"Lieutenant, we are all good citizens."
In Bianliang City, inside Gao Qiu's mansion, Song Jiang was wiping away his tears and was crying and complaining, "It was Wu Er who maliciously framed us, which caused us to suffer misfortunes and was branded as thieves."
Facing Song Jiang, who had tears and runny nose, Gao Qiu frowned slightly and felt a little unhappy.
After all, although he was a captain of the Imperial Army, he had been Su Dongpo's book boy when he was young, and he had always regarded himself as a cultural person.
He was unhappy with Song Jiang's behavior.
If they hadn't spent a lot of money on gifts and declared themselves enemies of the evil thief Wu Er, Gao Qiu wouldn't have met them at all.
Gao Qiu and Li Yunze were already irreconcilable enemies.
This is no longer just the hatred before, but also the various forces and even officials who openly and secretly want to make them enemies. This is the traditional skill of the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty, and it is euphemistically called checks and balances.
Seeing Li Yunze's power growing day by day, Gao Qiu's hatred also continued to grow.
"Don't say such useless things."
Gao Qiu waved his hand with a cold face, "Tell me about Wu Er's evil deeds, the kind that can bring him down."
Song Jiang stopped speaking, looked at Chao Gai and others, and then began to count Li Yunze's crimes.
Dozens of things were listed in one breath, such as bullying and dominating the market, forcing good people to become thieves, colluding with the local government, supporting bandits to respect themselves, bullying men and dominating women.
"It's useless." Gao Qiu shook his head in disappointment.
Whether these charges are fabricated or true, it is useless to try to bring down Li Yunze under the current situation.
If the princes and officials want to deal with Li Yunze, even if he steps in with his left foot when he enters the door, it will be a crime, even if it is groundless, it doesn't matter.
But now Cai Jing considers himself Li Yunze's backer, and Cai You regards him as his financial sponsor. Liang Zhongshu even wears a pair of trousers with him, and actively helps him propose marriage to the official to marry the emperor.
This person has money and spends it freely.
Moreover, this man was able to fight and achieve military exploits, and many people followed him to become a strategist.
For Li Yunze, who is currently in the spotlight, in order to bring him down, he must have real evidence of crime that is unacceptable to his father-in-law and officials.
What Song Jiang and the others said was nothing new and useless.
But after all, they were Li Yunze's enemies, and they had some skills and even gave them big gifts. Gao Qiu decided to accept them as his lackeys.
"I will work with you to clean up your criminal status in the name of recruiting peace." Gao Qiu, who picked up the tea bowl, said slowly, "From now on, I will find a job in the Forbidden Army so that I can work for me."
Song Jiang and others were overjoyed and hurriedly stood up to bow and thank him.
Just when he was about to say goodbye and leave, he saw a servant from the Gao Mansion hurried in to report.
"Lieutenant, Chen Zongshan is dead!"
'Snapped! '
The tea bowl in Gao Qiu's hand fell to the ground, and he sat in a chair in a daze.
Song Jiang didn't know what was going on over there, so he rolled his eyes and stepped forward to say a few words of comfort. After all, all future glory and wealth would fall on Gao Taiwei.
But before he could speak, he saw Gao Qiu suddenly stood up, clapped his hands vigorously, shouted and laughed, "Hahahaha~~~The old guy is finally dead! Hahahaha~~~"
Song Jiang hurriedly stepped back and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
The water in Bianliang City is really deep. Fortunately, I didn't say anything before, otherwise it would be embarrassing now.
Of course Gao Qiu was happy. Chen Zongshan, that old ghost who never died, was the evil thief Wu Er's backer in the Forbidden Army.
Now that this backer is gone, of course it’s worth being happy and it’s worth coming to light!
"Don't leave." He immediately became more interested and called out to Song Jiang and others who were about to leave. "I'm happy today. Please stay and have a few drinks with me."
Gao Qiu believes that the death of Chen Zongshan and Chen Taiwei is a huge loss of help for Li Yunze. This is interpreted from the perspective of traditional court battles.
But from another perspective, it also means that Li Yunze lacks a major restriction!
Over there, Li Yunze returned to the court with his troops, and his troops were stationed in various military camps outside Nanxun Gate.
He himself led a group of generals into the city to go through the process.
"Guan Sheng." Li Yunze, who was on horseback, smiled and joked with Guan Sheng, who was squinting his eyes and stroking his beard next to him. "Do you know why Mr. Guan has such strong arms that he can dance with the Qinglong Yanyue Sword?"
"He is born with divine power." Guan Sheng, who looks somewhat similar to Guan Yu in the album, immediately responded after hearing this, "The ancestors are the stars in the sky who have descended to earth, so they are naturally extraordinary."
There is a process for Guan Yu to become a myth, and this is the critical moment for Guan Yu to become a god.
The artist-emperor Zhao Ji believed in Taoism and sought longevity, and named Guan Yu the 'Chongning Zhi Tao Zhenjun', making Guan Yu one of the Taoist immortals.
This is also the reason why Guan Sheng said that his ancestor was Xingjun who descended to earth.
According to historical records, in the Southern Song Dynasty, due to the preference for Jiangnan, Shu Han orthodoxy became the mainstream. As a military general of Shu Han, Guan Yu was treated particularly favorably. During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty, Guan Yu was granted the title of "King Zhuang Miao Yi Yong Wu An Ying Ji", which was regarded as a complete god. Holy.
"No, no."
