The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Early in the morning, Qin Ming and Sun Li came to find Gao Ming, wanting to ask about the recruitment, and they still couldn't understand why Gao Yanei wanted to recruit security, but he acted like he didn't want to.

Of course Gao Ming couldn't say that Chao Gai would die sooner or later, and he wanted Chao Gai to pass on the position of the village owner to him in a legitimate manner.

I can only play tricks, "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion, and nothing will go wrong."

The two of them still recognized Gao Yanei's ability, and they both said: "Since the Yanei ordered it so, then we won't ask any more questions, and just listen to your order."

"Speaking of orders, I do have orders for you."

Both Qin Ming and Sun Li listened respectfully, waiting for Gao Ming's order, and finally listened to him: "Hua Rong has already broken up with me on the surface, and Song Jiang is likely to come to win him over. Pretend to follow Hua Rong, and go to Song Jiang together to join Zhao'an's camp."

Both of them looked at Hua Rong in surprise, and saw Hua Rong was leaning against the wall with his shoulders in his arms. He had obviously discussed it with Gao Ming, "If I pretend to be against Song Jiang, you also go with me. In short, we will You must betray Sun Xiaowu because of the matter of recruiting security."

Qin Ming worried: "But, if you betray you, will you be alone and helpless in Liangshan?"

Gao Ming said: "I just want to see who really want to recruit security and who are the diehards. Now that the recruiting incident just broke out, I hid behind and asked Song Jiang to charge forward and help me select capable officers who really want to recruit security."

Qin Ming and Sun Li nodded secretly, Ya Nei was very calculating, the matter of recruiting security would definitely stir up troubles in the cottage, it was indeed a wise choice to ask Chao Gai and Song Jiang to take the lead, and Gao Ya Nei to hide behind Song Jiang.

After listening to the order, the two left separately. According to the order, the two had to pretend to get angry from Sun Xiaowu.

It was not difficult for Qin Ming to pretend, because when he thought that after going down the mountain, Hua Rong might be dispatched by the Taiwei, he didn't feel so worried.

After sending Qin Ming and Sun Li away, Gao Ming sent someone to the big kitchen to get back the big stewed fish. Needless to say, the small bottle in the fish's belly was gone.

The next day, Gao Ming ate fish and slept late at home.

The so-called good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, bad and magical, and the speed of transmission is especially fast.

The news that the note was found in the belly of the fish the night before yesterday has spread like wildfire, and even the process has spread: a magical big fish took out a white porcelain bottle from the belly of the fish, and there was a note in it, and the note said strange The text may be the prophecy of the heavenly book.

When Gao Ming heard the news, he looked for Chao Gai early in the morning as if nothing had happened, "I sent someone to deliver that fish, so there was a note in its belly? Where is the note? It says what?"

Chao Gai saw that Sun Xiaowu was very frank, he didn't look like he was pretending to be a ghost and was punctured. Not only was he not guilty, but he really wanted to know the words on the note, so he couldn't help but become more determined that his judgment was correct.

Looking at Song Jiang again, he clearly looked like he had succeeded in a trick, with an annoying smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.

Chao Gai said coldly to Sun Xiaowu: "I don't understand, it has already been thrown away, maybe it was something that someone threw away casually, and it was eaten by a fish by accident. There are so many big fish in Liangshan Park, and they were caught before. There are human fingers in the belly of the fish."

Sun Xiaowu showed a look of distrust for Chao Gai, "It's fine if the village owner doesn't want to tell."

Song Jiang couldn't help but praise Sun Xiaowu's good acting skills, and said flatly: "The village master doesn't want to say it, so don't ask, the things written on it may not be good for you."

Sun Xiaowu, you should know what you wrote on it, so if you don't expose yourself, you're still pretending.

Gao Ming cast a suspicious look at Song Jiang, "How do you know that what is written on it is not good for me? Have you read the note?"

Chao Gai's face darkened, that's right, how do you know? !Only Wu Yong and I should have seen this note. Sure enough, you and Wu Yong are in the same group. They framed Sun Xiaowu and turned us against each other.

Song Jiang had really suffered from Sun Xiaowu's cheekiness, and he hated this point deeply, and said with a half-smile: "Of course I haven't seen it, it's just a guess, but the person who played the trick must know it in his heart."

These words heard in Chao Gai's ears, there is no meaning, yes, indeed only the real tricksters can understand the words on the note, Song Jiang, and you said you didn't do it?

Chao Gai stopped him and said, "Forget it, it's just a torn piece of paper, throw it away, why bother with it endlessly. Don't talk about it anymore."

