In the main hall, Emperor Huizong was so angry that Zheng Juzhong was trembling with anger. He kept saying: "This is too presumptuous! This Zheng Juzhong is so presumptuous! It is simply extremely presumptuous!"
Seeing this, Wang Fu hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, please don't have the same knowledge as him. He is very bookish. Who can't say a few cheap words? After all, taking back the territory of Youyan's sixteen states is the biggest thing."
Emperor Huizong heard this and said: "Your Majesty is right. That guy only talks empty words and has no specific strategy. Isn't this just messing around? I just do it for the sake of my relatives; otherwise, I will definitely send him to Let’s go to Lingnan! Okay, let’s not talk about him anymore, let’s talk about making money.”
Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Zhao Liangsi, and Cai You said in unison: "I will listen to the order."
Huizong said: "I will send Zhao Xiuzhuan as an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin. When you go this time, please bring my personal letter. Don't delay on the way. The sooner the better, and strive to reach an agreement with Jin as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Liangsi fell to the ground, kowtowed his head, and shouted: "My minister, Zhao Liangsi, obeys the decree."
Huizong said: "Your Majesty, get up quickly." Zhao Liangsi then got up.
Emperor Huizong thought for a while and said: "Even if the two countries form an alliance, it is better to go with the letter of credence. Why bother and create twists and turns?"
When Zhao Liangsi saw this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down on the ground and shouted loudly: "Holy sage, long live, long live, long live our emperor!"
When Huizong saw this, he hurriedly said: "Pingshen! Pingshen!"
Zhao Liangsi got up again.
Immediately, Emperor Huizong said to Wang Fu, Tong Guan, and Cai You: "Three ministers, please immediately arrange to send more attendants to show the magnificence of our dynasty. Zhao Qing also seizes the time to prepare, and will set off to envoy Jin in three days at the latest. "
Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Cai You, and Zhao Liangsi bowed and replied: "I obey the order."
Immediately, the four of them said goodbye and went outside the palace.
Wang Fu looked around and didn't see Zheng Juzhong, so he asked the guards outside the palace: "Just now, the palace officials took advantage of Zheng Taizai. Where did he go?"
The guard outside the palace replied: "Returning to the Prime Minister's question, Dazai Zheng was carried outside the palace by several palace officials."
When Wang Fu heard this, he smiled and said: "That's more like it! Then Zheng Juzhong is also a high official in the imperial court. How come he can't weigh it down? He takes himself too seriously."
Hearing this, Tong Guan said: "That servant is arrogant and has a relationship with Concubine Zheng. We have to avoid him to prevent him from getting entangled with us."
Zhao Liangsi heard this and continued: "What Privy Tong said is true. Let's go out through the side door. Don't let that guy touch us. It will be another struggle."
In order to avoid being entangled by Zheng Juzhong, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Cai You, and Zhao Liangsi left the palace through the side door. After the four of them left the palace, they went to the Prime Minister's Mansion and continued to discuss the specific matters of Zhao Liangsi's envoy to Jin.
Here, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Cai You, and Zhao Liangsi discussed the matter of sending gold. Let’s not talk about it for the time being. They only said that several palace officials carried Zheng Juzhong to the outside of the palace gate, placed it on the ground, and said to Zheng Juzhong. : "Sir Dazai, I'm sorry. I've offended you so much, but it's the emperor's order that cannot be violated! I'm offended, I'm offended."
After saying that, several palace officials left Zheng Juzhong, hurriedly ran into the palace, and closed the palace door tightly.
Outside the palace gate, Zheng Juzhong was furious, jumping to his feet and cursing in anger.
Zheng Juzhong scolded him for a long time, but no one paid attention to him, so he was naturally frustrated.
Zheng Ju was aggrieved, so he waited at the gate of the palace, hoping to wait for Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Cai You, and Zhao Liangsi to leave the palace, and then pester them again, so as to humiliate them and vent his bad anger.
Zheng Juzhong even thought about it. Wang Fu, Tong Guan, and Cai You are high-ranking officials in the court, with high power and positions. I can't afford to offend them, but Zhao Liangsi is nothing! I'm going to pick a fight with Zhao Liangsi. Why did he have a low position and be the initiator of the strategy of joining forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty?
Zheng Juzhong cursed angrily: It's all Zhao Liangsi who is trying to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty. Isn't this harming the Song Dynasty! Are Jurchens that good? ! Is the Khitan so easy to destroy? ! This bitch, I have to give him a good scolding.
