The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Gao Ming was very happy with his father's act of kindness to Hua Rong, and smiled at Hua Rong: "You see, my father has already said that, so please don't restrain yourself from now on."

Hua Rong nodded with a smile, Gao Qiu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Hua Rong, after you have eaten, you escort my Ming'er to the Beijing Miansheng. I have already agreed with Yan Qing that he will pick you up when you go. He led them to meet the officials."

Gao Ming was puzzled and said, "Father, won't you go back to Beijing with me?"

"I have to stay to deal with these Liangshan personnel who recruited security. I'm afraid I will stay in Jeju for two or three days. You are different. You must hurry up." Gao Qiu said to Hua Rong: "Can you take Minger with you on horseback? No Are you tired?"

Hua Rong quickly agreed, "It's a trivial matter."

Although Gao Ming could ride a horse, it was very difficult for him to ride a fast horse overnight, so Hua Rong needed to take him with him.

Gao Qiu believed in Hua Rong's ability, so he took a look at him.

"Father, what are you going to do with Liangshan's troops in Jeju?" Gao Ming said, "They are the only ones recruiting. Don't be too ruthless and make them distrust the government. Otherwise, they might turn around and occupy the top of the mountain for disaster."

"I know all about this." Gao Qiu said: "They recruited An to fill the army, and their current status is that of the imperial court. Naturally, they have to serve the country. Now that the world is not peaceful, it is a good opportunity for them to display their abilities."

Gao Ming guessed, "Could it be Fang La?"

Gao Qiu said with a smile: "No, but the direction you guessed is right. I am going to arrange them to fight Tian Hu, who is a big worry in the court. Of course, only those who can fight can be sent, like Jin Dajian you mentioned, etc. Man, I have my own arrangements."

This Tianhu hunter was born, made friends with robbers, walked the way of Liangshan, occupied land and became king, he was really king, he called himself King Jin.

The palace was built, and the civil and military officials were sealed up.

It was written on the forehead: I rebelled, come and suppress me.

The Song Dynasty was the same as all previous dynasties against those who pretended to be kings and hegemons without authorization. Whoever became the king and who became the emperor would fight first.

The imperial court fulfilled his wish and dispatched officers and soldiers to suppress him, but because of the steep mountains and rivers in the occupied area, the imperial court has been unable to take him down. It happened that Liangshan recruited security, so they decided to let Liangshan try.

After all, they come from the same family background, so fighting poison with fire may have a magical effect.

Gao Ming could guess the mind of the court, no matter whether he wins or loses, it will be regarded as a disaster.

Hua Rong looked at Gao Ming, "But you, the village master, are not here, can those arrogant soldiers obey them?"

Gao Ming raised his eyebrows, cleared his throat, "Yes, there are Song Jiang and Wu Yong, they are also the big bosses of the cottage."

It's just that Wu Yong and Song Jiang lost the prestige in the original book under the blow of his repeated flips.

Gao Qiu said: "Don't worry about these trivial things, it's important that you go back to Tokyo to meet the saint."

"Let me ask one last thing." Gao Ming looked around, "Why didn't I see Shi Qian? Didn't he come?"

"I told him to do another matter, and he will have to wait a few days before he can return to Tokyo." Gao Qiu said, "It's all over, hurry up and prepare to go back to Tokyo, this is the most important thing."

This is true, Gao Ming's most urgent task is to meet the emperor, so he ate with Hua Rong, took a short rest, and then set off to ride a fast horse to the capital overnight.

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Except for a few big leaders, the rest of the people in Liangshan were stationed outside the city.

Gao Ming and Hua Rong walked through another city gate, so these people didn't know.

But after a day, when the Walled Master and his party who entered Jeju City did not come back, some people couldn't help but feel worried, especially the Erlong Mountain and Shaohua Mountain who supported Sun Xiaowu the most.

When Song Jiang, Wu Yong and others came out of Jeju City, but Sun Xiaowu was nowhere to be seen, Shi Jin took the lead and asked, "Where is the village master?"

