In the eighth year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, on the eighth day of the second month, ten miles west of the gate of Wei County, the city of the famous mansion, the crossing of the Yellow River, countless gentry and ordinary people have gathered. On a pontoon bridge that has just been built, red and green are hung everywhere, the east end of the pontoon bridge also erects a painted archway, and there is a plaque hanging on the archway, which is the four big characters of the dragon flying and the phoenix dance. It turned out that this was the officials and gentlemen of the Daimyo Mansion who were welcoming the big gold thief and taking advantage of the victory to recover Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, who was in Linzhang County.

Compared with the scene when Zhao Kai arrived at the Daimyo Mansion for the first time a month ago, the officials and gentlemen of the Daimyo Mansion were too enthusiastic this time. It was not at the gate of the city to greet him, but he went out of the city for ten miles to the edge of the Yellow River to greet him. And the number of people who go out to welcome is extremely large, from the Yellow River ferry to the famous city of Wei County on both sides of the official road, crowded next to each other are the people who welcome the king. Many of them are still holding a basket and a pot of wine and food. The so-called Qi food pot pulp, which is probably the case with the king of Yingwangshi.

In just one month, the attitude of the gentry and common people of the Daimyo's Mansion towards Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, changed so much, of course, because of the "Battle of the Riverside of Wei County" that took place from the 29th of the first lunar month to the 3rd of February.

According to the news spread everywhere in the city of the Daimyo's Mansion, Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, has shown his might this time! He personally led 15,000 Wang Shi to cross the river on the ice, raided the gold camp, and caught the 30,000 gold thieves led by Liu Yanzong and Guo Yaoshi by surprise. The two armies fought a bloody battle on the shore of the Yellow River for three days, killing the ground and shaking the mountains, the Yellow River changed color, and it was difficult to distinguish between the superior and the inferior for a while, and finally Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, personally led the cavalry to launch a surprise attack, attacking the Jin Army's large array of the Chinese army, and beheading the privy envoy Liu Yanzong of the gold thief!

The Prince of the Great Song Dynasty beheaded the Great Golden Privy Envoy! That doesn't sound real...... Who doesn't know that the Zhao and Song Dynasty had hereditary diseases, and after more than 100 years of cowardice, why did there come out with a king who could cut people?

The gentry and people of the Daimyo's Mansion were curious, so they discussed it privately while Zhao Kai's victorious army had not yet crossed the Yellow River.

"What do you say about these three kings? Is it really as powerful as a legend? actually beheaded the privy minister of the gold thief? ”

"Of course! Otherwise, the battle on the west bank of the Yellow River could be won? The gold thief can send a privy minister and a Nanjing guard, and two to fight His Royal Highness King Yun! As a result, His Royal Highness King Yun was asked to cut off the head of the privy minister's dog! ”

"I didn't expect our Da Song to have a king who can fight...... I don't know how Emperor Daojun gave birth to such a king? ”

"Hey, it's not easy? What a life! ”

"Multiple births?"

"That's right, the dragon gave birth to nine sons, each with a different ...... If there are many sons, naturally some people are martial, some are literate, and some are both humanistic and martial. This is called many sons and many blessings! In terms of the ability to give birth to sons, the current official family must surpass the previous official family. ”

"Makes sense, makes sense!"

"But how can we have more sons?"

"This ......"

Just when the big guy was talking about how to have more sons from the three kings, he suddenly heard a shout: "The king has arrived!" ”

It turned out that the army of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, had arrived, and the gentry and common people of the Daimyo Mansion had no time to talk nonsense, so they all stretched their necks, widened their eyes, and looked at the pontoon bridge of the Yellow River.

As soon as I looked at it, I saw that a large group of cavalry had appeared on the other side of the Yellow River. A strong man like an iron tower, riding a tall horse and holding a long spear in one hand, went up to the pontoon bridge first. The big guy looked at the tip of the spear and saw a round thing hanging under the tip of the spear.

What is it?

The big guy's doubts didn't last long, for the knight quickly crossed the Yellow River pontoon bridge to the east bank, and now those who approached the pontoon bridge could clearly see that it was a huge head!

