Huang Qun did not go home directly. He sent the carriage home and rented an ox cart to go to an inn. He quickly walked into the inn and knocked on a room on the second floor. Inside was a young woman. Behind her
There is also a boy of eleven or twelve years old.
"Master, you are finally here!" the young woman said in surprise.
She quickly turned back to the boy and said, "Xin'er, call daddy!"
The boy bowed and saluted, "See you, daddy!"
Huang Qun felt sour in his heart. This was his biological son, with his blood flowing through him, and he was thousands of times better than that bastard full of evil.
He touched his son's head, took out a slip from his bag, and handed it to the young woman, "This is the boat rental slip. I have arranged it for you. You can quickly go to the Sihai Boat Shop at the dock to find Mr. Yu. He will arrange it."
A passenger ship will take you two to Chengdu."
The young woman said in fear: "Master, why are we going to Chengdu?"
"You go and run for your lives. My teahouse is being targeted. They won't let me go. I have to make arrangements for you."
"Aren't you coming with us?"
Huang Qun smiled bitterly and said: "I want to escape too, but I can't go with you. I will be wanted. If I am caught, my family of three will be dead. I will escape to Lingnan first and avoid the limelight for a year before I come back to Chengdu to find him."
You two, do you understand?"
The young woman nodded, "I understand!"
Huang Qun put another package on the table, "There is one hundred taels of silver in it to help you with your travel expenses."
He took out a large envelope and handed it to the young woman, "Keep this close to your body!"
"What's this?"
"This is the deed of a house. The owner is our son's name. There is also a counter ticket and half a jade pendant. With these two tokens, you can withdraw 20,000 yuan from Baoji Cabinet in Chengdu. This is what I have saved for many years.
The Xiang family doesn’t know about the secret wealth.”
The family held each other's hands and cried. Huang Qun wiped away his tears and said, "I'm leaving through the back door. You should pack up and leave!"
Huang Qun gritted his teeth and left cruelly...
That night, wanted notices were posted at various city gates for the kidnapping and murder suspect Huang Qun. Anyone who provided clues would be rewarded 50 guan, and anyone who caught Huang Qun would be rewarded 500 guan. For a time, all bounty hunters in Lin'an City
After hearing the news, they all made inquiries to find the whereabouts of Huang Qun.
It wasn't until several months later that Huang Qun was not caught, and the Huangjianzui Teahouse was completely annexed by Wei Tong. Xiang Jia, who had been trying to seize the teahouse, failed and got nothing. As for Xiang Xiaoyi, who had been missing for several months.
It was also gradually forgotten.
...........
Just the day before the wedding, Emperor Zhao Gou formally summoned Chen Qing.
Chen Qing came to the palace wearing an authentic military attache's court uniform. After waiting for a while on the steps of the square, a eunuch hurriedly walked out of the hall.
"Chen Dutong, the officials have summoned me, please come with me!"
"Thank you!"
Chen Qing followed the eunuch and walked into the main hall.
After waiting for a while in front of the imperial study room, I saw a group of princes coming from outside. The leader was Qin Hui. He went straight into the imperial study room as if he had not seen Chen Qing.
Zhang Jun smiled and nodded to Chen Qing, and then went in. Then Zhao Ding stepped forward and whispered with a smile: "Congratulations to the Duke!"
"Thank you sir!"
Li Hui also nodded to Chen Qing and walked in. After waiting for a while, the eunuch came out and said, "Chen Dutong, please come in!"
Chen Qing tidied up his clothes and walked quickly into the imperial study. The imperial study was divided into two rooms: an inner one and an inner one. The outer room was the waiting area. Four ministers and bachelors Xu Xiantu and Liu Jin were all waiting in the outer room. They came to witness Chen Qing's title as Duke.
Chen Qing followed the eunuch directly into the inner room, and saw Emperor Zhao Gou's face full of spring breeze, and he seemed to be in a very good mood.
Zhao Gou was indeed in a good mood. It took him more than a month to control Yue Fei and completely wipe out the Lingnan bandit Cao Cheng. Cao Cheng was captured and more than 100,000 bandits surrendered.
The pacification of Cao Cheng meant that all the bandits south of the Yangtze River had been put down. The Song Dynasty would enter a period of overall stability, and then continue to recuperate and increase the world's wealth to the level of the Xuanhe period as soon as possible.
Just like the body's serious illness has been cured, although the external illness is still serious, at least the pain in the body is gone. The body is still relatively weak, but it has begun to recover, and Zhao Gou is certainly in a good mood.
