Chapter 44 The 43rd round of Yeyangtang generals fighting against the chief of the singing and dancing place to rob the camp

It is said that Uncle Tang and Erye Tang brought out the papers, and they were annoyed to read them at their apartment. They saw their family members coming from Zhenyuan Mansion, Guizhou, and handing over letters from home.The two took it apart and looked at it together, and wrote: Sheng Miao has been acting like a fool recently. After the ranking is released, no matter whether he wins or not, it is important to come to the township office! The uncle saw it, and said to the second master: "The old man told us to go to the yamen. Let's go back to Yizheng, tidy up, and then plan to go on a long journey." At that moment, he called You Huzi to call the boat, and paid back the rent. The uncle and the second master After sitting in the sedan chair, the boys escorted the luggage and went out of Hanxi Gate to board the boat.Hearing this, Ge Laiguan bought two salted ducks and some tea and food, and sent them off on the boat.The uncle quietly gave him a purse containing four taels of silver, and said goodbye.

Sailed the boat that night and arrived home early the next day.The uncle and the second master went ashore first and went home.After washing his face and sitting down to have tea, the person at the door came in and said, "The sixth master is here." He saw a person behind the sixth master, walked in, and said as soon as they met, "I heard that our master sent troops to suppress Miaozi, After the Miao Zi has been pacified, next year the imperial court will definitely start a course. Both the uncle and the second master will win. Our master will be named a marquis. I guess the master and the second master will not care about the first-class shadow attack, so I beg the master to reward me and wait for me to wear it Take off the gauze hat and show it to Miss Xi, so that he will be afraid of me!" The uncle said: "Brother Six, if you earn a gauze hat just to frighten Miss Xi, why don't you go and reward Wang Yi'an with this gauze hat."

The second master said: "You just talk, where did this man come from?" The man came up and kowtowed to say hello, took out a book in his arms, and handed it up.The sixth master said: "His surname is Zang, his name is Zang Qi, and he is from Tianchang County. This book is sent by Brother Qing, the young secretary of the society, saying that Zang Qi is a very suitable person. He recommends it to the uncle and the second master." The second master sent the letter. Take it apart and read it with the uncle, there are some words on the front to ask the old man how he is, and on the back it says "Zang Qi has always been a long-term follower in Guizhou, he knows all the remote mountain roads in Guizhou, and he is quite worthy of orders" and other words.The uncle looked at it, and said to the second master, "Brother Du Shi, we may not see him for a long time. Since he recommended him, we can just stay and order him." Zang Si kowtowed and thanked him.

The man at the door came in and reported: "Master Wang Hance has arrived. We will meet in the hall." The uncle said, "Second brother, I will have dinner with Brother Six. You can meet him." Master Six eats.After eating, the second master sent the guests back.The uncle asked, "What did he say?" The second master said, "He said that his owner, Wanxuezhai, had two boats of salt, and he would open the river in these two days, and asked us to take care of him on the way." The second master ate together After dinner, the sixth master said: "I'll go today, and I'll see you off tomorrow." He also said: "If the second master is free, I'll go to Miss Xi to see him. I'll ask him to wait there first. "The uncle said: "Brother Six, you are a debt collector, you have stalked people to death! How much time do you have to go to see that bitch today!" Master Six went away with a smile.The next day, a big river boat was written in the line.You Huzi, Zang Si and a few boys carried their luggage onto the boat, guns and flags, and it was very lively. The sixth master sent them to the yellow mudflat, said a few words of parting, and then sent a small boat to swing back.

