The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Hua Rong thought worriedly, Gao Ming, take it easy, don't let them stop you from leaving after being overly moved by you.

At this time, Lu Zhi said to Hua Rong with a serious face: "I told you to follow, you have to bring Sun Junshi back safely, if you can't, let the Sa family follow."

Considering Tong Wei and Tong Meng's physical strength in rowing, it is better not to carry Lu Zhishen.

Gao Ming promised: "Don't worry, his safety rests with me."

Soon, the minions who fetched the arrows for Hua Rong came back, and handed them pens and papers in addition to the bows and arrows.

The escorted Qiu Yue, Zhou Ang, Liu Menglong and others also arrived, knowing that Liang Shang planned to change prisoners, they all seemed very happy.

When Qiu Yue was imprisoned, Zhou Ang got angry with him, knowing that the other party was really Gao Yanei, so he shut up completely.

But I still couldn't help but look at Gao Ya Nei a few more times, wondering in my heart, what happened?As soon as he met Gao Yanei's eyes, he recalled the slap in the face, and instinctively looked away.

Hua Rong was afraid that Gao Ming would mobilize other people's emotions too much, so it would be bad if he stopped him like last time, "Let's go, it's late, Li Jun might be in danger."

Tong Wei and Tong Meng nodded one after another, "Military division, let's go."

Gao Ming was supported by Hua Rong to board the boat, stood at the bow, waved to the people on the shore, and looked at each other with tears in his eyes.

The people on the shore all desperately waved to him to bid him farewell.

Gao Ming turned around slowly when no one on the shore could see him, and saw that Tong Wei was only focused on rowing, not looking at him and Hua Rong.

The boy paddled another boat carrying the prisoners fiercely, and he didn't even have time to watch them.

Gao Ming finally couldn't help showing a big smile to Huarong.

Huarong also smiled at him.

Not to mention how happy Gao Ming was, he quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth, for fear of laughing out loud.

I'm so happy to see my dad soon.

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Because his son was forcing him to die and he was not allowed to go to the battlefield in person, Gao Qiu took command of the war in the government office of Jeju.

Bad news came one after another. The first bad news was: his confidants Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang were captured alive by Liangshan people, and the horse army and infantry army were defeated.

The lieutenant general who escaped back said: "Taiwei, a bandit with a precise and cunning arrow shot over General Qiu. However, the humble officer saw clearly that the leader was a fair young man in his twenties, and everyone in this group listened. He commanded, it is said that this person is called Sun Xiaowu, and he has only recently become famous in Liangshan!"

Gao Qiu's head hurts, these two people are not his son and Hua Rong.

Why did they arrest the general they sent to save them?

why?

Before Gao Qiu could figure out this question, another sad news came. The navy led by Liu Menglong was wiped out, and he himself was arrested and taken to Liangshan.

On the way, the two commanders and the navy commander were all arrested, and Gao Qiu was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

The only good news is that a Liangshan bandit was caught, but no matter how much he interrogated him, he didn't say what his name was, but he was the most heroic during the battle, and he should be the leader.

Just this Liangshan bandit was not caught by the officers and soldiers, but by the fishermen near Liangshanbo. For the reward, they went into the water at thirty or fifty times, besieged them collectively, and caught him forcefully with fishing nets.

Gao Qiu suffered repeated defeats, his righteousness was not smooth, and he immediately sent an order, "Torture this man severely! If you don't torture him, you are the only ones to ask."

When Liu Menglong was arrested, only Dang Shijie was left in command of the navy. If Gao Qiu couldn't figure it out, he would personally lead the expedition tomorrow.

With this in mind, he was about to ask Dang Shijie to come in to discuss the formation of troops. At this time, he heard a report: "Taiwei, the warship parked in the waterway was shot with an arrow on the mast, and the arrow hit the mast. There is a letter. It seems that people from Liangshan want to exchange prisoners."

The three commanders who were arrested were all Gao Qiu's confidantes. How could Gao Qiu not be moved when he heard about the prisoner exchange? He took the letter and saw that it was written in his son's handwriting and signed by Sun Xiaowu.

