The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

On the day of departure, Gao Lian and his wife and Yin Tianci saw each other off, and the three were very happy that Gao Yanei finally left, but they all showed reluctance on their faces.

Gao Lian said reluctantly: "I don't know when my nephew will be able to meet my uncle again in Gaotang Prefecture. I didn't see you last time for three to five years. I don't know when we can see each other next time?"

I thought in my heart, don't see each other again in three to five years, I'm tired and can't afford to toss.

Mrs. Gao Lian acted even more exaggeratedly, wiping the corners of her eyes with a veil, "Your uncle and I will miss you from time to time, we want to come and play anytime."

Yin Tianci was both respectful and afraid of Gao Ming, and now he felt mixed feelings, "Yamei, this time is really in a hurry, next time you come, you must treat me well."

Although he suffered a lot because of the yamen, the yamen also taught him a lot of truths, especially Chai Huangcheng and the Chai family's grand plan involving the officials. If the yamen hadn't reminded him, he was afraid that it would lead to a catastrophe.

Seeing the behavior of the three of them, Gao Ming immediately smiled and said, "You are so reluctant to part with me, anyway, I'm not in a hurry, so I won't leave, and stay for another ten days and a half months."

As soon as the words came out, a suffocating silence filled the air.

Both Gao Lian and his wife and Yin Tianci's smiles froze on their faces, and it was not right to continue to laugh or cry.

All kinds of "abuse" in the past appeared in Yin Tianci's mind again, and he immediately regretted it. It would be better for Ya Nei to go back to Tokyo!

Gao Ming looked at them with a smile, and said with a smile: "I just said casually, there are still things waiting for me in Tokyo, Gao Tangzhou is welcome, but I won't wait."

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, Gao Lian and his wife didn't dare to perform hard anymore, they were afraid that Gao Yan's fake show would really be done, so they would really stay here.

But before the three of them were happy, Gao Yanei said again: "But I think Yin Tianci has nothing to do, why don't you go to Tokyo to play with me. And these few days, I am used to being served by him, and I am afraid that I will not adapt .”

The three of them thumped in their hearts. It's fine to use it in Gaotang Prefecture, but if you take it to Tokyo, you still have to torture Yin Tianci to death.

Mrs. Gao Lian forced a smile, and looked at her younger brother, "Yan Nei wants to take you to Tokyo, how about it? Are you willing to go?" Then she looked at her husband, "Sir, Ya Nei wants to take Tianci away, okay?"

Yin Tianci almost grabbed his brother-in-law's sleeve and called for help.

Gao Lian finally couldn't hold it anymore, looked at his nephew, and uttered the truth, "Nephew, please forgive him, don't scare him anymore, look how scared he is by you."

Only then did Gao Ming raise his eyebrows, "Since you don't want to come to Tokyo to play, then forget it and be honest in Gaotang Prefecture."

Yin Tianci kept nodding his head and assured, "Honestly, my brother-in-law and sister have already arranged an academy for me, and I'm going to study abroad in a few days."

Gao Lian and his wife thought it over and felt that what Gao Yanei said a few days ago was correct. My brother-in-law is always used to accidents happening sooner or later. It is better to send him to study while he is young, but he cannot be sent to the Imperial College. After all, there is Gao Yanei in Tokyo. In order to send it to his death, he contacted an academy in Jeju and sent him there in a few days.

Gao Ming agreed with this approach, "Less getting into trouble and reading more, it's good, very good." But as he spoke, he pulled Yin Tianci aside, and warned coldly: "I don't care if you like men or women, but you can't force others to make things difficult for you. Tell me Knowing that you bully men and bully men again, you will suffer, you should weigh it."

Yin Tianci met Gao Yanei last time, so he dared to mess around again, and said with a bitter face: "I really don't dare!"

Gao Ming stroked Yin Tianci's dog's head and said, "It's good to know."

At this time, the attendants were all assembled, the boxes were loaded, Hua Rong also rode to the door, Gao Ming bid farewell to his uncle's family, and boarded the carriage.

Protruding out of the car window, he waved goodbye to his uncle's family again, "Then I'm leaving, and I'll come back when I'm free."

