Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 456
When Li Xiuyuan entered the yamen, he saw official documents scattered all over the floor, and the table next to him was kicked to the ground.

And sitting next to the main seat was an elderly civil servant, propping his head against the chair and snoring at the moment.

The civil servant didn't seem to hear the commotion outside just now.

"Dong dong~!"

Li Xiuyuan walked over and knocked on the table and said: "Don't sleep, wake up."

"Ok?"

The old civil servant was woken up, and opened his eyes in a daze. When he saw this strange young man, he couldn't help being a little annoyed: "What's the noise? Didn't you see that the official is taking a lunch break? Where are you working?" , Didn’t this officer give me an order, as long as the Chief Soldier is not here, no one will be allowed
Disturb me, "

"Get out, you will feel better if you disturb me again."

The old civil servant acted like a high-spirited bureaucrat, and glared at Li Xiuyuan and shouted angrily.

Li Xiuyuan was too lazy to talk nonsense with this old civil servant, so he reached out and grabbed him by the skirt of his clothes and lifted him up from his seat.

"I'm Li Xiuyuan, the guerrilla general. It doesn't matter if you don't know me. I'll ask you to answer. Don't put on your civil servant's posture in front of me. I'm not in a good mood today. If you are stubborn, I will immediately remove you from the yamen. Throw it out."

The old civil servant's feet were off the ground, and his body was lifted up by Li Xiuyuan with one arm. His complexion suddenly changed, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"You, don't be foolish, Ben, I'm an imperial official, you're just a guerrilla general, how dare you do that, how dare you do that?"

"Noisy."

Li Xiuyuan tossed it casually and threw it in the lobby, and the hip bone of the old civil servant was about to crack.

"Who said that guerrilla generals should be afraid of you officials? If you dare to make trouble in Jinling City, I might not be able to capture you with nothing." Li Xiuyuan stared at him and said, "Looking at you like this, you shouldn't be the chief soldier, those three general soldiers Where did you go?"

"Ouch~!"

The old civil servant yelled in pain: "You, how dare you offend me? You are just a guerrilla general. If you go against it, if you go against it, I will go to the court to question you. Come on, come on. "

But the people who came in response were not those soldiers, but the Li Family Army under Li Xiuyuan's command.

"I don't understand the past, are all the bureaucrats in the court like this? They can't even see the situation clearly. They only know how to rely on their own official authority and act recklessly. Looking at your posture, you can tell that you are not a good person, no matter what, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, seeing this man thrown out of the Yamen and sent to jail,
The charge was that he led troops into the yamen privately and tried to kill the guerrilla general. "Li Xiuyuan looked at him.

The old civil official opened his eyes when he heard the words, pointed at him and tremblingly said: "You, you are making a false accusation, when did I lead soldiers to break into the Yamen privately? It was obviously you who deceived me, but why did it turn out that I wanted to kill you? "

"Don't you want to report me for the next crime? Why can't I also convict you? As for whose crime is true, it depends on one's own ability."

Li Xiuyuan said indifferently, then waved his hand as a signal.

Immediately, the Li family army under his command dragged the old civil servant out of the Yamen.

"Li Xiuyuan, you are a low-level offender. You have no law. If you dare to take me to prison, you will regret it in the future. You are a mere guerrilla general. You are finished."

The old civil servant yelled and struggled.

"Then just wait and see, and see if I finish first or you finish first. You don't need to shout. I understand a little bit about the battles in the officialdom. Although there is no blood to be killed, it is also a life-and-death battle."

Li Xiuyuan said calmly: "So please rest assured, I will not show mercy, I will never dismiss you if I can cut off your head."

He doesn't have the time and energy to intrigue and intrigue with these fatuous officials now, which seems too aggrieved.

He has to use his own method to deal with these frivolous things.

Ignoring his struggle, Li Jiajun beside him had already grabbed him and walked towards the prison.

Li Xiuyuan's face was gloomy looking at the messy official documents that were trampled all over the floor.

If these general soldiers are really here to help defend the city and manage Jinling City, he can tolerate these general soldiers, but he can't see any such actions for the country and the people. It's just that the situation that has finally stabilized here is messed up.

what is this?
Show off?To show your authority?
They still didn't take this guerrilla general seriously. Jinling City had already become their possession. Even the Yamen sent soldiers and civilian officials occupied it.

Like three mangy dogs pissing around and enclosing the territory.

