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

Chapter 397 Cutting first and playing later, the origin of the master

The next day, the battle report came from Taihu Lake, and Tong Guan joined forces with Wang Zhi to encircle and suppress Shi Sheng.

Wang Ting brought quite a few ships from Jiangning, all of which were war boats, far from being comparable to those of the bandits in Taihu Lake, and all kinds of weapons on them were not available on pirate ships.

After Zhao Tong read the battle report, he sent Du Po to help out. In this way, there were nearly 20 troops on land and water in Taihu Lake, while Shi Sheng had only a few thousand bandits under his command.

Afterwards, he didn't stay in the Canglang Pavilion, but took his car out for a stroll during the day, watching the scenery of Suzhou, and went to Hanshan Temple to discuss scriptures with the old monk for a day.

The old monk, known as Meng Chi, became a monk since he was a child, and now he is in his eighties. He is very eloquent. Zhao Tang couldn't argue, so he had to leave with a stare.

After more than ten days passed, the battle at Taihu Lake was coming to an end, and Zhu Xie also began to prepare for the reception ceremony. Waiting for Tong Guan's triumphant return, he held a large banquet to celebrate Fang La's peace.

During this period Zhao Tun received a lot of gifts, all from Suzhou officials. Suzhou had never fallen, and the officials were relatively neat. He alone sent hundreds of thousands of gold, pearls and jade wares.

Zhao Tong never refuses anyone who comes, no matter who gives the gift, he accepts it according to the order, which makes the Suzhou city officials overjoyed, after all, this time Fang La is a big deal, and the whole of Zhejiang and Zhejiang are almost lost, and they are afraid that the court will ask the crime later, and now the King of Qin accepts it. After paying the ceremony, when I go back, I will definitely say a few good words to the official's side, so that I can continue to sit firmly under my body.

On Zhu Xiuniang's side, Zhao Tang arranged for two maidservants to take care of her day and night. No matter what, she was pregnant with her own child. Gratitude is grievance, and children are children. Since they have flesh and blood, there is no room for mistakes.

He knew that Zhu Xiuniang would not dispel the hatred in her heart, but so what?After entering the gate of King Qin's mansion, how could she make any troubles.

A few days later, Tong Guan returned with his troops, and the Taihu Lake area was basically wiped out. Except for a few bandit leaders who escaped with martial arts, the rest were all killed. Even the bandit leader Shi Sheng also died in the random arrows. For a moment, it was dyed blood red like the setting sun.

In the evening, the banquet was held in the Jingu Garden. The Jingu Garden was the garden of Qian Yuanjuan, the son of Qian Liu, the king of Wuyue, and it has been preserved for thousands of years.

The layout of this Golden Valley Garden is famous for its ingenious stacking of rockeries, supplemented by pools, and the mountains and rivers are interdependent.

The front of the table was divided into left and right rows, on the left were generals led by Tong Guan who came to suppress the thieves, and on the right were Suzhou officials headed by Zhu Xi.

Before the meeting started, Suzhou Xuezheng came out to give a eulogizing speech, and he talked eloquently for a quarter of an hour, flattering and flattering, saying that the matter of suppressing Pingla was a great achievement, which was comparable to opening up territories, and Tong Guan was delighted to hear it.

Then there was singing and dancing, the Suzhou Jiaofang Division was different from Hangzhou, and I don't know where many colorful women came from, all of them were very beautiful, as light as flying swallows, and the eyes of all the generals of the Western Army were straightened.

After drinking for three rounds and cooking for five flavors, Zhao Tun suddenly waved his hand, dismissed the musicians, then squinted his eyes to the left and right, and finally his eyes fell on Zhu Xi.

Zhu Xi didn't understand what he meant, he hurriedly stood up and bowed his body, and said, "What orders does the lord have?"

Zhao Tong said coldly: "This king suddenly remembered something!"

Zhu Xi was stunned when he heard the words, even the people around him were puzzled, hearing Zhao Tun's bad tone, they wondered what he was thinking of.

Then I heard Zhao Tong slowly say: "This king remembered the tragic death of hundreds of gentry families in Jiangning at the hands of the bandit army, I remembered the blood flowed into rivers in the city that night, and the corpses were everywhere, I remembered the tragic destruction of my family, the Zhu family, This king... this anger is hard to get rid of!"

When he said these words, the following immediately fell silent. Everyone knows about this matter now, but no matter who it is, they dare not discuss it publicly, let alone get the following statement from the public, as if it is a person. Taboo, everyone avoids mentioning it.

