A small village stood there, and the village wall was lit with torches, which was illuminated clearly, and hundreds of village soldiers were on the wall, carefully inspecting.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves, Zhuang Ding's spirit became nervous, and he picked up the torch to look forward, just when he saw Zhao Zhen and others coming, a small leader hurriedly shouted on the wall: "Come and stop the horse, otherwise I will release arrows here!" ”

Ma Kuan hurriedly whipped off his horse twice, rushed to the front, and arched his hand: "Brother on the wall, we are passing guests, but please report to your master, one of our companions is sick, but please help, there will be a good reward." ”

The leader of Zhuang Ding on the wall snorted coldly and said: "You don't shout here, I don't know who you are, it's just that the owner of my family has an order, this season, the world is unstable, no matter who you are, you are not allowed to approach my Zhuangzi, otherwise you will be shot, you retreat quickly, otherwise you will release arrows!" ”

Ma Kuo made Jin several times, according to the words of later generations, that is, he was a diplomat, his mouth was quite strong, and his emotional intelligence was also high, so he begged: "This brother, we are all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and we will be forced to fall into today's field, but you are a master, and we are a little cheaper, and the younger brother has his own filial piety." ”

The leader on the wall still refused: "We know who you are, if a thief comes to deceive our village, open it for you, let us deal with it." ”

Ma Kuo begged repeatedly, but the village wall just didn't allow it, Zhao Zhen hugged Zhao Fujin and only felt that she was hotter, so he was so anxious that he shouted angrily: "Thief, if you don't open the door again, I will turn your Zhuangzi into powder!" ”

The Zhuang Ding on the wall laughed together, and the little leader said disdainfully: "You come, you just come, as long as you can hurt me half a point, I will let you enter this Zhuangzi!" ”

Before Zhao Zhen could speak, Zhao Bangjie responded first: "Are you telling the truth?" ”

The little leader shouted, "Get the fire!" Someone had already brought the torch to the little leader's side, and looked at his face, so that he could see clearly even in the darkness of the night, and then cried out: "But you have come to hurt me, and as long as you can hurt you, I will let you go...... Yes! Before he could speak, Zhao Bangjie stretched out his knife and shoveled a small stone on the ground, picked it up, and hit the forehead of the little leader, causing the little leader to bleed, and screamed: "Give me arrows, shoot them!" ”

The village wall put arrows downward, Ma Kuo had no choice but to open the arrows with the Pu knife, and then pulled Zhao Zhen back, but Zhao Bangjie scolded while blocking the arrows: "Little thief, why don't you talk nonsense!" ”

When the little leader on the village wall heard this, he was even more angry, and shouted: "Go and inform the sect leader, just say that there is a thief here, please come quickly!" ”

Ma Kuo heard it below, and hurriedly said: "King, you can't stay here, these Diao people will come out in a while, so they won't care what our identity is, and it will be troublesome to fight when the time comes." ”

Zhao Zhen also knew that they couldn't do anything with Zhao Fujin, so they had to say hatefully: "When I come again, I won't spare them!" Ma Kuo was anxious, and he didn't care about asking again, so he pulled Zhao Zhen's reins and left, and at the same time drank Zhao Bangjie to break off, but they didn't walk half a mile, and the people behind shouted horse neighing, but it was a team of Zhuang soldiers who killed them, and when they were dressed as teachers, they carried an iron gun in their hands, rode a horse, and shouted: "Where did the thief come from, but give your tutor the head grandfather to stop!" ”

Where is Zhao Bangjie willing to let people scold, so he grabbed the horse and said: "It's your grandfather who scolded you, but you came over!" ”

When the head of the sect heard the shout, he urged the horse to come, and when he saw Zhao Bangjie, he didn't ask, and raised his hand to shoot a shot, stabbing at Zhao Bangjie's heart.

Zhao Bangjie slashed it with a knife, and was cutting it on the spear of the sect leader, and he made a loud sound, which made the head of the sect soften and almost threw the gun out.

The head of the sect was astonished and surprised, so he stopped the horse and shouted, "O man, don't do it first, but we will say a word." ”

Zhao Bangjie didn't listen, so he urged the horse to enter the two knives and slashed over, the head of the sect hated and annoyed, and hurriedly used the gun in front of him to slant a frame, thinking of unloading the force to attack, but Zhao Bangjie was powerful, a knife chopped down and directly cut off the gun shaft, Pu Dao then slashed to the face of the head of the sect, the head of the sect was so frightened that he rolled off the horse, Zhao Bangjie split down with a knife, and split it on the horse beam, and the iron beam was split until it was stuck on the saddle.

The Pu knife was stuck and couldn't be pulled out, Zhao Bangjie roared angrily, kicked on the opposite horse, pulled out the knife with strength, and then slashed towards the head of the sect, at this time a person rushed out of the oblique stab, and the Pu knife in the horizontal hand slashed over, the two knives collided, the blades connected, and the sparks flew straight up, and they retreated.

