At this time, in the Liao State Post House, Brother Yeluhua, the king of the Southern Courtyard, Yang Youxuan, the deputy privy envoy, and Xiao Pidi, the envoy of the Wuding Army, were sitting around a table, and they saw Brother Yeluhua holding a few pieces of paper, which was to collect some information about Meng Ming. He looked at it carefully, and after reading it, he handed it over to Yang Youxuan and Xiao Bi to see. After everyone finished reading it, Brother Yelu said: "The third princess has no intention but has done good things, if she hadn't wanted to investigate Meng Ming's information, we would still be in the dark, and we don't know anything about some of Meng Ming's initiatives. It is quite influential above the court. Yang Youxuan said: "King, that's right, I see that the Great Song Dynasty has become more and more prosperous, with potatoes and sweet potatoes, there is no famine in the world; The construction of official roads and railways is conducive to circulation and military affairs; Improving steelmaking is a weapon for soldiers, so you can't do it." Xiao Pidi: "This time I came to Song, it was worth the trip, and we will present the information we collected to the emperor as soon as possible." In addition, we can ask Song Ting for seeds of potatoes and sweet potatoes, and we will also try to plant and promote. ”

And Yelu Yanni was reading Meng Ming's poems in the house at this time, and Meng Ming copied them by himself at this time. At that time, the people from the Ministry of Rites came to ask him about this matter and explained the reason, but I didn't refuse, after all, it was for Song Liao's diplomatic relations.

Yelu Yanni didn't know how to get it, anyway, it was written by Meng Ming himself. Especially when I saw the song "Touching the Fish. Yanqiu Ci is stupid, and his mouth keeps chattering. The maid beside her was frightened, afraid that the princess would be as hysterical as she had been a few days before. I saw Yelu Yanni say: "Ask the world, what is love, and what is the promise of life and death?" , that is the true love of life and death. Where is my lover, and can he do this to me? Meng Ming can write such words, he must also be a person with deep affection. If you have the chance, you will meet him again. ”

At this time, the wild goose hill is full of tourists, not afraid of the severe cold of midwinter. This place has become a scenic spot, I don't know who erected a three-meter-high stone tablet with a base behind the wild goose hill, which was engraved with my writing "Touching the fish. Yanqiu Ci"; Yanqiu also made people make a large mound, surrounded by wooden fences; There is a large incense burner in front of the goose hill, which is full of smoke; There is a big willow tree on the left side of Yanqiu, which is full of red ribbons with the names of couples, and of course, there are also red ribbons with only their own names written on them. In the middle of winter, it makes people feel warm.

I saw a carriage come here and stop, the dark red nanmu body, the carriage carved beams and paintings, the flowers and plants are all gold leaves, gems and flowers, and it is the carriage of the rich and noble. A woman walked out of the car, wearing a red fox coat on the outside, a dark red dress on the inside, and a white fox fur hat on her head. At first glance, it was a Liao woman dressed up, and this woman was Yelu Yanni. She walked to Yanqiu, put a stick of incense in front of the incense burner, and recited some words. Then she found a red ribbon and wrote her name on it, then thought about it and wrote another name, and hung it on a high place with a bamboo pole.

Meng Ming was returning home from the University Hall of Tokyo at this time, and the school was very close to Yanqiu, but it was only a mile. He took the carriage and walked back, there was some congestion in front, and the carriage was too slow, so Meng Ming decided to get out of the carriage and go around, by the way. The figures here were crowded, Meng Ming squeezed into the crowd, and first saw a Liao woman, her dress was too eye-catching, too eye-catching, and she couldn't pay attention to it. Meng Ming suddenly felt that his scalp exploded, and his intuition was like being targeted by a poisonous snake. He was on guard, holding the pistol in his hand, his fingers on the trigger, and looking around. Meng Ming found that there were several suspicious people outflanking this Liao woman, only more than twenty meters away, there seemed to be guards around this woman, and she might have sensed that something was wrong, so she guarded around this woman, and then vigilantly put her hand on the sword.

Meng Ming saw that there were too many people, and he didn't want to hurt the innocent, so he shouted loudly: "There are assassins, everyone get out of the way", people panicked, I think this woman may be a family member of the Liao mission, if she is assassinated, it will cause a diplomatic dispute between Song and Liao; In fact, in my heart, this woman is just an ordinary person, and Meng Ming can't see death without help. He also walked forward quickly, and the assassin also rushed forward, Meng Ming looked at it and saw that there were almost fourteen or fifteen assassins, all holding swords, and saw the cold light of the swords. This woman's guards were only four, although this woman was a little flustered, she actually took out a dagger, about thirty centimeters, Meng Ming didn't care, he first fired a shot at the assassin who rushed to the front, hit the assassin, and there was a loud bang, so that everyone was stunned, including the woman's guards and assassins. Meng Ming rushed forward while reloading, and knocked down another assassin with his hand, and the assassin came back to his senses and divided into two groups, one pair to kill the woman, and the other team to kill Meng Ming.

