The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 313 White Clothed Crane King
Let's talk about the beginning of the emperor's accession to the throne, there was a man named Zhu Mingchong in Pingjiang Mansion, Suzhou. At first, his family was poor, and he often begged for food in the streets, so he would inevitably do things like stealing chickens and dogs. He was detained by the government several times and imprisoned. The government couldn't do anything about him, so he released him when he was detained.

This Zhu Chong has a trick, he often gathers [-] to [-] rogues to steal, take, cheat, and defraud in the street, but he himself becomes the owner of the village.

The bulk of the money obtained was greedy for himself, and the small reward was divided among the rogues.

After three years and five years, Zhu Chong became a wealthy man. He chose a store in a prosperous place in Suzhou and opened a herbal medicine shop. Over the years, he had accumulated a lot of property and married several wives and concubines.

Zhu Chong also made use of the convenience of being in Suzhou to make friends with strange people and heroes in the world, and occasionally donated some small money to the poor. Therefore, his fame spread throughout the three states and nine counties.

Speaking of Zhu Chong, it was time to turn around. When Cai Jing was demoted to Hangzhou, he was passing through Suzhou. He was introduced by a monk and called to Cai Jing to go to Hangzhou to build a Sutra pavilion.

The Sutra Pavilion cost tens of thousands of dollars, and all the wood was gifted by Zhu Chong. It took less than two Menstruation Pavilions to be completed. It is both elegant and simple, and magnificent.

After Cai Jing looked at it, he was pleased with himself and said to him, "Sages are talented, and I should recommend them to officials."

Zhu Chong is naturally humble: "What kind of person is a villain, who dares to accept compliments from his kindness. Chong is already over fifty and will be a rotten tree. He is afraid of disappointing his kindness. There is a dog at home, Zhu Xi, who is quite clever, and he looks forward to his kindness. , as the work of a dog and a horse."

Cai Jing agreed immediately.

Zhu Chong bid farewell and went home, and brought Zhu Mian into Cai's mansion, where the father and son kowtowed in kindness. From then on, this Zhu Mian worshiped under Cai Jing's family.

At that time, Cai Jing was very happy to see Zhu Miao's demeanor, nimble hands and feet, plump figure, and white face like jade, so he took him in as his godson.

In the second year, Cai Jing was ordered to return to Beijing, so he planned to take Zhu Chong and his son with him. Cai Jing knew that the emperor was fond of exotic flowers and stones, so he asked Zhu Chong and his son to "secretly collect the rare treasures in central Zhejiang."

Zhu Xi prepared a few large ships, loaded with exotic flowers and herbs from Zhejiang and Zhejiang, and went to Beijing with Cai Jing's official ship.

Disembark from the canal, cross Taihu Lake, cross the Yangtze River, pass Hongze Lake and enter the Bianhe River. The journey is smooth, and it takes less than half a month to arrive in Tokyo.

The next day, the Emperor Daojun set up his court in the Zichen Hall, and all the officials had finished worshiping and dancing, and stood in different classes.

Cai Jing came out of the class to play: "Officials, I heard that the wealth in the world is no more than the roads in the southeast, and the wealth in the southeast is no more than the two Zhejiang provinces. The rare and exotic things in the two Zhejiang provinces are rare in the world. Today, there are several rare flowers and beautiful trees in the two Zhejiang provinces. Please take a look, Your Majesty."

Emperor Daojun liked these scenes, and he said happily after hearing the words: "Aiqing can be carried into the palace, and I will reward you with all you."

Cai Jing hurriedly called the official on duty to send a message, and the greeting team brought the generals in and listed them in the hall.

The emperor, the Taoist emperor, left the throne and stepped down from the throne, accompanied by dragon fans to the left and right, and came to watch.

Emperor Daojun looked at it from the head, pointed with his hand, and asked, "What kind of beautiful tree is this, with green branches and green leaves like emerald jade?"

Cai Jingdao: "Back to the official's house, this is boxwood. It is taken from the high mountains in Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. This kind of beautiful tree is evergreen all the year round. Even in the ice and snow, the three or nine great cold days, the branches and leaves will not wither. It doesn't fall, it doesn't wither, it doesn't turn yellow, but under the silver ice, it's more green and fresh."