Song Jiang first picked on the flaws in his words, "Since we have recruited, there will be no village masters, and we will not call them that in the future."

"What about others?" Shi Jin didn't care.

"Yeah, what about people, why can't the Sa family see him?" Lu Zhishen said.

Song Jiangdao: "Prefect Zhang told me that Sun Xiaowu and Huarong have gone to Beijing. We are recruiting in Liangshan, and we have to go to Beijing to face the saint, but there are so many people, and we can't all go. Of course, it is Sun Xiaowu and Huarong. represents."

Obviously disappointed at not being selected.

"Going to Beijing, in such a hurry?" People who cared about Sun Xiaowu could only accept this statement. They wanted to see the emperor, and Zhang Shuye couldn't lie to them.

Wu Yong sighed: "That's right, we just got the news. According to Zhang Zhifu, Taiwei Gao has also come to Jeju, and we need to make further arrangements for our brother's whereabouts."

Hearing the word Gao Qiu, there was a hint of disgust.

But now that they have all recruited security, it doesn't matter whether they are satisfied with Gao Qiu's behavior, the court has to listen to whatever they say.

"Then arrange it, we are all capable, as the village master said, we haven't used our bravery yet." After Shi Jin said, he turned and entered his camp.

Lu Zhishen and others also left one after another.

Song Jiang shook his head in his heart, even without Sun Xiaowu, these people would not listen to him.

He looked up at the sky, alas, he was still very envious of Sun Xiaowu being able to go to Beijing to face the saint.

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Gao Ming and Hua Rong rode on the same horse, and with only a few guards around Gao Lian, they galloped towards Tokyo. They rested a few times on the way, and set off again after simple preparations. When they arrived in Tokyo, Gao Ming felt that his bones It's almost broken.

Fortunately, Yanqing sent someone to meet them at the gate of the city, and took them back to Yanqing's house in Tokyo as soon as they received them.

When they arrived in Tokyo, it was ten o'clock in the noon. Gao Ming took a bath, had a meal, and got up after a nap. Night had already fallen.

Gao Ming thought disappointedly, he might have to wait until tomorrow to face the Holy Spirit, and it would be another day of delay.

Hua Rong comforted Gao Ming, "Don't worry, we won't see Yan Qing when we come here, he must be making arrangements, if we don't see you today, we will definitely see you tomorrow."

Gao Ming said: "I feel that you drove me back quickly, but you haven't bought much time. Your efforts are wasted."

As soon as the words fell, a servant in Yanqing's mansion came to report: "Master is back."

Then Yan Qing pushed the door open and came in, saw Gao Ming and Hua Rong sitting at the table, stared blankly, scanned the two of them with her eyes, and finally said with a smile: "That's right, it's you!"

He walked up quickly and stared at him with a smile.

Yan Qing looked at Hua Rong again, "When I heard that you went to Liangshan, I felt strange. No matter what, you would never turn against the country and become a robber. So you went to Liangshan to save the Yamen."

Gao Ming was afraid that Yan Qing didn't understand it thoroughly enough, and added: "That's right, Huarong became a robber for me. If you can see the emperor, you must make this point clear. There are Qin Ming and Sun Li."

Yan Qing smiled and said: "Speaking of Miansheng, tonight is a good time. Li Shishi has an appointment with the official tonight. The official should have come out of the secret passage in the palace. I will leave for Li Shishi in a while and wait for the official. Commander, you are nearby, when the time comes, I will call you in."

It seems that Yan Qing was doing well when Gao Ming was not in Tokyo. The emperor even took him with him when he went to see Li Shishi, which shows that he already trusted him very much.

Not only he is struggling, but everyone is working hard. Thinking about it this way, it is very inspiring.

Hua Rong said: "Well, we are waiting nearby to hear your news."

Yan Qing looked at Gao Ming and said with a smile: "It's great that you are back, Tokyo can be lively again. When the news of your death came, I could see that the officials were very sorry, and their words were full of reluctance for you. The previous paragraph A few days later, Taiwei Gao brought back news that you were not dead and were trapped in Liangshan, and hoped to recruit security to protect you, and the officials readily agreed, and really wanted to rescue you back."

