This chapter recounts other events that occurred in the seventeenth and eighteenth years of Lu Xianggong.

First, in the spring of the seventeenth year, the Song people invaded the state of Chen on the orders of the Duke of Jin Ping. This was a low-level operation, the Song army was not numerous, the commander Zhuang Chao's status was not high, and the Chen army was at an advantage, so the commander of the Chen army, Situ Wei, did not take the other party seriously. As a result, he was captured by the Song army.

The second thing happened in the spring of that year. Sun Lin's father's son, Sun Kuai, went out hunting with a group of gentlemen, and the team traveled all the way south, and soon came to the border of Wei and Cao. The officials of the border towns told him that crossing the path in front of him was the territory of the state of Cao; At the same time, he was reminded not to cross the border, so as not to cause a dispute between the two countries.

Sun Yanei, who had always acted arrogantly, acted as if he hadn't heard, he looked straight into the distance with his eyes, drove on, and soon broke into the territory of Cao Guo because of the pursuit of his prey.

The border town of Cao was called Chongqiu, and Sun Kuai saw that the horses were already very hungry, so he borrowed a few water bottles from the locals to hold water and drink the horses. The defender accidentally broke one of the water bottles while returning them, but he was so arrogant that he didn't even bother to apologize.

The Chongqiu people were furious, but they did not dare to provoke the heavily armed guards on the spot, so they turned and ran into the house, closed the door, and scolded through the crack in the door: "You have expelled the monarch of the country, and my father has done a lot of evil; You don't worry about your own life, what kind of prestige are you running here to play? ”

Sun Kuai drew his sword and strode towards the house; He ran two steps to the right of the car, hugged him and said, "Killing untouchables is a loss of your identity, it is better to justifiably crusade against the Cao people!" Sun Kuai didn't make a big deal at this time, but just smashed the rest of the water bottles hatefully, and then returned to defend the country.

Sun Kuai returned to Diqiu and hated the Cao people in front of his father, saying that the Cao people compared Sun Lin's father to a villain with a small belly and a lawless rebel thief. Sun Lin's father was furious and ordered Shi Mai and Sun Kuaiji to lead an army to invade Cao. In the summer, the Guards captured Chongqiu.

Cao Chenggong ran to Jin Pinggong day and night to accuse the defenders. Although Cao Guo is small, he is a member of the Huaxia Alliance; The Jin people arrested Shi Mai and Sun Kuai in the summer of the following year. As a result, the Patriots spent a huge amount of money to redeem the two.

The third was a civil strife that occurred in the Song Kingdom. Hua Yuan has two most famous sons, namely Hua Yue and Hua Chen. Hua Yue is Hua Yuan's eldest son, but the second son Hua Chen is more loved by Hua Yuan. Huachen has been pampered by his father since he was a child, and he has to fight with his brothers for any good thing.

During Hua Yuan's serious illness, Song Pinggong went to Fuzhong to visit the sick. Hua Yuan considered that according to the normal procedure, Hua Yue would inherit his throne, but in this way, Hua Chen could only stay in the scholar class in this life. He had to be cheeky and begged Song Pinggong to give Huachen a high-ranking status for the sake of his more than 30 years of service to the Song Kingdom.

Hua Yuan died soon after, and Song Pinggong appointed Hua Yue as his right teacher, and the Song people nicknamed Hua Chen "mad dog" according to his temperament; Song Pinggong soon promoted Huachen to the position of Da Situ.

In the autumn of the seventeenth year of Lu Xianggong, Hua Yue died, and his eldest son Hua Gaobi was made the head of the Hua clan.

Hua Chen looked down on Hua Yue, so he didn't take Hua Gaobi seriously. Huachen led the children of the clan to mourn, and a group of people made a noise and broke into the mourning hall, and Huachen loudly reprimanded Hua Gao, who was guarding the spirit, for being "unfilial". As for how to be unfilial, Huachen can't say why. Hua Gaobi couldn't afford to provoke the great god, for fear that he would use the topic to play and lift the coffin again, so he had to swallow his anger and bow his head silently.

But Hua Gaobi's roommate, Hua Wu, jumped up and drove Hua Chen out of the mourning hall. Hua Chen snorted and walked out of the door, turned his head to the left and right, and said, "Find a chance to kill that old guy!" Take the treasure back! ”

One night in early November, Hua Wu was returning home with his wife when their car was attacked by six thugs near Lumen. Hua Wu drew his sword and fought back, but was stabbed to death on the spot.

At that moment, the killers heard the sound of horses' hooves and wheels on the street around the corner. The two thugs immediately grabbed their weapons and rushed over to extinguish them, but as soon as they saw someone coming, they immediately hid their weapons behind them—it was the Hezuo Division Xiangxu who was passing by.

Xiang Xu probably saw the scene of the murder with the help of the lights in front of the car, and shouted, "Are you going to kill the old man?" The old man is not guilty! ”

The leader of the mob cleared his throat and said, "Master, don't worry, Gaobi ordered us to crusade against the retainer Wu. Scared you! Xiang Xu then ordered the coachman to turn around and slip away from the other road.

