In the middle of the moon, Murong Fu quietly withdrew under the pretext of sobering up. It was getting late, and there were not many guests or prostitutes in the hall. Murong Fu took advantage of no one's attention, quickened his pace and walked down the tall building, through the backyard, and into a large garden.

This large garden is lined with flowers and the road is difficult to distinguish, but it is built in imitation of the British hedge maze, and it is very famous among the gentlemen of Bianjing City recently. Every day, there are many conceited and clever customers who are taken here by prostitutes to play a game of hide and seek, and how many customers are willing to leave large sums of money to hide their eyes and ears after failing the challenge.

Of course, as the designer of this labyrinth, this garden labyrinth naturally made it difficult for Murong Fu. I saw him turn a few corners in the garden, and soon he saw a small wooden house in sight in the shade of the flowers. Outside the wooden house, two men in black were guarding the door. Seeing Murong Fu appear, the two hurriedly bowed and saluted. "I've seen Childe."

Murong Fu nodded, and before he could speak, a string of bells suddenly rang softly from the garden. The two men in black changed color at the same time, but Murong Fu suddenly smiled slightly after being stunned for a moment, and said casually, "You stay here." So saying, he turned and walked in the direction from which the sound came.

I saw him slowly passing through the two flower walls, and I saw Qiao Feng with a helpless face sitting cross-legged under a flower tree. "Brother Qiao, why is there so much Yaxing coming to visit the garden in the middle of the night?" Murong Fu stepped forward and chuckled.

Qiao Feng also seemed to have expected Murong Fu's arrival, and stood up casually and asked, "Qimen Dunjia?" ”

Murong Fu shook his head with a smile and replied frankly: "It's just a labyrinth." After a pause, he asked again. Why did Brother Qiao come? ”

"Come and see what's going on." Qiao Feng sighed deeply and said with a wry smile. "Brother Murong Xian is so thoughtful that the foolish brother can't reach him." It turned out that Murong Fu left with his front foot just now, and Qiao Feng followed with his back foot. He knew that Murong Fu's martial arts were not under him, so he didn't dare to follow too closely. Unexpectedly, because of this "dare", he entered the garden, and watched Murong Fu disappear without a trace. He hurried to catch up, but he got lost, and tried to jump on the branches to find the way, but unexpectedly, there were bells hanging on each flower tree.

When Qiao Feng said this, Murong Fu also sighed. "Why is Brother Qiao arrogant? There were eight of us in a group, and the only one who guessed that I came here for another purpose was Qiao Feng. So, what exactly did I go wrong? ”

Qiao Feng raised his head and thought about it, and said slowly: "You didn't invite the prostitute home to feast at the banquet tonight, but came here in person." ”

During the Song Dynasty, the atmosphere was open, and it was common to invite female prostitutes home for banquets. Murong Fu nodded and replied, "Why is it not because Uncle Shi is strict by nature that I don't want to invite these female prostitutes home?" ”

Qiao Feng asked rhetorically at the moment: "If you are afraid of Bachelor Su, why did you bring Su Chi and Su Shi again?" ”

Murong Fu was speechless and nodded, "Or am I really here for fun?" ”

"Tomorrow is the Zhengdan Dynasty, as a virtuous brother, even if it is a pastime, there is no hurry at this time." Speaking of this, Qiao Feng couldn't help but be slightly confused. "I thought that Brother Xian was a young man who secretly came to meet the beauty, but the old bustard here didn't know Brother Xian, and you are so familiar with this place......

"Brothels and restaurants have always been the places with the most news." Since he was recognized by Qiao Feng, Murong Fu had no intention of covering it up. "This brothel is indeed one of my Murong clan's properties."

Murong Fu confessed like this, and Qiao Feng was a little at a loss. He originally thought that Murong Fu had a crush on a beautiful woman, but he didn't dare to speak out because he had refused to marry the royal family. Unexpectedly, even this brothel is Murong Fu's property, so he mysteriously came to check the accounts at night, right? Qiao Feng hurriedly stopped, and said abruptly: "If the virtuous brother has something important......

Murong Fu hurriedly grabbed him and said with a smile: "Since Brother Qiao is here, let's go with the younger brother to meet the future brother and sister!" ”

Everyone is a smart person, and when things come to this point, Qiao Feng naturally understands that what Murong Fu wants to see is definitely not a beautiful person. Seeing that Murong Fu treated him without seeing him, his heart was also full of joy, and he immediately teased by mistake: "Do you really mind? ”

"Brothers are like siblings, and women are like garments. Why bother? Murong Fu replied loudly and pulled Qiao Feng out of this labyrinth.

What can make Murong Fu spend a lot of time to meet in secret is really not a peerless beauty, but Gongye Qian, who was sent by Murong Fu to go undercover in Western Xia two years ago. And Gongye Qian's current identity is a member of the Western Xia Mission.