"Young master, the matter has been settled. Those people outside have all unarmed and put them under custody." At this moment, the guard Mao Wu came in and clasped his fists.

Li Xiuyuan put the dirty official documents picked up from the ground on the table, and then said: "Go, find out which three general soldiers came to Jinling City, and where are they now, Jinling City is so big, no Maybe I can't find it, so I will send Han Meng to tell Li Jiajun to be ready at any time.
Prepare for war. "

"Yes, Eldest Young Master." Mao Wu replied, leaning on his waist knife, he left.

Li Xiuyuan did not continue to stay in the Yamen, he turned and left, and went to the cell.

Walking down the steps, there were not many jailers guarding the dark dungeon. He walked all the way to the last cell.

In this cell.

A middle-aged man with gray hair and beard was sitting in front of a table at the moment, lighting an oil lamp, writing vigorously, writing memorials.

"I can't do this old man. There is no one who is loyal and loyal, and there is no one who is loyal to the emperor and patriotism. I want to join the three general soldiers, and lead troops into Jinling City, rob the granary, occupy the government office, and attack people. .”

Soon, Fu Tianchou finished writing a memorial. He looked left and right and said, "Qingfengyuechi, you go out with the memorial and let Xiaoliu send someone to the capital. I still have a few good friends in the capital." Friends, they will definitely help the old man play the imperial court. '

There are two young and beautiful women sitting next to them, one is extremely beautiful with a bit of heroism, the other is delicate and immature, with bright eyes, quite cute.

These two women are none other than Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi.

"Yes, father, my daughter understands." Fu Qingfeng nodded.

"Master Fu, don't waste time writing memorials. Your memorials won't make it to the emperor's copybook. Lord Fu should know more about the struggle among officials than I do." Li Xiuyuan strode forward and said.

Fu Tianchou suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Xiuyuan: "This old man has his own way of dealing with things. It is enough for you to take good care of Qingfengyuechi for this old man."

"Master Fu, your temper hasn't changed at all, which makes people not happy." Li Xiuyuan said.

Fu Tianchou said: "The old man also doesn't like people who act recklessly like you. I heard that you killed Master Yang, several generals, and Vice President Jiang in the city? You are just a guerrilla general. Dare to take such an opportunity to privately kill civil and military officials? And one of them is an envoy of the imperial court,

. "

After speaking, he became a little angry.

"The ancients said that the emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. Although I know this is just a beautiful empty talk, it is just a lie, but I think it is not wrong to kill the people who deserve to be killed. Who will be responsible for the death?" Li Xiuyuan said.

"Even if you want to kill, you have to wait for the imperial court's order. It's a capital offense for them to surrender the city. Why should you be in a hurry."

Fu Tianchou said with a look of resentment, "You managed to solve the crisis in Jinling City. Now that the rebel Nine Mountain King Li Liangjin has not been wiped out, and the court is in the midst of employing people, you think that you are still a guerrilla general after you kill me." do you want to go down?"

"Naturally."

Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "As long as there are fewer people like Mr. Fu in the imperial court, it will be fine."

"Sometimes the corruption of the imperial court also has the benefits of the imperial court's corruption. At least there are opportunities for flexibility in certain things. What do you think, Mr. Fu?"

Fu Tianchou opened his eyes wide and said, "Could it be that you bribed a certain court official?"

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "Master Fu still doesn't seem to understand me very well, but it doesn't matter, Mr. Fu just needs to watch in prison. Whether Mr. Fu can understand my approach or not, the final result will be met by everyone in the world." See, as long as they think it's a good outcome it's enough
Yes, there is no need to insist too much on the twists and turns of the process. "

"This junior came here to check on Mr. Fu's safety, to see if Mr. Fu was persecuted by those three general soldiers. Now that Mr. Fu is fine, and the two girls of Qingfengyuechi are also safe, this junior is relieved. "

"Mr. Li, it's not that you don't know your father's temper. Please forgive me, Mr. Li. He has no other intentions, but is devoted to serving the country with all his heart." Fu Qingfeng walked over at this moment, shy and apologetic. A salute.

Fu Yuechi next to him also puffed up his face and said: "That's right, brother-in-law, you should be more magnanimous, and don't be as knowledgeable as your father. By the way, brother-in-law, should I give this memorial or not?"

"It's a waste of time to send it over, throw it in the brazier to keep warm."

Fu Tianchou stared and said: "If you dare, the old man's memorial must be presented to His Majesty, and you must not set it on fire."

