Chapter 481 Chai Jin's Hidden Illness
Most of the heroes in the original Water Margin are miserable people.
However, with Lin Chen as a support, the fate of these heroes will definitely not be as miserable as in the original book.
At least they will not end up being abandoned.
Indeed.
Compared with the original book, the current Liangshan leader Song Jiang acts in a proper manner, is fair and selfless, and is deeply loved by the people.
Because Song Jiang knows very well that the general Yulin, who is behind him, does not like to do evil.
So he acts cautiously and tries his best to restrain his subordinates.
In contrast, Song Jiang in this world is undoubtedly a clear stream, and his words and deeds are worthy of the three words "timely rain".
As for the original book's single-minded acceptance of amnesty?
Are you kidding? I, Song Jiang, am a member of the court!
"Song Changshi!"
At this time, several people rushed into the lively Juyi Hall.
Just look.
It's the three brothers of the Ruan family, the iron-faced Pei Xuan and others.
Seeing this, Song Jiang smiled and immediately went to meet him.
"You are so excited, do you have good news?" Song Jiang joked.
Ruan Xiaoqi laughed loudly when he heard this, and then reported the good news: "Song Changshi, there is news from the court, and General Yulin intends to come to recruit us!"
After that, Ruan Xiaoqi laughed loudly.
Song Jiang was not surprised when he heard this, but he turned his head to look at the iron-faced Pei Xuan.
He knew that among the people sent by Lin Chen to help him, this person was quite strategic and could be used as a think tank.
Pei Xuan, who saw Song Jiang's thoughts, shook his head slightly and said: "This matter is of great importance. Why not invite Wu Junshi to the hall and discuss it together."
Among the leaders of Liangshan, not many people knew that they had a court background, but Wu Junshi was one of them.
This Wu Yong was also a member recruited by Lin Chen when he went north to Liaodong, nicknamed Zhi Duoxing.
But in Pei Xuan's opinion, although Wu Yong has quick wit, he does not know how to make a good plan, and only knows how to be insidious.
Of course.
If these methods are used to drive the bandits, they are surprisingly useful.
Song Jiang nodded when he heard this, and ordered a trusted henchman to call Wu Yong.
Not long after, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar in blue came in a hurry.
After Wu Yong greeted him, he couldn't wait to ask the reason for the call.
After learning that the court intended to recruit Liangshan, Wu Yong showed joy.
It was because he was not comfortable in this den of thieves. After all, when he followed Song Jiang to serve as a clerk in the Yulin Army, he was an official of the rank!
But Wu Yong was not an idiot. While putting away his secret joy in his heart, he asked: "Has General Lin sent any news?"
Pei Xuan nodded when he heard this and said: "General Lin said, let us wait and see what happens."
Song Jiang and others heard this and fell into deep thought.
Wait and see what happens?
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At the same time,
Qi Fan, Qi Wangfu.
Qi Wang Guo Rong frowned, tapped the documents with his fingertips, and no longer had the interest to read the long documents in front of him.
Those were nothing more than the losses reported by the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Qi Fan in various places.
And the culprit for these losses was the Liangshan bandits!
It was no exaggeration.
If Liangshan continued to make trouble like this, the foundation he had worked hard to build for more than ten years in Qi Fan would be wasted and turned into ashes!
Thinking of something, Qi Wang Guo Rong's eyes flashed with a cold light.
It's not that he hadn't thought about recruiting the elite soldiers hidden in hiding to wipe out the Liangshan bandits in one fell swoop!
But this move was only a stopgap measure after all. Once the court noticed it, it would use this as an excuse to attack him.
'If you can't bear the little, you will mess up the big plan. '
How could Guo Rong not know this truth?
"Hateful!" Guo Rong cursed angrily.
Outside the study, the prince Chai Jin, who heard the noise, pushed the door open and entered, his eyes full of concern.
Seeing that it was the prince who came, Chai Rong restrained his anger and forced a smile: "Jin'er, what's the matter?"
"Didn't the king ask you to prepare for the wedding?"
Yes.
In order to get closer to Zhou Zong, the chief of his mansion, Guo Rong specially prepared a good marriage for Chai Jin.
Although Zhou Zong was mediocre, he was a local aristocratic family with a hundred years of inheritance in Qi Fan.
In order to win over the Zhou family, Chai Rong did not hesitate to reward high officials and generous salaries, so that the Zhou family and Qi Wangfu worked closely together.
It was with the support of the Zhou family that Chai Rong could sell Qi's sea salt to all parts of the world, thereby maintaining huge military expenses.
It was for this reason that Chai Rong arranged such a marriage for his own prince Chai Jin, intending to bind the interests of the Zhou family and Qi Wangfu more closely together.
In addition.
Zhou Zong had two daughters, who were gorgeous and charming. They were so beautiful that they could overwhelm the whole country and shame the moon.
What's more interesting is that Zhou Zong named his eldest daughter Ehuang, and outsiders called her Zhou Ehuang.
Ehuang was the wife of the ancient emperor Shun!
It can be seen that the Zhou family also intended to submit a letter of surrender to the King of Qi.
But the King of Qi did not notice the embarrassment and resentment in his son's eyes when he heard these words.
Yes.
When Chai Jin volunteered to lead the army to attack the Taohua Mountain bandits, he ended up with a great defeat.
The shame of the defeat was not worth mentioning.
What was serious was that he was injured by the bandit leader who called himself the Little Overlord with a flying stick during his escape, which injured his roots.
Looking at the other party's appearance, he did it on purpose!
Before Chai Jin fainted from the pain, he heard him laughing and muttering to himself, is there anyone in the world who dares to be more handsome than me?
Chai Jin kept this matter secret, and even his father Chai Rong did not know about it.
Whenever he was alone, he would feel an indescribable anger in his heart when he looked at his brother who had lost his vitality and never raised his head.
If he got married now, wouldn't his impotence become a joke if it got out?
What made Chai Jin even more anxious was that.
Although he was the eldest son, he was not the only son of Chai Rong.
Although Chai Rong loved him the most and made him the heir early on.
But once his hidden illness was made public, even if Chai Rong loved him so much, he would have to find another heir.
When he thought of this, Chai Jin felt extremely anxious.
In order to keep his position as the heir and to cover up his hidden illness, he secretly came up with a plan and went to Chai Rong with courage.
"Father, the court has sent an envoy to recruit him, but the person who came was the general of the imperial guards, Lin Chenjia!"
When Chai Rong heard this, a trace of unnoticeable solemnity flashed across his originally calm face.
He couldn't help but recall the scene when Lin Chenjia led the Yulin Guard to Shandong. At that time, Chai Rong realized that this person was deep-minded and was definitely not a good person.
"Now the envoys have left Beijing for more than half a month, but they are still far away from Shandong. It is obvious that they are deliberately delaying."
Chai Jin's implication was that Lin Chenjia deliberately delayed the process of recruiting, intending to let the Liangshan bandits continue to be enemies with the King of Qi, thereby exacerbating the conflict and disputes between the two sides.
Chai Rong naturally understood what his son meant. He frowned and fell into deep thought, thinking about how to deal with it.
Chai Jin carefully looked at his father's expression. Seeing that the time had come, he knew that he needed to add fuel to the fire.
So...