Li Yunze shook his head repeatedly, "Innate supernatural power and other things are due to good genes, but good genes also need to be cultivated and trained. The reason why his arm strength is so amazing is because he made a living selling jujubes when he was young, and he developed it by wielding a bamboo pole to hit jujubes. of."
After hearing this, Guan Sheng immediately showed a displeased look on his face, "I don't agree with what the Taiwei said!"
When returning to the court from the Weisheng Army squadron, Li Yunze took Fenglingdu south to cross the Yellow River.
When passing by Pudong, Ma Xuanzan, his subordinate from Chou County, recommended to Li Yunze that his old friend Guan Sheng, who was inspecting Pudong, had the strategy to stabilize the country and the ability to surrender troops and kill generals.
Li Yunze responded, and Xuan Zan came forward to recruit him under his command.
Guan Sheng imitates his ancestor Guan Yu in every aspect, including his character.
To be promoted from a small patrol officer to a general in the field army, one would normally burst into tears of gratitude.
But Guan Sheng maintained his arrogant persona all the way, which made all the generals unhappy.
Li Yunze also often jokes about Guan Yu's stories.
Just as they were about to argue, Shi Jin, who was sent to Bianliang City for management in advance, hurried over to salute.
"Lieutenant Chen Zongshan, Taiwei Chen has gone~~~"
Li Yunze, who was joking and joking before, immediately looked serious.
For Li Yunze, Chen Zongshan, who has helped him many times, is a good person.
As a person who values justice, Li Yunze was heartbroken over the death of Chen Zongshan.
It is a pity that there are few good people in the Great Song Dynasty.
A bastard like Gao Qiu is still alive, but a good person like Chen Zongshan left first. This is really...
Li Yunze didn't say much, and with a sullen expression, he galloped down the bustling street and headed straight for Taiwei Chen's mansion.
When we arrived at Chen Mansion, the door was already white.
The servants of the Chen family all recognized Li Yunze. When they saw him coming, they hurriedly stepped forward to lead the horse to salute, and also presented Bai Xiaobu.
This is a white cloth belt more than a foot wide and about six feet long.
Li Yunze took it, tied it around his waist, and then walked into the house.
Taiwei Chen's family records are not many, and most of them are in his hometown.
Only his eldest son serves him in the house.
Salute, salute, salute again.
After completing a set of procedures, Li Yunze sighed and stepped forward to burn incense.
He turned to look at Taiwei Chen's eldest son, "Brother Boru, do you need any help?"
Taiwei Chen's son had no official status and did not even find a job in the Forbidden Army.
After hearing Li Yunze's inquiry, he immediately shook his head and responded, "Thank you for your concern. Once everything is arranged, I will support the spirit and send my father back to his hometown for burial."
"good."
Li Yunze didn't say much. Instead of giving him money or goods, he took off the archery ring from his hand and handed it over, "If you need it in the future, you can come find me with this thing."
"Thank you~~~"
After working at Taiwei Chen's house until midnight, Li Yunze returned to his house.
When he returned to the mansion, he was shocked to see a large group of people waiting for him.
People like Xu Ning Xuanzan and others who had their own homes in Bianliang City naturally went home. But more generals are outsiders and cannot afford houses in Bianliang City. Except for those who stay in the army, they all live in Li Yunze's home.
In addition, there are Lu Junyi and his family.
When he was in Daming Mansion before, Li Yunze had invited Lu Junyi to stay in his house temporarily if he went to Bianliang City to develop business.
Judging from the friendship between the two, this is certainly not a big deal.
Moreover, Lu Junyi also believed that since he had a lot of money, he would be able to find a suitable house in Bianliang City and move out in a short time.
Unexpectedly, when I came to Bianliang City with great ambition, I was shocked to find that the housing prices under the emperor's feet were so expensive!
As the richest and most economically developed city in this era, and also the capital city at the feet of the Emperor, the housing prices in Bianliang City simply put the God of Wealth intimidated.
Because people all over the world want to come to Bianliang City, this naturally drives the housing prices in Bianliang City to remain high.
Even for an ordinary house in the outer city, commonly known as an old house, the asking price usually starts at least several thousand dollars.
You must know that an ordinary citizen in Bianliang City only earns a few hundred yuan a month. If he wants to buy a house, he has to go without food or drink for 800 years.
These houses are basically ancestral homes, and many people would rather starve to death than sell their ancestral homes.
Naturally, Lu Junyi would not buy an old man. He had to pay attention to face and pomp when doing business. He had to let his business partners and competitors in Bianliang City see his strength. It had to be a big house, and it had to be as close to the imperial city as possible. The better.
Not only are there a limited number of such houses, there are also many competitors who are either rich or expensive.
For example, not long ago, Lu Junyi fell in love with a large house, but he was directly asked for 800,000 yuan!
As a wealthy man, Lu Junyi was frightened. He was just about to pay back the price, but without thinking of changing hands, he sold it to a wealthy pearl seller from Lingnan at the original price.
With no choice, Lu Junyi and his family could only continue to live in Li Yunze's home temporarily.
Bianliang is a big place, so it’s not easy to live there.
When he heard that Li Yunze had returned to Beijing, Lu Junyi, as a guest, naturally came to greet him.
"Senior brother, there is no need to be so polite. There is no need to pay attention to these false etiquettes between you and me. My house is my senior brother's house."
After welcoming everyone in, Li Yunze nodded to Jia, who also came out to greet him, "Sister-in-law, is that true?"
Jia Shi smiled and replied, "What my uncle said is true. We are all one family. I just like living here."
