Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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"Faceless" Jiao Ting and Bo'er Jijin? Tun Bi Nai father and son parted ways, took their guards across the Song Wa River, and went south along the commercial road they had traveled twice before, heading for Suzhou Pass.On the way, Jiao Ting bought many special products of the Jin Kingdom according to the strategy that Ximenqing told him in advance, and formed a small caravan, swaggering through the states of the Jin Kingdom, and arrived at Suzhou Pass.

The defenders of the Kingdom of Jin along the way all knew that Jiao Ting was a trusted subordinate of the gold medal merchant Ximen Qing. Seeing him heading south with the caravan, they all mistakenly thought that Jiao Ting did not return south with Ximen Qing to buy more Liaodong in the territory of the Kingdom of Jin. specialty.Therefore, there was no checkpoint along the way to check Jiao Ting and his party too much, allowing them to leave Suzhou Pass smoothly and return to Penglai Port in Dengzhou by boat.

Jiao Ting, who returned to Ximen Village in Dengzhou, saw Xu Wen and Wang Dingliu who were expanding the fleet and building a navy. Knowing that he was absent these days, brother Ximen Qing went to Jiankang Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River again. , Newly harvested a few heroes.

After Jiao Ting handed over all the goods brought back to the old supervisor Ximen Zhong, he rested only one night in Ximen Manor, and then rode a fast horse back to Yanggu County, Yunzhou.

Before Jiao Ting hurried back to Yanggu County, Lu Xiaoyi and his party, who went to sell medicine in Bianliang City, Tokyo, returned to Ximenbao, Yanggu County.

Lu Xiaoyi reported back to Ximen Qing that because Bianliang City in Tokyo was flooded in May, the city was plagued by epidemics, and the traffic on the Bian River was once again interrupted by the flood, resulting in a shortage of medicines in the city.After I transported all the medicinal materials purchased by Liaodong into Bianliang City, Tokyo according to Ximen Qing's instructions, they were immediately snatched up by those drug dealers on Ma Xing Street at high prices.Later, I led the pharmacy supervisors to mobilize the medicinal materials hoarded in the past from the warehouses of pharmacies in various states in Shandong and sell them to Bianliang City, Tokyo, and the profit was more than ten times higher than before. A lot of money.

With the money earned from selling medicine, Lu Xiaoyi bought a lot of various materials needed to make weapons, armor and firearms according to Ximenqing's instructions, and transported them back to Ximen Fort in Yanggu County in a steady stream, and handed them over to "money leopard" Tang Long .

Brother Lu Xiaoyi did a good job this time, so Ximenqing would naturally not be stingy, and rewarded and comforted brother Lu Xiaoyi heavily.Ximenqing asked Lu Xiaoyi, who had worked hard for a long time, to rest in a good place in Yanggu County for a while before making other arrangements.

After Lu Xiaoyi finished talking about the sales of medicinal materials, he told Ximen Qing about the news in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Since Bianliang City in Tokyo suffered a flood and Lin Lingsu was tired of winning the city but failed, Song Huizong began to treat Lin Lingsu coldly.

It is said that Lin Lingsu ascended the city to control the water, and the water did not recede. The reply ordered the prince to set up four worships.After the prince went to the city to worship the heaven and the earth, the flood receded at night, so the people in the capital all admired the prince's holiness, and criticized Lin Lingsu, who had been against the prince many times.

Lin Lingsu lost the favor of the emperor and the support of the people in the capital, and his power was not as good as before. As a result, he wanted to retire and begged for his return.

In September of this year, because Lin Lingsu once suggested that Song Huizong move the capital to the south to avoid disaster after the capital suffered a flood, and had some disagreements with important officials such as Cai Jing and Tong Guan in the court, the whole stage impeached him and said: "Lingsu made false remarks. Moving the capital, bewitching the saints, abolishing Buddhism, and slandering the ministers are unforgivable crimes."