The guns were fired here and the boat was fired, heading straight to the upper river.This day will arrive at Dagutang, where the scenery will be splendid.The uncle ordered to close the mouth in a hurry and bend the boat.The white-headed waves in the river are vast, just like fried salt and snow.I saw two large salt boats being swept by the wind and arriving on the shore.Then there were 200 small paddle boats, and 200 fierce-looking people came on the shore, shouting in unison: "The salt boat has run aground, let's help him get up and paddle!" On the salt boat, without any explanation, he happily moved the salt in his cabin to the boat one by one.The 200 small boats were fully loaded, and with each oar, they all flew into the small harbor and disappeared without a trace.The helmsman in charge of the ship and the escort of the ship looked at each other, helpless.Seeing the banner of "The Governor's Mansion of the General Town of Guizhou" on the boat here, knowing that it was Master Tang's boat, they all came over and knelt down, begging: "The little ones are the No. Now, the two masters saw it with their own eyes, please help me!" The uncle and the second master said: "Although we and your master are fellow villagers, the local government should take care of the theft, and you must go to the local government office. Submit the paper." The court servants had no choice but to follow their orders, to submit the paper and go to Pengze County to sue.

After receiving the petition, Nazhi County was promoted to the hall immediately, and called the helmsman, court officials, sailors, etc. into the second hall, and asked, "Why don't your salt boats sail? Why are you mooring in this county? Those Who is the name of the salt snatcher? Do you recognize him on weekdays?" The helmsman said: "The little boat was swept to the shore by the wind, and there were two hundred small boats in the harbor, and hundreds of fierce gods forced the small boat on board. All the salt bags have been moved." The county magistrate heard this, and said angrily, "The laws of this county are strict, and the place is clean, and there are such things there! It is clear that you, a slave, took the salt catties of the merchants and helped them on the road. The family members who escorted the boat went whoring, gambling, spending money, and secretly sold them along the way, using this as an excuse to try to deny it. When you come to the case in this county, are you still telling the truth?" Without any explanation, he cast a lot of money, and the two sides were like wolves and tigers. Your Excellency, dragged the helmsman over, with twenty wool boards, the skin was torn apart.Pointing to the escort of the boat, he said, "You must be an insider, tell me the truth quickly!" Then he rubbed the stick with his hand again.It's a pity that this court servant grew up among the flowers and moons. In recent years, he has grown a few beards, and the master sent him out to escort the boat. He has delicate skin and tender flesh. He has never seen such an official punishment.Now that we've seen each other, the crap is out of the question, and what the official tells him to say is what he wants, how dare he answer?Now kowtow like pounding garlic, just begging for mercy.The magistrate yelled at the sailors again, and wanted to send them to prison for retrial tomorrow.

Chao Feng panicked, and hastily called a sailor, entrusting him to Master Tang's boat to beg him for favors.Uncle Tang asked Zang Qi to take the post and come up to worship the magistrate, saying: "The Wan family's family was careless, and the lost salt is limited. The master has already punished the ship manager, and told him to be careful next time and forgive me. Let them go." Hearing this, the county magistrate asked Zang Qiyuan to worship the two young masters and said, "Understood, I obeyed." Then he sat down and asked Qi Yigan to wait in front of him, and said, "I should have sent you back to Jiangdu County to take photos." Count the compensation. This is the county's mercy, forgive your first offence." After talking nonsense, they all drove out.Chao Feng took the helmsman to kowtow on Master Tang's boat, thanked him for his intercession, and went back to the boat, twisting his nose.

