After talking to Yang Yanzhao, Yang Peng couldn't help but think: Sixth Brother can be said to be both wise and brave. Could Yang Yanzhao really not see the tricks played by the imperial court in history? I'm afraid not necessarily. He must have seen Zhao Heng's intentions at that time. However, on the one hand, he wanted to preserve the justice of the emperor and his ministers, and on the other hand, he wanted to make a northern expedition to the Central Plains to expel the Tartars and restore the country. He had to find a balance between the two. The emotions deep in his heart prevented him from giving up on the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, but his long-term Confucian education prevented him from betraying the Zhao and Song Dynasties. However, his efforts alone were in vain. Yang Linggong's incident turned all the previous struggles of the Yang family into water. Some people say that Yang Yanzhao could rebel and be independent at this time, but Zhao and Song were innocent. Why couldn't he create a dynasty of his own? Therefore, Yang Yanzhao is foolish and loyal. However, the truth may not be that simple. At that time, Yang Yanzhao may have also shown his dissatisfaction with the dynasty. If he was just foolish and loyal, why should Zhao Heng be deposed? Didn't Gao Hu die too? On the other hand, Yang Yanzhao may also be worried that his break with the imperial court will eventually allow the Khitans to take advantage of them, so he chose to sacrifice himself. But no matter what Yang Yanzhao was in history, Yang Yanzhao in this era should be given a new life.
After Yang Peng lingered on Changcheng Ridge for two days, he set off back to Yan'an Prefecture. Halfway through the road, I saw two knights galloping from a distance. The leader was a secret guard who stayed in Yan'an Mansion. The man following him, although wearing casual clothes, looked very handsome. The common people must be soldiers from the army.
Yang Peng knew there might be something urgent, so he reined in his horse, raised his right hand, and the team stopped. In the blink of an eye, the two people galloped to a dozen steps in front of them and were stopped by the secret guards. They immediately dismounted and ran to Yang Peng. Na Yinsha cupped his fists and said, "Master, this person's name is Zhetai. He comes from Jingzhao Mansion. I have something to ask you to see the master!" Yang Peng was very surprised when he heard that he was from Jingzhao Mansion and looked at Li Tai.
Zhetai stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Zhetai has met His Royal Highness King Yan!" Yang Peng smiled and said, "No need to be polite, do you have anything to do with coming to see me?" Zhetai said, "I am Mr. Liu Xi, the envoy of Shaanxi and Gansu. My subordinates came here to see King Yan on the order of Lord Liu Xi. I have something very important to inform King Yan!" Then he looked at the people around Yang Peng, and the meaning was no longer clear. He hoped that Yang Peng could Retreat left and right. Yang Peng said: "You don't have to worry, everyone here is my confidant."
Zhetai responded, and then said: "Zhao Song is unruly, and His Highness King Yan has obtained the destiny. Master Liu Xi is willing to surrender thousands of miles of Weinan to serve King Yan. I hope King Yan can accept it!"
As soon as these words came out, not only Yang Erya and others were shocked, but even Yang Peng was also very surprised. He originally thought that Liu Xi would lead his army to seek refuge, but he didn't expect that he would actually say such big words and actually want to raise soldiers. Take refuge in Weinan, a place thousands of miles away! Why did he do this? The land of Weinan is vast, and the imperial court has stationed hundreds of thousands of troops there. Although Liu Xi is called the Shaanxi-Gansu Recruitment Envoy, the army he actually controls is only more than 10,000 troops from Jingzhao Mansion; since he dares To put it bluntly, his words must not be groundless. He may have convinced several other generals, but even so, this matter may not be successful unless I, Yan Yun, send troops to assist!
Thinking of this, his heart moved, and he said to Na Zhetai: "As far as I know, although Mr. Liu is nominally the envoy of Shaanxi and Gansu, and the armies of various ministries in Shaanxi and Gansu are under his control, in fact, the only ones he can mobilize are those from Jingzhao Mansion. Guards, I wonder why Mr. Liu dedicates the entire land of thousands of miles south of Weinan to me?"
