Liu Laotou was drinking until he was drunk when he suddenly saw someone coming into the cell. He was very frightened, fearing that he would be held responsible for neglecting his duty.
Of course, few people in Lin'an actually pursue this crime. If there are, it must be to exclude dissidents.
At this time, I saw that although this group of people were wearing black clothes, they were wearing soap boots. They were obviously members of the public family.
Sure enough, a token was quickly thrown in front of him.
"The Privy Council has ordered, where is the person? I want to take him away."
Liu Bing took a closer look and couldn't help being surprised.
This is clearly Jia Pingzhang's token.
He did not dare to neglect, and quickly took out the key and opened the cell door...
The sound of clanking came, and Deng Yan immediately looked at Wen Yunsun again.
He knew in his heart that those in power could no longer stand these angry and stubborn young people, and they were here to kill them. They might first exile them, banish them to the Jianchang Army, or organize them in Yazhou, or they might
Killed on the road.
"Deng Shan caused trouble in Fuque and killed someone. He was sentenced, dismissed from his post, removed from his honors, and assigned to Yazhou. After investigation, it was found that Yun Sun did not participate in the murder, but was an accomplice, so he moved to Chenzhou to join the army."
Deng Yan did not feel sorry for himself, but his eyes looking at Wen Yunsun became increasingly sad.
The two of them were from the same hometown and were classmates at Bailuzhou Academy. They had always been the best friends, but Deng Shan always thought that he was far behind Wen Yunsun.
He had not only friendship, but also admiration and admiration for Wen Yunsun.
"Song Rui, I..."
Before Deng Shan could say goodbye, the group of officials who came to take custody of them had already stepped forward.
"take away!"
"Who sent you here?" Deng Yan shouted: "Why did you come late at night?"
The officials didn't say anything and seemed very silent. They handcuffed the two of them and left.
As for why he came late at night? When Deng Yan asked, he understood that it was just that it was hidden late at night so as not to arouse public anger.
He wanted to say something else, but his mouth was stuffed with a piece of cloth, and a sack was placed over his head.
"..."
He didn't know where he was taken in the darkness. When the sack on his head was removed, Deng Yan subconsciously squinted his eyes to avoid the light of the candle.
The candlelight was not too bright, and he could quickly see the situation in the room clearly.
Wen Yunsun had the sack on his head and the rag in his mouth taken off first, but he sat there quietly, calm and composed.
Deng Yan secretly thought to himself, Song Rui, what's the use of being calm now.
"Are you trying to kill the imperial official? Song Rui is the number one scholar..."
"The number one pick is amazing."
This time it was a woman who spoke.
With these words, she walked out of the dark corner, her figure appeared in the candlelight, her hand still on the saber at her waist, looking quite heroic.
"It's you?!" Deng Yan said in shock.
Wen Yunsun nodded politely and said, "Thank you, Miss Wang, for helping me."
"Just call me Wang Cui. What a weird little lady."
"Then let's call him my benefactor." Deng Yan finally came to his senses, bowed, and asked, "I wonder if my benefactor is..."
Wang Cui said: "My master is the niece of Jia Pingzhang's house. The token and the verdict just used to pick you up are genuine."
"Is this really the court's verdict? Relegating Song Rui to Chenzhou Sihu."
"right."
"But……"
Wang Cui raised her hand to block it and said: "It's useless to tell me, I can't control this. I'm just worried that if someone else escorts you, they will attack you on the way, so I asked Jia Pingzhang to arrange people to escort you first."
"Jia Pingzhang didn't want to kill us?"
"He said that if you were a threat, he would kill you the first two times. He can keep you until now because he already knew that scholars can't do anything."
Even if he was just paraphrasing, Deng Yan could feel the disgusting arrogance in Jia Sidao's words.
"That……"
Wang Cui was two different people from these scholars, so she was impatient to listen to his endless questions and raised her hand again.
"My master asks you, what should you do now that the imperial court has pledged itself to the Mongols?"
This time, it was Wen Yunsun who spoke first and asked, "What should I do if you ask?"
"What should I do with Sheji?"
"The national affairs are a mess and must be solved slowly one by one." Wen Yunsun said thoughtfully: "The disadvantages of professing vassalage are far-reaching, and the first one in front of us is King Qin Li Xia's objection to the peace negotiation.
manner."
