The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Seeing Gao Ming's eyes, Zhao Ji stared straight at the Di Bao, and also looked at it curiously.But it seems that, apart from the news of the normal promotion of officials, he didn't find anything unusual.

So he thought that Gao Ming might really just be hot, and asked the eunuch to pour him tea.

After Gao Ming took a sip of tea, he gradually calmed down, and finished reading all the news in the mansion newspaper, "Your Highness, do you have any other orders?"

Seeing that his complexion was bad, Zhao Ji didn't dare to keep him anymore, "No, by the way, this king's fan is given to you as a reward for you to read the mansion."

Gao Ming accepted it bluntly, "Thank you, Your Highness."

This is his labor income, there is no reason not to.

"It's a pity that we are going to Tokyo soon, and this king just wants you to read the bottom report, so it's not convenient."

Is it possible that you still want to torment me every day, Gao Ming said indifferently: "Going back to Your Highness Tokyo, there is no shortage of manpower around me, is there still a need for someone to help you read the newspaper?"

Zhao Ji suddenly said, "You and Hua Rong are really close, even resting in his tent."

Gao Ming felt that Zhao Ji was probably going to start another wave of ridicule, talking about his relationship with Hua Rong.But Gao Ming didn't care. After all, he had come through all kinds of rumors and rumors all the way, and he didn't want to talk to Zhao Ji at all. "Your Highness, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave."

After speaking, he turned and walked out of the tent.

Hua Rong waited for Gao Ming in the tent for a long time before seeing him walk in with a slightly pale face.

Hua Rong hurried forward and asked concerned: "What's wrong? What happened?"

After approaching, he even saw a thin layer of sweat on Gao Ming's forehead, so he hurriedly took out a handkerchief and wiped it off for him.

His first reaction was, "Has Zhao Ji made things difficult for you?"

I no longer respectfully address him as His Highness King Jing, but call him by his first name directly.

"No. I was called by him to read the mansion newspaper to him. I saw a news in the mansion newspaper, saying that a stone tablet written in ancient tadpole characters was dug out from Liangshanbo. I am worried that the words on the stone tablet will not affect us. unfavorable."

Hua Rong laughed, "There is no reason for your worry, why do you think so?"

"You also know that there are some inscriptions that like to record some strange things. In case the inscriptions say that there will be monsters that harm one side in this place in the future."

"Are you afraid that we will be implicated? No. The officials know that you were taken to Liangshan by captives. I went there to save you. Even if the stele really records something, it points to the real Liangshan bandits and What do we have to do?"

Gao Ming thought to himself, if it is just a simple record, there will be a demon king in Liangshan who will endanger one side in the future, so there is really no need to worry.

I'm afraid that it is clearly recorded on the stone tablet that the person who will cause disaster in Liangshan in the future is the reincarnation of the demon king imprisoned by the Heavenly Master.And a detailed list of bonus personnel, it is completely different.

If there is no list, the emperor will of course think that these demon kings are only referring to those real robbers like Song Jiang.

But if there are detailed names of one hundred and eight heroes in Liangshan, and they are said to be reincarnated, then one can imagine the destructive power for Zhao Ji, who is a devout Taoist.

Even if Huarong is loyal and patriotic, in Zhao Ji's view, he is probably an unstable factor that can mutate at any time and cannot be reused.

Hua Rong's tone was more gentle to persuade, "You are too nervous, there is no need. Those ancient tadpole scripts can be deciphered by very few people. Maybe you will never be able to wait for someone who can decipher it. Even if it records the secrets of cultivating immortals, It's hard to be seen by the world, so don't worry about it, but your tone is very interesting, as if you are very sure that the things recorded in it will definitely be harmful to us."

Gao Ming was startled, afraid that Hua Rong might notice something, he pretended to be relieved and said, "Yeah, I think too much."

Having said that, I still feel uneasy in my heart.

He remembered that it was a Taoist priest surnamed He who deciphered the tadpole script in the original book. As for what his name was, his memory had faded, and he could only rack his brains to recall, and just like that, he returned to Tokyo all the way.

On the day of returning to Tokyo, the imperial court held a grand welcome ceremony. In this ceremony, Huarong, as the representative of the generals, personally presented prisoners to the emperor.

The reason why he was chosen instead of the general Wang Teng was also very knowledgeable.