Huizong was overjoyed when he heard the words, and asked Cai Jing one by one: This is Guang Yulan, and that is Magnolia, each with its own name.

Emperor Daojun was elated and overjoyed when he heard it, and asked, "Why do these beautiful trees grow in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, but there is no reason for this in my vast Central Plains?"

Cai Jingdao: "Officials, haven't you heard that there is a saying that the four seasons are like spring in the south of the Yangtze River? There is no heavy snow in the south of the Yangtze River in winter, and the cold wind in the north of Mobei is blocked by Guanshan, and it is not too cold. In summer, it is often moistened by the sea breeze, but it is not too hot. There is plenty of rain, everything grows, and it is blessed by nature, but it is not like this Central Plains. In winter, it is either cold and sandy, or it is snowy.

Emperor Daojun said with a smile: "I want to get the best trees in the south of the Yangtze River to plant gardens, is it possible?"

Cai Jing hurriedly said: "The owner of the official family is rich all over the world, and it is appropriate to bring the world's rare treasures to Beijing and plant them in the Forbidden Garden for the official family to enjoy."

The Emperor Daojun ordered Cai Jing to also promote the Yuqian Shipyard on Liangzhe Road in Huainan, and set up the Suzhou-Hangzhou Yingfeng Bureau in Pingjiang Prefecture, Suzhou, presided over by Zhu Xi, to collect the treasures and wealth of the two Zhejiang provinces, and transport the exotic flowers to Tokyo. .

This Zhu Li was flattered, and was used to flattery and bribery of the dignitaries, and soon he flattered Tong Guan. Under the guise of his meritorious service, the official moved to Hezhou Defense Envoy, promoted Huimin to ask about official affairs, and was in charge of the Pingjiang Mansion alone. .

He ordered his subordinates Xu Zhu, Ying Andao, Wang Zhonghong and others and their sons Zhu Ruxian and Zhu Rugong to travel to various states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River to distribute and seize property.

It is said that it has entered the Daguan period at this time, and the autumn tax was collected by the imperial court. Zhu Ruxian, the eldest son of Zhu Lingling, and Wang Zhonghong, commanded by the Yingfeng Bureau, went to the mountainous areas of Shezhou and Muzhou to collect raw lacquer and Chu wood for the imperial court to build the Shenxue Wanshou Palace. Thousands of raw lacquer have been collected. , only a few pillars are missing.

One day, Zhu Ruxian and Wang Zhonghong, the commander of the Yingfeng Bureau, heard that there was a big tree in the village of Qingxi County, so they went to watch it.

When I came to the head of the village, I saw a tree in the village with dense branches and leaves like clouds. When I walked closer and looked up, I saw that the tree was ten feet high, and the branches and leaves spread out like a canopy, covering the shrine under the tree. Hibiscus, full of bird nests and branches, chirping and chirping indiscriminately, is not afraid of people. It is surrounded by two thick trees and reaches to the top. It is really a natural pillar. I don’t know that this tree has lived for hundreds of years.

"Good tree, good tree!" Zhu Ruxian laughed and stretched out his hand to caress the big tree, and said to Baozheng in the village: "Qi Baozheng, it's a godsend to me to build the Shenxiao Palace without such a spine, and it's a blessing to the official family Hurry up and cut down this Chu tree!
Qi Baozheng stepped forward and bowed, and said: "Lord Zhu, this big tree is a famous sacred tree in this place. In times of drought and flood, villagers from far and near a dozen li would come to burn incense in the shrine under the tree, praying for blessings. The most effective, to cut down this tree, I am afraid it is not a good thing."

After Zhu Ruxian heard this, he became annoyed, pointed at Qi Baozheng and cursed: "Do you dare to contradict Grandpa? You only know one thing and don't know the other. If the government didn't build the Longevity Palace, why did the sky grow such a big tree? It was also the Angel God who sent me here to fetch it, so don’t bother, send someone to chop it up quickly, it’s a blessing or a disaster, I’ll take it for myself.”

Commander Wang Zhonghong also changed his face, and scolded Qi Baozheng for being ignorant of current affairs, Qi Baozheng had no choice but to go to the village head and send someone to chop it down.

