On the issue of whether Xiang Minzhong's granddaughter will be widowed, Kou Ji discussed with Xiang Minzhong all the way, but in the end there was no result.

When two people quarrel with each other, they always ignore the obstacles brought by identity.

Xiang Minzhong didn't have the maturity and steadiness that an elder should have in front of Kou Ji, as well as the harsh severity.

Kou Ji did not have the restraint of being a junior in front of Xiang Minzhong, and he did not obey Xiang Minzhong's words.

The two of them are more like a kind of year-old friendship, and they talk about everything when they sit together.

It's just that after leaving the Song Dynasty and entering the territory of the Liao State, Xiang Minzhong broke the harmonious relationship between the two with a word.

"In the old man's life, there are only two places where he can speak freely."

"Those two?"

"One is a place for you, and the other is a concubine's bed......"

“……”

After hearing Xiang Minzhong's words, Kou Ji decisively left Xiang Minzhong and climbed into Wang Zeng's carriage.

He would rather be with Wang Zeng to face Wang Zeng's dead face that has always been stiff, rather than facing Xiang Minzhong's old face.

Although he knew that Xiang Minzhong was telling the truth, he couldn't accept Xiang Minzhong comparing him with his concubine.

After Kou Ji climbed into Wang Zeng's carriage, Wang Zeng seemed to have opened the chatterbox, and his mouth never stopped.

It may be that he has left Song Tu and is free from some kind of shackles, so he doesn't need to worry about being stared at by the imperial historian, and he can speak his mind freely.

It may also be because I have entered the land of Liaotu and felt a lot.

Wang Zeng's carriage is far less luxurious than Xiang Minzhong's, and it is not as comfortable as Xiang Minzhong's carriage, there is no soft fur to cushion his buttocks, and he sits very comfortably.

Kou Ji was in Wang Zeng's carriage, and he felt uncomfortable no matter how he sat down.

Wang Zeng sat very steadily, he lifted the curtain on the carriage, and raised his head to look out.

Seeing the people sweating like rain in the fields hoeing the winter wheat, his expression was extremely solemn.

He saw the children in the fields running, jumping, laughing, chasing each other, and his silver teeth clattered.

His hand holding the carriage curtain slowly crumpled into a ball, twisting the flat carriage curtain into a ball.

"They...... Probably forgot about ......."

Wang Zeng turned his back to Kou Ji and said a sentence without a beginning or an end.

Kou Ji looked out, saw the people working in the fields, groaned for a while, and said in a low voice: "Who knows......"

Wang Zeng turned his head, there seemed to be a flame burning in his eyes, he stared at Kou Ji tightly, and said loudly: "The old man has never forgotten. ”

Kou Ji shook his head, looked at the children running and playing in the fields, and said faintly: "It's been almost a hundred years......

Wang Zeng gritted his teeth and said, "It's eighty-four years and four months......"

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, nodded slowly, and said: "Eighty-four years and four months, the rotation of nearly three or four generations ......"

Kou Ji looked at the children in the field and whispered, "Some old people may still remember, but these children may not remember. ”

Wang Zengyin's teeth clenched, but he couldn't say a word.

Kou Ji sighed and didn't speak again.

What Wang was talking about, Kou Ji knew it.

What Kou Ji was talking about, Wang Zeng also knew it.

But neither of them said it explicitly.

Because it's a heart-wrenching topic to talk about.

"Bang bang bang!"

Wang Zeng slapped the carriage of the carriage and shouted angrily to the soldiers guarding the carriage: "Fight the guard of honor!" ”

When the soldiers heard this, they quickly propped up the guard of honor.

The big banner of the Song character waving in the wind was blown in the wind.

The people who were working in the fields saw the banner of the Song character, and they stopped their work one after another, and looked at the Great Song envoys of the Liao State.

Wang Zeng saw this scene, slapped the carriage excitedly, and shouted to Kou Ji: "They haven't forgotten, they haven't forgotten......"

Kou Ji looked at the people, sighed, and closed his eyes.

What haven't they forgotten?

Have you forgotten that you are a Han Chinese?

Have you forgotten that the sixteen states of Yanyun under your feet were once Han soil?

But so what?

The Great Song Dynasty was unable to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and all that awaited them was disappointment and despair.

Eighty-four years and four months, eighty-four years and four months have passed since Shi Jingjiao dedicated the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Liao State.

How many people in the sixteen states of Yanyun waited for the recovery of the Han land, from hope to disappointment, from disappointment to despair.