Except for the fact that Fang La was captured by Hua Rong himself, the rest are all human factors. For example, Zhao Kai appreciates him more, for example, there is a Taiwei Mansion behind him, and for example, seeing his handsome appearance and heroic demeanor, let him act as a hero. Representatives, in order to better show the spiritual outlook of the mighty generals of the Song Dynasty.

Gao Ming also felt that sending Huarong to complete the prisoner offering ceremony would double the effect.

Gao Ming took a peek at his father not far away, and saw that he was also appreciative of Hua Rong's eyes, and he couldn't help thinking, maybe because of Hua Rong's excellence, maybe his father would agree.

But he quickly dismissed the idea, shook his head and sighed, it won't be so easy.

After the prisoner offering ceremony, the imperial court held a grand welcome banquet to reward the three armies.

Gao Lian's emotions that he didn't dare to show at the banquet were too revealing.

When the banquet was over and Gao Ming and Hua Rong returned to Taiwei's Mansion, Gao Qiu finally couldn't help but shed tears and looked at his son up and down, wishing to count the strands of his hair.

"Father, haven't I come back now? Don't do this."

"I won't say how sad I was when I heard you were trapped in Hangzhou. Gao Qiu didn't want to complain to his son, but just wanted to give his son a final order that after you, you are not allowed to leave Tokyo for half a step."

Although Gao Ming himself didn't really want to leave Tokyo in the future, he still resisted his father's restraining order, "I'm doing well."

"No, stop talking nonsense, and you are not allowed to leave Tokyo in the future." After Gao Qiu gave the ultimatum, he said to Hua Rong: "Thanks to you, I know that you are the one who saved Ming'er this time."

Hua Rong said from the bottom of his heart: "This is what I should do. No matter how many times, I am willing to sacrifice my life to save Ya Nei."

Gao Qiu patted Hua Rong's shoulder approvingly, "You are indeed my son's good friend, I saw you right."

"Thank you uncle for your kindness."

Gao Ming smacked his mouth at the side, he didn't know what to say, so he simply didn't speak.

Unexpectedly, his father suddenly said: "Hua Rong has saved you so many times, don't you have to show something?"

Hua Rong looked at him with a smile in his eyes, Gao Ming reacted strongly, "Biao, what do you mean?"

Gao Qiu said: "He saved you so many times, did you say thank you yourself?"

Gao Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because he thought too much, so he said to Hua Rong, "Thank you."

"There is no need to talk about this word of thanks between you and me."

Seeing such a deep friendship between the two young people, Gao Lian was very pleased and stroked his beard in satisfaction.

At this time, Gao Ming thought of the inscription, "I saw a report on the road saying that the government is recruiting people from various states to decipher the tadpole script. Do you have any clues?"

"The officials are very concerned about that stele, and they have invited many people to look at it. But there is no clue yet. I don't know what is written on it? But the more this official, the more curious. Do you think what is written on it will be What is it?" Gao Qiu wanted to hear his son's opinion.

"Maybe it's the tombstone of a prince or noble in ancient times. It might not be meaningful."

Hearing that there is still no clue, Gao Ming is relieved a lot.

"It's such a big stone tablet, it carries a lot of content. Now it's placed in Gen Yue, and when you go there, you can take a look."

Gao Ming silently nodded.Gao Qiu told his son and Hua Rong again before telling them to go down.

Walking down the corridor, Hua Rong smiled and said, "You should listen to your father and show it well."

"If I listen to my father, can I break my sleeves with you?"

The two talked and laughed for a while, and then went back to their rooms to sleep.Gao Ming was lying on the bed, still carefully recalling the plot of the original book.

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration, and he remembered that at the beginning, he felt that the Taoist priest's name had a bit of a courier flavor. It seemed to be called Tong, Yuantong, Fangtong?In short, it is a common word.

Tomorrow, he will go to the Imperial City Department and ask his subordinates to investigate the Taoist He surnamed Gongsun Sheng who has Tong in his name.Once you find it, report it to him quickly. With so much information, I believe we will find out soon.

It is said that this person has a heavenly book handed down from his ancestors to decipher tadpole script, and he only needs to find this person before the emperor.Then Gao Ming would have a way to ask him to decipher the inscription according to his own wishes.

Thinking of this, he felt a little more relaxed.

Zhao Ji, living a good life recently, received the Taihu stones selected from Hangzhou and met the owners of these stones in person.

Proclaiming to the world that Huashi Gang was dedicated to him as the emperor willingly by the people. It was not like the legends, but came from violent extortion, which saved a wave of reputation for himself.