Gao Ming thought to himself, it seems that those things he did for Zhao Ji were not in vain, "What about Murong Yanze? Does he know that I am still alive?"

"I don't know yet." Yan Qing smiled wryly, "But knowing that you died, I cried very sadly."

Gao Ming laughed and said, "Did you run out of snot from crying?"

Yan Qing smiled and shook her head, "I haven't seen it. Even if there is, you have to hide it behind your back at home, and we can't let us see it."

Gao Ming narrowed his eyes, "Wait, I have to scare him well."

Hua Rong said: "You'd better not do this, people are scary, scary to death."

"I will grasp the scale well." Gao Ming snorted and said with a smile: "Murong Yanze can't escape being scared!"

Yan Qing estimated the time, "I have to go, you should go to Yujie as soon as possible, although there are Yanyue signs on both sides, but there is a shop that says 'Singing and dancing fairy, romantic flower moon', it is Li Shishi You are having tea at the tea house opposite, and I will send someone to notify you when the time comes."

Gao Ming said politely: "Then I'll have to thank Brother Yi."

"Yanei, if you are so disrespectful to Xiaoyi, without your recommendation back then, how could Xiaoyi be where he is today?"

Yan Qing told Hua Rong and Gao Ming not to send them off, and left to go to Li Shishi.

Before Gao Ming left, he looked in the mirror and felt that he was in perfect condition. He looked at Huarong again, seeing his face as beautiful as ever, and praised with a smile: "You are not bad, everything is ready, let's go!"

Gao Ming and Hua Rong went out quietly, followed Yan Qing's instructions, and sat in the tea house opposite Li Shishi's house.

When the lights came on, the teahouse became bustling instead. Suddenly a few tall and mighty men came in, and they knew their skills at a glance.

Gao Ming judged that they should be the emperor's guards, and even if the emperor didn't come, they should be coming soon.

Sure enough, after staying for a while, Yan Qing sent someone to look for them.

A small yellow door approached, bowed and asked in a low voice: "Which one is Ya Nei?"

"Me." Gao Ming said, and the little yellow door smiled and said, "Follow me, the officials are waiting for you."

Gao Ming said to Hua Rong, "Then I'm leaving."

Hua Rong nodded to him and watched Gao Ming leave, but he didn't have the heart to drink tea, so he put down the tea cup and just stared at the street through the window.

Gao Ming entered through the corner door of Li Shishi's house, passed the courtyard, and came to a room in the backyard. There was a mandarin duck lantern hanging at the door, good incense was burning inside the room, and the melodious sound of the piano could be heard vaguely.

At this moment, Yan Qing came out to greet them, winking at them, "Go in." Then she opened the curtain for him.

Gao Ming raised his eyes slightly, and saw a refined man sitting on an armchair, it was Emperor Zhao Ji.

There are food and wine on the table, and there is a woman playing the piano next to her, who must be Li Shishi.

Standing in the dark of the room is a middle-ranking official with a white face and beardless face, it is Quan Eunuch Yang Jian.

Yang Jian is Zhao Ji's favorite eunuch, and Li Shishi was introduced to him by Yang Jian, so every time he comes to Li Shishi's place, he brings Yang Jian with him.

Yang Jian also saw Gao Ming, and was shocked in his heart, Gao Qi's son was not dead, he was really alive and kicking.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly saw Gao Ming covering his mouth and weeping bitterly: "Officials—" Then he fell to the ground, unable to control his grief.

In addition to practicing writing on Liangshan, Gao Ming's biggest improvement is that he has grown a lot from crying.

He looked up, with tears streaming down his face, looking at Zhao Ji excitedly and longingly, "I thought I would never see the official family again in this life—"

It's as exciting as a homeless child who suddenly finds a home.

