Yang Shi, escorted by soldiers, left the north gate of Tongguan, took a boat, and crossed to the north bank.
He is from Qizhou.
Qizhou is located in the north of Shanxi Province, and Jiezhou is in the southernmost part. The scenery is very different. But when I see the mountains and rivers on the other side, I still feel the feeling of being close to home.
An arrow missed and fell into the river in front of the ship, and the soldiers shouted.
"The Great Song Dynasty suppressed the Western Army's festival, and Sichuan Commander-in-Chief sent envoys here!"
The shouts echoed in front of Fenglingdu, and after a while, the arrows of the Mongolian and Han troops stopped.
"The Great Mongolian Kingdom's Jiezhou Jiedushi Envoy, please come ashore to meet us."
The oars rocked again, and Yang Shi stood on the bow, not looking at the garrison on the shore, but greedily looking at the scenery on the north shore... Finally, he walked into Fengdu Mausoleum.
"Remember, the last time I saw Brother Yi was before the death of Jin Dynasty. At that time, I was still a young man, traveling with my brother and brother Yu to Jingzhao Mansion. That year, brother Yu wrote his first poem here."
Yang Shi looked at the Yellow River and said: "On the nine heavens of the Yellow River, people and ghosts look down on the pass. The wind rolls high and the waves blow, and the sun shines coldly... The Yellow River is still the same now, and Brother Xiyi is no longer alive. Thirty years later, with a snap of the fingers, everything has changed.
Right and wrong are right and wrong.”
The "Brother Yi" he refers to is not Yi Shuan, but Yi Shuan's father, Yi Su.
Yi Shu'an hurriedly held the ceremony and said: "That year, I was still an eight-year-old boy. I heard from my father that a famous scholar was visiting, so I rushed to Fengling Ferry to greet him. I had met Mr. Yang once."
Only then did Yang Shi remember, he pointed at Yi Shu'an and said with a smile: "It turns out that little boy at that time...in a blink of an eye, he has become a powerful and majestic prince."
"Yes, my grandson will be born soon."
"The people of the past have passed away."
"The people of the past have passed away." Yi Shu'an sighed, and with this sentence, the smile on his face disappeared and said: "I don't want to, if I look back thirty years later, Mr. Yang and I have become enemies."
Yang Shi waved his hand and murmured: "It's not what you think. The reason why my brother came into contact with Li Shuai was because of a hidden secret... He was impressed by the handsome man's style later. Since you don't know the cause and effect, you can't accuse me of defecting from the Yang family.
"
Yi Shu'an was slightly startled, and he came to his senses.
Sure enough.
The death of Meng Gehan was indeed a conspiracy between the Jinlianchuan shogunate and Li Xia.
Among the three, Lian Xixian, Shang Ting, and Zhao Bi, one must have planned to kill Meng Ge Khan. On the one hand, he ordered Yang Guo to contact Zhao Song, and on the other hand, he asked Liu Heima, who had entered Shu, to cooperate.
Beforehand, Meng Gehan had been aware of it, so he sent Alan Dal'er south and imprisoned the three of them, but they still died in Diaoyu City.
And these people did not expect that they would feed a big wolf, and His Majesty would be deeply involved in the battle for the throne.
As a result, Yang Guo, Lian Xixian, and Liu Heima all defected to Li Xia.
Your Majesty is well aware of these things.
If the investigation continues, if Lian Xixian really does something... In fact, Li Xia has already spread rumors everywhere, saying that Meng Ge Khan was killed by His Majesty.
Yi Shuan didn't want to know too much and raised his hand.
"Mr. Yang, why don't you talk about what you are doing here?"
Yang Shi said: "I'm here to have a truce. Li Shuai has only heard about it recently. It turns out that Song and Meng negotiated peace in Ezhou last year, and your Majesty has sent envoys to Lin'an. In this case, it is not appropriate to use troops against Shanxi. Li Shuai plans to
Call off the troops and make a truce, and give up the plan to cross the river."
"Use troops against Shanxi?" Uncle Yi suppressed the shock and anger in his heart and said calmly: "Do you have this strength?"
"Fang surrendered 100,000 captured troops. If we don't take Shanxi as soon as possible, how can we raise troops?"
Yi Shuan was shocked again and said, "I don't believe it."
"Lian Xixian, even Shang Ting doesn't believe it. Where is he now?"
Yang Shi asked a question first, and then asked: "I came here just to ask Commander Yi, where is he now?"
Yi Shuan was already confused and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Yang Shi stood among the enemy soldiers, but his momentum suddenly became stronger, and he raised his hand again and pointed at Yi Shu'an.
"Your Majesty was engaged in a fierce battle with the Tartars in Mobei and sent envoys to negotiate peace. My commander-in-chief took the overall situation into consideration and intended to stop the war. However, Commander-in-Chief sent people to enter the country and kidnapped people under my account... Commander-in-Chief was my substitute.
