Zhang Daniu said: "This is not my credit, it is a task assigned by the master. As soon as we find that something is wrong, we must immediately rescue the empress and His Highness!" Concubine Mu couldn't help but think of Yang Peng, with his beautiful face.
She couldn't help but show a look of longing, her heart had already flown to Tianjing New City. A feeling of joy couldn't help but arise in her heart, just like a bird that had finally escaped from its cage.
Yan Ji, who was standing aside, asked Zhang Daniu: "General Zhang, who were the people who met us near the city gate last night?" Zhang Daniu said, "I can't say this." Yan Ji snorted, "Don't tell me.
Don’t I know? The leader is called Minzhong, and he is an important figure in the Ming Cult!"
Zhang Daniu asked in surprise: "How do you know?" Yan Ji snorted coldly, "I didn't expect that King Yan has a connection with the Mingjiao!" Zhang Daniu shook his head, "Miss Yanji, what you said is wrong, the master and the Mingjiao are not the same
There is a connection, and the master is the leader of the Ming Cult!" This was the first time for everyone present to hear about this, and they couldn't help being surprised. Yan Ji asked in disbelief: "You mean Yang Peng is the leader of the Ming Cult?" Zhang Daniu suddenly
He woke up in surprise and screamed, "No, no, no! Why did I tell this!" Then he became worried and muttered: "When I go back, the master will most likely punish me!"
Concubine Mu smiled and said: "Brother Daniu, don't worry, if King Yan wants to punish you, I will intercede on your behalf!" Zhang Daniu was very moved, but shook his head and said: "It's useless, our Yanyun military law is as good as a mountain, I will commit the crime
Without military law, it is useless for anyone to plead for mercy!" Yan Ji said: "This is not a big deal. Besides, the empress is a member of King Yan's family. If she pleads for you, King Yan will definitely not punish you!" Mu Mu!
When the imperial concubine heard Yan Ji say that she was a member of King Yan's family, her heart fluttered, and a light blush appeared on her pretty face. After hearing Yan Ji's words, Zhang Daniu felt that it made sense and hurriedly thanked Concubine Mu.
Yang Peng received the report from Du Nan and knew that Concubine Mu and Zhao You had successfully escaped. He couldn't help but feel relieved. He walked to the desk and sat down. He frowned when he thought that Zhao Song was gathering heavy troops and supplies in the south of the Yangtze River.
He was a little annoyed. Just when he was about to use a large number of troops against Xixia, Zhao Song came to him. How could he attack Xixia with peace of mind?
After thinking for a moment, they called Yelu Hanyu, Han Bing and Zuo Mou. Yang Peng said: "Concubine Mu and Zhao Youduo have been rescued, but Zhao Song appointed Ding Wei as the commander-in-chief and mobilized heavy troops to the border! You guys
Tell me, will Zhao Song take the initiative to attack us?"
Yelu Hanyu smiled and said: "Zhao Songwen is weak, how can he have the courage to scratch the beard of a tiger like my eldest brother! Don't worry!" Yang Peng chuckled, "That's what I say, but dogs jump over the wall when they are anxious, and pigs bite when they are anxious.
Man. I don’t know which bastard is spreading the rumor this time, saying that Concubine Mu and I colluded to overthrow his Zhao and Song regime. This is a taboo, and anyone will probably fall out!"
Han Bing sighed and said jokingly: "Who told our eldest brother to be sentimental, otherwise there wouldn't be so many things!" Yang Peng glared at Han Bing, and Han Bing rolled his eyes in return. Yelu Hanyu said
: "Sister Han Bing is absolutely right. In fact, don't take Concubine Mu and Zhao You away, just leave them to confront the emperor, and then we can do some activities to resolve this crisis. It is not difficult! But, this is what we are doing
Some people were so worried that the charges were proven, and now they can’t explain it even if they want to!” Han Bing nodded with deep sympathy.
Yang Peng sighed, "This is my weakness! I know what you are talking about, but I don't dare to take this risk. If there is an emergency, I can't explain it to Yong Hui?"
The two girls rolled their eyes at Yang Peng, and Yelu Hanyu asked with a smile: "Are you afraid that you won't be able to explain to sister Yonghui, or are you too flustered to let go?" Yang Peng said angrily: "Don't get me wrong, I and I
Concubine Mu has nothing." Yelu Hanyu chuckled, turned to look at Han Bing, and said with a teasing smile: "Listen, how affectionate are you calling her, and you say it's nothing!" Han Bing glared at Yang Peng.
