Yang Peng thought for a moment, then took out a piece of letter paper and spread it out in front of him. When Yang Erya saw this, he knew that his eldest brother was about to write a letter, so he quickly came forward to polish Yang Peng's ink. When Yang Peng saw that the ink was polished, he picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write on the letter paper. Yang Peng's handwriting was strong and powerful, but it was not calligraphy.
After a while, a letter was written. Yang Peng dried the ink, folded the letter paper, put it into an envelope, and handed it to Yang Erya, saying, "Send someone to Yangzhou immediately and give it to Dunan." Yang Erya took the letter and ran down. Yang Peng sat in a chair in a daze for a while, and suddenly asked Zhan Jinguo: "Jin Guo, if Zhao Song raises an army to investigate, what do you think we should do?" Zhan Jinguo was very surprised, "With those troops of Zhao Song, , you can't do anything to us, why would King Yan worry about them raising an army to investigate?"
Yang Peng shook his head and sighed, "Things are not that simple!" Then he thought: "This matter should not cause Zhao Heng to send troops. If he does, he will have to give him a head-on blow!" At this moment, A herald followed a secret guard and ran in. The secret guard clasped his fists and said, "Master, General Yang Yanzhao has sent a messenger!" Yang Peng looked at the herald, and the herald came forward and knelt on one knee and said, "Little I want to pay my respects to the King of Yan!" He then took off the cloth bag on his back, took out the bamboo tube used by Yan Yunjun to deliver urgent letters, raised his hands high, and said, "General Yang Yanzhao ordered me to send you a handwritten letter!"
The secret guard took the bamboo tube, walked to Yang Peng, and presented it with both hands. Yang Peng took the bamboo tube, opened the mud seal, poured out a letter, opened the letter, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it, put down the letter, smiled and said to the herald: "Go back and tell General Yang that I know. As for the resettlement of those people, I will send someone else to handle it. Before that, I will ask General Yang to take care of them temporarily." "Yes!" The herald promised, bowed to Yang Peng, and bowed back. Go down, then turn around and leave quickly.
Yang Erya came back from outside, clasped his fists and said: "The letter has been sent." Yang Peng nodded and said with a smile: "General Yang just sent a letter. The Xixia people have sent back the captive people." Yang Erya Ya was overjoyed, "Great!" Yang Peng smiled, "This is the happiest thing for me in this period of time!" After a pause, he said to Yang Erya: "I plan to go to Tianjing New City tomorrow. , you..." Yang Erya said quickly: "Let me escort my eldest brother there!" Yang Peng's original intention was actually to ask Yang Erya to lead his 10,000 soldiers and horses back to the station, but he did not expect that Yang Erya would take the initiative to do so. Seeing Yang Erya begging, how could Yang Peng still say it? He nodded subconsciously and said, "Okay!" Yang Erya was so happy that he immediately said, "I'll get ready right now!" and then ran down.
Yang Peng chuckled, feeling boundless tenderness in his chest. Taking a deep breath, he temporarily put this tenderness behind him, turned to Zhan Jinguo and said: "Jin Guo..." Zhan Jinguo immediately clasped his fists and said: "Here!" Yang Peng thought: "I want you to lead Xuan Jia The army will stay in Xianyang County for the time being." Zhan Jinguo's heart moved, "King Yan is worried about Liu Xi and the others?" Yang Peng shook his head, "That's not the case! However, the land of Weinan has just been included in the territory, I'm afraid there will be some problems, you temporarily Stay here and pay attention to the changes in the situation in Weinan. If anything happens, you can take immediate and decisive action!" "Yes!"
Early the next morning, Yang Peng, Yang Erya and others left Xianyang and headed for Tianjing New City. After Zhao Heng reached a peace agreement with Yan Yun, he seemed to have no worries anymore. He handed over all the government affairs to Pang Taishi, Wang Qinruo and Kou Zhun. He himself indulged in the beauty of calligraphy and painting, and lived a life as carefree as a fairy. day. However, such days were broken by a thunder!
Early that morning, Zhao Heng missed Lun Wan'er, a famous prostitute who had just been newly introduced, and was preparing to leave the palace to meet her. But at this moment, a chief eunuch who was on duty in the front hall hurried over and reported: "To report to the emperor, Wang Qinruo and other gentlemen suddenly arrived, saying that there is an extremely urgent military situation to report to the emperor!"
