Carrying the Sword into the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 49: Wan Jun will return
A few days later, in Liangzhou City, in the prefect's mansion. Liangzhou Prefect Xu Kang'an was busy dealing with matters at Liuzhuang. It would be fine if it were normal matters, but it happened to be Liuzhuang.
The fire in Liuzhuang burned for three days and three nights. The fire was so powerful that no one could extinguish it. Liuzhuang, a land of hundreds of hectares, was reduced to ashes. After the fire was extinguished, Xu Kangan, the prefect of Liangzhou, personally led people to Liuzhuang to search for Liuzhuang. , in the end no one in the village was spared.
"After the fire in Liuzhuang was extinguished, there were more than a hundred corpses with unrecognizable faces. Judging from the remaining clothes, the owner of the village Liu Piaopiao, his wife Liu Gaoshi, his son Liu Yi and hundreds of people in the village were all killed."
Looking at the report in front of him, Xu Kangan's head was buzzing. If there was a normal fire, he could use the winter weather to deal with it. This Liuzhuang accidentally caused the fire with fire and many other reasons. And Mrs. Liu of Liuzhuang is today's The biological sister of Gao Lian, the magistrate of Langzhou.
Others don't know, but I know that this Gao Lian is a popular figure in front of Fan Mou, the Prime Minister of Qi Yun. If he offends him, his career has come to an end. Over the years, he has done a lot for Liuzhuang in Liangzhou. He turned a blind eye to his evil deeds and even covered them up, just so that Gao Lian could put in a good word for him in front of Prime Minister Fan.
It was a good thing, this noble sister died in the fire, and the Liuzhuang was burned down with the fire. Xu Kangan felt that his career was also wiped out with the fire at Liuzhuang.
Just when Xu Kangan was in a panic, the clerk outside the door came to report that a handwritten letter from Gaozhizhou of Langzhou had arrived. After hearing this, Xu Kangan picked up his official robe and trotted all the way outside the prefecture to personally greet the messenger from Gaozhizhou.
Seeing that the messenger ignored him and went straight into the prefect's mansion. Being treated like this by a servant who delivered the message, Xu Kang'an did not get angry, but he followed the messenger into the mansion with his official robe and his obedience.
When the messenger made a grand stop in the main hall, Xu Kang'an stood aside and dismissed everyone. The messenger raised his head and said: "Master Xu, my master learned about the incident in Liuzhuang and was very sad."
When Xu Kangan heard this, he trembled all over. The more painful Gao Lian showed, the greater the impact this matter would have on him. He quickly said: "The official has sent someone to investigate the matter carefully, and Gao Lian will definitely be informed." Sir, please explain."
When the messenger saw the letter in his arms and handed it to Xu Kang'an, he said: "Master Xu, my master wrote a letter with his own hand and ordered me to deliver it to you in person. Just take a look."
Xu Kang'an hurriedly took the letter with both hands, clasped his fists towards the messenger and said, "Thank you for your hard work all the way, Mr. Messenger. Xu has prepared food and wine to support Mr. Courier."
The messenger waved his hand and said: "No, I have to go back and report my life to the master." After saying that, he went straight out, mounted his horse, and left regardless of Xu Kang'an's efforts to stay.
Xu Kangan was a man of promise by nature. The hand holding the letter kept shaking. He staggered to the chair and sat down. After a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind and opened the letter tremblingly.
"My brother Kang'an, I have heard about my sister. We have been dependent on each other since I was young. Now my sister died tragically, and my heart is broken. My brother only wishes that my sister will be buried in peace as soon as possible. Brother, Lian, Minggan. "
After reading the letter, Xu Kang'an didn't come back to his senses for a long time. He sat blankly on the imperial chair with the letter in his hand. It wasn't until a servant came to report that there was official business in the yamen that Xu Kang'an came back to his senses. He couldn't believe his eyes. Xu Kangan read the letter back and forth several times, and carefully checked Gao Lian's seal, and then confirmed that the letter was written by Gao Lian.
In this letter, there was no mention of a strict investigation into the murder case of Liu and his wife. Xu Kangan, who has known Gao Lian for many years, would never give up the murderer who burned Liuzhuang so easily, and Gao Lian's letter
The phrase "bury them in peace as soon as possible" means burying all the corpses in Liuzhuang as soon as possible. If you do this, it will be impossible to investigate the case through the corpses in the future.
