Nanjing Xijin Mansion, in the palace, Xiao Puxian no longer has the glory of being the queen mother, and she is only thinking about escaping now, after all, in the face of the powerful Jin Guo Iron Cavalry, it is only a matter of time before the city is broken, and she can't sit still and wait for death.

Although the Song army was defeated, it was far from resolving the crisis. The Jin State had already explicitly rejected Liye Lu's designation as Emperor of the Great Liao, nor did it accept the Great Liao as a vassal state. In this case, Xiao Puxian had no idea, and now she regretted executing Li Chuwen, because although the conditions prescribed by the Great Song Dynasty were harsh, after all, there was still a trace of dignity, and she could keep her glory and wealth forever, but the Jin Kingdom was directly the destruction of the country, and there was a world of difference between the two.

Xiao Pu Xiannu looked at Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi coldly and said: "You advocate the execution of Li Chuwen, now the Jin army is pressing, although the Song army has been defeated, but after all, there are still 200,000 troops, let's say, what should we do next, is it to defend the city and burn the jade, or to surrender the city, or to flee?" ”

"Surrender, absolutely not surrender." Xiao Gan knew that after the execution of Li Chuwen, it was equivalent to closing the door of the Song State, once the Song State was surrendered, the Empress Xiao Puxian might be able to be saved, and she would be 100% executed, as for the surrender of the Jin State, it can be said that the princes and nobles will be reduced to prisoners, and life and death are uncertain, how can you surrender in this case?

Yelu Dashi pondered for a moment and then said: "Let's go, let's go to the Great Liao Emperor Tianzuo Emperor, he is now in the northwest border, and he still has 100,000 cavalry in his hands. ”

"No, Emperor Tianzuo of the Great Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi has been abolished by the first emperor, if we go to defect, we are all chaotic ministers and thieves, with Yelu Yanxi's character of retribution, maybe we will all be executed. If you want to flee, I suggest defecting to Western Xia. In another month, Li Renai, the new monarch of Western Xia, will ascend the throne, and Princess Yelu Nanxian will become the empress dowager in charge of the court. With the support of Western Xia, we may be able to gain a foothold in the northwestern frontier and then make a comeback. "Xiao Gan doesn't want to see Emperor Tianzuo of the Great Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi, that is definitely to send him to death, he is not so stupid.

Xiao Puxian looked at Xiao Gan and said, "Since everyone said that they were leaving, then we should hurry up and pack up and leave in three days." What the mourning family wants to say here is, Yelu Dashi, you want to defect to the Great Liao Emperor Tianzuo Emperor, the mourning family will not stop you, and the mourning family wants to defect to Western Xia with Xiao Gan. With us, Yelu Nanxian will be able to truly control the situation, and maybe Western Xia will one day become part of the Great Liao. ”

Obviously, women's thinking is never the same as that of men, Xiao Puxian and Yelu Nanxian were called Daliao Shuangyan, one is as enthusiastic as fire, one is as cold as frost, one is sinking fish and geese, and the other is ashamed of flowers and closed moons. The relationship between the two is very bad, and they look down on each other. The purpose of Xiao Puxian's visit to Western Xia was to take Western Xia from Yelu Nanxian and turn it into her own territory, and she continued to be the empress dowager of Daliao.

Leaving is destined to be looted, this time it is really ruthless, the Empress Dowager Xiao Pu took away all the gold, silver and jewelry in the palace, Xiao Gan personally led 10,000 cavalry to escort, and Yelu Dashi cleaned all the rich households in the city, whether it was the Khitan or the Han, it can be said that the ground was scraped three feet and the city was ransacked.

After Yelu Dashi and the others left, Tong Guan's army slowly entered the city and took down Nanjing Xijin Mansion, which was just an empty city.

Take Nanjing Xijin Mansion, for Tong Guan, the position of the county king seems to beckon, but unfortunately, this guy never dreamed that taking this empty city was a nightmare, and he will remember this nightmare in this life and this life, and he can never forget it.

As soon as Xiao Puxian went out of the city, there were flying pigeons to Yinshan.

