Empress Dowager Xiao's envoy came and conveyed Empress Dowager Xiao's reply to Yang Peng: "Empress Dowager Xiao agreed to meet with the general at the Wenyu Wooden Bridge." To the north of Shangjing and between Shunzhou, there is a Wenyu River, and to the south is the Wenyu River. The Song army controlled it, while the north was controlled by the Liao army. There is a decades-old wooden bridge on the Wenyu River, which is the so-called Wenyu Bridge.
Yang Peng nodded, "Yes, it will be at noon five days later. I will be waiting for Queen Mother Xiao to arrive." The messenger said, "I will immediately convey the general's wishes to our Queen Mother."
That night, while Yang Peng was handling official duties, Han Bing came. "I want to go with you." Han Bing said. Yang Peng felt confused, "Where are you going with me?" Then he said with a bad smile: "Do you want to elope with me?" Han Bing was greatly annoyed, "Huh! I mean you go to see the Queen Mother of Liao, I I want to go with you!" Yang Peng suddenly realized, "This is what happened." After a pause, he asked with a smile: "Why do you want to go with me? Are you afraid that I will be in danger?"
Inexplicable anger welled up in Han Bing's heart, and he said coldly: "I heard that the Queen Mother of Liao is a hero among women, and I want to meet her!" Yang Peng nodded and said, "Speaking of this," he raised his head and looked at Han Bing At one glance, "You two look very similar! Well, you can come with me."
His eyes returned to Shangjing. Near noon, two thousand cavalry troops approached Wenyu Bridge from the north and south. When they were about five hundred steps away from Wenyu Bridge, they stopped, and then four cavalry galloped out from the two cavalry teams and came to the middle of Wenyu Bridge.
The two sides reined in their horses, and Yang Peng smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Queen Mother, you're fine." Han Bing, who was beside Yang Peng, looked curiously at the legendary Queen Mother of Liao across from her. Empress Dowager Xiao said coldly: "If you have anything to say, just say it." Yang Peng did not follow her around the bush and said directly: "I think our two families should unite to fight against the Xixia Kingdom."
Empress Dowager Xiao was stunned and said angrily: "I don't think it is necessary to unite with the enemy!" Yang Peng understood her anger and smiled: "The Sixteen States of Yanyun have been the territory of China since ancient times. We are just taking back what belongs to China." Why is the Queen Mother so angry about our things? Speaking of which, we have not completely recovered the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture!"
Empress Dowager Xiao raised her eyebrows and said proudly: "General, if you want to take it, just come and I will accompany you to the end!" Yang Peng shook his head, "I came to meet you today not to talk about the affairs of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, but I want to talk about the affairs of Xixia." "We can handle the affairs of Xixia ourselves, there is no need for the general to meddle in other matters."
"Really? But how did I hear that Xixia defeated the Liao army again not long ago and occupied the entire Tokyo Road?" Queen Xiao's expression changed. She originally thought that Yang Peng didn't know about this. Yang Peng glanced at Queen Mother Xiao, "I know what you are worried about. You are worried that we will take this opportunity to regain the entire Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture. I can tell you clearly, I know that you only have a dozen or so troops in hand. There are ten thousand people, and the new tactics of the Liao Kingdom were defeated and suffered heavy losses. The soldiers and civilians of the imperial court were frightened and at a loss. If I really want to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun, there is no need to talk nonsense to you, I can just send troops directly. The Queen Mother understands People should know that what I say is true!"
Empress Dowager Xiao was silent for a moment, then raised her head and glanced at Chen Xiao, "I believe what you said." Yang Peng breathed out, "You finally got the idea, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to continue talking. I know that the current situation in Liao Kingdom is very bad. , so I can promise you that I will never be your enemy until I completely defeat Xixia. You can concentrate on dealing with the Xixia people. If necessary, I can even directly send troops to join forces with you to deal with the Xixia people!"
Empress Dowager Xiao was silent for a moment, "But you cannot represent your court. As far as I know, your court has reached an agreement with Xixia to jointly destroy our Liao Kingdom, so I cannot believe your promise." Yang Peng nodded. He nodded, "It's understandable that you think so. But you can consider this issue from another angle. Judging from the current situation between Liao and Xia, how long can your Liao country resist? Why not take a gamble and compete with me? Together, we may be able to rise from the ashes!"
