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

Chapter 472 Yuan family, Si Ming

Zhao Tong sat in the lobby and read the military report. Tiandeng County was finally captured, and General Lu entered the county seat almost without a fight.

The military report was written in a hurry and scrawledly. It was obviously written in a hurry to report. It did not specify what strategy was used. It only said that Xixia soldiers from Tiandeng might be recruited next.

Zhao Tong put down the military report with a happy look. He knew that a more detailed report would be sent later, and then he would know what clever trick General Lu used to achieve such an uncompromising victory.

Shi Jin also had a secret letter, but he was still at odds with Yongzhu County. He also wanted to capture Yongzhu without serious losses, but he couldn't figure out a good way, so he could only remain in a stalemate for the time being.

Then Zhao Tong read two more letters from home. One was written by Xiao Min. In addition to greetings, he also wrote many interesting stories, such as the fight between the big eagle and the red horse, and the big eagle going to hunt in the plateau mountains, but met a giant eagle. Wang was almost defeated. He came back and hid alone in the monastery to recuperate. He was embarrassed to see people. In the end, Xiao Min even drew a big smile.

The other letter was from my wife. She was pregnant, and she was pleasantly surprised but also a little scared. Qi Hongyu had gone into the house to take care of her personally, hired a few more maids, and the doctor prescribed anti-fetal decoction, and everything was fine.

Zhao Tong couldn't help but feel happy. He hurriedly wrote a reply and gave some instructions. He also wrote to Liu Suiyun, asking him to increase the number of guards in the palace.

Then he began to sit on the chair and think about what the boy should be called and what the girl should be called. He couldn't help but laugh as he thought about it.

At this time, Lu Da came to report the matter. The four sworn brothers were sent by Zhao Tao to monitor Songtao Tower. Today, they found several sneaky people entering the backyard. They did not seem to be local residents of Zhuolu City.

Zhao Tong knew that no matter how strict the inspection at the city gate was, there would inevitably be loopholes and spies could sneak in, so he asked, "What kind of people are they?"

Lu Da Dao: "A young girl, a strong young man, a poor scholar, and a red-faced old man, four in total!"

Zhao Tong thought for a while, stood up and said, "Follow me to the cell."

When they arrived at the military prison, they saw Wang Heishan huddled in the corner, his body tied with iron chains and tied to a pillar.

Seeing Zhao Tong coming, he hurriedly got up, his eyes full of hope. These days, he finally figured it out. He was originally from the Jianghu family. He relied on the blade of a knife to lick blood for a living. Who would he sacrifice his life for?

What's more, in Bei Feng Hall, he is just a wedge, responsible for killing people, and there is absolutely no possibility of promotion. After all, he has neither official rank nor military rank. To put it bluntly, it is just like hiring.

In this case, it would be better to become a free man, but the other party didn't show any solicitation, so he couldn't speak directly.

Zhao Tong stood outside the prison with his hands behind his hands and looked at him: "Wang Heishan, I want to ask you something."

Wang Heishan hurriedly said in a hoarse voice: "General, please ask me, but I will answer everything I know."

Zhao Tong said: "Four people, girls, young people, middle-aged and elderly people, came to Zhuo La City together and have now entered Songtao Tower. Do you know who they are?"

"Young and middle-aged girl..." Wang Heishan thought for a moment, then said in surprise: "This should be a member of the Yuan family!"

"A member of the Yuan family? Aren't you from Beifeng Hall?" Zhao Tong frowned.

"They are from the Yuan family, but they are also the wedge of Beifeng Hall." Wang Heishan explained hurriedly: "These four are close subordinates of Concubine Jing. In the Yuan family, they are generally concubines together with Concubine Jing."

"Oh..." Zhao Tong nodded: "What's your name, and what are your abilities?"

