Zhejiang West Road.
Lin Chong patted the snow off his body at this time, looked ahead and said: "It seems that the snow will not stop tonight. It is better to find a place to stay for one night and start our journey tomorrow morning."
Hu Sanniang said: "Mr. Lang, do you think Fangla of Muzhou will take us in? Last time I heard Fang Jiujiu, the Crane King who came here, say that Fangla started the trouble with religion, but we are not members of the Ming Cult."
Lin Chong looked at her and said: "It doesn't matter. The worst that can happen is to join the so-called Mingjiao. As long as Gao Qiu is here, the Song Dynasty court and I will be on the same page. Now Fang La is determined to start an uprising. If he can really hit Tokyo, it will be just right." He captured Gao Qiu, cut his heart out, and took out his liver to take revenge."
The two of them walked forward while talking. After a while, they saw a village in the distance. Hu Sanniang said happily: "There are lights and candles ahead. I wonder if there is anyone willing to stay overnight."
Lin Chong said: "If you ask, you will know that I still have some money on me, so I don't live in vain."
After walking over, and just as he was about to knock on the door, Lin Chong suddenly had a complicated look on his face. He glanced at the dark red marks on his body and couldn't help but frown.
He and Hu Sanniang came all the way to kill the generals, and their clothes were already stained with blood. But Hu Sanniang was okay because she was wearing blue and black clothes, so it was hard to see clearly, but his body was too conspicuous, and he might have been spotted under the light. Telltale.
There was also the eight-foot-long snake spear with frozen blood stains on the spearhead. It looked like it had killed someone before.
Lin Chong was deep in thought and Hu Sanniang said, "Are you worried about the blood stains on your body?"
Lin Chong nodded, and then used the snake spear to hit the sharp blade of blood and ice, but it was so frozen that it was impossible to knock it off. In the end, he had to pull a piece of black cloth from Hu Sanniang's body and wrap it up.
"The traces on the body cannot be covered up. They are just blurry under the lamp, so the other party cannot pay attention." Lin Chong said calmly.
Hu Sanniang hesitated: "Mr. Lang, what should I do if I get noticed?"
Lin Chong's face turned slightly cold and he didn't answer. He took a step forward and knocked on the door...
There are only a few dozen households in the small village. It is more than 20 miles away from Runzhou City. It is considered a remote suburb and has always been peaceful and peaceful.
But that morning, the courtyard door of the village head Zhou Laoshi's house was not opened for a long time. There was a happy event in the east of the village, and he wanted to invite Zhou Laoshi to visit, so he came to invite him.
The visitor shouted several times outside the courtyard, but no one answered inside. After wondering, he pushed the courtyard door open and it opened. Then he walked in and shouted again, but there was still no sound.
The visitor felt a little scared. He walked to the door and knocked a few times. Then he stretched out his hand and pulled it. The door opened. He poked his head and took a look. It was deathly quiet inside.
He scratched his face and walked in carefully. When he reached the door of the west wing, he suddenly felt water in the ground. He almost slipped, but then he realized that something was wrong. It was sticky and smelled fishy. He touched it and looked up, and saw that there was water in the ground. Deep red color.
At this time, he lowered his body and saw a hand stretched out from under the door of the west wing. It was pale in color. He immediately screamed in fright and ran out.
After leaving the house, I was hit by the snow and fell again. I saw that the ground was covered with blood from my own steps. I couldn't help but crawl to the courtyard gate. I didn't go back to Dongtou's home, but ran straight towards Baozheng's residence in the adjacent village. …
The next day it was snowy, and in the afternoon, someone presented a greeting card at the door of the palace, and the housekeeper sent it to the study.
Zhao Tong took the post, ignored the disgusting words, and saw the bottom line that read:
I am a lower official, a military officer, a pacifier of Chuzhou, and the general manager of the military and horse capital. I am from Songjiang, Shandong Province. I pay my respects to the king who is a thousand years old. I am respectful and respectful.
He couldn't help but smile and said: "He is also good at speculation, but it's a pity that he was born at the wrong time."
After thinking about it, Zhao Tong asked the housekeeper to reply that he would come in three days. Then he got up and changed his clothes. No matter how embarrassed he was, he didn't take anyone with him. He rode a big-bellied yellow horse out the back door and left.
He wandered around the city and then went straight to Green Willow Manor outside the city.
Zhuangzi had just established the rules at this moment, and he appointed several more envoys. Those who were literate were appointed as envoys who preached scriptures, those who had some skills were appointed as envoys of strong force, and those who were eloquent were appointed as envoys of skillful debate.
As for the Mingjiao scriptures, I also wrote five or seventy-eight volumes from memory, and then made up a few more at random, and a Mingjiao Gyeonggi General Forum was formed.
The believers were all happy and did not ask why it was called the main altar when it was clearly a separate altar. They also had no idea that the duties of these envoys were not registered at all in the Jiangnan area of the Mingjiao in the Central Plains.
At the end of the afternoon, Zhao Tong rode back to the city. He was going to the back gate of the palace. When he was walking around the palace wall, he saw a little maid hesitantly walking towards the front door. He identified it and found out that she was Zhao Yuannu's personal maid Nong. Jade.
(End of chapter)