Zhetai quickly took out a letter, held it up with both hands, and said, "This is Mr. Liu's personal letter. Please ask King Yan to read it." Yang Peng winked at Yang Erya, who immediately rode forward and bent down from You took the letter in Tai's hand and turned around to hand it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng opened the properties, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it again, frowning slightly, showing a thoughtful look. Yang Erya on the side saw Yang Peng like this and knew that he was thinking about things again.
After a while, Yang Peng said to Zhe Tai who was full of expectations: "Go back and tell Mr. Liu that I am very happy and welcome him to join us in Yanyun. After that, I will appoint him as the Weinan Xuanwei Envoy, and all the generals under his command will be appointed." Each will also receive a reward." Zhetai bowed with great joy: "On behalf of Mr. Liu, I would like to thank King Yan for his great kindness!"
Yang Peng said: "What he did is very risky, and I can't stand idly by. When you go back, tell Mr. Liu that I will send an elite cavalry to secretly cross the Wei River and enter the vicinity of Jingzhao Mansion. If necessary, this A troop of cavalry can assist him."
"Yes, the general has remembered it. But how should we get in touch with this cavalry?" Yang Peng said: "They will take the initiative to find you." "Yes. If King Yan has no other instructions, the general will Resigned!"
Yang Peng nodded. Zhetai bowed and retreated to his horse, turned around, got on the horse, turned the horse's head, and galloped away. Yang Peng looked at the figure that was quickly moving away with a thoughtful look on his face. He turned to Wang Kai and said: "Immediately send someone to send an order to seize the Jin Kingdom, and ask him to lead his Xuanjia warriors to Yan'an Mansion to accept the order." Wang Kai clasped his fists in agreement and turned to send the order to his secret guards. Then he saw only two secret guards. The horse galloped away in the northeast direction.
After meeting Yang Peng, Zhetai rushed back to Jingzhao Mansion day and night with excitement. When Liu Xi heard that Zhetai was back, he hurried to the hall to meet him. As soon as he saw Zhetai, he asked several questions in his mind: "Have you met King Yan? What kind of person is King Yan? King Yan How is your attitude toward us?"
Zhetai clasped his fists and said: "My subordinates met with King Yan and handed the Lord Yan's autographed letter to him. King Yan is very happy with your decision and has promised to make you an envoy to Weinan after it is completed!..." Liu Xi was overjoyed, rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "Okay! King Yan is King Yan after all, he just has courage!"
Zhetai added: "King Yan said that he will send an elite cavalry team secretly to the vicinity of Jingzhao Mansion to assist you when necessary. At that time, they will take the initiative to contact you!"
Liu Xi chuckled and said: "King Yan is too cautious! What else can go wrong with this matter!" Looking at Zhetai, "What else did King Yan say?" Zhetai shook his head, "Nothing else. ." Liu Xi thought for a moment and said to Zhetai, "You've worked hard, go down and rest." Zhetai clasped his fists in agreement and ran down.
Liu Xi stood in the middle of the hall with a thoughtful look on his face, suddenly smiled triumphantly, then raised his head and shouted: "Come here!" An officer immediately ran in, bowed and clasped his fists and said: "What are your orders, sir? "Liu Xi asked: "Have the invitations been sent out?" "To tell you my Lord, the invitations have been sent out." Liu Xi nodded, thought for a moment, and warned: "If General Sun comes, notify me immediately." "Yes. ."
At this moment, another officer hurried in and reported: "Sir, that man is here again!" Liu Xi's expression immediately became sinister and he walked out of the door quickly, and the officer immediately followed. The two of them entered the backyard through the arch one after another. As soon as they entered, they saw an officer coming to greet them, "Sir,"
Liu Xi stopped and asked with a gloomy face: "Where are the couple?" The officer said: "It's in Mrs. Li's embroidery building. Mrs. Li's maidservant is standing guard at the door." Liu Xi immediately walked towards the bamboo forest in front. Walk to the exquisite courtyard at the back. Two officers followed.