Now that Zhao Tian said it, who would dare to accept it?They all knew that Zhao Tun had accepted Zhu's daughter as an apprentice, and it seemed that they had heard that she was supposed to be a princess. As a princess, it's no wonder Zhao Tun is angry.

Zhao Tong continued: "Such a big event shakes the court and shakes the world. How many people in the court have their hometowns in the south of the Yangtze River, but how can they be calm when they are subjected to such a brutal incident? !"

No one spoke in the hall. In fact, some officials in Suzhou came from the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. Not all of them were local big families in Suzhou. Some lived in eastern Zhejiang, some in southern Zhejiang, and some in Jiangning.

So among these officials, there were also people who had been exterminated. At this time, they couldn't help but turn pale when they heard the words, and some bowed their heads and wept silently.

Tong Guan felt that something was not quite right, he knew Zhao Tun, the Second Great King seldom targeted without purpose, and it was impossible for him to say these words at the celebration banquet because he was feeling emotional for a while, maybe there was some purpose.

He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, now that Fang La has been crowned head, and all the bandits have been wiped out, it can be regarded as revenge for the princes."

Zhao Tang glanced at him, and said coldly: "Although Fang La is dead, don't you know why this calamity happened?"

ah?The people below trembled when they heard this remark, they couldn't figure out why the thieves happened, in name it was because of Hua Shi Gang, but in fact it was because of Zhu Xi's violent expropriation and plundering.

Seeing that no one said anything, Zhao Tun snorted coldly: "Could it be that everyone thought it was because of Hua Shi Gang?"

As soon as he said this, everyone below immediately broke out in sweat. Who would dare to say such a thing?Isn't saying this kind of thing just to accuse today's officials of being fatuous and immoral, which caused the people to suffer so much that they rebelled?

Zhao Tong glanced over the crowd again: "Flowers and stones are not valuable, they are commonly seen, and they can be picked or bought, or hired to salvage them, but they are just ordinary things, as long as they are handled properly, how can they cause civil uprisings?"

Tong Guan yelled that it was not good, he already knew what Zhao Tun wanted to do, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, of course it has nothing to do with Huashi, in fact, the Demon Cult has long harbored evil intentions, and that's why the people were bewitched, rebellious and violent."

Zhao Tong didn't even look at him: "If the common people live in peace and contentment, where is the demon sect bewitching? Where is the gathering of people to commit crimes?"

When he said this, he slammed the table, looked at Zhu Man and said, "Zhu Man, are you guilty?"

Zhu Xi was completely dumbfounded. The Qin king's words were clearly aimed at him, but didn't he just give him something worth [-] yuan?Why don't you turn around and want to hold him accountable?

He hurriedly ran out from behind the case and knelt down on the ground: "The grassroots are guilty, the grasslanders are guilty, my lord, the officials have already punished the grassroots, and the grassroots are exonerated. The grassroots are at fault. The officials punished the grassroots, and the grassroots pleaded guilty."

Zhu Xi hurriedly told about his punishment by the Emperor Daojun. Since the Emperor Daojun had punished him, it meant that his crimes had been cancelled, and he should not be blamed any more now.

Zhao Tang looked at him, with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth: "The officials have indeed punished you and demoted you to nothing, but..."

Everyone in the hall pricked up their ears when they heard this, after all what Zhu Xi said was right, they all wanted to hear what Zhao Tun had to say.

Zhao Tong said: "The official punishment is that you act recklessly in the south of the Yangtze River, exploiting the common people, plundering the people's fat and anointing, using the name of the imperial court to plunder, and instigating the evil sect to coerce the people to rebel... But what this king wants to ask you is, most of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River His family was destroyed, and there was no one left, and he died tragically of the crime of swordsman!"

Zhu Mian was shocked immediately. Not to mention him, even Cai Jingtong could not bear this kind of crime. A Jiangnan gentry, half of the Tokyo imperial court, if this kind of crime was convicted, even ten deaths might not be enough.

"My lord, my lord, this matter has nothing to do with the grass people!" Zhu Xi shouted with a pale face, "My lord, the nobles were all killed by Fang La's bandits, how could they have anything to do with the grass people?"

Zhao Tong sneered and said, "It has nothing to do with you? If you hadn't taken over the people in Jiangnan, how could there have been rebellions? If there hadn't been rebellion in Jiangnan, how could these gentlemen in Jiangnan have been killed by bandit soldiers?"