Gao Qiu's eyes were moist for a moment, and he took the letter and walked out, "It's from Liangshan people. The letter said that if you want to change prisoners, you need me to go to Hedao to meet them for an interview."

The generals next to him, seeing the Taiwei so anxious, thought that he was so excited because he was concerned about Qiu Yue, Zhou Ang and Liu Menglong.

A tooth general said: "I don't know who is the one who dares to change prisoners this time. He is really not afraid of death."

Another said: "They arrested our three chief generals and several lieutenants. They made sure that we dare not act rashly, so they are so bold."

"The humble officer feels that the captain should not take risks. This may be a trick to lure you to the river, so as not to be ambushed. It is better to ask someone to dress up as you to talk, anyway, they have never seen you in person."

The generals have everything to say, but they basically agree to exchange prisoners. After all, they have captured more generals. If they don't change, the other party will only lose one thief, but they will lose three generals.

Seeing that someone was obstructing it, the Taiwei refused to let him see his son, and immediately said coldly: "Little clever, it must be Hua Rong who made this arrow hit the mast of the warship accurately in the middle of the night."

The name Huarong is familiar to everyone, and he is a good friend of Gao Yanei.

Gao Taiwei's confidants all knew this person, since Gao Yanei died, Gao Taiwei scolded him a lot, from ungrateful to wolf-hearted, and finally to lack of language, but recently he stopped scolding.

Seeing that Captain Gao was angry, the others dared not speak out. After all, a father who lost his son, and a captain who lost a general, can do anything if they make him anxious.

In order to "rescue his confidant", Gao Qiu rode out of the city overnight and rushed to the warship parked by the river.

When Gao Qiu arrived, he immediately called for people to call, and asked Liangshan's people to come to talk on the boat immediately.

After a while, someone waved a lantern in the middle of the river and shouted: "We are here to negotiate. The prisoners are hidden in another small boat in a hidden place. Don't play tricks."

"The little bandits speculate on the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. The Taiwei came to negotiate with you in person. Don't be so talkative, hurry up!" The person who answered had the unique arrogance of officers and soldiers.

After a while, the boat was approaching, and the people on the official boat saw that there was only one boatman on the boat, and two people who seemed to be negotiating, so they threw down a ladder.

Seeing this, Gao Ming grabbed the soft ladder and wanted to climb up, but after a few sections, he couldn't do it anymore, the soft ladder swayed back and forth, making it very difficult to climb up.

The people on the official ship were all speechless. Aren't Liangshan all robbers? Even this physical strength can be a robber?

Tong Wei, who was punting the boat, was also very helpless. Although he knew about Sun Junshi's ability, he couldn't help but think to himself, this is too bad. If there is no agreement, can General Hua escape successfully with such a person? .

Oh, I'm so worried.

Hua Rong said to Gao Ming: "Come down, I will carry you up."

Gao Ming was only short of the hurdle of the ladder, so he could see his father, and he didn't want to waste time because of the challenge, so he said immediately: "Okay."

So Huarong caught him and returned to the boat, and then told him to put his arms around his neck, and climbed up the boat along the soft ladder.

The deck was brightly lit, but the people standing there were all low-ranking officers. They had never seen Gao Yanei before, so they didn't know who he was. They just took them to the cabin according to the Taiwei's order.

In the command room of the cabin, Gao Lian had been waiting for a long time. Seeing that the door was pushed open and his son appeared in sight, he couldn't help but wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes one after another.

There were only two of Gao Qiu's absolute confidantes left in the room, they both recognized Gao Ming and Hua Rong, and knew that Ya Nei was still alive, but seeing this scene of father and son meeting at this moment, they still couldn't help being moved.

Gao Qiu grabbed his son, first looked him up and down, then held his face in his hands for a closer look, and made sure that many noses and eyes were not missing, and then smiled with tears in his eyes: "It's good to be back, it's good to be back."

Gao Ming's tears also rolled in his eyes, and he managed to keep them from falling. He forced out a smile, "Father, why are you crying, shouldn't you be happy."

