The first place where the war began was not the mud ancient village, nor the Yanmen Pass, nor the desolate Taihang Mountain.

The city of Tokyo is still shrouded in a pale blue smoke that has only begun to appear in recent years, and what used to be the rich scent of flowers on a spring morning has been replaced by choking soot.

In the bell tower, the bell-ringers are unhurriedly ringing the bronze bells, and the melodious sound of the bells slowly disperses to the four fields, and the Tokyo street market, which has been busy all night, regains its vitality.

As usual, the first to go out must be the officials of the upper court, and the officials of the Imperial Observatory will leave even earlier.

Today is different, thirty heavily armed cavalry escorted a carriage to the palace gate early, Liao envoy Yu Mahua held a volume of national letters, closed his eyes and stood in front of the palace gate like a wooden man, as long as the monarchs and ministers of the Song State went to court, he was ready to meet the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

Pang Ji was supported by his family to get down from the carriage, and his official robe was meticulously arranged, and then he paced to the palace gate, looked up at the morning light on the horizon, and saw that the hour was still early, so he asked Yu Mahuachi.

"Why does the envoy need to enter the palace to see His Majesty? Why hasn't there been any news from Honglu Temple? ”

Yu Mahua opened her eyes and said lightly: "This is my emperor's handwritten letter, which needs to be handed over to the Great Song Dynasty official family in person, can it be that Zai Zhi even has to investigate my emperor's handwritten letter?" ”

Pang Ji arched his hand and said: "Emperor Liao and my Great Song official family have a brotherhood, their private letterheads, the old man naturally can't ask, the old man just wants to ask the messenger." Has the spring bowl of the Liao State ended? Is there ever peace in sacrificing to the gods? ”

Yu Mahua said with a smile: "The whole fish banquet has been eaten, which indicates that my Daliao Lake and Sea are peaceful, and the whole goose banquet has also been eaten." The souls of my ancestors have been sacrificed, and the first pearl picked from the swan's bag this year has also been offered to the gods. Why, doesn't Zai Zhi want me to be safe in the Great Liao Kingdom? ”

Pang Ji shouted: "Presumptuous! ”

Yu Mahuachi smiled slightly and remained silent, still standing there waiting for the Great Song Emperor to receive him.

The palace door was opened, hundreds of officials entered, and the new day of the Great Song Dynasty began to meet.

Zhao Zhen sat on the dragon chair. Coughing gently, Zou Tong, who hurried back from Yanmen Pass, looked at the emperor worriedly with a dust. The empress in the apse had already begged the emperor not to be strong, since the beginning of winter, his asthma had become very severe, and it had affected his speech.

Zhao Zhen did not listen to the queen's pleas. Still ordered the start of the Great Dynasty Meeting, in his opinion, the Great Song Dynasty at this time has really entered an eventful season, and the country needs him, the emperor, to sit on the dragon chair well.

Zou Tong announced the start of the Great Dynasty Meeting, and there were already eunuchs who had already told their emperor that they were unwell before Pang Ji and others went to the court, hoping to shorten the time of the Great Dynasty Meeting.

"Since the opening of the seal on the 16th day of the first lunar month, the political hall has received six hundred and seventy-one pieces of the state capital and the military road. After the selection, you can enter the six parts, as well as the three hundred and thirty-three letters of the left and right imperial history platform. One hundred and thirty-two letters into the Privy Council, and the rest, mostly trivial, please seal, Najib, and congratulate. Accusal, sue the sick. The pardon has been disposed of by Yousi, and His Majesty needs no worries.

As for the military documents, the old minister has already marked the minutes, and the secretary has supervised the meeting of Chen Majesty. ”

Pang Ji saw the difficulty of the emperor sitting on the dragon chair to breathe, and sighed and went out to say goodbye, he didn't want the emperor to burn down, especially at this difficult time.

"The four seas are calm, the world is peaceful, it all depends on the power of Zhuqing, since there is nothing to do, then roll up the curtain and retreat!"

Honglu Temple Zhengqing hesitated, but still went out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Liao State, Yu Mahuachi, asked to see him, saying that he was holding the handwritten letter of the Emperor of the Liao State, and he also brought a box of gifts from the Emperor of the Liao State to His Majesty, but I don't know whether to see it or not. ”

Zhao Zhen sat up straight, coughed and said, "Envoy of Xuanliao State." ”

Zou Tong glanced at Zhengqing of Honglu Temple angrily, and hurriedly walked out of the hall to greet the envoy of Liao on behalf of the emperor.

The envoy of the Liao State came over at this time, and he was definitely ill-intentioned, Zheng Bin had already reported their encounter in the Liao State after returning to Beijing, since the emperor of the Liao State was not dead, it means that Gao Jide's sneak attack failed, and at this time he saw the Liao State envoy, just to bring humiliation on himself.

Zhao Zhen sat on it high, but with a slight smile on his face, he also wanted to know what kind of loss his arrangement had caused to the Liao State, the ongoing purge of Nanjing Road and Xijing Road in the Liao State could not escape the ears and eyes of the Great Song Dynasty secret agents, long before Yu Mahuachi knew that the Great Song army had attacked the Liao Emperor, he already knew that this sneak attack had failed.

Over the years, Emperor Liao has always given him one surprise after another, but I don't know how Emperor Liao will react after knowing that he gave him a big surprise, so at this time, Zhao Zhen is very much looking forward to it.