"Ah, this..." Zhu Xi was stunned. There was nothing wrong with the logic in Zhao Tun's words, but it sounded wrong. He couldn't think of how to explain it for a while, so he couldn't help but shouted: "My lord, the grass people are wronged. It was all done by the bandit soldiers, not by the grassroots, who were wronged..."

"Are you wronged!" Zhao Tang slapped the table in front of him vigorously, and the cups, dishes and dishes jumped up one after another. He roared, "If you hadn't caused the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, how could the gentry be killed? How could the Zhu family where my mother was located be wiped out and killed? Come, take this villain to the prison for this king, keep him under strict supervision, and wait for tomorrow's questioning!"

"My lord, my lord..." Zhu Xi's face was ashen at this time, begging for mercy: "My lord, please forgive me, the officials have forgiven the crimes of the grassroots, the grassroots have already been punished, please forgive me."

Zhao Teng stood up abruptly, and pointed at Zhu Yu: "The official sage, forgive you for inciting the civil uprising, and demote you to nothing, but what this king wants to ask now is the crime of killing the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. What excuses do you have!"

Tong Guan opened his mouth at the bottom at this time, he had a good relationship with Zhu Mian, so he wanted to persuade him, after all, he was close to Zhao Tun, and he wouldn't blame Zhao Tun if he said a few words.

But just when he was about to open his mouth, he heard Zhao Tun say again: "I heard that your son Zhu Ruli has no official position, but leads troops by the bank of Taihu Lake, and actually leads thousands of troops in armor. Could it be that he wants to rebel? ?”

When Tong Guan first heard this, he was startled, swallowed what he was about to say, and thought to himself why did he mention this?This is to punish Zhu's family to death. He left the three thousand soldiers that Zhu Ruli led at first, and the three thousand soldiers that Zhu Ruli sent later were said by Zhao Tong himself, and now he turned around and denied it.

Tong Guan's heart skipped a beat, wondering why Zhao Tun wanted to kill Zhu Xi like this?That's right, every time Zhu Xi came to Beijing, he would bring a large number of gifts to Cai Jing Wang Fu, including himself and others, especially to King Yun Zhao Kai, who sent countless gold, silver and jewels, and even female musicians. He never boarded the door once, so it's no wonder that the King of Qin can take a fancy to him, maybe he has a grudge in his heart, just waiting for the opportunity to retaliate.

Zhao Tang squinted his eyes: "Leading soldiers in vain, what is it if it's not rebellion? I also heard that your Zhu Mansion raised a dead man, which one is not a capital offense?"

"I, I..." Zhu He trembled all over, and he didn't know that Zhao Tun really wanted to kill him.

"Take this traitor away!" Zhao Tong said again: "Du Po, Wu Song!"

The two stood up hurriedly: "My lord."

Zhao Tong said: "I'll give you two five thousand soldiers to surround the Zhu family. You must not run away, or you will be the only ones who will ask."

The two led the order to go out, and Zhao Tun said again: "Wang Yu, the discount can be saved, you take [-] soldiers to seize the other mansions and gardens of Zhu's family in Suzhou City, if anyone disobeys the order, they will be punished as treason and all will be killed." !"

After a few orders, there was no sound in the lobby, and everyone knew that the city of Suzhou might change in the future!

But at this moment, Zhao Tuo didn't talk about the banquet, no one dared to leave, and he didn't dare to continue eating and drinking, so he just sat there and waited for the next sentence.

After more than half an hour, Wu Song came back in a hurry. Zhao Tang saw that his expression was different, so he called him to ask him.

Wu Song whispered a few words, Zhao Tun showed a surprised expression, frowned and said, "There are such things?"

Wu Songdao: "My lord, my subordinates didn't believe it at first, but this person surnamed Xiao spoke the truth, and my subordinates thought that if it was really the same as the prince, it would be difficult to deal with, so I came back to ask for instructions."

Zhao Tong thought about it, Wu Song said that the soldiers surrounded Zhu's mansion to arrest people, and when they encountered resistance, they were overwhelmed, but Zhu Ruli had someone protecting him, who claimed to be surnamed Xiao, and he was from the same family as him.

This made him more puzzled, he knew that his teacher Zhou Tong had five disciples in total, the eldest was Lu Junyi, the third was him, the youngest was Yue Fei, and there was a second senior brother and fourth junior sister whose names and origins were unknown.