Coupled with the good news that his most beloved prince Zhao Kai annihilated Fang La, it can be described in four words, all wishes come true.

He is in a good mood, and rewards those who bring him a good mood.

Apart from his precious son, Gao Ming's greatest hero is undoubtedly Gao Ming, who protected the city, resisted Fang La's attack, and successfully selected Taihu Stone for him, restoring his reputation.He and Huarong personally caught Fang La.Most importantly, he saved his own son's life.

Counting the merits one by one, Zhao Ji felt that it would not be too much to reward Gao Ming as a duke, but considering his young age, he should be granted the title of Marquis of Guangen first.

Zhao Kai had no objection to his decision. Cai Jing and the others wanted to persuade the emperor, but they quickly changed their minds. Real achievements, especially saving King Jing.

Besides, because of Fang La's meritorious service in the first battle, Tong Guan was granted the title of Duke of Chu. If he disagreed with Gao Ming's title of Marquis, then Tong Guan's title of Duke would be even more unconvincing.

Considering all kinds of things, Cai Jing felt that it would be better to be a good boy in front of the emperor, so they all praised the emperor's wise decision.

As for Hua Rong, Zhao Ji is still very cautious about rewarding generals. Although he led his troops to protect Hangzhou in time, this is the general's responsibility after all, but capturing Fang La with his hands can give him a strong point. Pen.

After careful consideration, Zhao Ji decided to be transferred to the deputy capital commander of the Tianwu Army, one of the four elite forbidden troops, and to be named Zhangde Jiedu envoy.

He heard his son Zhao Ji say, "Because Huarong has never bought a house in Tokyo, so he is still living with Gao Ming. Father, why don't you reward him with a house."

Zhao Ji thought this proposal was good, and immediately waved his hand and rewarded him with a mansion to solve his housing problem in Tokyo.

Zhao Kai glanced at his younger brother, but hesitated to speak.

Gao Ming and Hua Rong received the imperial decree, and they were quite happy when they heard the first half, but when they heard that the emperor had rewarded Hua Rong with a house, they both had a slight disappointment on their faces at the same time.

This means that Hua Rong will move out.

Gao Qiu was very happy, the rewards he got could finally make up for the dangers his son encountered.

Although the title of this dynasty cannot be hereditary, but his son has made such achievements at this age, it is possible to be crowned king at his age.

In this kind of reverie, Gao Qiu only felt that his son was radiant, and his radiance was enough to make the ancestors smile.

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Liang Shan and the others also had their own titles, those who were officials became officials, and those who returned to their hometowns, but this time, because they did not attack so many cities, unlike in the original plot, killing Gao Lian and offending Gao Lian, The attack on the Daming Mansion in charge of Liang Zhongshu angered Cai Jing, and none of the senior officials in the court wanted to harm them, so they accepted the official position according to the general recruitment of soldiers and horses.

As for those who died in battle, they were all awarded the title of Zhong Wulang and rewarded fairly.

However, most of them survived because they didn't lose many troops during the conquest of Fang La.

Gao Ming had a premonition that sooner or later these people would have to go to the battlefield, before that, let them live a stable life.

He happened to take a break too.

On this day, Gao Ming made an appointment, and Murong Yanze and Yanqing gathered to celebrate for himself.

Just as he was about to go out, he was blocked by his father.

"Don't go out yet. I can't catch your shadow every day these days. My father wants to ask you a few words."

"You say."

"I won't talk nonsense with you. Just tell me what kind of wife you want. I'll ask a matchmaker to find one for you in Tokyo." Gao Qiu wanted his son to marry a princess before, but it was obvious that his son's attitude was not very good. Positive, besides, his son is so good, he can make a career by himself, so Gao Qi also made a concession, why not let his son choose the one he likes.

"What kind? You are asking me what kind of marriage I want."

"Well, that's what it means."

Gao Ming asked back, "Tell me about your request."

When Gao Qiu heard that his son was quite filial and cared so much about his own opinion, he said frankly: "People say marrying a wife and a virtuous person, I think this sentence makes sense. Now that you have a successful career, you should find a virtuous wife to help you You take care of the inner courtyard. The most important thing is to have good moral character, and your appearance can be a little worse. If you don’t like being born into a wealthy family and having an arrogant personality, it’s not a bad idea for you to find someone from a small family, Biyu, who is kind to others.”

Gao Ming thought for a while, and he wanted to tell his father, would it be okay for his spouse to find someone who is good-looking, seven feet tall, can ride a bad horse, can hold sea holly, and can draw a bow with both hands.

