The Grain Rain is like silk and dust, and the floating wax in the bottle is trying something new.
The peonies have broken calyxes, the cherries are ripe, and the flying flowers are not allowed to diminish the spring.
At the end of March, at the turn of spring and summer, it is the Grain Rain season. At this time, in the Jianghan area, a round of rain suddenly corresponds to the season and begins to advance from south to north. This makes the people who are entrenched in the Xiangzhou area officially become 'rebels' a few days ago.
' Fan Qiong and Fan Baochen finally let go of some of their previous fears, and then had a rare good sleep.
The reason why it is said to be half a time is that the rain gradually began to mix with a little thunder. Although it was not harsh, it was enough to wake up Fan Qiong, who was sleeping in armor. After waking up, there was endless
He felt hesitant and blank, and then he couldn't remember a past event that kept repeating in his dream. It was that past event that made him suddenly wake up with palpitations, and then became unconscious and unbearable.
To be fair, Fan Qiong, who was lying on the couch at the back of Xiangzhou Prefecture and looking thoughtfully at the dripping rain outside the window, couldn't figure out why he suddenly behaved like that.
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You must know that during the Jingkang Rebellion, he set out from Jingdong with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and was the first of King Qin's troops to arrive at the gates of Tokyo. He was regarded as a hero at the time, and King Qin's actions were indeed true.
The superiors forced the Jin to retreat, and the so-called three towns of Taiyuan were exchanged for the Jin to withdraw their troops...
Of course, what followed was the complete collapse of the Battle of Taiyuan, the departure and return of the Jin people, and the death and complete decadence of countless famous generals.
Logically speaking, if there was a real change and a complete disappointment in the Song Dynasty, this should be what happened here.
But at this moment, Fan Qiong was lying on his bed looking at the rain, recalling carefully, but found that he did not seem to be completely shaken at that stage like others, because immediately after he served as the inspector of the four walls of the capital, he became the de facto capital.
Guard chief. And this appointment was enough to make him, who still had tens of thousands of elite soldiers in his hands at that time, overjoyed... His strength was not lost, he was promoted and made a fortune, and he became the only force that the new official relied on at that time. His future was so bright, how could he waver?
Woolen cloth?
In fact, if I remember correctly, after this incident, he also sought opportunities many times during the second siege, took the initiative to attack, and was not afraid of fighting the Jin people. No matter how many soldiers died in the battle, he was defeated by the Jin cavalry.
No matter how many times, he was never discouraged.
Even if you die at that time, you can go down in the history books, right?
However, just when he thought of this, Fan Qiong suddenly discovered a memory point that he wanted to escape as much as possible, but was insurmountable:
Let's talk about that time when the Jin people took advantage of the ice in winter to attack Xuanhuamen. He personally took his most elite thousand soldiers and horses, preparing to go in the opposite direction. He also crossed the river on the solid winter ice to attack the Jin people.
. As a result, when the Jin people walked back and forth, the ice on the river remained as solid as usual, but when the Song army walked up, the ice cracked directly in the middle of the team, and 500 of the 1,000 people were suddenly wiped out.
It seems that from then on, the entire city defense army lost the last trace of courage. Fan Baochen also believed in his heart that the destiny of the Song Dynasty had been lost, and began to give up on himself. He also had inexplicable expectations for the situation after the Song Dynasty... Otherwise, he would not have it later.
As for treating Zhang Bangchang as a man with a destiny, and then doing things that would make him irreversible!
Linjin people are not willing to fight, and they are arrogant and domineering. The stated intentions of the Nanyang official a few days ago are all false. Fan Qiong has long identified the reason why the Nanyang Zhao official wanted to kill him - he was killed by Yuanzong (Song Qinzong).
After being detained by the Jin people, he was assigned by the Jin people to return to the city and publicly escort the Emperor, Taishang Daojun, civil and military officials, harem concubines, and clan nobles out of the city, suppressing and blocking the people along the way!
In this matter, when there were no soldiers but he had a lot of troops, the officials and Li Gang made a promise to let it go. But now that the situation has improved, the officials actually withstood the Jin people's raids, so they simply broke their promises and got rich.
I have to deal with myself again.
However, now that things have happened, it is unnecessary to think about these things. Fan Qiong can only lament that he did not realize that the man in Nanyang had such courage and strength to maintain the situation to this point, so much so that he regretted not leaving
Surrendering the Jin people in the north... I can only say that this official family is so tolerant and so ruthless. Compared with the two saints in Tokyo in the past, he simply does not look like a descendant of the Zhao family!