Although Song Huizong did not punish Lin Lingsu, he was unwilling to keep him by his side.In November, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty released Lin Lingsu to return to the mountain, and gave him a palace in his hometown, allowing Lin Lingsu to live in Wenzhou.In this way, Lin Lingsu, a generation of immortal masters whom Song Huizong once believed in superstitiously, left the political whirlpool of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

After hearing Lu Xiaoyi's words, Ximen Qing secretly thought it was a pity.Lin Lingsu regards Ximen Qing as a senior expert, and obeying Ximen Qing's words is really beneficial to Ximen Qing's secret operations in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Now that the magic stick is gone, there is no way to use him in the capital.Maybe in Wenzhou in the future, the magic stick Lin Lingsu can still play some role!

5 to [-] Invitations from Thousands of Miles

The departure of the god stick Lin Lingsu has some influence on Ximen Qing's Tokyo Bianliang layout, but it is not too big of a hindrance.Now Lu Xiaoyi has controlled the rogues in Beicheng, and has eyeliners all over Bianliang City in Tokyo.And "Golden Gunner" Xu Ning, under the guidance and financial support of Ximenqing, has bought Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Wang Wei and other favorite ministers around Song Huizong, and has been promoted from the instructor of the golden gun squad of the bodyguards to the guard in charge. General of the Royal Guards.These advance arrangements and hidden power are the capital for Ximen Qing to call the wind and rain in Bianliang City, Tokyo in the future.

A few days after Lu Xiaoyi returned to Yanggu County, Jiao Ting also rushed back from Dengzhou.After seeing Ximen Qing, Jiao Ting gave him a detailed report on how he went north to the grassland to contact the leader of the Qiyan tribe, Boer Jijin? Jijin? Hebuler gave Ximen Qing and Bo'er Jijin? Alan a gift.

After learning that Boer Jijin? Tun Binai and Boer Jijin? Hebuler watched the battle of Liaojin Changchun Prefecture, and finally decided to follow his own advice and withdraw from the battle for hegemony between Liaojin and Jin Dynasties, Ximen Qing finally let go. Come on.

Although the Mongolian tribes at this time were not as powerful as later generations, they were also cavalry combat power that should not be underestimated.For Ximen Qing, who intends to rule the world in the future, these Mongolian troops are rare and powerful allies.Ximenqing didn't want them to confront the Jurchens too early, and lose a lot of strength for nothing for that old bastard Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom.

After talking in detail with Jiao Ting, Ximen Qing went to the horse ranch with him and brought gifts, and brought Alan the greetings from Boer Jijin? Tunbinai and Boer Jijin? Hebuler.The man Jiao Ting went to the horse ranch, and after seeing Ulun Zhurig, he couldn't wait to get into Ulun Zhurig's tent without saying a few words.

It was already the severe winter season, and snowflakes often fell in the sky. The charcoal and incense were burning in the specially made tent of Borge Alan, but it was as warm as spring.Bo'er only Jin? Alan recovered from his illness, and after recuperating for a period of time, he became more beautiful and moving like a flower blooming in the ice and snow.

After Ximen Qing returned to Yanggu County from Jiankang Mansion, although he was accompanied day and night by beautiful ladies such as Hu Sanniang, Liu Xiuxiang, Pan Jinlian, Li Jiaojiao, etc., but because Boer Jijin? Little prairie foxes share the same bed.

Now Bo'er is only Jin? Alan received a reply from his father and brother, knowing that they had approved Ximen Qing's choice, he couldn't help leaning on Ximen Qing's shoulder, his face flushed, and he looked at Ximen Qing exhaled, his eyes showed a kind of old love. Unprecedented tenderness.

The official Ximen Qing is a kind of lover, how can he not understand what Bor only Jin? Alan means?He immediately played the interesting game of prairie hunter and little fox with little Alan affectionately.

The two Mongolian maids who were waiting outside the tent could not help but look at each other when they heard the sound in the tent, and said in their hearts: "Your official, young master, it's not dark yet!"

The grass is green and the willows are thick, and the jade pot is full of wine.

The Shengge is loud and clear with the wind, knowing how heavy the Guanshan Mountain is.

The Ximen official was attacking the city in the tent, and the two Mongolian maids outside the tent were dumbfounded. The official is so majestic today!

