One Piece of Song Dynasty

"This abscess is about to burst. I need to squeeze it." Zhao Gou nodded. Kang Lu served Gillian's breakfast. Zhao Gou was about to eat it, but then put it down: "It's tofu again, I want bones."

"Would the emperor like to eat stick bones or pork ribs?" Kang Lu asked confusedly, and Zhao Gou suppressed his anger and ignored him. Wu

Wu Shaofen hurriedly signaled Kang Lu to go out, and then asked: "How to deal with Gillian?"

Zhao Gou replied: "Where do you come from? Where are you going?"

Wu Shaofen said: "Your Majesty will stay in the Central Plains alone to fight the decisive battle with the Jin army. The harem will go south, but my concubine will not be included. I will stay with your Majesty."

Zhao Gou asked: "Shaofen is also worried that Henan will not be protected."

Wu Shaofen replied: "Henan is full of dangerous cities, and the Jin army is so powerful. Your Majesty is gambling."

Zhao Gou sighed and said, "It's a gamble that I put all my treasure on Li Gang."

Wu Shaofen asked again: "How to deal with Zhang Bangchang?"

Zhao Gou looked up to the sky and sighed: "Zhang Bangchang has given me death."

Wu Shaofen looked at him, nodded, and exited silently. Zhao Gou whispered to himself: "If Li Gang is defeated, Bang Chang's death will be in vain."

The envoy took Zhao Gou's edict and galloped to Tanzhou, which is today's Changsha, Hunan. Zhang Bangchang arrived in Tanzhou and before he could sit down, he received an edict from Zhao Gou ordering him to commit suicide. You can imagine his mood. He felt huge grievances and a feeling of being cheated. He rushed to the city wall and wanted to jump down, but he was too dizzy to move forward.

Zhang Bangchang walked down the city wall and strolled to the pavilion of Tianning Temple. He thought about it, raised his head and sighed from time to time, and wandered from day to dusk. Finally, when the moon rose, he looked up and saw three big characters "Pingchu Tower" written on the plaque in the pavilion. Didn't I once be the emperor of Chu? It was really destiny. But Zhang Bangchang hung the rope on the beam with tears in his eyes, put one end around his neck, kicked over the chair, twitched a few times, and hanged himself.

The Jin army encountered almost no resistance, crossed the Yellow River in formation, and advanced southward. Zhao Gou didn't get the news about the Jin army crossing the river until the next night. He hurriedly held up a candle to check the map. When he saw Qingzhou, he suddenly remembered what was on his mind and immediately appointed Zhao Mingcheng as the prefect of Jiangning, asking him to cross the river and take up his post immediately with all the cultural relics he had collected. Kang Lu agreed to go out. Zhao Gou was still uneasy and held up a candle and shouted loudly: "Send the guards of the Royal Camp to Shandong to strictly guard the collection along the way."

At this time, in the courtyard of Zhao Mingcheng's Return Hall in Qingzhou, under the shade of a few plum trees, -year-old Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng were sitting at a table with wine and food, talking about poems and composing poems with three or five literati. The young servant came back from his hometown in Jiangning. , when he came in, he cried loudly and handed over a letter to tell the bad news: "Master, my wife has ascended to heaven."

"Mother" Zhao Mingcheng saw that the servant was wearing mourning. He took the letter and just called out. He couldn't breathe and fainted immediately. Li Qingzhao hurriedly pinched the others, and Zhao Mingcheng woke up and cried again. Li Qingzhao hurriedly asked the literati to help Zhao Mingcheng go in and lie down, and complained that Zhao Chun did not send someone to send a message earlier. Zhao Chun explained that it was because the Jin army had passed through Dezhou and there were refugees everywhere along the way, so they came back late.

"Ah, the Jin soldiers have arrived in Texas, how good is this?" Li Qingzhao turned around and was shocked. After calming down, he immediately and decisively ordered the housekeeper to send the master back to Jiangning for the funeral overnight. She opened the door and asked the maid to collect the treasures and prepare to take them away.

There are ten large study rooms in one row. The interior windows are bright and clean, and they are spotless. They are full of books and antiques. Li Qingzhao looked at the room full of collections with endless nostalgia, not knowing where to start. The maid said: "How can you clean up ten large rooms of books and antiques? The situation is so messy. Madam should go back to Jiangning with the master."

