Start with detective Li Yuanfang

"Well……"

On the sick bed, Fan Chunli slowly opened his eyes.

The prime minister knelt in front of the palace gate with an attitude of remonstrance, but his body was too weak, and he passed out before he could hold on for two days. He was carried home and remained in a coma. Fan Zhengji, the son next to him, was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Come here quickly! Father is awake!"

Fan Chunli slowly tilted his head, his eyes were dazed for a moment, and then he regained his brilliance. His hoarse voice sounded, and the first question he asked was: "Gao Tiju...was he killed?"

At this time Lang Zhong had already arrived, and after checking Fan Chunli's status, he shook his head lightly, Fan Zhengji was heartbroken: "Please rest assured, father, Gao Li was pardoned by the official decree yesterday, the treacherous minister who slandered with unnecessary crimes Wang Fu was also beheaded to reassure people!"

Fan Chunli was startled, he didn't care about Lang Zhong's expression at all, instead he grabbed his son's hand and spoke much more smoothly: "Your Majesty pardoned Gao Tiju and beheaded Wang Fu? How is this possible? After all... ...What is going on, tell this old man!"

Holding that skinny hand, Fan Zhengji couldn't hold it back at last. Tears welled up and he said in a sobbing voice, "My child is not a single lie...Father, please rest well!"

Fan Chunli was rarely angry: "Do you want me to die with regret? Say it!!"

Fan Zhengji was forced to have no choice but to say in a low voice: "Six days ago, Da Ni 'Zuo Ming' led a group of people to invade the palace and occupy the Lijing Gate. According to His Majesty's order, Gao Qiu was pardoned and stepped forward to repel the thief..."

He explained the cause and effect in detail. Fan Chunli first widened his eyes, showing the expression of a bolt from the blue when he first heard the news with other officials, then gradually recovered, and finally asked in a trembling voice: "So, the imperial decree, Gao Jing Just show up, and those people will retreat?"

Fan Zhengji didn't dare to hide it: "'Zuo Ming' read out a covenant in public, in which there were three agreements, the first one was to vindicate Gao Qiu's grievances, and rewards for meritorious deeds, the second one was to deal with the twenty-seven people who caused Gao Qi For a treacherous minister who is imprisoned, the third rule is to make His Majesty punish himself..."

"Everyone was shocked, especially He Xianggong, who was furious and scolded 'Zuo Ming' for talking nonsense, but 'Zuo Ming' said that he had shown the covenant to He Xianggong on the first day, and the release of Gao Qiu was all because of the covenant!"

"He also said that although His Majesty did not fully obey, and only one of the treacherous ministers was removed, since Gao Qi was released and the loyal and good people were treated fairly, he would not pursue it anymore, so he brought Those people left by water!"

Fan Chunli murmured: "He Xiang has completely fallen into this person's scheme."

"In the past, the government called it a rebellion, but the old man didn't take it seriously, because although these people with high martial arts skills are somewhat threatening, they are still hard to shake the country and society of the Great Song Dynasty. It was only in the imperial city that the terrifying methods were truly displayed, not only promoting force, but also occupying morality, the imperial court lost all face, and I am afraid... I am afraid..."

In the end, he slowly closed his eyes.

Fan Zhengji was very sad when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "Now the imperial court has issued a notice to announce to the world that this is a civil righteous man who feels that Zhongliang has been defiled, and the Qing emperor's behavior of punishing treacherous officials will not be wanted. It should be able to calm people's grievances everywhere. ..."

Fan Chunli said: "This must be He Xiang's wishful thinking. What's the use of lying like this? If I knew it was like this, why bother!"

Fan Zhengji was speechless.

Fan Chunli took a few breaths violently, opened his eyes, and tried to pull himself together: "Where's Gao Tiju? Invite him into the house, the old man has some last words, and I want to ask him!"

Fan Zhengji looked distressed and had no choice but to say: "Father may not be able to see him anymore. Although His Majesty wanted to confer a reward, Gao Qiu resigned and accepted it at that time, with a firm attitude, and immediately left with the group of 'Zuo Ming' , and don’t care about being accused of colluding with treason, obviously he is determined not to come back..."

Only then did Fan Chunli understand why his son called him by his first name, but he was deeply surprised. He had had a lot of contact with Gao Qiu, and he could see that this person was greedy for profit but this time he didn't receive a generous reward, so he resigned. Do……

"He actually resigned? Is even he completely disappointed in the court?"

The figure despised by scholar-bureaucrats appeared in his mind. Amid the shouts of the common people, he looked at the officials eagerly waiting to accept the order to thank them, and said words that he would not accept resignation. The spirit that had been propped up was released in an instant, and he groaned in a low voice:

"The scenery in the autumn is different, and the geese go to Hengyang without paying attention. There are sounds from all sides, thousands of mountains, and the long smoke sets and the lonely city closes."

