Zhang Hongfan stood in the hall, his eyes always falling on the letter box.
I saw the letter box being placed in front of a Huihui person.
This time he was born with a pair of yellow eyes and curly hair and beard. He has always followed Hebichi. He understands Mongolian and Chinese characters, but he has never exchanged names with these nobles.
As soon as the letter box was placed, the first letter was immediately opened.
Zhang Hongfan took a step calmly and stood a few steps behind Huang Yanhui.
At this distance, some words could be seen, but some could not, but he recognized that this letter was the handwriting of Yan Zhongji, the general manager of all households in Dongping.
Turning his head and taking a look, he saw that Yan Zhongji's face was very ugly.
The Yan family is not weaker than the Zhang family.
When the Jin Dynasty died, Yan Shi first surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Later, he felt that the Song Dynasty was unreliable, so he led Zhang De, and 300,000 households in the two prefectures and eight states surrendered.
Yan Shi died twenty years ago, and Yan Zhongji succeeded him.
It is worth mentioning that Yan Zhongji was Zhang Wulang’s father-in-law.
In other words, Yan Zhongji's daughter is currently in Sichuan and Shaanxi...
Thinking of this, Zhang Hongfan was secretly frightened, but the man with yellow eyes continued to open the letter.
As soon as the letter paper was spread out this time, Zhang Hongfan's eyelids twitched again, and he could see that this was the handwriting of his sixth brother Zhang Honglue.
A few years ago, Zhang Rou was in Bozhou, and Zhang Honglue had the power to manage all households in Shuntian. Since Shuntian was on Li Fen's way north, Li Fen must contact Zhang Honglue.
But Zhang Honglue never told Zhang Hongfan how he responded to Li Fen...
Suddenly, the iron chain clanked.
Li Fen has been escorted over.
Zhang Hongfan did not immediately turn around to look, but waited until the yellow-eyed man put Zhang Honglue's letter away and read the next letter before he turned back to look at Li Fen.
Just looking at his physical appearance, Li Fen is indeed a good man.
His father, Li Quan, is famous for being tall and majestic, and is known as "Li Tiejian". His mother, Yang Miaozhen, is not only invincible with her pear gun, but is also known as "as beautiful as a peach and plum". Li Fen has inherited the appearance of his parents, which is impressive at first glance.
of heroes.
Although he was being led up in handcuffs, Li Fen showed no fear. As soon as he entered the hall, he looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Hahaha……"
Upon hearing this laughter, everyone in the hall looked even more ugly.
Everyone knows that such a rebel who rebels will not end well if he is captured. He will definitely be tortured, quartered or executed... I thought Li Fen knew how to kill himself.
I never thought that this bitch would be captured like this.
"Hahaha, in the past I sat cross-legged with the princes, cut deer and cooked wine, commenting on the world." Li Fen looked around at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Shi Tianze's face, and asked: "We meet like this today, I wonder if Marshal Shi and
What do the princes plan to do with me?"
"Li Fen!"
The first person to shout was not Shi Tianze, but Yan Zhongji.
Yan Zhongji was even more dignified than Li Fen. When he was young, he was famous for his appearance. He was also good at both civil and military skills. He was good at bowing and horsemanship, and was good at music and lyrics. In the past twenty years, any of the princes developed a majestic temperament. His demeanor was the best among all princes.
A good one...but at this time, I was extremely emotional.
Raising his hand and pointing at Li Fen, Yan Zhongji took two steps forward.
"Do you know what you're doing?!"
One sentence seems to be asking about Li Fen's rebellion, and also seems to be asking about Li Fen's random biting.
Li Fen sneered and said: "What am I doing? What are you, Yan Zhongji, doing? Since you made an appointment with me to start a rebellion, why did you break the appointment?!"
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Zhang Hongfan looked at this scene and suddenly remembered another thing.
Just a few days ago, he received news from Zhang Honglue from Bozhou, saying that Li Xia wiped out A Shu's 20,000 troops on the fifth day of September.
Zhang Honglue did not analyze this, but only passed on this piece of news.
The problem is that today is September 20th. Normal news cannot be delivered so fast. Since A Shu has no home, not even Liupanshan, Jiezhou, and Luoyang know about A Shu's defeat.
Only if Li Xia deliberately passed the news to Zhang Honglue, and then Zhang Honglue spread the news, could Zhang Hongfan know about it within fifteen days.
Zhang Hongfan is sure that among the people present today, no more than three people know the news.
If it were combined, it would be impossible for Shi Tianze and others to know.
What about Yan Zhongji?
Does Li Xia have a way to pass the battle report of the total annihilation of A Shu to Yan Zhongji?
Just when I thought of this, I heard a "pop" sound.
Yan Zhongji actually stabbed Li Fen in the stomach...
Zhang Hongfan quickly glanced at Hebichi's expression and saw a look of shock in his eyes... The Mongolian sect king was frightened, and he obviously didn't expect Yan Zhongji to be so bold.
Looking at Shi Tianze again, Shi Tianze was a little surprised and confused. His eyes flickered for a moment, but he regained his composure in a moment. Then he quickly rushed forward and grabbed Yan Zhongji himself.
The scene was very chaotic.
Some people went to hold Li Fen's wound, while others wanted to persuade Yan Zhongji, but they were afraid of hurting the two great princes who were trying to pull him away.
