After Chai Zhong left, Chai Jin's guest no longer knew about the conspiracy of Gao Lian and others. After getting the iron certificate of the alchemy book, he heard that Chai Jin and others were arrested, so he hurried to the Yamen with the iron certificate of the alchemy book for Gao Lian to check.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the Yamen, he would be arrested and imprisoned, and the iron certificate of the alchemy book would also be taken away by Gao Lian.
Shi Qian traveled day and night, and when he arrived at Gaotang Prefecture, he heard the whole city talking about Chai Huangcheng's family pretending to be descendants of Chai Shizong and that they would be executed tomorrow.
Shi Qian did not dare to neglect, found a place to stay in the city, and sneaked into the Yamen that night.
The journey was smooth, and Shi Qian originally wanted to see if he had a chance to assassinate Gao Lian and get his first shot.
Unexpectedly, when Gao Lian was sleeping, there were two soldiers guarding the door.
Shi Qian walked around and saw that he couldn't get in, so he had to climb up to the roof, lift up a tile, use a rope to slowly lift the letter onto the table, and then posted a post to the court before quietly exiting the yamen.
Early the next morning, after the official entered the court hall, he found the letter lying in the lobby. When he saw the word "Liangshan" written on the cover, he hurried to the backyard to see Gao Lian.
When Gao Lian heard that the official asked to see him, he stood up and dressed.
But the lady grabbed Gao Lian and said, "What's going on? You're here to disturb your dreams so early in the morning."
Gao Lian shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Madam, please continue to sleep. I'll go out and take a look."
Gao Lian was getting dressed and was about to go out when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a letter on the table. He couldn't help but be startled. There was nothing on the table before going to bed last night. He turned around and asked, "Did you put anyone's letter on the table?"
Mrs. Gao Lian shook her head and said, "No."
Gao Lian walked to the table in confusion and saw the word "Liangshan" written on the cover, and he couldn't help but take a step back in fright.
Mrs. Gao Lian saw Gao Lian startled, looked at Gao Lian suspiciously, and said, "Whose letter is it? Bring it over and let me have a look."
"ah"
Mrs. Gao took the letter and when she saw the word "Liangshan", she screamed in fright and threw the letter to the ground.
Gao Lian hurriedly said: "Okay, madam, don't be afraid. The walls of Gaotangzhou City are high and thick, and the Liangshan thieves can't get in."
"Fart, then why did you put this letter on the table? Maybe some of your soldiers are Liangshan thieves. Hurry up and arrest all the soldiers who guarded last night. Otherwise, we won't know when our heads fell off.
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Gao Lian frowned and said, "If the Liangshan thieves really came in, I'm afraid we would have been dead."
"Then where do you think this letter came from? Could it be that I put it there? We are the soldiers guarding the door. If you don't arrest them today, I will go back to Tokyo and sooner or later I will lose my head here."
When Gao Lian saw that the woman was acting rude, he had no choice but to say: "Okay, I'll arrest them when I get back and interrogate them. I'll see what they wrote first."
When Gao Lian picked up the letter and opened it, he saw that it read: "Chao Gai, the righteous man from Liangshan Po, expressed his admiration to the officials of Daming Prefecture: The person who entered Cangzhou Chai was the son and grandson of the dragon in the previous dynasty. He was generous in righteousness and spared wealth, and he often had favors with Shanzhai. I don't want to think about it."
You corrupt and abused officials, robbed people of their wealth, and wanted to kill them! If you know your way back and send firewood, I don't ask for much. If you have injured your wings and bent legs, when the army arrives, you will definitely break the city and destroy it.
Be treacherous, destroy foolishness and stubbornness, heaven and earth are supportive, ghosts and gods are blessing you! Come and laugh, and leave with encouragement. We, the army of Liangshan, do justice for heaven, righteous husbands and chaste wives, filial sons and grandsons, peaceful and good people, and prudent officials, do not
If you are frightened, please take care of your job. Let everyone know."
"Ha ha"
Gao Lian couldn't help laughing when he saw that Liangshan's army actually came to attack Gaotang Prefecture.
