I, Han Gaozu, actually traveled through Song Gaozong?

Chapter 172 Reunion

Like Suzhou, Bozhou is also a city with its own heritage.

Its background comes from its history. Before the summer time, there was the Youyu clan in the northwest of Bozhou. Shun’s name was Chonghua, also known as Yushun. After becoming a family, most of them were moved to Taihu Lake in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places. It is said that Yu Ji and Hua Mulan are descendants of this family.

In the southeast of Bozhou is the Tushan family, and Dayu was the door-to-door son-in-law in this place. Shangcheng Tang destroyed Xia and established the Shang Dynasty. They all established Jifang Kingdom in Bo in 190; until Cao Pi's time, Bozhou It is already called Qiaojun, and it is one of the five capitals alongside Xuchang, Chang'an, Luoyang, and Ye.

Coupled with the blessings of the names of Lao Tzu, Zhuang Zi, Chen Tuan, Hua Tuo, Cao Cao, etc., this place can be regarded as a place where talents are born in large numbers, but the country has been in chaos these years. It's the troublemakers of the uprising, and when the Jin people came, the turmoil was even worse. Bozhou is only more than four hundred miles away from Kaifeng. Everyone just wants to survive. It's lucky to be able to fill their stomachs. To learn.

The schools in the city have long been abandoned, and the people in the temples and Taoist temples have already fled. If Li Qiong hadn't come here and worked hard for several years, and gradually restored the city's vitality, I am afraid that this place will be the same as that Like Sizhou, it has become an empty city.

That's why Li Qiong became excited because of Xin Zan's words. After all, this is the land of China's dragon prosperity. He really feels sad when it has declined to this point.

So if the people in Bozhou don't think of Li Qiong, who should they think of?

It is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil. This year's spring rain did come a little earlier, and he came here with the emperor of Song... Li Qiong didn't want to hide this news at all. The people in Bozhou city, either The ones I brought over from Lianghuai back then were either from Bozhou City, and they didn't have any feelings for the Song Emperor at all.

If it must be said that there is, it may only be disgust.

Suzhou and Bozhou are not that close, but Linhuan in the middle is now in the hands of Song Guo, and it will be very fast from Linhuan to Bozhou, but the distance of more than a hundred miles, if it is from Linhuan to Chengfu, it will be even closer. Soon, only fifty or sixty miles away.

So Li Qiong has been waiting in the father of the city, waiting for the person who sent him the letter.

From Shenshi to Yinshi, it was almost dawn the next day, but no one came.

He thought it was an accident, or that he was being tricked, but after a moment, someone outside reported:

"Marshal, here we come."

Although he didn't sleep all night, he wasn't too sleepy. Although he was looking forward to it all night, it was all right for him whether he came or not.

He might be happier if he didn't even come.

"Is Mr. Xin up?"

The soldier who delivered the order replied: "Sir, just like you, he stayed up all night, and he should have gone to the city gate by now."

"How did sir know?"

"Mister's entourage has been waiting at the city gate, and he left with the young general just now."

He patted his face with cold water, and he became more energetic. He didn't use anyone to lead the way, and rushed straight to the city gate.

When he got out of the house, he realized that many old faces were there, as if everyone had heard the news.

Seeing him coming out, they all stepped forward to salute, and shouted together: "Marshal."

Li Qiong nodded: "Since we all know and we are old acquaintances, let's go meet together."

Everyone has always listened to him, but today they were a little hesitant, so Wang Shizhong stepped forward and said:

"Marshal, what kind of temperament is Yasha, you know, I know, everyone knows... that is a person who will not be spared if his head is lost, how can he come to ask for surrender?!"

"It's not a fraud, so what is it! Marshal must not fall into the trap of that Wang Yasha by thinking about old love!"

Wang Shizhong's words got the approval of many people. For a while, there were voices of agreement. Even Jin Sai, who never liked to express opinions, said:

"Yasha just suffered a big loss a few days ago and lost one eye. He should have wished to cut us, but now he comes to surrender, saying that 'everything goes wrong, there must be a demon', he will not surrender sooner or later If you don’t vote, it’s because Emperor Song wanted to vote after he arrived in Suzhou... We know that the Marshal is merciful, but at this juncture, you must not be benevolent.”

"The kindness of a woman..."

Li Qiong murmured and repeated the word, then patted Jin Sai on the shoulder and said:
"I asked you to read, you really worked hard, and now you even know this word... But I still have to test you, do you know where this word comes from?"

