A few days later, Hejian Mansion, outside the city.
Zhao Tai led a group of Qi civil and military personnel and stood waiting in front of the city gate.
At this time, many generals of the Qi army were talking quietly, criticizing Zhao Tai for being so grand and giving such high courtesy to Yang You.
After all, none of them have ever enjoyed such treatment.
"Your Majesty, people are coming!" Wang Bin warned when he saw the motorcade coming from a distance.
Zhao Tai looked up and saw it, and immediately waved his hand, and drums and trumpets sounded in front of the city.
In the carriage, Yang You heard the sound, raised the curtain, and saw the scene at the city gate, with some confusion on his face.
Zhao Hu, who was riding on the horse, smiled and said: "General Yang, that is the civil and military officials led by the king. They welcome you back."
Yang You was a little flattered, "Welcome me?"
"That's right!" Zhao Hu said, "It's just to welcome the general. I have also benefited from such an honor, and the brothers on all lines of the Jinyiwei are also greatly encouraged by it."
Yang You couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw Zhao Tai and the officials who greeted him.
Not long after, the carriage arrived in front of the city gate. Yang You got down from it and saluted Zhao Tai, "My lord, Yang You, pays homage to the king!"
Zhao Tai stepped forward to help Yang You up and patted his shoulder, "General Yang, you have worked hard all the way. If you can come back safely, it is really a blessing from God!"
Zhao Tai's rise was indispensable to Yang You.
If it hadn't been for him back then, Li Fen would not have rebelled against Mongolia, and it would be difficult for Zhao Tai to gain a foothold in Shandong.
Three years ago, Zhao Tai faced the Mongolian and Song Dynasty encirclement and suppression, and Yang You also made achievements.
This time he traveled thousands of miles and brought back news that directly prevented the Qi army from facing a disastrous defeat.
Zhao Tai took Yang You's hand, turned around and said to Qi Guo Wenwu: "Everyone, the lonely king is able to be where he is today. In addition to the help of your ministers, there are also some unknown heroes who sacrificed in secret. They are in the enemy camp. , there are dangers all around, and you won’t receive rewards for your meritorious deeds, so you are an indispensable warrior for our great Qi.”
After hearing this, Yang You immediately felt that all these years of worrying about Mongolia were worth it.
Zhao Tai looked at Yang You and smiled and said: "General Yang, the merits you have made will be recorded by King Gu. Now that you have returned from the Mongolian camp, I will count your merits and reward you. Yang You heard the title !”
Yang You quickly knelt down and said excitedly: "I'm here!"
Zhao Tai then said loudly: "I will grant you the title of Marquis of Tai'an today! I will worship the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Rear Army."
Upon hearing this, Yang You quickly thanked you, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
At this time, Zhao Tai helped him up, and then saw Li Fen standing in the crowd with his face on his arm, and immediately waved: "Li Qing, come here!"
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When he learned that Yang You was the work of Zhao Tai, Li Fen was particularly shocked.
Yang You's sudden betrayal made Li Fen extremely passive and had no choice but to board Zhao Tai's pirate ship.
It can be said that Li Fen has always been resentful about Yang You's betrayal. Now that the two meet again, he doesn't have a good face and keeps a straight face.
Li Fen heard the words and stepped forward, "Your Majesty!"
Zhao Tai grabbed Li Fen's hand, then grabbed Yang You's hand, put their hands together, and then smiled and said: "You two are cousins. When we meet today, we should put aside our past grudges and work together." , build a career in Daqi."
Zhao Tai intended to match up, and Li Fen was doing well now, so he could only give Zhao Tai face and smile at each other.
Li Fen said: "My mother always misses you. Now that you are back, take some time to visit my mother!"
Yang You smiled and said: "Don't worry, brother, I'm going to visit my aunt!"
After the welcome ceremony ended, Zhao Taisui led Yang You into the city.
Different from the cheerful atmosphere outside the city, the atmosphere inside the festival hall was relatively heavy.
At this time, there were only two people, Zhao Tai and Yang You, in the festival hall. After Yang You followed Zhao Tai in, he immediately saluted and apologized, "I left the Mongolian camp without permission from the king and returned to Daqi. Please forgive me." !”
It is indeed not easy to place a detail next to Mongolian senior officials.
Over the years, Zhao Tai has been trying to find ways to deploy agents to Mongolia, but none of them can reach the high status of Yang You.
The Mongols do not trust the Han people. Except for Han people like Yang Weizhong who were adopted by the Mongols since childhood, the people arranged by Zhao Tai have difficulty in contacting the top Mongolian officials.
Yang You's return now is indeed a big loss to Qi's intelligence system.
Zhao Tai waved his hand, asked Yang You to get up and sit down, and then said in a deep voice: "The news you brought back this time is extremely important. If it weren't for you, I would have almost made a big mistake. It's a good thing that you can come back safely this time. As for For intelligence work on the Mongolian side, Guzai can just send people there."
Yang You suddenly remembered something, "Your Majesty, I was able to escape this time and was helped by a woman next to Kublai Khan. I heard from her that her family members died at the hands of the Mongols. Maybe your Majesty can let the Jin Yiwei contact her and bring her back." It developed into the king's spy around Kublai Khan."
"Oh?" Zhao Tai was very interested when he heard the words, "What is that woman's name? Where is she from?"
Yang Youdao: "Her name is Liu Yun, a native of Dengzhou in the Kingdom of Jin. After Shi Tianze gave her to Kublai Khan, she was taken as a concubine by Kublai Khan. She was very favored by Kublai Khan."
Zhao Tai had forgotten that he had saved a girl, but he never thought that the girl was Liu Yun.
At this time, when he heard that there was such a woman beside Kublai Khan, he was immediately overjoyed and said, "I will take note of it and let Jin Yiwei try to contact her."
Although Kublai Khan is now far away from the core of Mongolian power, Zhao Tai still attaches great importance to him, and it can even be said that he pays special attention to him.
After all, Kublai Khan is the founder of Dayuan. As long as he survives for a day, Zhao Tai will keep suppressing him and monitoring him until he can no longer threaten him.
Zhao Tai originally felt pity that no one was monitoring Kublai Khan after Yang You came back, but now that he found Yang You's successor, he was immediately happy.
Yang Youdao: "Your Majesty, after I got the news that the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army would directly enter the Central Plains and then sneak attack Shandong, I fled all the way east. After Kublai Khan discovered my identity, I kept chasing after me. When I was in Tongguan, He almost caught up with me. Now that I have successfully escaped back to Qi, and Kublai Khan has not caught up with me, will he have informed Ogodei of the leaked plan? Will Mongolia change its deployment? "
Zhao Tai stroked his beard and said, "This matter has become a big deal, and Kublai Khan can't hide it even if he wants to! No matter whether he will tell Wogotai or not, whether the Mongolian army will change its deployment, Gu will have to change its deployment. "
Having said this, Zhao Tai asked, "By the way, how many Western Expedition troops will be recalled by Wo Kuotai this time?"
Yang Youdao: "Report to the king, there are 150,000 troops, and they are all elites who have fought in hundreds of battles."
When Zhao Tai heard this, his heart trembled, and his expression immediately became serious, "One hundred and fifty thousand? It's really a lot!"