"Daddy!"
A clear shout suddenly sounded, which startled Fan Qiong, and then he directly grasped the handle of the knife in his hand. He was relieved when he saw that it was his own daughter Xiu Niang walking towards him holding an oil lamp.
"Dad, there are too many mosquitoes. Can we burn some realgar powder (the Song Dynasty version of mosquito repellent incense, made from realgar and dried duckweed)?" Fan Xiuniang, who is only 16 years old this year, was shocked when she saw her father raising the knife, but she was still careful.
He walked around and asked.
"It doesn't have to be like this." Fan Qiong shook his head repeatedly. "That thing will burn too much and make you dizzy. Now is the critical moment. You can't order that. Don't give it to me without permission..."
"Yes." Fan Xiuniang put down the oil lamp and answered carefully.
"What time has it been?" Fan Qiong looked at the oil lamp and finally recovered from his previous sleep.
"It's only half of the afternoon, but the clouds are too thick outside, so it's dark." Fan Xiuniang whispered to her, then came closer and continued to ask. "Dad, it's been three days, do you want to take off your armor and change into clean clothes? Daughter.
Did you also take the opportunity to wipe the lower nail leaves for daddy?"
Under the light, Fan Qiong, who almost smelled rancid and seemed to have a hint of blood, looked at his daughter's big black eyes without any impurities, was slightly startled, and almost agreed.
But in the end, this person still chose to shake his head: "Not only the officials in Nanyang, but now there are also people in the city who want to kill our family. Your father and I cannot relax for a moment!"
Fan Xiuniang lowered her head and said nothing, then turned back and went out. She brought a basin of hot water and a face towel, lowered her head and twisted them up, preparing to wipe her father's face and neck.
And Fan Qiong looked at his daughter's white forehead and clean temples that flashed across her body when she leaned over, and he sighed in his heart. He thought that back in the north, he had watched Zhao Guan's family looking for Huanyi Niang everywhere, and he had felt disdain in his heart. But a few days ago, that official
When his family was born in Nanyang, he had already felt that a disaster was imminent, but he had thought of sending his daughter there in exchange for a life, but with just a moment of hesitation, he ruined his last chance.
"Daddy?" After a moment of pause, Fan Xiuniang, holding a hot towel, carefully broke the silence.
Fan Qiong came to his senses again, took the hot towel and wiped it himself, sighing while wiping it.
"Dad." Fan Xiuniang looked at her father and couldn't help but repeat the question that was destined to have the same answer. "The official family must die for dad, so what should we do?"
"You can't die!" Fan Qiong finished wiping his face, threw the gray-stained face towel into the basin, and then repeated the answer he had said countless times. "As long as we can hold on for half a year, the Jin people will surely send out their army."
Come to Nanyang, your father and I will be here very soon!"
Fan Xiuniang looked hesitant while twisting up the hot towel again, as if she was hesitant to speak.
"What else do you want to say?" Fan Qiong held his own sword and narrowed his eyes slightly. "Could it be that those little girls in your backyard are inciting you to come and persuade me to plead guilty? Could it be that you have forgotten how the last one died?
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Hearing the last sentence, Fan Xiuniang was instinctively startled when she remembered the scene a few days ago, and then her face turned pale. She quickly grabbed the face towel and shook her head: "Ms. Zhang is right, but she didn't ask me to persuade dad to go to Nanyang."
She surrendered herself, but she heard that this official was as lustful as life, and her father wanted to sacrifice his daughter to him a few days ago... The daughter wanted to say that she was willing to share her father's worries."
Fan Qiong's expression softened, but he shook his head again: "It's too late!"
After saying that, this former loyal minister of the Song Dynasty, who now didn't know what kind of man he had become, stood up directly with his knife in hand, and went out without even looking at his daughter.
Not to mention how Fan Xiuniang was worried about her father, she only said that Fan Qiong walked out of the back room and walked along the corridor into the front yard, where she met several confidant tooth soldiers waiting here.
"How?" Fan Qiong came to the steps. He no longer tried to be polite in front of his daughter, but responded sternly.
In the rain, the leader of the preparations knelt down and returned to his life: "Captain, I know that the city wall is too wide, and our manpower is too small. What we encountered today was a team of Zuo Army with a general.