This sentence directly pierced Gao Qiu's strong emotions, and couldn't help crying: "How can parents bear to see their children suffer, my son, you don't know how much you worry about you as a father."

Seeing this, Gao Ming wiped away his father's tears and said obediently, "I really didn't suffer much. A few days after I was taken away, Hua Rong went to Liangshan to look for me, and I followed him all the time. Didn't suffer a bit."

After a long meal of reassurance, Gao Qiu calmed down.

Gao Qiu's eyes blurred with tears fell on Hua Rong, and he said gratefully: "I knew you would not turn against the country and become a traitor, let alone betray your friends. Thank you for your identity."

Hua Rong hurriedly said: "The Taiwei is serious." It can be seen that the Taiwei really loves Gao Ming.

"Hua Rong, you fell into the weeds because of my son, and you bear the stigma for nothing. I will play the Holy Spirit and return your innocence."

Hua Rong bowed, "Thank you Taiwei."

When Gao Qiu saw his son came back, he was afraid that the night would be full of dreams, "It's not too late, go back to Jeju City with Dad, and leave for Tokyo tomorrow."

Such a good son, what if the Liangshan bandits come to snatch him later.

"Father, I don't plan to go back to Tokyo this time. I want to stay on Liangshan." Gao Ming said timidly and slowly, afraid that his father would not be able to bear it if he said too soon.

"What, why?" Gao Qiu was so shocked that he kept looking at his son in one position for a long time. He felt that his son's idea was too crazy, "You came back safely, and you still want to go back?"

"Yes, I want to go back and recruit them." Gao Ming revealed his real purpose, "Sit on the head of the village and bring them to recruit them."

Because before, without his father's consent, he did not take any major actions.

Gao Qiu couldn't accept it, and slowly began to stroke, "You want to be the village owner? Be the leader of the bandits?"

Hua Rong explained from the side: "The yamen has now taken the second position."

Gao Qiu was shocked, "Isn't it just a military adviser, why have you become the second in command?"

Gao Ming said with an embarrassed smile: "This process is very complicated. Anyway, after a lot of fighting between you and me, I took the second place."

Gao Qiu thought to himself, his precious son is so good everywhere, if he enters the robber's den, he can become the leader of the robbers and win the first place.

"Don't worry about the top positions, what's so rare, this puddle, I will bring troops to suppress it, and you and Huarong will follow me back."

"Father, it's so difficult to bring troops to suppress. The eight hundred miles of water is a natural danger in Liangshan. The terrain is very complicated. There are thousands of changes in the reeds. You can't get out even if you are beaten. I have paid a lot now, why don't you just let me finish it. In this way, you don't have to waste people and money. I will go back, and the two leaders on Liangshan will bring everyone to make trouble and fight the state capital , I don’t know how many people will die.”

Gao Qiu still couldn't accept his son's proposal, "Do they have the ability?"

"Yes." Gao Ming said resolutely: "If I don't notify Hu Yanzhuo to retreat, I'm afraid even he will be caught on the mountain. If I don't lead troops with Hua Rong to fight Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang, I'm afraid they have already been captured. The people in Liangshan were killed! I kept emphasizing on catching them alive, so I spared their lives, and the same is true for Liu Menglong, the reason why he is alive is because I "blocked" him."

Hua Rong also proved, "They are not ordinary robbers. Many of them are better than the officers and soldiers. It is indeed the best way for the Yamen to recruit them."

In Gao Qiu's eyes, Hua Rong's words are very credible. He is a general and honest. His judgment of Liang Shan's strength can be used as an important reference.

Seeing that his father was wavering, Gao Ming continued to persuade him: "They guarded the natural danger of the water park, came out to attack the state capital, and ran away after the attack. The speed of the imperial court's deployment of troops was simply too late. Once they broke the state capital, hoarding food and wealth , that is immovable as a mountain, and the gods don't even think about doing anything to them in a short time. Liu Menglong was all-powerful in the south of the Yangtze River, but he was still defeated when he arrived in Liangshan. It's not that Liu Menglong is not strong enough, but the enemy is too strong. This is why I tipped off the news in advance If not, I am afraid that even another general will be arrested."