Gao Lian also waved, "Nephew, have a good journey."

I prayed silently in my heart, hoping that my nephew would be awarded a high-ranking position by the government when he returned. He was busy day and night, so he must never come to Gaotang Prefecture again when he is free.

With his uncle's good wishes, Gao Ming embarked on the journey back to Tokyo.

When passing by Chaijiazhuang, Chai Huangcheng's whole family came out to see them off, and gave Gao Ming a cart of melons, fruits, wine and food. In Chai Huangcheng's words: "I know that there is no shortage of anything in the yamen. I have prepared some snacks. Please use them on the way."

After Chai Huangcheng delivered the things, he reluctantly said to Gao Ming: "I don't know when the yamen will come to Gaotang Prefecture again, but I must come often, I am always here."

Until Gao Ming's convoy was no longer visible, he was still waving, "Yanei, come to Gaotang Prefecture often—"

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The world is not peaceful, but whenever passers-by pass by passers-by label any place as "the strongman haunts", it means that an organized force of robbery has formed in the vicinity, and basically there are mountain kings leading hundreds of young people to rob houses.

Strongmen mean robbers, once they come and go, no matter if they are nearby people or passing tourists, don't think about it.

However, Gao Ming's side sometimes moved. He knew very well the terrain around Gaotang Prefecture, such as which hills the king had mastered, so he avoided these people when he came, and he was safe when he returned.

Gao Ming's team was not small, sometimes he would bring twenty people with him when he came, ten people sent by his uncle later, Huarong and several house slaves sent by the Yu family, they were mighty and mighty, and they all brought them with them clearly. Wearing a weapon, it's not easy to mess with at first sight.

After walking for a day without incident, they arrived near Dongchang Mansion, stopped in front of an inn at the foot of the mountain outside the city, and planned to stay here tonight.

The scale of this inn is the largest in the vicinity, and it seems that it is doing serious business. In this world, black shops abound, and it is too difficult for ordinary people to go out.

The old man opened the guest room, got everything ready, and took Gao Ming, Hua Rong and others to the room.

The guest room with the best configuration is a twin room, with one bed facing the door and one bed next to the door, because people who go out to do business in this era, except for those brave men who are not afraid of anything, most of the cowardly civilians come together Yes, if you are a wealthy family, you need to bring a servant.

So basically the guest rooms are configured with double beds or three beds, which is convenient for friends and servants to live together.

Gao Ming is no exception. His room has two beds. As soon as he entered the door, the old governor immediately said, "The yamen lives in the inner room. I live in the room next to the door. It's convenient to bring tea and water to the yamen in the middle of the night." .”

Huarong said: "Then I will live next door. If there is something to do, just call in the middle of the night and I will come over."

Gao Ming smiled and said, "We stayed in this inn when we came here, so it should be safe, everyone, sleep well."

Hua Rong agreed, but still checked the doors and windows to make sure they were secure before leaving.

The old Du Guan served the yamen to wash and wash, and was about to go to sleep, when he heard someone knock on the door, he asked: "Who is it?"

Shi Qian's voice came from outside the door, "It's me, I have something important to report."

Opening the door with a gap, Shi Qian slipped in and walked straight to Gao Ming, "Ya Nei, I went out to relieve myself just now and found a group of suspicious people. There are eight people in this group, all wearing satin suits, and they look like merchants." , but I saw a few of them with thick knuckles and dark complexion, they looked like hard-working people who were exposed to the wind and sun, not rich people who could afford a complete set of clothes."

Gao Ming blinked, "What else?"

"The group of them moved into the store, and even picked up the eleven picks they brought with them to the second floor. It took a lot of effort. I wanted to help, but I was pushed away by each of them. It looked very precious. "Shi Qian said vigilantly: "According to my observation, this group of people must be bandits from somewhere. If they got their hands, they would be stolen goods."

Shi Qian used to be a member of the same class, a family of bandits. Although he didn't rob, he had also been in contact with bandits, and he knew their appearance and behavior very well.

Gao Ming was sleepy, and he didn't want to care about this matter in his heart. There was no evidence. Secondly, he was not an official yet, so he shouldn't overstep his authority to enforce the law. He yawned and was about to speak.