At the palace gate, Zheng Ju waited for a long time, but Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Cai You, and Zhao Liangsi did not come out. Zheng Juzhong waited for a while, but still didn't see the four people coming out. He looked up at the sky and saw that it was getting late, so he went back to Dazaifu alone and unhappy.
Back in Dazaifu, Zheng Juzhong became more and more angry as he thought about it.
Zheng Juzhong thought that the imperial court wanted to marry the Jurchens, but it was difficult to get through on land, which was occupied by the Khitans. If the land is impassable, how can the imperial court marry the Jurchens? We can only take the sea route! If the imperial envoys take the sea route, they must pass through the territory of Jeju Prefecture. Then Liangshanbo, the Jeju Prefecture, is occupied by the Yangshan bandits. I might as well send a message to the Yangshan bandits and intercept and kill the imperial envoys on the way, so that the imperial court and the Will the Jurchen knot be successful?
right! Just do it! Thinking of this, Zheng Juzhong became excited all of a sudden, and quickly called his confidants to explain this.
Zheng Ju's people in the center were ordered to leave the house overnight and go to Liangshan to watch the water flow.
In Zhu Gui's hotel in Liangshan, Zheng Juzhong's confidant met Zhu Gui and said that he had something important to report to the leader of Liangshan.
Zhu Gui from Liangshan, in the name of opening a tavern, was specifically responsible for collecting intelligence for Liangshan. Zhu Gui learned that the visitor was reporting information to Liangshan, so he arranged a boat to carry Zheng Ju's people across the water, landed at the head of the golden beach, and arrived at the Loyalty Hall of Liangshan.
Zheng Ju's inner circle was escorted to the middle of the hall.
Song Jiang, who was sitting in the top spot, asked: "Who are you? Is there any important information that you want to report to my boss?"
Zheng Ju's inner circle person replied: "My name is Li Xiaoer, I am from Tokyo, and I am currently working in Dazaifu. A few days ago, I heard Dazai chatting with the housekeeper, saying that the king of the court has one hundred thousand snowflake silver and a large amount of pearl agate, which will be delivered to Dazaifu in the near future. I will send it to my hometown in Dengzhou in a few days. Your Majesty, I wonder how your lord Wang’s salary is limited, so how can you get one hundred thousand snowflakes, silver and pearl agate? I am thinking that it must be what he got from plundering the people. The big boss is on top, and the villain is very angry because of this. But there was nothing I could do. However, I heard that the heroes of Liangshan were doing justice for heaven, killing the rich and giving to the poor, so I came here to report the news."
Song Jiang was overjoyed when he heard this. After arranging for Zheng Ju's confidants to eat and drink, he asked someone to give Zheng Ju's confidants twelve taels of snowflake silver and sent them down the mountain.
After Zheng Ju's inner circle left, Song Jiang and Wu Yong discussed and decided that Chai Jin and Yan Qing would lead two hundred men to ambush on the road from Bianjing to Dengzhou, intercept the king of the court and prepare to send him to his hometown. One hundred thousand snowflake silver and pearl agate from Dengzhou.
Chai Jin and Yan Qing were ordered to lead two hundred men to ambush the only way from Bianjing to Dengzhou, waiting for the team to escort Mr. Wang's 100,000 snowflakes, silver and pearl agate.
After waiting for three days in a row, no team came to escort Mr. Wang's one hundred thousand snowflakes, silver and pearl agate.
Chai Jin and Yan Qing were a little impatient. When it got dark, the two returned to Liangshan Bo Zhongyi Hall. Chai Jin complained about Song Jiang and said: "Someone came out of nowhere and said some incomprehensible words. Why did my brother take it seriously? Brother Yan Qing and I have been waiting for three days in a row. Where did we see someone escorting one hundred thousand snowflakes, silver and pearls and agate? Dare you love me? We were the ones fooled by that guy."
Song Jiang was silent after hearing this.
Next to him, Wu Yong said: "Brothers Senior Official and Xiao Yi, please don't be impatient and listen to me. Who outside knows about our brothers' situation? He eats big meat, drinks from big bowls, kills at every turn, that idle man dares to do it for ten Two taels of silver to take a risk?! I think there must be something fishy about this matter, so I might as well wait for a few more days and see for sure."
Chai Jin and Yan Qing had no choice but to agree: "In that case, as the military advisor brother said, the two of us will wait for him for a few days before we go on the road."
Early the next morning, Chai Jin and Yan Qing came to Bianjing on the way to Dengzhou. They sat in the woods, waiting for the man who escorted one hundred thousand snowflakes, silver and pearl agate.