"A glass of turbid wine is home for thousands of miles, and Yan Ran is not reined in. There is nothing to do. The ground is covered with frost, and people can't sleep. The general's white hair is crying for his husband."

As soon as Fan Zhengji heard it, he knew that this was "Fisherman's Pride · Autumn Thoughts" written by his grandfather Fan Zhongyan.

At this time, Fan Chunli chanted slowly, revealing extremely complicated emotions, repeating the last two lines over and over again: "If you don't sleep, the general's white hair will make your husband cry... If you don't sleep, the general's white hair will make your husband cry..."

Why can't people sleep soundly?The general is already gray-haired, why is he still serving?Why do young soldiers cry when defending the country?

There is an element of sadness here, but more importantly, it is worry, resentment, and injustice.

They were worried about the security of the country, complained that the imperial court had no one to reorganize its armaments, and were even more resentful that the authorities did not have a clear strategy. As a result, the border guards stayed in the "siege" for a long time, and when they were old, they could not retire to their homes. There were few soldiers, but they could not reunite with their wives. .

At this time, Fan Chunli's voice was getting lower and lower, and he was getting more and more tired.

He was deeply worried, he didn't want to sleep, but he had to.

finally.

This son of Fan Zhongyan closed his eyes when he was prime minister.

Cloudy tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and he never opened them again.

……

"Congratulations to Gao Qingtian!"

At the head of the Xunyang River, a group of heroes gathered around Gao Qiu in the middle, laughing loudly.

Shi Xiu was the happiest: "This time it can be said that I am proud and elated, and I am so happy that I have lost the face of that stupid king!"

Lu Da also nodded heavily: "Compared with our plan to rob the court, this is still more able to avenge Gao Qingtian. How can there be a hero like Gao Qingtian on the wanted notice of the court?"

Ding Run glanced sideways: "Why, my name is hung on the most eye-catching place of the wanted notice every day, so I am not a hero?"

Lu Da scratched his head: "Master Ding, I...I didn't mean that!"

Ding Run smiled and said, "I'm very happy. If there was no publicity from the court, how would the world know about my feat of killing corrupt officials? How could all the heroes gather here?"

Everyone laughed: "Well said! Do it!"

After Ding Run drank heavily, he said to Gao Qiu again: "I admire Brother Gao the most. He resigned as soon as he said he would resign without procrastinating. When I recall the faces of all the officials at that time, I am still overjoyed!"

Gao Qiu's face was also red from drinking, but he smiled wryly and said: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I want to accept the order, but I'm afraid of death, offending His Majesty like that, dare to stay in Jinling, no matter how high the official position is What's the use? I didn't listen to Village Master Ding's advice before, how could I make the same mistake again and again?"

Ding Runxi said: "Don't be Dingzhaizhu Dingzhaizhu, Brother Gao, do you still remember what I said when I rebelled against the court? The mountains are high and the roads are far away, and the rivers and lakes are far away! Come and take the top spot in Liangshanbo, and we will lift up How about clearing up this troubled world, the great banner of the Heavenly Way?"

As soon as these words came out, all the heroes immediately looked over with sparkling eyes.

After this battle, although they didn't go directly to the most wanted list, they couldn't return to their original lives. They were willing to follow Ding Run into Liangshan. Great.

Gao Qiu hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Brother Ding's kindness is very clear to me, but if I can't write well, I can't do martial arts, and going to Liangshan may not be of much help..."

Everyone was a little disappointed, but Ding Run patted him indifferently: "The world is big, and Liangshan is not the only good place to go. You can go wherever you like, but don't be casual. Be careful that the dog emperor settles accounts after autumn and returns to Yanyun Well, send your family there!"

Gao Qiu nodded: "Okay! Senior 'Zuo Ming', I haven't thanked him for this help..."

As a former captor, but this time he received great kindness, Gao Qiu felt a little strange, but Ding Run said clearly: "Senior 'Zuo Ming' has left, and before leaving, let me tell you that he will come here Because of one person, who do you think?"

Gao Qiu immediately asked, "Mr. Lin?"

Ding Run nodded: "It's the head coach. Although Yan Yun first decided that the head coach couldn't leave there, it was he who asked Senior 'Zuo Ming' to rescue him this time. The minister shed blood and tears, and died miserably with injustice!"

Only then did Gao Qiu feel completely relieved: "This is great, I'll go back to Yanyun right now, thank you all for your help!"

Everyone laughed: "What is Gao Qingtian talking about, when he sees the injustice, he yells, and he will act when it is time to act! Do it!!"

But the facts proved that after crossing the river, there was still no difference between them. Ding Run sent Gao Qiu to the Daming Mansion all the way to be at ease.

Because everywhere is in chaos.

