At the beginning of November, the area around Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia, was completely covered with heavy snow, and the sky was always gray, especially cold at night, and there was a danger of freezing when urinating.

It is rumored that the queen mother and the little emperor who went out hunting this season still haven't returned to the capital, which is very unreasonable.

"Niangniang, the news from Xingqing Mansion says that the speculation of the nobles and the people is getting more and more day by day. There were even some prescient nobles who fled with large amounts of gold and silver, and it was rumored that they intended to flee to the Song Kingdom to avoid this visible political disaster. If this continues, I am afraid of shaking the foundation of Western Xia. Mother-in-law needs to plan ahead? ”

The young iron harrier general bleated and spoke to the graceful and gorgeous Empress Dowager in the heavy snow.

The now young man will later become a famous general, and it is with this person that he will help the future emperor Li Liangzuo to kill Wu Zang Pang and his people.

When the Empress Dowager Wuqiang heard this, she was furious and scolded: "This group of undisciplined things, on weekdays, they are powerful and blessed in my Western Xia, and those who eat and use Western Xia are the masters of Western Xia." But the most unreliable is also them, as soon as there is a wind and grass, they will run towards the Song Kingdom, and even heard that a large part of their assets have been deployed in the Song Kingdom for a long time. ”

"Chop up these undisciplined things!" A rough Iron Harrier will lead the way.

The Queen Mother said deflatedly: "It's useless, if we really dare to kill one person, the rest who didn't want to leave will also run to the Song Kingdom, and it will be difficult to block it." Civilization can make people yearn, which is the reason why the Song State was cowardly but too big to fail. In the era of bad comparison, Song Guo is willing to accept and protect such a group, we can only change ourselves and make them trust us more. So this is the palace to learn that the Liao State has been pushing the 'sinicization, civilization' intention, civilization can make people trust, and barbarism is useless except for making people afraid, and those who are now evacuated are because they are afraid that the palace and the two barbarians will kill in the capital. That's the gist. ”

"Wise mother!" The big-headed soldiers shouted in adoration.

Man Baa was not in a hurry to pat himself on the back, and emphasized: "The last general still believes that for the sake of the overall situation at this critical juncture, he cannot start a war with the Taishi. When we can't stalemate, such a situation is a drain on our Western Xia and a loss of the overall interests of Western Xia. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, this is what the Han people say, Niangniang is pushing for sinicization, so she must also learn to endure humiliation and bear the burden of lying on the salary and taste the courage. ”

"Lie down and taste the guts!" The Queen Mother suddenly burst into foul language, "The palace was almost assassinated by that crazy brother, how can people bear the humiliation?" ”

Baa said: "If you really think so, I will swear to follow you back to Beijing and fight a decisive battle with the guards of the Taishi!" “

"The Iron Harrier Army swears to follow the Queen Mother Qingjun's side!" All the generals knelt on the ground and took the oath.

However, he said calmly: "But in this way, the outcome is unpredictable, let's not talk about it, in the end, it is certain that the accumulation of Xingqing Mansion over the years will be completely consumed, and the personnel and money will be greatly evacuated." There are only two ways, one is to let them go. The second is to kill them all and leave the money. But no matter what choice was made, Western Xia was basically divided. Wuzang Taishi still can't accept such a situation, and uses assassination instead of unknown killing. Then the mother and the emperor who personally took over the foundation of His Majesty Yuan Hao should not make this choice. ”

The Empress Dowager took a deep breath, and she was a little calmer.

Just now, she was mainly angry and just talking, in fact, she was really not afraid of death, and she also knew that she didn't have the intention of using assassination instead of open killing, just because she didn't want the Western Xia to split. The views of the two schools are the same on this point.

"Could it be...... Do you really want to go back to the capital as if the palace is fine, and reconcile with the insidious brother of the palace? "The Empress Dowager said sadly.

"It seems that this can only be the case, the Ming King you have always trusted, now it seems that he does not support you." General Baa said.

The Queen Mother muttered: "The old monk is dead, even if the palace thrower is not slandered, there is definitely no good fruit for the old monk to eat." ”

"Neither can we." Baa.

"Why can't you!" The Queen Mother said angrily.

"On the surface, King Ming and you are in the same group, both believe in Buddhism, and he is not obviously wrong, at least most of the commoners and nobles in Xingqing Mansion think so." When you raised him to rise, the wings of the Ming King have been abundant, there are more believers than you, and the influence of theoretical ideas is greater than yours. At this time, provoking him, in addition to being poked in the backbone by the people of the world and saying that it is not righteous, there is also a false impression that everyone has betrayed and left their relatives, which is not conducive to the Queen Mother's steady pace of inheritance in the future. ”

Taking another deep breath, the Queen Mother muttered: "Everyone has betrayed their relatives and left......"

At this point, the whole scene was silent, and it was true that the little emperor and the queen mother seemed to have reached this point, and it was not an illusion.

At some point, after complaining, the Empress Dowager Wuqiang settled down and began the correct deployment: "Summon Zhanzhao, who has been imprisoned, to come and see." ”

"Will it ......?" the subordinates hesitated.

