Nanjing Yingtianfu is a first-class city of the Great Song Dynasty, prosperous in the past, people come and go, the city gate is the same as Tokyo, never closed, but since the Jin soldiers went south, Nanjing has been tightly closed, there are soldiers and horses to patrol every day, only Chen, Si, noon three hours can open the door, ordinary are not allowed to enter and exit, at this time it is the end of noon, the city gate has not seen people, the north gate guard will look at the sky, and ordered: "Close the door, no one will come anyway." ”

The little soldiers also wished to close the city gate early, so as not to be afraid, so they went down to withdraw the horse, and several people pushed the city gate to close, and seeing that the gate was about to be closed, a person rushed to the far road, shouting as he went: "Don't close the city, don't close the city!" ”

When Yu Jin saw it, he hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up, turn it off!" The soldier sped up, and the man on the opposite side couldn't help but hurriedly say: "I have the Generalissimo's Mansion here to expedite the fire transmission, if you dare to close the door, are you not afraid of cutting off your head!" ”

Yu Jin was startled, so he asked his subordinates to stop, looked at the person on the other side, and shouted, "But ...... fire." Before the following words were spoken, a mouth on the other side slapped him in the face and scolded: "Get out!" After saying that, he squeezed in and went to the city, Yu Jin hurriedly said: "Come on, come and stop him for me!" ”

A soldier came to stop him, the man took out a gold medal and shook it, Yu Jin was so frightened that he called the person back again, it was a sign given by King Kang himself, no one was allowed to stop it, otherwise he would be killed, he didn't want to touch the head, he could only watch the man go.

The people who entered the city hurried all the way, and the people around them only felt that the people had passed in front of them, and they arrived at the door of an inn in the blink of an eye.

Due to the sudden multiplication of officials in Yingtianfu, there was no such house, some officials who came over temporarily, they all went to the inn house to make a mansion, the man hurried over, quickly passed through the front hall, the innkeeper did not have time to react, he had already reached the back, and went towards a courtyard, and the two soldiers guarding the door hurriedly raised their hands and shouted: "Stop!" ”

The person who came stood still, gasping for breath, and the two soldiers guarding the door saw it and shouted urgently: "Envoy Liu, how can it be you?" "The person who came was none other than Liu Tong, the secret envoy of the Yamen of Chuzhou.

Liu Tong gasped for a while and said, "Is your attendant here?" These two people were ordered to protect Song Qing, and they were busy: "The Nine Kings are discussing matters in the palace, and my attendants have also been recruited. ”

Liu Tong stomped his feet and turned around to leave, and a soldier hurriedly shouted: "Envoy, the government will ban it, even if you go, you won't be able to enter." "It's just that Liu Tong has long been gone, where can I hear it.

Liu Tong walked out of the inn and headed towards the mansion, and was walking forward, when a team of people came over, and when one of them saw Liu Tong at a glance, he shouted urgently: "Liu Tong, why are you here?" "It's Li Jinyi.

Liu Tong hurriedly came over to salute and said, "Second brother, Brother Song asked me to send an urgent letter back to Brother Song Qing, so that he could hand it over to the Nine Kings immediately, saying that it is 100,000 urgent, and if there is a slight delay, there will be a big disaster!" As he spoke, he took out a letter from his bosom, which was sealed with fire paint and glued with three chicken feathers.

Li Jinyi took it and said, "You can't go in the palace, I'll bring it in for you." ”

Liu Tong said cautiously: "Second brother, don't pass it on today, Brother Song ordered it, but it is a big thing written there." ”

Li Jinyi nodded and said: "You don't have to say, if it weren't for a big event, Brother Song wouldn't let you come back in such a hurry, but you went to rest, I just passed the letter over." After saying that, he greeted the people and went to the palace.

Although Li Jinyi was appointed as the commander of the guards, he could not go to Zhao Gou, he was only responsible for patrolling the city, but he could still go in the palace, and he couldn't take care of patrolling the city at this time, so he went to the palace, and after checking the waist card, he hurried in until he was under the hall of the palace.

In the mansion, the lights were bright, Zhao Gou, Wang Boyan, Huang Qianshan and several other people were talking, Li Jinyi didn't dare to rush over, and saw a waiter standing outside the door at a glance, it was Kuang Xun, the general manager he handed over in the past few days, so he walked over and saluted Kuang Xun, and said, "Chief, can you invite Song Attendant out to say something." ”

Kuang Xun smiled and said, "Is there anything wrong with General Li?" Our family is here to pass it on, and the nine kings are talking about military affairs, but it is not easy to go in and call people. ”

Li Jinyi said in his heart: "Talk about fart, military affairs are all in charge of Zong Ze, he is not here, I am afraid that he will not even be able to talk about troops on paper in the house." But he said: "The chief manager is still helping me, my brother Song has an urgent letter coming, but he has to hand it over to Song Attendant." As he spoke, he took out a bag of garlic strips from his bosom and stuffed it over.

Kuang Xun only knew the weight of the gold after turning it upside down, so he smiled and said, "Since it is a letter, then wait for me." So saying, he turned and went in, and after a while he came out with a handsome young man.

Li Jinyi hurriedly saluted Kuang Xun, then pulled Song Qing to the side and walked a few steps aside, took out the letter, and said: "Brother Xian, this is Brother Song's urgent letter, there is a big matter to report to the Nine Kings, you can take it in quickly." ”

Song Qing remembered that Song Jiang had told him that there were three chicken feathers sticked, and the fish scales were sealed with wax underneath, all of which were handed over to the nine kings, so he immediately glanced at the three chicken feathers, and sure enough, there was a piece of fish scales sealed with wax on it, and he couldn't help but feel down, so he said to Li Jinyi: "Second brother, don't go, just wait here." After speaking, he turned around and said hello to Kuang Xun and went in.

