說唐

by Luo Guanzhong

片段: ...夜,生出此花,小民已描了一幅在此,與那榜上的一般無二,請萬歲龍目一觀。」內侍 將畫取上,放在龍案上,煬帝打開一看,果然與夢中所見一樣。龍顏大喜,即封世充為 瓊花太守,先領兵一千到揚州,吩咐羊離觀改為瓊花觀,以備駕來觀玩瓊花。世充道: 「小民有罪,不敢前往。」煬帝道:「卿有何罪?」世充把明德在監之事,細細說了一 遍。煬帝聽說,即行赦書到洛陽,放出明德。世充領旨出朝,領一千兵馬,往揚州而來 。路逢段達、鐵冠道人,下馬相見。段達道:「隋朝氣數不久,我與軍師到洛陽守候主 公便了。」世充大喜,謝別二人,上馬下揚州不表。 再說煬帝次日又得了揚州地方官報告異花的表章,即與宇文化及計議上揚州,化及 奏道:「主公,長安到揚州是旱路,勞於行動。陛下可傳旨意,令魏國公李密作督工官 將軍麻叔謀作開河總管,令狐達副之。大發民夫人十萬,自龍池起工。凡是長平關隘山 嶺,必由去路,淺處開深,仄處開闊,以便龍舟行走。並乘機限李淵三個月在太原府造 一所晉陽宮,用金玉鋪陳,以候聖駕。倘若不遵,只說他慢君,罪該斬首,他若造了, 又說他私造王官,也把他殺了,除此後患。」煬帝大喜,旨意一下,當時百姓,就是軍 丁戶女,也要他們應工。稍有差池,禁不住督工官鞭撻,在路上不知死了多少。看看開 到河南,李密聞知朱燦勇猛善謀,就來請他為總管。朱燦大喜,伍雲召兒子,時年已六 歲,即將他交由其兄朱然撫養,朱然許諾,朱燦別了哥哥,同李密而去,此話不表。 再說那開河總管麻叔謀,一路開河,不管住房墳塋。一直開去。這麻叔媒又十分兇...

90 pages, Paperback

Published September 13, 2013

About the author

Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400), better known by his style name Luo Guanzhong (罗贯中) (Mandarin pronunciation: [lwɔ kwantʂʊŋ]), was a Chinese writer who lived during the Yuan Dynasty. He was also known by his pseudonym Huhai Sanren (Chinese: 湖海散人; pinyin: Húhǎi Sǎnrén; literally "Leisure Man of Lakes and Seas"). Luo was attributed with writing Romance of the Three Kingdoms and editing Water Margin, two of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.