At this moment, it was no longer Lin Chong who had 30,000 cavalry, but Yue Fei, and it turned out that the Benlei Army under Yue Fei had been handed over to Xiao Li Guanghuarong.

Lin Chong's main mission was to train the new army, and the last time he captured the Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun was destined to be the only time he led his troops on an expedition, and he would never have a chance again in the future, unless Liu Zhenglong changed his opinion of him.

The reason why Yue Fei led the team to stick to Yinshan and stationed in Kazi Town was to wait for the arrival of Xiao Puxian, the Empress Dowager of Liao, although he didn't know why Liu Zhenglong gave such an order, but the duty of a soldier is to carry out orders, so this cavalry has been stationed in place.

When he learned that there were only 10,000 cavalry in the Liao State, Yue Fei knew that there was no difficulty in this battle, and to minimize casualties and try not to hurt the horses, that is, to force the enemy to surrender, it seemed that the flame army was going to exert its power in this battle.

Xingqing Mansion, in the palace, the queen Yelu Nanxian on the dragon bed was crying, in just a few months, the whereabouts of the father and the emperor were unknown, the husband was captured, and the son was also assassinated.

The rain hit the pear blossoms bit by bit, and at this moment, the tearful Yelu Nanxian really made Wen sad, and saw the tears, the pitiful appearance was distressing, if Liu Zhenglong saw this scene, he would definitely regret giving Yan Shun's instructions.

Crying is only temporary, revenge is the last word. Yelu Nanxian, whose tears had dried up, bathed in the hot spring, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Li Renli, King of Shu, Li Renzhong, King Pu, you two bastards killed my son in order to compete for the throne. I want you to pay the penalty with your blood, to wash away the wounds of my heart with your blood, and to sacrifice your head for my son, who is afflicted. ”

After learning that Li Renai was assassinated, Yelu Nanxian knew that King Shu and King Pu had reached a compromise, and would definitely choose Li Renji, who was less than three years old, to inherit the throne, and these two bastards would serve as the regent of the prison country, and then put themselves under house arrest in the palace.

"The mourning family has been planning for so many years, how could they give up the imperial power to you two bastards." While bathing, Yelu Nanxian said to himself: "If my son dies, I will give that person another life, and as for the imperial power, it must not be left behind." ”

After making up his mind, Yelu Nanxian secretly asked his nephew Yelu Fifth Brother to secretly go to Bianliang, Tokyo, to find that person, and now the situation is only helped by that person to help him reverse.

Time waits for no one, Yelu Nanxian secretly summoned Yan Shun to the palace.

Yelu Nanxian didn't plan to go around in circles, she said straight to the point: "I am the daughter of your lord, and I am also your master's mother, I don't know my orders, will you obey them?" ”

"As long as it does not disobey the orders of the lord, then the humble position will definitely obey his words." Before Yan Shun came to Xingqing Mansion, he received an order from the lord, that is, the situation in Western Xia was to get rid of King Pu and King Shu, leaving only the queen Yelu Nanxian, this is the overall situation, but there are no specific details. As long as it does not go against this overall situation, there is no need to report it, and you can make your own decisions.

"Very good, the mourning family understands, what you mean. So now the first instruction given to you by the mourning family is to ensure the safety of the mourning family and ensure that the information here will not be leaked, can you do it? ”

"Yes." Yan Shun's first duty was to protect the safety of Empress Yelu Nanxian, and of course this order had to be carried out.

Entering Western Xia is not a scout in the strict sense, but an organization called the Secret Guard, and the mind is the scout leader Yan Shun, and even the deputy commander Yan Qing does not know the existence of this organization. However, the strength of this organization is definitely not under the claws of the dragon, but the division of labor is different. The number of dark guards is much larger than the number of dragon scales, dragon claws, and dragon breath combined, and they are more hidden, but their combat power is not as strong as that of the dragon group.

In order to cooperate with this operation in Xingqing Mansion, the Dragon Claw team also arrived, but the lurking was more hidden, such as the assassination of Li Renxiao, and the assassination of Li Renai was carried out by the Dragon Claw team.

