When Yin Chengliang saw Qiu Yizhi walking into the hall under the escort of all the officers and soldiers, he was naturally happy. It seemed that all the arrogance he had suffered in the past few days had been wiped away. He sneered and said, "Master Qiu, I see you usually look so domineering. , The villain seems to be successful, but he didn’t expect that he would also become a prisoner! "
However, Qiu Yizhi seemed nonchalant and said with a "hehe" smile: "Master Yin has mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers from Jiangnan Province to invite you. Even if you don't know the etiquette, you should come to see me. It's just that the eighteen or nine people under my command have not settled down yet." Well, that’s why I’m late, please forgive me, Lord Governor.”
These words were clearly meant to ridicule Yin Chengliang for relying on the strong to bully the weak. He used dozens or hundreds of times more troops to subdue Qiu Yizhi after a great effort.
Yin Chengliang mobilized his troops to attack Shanyin County, but the little magistrate actually held on for three or four days. He was already a little embarrassed in front of his colleagues in Jiangnan, but now he was ridiculed by Qiu Yizhi, which made Yin Chengliang, who valued the dignity of officialdom very much, He became angry from shame.
I saw him lifting the gavel on the table high, slapping it hard, and scolding: "Qiu Yizhi, you still don't repent when disaster strikes!" As he said, he smacked the gavel again and said, "You Don’t kneel down when you see me!”
However, Qiu Yizhi still looked generous and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, Lord Governor. We are very poor in Shanyin County. This gavel is newly made. If it is broken, I don't know when it will be replaced." It’s a new piece. In addition, the official has an injury on his leg and cannot bow. The governor has known about this for a long time. Why did your nephew forget it?”
After Yin Chengliang was reminded like this, he really remembered that Qiu Yizhi had an autographed imperial edict of "not bowing before the official" in his hand. He really could not force him to kneel down, otherwise it would be a serious crime of bullying the emperor and resisting the edict.
But Yin Chengliang saw that all the civil and military officials sitting in the hall were paying attention to him. It seemed that he was incompetent if he could not make Qiu Yizhi bow his head and submit today. So he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "A stubborn person like you still dares to argue with me! Come on, knock him to the ground!"
Those waiting for orders below the hall were all Yin Chengliang's personal guards. When they heard the master's greeting, they walked up to the hall angrily without saying a word, twisted Qiu Yizhi's arm, held down his neck, and tried to throw him to the ground. Press hard.
How could Qiu Yizhi be convinced? Although his waist was bent, his neck was raised stubbornly, and he looked directly at Yin Chengliang and said, "Master Yin, I have the will of the Holy One, please don't make a big mistake!"
Yin Chengliang had already given up and sneered: "You act so recklessly, do you still expect the Holy One to protect you? I will go to heaven right now and use my official life to impeach you, this lawless little thief!" He saw his own soldiers Still unable to convince Qiu Yizhi, he asked again anxiously, "Are you people just living for a living? Can't you suppress such a quail-like little thief?"
When the personal guards heard Yin Chengliang's scolding, they quickly increased their strength to suppress Qiu Yizhi. There were two tricky ones among them, who stretched out their legs and kicked the inside of Qiu Yizhi's knees.
Qiu Yizhi couldn't feel the pain, and his knees suddenly softened. However, he was unwilling to give in. He leaned back and sat on the ground without kneeling down. However, his head was pressed deeply to the ground, like a cooked river shrimp, his body bent and allowed to be slaughtered by others.
How had Qiu Yizhi ever suffered such humiliation since he was regarded as the son of Bodhisattva by the then King Youyan and the current emperor more than ten years ago? Even when he was imprisoned by the veteran Bai Wenbo, he treated him with courtesy and did not practice anything like this.
Thinking of this, the tears in Qiu Yizhi's eyes could no longer stop, and they flowed down like a stream.
Yin Chengliang saw that although Qiu Yizhi did not kneel down, he had lowered his head after all. He finally smiled and said with a high profile: "Master Qiu, don't feel aggrieved. You deserve it. Thinking about what you have done since you took office, don't you think Should he be punished?"
Qiu Yi was never forgiving with his words. Hearing Yin Chengliang question him like this, of course he had to retort a few words. However, just as he tried to raise his head, he was suppressed by several of Yin Chengliang's vicious soldiers.
When Yin Chengliang saw this, he became even more proud. He simply stood up and walked slowly to Qiu Yizhi's side. Just as he was about to speak a few words of instruction, he saw a soldier lying down staggering forward and shouting: "Qiu... Sir, spies have come to report that a group of cavalry is advancing into the city. It is very powerful and we cannot resist it. Please make your decision."
Yin Chengliang was shocked when he heard this. He pondered for a moment, but still refused to believe the spy report. He said angrily: "What a joke! My Jiangnan Jiedu army is all gathered here. Where did the cavalry come from? Could it be that some general was not strict with his subordinates and secretly Go ahead and check it out and report back!"
Unexpectedly, before the soldier who sent the order went down to explore again, another soldier crawled into the hall and said in a panic: "Sir, the enemy cavalry has broken through the city wall and is about to attack the county government office. !”
Yin Chengliang was even more panicked after hearing this. Before he could say anything, he saw another soldier running up to him, holding a command arrow, and said: "Your Excellency, the cavalry that broke into the city are not enemy troops, but official troops. The leading general please come outside the hall. Meet."
Yin Chengliang took the order arrow from the hand of the order soldier and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but take a breath of air - it turned out that the origin of this order arrow was very different. Judging from the shape, it was used by third-level generals to mobilize the army, and the third-level generals in the court only had the front of the imperial army. There are only four generals: , rear, left and right, but they are well-deserved pillars of the military.