Xu Kangan fell into deep thought as to why Mr. Gao would give up the Liuzhuang case so easily. Even if Xu Kangan was a fool, he still thought of this matter and did not place an additional order. With the mentality of doing more than doing less, Xu Kangan decided to pay attention and follow the instructions
Gao Lian's letter means to deal with this matter.
"Come here, prepare the sedan." Xu Kangan ordered.
Inside the yamen, a majestic military general wearing armor was standing in the hall. This military general wore brass dragon scale armor, a skirt and a trousers, with a brass tiger-shaped belly for his belly, and a jade belt wrapped with tiger skin to protect his waist.
Two copper sheets are stacked to form a cloud-shaped shoulder thorn attached to the mantle. He wears a tiger-swallowing-the-sky red tassel bag on his head, and a tiger-swallowing sword hangs from his waistline.
The general closed his eyes and said nothing, as if waiting for the governor of Liangzhou.
Not long after, Xu Kangan held Wu Sha in his hand and ran into the Yamen. When he saw the general, he knelt down and said, "Xu Kangan, the prefect of Liangzhou, has met the deputy commander."
The general opened his eyes, saw Xu Kang'an, and immediately said, "Under the command of General Wan, the last commander of the Northern Territory Command, Yang Huchen, the deputy commander, has been ordered by General Wan and has come here to deliver the order."
Wan Jun was the general who commanded the army in the northern border of Qi Yun, commanding the soldiers and horses of the northern states. Qi Yun established the country with force. Although many years after the founding of the country, the official style in the court gradually became more civilized than military. However, Wan Jun was like a prince in the northern border, only
Under the emperor's order, all civil servants and military officers in the northern counties were under his control.
Xu Kang'an changed his duties, kowtowed and said, "I don't know what the general's military orders are, but I will do my best to handle them."
Yang Huchen's majestic voice spread throughout the prefect's Yamen: "The general has been stationed in Yanbei City for many years, and the New Year's Day is approaching. Recently, the general's mother received a letter from his family, missing the general deeply, so the general reported to the court, and the emperor also agreed to the general's request.
Returning to my hometown to visit relatives.”
After a pause, Yang Huchen continued: "The general loves the people as his own son, and does not want to alarm the people, nor do he want the state governments to be extravagant, so he ordered me to pass the order first, and the state capitals are not allowed to use extravagant greeting etiquette, let alone let the people go out of the city to welcome them.
"
Xu Kangan hurriedly saluted and said: "I will accept your order."
After standing up, Xu Kang'an bowed and saluted Yang Huchen and said: "Commander Yang, the general is my pillar of Qiyun. I just don't want to disturb the people. But this Jiefeng, other states aside, we in Liangzhou are all looking forward to the return of the general."
Home, please command the envoy to report back to the general, can I, Liangzhou City, help the general to wash away his dust?"
After Xu Kangan came to this Liangzhou city as an official, he knew that Wan Jun was from Liangzhou. However, he suffered from the fact that Wan Jun had guarded Yanbei City for many years and never returned to his hometown to visit his relatives. This time he finally waited until Wan Jun returned to his hometown. If he could
Climbing onto the lap of Wan Jun, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Territory, he would have a promising career in the future, so he asked Yang Huchen to test whether he would accept the opportunity.
Unexpectedly, Yang Huchen's eyes widened. He had only obeyed military orders for many years in the army, but he didn't know the favor of the officialdom. He shouted: "Military orders are military orders. I just said it before. You must not greet the wind with extravagant etiquette, and you must not disturb the people to greet them. Mr. Xu has not yet
Do you understand?"
The black gauze on his head was almost frightened by Yang Huchen's roar. After straightening the black gauze, Xu Kang'an said tremblingly: "I understand, I will accept my order."
Yang Huchen nodded slightly, and seeing the Liangzhou prefect accepting the order, he said, "Since Mr. Xu knows the general's intention, the general will return to Yanbei City to resume his duties."
Through Yang Huchen's gesture of delivering orders, Xu Kang'an knew that the Commander-in-Chief was not a stickler for officialdom, so he saluted and said, "Best congratulations, Commander-in-Chief."