Yelu Nanxian was very satisfied with Yan Shun's answer, and she continued: "The second order is to monitor the actions of Li Renli, the king of Shu, and Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, and if they have any changes, they will tell the mourning family as soon as possible. ”

"No problem, we have been monitoring the actions of King Shu and King Pu."

"The third order is to assassinate the prince Li Renji and his mother and seal the news, so that the people of King Pu and King Shu cannot know."

Fainted, how could there still be such an instruction. Is this to make the Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun cut off his children and grandchildren? Yan Shun didn't know whether it should be executed, which seemed to be a bit inconsistent with the overall situation, but he didn't know where the problem was.

Queen Yelu Nanxian knew that Yan Shun was embarrassed, and she said with a smile: "One hundred thousand, plus ten beauties." ”

"I'm sorry, I hope there won't be a similar conversation in the future." Yan Shun's tone was unusually stiff, and he said coldly: "Anyone who tries to buy me in vain will lose his life, and you are no exception, don't make an example." ”

"Very good, it's not a loss to Liu Zhenglong's subordinates." Empress Yelu Nanxian finally knew where Liu Zhenglong's strength was, that is, his subordinates were absolutely loyal. She smiled and said, "I still want to give birth to a son for him, of course I won't be stupid enough to kill myself." However, in this matter, you can fly a pigeon to pass the book to him, and as for whether Lee In-ki can save his life, let him decide. ”

Yan Shun's departure made Queen Yelu Nanxian completely dead, and it seemed that her future fate was in the hands of that man, and she could no longer fly out of his palm.

When Liu Zhenglong was planning how to deal with Li Mingshan, the county leader, Yan Shun's flying pigeon biography arrived. He quickly sorted out his thoughts and knew what Yelu Nanxian meant, so he replied to Yan Shun and waited for him to leave for Western Xia before he could get rid of Li Renji.

Zhao Pingxiao finally chose to see Liu Zhenglong, although it was very risky, but for the sake of his son, this step had to go out, and there was no choice. However, there is one thing that Zhao Pingxiao is very pleased with, that is, this meeting is accompanied by people from the Imperial City Division, so there is no need to worry about how to explain it to the official family afterwards.

Liu Zhenglong called Liang Fang over to have this meaning, of course, this is not the core, the core is just to show an attitude, and nothing else.

In the huge living room, there are only three people who seem a little deserted, but fortunately with Mei Ji as a companion, everyone does not find it very boring. And with Mei Ji as a companion, he will not talk about too secret topics, which also makes Zhao Pingxiao very relieved.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, and it was time for Mei Ji to finish, at this time, the main topic was coming, Zhao Pingxiao, and Liang Fang all put down the wine glasses in their hands, and wanted to hear Liu Zhenglong say the following content.

Liu Zhenglong said with a smile: "Actually, there are not too many things, I just think that the official residence is prepared by the imperial court for the official, but the former county magistrate Xu Hong has been occupying the magpie's nest a bit too much, please two to come just to be a witness, the official does not want to bully the weak, let alone bully the small, these days the imperial history platform will send someone to investigate, and I hope that General Zhao will give convenience when the time comes." ”

What is this called, Yu Shitai sent someone to investigate, what does it have to do with him, Zhao Pingxiao really didn't know what medicine was sold in Liu Zhenglong's gourd, but he believed that the other party invited him to come, and he would definitely not play such a boring trick, so he didn't interject and wanted to wait for the following.

"I am the party, when the Imperial History Observatory investigates, the official will choose to temporarily avoid, and I hope that General Zhao will take care of the things here, such as taking care of the lives of the Imperial Historians, after all, they are poor on weekdays, and it is not easy to come down for a trip, if there is any accident in Kaifeng County, your General Zhao is also disgraceful, do you say yes?"

fainted, this is the first time I heard that the people of the imperial history platform will be in danger when they come down to investigate, this has never happened since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, but Zhao Pingxiao firmly believes that Liu Zhenglong will not joke about this matter, of course, he also knows that the other party is not begging him to take care of the imperial history, but to tell himself that there is such a thing, once there is an accident in the imperial history, then he will fall into the Yellow River and will not be able to wash it.