Let alone Jin Sai, everyone is a little speechless. Is this the point of what General Jin said?
But maybe he was used to his jumping off, but he didn't get too entangled in this matter, Jin Sai cupped his hands and said:
"The end will not know."

"This is what the Marquis of Huaiyin said about King Xiang. Han Xin defected to Liu Bang and asked Liu Bang, "In your own opinion, in your own opinion, how can you compare with King Xiang in terms of bravery, bravery, kindness, and strength?""

"Liu Bang told him: 'Not as good as'."

"Han Xin said again: 'In terms of kindness, King Xiang is indeed kind and loving to people. When meritorious deeds should be rewarded and knighted, he holds the engraved seal in his hand until the edges and corners are rubbed off by playing with it, and he is still reluctant to award it. This is the so-called woman's kindness.'”

Li Qiong looked at Jin Sai: "This is the meaning of a woman's benevolence. I have never had any enmity with Yasha. It's just that he despises me and I despise him... There was news from Suzhou yesterday that Yasha and Zhao Mi got into a fight, Emperor Song had just arrived, and he favored Zhao Mi so much... In fact, this is normal, after all, Zhao Mi is a person who has been with Emperor Song all year round, and being a parent is not fair to his own flesh and blood, let alone Emperor Song. What about the villain?"

"Yasha has resentment in his heart. It's the same as we were back then. Now that he has nowhere to go, we give him a way out. This is not a woman's kindness, it's just a heart-to-heart comparison."

"But..." Wang Shizhong wanted to say more, but Li Qiong seemed to be a different person, and suddenly changed his tone:
"If you don't want to, it's not impossible to take his life!"

As he spoke, he pulled out the saber from Wang Shizhong's waist. Everyone was puzzled, and saw him turn the saber upside down, with the tip between his fingers, pointing at Wang Shizhong with the hilt:
"Go and kill, go and chop off Wang De's head."

After all, although Wang De has a bad temper, he was really kind to them, at least when they wanted to defect... Even a common man like Lu Zhi could see this movement, but Wang Yesha wouldn't?

But he neither reported nor came to stop him. For this alone, the people here owe him a huge debt of gratitude.

So facing Li Qiong's questioning, Wang Shizhong struggled for a while, and finally sighed, refusing to reach out for the knife.

Seeing this, Li Qiong pointed the handle of the knife at Jin Sai again: "Or you go?"

Jin Sai bowed his head in silence, and Li Qiong pointed the handle of the knife at someone else, and everyone fell silent where he pointed it.

You can kill people, you can kill Song people and Jin people, but you really can't do it if you kill the former comrades.

Wang De is straightforward, although his words are harsh, he is not harsh on others, even if he does not believe that he really came to surrender, he cannot be forced to accuse him of a crime.

They can't do this kind of thing.

Li Qiong also sighed, as if he also wished Wang De to die:
"If you don't want to kill him, then if you drive him back, can Emperor Song save his life for what he did?"

"Even if it's only [-]%, there's a [-]% chance that it's true, Wang Yasha can't die."

After finishing speaking, he ran towards the city gate without hindrance. The generals looked at each other in blank dismay, but finally followed.

What can we do?

The marshal has such a temperament, he just hopes that this Yasha will come, and he must not bring everyone into a situation where there is no redemption.

When he reached the city gate, the guard just stood on the city wall with the gate tightly closed. Seeing Li Qiong's arrival, he cupped his hands and said:
"Marshal... there are nearly a thousand people."

"If he can't even bring a thousand people, then he doesn't deserve to be called a Yaksha."

As he said that, Li Qiong kept recalling the appearance of that Yasha in his mind, took a light breath, and ordered:
"Open the city gate!"

As soon as the words fell, the guard waved his big hand, and the reins of the gate were turned by the two of them together... The outside scene appeared in front of Li Qiong's eyes inch by inch.

The one in front who resembles Wang De is his eldest son Wang Qi, who is also a brave man. He was very affectionate when he called Uncle Li back then, although he was not a few years older than him.

Many of the soldiers behind Wang Qi are acquaintances. They were Wang De's personal soldiers when he was in the Zuo Guard Army. After a few years, seeing these people again is a very... Wonderful feeling.

Wang Yecha... He was lying on a stretcher now, and he didn't get up, only facing himself with a bald head, but even so, Li Qiong still recognized him.

It's funny to say, when I got along with this person all day, I despised him for being rude, like a savage; he also often scolded himself for being poor, and if he really had the ability, he would go to the Jinshi examination and sell his literary talents in the military camp.