The next day, the wind set off and the boat sailed a few more times.The uncle and the second master landed by water, and when they arrived at Zhenyuan Mansion, they sent You Huzi to report to the yamen first.The uncle and the second master then entered the department.Today, I was accompanying a guest, and the person who invited me was the prefect of Zhenyuan Mansion.The eunuch, surnamed Lei, surnamed Ji, styled Kangxi, was a Jinshi, in his sixties, an old subject, a native of Daxing County, promoted from a minister, and has been in Zhenyuan for five or six years, and Miao Qing is the most familiar.Eunuch Lei had dinner in the Taixi Hall of Tang Town, ate some tea, and talked about Miaozi.Prefect Lei said: "We have two kinds of young seedlings and mature seedlings here. The mature seedlings are most afraid of the king's law and never dare to be troublesome. Only the young seedlings are prone to riots. The seedlings in the area of ​​Dashiya and Jingou Cave , especially abominable! The day before yesterday, the chief judge, Tian De, came up and said: "Feng Junrui, the golden dog hole seedling, don't let Zhuang Yan catch him, and he refuses to release him. If you want him to be released, you must give him five hundred taels of silver as a ransom." Worth.' My lord, how do you discuss this matter?" Tang Zhentai said: "Feng Junrui is a student from the mainland, and he has a relationship with the imperial court. How dare he take it and ask for the price of redemption? There is no way to rule the king! There is no second discussion on this matter, but to take Ping Ma, go to his cave and wipe out the Nimiao, capture Feng Junrui, hand it over to the local palace, find out the reason for the provocation, and then proceed Punishment. Is there any other way?" Lei Taishou said: "My lord's discussion is the right thing to do, but why bother mobilizing the army for Feng Junrui alone? My humble opinion is better than appointing Chieftain Tian to the cave to announce the Miao Chief and call him Send Feng Junrui away properly, and that's all right." Tang Zhentai said: "My lord, your words are wrong. For example, when Chieftain Tian went to the cave, Ni Miao left him again and asked for a thousand taels of silver. Redemption; even the Grand Master himself went to announce the decree, and he left the Grand Master and asked for 10,000 silver to redeem it. How will this be done? Besides, the imperial court spends one hundred and one hundred thousand dollars every year to feed these soldiers and generals. What do they do? ?Since I’m afraid of mobilizing the masses, I might as well not support these idlers!” After a few words, he stopped talking with Prefect Lei.Prefect Lei said: "Forget it, let's make a concise report on this matter, report it to the stage, and see how it will be approved, and we will follow it." At that moment, Prefect Lei thanked him, said goodbye and went back to summer.

Fire the cannon here to seal the door.When Tang Zhentai came in, the two Nailangs greeted him with a kowtow.Zang Si also kowtowed.I asked some words about my hometown, and each rested in peace. After a few days, the governor approved the letter: Respect the town to lead troops and horses to exterminate against the seedlings, so as to show the law and order.The rest is like a report, and I will pay it quickly.After Tang Zhentai received the approval, he immediately sent someone to call the military book office in the mansion and shut him in the study.The book office was taken aback, for some reason.In the evening, at midnight, Tang Zhentai came to the study to meet the book office, and all his subordinates called to avoid him.Tang Zhentai took out fifty taels of silver and put it on the table, and said, "Sir, please accept it. I invited you here for no other reason than to buy you a word." The secretary trembled with fear. Trembling, he said: "What orders does the master have? Just ask the book office to do what he wants. If the book office dies, he dare not be rewarded by the master!" Tang Zhentai said: "That's not what I said. I don't want to implicate you either. .Tomorrow, when there is a letter from above to the mansion to ask me to send troops, the mansion will inform you that you will only write the four words 'lead soldiers and horses' and write 'bring more soldiers and horses'. It is no different if I give this ingot as a pen. Please entrust me with a piece of paper." The secretary agreed and took the money.Let him go back.A few days later, the governor of the mansion came and Xiutang sent troops to Zhentai. The document had the words "bring more soldiers and horses".The third battalion of the standard, divided into the second defense association, was dispatched by him.All food and wages are ready.

Look at it is New Year's Eve.The generals of the Qingjiang and Tongren Associations and the guards said: "Using troops in the dark is taboo in the art of war." Tang Zhentai said: "Leave him alone. It is unprepared." An order was issued: send the generals of Qingjiang to lead our troops to cross Xiaoshiya to Drum Tower Slope to cut off the way behind; send Tongren guards to lead our troops to reach Jiuqugang from Shiping Mountain. Stop its vanguard.Tangzhentai led the standard troops on its own and served as the Chinese army brigade in Yeyangtang.Allocation has been set, move forward.Tang Zhentai said: "Nianmiao's lair is in Yeyangtang. If we startle him from the main road, he will occupy the watchtower and wait for work at leisure. We will not be able to win immediately." Because he asked Zang Qi, "Do you think there is still a small road to pass through?" To the back of him?" Zang Qi said: "The little one recognizes it. Go across the mountain from Xianglu Cliff, walk in Tiexili and copy to the back, and it's about eighteen miles to the right; it's just that the stream is cold, and now it's ice-covered, so it's hard to walk." Tang Zhentai said: "It doesn't matter." He ordered the Chinese army, the horsemen to wear oil boots, and the infantry to wear kite shoes, to march forward along this road.