When Zhao Heng heard this, he couldn't help but feel a sudden tremor in his heart and frowned. What he didn't want to hear the most right now was the so-called emergency military situation. He hesitated for a moment, wanting to ignore it, but in the end he couldn't rest assured, so he turned around and walked towards the front hall. When they arrived at the front hall, they saw Taishi Pang, Wang Qinruo, and Kou Zhun all here, with their backs to the gate at the moment. Zhao Heng asked angrily: "What's going on?" As he said that, he walked towards the dragon chair above. When the three heard the emperor's voice, they quickly turned around to pay homage: "I pay homage to your majesty!"
Zhao Heng walked straight to the dragon chair and sat down. Wang Qinruo said anxiously: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened. Yanyun suddenly invaded the entire Weinan!..." Zhao Heng looked quite unhappy at first, but when he heard this, he was so frightened that he didn't fall off the throne. After calming down, he said in a panic: "The imperial court, hasn't the imperial court already agreed to all Yan Yun's requests? Why, why did he suddenly go south to invade?"
Kou Zhun said quickly: "Your Majesty, don't panic!" He glanced at Wang Qinruo angrily and said to Zhao Heng: "Master Wang, this is just trying to please others! Weinan was indeed annexed to Yanyun, but it was not occupied by Yanyun, but The original Shaanxi-Gansu rebellion made Liu Xi and others rebel against the imperial court, and the entire Weinan land defected to Yan Yun! This matter has nothing to do with King Yan, it is just the betrayal of Liu Xi and others!" Zhao Heng was originally panicked when he heard this He couldn't help but feel calmer. In his mind, as long as Yan Yun's army didn't move south in large numbers, it wouldn't be a big deal.
Wang Qinruo clasped his fists towards the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, although this is an act of betrayal by Liu Xi and others, how could you know that King Yan was not behind it?" After hearing this, Zhao Heng couldn't help but become suspicious again.
Kou Zhun shouted: "Wang Qinruo, you always try to pin this matter on King Yan, what is your intention?" Wang Qinruo immediately retorted: "Kou Zhun, you always try to excuse King Yan, what are your intentions? Are you doing it secretly? What advantage does this person have that he is here to deceive the Holy Spirit?"
Kou Zhun was shocked and angry, and hurriedly said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have no selfish intentions towards the Song Dynasty and Your Majesty! The peace between us and Yan Yun is hard-won, and we must not let it go because of Liu Xi Just wait for someone to betray you and then start to make suspicions, otherwise it will be a disaster for our Song Dynasty!"
Wang Qinruo sneered and said: "Kou Zhun, the so-called traitor is like a loyal person, I'm afraid he is talking about people like you!" Then he clasped his fists towards Zhao Heng and said, "Your Majesty, Yan Yun's ambition has been revealed a long time ago. This time they annexed After Weinan, I'm afraid it will be the whole of Xichuan! Where will it be after Xichuan? I'm afraid it will be the whole of Jiangnan! If your Majesty loses all the land then, how can you still rule the world?"
Zhao Heng couldn't help but be moved. Kou Zhun said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, you must not listen to Wang Qinruo's instigation!" Then he pointed at Wang Qinruo and gritted his teeth and said: "This person has an ambiguous relationship with the Khitan people, and all he did was to provoke a dispute between us and Yan Yun, so that he could The Khitans are profiting from this!" He turned around and bowed to the emperor, clasping his fists and saying, "Your Majesty's holy eyes can see through gnats thousands of miles away, so you can definitely see through this thief's conspiracy!"
Zhao Heng couldn't help but become suspicious again. Wang Qinruo pointed at Kou Zhun and cursed angrily: "You are a traitor, you have deceived me and tried to trap me in a place of eternal destruction. You really deserve to be cut into pieces!" Kou Zhun also scolded: "You are a wicked thief, you will be treated badly by me. You are not weak, but you are willing to betray your Majesty for a small profit from the Khitan people. You are truly an unprecedented traitor!" The two of you scolded me, and I scolded you. They were arguing so much that they almost started to fight. coming.
Zhao Heng was so quarreled by the two of them that he felt that what they both said seemed to make sense. He really didn't know what to do! Seeing that the two of them were getting more and more noisy and showed no intention of giving up, they couldn't help but hate it and shouted: "Shut up!"
