In the afternoon, Zhao Tong changed into his unpatched robe and followed Wanyan Xiyin straight to Huining City.
The two rode horses, followed by a group of Jurchen soldiers, and it didn't take long to arrive in front of Huining City along the road.
The armor protecting the city moved to both sides to make way for a passage in the middle. Zhao Tong observed Ningtucheng at close range.
It is obviously an adobe city wall, but it is hard to say whether there are stones inside. The city wall is not high, only two or three feet long. There are battlements on it, and there are Jurchen soldiers standing guard. At first glance, it looks similar to the small military cities in Longyou of the Song Dynasty. almost.
The city gate was not wide or high. Zhao Tong and Wanyan Xiyin dismounted their horses and walked through it within a few steps. When they saw the scene inside, it was no different from those in the big villages outside.
The slight difference is that there are more wooden houses. If you look at the front rows, they are larger than the wooden houses in the village outside, and they are more like a palace in shape.
There are also different small courtyards vaguely behind, and there are also mud houses, but I don't know who lives in them.
Zhao Tong watched secretly for a moment, then lowered his head and followed Wanyan Xiyin.
After passing through the first row of wooden houses, there was a hall in the middle of the second row. When the two entered, they saw that the hall was quite bright and airy, and there were several people sitting in it at the moment.
Zhao Tong watched quietly and saw a person sitting on the big chair in the back. He was about fifty years old, wearing a blue traditional Jurchen robe. There was a scar on his forehead, a short beard, and he had the appearance of an eagle. Shi Langgu, with piercing eyes, was looking at him and Wanyan Xiyin.
Sitting on the chair on the lower left is an old man, also wearing traditional Jurchen robes, with a cold face and a gray beard.
Sitting on the lower right chair are two middle-aged men, one of whom is wearing armor.
Without waiting for Wanyan Xiyin to speak, Zhao Tong hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down: "Your Majesty, Yuan Yi, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."
Zhao Tong thought to himself that the person on the big chair in front must be Wanyan Aguda, and the one on the bottom left should be Wanyan Sagai. It is hard to say who the two people on the right are.
After hearing Yan Agu fight: "God of the Valley, is this Yuan Yi? He doesn't seem to be too old."
Wanyan Xiyin said: "Your Majesty, this Yuan Yi is only twenty years old this year."
After hearing this, Yan Agu laughed and said: "It's true that a hero is born in a young age. I didn't expect that he could be so talented at such a young age."
Wanyan Xiyin also smiled and said: "This Yuan Yi passed the imperial examination several times when he was in the Liao Kingdom, but he always failed to pass it. The Liao Kingdom actually didn't take such a talent. It seems that the Liao Kingdom's court has been hopelessly corrupted." To such an extent, it will surely perish sooner or later.”
Wanyan Agu nodded and said: "That's good, otherwise no one would come to join me, Dajin. Yuan Yi, please get up. Are you satisfied with being appointed to the Hanlin Academy?"
Yuan Yi saw that Wanyan Aguda didn't have the slightest bit of an emperor's style, and couldn't help but secretly nodded in his heart. This system of Bojilie's Assistant Council was advisable in some aspects, but it was canceled a few years later, and the Jurchens were powerful. In fact, there are only two generations.
He said: "I am satisfied, and I came here to express my gratitude. I hope that our Kingdom of Jin will destroy the Liao Kingdom as soon as possible and unify the world."
Wanyan Aguda nodded: "If you compile the text well, you will naturally benefit from it after it is completed. I heard that Gu Shen said that you are from Bohai, but as long as you are loyal to me, the Jurchen, you will not have a problem with promotion."
Zhao Tong said: "Thank you for your majesty's trust. I will definitely get up early and go to bed late every day, and try to compile the text as soon as possible and present it to your majesty."
Wanyan Aguda said with a smile, "That's a big event. I won't even have to hold a big banquet to celebrate."
Zhao Tong naturally said yes, but he was secretly wondering in his heart how likely it was to kill Wanyan Aguda at this distance. There was definitely a chance, it just depended on whether he could run away after killing him.
Escape is much harder than assassination.
After another long while, Wanyan Xiyin walked out of Huining City with him. After passing through the heavy iron armor, Wanyan Xiyin said: "Yuan Yi, you are now also an official of my Daijin. Logically speaking, you can. Move out of my village and build a small village of your own to live in. However, the creation of new characters has to be carried out urgently, so you might as well stay here temporarily, and when all is completed, you can be promoted to a higher position and then build a large village."
Zhao Tong sneered in his heart when he heard this. Even though this Valley God brought him to see Wanyan Aguda, he still didn't fully trust him in his heart. Otherwise, why would he say this?
After returning to the small courtyard, Zhao Yu was immersed in writing words at the table. He presented six of the twenty-six letters today, and there are still twenty that need to be worked on slowly. It has only been seven or eight days since he arrived in Huining. These Things should be thrown out slowly. If you take them all out in a hurry, it will inevitably arouse the other party's suspicion.
At this time, the young lady came over to take a look and said, "Have you seen the emperor?"
Zhao Tong nodded: "I saw him, he is indeed wise and powerful, far better than Emperor Tianzuo of Liao Kingdom."
The young lady said unhappily: "Is it better than the emperor of Song Dynasty?"
Zhao Tong smiled and said, "Boil a bowl of water for your husband."
The little girl went out angrily, but for a moment she heard a surprised voice: "Who are you looking for?"
But I heard another female voice outside: "Are you Yuan Yi's wife?"
The young lady said: "Exactly, do you know Yuan Yi?"
The female voice said: "Let him come out to see me."
The young lady said, "You don't even say your name, why do you call people out to see you?"
The female voice said: "My name is Wanyan Baohua, and I am the princess of the Kingdom of Jin. You will know as soon as you tell him."
Zhao Tong couldn't help but feel dizzy when he heard this in the room. How did Wanyan Baohua find this place?
He hurriedly walked out of the room, only to see Wanyan Baohua and two guards standing in the center of the courtyard. His wife Huang Gu and Ouyang Bei were also in the courtyard. He couldn't help but stepped forward and said: "Princess Baohua is here. It's really disappointing to welcome her from afar." .”
Wanyan Baohua didn't say much, she just said: "Follow me back to the stronghold!"
Zhao Tong frowned and sighed in his heart. He didn't know what Wanyan Baohua wanted to do, but he had no choice but to follow him. When he reached the entrance of the courtyard, he turned back to look at his mother, only to see her staring at him with cold eyes, as if she wanted to kill.
In a blink of an eye, they arrived at Wanyan Baohua's Dazhai, and after retreating from the crowd, Wanyan Baohua looked at Zhao Tong with a blank expression: "Yuan Yi, if I don't go to see you today, you won't come to see me, right?"
Yuan Yi didn't know that Wanyan Baohua still remembered this, and said with a wry smile: "Princess, it's not that I can't come down here, it's actually that the generals have been under tight pressure in the past few days. They are busy making characters and are not allowed to go out."
Wanyan Baohua sneered: "I heard that your words have caught the emperor's attention, and you have also been granted an official position. What is it called Hanlin?"
Zhao Tong said: "The young man is really ashamed to hear the news about the princess's good fortune."
Wanyan Baohua turned her eyes and suddenly said: "I just entered your courtyard and saw three more people. The woman is your wife. Who are the other two?"
Zhao Tong said: "Xiao Sheng was born in the Bohai royal family. He was the right minister back then and has been with me for many years. He is considered a domestic servant."
Wanyan Baohua sneered: "Yuan Yi, this princess suddenly discovered that you are not a spy!"
Zhao Tong smiled and said: "Xiao Sheng is naturally not a spy."
Wanyan Baohua said: "You are here to do great things!"
Zhao Tong was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "Princess, you have really wronged Xiaosheng. Xiaosheng has nothing important to do."
Wanyan Baohua suddenly whispered: "As a spy, the fewer people the better, of course. You can only bring your family with you. There are no servants. I see that the two servants you brought are both in good shape. Don't you want to Doing something big?"
Zhao Tong said: "Princess..."
Wanyan Baohua said: "Let me think about it, princess. What great things can you do by sneaking into Huining? Could it be that... you want to assassinate the emperor?"
(End of chapter)