Your Majesty has made the decision and expressed his unwillingness to stop the war?!"
Yi Shuan's eyes widened and he was stunned.
Thousands of words came up, but in the end there was only one thought in my mind.
None of my business!
"Yi Shu'an! You dare to meet the envoys of the Song Dynasty, are you trying to treason with the Song Dynasty?!"
An hour later, Yi Shuan returned to the post house and was faced with a shout from Zhang Yanxiong.
"What did I do?!"
No matter how deep the city was, he finally couldn't hold it in any longer, so Yi Shu'an also shouted loudly.
"What does it have to do with me?! Even though I have the title of Jiedu Envoy, compared with the Zhang family who governs more than thirty cities, I am just a small magistrate! How about Guanlong, how about Prime Minister Lian Xixian, and what about the Zhang family?
Do I have the right to decide?! Is it up to me to decide whether it’s war or peace?!”
Zhang Yanxiong was just a rough warrior. He was stunned when he heard this and didn't know how to refute.
Yi Shu'an was furious.
"I don't know whether His Majesty will send Hao Gong south to negotiate peace. I don't know if he wants to regain Guanzhong! I don't even know how to arrange Shanxi's defense!
My Yi family guarded Jiezhou, worked hard to raise money and grain for Your Majesty, and handed over five households of silk for farewell. In a blink of an eye, Guanlong was defeated and fell, and I followed Lian Xixian's order to deploy defenses on the Yellow River; in a blink of an eye, Lian Xixian rebelled; again
In the blink of an eye, Li Xia sent envoys to call a truce.
What do you want me to do? Recover Guanzhong? Kill Li Xia? I am a small magistrate, not the prime minister of Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces! I am not the one who controls the armies of Henan and Hebei provinces and is the general manager of 80,000 households of military and civilians!"
He raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Yanxiong, finally showing his official power as a prince.
"Stop yelling at me. I am not Lian Xixian, who has the power and the courage to make decisions; I am not Zhang Shuai, who has great military exploits. My duty is to defend Jiezhou and protect the people. I am not allowed to be driven by others.
General! If you want me to do anything else, please bring me the order from Zhongshu Xingxing!"
"What do I want you to do?!"
Zhang Yanxiong was also furious and shouted: "If you hadn't sent troops to surround and kill me, the daughter of the Zhang family, why would I have come here?! My general is accompanying your majesty on the expedition to Mobei. Who is slandering my Zhang family behind my back and driving the troops to use the sword?"
?!You think my Zhang family is easy to bully?!"
This is the momentum of killing people on the battlefield.
Yi Shu'an was startled, and then he realized that he had lost his temper just now.
"I don't care what you do!" Zhang Yanxiong was still cursing, "I don't care about Guanlong or Li Xia, no matter how much credit I have, what's the use?! Isn't the credit of my commander-in-chief not enough?! Control the wings of Henan and Hebei
He has soldiers and horses, and is in charge of 80,000 households of soldiers and civilians, but there are still people who dare to surround and kill the apple of his eye!"
"It's not a siege... It's not a siege... General Zhang, please calm down. I'll say it again. This matter has nothing to do with me."
Yi Shu'an was anxious, his face became sad again, and he advised: "Isn't the matter already clear? It's Lian Xixian! He defected, and he was behind everything..."
"But you still dare to see the Song envoy. Don't think that I don't know. Li Xia wants to send someone to take Lian Xixian back. If you can't bear it, hand him over to me and I'll kill him! If anything happens, I'll take care of him!"
"How is that possible?" Yi Shuan asked anxiously: "How can I hand Lian Xixian back again? I met Yang Shi today to stabilize Li Xia and prevent Li Xia from launching troops in Shanxi. I have already sent Yang Shi
I went back perfunctorily."
"Then what?"
"I will hand him over to Zhongshu Xingtai." Uncle Yi kicked his feet anxiously, and his tone became more straightforward, saying: "It has nothing to do with me. I only care about protecting the state and protecting the people. Everything else, I only care about.
Listen to the orders from Zhongshu Xingtai."
"But you identified the Zhang family before!"
"Hey, as I said before, it was Lian Xixian who gave the order in the name of the Prime Minister of the Province. Now he has betrayed the country. I don't need to pay attention to him. I just wait for the order from Zhongshu Xingtai... This year's Wuhu silk must be sent
Go to Jiuyuan City."
Zhang Yanxiong nodded, knowing that Yi Shuan had brought out his backers.
Even though he screamed fiercely, he didn't dare to really offend Princess Dumugan, so he calmed down his anger.
The next step was just to discuss that he should take the eldest sister of the Zhang family and leave as soon as possible.
