Storm Zhao and Zhang Shixing led fifty guards all the way to the northeast, and came to the city of Daning in a short time.

I saw the flags on the city, and three big characters were written on a big flag: "King Zhongning", and next to it were three Mongolian characters. There is no garrison above and below the city, people come and go at will, and the people who come and go are Mongols, and the river is endless, and it is very lively.

Tyrant Zhao and the others were about to enter the city, suddenly heard a long howl, a sound arrow flew into the sky, hundreds of people and horses suddenly rushed out of the city, stretched out their bows and arrows, surrounded Tyrant Zhao and others, led by two seventeen or eighteen-year-old young men, holding steel knives, pointed at Tyrant Zhao and shouted: "Vana Han, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Shixing saw that the two of them were a little familiar, so he urged him to step forward, hugged his fists and arched his hands: "Two little brothers, who is the surname, Zhang Shixing, this is polite." ”

After hearing this, the two young men hurriedly put away the knife and returned the sheath, and also bowed their hands and saluted: "It turns out that it is Zhang Tongzhi, and the younger brother is Taiping and Bald Polo, and I have seen Zhang Tongzhi." ”

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "It turned out to be you two little brothers, thank you for saving your life back then." I haven't seen you for a few years, and you've all grown up, and I almost didn't recognize you. ”

Taiping and Bald Polo smiled innocently, scratched their scalps and said, "Some little things, Zhang Tongzhi has always been worried about them. Zhang Tongzhi came to Daning this time, why did he come to Daning? ”

Zhang Shixing introduced the two of them to Tyrant Zhao and said: "This is the Shangshu Tyrant Zhao of the Criminal Department, who came to meet King Zhongning on the order of the emperor, and asked the two heads to lead the way." ”

Taiping's face changed and said: "King Zhongning is not here, he is in Kaipingwei now, and Batu is the commander in the city, Zhang Tongzhi will see others before entering the city." ”

Zhang Shixing glanced at Storm Zhao, and Storm Zhao said, "Okay, I'll see Batu first." ”

Tai Ping and Bal Polo led the way, leading Tyrant Zhao and others into the city, only to see the ruins in the city, a ruin, yurts everywhere, only one altar was intact, and a gold-roofed tent was erected on the altar.

Tai Ping and Bald Polo dismounted in front of the big tent, made a gesture of please, and said: "Tyrant Shangshu and Zhang Tongzhi, please come in, and Commander Batu is inside." ”

It turned out that King Yan hijacked King Ning to enter the customs, worried that the imperial court would regain this place and threaten the back road of Beiping, so he burned Daning Wei, and only the Lei Tan of King Ning's Mansion still existed. King Ning is good at Taoism, and the Thunder Altar is the altar of Taoism to worship the God of Thunder.

After the retreat of the Daning guard, Tana sent Batu to occupy the area, and the scattered Mongols returned one after another, and the power of the Tatars increased greatly.

Storm Zhao and Zhang Tongzhi followed Taiping and Bald Polo up the stairs and walked into the big tent, only to see Batu hugging two Mongolian beauties in his arms, one feeding him to drink, the other feeding him meat.

When Batu saw Taiping and Bald Polo coming in, he couldn't help but be furious and said, "Little rabbit cub, you won't make a noise when you come in, and you will disturb Lao Tzu's good deeds." ”

Tai Ping and Bald Polo hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Commander, the imperial court has sent a violent book, Zhang Tongzhi came to see King Zhongning." ”

Batu waved his hand and said: "What bullshit and tyranny Shangshu, Zhang Tongzhi, Lao Tzu is gone." ”

Zhang Tongzhi took a step forward and said with a slight smile: "Batu, I haven't seen you for a few years, and the shelf is a lot bigger." ”

Batu looked up and recognized it as Zhang Shixing, hurriedly pushed the two beauties away, and shouted, "Stand down for me." ”

The two beauties ran out of the big tent in a panic, Batu staggered to his feet, walked towards Zhang Shi, hugged him, and said happily: "Brother Zhang, you can miss my brother to death." Where have you been all these years? ”

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "Batu, when did you become a commander?" The dignified third-grade official is also a member of the imperial court. In the court, you can stand in the hall or play alone. ”

Batu smiled awkwardly and said: "King Zhongning, I don't care about any high-ranking officials of Laoshizi, you and I will always be brothers, come and sit down and drink." ”

Zhang Shixing pointed to the violent Zhao behind him and introduced the two of them: "This is the imperial court's envoy Shangshu Zhao, and this is the subordinate of King Zhongning." ”

The two greeted each other and sat down as guests.

Batu ordered someone to set up a banquet and wash the dust for the two. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhang Shixing briefly told Batu about his experience in the past few years.

Batu was dizzy when he heard this, and his heart was fascinated, and he said: "Brother Zhang, one day, I also imagine that you are going into battle to kill the enemy like that, which is ten thousand times stronger than doing this kind of Lao Shizi commanding the envoy." ”

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "King Zhongning attaches great importance to you, what's wrong with promoting you to be a commander?" Seeing that you are still hugging left and right, drunken woman, what are the regrets of life like this? ”

Batu pointed at Zhang Shixing and said, "Brother, you made fun of my brother." Penalty for a glass of wine. ”

Zhang Shixing had no choice but to pick up the wine glass and drink it all.

When everyone was drinking happily, Storm Zhao suddenly turned his face and said: "Commanded by Batu, who is also under the rule of the imperial court, why did you send troops to harass Liaodong?" Do you want to rebel? ”

Batu was stunned when he heard this, muttered a few words, his face turned pale, and he didn't speak for a long time, just bowed his head and drank.