Yu Mahuachi walked into the main hall, and after meeting the Song Emperor according to the court, he said: "Great Liao Kingdom, Emperor Rensheng Wenwu said: My brother is in Beihai, and he was shocked to see the big fish die, so he sent an envoy to greet him!" ”

Pang Ji and the others' faces changed greatly, the big fish died, representing the collapse of the mountain, the emperor of the Liao State was unreasonable to this point, and was about to scold Yu Mahuachi, when he heard Zhao Zheng cough while covering his mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Thank you for the love of the royal brother, the fish in the North Sea are too small, and it is not so small that the heavenly people will sense my body, but the royal brother has been in the north for a long time, please take care of it." ”

Yu Mahuachi arched his hand again and said: "Great Liao Kingdom, Emperor Rensheng Wenwu said: My brother is hunting in the North Sea, and I don't want to hunt some southern customs, this thing looks very strange, a head is full of ears, and my brother really can't tell what kind of southern customs this is, so he specially cut off some ears, and ask the emperor of Song to distinguish it." ”

After speaking, he ordered the servants to present a huge box and prepare to carry it into the main hall.

Zou Tong stood at the door and checked the box, his face turned pale, and he returned to the main 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 thing is called Xingtian, although the head is not there, it can still fight on the battlefield, and the battle spirit is not extinguished. ”

Pang Ji and Han Qi walked to the door, ordered someone to open the box and read it, then returned to the court without changing their faces, and said to the emperor: "Qi Xià, the emperor of Liao has lost his honor, and Weichen thinks that it is better to expel the Liao envoy with a stick." ”

Yu Mahua suddenly let out a shocking laugh, took out a scroll of documents from his arms and said: "Great Liao Kingdom, Emperor Rensheng Wenwu said: If the emperor brother of the Song Kingdom wants the sixteen states of Yanyun, this is not negotiable, you and I are a country of brothers, what can not be discussed, since the emperor brother of the Song State has never forgotten the sixteen states of Yanyun, the younger brother specially presented the geographical map of the mountains and rivers of the sixteen states of Yanyun to talk about the longing of the emperor brother of the Song State. ”

After speaking, he asked Zou Tong to go out of the palace again, leading two tall and strong Liao people, carrying a huge geographical map of mountains and rivers into the main hall, the two strong men put the geographical map of mountains and rivers on the ground, and stood on the side, Yu Mahua Chi arched his hand towards Zhao Zhen and said: "Qi Song His Majesty, this geographical map of mountains and rivers is the queen of our country invited the best craftsmen of Liao State, with gold thread and various treasures plus the best wool to weave a carpet, the pattern on it is the victory of the sixteen states of Yanyun, shining golden in the sun, All kinds of gems compete with each other, Xiongguan, the river is lifelike, it is a rare treasure of Liao.

Now is the time when the red sun is rising, and it is the best time to see this picture. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "First the big fish, test my mind, then the human ear, test my courage, and then the geographical map of mountains and rivers, do the royal brothers of the Liao Kingdom still have to test my knowledge?" ”

After speaking, he slowly walked off the throne, he was really curious about this treasure of the Liao State, the Great Song Dynasty also had a map of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the map was engraved on a pair of white jade screens and placed in the bedrooms of the emperors of the past dynasties, expressing the intention of remembering the sixteen states of Yanyun, but this kind of carpet is still the first time to see.

Yu Mahua Chi crouched on the ground, unfolded this huge carpet with his own hands, only unfolded a little, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but gasp, this map is indeed luxurious, blue gems embellished into rivers, black gems embellished into mountains, city walls woven with gold wire, roads woven with silver wire, with Yu Mahua Chi slowly unfolded, Yanzhou, Yunzhou, Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Ulzhou in the sixteen states of Yanyun appeared one by one, high mountains and rivers, mountains and cities are majestic and magnificent, making people dizzy.

Seeing that the entire carpet was about to be fully unfolded, Han Qi suddenly jumped onto the carpet roll that had not yet been unfolded and shouted: "Tu Poor Dagger sees this kind of thing, it can also be used by people like you, come on, take it!" ”

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

Yu Mahuachi roared angrily, overturned Han Qi who was standing on the map, kicked the rest of the map away, and a long knife with bright light appeared at his feet, as long as he looked at the blue knife edge, he knew that this knife was by no means good.

The two strong men of the Liao Kingdom who carried the box, and the two strong men who carried the carpet into the hall with their bare hands, rushed into the hall like crazy tigers, and the two thin eunuchs wanted to stop them, but one of the strong men grabbed the heads of the two eunuchs and collided with them, and immediately smashed the eunuchs' heads to pieces.

Yu Mahuachi roared loudly: "Zhao Zhen, my majesty wants me to take your head!" After speaking, he pounced on Pang Ji and Zhao Zhen with a long knife, and no one in the palace could stop this person.

Gao Jixuan, the military generals led by Shi Zhongxin rushed over with a howl, trying to stop Yu Mahuachi, but was kicked back by the fierce Yu Mahua's bare feet, Pang Ji pushed the emperor to retreat hurriedly, but was blocked by the railing on the jade bi, so he had to grab a smoking copper crane incense burner and smash it at Yu Mahuachi.

Yu Mahuachi's long knife is a hundred refined steel, and he cut the copper crane incense burner into two sections with one hand, and kicked Pang Ji in the lower abdomen, Pang Ji spurted out a mouthful of blood, and took advantage of the situation to hug one of Yu Mahuachi's legs, and used his thin shoulders to resist Yu Mahuachi's arm holding the knife, and shouted: "Your Majesty, go quickly!" (To be continued)

PS: The first chapter, which was discussed for five and a half hours today, was criticized by six critics, listening with their ears up, from literature to the social responsibility of culture, which was extremely miserable......