Song Emperor Jiangshan

Chapter 68 Prophecy

Xiao Shan and Yu Yunwen looked at each other, Liu Yong's name had been spread all over the world, even Xiao Shan, a traveler, knew that the word was written by Liu Yong in the Northern Song Dynasty. Expressing surprise at this kind of question, Zhou Hong said: "I did it towards Liu Sanbian. Seeing that brother Yan is a scholar, how come you don't even know this?"

Yan Liang was still smiling at first, but when he heard this question, there was a violent light in his eyes, but it only disappeared for a moment, and he said: "Little brother... well, I only work hard on the scriptures, poetry and songs are not good. How to do it well, I don’t know.”

Zhou Hong, Jin Sheng and Xiao Shan didn't study much, and they were all relieved after hearing this explanation. Only Yu Yunwen's eyes drooped slightly, but his expression turned serious.After several people drank two cups with each other, Yan Liang asked: "Looking at how many of them look like, they seem to be soldiers from the Zhenjiang Mansion. I heard that Shao Tongzhi of Zhenjiang Mansion put down the rebellion recently. How many of them must be heroes?"

Just as Zhou Hong was about to open his mouth, Yu Yunwen suddenly said: "We are all nobody, and we don't know much about the affairs of the court. When we go out for a drink today, we only talk about romance, not about state affairs. Drinking alone is also very boring. Since Brother Yan is a scholar, why not make friends with literature how?"

Yan Liang nodded happily, Xiao Shan secretly complained, did he want to plagiarize again?More than half of the people who can plagiarize Song Ci have appeared, Su Dongpo's is useless, and Xin Qiji, Wen Tianxiang and others can plagiarize the rest.

Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng said, "We don't know how to do it, brother, don't make us look ugly!"

Xiao Shan was also about to object, telling Yu Yunwen not to play this trick, he just wanted to speak, but saw Yu Yunwen shook his head slightly at himself, swallowed the words that came to his mouth, nodded and said: "Since elder brother likes it, we will Let's play along!"

Yu Yunwen smiled, and said: "I'll come first, one by one, make a pagoda poem, if you can't make it, you will be punished with wine!"

Although Xiao Shan, Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng didn't read much, they knew what Pagoda Poetry was, anyway, they were not afraid of embarrassment if they spoke badly, only Yan Liang showed a look of bewilderment on his face.

Yu Yunwen said: "Mountain", after saying this, he looked towards Yan Liang.

Yan Liang looked at Yu Yunwen in surprise, and asked, "One word?"

Yu Yunwen smiled and nodded: "Brother Yan, it's your turn!"

Yan Liang opened the folding fan, pretended to shake it twice, and said, "Water!"

Xiao, Zhou, and Jin looked at Yan Liang as if they were aliens.Yu Yunwen said with a smile: "The next line of this pagoda poem has one more word than the previous line. Brother Yan should say two words."

A trace of displeasure flashed in Yan Liang's eyes, and after a while, he said, "Yingshui."

Xiao Shan raised his forehead, he didn't quite understand why Yu Yunwen wanted to play tricks on Yan Liang, but there must be a reason for it.Zhou Hong hurriedly explained: "The next sentence is two double characters, you should say four characters, and then three three, four four, until the seven characters are the end. Brother Yan, are you... really a scholar?"

Yan Liang said: "I'm not good at poetry, I'll just drink!" After finishing speaking, he grabbed the jug on the table and drank it up in one gulp, very boldly.

Yu Yunwen looked at Xiao Shan, Xiao Shan said casually, "Turn over the river, overturn the sea."

Both Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng praised it loudly, anyway, as long as Xiao Shan can say it, it's good, it doesn't matter whether it makes sense or not, rhymes or not.After the two applauded, they also got stuck, unable to connect at all, and said: "Let's drink, haha, let's drink!"

Yu Yunwen continued: "If it's a jade hairpin, it's like a long sword."

Yan Liang said: "Pierce the sky and break the Yangtze River."

Xiao Shan couldn't help interjecting: "It doesn't rhyme." Yan Liang suddenly stood up and glared at them, Yu Yunwen ignored him, and said to himself: "Forget it, brother Yan is good at scriptures, I don't know if I have heard of it." In ancient times, the Ming and Ming virtues were written in the world, first governing the country. If you want to govern the country, you must first organize your family, and those who pre-order your family, first cultivate your body?"

Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng couldn't understand what Yu Yunwen was saying this time.This sentence of self-cultivation, family governance, and peace is a famous saying in later generations. It comes from "Great Learning", but now the Cheng brothers who extracted it from "Book of Rites" have already done this work, but carried it forward and made it a compulsory textbook for all ages. Zhu Xi is still a baby, and most people are not very familiar with this sentence.

Yan Liang touched his waist and stared at Yu Yunwen: "I don't know! What do you want?"

Xiao Shan saw that Yan Liang's waist was slightly protruding, and when he put his hand on it, it became more obvious that it was the handle of a weapon, so he quickly smoothed things over and said, "Brother, you drank too much! It's not an imperial examination to select a scholar." , What do you do in the chapters of the college entrance examination?"

Yu Yunwen laughed, and Zhou Jin invited Yan Liang to sit down again, but Yan Liang snorted and walked away.

When Yan Liang left, the three of them blamed Yu Yunwen: "It's not a crime for him to pretend to be a scholar, so why are you so mean, big brother?"

Yu Yunwen didn't speak, just said: "Xiao Shan, show me your hand!"

Xiao Shan stretched out his hand as he said, and it was densely covered with calluses, especially at the tiger's mouth, where there were layers of calluses. It looked like he had been holding a gun all year round.Yu Yunwen raised Xiao Shan's hand, and said to Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng: "Look, that Yan Liang just now held the fan with exactly the same hand as this one!"

The three of them were all taken aback, Xiao Shan immediately thought of something, and said: "He is a little strange, when I turned around just now, I saw that there seemed to be green skin on the part of the back of his head that was not covered by the hat, he... shaved his head of?"

Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng were stunned, and Yu Yunwen said indifferently: "Even the three generals know Liu Sanbian's name, Yan Liang is dressed as a scholar, how could he not know? He said he is good at scriptures, so I asked him casually. Out of embarrassment, if ordinary scholars encounter such a situation, they will sit down and discuss it? I don’t think he is from Zhenjiang Mansion at all, he probably came from the north!”

When Xiao Shan was reminded by Yu Yunwen, he suddenly knew where the previous uneasiness came from.After a while, he said slowly: "Yan Liang, Yan Liang, this name sounds so weird! Three autumn osmanthus, ten mile lotus..."

When he said this, something suddenly lit up Xiao Shan's heart. He remembered clearly that it was said that the reason why Wan Yanliang, King Hailing of the Kingdom of Jin, invaded the south was because he heard Liu Yong's poem and felt envious and wanted to invade the south. Xiao Shan blurted out: "Wan Yanliang?!"

As soon as Wan Yanliang uttered the three words, Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng were taken aback, even Yu Yunwen was also very surprised, Zhou Hong said: "My dear brother, how do you know his name? The Song and Jin countries have already negotiated peace, how can the prince of the Jin country meet?" Come here? What is your plan?"

Yu Yunwen said: "It doesn't have to be because of ulterior motives, maybe they come here to play!" Before he finished speaking, Xiao Shan rushed out of the room, thinking in his heart: If the person who just came is really Wan Yanliang , Then there is no need to wait for "The Story of Caishi Guazhou Poor Liang", just go and finish him now!To save him the fuss of sending millions of troops in the future.

Seeing Xiao Shan rushing out of the room, the three of them followed quickly. Yu Yunwen threw a piece of silver as money for the wine and followed.

Xiao Shan first went to the next door to have a look, and sure enough the next door was empty, he rushed out of the cottage, only to see that there were not many pedestrians on the street, only a few scattered, and the vendors had already packed their things and were ready to go home up.

At the end of the street, I saw Yan Liang who was wearing a moon-white robe and walking quickly.

Xiao Shan also thought it was a bit of a coincidence to meet Wanyan Liang here, he was not sure if this person was Wanyan Liang, so he caught up two steps and shouted behind him: "Wanyan Liang!"

Yan Liang's footsteps suddenly faltered, and when he turned around, he only glanced at Xiao Shan, his expression changed drastically, and he turned around and ran away.Xiao Shan knew he had guessed right, he hurried to catch up, Wan Yanliang practiced martial arts all year round, his footsteps were fast and his physical strength was good, Xiao Shan ran after him, Zhou Hong, Jin Sheng and Yu Yunwen followed closely behind, At the beginning, Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng were able to keep up, but after running for half the city, they were so tired that they could only pant, only Yu Yunwen didn't see any signs of fatigue, and together with Xiao Shan, they chased towards Wanyan Liang.