Chen Qing stepped forward and bowed in salute, "Chen Qing, a humble official, sees your majesty!"
"Chen Dutong, we haven't seen you for a long time, please sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
A eunuch brought a soft stool and Chen Qing sat down.
Zhao Gou said with a smile: "Yesterday the weapons supervisor praised Chen Dutong to me, saying that Chen Dutong's firearms are very practical and sharp, and are a great weapon against Jin soldiers. Should Chen Dutong have used them in actual combat?"
Chen Qing nodded, "Report to your majesty, the Weichen is mainly used to defend the city. The gunpowder barrel itself is not very powerful. It can kill two or three people if thrown into the crowd, but its power is the poison-quenched iron nails filled inside.
Once the poisonous nails are scattered, dozens of people around will be injured, and within a quarter of an hour at most, the injured person will lose their combat effectiveness. Although the poisonous nails are not very toxic, they are very troublesome and they will not be able to carry a weight of ten kilograms for a few years.
, we can only take care of ourselves and recover slowly.”
Zhao Gou suddenly realized, stroked his beard and smiled: "I understand, with these firearms, we can sit back and relax when defending the city in Jiangnan!"
Chen Qing smiled and did not answer. There were some things that he could not say. Once the enemy threw the gunpowder barrel onto the city, the Song army would also suffer heavy casualties.
Zhao Gou did not mention whether he wanted to reward Chen Qing at all. He changed the subject and took out a thick booklet from the drawer, "This is the detailed battle report of Li Gang, the governor of Huguang. He almost gives all the credit to you, which shows that
His great love for you."
Chen Qing smiled lightly, "If you give me all the credit, others won't be convinced!"
There was an imperceptible doubt in Zhao Gou's tone, but Chen Qing's response was neither soft nor hard. If he gave all the credit to me, how could he explain it to others?
Zhao Gou raised his head and glanced at Chen Qing. He suddenly had a feeling that he had only appointed Chen Qing as his commander two years ago. At that time, he was still a bit immature and a bit shy. However, after not seeing each other for just two years, he had actually matured.
So fast?
Zhao Gou smiled again and said: "Although you have a lot of credit, we have agreed that I will not reward you this time. I will add your credit to the generals under your command. On the basis of the normal reward, each general above you will receive an additional reward."
For the first-level official rank, your pension for fallen soldiers will be doubled. I have already issued an order to the Privy Council."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding of Wei Chen!"
"Then it's your title, sir, please come in."
Four princes and two academicians filed in and stood on both sides.
Zhao Gou took out a red silk seal box, the lid had been opened, and inside was a turtle-button gold seal.
Zhao Gou solemnly said: "The governor of the capital, Yue, and the governor of Hubei town, knew about Chen Qing's affairs in Yuezhou, wiped out the Dongting water thief Yang Yao, and made great contributions to the peace of the country. In accordance with my promise to the world, I officially canonized Chen Qing as the Duke of Jing State.
Kudos to this!"
After speaking, Zhao Gou picked up the red silk seal box and handed it to Chen Qing solemnly.
Chen Qing hurriedly knelt down and took it, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you for the title, Your Majesty, for your kindness. I will bear it in my heart. I will make it my lifelong ambition to serve the country, expel the Tartars, and restore our Han family!"
"well said!"
Zhao Gou sat down in front of the imperial court again and asked with a smile: "The water thieves in Dongting have been put down. The next step is to restore people's livelihood. Your army has completed its mission. I wonder what your next ambition is?"
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Weichen's soldiers are all descendants of Shaanxi. Weichen hopes to return to the bitter cold land in the northwest to continue to fight against the Jin Dynasty and defend Sichuan and Shaanxi!"
Qin Hui winked at Zhao Gou, hoping that Zhao Gou would take this opportunity to announce his decision two days ago and let Chen Qing go to Guangnan West Road to quell the Nanman rebellion.
At this time, Zhang Jun stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the situation in Sichuan and Shaanxi is probably not very good. I suggest that Chen Dutong lead the army back to Sichuan and Shaanxi to reverse the situation in Sichuan and Shaanxi."
"Is there any bad news from Sichuan and Shaanxi?" Zhao Gou asked with a frown.
Li Hui took a step forward and said: "Wei Chen has just received a message from Fei Ge from the Xuanfu Division Office of Sichuan and Shaanxi Province, commanding Fu Xuan to surrender to the Jin soldiers. Hechi County has been lost, and Dashan Pass is facing a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides!"
"Clang!"
The tea cup in Zhao Gou's hand fell to the ground.