"Don't worry. Hongu has been imprisoned because he has not decided what to do for the time being, but he is not in danger. Bengong was very sure that he was rescuing him that day, just like Bengong was sure that the old monk had made a trick afterwards. The Queen Mother said.

After a few years, Zhanzhao was brought, not only was he loosened, but he also returned the knife to him, and then ordered his subordinates to withdraw from the circle.

was tied up like a zongzi for nearly half a month, and Zhanzhao no longer had any hope for the festival of the Western Xia people, and he had already prepared to sacrifice his life for the country.

Now it's being treated like this, so the big cat is stunned.

"Say anything, whatever you want." The Empress Dowager looked at him with strange eyes.

Zhan Zhao said: "Look at this situation...... Niangniang seems to trust Zhan, but why did she imprison Zhan for half a month? ”

The Empress Dowager Chu Chu looked pitiful and said with red eyes: "Because the mourning family has no idea how to face all this for the time being, and they can't let you go, they can only wronged you." ”

Zhan Zhao tilted his head and forgave her after thinking about it. However, after experiencing the training of the Great Demon King in the past, Zhanzhao was not confused by the illusion of her weak beauty.

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but sigh, she was not used to having a man who didn't look at her mother? So he said curiously: "Zhan Daxia...... There is merit in saving the car, how do you need this palace to repay you? ”

"Don't dare." Zhan Zhao hugged his fists and said: "It is not Zhan who saved you, Zhan Mou rushed to the rescue on the orders of my family." ”

"Your lord?" The Empress Dowager was completely stunned.

Zhan Zhao said, "My family is the king of Song. ”

The Queen Mother said: "I know who your family is...... It's just strange why he got this news and why he did it. ”

"He is a prodigy of the Great Song Dynasty, who is insidious and obscene, but he is also known as a miracle, no one knows what his plan is, but he did receive the news and ordered Zhan to rescue him for a thousand miles. He only said one thing: you can't die. Zhan Zhao said.

Empress Dowager's very huge chest rose and fell quickly, and no one knew what she was thinking, but her expression was a little strange.

After a while, the Queen Mother said: "But Zhan Daxia's escort always has merit, let's say, what do you ask to mention to the palace?" ”

Zhan Zhao said: "Please let the Queen Mother let Miss Cao go." ”

The Queen Mother shook her head slightly with a cold face: "This is definitely not good, that demon girl really has the heart to kill the palace, and sooner or later she will die." ”

Zhan Zhao said stubbornly: "Niangniang, she is just a sword, how to use it to see people, Zhan thinks that maybe others don't understand, but you understand this truth?" ”

"You ......" The Queen Mother, who was not used to being lifted, glared at him angrily.

However, Zhan Zhao is not afraid of death, and Zhan Zhao is not the Empress Dowager's people and subordinates, even if Da Yan is his top boss in the Song Kingdom, the big cat will raise the bar endlessly, so he said again: "Zhan insists on asking the Queen Mother to fulfill this promise!" ”

"Get out! This palace didn't promise to promise you the reward conditions, but you were too outrageous. Did you get kicked in the head by a donkey, and you actually let this palace let go of the person who wanted to assassinate this palace? The Queen Mother was furious, and she turned her face and didn't recognize people.

"Zhan didn't mean to offend, but obviously the person who wanted to kill you was your own Xixia people, and he was even your own brother, didn't he? Didn't you let him go too? "Zhan Zhao is neither humble nor arrogant.

The Queen Mother scolded angrily: "How do you know that this palace has let him go!" ”

Zhan Zhao said lightly: "Half a month has passed since the assassination incident, and Niangniang has not dealt with Miss Cao Qing, and when she has mastered the Iron Harrier Army, she has not returned to Xingqing Mansion to start a war. This proves that you are a person who sees the big picture and is not brave enough to rush to the crown. ”

The Empress Dowager also began to have a little headache, and muttered: "I heard that Wang Yanai is a ruthless character, this palace is very strange, why can you survive under him and not be killed until now?" ”

"......" Zhanzhao himself is very strange about this.

The Empress Dowager Wuqiang said again: "Tell me, why did your family have the news of the assassination of the palace?" ”

"This is a secret, and Zhan will not reveal it." Zhan Zhao Road.

The Empress Dowager turned around and ordered: "Come on, kill Cao Qing after stripping her naked, and boil her meat into meat soup to reward Zhan Daxia." ”

"Well, it's not a secret, you can guess it. Because Cao Qing is the Great Demon King...... It's a pawn deployed by my family's adult next to Wu Zang. Zhan Zhao hurriedly said embarrassedly.

"Here's it...... The demon girl surnamed Cao raised it for a while. The Queen Mother ordered the soldiers on the periphery.

Zhan Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

The Empress Dowager said again: "Zhan Daxia, since Cao Qing is a pawn of your family, and your family doesn't want me to die, why is Cao Qing so iron-hearted?" Isn't that a contradiction? ”

Zhan Zhao shook his head and said: "This is too complicated to explain, and you may not accept it, so Zhan doesn't want to say it." In a word, Cao Qing is so virtuous, she also ambushed him before she was loyal to the Great Demon King. And in my Funing County leak case, she chased me and beat me instead, so that Ji Tianqing fled. ”

"Funing County Leak Case...... Ji Tianqing? The Empress Dowager couldn't help frowning.