Qiao Feng was really surprised to see Gongye Qian, who had not been in the company for several years, and Murong Fu had to spend a lot of time explaining Gongye Qian's movements in the past two years. Hearing that Gongye Qian borrowed Li Yanzong's introduction to lurk in the enemy camp alone, Qiao Feng couldn't help but be in awe, and sighed repeatedly: "When Murong took Li Yanzong away, I still wondered what happened. Do you want to think about it, you can't think of it...... The second brother of Gongye is loyal to the country, and Qiao admires it! ”

Gongye Qian was originally very complacent about his undercover feat, but when he heard Qiao Feng mention Li Yanzong, he was faintly uncomfortable. After a few simple polite words with Qiao Feng, he hurriedly changed his mouth and reported a big news to Murong Fu. "Tomorrow is the New Year's Day, and the Xia envoy will go up to ask for the invasion of Lanzhou, rice fat and other five grains."

As soon as Gongye Qian's voice fell, Qiao Feng couldn't help but sneer. "Foolish dreams!" In Qiao Feng's view, the land of Wuqi was originally the homeland of China, and it was stolen by the Xia people because of the weak military strength of the Great Song Dynasty. In the battle of Vaxia, the soldiers of the Song army fought bloodily to recapture the old land, which can be described as an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood. Now that the Xia people have beaten a rake, they actually accused the Great Song Dynasty of occupying their land and demanded its return, isn't it a big mistake in the world?

However, Murong Fu is familiar with history, but he knows that Sima Guang himself is "the solid of the country and the country, and there is no danger in Germany." "The ultimate proponent of this idea. As the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, the rude request of the Xia people on the other side was not only absurd, but Emperor Zhezong said that Lanzhou, Mizhi and other places were originally the homeland of the Xia people, and it was the injustice of the Great Song Dynasty to start the war, and asked to return the land of the six villages of Western Xia, and from the bottom of his heart thought that the friendship of the Xia people in exchange for the land was very "beautiful". In the original history, for Sima Guang's "very stupid and naïve" governing concept, there were many dissidents in the Manchu Dynasty, but the Empress Dowager at that time obeyed Sima Guang's words, and Wen Yanbo, a major military affairs in Pingzhang, also supported Sima Guang. With these three giants insisting on "returning" the Xia land, the rest of the Manchu civil and military objections were in vain.

Gongye Qian's ideological realm is also not as lofty as Sima Guang, and when he heard Qiao Feng's ridicule, he also nodded and said: "Now that Western Xia is the Empress Dowager Liang, the emperor has been held hostage by the Empress Dowager for a long time, and I heard that his health has deteriorated over time. If the emperor dies, in order to appease the anger of the government and the opposition, the Empress Dowager Liang will most likely use the excuse that the Great Song Dynasty is unwilling to return the land to provoke a war. ”

Murong came back to his senses, let out a long sigh, and said to himself: As long as there is a day in the west, the war can be ignored for the time being. In today's situation, it's better to find a way to get Sima Guang not to do that stupid thing of slapping himself! "The second brother of Gongye is working hard, I don't know what identity the second brother came to Bianjing this time?"

Asked about his official position in Western Xia, Gongye Qian's face flashed with a hint of triumph, and he replied as calmly as possible under the pressure of a brisk and upward tone: "I don't dare to hide from my son, my subordinates are now officially awarded the six-grade patrol supervisor." This time, I was sent to the Great Song Dynasty, and his subordinates were the captain of the guards. "The six-rank official rank is already a middle-level general in terms of military generals, and according to the rules of officialdom, if Gongye Qian can complete this mission safely, he will soon be promoted to another level. It can be seen that although Gongye Qian is an undercover agent, he is quite prosperous in Western Xia.

Theoretically, the higher the official position of Gongye Qian, the easier it was to obtain confidential information from Western Xia. However, Murong Fu did not have any joy when he heard Gongye Qian's report on his official position, but after a moment of silence, he said officially: "In this way, I will trouble the second brother to do something for me." ”

Gongye Qian hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Why did the prince say this?" If the prince has an order, Gongye will not hesitate to go to the soup and fight the fire! ”

"After tomorrow's court, please ask the second brother to bring a few Western Xia warriors to the 'Jinlin Building' to eat and drink. I will arrange for someone to have a conflict with you, and then the second brother will take the opportunity to publicize the content of the Western Xia National Book, and it is conclusive that Sima Xianggong is afraid of the Xia army and has promised to return Wuqi. All in all, the attitude should be as arrogant as possible, and the bigger the trouble, the better. "Murong Fu looked at Gongye Qian, and it was meaningful." Only by muddying the water can we take advantage of the situation. ”

Gongye Qian glanced sideways at Qiao Feng and nodded "understandingly". "Although the prince can rest assured, the subordinates will teach the prince to be satisfied!"