Ma Kuo was only afraid that Zhao Bangjie would suffer, so he would also bring Ma back, and he stepped forward with the knife in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Your family is so unreasonable!" If we can't wait for a stay, that's it, how can we be caught as thieves! ”

When the person on the other side heard the words, he shouted urgently: "Is it Ma Zichong in front?" But don't do it! As he spoke, he restrained Zhuang Ding, and asked people to come over with torches, so he and Ma Kuo looked at each other, saw it really, and shouted loudly: "Sure enough, it's Brother Ma!" I'm He Shiliang! ”

Ma Kuo couldn't help but exclaim, "How can it be you?" "This He Shiliang is the son of He Li, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, who was originally an envoy in the Imperial Forest Army in Beijing, He Li followed the emperor Zhao Huan to the north, but I don't know why he is here.

He Shiliang said hatefully: "After my father went north with the emperor, the Jin people set up Zhang Bangchang's thief as the emperor, and the people and horses in the four compartments of the imperial forest were under the control of Fan Qiong's thief. ”

Ma Kuan nodded He Shiliang's nose and said, "You kid, I came to join you, and you still don't accept it, do you know who I brought with me?" ”

He Shiliang was puzzled and said, "Who are you bringing with you?" ”

Ma Kuo looked around, and when he saw that there was no one around, he leaned into He Shiliang's ear and whispered, "It's King Xin." ”

He Shiliang was shocked and shouted, "The one who killed that Zong Yin was my brother? ”

Ma Kuo shook his hand and said, "Let's go back first, there are too many people here." ”

He Shiliang nodded hurriedly, and asked Zhuang Ding to protect Ma Kuan and them, hurriedly returned to Zhuangzi, and strictly ordered that tonight's events should not be passed out, so Zhao Zhen and the others were welcomed to the inner room.

Zhao Zhen couldn't wait for a long time, so he saluted He Shiliang and said, "Brother He Shi, my sister is sick, can you ask someone to show her first?" ”

He Shiliang already knew Zhao Zhen's identity, and he didn't dare to hold it up, so he said: "The king will go first, and everything will be with me." Hurriedly asked people to invite Lang Zhong, and then saluted Zhao Zhen and said, "The villain He Shiliang has seen the king!" ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "Brother He doesn't have to be polite, you are also careful here, you can't make a mistake." ”

He Shiliang smiled bitterly: "The villain didn't expect that the king would be able to get out." ”

Ma Kuo told Zhao Zhen how he escaped, and He Shiliang couldn't help but clap his hands and shout when he heard that Zhao Zhen had killed Yan Zongyin and Li Yan in a row: "Okay! It's so refreshing! Then he saluted Zhao Zhen and said: "King, the villain never knew that the king had such a majestic style, although he was in Tokyo, he missed it, and now the villain is here to give the king a salute!" ”

Zhao Zhen hurriedly waved his hand and said: "He Zhizhi doesn't have to be like this, you are loyal and good, He Xiang protects the monarch to the north, when the Jin soldiers did not divide the troops that day, I saw him protecting the emperor, if it weren't for him, I am afraid that the emperor will have a more difficult life in the Jin camp." ”

He Shiliang gritted his teeth and said: "I only hate traitors and mislead the country, if it weren't for Zhang Bangchang and others to bring disaster to the country, as long as Tokyo waits for the world's soldiers and horses, why can't he retreat from the enemy, where will it be to the point where the two saints will be captured and trapped in the north!" ”

A few people were talking, Zhuang Ke had already brought a Lang Zhong in, and he gave Zhao Fujin a pulse, Lang Zhong on the edge of Tokyo, the means were also unusual, after looking at it, he said: "This lady is in the letter period, caught cold water, and encountered panic, this is the fever, the old man here is a medicine down, naturally it can be alleviated, but it is just ......." ”

Zhao Zhen's heart suddenly lifted and said, "Sir, just what?" ”

"It's just that it will be produced in the future, but I'm afraid it will not be easy." Lang Zhong twisted his beard and said, Zhao Zhen's heart fell as soon as he went up, and said, "That's not a big deal, let's ask Mr. to take medicine first." ”

Lang Center Nahan, I don't understand why this family is so concerned about this important matter of inheritance, but he lives in the He family's Zhuangzi, even if he is a member of the He family, so he doesn't ask much, so he answers, and goes down to prescribe medicine, Here He Shiliang invited two more women to take care of Zhao Fujin, and helped her to another room to change clothes and take medicine.

Zhao Zhen didn't worry about interrogation, only to know that Zhao Fujin's clothes were still wet, it turned out that she would be shy and embarrassed, and she didn't dare to take off her underwear in the wild, and she kept wearing it, which was cold.