Queen Mother Xiao stared at Yang Peng for a long time, but finally shook her head and said: "No, joining forces with you may be what you said, but it is also possible that you are a wolf that is more cunning and vicious than the Xixia people! Although our country It’s difficult, but there are still large areas of land and people in Shangjing Road, Zhongjing Road, Xijing Road and Yanyun. It’s still unclear who will win! If you really regard Xixia as the biggest threat as you said, please don’t stab yourself in the back. It is also good for you to resist Xixia! I can tell you clearly that if you dare to take the opportunity to send troops, I will definitely ask for the mobilization of heavy troops to fight you. Even if our Liao Kingdom is destroyed by then, you will not take half of it. So cheap!”
Yang Peng was a little helpless, shook his head and sighed, and glanced at the determined Queen Mother Xiao, "It seems that you have made up your mind, and you won't listen to anything I say. In this case, I won't say anything more. Then, as you said, we will maintain a peaceful state, and you can concentrate on dealing with Xixia. I hope you can create a miracle!" Yang Peng clasped his fists towards Queen Mother Xiao, turned his horse's head, and led Han Bing away. Queen Mother Xiao looked at Yang Peng's back for a moment, then turned her horse's head and left.
"Is this negotiation a failure?" Han Bing asked. Yang Peng frowned and said: "It's far from what I hoped for, but I have already expected this situation. After all, the two sides have been enemies for hundreds of years. It is really impossible to resolve the feud overnight!"
The group returned to Shangjing and headed to the Liushou Mansion. At this time, neither Yang Peng nor Han Bing noticed that several beautiful women in men's clothing were sitting upstairs in a teahouse staring at them. "Sister, it's them." Liu Yan said excitedly. Just at this time, the waiter came to them. Hu Ji pointed at Yang Peng and the others and asked the waiter: "Brother, waiter, who are they? They are so majestic!"
The waiter glanced in the direction of her finger and said with a smile: "Of course it's majestic, that's the General of the Yulin Guards who stayed in Beijing!" Hu Ji and others were surprised, and Hu Ji quickly asked: "That's the one General Yang Peng who recovered the Eight Prefectures of Yanyun and Shangjing?" The waiter nodded and said with a smile: "Who else can there be besides him!" At this time, a guest in the distance called the waiter, and the waiter complained. , hurriedly ran over.
Hu Ji frowned and said: "I didn't expect that he was the one who saved Han Bing!" Zhao Xiang'er frowned and said: "This is his territory, and it is simply impossible to kill his people on his territory!" Hu Ji showed her face. The color of thinking.
Yang Peng returned to the left-behind mansion and immediately issued an order: to withdraw the troops near the border for more than ten miles, and at the same time lifted the ban on trade with the Liao Kingdom. He was showing his attitude to Queen Mother Xiao. In the following time, Yang Peng stepped up training of the army to build ordnance and armor, while paying close attention to the development of all aspects of the situation. In the dead of night, I inevitably miss my wives far away in Tianjing. However, Yang Peng may not know that he is not the only one thinking about his wives, there is another person who is also tossing and turning over his wife and has trouble sleeping.
Pang Hai, the son of Grand Master Pang, was completely enamored by Zhao Jinxi's charming charm ever since he met Zhao Jinxi by chance. From then on, all his wives and concubines lost their color in his eyes. In his opinion, his dozens of wives and concubines combined could not compare to Zhao Jinxi's smile. Pang Hai began to think of ways to get Zhao Jinxi. For this reason, he found reasons to go to Cangzhou Mansion many times, hoping to see Zhao Jinxi again and express his feelings. However, he was unable to do so because Zhao Jinxi had already moved to Tianjing New City.
A Yuhou surnamed Zhao saw his master's thoughts and said: "Zhao Jinxi is Yang Peng's wife and concubine. She lives in seclusion. Even if she comes out, she must have followers. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to get close to me!" Pang Hai became even more distressed and resentful. The ground sighed.