The two people were startled and quickly closed their mouths and stood respectfully with their hands down, feeling a little uneasy in their hearts. Zhao Heng looked at the two of them and didn't know what to say. He looked at Master Pang who had been silent and asked, "Pang Aiqing, what do you think about this matter?" Wang Qinruo and Kou Zhun looked at Master Pang together, with expressions in their eyes. They all want to seek each other.
Taishi Pang hesitated and said: "This matter, this matter is really difficult! What the two gentlemen said is very reasonable. I think this matter must be decided by Your Majesty!" Well, this old cunning guy kicked the ball. Returned to the emperor. The Emperor, Grand Master Pang, didn't say anything even though he said it. He was very depressed. He hesitated for a moment and didn't know what to do. "Let me think about this matter carefully!" He glanced at the three of them and said, "Just stand down!" He said. , without waiting for the ministers to respond, he stood up and left through the side door, followed by several eunuchs quickly. The three of them bowed towards the side door where the emperor left and said, "Farewell, Your Majesty!" They kept bowing for a while until the emperor had already disappeared, and then the three of them straightened up.
Kou Zhun and Wang Qinruo looked at each other, snorted at the same time, and walked towards the door with a distance of five or six feet between them, as if the other party had an infectious disease for fear of getting on them. Taishi Pang watched from behind, squinting his eyes and smiling slyly.
The emperor came to Liu Guifei's palace and met Liu Guifei. Concubine Liu Guifei heard that the emperor was coming and hurriedly came to greet him. Seeing the emperor's very troubled look, he couldn't help but cautiously asked: "Your Majesty, has something happened?"
The emperor sat down and was in a daze for a while. Concubine Liu felt even more strange when she saw that the emperor's face was sometimes angry, sometimes scared, and sometimes worried. The emperor suddenly asked Concubine Liu: "My beloved concubine, do you think King Yan will tear up the peace treaty and suddenly go south?" Concubine Liu suddenly felt something in her heart and subconsciously said: "This will never be the case. Your Majesty must have heard some rumors, right?"
After listening to Concubine Liu's words, the emperor's worry couldn't help but subside a lot, and then he told the story of Liu Xi and others moving to Weinan to defect to Yang Peng. Then Zhao Heng told Wang Qinruo and Kou Zhun's views and wanted to hear the concubine's advice.
Concubine Liu frowned and said: "Then Wang Qinruo really has ulterior motives! This matter was obviously a treasonous act by Liu Xi and several rebellious officials, but he said it was an act of aggression by King Yan! Wang Qinruo wholeheartedly wanted to provoke a fight between the court and King Yan , it really makes people wonder whether the rumors about him are true!"
Zhao Heng asked in surprise: "Are there any rumors about Prime Minister Wang?" Liu Guifei hesitated, "I couldn't say anything about this matter, but since His Majesty asked about it, I can't know about it and not report it." !" Zhao Heng said: "Why do you have so many worries, my concubine? You should know everything about me and say everything you want!"
Concubine Liu bowed and said, "Yes." She stood up, collected her thoughts, and said, "Your Majesty, I often heard rumors from the servants below that Wang Qinruo had something strange when he came back from the Liao Kingdom, and what he did after that. , harming the heroes, promoting peace, and provoking disputes between the imperial court and Yan Yun. These incidents are of no benefit to the imperial court at all, but they are all of great benefit to the Liao State! Therefore, everyone said that Prime Minister Wang only I'm afraid that I have surrendered to the Khitans a long time ago and were sent to my court to be a traitor by the Khitans!"
Zhao Heng frowned and said: "This, although it is a bit suspicious, but to say that Prime Minister Wang is a traitor sent by the Khitans, this, this is unlikely!"
Concubine Liu hurriedly said: "This is what I have heard, and I will tell you for your Majesty's reference! Naturally, I don't dare to tell the Prime Minister that he must be a traitor! But Your Majesty, regarding the Weinan matter, I feel that I should not listen to Wang Qinruo. ! What Wang Qinruo did before was to unite with the Khitan people to deal with Yan Yun. I'm afraid he has the same idea this time. Your Majesty must not fall into the trap!" After a pause, "One more thing, Your Majesty, Yan Yun Since the development of Yun from the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, it has become a climate. The nearly one million Yanyun army can be said to be invincible. I am afraid that the Khitans, Xixia, and Tubo are afraid of Yanyun and dare not fight against it, but they come to take advantage of His Majesty. Your Majesty Don’t be fooled into making wedding clothes for others!”