Zhao Ji is surrounded by cultural people, somewhat reserved, and there are very few people who are as emotional as Gao Ming, so he was suddenly tricked by Gao Ming, and he really had a good impression of Gao Ming, and the other party came back after a narrow escape. Yes, I couldn't help feeling a lot, seeing the other party crying so sadly, I couldn't help but stand up and help Gao Ming, "It's good to come back, I'm here."

Yang Jian thought in surprise, it seems that Gao Ming really suffered a lot, crying so sadly.

Facing the emperor's help, Gao Ming shook his head with tears in his eyes and said, "I'm here to plead guilty today, I can't get up."

Zhao Ji then said: "I know that you were taken captive and went up the mountain. What is your crime? Get up quickly. Even if you have, I will forgive you."

This is what Gao Ming wanted to hear, and he said gratefully, "Thank you, Guan's family—" Then he kowtowed and stood up.

Yang Jian was stunned, no, it's not that simple, you kid must have a plan, and the officials have pardoned you not guilty within a short time.

Yang Jian had a hunch at this time that this was the opening scene, and Gao Ming was probably about to start acting.

After Gao Ming stood up, he wiped his tears with his sleeve, "When I was captured by Liangshan, I kowtowed to the west every day, hoping that the officials would come to save me, and sure enough, I hoped that the minister would come to rescue me and let me return safely."

When it came to recruiting security, Zhao Ji suddenly remembered that Gao Qi had mentioned to him that his son Gao Ming had become the head of the village on the mountain, so he could bring the bandits to recruit security. At first, he was curious about how Gao Ming, a yamen, became the leader of the bandits Yes, but when asked Gao Qiu, Gao Qiu couldn't tell. Now Gao Ming was standing in front of him, which aroused Zhao Ji's curiosity.

"It was you who brought Liangshan's men and horses to summon security?"

"Well, by chance, I took the first position in Liangshan."

"Number one?"

"It means the head of the family. In the next row, each leader has a top position." Gao Ming said: "It's a long story. It starts when I was caught and made hangover soup."

"You, hangover soup?" Zhao Ji's curiosity was burning, because according to Gao Ming, it seemed that he was not going to drink hangover soup, but that he was going to be made into hangover soup.

Everyone has a curiosity-seeking mentality, and the emperor is no exception. Even because he grew up in a deep palace, and his contacts are always spring and snow, he is more interested in these bloody and strange things.

Gao Ming had already told his father once last time, and this time he was very familiar with the explanation to the emperor. Even because of the previous experience, this time he will add and delete in detail and the wording is more accurate.

As the narration progressed, there was no other sound in the room. Even Li Shishi, who was playing the piano, came over, put his hands on the back of Zhao Ji's chair, and listened quietly.

Li Shishi has an elegant demeanor, and there seems to be a stream of autumn water in his eyes, full of affection, but now these beautiful eyes are full of strong interest in what Gao Ming said.

Yang Jian listened and opened his mouth slightly in astonishment. Did this really happen?Or Gao Ming made it up?If it is made up, he can go to write Zaju. If it is true, he must be too lucky and thoughtful.

When talking about Hua Rong's rush to Liangshan in order to find Gao Ming, Zhao Ji couldn't help admiring: "Fa Bai is worthy of being my loyal minister and general, even his son is so loyal."

Hua Bo is Hua Rong's father, who died in battle and sacrificed his life for the country, while his son Hua Rong, a tiger father with no dogs, went deep into the tiger's den in order to save his friends, full of courage.

Even Li Shishi sighed, "This life is enough to have such a close friend."

Hearing this sentence from the side, Yang Jian couldn't help thinking, Gao Ming, a dude, is really lucky to have such a good brother, ah no, he can speak well, I don't know what ecstasy soup he gave Huarong to make it artificial He went through fire and water.

Such a slave art at such a young age should not be underestimated.

"After Huarong went up the mountain, my life will be easier, but the downhill is still far away, but anyone who goes up the mountain can't go down casually. I can't reveal my identity. If I do, people in Liangshan won't kill me. I, but I will use me to call the city gate of Kaizhou Capital, go in and burn, kill and loot, in that case, I might as well be dead, so I can't reveal my identity no matter what, I can only continue to hide." Gao Ming said righteously the way.