"Let go! I'll kill this traitor!"
"calm……"
Zhang Hongfan took two steps forward, squinted his eyes, and stared at Yan Zhongji's mouth.
He clearly saw that Yan Zhongji was tugging at Shi Tianze, and taking advantage of the gap between shouting, he opened and closed his lips slightly and said something.
If Zhang Hongfan had to guess, he would have said, "Kill him, I don't believe your majesty really dares to touch us..."
Shi Tianze nodded slightly and quickly pulled Yan Zhongji away.
"Calm down!"
"Hmph! I will never be corrupted by him!"
Yan Zhongji did not give Shi Tianze any face and strode out.
Zhang Hongfan looked back at Hebichi again and saw that the Mongolian sect king was completely stunned.
Yan Zhongji's commotion has made Hebichi realize that there are some situations that he cannot control, and it is better to let Shi Tianze make the decision.
As expected, Hebichi stopped talking and raised his hand, signaling Huang Yan Huihui to put away the letter box.
At this time, Li Fen was bleeding profusely, but he was not dead yet. He continued to laugh as he watched Shi Tianze.
"Shi Tianze! You have a document asking me to join the army, why did you break the alliance?"
"enough!"
Shi Tianze shouted loudly, without even looking at He Bichi, and ordered: "Put this traitor under arrest, cut off his limbs, disembowel his belly and cut his liver, and put him to death in Lingchi!"
It's not that he hates Li Fen, but that rebellion must be punished with death.
However, all I heard was that Li Fen was still laughing and shouting wildly while being dragged down.
"Shi Tianze! If you weren't the one who handed the information about Mongolia's attack on Song Dynasty to Li Xia, then who was it?! You were the driving force behind Brother Meng's death! When things came to a close, you were a coward!"
"Yan Zhongji! Your Yan family has surrendered to Jin, Song, and Mongolia. Depending on which direction the stool will fall, you are looking down on me today. Do you want to defect to the southwest? Li Xia, but you don't succeed? Or do you think the time has not come yet? Hahaha
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"Zhang Hongfan! Your fifth brother had already made an appointment with me to start a rebellion. When he was in Kaifeng..."
Zhang Hongfan was so angry that he chased Li Fen out before he could finish his words. He rushed outside the hall and saw two soldiers opening Li Fen's mouth, pulling out all the tongue with his fingers and cutting it.
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Blood splattered everywhere, and Li Fen spurted out a mouthful of blood, still screaming, but he could no longer form a sentence.
A tongue fell to the ground.
"Drag it down! Cut off the limbs in public..."
Li Heng stepped forward and pulled Zhang Hongfan, telling him not to be too conspicuous.
The two then stepped aside to watch the execution.
At this time, He Bichi no longer dared to come forward and allowed Shi Tianze to take charge of the follow-up matters. Zhang Hongfan looked on coldly and whispered to Li Heng: "Do you remember the incident of Wang Xun? Among the princes today, there must be someone who has contact with Li Xia.
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"Who does Kuro think he is?"
Zhang Hongfan said: "I can't tell clearly, but I'm afraid your Majesty will be in trouble..."
Li Heng narrowed his eyes, smiled slightly, and whispered: "But this is also Jiulang's opportunity, isn't it?"
Before Zhang Hongfan could reply, a shout came from the front.
Those were Li Fen's hands that had been chopped off. Because he had no tongue, his screams were very weird, scaring many people around him to scream...
Shi Tianze's face was gloomy.
He knew very well that Kublai Khan had long wanted to use Li Fen's incident to take back the military power of various princes.
Today's action of Hebichi interrogating Li Fen and collecting letters is a signal.
His Majesty the Emperor always did things flawlessly. If he wanted to influence the civil servants, he would use Wang Wentong to manipulate the civil servants; if he wanted to influence the prince, he would use Li Fen to manipulate the prince.
You can always find an excuse.
Yan Zhongji also saw clearly and wanted to use Ali Buge and Li Xia to threaten His Majesty.
Your Majesty cannot grasp the balance well in this matter.
At this time, Shi Tianze's attitude is crucial.
If he takes the lead and is tougher, he will be able to consolidate the original authority of the princes; if he takes the lead and is soft, he can help Kublai Khan stabilize the situation and take back part of the power of the princes...
Thinking of this, Shi Tianze turned around and looked at everyone, and happened to look at Zhang Hongfan.
The two people, one old and one young, nodded in agreement.
Ten days later, a secret letter reached Chang'an.
After Han Qian read it, he handed the letter to Wu Qian.
"It seems that even if Li Fen is destroyed, the situation in the Central Plains will not be stabilized too quickly. Kublai Khan actually wants to knock on those princes at this time."
"It won't work without knocking. In the past, the Mongols were too indulgent to the princes. Now that they want to fight for the throne, they need the support of the Mongolian clan. Knocking must be done."
"We have instigated several princes to prevent Kublai Khan from easily settling the situation."
"Don't be too optimistic." Wu Qian shook his head, "The key to this matter lies in Shi Tianze's attitude."
Han Qi'an said: "It's not about asking Shi Tianze to surrender, as long as he dares to fight for the benefits he deserves..."
"If he really has a strong backbone, why bother attacking Li Fen? In my opinion, there won't be too much time. We need to seize the Hexi Corridor before Kublai Khan is free."