Xu Kang'an accompanied Yang Huchen to the outside of the Yamen. Yang Huchen took the whip from the Yamen servant, got on his horse and bowed his hands to Xu Kang'an with a military salute and said: "General, I will go back and resume my orders right away. I also ask Governor Xu to remember the general's military orders."
Xu Kangan hurriedly put on a smile and said in reply: "I will naturally remember this, and please give me the command to reassure you."
Yang Huchen didn't wait any longer, grabbed the horse's belly and headed out of the city.
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The people in the city had not seen armored soldiers riding horses in the city for many years, and they all looked curiously at the smoke and dust as Yang Huchen left the city.
"My dear, how many years have we seen soldiers riding horses in the city in Liangzhou?" an old man selling vegetables on the roadside asked the old woman beside him.
"I don't remember, but thanks to the 'Wugui General' back then, otherwise our Liangzhou city would have been massacred by the Northern Jin Dynasty." The old woman said with a smile.
"Speaking of this 'General without Return', my father, the 'Immortal' under him saved all the people in our city back then." The old man said with a smile.
"Uncle and aunt, your two elders said that there was an 'immortal' who saved the whole city back then?" A girl in green clothes passed by the vegetable stall where two old men were selling vegetables. She heard the two old men talking about the 'immortal' and Biyi was attracted.
The girl crouched down and asked the two old men.
The old woman saw the girl's pretty face with crescent eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes. The old woman's face was full of wrinkles, and she smiled and said: "Little girl, you look like an outsider at first glance. We are in Liangzhou, so you can tell.
There are so many stories. During the war between Qi and Jin, the soldiers and horses of the Jin State fought all the way outside Liangzhou City."
The girl in green clothes couldn't help but become interested when she heard the old woman talking about the past events in Liangzhou. She didn't mind the loose soil on the ground. She hurriedly bent over and sat next to the old woman. Qingling said: "Auntie, I just love hearing these stories. Can you
Tell me in detail?"
The old woman saw that the girl looked cute, but she didn't mind that the old couple were hawkers. She smiled and said to the girl, "Baby, judging from your clothes and words, you must be the daughter of a rich family who sneaked out to play. If you don't mind,
, then I will tell the girl."
Seeing that her old man wanted to come over and listen to the story, the old woman patted the old man with her hand and said, "You haven't heard enough yet. Go and sell vegetables."
The old man received a slap from the old woman and said with a smile: "Didn't I marry you just because I wanted to hear your stories? Why, now that I'm old, I don't want to tell them to me. I don't know who was crying back then.
You just wanted to tell me..." Upon hearing this, the old woman hurriedly covered the old vegetable seller's mouth.
The girl in green clothes looked at the loving appearance of the old couple selling vegetables, and smiled like a flower. She did not disturb the loving scene of the old couple, but quietly held her chin, waiting for the old woman to tell her a story.
Seeing that the girl was still waiting for her, the old woman stopped entangled with the old man. She said to the girl: "Girl, I will tell you carefully. That night, our 'Wugui General' sat down with the 'immortal' and
The 'immortal' from the Northern Jin Dynasty fought outside our city of Liangzhou, but the 'immortal' from the Northern Jin Dynasty couldn't resist, so he threw a boulder as big as a mountain towards our city of Liangzhou."
The girl in green clothes covered her mouth in surprise and asked, "Aren't many people in Liangzhou going to die?"
The old woman said: "Isn't that right? Who would have known that the immortal who sat down as 'General Wugui' would fly outside our Liangzhou City in an instant. With one sword, he shattered the rock as big as a mountain.
, saved everyone in our city."
"Really? Then where did the 'immortal' go?" the girl in green clothes asked eagerly.
"Then the 'immortal' fell from the sky, and I don't know what happened after that." After the old woman finished telling the story, she looked at the girl in green clothes with a smile.
"What a pity. I really want to see the grace of that 'immortal'." The girl in green clothes looked disappointed. After pondering for a moment, she said angrily: "But if the 'immortal' is still alive, he is also acting as an accomplice for the Qi family.
It’s just usurping the Zhao family’s world.”
When the old woman heard what the girl in green clothes said, she put away her smile and stood up angrily: "You baby, I saw that you like to listen to stories, so I chatted with you for a long time. If you speak for the faint king of the Zhao family, you will slander us in Liangzhou."
My savior, I don’t want to talk to you any more, so please help yourself.”