Zhao Ji loves to listen to Gao Ming's reason. As an imperial court official, he should have such awareness. He stroked his beard and looked at Gao Ming with satisfaction.

Gao Ming continued: "Then I thought, since I can't go down the mountain, I've come here, as an official of the court, how can I allow these people to do evil, but if I want to lead them, I have to fight for the position of the village master."

Mr. Li had found a chair to sit down and listened, and he still didn't forget to express his personal opinion, "How can you be the village leader if you have no foundation? Will those bandits who kill without blinking an eye convince you?"

Gao Ming put on an appearance of "Don't be impatient, I'll talk about it slowly", and slowly talked about the next thing.

Yang Jian saw that the officials and Li Shishi would eat some fruit on the table from time to time, and it seemed that they really listened to it.

In the part of killing Chao Gai, Gao Ming beautified himself a bit, and did not reveal in front of the emperor that he was good at playing tricks and killing people with a knife.

"I sat in the second position and was looking at how to go further and completely rule the cottage. One night, I had a dream. I dreamed that I was standing in a black cement pool, and there was a stone tower in the middle of the pool. Suddenly A flash of lightning appeared in the sky, and it hit the stone pagoda, and the stone pagoda cracked. At this time, I found that there was a spring under the stone pagoda. It's clear."

Zhao Ji is the Taoist emperor, superstitious in daily life, not only has no doubts about Gao Ming's statement, but sighed: "It can be seen that the stone pagoda must be Chao Gai, the King of Tota in your mouth, who polluted the clear water in Liangshanpo into a pool of black water. After he died, the water became clear again."

Li Shishi smiled and said: "What the officials said is very true. Didn't Gao Zhifu say that General Hua had nicknamed him Xiangyunjian before? The lightning bolt should be him. Instead of Chao Gai, as the owner of the cottage, Make the water clear."

Gao Ming said: "After I woke up, I felt that Chao Gai's life was not long, and his time had come. Sure enough, a few days later, he went down the mountain to Zhujiazhuang to borrow food, and died of a stray arrow. I justifiably took over. Liang Shan became the head of the village and returned to the court with his troops."

Zhao Ji said with a lot of meaning: "It's really a tortuous experience, and it's hard for you."

Gao Ming sniffed his nose, and said with red eyes: "That's why I was so excited when I saw the official family. I really escaped death. I'm not exaggerating. I have thought several times that if I die in a pool of water, Didn't he live up to the cultivation of the official family, and he hasn't served the official family loyally, so he can't just die without knowing why."

Zhao Ji smiled and comforted: "Although you were taken captive to Liangshan, after your hard work, you have recruited all those people and saved the court a lot of troops, especially to send information to Hu Yanzhuo, otherwise, I don’t know how much damage will be caused. That Song Jiang, I heard Cai Jiu said a nursery rhyme about him. It consumes the country for the family, the sword and the water, and the 36 vertical and horizontal. Disorder in Shandong. Without you, I’m afraid they will be with Hebei Tian Hu, Huaixi Wang Qing, and Jiangnan Fangla also became the rebels who caused the disaster. You saved it all by yourself, and I will remember it all."

Gao Ming said in a timely manner: "Can the government write us a letter of pardon? I'm afraid that some people with ulterior motives will use my experience in Liangshan to talk about things in the future. Not only will it be difficult for me, but it will also be difficult for my father." Doing so will also cause Hua Rong, a loyal minister and good general, to suffer injustice in the future."

Gao Qiu also has a lot of face in Zhao Ji's place. Now that he is waiting to see Gao Ming again, he feels that he should explain clearly, "What's so difficult about this, I just write a picture for you."

Li Shishi immediately asked the servant girl to bring the pen and paper, and she spread it out for the emperor herself.

Zhao Ji wrote a letter of pardon to Gao Ming in the thin gold style that he was most satisfied with. Not only Gao Ming's name was written on it, but also Hua Rong's, which was clearly written.