Gao Qiu struggled and said: "Of course you can recruit, but you still have to go back with me. I'll go back to play Ming Shengshang and send envoys to recruit. You and Hua Rong still have to go back to Tokyo with me."

"No, if I go back to Tokyo, Liangshan's current village owner, Chao Gai, won't want to recruit."

And when Song Jiang kills Chao Gai, and then recruits security, I don't know how many blood debts Liang Shan has committed in the Year of the Monkey.

Just like he accelerated the gathering of Liangshanbo personnel, he went back to speed up the smooth recruitment process and reduce the loss of the court and the people.

"Since he doesn't want to recruit security, you still want to recruit security? Don't tell the father, you want to facilitate their recruitment by yourself."

"As I said just now, I want to be the head of the village." Gao Ming said with piercing eyes, "Trust me, father."

Gao Qiu said helplessly and sadly: "I believe in you, but who will understand my feelings? If you go back this time, you will be re-entering the tiger's den. As your father, how can I just watch you go back again?" to a dangerous place."

Seeing Gao Ming winking at him, Hua Rong said, "Don't worry, Taiwei, I will continue to protect Ya Nei. In fact, Gao Nei is not dangerous, but Chao Gai and Song Jiang are more dangerous. Now the most popular one is Ya Nei. If With the successful exchange of hostages this time, the status must be raised to a higher level."

Gao Qiu didn't say a word, as a father, he still didn't want to let his son go back to Liangshan.

"Father, if I can take down the group of people in Liangshan, I will look better when I return to the court. Otherwise, I am just a rescued captive when I go back now, and I can't hold my head up in front of the officials, but if I will be the head of the village, and I will ask them to recruit them with my own strength, and the officials will look at me differently."

Raising the height of the matter to the level of meritorious deeds, Gao Li was shaken a lot, "This..."

"Since I have this ability, why do I have to retreat bravely? I have been carrying the black spot of being kidnapped all my life. There is a big gap between the second position and the village owner. The second position is still controlled by others, but as the village owner, I am the best. The successful secret work, besides the merit of recruiting Liangshan, the officials will have a better understanding of my personal ability." Gao Ming said: "Even if you stop me, I still want to earn this credit."

"I'm still worried about you as a father."

"I have Huarong protecting me, I'm fine." Gao Ming said: "We are inseparable, we are together almost all the time, who dares to harm me?! In addition, there are Qin Ming, Sun Li and others, and now half of the mountain is full of people. My people are just a step away, so let me go back. Don't you want me to go to the next level. "

Moved with emotion and understood with reason, Gao Qiu stopped talking, apparently engaged in an ideological struggle.

Gao Ming continued to persuade: "Father, I can't be under your wings forever. Whether it's a struggle between the DPRK and China or a real war, I want to face it by myself. You have to believe that I can do it."

The son is about to grow up, as a father, shouldn't he let him go at the right time and tell him to fight for himself?

Gao Qiu long sighed, "Let Weifu think about it, you must be hungry when you come with Huarong, let's eat first."

Gao Qiu ordered the food and wine to be served, and asked Gao Ming and Hua Rong to eat first.

I don't know if it's because of his hard work in cooking, or because he hasn't had a meal from a good cook for a long time. Gao Ming looked at the decently prepared dishes, and suddenly felt that Liangshan's large beef sauce was not attractive at all.

Liang Shan cured his former picky eating problem, but in order to prevent his father from seeing something wrong, he dared not eat too much.

But Gao Qiu still asked: "Is it possible that you can't eat such delicious food on the mountain?"

"It's okay on the mountain, there are wine and meat."

"Oh, what kind of dishes and delicacies do the gangsters know, they just stew meat randomly." Gao Qiu said distressedly.

Gao Ming changed the topic, "Father, we carried Qiu Yue, Zhou Ang, Liu Menglong and others in a small boat and hid them in the reed marsh. They were fine and there was no danger of their lives. By the way, that Li Jun was not killed by you. kill it?"