"But, Zhai..." Gao Ming pretended not to give up, and finally, under Chao Gai's "majestic" eyes, cursed secretly, and then stopped talking.

Seeing that Sun Xiaowu was so upset, Chao Gai became more and more determined that he didn't know this at all, and seeing Song Jiang glance at Sun Xiaowu from time to time, there was a clear look of complacency in his eyes, Chao Gai knew everything in his heart.

Song Jiang glanced at Sun Xiaowu, sneered in his heart, you still pretend, your trick was exposed by Wu Yong yesterday, you are still proud of it, you are smart and foolish for a while, and you also screw up sometimes.

Gao Ming sensed Song Jiang's eyes, and hummed in his heart, how could Chao Gai bite the straight hook, he had to bite the curved hook, I'm afraid it was you who had the wrong form.

At this time, the minions came to report, "I report to the village master, the military advisor, that the court's warships have withdrawn from the river."

After listening to the report, it was rare that no one made a sound. It was obvious that Gao Qi had retired, but everyone had their own ideas about the reason.

Gao Ming was most willing to be the one who broke the silence. He quickly clapped his hands and said with a smile, "We captured three generals alive and killed many soldiers and horses. How could he not retreat?"

Xu Ning was looking forward to the recruiting, and couldn't bear it any longer, and brought up the recruiting again, "Perhaps because of Gao Lian's kindness, he retreated first, and told Shanzhai to seriously consider recruiting."

Yesterday Chao Gai said everything, whoever proposed the move and reported it, Xu Ning bumped into him. Chao Gai couldn't say that he didn't have it, otherwise, what would be the majesty of the village owner.

He immediately said angrily: "Pull Xu Ning out and cut him off."

This is too much, Xu Ning is not a cat or a dog, but the instructor of the Tokyo Golden Spear Class who was deceived into Liangshan by innocent people, and it is understandable to want to recruit An.

As soon as the words fell, Dai Zong hurriedly stood up and interceded, "The village master, why did he kill himself again? He was just analyzing the fact that Gao Qi retreated. The village master will kill people like this, which will chill the hearts of the brothers."

Chao Gai didn't really want to kill Xu Ning, he expected that someone would intercede if he wanted to kill Xu Ning, but he didn't expect the pleading to be so ugly, and he mentioned the word "chilling".

He was chilling, as the head of the village, he only wanted to lead everyone to live a happy life, but in the end, so many people wanted to sing against him and ask for safety.

Seeing this, Hua Rong felt that this was a good opportunity for Song Jiang to show his attitude, so he quickly stood up to protect Xu Ning, "The village master has the final say on the matter of recruiting security, Brother Xu Ning is just guessing what Gao Qiu thinks, that's all. Killing people has no other benefit other than creating an atmosphere of fear."

Yo, Huarong would take the initiative to protect Xu Ning?Chao Gai and the others were very surprised. Their first reaction was to see Sun Xiaowu's face, and they saw Sun Xiaowu glaring at Huarong with dissatisfaction, frowning.

Hua Rong stood up, Qin Ming and Sun Li both stood up to protect Xu Ning.

Chao Gai didn't want to really kill Xu Ning at first, but just wanted to beat and beat those who wanted to recruit security, but who knew that they failed to beat them, but were beaten by the powerful recruiting forces instead.

Chao Gai knew that the anger of the public was hard to offend, so he let go of his mouth and said, "Put this Xu Ning up and punish him separately."

He was full of anger, and when he got angry, he told the leaders to disperse.

However, Chao Gai noticed an obvious abnormality. Sun Xiaowu, who had always been a stumbling block for him, was silent just now, and glared at Hua Rong, who contradicted him.

Chao Gai completely believed that Sun Xiaowu and Hua Rong were in different camps.

Besides Chao Gai, Song Jiang also believed more and more that there was a rift between Sun Xiaowu and Hua Rong.

Seeing that the preliminary preparations were almost done, Gao Ming took the initiative to talk to Lu Zhishen.

Gao Ming is now an anti-recruitment faction like Lu Zhishen. Under such circumstances, it is easier for Lu Zhishen to believe what he said, and there will be no resistance.

Under the banner of anti-recruiting security, it is Gao Ming's purpose to conduct recruiting security.

Lu Zhishen sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard, and said in a muffled voice, "The Sa family can tell that you are against recruiting security, just like the Sa family."

"Of course I am against recruiting security." Gao Ming made a sad look, "It's just that I didn't expect that there were so many people in the village who wanted to recruit security. This was far beyond my expectation."