When it was almost noon, I saw a group of people meandering forward.
Chai Jin and Yan Qing quickly sat up and stared nervously ahead.
The group of people gradually approached, led by more than a dozen people, all dressed in luxurious clothes, all riding tall horses, looking arrogant. In the middle of the queue were several carriages, pulling some large boxes. Behind the carriage were a hundred soldiers.
With this momentum, he looked like a high-ranking member of the imperial court.
Chai Jin and Yan Qing were overjoyed, looked at each other and nodded.
When the team came to the forest, they heard a loud shout, and suddenly a group of big men jumped out of the forest. One of the two leaders was holding a gun and the other was holding a stick. One of them shouted loudly: "Hey! Someone listen up. Come on! I opened this road and planted this tree. If you want to pass by here, leave money to buy the road."
While shouting, a group of people blocked the road.
The visitors were none other than Zhao Liangsi, the Jurchen, and his entourage, as well as the hundred or so soldiers escorting them.
Zhao Liangsi and Li Shanqing reined in their horses.
The soldiers from behind rushed forward, drew their swords and guns, and pointed at Chai Jin, Yan Qing and others.
Zhao Liangsi drew his iron sword from his waist, rode forward, pointed the iron sword at Chai Jin and Yan Qing and shouted: "Hey! How dare you rob the imperial official?!"
Chai Jin and Yan Qing burst out laughing when they saw this.
After laughing, Chai Jin said loudly: "I don't care about your court officials! If you want to pass through here, you need to pay for the passage first."
Zhao Liangsi was furious and roared: "Be brave! Look at the sword!" After roaring, he took the lead and the killing general came over.
Seeing this, Yan Qing rode over with a stick in his hand, facing Zhao Liangsi. He immediately used the stick to hold Zhao Liangsi's iron sword, then suddenly put the stick away and continued to hit Zhao Liangsi's legs.
Zhao Liangsi was frightened when he saw the opponent's wooden stick swinging towards his legs, and rode his horse to avoid it.
Behind Zhao Liangsi, more than a dozen soldiers rushed over to block Zhao Liangsi and Li Shanqing.
The minions behind Chai Jin and Yan Qing also cheered and surrounded Zhao Liangsi, Li Shanqing and the hundred or ten soldiers they brought with them.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Liangsi hurriedly said: "Hero, pause and listen to me."
Chai Jince immediately stepped forward and said, "Listen to what you have to say? What do you have to say? Don't say anything, leave your belongings and leave quickly."
Zhao Liangsi put away his gun and handed it to a soldier beside him. He immediately clasped his fists and saluted Chai Jin and Yan Qing, then said: "Heroes, don't be impatient. I tell you the truth, if it's ordinary property, just rob it. It’s not a serious problem; however, these properties must not be hijacked; if they are trapped, it will be of great concern.”
When Chai Jin and Yan Qing saw it, they thought it must be a big treasure and wanted to kidnap it. How could they let it go? So Chai Jin shouted loudly: "You dog officials, you cheat on privacy, take bribes and bend the law, plunder people's wealth, and do all kinds of evil. You are so outrageous and unreasonable, so why can't we hijack these properties?! Since you are such a dog official!" If you don’t want to leave your belongings, then you’ll have to risk your life! Look at the gun!”
With that said, Chai Jin raised his gun and poked.
Zhao Liangsi dodged and shouted loudly: "Heroes, stay here!"
Chai Jin reined in his horse and held the gun in front of Zhao Liangsi's chest.
Yan Qing, who was standing next to him, shouted loudly and asked, "What do you have to say? If you have something to say, say it quickly, lest people get shot and die before they say anything."
Zhao Liangsi saluted Chai Jin and Yan Qing and said, "Heroes, please put down your guns and sticks and listen to my detailed explanation."
When Chai Jin and Yan Qing heard this, they thought that even if we were surrounding him, he would not be able to reach the sky or enter the earth.
Chai Jin and Yan Qing then put away their guns and sticks.
Chai Jin scolded: "You guys, you have to either keep your wealth or save your life. How can you have so much to say? You need to go into details! Just explain it simply. Don't waste your time. I don't leave any money here. Just keep your life! There’s nothing to say.”
When Zhao Liangsi saw that Chai Jin and Yan Qing had put away their guns and sticks, knowing that their lives were no longer in danger for the time being, Zhao Liangsi said with a trembling voice: "Heroes! You must never take my life. If you take my life It would ruin the great future of the Song Dynasty."