Ma Kuo and He Shiliang persuaded Zhao Zhen: "Don't worry, the king has the means to do it, it seems that there is nothing to do, the king still goes to eat first, but he also takes care of his body." ”

Zhao Bangjie also said: "Yes, king, you don't go to eat here, this surname He is too picky, and he won't get us anything to eat, I'm already so hungry that my heart is close to my back." ”

Zhao Zhen couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and Ma Kuo smiled: "You inferior product, you know how to eat." ”

He Shiliang said: "But it's my fault, come, come, come, go and eat now, and I'll ask someone to prepare some porridge and rice for the emperor, just wait for her to wake up and use it." ”

Zhao Zhen said gratefully: "Thank you, Brother He." ”

At that moment, a few people followed He Shiliang to the hall, and a servant had already brought the food, so He Shiliang said: "But I was in a hurry, I didn't prepare any delicacies, and I ask the king and the two brothers to forgive me." ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "This will be able to have a stable meal to eat, it's good, what else to say." At that moment, the four of them drank a glass of wine first, and then Zhao Bangjie began to eat, but Zhao Zhen and Ma Kuoxin were not eating, so they said to He Shiliang: "Brother He, but you tell us, how is the situation in Tokyo now?" ”

He Shiliang said hatefully: "I don't know, this Tokyo city is full of ugliness, and there is only the word 'shameless' in sight, where is there any good thing!" ”

"When Zhang Bangchang was the emperor of Chu, he was opposed by the ministers, only Fan Qiong, Wang Shiyong, Song Qiyue a few shameless self-proclaimed new emperors for merit, arrogant and lascivious every day, wanton in Beijing, and after the reinforcements learned that the two saints were taken captive, they have been standing still, on the first day of April, the Jin soldiers were all to Huazhou, and the Dayuan Division raised troops from Nanjing, and the Xuanfu Division, the governor of the North Province, commanded Wang Yuan to lead 3,000 cavalry. Jianghuai sent the judge to Wang Yi, the general of the sub-department, and led 3,000 troops. Jianghuai Shipping Division commander Fu Liang led 10,000 troops were already on the fourth day of the first month of April, to the outside of Tokyo, Zhang Bangchang that thief was only afraid of being broken by the Zhulu Army, so he invited Zhezong's abolition of the Meng Dynasty to weigh the system, he surrendered to Dazai, in charge of the court, only said that he was to endure humiliation, in order to keep the Great Song Dynasty Temple, the people of Bianjing, this was not to respond to the order of the Jin people, called the emperor, now the Jin people retreated, since the Song Emperor is orthodox, I heard that someone has been sent, to Nanjing, to see the generalissimo nine kings. ”

Zhao Zhen listened to He Shiliang's words and was silent, he saw some later people's comments on the Song Dynasty in "Yue Fei's Evaluation", and knew that someone had explained Zhang Bangchang's behavior, and the argument was Zhang Bangchang's excuses, but the author of "Evaluation" pointed out that Zhang Bangchang was only so panicked because he knew that the army of the Great Song Dynasty had not been destroyed, and the Jin soldiers were not long, once the Jin soldiers went south and the Qin Wang soldiers arrived, no one would agree to him to be the emperor, and then he just gave up the throne, It is precisely because of the addition of Nanjing Zongze's department that there are nearly 100,000 Song troops, and there are only Fan Qiong's four-compartment forbidden sects in Tokyo City, which was collected by Fan Qiong, how can the Song Dynasty forbidden army that was scattered by Jin soldiers have the ability to stop the 100,000 Qinwang army.

After Liu Yu after Zhang Bangchang was established as the emperor of Qi by the Jin people, he had soldiers and horses in his hands, and at most he pulled out 300,000 horses to attack the Song Dynasty, but there were no Jin soldiers, he could protect himself, and there were guards when he fled north, but Zhang Bangchang now only needs to go out of Tokyo, I don't know how many people are waiting to kill him, he has no way out, so he has to return to the Song Dynasty.

For the opinion of the author, Zhao Zhen thought it was, but he also knew that this would be Tokyo must still be in Zhang Bangchang's hands, and the Qin Wang army outside had no way to attack after Emperor Meng's arrival, so he could only wait for the results of the negotiations between Zhang Bangchang and Zhao Gou, and the ministers of Tokyo all supported Zhao Gou, which made Zhao Gou ascend the throne smoothly, Zhao Zhen looked at the banquet on the table, and a bold idea was formed in his mind.

"If I take my father's handwritten letter and rush to Tokyo, as long as I promise not to kill Zhang Bangchang and not to pursue the crime of rebellion, then I should be able to get the support of the ministers of Tokyo City, and then contact the Qin Wangjun outside the city, and take the first step to claim the emperor, Zhao Gou has no matter what he thinks in Nanjing, and he has to consider whether he will bear the name of a traitor, how dare he call the emperor, in this way, I can't easily be the emperor, and then organize soldiers and horses, pursue all the way, and recapture the two saints?"

But Zhao Zhen immediately thought of Fan Qiong, who entered the palace with a sword and led people to drive their Great Song royal family from the palace to the Jin camp, and Wang Shiyong, who did not hesitate to grab Empress Zheng's maiden family in order to search for a girl for the Jin people, couldn't help but hate in his heart, and secretly asked himself: "I just let them all go in order to be the emperor, so what is the difference between me and Zhao Gou?" ”