Gao Ming pretended to have sore eyes, and kept wiping them, "When I was in Liangshan, I was grateful for the trust of the officials and let me be the magistrate of Mengzhou. I can't help but miss the officials every day. But the officials are far away. In Tokyo, I was trapped in Liangshan, so I practice one or two from time to time by relying on the vague appearance of your calligraphy in my mind."

Zhao Ji's interest was aroused again, the thin gold body was his original creation, it was difficult to write and practice, his third son Zhao Kai imitated it best, others were not very good at it.

Gao Ming was a playboy before, barely graduated from the Imperial College, he can write his own thin gold body?

"really?"

"How dare the minister deceive the emperor?!" Gao Ming said: "If you don't believe me, your majesty can ask me to write it now, and let's see how loyal I am to your majesty."

Gao Ming secretly changed the concept again, imitating the emperor's thin golden body, which has risen to the height of loyalty.

Gao Ming took a pen in his right hand and dipped it in ink, and grabbed his sleeve with his left hand. He came to the table, took a deep breath, and began to write.

Yan Qing, who had been serving as the background board so as not to interfere with the conversation between the emperor and Gao Ming, stepped forward to watch curiously.

And Yang Jian couldn't hold back even more, thinking that Gao Yanei could still write?It is said that when he was in the Imperial College, he didn't attend serious classes for a few days, and spent all day hanging out with Concubine Murong and his younger brother.

Is it possible that Liangshan is still a training ground, and if you go there, you can improve your calligraphy skills without regressing?

The truth is, it can.

Yang Jian was dumbfounded, and saw Gao Minggong neatly write down four words: Great Exhibition.

Although it is not as good as the official handwriting, it still has a good appearance, and it is enough to show loyalty and flatter.

Yan Qing smiled to Zhao Ji: "Isn't this exactly the four words His Majesty wrote in his own handwriting when he was in the Cuju Zhuqiu competition?"

Yang Jian had forgotten about this matter, but when Yan Qing reminded him, he opened his mouth secretly in surprise when he remembered it. This was indeed the horizontal comment written by the emperor during the Cuju competition.

Gao Ming wrote these four characters in the emperor's thin gold script, which perfectly confirmed what he said just now that he always misses the emperor.

Zhao Ji was taken aback. He didn't expect that Gao Ming, who was in Liangshan, still remembered his inscription. Even the people who were around him all day may not be as caring as Gao Ming, "You will persist in Liangshan. Copy my font?"

Gao Ming nodded and said: "When I'm not around the official family, I keep recalling in my mind the four words that the official family gave me, and I keep telling myself that I must live and return to the official family. I know I can't write well, but I really tried my best."

Did he learn to write Baijia fonts from Xiao Rang for nothing, just for this moment.

Compared with Zhao Ji's original version, his four characters must be inferior, but he is a Gao Yanei with a relatively low starting point, and now he writes well, which is enough to make Zhao Ji look at him with admiration, "I think your writing is very good , I have a bit of my essence, and I know your hard work."

Gao Ming showed a happy appearance recognized by the emperor, "moved" and called the official again.

Zhao Ji looked at Gao Ming, his eyes showed appreciation and pity, the son of his favorite minister, a son of an official, lived in a mountain stronghold full of robbers, suffered hardships, suffered tiredness, and was frightened. Still not forgetting myself in Tokyo, imitating my own fonts.

This loyalty is enough to deeply move even him, the emperor.

Gao Ming's deeds are a bit like Su Wu's shepherd.

Yang Jian was dumbfounded. This Gao Ming had become a magistrate of Mengzhou by pleasing the emperor before. He thought that even if he did not die, he had become estranged from the emperor when he came back this time. If he wanted to regain the emperor's trust and favor, he would have to work for a few more years.

Unexpectedly, within an hour after entering the door, this guy would win over the emperor.

Compared with Gao Ming, he, Yang Jian, was ashamed to say that he was a courtier who flattered and bewitched the Sacred Heart.

The younger generation is terrifying, the younger generation is terrifying.