Yang Peng touched his chin awkwardly, "We'll talk about this later, let's talk about Zhao Song." The two women looked serious, and Yelu Hanyu said: "I still said what I just said, Zhao Song would never dare to offend.
Our Yanyun! In addition to the reasons I just mentioned, there is a more important reason." He glanced at Yang Peng and said, "Brother, if you were Zhao Song and wanted to use troops against us, what would you do?"
Yang Peng said without thinking: "If it were me, I would definitely gather heavy troops in Xiangyang." Then his mind moved, "Yes, if you want to take the initiative to attack, why not gather the main force in Xiangyang, but in Zhenjiang? This
It is clearly to prevent our army from crossing the Yangtze River and heading south to Jinling! Haha, this is a defensive move, not an offensive one!" Yelu Hanyu smiled and said, "That's exactly it!"
Yang Peng looked at Yelu Hanyu and sighed: "Thanks to Mei'er, otherwise I wouldn't be able to figure out the situation!"
Yelu Hanyu rolled her eyes at Yang Peng, "You are much smarter than me, otherwise I wouldn't have been defeated by you one after another back then! The reason why you didn't expect it is because your thoughts are on 'Concubine Mu' and Zhao You. The so-called
Concern leads to confusion, so he did not see the situation clearly!" Yang Peng chuckled, patted his head, and then thought: "This judgment is very reasonable, there should be no problem, the current layout remains unchanged, and the plan to attack Xixia remains unchanged, but
You have to send someone to tell Duan Zhixian and the others to be more vigilant and take precautions!" He glanced at Zuo Mou, who had been silent, and said angrily: "Zuo Mou, why don't you speak?"
Zuo Mou chuckled, cupped his fists and said, "How can the subordinates interrupt when King Yan is talking to the two princesses?" What he actually meant was, King Yan, you are flirting with the two princesses, and I am an outsider.
Subordinate, how dare you interrupt!
Yang Peng naturally understood what Zuo Mou meant, smiled and asked, "What do you think about this matter?"
Zuo Mou was stunned, "This is King Yan's housework, I don't dare to have any opinions!" The two women laughed when they heard this, Yang Peng rolled his eyes and said angrily: "I mean, what do you think about Zhao Song's stationing troops?
What do you think about the incident in Zhenjiang?"
Only then did Zuo Mou react, "Oh, this is the matter! Well, my subordinates' views are the same as those of King Yan and Princess Zhao. Zhao Song's arrangement is clearly a defensive one, not a posture to launch an army to hold people accountable. We don't need to use the plan we made earlier.
Change!" Yang Peng nodded.
Han Bing said: "We can also send an envoy to Zhao and Song to question the rumors! The stronger we appear, the less cowardly the scholars of Zhao and Song will dare to act rashly, and we can also use this to inquire about the situation of the Zhao and Song court, so that we can
Make more accurate judgments and decisions!" Yelu Hanyu smiled and said to Han Bing: "Sister Han Bing, this is a great plan!" Yang Peng nodded and smiled: "Yes, this is really a great plan!" Han Bing smiled sweetly.
Yang Peng returned to the desk, wrote a letter, sealed it, called Jiang Li, handed the letter to her, and ordered her to immediately send the letter to Yangzhou and give it to Dunan. Jiang Li responded and ran down.
A few days later, Du Nan, who was far away in Yangzhou, received a handwritten letter from Yang Peng. After reading it, he laughed and said, "What a great idea!" He immediately called his deputy Bai Tong and discussed it with him. Early the next morning
, Bai Tong got up and headed north to Bianjing.
Zhao Heng received the report and learned that Yanyun's envoy had come to Bianjing. He couldn't help but become nervous and quickly asked Wang Qinruo and Pang Taishi: "The Yanyun envoy came suddenly. What is his intention?"
Wang Qinruo smiled and said: "It must be Yanyun who learned that the conspiracy was exposed, so he sent someone to ask for an explanation!" Master Pang nodded with deep sympathy. After hearing this, Zhao Heng relaxed his panic.