Concubine Liu's last words deeply moved Zhao Heng. Although Zhao Heng was suspicious of Yan Yun, he did not dare to break up with the invincible Yan Yun army. However, he had deep feelings for the Khitans and other forces. Precaution, as Concubine Liu Guifei said, I am afraid that someone will use this incident to encourage the court and Yan Yun to fight for their lives, and they will reap the benefits. By then the situation will be out of control, and it will be too late to regret!
Zhao Heng frowned and said: "What my concubine said is absolutely true! This incident may really be a rebellious act by villains like Liu Xi, and it has nothing to do with Yan Yun! However, Yan Yun is getting stronger and stronger. I am really worried that in the future they will finally have the ambition to go south, and then they will be in trouble!"
Concubine Liu said: "Your Majesty, King Yan is your Majesty's minister. Since the imperial court has reached a peace agreement, how can he come to embarrass the imperial court? Your Majesty must not create suspicion and cause catastrophe!"
Zhao Heng frowned and nodded. After being silent for a while, he took a long breath and said with great boredom: "Hey, these things are really upsetting! Just don't think about it!" He stood up, walked to Concubine Liu, and held her hand. He held up his slender hand and said to Concubine Liu: "I have something to do and can't accompany my concubine anymore! Concubine, please have a good rest!" After saying that, he let go of Concubine Liu's slender hand and turned around to leave.
Concubine Liu sent the emperor out of the palace and looked at the emperor's back. There was a look of resentment and helplessness in her beautiful eyes. She naturally knew that Zhao Heng was definitely not in a hurry to do something, but was in a hurry to leave the palace and be with him. That Lun Wan'er fooling around. In fact, Concubine Liu is extremely beautiful, even compared to Concubine Mu. Although the prostitute Lun Wan'er has a reputation for sex, she is still inferior to Concubine Liu. The reason why Zhao Heng is so obsessed with her. Lun Wan'er is nothing more than a man's promiscuous nature. On the other hand, Concubine Liu is a lady from a famous family after all, and her skills in bed will never be as coquettish and seductive as a famous prostitute!
In the next few days, Wang Qinruo and Kou Zhun took turns coming to the palace to discuss matters. Zhao Heng was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do.
At this moment, the envoy sent by Liu Xi arrived to explain to Zhao Heng their reasons for defecting to Yan Yun. The emperor asked angrily: "You betrayed your father and sold yourself to seek glory, how can you be so confident?!" The envoy said: "Because the people of Weinan believe that only King Yan can protect the safety and well-being of Weinan, they recommended Liu Three adults, Xi Guohao, Sun Xie, took the lead and took the land in Weinan to defect to Yanyun! The folks in Weinan had been suffering from the war for a long time. They felt that only the King of Yan could protect them, so they made such a decision. Your Majesty, please forgive me! It’s because we are unwilling to be loyal, because the imperial court cannot protect the people of Li, so the people have no choice but to seek refuge with the strong in order to protect themselves!”
Zhao Heng was speechless by the other party. Wang Qinruo sneered: "How shameless, so rebellious, yet you say it as if you have no choice!"
The envoy said: "Taizong of the Tang Dynasty once said that the people are nobler than the king, and naturally the will of the people is the greatest. Besides, we have not betrayed the Song Dynasty. Isn't King Yan the king of the Song Dynasty? We are just Requesting to be placed under the rule of King Yan is not about betraying the Song Dynasty. Where does the so-called betrayal start?"
Seeing that Wang Qinruo was about to speak again, Kou Zhun quickly got in front of him and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, since things have progressed to this point, it is better to give Weinan to Yan Yun. This is your Majesty's move to comply with the people's will!" The emperor was very depressed.
At this moment, Huangmen rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, Envoy Yanyun is here." Everyone was shocked when they heard that Envoy Yanyun was coming. Zhao Heng said in a panic: "Envoy Yanyun arrived suddenly. , I don’t know, I don’t know what the intention is?” No one among the ministers could answer, Kou Zhun clasped his fists and said: “Your Majesty, there is no need to panic, King Yan will not do anything deviant!”
Zhao Heng calmed down a little, and said to Huangmen: "Send the envoy from Yanyun!" Huangmen responded, ran down, and sang the promise in a loud voice: "Your Majesty has a decree, send the envoy from Yanyun to visit!..." These words continued all the way. Passing on, a civil servant wearing official robes came striding forward. It was Bai Tong, the deputy Xuanwei envoy to Lianghuai appointed by Yang Peng!