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The next day after returning from the horse farm, Cao Taigong of Yishui County, Yizhou also sent someone to bring the tiger skin and the reward for hunting tigers in Yishui County to Ximenqing.Ximen Qinghou rewarded the subordinates sent by Cao Taigong, and seeing that the Spring Festival was approaching, he asked the subordinates to bring many gifts back to Cao Taigong.

Looking at the three tiger skins that had been tanned, Ximenqing selected the tiger skin whose forehead had been seen through, and sent someone to send it to Shi Jin, the "Jiuwenlong" of Yanzhou Duying Villa.Brother Shi Jin got this tiger skin, and he would hang it in the hall to show off to Zhu Wu and other brothers!

Ximen Qing also sent someone to deliver the tiger skin of the tiger that Yan Qing and himself shot to death to Yan Qing in the mansion of Lu Junyi, a famous mansion in Beijing.With this tiger skin, Brother Yanqing, the "prodigal son", can always remember the scene of fighting tigers with my brother and me!

Ximen Qing kept the skin of the eye-catching white-fronted tiger that fell to his death after being hit by Ximen Qing's arrow.

The tiger skin rewarded by Wanyan Aguda last time has been transferred to Hu Sanniang by Ximen Qing.This time, Ximen Qing decided to hand over the tiger skin to Pan Jinlian, who was ingenious and ingenious, and asked her to make a majestic tiger skin shirt for himself.

The end of the new year is approaching, and the business has been booming in the past year. Ximen Qing, who has earned a lot of money, asked the old supervisor Ximenfu to put up lanterns and festoons in Ximenbao and Yanggu counties, and set up many lamp sheds. Neighbors in Yanggu County celebrated the New Year together.

Jiang Zhong, Shi Jin, Ling Zhen and other brothers from Cangzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Dengzhou also received a letter from Ximen Qing, asking them to put down their chores and return to Ximen Fort to gather together.

Because of the patron saint Ximen Qing's protection, robbers big and small dare not covet this place in Yanggu County.Yanggu County can be said to be peaceful and peaceful, and all kinds of industries are prosperous, so that the villagers can live and work in peace and contentment.

The people were grateful for Ximenqing's contribution to protecting the environment and the people. Many towns and villages spontaneously organized teams, carrying plaques, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and other local products to Ximenbao to pay New Year's greetings to Ximenqing and others.Every day, there are people coming and going in front of Ximenbao, and there is an endless stream, so it is very prosperous.

Wang Jin, the head coach of the deputy capital who was celebrating the New Year in Ximenbao for the first time, saw all this and couldn't help but secretly marveled.If we talk about rich and powerful households, Wang Jin has never seen them before, but Wang Jin has never seen a large manor owner like Ximenqing who can be loved by the people of a county in other prefectures and counties.

During these days in Ximen Fort, Wang Jin heard many legendary stories about Ximen Qing from the farmer and the villagers, and he admired and admired Ximen Qing even more in his heart.

The people in Ximenbao had a vitality that Wang Jin had never seen in the Imperial Army, and it gradually infected Wang Jin who had lost a lot of ambition and ambition in the imperial army.Wang Jin's current feeling is that as long as he follows this miraculous Ximen Qing, he will be able to accomplish a lot in the future.

No wonder so many heroes gathered under the command of this high official Ximen Qing, and the wise and courageous Luan Tingyu also listened to the high official's advice, the high official seemed to have no plans to spare!

When Wang Jin learned of Ximen Qing's miraculous achievements in the past, he sighed sincerely.

After learning that the richest man in Yunzhou and the owner of a large manor in Yanggu County, Ximen Qing, came back from a business trip, the invitation letter from Yin Cheng Wanli of Dongping Mansion in Yunzhou was long overdue. In his letter, he invited Ximen Qing to Dongping Mansion on the Lantern Festival. Get together, the government and the people have fun together, and spend the festive season together.