I heard Shi Qian say: "When I was pushed away by one of them, I tore off the thatch with my hand, and I saw that the burdens were all covered with seals, and the words "Daming House" could be vaguely seen."

Gao Ming hadn't finished yawning yet, he choked it back, and stared at Shi Qian with rounded eyes, "Did you see clearly?"

Shi Qian didn't know why the yamen was nervous, but he was firm: "Absolutely not bad. I am very familiar with the government's seal. Although I only have one glance, I can clearly see the two characters of the name. The strokes are simple, and I am definitely not mistaken."

Being able to find out the other party's wealth at a glance is the basic quality of a thief. In addition, he has stolen a lot before, and has a deep understanding of the way the government seals.

The old man stood aside and said, "Daiming? Daming Mansion? If you really help the strong, that means you just came back from Daming Mansion?"

"It should have been shipped from the Daming Mansion, and they robbed them halfway." Gao Ming asked Shi Qian seriously, "How many people did you say they had?"

"Eight! But only three of them seem to have a certain status. The other five are either fierce-looking, or round and short. By the way, one of them has a cinnabar birthmark on his face, which is very eye-catching."

Could it be that these eight people were Chao Gai and his party who robbed the birthday guide? The so-called three who seem to have a bit of status should be Chao Gai, the heavenly king of Tota, Wu Yong, the star of wisdom, and Gongsun Sheng, the dragon of Ruyun. The three of them are the village chiefs of the village. , Mr. private school and Taoist priests, at least not manual laborers, have good living conditions, and are considered by Shi Qian to have a bit of status.

As for the other five people, the red-haired ghost Liu Tang with cinnabar on his face, the three Ruan brothers with a fierce look, and Bai Sheng, a short-haired rat.

From the time point of view, Cai Jing's birthday is on June [-]th. If this group of people ran between Daming Mansion and Tokyo to rob the birthday card, this time would be the right time for them to return to Yuncheng, Shandong.

The Gang Members of this Robbery Birthday Gang are as follows:

Chao Gai is Baozheng, the head of Dongxi Village, Yuncheng County, who is in charge of organizing.

Wu Yong is a landed scholar, a private school teacher in the village, who is in charge of planning.

The three brothers of the Ruan family are in charge of force. Their nicknames are Lidi Tai Sui, Short Life Erlang, and Huo Yan Luo. To have such nicknames in the village is to be a domineering master in the village.

Moreover, the three brothers of the Ruan family love to gamble, and they can snatch all the hairpins from the old lady's head to gamble.

As soon as Wu Yong said that he was going to commit a crime, he immediately asked urgently: "The hope of the whole life has been fulfilled today! It's just scratching my itch! When are we going?"

Can not wait to see the mood, quite enthusiastic.

As for Liu Tang, he has been floating in the rivers and lakes since he was a child. He is a social person with a fierce appearance. He is responsible for force like the three Ruan brothers.

The rest is Gongsun Sheng, a dragon who entered the cloud, and a Taoist priest who went to the countryside to join gangs to engage in criminal activities for some reason. It may be that his personality and hobbies are such that he likes to pursue excitement.

Then there is Bai Sheng, an idler in charge of selling wine, a prop man hired by Wu Yong.

This improvised small gang ran from Shandong to Henan, and they really used Mongolian sweat medicine to overturn Yang Zhi, who was escorting the birthday party, and stole the things.

Yang Zhi is completely unsuitable for the escort business. He escorted Huashigang, Huashigang fell into the Yellow River, escorted the birthday gang, and the birthday gang was robbed. A hero like him who has failed in the same industry consecutively, is the only one in the water margin.

Gao Ming hesitated, should he make a move?

Although Liang Zhongshu gave his father-in-law Cai Jing's birthday outline is ill-gotten wealth, but Chao Gai and his gang robbed the ill-gotten wealth, which is considered a robbery of the rich, but they did not help the poor at all.

In Wu's own words: "Take this set of wealth and ill-gotten wealth, so that everyone can live happily ever after."

This everyone naturally refers to the other heroes who have joined the gang, and their goal is to make themselves happy. It can be seen that the key point of robbery's birthday is "to steal the wealth for your own use."