"Good!" Murong Fu stroked his palm and smiled, "The second brother has a special status now, and the reinstatement will not keep you." When the great cause is accomplished, it is not too late for you and my brother to drink and talk happily. As he spoke, he insisted on Gongye Qian's hand and earnestly entrusted. The second brother lurked alone on the secret front and worked hard, and the reinstatement had nothing else to ask for from the second brother. One qiē, take the safety of the second brother as the first priority! ”

After Gongye Qian left, Qiao Feng finally couldn't help but ask, "Murong thinks that Sima Xianggong will actually agree to return the Xia people's land?" ”

Murong Fu let out a long sigh and said heavily: "The old and new parties have deep grievances, Sima Xianggong is stubborn, and he will oppose anything that the new party supports!" It is necessary not only to erase the merits of the New Party in regaining its homeland, but also to repeal the new law in its entirety, and to demote all members of the New Party and exile them. ”

When Qiao Feng heard this, he immediately stood stunned and couldn't speak on the spot, he hoped in his heart that Murong Fu was alarmist and slandered the prime minister, but he had known Murong Fu for a long time and had always known that he was clear about political affairs. I saw Qiao Feng's complexion change suddenly, and after a long time, Fang said with difficulty: "National affairs, how can personal enmity be played?" ”

Murong Fu let out another long sigh, walked out with his hands, and said softly as he walked: "It's useless to complain, hurry up and find a way!" If the land of Wuqi really belongs to Western Xia, and the name of righteousness also belongs to Western Xia, wouldn't it be that the soldiers of the Western Army who died in battle would not be able to close their eyes when they died? ”

Speaking of those robes that died in battle, Qiao Feng's eyes immediately became hot, and his whole body was excited. He hurriedly cleaned up his mood, caught up with Murong Fu in a few steps, and said, "Brother Xian said very well! What can I do? ”

"Let's go to the seed master first, try to tell the news of the sù seed scripture, don't wait for tomorrow to be in a hurry. This is a major matter of the family and the country, even if Sima Xianggong insists on going his own way, he will never make a decision in a moment. What we have to do is to publicize this matter as much as possible, so as to fill the city with wind and rain and form public opinion pressure, so that Sima Xianggong will not dare to ignore public opinion. "Based on Murong Fu's experience, public opinion can make Sima Guang the prime minister, but it is impossible to pull him down, or even change his mind. But at least the crowd is raging, and it can temporarily restrain his hands and feet. Next, it is necessary to use the pressure of public opinion to push the imperial court to convene a grand court meeting, so that civil and military officials can participate in the discussion and decision-making. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chinese nation has had the idea of sovereignty that "the whole world is not the king's land", and although the Song Dynasty had an ambiguous attitude towards the dispute over this land, as long as the court meeting was opened, as long as Sima Guang still had the slightest sense, he would never dare to bear the responsibility of "distorting the righteousness and giving away the homeland". only sighed that Su Shi was still on the way back to Beijing, and the Shu party was leaderless; Cheng Yi, the leader of the Luo Party, is corrupt and ignorant of political affairs, and is deficient in conspiracy; Although the leader of the New Party, Zhang Dun, said that he was extremely strong in combat, but unfortunately his temperament was rigid and arrogant. Fortunately, the kind of man is not dead, the pillar of the military general group is still there, and Su Shi's brother Su Zhe is humble by nature and can distinguish between right and wrong. As long as these two people are convinced, the court may not be alone and unsupported. Of course, there is no need to mention these plans to Qiao Feng, and he can't help anyway.

Qiao Feng really didn't understand the political situation, and only vaguely understood the connotation of "public opinion pressure" with his own knowledge, and said at the moment: "I have countless disciples in the beggar gang, and after tomorrow, I will order them to walk the streets and alleys to publicize the Xia people's superiority." When the time comes, everyone in the world will oppose it, and I think which dog thief will dare to betray the country? ”

"In this way, there is Brother Laujo." Murong Fu couldn't help but feel warm when he saw that the most headache problem was taken over by Qiao Feng volunteering, but at the same time, he also secretly woke up: Now the speed of the spread of this news is really unsatisfactory, and when the teacher returns to Beijing, the matter of running a newspaper should also be put on the agenda.

The second day is the first day of the first year of Yuanyou. At the court meeting, the young Emperor Zhezong issued an edict to change the Yuan "Yuan You", and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military congratulated Emperor Zhezong. Among them, although Murong Fu was qualified to participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting, because he was condescended to the eighth rank, he stood in line at the gate of Daqing Hall when he stood in line. If it weren't for his martial arts and excellent eyesight, I am afraid that he might not even be able to see what the little emperor looks like.

After that, the envoys of the Liao, Xixia, Tubo, and Dali countries also sent blessings to Emperor Zhezong on behalf of their lords, saying that they would closely unite around the wise and martial Emperor Zhezong and work together to build beautiful and harmonious international relations.

Originally, the significance of this kind of great court ceremony was better than reality, but after the envoy of the Western Xia Dynasty sincerely wished the great Emperor Zhezong a long life and Tianqi, he presented a letter of state, and said: "In the seventh year of Da'an, your country provoked a war for no reason, invaded the land of our Xia country, and tens of thousands of people were displaced. Fortunately, I heard that the new emperor of the Great Song Dynasty ascended the throne, and the queen mother listened to the original source, the queen mother, His Majesty Xià benevolence and righteousness, begging for mercy on the innocent people of my Xia country, please return Lanzhou, rice fat and other five grains! ”

As soon as this statement came out, the Daqing Palace, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, was immediately quiet, and the needle drop could be heard.