Gao Ming is now avoiding his parents and dating, but he dare not show up with his father, "I know your request, I will think about it later."

Gao Qiu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, "You are old and young, don't think about it anymore. Tell me quickly, how about the request that your father just said? If you don't make sense, I will send someone to look for it according to this standard."

No, when he heard that his father wanted to arrange the marriage for him, Gao Ming hurriedly stopped him, "Honestly, your request is completely different from what I thought. I don't like Xiaoniaoyiren and Xiaojiabiyu's. I like tall ones. Preferably half a head taller than me."

Gao Lian imagined the scene for a while, and felt a little dizzy.He is half a head taller than his own son, where can he find a woman that tall.

At least he hasn't seen him at such an old age, and his son deliberately doesn't want to have a good conversation.

Gao Qiu's face darkened, "And then?"

"Then, considering that I have been in dangerous situations several times, the other party had better protect me with swords and guns. Don't you think that even the money for hiring followers will be saved?"

Gao Qiu said angrily: "You child, if you don't want to talk about these things, just say so. Are you deliberately saying these things to amuse your father?"

Gao Ming laughed twice, then ran away, "Just take it for granted!"

Gao Qiu shook his head with his hands behind his back, and left angrily and funny.

Gao Ming went out for a stroll, without any danger, and gained military merits.

Murong Yanze enviously said: "If I had known this, I would have gone to Hangzhou with you. I found that you can gain something every time you go out for a stroll. Tell me when you will go out next time, and I will definitely go with you. "

"You can forget it. You see, when I go out, it is not extremely dangerous. If I take you out, if you have any troubles, the imperial concubine will not kill me. It is myself, and I don't want to go out of Tokyo again in the future."

Yan Qing smiled and said: "It seems that our yamen is planning to stop and not go out to harm those rebellious officials and thieves."

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Apart from gathering with friends, Gao Ming also went to banquets everywhere, he is now a celebrity around the emperor, and he is still red and purple.Who can invite him to come to the mansion for a meal, that would be really radiant.

In these busy banquets, the golden autumn comes.

Zhao Ji loves all pleasures, and of course he can't let go of the traditional sport of hunting.

He brought his adult prince and some favorites to hunt near the outskirts of Beijing, and Gao Ming and Hua Rong were among them.

Going out hunting with the emperor, is it really meaningless?Because everyone knows that only the emperor can show off.Just like Huarong.He is an excellent archer, not to mention shooting deer, even shooting birds in the sky is no problem, but when he comes out with the emperor, he can only hide his sharpness and follow the crowd to fill his numbers.

The hunting activity lasted for three days, and in the afternoon, camp was set up.

The imperial chef is responsible for cooking the prey caught in the morning and distributing them to the ministers.

Before the royal meal was rewarded, Gao Ming and Hua Rong decided to go out for a stroll and take a walk around the area, in the name of being close to nature.

After Hua Rong moved out from Taiwei's Mansion, although the two could meet each other, it was far less convenient than when they lived in Taiwei's Mansion.

And this autumn hunting event just created an opportunity for their reunion.

So they ran out as soon as they were free, and the two of them rode horses and gradually moved away from the army. When they heard the sound of a stream, they told their followers to go back, and they rode with Hua Rong towards the stream.

Gao Ming saw that the stream was crystal clear, and the fish swimming on the rocks could be seen at a glance.So he found a smooth stone, sat on it to bask in the sun, and called Huarong to come over.

The two sat side by side by the stream, and Gao Ming naturally leaned on Hua Rong's shoulder again. At this moment, he saw Hua Rong raised his arm and said to him: "A leaf fell on your shoulder, I will help you pick it off. .”

Gao Ming couldn't help but want to laugh, "Are you an old routine? You said that I have leaves on my shoulders, but you actually want to use the reason of picking leaves to put your arms around my shoulders."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huarong raised his eyebrows, and a golden fallen leaf appeared in front of his eyes.

Gao Ming found that Hua Rong's eyes were quite innocent, as if he had misunderstood him, "Would I lie to you for no reason?"

Gao Ming smiled, "Okay then, I apologize to you."

Hua Rong said at this time: "Don't move, there is a bug on your shoulder, I will help you remove it." Gao Ming nodded, and then Hua Rong stretched his arms into his arms.

Gao Ming held back his laugh, raised his eyes to look at him, "I knew it."

"It's called a soldier who never tires of deceit."