Let's say that the Miao chieftain is in the cave, gathering all the Miao children, men and women drinking and having fun for the New Year.Feng Junrui was originally a villain, but he got a Miao girl as his wife. There are two Weng and son-in-law. There are many Miao women, who wear red flowers and willow green, sing gongs and drums, and sing Miao opera.Suddenly a pawn flew to report: "It's not good! The emperor sent troops to suppress, and he has already arrived at Jiuqugang!" The Miao chieftain was frightened out of his wits, and hurriedly mobilized two hundred Miao soldiers with javelins to fight against the enemy .I saw another pawn running desperately to report: "There are countless soldiers and horses coming from the Drum Tower Slope!" Killing the sky, descending from the sky.The Miao chieftain led the Miao soldiers, fighting with their lives.How to be the soldiers and horses of Tang Zongzhen, with long spears and big halberds: they went straight to Yeyangtang, and more than half of the Miao soldiers were killed or injured.Miao Chief and Feng Junrui found a small path and fled to another Miao cave. There, the former army of Tongren defended, and the latter army of Qingjiang participated in the generals. They all gathered in Yeyangtang, searched their nests, and killed all the disabled seedlings. The Miao mother stayed in the army to serve as a cooker.Tang Zongzhen ordered the three armies to set up camp in Yeyangtang, and all the generals and guards came to the tent to congratulate Jie.Tang Zongzhen said: "Two generals, don't worry. I think that although the thief seedling is defeated, he has already fled to another cave. He must have asked for help and came to rob our camp tonight. We must take precautions." Yin asked Zang Qi: "Which hole is the closest to this?" Zang Qi said, "It's less than 30 miles from here to the vertical eye hole." Tang Zhentai said, "I have a reason." He said to the general and the guard: "Two generals, what do you lead?" Gather the troops of the headquarters and lay down around the Shizhu Bridge. This is the main way for the Miao thieves to go back. When you wait for him to go back, listen to the sound of the cannons as the signal, and set up an ambush, and go forward to cover up the kill." The two generals listened to the order and went. Tang Zongzhen asked the Miao women who took him in to pick out those who could sing. They all combed their buns, wore Miao brocade, and went barefoot to sing and dance in the tent of the Chinese army; In the col.Sure enough, at the fifth watch, the Miao chief led the Miao soldiers in the vertical eye hole, took the Miao knife, took the javelin, and quietly crossed the stone pillar bridge.Seeing the bright lights and candles in the tent of the Chinese army, the wild sheep are singing and dancing, and they all rushed into the tent with loud shouts.I don't want to rush to nothing, there is no one other than those Miao women.Knowing that he had been tricked, he ran out in a hurry.The ambushes in that mountain col were all in unison, shouting loudly.The Miao chief desperately led the Miao soldiers to throw the stone pillar bridge, but unexpectedly a cannon shot, and the ambush soldiers under the bridge came out together, gathered in several places, and rushed to kill them.Thanks to the thick soles of Miaozi's feet, he was not afraid of rocks and thorns, and fled across the mountains like a frightened ape fleeing from a rabbit. Tang Zongzhen won a big victory, checked the three battalions and the two associations, without major damage, and returned to Zhenyuan Mansion singing a triumphant song.Prefect Lei then congratulated and asked about the whereabouts of Miao Chief Bie Zhuang Yan and Feng Junrui.Tang Zhentai said: "We won several battles with him in a row, and they ran for their lives poorly. I guess these two have already committed suicide." Taishou Lei said: "The general trend seems to be the case, but when asked by the superiors, this sentence is hard to come by. Deng Da, it's obviously like a pretense." Tang Zhentai was speechless at the moment.Back at the yamen, the two young masters followed and greeted Ann.But because of this matter, I was so hesitant in my heart that I didn't fall asleep all night.The next day, the plot of the victory was reported.The governor approved it again, and it was the same as what Lei Taishou saw. He asked Bie Zhuangyan and Feng Junrui, two important criminals, "you must be arrested and