"I wonder how long Master Liu will go out?" Zhao Pingxiao didn't think it was difficult to take care of the imperial history, he said with a smile: "During the absence of Lord Liu, I ensure the safety of the imperial historians, and these little things will not bother Lord Liu." ”

"A few months."

Liu Zhenglong's understatement frightened Zhao Pingxiao, Liang Fang, good guy, how long has this parent official of Kaifeng County been in office, and he will be absent for a few months, this is really shocking, it seems that this imperial history investigation is by no means as simple as the official residence being occupied. It stands to reason that the official residence is occupied, the facts are clear, and the imperial historians will solve the problem by going through the motions, what exactly are they going to investigate in the past few months?

Zhao Pingxiao regretted attending a little at this time, obviously the little fox in front of him was setting up a Hongmen banquet, and wanted to dig a pit to let himself jump in. But can you really get out of it?

Liang Fang, who couldn't bear it, asked: "Lord Liu, a few months is enough to turn the entire Kaifeng County upside down, just one official residence, can you make such a big move?" ”

"There's no need, it'll be done in three days at most."

"And what do you mean?" Zhao Pingxiao was a little unhappy, thinking that Liu Zhenglong was playing himself as a monkey.

Liu Zhenglong waved his hand, signaling Zhao Pingxiao to be calm and calm, and he said unhurriedly: "I will investigate the violations of law and discipline of the five major families, as well as the purpose of the county leader Li Mingshan to expel the county magistrate Xu Hong, and what is the so-called collusion between Li Mingshan and Zhao Yunqi, these three things will not take a few months." Investigating such a big matter, of course, General Zhao needs to be responsible for the safety of the lives of the imperial historians, after all, the official is not there, I don't know if the two of you still have any questions. ”

"No, you're a big asshole." Zhao Pingxiao understands that Liu Zhenglong is clearly calculating himself, but he investigates Zhao Yunqi privately, if the officials don't know, will the imperial historians act? If the official family knew and instructed it, then the imperial historians really couldn't have three long and two short.

This time, Zhao Pingxiao really guessed correctly, and he didn't know what the old man of the Liu family said to the official family after entering the palace, so the imperial historians set off with a special mission. On the surface, it is to investigate the occupation of the official mansion, but in fact, it is to investigate the county Cheng Li Mingshan, as for whether it points to Zhao Yunqi, the imperial historians are not clear, but they know that the results of the investigation do not have to be reported to the imperial history platform, but directly reported to the official family, and even the political affairs hall has been bypassed.

Liang Fang received instructions from Liang Shicheng to fully cooperate with the investigation of the imperial historians, and the main target was Li Mingshan, not Xu Hong.

This meal can be regarded as unhappy, but Liu Zhenglong doesn't care, he knows that Zhao Pingxiao is 10,000 unhappy, and he must also ensure that the investigation of the imperial history is unimpeded, and the safety of the imperial history must be ensured.

Liu Zhenglong said to Liang Fang after Zhao Pingxiao left: "You can investigate as much as Liang Xiang gives you, just don't disclose the results of the investigation." I'll give you a bottom line, this matter is done, the first position of the Imperial City Division is yours, during this period, there must be no important witnesses killed, important evidence lost, and no farce of the mysterious death of the parties. I can tell you clearly, if something goes wrong in this matter, you just don't have enough ten heads to cut off, and Liang Xiang will also be implicated, okay, this official will say so much, you should want to guard it, maybe there will be no chance in the future. ”

Liang Fang obviously doesn't have such a good brain, but he knows that his uncle has been involved, and this time he can't make any mistakes, let alone get caught on fire.

Just the day before the arrival of the imperial history, Yan Qing came back with Shi Qian, and he used extremely important evidence to save Shi Qian's head.

After Liu Zhenglong got the evidence, he went to Beijing overnight, knowing that it was better to let the officials know about this matter in advance, so as not to be known by the officials afterwards and cause a monstrous disaster.