Cheng Wanli is not as smart as Chen Wenzhao, Murong Yanda, Du Chong, Wang Shizhong, Zhao Mingcheng and other state prefects, who don't know how to borrow the power of local tyrants.He has been here in Yunzhou for a long time, perhaps only now he understands who is able to protect the environment and the people!

Chapter 5 The Undercurrent of Dongping Mansion

Compared with the prefects and prefects that Ximenqing had dealt with in the past, Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, was obviously more literati, and his grasp of the situation and his subordinates were also weaker.

Because of this, Dong Ping, the "two gun general" in history, fell in love with the daughter of Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, and when he proposed marriage to him repeatedly, he was flatly rejected by Cheng Wanli, who valued civility over martial arts.On the one hand, Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, looked down on Dong Ping, a warrior, and didn't know how to win over Dong Ping's heart; Careless also.

Under the crisis of Liangshan's army attacking Dongping Mansion, the "two-gun general" Dong Ping seized this opportunity and pleaded with Cheng Wanli again, which was almost a naked threat.At this time, Cheng Wanli, who had no soldiers or generals in his hands, still could not see the danger of tearing his face apart with Dong Ping. He still used the old method to deal with Dong Ping, who held military power, but did not take preventive measures.

If the magistrate is more intelligent, he should understand that Dong Ping is a hidden danger to him at this time.Then the correct countermeasure is to seize the military power decisively and monitor all the soldiers and horses under him from above.Either pretend to be married to Dong Ping, stabilize his heart, and wait until Dong Ping beats the Liangshan bandits, and then use his power to slowly take care of Dong Ping who has a bad intention.

The magistrate Cheng Wanli was confused and didn't have the slightest precaution against Dong Ping. The result was that after Dong Ping defected to the Liangshan bandits, he broke into Dongping Mansion, killed the prefect Cheng Wanli's family, and took his beautiful daughter to Liangshan as a prisoner. Mrs. Zhai.The people in the city of Dongpingfu also suffered, and were looted and killed by Liangshan bandits.

How did such a confused mediocre official think of taking the initiative to get acquainted with Ximen Qing, a local tycoon?Ximenqing looked at the invitation card sent by Cheng Wanli, the prefect of Dongping Prefecture, in his hand, and after thinking about it for a while, he felt that there must be something embarrassing for Cheng Wanli in Dongping Prefecture, so that the pedantic prefect Cheng condescended to invite him A white body without fame.

Ximenqing found Brother Qiao Yun and Lu Xiaoyi, and asked them to talk about the recent unusual changes in Dongping Mansion, Yunzhou.

Brother Qiao Yun's father used to be an archer in the imperial army of Dongping Mansion. Brother Qiao Yun had bought and placed many eyeliners in the imperial army of Dongping Mansion through his father. "The God of Dangerous Way" Yu Baosi.Therefore, as soon as he sat down, he first told Ximenqing the information collected in Dongping Mansion in the past few days.

It is said that for some reason, the imperial court suddenly issued an order to several prefectures around Liangshanbo to exterminate the Liangshanbo bandits.Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture in Yunzhou, and Dong Ping, the superintendent of soldiers and horses, also received orders from the court to arrest the grass bandits hiding in Liangshanpo within a limited time.

The imperial court in Bianliang, Tokyo, didn't know the reality of the bandits in Liangshan, and had a decree to send troops to Yunzhou to suppress the bandits, but the magistrate Cheng Wanli, no matter how confused he was, knew that the bandits in the water were powerful, and they were by no means ordinary bandits of three or five hundred Grass bandits are worrying about this.It is heard that he discussed several times with Dong Ping, the warden of soldiers and horses, and Dong Ping delayed the dispatch of troops on the grounds that the bandits in Liangshan were too powerful to act rashly.

The soldiers of the Dongping Mansion's Forbidden Army heard that they were going to wipe out the Liangshan bandits these days, and they were quite panic-stricken and couldn't go on all day long.In the barracks, only Yu Baosi, the "God of Dangerous Way" who was born as a bandit, was uncharacteristically speaking nonsense about his achievements to the soldiers.It's a pity that apart from his old subordinates, few imperial guards are willing to take risks with Yu Baosi.