Zhang Wei wanted to know where Zhao Yan saw the flaw, which led to the failure of their entire rescue plan. Zhao Yan smiled slightly and said, "Is that old businessman Hu Qing outside the forest also from your Feiqisi?"

"He is not from our Feiqisi, but he has a great relationship with me. In this rescue operation, except me, he has the highest status. Could it be that you can see the flaws from him?" When Zhao Yan mentioned Hu Qing, the expression on Zhang Wei's face became very strange, as if he was a little annoyed and regretful, but there was also a bit of indescribable meaning in it.

"Yes, it turns out that he is not from the Feiqisi, so it's no wonder. But you have to blame the different arrangements. Let someone like Hu Qing play a businessman. You can see the problem by being careful." Zhao Yan nodded with a smile. He saw some problems from that Hu Qing, and then he secretly made a secret arrangement with a careful thought, and finally he really caught Zhang Wei, the big fish.

"The prince is (Where can you tell that Hu Qing doesn't look like a businessman?" Zhang Wei said with a gloomy face at this time, and the expression on his face became even more strange, making people unable to understand what he was thinking?

"It's very simple. We also met many merchants along the way, most of them from the Song Dynasty. However, no matter what kind of backers these merchants have in the Song Dynasty, they still have instinctive fear of the army. Every time they see us, they want to hide far away and force them to deal with each other, these merchants will be very reserved. However, when Hu Qing saw us, he did not look nervous at all. Instead, when I learned that he was from Luoyang, he also specifically mentioned a lot of Luoyang's customs and customs, which is not like the expression of an ordinary businessman." Zhao Yan said with a light smile.

It is not wrong to describe the ancient army. Except for a few disciplined armies, most dynasties were actually a group of well-trained bandits. It was fine when they did not fight, but when these armies saw blood on the battlefield, they all became lawless, especially when fighting in the enemy territory. They even burned, killed, looted and plundered. Yang Wenguang was already strict enough in the military, but it was still impossible to avoid the soldiers in the army robbed the Xixia nobles in private to make money. Just look at how popular Cao Song's bank is.

This time, the attack on Xixia was mainly used by the Western Army. The Western Army was the strongest among the three imperial guards, but it was also famously unruly. In addition, they fought with the Xixia people all year round, and as a result, they also became the habit of some Xixia people's robbers. Even if they did not rob the caravans, they would definitely extort some property. This also led to those caravans who met the army of the Song Dynasty, as if they had seen bandits, and they would hide as far as they could.

Most of the caravans Zhao Yan saw along the way were like this, unless they were caravans with military background like Cao Song, but these caravans usually had obvious signs and did not dare to provoke them after seeing them. However, Hu Qing's caravan was obviously just an ordinary caravan. He did not have any fear when he saw him, which aroused Zhao Yan's suspicion. In the end, Zhang Wei's rescue plan was destroyed.

"So that's it. I really regret not not listening to my father's last words back then. I didn't expect that I would be killed by Hu Qing." After hearing Zhao Yan's explanation, Zhang Wei suddenly sighed, and the words mentioned Zhang Yuan, who had already passed away, which made Zhao Yan a little strange.

"Does the prince not understand what I mean?" Before Zhao Yan could ask, Zhang Wei suddenly took the initiative to smile at him.

"I really can't understand why Hu Qing has something to do with your father again?" Zhao Yan did not deny it and spoke directly.

"Hehe, this matter is a long story. I wonder if you have heard of the name Wu Hao?" When Zhang Wei mentioned the name "Wu Hao", a disdainful sneer suddenly appeared on his face.

"Wu Hao?" Zhao Yan immediately felt very familiar when he heard the name. Then he said suddenly, "Was Wu Hao you mentioned who defected to Xixia with your father?"

"Yes, it's this person!" Zhang Wei curled his lips again disdainfully, "This Wu Hao's original name was Hu Qing. In order to attract Li Yuanhao's attention, he and my father deliberately changed their name to Wu Hao and Zhang Yuanhao, and wrote poems everywhere to leave their names. In the end, they really attracted Li Yuanhao..."

Zhao Yan also heard Lao Huang say about Zhang Yuan’s experience of defecting to Xixia. Some details were not particularly clear. Now, after hearing Zhang Wei’s narration, he understood the whole story. It turned out that Zhang Yuan and Hu Qing defected to Xixia together. Zhang Yuan was talented and smart, and was soon valued by Li Yuanhao. In contrast, although Hu Qing was a little talented, his mind was a little stiff and he didn’t know how to adapt. As a result, he was not favored by Li Yuanhao. He even offended many nobles of Xixia because of his aloof personality. If Zhang Yuan had not come forward for him, Hu Qing would have been killed long ago.