In this way, Yushi entered Kaifeng County and began to investigate the matter of the former magistrate Xu Hongjiu occupying the magpie's nest, but Liu Zhenglong, a person at that time, jumped out of the whirlpool at the first time.

The official family didn't expect Liu Zhenglong to come to see him, let alone that something like that would happen, it seems that he has been too forgiving to the people below in recent years.

"Is this true?"

"It's true, and the imperial historians will find out more detailed information." At this time, Liu Zhenglong has made all the preparations, this time he is going to use the mysterious man incident to completely pull Wang Hao off the horse, so that this guy can never turn over again.

"I see." The official family didn't want to pursue this matter, after all, it would damage the royal face, so he changed his words and asked: "Aiqing, did you say that the Tong Privy Envoy can recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, what bad impact will his defeat have this time, and what if I send you on the expedition?"

Fainted, the official's idea was transformed too quickly, obviously digging a pit, Liu Zhenglong was not so stupid, he pondered for a long time and said: "If the minister goes on the expedition, it may not be better than the cardinal, after all, the experience is far less than the cardinal, and the minister is still a little powerless to deal with the complicated situation on the northern front." As for whether the sixteen states of Youyun can be recovered, the minister believes that it will definitely be recovered. As for the impact of the defeat, it depends on whether His Majesty looks at it from that angle, whether it is long-term or immediate. ”

"For now." The official family still trusts Tong Guan in his bones, so he is very satisfied with Liu Zhenglong's humility, he doesn't think that this defeat will affect the recovery of the sixteen states of Youyun, so he didn't think about replacing people, and he didn't want the civil and military officials to realize that they were not using people properly.

"The Great Song Forbidden Army was defeated by the remnants of the Liao Army, and the impact was nothing more than several aspects, the first greatly affected the morale of the Song Army, and the second would make the Jin State look down on my Great Song Forbidden Army, and covet the ambition of the wolf son of the Central Plains in vain. The third Youyun Sixteen Prefectures will not be so smoothly recovered, because those magistrates see the incompetence of the Prime Minister, and they are likely to choose to take refuge in the Jin State, and if we want to take back the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures from the Jin State, I am afraid it will be a sky-high price, and it is very likely that the empty city will be bought. ”

Although Liu Zhenglong was already very careful and rigorous in his speech, he still angered the official family, this great joy, and his self-righteous majesty wanted to recover the sixteen states of Youyun, rather than spend a lot of money to redeem a few empty cities.

"Sky-high price is a few meanings, how much is called sky-high price. The empty city has several meanings. "The official family is already furious, if he redeems a few empty cities with a lot of money, how will he see the ancestors and ancestors under the ground after a hundred years.

"The sky-high price, more than 10 million, after all, it is too little, and Jin Guo will not agree, and the cardinal minister is so generous, he will not quarrel with Jin Guo in money. As for the empty city, the Jin country is sparsely populated, and everywhere it goes, it must be plundering wealth and plundering population. Since the Jin army has occupied the sixteen states of Youyun, even if it is sold to the imperial court, it will plunder the population first. ”

"Tens of thousands, empty city?" The official family finally suppressed the anger in his heart, after all, these were just Liu Zhenglong's speculations, not reality. He changed the topic and asked: "Xixia sent an envoy, hoping to take Li Qianshun back, what do you think of this problem." ”

"The current Western Xia is no longer an evenly matched Three Kingdoms killing, but a dragon and tiger battle between Li Renli, the king of Shu, and Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, which is not of great benefit to our Great Song Dynasty. But once Li Qianshun returned, the dispute between the two kings would be quickly pacified, and once King Shu and King Pu were suppressed, then Western Xia would enter the countdown to its downfall. No matter what method Li Qianshun used, the final result was that the Western Xia civil strife did not stop and died without a fight. After being captured, Li Qianshun was already frightened, it can be said that no one believed that he would fall into suspicion, and the emperor who had been a prisoner was destined to become an empty shell, and he could no longer control the entire Western Xia, so the Great Song Dynasty could win without a fight. ”

"I think so too, so let's do it, you serve as the Xuanfu envoy of the Northwest and send Li Qianshun back to China, I hope that as you said, if Li Qianshun goes back, Western Xia will fall, and I don't want to provoke war anymore."