Wang Qinruo clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, when the envoy from Yanyun comes to see him, he will be denounced for his crimes of treason in person, and the envoy will be asked to bring a message to Yang Peng, so that Yang Peng can come to Bianjing as soon as possible to explain!" Zhao Heng looked embarrassed, and Taishi Pang
He sneered and said: "Master Wang said it simply, but after saying these words, apart from completely breaking up with Yan Yun, what's the use?" Zhao Hengshen nodded in agreement, "Why should we provoke Yan Yun! As long as they can
Just coexist peacefully with us!" Wang Qinruo said anxiously: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, 'People don't hurt tigers, but tigers hurt people's hearts.' If we want to coexist peacefully with Yanyun, we will definitely be able to coexist peacefully.
?"
Zhao Heng frowned and said: "Aiqing, what you said is a bit too much! Although we have had several conflicts with Yan Yun, we were the ones who started it. Yan Yun has never taken the initiative to provoke a dispute! I can't help but wonder.
Is this so-called rebellion a rumor deliberately spread by someone?"
Wang Qinruo was surprised when he saw that Zhao Heng's attitude had changed 180 degrees from yesterday, and said to himself: "Someone must be coming forward to offer slander to Your Majesty!" At this thought, he couldn't help but look at Master Pang. Master Pang saw that
Wang Qinruo's unkind eyes were stunned for a moment, and then he understood, but he smiled bitterly and couldn't tell. It was impossible to tell clearly about this kind of thing.
Wang Qinruo said to Zhao Heng: "Your Majesty is merciful, but Concubine Mu and the others clearly fled out of fear of crime. Is there anything to doubt about this?" Zhao Heng sighed, "Concubine Mu heard the rumors and was frightened and uneasy, so she ran away. That's also true."
It's human nature!" Wang Qinruo said, and didn't know what to say for a moment. He felt that the emperor's mind had changed. If he persisted in persuading him, he would probably offend the emperor, which would be a waste of money.
There is so much rice that I can’t draw it back.
A few days later, during the morning court session, Huangmenguan entered the palace and reported: "Envoy of Yanyun, Lord Bai Tongbai is here to see Your Majesty!" The emperor said: "Proclamation!" Huangmenguan agreed and ran out of the hall towards the palace gate.
He raised his voice and shouted: "The envoy of Yanyun has come to see you!..." The voice spread far away, and someone responded at the gate of the palace: "The envoy of Yanyun has come to see you!..." Then the door opened, and a young man in official robes was seen.
The man strode forward with his head held high and his chest held high.
The monarchs and ministers of the Song Court all knew the visitor. They knew that his surname was Bai and his given name was Tong. He was the Deputy Xuanwei Envoy of Jiangbei and Huaihe. The gazes of the monarchs and ministers of the Song Court were all fixed on Bai Tong. For a moment, there was silence in the main hall, except for Bai Tong.
The sound of footsteps...
Bai Tong came to the palace, bowed his hands to the emperor and said, "Envoy Yanyun has met His Majesty the Emperor!" Zhao Heng had a smile on his face, "Thank you for your hard work, envoy. What can you learn from me here?" Zhao Heng said this.
As soon as they came out, several ministers in the court frowned slightly, because what Zhao Heng said was very inappropriate. No matter what the situation was now, Yan Yun was still a minister of the Song Dynasty, but Zhao Heng spoke as if someone from below was speaking to someone above him.
The attitude of the emperor was really disrespectful to the country. However, although these ministers thought so in their hearts, they did not dare to say it. Firstly, they were afraid of offending the emperor, and secondly, they were afraid of offending Yan Yun. It turns out that compared with others, these ministers
, it’s just the difference between fifty steps and a hundred steps.
Bai Tong raised his head, looked directly at the emperor, and asked boldly: "Your Majesty, my lord heard that someone in Bianliang fabricated rumors to frame the hero and the respected Concubine Mu. Is this possible?"
Zhao Heng panicked and didn't know what to do for a moment. Wang Qinruo said to Bai Tong: "The merits of this matter have been found out. Concubine Mu and her son intended to plot chaos, and now they have fled in fear of crime!" Taishi Pang immediately retorted: "Wang
Your Majesty, this is a big fallacy! This matter is clearly someone's intention to frame Concubine Mu and His Highness the Prince. Your Majesty is wise and has already found out the truth. What is sad is that Concubine Mu and His Highness the Prince were disturbed by rumors and have already left without saying goodbye! This matter
If we must say that someone was involved in the crime, it is because someone deceived the emperor and tried to hide the truth and frame Zhongliang!" Wang Qinruo was shocked and furious when he saw that Master Pang dared to openly oppose him.