Song Qing arrived in the lobby, saw that Zhao Gou was just talking and stopped, picked up the tea to drink, and leaned over, and whispered: "Back to the Nine Kings, my eldest brother has an urgent letter to submit." ”

Zhao Gou was stunned for a moment, glanced at the letter in Song Qing's hand, and Song Qing whispered: "Brother said that there is something big to report to the king." ”

Zhao Gou took the letter at this time, and while opening it, he said, "I don't know what happened to Song Gongming...... He stopped abruptly halfway through his words, but a three-finger-wide note slipped out of the envelope, which read, "Emperor Zhao Ji of the Great Song Dynasty; Eighteen sons", Zhao Gou was stupid.

Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan sat on the side, and they didn't see what it was, but Song Qing saw it at first sight, and he didn't know where the cleverness came from, so he shouted urgently: "Everyone quit, retreat!" After saying that, he stepped on the note.

The people in the room were still a little apprehensive, but Zhao Gou came to his senses, grabbed the teacup and fell to the ground, and said, "Are they all deaf!" ”

The colorful girls and eunuchs in the house hurriedly retreated outside, Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan also hurriedly got up, and Zhao Gou then said: "Kang Companion and Lord Wang, Lord Huang and Song Attendants stayed. ”

The people in the house all went out, leaving only the chief eunuch Kang Lu, as well as Wang, Huang and Song Qing to stay, Zhao Gou was just about to speak, and glanced at the gate again, Kang Lu hurried over, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Kuang Xun, guard the gate, and no one is allowed to come in without a call." Then he closed the door and said carefully, "My lord, but no one has come to disturb you." ”

Only then did Song Qing lift his feet, pick up the note, and present it to Zhao Gou with both hands.

Zhao Gou shook his head, then looked at it again, confirmed that the words on it were true, couldn't help but sigh, put the note on the table, and tapped it with his fingers, Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan all leaned over to look at it, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Wang Boyan reacted first and said, "King, but look at what else is in Song An's letter. ”

Zhao Gou remembered Song Jiang's letter, took it out and unfolded it, read it carefully, and knew the reason for the matter, so he put down the letter and let Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan come to see it, but turned back to Song Qing and said, "Is there any other news from Gongming?" ”

Song Qing shook his head and said: "This letter was handed over to the villain by General Li Jinyi, according to him, my brother only said that there was a big thing here, but he didn't say anything else. ”

Zhao Gou's heart was tumbling, but there was no movement on the surface, and he said softly: "My father has already made arrangements, and the two adults don't have to stay with me anymore, so I will set off to Wang Yuan's army tomorrow and prepare to welcome my eighteenth brother into Tokyo. ”

Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan knelt down together, and shouted, "King! You are a dragon, how can you go to danger! ”

Zhao Gou sighed and said: "In the past, there was only one lone person in the royal family, but now that the royal family has decided, what's the use of having a lone king." ”

Wang Boyan wept and said, "King! What this epistle says is all the words of the king of Xin, without any evidence, not to mention that even if there is an edict from the emperor, the king is only a young man, and he has no prestige inside and outside, who in the world is willing to obey! Once he pushed the king of letters, he was afraid that a group of thieves would rise up in the world, not to mention refusing to take money outside, and first bringing disaster to the country inside! ”

Huang Qianshan also said: "King, the world looks at you, just like a long drought and rain, you can't just throw the world away!" ”

Song Qing also whispered: "King, since my brother has sent a letter, it means that my brother will never fail you." ”

Kang Lu also said: "Yes, king, Song Gongming's letter makes it clear that he and Wang Yuan, Fu Liang, Wang Yi and others will be your loyal ministers, and now the situation is unknown, you can't give up on yourself." Kang Lu is Zhao Gou's cronies, and he knows that Zhao Gou's words are just a temptation, so he said it so hard.

Zhao Gou just didn't say anything, Huang Qianshan looked at the edict cut by Song Jiang and copied by He Shiliang, and then compared Song Jiang's letter, and then said: "King, this letter explains that there is no seal of the emperor on this edict, and King Xin does not have any evidence in his hand, as long as we can get the edict, then everything will have a delay." ”

Zhao Gou looked at Huang Qianshan, Huang Qianshan hesitated, and then whispered: "King, please look, Song Gongming specially said in the letter that this edict is not bad, even the ink marks have been copied, if you can get the edict, you only need to change the ...... slightly." ”

Huang Qianshan didn't finish his words, but Zhao Gou's eyes lit up, he looked at the point above the word 'ten', and there was a little measurement in his heart, Wang Boyan refused to let Huang Qianshan be beautiful, and also said: "The minister has studied the emperor's thin gold characters for several years, although it can't be said to be completely similar, but with a little pen, outsiders still can't see it." ”

Zhao Gou groaned: "It's just ...... How can you get this edict! Suddenly, he turned his head to look at Song Qing, his eyes were blazing, and Song Qing was a little panicked, but Huang Qianshan understood what he meant, so he said: "Squire Song, you immediately repair a letter to your brother and ask him what he means." ”

Song Qing was excited and scared when he heard this, and he was excited that Zhao Gou borrowed Song Jiang like this, and Song Jiang's official position would definitely rise again, but the fear was that since ancient times, people who have interfered in the inheritance of the throne have rarely had a good death, but the matter has come to this time, and he can't help hesitating, so he answered, went to the desk to write the book, wrote it quickly, and then said to Zhao Gou: "Back to the king, General Li Jinyi is waiting outside, I will give him the letter, and let him pass it on to my brother, so as not to leak the news." ”

Zhao Gou nodded with satisfaction and said, "You just have to go, as long as you don't let the sect elder Yuanrong know, everything is easy to say." ”

Song Qing agreed again and left.