Shao Song

On April 18, during the Xiangyang civil strife, Fan Qiong's two generals, the left army commander Han Li ordered the whole army to go out and disappeared, while the right army commander Wang Jun contacted Fan Qiong directly under the tooth soldiers' uprising and directly tied Fan Qiong. , Gave the city of Xiangyang.

In the evening of the same day, Hu Yantong took the lead in the rain to draw troops across the river, and marched quickly into the city to control the gate.

But at this time, Liu Yan, the former beloved general of the official family with a long history, is due to the rising of the Han River, and the Xiaoxin ruler will be twenty miles away from the west of the city. It seems like a mistake, and he has missed a great contribution.

Of course, these have nothing to do with the overall situation. Early the next morning, Zhao Guan’s family led the main force of the imperial army to cross the river, and gathered two generals Liu Yan and Xin Yongzong at noon to arrive at the city of Xiangyang, but let the two generals Wang De and Fu Qing enter the city first. Assist Hu Yantong to completely control the city defense.

So far, about 16 days before and after, Fan Qiong's chaos has been put to an end, which can be called a super fast.

However, since the official family is here, it is inevitable to do some clean-up work personally.

"Lin Qing asked her confidant family to send the letter early in the morning. I read it on the road and got a rough idea of ​​what happened in the city... Are these all Fan Qiong's family members?"

At noon, Zhao Guan’s family came to Xiangyang City, but did not stay in the city. Instead, they rode through the city directly. They found their confidant, Bachelor Kobayashi, in front of a large pit in the south of the city, but they came here and saw The soil pit was full of corpses, especially the corpses of a few young women in it, but they couldn't help but frown.

"The minister is ashamed..." Seeing that the official came here, Scholar Kobayashi also recovered from a slightly absent-minded posture, and then bowed to salute. "The minister really didn't expect Fan Qiong to be so perverse. He skinned people alive, and then killed his wife, concubine, and relatives."

Zhao Jiu did not answer, but was attracted by the nearest corpse on the side of the horse's hoof... Through the faint sunlight at noon, the Zhao official family saw clearly that this corpse was just the dress of a 16 or 17-year-old rich girl with a wound. There are three or four places, and they are huge, so that half of the body is red because of blood stains, while the other half is dry and pale because of excessive blood loss, plus the goose-yellow clothes on the other party. The dark brown muddy water below is really eye-catching.

"This is Fan Qiong's daughter..." Academician Kobayashi became more uneasy.

"You have to kill the women in your own family at every turn, and the good guys kill the bad guys as well, regardless of your own trouble." Zhao Guanjia looked at the corpse blankly, but sighed after all. "Finally, I met someone who was caring and caring about his family, but he was a traitor... I heard that Fan Qiong didn't die?"

"Yes." Kobayashi, who was still a little flustered, suddenly calmed down.

"Understandably, the only death in the age is difficult. This kind of thing is the same as the killing of a wife and a daughter. It is a common occurrence in the history books. I don't think the generals and Liu Canjun are surprised. I want to come two years ago. I'm used to seeing such things." Zhao Guanjia looked at the giant pit in front of him thoughtfully. "What does Xueshi Lin mean? I think you seem to have something to say. You didn't say everything in your letter yesterday?"

"Yes." Academician Kobayashi bowed to each other. "The minister still wants to petition him face to face. In fact, the minister should deal with Fan Qiong yesterday to prevent the officials from embarrassing him. But Wang Junli was so embarrassed that he thought the strange goods could be inhabited, and the minister was really ashamed that he could not order him."

Zhao Jiu held the horse rein with both hands, and seemed to be a little puzzled: "Leave aside Wang Jun, why do you think it would be embarrassing for me not to deal with Fan Qiong?"

"Since Jingkang, Fan Qiong has repeatedly committed evils, and the crime deserves ten thousand deaths, and the officials have always been jealous and hateful, but as an official, the right way is the right way to deal with the canonical punishment..." Scholar Xiao Lin whispered in embarrassment, the official Several people behind him, such as Wang Yuan, Liu Yan, Hu Yantong and others, also consciously stepped back. "The officials should have shared their worries for the officials, otherwise the officials would be inferior, but they are really incompetent."