Even though he had used the simplest sentences, Wang Cui still didn't understand.
"What's the meaning?"
"The court did not ask King Qin Li Xia about his attitude regarding the peace talks..."
"Then why don't you ask?"
"Because the King of Qin must have disagreed, the lord and faction of the court were afraid of his obstruction, so they couldn't wait to declare their vassal status."
Wang Cui finally understood and asked in shock: "You mean he is going to rebel? Then aren't all his soldiers becoming rebels?"
"This is the urgent disease of the country right now."
Speaking of this, Wang Cui suddenly did something that surprised the two of them.
She actually took out another token from her sleeve and slapped it on the table.
"In that case, you go and persuade King Qin."
"What?"
"Go, go and persuade him. The peace talks have just been concluded and he hasn't received the news yet. It's still too late for you to set off. If you wait any longer, it will be too late."
Deng Yan was stunned and felt that this was so ridiculous.
He stared blankly at the token with complex texture on the table, wondering why the guards of the Jia Mansion had the token from Li Xia.
There is only one possibility.
——Jia Sidao collaborated with Li Xia.
With this thought, he suddenly felt a terrible shudder. If this was the case, wouldn't the Song Dynasty be destroyed?
Wen Yunsun didn't have much reaction, and his tone remained calm, saying: "The imperial court has proclaimed its vassal status to Hulu, and no one should be punished for opposing it. Please also ask Madam Wang to allow me to be demoted to Chenzhou."
"I told you not to call me Miss Wang."
Wen Yunsun smiled. He knew Li Xia and knew that Li Xia was very independent and would not easily listen to others' persuasion, but he still turned to Deng Yan.
Thinking of the friendship between his hometown and his classmates since childhood, Wen Yunsun finally protected Deng Yan, who was supposed to be in charge of Yazhou, outside the legal framework.
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"Please ask Brother Guangjian to go to Chang'an and persuade the King of Qin for the sake of the Song Dynasty."
…
At dawn, the two teams left the Lin'an city gate early, saying they were going to Chenzhou and Yazhou to escort the prisoners. Wen Yunsun went to Chenzhou and took the land route to the southwest first; Deng Shan went to Yazhou,
Take a boat ride south along the canal.
Wen Yunsun actually knew very well that even if what Wang Cui did was not arranged by Jia Sidao, it was with Jia Sidao's tacit approval.
By doing this, on the one hand, Jia Sidao fulfilled his "niece's" idea, and on the other hand, he only had one more person to persuade Li Xia.
Even if they fail to succeed, they and Jia Sidao are just ants and have nothing to lose...
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At the same time, there were several groups of people on the way to Chang'an.
Deng Shan's journey was the most arduous, but he was not the slowest to arrive.
In fact, Deng Yan arrived on the seventh day after the spies from the Public Opinion Department sent the news of the Song Dynasty's submission to the Yuan Dynasty to Chang'an City.
It was mid-May, and although Chang'an was not as beautiful and prosperous as Lin'an, it still had a peaceful and peaceful scene.
From a distance, Chang'an City is larger than the city corridor of Lin'an including the outer city.
There are many willow trees planted on the outskirts of the city, which is pleasing to the eye.
After entering the city gate, I saw many peonies blooming on the street, which looked very graceful and perhaps had a hint of Tang Dynasty style.
The green atmosphere is filled with faint fragrance and rain, and the greasy leaves and flowers are shining on Qumen.
Deng Yan handed over the token given by Wang Cui and was soon taken to the front yard of Prince Qin's Mansion to wait.
After waiting for a cup of tea, I was finally taken to a meeting hall.
"Your Majesty, Deng Shan has arrived."
"Invite him in."
Deng Yan glanced around and saw that Li Xia was not alone in the hall, but there were many civil and military officials discussing something around a large eucalyptus.
They were not afraid of people watching, and even let him in at this time intentionally.
So Deng Shan took a glance and saw a map placed on the big eucalyptus.
After looking at it carefully, the content above surprised him.
Because it was clearly a strategy to attack the Song Dynasty. The bright red arrows pointed at the Han River and the Yangtze River, like an angry dragon emerging from the water, about to go down the river and go straight to Lin'an...