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The three passes are Waqiao Pass, Yijin Pass, and Yukou Pass.

These three passes are border guard fortresses in the northern Northern Song Dynasty.

Waqiao Pass is located in Xiongzhou. The original name of Xiongzhou is actually Waqiao Pass, which was renamed Xiongzhou by Chai Rong, the Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Yijin Pass and Yukou Pass are both in Bazhou, one in the east and the other in the north, forming a horn.

These three passes were once one of the important areas for the Northern Song Dynasty to station troops to defend the Khitan cavalry from the south.

Zhao Ji asked the generals participating in the war and the army of 200,000 must meet at the Sanguan in early September.

From Waqiao Pass to the south, the post road is flat and wide, extending to the bank of the Yellow River, and Hejian Mansion is the only place to pass through this road.

At this moment, the Xuanfu Department of Hejian Prefecture.

I heard from Ma Kuo that there was Zhao Ji's imperial seal on Li Yan's table, and that the imperial seal was obtained by Li Yan from Zhao Ji seven or eight years ago. Tong Guan and Cai You thought of something at the same time, and their faces changed at the same time!

Tong Guan said to Ma Kuo calmly: "You go down first."

From the changes in expressions of Tong Guan and Cai You, Ma Kuo guessed that they should know something.

However, Ma Kuo also knew that his position was too low and some things were not something that people of his level should know.

Therefore, seeing that Tong Guan issued an order to expel guests, Ma Kuo asked Tong Guan to hand over the memorial of "Only Not Entrust Li Yan to Pass" to Zhao Ji and said goodbye and left.

When the horse expanded out of the door, Tong Guan and Cai You were silent at the same time.

After a while, Tong Guan broke the silence and said, "Don't hide it from us. I believe that with your spy in the palace, you wouldn't know what happened on the Lantern Festival seven years ago?"

Cai You was silent for a while and said, "I was in the palace at that time, right next to the official family."

Tong Guan said: "So, the treasure thrown in the palace is really a jade seal? And Li Yan is the thief who can fly over the eaves and walls? A family only heard that Li Yan is skilled in martial arts and can kill the heads of the enemy generals among thousands of troops. He never thought that he had such a high-level skill."

Cai You scoffed and said, "The farts are all high."

Tong Guan asked: "What the hell is going on?"

Cai You said: "I can't tell you about this."

Tong Guan's eyes rolled and said, "I heard that the dead pavilion chief Zhang Di once dug an authentic tunnel for the official family to go straight to... Could it be that Li Yan entered the palace along that tunnel?"

Seeing that Tong Guan had guessed it himself, Cai You said: "Don't spread this matter indiscriminately, it involves the prestige of the official family... Why did this imperial seal be stolen by Li Yan!"

Seeing that Cai You admitted it in disguise, Tong Guan secretly blamed Zhao Ji and others for being absurd. How could he dig a tunnel for Zhao Ji to go out to secretly meet the famous prostitute Li Shishi? Isn’t this a way to criticize others?

Tong Guan said: "Now it is no longer a question of whether we pass it on or not. Li Yan has taken out the imperial seal, which shows that Li Yan no longer wants to conceal this matter anymore. Li Yan is likely to publicize this matter when he ascended the throne to attack the prestige of the official family."

Cai You said: "What are you afraid of? Then we insist that Li Yan is lying. His imperial seal is fake, so what can he do to the official family?"

Tong Guan said: "What if Li Xingshou was also in the hands of Li Yan?"

"this……"

At the beginning, Zhao Ji lost his treasure and Li Shishi's mysterious disappearance happened together.

These two things were circulating at the time, and even now, some people in Tokyo are still using these two things as topics of conversation.

Moreover, unlike when it was passed down in the past, there are people who are passing on it now. The treasure that Zhao Ji lost is the imperial seal, and even the storyteller said so.

In fact, it is not surprising that there is this legend, because like Cai You, there are actually many people who know that Zhao Ji lost the imperial seal, such as Wang Fu, Li Bangyan, Liang Shicheng, and Gao Qiu, who were all by Zhao Ji's side at that time, and there were also many eunuchs.

In addition, the tunnel Zhang Di dug for Zhao Ji back then has been spread.

Like Tong Guan, who was not in Tokyo at the beginning, didn’t he guess this matter?

Cai You didn't know how to deal with this matter, so he could only write a secret letter to Zhao Ji overnight.

After receiving the secret letter, Zhao Ji was shocked and called Wang Fu and Li Bangyan overnight to discuss what to do?

Wang Fu thought for a while and said, "There is no other way, you can only bite it and refuse to admit it, and then take out the imperial seal we made back then."

Li Bangyan said: "The one I made at the time was too hasty, and the jade I chose was not very good and the craftsmanship was rough, so I could not deceive the experts."

Wang Fu said: "Take it out and push it, and then make someone do a better push it. Besides, although the original one cannot tell the truth or fake, there is no public opinion on whether it is true or false. If it is exposed, we will insist that the one in the official hand is the one Duan Yixian had back then."

Li Bangyan nodded and said, "Yes, as long as the country is stable and Li Yan can't take advantage of the opportunity, the imperial seal will not be able to make a fuss at all."

After hearing what Wang Fu and Li Bangyan said, Zhao Ji's nervous heart couldn't help but feel relieved.

Zhao Ji also gave the memorial of Ma Kuangtong Tong Guanzhang's "On the Not to Entrust Li Yan to Pass" to Wang Fu and Li Bangyan.

After reading it, Li Bangyan said, "Li Yan took out all the jade seals of the kingdom, which shows that Li Yan is indeed going to rebel, and it is very likely that he will ascend the throne and announce it to the world in a short time."

Wang Fu said: "There are some truths about Ma Kuo's analysis, so we cannot teach Li Yan to seize Yanjing no matter what, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

Zhao Ji said: "Zhao Liangsi suggested that if our Song Dynasty cannot defeat Yanjing, we will ask the Jurchens to send troops to help us capture Yanjing. The Jurchens had the first words back then, and even if they captured Yanjing, they would give it to me. What do you think?"

Li Bangyan said: "Dr. Wang, who went to treat the King of Goryeo, came back and passed a message saying that the King of Goryeo believes that the Khitan is kind and a brotherly country, and the Jurchens are as cruel as tigers and wolfs, and Li Yan is greedy and more hateful than the Jurchens. Both of them cannot be interfered with. When dealing with the two, be careful and be more careful. According to the humble opinion, it is better for our Song Dynasty to help the Khitan defend Li Yan, so that the Khitan can help our Song Dynasty to block Li Yan and the Jurchens."

Wang Fu said: "That would bring evil to the Jurchens. If we have an appointment first, no one can negotiate peace with the Khitan."

Li Bangyan said: "The Jurchens are poor by nature, and poor people must have greed. This is an eternal truth. If you really need the Jurchens to enter the pass and attack, you may really make the Jurchens look down on me in the Song Dynasty. In that case, the border will be unstable."

Wang Fu said: "Now my Song Dynasty has 400,000 or 500,000 troops on the border. How can we not obtain Yanjing alone?"

Li Bangyan said: "If you can't get it, the Song Dynasty will fall into an extremely passive state!"

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The dispute between Wang Fu and Li Bangyan is still a dispute between approval and opposition.

Zhao Ji has long been used to this, and it can be said that he is numb.

So, Zhao Ji was listening to Wang Fu and Li Bangyan’s argument on the surface, but in fact his thoughts had already floated far away, “Shi Shi, where are you? Are you really there in Li Yan? Do you think of me? I have always missed you..."
Chapter completed!