Zhang Shixing heard that he was scolding people in Mongolian, and it was not easy to expose it, so he had to persuade both sides: "The tyrannical book is serious, I think there must be a misunderstanding in this, please Brother Batu just talk about it." ”

With that, he glanced at Batu.

Batu turned a blind eye and said angrily: "What is there to say about this, I am just acting on orders." ”

Storm Zhao stared at him tightly and said, "Commander Batu, who are you ordering?" ”

Batu blurted out: "That is naturally the order of the Queen Mother Zhongning." ”

Storm Zhao asked again: "Then where is the Queen Mother Zhongning now?" ”

Batu said: "She is in Kaipingwei, you have the ability to ask her." ”

Storm Zhao arched his hand and said, "Thank you for your advice, I am very grateful." With that, he got up and left the table.

Zhang Shixing couldn't, so he had to apologize to Batu, and then chased him out, and said to Tyrant Zhao: "Tyranny Shangshu, Batu is kind, please wait for me to drink, why are you so rude?" ”

Storm Zhao snorted and said, "If it is not my race, its heart will be different." This man will be a trouble for me in the future, how can I drink with him? ”

Zhang Shixing said: "The future is unpredictable. At present, the tyrannical Shangshu still has to be with them, otherwise these Mongols are like fire, and if they don't agree with each other, they will draw their swords and face each other, just now I was really worried about Shangshu. ”

Tyranny Zhao Waner smiled and said, "With your Zhang Tongzhi's personal guard, I'm not worried." ”

Zhang Shixing shook his head helplessly.

That night, Taiping found a tent for Zhang Shixing and others, and slept for a night, and the next day Zhang Shixing and others left Daningwei and galloped to Kaipingwei. Batu ordered someone to prepare drinking water and dried meat for Zhang Shixing and others, but he never showed up again, probably because he was angry because he didn't give him face last night.

After running on the vast grassland for more than ten days, the group finally came to Kaipingwei.

At this time, Kaipingwei is gradually densely populated, and a lot of houses have been built in the city, and the shops along the street are lined up one after another, and all industries are prosperous, and the Mongolian and Han are mixed, so it is not lively.

Zhang Shixing and others came to the gate of Zhongning Palace, kicked off the horse, explained their intentions to the guards, and the guards went in to pass the ceremony, and after a while, Arutai came out to greet him, full of spring breeze, and also stepped forward to hug Zhang Shixing, and said with a smile on his face: "What kind of wind on the grassland blew you here?" ”

Zhang Shixing also smiled: "Arutai, don't you welcome me?" ”

Arutai said: "You are a distinguished guest of our department, a big hero, I can't even invite you, why don't you be welcome." ”

Tyrant stroked his beard and smiled beside him, "Arutai, do you welcome me?" ”

Arutai turned his head to look at Storm Zhao and said happily: "No wonder the magpies croaked this morning, and the distinguished guests were a couple as soon as they came." "With that, bow down and salute Tyrant.

Tyrant Zhao hurriedly held him up, and said, "Don't you dare to be, Arutai, you are also the commander, right, Sanpin Master?" ”

Arutai smiled embarrassedly: "Let the tyrant book laugh, we are self-appointed by King Zhongning, and we have not yet reported the court's permission." ”

Storm Zhao said: "Don't be afraid, I will return to Beijing in the future, and I will definitely order the imperial court to issue a holy decree and make you and others a real position." ”

Arutai was pleasantly surprised: "Really? ”

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "The tyrannical book is an envoy, how can he joke? ”

Arutai shook his head and said, "If that's the case, I can't thank you enough." ”

Violent Zhao said: "Can King Zhongning be in the mansion? ”

Arutai said: "Yes, he is waiting for you on the main hall, please come with me." ”

After that, he led Tyrant Zhao and the others through the mountain gate to the top of the main hall. This palace was originally the capital of Huayan Temple, for the capital of the only remaining intact building, when Song Zhong had this place as the governor of the yamen, after the death of Song Zhong, Kaiping Wei was occupied by Tana, and changed to Zhongning Palace, just the Buddha statue in the hall was removed, cleaned up.

Tana took little Bartel to stand in front of the temple gate to greet everyone, Zhang Shixing peeked at it, and met Tana's eyes, Tana's phoenix eyes were full of spring, as if he was angry, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look again.

Tana smiled at Tyrant Zhao and said, "Tyrant Shangshu, it's been hard all the way. After a few years, you and I met here again, and the style of the tyrannical book is still the same. ”

Storm Zhao also smiled: "The Queen Mother has won the award, I am the former Liu Lang and I am here again." ”

Little Battle had grown as tall as his mother at this time, and although his face was still childish, he still pretended to be an adult, and said to Tyrant Zhao in a rough voice: "Tyranny Shangshu, why don't you kneel down and salute when you see this king?" ”

Tyranny Zhao arched his hand and said: "I am a lowly person, and I dare not violate the law of etiquette." ”

Little Battle snorted, stretched out his hand, and said, "What holy decree did you bring to this king?" ”

Tyrant Zhao said with a smile: "I didn't bring any holy decree to the prince, but a few days ago, I went to the Daimyo's Mansion to issue a holy decree to His Royal Highness King Yan, and came over to meet King Zhongning. ”

Little Battle wanted to say something more, Tana stretched out her hand, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "This is not a place to speak, first invite the Tyrant Book into the temple." ”

With that, Tana led little Batelmai inside.

Tyrant Zhao and Arutai also followed into the palace, and Zhang Shixing just wanted to enter, but was suddenly stopped by the guard at the door and shouted: "No one is allowed to enter the palace, and those who violate the order will die." ”

Zhang Shixing was stunned, not knowing what to do.