"Only Song Jiang and the others want to recruit security." Lu Zhi was serious and subtle. Through Hua Rong's performance in the past two days, he had already seen, "Hua Rong doesn't agree with you on this matter, right? Sitting under the rule of the emperor, and being paid to Liangshan, who would want to live like this for the rest of his life."

Gao Ming cut into the topic naturally, "Then what about you, aren't you also a prefect, don't you want to go back to be an official?"

Lu Zhi shook his head deeply, "After seeing all the dirty things in the court, who wants to go back to that mud pit."

Gao Ming sighed: "Are you talking about the incident where Gao Qiu framed Teacher Lin? But there are people like Gao Qiu in the imperial court, but there are also loyal ministers and good generals. Besides, although the imperial court is dark, you can be the light yourself. Where, where, the darkness can be dispelled, isn't it good?"

Lu Zhishen was a little surprised, "Military Master, do you want to recruit security?"

"If you ask me if I personally want to recruit security, I can tell you firmly, no. As for the reason, you listen to me and take my time."

Lu Zhishen nodded, "Speak, Sajia, listen."

"Oh, to tell you the truth, you have real skills, and you can make meritorious deeds after being recruited. As for me, to put it bluntly, I can show myself in Liangshan. In the imperial court, everyone is a Jinshi. My foothold?" Gao Ming sighed, "But the difference between me and the village owner is that I have figured it out these days, I will not stop people who want to recruit, Hua Rong wants to recruit, let him go. He was originally a loyal minister and good general, I think he didn't want to recruit for glory and wealth, he just wanted to be a useful person to the country and the people."

Lu Zhi said in a deep voice, "This is the same as the Sa family. The Sa family opposes recruiting, and they will not stop others from recruiting."

For example, Yang Zhi, he is willing to recruit security, which is understandable.

Gao Ming continued to persuade Lu Zhishen through Hua Rong's mouth, "Hua Rong told me that if all the good people leave the court and choose to escape, then wouldn't it be that the power is handed over to the bad people, and they are even more connived to do harm to the world and cause more troubles? Great disaster. Everyone only sees bad people wreaking havoc on the country and the people, so don’t they have no responsibility to choose the ‘good people’ who are wise and safe? In some places, if the good people don’t occupy it, the bad people will.”

Lu Zhishen couldn't help being shocked, he only felt that Sun Xiaowu's words were deafening.

Gao Ming continued: "You're not like me. You have a lot of talent. It's a waste to spend time in the cottage drinking, eating and sleeping. If you have other ideas, you can talk to Hua Rong. He said that if he doesn't go back, there will be more Gao Qi in the court, although his strength alone is limited, but even if he can bring a little light, this life will not be in vain."

Lu Zhishen was thoughtful. Indeed, before beating Zhen Guanxi to death, he also wanted to be a person for the country and the people like the old Zhong Jinglue, the public teacher, and later witnessed Gao Qiu's persecution of Lin Chong. He thought he had seen through this bad thing and was desperate, so he fell into the trap.

In the past, he only felt that the court was dark and treacherous ministers were in power. If he wanted to recruit An, wouldn't he want to work with him? That's why he opposed Zhao An.

But Sun Xiaowu's words provided another possibility. If the court was dark, he could let himself be the light to illuminate it.

Seeing that it was almost done, Gao Ming had better let Lu Zhishen think for himself, so he excused himself to leave.

I hope Lu Zhishen can enjoy this pot of chicken soup.

Walking out of Lu Zhishen's courtyard, he met Yang Zhi at the door. Yang Zhi looked very conflicted, which made the blue birthmark seem to be darker.

He originally supported Sun Xiaowu, but Sun Xiaowu did not support Zhao'an, which made him very entangled.

Is he going to support Song Jiang who wants to recruit?

So when he saw Sun Xiaowu walking towards him, he pretended not to see him, turned around and walked towards the side path.

Seeing Yang Zhi who "run away" again, Gao Ming thought in his heart, you don't need to see me to run away, I know you want to recruit, and I won't persuade you.

He looked up at the sky, "It's still early, and we can talk about another Shi Jin."

Shi Jin is probably the only one who should eat, drink, and keep things to himself.

His thoughts are the closest to those of the three Ruan brothers, drinking in big bowls and eating meat in big pieces, no one cares.

The last point is particularly important. If you want to recruit security, you must be under the control of the court, and there are many rules. He doesn't want to do that, so he loves the chic life in the rivers and lakes.

However, he also saw that there was a problem between Sun Xiaowu and Huarong because of the recruitment.