Feeling that rich people don’t get their money in a good way, they go to rob and use the money they got for themselves.

Essentially black eats black, and has nothing to do with ordinary people and other people.

Then Gao Ming thought to himself, should he come for nothing?

He took back the birthday outline and returned it to Cai Jing, just in time to ask him to do something.

At this time, someone knocked on the door again, "Are you all right?"

It turned out that it was Hua Rong who heard that Shi Qian came in, but he didn't come out for a long time, so he guessed that something was wrong, so he came to ask.

Gao Ming happened to be looking for Hua Rong, so he let him in, "I, a regular soldier, came to report that a group of robbers were found in the inn..."

Hua Rong said: "So, you want to catch?"

If he was going on his own, he would definitely arrest him, but this time he is sending Gao Ming back to Tokyo, if he causes trouble, then there is no need, it all depends on Gao Ming's intentions.

Gao Ming hesitated, "Let me make a divination."

Everyone wondered, when will the yamen be able to divination?They all looked at him suspiciously.

I saw Gao Ming pick up a piece of pastry from the pastry plate on the table. These pastries were prepared by the inn for the guests, and the quality was uneven.

Gao Ming said: "If I go down in one gulp, I won't chase if I have something to eat; if I don't, I'll go."

So he took a bite, and what was exposed was still white flour, without any filling.

Lao Du said: "It is God's will."

Seeing this, Hua Rong said straightforwardly: "Then I'll go back and get the bow." After speaking, he turned and walked out the door.

Gao Ming looked at the pastry in his hand, frowned and said, "I don't believe you can't eat the stuffing." So he took two more bites, and only then could he vaguely see a fingernail-sized fruit stuffing.

Shi Qian said with a smile: "This group of thieves never dreamed that they would be defeated by the dim sum that the inn cut corners."

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Chao Gai and others lived in a large guest room, which was prepared for the past business groups. Five beds could accommodate ten people. Now eight of them plus eleven loads of treasure filled the guest room to the brim.

Pretending to be a jujube seller, he used Mongolian sweat medicine to anesthetize the escorts in Huangnigang and snatched the birth certificate.

Because they pretended to be jujube sellers before, all in rough linen clothes, afraid that the escorts would report to the officials to hunt them down along the way, so they all disguised themselves and changed into better clothes. As for why they stayed in the big inn, they were afraid that other "heroes" would take them away. The birthday card that was stolen was taken away again.

The eight people sat down, Liu Tang wiped off his sweat and said, "This weather is almost steaming, it's so stuffy." After he finished speaking, he saw no one talking to him, and looked at everyone strangely.

Seeing that both Chao Gai and Wu Yong are sullen, they seem to have something on their minds.

Wu Yong thought for a while, and said to Chao Gai: "Baozheng, Xiaosheng faintly feels that the man he met just now is a disaster. When we were moving things, he wanted to come forward to help, but Erlang pushed him away, but he tore him away." Thatch, seems to have seen something."

Blame them for running too fast all the way, and didn't have time to unpack the birthday outline.

At the time of "Juyi", everyone swore an oath without selfishness, and these treasures must be sent back to Dongxi Village intact, and the seals must be broken and distributed under the witness of everyone, which is fair.

He and the three Ruan brothers knew each other, but Chao Gai was not familiar with them. Even Liu Tang, Gongsun Sheng, and Bai Sheng joined temporarily, and they were not familiar with each other. They are still wary of each other.

No one can touch the selfishness of being greedy for ink, but everyone is afraid that others will touch this selfishness.

Therefore, even though the birthday card was in their hands, they had not opened or disassembled it during the past few days.

When Ruan Xiaoer heard this, he winked at Ruan Xiaowu, "Scholar, why don't we brothers go and have a look, if he's already suspicious, we'll..."

Wu Yong shook his head slowly, "I don't think that person went out by himself, I'm afraid there is help."

Chao Gai said with a sullen face, "Hurry up, you can't stay here, it's better to stay in the wilderness than to attract people from the government here, go, hurry up."

