Unofficial History of Song and Liao Heroes

Hearing such a call from his subordinates, Yue Pengju's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice:

"Nonsense! Yue's official position is 'Cheng Xin Lang', how can he be called 'Cheng Xin Lang'?!"

It turned out that in the past, Hebei recruited 'daring fighters' to conquer Liao, and Yue Pengju accepted the recruitment and joined the Zhending Army.Since he joined the Zhending Mansion in the army, because of his exquisite marksmanship and proficient shooting skills, he has been appointed as the team leader.Afterwards, Liu Kai ordered him to exterminate the bandits, and Yue Pengju showed his might in the first battle of his life, and captured alive the bandit leaders Tao Jun and Jia Jinhe who had been entrenched in Zhending Mansion for a long time.

The 20-year-old team leader smashed the bandits and got rid of a group of bandits that had been a headache for Zhending Mansion for many years, and Yue Peng's reputation immediately resounded throughout Zhending Mansion.Liu Kai, the military minister of Zhending Mansion, has a clear distinction between rewards and punishments, so he asked Yue Pengju to take credit for him and let him take up the post of "Bu Cheng Xin Lang".

By the way, what is the official position of "Bu Chengxin Lang"? !

It should be similar to Monkey King Monkey King's 'Bi Ma Wen'.

Why do you say that?During the reign of Guozhenghe in the Song Dynasty, the official rank of the military officer was changed to the 53rd rank of the ninth rank, and 'Cheng Xinlang' ranked from the second rank of the ninth rank, only one rank higher than the last rank of the 'Dian Shi' who had no rank.And 'Bu Chengxin Lang' is a head shorter than 'Cheng Xin Lang', only slightly higher than 'Dian Shi'.

And since Liu Kai claimed to be "distinct rewards and punishments", why did he only award such a small official to Yue Pengju? !It was just because Yue Pengju joined the army not long ago and was too young, so he had neither foundation nor prestige in the army.Although Liu Kai loves talents, he is unwilling to overpromote them, lest they fall into the shoes of others, which will harm Yue Pengju's future.

As for Yue Pengju, because his parents were good at teaching, he not only practiced martial arts, but also studied literature since he was a child.Although his spear shooting skills are invincible in the county, and he can open a strong bow with three stones, which is unique in the Song Dynasty, but he does not have the slightest domineering martial arts on weekdays.He knows how to advance and retreat, observes etiquette, and is not annoyed by his official rank at all, which Liu Kai appreciates very much.

However, Yue Pengju's soldiers were all grievances against him. They felt that Yue Pengju's contribution was more than just a mere "Bu Chengxin Lang". They usually called him "Cheng Xin Lang" directly.In order not to hurt the morale of the army, he was not good at punishing the soldiers for this, so he had to correct them frequently.

Sure enough, the soldier who came to report the letter still ignored his words, ran to his horse, knelt down on one knee, took out a letter in his arms, and continued to shout:

"Cheng Xinlang, please read it! This is a letter from your family. The person who sent the letter said that your mansion... there may be a funeral in your mansion!"

Yue Pengju's face immediately changed when he heard the words, and he lost his position in front of his hands for the first time. He snatched the letter with his hands, tore open the envelope tremblingly, and after reading the letter with a pale face, he was overwhelmed with grief, raised his head and cried loudly:

"Ah~! Daddy! The child is not filial, so he can't serve you until the end of his life!"

When the soldiers looked around, they didn't know that this was the death of Yue Pengju's father?Suddenly there was sadness and tears.However, Guo Yaoshi and others who were already in the distance suddenly stopped when they heard Yue Pengju shouting so loudly. After thinking about it, they realized that there was a funeral in Yue Pengju's family.

"Haha! If you dare to interfere with this section, even God will punish you!"

A group of Changsheng soldiers suddenly burst out laughing, Yue Pengju and the soldiers under his command glared angrily when they heard this.An old pawn hurried forward at this time, and said to Yue Pengju who was resentful in his heart:

"Cheng Xinlang calm down! As the eldest son of your mansion, your mansion needs you to go back and take charge of the overall situation at this time. Please also ask Cheng Xinlang to leave as soon as possible, so that nothing goes wrong, and Brother Yue will not feel at ease under the nine springs!"

After hearing this, how could Yue Pengju bother to trouble Guo Yaoshi and others? !Then he led everyone anxiously back to Zhending Mansion. As for Guo Yaoshi, he naturally led all his teachers and went back to Yanjing City to be free and easy!

Everyone rushed back to Zhending Mansion, Yue Pengju arranged for everyone to go back to the camp, and hurried to his superior Liu Minzhi to ask for resignation first, and wanted to rush back to Tangyin to be a filial piety for his father Yue He.Just as he was about to ask the guards outside Liu Minzhi's residence to report, suddenly a person behind Yue Pengju gasped in surprise and said:

"Huh?! Aren't you Yue Pengju? This morning a certain family saw you out of the Zhending Mansion for inspection, why did you come back early at this time?! Could it be that you sent a letter to say that the army of the Liao Kingdom invaded? Another change?!"

Yue Pengju heard the man's words sound familiar, and when he turned around to look at him, he couldn't help but look pale, knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said:

"Subordinates trust Lang Yue Pengju, and met Liu Xianggong!"

It turned out that the person who spoke just now, dressed as a civil servant, was thin and elegant, and it was Liu Wei from Zhending Mansion. He learned the news of the "Da Liao army's invasion" from Yue Pengju's hands, and just arranged for the defense of Zhending Mansion. Come to Liu Minzhi to see if there is any new news from Yue Pengju.Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the gate of Liu Min's house, he ran into Yue Pengju.

