Yang Peng was thinking about the next thing in his mind: 'Most of Xixia's territory has been lost. Maybe we can use negotiation to force the remaining Xixia people to surrender. 'Then I thought of the Xishou Baotai Military Division and thought: If we can successfully capture the Xishou Baotai Military Division or even the Zhuoluo and Nanjun Divisions further west, then the possibility of successful diplomatic persuasion will be much greater!
The sound of footsteps came from behind, and Yang Peng took back his thoughts, and then heard Li Tongren's voice: "Wei minister pays homage to King Yan!"
Yang Peng turned around and saw Li Tongren who was standing not far away. He smiled and said, "You came just in time. I have something to ask you!" Li Tongren said quickly: "The King of Yan has a destiny. I will go to the hot water and walk through the fire without any hesitation!”
Yang Peng said: "Now that most of Xixia's rivers and mountains have been merged into Yanyun, I think it's time to use diplomatic means of coercion!" Li Tongren praised: "The King of Yan is wise! At this time, Xixia has lost most of its troops, and most of its land has been destroyed. After being merged into our Yanyun, the remaining Xixia people are already frightened, and they are always worried about our Yanyun army coming! This is a great opportunity for diplomatic persuasion! If you can send a wise and courageous person who can speak well as an envoy Xiliang has a great chance of persuading the remnants of Xixia to surrender!"
Yang Peng said: "Now there is a dilemma, which is the issue of selecting the envoy." He glanced at Li Tongren and said: "This person must know the internal situation of Xixia very well, and he must be brave, resourceful and loyal. , It’s hard to find such a candidate!”
Li Tongren suddenly knelt down and begged: "If King Yan can trust Wei Chen, Wei Chen is willing to go to Xiliang as an envoy!" Yang Peng was a little surprised and said with a smile: "Master Li is willing to go to nature. It's just that there is nothing better!" Now those remnants of Xixia have probably hated Mr. Li to the bone. Aren't you afraid of death when you go to Xiliang as an envoy?" Li Tongren said righteously and solemnly: "Don't be afraid of me. If I can be loyal to King Yan, it will be an incomparable honor. thing!"
In Yang Peng's heart, he had never thought highly of Li Tongren, a minister who surrendered from Xixia. But now that he saw his words and deeds, his opinion of him had improved a lot. He felt that the reason why he could not be loyal to Xixia was perhaps It's because the emperor of Xixia is not worthy of his loyalty. Putting these thoughts behind his mind, he stepped forward to help him up, patted his shoulder, and nodded: "Very good! Since you are willing to go, I will entrust this heavy responsibility to you! If this trip is successful, Of course, I won’t treat you badly. However, if this trip fails, I won’t blame you. After all, this is not an easy matter! If you have any shortcomings, your wife, daughter, and family don’t have to worry. We take care of the bereaved families of martyrs and you must be the same. knew!"
Li Tongren bowed and said: "Wei Chen is not worried about his wife and daughter. Wei Chen only cares about whether he can live up to the trust of King Yan!" Yang Pengming knew that he was acting, but after hearing his statement, he still Somewhat moved, he said: "I will send a team of secret guards to be your bodyguards. If you are really in danger, they will risk their lives to rescue you!" Li Tongren said, "Thank you, King Yan!"
Yang Peng helped Li Tongren up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go back and get ready. Come see me when you are ready!" Li Tongren promised, then took out a booklet from his arms and presented it to him with both hands. Yang Peng bowed and said: "This is the property and land donated to Yanyun by Wei Chen, Li Shicheng and others. We are all the people of Yanyun now, and we should do our best for Yanyun!" Yang Peng Feeling a little surprised, I took the folder, opened it, and looked at it. I saw that the property donated by Li Tongren, Li Shicheng and others was very rich. The grain fields alone were nearly 10,000 acres, and the remaining gold, silver, houses, and slaves were even more. countless. Yang Peng was very happy, accepted the coupon, and said with a smile: "I am very happy that you can always think that you are a part of Yanyun!"
Seeing Yang Peng's face full of joy and comfort, Li Tongren knew that he and others had done the right thing, and he felt happy in his heart. He quickly worshiped: "Wei ministers wish they could devote all their blood to Yan Yun, let alone the things outside of them! Li Shicheng and others also agreed with Wei I have the same thoughts as I do!"
Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Li Tongren clasped his fists and bowed: "If King Yan has no other instructions, I will go back and get ready." Yang Peng said, "Go ahead." Li Tongren bowed to Yang Peng again and left.
Yang Peng picked up the book in his hand, took a look at it, and smiled slightly. When I returned to the temporary camp, I saw an acquaintance waiting at the gate, it was Li Shicheng. As soon as Li Shicheng saw Yang Peng coming back on horseback, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly came up to greet him and said, "The humble minister Li Shicheng pays homage to His Highness King Yan!" As a relative of the emperor, Li Shicheng was canonized as the Captain of Anle by Yang Peng, so Call yourself a minister.
Yang Peng glanced at him and said, "It's you." He turned over and dismounted. Li Shicheng paid homage and said, "Wei Chen and others received the grace of King Yan without any guilt, but instead gave him a title. My gratitude cannot be expressed in words. Therefore, after discussion, we felt that we should have a special banquet to thank King Yan for his great kindness." , please also ask King Yan to condescend to come! If King Yan can attend the banquet, it will be a supreme honor for us!"
Yang Peng felt that in order to stabilize people's hearts, he couldn't ignore their good intentions, so he said: "If I have time, I will come naturally."
Li Shicheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He originally thought it would be difficult to invite King Yan, so he quickly asked, "I wonder if King Yan will be free tonight?" Yang Peng thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's okay tonight." Li Shicheng was overjoyed and said anxiously: "In this case, we will wait for the arrival of King Yan!" Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Li Shicheng bowed to Yang Peng and said, "Wei Chen, please retire!" Yang Peng said with a smile, "Go." Li Shicheng left happily.
Yang Peng smiled, turned around and walked into the door. When he arrived at the lobby, he turned around and ordered Wang Kai: "Select fifty secret guards to come out, I will be useful." Wang Kai responded and ran down.
As soon as Wang Kai left, the three girls Yelu Hanyu came in behind. Seeing Yang Peng standing in the lobby, they all shouted happily: "Brother!" Yang Peng couldn't help but smile when he saw them.
Yelu Hanyu asked with a smile: "I heard that General Yang sent a military report that both Tiemenguan and Jingzhou have been captured by our army?"
Yang Peng nodded, took out the letter he had just received from his arms, walked to the three women, handed the letter to Yelu Hanyu, and said with a smile: "Not only did we win Tiemenguan and Jingzhou, all the All Xixia armies were wiped out, especially Li Cunxiao and his Snow Mountain Army!" The three girls were overjoyed. Yelu Hanyu took the military report, unfolded it and read it, frowning slightly and said: "Wei Mingjian, Li Cunxiao, It’s quite admirable!”
Yang Peng nodded, with admiration in his eyes, and said: "Although they are enemies, their awe-inspiring and unyielding spirit is really admirable!" He smiled, glanced at the girls, and said, "Bi Qi is showing us Of those who have surrendered, I like them two better!" The three women nodded in sympathy, and Yang Jiumei said: "But those who surrender to us are useful, but people like Li Cunxiao have caused us a lot of trouble. !" The other two women nodded, and Yang Erya frowned and said: "This kind of thing really makes people feel weird!"
Yang Peng chuckled and remembered what happened to Li Tongren, so he spoke out. When the girls heard that Li Tongren actually took the initiative to ask Ying to go as an envoy to Xiliang, they were all surprised. Yang Erya said in disbelief: "Such a guy who is greedy for life and afraid of death actually dares to go as an envoy to Xiliang. Is he stupid?"
Yelu Hanyu looked at Yang Erya and said with a smile: "He is not stupid at all, he is very smart!" When everyone heard this, they showed confusion.
His eyes turned to Li Tongren's mansion. When the wives and concubines heard that Li Tongren actually took the initiative to ask Ying to go as an envoy to Xiliang, they were all shocked. Then they started crying. Only one concubine was heard crying: "Master, why do you want to take over this matter? This time, this time." Go, I’m afraid, I’m afraid it’s going to be very bad!!”
Seeing the gloomy scene of all the wives and concubines, Li Tongren smiled and waved his hands: "Don't worry, don't worry, I will be fine!"
