Chapter 38 Longhu bandits are rampant

Di Qing had already heard about the Lantern Festival, admired the king in his heart, and was also gratified to get this good son-in-law. But the lantern riddle has made Di Qing depressed.

Two days after leaving Chenzhou next to the king, a guest came to Di Qing's house, claiming to be a doorman of Nan Jifeng, the owner of Longhu Villa. When the doorman came to propose marriage, Di Qing naturally would not agree. On the one hand, he had already fallen in his mind and was about to give a betrothal gift. On the other hand, Di Qing had never heard of the Longhu Villa, let alone the owner of Nanzhuang, so he sent this person away.

As soon as the people of the front foot Longhu Villa left, the envoys of the back foot court arrived. The ambassador came to visit Di Qing. Di Qing felt that the court was worried about himself. He was depressed but inconvenient to say it directly, but the ambassador seemed to have settled in Chenzhou and went to the house every two days. Di Qing knew that the court was sending someone to monitor him. Indulge helplessness in the heart, more loss. In the current words, Di Qing has suffered from depression. He has an empty heart to serve the country, but he is wronged and humiliated.

Liang Yuexia just saw her father depressed and was helpless. It didn't take long for Wang Anshi Mansion to be hijacked on the way to send the bride price,

But it didn't count if it was robbed, and it was deliberately robbed and sent to Di Qing's house. It is said to be a bride price from the robbers. The bride price was delivered to the door of the house, and the person who left the letter to give the gift left. The letter said that if Di Qing is a loyal minister, he will die. It's better to be with the robbers.

It happened that the ambassador did not come early or late to visit, but at this time, when he saw that the gold and silver cloth smelled the robbers, he said that Di Qing colluded with the robbers. Di Qing had no choice but to order the bandits, but the ambassador hummed and sneered: "Di Qing, the evidence of your collusion with the robbers is in the bandits. Do you want to take the opportunity to escape? You know what to do." The ambassador walked away. Di Qing didn't come up in one breath and sat in the hall with his eyes staring. When He Libo and others found out, he had cut off his breath with his eyes open. The court was so distrustful that Di Qing was angry and hated. He forgot Pang Anshi's instructions and finally killed Chen Zhou.

The leader of the robber turned out to be the owner of the so-called Longhu Villa. Why is the robber so rampant? This should start from the terrain of Wanqiu:

Although Wanqiu is not high, it is particularly eye-catching because it stands on the vast plain. Erya Shiqiu said: "There is a hill on the hill as Wanqiu, and there is a Wanqiu on the hill." Erya Zhushu is more specific and vivid: "The center of Wanqiu is ridged, and it looks like a negative hill on the back."

On the ancient natural mound - Wanqiu, another ancient city surrounded by the earth wall was built. From a distance, "the shape is like a negative hill on the back" and becomes the unique shape of "there is a hill on the hill".

A road to the southeast of Wanqiu is the way they came through Zhoukou next to the king. Kaifeng is in the north of Wanqiu. Why do you want to go north to Wanqiu at the mouth of the south? Because at this time, Longhu has already formed around Wanqiu, and there is only one dry road to Wanqiu. Di Qing and others came to Chenzhou. In the early winter, the lake was already frozen and they could not take a shortcut. This caused the stranded stay in Zhoukou County, and Wang was killed.

Longhu was formed by the flooding of the Yellow River. For thousands of years, Wanqiu City has repeatedly suffered from yellow trouble. In order to protect this ancient city from flooding, officials and people of all dynasties built dams three to five miles away from flooding the city. The yellow water retreated, and the sediment carried was deposited outside the embankment. The outside of the embankment gradually became higher, and the inside of the embankment gradually became a depression, forming a lake surface. There are willow trees by the lake, reeds in the lake, and there are lotus ponds. Needless to say, the beautiful scenery, but the willow forest and reeds have become a place for robbers.

Especially in recent years, a group of robbers are even more arrogant. The bandits are in the reeds, and the earth mounds are high and low. A villa is built to form a reed circle in the lake. There is a small pond in the reed, and there is a villa in the small pond. The owner of this villa is Nan Jifeng of Longhu Villa, who sent someone to propose marriage.

Officers and soldiers also besieged Longhu Villa and captured Nan Jifeng, but the reeds were ambushed from it and could not be broken many times. The people of the villa were haunted, but they did not harass the residents of the county, but only attacked the travelers in the past. After a long time, the local government often closed its eyes.

Not long after Di Qing took office, he was not familiar with this matter. But the robbers have inquired about Di Qing's situation clearly. Nan Jifeng was killed by Di Qing, so he took advantage of the court's distrust of Di Qing, control lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival, and harmed Di Qing. The robbers who can build the villa are not ordinary robbers, but waiting for the opportunity to revenge.

Nan Jifeng and Di Qing have a deep feud. This person is not someone else, but Nong Jifeng, the son of Nong Zhigao. Because Nong Zhigao called himself "Southern Heavenly Kingdom" and was sent by the Song Dynasty to besieged by Di Qing, the whole family was arrested. Only you were arrested by a personal servant who was impoccupation. He escaped under the alias name of Nan Jifeng.

Because he was proficient in Chinese, he came to the Central Plains, followed by the rest of Nong Zhigao and stationed as a robber in the land of Wanqiu Longhu. However, he knew that the Han people were officials. He did not seek merit but no fault, so he did not disturb the city, and every time he robbed a large amount of money, he would share the stolen goods with some officials. Over time, the encirclement and suppression of officials has become a show, which is the so-called real collusion between officials and bandits.

Imagine if this is not the case, how can the government sit idly by and ignore so many messages about Lord Di on the Lantern Festival? However, the movement of all the people in and out of Wanqiu City is in the eyes of Nan Jifeng. Knowing that Di Qing had come to Wanqiu, Nan Jifeng wanted to go to the city to assassinate, but he was stopped by one person.

This man put his arms in his fat sleeves. Although he wore a lot, he still looked thin. He stood behind Nan Jifeng and said, "Don't be impulsive. The emperor doesn't believe in Di Qing. Why don't you kill someone with a knife so as not to expose us"

Nan Jifeng put his hands behind his back, looked at the statue of his father in the ancestral hall, and asked, "Father Wa has a wonderful plan." He didn't turn around.

The speaker is called Wa Pan. His age is higher than that of Nan Jifeng, but he is indeed the old part of Nong Zhigao, and his status is lower than that of Nan Jifeng. Therefore, although he listened to Nan Jifeng's uncle, he still respectfully said respectfully like this young master: "We are willing to follow the landlord and avenge the king of the south. However, the landlord should not forget the art of war of the south. If you know yourself and know your enemy, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Now that the court has sent people to monitor Di Qing, we might as well take this opportunity to frame it. It's the Lantern Festival now. People can be ordered to make lanterns to slander Di Qing's Lantern Festival.

Nan Jifeng nodded: "Well, since it creates public opinion and gives excuses to the court, you can do it."

Wapan immediately sent someone to make silk lanterns, but he didn't expect to be disturbed by the king on the Lantern Festival. He heard what Yuexia said. When he saw the beauty of Yuexia, he made another plan to propose marriage: hijacking the bride price and then sending it, so as to frame Di Qing.

At the Zhuangshang banquet to celebrate Di Qing's death, Wa Pan said, "Master, do you continue to send someone to capture Di Qing's daughter as a fortress?"

Nan Jifeng shook his head and said, "I have a deep hatred with him. How can I marry his daughter?"

Wa Pan advised: "On that day, the Song army wanted to kill all our troops. Today, releasing this woman is like letting a tiger return to the mountain."

While persuading, I heard that the bandits came to report that a woman took several officers and soldiers to kill like reeds by boat. Nan Jifeng patted the table and said, "It's just right!" He personally led a team of people and rushed out.

The person who came there was Liang Yuexia. Seeing the two teams facing each other, the officers and soldiers saw the bandits coming out to fight, and they actually dispersed. Even the officers and soldiers of the same ship dived and fled under the moon. Yuexia was angry and about to rush to the enemy. At this time, there was a bamboo raft on the side. The bamboo raft was sandwiched between the bandit soldiers under the moon, waved the bamboo pole to sweep the bandit soldiers, and flew to the boat where the moon was at the bottom of the moon to pour the moon down, and supported the boat with a bamboo pole to reverse speed. The bandits were in the lake all year round, and the pursuit was not slow, but the people came faster. After a while, they threw the robbers far away. Seeing that the ship did not return to Wanqiu, but went west.

Besides, in Di Qing's mansion, Lu Shenyan and Rouer easily persuaded Yuexia to settle Di Qing first and prepare for Rouer. Yuexia went back to Bianjing to look for the king, but she didn't see it at a glance. Yuexia recruited some soldiers in the house to kill Longhu. Even if there are some fists and tricks under the moon, it must not be the opponent of the robbers. Lu Shenyan was in a hurry. The officers and soldiers came back to report that the young lady was caught and disappeared.

The news of Di Qing's death has not been sent to the capital. Di Qing is not here, and the government office will naturally not leave them to live. Lu Shenyan became a housekeeper, and all of Di Qing's assets were paid to him to pay for the expenses of the house. He calculated that although the bride price was suspected to be temporarily confiscated by the robbers, although the money spent on Wang Bian Lantern Festival was more than two pieces of money, they were all private property of Wang Bian.

Calculated that there were still silver taels left. Lu Shenyan found a place to live in the city, leaving only one or two maidservants, and the rest was given some money to be dismissed. He left Rouer to wait for the fall of the month, and rushed all the way to Bianjing with Di Qingling card.

When Lu Shenyan arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, he was so excited that his legs and feet were no longer at his command. He Libo was on duty. He saw that a man almost rolled up to the high platform of the main gate of Kaifeng Mansion. It was just an urgent matter. When he went up, he saw that it was Lu Shenyan.

Lu Shenyan cried when he saw He Libo. While crying, he said, "Go and find the prince. There is something wrong in Chenzhou."

Wang Fang hurried to the council hall of the back hall of Kaifeng Mansion. Seeing that there was Di Qing's ranking on the stage, he had already guessed a few points in his heart. After listening to it with Lord Bao, Lu Shenyan cried, and Bao Zheng did not say a word. He looked at the king's side. The blue veins on the king's forehead jumped straight. His eyes stared, his eyes were sharp, his lips were closed, his hands clenched into fists, and his chest heaved.

Bao Zheng asked He Libo to take Lu Shenyan down to rest, leaving only him and Wang in the room.

All the grief and indignation turned into silence, but the king didn't know who he hated. Di Qing's teachings were still in his ears, but this time it was framed by bandits, and he disappeared under the moon.

His nervousness caused his face to be stiff. Is it that I, a person hundreds of years later, can't even keep my teacher and wife? In the past thousand years, people have been so powerless. He looked at Bao Zheng and said.

"Godfather, what should I do?"

It's just six words. I didn't give in at all. I was helpless. Instead, I asked Bao Zheng for an answer on how to stand in the court and how to strive for my goal like a man. Then how to bite from the back of the alveolar teeth, and the word by word collapses clearly.

Bao Zheng looked at him and said calmly, "Husband, if you can't do this position, even if you love the people, it will be in vain."

The king said, "The intention of the godfather is to let the child endure?"

Bao Zheng looked at the king's side and his eyes were firm. As Bao Zheng worried, the death of Di Qing was not the cause of one person. Even if he couldn't bear to judge right and wrong, the king's side and Di Qing had deep feelings and were waiting to marry Di Qing's daughter. At this time, he was indignant. Then he asked: "

Do you have any other ideas?"

The king said, "Godfather, I want to lead the army to suppress the bandits!" Seeing that Bao Zheng was still looking at him and waiting for him to say, he calmed down for a moment. He said, "If you lead the army to suppress the bandits, you can find the moon, and then you will be famous. If I succeed, I can also be famous. After all, Lord Di is my teacher. I can't sit idly by and forget my godfather to help me.

Bao Zheng nodded: "Tomorrow you will come with me!"