Zhao Yuhou said again: "My lord, you don't need to be too worried. In fact, this matter is hard to say and easy to say. If Yang Peng's house was confiscated and his family was exterminated, could Zhao Jinxi still escape from the palm of your hand?" Pang Hai's eyes brightened when he heard this. "What you said is very good!" She glanced at him and said, "If I finally get what I want, I will promote you to be the prefect of a wealthy state!" Zhao Yuhou said thank you with great joy.
The backyard of the left-behind mansion in Beijing. Yang Peng and Han Bing sat at the stone table. Han Bing looked at Yang Peng and said curiously: "I really don't understand what you are thinking about? Are you a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty, or a treacherous minister?"
Yang Peng chuckled, "What do you think?" Han Bing shook his head, "I don't know." "Do you think it's better for me to be a loyal minister, or a treacherous minister?"
Han Bing frowned and said: "I don't know what is loyalty and what is treachery. The Song court was so corrupt and the people were miserable. If you were loyal to such a court, wouldn't you be helping Zhou to abuse and harm the people? But if you are not loyal to the court, like Cao Cao, you will be punished again. Accused of being a traitor! I really don’t know what is right!”
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Just do what you think is right. Don't care about what others say. You can't live for other people's words. As for how others will judge after death, haha, that has nothing to do with me. What a bullshit!"
Han Bing smiled and said: "You are quite free and easy!" Yang Peng smiled. Han Bing looked at Yang Peng curiously. Seeing her like this, Yang Peng smiled and said: "Don't be curious about me!" "Why?" Yang Peng said jokingly: "I'm afraid you will fall in love with me!"
Han Bing was furious and stood up Huo Di, "I will never forget that you are my brother-killing enemy!" Yang Peng sighed and said calmly: "I'm right here, come if you want revenge." Han Bing glared at Yang Peng, holding the hilt of the sword tightly with his right hand, the knuckles of his fingers turned white due to excessive force.
snort! Han Bing snorted at Yang Peng, turned around and left. Yang Peng glanced at Han Bing's back and sighed. Yang Peng got bored staying in Liushou Mansion, so he left Liushou Mansion and went for a walk on the street. The streets are packed with people, flags of shops on both sides are flying, and the shouts of vendors echo in the sky above the streets. Everything is so vibrant.
Suddenly, there was a commotion ahead. Yang Peng followed the sound and saw hundreds of people crowded under an embroidery building on the street not far away. They all raised their heads and stretched out their hands, looking very excited and expectant. There was a lot of noise. And above the embroidery building, there were actually two people standing there. A beautiful woman, holding a hydrangea in her hand, making a gesture of throwing it, with a hint of teasing on her pretty face.
When Yang Peng saw this scene, he thought it was a young lady from some family who was throwing embroidered balls to choose a husband. This was the first time Yang Peng saw this kind of scene that he had only seen in his mind before. He was particularly curious, so he walked over. Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the embroidery building, two hydrangeas fell down and hit him together. Everyone's eyes turned to him. Some were envious, some were jealous, and some were booing. There was a commotion. Yang Peng held two exquisite hydrangeas wrapped with silk threads and smiled bitterly, feeling his luck. Sometimes it's so good that people are speechless.
All the busybodies pushed Yang Peng into the embroidery building noisily. The guards who were following Chen Xiao wanted to follow in, but they were blocked by everyone yelling and scolding. The guards were furious and wanted to take action. Fortunately, Yang Peng stopped them in time: "You just stay outside. "A few guards followed the instructions and stayed outside. The leading guard captain was worried, so he sent a guard to report to Lin Chong.
Yang Peng climbed up the stairs. The two beauties who were throwing hydrangeas just now were waiting at the entrance of the stairs. When they saw him, they bowed down and said, "Won't you, sir?" Yang Peng looked at them both and couldn't help but feel a little surprised. When I was outside just now, I just caught a glimpse and didn't look too closely. Although I knew they were two beauties, I didn't expect them to be so beautiful! The woman on the left is wearing a black waist gauze skirt. She has a slender figure, but her breasts are surprisingly plump and attractive. She has long cheeks and slender eyes. She has a cool feeling. She is an international beauty. ; The one on the right is shorter, small and exquisite, with a round face and curved eyebrows. Although he is not smiling, he gives the impression of smiling sweetly. Although these two women are not stunningly beautiful, they are definitely outstanding beauties.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "You threw the hydrangea at the wrong person. I have a wife, and there are more than one." The two women laughed. The woman on the right feels sweeter, while the one on the left exudes a hint of evil charm. "Young master, I misunderstood. Throwing the embroidered ball is not to choose a husband, but to choose a benefactor for our lady." The tall woman said with a smile.
Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "That's what happened!" Feeling that nothing happened, he just stayed. Chen Xiao is quite looking forward to the young lady the two women talk about. Both slaves are so outstanding, how can the master be so charming?
The two women led Yang Peng into a large room. The whole room is extremely exquisitely decorated, with vases from the Tang Dynasty, palace lanterns from the Han Dynasty, and green smoke curling up from the Boshan incense burner; right in front is a pink gauze curtain embroidered with peonies, and behind the gauze curtain sits a figure in palace clothes. beauty.
Yang Peng showed a stunning expression. Although he couldn't see clearly through a gauze curtain, he could feel the extremely gorgeous temperament rushing towards his face through the gauze curtain. The beauty seemed to be able to make the sun and the moon lose their brilliance. Yang Peng first thought of Zhao Xiangxiang, but quickly rejected this inference. Because Zhao Xiangxiang is beautiful, but her temperament is completely different. Zhao Xiangxiang looks cold and aloof on the surface, but in private she is charming and unrestrained, which is completely different from the impression given by the woman in front of her.
The two women asked Yang Peng to sit down at the coffee table in front of the gauze curtain, and then walked to the left and right sides of the gauze curtain to stand. At this time, a slightly hoarse but extremely sexy female voice came from the gauze curtain: "I wonder what you call the young master? If I remember correctly, this must be the first time for the young master to come here, right?"
Yang Peng felt that this voice seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it. Smiling and nodding, "Miss, I remember correctly, this is indeed my first time here. My name is Yang Peng." The woman pondered for a moment, then said in a slightly surprised tone: "Could it be that the master who stayed behind in Beijing is here?"
Yang Peng nodded. The woman stood up and gave a slight smile, "I don't know if you are too far away to welcome me, please forgive me." Yang Peng smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, since I am here, I am your guest, so you don't have to be polite."
"Yes." The woman responded and sat down again. At this time, a maid brought a bowl of fragrant tea to Chen Xiao's hand, bowed and retreated. The woman said: "The slave family has a song called "Abandonment of the World", please comment on it." Yang Peng nodded, showing a listening look.
The woman gently plucked the strings, and the melodious sound of the piano rippled out, sometimes melodious, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes meditative, sometimes intense. Yang Peng frowned slightly. In the sound of the piano, he seemed to see the temperament of a woman who faced the cruel life arrogantly, sometimes sarcastically, sometimes sarcastically, sometimes with disdain, sometimes with anger. Chen Xiao was very surprised: How could a mortal singer have such emotions? This is not the emotion that a singing girl should have at all! At the end of the song, Yang Peng couldn't help but applaud, "Young lady has superb piano skills, and this song "Abandonment of the World" is very extraordinary! It seems that young lady is a person with a story."
Yang Peng suddenly felt his eyes light up. This is an indescribably beautiful woman. She is wearing a gorgeous pink palace dress. She has a graceful figure, plump and sexy. Her soft and shiny hair is draped behind her head like a waterfall. A gold hairpin decorated with gold leaves is inserted horizontally in her bun, and the light of the gold leaves is reflected. Looking at her beautiful face, it is extremely gorgeous, but also has an inexplicable sense of mystery; her eyes seem as deep as a deep pool, as if they hide endless secrets, which people can't help but want to explore, and they are like the sky. The stars are so mesmerizingly beautiful. Her beauty surpassed all flowers, and even the brilliance of the sun seemed to fade in front of her.