Bai Tong asked Zhao Heng: "Your Majesty, what is the truth behind what the two prime ministers said are completely opposite to each other? Your Majesty, please say something about the right and wrong!" Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the emperor. Zhao Heng said quickly: "This is
It's just as Pang Aiqing said, it's just someone spreading rumors, it's definitely not what you have heard!"
"Oh, so it's all a misunderstanding?"
Zhao Heng nodded and said: "Misunderstanding, definitely a misunderstanding!" Bai Tong raised his eyebrows and said sternly: "If it is a misunderstanding, then why is the imperial court gathering an army in Zhenjiang? Wouldn't this approach make my lord misunderstand and think that His Majesty wants to
Use troops against Yanyun?"
Zhao Heng was startled, and quickly waved his hands and said: "There is absolutely no such thing, there is no such thing. The imperial court has never moved troops to Zhenjiang. Your envoy must have heard the rumors and misunderstood!" Taishi Pang also said: "The imperial court has never sent troops to Zhenjiang."
There is absolutely no need to mobilize troops. It must be a rumor spread by some people. King Yan must not misunderstand it! We are like brothers and we must not damage the harmony because of some baseless rumors." Several ministers
They all agreed, all looking flattering.
Bai Tong glanced at everyone and said: "Since your Majesty and your lords said so, it must be a rumor!" The emperor said quickly: "Yes, yes, it is a rumor, it is a rumor!"
Bai Tong glanced at the emperor, bowed and said: "Since it is a rumor, if we explain it clearly, the misunderstanding will be eliminated!" Then he added: "But it is best not to happen this kind of thing, otherwise there will be misunderstandings on our side.
It may lead to a military disaster! I don't think anyone would like to see that kind of thing!" Zhao Heng was a little flustered, and Taishi Pang quickly said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the court treats King Yan sincerely, so that kind of thing will never happen.
It will happen!" Zhao Heng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, that kind of thing will never happen!" Bai Tong nodded, "This is the best!" Then he bowed and clasped his fists and said: "My lord is grateful for your Majesty's kindness, and here he is.
I offer you twenty horses, and please accept it with your majesty’s approval!”
Zhao Heng, who had been under Bai Tong's aggressive questioning, was frightened. At this moment, he suddenly heard that Yang Peng presented him with a gift. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He smiled brightly and asked, "I wonder where the horse is now?"
Bai Tong cupped his fists and said: "Twenty horses have been led outside the palace." Zhao Heng said happily: "Bring them up quickly and let me see!" The eunuch standing next to the emperor immediately sang a promise to the outside of the palace: "
Lead the King of Yan’s tribute horse to the palace...!" A eunuch immediately responded at the entrance of the palace: "Lead the King of Yan's tribute horse to the palace...!" Immediately after, someone else responded at the door of the palace: "Lead the King of Yan's tribute horse to the palace...!"
After a while, the sound of horse hoofs trampling on the green bricks was heard outside the hall. Everyone couldn't help but look outside the hall, and saw twenty sergeants Yanyun driving twenty extremely majestic horses. The people in the hall were amazed.
They kept saying: "Hey, dear! This horse is so big!" "What kind of horse is this? It's actually a lot bigger than the horse that Hu Shang paid tribute to before!" "This is simply a heavenly horse! It's hard to get even one, but actually
Twenty horses came at once! King Yan is really generous!"
When the twenty horses came to the main hall, everyone was even more shocked when they saw it up close. The shorter minister's head was only level with the horse's spine, which made him feel particularly oppressive. Voices of exclamation could be heard in the main hall.
Zhao Heng looked at Bai Tong and sighed: "This gift from King Yan is really too heavy!" Bai Tong smiled and said: "This is a little bit of my lord's wishes." Zhao Heng smiled happily, but there was still a little grudge in his heart.
, there was nothing left at this moment. Wang Qinruo looked gloomy and remained silent. Seeing that the emperor was happy, Taishi Pang took the opportunity to say a few flattering words, which made the emperor even more pleased. Zhao Heng left the dragon chair and came to the main hall.
, standing in front of those horses, I felt the majesty of those horses even more, and couldn't help but marvel: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, I didn't expect that there are such majestic horses in the world! It's really breathtaking!!" Then he asked Bai Tong curiously; "
Does this horse have a name?”
Bai Tong pointed to the horse in front of him and said: "This is called the King of Yan's horse!" Zhao Gou and others were stunned. Zhao Heng asked in confusion: "Why is it called the King of Yan's horse? Is there something else between this horse and the King of Yan's horse?"