"Obey."

Liu Zhenglong knew that the official family was not unwilling to provoke a war, but he was unwilling to take charge of the army himself, for fear that he would learn from Song Taizu's yellow robe.

Suddenly, the official family remembered a question, and he asked: "You should be the son-in-law of Li Renzhong, the king of Western Xia Pu, will you really attack the old man?" ”

"The minister is the minister of the Great Song Dynasty, the protégé of the Son of Heaven, in the eyes of the minister, only the loyal monarch is patriotic, the enemy of the Great Song Dynasty is the enemy of the minister, where Your Majesty points to, the minister will kill there. Not to mention Li Renzhong, the king of Western Xia Pu, even if it is the Pan family, as long as the official family wants to eradicate it, the minister will not hesitate to take action. ”

"It's a pity, your background is not good, otherwise I would like to recruit you as a concubine, okay, you are ready to go, during the period of going to Western Xia, arrange the affairs of Kaifeng County, and the military salary for the expedition to the north cannot be delayed. If there is really a sky-high price to redeem the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, where should this money come from? ”

Liu Zhenglong knew that the official family wanted to slaughter the white goose, and it was obvious that he wanted to let himself out, but it was not impossible to go out by himself, so that the official family would not feel distressed, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would not hate Tong Guan and Wang Hao.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Zhenglong said: "Wang Xianggong should have an idea, and he will come out how he says." ”

"Okay, you go down first." The official family felt that Wang Hao would definitely let Liu Zhenglong out, but it was just an extra formality, so they didn't take it to heart.

After leaving the palace, Liu Zhenglong did not go home directly, but returned to Pan's Mansion to meet the three brothers Pan Xu, Pan Jing, and Pan Li.

After listening to Liu Zhenglong's words, Pan Jing asked puzzledly: "Ah Long, you can obviously lead a team to conquer the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, why do you still insist on letting Tong Guan lead the troops?" ”

"If I lead the army to the battle, it will confirm that the previous decision of the official family was wrong, and the improper use of people and the unknown knowledge of people can easily anger the official family. Besides, if I have always given the official family the illusion that I command the battle on the battlefield, then I will become Di Qing's second, and I have the Pan family behind me, I am afraid that the day I return from the Northern Expedition will be when I am dismissed, and at that time, the Pan family will also be implicated. The most important thing is that the Shengjie army of the Northern Expedition was brought out by Tong Guan, and I can't command it, it is estimated that it is still a fiasco in the past, it is better to continue Tong Guan to take charge of the army, this black cauldron makes this old thief carry it well. ”

Pan Li, who was still young, reacted quickly, and after straightening it out, he said: "Obviously, Ah Long wants to take root in the northwest and intend to be in the south of the Yangtze River. As for how the northern line is, I don't care. This time, following the affairs of Western Xia, he took the opportunity to firmly grasp the generals on the Western Front, and then went south to pacify Fangla, and finally gained a firm foothold in Jiangnan. Regardless of whether the Jin State will kill the capital or not, the imperial court has no way to take the army away from Ah Long, to put it bluntly, the worst is to rule across the river. ”

"The third uncle is not right, the Jin army will 100% go south to invade the Central Plains, and the capital is destined to be unable to hold it, as for whether His Majesty the Emperor can withdraw from it, it depends on the creation. After the beginning of spring next year, the Pan family will retreat to Jiangnan one after another, not necessarily to Hangzhou, to other places, in a word, rooted in Jiangnan, no matter what the final battle is, we can be invincible. ”

Now, Liu Zhenglong doesn't want to hide it, he will seriously analyze the situation on the northern front to everyone, because of Tong Guan's incompetence, it will eventually lead the Jin army south within a year or two, and the capital is destined to be unbearable.