Official business is the most important thing, Yue Pengju hurriedly sent Guo Yaoshi, the Changsheng Army Jiedu envoy on Yanjing Road, dressed in the costume of the Daliao Kingdom, to break into the Zhending Mansion without permission, and reported all the misunderstandings to Liu Kai one by one.Liu Kai led Yue Pengju, and while listening to him, entered Liu Minzhi's mansion.

"Since it was a false alarm, it would be the best!" Liu Kai couldn't help but relax after hearing this, "However, we still need to take precautions. The Zhending Mansion is the barrier to the north of our Great Song Kingdom. If there is a mistake, it will involve too much! Although this Guo Yaoshi has surrendered to my Great Song Kingdom, I usually hear people compare him to Anlu Mountain! This time, after my Great Song Kingdom conquered the Liao Dynasty, I was injured. There is no war, but don't be careless!"

The two exchanged a few words, and before they reached the front of the house, they saw Liu Minzhi, who was tall and thick, with a black face and beard, rushed out with a helmet on his head.He bowed to Liu Kai and said:

"Why did Xianggong come to the door in person?! A certain family just inspected the city wall and wanted to rest for a while before going to discuss military affairs with Xianggong. Unexpectedly, Xianggong had a clever plan and came to me first!"

Liu Kai then told Liu Minzhi what Yue Pengju had reported to him, and then he suddenly said to Yue Pengju:

"I see Qi Rong in front of Pengju. Didn't you just say that you didn't fight Guo Yaoshi and persuaded him to return the same way? Is there anything else that we didn't tell us?!"

Yue Pengju could no longer suppress his grief when he heard the words, and couldn't help crying:

"I just received a letter from home, my father... my father just died of illness!"

"what!"

Hearing Yue Peng's words, Liu Kai and Liu Min all cried out in surprise.They didn't expect that after Yue Pengju persuaded Guo Yaoshi to leave, he immediately received the news of his father's death.Liu Kai was well versed in the ways of the world, and when he saw Yue Peng was sobbing, he said to him:

"Pengju came here, but to resign, and go back to his hometown to be filial to his father?!"

"Exactly!"

Hearing what Yue Pengju said, Liu Kai secretly praised "filial son" in his heart, and ordered the guards who followed him to say:

"Come here! Yue Pengju resigned because of the funeral, and went to pick up five hundred Guan Jiaozi and give him as travel expenses!"

"As ordered!"

Just as Liu Kai's personal guards were about to handle this matter, Yue Pengju hurriedly shouted:

"You can't, Mr. Yue Pengju! Thank you Mr. Xianggong for your kindness, but he has been taken care of by Mr. Xiang many times on weekdays. Pengju can't repay him. How can he take money from Mr. Xianggong again?! Besides, Pengju has accumulated a lot of money, which is already enough for money. , there is no need for more silver taels. Moreover, "Every man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade", if along the way, if a bad person sees that Pengju is alone, but with a huge amount of money, something will happen, and the good intentions of the husband will be ruined!"

"It's me who didn't think much about it!"

Hearing what Yue Pengju said was reasonable, Liu Kai thought of bestowing money on him, but turned around and said:

"Forget it! Then I will give you a steed, so that you can go back to your hometown as soon as possible... You don't need to take any money, just go and bring a certain family's 'white jade red-fronted horse'!"

When Liu Kai said this, the corners of Yue Pengju's mouth twitched, but he couldn't refuse - this 'white jade and red forehead horse' was a horse that Liu Kai had acquired recently, and its value was much more expensive than five hundred guan!

"This... this... the minister is not allowed! This 'white jade red horse' is too precious!"

Yue Pengju didn't know how to decline, but Liu Kai continued to laugh and say:

"Pengju doesn't have to be like this. Although this horse is a steed, a certain family is just a civil servant and can't use its super speed. If Pengju thinks it's too precious, after using it, return it to a certain family!"

"Then... Pengju thank you for your kindness!"

Yue Pengju kowtowed again, and Liu Minzhi beside him also loved horses, looking at the 'white jade and red forehead horse', his saliva almost flowed down, but Yue Pengju wanted to go home to observe his filial piety, he couldn't ask for this horse, he could only be greedy.

Now that he had finished asking for his resignation, Yue Pengju didn't delay any longer. After bidding farewell to the two of them, he rode back to the camp and packed up his clothes, then left Zhending Mansion and galloped all the way towards Tangyin's hometown.

This 'white jade red forehead horse' really deserves to be called a horse of thousands of miles, no matter whether it is a rocky rock or a shallow stream, it is like walking on flat ground.Yue Pengju only felt the whistling wind in his ears, and after running for an unknown amount of time, he came to a manor.Seeing this manor, Yue Pengju Herod reined in his horse and stopped.

It's not that he has already arrived at Tang Yin's house, nor is it that he was blocked by a strongman, but because... Yue Pengju was suddenly hungry!After all, he got up early this morning and took his soldiers on patrol. He didn't eat at noon, so he rushed back to his hometown in a hurry. At this time, his stomach was already empty, like a drum beating.

Although this place is not a wilderness, how can there be an inn in an ordinary village?At this time, he also forgot to bring dry food with him, so he had to find a larger manor first to see if he could buy some food.

Just as Yue Peng lifted the 'white jade red forehead horse' and was about to knock on the gate of the manor, he suddenly felt the rein in his hand being pulled, and the horse wanted to leave him.When he turned his head to look, Yue Pengju found that the horse was walking towards a handsome young man riding a fine horse. There were several men and women beside the young man, one of them was dressed in red, pointing in the direction of Yue Pengju and shouted:

"Huh?! Isn't this your 'white jade red horse'?!"