Li Qingzhao said: "These things are treasures. I would rather lay down my life than give up these things."

When Li Qingzhao was in trouble, his disciple came in and reported: "Madam, shopkeeper Ding of Tianxiang Tower in Qingzhou outside the door asked to see him, saying that he has something important to discuss."

Li Qingzhao said doubtfully: "Why did Shopkeeper Ding ask to see him? You go and let him in."

Then Li Qingzhao came to the main room, and Ding Chong came in and clasped his fists and said, "Hello, madam, Ding Chong has taken the liberty of visiting, sorry for disturbing you."

Li Qingzhao returned the greeting and said: "Shopkeeper Ding, please take a seat. I don't know what Mr. Ding is here for. My husband has gone to Jiangning Mansion for the funeral due to the death of his wife."

Ding Chong said: "I am here today to help my wife solve her problems. I heard that the Jin soldiers have passed through Dezhou and will probably arrive in Qingzhou soon. My wife should be having trouble moving the gold, stone and antiques in her family now."

Li Qingzhao asked: "Oh, now that shopkeeper Ding knows about it, is there any way you can help me?"

Ding Chong replied: "Yes, madam, just take away the gold, stone and antiques that are easy to take away first, and give the rest to so-and-so. So-and-so has prepared a carriage and horses to load these things."

Li Qingzhao asked again: "I want to ask shopkeeper Ding why he wants to help me."

Ding Chong replied: "This is the order of our master. These things collected by my wife are the treasures of our Han culture. It would be a pity if they fell into the hands of the Jin people or were destroyed by the war. That's why our master asked someone to come and help." lady."

Li Qingzhao saluted and said: "Thank you, shopkeeper Ding. If I see your master, thank him for me too. I don't know how shopkeeper Ding plans to transport these gold and stone antiques, and where they will be transported to."

Ding Chong said: "A certain association will arrange carriages and horses to escort them all the way to Dengzhou, where our master's fleet is waiting, and then use the boat to take the sea route directly to Hui'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture. This is faster and safer than taking the land route. , when Madam arrives in Jiangnan, if you want to get your things back, you can go directly to Huian Tianxiang Tower."

Li Qingzhao bowed again and said: "Your master is still thoughtful. Shopkeeper Ding, please come with me. Without further ado, let's start moving things now."

Ding Chong cupped his fists and said, "Yes, madam."

Li Qingzhao and Ding Chong continued the screening for three or four days. Before the Jin army arrived, the Qingzhou rebels arrived first, killing people and setting fires everywhere. It was noisy outside with refugees fleeing everywhere, and it was difficult to hire carriages and horses. Under the repeated urging of the maid, Li Qingzhao only filled fifteen carts with treasures, and let Ding Chong take the rest away. Li Qingzhao followed with the convoy. The last batch of refugees evacuated Qingzhou in a hurry.

Not far away, Qingzhou City was already submerged in the sea of ​​fire. Li Qingzhao sat in the car and looked back at his home where the fire was raging. Although all the items he had collected over the years had been rescued, Li Qingzhao was still filled with grief and indignation.

The maid took care of Li Qingzhao all the way, escorted fifteen carriages filled with treasures, and left his hometown in Shandong forever with the fleeing crowd.

Zhao Gou received news at night that the three-pronged Jin army was overwhelming, and even defeated important towns such as Zizhou, Qingzhou, Weizhou, Zhongshanfu, Cizhou, Mingzhou, and Huazhou. Ruzhou, Zhengzhou, and Luoyang also fell one after another. Zhao Gou was stunned. With lightning and thunder, the window was suddenly blown open by the wind. Suddenly, the curtains were rolled up, the candlelight flickered, and the room was suddenly bright and dark. Zhao Gou stood up in astonishment, looked up to the sky and screamed: "Who said that the Song Dynasty had regained its military strength and became famous? Who said that the Central Plains was initially settled and Henan was impregnable? Didn't they say that our army has close to one million troops? Isn't it worse than a million-strong army?" A piece of soft tofu”

Facing Zhao Gou's confusion, Li Gang replied: "Fortunately, Bianjing is still standing still, and of our troops have crossed the river and headed north to recover Weizhou in one fell swoop."

Zhao Gou asked: "Who will lead the army across the river to recover Weizhou?"

Li Gang replied: "Hebei Zhangsuo's subordinates all control Wang Yan, Yue Fei and other eleven generals."