The three people came all the way through the bamboo forest. The maid who was guarding the door suddenly saw the master leading two officers walking straight towards them fiercely. She was startled and hurriedly turned around and ran in. Upon seeing this, Liu Xi immediately said: "Go in quickly, don't let the adulterer escape!" The two officers responded and immediately ran up. The maidservant couldn't outrun the two officers. Before she could run up the steps in front of the embroidered building, the two officers caught up with her and pushed her to the ground. Just as the maidservant was about to scream, she heard an officer saying viciously: "How dare you speak out? I'll kill you!" The words that were already on his lips were stuck. At this moment, another officer had opened the door and entered the embroidery building.
Immediately, the maid who was pinned to the ground heard the sound of footsteps quickly going upstairs, followed by the exclamations of a man and a woman from upstairs, followed by a short sound of fighting, followed by a loud bang and then silence.
Liu Xiti came to the embroidery building with a livid face, glanced at the ashen-faced maid, snorted, and then walked into the embroidery building. Climbing up the stairs to the second floor, I saw a naked man lying on the ground with his butt in the air. An officer stepped on his back and pointed a knife at his neck. He didn't dare to move at all and his whole body was trembling. Liu Xi recognized it. He, isn't he the newly hired Master Li in the mansion? I didn't expect that when he invited a thief into his house, he actually stole his wife and put on the cuckold of such a boss! Turning his eyes to the bed, Liu Xi couldn't help but feel a pain in his chest. He saw his concubine Li, huddled in the corner of the bed, hugging the quilt, her face was pale, and her hair was disheveled. Seeing such a scene, the fool also knew what good thing the two people were doing just now. I was afraid that when the officer came up, the two of them were still in a state of oblivion!
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Liu Xi said three good words in a row, and Li and the man were scared to death. Liu Xi couldn't wait to cut this couple into pieces! At this moment, an officer ran up and took a look at Li who was huddled on the bed. He couldn't help but swallowed, ran to Liu Xi's side, and whispered: "Sir, General Sun is here!" Liu Xi thought : It’s a big deal, so there’s no need to rush to deal with the matter of this couple. As soon as he thought about this, he said to the two officers: "Keep these dogs and men in separate custody, and deal with them after the big incident is over!" The two officers clasped their fists and agreed.
Liu Xi snorted and walked away. The officer who came up later was about to drag the person to the bed, but the other officer said angrily: "You are stupid, you touched Mrs. Li, can you be spared?" The officer was stunned, "Didn't you ask us to put these two people away?" Take him away and lock him up?"
"Although your Excellency is angry, I'm afraid there is still some affection. You and I must not offend Mrs. Li too much! Call the two maids over and let Mrs. Li put on her dress first." Liu Xi hurried to the study and saw Sun Xie. Sun Xie saw Liu Xi's expression was different and asked in confusion: "Why is your face so ugly? Did something happen?"
Liu Xi sat down, as if he was exhausted, sighed, and said sadly: "I, Liu Xi, did something wrong in my previous life, and that's why I encountered such a thing in this life?" Sun Xie was confused. "What are you talking about, sir?" His heart moved and he asked hurriedly: "Did we encounter any problems with our plan?" Liu Xi waved his hand, "It's irrelevant, it's irrelevant!" Seeing Sun Xie's puzzled expression, He explained with a wry smile: "It's just a matter of wives and concubines, General Sun doesn't have to worry!" Sun Xe suddenly realized, smiled and said: "That's what happened!" Then he said angrily: "Sir, this is a critical moment, you must not worry about trivial matters at home. You’ve delayed your business! Otherwise, you’ll die!”
Liu Xi nodded, "I know the importance, General Sun, don't worry." He looked at Sun Xi, "General Sun, how did you do what I asked you to do?" Sun Xi said: "My army has secretly left. As for the important roads leading to Xichuan, my army will cut off the connection between Weinan and Xichuan at the same time that your Excellency takes action here."