released from the court as soon as possible, so that you can play according to the title".Tang Zhentai panicked and couldn't help it for a while.I saw Zang Qi knelt down beside him and said: "Everyone with a small path in the Shengmiao Cave can recognize it. I beg the master to send a small one to find out where Bie Zhuang Yan is now, so that we can try to capture him." Tang Zhentai Overjoyed, he rewarded him with fifty taels of silver and told him to go and investigate carefully. Zang Qi took the master's order and went there for eight or nine days. When he came back, he reported: "The little one went straight to the vertical eye cave to find out that Bie Zhuangyan lost a battle because of borrowing troops to rob the camp. The first signs in the cave were annoyed with him, and now they are gone again." Throw it to the White Worm Cave. The little one went there to inquire again, and heard that Feng Junrui was there too. Bie Zhuangyan only had a dozen or so people left in his family, and all his soldiers and horses were gone. Hearing again that they had planned a plan, It is said that in our Zhenyuan Mansion, on the 18th day of the first lunar month, the gods in Tiexili appeared, and every house in the city closed their doors to hide. They planned to come to the master's mansion disguised as ghosts on this day to rob and take revenge. The master must be It's good to guard against him." Tang Zhentai heard this and said, "I know." He rewarded Zang Qi with sheep wine and told him to rest. Sure enough, there is a custom in Zhenyuan that on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the Dragon God in Tiexi will marry a girl.That girl was born ugly, and she was afraid of being seen by others. How many poor soldiers and crab generals were there to guard him and marry her.People have to close the door, and they are not allowed to come out to have a look.If he sneaks a peek and is seen by him, there will be a violent storm, and the water depth on the ground will be three feet deep, and countless people will drown.This wind has been passed down for a long time. On the seventeenth day, Tang Zhentai called his soldiers to him and asked, "Which one of you recognizes Feng Junrui?" A tall man came out and knelt down and said, "The little one knows." Tang Zhentai said, "Okay." " So he was asked to put on a long white cloth straight gown, put on a very tall black hat made of paper, put lime on his face, and make up to look like a local ghost. , a very ferocious monster.He told Gao Tiaozi: "If you see Feng Junrui tomorrow, even if you catch him, you will be rewarded." After the arrangement was completed, the north gate was ordered to be opened before dawn. BIE Zhuangyan and Feng Junrui pretended to be a group of contestants, each with a short knife hidden by his side, came to the north gate in the middle of the night, saw that the city gate was open, and ran outside the wall of the horse house of the Zongbing Yamen.More than a dozen people held their weapons in their hands and climbed over the wall. Looking inside, the moonlight was twilight, illuminating a large empty courtyard, and they didn't know where to go in.Suddenly, I saw a monster lying on the top of the wall, holding a sugar gong in his hand and knocking twice, the wall fell down like an earthquake, and dozens of torches were all lit, and jumped out. Dozens of evil spirits, holding steel forks and staying with guests, rushed forward.Now that Zhuang Yan and Feng Junrui were frightened, their feet seemed to be nailed. The local ghost stepped forward and hooked Feng Junrui with a sickle spear, shouting: "Take Feng Junrui!" A dozen people were captured, and none of them escaped.After getting it to the second hall, Tang Zhentai counted it and solved it in the mansion the next day. When Taishou Lei heard that the thief and Feng Junrui had been captured, he was also very happy, so he invited Wang Ming and Shang Fangjian to show Bie Zhuangyan and Feng Junruixiao the first to the public, and killed all the other seedlings, and went to Beijing with the play.I enjoin: Tang Zuo handled the case of bandit seedlings in Jingou Cave. He acted recklessly, wasted money and food, and was demoted to a third level.This is it. Tang Zhentai then copied the newspaper and read it, and sighed.When the Ministry's text arrived, the new official arrived, sent the seal, discussed with the two sons, packed up and went home.Because of this, there are different teachings: