On the bank of Baihe River in Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province, on the official road, dozens of knights flew past, heading straight for Baihe Town, which is across the Baihe River from Nanyang Prefecture. These knights were dressed in gorgeous colors, and most of them were young and strong. Everyone looked cheerful and energetic, except for a man in his fifties who was dressed as a scribe.
This man was Kong Sizhen's confidant, Fu Honglie, the commander of the Guihai Navy Jiedushi Sima Xingjunzuo. He followed closely beside a young knight who was less than twenty years old and looked 70% to 80% similar to Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan. His fair face was full of sorrow, and he sighed while riding his horse.
The reason why Fu Honglie is so sad is because his young master Li Jiqing came to Nanyang to find his father this time! Not looking for Li Fuchen, his biological father, but looking for Sun Yanling, the "cheating father"!
This is really annoying!
This is not the most worrying thing. The most worrying thing is that in Li Jiqing's mind, his closest and dearest "real father" is probably not Li Fuchen, but Sun Yanling!
Because when Li Jiqing saw the envoy sent by Sun Yanling and the letter written by Sun Yanling in the Yuezhou Prefecture, he cried with joy!
After reading the autographed letter from Sun Yanling, the "cheating father", and knowing that this "cheating father" wanted to meet him at the Baihe Town Hall Station south of Baihe Bridge in Nanyang, Li Jiqing rode with a group of his bodyguards without saying a word. Up north.
Fu Honglie can't even stop him!
Although he is the Marching Zuo Sima of the Gui Navy Jiedushi Department, he still has the military talisman and warrant of the Gui Navy handed over by Kong Sizhen, and has the authority to dispatch most of the troops of the Gui Navy, but Li Jiqing's "young personal guards" are not included. ——These young guards were formed for Li Jiqing by Kong Sizhen according to Li Zhongshan's "Adopted Brother Servant Team", and the members were all from the children of the fifteen Dingfan Banner Army.
These children of the Dingfan Banner Army only listened to Li Jiqing, and Fu Honglie could not command them at all, so he could not stop Li Jiqing who wanted to find the "cheating" Sun Yanling, so he had to bite the bullet and follow him all the way, and persuaded him earnestly all the way.
He was presenting facts and reasoning, telling Sun Jiqing clearly that, first of all, Sun Yanling was not his biological father, and secondly, he was "bankrupt" and had no power.
Although Li Fuchen is not a good person, he is really Li Jiqing's biological father, and this father is extremely powerful. He is a man who wants wind and rain!
As for the Li Zhongshan whom Li Jiqing offended, he was the powerful general who recorded the affairs of the Secretariat! Although Li Jiqing offended the general because he fell in love with his concubine, it was not a big deal. After a while, General Li and Wu Xiaoxian's life became more peaceful, and Li Jiqing's worries disappeared. Nothing.
At that time, Li Zhongshan will no longer care about such trivial matters with his brothers, and Li Jiqing can continue to flatter him shamelessly.
Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan are the two people who others want to hug and recognize as their adoptive fathers! After all, Li Jiqing was Li Fuchen's son and Li Zhongshan's brother.
But for such a simple question, Li Jiqing was confused. He was the son of live Lu Bu and the younger brother of young live Lu Bu, and he looked particularly "Lv Bu"! Logically speaking, even if the man with all the power in the world is not his father, he still has to find a way to consider him as his adoptive father!
How come it's the other way around here? Why do you want to find Sun Yanling, the "cheating father"?
Who cares?
It's impossible to follow Li Fuchen, right? If he has such a biological father, why should he hold on to him to the death? Are you following Kong Sizhen? It doesn't look like it. Kong Sizhen was also smart, otherwise how could he have resolutely ditched Sun Yanling and thrown herself into Li Fuchen's arms?
When Fu Honglie was worried about Li Jiqing's good father not to "cheat his father", he suddenly heard Li Jiqing shouting "We're here", followed by the faint neighing of horses.
Fu Honglie also quickly reined in the reins and stopped the horse he was riding, which was almost frothing from fatigue. Li Jiqing was "eager to see his father" along the way, and after crossing the Han River, he galloped all the way.
I really don’t know how wronged this child has been in the Li family, that he misses his “cheating father” Sun Yanling so much?
At this time, Li Jiqing didn't care what his marching commander Fu Honglie thought at all. Anyway, he had had enough of the "brother roll" of the old Li family - he turned out to be the only son in the family!
Not to mention brothers, there are no sisters!
His parents gave birth to him!
Moreover, his parents were extremely rich and powerful. He could have whatever he wanted. All the servants and retainers at home surrounded him. Even outside, he was very popular among the many children of the Eight Banners nobles who were bumping into each other. A welcoming presence.
His mother is Dingnan Princess, and this princess was transformed by King Dingnan. In other words, when he grows up, he is likely to inherit the title of King Pingnan and become the prince of the Qing Dynasty!
And he was extremely handsome, good at both civil and military affairs, and was humble and polite. A group of princes of the Eight Banners who had daughters at home all liked him and wanted to marry their daughters to him.
It is no exaggeration to say that his life before becoming Li Jiqing was like cheating!
And when he was brought back to his biological father Li Fuchen by Kong Sizhen, he suddenly lost popularity. Except for his mother Kong Sizhen, no one could hold him in their hands anymore.
Not only did no one support him, but many people were hostile and ostracized him!
In Lao Sun's family, he is the only child and the apple of his eye.
But in the old Li family, Li Fuchen had so many sons, three of whom were legitimate sons, and seventeen or eight who were concubines. However, Li Jiqing was nominally a concubine, but was actually born in a miscarriage, but he enjoyed the treatment of a legitimate son. , and even threatened the status of the eldest son Li Jizhen. Can this not be hostile and excluded?
Moreover, Lao Li's family was "Lü Bu's nest". Among Li Fuchen's dozen or so grown sons, more than half were working with Lu Bu. They were all good-looking and skilled in martial arts, especially on horseback. When Li Jiqing came among them, he seemed a bit ordinary.
And Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan, the "Lü Bu father and son", defended themselves in the last battle at Mochou Lake, which broke Li Jiqing's heart even more - if it were "Sun's father" in his place, he would never leave him alone. To protect himself from life and death.
After this incident, Li Jiqing missed his cheap father Sun Yanling even more... He was missing him, and Sun Yanling sent someone to find him.
What surprised Li Jiqing even more was that Sun's father told him in the letter that he could also help him marry Princess Wu Xiaoji of Jiading of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
This is the true father!
Li Jiqing, who stopped his horse, began to look around for his "Papa Sun". He found that the Baihe River, which originally ran north-south, seemed to have turned a corner in this area and turned into an east-west direction. So his current location became the south bank of the White River. A long bridge spans the Baihe River. To the north of the long bridge is Nanyang Fucheng, the capital of Henan Province in the Great Zhou Dynasty. On the south bank of the long bridge is a town protected by a low wall.
This town is called Baihe Town. It was not originally prosperous. However, after Wu Sangui established his capital in Chang'an, Baihe Town and Nanyang Fucheng on the other side became extremely important transportation hubs and material distribution centers. The grain and handicrafts transported from Jianghan Plain and Dongting Lake Plain to Guanzhong will first be transported by water to Baihe Town and Nanyang Fucheng, and then transported to Guanzhong by horse-drawn carriages and mule carts.
At the same time, Baihe Town and Nanyang Fucheng were the old camps of Wu Zhoujun in Henan - Nanyang is now the capital of Henan Province! It is also the permanent residence of Wu Shifan, the great grandson of Wu Zhou. Therefore, a large number of troops are stationed in the city, which is like a magnet, absorbing manpower and material resources from all over Henan Province, making this place more prosperous.
The small Baihe Town can no longer contain such prosperity, and crowded streets and rows of shops have appeared outside the town's walls. It's dinner time now, and several restaurants and bars outside the walls of Baihe Town are doing brisk business. The smell of wine and meat is blown by the wind and spreads everywhere. However, Li Jiqing, who is thinking about "reunion of father and son", has no intention of looking for it. This restaurant has a good meal of Nanyang cuisine.
He saw a restaurant waiter who was welcoming customers with a smile on his face. He opened his mouth and asked, "Where is Baihe Zhenguan Station?"
When the man saw Li Jiqing cheering and cheering, he was dressed in fine clothes, and he seemed to be a noble man. Of course he didn't dare to offend him, so he quickly pointed to the city gate at the end of the street with a smile on his face: "Young man, look over there. Come in." At the city gate, a large courtyard on the left side of the street is the Baihe Zhenguan Post Office."