"Thinking too much." Zhao Guanjia sighed slightly, then looked up at the sun above his head. "Who are you? There are a bunch of scholars in your family, who came out of the so-called courtiers, wealth and glory. This behavior is better than not knowing how many people. As for me...Fan Qiong has done this first. For forgivable things, why should other people blame me for being ruthless? Besides, I am not a wise king of justice and righteousness, and I don’t want to be Renzong... You know that Liu Yu gave Chen Dong and Ouyang Che in Jinan. Have the two set up a temple? What reputation do I have?"

"..."

"But, is there really nothing to prevaricate?" Zhao Jiufu asked with a smile and lowered his head.

"Yes." Academician Kobayashi kept looking down at the corpse under his feet. Hearing that he was silent for a moment, he suddenly raised his head and responded with firm words. "The "Zhou Li" says:'Xing chaos the country uses heavy codes'. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Zheng Xuan was born in troubled times, and he noted: "Whoever uses heavy codes, uses it to turn evil and destroy them." Just as the official said, Since Fan Qiong has done all kinds of evil things, it is no wonder that the officialdom has been destroyed!"

"The troubled times must use heavy codes... I thought it was Wei Wu's words, didn't I think it was Zheng Xuan's?" Zhao Jiu suddenly thought of a low-end game that likes to sort data, and then thought of some high-end film and television dramas. The operation, but nodded. "Since the Jingshen has said it, I am not hypocritical...I don't need to bury these people first, take a coffin, and then bring Fan Qiong into custody. Then the generals in the city, let Hu Yantong stay behind, and the rest will come together to observe the punishment. "

"Together?" Kobayashi's scholar was startled slightly.

"Yes, the army in the imperial camp came from below Wang De, and from below Wang Jun, all came to observe the punishment."

Academician Kobayashi heard clearly, no longer hesitated, but bowed out, and went to pass the order, while the Zhao Guan's house was sitting right away, motionless.

As for the people like Liu Ziyu, Liu Yan, Wang Yuan, etc. who were following around, they had evaded a little because of the conversation between the officials and Scholar Kobayashi. At this time, they heard such a rumor that they knew that the torture was going to be carried out. They should have said something... but I don’t know. Why, when they saw the official horse standing in the pile of corpses, without saying a word, they looked at each other and didn't dare to step forward.

After waiting for a while, it may be that the coffin is in short supply, or it may be that the officers of the various divisions are slower to convene, and it takes a full half an hour for the scholar Kobayashi to return.

However, since it was the emperor's dictum, how dare the officers of the various ministries, especially those in the descending army, dare to neglect, so since Wang Jun abandoned the army and lined up around the pit.

"The sun is now to the west," Zhao Jiu saw the coffin and Fan Qiong, who had already been slumped in the mud, being carried, but there was no extra words, nor did he say anything to summon, question, or to the officers. What the speech meant, just ordered it directly. "Dispose of this person quickly!"

"Dare to ask the officials what the punishment is?" Now that the matter is reached, Kobayashi has no scruples, so he gritted his teeth. "The so-called large torture soldiers do not mention it. This is the intention of the officials on this expedition...Secondly, they use axes and yak, while in torture use knives and saws, and secondly use drills... Which ones are the officials going to use?"

"These are inhumane and too bloody." Zhao Jiu shook his head again and again, as if it was not him who said ‘unpretentious’ to the bachelor half an hour ago. "As a holy son, how can I use these? Not only that, Li Xianggong told me to have a word with him that day, saying that he would not kill him. If this is the case, I have to fulfill the contract. Otherwise, Li Xianggong will tell me. Can't explain."

Academician Kobayashi fell silent, and Fan Qiong, who was lying on the ground not far away, also made a little movement, and there was a commotion among the surrounding officers.

"Put him directly into the coffin, nail it to death, and carry it under the pit." Zhao Jiu ignored the surrounding movement at all, but continued to say. "Then bury his wives, concubines, children, and other deceased together, bury them with soil and ram them together!"

Academician Kobayashi was startled, but after only a moment, he immediately looked back at Liu Yan behind him. Liu Yan already had a numb scalp, but as the highest general of the prince squad who was accompanying him, he couldn't hide, so he could only turn his head and give orders.