Gao Ming sighed leisurely, "Yes." Then he dipped his hand in the brook water and sprinkled it on Huarong's face, "Soldiers never tire of cheating." After doing all this, he stood up with a smile and ran away.

Hua Rong came to arrest him, quarreled with Gao Ming for a while, and forced him to a big tree.

Gao Ming had no choice but to retreat, and said with a smile, "Don't act recklessly."

Although this place is not deep in the mountains and old forests, there is a certain distance between the hunting troops and them. Apart from wild animals, he and Huarong are the only two people around. .

Facing Hua Rong who was pressing towards him, Gao Ming quickly turned his face away, because Hua Rong sneaked on the cheek last time, so this time he can probably guess where he wants to attack.

He pursed his lips tightly and turned his face away, but he didn't want to show a section of his fair neck, which was almost like sending him to the door.

Hua Rong leaned over, her breath was very close to him.

Suddenly, he heard his father Gao Qiu's voice from a distance, "What are you doing?"

Gao Ming paled in shock, and slammed Hua Rong's shoulder hard, "My dad is here, get up and drive away!"

Hua Rong was quite calm, probably because he had foreseen that such a day would come, and had rehearsed such a scene countless times in his mind.

He straightened up and looked at Gao Qiu.

Gao Qiu yelled again, "What are you doing? Come here quickly, I've been looking for you for a long time."

Gao Ming found that his father's tone did not sound like a severe reprimand, but more of a questioning one. Although he was still a little worried, he was no longer as flustered as when he was stopped suddenly.

He and Hua Rong led the horse and walked towards his father. When they came up to him, Gao Ming looked at his father with a look of stupidity, "Father, what's the matter?"

"What's the matter? You two ran here alone without even saying hello. It would be dangerous if you were besieged by wild beasts."

Gao Ming smiled and said, "With Huarong here, it's not dangerous. If it is besieged by wild beasts, then there will be another prey."

"Although that's the case, don't be too rash. You guys just love to take risks." After Gao Qiu spoiled his son and scolded him, he suddenly remembered the scene he saw just now, and asked in confusion, "What were you doing just now?"

Gao Ming immediately explained: "It's nothing, just my neck seems to be bitten by a mosquito, Hua Rong help me take a look."

Gao Lian is far away, and with the fact that he has been handling official duties for so many years, the good eyesight of the national athletes in those days has also declined year by year.

So he saw it in a hazy way just now, and didn't see it very clearly.

"Where is it? Show Dad."

Gao Ming quickly reached out and scratched his neck, "It's nothing, it's just a little itchy, it shouldn't be poisonous insects."

As soon as he heard the word poisonous insect, Gao Qiu's spirit tensed up, and he urged: "Go back quickly and ask the accompanying imperial doctor to take a look at it for you."

Gao Ming shook his head, "Don't look at it, if the officials who are mobilizing teachers know how fragile I am, they may not take me out next time. Who do you want to bring a person who has a lot of things all day long, and I brought medicine, There is no problem with general poisonous insect bites, I just go back and wipe it off myself."

Gao Qiu felt that his son's words made sense, but he was still very worried and kept urging, "Hurry up, don't waste time, apply the medicine as soon as possible."

Huarong smiled lightly and remained silent.

Gao Qiu didn't like his attitude a bit. His own son was bitten by insects. As a friend, this kid didn't worry at all.

As a father, he bluntly stated, "Aren't you worried about Ya Nei's bite injury?"

Gao Ming was speechless, and it would be too exaggerated to describe it as "injury". He was about to speak when Hua Rong took the conversation away.

"Uncle, I just think this scene is very warm. In fact, when Ya Nei was defending the city, he also witnessed a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, and followed the army to conquer Fang La. During this process, he has received a lot of training. Praise him for his bravery. But that’s it, he is still like a child in your eyes. I have no father since I was a child. I saw that scene just now, and I just thought, maybe in the eyes of a father, a son will never grow up. If my father is still there, it must be the same."

Gao Qiu couldn't help being moved by Hua Rong's words. It turned out that Hua Rong was envious of his family's happiness.

The young man in front of him is about the same age as his son, but he lost his father early, and has never experienced the true love between father and son.

Thinking of the deep friendship between him and his son, regardless of each other, Gao Qiu said with emotion: "If you don't dislike it, you can also treat me as your father."

Gao Ming was taken aback for a moment, and then Hua Rong bowed to Gao Qiu without any hesitation, "Father."