A whole group of people escaped, but they only had time to capture seven or eight people!"
"waste!"
Fan Qiong was so angry that he opened his mouth to yell and curse, and even wanted to draw a knife to chop. However, as soon as he got angry, he found a sore in his mouth. He had been fine talking to his daughter in a low voice before, but now he opened the wound with all his strength and cursed.
So painful that it becomes unbearable.
However, since the man did not touch the knife, he still held his cheek and continued to yell and curse: "Han Li, the commander of the Zuo Army, is a waste. He actually made the whole team have different ideas. I think he also has different ideas! And so do you.
Trash, why did you only arrest seven or eight people? Could it be that you have half-hearted intentions?!"
The tooth soldiers had no choice but to look at each other and kneel down together in the rain to face each other.
Fan Qiong cursed and felt the pain in his mouth was really severe. In the end, he could only sit on the porch holding his cheek. It took a long time to regain his strength. But at this time, he was filled with panic, fear, anger, violence, and all kinds of emotions.
It is simply difficult to calm down and even becomes more intense.
"Are they all captured alive?" Fan Baochen, who seemed to have calmed down after a moment's pause, suddenly spoke.
"Naturally." Will, who was too wet in the rain, responded carefully.
"Then send the order, let the military commanders above, as well as the Chinese army directly under my direct command, prepare to bring them all to the lobby of the state capital!" Fan Qiong's eyes were red, but his tone was unexpectedly light. "As before, I want to explain the canonical punishment.
, let them all come to watch the execution!"
The tooth soldiers looked at each other and had nothing to say, but they quickly fled out in the rain.
Er, in Xiangyang City, which had already been crowded into a large military camp, among Fan Qiong's core 10,000 troops, the left army controlled Han Li's department, the right army controlled Wang Jun's department, and the directly affiliated Chinese army departments all received the message... but each of them also
I'm used to it, because this kind of thing has been going on for three days.
The only thing I have to say is that the left army is controlling Han Li, so I have to worry a little more this time.
Relatively speaking, Wang Jun, the commander of the right army, Fan Qiong's confidant who had two front teeth shot out by the Jin in Jingkang, was naturally a little more casual.
After receiving the order, the famous open-mouthed commander had people stuff money and drinks into the teeth soldiers as usual, and then took a few soldiers to the backyard of his residence to change clothes... According to Fan Qiong's rules these days
, everyone can bring bodyguards to see him in the state capital, but except for his tooth soldiers, no one is allowed to wear them.
"Scholar Lin!"
Entering a tightly guarded and brightly lit rear house, the toothless Wang Jun immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the ground. "Scholar Lin, I will be bold. Please change into coarse clothes and follow me to the state capital."
……"and
The person who was reading on the couch with a candle was naturally the indomitable Bachelor Xiaolin who was determined to do something for the official family. Hearing this, he casually glanced at the ground and frowned:
"Wang Tongzhi, the official decree was only sent six days ago. As a result, five days ago you asked your concubine's father to find Li Gong outside the city and asked him to set up a line to find someone from Nanyang Mansion. And I must be a dignified scholar. The so-called official
A close confidant of the family and the minister of internal control, he took the risk to see you just because he saw you as one of the best generals under Fan Qiong's command. However, you have been pushing back and forth for three days in a row. Do you think Fan Qiong still has a chance to survive now? You can really do this.
Go on half-heartedly?”
"Bachelor!" Wang Jun kowtowed again, but he raised his head and told him sincerely with an open mouth. "I really am not half-hearted. I also know that Fan Taiwei's visit will probably not have a good result, but Fan Taiwei really has some feelings for me.
The gift of acquaintance... I remember that in Tokyo during the Jingkang period, when my front teeth were shot out, I was just a deputy chief of the district. In two years, I became a commander, in charge of three thousand of the most elite troops... During this time,
How can I do it?"
Academician Xiao Lin sneered: "Then why are you still here kneeling down to talk to me? Didn't you just repay his kindness by tying me up to your family, Taiwei Fan?"
Wang Jun kowtowed again: "Isn't this what I also know about loyalty? Loyalty to the official family and righteousness to the lieutenant. This is exactly the dilemma of loyalty and righteousness in the world. I remember when I was in Dongping Mansion, with Zhang Rong and Lieutenant Zhang.
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"If you hadn't said the word Zhang Rong, how could I have followed you into the city?!" Academician Xiao Lin threw down the book, but finally became furious. "Why do you think you can let me come to see you?! Zhang Rong must be
The governor of Dongping Prefecture, what are you doing here to fool me over and over again?!"