The lady said angrily: "How can the master still laugh! Well, Odaochong and the master were not at odds with each other. They used to make Jizizi want to harm the master. Now that the master has become a senior executive of Yanyun, in the eyes of Aodaochong and those people Come here, you are rebellious, you want to deal with it quickly, if the master goes away, I am afraid, just afraid..., wuwuwu..." Before she could finish her words, she burst into tears. When she cried loudly, other girls The concubines also burst into tears, and there was a burst of crying in the study.
Seeing his wives and concubines crying non-stop, Li Tongren felt very unlucky and shouted angrily: "Don't cry!" The wives and concubines were startled and couldn't help but stop crying, and the study suddenly became quiet.
Li Tongren said: "If I had not defected to Yanyun and was not a senior member of Yanyun, then my departure would have been really unlucky!..." The wives and concubines looked at each other in confusion, not understanding the logic behind this. Li Tongren explained: "If I were still the Zuo Prime Minister of Xixia, then if I went to Xiliang, I would definitely lose the power of Aodaochong. Now that he has covered the sky with one hand, how can he tolerate me? But now I am the left guard of Yanyun's Xingqing Mansion. , the envoy of King Yan, I predict that he will not dare to be rude to me! Even if he cannot persuade them to surrender, he will never dare to harm me! Harming me is provoking Yan Yun, and now Odao Chong is frightened by them and only worries about Yan Yun With the army pressing down on the territory, how dare you take the initiative to stir up trouble and give King Yan an excuse!"
The wives and concubines felt that what Li Tongren said made sense, and their worries were not as strong as before, but they were still worried. Just listen to Li Tongren continue: "I have just taken refuge in King Yan. Although I have been entrusted with important tasks, after all, I have no merit. I am afraid that my wealth will not last forever! This is a great opportunity. If I succeed, I will make great contributions to King Yan. My status Even if it fails, I am still a loyal minister who is not afraid of danger to serve King Yan, and King Yan will definitely look at me differently! Haha, regardless of success or failure, it is only good for me, so why not do it? "
As night fell, Yang Peng came outside Li Shicheng's mansion under the escort of the secret guards. Li Shicheng, the royal family elder Li Yuanzhuo, and Hanhai's wife Li Ruolan led all the royal family members and party nobles to wait at the gate. After Chen Xiao conferred the title on Li Yuanzhuo and other royal family members, he relaxed the supervision on them slightly and allowed them to move freely in the city. .
When everyone saw Yang Peng coming, they all worshiped: "Greetings to King Yan!!" A large area of people knelt down in the darkness at the door.
Yang Peng got off his horse, walked in front of everyone, and said loudly: "No need to be polite, everyone, please get up!" Everyone said in unison: "Thank you, King Yan!" and then stood up one after another. Li Shicheng said with great excitement: "The King of Yan has come, and the humble house is really full of splendor!" Li Yuanzhuo on the side said quickly: "The King of Yan is here, and we are so honored. Our whole body is full of strength, as if we are fifty years younger!" Yang Peng laughed loudly, looked at Li Yuanzhuo, and said jokingly: "So Mingshahou has returned to his old age!" Li Yuanzhuo cupped his fists and bowed: "This is all given by King Yan!" He looked serious, as if he really meant it. Something like that.
Li Shicheng stepped aside, stretched out his hands, and bowed: "Please, King Yan!" Upon seeing this, the others quickly bowed and said, "Please, King Yan!"
Yang Peng stepped into the door with the support of the secret guards, and everyone followed immediately. Li Shicheng rushed to the front to lead the way, leading everyone to the backyard. I saw big red lanterns hanging high in the backyard, a scene of brilliant lights. The red lights illuminated the entire backyard in a festive red. Under each red lantern stood a beautiful maid, and there were many flowers beside the lake in the distance. There were many large round tables and chairs, but the tables were empty, and the food and drinks had not yet been served.
Li Shicheng led everyone into the banquet, and then respectfully invited Yang Peng to sit on the northernmost throne. Yang Peng walked over and sat down, supported by the secret guards. The secret guards stood behind him and to the left and right. Yang Peng saw that everyone was still standing respectfully and no one was sitting down, so he smiled and said: "Everyone, please sit down too!" Everyone thanked them one after another, and then sat down at each round table, but no one dared to sit down. Yang Peng comes up to this table.