It is precisely because of Hu Qing's ambition and talent that although he defected to Xixia with Zhang Yuan, he was gradually forgotten by most people later. However, Hu Qing had one advantage, that is, he was not jealous of the achievements of his friend Zhang Yuan. In addition, Zhang Yuan saved his life several times, so Hu Qing was always very grateful to Zhang Yuan's family. He even became the teacher of Zhang Wei's sons, and has been devoted to teaching in the Zhang family over the years.

Zhang Wei is usually close to Hu Qing, but just before his father Zhang Yuan passed away, he once told him several things. One of them was to let him take care of Hu Qing, but he must not leave important things to Hu Qing, because he knows his friend better than anyone else, and the words "It's better to do something" to describe Hu Qing as "I am better than anyone else".

"Hahahaha, so that's it. Although I feel disgusted with your father's actions, he is quite talented. However, you didn't take his advice before death to heart. In the end, he activated Hu Qing at such a critical moment, but failed." Zhao Yan laughed happily again when he heard this.

"The prince said it well. I blamed me for this. I didn't take my father's last words to heart, which led to my hope of restoring the country in Daxia. I'm afraid I have no shame to see my father again after I die!" At this time, Zhang Wei sighed again, and a look of loneliness appeared on his face.

"Hmph, as Han people, you father and son choose to help the evildoer. After death, you may only conquer the eighteen levels of hell and suffer endless suffering. Then you father and son can be your company and repent for the sins committed in this life!" Zhao Yan snorted coldly at this time. People who grew up in the environment in his previous life all had an extremely hatred for traitors, and Zhao Yan was no exception.

"Haha~, so what about the Han people? So what about the Hu people? 'If the barbarians enter China, they will be China; if the Chinese enter China, they will be barbarians.' What is the difference between Han and Barbarians? As long as they can conquer the Central Plains, they will be Chinese orthodox!" Zhang Wei smiled and said with a faint smile. He had heard such words a lot, and he had his own set of statements.

"I know that you father and son are well-read, and I am lazy to debate these things with you again. However, as a Han Chinese, you have joined forces with Dangxiang to kill the same clan, which is a very serious crime. I am preparing to compile a book called "Traitor Records" to include all those who betrayed their clan from ancient times to the present. You and your father and son must be on the list. Then you father and son will be ready to bear the infamy for thousands of years!" Zhao Yan also heard it at this time. What he hated the most was the saying "The barbarians will enter China and the barbarians will enter China." This sentence provided a reason for betrayal for many traitors. For example, in later Yuan Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, countless traitors even brought this sentence to the altar, and even wanted to assimilate the barbarians into Han people. Unfortunately, they forgot the famous saying "If you are not my clan, your heart will be different."

"Record of Traitors!" Zhang Wei's face finally changed when he heard this. As a poet and scholar, what he valued most was his reputation. The reputation of their father and son was already bad during their lifetime, but now Zhao Yan even had to write a book to scold them. With Zhao Yan's influence, this book will definitely be widely circulated. By then, their father and son may really have to bear the infamy for thousands of years.

"Forget it! Since it's in the hands of the prince, everything will be handled by the prince. Anyway, we father and son didn't have a good reputation during our lifetime, and we can't even care after death." Zhang Wei suddenly sighed at last. Now that he has become a prisoner under Zhao Yan's rank, there is no way to do it even if he is unwilling to give up.

"Hmph, if I had known what, why should I have to bear the corresponding consequences? Since I had become a traitor, I would have to bear the corresponding consequences!" After Zhao Yan said that, the soldiers around him immediately stepped forward to tie Zhang Wei up. Li Liangzuo, who was still sleeping, was locked in a cage again. As for the iron bar Li who was proficient in unlocking, he had long been collapsed on the ground. He did not have as excellent psychological qualities as Zhang Wei, and he was even so scared that he had urinated his pants just now.

Originally, small people like Tiebiao Li had no value to capture alive. After all, they committed a death sentence, and there was no need to take them back to the capital. They were usually executed directly, unless big people like Zhang Wei would escort the capital with Li Liangzuo. However, Huang Wude was very interested in Tiebiao Li and said a few words to Zhao Yan. After Zhao Yan nodded, several people from the Imperial City Department immediately took Tiebiao Li away.

In addition, there are some remnants of Xixia who pretended to be postmen in the post station. These people were originally ready to leave when Zhang Wei took action, but unfortunately they were intercepted and killed by the patrol team that had been prepared. After the post station was dealt with, the shouts of killing in the forest slowly became silent. When Zhao Yan heard this, he smiled at Huang Wude beside him and said, "Let's go and see if Hu Qing is dead. If he is not dead, we should thank the other party!" (To be continued...)

Chapter 513 The Forgotten Traitor:

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