Wang Heishan said: "The girl is called Yuan Chun, the young Yuan Xia, the middle-aged Yuan Qiu, and the old Yuan Dong. Their martial arts are all extremely strong, and the fists, feet and weapons they use are related to the spring, summer, autumn and winter."

"Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter?" Zhao Tao raised his eyebrows. The weirder the weapon, the faster he would die. Hearing this fancy name, he might not be a real master.

He turned around and took Lu Da out. As he walked, he thought that if he sent soldiers to capture him, he would be trying to scare the snake away. Songtao Tower might not be able to attract more people, and the soldiers were not good at it, so it would be bad if one and a half of them escaped. .

The ones with the highest martial arts skills under Zhao Yu now are Lu Junyi and Du Bu, but Lu Junyi needs to be in charge of Longyou in Xining. Although Du Bu is coming, it is not easy to reveal himself, not to mention that he has been training soldiers and horses these days, and it is not convenient to capture spies. .

And Songtao Tower has to be kept for the time being. If Yuan Jing is searched like this, she will definitely not give up and will continue to think of other tricks. It is better to let her see how many people are coming and they have thrown themselves into the trap. In the end, no one can be sent and nothing can be done. , it is possible to actually send the Acacia Arrow and Ecstasy Arrow practice methods.

After sending Lu Da back to Songtao Tower for surveillance, he went to find Yuan Guo. Yuan Guo was catching crickets in the corner of the courtyard, and there were already several in the jar next to him.

Seeing Zhao Tan arriving, he hurriedly stood up and saluted. Zhao Tan smiled and said, "Battle Commander Liu is so leisurely. How can he enjoy catching insects?"

Yuan Guo slandered, you evil king knowingly made me a battalion commander's petty official without saying a word, and also put me under house arrest and not allowed to go out or give to my subordinates. If I don't have some fun myself, I will be suffocated to death!
"Ah, Your Majesty, I have been addicted to having fun since I was in elementary school and failed to do anything in literature or martial arts. However, I have been playing with insects for a long time, and I am quite good at it."

Zhao Tao looked at him, and suddenly thought of Zhao Huan in the Tokyo Imperial Palace, and sighed: "I envy this life of amusing insects and walking birds, running dogs and hawks, but it is a pity that it is rare to have such leisure time. Commander Liu, you want to How much you cherish this moment.”

I cherish it so much. Yuan Guo twitched the corner of his mouth and felt angry in his heart. You evil king is really hypocritical. I don’t want it if you think so. What I want is to eat, drink and have fun, get drunk, lie drunk on the knees of beautiful women, and wake up to control the world. , who wants to amuse insects all day long!
"What the prince said is absolutely true. A villain must cherish it. Even the prince...one day will rule the world and the world will surrender. He will also have time to enjoy this leisurely time."

"Dingding the world, the whole world will surrender?" Zhao Tong smiled and said: "I'm afraid you are not talking about the prince!"

"Ah, the villain lost his mouth, the villain lost his mouth..." Yuan Guo pretended to slap himself, but secretly said, I don't believe that you, the evil king, have no intention of becoming the emperor. You see, you are so happy that you can't close your mouth. Why are you pretending? Pretend, you are really ambitious, everyone knows it.

"Okay, don't beat yourself up with hypocrisy." Zhao Tong said: "Let me ask you something, do you know the four spring, summer, autumn and winter members of your Yuan family?"

"Spring, summer, autumn and winter of the Yuan family?" Yuan Guo nodded: "I know, I know, although these four are different in age, they are of the same generation as the villain. They seem to be good at martial arts and have been working in Xingqing Mansion."

Zhao Tong said: "These four people have come to Zhuolu City."

"Come, are you coming to Zhuolu City?" Yuan Guo immediately trembled: "Your Majesty, you are not like those two, and you are here to kill me, right?"

"What do you think?" Zhao Tong looked at him with a smile. He had taken Yuan Guo to see Wang Heishan in the prison before. Wang Heishan confessed that if he couldn't take away anyone alive, he would cut off Yuan Guo's head and take it back to Xingqing Mansion. , Yuan Guo almost died of anger on the spot.