Yin Chenghao had seen the world after all, but he was downgraded by someone like him. However, he suddenly remembered that he, the governor of Jiangnan Province, was also a third-grade official. According to the Han Dynasty's practice of using culture to control military affairs, he was better than those outside. A general is half a head taller.
So he put on a show of style, returned the command arrow to the messenger, sat back in his seat, and said loudly: "I am the chief officer of Jiangnan Road, and I would like to invite the general to come into the hall." He felt that what he said was inappropriate, and then Added, "Please, the county government hall is very small, and the general is here alone. Don't bring more guards!"
The three messengers kneeling on the ground agreed at the same time, then turned around and went down.
Although Qiu Yizhi was sitting on the ground in a panic, his mind was still clear. He knew that the general who rushed in without any reason was none other than Cui Nan, the general he sent Yuchi Jiming to invite from Quzhou. Quzhou is hundreds of miles away from Shanyin County. It is not easy for them to get there in three days.
While he was thinking, he heard a burst of rapid but neat footsteps behind him, and with his peripheral vision, he saw countless pairs of feet walking past him, and heard a rather familiar voice saying: "Last General Cui Nan, See the history of the Yin governor." He didn't want to say another word.
Yin Chengliang's attitude was arrogant just now. After hearing the word "Cui Nan", he immediately changed his attitude. He stood up and stepped down from the stage. He held Cui Nan's hand and said, "It turns out that General Cui is here. General Cui is inevitable. He has already been dismissed. I have heard that the general has been stationed in Jiangnan Province for a long time. The subordinate should have shown his friendship to the landlord, but he was afraid that private communication between civil and military officials would violate the national law, so he did not meet with the general... "
While he was gushing polite words, Qiu Yizhi, who was forced to the ground, could no longer bear it and shouted at the top of his lungs: "General Cui, save me, I am Qiu Yizhi!"
Cui Nan originally heard the news about Yuchi Jiming and saw the emperor's gold-medal arrows with his own eyes, so he ordered eight hundred elite cavalry to go to Shanyin County to support Qiu Yizhi.
When Yuchi Jiming left Shanyin County, Qiu Yizhi had not yet officially started fighting against the government troops, and he did not expect that the civil war would turn out so brutally.
But when Cui Nan personally led his elite troops to see the county town from a distance, he saw smoke rising from all directions in the city. He knew that the situation was not good, and ordered his knights to charge into the city without saying a word.
The Jiangnan Dao Jiedu Army guarding the county town was originally not very effective in combat, and all its attention was focused on the city. How could it withstand the impact of Cui Nan's group of knights who had been baptized by the Turkic tiger and wolf divisions? In the blink of an eye, he was killed and broke through the defense line, allowing Cui Nan to rush into the city.
Cui Nan saw that although Shanyin County was not a big city, it was not easy to find someone, so he arrested an officer nearby and asked about the situation. Only then did he find out that Qiu Yizhi had been arrested by Yin Chengliang and was being questioned in the county government office. So he didn't hesitate at all, and ordered his soldiers to fight all the way to the gate of the county government office. Then he realized that the other party was also an official of the imperial court, so he couldn't offend him too much. So he didn't go in, but called a guard soldier on the opposite side to report.
When Cui Nan entered the yamen, he originally thought that Qiu Yizhi was the adopted son of the current emperor after all, and would always be treated with courtesy no matter if he had any conflicts with Yin Chengliang. Therefore, when he heard the words of Qiu Yizhi, who was pressed on the ground like a rice dumpling, he suddenly felt He was shocked, and after a long while he said a few words to several of his soldiers: "Let him go."
Cui Nan is famous for being good at attacking, and he is also famous for being taciturn. His soldiers have long been accustomed to his style. After hearing these three short orders, they quickly agreed and pushed the button. Those people who were looking at Qiu Yizhi.
Those people were all well fed by Yin Chengliang. How could they give up easily without the master's order? However, none of Cui Nan's men were easy-going people. The two sides went back and forth and almost started fighting.
However, Yin Chengliang saw that Cui Nan's soldiers were all well-dressed and tall. They were more majestic than the dozen or so vicious men under Qiu Yi. He expected that if he started a fight with them, he would inevitably suffer a loss, so he quickly gave him a fight. Yuanchang said: "Since General Cui intends to intercede for Lord Qiu, then please ask Lord Qiu to get up."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yin Chengliang saw a white figure flash across the county government hall. He did not know what kind of movement he used to quickly scratch the faces of the people who were suppressing Qiu Yizhi. One of them was scratched. A big slap.
This person's attack was so severe that all of Yin Chengliang's guards were beaten so hard that they subconsciously reached out to cover their hot and swollen cheeks.
In this way, Qiu Yizhi felt that the pressure on his back was much lessened, and he immediately stood up, only to see that the one who beat him to save him was indeed Yuchi Jiming. He also saw that Cui Nan did not listen to Yin Chengliang's words, and instead brought with him forty or fifty people. The soldiers went to the hall and blocked up the county government hall, which was originally not spacious, and felt more at ease. So he nodded to Yuchi Jiming and said to Cui Nan, "More generals will save me."
Cui Nan knew the details of Qiu Yi. Seeing how polite he was, he quickly supported him, pulled him to his side, and said, "This is what I will do." Then he stopped talking.
When Yin Chengliang saw that Qiu Yi had been protected by Cui Nan in the blink of an eye, he realized that something was wrong, so he took the lead and said: "Master Qiu and I have some differences on government affairs, and my conduct as an official is not very upright. The officer is teaching me face to face. Although General Cui has a high position, he can't interfere with our Jiangnan Province government affairs, right?" (To be continued)