The first place where the war began was not Niguzhai, nor Yanmen Pass, nor the desolate Taihang Mountains. (23w[x]

Tokyo City in the early morning is still shrouded in a light blue smoke. These smoke has only begun to appear in recent years. In the past, Tokyo City often had a rich fragrance of flowers in its spring morning. Now, it has been replaced by choking coal soot.

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In the bell tower that reported the time, the bell ringer slowly rings the bronze bell. The bell sounds melodiously and slowly scatters to the fields. The Tokyo market, which had been busy all night, has regained its vitality.

As usual, the first one to go out must be the officials who went to court, and the officials of the Censorate would set out earlier.

Today is different. Thirty fully armed cavalry guarded a carriage and arrived at the palace gate early. The Liao envoy Yu Mahuachi held a volume of national books, and stood in front of the palace gate like a wooden man with his eyes closed.

As long as the monarch and ministers of the Song Kingdom came to court, he would prepare to meet with the Emperor of Song.

Pang Ji was helped by his family and got off the carriage, tidied up his official robes and appearance meticulously. Then he walked to the palace gate and looked up at the dawn in the sky. Seeing that the time was still early, he asked Yu Mahuachi.

"Why did the envoy need to go to the palace to meet him? Why hasn't there been any news from the Honglu Temple?"

Yu Mahuachi opened his eyes and said lightly: "This is my emperor's handwritten letter. It needs to be handed over to the Song Dynasty's official family in person. Could it be that the prime minister even had to investigate my emperor's handwritten letter?"

Pang Ji bowed and said, "The Emperor of Liao and my Song Dynasty have brotherly friendship. I naturally cannot ask about their private letters. I just want to ask the envoy, whether the spring bowl of Liao Kingdom has ended? Is it ever sacrificed to the gods.

peaceful?"

Yu Mahua said with a smile: "The whole fish banquet has been eaten. It means that the sea of ​​Daliao Lake is peaceful, the whole goose banquet has been eaten. It means that the mountains and rivers of Daliao are beautiful, and the souls of our ancestors have been sacrificed. This year, the swans

The first pearl picked in the crop has also been dedicated to the gods. Why, the priest doesn’t want my country to be prosperous and safe?”

Pang Ji shouted: "Rareless!"

Yu Mahuachi smiled slightly and said nothing, but still stood there waiting for the Emperor of Song Dynasty to receive him.

The palace gate was wide open, and all officials entered one after another, and the new day of the Song Dynasty began.

Zhao Zhen sat upright on the dragon chaise and coughed gently. Zou Tong, who rushed back from Yanmen Pass, held the whisk and looked at the emperor worriedly. The queen had begged the emperor in the back hall not to hold on. Since the winter began, his asthma had been

It's very serious and has affected the speech.

Zhao Zhen did not obey the queen's plea. He still ordered the grand dynasty meeting to start? In his opinion, the Song Dynasty was truly in a state of trouble at this time, and this country needed him, the emperor, to sit on the dragon throne well.

Zou Tong announced that the dynasty meeting began, and eunuchs had already told them that the emperor was unwell before Pang Ji and others went to court. He hoped that the dynasty meeting could be shortened.

"I have started the report to Your Majesty. Since the seal was opened on the 16th of the first lunar month, the Political Affairs Hall has received 671 memorials from the prefecture and military routes. After selection, it can enter the six ministries and 330 memorials from the left and right censors.

Three letters, 132 memorials entered the Privy Council. Most of the rest are trivial matters. Please give me a congratulations, confess your crimes, complain about your illness, and pardon. You have been divided into the department to deal with it. Your Majesty does not need to worry.

As for military documents, the old minister has marked the minutes, and His Majesty Chen was at the Secretary-General’s meeting.”

When Pang Ji saw the emperor sitting on the dragon throne and gasping for difficulty, he sighed and left the shift to report. He didn't want the emperor to suffer a break, especially at this difficult time.

"The world is peaceful and the world is peaceful. It depends on the power of all the ministers. Since there is nothing wrong, then roll the curtain and retreat!"

Did the Minister of the Honglu Temple hesitate for a moment, and he still went out to report: "Report to Your Majesty, the envoy of Liao Kingdom Yu Mahuachi asked for a visit, saying that he held the handwritten letter from the Emperor of Liao Kingdom and brought a box of gifts from the Emperor of Liao Kingdom to His Majesty.

, but I don’t know if it’s meeting or not.”

Zhao Zhen sat upright and coughed, "Envoyee of Xuan Liao Kingdom."

Zou Tong glanced at Zhengqing of Honglu Temple in anger and hurried out of the hall to welcome the envoys of the Liao Kingdom instead of the emperor.

The envoys of the Liao Kingdom came here at this time, and they were definitely ill-intentioned. After Zheng Bin returned to Beijing, he had already reported their experience in the Liao Kingdom in a vain. Since the Emperor of Liao was not dead, it means that Gao Jide's sneak attack failed.

At this time, I saw the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, and I just brought humiliation to myself.

Zhao Zhen sat high on it, but there was a hint of smile on his face. He also wanted to know what kind of losses his arrangements had caused to the Liao Kingdom. Nanjing Road and Xijing Road are underway in Liao Kingdom.

Purging was to be unable to escape the purpose of the spies of the Song Dynasty. Long before Yu Mahuachi learned that the Song army had attacked the Liao Emperor, he knew that the sneak attack had failed.

Over the years, Emperor Liao has always given him one surprise after another, but I don’t know what kind of reaction he would have after he gave him a big surprise. So at this time, Zhao Zhen was very excited.

Yu Mahuachi walked into the hall and, after paying homage to Emperor Song according to the dynasty, he spoke: "The Great Liao Kingdom, the benevolent and sage Emperor Wenwu said: I was in the Beihai and saw the big fish dead. I was shocked and shocked, so I sent an envoy to greet me!