And how many people died with hatred for this?

That bitterness, that bitterness.

It is far from what the scholars and doctors in the Great Song Dynasty can understand.

They only saw the territory of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but no one saw the people living on this territory.

The Great Song Dynasty envoys marched less than a hundred zhang before being stopped by a group of old men who threw down their farm tools and rushed over.

The old men gathered together in groups of three or five, stopped the Great Song Dynasty envoys, and shouted loudly.

"But in front of the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty?"

The king appeared outside the carriage when they were in the way.

Facing the inquiries of the elderly.

He said loudly: "Exactly! ”

When the old men heard this, they hurriedly knelt on the ground and solemnly bowed three hundred and nine bows.

While saluting, he shouted loudly.

"Da Liao Shunmin, knock on the Great Song Angel!"

Their shouts were loud and respectful.

But when the king heard this, he hid his face with his sleeves and hid himself in the carriage.

The soldiers of the Song army who followed on the four sides of the carriage covered their faces with their sleeves one by one.

Are people really kneeling to welcome the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty?

No!

People are humiliating the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty.

The sound of 'Da Liao Shunmin' smashed the hearts of all the people in the Great Song Dynasty envoys.

"Get out of here!"

In the envoys, some people couldn't stand the humiliation and waved their horsewhips to drive away the old men.

The king had been in the carriage, and when he heard this, he gritted his teeth, but did not go out to stop the assailants.

It's not that he doesn't want to go out, it's that he has no shame to face those old people.

He waved his hand at Kou Ji and said, "You go out and stop him." ”

Kou Ji sighed, slowly got up, and got out of the carriage.

Walking all the way to the front of the envoys, he saw a bearded soldier, who was whipping the ground with a leather whip, scaring the old men, he frowned and said, "Stop! ”

The bearded soldier put away his whip and bowed his hand to Kou Ji, "Kou Lici, they are blocking our way, and the lowly duty is dispersing them. ”

Kou Ji waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Stand down!" Go to your lieutenant and get twenty sticks. ”

The bearded soldier gritted his teeth and slowly retreated across his horse.

Kou Ji tidied up his clothes, walked in front of the group of old men with heavy steps, and saluted the old men with the etiquette of juniors.

"Boy Kou Ji, I've seen all of you."

The old men waved their hands and shouted that they couldn't do it.

Kou Ji kept standing in front of the old men, not moving.

"You are the official of the Great Song Dynasty, so you don't need to give us the Great Liao Shun people a gift."

"Yes, yes, you are a nobleman, how can you give us ordinary people."

“……”

The old men were talking nonsense.

Kou Ji still didn't move.

"Hey......"

Among the old men, someone sighed and said faintly: "It's a doll who knows how to count etiquette, let's not embarrass him." ”

When the old men heard this, they stopped.

An old man stepped forward, raised Kou Ji's elbow, and said, "Doll, get up." ”

With the support of the old men, Kou Ji slowly got up and said, "Thank you, old men. ”

The old man who helped Kou Ji patted Kou Ji's shoulder and said softly: "Good doll, go and ask your steward to come out, the old man has something to ask him." ”

Kou Ji said bluntly: "The steward is ashamed, hiding in the carriage and refusing to come out, so he sent the boy over to persuade you. ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and laughed and said, "This time, there is someone who wants to save face." It's good to have face, it's good to have face. The old man bumped into a shameless man last time, not only did he not hide in the carriage, but he also rewarded the old man with a whip.

The whip, the old man who smoked it was very comfortable. ”

Kou Ji was silent, and after a long time, in the laughter of the old man, he said in a deep voice: "It's me who can't fight and let you suffer." If the old man remembers the life of the shameless man, please tell the boy, and the boy will definitely make him more comfortable. ”

The old man was stunned when he heard this, and laughed: "I hear what I say." ”

The old man looked Kou Ji up and down, and said with a smile: "Doll, the old man is starting to like you a little." Tell the old man your name, and the old man will turn around and tell the others, telling them that among the officials of the Song court, there is such an interesting doll as you. ”

Kou Ji arched his hand and said, "Boy Kou Ji." ”

When the old man heard this, he was stunned.

The other old men were also stunned.

The old man came up to Kou Ji and looked Kou Ji up and down carefully, as if he wanted to see Kou Ji through.