Bai Tong entered the main hall and met the emperor, saying goodbye. Zhao Heng saw that the other party was very polite, and he couldn't help but let go of his uneasy heart, and said loudly: "I love you, you don't have to be polite!" Bai Tong thanked you, then stood up, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I serve you, King Yan. I have been specially ordered to come to see Your Majesty and explain the affairs of Weinan!"
Zhao Heng was startled and a little at a loss. He looked at the ministers on both sides but couldn't get any help. He asked Bai Tongtong in a pleasant and condescending voice: "I don't know what King Yan is. What do you mean?"
Bai Tong said: "The King of Yan specially sent ministers to apologize to His Majesty. Although the annexation of Weinan to Yanyun was not King Yan's wish and King Yan had no choice but to do so, this matter was not reported to Your Majesty. Please forgive me!"
Seeing that the other party spoke so politely, Zhao Heng couldn't help but feel the uneasiness in his heart subsided by seven or eight points, and said: "Since King Yan didn't know about this matter, it doesn't mean he is guilty. I will forgive King Yan for not being guilty!"
"On behalf of His Royal Highness King Yan, I would like to express my gratitude to Your Majesty for your kindness!" Then he knelt down and bowed and said, "Long live Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!" Seeing this scene, Zhao Heng's vanity was greatly satisfied, and he thought to himself: In fact, Yan The king has no disobedience, he is still very fair to me! Fortunately, I didn't listen to the slander, otherwise there would have been a war and disaster, and I really don't know how it would have ended!
After thinking about this, he smiled and said: "Ai Qing, please get up quickly!" Bai Tong thanked you loudly, stood up, clasped his fists and begged: "I am not only here to apologize to your majesty on behalf of King Yan, but also to ask your majesty to comply with Weinan. According to the will of the people, the land of Weinan will be handed over to the jurisdiction of the King of Yan. In this way, we will obey the way of heaven and respond to the people's hearts, and everyone will be happy!"
Kou Zhun immediately took the opportunity and said: "Your Majesty, the King of Yan is so generous. If your Majesty does not show kindness, wouldn't it be deplorable?" Taishi Pang also said: "Master Kou Zhun is right! Your Majesty, if this is done, the world will be peaceful. , there is nothing better than being able to avoid disputes!" The emperor frowned and nodded. Wang Qinruo originally wanted to stop him, but seeing that Master Pang also agreed with Kou Zhun's words and the emperor was still moved by what Bai Tong said, he couldn't help but agree with him.
The emperor glanced at Bai Tong and said kindly: "Since the people of Weinan want to be under the jurisdiction of King Yan, I will obey their request!" Bai Tong immediately bowed: "Your Majesty is wise and kind, and Yao and Shun are not as good as him. !” The emperor chuckled and said to Taishi Pang: “Pang Aiqing, it’s up to you to draft the imperial edict.”
Master Pang bowed and agreed. The emperor said happily: "I am very happy that this matter can be solved like this!" All the ministers praised the emperor for his wisdom. Only Wang Qinruo was depressed. He did not expect Yang Peng to be so treacherous and use retreat to advance. He played tricks on a stupid emperor, and he was still helping count the money after he was really betrayed! Wang Qinruo was filled with emotion, but there was nothing he could do.
Yang Peng received the report sent by Du Nan in Tianjing New City. He learned that the emperor had issued an edict to place the counties in Weinan under the jurisdiction of Yan Yun, and couldn't help but smile. Put down the letter, walked out of the study, and stared at the stormy sky in a daze. Suddenly there was a loud bang, and a three-point line tore through the sky. The sky suddenly became darker, and there was another thunder and thunder, and then the heavy rain poured down, sprinkling on the ground and making a loud bang, which made people feel uncomfortable. It feels like being in a stormy sea. Yang Peng couldn't help but feel excited when he looked at this vast power.
Yang Erya walked out of the rain curtain wrapped in a raincoat, came to the steps, took off the raincoat, shook off countless water drops, cupped her fists and said: "Brother, my little sister has sent letters to various places according to your instructions. "Yang Peng nodded. Seeing raindrops hanging on Yang Erya's hair, he naturally brushed it for her. Yang Erya looked at Yang Peng tenderly.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