Liu Xi warned: "This matter is very important. Before we completely control Weinan, we must keep the Xichuan Song Army completely in the dark, otherwise this matter will be in trouble! If you and I can't do this beautifully, I'm afraid I won't be able to get ahead when I get to Yanyun!" Sun Xie nodded, looked at Liu Xi, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, I'll take care of this matter, I guarantee it will be foolproof!" Then he frowned. , "On your side, please don't make any mistakes!" Liu Xi said: "I have deduced this matter countless times, and I don't expect there to be any problems!"...
In the middle of the night, Master Li, who was locked up in the woodshed, was pacing back and forth anxiously, unable to sleep. He could not help but tremble all over when he thought of the possible punishment he would receive. We must find a way to escape! This thought came to Master Li's mind. So I walked quickly to the door and tried to push it. There was a rattling sound outside, but I couldn't push it open at all. It was obvious that the door was locked. "What are you doing? Do you want to run away? Be honest!" came from outside. The ferocious cry of a soldier. Master Li was startled and quickly retreated, secretly panicking: What should I do? What should I do? The door was locked and guarded, so I couldn't escape even if I had wings!
Sitting down slumped, thinking of the scene of being seduced by Mrs. Li, she couldn't help but cursed: "It's all that ****'s fault. If she hadn't seduced me, how could I have ended up like this!" However, thinking of Mrs. Li's coquettish attitude, The charming body, but the body reacted involuntarily and swallowed subconsciously. Reacting, he slapped himself angrily.
I felt that it was really uncomfortable to wait for death like this, so I stood up again and looked around to see if there was any other way out. Through the moonlight, I found that there was a window in the woodshed, but it was more than ten feet high from the ground, and there was a window on it. If he breaks the iron bar, it's impossible to get out unless he can turn into a mouse. I had no choice but to find other ways out. The entire firewood shed was very large, about fifty or sixty square meters. The only small window was on the left wall. There were countless firewood and other debris piled under the right wall. , there is no place to escape at all.
Master Li was not discouraged and wondered if there would be an escape route behind the firewood. He was also desperate and unwilling to let go of any hope, so he ran to the pile of firewood and gently removed the bundles of firewood. I was so exhausted that I didn't know how long I had been working. I finally moved the pile of firewood away, and then I quickly got in to look for it. Through the faint moonlight coming in from the window, he saw that the wooden board at the base of a wall seemed to be loose. The whole person immediately became excited, feeling as if he saw hope of escape. I quickly went over and tried to pull it, but the wooden board was obviously rotten, and it broke with a soft snap.
Master Li raised his heart in his throat, fearing that the soldiers outside the door would hear the movement and rush in. However, after waiting for a while, there was no movement. Master Li breathed a sigh of relief and continued to pull the wooden board next to him, pulling off three pieces in succession. Finally, a hole was revealed at the foot of the wall for people to pass through. Seeing that escape was in sight, Master Li climbed in eagerly with excitement. After escaping from the woodshed, Master Li did not dare to delay, and then used the cover of darkness to avoid the guards and escape from the Zhaoping Mansion.
After coming out of Zhaofufu, he didn't dare to go home. He ran to a hidden place near the city gate and hid, preparing to escape from the city as soon as the city gate opened in the morning. He had already planned to escape to Xichuan to report Liu Xi and others' conspiracy to rebel. If he exposed such a big conspiracy, the court would definitely reward him greatly. This time, he might be a blessing in disguise! I couldn't help but think of the coquettish Mrs. Li, couldn't help but swallow her saliva, and murmured: "When I defeat Liu Xi, maybe I can get what I want!" Thinking of this, I couldn't help but become impatient.
I couldn't help but fall asleep while thinking wildly. Master Li obviously knew about Liu Xi's plot. How did he know about it? It turned out that as a master, he often went in and out of the Recruitment Mansion. A few days ago, when he came to report the matter to Liu Xi, he accidentally overheard the conspiracy between Liu Xi and Sun Xie. At that time, he was just scared, fearing that Liu Xi would find out that he had learned about it. The secret would be detrimental to him, but now he wants to use this matter as a basis for his promotion.