Zhan Zhao said: "Niangniang doesn't know about this? ”

The Empress Dowager shook her head slightly and said softly: "Because no one tells the truth to the mourning family." ”

Zhan Zhao couldn't help but feel that she was a little pitiful, so he said briefly as his heart was hot, and finally said: "That's probably it, Li Fugui planned this matter, and stole the blueprints of my Song Suifa pistol for the sake of not being fake." If Niangniang didn't know, maybe she didn't make guns secretly in private, and wanted to use them to restrain the Iron Harrier Army without enough crossbows. ”

Very unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager didn't care about the flintlock pistol, and after hearing the words "Li Fugui", her color changed and said: "You must be led by Li Fugui?" ”

Zhan Zhao said: "Zhan must be him, this should be a pseudonym." ”

"No, this is a real name, he is the brother of my confidant Li Shougui." The Empress Dowager muttered.

Zhanzhao was also embarrassed and didn't continue. Because of the implication, Li Fugui is so faithful to work for Wu Zang Pang, although it does not mean that Li Shougui will defect, but the Empress Dowager Wu Qiang also listed Li Shougui as a confidant, which is always an extremely bad thing.

Empress Dowager Wuzang's eyes suddenly turned red and said, "Now do you know how sinister the environment of this palace as a woman is?" ”

"Guiquan...... Your circle ......" Zhanzhao was a little sympathetic, so he was embarrassed and didn't finish the word.

"Do you really want to rescue Cao Qing?" The Empress Dowager suddenly looked strange.

"Yes, and it will be!" Zhan Zhao said: "If you get a negative answer, after today, Zhan Zhao will do his best to rescue her, regardless of the cost." ”

"As a woman, being able to be protected by a hero like Zhan Daxia is a blessing for the cultivation of three lives." There was a strange look in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Wuqiang, and without waiting for Zhanzhao to be happy, she continued: "Okay, this palace can not kill her." But there is one condition: you stay in Western Xia and serve by the side of the palace for five years? ”

"This is impossible, Zhan is a Song man and a soldier." Zhan Zhao Road.

"There is a second way: let your family come to Xingqing Mansion to see me as a diplomatic envoy, he comes, and he speaks, and the palace will let Cao Qing go. In addition, Hongu is sure that Zhan Daxia has the courage to save her, but you can only get a corpse. "The Empress Dowager turned into a heroine.

"This ......," Zhan Zhao frowned.

"You want to say that Wang Yan can't come, right?" The Queen Mother said coldly, "The palace thinks it is possible, if Wang Yan does not come, it means that he wants to avoid war is hypocritical." ”

Zhan Zhao shook his head and said: "He is quite obscene and insidious, but this point is really not hypocritical, Zhan can see it." This is one of his strengths. ”

The Queen Mother said: "Okay, this palace is another way, if he can't do such a simple thing, and he doesn't care about Cao Qing after using it, then he is not much different from Wu Qiang Pang." Such a person, he is not worthy of your heroic allegiance. If you follow this palace, if you have something to do in the future, this palace will do its best to save you. Think for yourself. ”

Zhan Zhao was not confused by her, and said: "Zhan doesn't guarantee that he will come, but even if he comes, it is definitely not to save Cao Qing, it is just incidental." ”

The Empress Dowager said: "No wonder you always say that he is obscene and insidious...... Listen, although I haven't seen him, it really arouses the curiosity of this palace. That's it, soon the Western Xia court will send an invitation to the Song Kingdom, and whether he comes or not depends on the will of heaven. ”

"But Niangniang, why do you have to see him before letting go of Miss Cao, I believe Zhan, you can't count him, and if you see him, you won't be able to get any benefits from him." Zhan Zhao consciously is very objective.

"Anyway, I just want to see him, he famously said: It's called trial and error, creating opportunities, isn't it?"

The gorgeous Queen Mother saw that Zhanzhao seemed to have something to say, so she waved her hand impatiently and said, "Get out!" As a soldier of the Song Kingdom, he went deep into Xingqing Mansion without diplomatic procedures, and left quickly before his patience in the palace ran out. You have a wooden fish head, you are blessed and don't think about it, and you don't understand the truth that good birds choose trees to perch? You all said that he was insidious and obscene, and he still worked with him, and the national attribute is far less important than you think, and you will know when you enter Xingqing Mansion and take a look at it, nearly half of my Xixia court are Han officials. ”

"Everyone has their own ambitions, and that's not about Zhan So." Zhan Zhao shook his head calmly.

"Then you don't get out of here!" The Queen Mother yelled and stomped her feet again. The main reason why she is so angry is that she is not used to having men who do not look at her properly.

Zhanzhao only ran away in a hurry, and she was in a trance along the way, this queen mother is really a bit like a big demon king in some places, but the level is not enough, so there are some reasons for her betrayal and departure.

"Miss Cao, I've hurt you, no one really knows if the Great Demon King will save you after using you." When Zhanzhao was in a hurry, he sighed vigorously about this......