Liu Yan’s scalp tingling was not the only one. Following the Zhao official’s order, several soldiers stuffed the tightly bound but intact Fan Qiong into the coffin. After entering the coffin, Fan Qiong, who only woke up, kept crying. There was no way to stop the soldiers from nailing down the coffin. As the coffin was covered by layers of corpses at the bottom of the pit and became silent, the surrounding generals felt cold all over, but no one dared to leave.

Even Xiaoxin was helpless in the middle of the control, trembling and hurriedly throwing a bald head he saved into it.

And Zhao Guan’s family immediately stood by, watching Fan Qiong’s burial alive, and became bored. Then he didn’t say much, turned around, and was about to enter the city to rest.

However, in a cautious manner, when Zhao Guanjia, who was surrounded by many imperial squads and important officials, walked in front of a general with a big mouth and teeth, he suddenly stopped, and asked kindly: "Qing is that. Wang Jun?"

"Yes... the ministers see the official! Long live the official!" Wang Jun was obviously lost, but after awakening, he ignored the blood and mud stains on the ground and bowed directly to the ground.

"You already know what you are as me." Zhao Guanjia looked at this person and said with a smile. "Xiangyang City can be broken without a fight, you have a great contribution, let's say, what reward do you want?"

Of course, Wang Jun wants to continue to exercise his own control, and even wants to continue to be stationed in Xiangyang City, because he has already married his concubine here for more than half a year and bought his property here.

In fact, this open-mouthed person almost blurted out these words.

However, when Wang Jungang raised his head, he greeted the backlit official standing on the horse, and looked at the other party’s slightly vague, non-smiling expression, plus Fan Qiong’s non-human howling at the bottom of the pit. , Was surprised suddenly, and then forcibly swallowed the prepared words.

Not only that, the ghosts are not so bad, this person bowed his head in the mud again, and when he raised his head, tears flowed from the mud on his face, and his words also choked up: "The good instructor knows that the minister is a guilty bastard. Obviously he is an official's courtier, but he has done many unrighteous actions with Fan Qiong, the rebel... This is a great infidelity! And although Fan Qiong is a **** who kills a thousand swords, but the minister has been promoted by him. Although he said that he did not hesitate because of his loyalty to the officials and his care about Mancheng’s life this time, he did not hesitate, but he was not loyal enough! How can a minister like a person have the face to ask for rewards?! The minister would be extremely grateful for killing the minister!"

Zhao Jiu listened carefully to this person’s leaky accent, and did not bother him during the whole process. After the other party finished speaking, he was condescending and smiling relative: "A hero is a hero, who has merits but not rewards, and has not been punished. People joke?"

The mouth-opener on the ground just bowed his head and didn't dare to say much.

"That's it. I heard from Xueshi Lin before that you have been buying a property in Xiangyang for a long time, and you don't want to leave, and he also said that you are a stranger, a loyal, loyal, and a rare gentleman...today At first sight, it was so." Zhao Guanjia still said mildly. "Let’s tell you, Master Kobayashi really admires you, and I really like you, so I want to deliberately lift it up. What do you think?"

"The ministers listen to the officials!" Wang Jun could only say anything, he could only kowtowed again, and quickly expressed his position.

"Bachelor Lin." Zhao Jiu looked back at Lin Jingmo to his side. "Do you think this will work? Haven't I been asking various military prefectures to recommend talents to use them? I think Wang Jun is the most outstanding here in Xiangzhou. But when I saw it today, I was especially happy, so I wanted to make an exception for him. , Let him do Xiangzhou general sentence, but I am afraid that there is no precedent and others will not accept..."

"Congratulations to Wang Tong for the sentence!" Wang Junshang was at a loss, but Bachelor Kobayashi over there was already screaming behind the official house. He could only say that it was Bachelor Yutang, and his reaction was quick. "From now on you will belong to the civil servants listed with me."

Speaking of this, the scholar Kobayashi immediately turned his hand in front of the Zhao official’s family and said: "Officials don’t have to worry about other people’s arguments. There is a precedent for a talented person to turn from a military minister to a civil minister... Why is it that the right squad will turn into a literary rank? It is a good talk for a while. Although the minister is despicable, he also wants to imitate the romantic style of the Dasu bachelor and recommend talents for the country!"