Li Shicheng raised his voice and said: "Hurry up and serve the food and wine!"
Thin footsteps sounded, and the fragrant aroma of wine and food drifted down the wind. Everyone looked in the direction where the footsteps came from, and saw dozens of graceful maids carrying food trays through the grove in the distance, filing in. The maids entered the banquet room and first presented the wine and food to Yang Peng. After setting up a full table, they then served wine and food to other tables. After a while, every round table was covered with wine and food, and the steam was steaming. , the fragrance is overflowing and makes people’s fingers lick their fingers.
Li Shicheng picked up the wine glass, stood up, and said loudly: "Everyone, let's toast King Yan with a glass of wine to express our respect and love for King Yan!" Everyone picked up the wine glasses and stood up. Li Shicheng held the wine glass and said to Yang Peng: "We sincerely wish King Yan to conquer the world and dominate the world as soon as possible, and his blessings will last forever!" Others said together: "I wish King Yan will conquer the world and dominate the world soon, and his blessings will last forever!"
Yang Peng smiled, picked up the wine glass, and said, "Thank you all for your kindness." Everyone was flattered, and Li Shicheng loudly said, "I would like to do it first, as a courtesy!" After saying that, he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass. The middle-aged man also drank from his glass. Chen Xiao smiled slightly, raised his head and drank the wine. Everyone was very happy, and Li Shicheng shouted: "Come up singing and dancing!"
The melodious music sounded immediately. It was the music played by a group of musicians sitting under a tree in the distance using various ancient instruments. The yin and yang were euphemistic and lingering. At the same time, more than 20 people wearing slightly revealing clothes were full of exotic Persian style. The dancer came out of the woods while dancing and came to the open space in front of Chen Xiao to dance to Chen Xiao. Her movements were light and graceful, which was very pleasing to the eye. It was completely different from the dance of the Han people in the Central Plains. Yang Peng was drinking and enjoying it. Others were also watching the dancers' dance, but Li Shicheng and Li Ruolan were watching Yang Peng's expressions.
After the dance, all the dancers bowed to Yang Peng and then retreated.
Li Shicheng smiled and said to Yang Peng: "It's really hard for these ordinary dancers to impress King Yan! Why don't we let the little girl perform a dance!" The crowd became noisy, and many people looked very excited. Everyone had long heard about Mrs. Hanhai's singing and dancing. Shuang Jue, but I have never had the chance to see him. Everyone's eyes fell on Li Ruolan. Li Ruolan stood up with a blushing face and said to Yang Peng: "I'm afraid that my singing and dancing will not be able to impress King Yan!" Li Shicheng said hurriedly: "Daughter, please stop being modest. You are happy today. Let's sing and dance quickly." To cheer up King Yan!"
Li Ruolan responded, left her seat and walked to the open space in front of Yang Peng. Then a maid brought a pipa, bowed and retreated.
Li Ruolan held the pipa in her hand and glanced at Chen Xiao charmingly. She plucked the strings twice with her slender jade fingers and made two clanging sounds, just like a Huaichun woman complaining and crying. Everyone present could not help but feel moved. Then I saw Li Ruolan dancing with her pipa in her hands. Sometimes she looked like Xizi holding her heart, sometimes she looked like Zhaojun going north, sometimes she looked like Chang'e flying into the sky, sometimes she looked like the goddess of Wushan Mountain. All kinds of emotions were different, but each had its own charm. It was really charming. This was so breathtaking that the men among the Xixia aristocrats were certainly dumbfounded. Even Yang Peng, who was accustomed to seeing stunning figures, couldn't help but show surprise. He felt that this woman was naturally charming, even compared to Zhao Xiangxiang. As for singing and dancing, Chunlan Qiuju is good at each of them. Although their styles are very different, one is elegant and refined, the other is charming, but they are equally beautiful and charming!
While Li Ruolan was dancing, her pair of water-cut eyes would cast charming glances at Yang Peng from time to time. Her tenderness was hazy and vague, but it was extremely touching.
Unconsciously, a charming pipa dance ended, but everyone was still immersed in it and had endless aftertaste. Yang Peng came to his senses first and applauded: "Okay! Madam's dance is so beautiful! I think it will not be easy to find a peerless beauty who can compete with Madam!" Others They also praised each other.