"Bachelor!" Wang Jun kowtowed again, and then kept talking. "I also know that no one believes such nonsense, but I am really in trouble...and today I ask you, old man, to accompany me to the state capital.
I want you to see my difficulties with your own eyes!"
Seeing the sincerity of what the other party said, Academician Xiao Lin hesitated again.
"Bachelor, don't worry, old man, the officers in our army are all from Jingdong, and no one below, including Captain Fan, recognizes you." Wang Jun hurriedly struck while the iron was hot. "And it rained non-stop today, and the sky was dark, it was just like night.
The bachelor, please feel sorry for yourself, put some yellow powder on your face, and pretend to be my attendant, there is absolutely no danger..."
Let's say that Academician Xiao Lin has been here for several days and has been hung up by Wang Jun, almost like a house arrest. However, he is also upset and angry. He wants to see the shape of the place so that he can prescribe the right medicine, but he hesitates for a moment, and then slowly nods.
In this way, according to Wang Jun's arrangement, Bachelor Xiao Lin wore a set of inconspicuous clothes, painted his face yellow, and then took advantage of the continuous rain and thick clouds to go to the state capital of Xiangyang City.
Of course, with Wang Jun, the most popular person in the city, in front of him, the trip would go smoothly. Soon after arriving there, Academician Xiao Lin understood the reason for this gathering from the conversations between these people.
After Fan Qiong ordered the city to be closed down three days ago, people who escaped were publicly executed for three consecutive days, and today it rained, so they actually wanted to kill people in the government hall.
At this time, Academician Xiao Lin saw that all the officers under Fan Qiong's command had reached this point, and he understood Wang Jun's "painstaking efforts". He knew that this toothless man wanted to tell him that although the name of Zhao Guan's family was effective, the overall situation did not matter to everyone.
I understand, but Fan Qiong has accumulated power for many years and used such brutal methods, so no one dared to take the lead for a while.
In addition, there must be the intention of killing people to scare themselves.
However, to be fair, although Lin Jingmo was once ridiculed as "cute" by Han Shizhong, it was because he was not good at riding horses and was not the same as his other courage. Moreover, he himself had been on the battlefield, so why should he be afraid of so-called "cute"?
What about execution for murder?
And while Academician Xiao Lin was thinking wildly, a group of officers in silk uniforms in the hall were saying dirty words to each other, and heard a harsh sound of beetle leaves rubbing against each other from behind, and the people in the hall were instantly frightened.
, and then quickly took their seats.
However, Wang Jun was a well-behaved person after all. With just a slight gesture, three other attendants covered Academician Xiaolin behind him, allowing the latter to calmly hide in the shadows against the wall.
On the other side, Fan Qiong, who was wearing armor, covered his face and came up without saying a word, but he signaled the tooth soldiers to take action quickly. As the tooth soldiers brought some belongings and escapees into the hall and began to prepare, Han
Li, everyone below Wang Jun became confused again.
Because, under the eyes of everyone, the tooth soldiers did not simply tie up the fleeing people, but first dug out the green bricks in the hall, then poured water and dug out the soil, and directly wedged a ten-foot-long wooden stake firmly in
On the ground, braziers were placed on all sides, and then one of the fugitive soldiers was tied up... This gesture doesn't look like a serious beheading, does it?
Could it be that we have to dig deep into our hearts and souls to make a hangover soup?!
"Beheading all day long is so boring!" Fan Qiong suddenly said, holding his cheek while the whole room was filled with doubts and fears. "It's raining today, so it's a good time to change the pattern! Behead the rest first!"
Following Fan Qiong's words, several escaped soldiers who had not been put on the rack were instantly held down by the heavily armed tooth soldiers, and then their heads were beheaded by the tooth soldiers one after another while shouting and struggling, but Academician Xiaolin was not frightened.
"The last one is the fattest one..." After the others were finished killing, the tied fugitive cursed a few times and then shivered and became incontinent. He gradually became silent. In the silence of the whole hall, Fan Qiong finally held his face in the sound of rain.
He continued to speak casually, "Let's have sex with me!"
As soon as the words came out, not to mention Bachelor Xiaolin, all the officers in the hall, including Han Li and below, became cold all over.
ps: I can’t sleep, so I’ll send it out in advance tonight. Good night everyone.