Liu Tang muttered in a low voice, "I'm going to leave after a while." But he still listened to Chao Gai's words, and got up to carry the load, "Xiao Wu, Xiao Qi, you pick the four loads, and I will carry the two loads."

As soon as they said they were leaving, the eight people moved things out again in a panic. When they reached the lobby of the inn, Xiao Er was holding a lamp on watch for the night. Seeing them, they had just moved in and had to leave again. "Guest officer, this is it?"

"Don't do your business, let's go." Wu Yong said, and went straight out.

Xiao Er said to their backs: "Then I will treat you as checking out, and the room will not be reserved for you." Seeing this group of people leaving in a hurry, he ignored him, curled his lips, and continued to doze off.

After an unknown amount of time, he was woken up by someone. Seeing that it was the eye-catching handsome young man who lived in before, he rubbed his eyes, "Guest officer, what's the matter?"

"Where are the merchants who live on the second floor? There are eight people in total, and there is a cinnabar mark on their temples." Hua Rong asked.

"They left just now, and they are about to leave just after moving in. I don't understand."

"Which way are you going?"

"I didn't see it." At this time, Xiao Er noticed that the young man had a quiver hanging from his waist, and he was holding a bow in his hand. The people behind him were all armed with weapons, and knew that something was wrong. See, I don't know who they are."

Huarong knew that there was nothing he could ask from the mouth of the second child, so he led them out the door.

Although there was a road passing by the entrance of the inn, it was very dark at this time, and there were no people around.

"I'll go here, you lead people to chase over there!" Hua Rong said to Shi Qian, each leading people to chase from east to west.

Hua Rong led people to chase after him on horseback for a while, and by the light of the torch, he saw a figure running ahead, a few people pushing a unicycle at a small trot.

At this time, Hua Rong followed, and the people from the Gaotang Prefecture government yelled, "Who is in front? Stop! We are Gaotang Prefecture policemen, I have something to ask you!"

With this voice, the figure in front did stop, but under the moonlight, he took out a gleaming simple knife, and wanted to resist brightly.

Seeing this, Hua Rong set up an arrow and shot it out, hitting a man's arm, and with a scream, Pu Dao fell to the ground.

Chao Gai and the others saw that Liu Tang was hit by an arrow in his right arm, and they knew very well that at such a distance and visibility, the strength of the opponent should not be underestimated if they hit the arm accurately. Injury to a general is probably not the opponent's opponent.

"The opponent has a sharp archer, so we can't fight anymore, so hurry up!" Wu Yong made a decisive decision and made the most correct choice. After finishing speaking, he jumped down the road and ran towards the depths of the dense forest.

Chao Gai Gongsun Sheng followed closely behind, and the three Ruan brothers were unwilling to leave their treasures behind, picked up the lightest load, and fled into the forest.

Liu Tang got an arrow in his arm, but it didn't affect his life. He gritted his teeth and Bai Sheng plunged into the forest.

Hua Rong saw that these people abandoned their burdens and fled into the forest, so he rode his horse and ran to the place where they jumped into the forest. He saw that the forest was dark and dense, and he could not see his fingers.

He pulled up the bowstring, set up an arrow, listened attentively to the movement of them fleeing in the forest, and when he caught him, he opened the bow and released the arrow.

Arrows and meteors passed through the dense forest, and there was a scream in front of them.

Hua Rong got off his horse and led someone to search for it with a torch. Soon, he found a short and fat man next to a tree who had been shot in the leg by an arrow and fell to the ground unable to move.

"Catch him, take him back to the inn and hand him over to the yamen." Hua Rong ordered.

As for the others, there is no need to chase after him. If this one is captured alive, what are the identities of the others?

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Non-combatants like Gao Ming naturally would not go out to catch thieves, but "sit firmly in the tent of the Chinese army".

Soon, Shi Qian came back with someone, but found nothing.

Then Chao Gai and the others should be chasing in the direction of Huarong. Gao Ming was a little worried. Although Huarong was powerful, the other party was not a vegetarian, especially Liu Tang and the three brothers of the Ruan family, who were strong and strong enough to kill people with simple swords.

At this moment, he heard the sound of the floor, Shi Qian opened the door and took a look, turned his head to Gao Ming and said with a smile: "Boy, they brought a person back."