"Thanks, reward!"
Li Jiqing gave the order and drove his horse forward, heading straight for the gate of Baihe Town. As soon as he entered the city and was looking around for Guanyi, he suddenly heard a very familiar and kind voice: "Qing'er! "
As soon as Li Jiqing heard this voice, he burst into tears. When he turned around, he saw his old father, Sun Yanling, standing on the street inside the town gate!
"Amma!" Li Jiqing cried and fell off the horse. He was quite a big man. He cried and threw himself into Sun Yanling's arms. "My child has finally met your old man."
Sun Yanling also burst into tears: "Qing'er, is it you? Let my father take a good look at it. You have grown taller and stronger. You must have suffered a lot in the Li family these days, right?"
Li Jiqing cried even more when he heard about the hardships at the Li family, "Amma, they all bully the children."
"Them? Who are they?"
"They are the sons of that stupid Lu Bu!" Li Jiqing gritted his teeth and said, "None of them are good."
When Sun Yanling heard this, she felt relieved and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, Qing'er is not afraid. We won't go back to Li's house anymore. You are Sun Jiqing, my son, Sun Yanling!"
"Really?" Li Jiqing looked down at "Dad Sun" who was half a head shorter than him. Amma, can I really not go back to Li's house? "
"If you don't go back, why go back? You are not Lu Bu's son! You are my son!" Sun Yanling laughed while crying, "and" he lowered his voice, "and after you marry Princess Jiading, you will be the great Zhou The prince-in-law. We, father and son, will be the courtiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty from now on!"
"Amma, can I really marry Xiaoji?" Li Jiqing still couldn't believe it.
"Yes!" Sun Yanling said as he pulled his son into a large courtyard on the street. This courtyard is Baihe Zhenguanyi. It is now completely under the control of Sun Yanling and Shang Shuying's personal soldiers.
After entering the courtyard of Guanyi, Sun Yanling pulled his son into an independent small building, closed the door again, and then said to his son: "Qing'er, we have to take some risks to do this." become."
"Adventure?" Li Jiqing, no, it should be Sun Jiqing looked at his father, "Amma, why are you taking risks in this matter?"
"Qing'er, don't be afraid. There's not much risk. We just need to rob Princess Jiading and flee to Guangxi, and the good thing will be successful!"
"What? Jie." Sun Jiqing was shocked, "That's Princess Jiading of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
Sun Yanling nodded: "I know. Don't worry, this is actually the wish of Emperor Zhou! Emperor Zhou is not willing to send his granddaughter back to Li Zhongshan to continue to be a concubine. It's just that the surnamed Li is unwilling to send Princess Jiading back. And he doesn't want to smash his golden sign of 'keeping faith'. If we can kidnap Princess Jiading, he will have a way to go."
"But will Li Zhongshan send troops to attack me?" Sun Jiqing is still somewhat rational.
"Don't be afraid," Sun Yanling said, "Let's just bring Guihai Town to join the Great Zhou Dynasty! The Great Zhou Dynasty is our destiny. If you can bring Guihai Town to join the Great Zhou Dynasty, you will be a stable king. The founding hero of Zhou Dynasty has glory and wealth at his fingertips, isn't this better than you staying in the Li family?"
Sun Yanling's words touched Sun Jiqing's heart. Although in Fu Honglie's view, he could become the "fourth son" after the three legitimate sons of the Li family by kneeling and licking Li Jizhen and Li Zhongshan, and his future was bright - the "fourth son" of the Li family. "Zi" is a figure who can enter the core circle of power in the Ming Dynasty. And if Sun Jiqing defected to the Zhou Dynasty, even if he could bring the whole of Guangxi with him, he would still be just a rich man and could not be compared with the figures in the inner circle of power at all.
But Sun Jiqing was used to being the eldest young master and could not bear the status of the "fourth son". Moreover, for this status he had to kneel down and lick Li Jizhen and Li Zhongshan. He would rather follow Sun Yanling and become a rich man.
"Okay!" Sun Jiqing nodded heavily, "Ama, I listen to you! But with the power we have at hand, can we kidnap Princess Jiading?"
