Mo Haotian was jealous and said sarcastically: "I don't think you are planning to take action anymore!" Zhou Bingqian glanced at Mo Haotian, looked down at the green tea soup, and said quietly: "He is my father-killing enemy. I have no choice, I will definitely kill him!" Mo Haotian said nothing more when he saw that although she spoke plainly, she revealed an unswerving determination.
Zhou Bingqian looked at Mo Haotian and said, "You don't need to worry about my affairs. It's your own affairs. You, Shang Shiheng and others have met each other, and they also know your identity. Now they are all arrested. , How dare you stay here?"
Mo Haotian smiled and said: "Don't worry. Shang Shiheng and others don't know this stronghold of mine, so what's the use of exposing me? Besides, the most dangerous place is often the safest place. I'll stay here On the contrary, it is the safest.”
Zhou Bingqian said: "You can figure it out yourself." She stood up and said: "I can't stay long, so I'm leaving." Mo Haotian quickly stood up, walked to Zhou Bingqian, and said affectionately: "Bingqian , please sit down for a while! We haven't had a good talk for a long time!" Zhou Bingqian couldn't help but feel her heart flutter, and then the scenes of the two of them getting along in the past came to mind. It felt like something from the past life, very unreal. Zhou Bingqian came to her senses, frowned and said, "I have nothing to say, farewell!" Then she bypassed Mo Haotian and left. Mo Haotian stood there blankly, with a ferocious expression on his face, boundless anger boiling in his chest, and gritted his teeth and said: "Yang Peng..."
Zhou Bingqian would walk on the street without hesitation. "Little sister!" a voice suddenly came. Zhou Bingqian came to her senses in shock and immediately followed the sound. Jiang Li, dressed in military uniform, was leading a group of Feifeng female guards to catch up. Zhou Bingqian bowed Yingying: "Sister-in-law." Jiang Li got off her horse, walked up to Zhou Bingqian, and said angrily: "Little sister, why did you just come out with a maid?"
Zhou Bingqian said: "My little sister felt bored at home, so she wanted to go out and relax." Jiang Li frowned and said: "Although the rebellion has been resolved, there is no guarantee that no fish will slip through the net. If they target you, Isn't that bad!" Zhou Bingqian said apologetically: "What my sister-in-law taught me is that it was the younger sister who acted without consideration!" Jiang Li sighed, "Let's go home together." Zhou Bingqian nodded. Then the two of them walked side by side, with the others following behind.
Zhou Bingqian asked curiously: "Where was my sister-in-law just now?" Jiang Li said: "I went to check on the confiscation of Shang Shiheng's house." Then she exclaimed: "I really don't know, I was shocked when I saw it! That merchant There are so many gold and silver treasures and antique calligraphy and paintings hidden! Although it is not as rich as the country, it is almost!" Zhou Bingqian couldn't help but sighed and murmured: "I really don't understand what they think? The family is so rich. , you can enjoy it for a hundred lifetimes, so why do you still rebel?"
Jiang Li sneered and said: "This is called the insufficiency of people's hearts and the snake swallowing the elephant! They only want to get more benefits, but they never look back and think about how much they have already got!" Zhou Bingqian couldn't help but sigh, "This is Why bother!"
Jiang Li remembered something and said: "I heard from Sister Ye Qi that everyone like Shang Shiheng was in prison and they all regretted that they should not have done such a treasonous thing! Humph, now What's the use of regret? They can only blame themselves for being greedy! In fact, although our Yan Yun rule has damaged the interests of their scholars, in a big way, it has made it very unfair. The society has become fairer! If they are kind people, they will naturally consider the problem in this way, and there will not be too much resistance. For example, sister Yanran’s family was originally the largest Shilin family in Lianghuai, and now it is not Live a good life; on the other hand, if you have a bad nature and always feel that others owe you something, you will naturally be unable to accept our Yan Yun's reform measures, and you will naturally want to rebel, but in the end you will only lose more!"
Zhou Bingqian said in surprise: "I didn't expect my sister-in-law to be able to say such thought-provoking words!" Jiang Li smiled sheepishly, "My little sister deserves the award. This is not what I said. This is what Sister Yeli said. Zhou Bingqian showed a look of surprise and thought: "Sister-in-law Yeli, although she was born a Khitan barbarian, she is one of the few heroes in the world. Her knowledge is indeed extraordinary!"
Jiang Li nodded with deep sympathy and said: "Sister Yeli also said that if our country wants to become truly strong, we must not only depose Confucianism, but also throw away many so-called 'traditional virtues'!" Zhou Bingqian showed surprise. Color, puzzled and asked: "Where do you start talking about this?"
Jiang Li smiled and said: "I was very puzzled when I heard these words, but after Sister Yeli explained it, I felt that it was very correct!" After a pause, "For example, 'Benevolence and Righteousness', this is traditional One of the most important qualities among virtues, but why bother emphasizing this point? For a person with a kind nature, if others are good to him, he will naturally be good to others. On the contrary, if he is a selfish person, no matter how he emphasizes benevolence and justice What's the use of thoughts? Just like the former Grand Master Pang, Wang Qinruo and others, no matter how kind others were to them, they couldn't reciprocate the favor. That set of traditional virtues has no effect here at all! Furthermore, for foreigners, you are powerful When you are weak, they are naturally grateful to foreigners for their benevolence and righteousness, but they are not grateful for your benevolence and righteousness, but are in awe of your strength; but when you are weak, those foreigners will not reciprocate your previous benevolence and righteousness, but will take advantage of you. When you are weak, they will pounce on you mercilessly! Benevolence and righteousness here become the culprit that restrains you and lays the foundation for your disaster. Why not take advantage of your strength to eliminate all possible threats, but do what kind of righteousness and righteousness you want to do in the name of fame? ?”
Zhou Bingqian thought and nodded, "This seems to make some sense. Hey, in these more than a thousand years, there is indeed no foreign race that has reciprocated kindness and kindness, and repaid kindness with kindness! There are indeed some problems in the Central Plains Dynasty's practice of kindness and righteousness in these thousands of years!"
Jiang Li nodded, "That's what I said." Then she continued: "What else is 'modest'? It is what it is, neither humble nor arrogant, isn't it good? Why do you have to pretend that you have such ability, but you have to pretend that you don't? What about his ability? Haha, I heard such a joke recently. A merchant in Yanyun contacted a big merchant from Tibet. The big merchant from Tibet wanted to come to Yanyun to develop, but he was worried that he had no way out. The arrival of that merchant was a big blow to him. It was like providing help in times of need. So the two parties had an in-depth talk. The Tibetan merchant asked our merchant: "Sir, you must have many connections in Yanyun, right?" Because of his virtue of humility, our merchant became humble. After a while. But I never thought that the Tubo merchant believed it, so he gave up his cooperation plan and looked for another Yanyun merchant to cooperate. That merchant just watched a big deal fly away!"
Zhou Bingqian couldn't help but laugh. Jiang Li said: "Humility has always been touted as a virtue. In fact, in the eyes of outsiders, either you have no real ability or you are hypocritical! This 'humility' thing is actually quite funny now that I think about it!" Zhou Bingqian said with a bitter smile. : "When my sister-in-law said this, I suddenly realized that we have been doing something self-righteous and ridiculous!" Jiang Li raised her eyebrows, "That's how it is!"
Zhou Bingqian frowned and said: "My sister-in-law's remarks can be said to be shocking and thought-provoking. However, there are some aspects that seem inappropriate! For example, benevolence and righteousness may not be the case between countries, but between people? Do we need to keep fighting? There are also things like filial piety and brotherhood. Doesn’t it mean that a family has to become less like a family? "
Jiang Li smiled and said: "I didn't understand this at first, but after Sister Yeqi explained it to me, I probably understood it. Sister Yeqi said that the eldest brother's approach is not to avoid such things as benevolence and righteousness, but it is not necessary. I emphasize all day long and just follow nature. For most people, they have the idea that if you are good to me, I will be good to you. This is nature; some people are vicious; Kindness, these will not change depending on which set of morals you emphasize; for example, repaying kindness, it seems that before the popularity of Confucianism, there were more people who knew how to repay kindness. The allusion of tying a grass ring occurred in the pre-Qin period ! As for other so-called virtues, it seems that they were done better before Confucianism became popular! Therefore, there is no need to emphasize these at all. Emphasizing these all day long will make the originally beautiful things change! This It's like a political power. If you do well, the people will naturally repay you. On the contrary, if you don't do well, you still want the people to be loyal to you. How is this possible? This idea is quite ridiculous!"
Zhou Bingqian felt that what Jiang Li said made sense, but she couldn't accept it for a while. Jiang Li suddenly discovered that she had returned to the gate of the palace, and couldn't help but smile: "I came back before I knew it!"
At this moment, a fast horse turned from the end of the street and came galloping. Jiang Li couldn't help but feel excited when she saw it was the herald. The herald rushed to the gate and reined in his horse. Seeing Jiang Li standing not far away, I was shocked. I quickly got off my horse and came forward to pay my respects: "Subordinate, the messenger directly under the command of King Yan pays homage to the princess!"
Jiang Li hummed and said, "Get up." The herald thanked him and stood up. Jiang Li saw him carrying a package of military newspapers and asked, "Is this news from eldest brother? Is eldest brother okay?" "I'm telling you, everything is fine with King Yan!" Jiang Li felt relieved and asked again: "Are the Khitan troops still confronting Big Brother?"
The herald said excitedly: "The main force of the Khitan army has been mobilized to quell the chaos! King Yan has sent the sixth and seventh legions to assist General Yang Yanzhao. Soon, King Yan will also lead the army to Ningxia!" Jiang Lihe! When Zhou Bingqian heard this, she looked surprised. Jiang Li said excitedly: "Great! The Liao Kingdom collapsed without a fight, and there is only one Western Liao left, which is nothing to be afraid of!" Zhou Bingqian nodded with deep sympathy, and then she was shocked. She was surprised to find that she actually Would you be so happy about King Yan's victory? !
The news of the Liao's withdrawal soon spread in Bianliang City. The whole city burst into cheers, cheers and gongs and drums were heard everywhere. While the people were relieved of their heavy hearts, they also felt sorry for Yan Yun. The people are even more proud! Taverns, teahouses, brothels and boats are everywhere talking about the current victory. Everyone feels happy and excited. They just feel that a powerful empire that will catch up with the Tang Dynasty is about to come. It is a great blessing for them to be able to attend this grand event. Points! As for the Central Plains nobles who had just had their property confiscated, few people mentioned it, and even when they did, it was often in a mocking tone, full of schadenfreude.
Turning to Shazhou, the Liao army tried its best to attack fiercely for days. However, the Yanyun army, led by Yang Yanzhao and other powerful generals, was as solid as a rock. The fierce attack of the Liao army was like a stormy wave hitting the rock, and the waves broke. No matter how hard it is, the rock remains as strong as ever! The Liao army attacked fiercely for many days and suffered heavy losses, but still failed to make any progress. The fighting spirit of the Liao army gradually declined, but Emperor Yelu Longqing of Western Liao was unable to do anything about it. At this moment, facing the entire map of Yanyun, he only hoped that the Liao Kingdom could break through the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun and invade the Central Plains, thereby causing great harm to his own side. Favorable situation!
At this moment, a veteran craftsman rushed into the big tent, knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have heard other battle reports in Xingqing Mansion!..."
Yelu Longqing turned around suddenly and asked hurriedly: "How is the situation?" Xizuo said: "Tubo and Dali still have not made progress, and the Song people have been defeated. The Eighth Prince has surrendered to Yanyun, and Zhao Heng's main force The entire army has been wiped out!..."
Yelu Longqing was shocked, and then he cursed angrily: "Useless Song people!" Then he asked: "What about the Khitan people? What's the situation of the Khitan people?" He said carefully: "It is said that the Koryo army within the Khitan people broke out Due to the rebellion, Yeqi Hucheng had to give up the attack and led the army to put down the rebellion! Now Yanyun reinforcements are on their way here!"
Yelu Longqing was shocked, and he was confused and at a loss for a moment. I tried my best to calm myself down, and then I thought: 'I didn't expect that the situation would suddenly take a turn for the worse! The failure of the Song people was fine, but they didn't expect that the Goryeo army would rebel within the Khitan people! Is this God helping Yanyun? Tubo and Dali cannot be counted on. Now we can only rely on ourselves to deal with Yanyun! 'When I thought about this, I couldn't help but feel fear in my heart. I just felt that I was no match for Yanyun's army with my own strength. It would be very difficult to deal with the less than 100,000 Yanyun army in front of me. If Yanyun's main force came, , things are serious!
Yelu Longqing suddenly thought of 'retreat'! I feel that at this point, I may have no choice but to give up! Even if the Yan Yun army in front of them can be defeated in this situation, what is the use of sweeping the entire Xixia? If Yan Yun's army comes, the land they just occupied will probably not be able to be defended!
Xizuo remembered something and said: "Your Majesty, there is something that I almost forgot! I also heard news in Xingqing Mansion that Shang Shiheng and other nobles launched a rebellion in Bianliang, but Yanyun had already We were prepared, and the rebellion was put down in an instant, and Shang Shiheng and others were all arrested!" Yelu Longqing said angrily: "I shouldn't have had any illusions about them! What use can these scholars have! "
After thinking for a while, he made up his mind and said to the soldiers beside him: "Gather the generals immediately!" The soldiers agreed and ran down.
Yang Yanzhao stood on the dilapidated city gate tower, with a young couple standing next to him, Yang Dezheng and Xing. Yang Dezheng was majestic and majestic, but Xing became taller and more attractive. I think she was still a young girl at the beginning, but now But she is already tall and graceful. It can be said that women have undergone a transformation!
Xing Xing asked: "Father, I wonder when the reinforcements will arrive?" Yang Yanzhao smiled and said: "King Yan has a great knack for using troops, which is the word "quick"! So I think the reinforcements may arrive faster than we expected. Get there!" Xing Xing said with lingering fear: "I was worried to death before, fearing that King Yan would not be able to stop the Liao Kingdom's 800,000 army! Finally, there is no danger!"
Yang Dezheng smiled and said: "You are really worried! When our Yang family army faced the Khitan army, we could be one against two, let alone King Yan!" Yang Dezheng gave Yang Dezheng a blank look and said, "That's different! We had no choice but to do so at the beginning. For this reason, it can be said that it was a last-ditch battle, and brother Ye Qianxiu underestimated the enemy. It can be said that our victory was very lucky! And the eldest brother, King Yan, was in the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, but he had to rely on half of the troops to resist and threaten the victory. The Liao army! This is much more dangerous than our original situation!"
Yang Yanzhao said: "Xing is right! In fact, our army was almost defeated in the battle of Niulan Mountain! Fortunately, King Yan made a decisive decision and fought with his back to the enemy. He broke through the enemy's camp first and finally forced the enemy back. ! Otherwise, the consequences would be really unimaginable! Hey, if my father were in that situation, I would probably be completely defeated!" Xing smiled and said: "My daughter thinks that her father is as powerful as the eldest brother Yan Wang. If the father defends Yan Yunshi, The six states can definitely drive back the Khitans!" Yang Yanzhao shook his head and said: "On the battlefield, a father may be able to do as well as King Yan, but in other aspects he is not as good! As a father, I would never have thought of this clever plan to provoke the Goryeo army to rebel!"
Yang Dezheng and Xing were taken aback. Xing hurriedly asked: "My father said that the rebellion of the Goryeo Army was a plan of Brother Yan?" Yang Yanzhao nodded, "My father was just guessing! But the rebellion of the Goryeo Army It's very strange, and the timing of the activation is so coincidental that people have to doubt that this is King Yan's handiwork!" Yang Dezheng realized that what his father said made sense, and he couldn't help but feel more in awe of King Yan.
Yang Yanzhao looked at the couple and said with a smile: "Do you understand what my father said now? After all, my father is just a general. He is not afraid to compete with any powerful enemy on the battlefield! However, when it comes to the overall situation, You can't keep up with King Yan even if you try to flatter him!" Yang Dezheng couldn't help but laugh. There was a look of recollection in Xing's eyes, and she couldn't help but murmured: "When I first met Brother Yan Wang, my daughter knew that he was an amazing person! Sure enough, within a few years, Brother Yan Wang With the help of his own training, the Yanyun army drove away the Khitan people and regained the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains!" While saying this, his right hand involuntarily rubbed the handle of the horizontal sword at his waist. This horizontal sword was used when the Khitan army attacked Jiangnan. Yang Peng led his army south for reinforcements and gave it to Xing when he met her for the first time. From then on, Xing followed Yang Dezheng in the north and south, and this horizontal sword never left her.
Yang Dezheng asked with a smile: "It's been a long time since you've seen King Yan, right?" Xing nodded and said angrily: "The last time Brother Yan King came to Ningxia, he left without waiting for me!"
Yang Dezheng smiled and said: "When this battle is over, my father and I will return to Beijing to report on our work. Why don't you come with us? Then, won't you be able to meet your brother Yanwang?" When he woke up, He became excited, with longing in his eyes. Then he sighed and said quietly: "I'm afraid it will be impossible to joke with Brother Yan like before in the future!"
Yang Dezheng asked in confusion: "Why is this?" Yang Dezheng looked at him blankly and said: "Now that we, Yanyun, have defeated the siege of the enemy, we can regain the entire Jiangnan soon! Yanyun is so strong that it can be said that it is already the king's land. In the world, this momentum is unstoppable! Under such circumstances, it’s time for Brother Yan to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor! If he becomes emperor, how can he be so casual with us anymore? "
Yang Yanzhao nodded and said: "Xing is right. Today's King Yan is no longer the King of Yan back then. He will be the founding monarch of a powerful dynasty. We can't be as casual as in the past!" Yang Dezheng frowned and said: "I think King Yan is not that kind of person!" Xing said angrily: "You are so stupid! What do you mean, Brother Yan King is not that kind of person? I didn't say anything bad about Brother Yan King! Humph, don't say it in a bad way. If someone dares to speak ill of Brother Yan, my little sister will not let him go! However, Brother Yan’s identity is different from before. Naturally, Brother Yan will not change, but as ministers, we But you should have the consciousness of being a minister and cannot go beyond it! Otherwise, it will be true!" Yang Dezheng picked his head, still not quite understanding. Xing said angrily: "You are such a stupid cow!" Yang Dezheng laughed.
Dong dong dong dong... The sound of the Liao army's war drums suddenly came from outside the city. The three of them immediately stopped chatting and looked outside the city. I saw dust rising in the Liao army camp, flags flying in the clouds, and people looking longingly.
Xing Xiu frowned and said: "The Liao army is going to attack again!" Yang Yanzhao shook his head and smiled: "No! They are going to withdraw!" Yang Dezheng and Xing were stunned for a moment, and then showed expressions of surprise. Soon after, I saw the Liao army breaking out of camp outside the city, and the billowing smoke and dust gradually disappeared into the ancient west wind road! Yang Yanzhao still did not dare to be careless and immediately sent out scouts to chase him. That night, the scouts reported that the Xiliao army had retreated into Yumen Pass.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