Whose head is this? Why was it so careless that people picked it up and hung it on the barrel of the gun?

People's questions were soon answered, and the strong man with the big gun opened his throat and shouted: "Fathers, look, this is the head of Liu Yanzong, the privy envoy of the gold thief!" ”

It turned out to be Liu Yanzong's great head!

Didn't Guo Tiannu carry a big burden when she came to Zhao Kai's camp that day? Zhao Kai originally thought it was a change of clothes, but it turned out that it was not, and inside the burden was Liu Yanzong's "salty head" - rubbed a lot of salt, it should be very salty, and it can be stored for a lot of time.

There were several graceful officials standing on the side of the Yellow River pontoon bridge, including Cai Mao, Du Chong, Qin Hui, Chen Ji, and Li Lu, the pacification envoy of Hebei East Road, who had just arrived from Jizhou, as well as Liang Fangping, Wang Xiaode, Bai Side and other internal servants.

Oh, and the king of Xin, Zhao Zhi, who came to the daimyo's mansion and stayed in the palace and didn't show up much, also wore a prince's clothes and appeared on the bank of the Yellow River with a long foot on his head. This king was very good just now, talking and laughing with Liang Fangping, Cai Mao, and Du Chong, and now he saw a "salty head", and he smelled the stench of the cured meat, and his face turned pale all of a sudden, and he only felt nauseous.

Just when he was about to vomit or not, when he covered his mouth with his hand, Zhao Kai, who was wearing silver armor, came on horseback surrounded by a group of generals and personal soldiers.

"Twelve, why are you covering your mouth? Do you want to cough or vomit? ”

Zhao Kai saw that Zhao Zhi's face was pale, and he was still covering his mouth with his hand, so he immediately vigilantly restrained the war horse and asked questions from afar.

"Three, third brother, I'm fine, I'm fine, it's just a little disgusting, it was too bumpy when I rode over just now......" Zhao Zhi saw his brother's reaction, so he had to forcibly swallow the sour water that had reached his throat again.

Seasickness?

Zhao Kai was skeptical, but he still flipped off the horse, and then took two steps forward, keeping a relatively safe distance from Zhao Zhi.

Zhao Zhi barely squeezed out a few smiles, hugged his fists at Zhao Kai, and said with a smile: "The third brother uses soldiers like a god, beheads the gold thief privy, and makes immortal achievements, and the younger brother admires it very much." ”

Zhao Kai smiled when he heard this: "This is our prince's business!" Twelve Lang is young and strong, and he will also learn more about the art of war and martial arts in the future, and in a few days, you and my brothers will be able to go into battle together to kill thieves! ”

What the? Kill thieves together?

When Zhao Zhi heard this, his little face turned even whiter, and he hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Third brother, since Hebei has been victorious, let's pack up our people as soon as possible and go to Kaifeng Qinwang!" ”

"Do you want to go to King Qinwang in Kaifeng?" Zhao Kai was shocked by his brother's words, and said in his heart: It turns out that I am not the most popular in the Great Song Dynasty, you are the first male in the Great Song Dynasty! Now there are 150,000 gold thieves in Kaifeng Mansion, 50,000 outside the city, and 100,000 in the city - Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan together are at least equivalent to 100,000 gold soldiers! With so many golden soldiers, how diligent this king should be!

Zhao Kai sighed: Why don't you wait for Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan to go to the Five Kingdoms to drink the northeast wind, let's play yellow robes again...... If I am Zhao Kuangyin, you will be ...... Zhao Tingmei, our brothers work together to reopen the day of the Great Song Dynasty!

But these words can only be buried in the bottom of my heart now, but I can't say it in public, Zhao Kai thought about it, but nodded and said: "Twelve Lang, we are naturally going to Kaifeng Mansion, but now is not the time...... Now there are many gold thieves in the Kaifeng Mansion area, and it is found that there are 150,000 people! Brother Yu only has 20,000 soldiers and horses on hand, and he can't break the siege if he goes. Therefore, Brother Yu plans to go to Xiangzhou to recruit troops first, and then gather people and horses from all over Hebei, make up an army of 150,000, and then it is not too late to relieve the siege of Feng. ”