"Yes!" Sun Yanling nodded, "This is not about whether we can rob someone, but the emperor and prince of Zhou want us to rob someone, so this can definitely be done. If nothing happens, within three months at most, your Good things will come of it!”
"It will take another three months!" Sun Jiqing was a little anxious.
"Of course!" Sun Yanling said, "Although Princess Jiading is Li Zhongshan's concubine in name, they did not consummate the marriage. Li Zhongshan also knows how to measure and leaves room for leeway. So you can't mess around. After inviting her to Guilin, Propose marriage to the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty again, and ask a matchmaker to marry him, so that you can live a good life in the Zhou Dynasty as the consort and the duke of the country!"
"My child understands, and all my children listen to Amma!"
Sun Jiqing nodded heavily. He finally felt his father's love this time. But if nothing else happens, this accident is about to come!
Nanyang, Ye County.
Brigades of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and civil servants pulling mules, horses and carts crowded the official road, tens of thousands of them, and were marching southward.
These tens of thousands of troops did not belong to the same country, but the armies of the Ming and Zhou Dynasties. They marched south from Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan. Leading these armies were Li Zhongshan, Wu Shijue, and Wu Shifan.
This "battle of aiding and defeating Fu", in which the Ming Dynasty supported Fuquan and the Zhou Dynasty opposed Fuquan, finally ended with Fuquan's complete defeat and the Qing Dynasty's heavy losses.
As for the two armies that aided Fu and those that opposed Fu, they both won. Li Zhongshan grabbed an entire government (Chenzhou Prefecture), an entire state (Xuzhou), plus Xiayi, Yongcheng, Luyi, and Kaifeng. Yanling and other four counties of the prefecture. It may not seem like much, but this prefecture, one state, and four counties are all part of Henan Province! Winning these territories means that Ming Dynasty has returned to the Central Plains. The political symbolism is huge!
In addition, these sites can also serve as a buffer for Huaibei, so that Huaibei prefectures and counties do not have to directly face the harassment of the Qing army.
And Wu Shifan also won. He won Henan Prefecture, Shaanzhou, Ruzhou and other two prefectures. Among them, Luoyang, the capital county of Henan Prefecture, also has great political significance, and Nanyang, Wu Shifan's base, is no longer in power. Will directly face the Qing army again.
In addition, Li Zhongshan also gave Wu Shifan a batch of hand-made rifled guns, so that if there was any Xuanwu Sect, he would be able to protect himself or even fight back.
So Wu Shifan, who was overjoyed, finally agreed to give the girl away!
Moreover, he and Wu Shijue accompanied Li Zhongshan southward to pick up Wu Xiaoji in Nanyang.
This Wu Xiaoji can be regarded as "raised" by Li Zhongshan. Naturally, she is the girl he likes very much. Now she can finally take it to his room. General Li is really in high spirits now that he has received double happiness. He rides horses all the way. I felt a lot more relaxed, and I was talking and laughing with the two brothers Wu Shifan and Wu Shijue. Not to mention how happy I was.
Just when Li Zhongshan entered Ye County with his 10,000 troops and the 20,000 troops led by Wu Shifan and Wu Shijue, and was about to arrive at Nanyang County, the capital of Nanyang Prefecture. Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves on the official road ahead. Li Zhongshan looked up and found a dozen knights coming towards him. These knights were all wearing red cloth armor and Ming Dynasty style helmets. There is also a small red pennant on it, which should be Wu Shifan, the grandson's personal soldier.
These Wu Shifan's soldiers quickly rushed to the vicinity of Wu Shifan's commander's flag, and then one of them was brought up by Wu Shifan's guards. The man was seen kneeling on one knee, clasping his fists and reporting: "Your Highness Taisun, Princess Jiading has been arrested." Robbed!"
"What?"
"Shocked by this?"
"How is this possible? Who did it?"
Li Zhongshan, Wu Shijue, and Wu Shifan exclaimed at the same time.
"It was Dingnan County Duke and the Ming Dynasty's Gui Haijun Jiedushi who did it together!"
"Sun Yanling and Li Jiqing? Are they crazy?" Li Zhongshan was shocked, but then he cast his sharp eyes on Wu Shifan, who was also surprised, and suddenly shouted: "Get Zhou Taisun!"
(End of chapter)