”

Pang Ji and others' faces changed drastically. The big fish died, which represented the mountain tomb collapsed. The Emperor of Liao was so unreasonable. He was about to scold Yu Mahuachi, but when Zhao Zheng covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed, he smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Yu."

Care, the fish in the North Sea are too small, and the heavens will not sense my body. However, I have been in the northern country for a long time, so please take care of me."

Yu Mahuachi bowed again and said, "The Great Liao Kingdom, the Rensheng Wenwu Emperor said: I am hunting in the North Sea, and I don't want to hunt some southern scenery. This thing looks very strange. One head is covered with ears. I am really apart.

I don’t know what kind of southern scenery this is, so I specially cut off some ears and asked the Emperor of Song to identify it."

After saying that, he ordered his subordinates to offer a huge box and prepare to carry it into the hall.

Zou Tong stood at the door and checked the box, his face pale, and returned to the hall and whispered a few words in Zhao Zhen's ear.

Zhao Zhen closed his eyes, cultivated for a moment, and suddenly opened his eyes and said, "This object is called Xing Tian. Although his head is not there, he can still fight on the battlefield and his soul is immortal. It is a great ominous thing when his brother Yu saw this object.

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Pang Jide and Han Qi walked to the door and ordered people to open the box and look at it. After they looked, they returned to the court without changing their expressions. They bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor of Liao has lost his etiquette. My uncle thought that he would be the envoy of Liao.

It is better to drive away the stick with your back."

Yu Mahua suddenly let out a loud laugh, and took out a volume of documents from his arms and said, "The Great Liao Kingdom, the Rensheng Wenwu Emperor said: If the emperor of the Song Kingdom wants the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, this is not unrelated.

, You and I are brotherly countries, so what can’t be negotiated? Since the Emperor of Song is obsessed with the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, I specially presented the mountain and river geography map of Yanyun’s Sixteen Prefectures to explain the Emperor of Song’s Emperor of Song.

The desire for longing."

After saying that, Zou Tong asked him to leave the hall again and led two tall and powerful Liao men to walk into the hall with a huge map of mountains and rivers. The two strong men placed the map of mountains and rivers on the ground.

Standing aside, Yu Mahua bowed to Zhao Zhengong and said, "I will report to Your Majesty Song State, this map of mountains and rivers is the best craftsman in the Liao Dynasty, and the best craftsmanship is invited by the queen of our country to use gold threads and various treasures.

The wool woven into a carpet, and the patterns on it were exactly the victory of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. In the sunlight, golden light shone, and various gems were scrambling to shine. The passes and rivers were lifelike. It was a rare treasure in the Liao Kingdom.

Now is the time when the red sun is rising, and it is the best time to watch this picture. Foreign ministers dare to ask Your Majesty to take a look!"

Zhao Zhen laughed and said, "First, it's big fish, test my mind, then it's human ear, test my courage, then it's mountain and river geography. Will the brother of Liao Kingdom still have to take the exam for my knowledge?"

After saying that, he slowly walked down the throne. He was really curious about this treasure of the Liao Kingdom. There was also a map of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in the Song Dynasty. The map was engraved on a white jade screen and placed in the bedroom of emperors of all generations.

, expressing his unforgettable intention of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, but this kind of carpet can still be seen after all.

Yu Mahuachi squatted on the ground, unfolding the huge carpet with his own hands. Only a little spread, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but take a breath. This map is indeed extremely luxurious, with blue gems adorned into rivers and black gems adorned into

The mountains, the city walls are woven with gold silk, and the roads are woven with silver silk. As Yu Mahua Chi slowly unfolds, Yanzhou, Yunzhou, Zhuozhou, Yizhou and Weizhou among the sixteen states of Yanyun appeared one by one, high mountains

The rivers, mountains and city passes are majestic and dazzling.

Seeing that the whole carpet was about to be fully unfolded, Han Qi suddenly jumped onto the unfolded carpet sheet and shouted: "It is also something you can use in the wilderness.

, Come and take it!”

At the same time, Pang Ji had already stepped forward to protect Zhao Zhen and retreated quickly.

Yu Mahua roared angrily, overturned Han Qi who was standing on the map, kicked the remaining map away, and a long bright sword appeared at his feet. Just look at the blue blade, you will know this one.

A knife is by no means a good person.

Two strong men from Liao carrying boxes and the two strong men who came into the hall with bare hands and bare hands, rushed into the hall like crazy tigers. The two thin eunuchs wanted to stop them, but one of them was actually

The strong man grabbed the two eunuchs' heads and collided, and immediately smashed the eunuch's heads to pieces.

Yu Mahuachi roared: "Zhao Zhen, Your Majesty of our country wants me to take your head!" After saying that, he rushed towards Pang Ji and Zhao Zhen with a long sword. No one in the palace could stop this.

people.

Gao Jixuan and Shi Zhongxin's generals snarled and rushed over, trying to stop Yu Mahuachi, but they were kicked back by the fierce Yu Mahuachi. Pang Ji pushed the emperor back quickly, but was beaten by Yu Bi.

The railing on the upper blocked it, so he had to grab a smoke-filled copper crane incense burner and smash it at Yu Mahuachi.

Yu Mahuachi's long sword is made of refined steel. He cut the copper crane incense burner into two pieces in one piece, kicking it heavily on Pang Ji's lower abdomen. Pang Ji spurted out his blood, taking advantage of the momentum to death.

Holding one of Yu Mahuachi's legs, pressing Yu Mahuachi's thin shoulders against Yu Mahuachi's arm that raised the knife, and shouted: "Your Majesty, go quickly! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!