Zhang Yanxiong planned to escort his eldest sister by land from Shanxi and return to his hometown in Baozhou via Taixing Road, but he had to send some people to take a boat south along the Yellow River to Bozhou to inform Zhang Wulang.
Uncle Yi doesn't care about this, he only cares about ending it as soon as possible and letting each of them live in peace.
On this day, another messenger came from the north and handed several messages to Yi Shuan...
Li Xia seemed to be more comfortable in Fenglingdu than in Chang'an. After sleeping and sweating profusely, he took a bath. When he found out that Zhang Yanxiong was not there, he went straight to see Zhang Wenjing.
He was only wearing a piece of cloth, and he looked very calm, not afraid of anyone attacking him with a knife or axe.
Now in Fenglingdu, apart from the people he brought, only Zhang Wenjing, Zhang Yanxiong, and Lian Xixian, who was in prison, knew his identity.
On the surface, he is just a subordinate of the Zhang family. He wants to see the eldest sister. Most people don't know his identity and can just report it normally.
For Zhang Yanxiong, there is no need to tell others "this is Li Xia", why?
Kill Li Xia, seize Guanzhong, and achieve great success?
The main force of the Zhang family is in the north, and there is no force in Guanzhong in Henan. Even if there is, Kaifeng, Luoyang, and the Shijia family are still in between.
To whom does Zhang Yanxiong report his merits?
If a family general, regardless of whether what he did was right or wrong, made the decision without authorization and went beyond his master's family to report his merits to Kublai Khan, Zhang Rou would have to kill him first.
In the past, the Zhang family wanted to kill Li Xia because they were afraid of being framed as a collaborator.
The situation had long since changed. Kublai Khan already knew about the relationship between the Zhang family and Li Xia, and did not pursue it as a sign of mercy. At that time, the Zhang family's murderous intentions had already subsided.
This can be seen in Lin'an. Zhang Hongdao sent people to Lin'an to provoke Song Ting, but he did not assassinate Li Xia once... because he was doing it as an errand, and as Yao Shu's back-up man who failed to recruit Yao Shu, he was appointed by Yao Shu.
The meaning of pivot.
When Kublai Khan went north and Li Xia captured Guanlong, the situation changed again.
Li Xia has a tendency to become a fallback.
In the past, Zhang Wenjing could not run away from home, not only because she was under strict supervision, but also because she was afraid of involving the whole family.
Things are different now. If there is any involvement, it is not the whole Zhang family that is involved, but the situation in Henan.
The pressure has been put on Kublai Khan.
It is conceivable that in the near future, the Zhang family will be the one with the initiative.
Of course, the Zhang family will not come over now and will wait and see the results of the battle in the north, but they will definitely not take the initiative to provoke Li Xia.
For Shihou, family interests come first.
The characteristic of Shihou is "gaining the current situation".
Zhang Rou is too far away and may not know the news. Zhang Hongdao must have considered it and is ready to continue to spy on the situation.
Li Xia was very sure of this and had already received the signal.
Zhang Wenjing didn't want to wait and see anymore, so she decided to give her father and brother a hard blow, prompting them to make up their mind to run away from home, and finally they were able to run away from home.
There is another key point. First, Shang Ting ordered to block Tongguan, forcing her to cross the Yellow River north. Then, Zhang Hongdao sent a letter to question Shang Ting...
The order of this is important.
In other words, Shang Ting did not take action to stop Zhang Wenjing after being reminded by Zhang Hongdao. If Tongguan was not blocked, Zhang Wenjing would have come long ago.
It can be seen that Zhang Yanxiong must not have received the order to kill Li Xia, and Zhang Hongdao's order must have only one core.
"Bring the people back, I want to continue to wait and see."
Wait and see, wait and see, wait and see...
Since Li Xia already knew these positions, he only needed to send someone to contact Zhang Wenjing to make sure that the trip was safe before crossing north.
All that's left is to take her back.
I came here today just to test whether Zhang Yanxiong's defense was tight...
"Hey, here."
Li Xia looked up and saw Zhang Wenjing sticking her head out of the attic window, and several women passing by as if they wanted to take a look at him.
"Can you come down?"
"I can't get out, the door is locked." Zhang Wenjing said distressedly.
"Then Zhang Yanxiong is not stupid." Li Xia smiled.
"I have something to tell you. Just wait a moment. I'll write it down on paper and throw it down."
"good."
After a while, Zhang Wenjing started writing, folded the paper again, but did not throw it away, tied it with a colored pencil, and put down the paper and an eyebrow pencil.
Li Xia picked it up and read it. The handwriting was as beautiful as the one on the lovesickness note.
"You must be careful. When you find out about Yi, you go to the camp to see Lian."
Li Xia read it, picked up the eyebrow pencil and wrote a sentence.
"It doesn't matter, just use Lian's people to cause chaos, so we can leave easily."