"I heard that you are going to rescue Li Dutong, right?"
After finishing a glass of wine, Ma Yu asked Yang Polu.
"Yes!"
"The purpose of my coming here to find Prime Minister Zhang is to invite him to help me rescue Li Dutong!"
"I didn't expect to meet Ma Yingxiong. It's fate for us!"
Yang Polu responded with a smile.
"Commander Yang!"
"I heard that you are a general of the Yang family, but what is your relationship with Yang Cunzhong and Taifu Yang?"
Zhang Jun was also asking at the side at this time.
"Taifu Yang?"
"It is my distant uncle. My great-grandfather was Yang Wenguang, the defense envoy of Tongzhou!"
Yang Polu responded.
"Yang Wenguang is your ancestor!"
"Yang Wenguang is the son of Yang Liulang. So you are the queen of the famous Yang Liulang!"
"Then did you go to the Yonghou Mausoleum of Yingzong this time to pay homage to your ancestor Yang Liulang?"
Zhang Jun asked again.
"The corpses of my ancestors have been destroyed by the Tatars a long time ago. The surrounding area of Yonghou Mausoleum is full of barren graves. Where can I find the burial place of my ancestors?"
"So when the day comes when the Tatars are completely driven out of the Central Plains, I, Yang Polu, will definitely sacrifice the blood of the Tatars to the heroic spirits of my ancestors!"
Yang Polu was naturally very angry as he spoke.
"yes!"
"Who doesn't want to drive out the Tartars?"
"But the Tatars are too powerful after all, and we are really no match for the Tatars!"
Zhang Jun also sighed with emotion.
"I don't think it's because the Tatars are too powerful, but because Song Ting is too cowardly and incompetent!"
"Why else would the Tatars be so arrogant?"
Ma Yu couldn't help but said at the side.
Outside the Qingshan Tower outside the mountains, the singing and dancing of the West Lake are closed, and the warm breeze makes tourists drunk, and they call Hangzhou Bianzhou.
"Can Song Ting like this defeat the Tatars?"
Yang Polu couldn't help but recite a poem at this time.
"yes!"
"I heard that Marshal Xu wanted to regain the Central Plains and drive out the Tartars. Why was he attacked by your Song emperor?"
Ma Yu also echoed.
"Of course I understand what you are saying!"
"well…!"
"Sometimes I don't understand the behavior of our Holy One, but think about how our Holy One has experienced many escapes and witnessed the Jingkang disaster with his own eyes, when his father and brother were kidnapped in the north and suffered all kinds of torture!"
"Perhaps Your Majesty no longer has the same enterprising spirit as before, but it is not easy to retain at least half of the country!"
Zhang Jun also seemed a little helpless.
"Since you, the Holy One, are afraid of the Tatars, yet you come to attack Marshal Xu, isn't this a typical example of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, begging for compromises with outsiders, and striking hard at your own people?"
"Prime Minister Zhang, can you feel at ease working for such an emperor?"
Ma Yu spoke more righteously.
"yes!"
"Prime Minister Zhang, with your talents, if you can assist our Majesty, I believe that it will be easy for us Han people to expel the Tartars and recover the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains!"
Yang Polu took the opportunity to persuade.
"I understand what you are saying!"
"But I still believe in our Song Dynasty. After all, I, Zhang Jun, am now quite old. I don't want to bother anymore!"
"Li Xianzhong is also a general that I, Zhang Jun, admire very much. I will definitely help you rescue him!"
"Don't worry!"
Zhang Jun rejected Yang Polu's kindness.
Guangcheng Pass, Song Ying ten miles southeast.
"Where is Li Xianzhong?"
"It's time to hit the road today!"
"Put it on the prison van for me!"
Shao Hongyuan personally brought people to see Li Xianzhong off.
At this time, a group of soldiers escorted a man in his fifties, wearing handcuffs and anklets and ragged clothes, to the prison van.
"Li Dutong!"
"Li Dutong...!"
"You are our forever best friend!"
"You must take care of yourself on the road!"
"You must take care of yourself after you go back!"
"After we win the battle, we will definitely return to Lin'an to visit you, Commander-in-Chief!"
"Du Tong!"
Immediately afterwards, a group of generals came over and sent Li Xianzhong off with tears in his eyes.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
"Take him to the prison van!"
"Push it up!"
Shao Hongyuan seemed a little impatient and came over to urge him.
So Li Xianzhong was immediately pushed into the prison car and locked inside.
"Li Dutong, you used to be above me, Shao Hongyuan!"
"I didn't expect that it would be me who personally put you into the prison car today...it was me, Shao Hongyuan!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Ha ha!"
Then, Shao Hongyuan poured a glass of wine, walked up to Li Xianzhong, and said mockingly.
"What a villain!"
"Villain...!"
Li Xianzhong responded with disdain.
"snort…!"
"You call me a villain?"
"how about you?"
"You are now a prisoner of the imperial court, are you worthy of speaking to me?"
"Are you worthy?"
As Shao Hongyuan spoke, he poured all the wine in his hand onto Li Xianzhong's face.
"Shao Hongyuan!"
"You've gone too far!"
"Li Dutong has made great contributions to our Song Dynasty. How can you treat us Li Dutong like this?"
At this time, there was a general next to him who couldn't stand it.
"how?"
"Tan Jin, Commander Tan, do you want to rebel?"
Shao Hongyuan turned to question the general.
"You have such a villainous expression, it really makes me, Tan Jin, feel sick!"
"nausea…!"
As Tan Jin spoke, he deliberately spit on the ground.
"How audacious!"
"Come here, take this arrogant person who has offended my military advisor into custody!"
"Take him down and beat him with fifty army sticks!"
"Let's see if it dares to be so presumptuous!"
Shao Hongyuan suddenly became angry.
"Li Dutong!"
"I'm telling you, even if you return to Lin'an this time, you won't be able to get out of prison alive!"
"Because the Holy One has long known about your secret communication with the traitor Xu. The Holy One will never tolerate rebellious officials and traitors like you alive!"
"If I, Shao Hongyuan, didn't have His Majesty's will, how could I dare to attack you?"
After Tan Jin was taken away, Shao Hongyuan came to the prison car and whispered to Li Xianzhong.
"you you!"
"It must be that you have slandered the Holy One, and that the Holy One is like this because he was misunderstood by you!"
"You villain, I, Li Xianzhong, will not spare you lightly if I still have a chance to make a comeback!"
Of course Li Xianzhong was full of resentment.
"snort…!"
"With my status as Shao Hongyuan, am I worthy of speaking slanderous words before the Holy One?"
"It's not because you have offended Prime Minister Tang that the Holy One will deal with you like this!"
"Besides, you are a domestic slave with the third surname. How can you prevent the Holy One from suspecting your evil intentions?"
"So let me tell you, this time when you return to Lin'an, don't think about making a comeback. Just wait and let your family prepare your funeral!"
Shao Hongyuan looked very happy at this time.
After all, although Shao Hongyuan had no grudge against Li Xianzhong, Shao Hongyuan had always been jealous that Li Xianzhong had been given a lot of important positions in front of Emperor Zhao Gou, while he had always been subordinated to him.
As time went by, Shao Hongyuan naturally hated Li Xianzhong more and more.
"I don't believe that the Holy One would treat me like this, Li Xianzhong!"