After Meng Ming fired two shots, he calmed down and continued to reload and shoot, firing eight shots in one minute, knocking down six people; I saw that the woman's side couldn't hold on, and surrounded seven or eight people, at first glance, it was an outlaw who was not afraid of death, and the guards were killed and wounded; Meng Ming had already rushed over, protected the woman behind him, kept reloading and releasing the gun, and after a while, he knocked down four people, and the assassin's attack stalled, their morale plummeted, and there were only four or five people left, and the guards cheered up. Meng Ming still had eight rounds of ammunition left, he took advantage of the situation to kill two more assassins, and the remaining two assassins collapsed, this was a one-sided massacre, both of them fled in unison, Meng Ming breathed a long sigh of relief.

Meng Ming was about to turn around to check on the woman's condition, when suddenly a guard shouted, "Be careful, there is a bow and crossbow!" As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a scream, and one of the guards was shot down by an arrow. Meng Ming slammed the woman to the side of the carriage and said, "Come and hide behind the carriage." I'll roll on the spot. Feeling a pain in his ears, he only heard a whooshing sound, and the crossbow arrow kept passing past his ear, and Meng Ming was shocked into a cold sweat. He hid to the side of the car, Meng Ming knew that the speed of the crossbow arrow was slow, he watched from the crack in the car, and saw a black-clothed assassin holding a steel crossbow arrow thirty meters away, and the four guards were all injured and fell to the ground, life and death unknown. Meng Ming's ammunition still has four rounds left. Meng Ming fired another shot at the assassin, missed, but almost hit the assassin, the assassin hurriedly retreated, almost tripping, I took the opportunity to shoot, hit the assassin, the assassin screamed, and there was no movement.

Meng Ming hurriedly checked, feeling that there was no threat. Meng Ming walked towards the woman, he suddenly felt that he had no strength, the tension had passed, and his spirit was a little unbearable, seeing the blood all over the ground and the brains after being shot in the head, Meng Ming vomited all of a sudden. He suddenly felt that his shoulder hurt, Meng Ming was a person who was afraid of pain, he couldn't help the pain, he touched his shoulder, it was full of blood, Meng Ming sighed for the rest of his life: Damn, it was caused by the arrow that almost killed him. Only then did Meng Ming know that he had just walked in front of the Ghost Gate. He felt that he was collapsed at the moment, and he sat on the ground and couldn't get up, so he moved his body to the woman, and asked, "Don't be afraid, little lady, the assassin has been killed." ”

The woman hugged Meng Ming all of a sudden, crying bitterly, her body trembling, and she looked really frightened. She stopped crying for a while, looked at Meng Ming, and then exclaimed: "It's you, Meng Langjun", Meng Ming heard the sound and looked at it, isn't this the Liao woman who asked him to sign his clothes. She saw that Meng Ming was injured, her face was pale, and blood was oozing from her shoulders from time to time, so she was anxious and wanted to find something to stop Meng Ming's bleeding, but she couldn't find anything for a while, but when she saw her untie her clothes, revealing a white chest, she pulled out a piece of cloth from her arms and wrapped it around his shoulder. Meng Ming didn't feel anything at this time, so he wanted to leave this place as soon as possible. At this time, Meng Ming's carriage came, and the groom saw that the master of the house was injured, so he hurriedly helped him to get into the car, and he asked the woman to get in the car as well, ready to go back to the city.

At this time, I saw a large number of officials rushing over, and it had been more than half an hour since the incident, and the government's ability to respond to emergencies was too poor and the efficiency was too slow. At this time, the people from Kaifeng Mansion came, and a small official came up, and he came up to play officialdom, and Meng Ming was angry and scolded him. Wei Zhongping, the young Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, also arrived, and he saw that Meng Ming's shoulder was still oozing blood, and his face was pale, so he was anxious. Meng Ming felt a little like he had lost too much blood, but Meng Ming usually insisted on exercising, and his physical fitness was okay, so he should grit his teeth and persevere. At this time, there came another forbidden army, with a hundred people, and a doctor (doctor) with the army. The doctor attached gold sore medicine to Meng Ming's wound, and the bleeding stopped.

Wei Zhongping inquired in detail about Meng Ming's case. Meng Ming said it in detail, and focused on the steel crossbow arrow, which was the exclusive equipment of the forbidden army at this time, and it was a strictly controlled weapon, and the people were strictly prohibited from possessing it. The steel crossbow arrow court handed over to the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of War to build, each steel crossbow arrow has an exclusive number, and can find out the name of the holder and other information, Kaifeng The official in charge of the case has registered the number of the steel crossbow arrow, it is estimated that it will be found soon; Two of the Assassins fled, while the rest died. Most of the deceased were burly, with thick hand joints and thick calluses, and they were all marching people, and there were three tattoos on their backs that looked like small seals.

At this time, the Liao delegation also came, Yelu Huage and the two deputy envoys also arrived at the scene of the crime, and the imperial court also sent Li Di to come, at this time, it would cause diplomatic disputes, and even cause the Song-Liao War. Meng Ming was also a witness and made some additional explanations, and Yelu Yanni also confirmed the authenticity of Wei Zhongping's case. In the end, Brother Yelu Hua stepped forward and thanked Meng Ming: "Brother Yelu Hua, the king of the Southern Courtyard of the Lower Liao Kingdom, hereby solemnly thanks Beihai Hou for his full rescue of the princess of our dynasty, so that the princess can be preserved. Meng Ming also bowed his head and conceded, and then Yang Youxuan and Xiao Pidi also came to thank him, and Meng Ming responded one by one.