After a long time, the old man stared at Kou Ji suspiciously, and asked, "Are you Kou Ji?" The Kou Ji who made the Kou bus? ”

Kou Ji nodded, "It's the kid." ”

The old man stared at Kou Ji and exclaimed: "In the past two years, the old man has always heard people say that you are a person of pure filial piety. They boasted that you had nothing in the sky or on the ground, and the old man didn't believe it.

Now that I have met the real person, I have seen you being polite to our group of old guys, and the old man believes it.

If you have the heart, can you give the Kou bus the practice, so that we old fellows can enjoy your blessings. ”

Kou Ji said solemnly: "It should be so." ”

Immediately.

Kou Ji sent someone to fetch pen and ink, and began to write and draw.

He only wrote down briefly the practice of the Kou bus.

After handing it to the old man, he advised: "Uncle, time is pressing, I can only write hastily about the practice of the Kou bus." If my husband is free, wait for me here when I return, and I will definitely give you the detailed method of the Kou bus. ”

The old man took the Kou bus practice written by Kou Ji, and said excitedly: "It's enough, it's enough, doll." You are a believer, and you did not use lies to deceive the old man and others. ”

Kou Ji sighed and said seriously, "I just hate myself for not doing enough. ”

The old man carefully put away Kou Ji's practice, arched his hand to Kou Ji, and said, "You are a good doll, the old man and others will not embarrass you." Go back and bring a message to your steward, and ask for the old man.

When will we be able to return home? ”

The tears in Kou Ji's eyes flowed down in an instant.

The old men looked at Kou Ji and wept, and they also left tears.

They consciously stepped aside to make way for the Great Song envoys.

Kou Ji opened his mouth several times with tears streaming down his face, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't say anything.

He really wanted to give the old men a deadline and a hope.

But he was afraid that what he said would not be fulfilled and that the old men would be disappointed.

They have been disappointed for eighty-four years and four months.

Koji didn't dare to let them down anymore.

Kou Ji stared at them and choked up, "It won't be long...... It won't be too long......"

When the old men heard this, they laughed with tears in their eyes.

They believed what Koji said.

If Kou Ji casually promised a deadline, they wouldn't believe it.

Kou Ji wiped his tears and bowed solemnly to the old men.

The old men returned the salute in unison.

Koji turned around and walked to the carriage.

The Great Song Dynasty envoys were drawn again.

The soldiers carried horses and honor guards, and marched forward step by step.

Kou Ji returned to the carriage and saw Wang Zeng, also with tears on his face.

After Wang Zeng waited for Kou Ji to sit down, he choked up and said, "The old man heard what you said. ”

Kou Ji wiped the tears from his face and did not speak.

Wang Zeng said angrily: "It is because of my incompetence that we will let them stay outside." ”

Kou Ji said seriously: "They will go home." ”

Wang Zeng nodded heavily.

The two were silent in the carriage for a long time.

Wang Zeng suddenly asked, "Why don't you give them a deadline?" ”

Kou Ji muttered, "I'm afraid that they will be disappointed, and I'm even more afraid that they will wait for an indefinite time." ”

When the king heard this, he gritted his teeth and could not say a word.

Thereafter.

On the way to Youzhou City, the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty encountered all kinds of people blocking the way.

There were farmers who farmed, and charioteers, blacksmiths, scholars, and merchants......

All kinds of people stopped the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty and asked about one thing.

When will I return home?

Kou Ji's answer works in front of some people, but it doesn't work in front of others.

Some pointed at his nose and scolded him, some spat at him, and some threw things at him.

But no matter what these people did to him, Koji was neither angry nor annoyed.

Because he knows that these people are all interested in the Han family.

It is not easy for them to live under the rule of the Liao people for eighty-four years, and they still have a heart for the Han.

They have grievances and bitterness to vent, and Kou Ji can understand.

……

The people who blocked the way disappeared after the Great Song Dynasty envoys entered Youzhou.

It was not because the people in Youzhou had forgotten their identities, but because the Great Song Dynasty envoys had an extra Liao State guard by their side.

It is more appropriate to say that it is a guard, and its practical description of surveillance and house arrest is more appropriate.

The leader is Yelu Angkor, the fourth prince of the Liao Emperor who has a grudge against Kou Ji.

It is said that after learning that Kou Ji was in the Great Song Dynasty envoys, he took the initiative to invite Ying to come and serve as a guard.

A prince of the Liao State personally acted as a guard for them, which was a kind of respect for Wang Zeng and Xiang Minzhong.

For Koji, it was torture.