"So his name is Li Jun."

Gao Ming said with a smile: "Well, Li Jun, Hun Jianglong, everyone in Liangshan has a nickname. I also asked Hua Rong to give me a nickname, called Xiangyunjian."

Hua Rong was a little nervous, afraid that Taiwei Gao would find out that he had other plans when he named him.

Although he was completely subconscious when he got up, but now that he thinks about it, he is very suitable, afraid that Taiwei Gao will see his thoughts.

But Gao Qiu obviously didn't think about other things, and just smiled when he heard it, "It's interesting that you call each other nicknames."

Hua Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he really "has a guilty conscience".

Gao Lian's mood gradually stabilized, "It's still early, tell my father how you got the second position."

He was really curious, after all, his son was kidnapped and taken up the mountain.

While eating, Gao Ming started talking about the story of their entry into Qingzhou. When it came to being made sober soup by Wang Ying, Gao Qiu was furious, "This guy is dead. If he is alive, he must be tortured!"

Wang Ying, a man who eats people's hearts, was subjected to Ling Chi, which can be said to be what he deserved, but it is a pity that he died a little early, which made him cheaper.

Gao Ming continued talking, until Hua Rong went to Liangshan to find him.

Gao Qiu cast a grateful and respectful look at Hua Rong, and praised: "I was also surprised at the beginning, I have always been very accurate in judging people, and I wondered how Hua Rong would become a traitor after being a general. So you You are going to Liangshan to find my son, you are kind and righteous, you are a good general of Song Dynasty and a good friend of my son."

Hua Rong was praised again by Gao Qiu, and could only say: "The Taiwei is too much."

And when talking about how to get to the top of Liangshan step by step, Gao Qiu couldn't help clapping his hands, and at the same time thought to himself, from this point of view, his son might really have the ability to subdue those robbers, and he didn't feel so conflicted. The son wants to return to Liangshan's proposal.

This meal, including eating and talking, lasted for almost two hours, and the sky was already bright.

Gao Qiu had already compromised in his heart, and reluctantly said: "It's just that when you go back this time, when will you recruit An to return to Tokyo, alas."

"This requires your cooperation with me. You will ask the emperor to ask for security. Once the imperial court has an order to recruit security, I will be able to persuade them to agree to recruit security." Gao Ming said with a smile: "It's all on me."

Looking at his son's face with a confident smile, Gao Qiu felt in a daze that his son had indeed grown up, and he couldn't help feeling sourly relieved.

As a captain, he certainly hoped that the country would have such a responsible son, but as a father, he still couldn't make a final decision.

"If you go back this time, there will be a mistake..." He will definitely spend his life regretting it.

"No, there's Hua Rong." Gao Ming pointed his thumb at Hua Rong, "I'm with him, there won't be any danger."

Hua Rong said seriously: "Taiwei, don't worry, I will protect Ya Nei even if I die."

Gao Qiu saw that the firmness in Hua Rong's words was not just a verbal promise, but a genuine guarantee of Gao Ming's safety with his life from the bottom of his heart.

Gao Qiu took a deep breath and spat it out heavily, before agreeing, "That's fine."

His father finally agreed, and a stone fell from Gao Ming's heart.

Although it was already dawn, Gao Qiu still didn't want his son to leave just like that. After he and Hua Rong had a catch-up sleep on the boat, he arranged a banquet and told them to have another good meal, so he was reluctant to part with it. They asked someone to bring Li Jun, who was detained, for a so-called hostage exchange.

Gao Ming has a feeling that the more he stays, the more his father will miss him if he can't handle it well. If he changes his mind temporarily and insists on taking him back to Tokyo, it will be troublesome.

So when he saw that someone had been ordered to bring Li Jun up, Gao Ming got up and said, "Then I'll ask Tong Weitong to let him go."

Gao Qiu could only slowly nod his head in agreement, "Oh, sooner or later there will be this moment."