"When it was sent to the capital, it was thrown into the fire and burned in the end. Your memorial to the Ministry of Zhongshu will not make it through."

Li Xiuyuan said: "As a prisoner, you want to join the three generals who hold military power? It is absolutely impossible for Mr. Fu or the Minister of the Ministry of War to do it."

"Eating the king's salary, worrying about the king's worries"

"Okay, okay, this junior is very clear about Mr. Fu's patriotism, so don't bother Mr. Fu. The junior still has some trivial matters to deal with, so I will leave first. Qingfeng, you will take care of Mr. Fu here. Is there something for Xiao Liu to look for me." Li Xiuyuan said.

Fu Qingfeng nodded and said: "Yes, I will take care of father here, and please don't worry about Mr. Li."

Watching Li Xiuyuan leave, Fu Tianchou couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This old man Li Xiuyuan finally understands something. He is Meng De of Han Dynasty, a minister capable of governing the world, and a hero in troubled times. A cavalry force of nearly [-] people was raised, and they were all well-trained and well-equipped.

Defeating more than [-] rebels, if it weren't for this Li Xiuyuan who was ready to kill the old man, I wouldn't believe it. "

"Father, isn't this a good thing? After brother-in-law is so capable, we won't be bullied by those corrupt officials." Fu Yuechi said.

Fu Tianchou blew his beard and stared: "Absurd, what a good thing this is. A cavalry army needs horses, ordnance, sergeants, and silver, all of which are indispensable. Li Xiuyuan can do all the preparations in a month. It can be seen that his Li family has already prepared in secret. , I am short of horses in Song Dynasty, and the land in the south is even better, so we must have
With nearly ten thousand cavalry, it takes at least ten years to prepare for the horses alone. Don't you know what this means? "

Speaking of this, he stomped his feet and sighed: "Based on this calculation, when Li Xiuyuan was less than ten years old, no, he was practicing horse management when he was about five years old. Only in this way can he raise tens of thousands of healthy horses, and five-year-old children You are planning to seek the country, this son is not a human, but a monster?"

"Father, don't worry too much. Mr. Li has been in business for generations. He has been rich for three generations. He is expensive in the south. It is not impossible for Mr. Li's ancestors to do this long ago." Fu Qingfeng added a sentence: "Mr. Li has a good character. Became a demon?"

"No one with the surname Li should be underestimated. There was Li Liangjin, the king of Nine Mountains, and Li Xiuyuan, the guerrilla general. Wen Ruo, do you remember the hexagram of the Tang Dynasty's strange book Tuibei?" Fu Tianchou looked at the cell next to him suddenly.

There is also a middle-aged clerk in the cell next to him who is dealing with government affairs. He said with a smile, "There is a hang, but it's better not to believe in such books."

"If you don't believe it, you can't do it. I'm afraid that the hexagram should be between Li Xiuyuan and Li Liangjin. It's not that you don't understand the internal and external troubles of the Song Dynasty." Fu Tianchou sighed.

Duan Wenruo said: "It's really because of this that this world needs General Li, a hero in troubled times, isn't it?"

"What if he is Cao Mengde?" Fu Tianchou said.

Duan Wenruo replied: "Cao Mengde didn't usurp the Han until his death, didn't he? Great treachery is like loyalty, and great loyalty is like treachery. General Li has his own way of doing things. You should let nature take its course. Now that you are married, you should help the village more. Click on General Li. After all, General Li is still young and not calm enough.

If the adults can let go of their figure and teach them well, maybe there will be a turning point. "

Hearing this, Fu Tianchou fell into deep thought.

When Li Xiuyuan left the cell, Mao Wu and Xing Shan led more than a dozen Li family troops to greet him.

"How's the news about the three chief soldiers going?"

Mao Wudao: "Back to the young master, the three commanders have already found out. One is from Yangzhou, one is from Jiangxi, and the other is from Hunan."

"Where are the three of them now?" Li Xiuyuan nodded and asked again.

Mao Wudao: "Drink in a brothel on the Qinhuai River."

Brothel drinking?

Li Xiuyuan's face darkened: "As the chief soldier, did you go to the Qinhuai River to drink when you first came to Jinling City?"

"Yes, yes, that's what the little one found out." Mao Wu said.

"Sure enough, there are some stupid officials. Let's go, follow me to the Qinhuai River, and meet the three commander-in-chief." Li Xiuyuan signaled, and immediately led the people towards the Qinhuai River in big strides.

(End of this chapter)