"Well said, there is Dasu in the front and Kobayashi in the back. The bachelor's mind is good, and there is a romantic." The officials repeatedly nodded.

In other words, when Shi Xiaolin turned his head to talk to the officials, Wang Jun had already awakened the meaning of the pair of monarchs and ministers in front of him... Out of the instinct of a military commander, he naturally wanted to refute, but at this time, I was not a fish. Mention, Fan Qiong’s tragic image just now is still present, but how dare to speak out?

Besides, under the atmosphere of Da Song for hundreds of years, this scholar Kobayashi turned him into a civil servant. Although there is a clear meaning to deprive him of military power, how can it be said that it is not a great kindness? !

Suddenly, Wang Jun, who had always calculated Qingming, was also confused.

"Wang Tongjuan!" Just when Wang Jun was at a loss, Academician Kobayashi jumped off his horse with a plop, and, regardless of his pickling, he directly helped Wang Jun up in the mud, and then made a clear statement. "Since you are a civil servant, you have to look like a literati. It's not easy for officials to kneel down here! Get up quickly and give thanks to the officials!"

Wang Jun opened his mouth wide, revealing a huge gap. He was actually caught by the powerless scholar Kobayashi, and he thanked the officials in public.

Now that Wang Jun finished his salute and received the reward in public, on the other side, the official Zhao's house also turned and entered the city with a smile, and Xiao Lin quickly got on his horse to catch up. However, the surrounding military generals did not dare to neglect this official special gift, and they came forward to congratulate them, but when congratulated, when they chased Zhao official’s house and entered the city, they inevitably heard the sound of tusk, but they didn’t know it was envy. Still mocked.

In this way, there was no major event on that day, but Liu Yan first took two hundred of the 700 cavalrymen of Fan Qiong's department and assigned them to the headquarters, and then selected two hundred soldiers for Yang Yizhong, and then Wang De introduced himself to the rest of the imperial camp like pancakes. In general, Wu Zi merged this Fan Qiong tribe with 10,000 people.

The city was calm, and everyone was happy, as if nothing had happened.

However, in the evening of the same day, in the state capital of Xiangyang City, Zhao Guan’s family sat down on the corridor and looked at the letters and notes sent by Nanyang to the candlelight for a long time, but suddenly he spoke to the person next to him and made trouble for no reason: "De just……"

"The minister is here." Liu Yan hurriedly leaned over while sitting with the knife.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhao Guanjia seemed to smile.

"Nothing else, just a trance." Liu Yan shook his head quickly. "The minister is not as vigilant as Yang Tongji~www.wuxiaspot.com~ makes the official laugh."

"Speaking of which, do you remember the meeting of you, me, and Ping Fu that night at Mingdao Palace?" Zhao Guanjia put away the notes, and asked with his cheeks on the chopping board.

"Naturally remember."

"Then are you thinking, how can the official who easily pardoned the rebels in the Red Heart team come up with such a cruel method today?" Zhao official asked easily. "And at night, I can remain indifferent and settle down in this room."

"Chen... dare not."

"That's it," Zhao Jiu couldn't help but laugh. "Compared with Pingfu, you still can't speak."

Liu Yan became more flustered, but as the official said, he was not good at words and didn't know how to deal with it. In the panic, the deputy commander of the imperial squad can only ask the other person in the room, that is, the scholar Kobayashi who has been helping the officials to deal with the Zazi, and winks for help, but the scholar Kobayashi, who keeps writing down, turns on deaf ears.

"Don't panic." Zhao Jiu didn't care about the other party's small movements, but sighed quietly. "Actually, I came out of Mingdao Palace and moved here along the way, occasionally asking myself in the middle of the night, whether some deeds are worth it, right... But today's things are not among them, Fan Qiong should be the case!"

"Yes!"

"Jing Mo."

"The minister is here." Scholar Kobayashi hurriedly responded.

"Writing a letter... like a private letter, it is not a will... To Li Xianggong in Yangzhou, list Fan Qiong as a clear list, and then ask me what on earth did he think? In the troubled times, the civil servants lost his respect. Can't bear it, but he hasn't thought about the consequences of Wuchen's loss of life?" Zhao Jiu was right slowly. "Speak more intensely."

"The minister is here to order!" Without any hesitation, Kobayashi's academician bowed his head and accepted the order.