Liaozhai Great Sage

"The old man won't talk to you about this anymore, let me ask you, how long do you plan to delay and when will you enter Beijing?" Fu Tianchou said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Today."

today?

Fu Tianchou said: "Are you bullying me so foolishly? This place is at least two days away from the capital by water, and you can arrive today? Unless your boat can fly."

"A good wind sends me to the blue sky with its strength. Naturally, it takes two days to sail against the current. If the wind is smooth, how can it take so long?" Li Xiuyuan said.

Fu Tianchou said: "You know the methods of some gods and ghosts. The old man understands in his heart that just relying on ghosts and gods for help is not a long-term thing after all."

"Of course I understand that."

Li Xiuyuan said that he agrees with Fu Tianchou on this point.

"The ship is full of soldiers, so you can't go directly to Beijing, otherwise you will be impeached by the officials. You are a new official and a military officer, and you will be squeezed out by the officials. You can't make mistakes at this time. You leave the soldiers at a ferry in advance and arrange them. Go to Zhengqi Villa, that is the old man's friend's manor. Although it is a bit abandoned, the servants are still there. The old man will give you a letter. You will be accommodated there. It can be repaired by your subordinates, and you can ride lightly and follow the old man. Let's go to Beijing together."

As Fu Tianchou said, he handed over a letter he had already prepared.

"Master Fu is still thoughtful, thank you, Mr. Fu." Li Xiuyuan concluded a letter and saluted.

Fu Tianchou said with a cold face again: "You are really courageous. You brought two thousand soldiers into the capital. I didn't know you thought you were here to rebel."

"I heard that there are hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in the capital, are you still afraid of my two thousand troops?" Li Xiuyuan laughed.

"Hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops are just numbers on the military register. There are less than [-] soldiers capable of fighting, and no more than [-] elite soldiers. Supplemented by the strength of several powerful generals under your command, you can kill a round trip in the capital..."

Fu Tianchou said.

"So it's okay for me to take down the capital, capture Zhao Guan's house, and sit on the dragon chair?" Li Xiuyuan interrupted him and said immediately.

When these words came out, Zuo Qianhu who was next to him was shocked, and looked at Li Xiuyuan in shock and fear.

"How dare you say it."

Fu Tianchou was about to explode with anger: "The old man told you this not to make you rebel, but to let you know how weak the Song Dynasty is, and to let you understand that once the northern barbarians invade in the future, the capital will fall in a few days, right? I want you to have a heart of worrying about the country and the people, not for you to take over the country, if you rebel, I will be the first to hit the ground with my head and show my will by death."

"Oh, that's right, I thought Mr. Fu was encouraging me to rebel." Li Xiuyuan said, "But Mr. Fu, don't worry, I have no interest in being emperor, I have more important things to do. "

Fu Tianchou was so angry that he was about to rush out of the prison and beat up this ignorant fellow.

If this word spreads out, he will be dismissed from office, and his head will definitely be beheaded.

Moreover, Li Xiuyuan's words were frivolous, as if the world was within his grasp.

Do you really think that the three hundred years of supporting scholars in the Song Dynasty are really vulnerable?

While speaking, the ship shook a little bit, and everyone's feet were unstable, but they could feel that the speed of the ship had begun to increase rapidly.

A headwind blows the sails, making it go upstream, and another undercurrent engulfs the boat and pulls it forward.

In just over an hour, he had already entered the boundary of the capital.

"Go, pass on the order, Mao Wu, take two thousand soldiers and horses to the ferry in front, and take this letter to the Zhengqi Villa. Wu Xiang and Han Meng are the heroes who put down the chaos this time, and they are going to receive the reward. We can't go together." Li Xiuyuan handed a letter to Mao Wu.

"Yes, young master." Mao Wu, who was the guard, responded, and immediately carried out the order.

"Leaving 50 people, we can't have no guards around us." Li Xiuyuan said.

After seeing Mao Wu leave, he said to the lake outside the boat: "The Eight Great Kings have delayed your time, so you go too."

"Whoa~!"

There was a huge wave on the river, and immediately a strange wind rolled up from the lake, hovered at the ferry, and followed Mao Wu and other soldiers.

Although there are nearly two thousand soldiers, they are not afraid of all monsters, ghosts, and snakes, but they lack the ability to prevent ghosts and gods. Li Xiuyuan does not want to repeat the mistake of the Nine Mountain King. Forget it, maybe even relatives and friends will be implicated, and the nine clans will be punished.

After putting down all the soldiers, the remaining ship continued to move forward with a light car and a simple ride.

After another hour, the river here became completely lively.

There are countless ships of all kinds on the river, and all kinds of shouts continue one after another.

The rope trackers, the men who carried the goods, and all kinds of businessmen, scholars, and officials came in an endless stream.

The flow of people on the pier shows the prosperity of the capital.

"The capital of a country, after all, has a scene of prosperity." Li Xiuyuan stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the bustling pier, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

It's just that the flowers here are blooming like brocades, but when you leave the capital, you will see a withered scene everywhere.

"Dock and disembark." Li Xiuyuan ordered.

"Yes, young master." Han Meng clasped his fists in response, and immediately went to prepare.

There are many ferries in the wharf here, some are used by merchants, some are used by ordinary people, and some are used exclusively by court officials.

Li Xiuyuan is coming to Beijing to report on his duties, he can take the official route, and he can also enter the official ferry, so he doesn't have to wait like other ships.

A clerk guarding the ferry, after verifying the documents, saluted, called out respectfully, and ordered the guards to order the boats to dock.

The governor of a state holds real power, which is something that civil officials dare not make things difficult.

If it is a county magistrate, a small official like a thousand households, I am afraid that the official must try to please some benefits.

"Miss Yuechi, your chicken looks so familiar, it looks like the one raised in my house...how did you bring it?" Just as he got off the boat, Li Xiuyuan saw Fu Yuechi with a golden feathered chicken. Big cock goes down.

That's right, this is the rooster of his family, named Lei Gong.

"I didn't bring it, it came by itself, and I only found out when I heard it crowing the next day after boarding the boat." Fu Yuechi hurriedly explained.

Li Xiuyuan looked at the golden rooster and said: "It seems that you are worried about me coming to the capital alone, but since you are here, don't wander around. I heard that the capital is very chaotic. If you are caught and eaten Well, there's nothing I can do."

After speaking, he stroked the head of the rooster.

"Haha, haha, God's will, God's will, Pindao felt something in his heart today, and he was proud of the hexagram, and came in accordance with God's will, but he didn't expect to see the legendary bird. The country is about to perish, the country is about to perish, this Song Dynasty The fate of the country has come to an end."

Suddenly, a crazy voice sounded from the crowd, but a passing Taoist lost his composure when he saw the rooster next to Li Xiuyuan, smiled sadly, turned and left, mixed into the crowd, and disappeared.

Li Xiuyuan didn't even see his face clearly.

"Ok?"

He looked along the voice, but he was already at a loss.

Looking at the rooster again, I saw that the rooster was clucking as if it was all right, nothing unusual at all.

"It's not a demon, but an ordinary Taoist?" Li Xiuyuan said: "But what is a bird? Isn't this a rooster?"