Many households in this village are surnamed Fang. The head of the village, Fang Youming, heard that the sacred tree was going to be cut down, so he and his brother Fang Youfu led the villagers to kneel down and beg for mercy: "My lords, the villagers are all blessed by the sacred tree. Give food and clothing every year, if the sacred tree falls, we will all starve to death! My lord, see that I am so old, give me a little face, don't cut down this sacred tree." After saying this, he led the villagers to kneel down and kowtow.

Zhu Ruxian and the commander Wang Zhonghong looked down and saw the head of an old man with white beard and hair, his temples were as frosty, with his hands on the ground, unable to kowtow.

"Bah!" Zhu Ruxian spat on the ground, stomped his feet and turned his face away, shouting loudly: "Anyone who dares to stop the tree feller will be punished as disobedience to the imperial decree!"

Instructing Wang Zhonghong to pump snowflakes is like holding a steel knife in his hand: "The soldiers on both sides have not stepped forward to cut trees, when will they wait!"

With a bang, forty or fifty soldiers from the left and right came up to stop the villagers, and two other soldiers swung their axes and were about to cut down trees.

The two broad axes were raised high, and just as they were about to fall, suddenly there was a soft whistle, and a child jumped out from the crowd. In front of soldiers.

The child shouted loudly with a childish voice: "You can't cut down trees!" I saw him jumping up and kicking out two feet at the same time, he made a "swift double fly", hitting the wrists of two soldiers.

The two guards bared their teeth in pain, shouted "Ah Yo", clasped their wrists with both hands, and the ax fell to the ground.

The two of them raised their eyes and saw a child standing in front of him, about eleven or twelve years old, wearing short clothes and narrow trousers, with white hair tied in silk, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, broad shoulders and straight waist, a small child His face was full of anger, and his dark eyes were shining with a cold light.

The two soldiers were furious, rolled up their sleeves, and shouted: "Little brat, the lanugo has not faded yet, yet you dare to resist the imperial decree, Grandpa sees that you are impatient!"

The two of them slanted to pull away from the crouching tiger posture, and then jumped forward and rushed forward, trying to grab the child with all their strength.

Unexpectedly, this child was clever, he took a step back, like an iron bridge, fell on his back, curled up two rabbit legs, straightened his back, held his breath, and kicked upwards.

This move was strange and weird, and the kick made the two soldiers scream "Wah-wah", one of them had one eye swollen, and they tightly covered their hands.

This move is called Tu'er Pedal, and it is a trick that this kid usually uses in fighting and playing, and he learned it from his thirteenth brother Fang La.

Then the kid jumped up with a carp, and rushed to the back of a soldier, and another Laojun held the gourd, grabbed the soldier's neck with both hands, and twisted it hard.

"Tell you to cut down trees! Tell you to cut down trees!"

This pain caused the soldiers to cry and howl, their knees went limp and they collapsed to the ground.

The child was so happy that he rushed to the back of another soldier, and was about to clean it up, but he got annoyed by Zhu Ruxian who was directing the soldiers to block the villagers.

Zhu Ruxian's face turned livid, and he shouted: "What a little boy, he's gone against his will, quickly arrest him and beat him to death on the spot, don't show mercy!"

As soon as the words fell, a grabbing hand was stretched out from the imperial army, and it went straight to the child's right shoulder.

The grasping hand is shaped like a swimming dragon, no matter how the child moves left and right, he can't get away, so he can only somersault and jump into the air, trying to get rid of the hand.

Unexpectedly, he was falling in mid-air, but suddenly he was caught by the grabbing hand, and he was lifted up in the air.

Immediately there was a sneer, and he said gloomyly: "Little baby, I, Wang Zhonghong, have been in command of the Xiang Army for more than [-] years. I don't know how many unknown ghosts have died under the knife. If I kill you little baby with a knife, I will fear that the world will kill you." Smile, I have a clever plan, throw you out of the air, if you can land on the ground without dying, it will be your life, if you are thrown to death, this is the trouble of the king of hell, and I have nothing to do with it!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Zhonghong squatted on a horse, and his luck urged him, "Hi!" He said loudly!
Immediately, the child was shot out like an arrow that left the string, and his life seemed to be in danger.

At the critical juncture, a young man in purple clothes suddenly flew up from the ground, like a ray of purple light, he stretched his ape's arms lightly, and unexpectedly caught the child in his hands, then floated to the ground, squeezed out of the crowd, and ran away.