"Sister, you are so cruel!" Yuan Guo beat his chest and scolded: "I remember when I was a child, there was a piece of rock candy. I divided it into two halves and gave you one half to eat and the other half to you. There were two chicken legs. , I’ll give you the big one to eat, and I’ll give you the small one to eat too. I didn’t expect that I’d been so good to you, and now you actually want to kill me!”

"Why did you give them all?" Zhao Tong touched his chin and wondered. According to Yuan Guo's virtue, he should hide it and not give anything.

"I, I...I can't snatch her away!" Yuan Guo stomped his feet angrily, "Yuan Jing, Yuan Jing, don't let me bump into you. If I bump into you, I'll ask you carefully. Do you really want to kill your brother?" !”

Zhao Tong saw that he was a little crazy, shook his head and walked out of the small courtyard.A few days later, Lu Da came to report that the four Yuan family members from Songtao Tower were snooping around. They followed separately and finally found that the four of them were sneaking around to the Tongjun Division.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tong called Zhang Xian and some people from Suiyulou to make secret arrangements, and then a day later, he took Yuan Guo and the Bai brothers on a trip.

Zhuoluo City has now been restored to almost the same condition as before the war. Although the soldiers killed a lot of people when they first entered the city, they did not bully and disturb the people afterwards. Therefore, the people of Dangxiang were not very afraid and just pretended to live as before.

Zhao Tong was happy to see this scene. The people in Dangxiang did not have a strong sense of belonging to the Xixia court. After all, they were nomadic people. Once they went to graze on the vast prairie, they would not care about the emperor's court and the whole family would eat. Being full is the most satisfying thing, and I don’t have much idea of ​​what country and court it is.

This is different from the farming society of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty, whether in the Central Plains or Jiangnan, was mainly based on farming, and farming required land. Land was the most important thing for the court, and many laws and regulations were related to land. The emperor and his government were also concerned about the gains and losses of the land, which invisibly tied the people of Li to the court.

In fact, not only was the Party Xixia side loose, but also the Liao Kingdom was similar. It didn't matter if they lacked houses or land. They pulled tents on the grasslands and made a living by grazing along the rivers. It didn't matter whether there was an emperor or not. They might just walk away. Another country.

This is generally true of nomadism. Whether it is a tribe or a court, it actually has no great binding force on the people below.

Zhao Tong was happy with this scene, but Yuan Guo didn't want to look at it. He cursed in his heart that they were really a bunch of heartless people. The city was occupied by the Song Dynasty people, but they still looked like they didn't care. They had no loyalty or patriotism at all. He had forgotten it at the moment. Well, he is actually the most unloyal and patriotic person in the entire Zhuolu City.

A few people wandered towards the east of the city. To the east was the largest Buddhist temple in the city, called Jiading Temple. The Western Xia worshiped Buddhism. Almost every city had a Buddhist temple, and Xingqing Mansion had countless temples, large and small.

After burning a few sticks of incense in the temple, we went around to play and watch. This temple is different from Songshan Temple. There is no distinction between inside and outside. You can walk anywhere, and there is half a hill at the back that you can climb.

It was already summer, and the mountain was green and green. However, most of the people who entered the temple came to make and fulfill their wishes, and they were all old residents of Zhuolu City, so not many people went hiking at the foot of the mountain.

Zhao Tong had never been here before. He walked to the back to see the beautiful scenery and said with a smile: "Go to the mountainside and have a look."

A few people were not very fast. They walked out of the back door of Jiading Temple and came to the foot of the mountain. They saw a pavilion halfway up the mountain and wanted to go up to watch the scenery. But at this moment, the sound of poetry reciting suddenly sounded not far away.