First, there was the Gaotuo Mountain Uprising in Hedong, which killed the county magistrate and trapped the government. Tens of thousands of people gathered in just one month;
Later, Zhang Xian, a Daoist with double pupils, entered Luoyang, gathered the people in Henan, killed officials and rebelled, and repelled the Xiang army;

Then there is Sun Lie of Jinan Prefecture, against;
Guanzhong Wuhu, against;

Chuanshu Yang Tianwang, against;
Xiangyang Guo Kang, against;

What they did was to kill landlords and bureaucrats, to attack prefectures and counties, or to protect and gather between valleys, and to use high mountains as strongholds to set up the banner of uprising, "Xun and Wei dare not resist, and counties and towns dare not defend."

……

In the yamen of the Daming Mansion, after reuniting with Cai Jing, he bid farewell to Ding Run and his party. Looking at the letters and newspapers, Gao Qiu was terrified: "This can't be related to me, right?"

Cai Jingdao: "If you say it is related, it must be related. The court's act of confounding black and white, slandering Zhongliang, and being forced to pardon you for your innocence is undoubtedly an opportunity; it is irrelevant to say that it is irrelevant. The root cause is that the taxes in various places are too heavy. The northern captives are rampant, officers and soldiers are fleeing, and in the end, this is naturally the situation..."

Gao Qiu sighed and said, "I just didn't expect it, how could the world become like this. It seems that I am right to resign from office!"

Cai Jing could hear the reluctance in his tone, and knew that people who became officials still couldn't let go of that power, but he was very optimistic about Gao Qiu's decisive resignation, and he also mentioned: "Brother Gao is on this trip. When I went to Yanyun, I would like to say hello to Lin Yiyong for the old man, and hope that the rural army will contribute more to take care of Hebei and Shandong!"

Gao Qiu said: "This is for sure, with Lin Yiyong around, how dare Xiao Xiao's generation make trouble, and Hebei will also ask Brother Yuan!"

Cai Jing smiled slightly: "Brother Gao, don't worry, with this old man here, the Daming Mansion will not be in chaos. Even if the imperial court dispatches me, for the sake of the safety of the people, this old man must learn from Brother Gao's righteous deeds and put the people first!"

The two parted, and Gao Qiu continued to go north.

Passing through Yingzhou, Mozhou, and Xiongzhou all the way, I couldn't help feeling relieved to see the counties and counties that had returned to the state of peace.

When he passed the three passes and was welcomed by the overjoyed township army, he even saw smiles on the faces of the Yanyun Han people.

There is no need to worry about being deprived of all the rice grains cultivated by the Khitan people. With the grain in hand, there is no panic in the heart, and of course the smile becomes real.

Gao Qiu also said sincerely: "Yanyun has changed hands, it's really great that the people can live and work in peace and contentment so quickly, where is the head coach?"

Hua Rong said with a smile: "Brother is teaching in the academy... In Yanzhou and Jizhou, we have opened another academy. From now on, every state in Yanyun will open an academy!"

Gao Qiu said: "Then take me there, I used to run eight times a day, but now I don't know the way!"

……

"Government is not based on one's own strengths, but on the goodness of the world..."

"This sentence means that in governing the country, you don't care about making use of your own strengths. What is rare is the person who absorbs the virtues of the world."

"In the same way, when governing a region, you must remember not to rely on your own strengths, but to do everything yourself, but to choose and absorb talents reasonably. In many cases, this is the biggest difference between martial arts and martial arts."

In Suian Academy, Li Yan is standing on the podium, and below are the students of the third phase of Suian.

Sui An Phase II: Xu Ning, Zhang Qing, Ling Zhen, Duan Jingzhu, Chai Jin, Shi Wengong, Li Ying, Luan Tingyu, Qin Ming, Du Xing;
Sui'an Phase III: Wu Yong, Zhu Dian, Pei Xuan, Jiao Ting, Meng Kang, Chen Da, Sun Li, Sun Xin, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao;
The second phase and the third phase are scheduled at the same time. Each batch consists of ten students, who go to school in turn, plus the first phase of Sui'an who comes back from time to time for supplementary tutoring, and the fourth phase of Sui'an who is preparing to be selected according to their merits. These students Not only to conquer the world immediately, but also to rule the world immediately.

The latter obviously requires more effort, so Li Yan, the dean who is a good teacher, also teaches more seriously, and does not allow outsiders to disturb during class.

But this time, he took the initiative to make an exception. Halfway through the speech, he put down his book and said to the students below: "Come out with me to welcome an old friend!"

Wu Yong frowned slightly, and he was the first to realize that the others didn't know at first, and they were overjoyed when they saw that familiar figure stepping into the academy.

Familiar academies, familiar people, both sides show their faces and say their greetings:
"I am back!"

"Welcome home!"

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[Treading Mountains and Rivers] is over, please look forward to the next volume [Dragon Snake Rise to Land].