Early the next morning, as soon as the city gate opened, Master Li ran out of the city gate. After identifying the direction, he ran straight to Xichuan. Then, not far away, he saw a general leading dozens of soldiers coming towards him from the official road in the distance. Master Li knew him. He was immersed in the Zhaoping Mansion and had seen it. The general's name was Guo Hao, who was the deputy ambassador of Shaanxi and Gansu. As far as he knew, this man was in charge of nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, and he was closely related to him. Liu Xi, who was recruiting envoys, was very discordant and often had disputes over some things.
Master Li thought: At this moment, Liu Xi might have discovered that I had escaped and was searching everywhere. I have no money, no food, and no horses. I am afraid that I will be caught up by his people if I can't escape far. If I am caught, I will be caught. If we go back, is there any chance of survival? This Guo Hao and Liu Xi have always been at odds with each other. I might as well report to him so that I can get his protection.
As soon as he thought of this, he immediately rushed towards Guo Hao and his group and stopped in front of Guo Hao's horse. Guo Hao frowned slightly when he saw someone suddenly blocking him. He stopped his horse and took a look at the man. He was very surprised when he saw that he was disheveled and looked very embarrassed.
Master Li knelt down and said: "General Guo, I have met the general in the Zhaofu Mansion. I have something big to tell the general." Guo Hao felt that this man did look familiar, but his name was completely different. He had no impression. He didn't take the big things he said to heart, "What's the matter with you?"
Master Li said: "General, please take a step to speak." Guo Hao thought for a while, nodded, turned his horse and led his soldiers to the pavilion for passers-by to rest. Master Li stood up and quickly followed. .
The group of people came to the pavilion. Guo Hao got off his horse and walked into the pavilion. Master Li followed him in, and all the soldiers stood guard around the pavilion.
Guo Hao sat down at the stone table and said, "Tell me." Master Li said, "As soon as the villain says it, the general will be shocked. The general must not know that Liu Xi and Sun Xie are plotting to rebel against the imperial court. !”
Guo Hao was startled and looked at Master Li, "You said Master Liu and General Sun conspired to rebel against the imperial court? How is this possible?" Master Li said anxiously: "It's absolutely true, I heard and saw this with my own eyes! Guo Hao sneered: "It is no small matter that you control Master Liu and General Sun to rebel against the court. If it is fake, do you know what the consequences will be?"
"Of course the villain knows! The villain has never slandered the two of them!" Guo Hao said: "Since you said they rebelled against the imperial court, how do they plan to rebel against the imperial court?" Master Li said: "The villain doesn't know the specific details, but the villain People know that they plan to take refuge in Yan Yun!" Guo Hao's heart was moved, he thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked Master Li: "What is your identity?" Master Li said: "The villain was originally a master of Liu Xi. "
Guo Hao remembered that he had indeed seen this person in Liu Xi's mansion. He expected that what he said was true and said: "This matter is extraordinary. If Liu Xi finds out that you are missing, he will definitely send people to search everywhere. Once he catches you, , your little life is over!" Master Li hurriedly bowed: "Please save me, general!"
Guo Hao said: "Of course I can't ignore death, not to mention you have made such a great contribution to the court! I will send someone to escort you back to my base. With my protection, even if Liu Xi learns of your whereabouts, there will be nothing he can do!" Master Li thanked him happily: "Thank you so much, General! Thank you so much, General!"
Guo Hao warned: "This matter is of great importance and has wide implications. You must not mention it to others. I will handle this matter!" Master Li said: "I will obey the general's instructions!" Guo Hao said: "You Get up." Master Li stood up. Guo Hao shouted to the outside: "Come here!" Immediately two private officers came in, clasping their fists and saying: "General, what are your orders?" Guo Hao looked at the man on the left and said: "Zhang Biao, you bring two I will protect this master back to our base." Zhang Biao glanced at Master Li and felt puzzled, but he didn't ask any more questions and agreed.
Guo Hao said to the officer on the right again: "Ge Feng, take Master down to change a set of clothes." The officer responded. Master Li clasped his fists in thanks and followed Ge Feng down.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