But Wu Song said that the person surnamed Xiao was less than thirty years old, and he was unlikely to be the second senior brother. After all, Lu Junyi once said before that Zhou Tong left Hebei after passing on his martial arts, and said that he would go to an old man's house in the southwest to take the other's son as his apprentice. And this happened nearly 30 years ago. The person surnamed Xiao was in his twenties, so he was still in his mother's womb, so he just listened to Zhou Tong's teaching martial arts, right?
Zhao Tang was puzzled, but since this person dared to say so, even if he wasn't the second senior brother, he must have something to do with it, but why did he appear in Zhu's residence again and protect Zhu Ruli from the sidelines?
"My lord, look at this matter..." Seeing Zhao Tun's suspicious expression and not speaking for a long time, Wu Song couldn't help asking.

Zhao Tong thought about it, it's not easy to reveal this matter to these Suzhou officials, no matter the other party is really related to his family, or is a counterfeit, it's better to talk about it in private, he said: "lock it up first."

Wu Song took the order to go out, Zhao Tang thought something wrong, and said: "Don't lock up with other prisoners, I will see him at midnight."

After Wu Song left, he stayed there for another hour or two, and Wang Ting and Zhe Kecun also came back to report. Those who should be arrested were arrested, and those who should be seized were also seized. Only then did Zhao Tun dismiss the banquet, and everyone wiped off their sweat and left. , but Tong Guan walked slowly, and was the last one to reach the door.

Zhao Tang looked at him and said, "Private Tong, stay here."

Tong Guan hurriedly stopped, although he could see that Zhao Tun would definitely kill Zhu Xie, but at least he and Zhu Xie had been friends for more than 20 to [-] years, and it was obvious that Zhao Tun did not want to report this matter and did it directly, so he hesitated in his heart .

Zhao Tun asked someone to close the door, and then said, "The Daofu can't bear Zhu Xi's death?"

Tong Guan bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I dare not hide the truth. Zhu Xi's crime is more than justified. It's just that I have been with him for several years. It's really... really a little bit, alas."

Zhao Tong nodded and said, "Dao Fu is a person who values ​​love and righteousness, but Dao Fu has ever thought about how to put an end to the tragedy of extermination of the Jiangnan gentry? Could it be that Dao Fu thinks that most of the Jiangnan gentry were killed, and you have no responsibility at all! "

Tong Guan was stunned when he heard the words, and then sweated on his forehead. This time to suppress Fang La, his troops are the main force. Zhao Tun and Zhao Kai are just sitting on both sides of the town, waiting for opportunities to support. The overall situation of suppressing bandits in the south of the Yangtze River is actually up to him on hand.

He hadn't thought about this before, but now that he thinks about it, he can't help but tremble. The Emperor Daojun ordered him to pacify Fangla in the south of the Yangtze River, not the second king or the third king. His sin is the greatest.

"My lord, the old minister should die!" Tong Guan is such a clever person, he came to his senses at this moment, and immediately said: "Thank you, my lord, for mentioning this matter, otherwise I will go back to the court, and I will not be able to say how to face the attacks of the ministers, and I will not even explain the truth. No."

Zhao Tong said: "Zhu Xi can't be taken back either. You can go to the prison later and ask for his confession. Be sure to be more detailed. I heard that he has killed people like grass these years. There are many wine pools and meat forests in the mansion. There are many transgressions. Ask them all."

Tong Guan said yes, Zhao Tun glanced at him and said: "Zhu Ruli has no official position at the moment, yet he dares to wear armor and lead troops, it is really audacious."

Tong Guan couldn't help crying in his heart, thinking to himself that you dug a big hole, lord, he didn't dare to mention the past, he just said: "There is indeed a suspicion of rebellion, there is indeed a suspicion of rebellion."

Zhao Tong said: "His Zhu family is full of capital crimes. He should have been taken to Tokyo for trial, but... I am afraid that many people will talk to him after he goes to Tokyo. It will be bad if he doesn't die. I don't care about it. Dao Fu going to suffer."

Tong Guan didn't know that Zhu Miao bribed many ministers in the court, and Cai Jing was the one who supported Zhu Miao at the beginning. Now he and Cai Jing are at odds. If Cai Jing tries his best to protect Zhu Miao, the crime of exterminating the clan of the Jiangnan gentry will fall on him. , this is very bad.

He gritted his teeth and said, "My lord means..."

Zhao Tong said: "Zhu Mian on the left and right is white now, so let's kill him tomorrow."

Tong Guan said: "Yes!"

Zhao Tong said: "As for the remaining members of the Zhu family, if you look at killing them, you will always want a few alive to go to the official's house to deal with errands, and to relieve the hatred of the high officials. Now that Zhu Yu is dead, no one will give his family a head. .”