The woman was still in shock. Seeing Gao Lian laughing, she couldn't help but said angrily: "Is it possible that Liangshan sent you gold and silver, and you are so happy?"
Gao Lian came over and hugged his wife and said with a smile: "Madam is right, Liangshan is here to give me gold and silver. The Liangshan bandits robbed Yuncheng County and Dongping Mansion. The court tried several times to arrest them, so they had to offer a heavy reward to the Liangshan leader.
.I wanted to capture Liangshan before, but Liangshan was not under my jurisdiction, so I let them run rampant for a long time. I didn’t expect that they dared to leave their lair and send them to the city. Wouldn’t they have brought me a lot of gold and silver? If they could be wiped out in one fell swoop.
The Liangshan thieves and bandits are rarely promoted to high-ranking officials."
The woman also smiled happily when she heard that he was promoted to an official position and said: "So, this Chai Jin is a big bait, and he also caught the big fish from Liangshan. But I heard that many of the thieves in Liangshan have strong martial arts, and the imperial court
We have been able to suppress and capture them several times. I am afraid that our troops in Gaotang Prefecture are somewhat weak. Why don't the officials ask for help from the nearby prefectures? When the time comes, we should cooperate with the outside to wipe out the Liangshan bandits in one fell swoop."
Gao Lian shook his head and said: "The previous failure of the army was only due to the Liangshan thieves taking advantage of the territory. Now that they have left their nest without permission, they are destined to be defeated. How can such a huge contribution be shared with others. But my Gaotangzhou soldiers and horses are
In order to join forces with the Jin Dynasty and destroy the Liao Dynasty to win the war for my Gao family, my brother assigned many generals and assistants to assist me. Now the soldiers and horses in the city are well drilled. It is just right to attack Liangshan first and let the soldiers see some blood. In the future
Only then can we gain more military exploits.”
The lady said: "We have been planning to unite the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty for several years, but there has been no success. If there is no hope, the officials might as well be transferred to the rich areas in the south of the Yangtze River to become magistrates, so as not to waste their time here. This Gaotang Prefecture
Although it is also prosperous, it is not as rich as the south of the Yangtze River. Look at how much gold and silver Zhu Meng made in the south of the Yangtze River. He has built several large houses in Tokyo. My brother has made many forbidden works, but they are not as luxurious as him."
However, Zhu Meng was in charge of the Hua Shi Gang affairs for Huizong, and he took advantage of the opportunity to make plunder and become richest in the world. He lived a luxurious life and had fine food and clothing. Even Cai Jingdu, who had served as prime minister three times, could not compare to his luxury.
Gao Lian couldn't help but shook his head secretly when he heard his wife comparing him to Zhu Meng.
Most of Zhu Meng's wealth came from his lucrative job as Hua Shi Gang. Every year he drew millions of dollars from the treasury to redeem and collect flowers and stones. However, when he got to the local area, he was robbed by force, and the money withdrawn from the treasury was used by him to enrich his own pockets. The people
If there were any complaints, they would be charged with "disrespect" for extortion. The tenth of Zhu Meng's wealth that other Jiangnan officials could make was considered huge corruption.
However, he did not dare to say that Madam was wrong, so he could only say: "Madam, don't be anxious. The matter is almost done. The matter has been delayed in the past few years because many ministers in the DPRK are afraid of attracting wolves into the house and advocate sitting on the mountain and watching.
Among them was Taishi Cai. Although my brother, Liang Shicheng, Wang Fu, Cai You and others all advocated joining forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty and recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun, Cai Jing refuted it, and the emperor was still undecided. Therefore, Liang Shicheng and others
The talent came up with the idea of helping Cai You and letting Cai Jing become an official, and promised the position of commander-in-chief of the Liao campaign to Tong Shuxiang. Without Tong Shuxiang as an internal support, how could Cai Jing withstand the siege? Now that he has become an official, there is no longer anyone in the court.
People can stop this, and there will be news soon." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to become a registered member of Piaotian Literature to recommend this work. Your support is my greatest motivation.)