Commander Wang Zhonghong of the Xiang Army was dumbfounded, and after a few breaths he recovered and shouted: "Catch them, don't let this boy in purple and that kid run away!"

The Xiang soldiers were about to chase after them, and the villagers rose up and stood up, building a human wall, blocking the way of the Xiang soldiers.

At this time, Zhu Ruxian became even more angry. Seeing that the young man in purple and the child had disappeared, he stepped forward and kicked down a villager, and then ordered the soldiers to continue cutting down trees.

Who knows that this blocked tree has grown for hundreds of years, the wood is extremely hard, and the steel axes of the soldiers clank and clank, only a few pieces of sawdust can be chopped off.The villagers knelt on the ground again and prayed non-stop.

As a result, after more than an hour of cutting, the big tree was shaking and about to fall.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Ruxian and Wang Zhonghong hurriedly commanded the Xiang soldiers to flee far away, and the villagers also got up from the ground and ran away in all directions.

Suddenly, the old man Fang Youming, the head of the village, jumped forward, hugged the tree and cried loudly.

In an instant, with a "hoo", the big tree fell, and its nine branches fell to the ground, knocking down the shrine, and startled the sky full of birds chirping.

The old man Fang Youming was knocked down in a pool of blood, and when all the villagers gathered around to watch, he had already died with the big tree.

Fang Youfu lay down on his body and wept, and everyone wept.

Zhu Ruxian and Wang Zhonghe felt bored seeing all the villagers crying, so they told Qi Baozheng: "This old man has disobeyed the imperial decree, and he will die with more than culpability. This big tree must be transported to the riverside within three days. If the deadline is delayed, To destroy the nine clans and implicate the neighbors, you should hurry up and deal with this matter!"

However, the young man in purple dragged the child to the depths of the dense forest before letting go, and said: "Nineteenth Brother, you are so bold. If it weren't for my quick hands and feet, you would have almost died. How useful are these few punches of yours?"

Fang Nineteen burst into tears, and cried, "Brother Thirteen, it's not that my younger brother is brave enough to go forward and do his best for a while. You see, my uncle and my father have white beards, and they kneel in front of them at such a young age, and the whole village elders follow suit!" Kowtow, I hate the official who is complacent, ignores it, and still orders to cut down the sacred tree, can it make people not angry?"

Fang Shisan shook his head and said, "Nineteenth Brother, listen to me and take refuge with me at Shaojiazhuang for a while. You must know that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years."

Fang Jiudao: "But sister Yuxian's home?"

Fang Shisan nodded and said, "That's right. Right now, Master Shao is explaining the scriptures on Zhuangzi. Heroes from all over the world are gathered together, making it lively."

Fang Nineteen wiped away his tears: "Brother Thirteen, where is Mr. Wang and the old Buddha? Last time he passed on my punches and kicks, so he doesn't know why he refuses to accept me as his apprentice."

Fang Shisan smiled and said, "Nineteenth Brother, don't worry, not only Wang Gong and Lao Buddha are here, but also a famous hero, who even said he wants to see you."

A trace of curiosity suddenly appeared on Fang Nineteen's face: "Brother Thirteen, who is this hero?"

Fang Shisan smiled, and suddenly reached out to grab his belt: "Just follow me!"

I saw that he didn't know what kind of skill was used at his feet, but he lifted the nineteenth, left the dense forest with a few quick steps, and disappeared without a trace...

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years passed, and it was the reign of Xuanhe.

Not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, a white dress came from the south of the Yangtze River, and arrived at the shore of Liangshan River without stopping.

This is a young man, dressed in white snow, extremely handsome, with a slight smile on his mouth, he got off his mount beside a wine shop on the shore.

Holding a narrow knife with a sheath in his hand, he stepped into the wine shop, and then there were sounds of various weapons waving, the sound of hidden weapons piercing the air, and roars.

After a dozen or so breaths, all the voices stopped abruptly, and someone panicked: "You, who are you?"

The young voice said with a smile: "Master Zhu, pass on a message for me, Mingjiao White-clothed Crane King, the crane is singing ninety-nine, and I am asking to see Chief Song!"

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