When Sun Xiaowu came to look for him, he said indignantly: "I know that the background of an officer is unreliable. One day he eats the bones of the court, and he will not be able to stand up for the rest of his life. However, you don't have to worry, the village owner said Don't mention the matter of Zhao'an, Hua Rong won't go anywhere, so he has to stay in the cottage."

They were talking while eating in the barbecue shop opened by Zou Yuan and Zou Run, and they had no intention of protecting privacy, and their voices were loud.

But no one would be bored enough to report to the village owner, after all, after leaving the Juyi hall, almost everyone was talking about recruiting security.

Gao Ming propped his chin, looked lonely, and sighed leisurely, "Actually, as a good friend, sometimes you should not judge a matter based on right or wrong. It depends on whether the matter is what the friend wants to do. If so, In fact, it should be supported."

Shi Jin suddenly said: "Then let him go, and when he leaves, I will be your right-hand man."

I appreciate your kindness, so Gao Ming stopped wasting time, looked at Shi Jin and got straight to the point, "By the way, has Li Ruilan replied to your letter recently?"

Shi Jin's face changed, obviously he did not receive a reply.

Even though the writing was so gaudy, Li Ruilan still didn't reply, probably because Shi Jin went to Liangshan, and Liangshan was under siege recently.

The Dongping Mansion where Li Ruilan lives is so close to Liangshan, and it is impossible for her not to know that the army has come to suppress it several times.

She probably already knew that Liangshan where Shi entered was ordered to be wiped out by the imperial court, which was different from the small troubles in Shaohuashan, so she dared not have any more contacts easily.

Shi Jin concealed his embarrassment and disappointment, "She must be busy."

Dongping Mansion is so close to here, even if he is busy writing a letter and sending someone to deliver it to Zhugui Hotel, it is still very easy, so it can be seen that he just doesn't want to pay attention to him.

"Hey, women, especially women like Li Ruilan, what are you looking for, isn't it just that someone can redeem her body and give her a stable life." Gao Ming pretended to be understated: "Who wants to live a bumpy life? Every day I'm worried, I'm afraid it's not what she wants, and this is probably the reason why she didn't reply to your letter."

Shi Jin spoke bluntly, "If she can wear gold and silver, what else is she trying to do?"

"It has been said since ancient times that beauties love heroes, but I have never heard of beauties loving robbers." Gao Ming said, "Listen to me, every woman hopes that her husband is a great hero, riding a tall horse and being praised by the common people. Welcome to the sedan chair."

Shi Jin stared at Sun Xiaowu. On the one hand, he felt that what he said was reasonable, but on the other hand, he was unwilling to accept it.

Gao Ming said indifferently: "If Li Ruilan is a big beauty, there will be many people who pursue her. I am afraid that among these people, there are not a few rich people, and there may be other big kings on the top of the mountain. There is no other advantage."

Gao Ming poured a basin of cold water on him, which made Shi Jin very unhappy, "It's too much for you to say that!"

"I'm not doing it for your own good. If you're not the type Li Ruilan likes, then it's better to give up as soon as possible. After all, this Liangshan has to go through several times of encirclement and suppression by the court. Although it is said that there is no need for a man to have a wife, this man should be It refers to the kind of people who become famous and make great achievements, not the kind of people who are wanted by the court."

Shi Jin was a little angry, "How do you make me seem worthless?!"

Gao Ming said: "Calm down, although I look weak on the outside, I never hide it, you admit it?"

Shi Jin couldn't refute, Sun Junshi was a real hero, even dared to break into Gao Qiu's place, so he nodded.

Gao Ming said: "If you admit it, then I will tell you a few more words. Although we are the same age, but to put it harshly, sometimes you really don't see things deeply enough.

Think about it, if it's really so good for us to be the king of the mountain, why don't women like us?Look at the top of our mountain, how many have daughters-in-law?Just Qin Ming, Xu Ning, Sun Li, Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian?Why?The first three are officials ordered by the imperial court. Are you still worried about not having a good wife?Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian used to be good citizens, they didn't worry about making money, they bought things for their wives without batting an eyelid, the rest, look, which one is not a bachelor?They themselves say that a good man does not get close to women when his muscles and bones are stretched, but in fact it is because women are not close to them at all. "

Shi Jin blinked, yes, these are heroes in his eyes, but women obviously don't like them.

Didn't they all say that women like men with masculinity? In his eyes, each of these people is a hero, and each of them is full of masculinity.