Although Yang Peng was used to seeing stunning women, he still couldn't help but lose consciousness when he saw this woman. She couldn't help but sigh: "There is a beautiful woman in the north, peerless and independent. She looks at the Qingren city and then the Qingren country!" The woman smiled sweetly, and it was like a hundred flowers blooming, and Yang Peng's heart skipped a beat. In fact, this woman is not more outstanding than Zhao Xiangxiang in terms of appearance alone, but she has a kind of glamorous temperament that the three women don't have that makes people unable to look directly at her. It's hard to say who is better between her and the three women.
Yang Peng smiled, "Why should you be polite about small things? Don't you know the lady's name yet?" The woman glanced at Yang Peng and said, "The slave's surname is Hu, and the single name is Ji." Yang Peng practiced it again, nodded with a smile: "It's a very good name, and it suits you very well."
The woman smiled slightly. At this time, there was a commotion downstairs, and someone shouted: "Fart, you can go wherever you want, no one dares to stop you!" Then a slave rushed up in a panic and reported to Hu Ji : "Miss, a general calling himself Duan Zhixian broke in." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Duan Zhixian breaking in.
Yang Peng said angrily: "Duan Zhixian, don't be so rude!" Duan Zhixian felt relieved when he saw that Yang Peng was fine. Huhu's eyes glanced at the three Yan Ji girls, but there was no reaction at all, and he simply turned a blind eye. Then he said to Chen Xiao carelessly: "Brother, you have to tell the brothers that you are coming to have sex with a prostitute, so as not to worry the brothers!" Then he looked at Yang Peng and Hu Ji and asked without any scruples: "You guys are done. ?"
Yang Peng rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Duan Zhixian, don't talk nonsense! Why are you here?" "Oh, yesterday I heard that my eldest brother was here with a prostitute, and I was worried about my eldest brother's safety, so I came." Yang Peng stood He got up, apologized to Hu Ji, dragged Duan Zhixian down from the embroidery building, and walked to the left-behind residence. "Brother, I'm not a brother, but don't you have a girl named Han Bing at home? Why do you want to go out with a prostitute?"
Yang Peng rolled his eyes, "Han Bing is not my woman, okay!" Duan Zhixian grinned. "Damn, why are you laughing?" Duan Zhixian patted his bald head and said with a smile: "If you say this, don't talk about yesterday's family, I'm afraid no brother will believe it!" Yang Peng was speechless for a while and asked: "You are in such a hurry You didn't come here just to take care of my prostitute business, right?"
"Oh, there's something else! The people who monitored Xue Dongpan came back with important reports, and there was also a report on the imperial court's campaign against Black Wind Mountain." Yang Peng frowned and quickened his pace. At the same time, in the embroidery building, the extremely beautiful Yan Ji stood in front of the dressing table and stared at herself in the mirror in a daze. The shorter Zhao Xiang'er whispered to Liu Yan: "Sister, I've been sitting there for a long time. What's going on?" Liu Yan pursed her lips and smiled, and whispered: "Why else? Isn't it because of the one who stayed behind?" grown ups."
"What are you two talking about?" Hu Ji asked displeasedly. Zhao Xiang'er stuck out her tongue at Liu Yan, and the two of them quickly stepped forward. Liu Yan said: "There are really few men like the general in the world! Why don't I just marry him?" Zhao Xiang'er chuckled.
Hu Ji glared at the two of them with a red face, "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't forget our purpose of getting close to him." Zhao Xiang'er asked in surprise: "Sister, can you do this?"
Hu Ji said coldly: "What can't I do? There is no good thing in a man! I will never forget that he was scornful of me before!" As he spoke, his eyes trembled, showing shameful hatred. Zhao Xiang'er and Liu Yan looked at each other. Liu Yan frowned and said, "But the general has no intention of taking us into his palace!"
Hu Ji smiled coldly, "Don't worry, I believe he will come up with this idea sooner or later. There is no cat in the world who doesn't steal fish!" Zhao Xiang'er nodded with deep understanding, "That's right, not to mention that our eldest sister is not an ordinary fish. !" Hu Ji glared at Zhao Xiang'er angrily, and Zhao Xiang'er said in a panic: "Sister, did I say something wrong again?" "Huh! Stop talking nonsense! Has the letter to the Grand Master been sent?" "It has been sent. ." Hu Ji looked thoughtful.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