Does it matter?" Bai Tong cupped his fists and said, "Because this horse was bred by King Yan, it is called King Yan's horse."
The ministers whispered to each other and discussed in low voices. Many of them had joking expressions on their faces. They felt that it was really strange for the king of Yan to actually breed war horses. They couldn't help but look down on Yang Peng, thinking that he was really a vulgar and reckless man.
The emperor was also very surprised and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that King Yan also had experience in raising horses!"
Ding Wei suddenly asked: "Excuse me, are all the war cavalry under the command of King Yan equipped with this kind of King Yan's horse?" When everyone heard Ding Wei's question, they couldn't help but wonder why Ding Wei asked this question.
Bai Tong smiled and said: "That's not all. Our Yanyun Army's armored cavalry, Xuanjia Army and some elite light cavalry are equipped with this kind of King Yan's horse?" Ding Wei frowned and said nothing more.
The emperor liked these twenty majestic horses very much. He called the eunuch in charge of the stables and ordered him to take the twenty horses down and take good care of them. The eunuch took the order and led the twenty Yanyun sergeants to lead the twenty horses.
Went down.
The emperor returned to the dragon chair and sat down. He said some words of praise to Yang Peng to Bai Tong, and then ordered someone to bring the golden armor and purple belt and gave it to Chen Xiao. Bai Tong paid homage to him, received the golden armor and purple belt, and then left.
As soon as Bai Tong left, the emperor immediately said to Wang Qinruo: "Wang Aiqing, immediately order all the troops to return to their original positions. Don't let Yan Yun misunderstand!" Wang Qinruo was very depressed, but he didn't dare to say anything, and he clasped his fists and promised.
Ding Wei suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the combat power of Yanyun Army is far beyond our imagination!..." The emperor asked puzzledly: "Why did the editor say this!" Ding Wei had once been a big brother.
The commander-in-chief of the Song Army also served as prime minister. However, due to the suppression and attack by Taishi Pang, Wang Qinruo and others, he is now just an editor of a literary library. He has long lost the power and power he once had. However, among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty,
He is the only one who is still relatively sensible.
Ding Wei frowned and said: "The general has studied war horses throughout his life. There are two best war horses in the world. One is the Khitan war horse in the northern grassland, and the other is the Western Region war horse. Each of the two war horses has its own advantages.
, it's hard to say who is better. However, the best of these two war horses is far inferior to the King Yan's horse that I just saw." He paused, with a deep look of worry on his face, "Then
King Yan's horse is extremely majestic and powerful. You can imagine how terrifying this horse would be if used as a mount for heavy armored cavalry! I have seen the amazing iron pagoda before. It is overwhelming and as powerful as thunder.
, but I can conclude that the iron pagoda is far inferior to the Yanyun Iron Armor equipped with this kind of King Yan's horse. It is really hard to imagine how terrifying the Yanyun Iron Armor is!
No wonder the Khitan people were repeatedly defeated in fierce battles with Yanyun. They were driven out of the Central Plains before and even lost Datong Mansion not long ago!"
After hearing what Ding Wei said, the kings and ministers of the Song Dynasty couldn't help but feel a little flustered. Hu Yanzan couldn't help but said: "Master Ding's words reminded me of the battle with Yan Yun. Hey, even if our army is several times larger than Yan Yun's army,
It is also difficult to win! At that time, the Yanyun Army did not have such war horses, but now that the Yanyun Army has such war horses, it must be even more invincible!"
After hearing this, everyone was even more shaken. Taishi Pang clasped his fists towards the emperor and said, "Thanks to your majesty's wisdom, otherwise once a war broke out, the consequences would be disastrous!" The emperor secretly rejoiced, and many ministers agreed to praise the emperor's wisdom. Facing the
In this situation, Wang Qinruo was even more speechless.
After Bai Tong left the palace, he went straight to Kou Zhun's house. Kou Zhun quickly came to the hall and saw Bai Tong. He couldn't help but stepped forward and held his hand. He said with emotion: "I am so happy to see you, sir."
!Hey, I have been living like a year during this period!" Bai Tong smiled, clasped his fists and said, "The King of Yan specifically told me that I want to come and see you!" Kou Zhun said gratefully: "The King of Yan is really thoughtful!"
He immediately came to his senses and quickly asked Bai Tong to sit down and talk.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.