Li Ruolan was overjoyed when she heard Yang Peng's praise. She quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, King Yan!" As she spoke, her beautiful eyes drifted towards Yang Peng, and the infinite tenderness and sweetness were reflected in that glance. Yang Peng couldn't help but feel his heart tremble when he saw it.
Li Ruolan returned to her seat, the banquet continued, the singing and dancing continued, Yang Peng chatted with everyone from time to time, and everyone who was able to talk to Yang Peng looked extremely excited. During this process, Yang Peng's eyes were always looking at Li Ruolan intentionally or unintentionally, and Li Ruolan also looked at Yang Peng from time to time. Her beautiful eyes were full of charm, and her red lips were smiling sweetly, which only attracted Yang Peng's attention. My tongue is dry and my heart is itching unbearably. It turns out that a wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief.
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Unknowingly, when the wine stall was lit and the lights were on, Yang Peng left first, and then all the guests also left.
Yang Peng was riding a horse on the streets late at night, and Li Ruolan's charming look always appeared in his mind, which lingered. Although all the wives and concubines at home were of stunning beauty, Li Ruolan's beauty was not the same at all. Not inferior, and even more charming, that is her identity. When thinking of this, Yang Peng's whole body became excited and could not suppress it.
The sound of horse hooves suddenly came from behind, which was particularly clear in this silent night. Yang Peng did not look back. The secret guard behind him blocked the knight. The knight reined in his horse and shouted: "Your Highness, King Yan, my wife is here to invite you!"
Yang Peng reined in the horse, twirled the reins and turned the horse's head. He saw a middle-aged man dressed as a servant who was hidden and blocked outside. Yang Peng recognized him as the housekeeper of Li Shicheng's house. Thinking of what he just said: My wife has invited me. He immediately thought of the charming Li Ruolan, and couldn't help but feel his heart tremble. He raised his voice and asked: "Who is your wife?" The housekeeper bowed and said: "My wife is Mrs. Hanhai, who was personally conferred by King Yan! My wife admires King Yan. , I specially prepare a small amount of wine in the inner room, hoping that King Yan will be happy!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Since Madam is so kind, how can I deny her kindness!" The housekeeper said happily: "If King Yan is lucky enough to see you, my Madam will definitely be very happy!" Then he bowed and said: "Little I will lead the way for King Yan!" Then he turned around and walked forward. Yang Peng said to Wang Kai: "Send someone to tell the ladies that I have something important to do and will not be back tonight!" Wang Kai responded and sent He picked up a secret guard, and then led the rest of the secret guards to escort Yang Peng back to Li's house.
When Yang Peng returned to Li's house, all the guests had already left, and the entire Li's house was very quiet. Li Shicheng was waiting at the door. When he saw Yang Peng leaving and coming back, he was extremely happy. He came up to him with a smile on his face, bowed and said, "I have seen King Yan!" Yang Peng and others turned over and dismounted. Li Shicheng came forward with an ambiguous and mysterious expression and whispered: "My little girl is preparing some wine in the embroidery building in the backyard, just waiting for King Yan to come!" Yang Peng couldn't help but feel excited in his heart. Li Shicheng led Yang Peng and others into the gate, and then led Yang Peng and others into the back garden. Li Shicheng pointed to the small building with lights on under the shade of trees not far away, and said with a smile: "That is my little girl's embroidery building! Wei Chen was sent here!"
Yang Peng looked up and saw a graceful figure reflected on the window paper by the lights. He couldn't help but feel itchy, so he walked away. Wang Kai immediately ordered the secret guards to control the entire backyard. He then caught up with Yang Peng and followed Yang Peng into the courtyard. He stayed under the embroidered building while Yang Peng went up alone.
Yang Peng came upstairs and saw Li Ruolan, who had changed into Han palace attire, standing respectfully at a small table. She glanced this way, a charming smile appeared on her pretty face, and then she bowed: "I pay homage to King Yan!" Yang Peng hurriedly stepped forward and helped her up. The two of them touched each other, both of which were in their hearts. Dang, Yang Peng smelled the rich fragrance emanating from her body, and moved his index finger.
Li Ruolan glanced at Yang Peng charmingly, gently held Yang Peng's palm with her slender hands, and walked slowly towards the small table, turning back every step of the way, showing affection and tenderness.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