The catastrophe continued, and the mob imprisoned Hua Wu's wife and forced her to hand over Hua's ancestral jade bibi (the jade bib was a symbol of the patriarch), and the clever woman was able to escape from danger with a little trickery through the murderer's greed, and finally escaped safely into her home.

The murder spread throughout the city the next day, and the Song people, while deploring Hua Wu (because Hua Wu was very fond of helping the people), were full of hatred for the murderer, and everyone turned their attention to Hua Chen.

Song Pinggong summoned Xiang Xu and said: "Huachen not only committed serious crimes against the family, but also caused great chaos in the politics of the Song Kingdom!" The widow must expel him! ”

But Xiang Xu has a different idea. It turned out that Hua Yuan was his teacher, and he was promoted to the position of Yaqing, and he was very kind to him. Xiang Xu didn't like Hua Chen, and even hated that villain very much; But now Hua Gao is younger than he is young, and he has not yet reached the age of a celebrity; If Huachen is expelled again, Hua's decline in the Song Kingdom will be over.

Based on the above reasons, Xiang Xu said: "Huachen is still a secretary after all, and it is a shame for the country for the secretary to be greedy and cruel to his fellow clan. Instead of exposing his crimes, let's cover up the truth! The one who died was only a retainer, and Hua Chen's sin was not serious, and I would make him change the rules! ”

Song Pinggong was too lazy to get involved in Hua's internal disputes, so he simply handed over the handling power to Xiang Xu. Xiang Xu ordered Huachen to hand over the murderer, but Huachen had already let those people run away; Xiang Xu reconciled the relationship between the two families, so that the two sides reconciled.

The people of the Song Kingdom were deeply dissatisfied with the result of this treatment, and some good deeds said: "It turns out that the powerful (Hua Gaobi) also have a time to swallow their anger!" The villains know about it, and they won't be aggrieved if they are beaten to death in the future! ”

After the incident subsided, Xiang Xu customized a short horse whip for himself, which was tucked away in the cuff when he rode in the car. As soon as the car passed by the door of Hua Chen's house, he flashed his whip and whipped the horse, helping the coachman to get out of that ominous place as soon as possible.

However, although Huachen was not punished by the criminal law, he was scared away by his nickname. It turned out that on the morning of November 22, a mad dog suddenly sprang out of nowhere on the street of Shangqiu City. Mad dogs bite people when they see them, and in the blink of an eye, they bite several people. The Song people copied the guy's business one after another, shouting and chasing the mad dog.

The dog wasn't completely insane yet and still knew how to run for his life. It ran all the way through a block, and suddenly saw two vermilion lacquer gates open on the right, so it panicked and rushed into the courtyard. The chaser just lowered his head and chased the dog, and he didn't care who it was, and rushed in.

The owner of this courtyard is none other than Hua Chen. He was sitting in the main hall at this time, when he suddenly faintly heard a surging voice in the distance; The voice came from far and near, and it was directed at his location. Then he heard the shouts of the countrymen: "Mad dog! Don't let the mad dogs go! "This is it! Get in there and shoot it! ”

Hua Chen thought that the enemy had come to crusade against him, so he didn't even bother to put on his shoes, jumped up and broke out of the window, climbed out of the back wall and escaped. Huachen fled all the way to the state of Chen, and only then did he find out the truth; But once he chooses to flee, it is impossible to go back.

Song Ren finally let out a bad breath, and then mocked Xiang Xu: "Hezuoshi's ability is not as good as a dog, and a mad dog can still eliminate traitors for the office." He asked his subordinates to punish those who gossiped, and said to him: "What the people of the country say is the truth." To tell the truth, they will also be punished, and the people will set up another left division. ”

The name of the Emperor of the Song Kingdom was Dazai, and he was a man known for his ability to pat the monarch's ass. Song Ping ordered him to build a high platform for his own enjoyment, and the Emperor praised this order and hurriedly carried it out.

Da Sicheng Lexi said: "Now is the time for the harvest of farmland, the people take food as the sky, and the king can't delay national affairs for selfish desires!" ”

Song Pinggong said: "The affairs of the monarch are always greater than the affairs of the people." Master, say no more. ”

Later, Lexi passed by the construction site, and he heard the conscripts singing: "Zemen Zhihui (the emperor has a big white face and lives near Zemen), I am in the service; The Qianzhong of Yi (Xiang Xu's dark complexion and living in the heart of the city) is really comforting to me. ”

Lexi snatched the whip from the overseer's hand and began to inspect the construction site; He personally whipped the slacking servants, and said: "We all have houses to shelter from the wind and rain, and now we are full of complaints about building a platform for the monarch, what is the use of you slackers?" ”

As a result, the conscripts hated even Lexi, so they stopped singing those jokes. Later, someone asked Lexi why he did that, and Lexi said: "There is only one Song country, some are hated, and some are praised; That song will bring trouble to me. ”