Gao Ming continued: "Anyway, there is no one else here, so I will comment on it with you. Mrs. Qin Ming is magnificent, Mrs. Xu Ning is gentle and virtuous, and Mrs. Sun Li is charming and charming. Look at who these good women are married to. ? Court officer! Isn’t this the best evidence, and you, even a singer despises you.”

Shi Jin's heart was stimulated, it seemed to be broken into many pieces, and he looked at Sun Xiaowu in a daze.

Military division, your words are too hurtful.

Gao Ming sighed, "You're not young, it's time for you to recognize this world."

Shi Jin felt that Gao Ming was about the same age as him, so he was a little unconvinced, "Then, did the military adviser see clearly?"

"I, I see it very clearly, so I swear that I will never marry. Even if I want to marry a wife, who will follow me? Is it like Zhou Tong who robs the women of the people by force? I can't do it. Besides, I don't want to let My wife and children and I are in fear every day, in the panic of being wiped out. Me, now I just live one day at a time."

Shi Jin looked at Sun Xiaowu, his eyes showed a struggle not to succumb to fate, "But..."

"Don't worry about it, my future is probably like Wu Yong's, and you...don't be like Li Kui and Liu Tang, it would be the best." Gao Ming said: "I can imagine that after more than ten years, Liangshan should be lonely everywhere. by the old man."

Of these two lonely people, Li Kui is better, he has a good mother, Liu Tangna is a man of the world, one person feeds the whole family and is not hungry, there is no worries all day long, a pure hero.

After finishing speaking, it was time for Gao Ming to leave time for Shi Jin to think, so he got up, gave Shi Jin a helpless smile, then turned and left with a lonely back.

This wave of poisonous chicken soup is quite powerful, it should be enough for Shi Jin to digest for a while.

Shi Jin looked at Sun Xiaowu's back, and the meat skewer in his mouth suddenly felt tasteless.

Is it true that I have been like this all my life, living like Li Kui and Liu Tang?

As for the heroes of Liangshan, all of them are strong and strong now. After ten or twenty years, the older ones will be old and unable to hold a knife or eat meat. It’s not like what Sun Xiaowu said, everywhere Are they all bad old men?

That's too scary!

For the first time, Shi Jin felt that the future was not very optimistic, and it was also the first time that he considered the word "future".

On the way back to his residence, he bumped into Lu Zhishen head-on. Both of them changed from their usual happy and peaceful life, and were surprised at each other's silence.

The two asked each other at the same time, "What's wrong with you?" Then they said almost in unison: "I just talked to Sun Junshi..."

Both of them were taken aback, and immediately found a place to have an in-depth exchange about the conversation with the military division just now.

Lu Zhi said in a deep voice: "If you want to get along well with Li Ruilan, you have to give him a stable life. No woman likes to live without a fixed place."

Shi Jin also said: "Brother, you too, it would be great if you can return to the account of Xiaozhong Jinglue to be a supervisor."

When Shi Jin went to Weizhou to find his master Wang Jin, he met Lu Zhishen for the first time. At that time, he was still called Lu Da. Because he trusted him so much, he assigned his son to be an errand, but he didn't want to beat Zhenguanxi to death with three punches and escape in the rivers and lakes.

Although Lu Zhishen never said anything, Shi Jin knew that he didn't want to go back to the old Jinglue to be Lu Da.

The two of them had their own thoughts, and they both thought that what Sun Junshi said was indeed very reasonable.

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Gao Ming first persuaded Lu Zhishen and Shi Jin, who were easy to persuade, and saved Wu Song, who was hard-headed, until the end.

He spoke dryly, and as soon as he returned to his residence, he saw Hua Rong sitting at the table wiping his weapons. There was a bowl of tea next to him. It was not steaming. It seemed to be cold, so he took it up and drank After a few sips, he drank half a bowl of tea, and then said: "I'm so thirsty, my throat is smoking."

Hua Rong stopped wiping the weapon stiffly, stared straight at the teacup, and then looked nervously at Gao Ming.

Seeing Hua Rong's expression, Gao Ming asked suspiciously, "What's the matter, is there something wrong with this tea? Is it very precious?"

Hua Rong shook his head, "It's not precious, it's just that I was shocked to see you drinking so fast."

He tried desperately to recall which part of the cup he used when drinking tea, and whether it was the same place that Gao Ming touched just now.

Is it right?

Gao Ming sat next to him, lay down on the table, and thought exhaustedly, just now he poured two bowls of chicken soup with different recipes to Lu Zhishen and Shi Jin in succession, he was really exhausted.

I don't know how the two of them drank, whether it suits their appetite.