Tong Guan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "The prince is still thoughtful."

Zhao Tong thought for a while, and then said: "The Zhu family has been operating in the south of the Yangtze River for so many years, the property must be rich, and the property is spread across Zhejiang and Zhejiang, you..."

Tong Guan couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard the words, he didn't know what Zhao Tun meant, so he hurriedly said: "I know how to do it."

Zhao Tong said with a smile: "The officials must be satisfied. You can look at the rest of the profit. This king feels that it will always exceed what you can gain by killing Fang La."

Tong Guan said in a low voice: "I dare not, I am terrified."

Zhao Tong shook his head and said, "There's nothing you dare to do. If you don't take it, Taoist priest, how can I ask this king to take it?"

Tong Guan hastily lowered his head: "What the prince said is true!"

Zhao Tong said: "Then hurry up, this kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later, the night is full of dreams, by the way, this king will personally supervise and kill Zhu Xi tomorrow!"

Tong Guan said: "I obey the order, then I will leave first."

Watching Tong Guan leave, Zhao Tong's face darkened, and after returning to the Canglang Pavilion, he asked Bai Ao to call Wu Song, and bring the man who claimed to be a master here.

It didn't take long, a group of soldiers and horses tied the young man to the Canglang Pavilion, Du Po, Wu Song, Bai Ao, and Bai Ba escorted the young man into the hall together.

Zhao Tang looked at this man up and down, only to see that he was born with a dignified appearance, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and he was only 27 or [-] years old, but he didn't look like his second senior brother.

He and Lu Junyi are not very clear about these things in the teacher's school, and most of them were handed over by the teacher to Yue Fei, the junior brother of the closed door.

This person didn't bow his head when he came in, Zhao Tong looked at him, and he looked at Zhao Tong in the same way.

Du Po and Wu Song couldn't figure out the relationship between the two of them, so they couldn't force him to kneel, but they just guarded him strictly to prevent him from suddenly violently attacking him.

Zhao Tong was suspicious and didn't speak, but this person spoke first: "Xiao Yunfei, Yiwu, Wuzhou, has met His Royal Highness King Qin."

Zhao Tong frowned: "Xiao Yunfei...you claim to be from the same family as this king?"

Xiao Yunfei said: "Exactly, when it comes to seniority, His Highness is still the younger brother of Cao Min!"

Zhao Tong squinted his eyes: "I don't know when the teacher accepted a disciple of your age."

Xiao Yunfei was slightly taken aback, then shook his head: "Your Highness made a mistake, I am not Master Zhou's disciple, my master is Yun Jiuxiao, His Highness's uncle."

"Uncle Master?" This time it was Zhao Tong's turn to be stunned, Zhou Tong had never told him anything about Uncle Master, and he had no idea that there was such a person.

Seeing Zhao Tama's expression, Xiao Yunfei couldn't help but become embarrassed. He could see that Zhao Tama really didn't know about this matter, so he couldn't help asking tentatively: "Did Master Zhou mention the matter in the school to His Highness?"

Zhao Tun folded his arms, leaned back on the chair, and shook his head slightly.

Standing on the ground, Xiao Yunfei couldn't help showing a bit of embarrassment, and said embarrassingly: "Master Zhou wrote a letter to Master after he accepted His Highness as his apprentice, but if any disciples who are passed on to him enter the school, they need to make a booklet, and the master has His Highness's name and identity."

"Master? Master?" Zhao Tun became more and more confused. Zhou Tong didn't talk to him at all on weekdays, maybe because he was concerned about his status and didn't want him to be in trouble in the world, so he said something to Lu Junyi, but he didn't say anything here. .

"Master... who is it?"

The corners of Xiao Yunfei's mouth twitched, and he was scratching his head at this moment. Originally, he thought that the other party would know when he came over. Although he didn't expect to be a guest of honor, he could just let him go, but unexpectedly, the other party didn't know at all.

He had no choice but to say: "Uncle Zhou played around the world and escaped from the world. I thought I hadn't mentioned it to His Highness. The master is known as the magic fist that shook the Kyushu, and the name taboo went to gold to step down. The master received three disciples in his life. This time, there is another aunt."

Divine fist shakes Kyushu... Jintai?There was a look of doubt on Zhao Tun's face, but it only became serious in an instant, and he had already remembered who this Jintai was.

A king can't beat Xiang, a general can't beat Li, and a fist can't beat gold!

This golden platform is a generation of martial arts masters, known as the world's boxing champion and a martial arts master.

(End of this chapter)