Wan Yanliang ran across a small street, and suddenly stopped outside a mansion. He suddenly turned his head, stared at Xiao Shan who was coming, and said sharply: "What are you going to do?!"

Xiao Shan didn't talk nonsense with him at all, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to catch such a big fish alone, he pulled out the iron sword at his waist, and slashed towards Wanyan Liang without saying a word.

Wan Yanliang snorted, and said: "You can't control yourself!" Then he stepped forward with bare hands, wanting to fight Xiao Shan, but before he got close to him, he felt a cold wind rushing towards him, and the iron sword in Xiao Shan's hand shone coldly Flashing, it only chopped off at Wan Yanliang's head.

Wan Yanliang shrank his head, Xiao Shan missed a single blow, but he waved off the happy scarf on top of his head, and saw Wanyan Liang's head was bald, his forehead was shaved, and there was only a money mouse tail on the back of his forehead. pigtails.Xiao Shan originally thought that Wan Yanliang had a handsome appearance, but now that there is no scarf on his head to cover up his ugliness, his handsome appearance suddenly became much uglier. Seeing this hairstyle, Xiao and Yu knew that this was real gold. The royal family is right!

Wan Yanliang saw that Xiao Shan was approaching ferociously, he didn't dare to underestimate the enemy, when he came out he didn't bring anything on his body, only a dagger to defend himself, now he pulled out the dagger from his waist, Xiao Shan saw the faint green light on the dagger, he knew it was poisonous , dare not step forward easily.

Wan Yanliang scolded angrily: "What are you two? This king came to Jiangnan to play, and dared to plot murder? Zhao Gou is still a minister, why don't you kneel down!"

Xiao Shan snorted, and swung his sword again. In the past two years, since he knew the importance of martial arts in the cold weapon era, he never missed a single day of martial arts training. He used the opening and closing well, Wan Yanliang was in danger several times, and the short dagger was useless, so he could only dodge around, suddenly he sprinted to avoid the sword waved by Xiao Shan, raised his wrist slightly, and A cold light flashed, but he cut off a branch that was as thick as the mouth of a teacup beside him, held it in his hand, and used it as a long stick.

It was good that he didn't use a stick, but when he used a stick, even Yu Yunwen couldn't help but marvel, not because of anything else, but because Wan Yanliang actually used Taizu's stick method.Zhao Kuangyin founded the country as a military general, a set of stick techniques and a set of Taizu Changquan, which are passed down to almost everyone now.When Xiao Shan was in the army, his basic boxing method was Taizu Changquan, and iron rods were rarely used, but he never expected that King Hailing of the Kingdom of Jin would use Zhao Taizu's cudgel method when facing an enemy.

Yu Yunwen went out empty-handed. Seeing that Xiao Shan and Wanyan couldn't hold on anymore, he was anxious and wanted to come over to help, but he couldn't get in. He looked up and saw that the place where he was located was not far from the Zhenjiang government office, so he went straight in. Fuya wants to ask Zhenjiang Fuyin for help.

After Xiao Shan and Wanyan Liang fought for a while, he was even more surprised.Jinren have always been good at riding and shooting, but Wanyanliang's martial arts seem to be even stronger. Usually, he can at least one against five in the army, but now he can't do anything to Wanyanliang.He turned his mind slightly, and suddenly the sword in his hand was thrown horizontally, but it was not aimed at the vitals on Wan Yanliang's body, but at the wooden stick in his hand that was used as a weapon.

The leaves and branches on the wooden stick had already been cut off during the fight. At this moment, Xiao Shan held the sword in both hands, and slashed hard, but Wanyan Liang didn't know how to change it. The stick in Liang's hand was split in half.

At this moment, Yu Yunwen also arrived with the soldiers and guards of the government office. Yu Yunwen held a hard bow, stretched the bow and set an arrow, and shot towards Wan Yanliang with a whoosh sound. Wan Yanliang wanted to dodge, but was blocked by Xiao Shan's iron sword With a bang, the arrow in Yu Yunwen's hand shot into Wanyan Liang's thigh, Wanyan Liang's feet were unsteady, and he fell to the ground. Xiao Shan caught up a step, and was about to raise his sword and fall, cutting off the body of the future culprit of the southern invasion. With his head and sword raised in the air, he suddenly heard an angry shout from behind: "Stop!"