Soon, Hua Rong walked in, followed by two policemen dragging a man who had been shot in the leg.

When the man saw Gao Ming, he had a look of disdain, and he had the realization that he would rather die than surrender, and be generous in righteousness.

Hua Rong said: "There were eight of them. When we chased them, they all fled into the woods. Besides him, I shot and wounded one of them. A load of property was taken away, and we took the rest back. .”

Gao Ming thought to himself, in the face of long-distance lethal weapons like arrows, the only option is to flee, otherwise every arrow will cause a bloody hole.

Seeing the short and round people in front of him, he thought he was probably Bai Sheng, but he pretended not to know them well, smiled and said to Bai Sheng: "Hey, look, you've been busy for nothing, no matter how much you rob and steal." Everything is in our hands now."

The wealth that he got flew away, this is the most irritating thing, it's nothing more than murder, Bai Sheng glared at Gao Ming, and spat a mouthful of blood.

Gao Ming was not annoyed, "Who did you rob?"

Chao Gai and his gang outsmarted the birth plan and used Mongolian sweat medicine to numb the escort, which should be regarded as "anesthetic robbery" strictly speaking.

Naturally, Bai Sheng wouldn't say it, but Gao Ming was just asking to facilitate the following activities, "Forget it, since you don't tell me, then we'll investigate it ourselves. Someone, bring me a load of stolen goods."

Soon someone moved a load of bundled baskets to the center of the room, Gao Ming pretended to turn them over, and said to the surrounding people: "Does any of you recognize this seal?"

Old Du Guan and Shi Qian were well-informed, so they could tell at a glance, "This is the seal of the Liangzhong calligrapher of the Daming Mansion."

Gao Ming pretended to be thinking, "Hey, I heard that Liang Zhongshu is Cai Taishi's son-in-law, and the [-]th of this month is Cai Taishi's birthday. Could it be that these are Liang Zhongshu's birthday gifts to Cai Taishi?"

Said and aimed at Bai Sheng, Bai Sheng was stunned, and thought to himself that you all know it too soon!

Gao Ming pointed at Bai Sheng and said, "Look at his shocked expression, it seems we have hit the mark, this is the birthday outline sent by Liang Zhongshu!"

Everyone in the house was in an uproar. One must know that Taishi Cai is a powerful minister above ten thousand people, and someone robbed his birthday card. Unexpectedly, he was robbed back by Gao Yanei in the opposite direction.

Gao Ming said at this time: "Finding the birth date for the grand master is a great achievement. Don't worry, everyone who is present today will have a share of the credit! I will report my name to the old man in a while."

You can't eat alone, and you are a good boss if you get promoted and get rich together.

"Thank you Ya Nei!" When everyone heard the words, they kowtowed one after another.

Seeing Gao Ming being so popular, Hua Rong was happy for him, and looked at him, and it happened that Gao Ming was also looking at him at this moment.

The two smiled at each other.

When everyone else left, only Gao Ming, Hua Rong and Lao Du were left in the house. It was getting late, Hua Rong also went back to rest, and Gao Ming personally sent him to the door.

Gao Ming said sincerely: "Thank you, without you, I would not be able to take back the birthday card."

"Don't talk about these outsiders between good brothers."

"Then I have a thick skin, and I won't thank you in the future."

After hearing this, Hua Rong said with a smile: "As you like", then turned and went back to her room.

Gao Ming lay down on the bed, not feeling sleepy, thinking that he didn't call the heroes to rob, but instead "robbed" the heroes, which was interesting.

Turning over, thinking of what Hua Rong said just now, I thought to myself, since Hua Rong called him a good brother, it means that the two of them are not ordinary friends now, but close buddies.

Before, he was envious of other people's good friends who would last forever, but in a blink of an eye, he also has them.

Gao Ming couldn't help but smile, and fell asleep on his side.

The author has something to say:

Wu Yong said: Take this set of wealth and ill-gotten wealth, and everyone wants to be happy for a lifetime.

The three brothers of the Ruan family said: "The hope of the whole life has been fulfilled today! It is just scratching my itch! When are we going?"