Gao Ming and Hua Rong came to the deck, brought a lantern, and shook it three times to the left, three times to the right, and twice up and down.

This is the secret code he agreed with Tong Wei Tong Meng.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, I heard the faint sound of paddling water, and saw Tong Meng paddling a small boat over.

Zhou Ang stood at the bow of the boat. As a landlubber, Zhou Ang did not dare to move.

Tong Meng raised his head and shouted, "This is one of them, and there are two more, which are still hidden. Where is our brother Li Jun?"

Gao Ming lay on the railing and shouted down: "I have promised to release him, so I'm here."

Presumably the remaining Qiu Yue and Liu Menglong were under the watchful eye of Tong Wei not far away, if they cheated on this side, they would be killed immediately on the other side.

Soon, Li Jun was seen on the deck tied up.

It can be seen that it has been tortured, but overall it is okay, after all, it can still stand.

When Li Jun saw Gao Ming, he was inexplicably surprised, "Is it the army or the military division who came to save me?"

Gao Ming saw a flash in his eyes, but he didn't know whether it was the tears or the light from the lantern.

Gao Ming urged: "Don't talk about this yet, go down first and let Tong Meng take you away."

"What about you and General Hua?" Li Jun asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, we still have two of them in our hands. Tong Wei will replace us with him. You are injured, so go away."

Li Jun nodded, Hua Rong untied him, Li Jun turned to look at Gao Ming gratefully, first got off the ladder, and jumped onto Tong Meng's boat.

Tong Meng rowed the boat desperately, and in a few strokes he went far away and disappeared on the dark river.

Soon, there was the sound of water again, it was Tong Wei rowing the boat, but there was only Qiu Yue in the bow, Liu Menglong was not there.

Tong Wei shouted: "Tell our military division and Huatou to come to my boat first. When we leave, we will naturally release that Liu Menglong. He is a sailor and can row the boat by himself. Don't worry."

Gao Ming thought to himself, this Tong Wei and Tong Meng deserved to be selling illegal salt with Li Jun, and his thoughts were quite meticulous.

Gao Qiu didn't want his son to leave so quickly, so he ordered the bandit below to wait for a while, called his son and Hua Rong to a secluded place, and gave some instructions.

"When you go back this time, remember to use Sun Li's hotel to pass on the news. If there is any help, just say, if things are not good, let Hua Rong take you away."

Gao Ming nodded, "Father, I remember everything."

Gao Qiu said sourly in his heart: "Father is waiting for your good news, you go, I will say a few words to you Hua Rong."

Gao Ming turned around and left, walked a few steps and looked back, saw his father was still looking at him, couldn't help but feel a little sore nose, smiled at his father and waved his hand again, then really left the cabin and walked away.

Gao Qiu didn't dare to look at the direction his son left, for fear of seeing too much, and he was reluctant to call him back.

When Gao Ming left, Gao Qiu looked at Hua Rong, sighed, and said, "What I'm going to say next is not as a captain, but as a father."

Huarong listened quietly.

Gao Qiu said: "My son is arrogant and spoiled, very willful, and he was ridiculous before. If there is something that makes you angry, you have to take care of him. When I return to Tokyo, I will make up for it."

Liangshan is full of robbers, Gao Ming is not good at martial arts, and he depends on Huarong's protection. What really happened, he, the Taiwei, is beyond his reach.

If his son really loses his temper and angers Huarong, it will cause extra problems, which is not what he wants to see.

So let Huarong have a psychological expectation in advance, as long as he takes care of the Yamen and bears it for a while, he will naturally be compensated when he returns to Tokyo.

"No, actually he in Yamen..." Hua Rong wanted to explain that Gao Ming was very good, he was neither self-willed nor absurd.

"Don't talk yet, listen to me." Gao Li interrupted him.

Hua Rong could only continue to listen.

Gao Qiu said earnestly: "I will entrust Ming'er to you, I hope you will not disappoint my entrustment."

"Please rest assured, Taiwei, even if I give up my life, I will protect the yamen."

Gao Qiu patted Hua Rong's shoulder in relief, without saying a word of trust.