The voice was clear and sweet, and it sounded like it came from the girl's mouth. She could only hear her chanting: "The spring scenery is bright and the spring breeze is blowing."

Then, a young man continued: "Summer flowers are brilliant and summer rain is thunderous."

Then, a middle-aged man's voice appeared: "Autumn is refreshing, but autumn is bleak."

Finally, there was an old man’s tone: “Winter is harsh and snowy.”

Zhao Tong and others turned around and saw four people walking towards them.

The head of these four people is a young girl wearing water-pink clothes. She is cute and lively, with lively eyes and a green flute in her palm.

Behind him was an open-minded young man, with a red face and a gaping mouth that seemed to be very happy. He was holding a sledgehammer similar to that used in an iron shop.

Then there was a shabby middle-aged scholar in a green and white patched gown, with a sad and unfair expression on his face. He was holding a book in one hand and a judge's pen in the other.

Finally, there was an old man, even though the weather was already very hot at the moment, he was wrapped in a short sheepskin coat and carried a wooden stick on his shoulder. The stick was thick at one end and thin at the other, similar to the shape of a mace, but without spikes on it.

Zhao Tong stopped, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said coldly: "Pretend to be a ghost!"

Yuan Guo was shocked at this moment, his eyes widened: "Young Master, Young Master, they are from the Yuan family, they are the spring, summer, autumn and winter..."

With that said, he hid behind Zhao Tong.

Zhao Tong reached out and lifted him back up, frowning and saying, "What are you afraid of? Aren't you also a member of the Yuan family!"

Yuan Guo forced a smile: "Master, I, I am a member of the Song Dynasty now."

I heard the girl in front say with a slight sarcasm: "Brother Eleven, when did you become a Song Dynasty person?"

"I don't know you. Who is your brother? Shut up!" Yuan Guo was originally very scared, but seeing Zhao Tong's calmness, he thought that Zhuo La City was now the territory of the evil king, and the evil king would never As for putting himself in danger, there might have been some arrangements for an ambush, so there was no need to worry, so he puffed out his chest and shouted angrily.

"Brother Eleven, don't you even recognize your ancestors?" the red-faced young man heard the words and sneered.

"Young Master, Young Master..." Yuan Guo ignored the young man and whispered to Zhao Tao: "The weapons in these four hands all have their own names, and they contain silencing mechanisms. The last three words of the poem just recited are the names of the weapons."

"Oh?" Zhao Tao raised his eyebrows: "The spring breeze blows, the summer rain thunders, the autumn is bleak, and the winter snow flies?"

"Exactly, these four weapons are inherited from the Yuan family. They are either hidden weapons or they can change their shapes and are very vicious."

"Old Eleven, you actually leaked the secret of our weapons. It seems that you have really taken refuge with Song Gou." The shabby scholar sighed with a look of sadness on his face.

"What do you, a thief of the Yuan family, know? People go to higher places and water flows to lower places. This is called a good bird choosing a tree to live in, a good minister choosing a master to do his work, and a man who knows the current affairs is a hero! Thank you for reading so much There are many books, but you don’t even understand such a simple truth.”

"You..." The middle-aged shabby scholar heard this and trembled with anger.

"Why are you three arguing with this scum? In the enemy's city here, there are long nights and many dreams. If you don't capture him quickly, kill all the others!" the old man in the sheepskin coat said.

The other three people looked at each other, their steps flashed, and they rushed towards Zhao Tong.

Yuan Guo screamed in fright and ran back, but after running a few steps, he heard a "plop, plop" sound of falling to the ground behind him.

He was frightened in his heart and hurriedly looked back, only to see that the four people of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter all fell to the ground, all of them grinning with pained expressions on their faces.

Looking at Zhao Tong again, he was touching his chin and looked at the four of them and said calmly: "You are barely a first-class martial artist, but you dare to come to assassinate and rob people? Wastes like you from the Yuanjing Sect look down on me too much!"

(End of this chapter)