Xiao Shan was distracted, the sword in his hand slowed down for half a second, Wan Yanliang rolled on the spot and dodged the sword.

The soldiers and guards of the government office went up, surrounded Wan Yanliang, lit torches, and illuminated the surrounding area.

Xiao Shan turned his head and saw the Governor of Zhenjiang Mansion standing behind him, with a very thin figure wearing a red official robe and not even a hat, he must have come in a hurry.It was Mr Fu Yin who said "Stop!" just now.

Fu Yin stopped Xiao Shan, stepped forward quickly, helped Wan Yanliang who fell on the ground, turned around and scolded Xiao Shan, "Whose subordinate are you? How dare you do such a reckless act? You hurt the envoy of the Shang Kingdom, you take care of it." up?"

Xiao Shan felt regretful, as soon as the magistrate intervened in this matter, it would be a waste of time, he could not kill Wan Yanliang under the protection of the Governor of Zhenjiang, he said: "I don't know where this guy came from, he stole my silver!"

Wan Yanliang was supported by the governor of Zhenjiang, and immediately shouted: "Nonsense, this king is the general of the Dragon and Tiger Guard of the Kingdom of Jin. How could he be greedy for your money?" After finishing speaking, he turned to the governor of Zhenjiang and said: "This person wants to assassinate the king and destroy the peace talks between Song and Jin. Capture and kill him!"

The Governor of Zhenjiang looked at Wan Yanliang very embarrassed, he wanted to refuse, but he was afraid of hurting the harmony between the two countries. When Qin Hui and Zhao Gou questioned him, he couldn't explain it, so he had to wave his hand and call to the guards of Zhenjiang to arrest him. Xiaoshan.

The guards came rushing up, but they surrounded Xiao Shan and Yu Yunwen, and Yu Yunwen whispered to Xiao Shan, "It's shameful, you want to take one of your own!"

Xiao Shan saw Wan Yanliang laughing at himself behind the Zhenjiang governor, he was angry, his face became even more ugly, the iron sword in his hand shook, and he said: "Since it is a misunderstanding, forget it! I am a subordinate of Shao Tongzhi, what's the matter?" Talk to the army!"

The Governor of Zhenjiang originally thought that Xiao Shan was a tycoon from the rivers and lakes, and he didn't take it seriously. Now that he heard that he was Shao Hongyuan's subordinate, he didn't dare to offend him. The two sides were in a dilemma, and they repeatedly saluted Wan Yanliang to make amends, and said: "The superior envoy came to the evil country, and it is the crime of the inferior official to encounter this matter. The inferior official will make amends on his behalf, and please forgive me by the superior envoy." Yunyun invited him into the mansion again, and sent him gold, silver and jewelry to calm his anger.

Wan Yanliang raised his chin slightly, ignored the noise from the governor of Zhenjiang, just looked at Xiao Shan and Yu Yunwen, laughed twice, and said: "Xiao Shan, Yu Yunwen! I remember your two names! Today I don't care about you, we will definitely meet again in the future!" After finishing speaking, he asked the Governor of Zhenjiang for a good horse, and asked him for a team of guards, and walked away.

Xiao Shan only felt that he was very useless, and Yu Yunwen couldn't help being angry when he was with him. Both of them were Daojin generals who wanted to go south, but the magistrate was so obedient to him, it was really embarrassing.

After talking about it, it was inevitable that Qin Hui and Zhao Gou's peace talks would be involved. Yu Yunwen looked at the dark sky, sighed, and said: "My dear brother, you should know by now why I don't want to be an official! Officer, if someone like Wan Yanliang comes to my territory to play, I have to swallow my anger and entertain him well!"

Xiao Shan kept his head silent, and after a while he suddenly said: "What did he just say he was? The dragon and tiger of the Jin Kingdom are the generals?" Yu Yunwen said: "Most Jin people hold important positions in the clan. By the way, brother, you How do you know what his name is, and you chase him all the way to kill him without saying a word, and why?"

Xiao Shan raised his head to look at Yu Yunwen, and swallowed the words again. Of course, he couldn't say that Yan Liang would send millions of troops to invade the south in the future, and he couldn't tell Yu Yunwen that this was your deadly enemy.He had to make up a lie: "This is my enemy, he killed a friend of mine, I know him!"

Yu Yunwen just nodded, and after a while he said: "Unexpectedly, the magistrate of Zhenjiang Mansion flattered me so much. I went to the government office to borrow someone, and the governor of the mansion heard that he was a golden man, so he came out to greet him without even putting on his hat."

Xiao Shan sighed, and said: "Of course he is afraid of accidents. Now that Wanyan Liang has left, he can't catch up with him. If he doesn't stay in the Kingdom of Jin well, he doesn't know what he is doing here across the river?"

Yu Yunwen didn't pay much attention to Wan Yanliang, but said: "Today, this person disturbed our party! Brother, have you told Shao Tongzhi about the fact that you want to recruit prisoners?"

Yu Yunwen's words reminded Xiao Shan that he came out today to get down to business. He originally wanted to ask Zhou and Jin for weapons and military uniforms, but Wan Yanliang made such a mess, he forgot about the business.

Xiao Shan put the matter of Wan Yanliang aside, went to look for Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng, and asked him if he had any extra weapons and military uniforms after he found them. Another request was made: I hope that the two can allow the Restoration Society to recruit members in their army.

Ever since Xiao Shan left Lin'an and came to Zhenjiang Mansion, he has been in contact with Yu Mo from the former Prince's Mansion of Pu'an County. Later, Zhao Yuan returned to Xiuzhou to observe his filial piety, but Yu Mo did not go home with him, and stayed in Lin'an.The two develop members separately.Because there were more than a dozen members of the Restoration Association organized by Yu Mo, after a year of investigation, Xiao Shan absorbed them into the association and developed it secretly, but the qualifications for membership are still very strict. Excellent in all aspects, after one or two years of development, Xiao Shan has developed more than 20 people in his own army, and it is not so convenient to carry out activities in other people's armies, there are only one or two people.In this fight against the chaos, the Guangfu members fought bravely and rushed to the front. Although there were few people, they were among the grassroots soldiers, and they seemed to have established a certain foundation.

At first, Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng thought that Xiaoshan would have hundreds of people, so they were a little hesitant. Later, they heard that there were only three or four people, and they did not conceal their identities in the Guangfu Society, so they readily agreed.

After the four of them finished talking about this, they talked about Wanyan Liang again, Zhou Hong said: "He is a man of gold, yet he still knows poetry, it's really not easy."

But Yu Yunwen said: "This man loves our Han culture, is superb in martial arts, and has a lot of courage. He dares to travel south alone. In the future, he will definitely be a great enemy of our Song Dynasty."

Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng disagreed: "Now that Song and Jin have a good relationship, why bother with these things? We only work with money!"

Xiao Shan and him couldn't get out, they only said a few words and then they left. Yu Yunwen and Xiao Shan went together, and the two went home separately.

After Yu Yunwen arrived at the Xiaoshan resident, he asked: "My dear brother, how are you going to solve the extra money and food for the 500 people?"

Xiao Shan was having a headache about this matter. Wan Yanliang was a distant event, but the resettlement of the five hundred captives was even more imminent. He thought about it for a long time, and only thought about opening up wasteland and farming.But in this case, the army will not be able to conduct effective training, and its combat effectiveness will inevitably decline.

Yu Yunwen said: "It's a pity that Zhenjiang Mansion is close to the Yangtze River. If it is my hometown Xichuan, the land is fertile, and it will not be a problem to feed hundreds of people."

Xiao Shan shrugged his shoulders, and said: "Forget about these things, this year's grain can be used evenly for more than ten days, let's find a way slowly. Opening up wasteland and farming is definitely not enough for these people to eat, even if it is enough to eat, Soldiers’ pay is also a big problem.” Thinking of this, he envied the compulsory military service system of the Celestial Dynasty, and soldiers were willing to pay no military pay, but in this era, they are all professional soldiers, and people rely on this to make money to support the whole family, and they have no money Hair is obviously not acceptable.

That night, Xiao Shan didn't have time to find a place for Yu Yunwen, the two of them shared the same room, Yu Yunwen slept very soundly, but Xiao Shan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep anymore, he was always thinking about one thing: Is Zhao Yuan home yet?He won't cut off his own head after becoming the emperor, right?If he wanted to cut it, would he cut it for him?

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