The two would quarrel almost as soon as they met, and several times even almost fought. Although Liu Guangshi played a trick on the two of them, no matter whether it was Li Qiong or Wang De, they both understood.

There is actually no enmity between them.

He paused, and wanted to go out of the city gate, but was stopped by several generals who caught up later:

"Marshal... Beware of fraud."

Li Qiong smiled, and really stopped, just shouting at the top of her voice:

"Wang Yecha, are you cheating?"

The person on the stretcher was originally like a corpse, not moving at all, but when he heard Li Qiong's question, he sat up suddenly.

Now, everyone saw him clearly.

He still had the same ugly appearance, now that he was blind, he looked even more frightening, and he lost a layer of skin on his head, so he simply shaved off all his hair, and now he is clearly bald.

If there is still a difference, it is that many wrinkles have been added to the face.

"Yes, I'm here to kill you!"

Li Qiong couldn't bear it anymore, laughed loudly and said:
"Yasha, Yasha, you haven't entered the city yet, are you waiting for your emperor to see you off?"

Wang De replied: "I didn't come to surrender to you, I just came to borrow a place to shelter temporarily! If no one invites me, I will go back now!"

Before Li Qiong could answer, Wang Shizhong frowned and said, "Marshal, Yasha is such a big show, it's better to let him go and see what he has in mind."

"This time Mawei, we can't let him stand up immediately."

I don't know whether it's Wang De's hearing or Wang Shizhong's loud voice, but I can only hear shouts from outside the city:
"Who said it? Stand up if you have the ability!"

"Damn it, Wang Shizhong, right? When did you learn to talk about other people's affairs behind your back?"

"Liwei, what kind of prestige do I want to show? If you are not convinced, come out and challenge me one-on-one! The first time you killed someone in battle, I brought you on. What's wrong, are your wings stiff?!"

Wang Shizhong only said one word, and Wang De cursed a lot. Seeing that Li Qiong didn't say anything, he didn't dare to speak anymore.

Speaking of which, no one in this world is not afraid of Wang Yasha, especially after seeing his ability to kill people.

Li Qiong still laughed, but started to move again, and walked slowly towards Wang De. The soldiers couldn't stop them, and it was difficult to show their weapons. They were afraid that Wang De would be missed by him, so they could only concentrate on it. Putting it on Li Qiong's body, whenever there was any movement on the other side, they would pounce on it immediately.

When passing by Wang Qi's side, the kid was quite sensible, and he saluted Li Qiong:
"Uncle Li, please stay safe."

Li Qiong nodded to him: "You have made a name for yourself over the years, but you don't learn anything, but just like your father. The nickname Little Yasha is not a nice thing to say."

Wang Qi looked very obedient, as if she was in front of the emperor, letting Li Qiong speak without even a word of rebuttal.

Wang De was still scolding: "My son, if you don't learn from me, who will you?!"

"You're a bachelor. You haven't even talked about being a wife for so many years. If you have the ability, you can give birth to one yourself and teach it yourself. Don't show off your prestige in front of my son!"

Li Qiong ignored him, looked at the scars all over his body, and scrutinized him for a long time. Wang De was almost getting hairy, so he asked solemnly:

"Are you really going to surrender, or do you want to enter Bozhou to be a pioneer?"

Wang De also became serious, but instead of answering his question, he said:

"I have a lot to ask you."

"I also have a lot of things that I want to tell you."

"liquor……"

"Wine is available, but women are not."

Wang De sighed: "I won't drink any more."

The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally laughed together, laughing so hard that their tears almost came out.

It's just that it's not known whether they are laughing at the same thing.

It's lively here, but the city of Suzhou is even more lively.

Liu Bang was in front of the Minzi Temple and called all the respectable people in the city over.

"I heard that there are two sages, ten sages, and 72 sons in the Confucian Temple. Since Liu Bang sacrificed to the saints of the Confucian family, I don't know how many emperors have passed, and I don't know how many talents have appeared."

"But the people in the Confucian Temple, it's time for a change! Some people have been there for so many years, and I don't think it's suitable. It just happened to be here today, and it's the place where Min Zi is, so I have this plan. Let's rank seniority based on seniority. , Invite suitable people in and be respected by the world, and invite unsuitable people out... They should be content with occupying the position for so many years!"

No one knew what the crazy emperor wanted to do, but the people in Suzhou City did feel a little uneasy.

(End of this chapter)