Although he failed to get married, Ling Kun's life was still very comfortable, leisurely, and happy.

When the flowers were blooming, he led Zhao Mingyue and Shangguan Chengcheng to open a vegetable field on a mountainside sheltered from the wind and sun, and planted the field seriously.

Farming is not an enviable profession, but when you have a stable source of food, drink, and income, farming is a very leisure activity. Of course, Ling Kun and the others don't have to worry about money for the time being, so they can grow vegetables with relish.

That afternoon, Zhao Mingyue was tired and paralyzed early, sitting on the ridge and lazy. Ling Kun and Shangguan Chengcheng did not stop, still carefully turning the soil with shovels. This is their first time on land, and they must not give up halfway.

Zhao Mingyue still seemed to be worried about Ling Qianxue's affairs, and when she was idle and had nothing to do, she brought it up again: "Hey, is your Dongying woman beautiful?" ”

Ling Kun's heart jumped, and he said, "It's still ...... You alright. ”

"How does it compare to me and Allure?"

"This, it's not easy to compare, people are different, each with its own characteristics."

"Does that mean that each has its own merits, and it is comparable?" Shangguan Chengcheng added.

"Uh-" Ling Kun didn't know how to answer, and instantly felt a dampness on his forehead. Oh my God, I haven't sweated after doing farm work for so long, but I didn't expect to be sweating profusely after being asked such two sentences.

Zhao Mingyue snorted coldly and asked again, "Then what are you going to do with her?" ”

"This-" Ling Kun gritted his teeth and said, "For the sake of the peace of millions of Li people on the east coast, let's take her back." ”

"Hmph, ha......." Zhao Mingyue and Shangguan Chengcheng couldn't help but sneer.

"You're really thick-skinned, you obviously want it, and you say it so high-soundingly, shameless." Shangguan Chengcheng scolded.

Zhao Mingyue glanced at him fiercely, and sighed: "It's okay if you want to take back the Dongying woman, but you have to take Xiao Ran's girl over first, that's what we promised at the beginning, you can't have a new person and forget the old one." ”

Ling Kun smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid this is a little difficult, Xiao Ran is a dignified princess, can Empress Dowager Xiao let her come to Mount Tai to grow vegetables?" You can't let her sever ties with the Liao court, right? ”

"Hmph, kidnapping princesses is not your forte

Is it? Zhao Mingyue snorted coldly.

"Yes, yes, it's just that I deceived the princesses of Song and Liao at the same time, so why is it embarrassing to call the world's men (qíng), I have pressure." Ling Kun said with a smug expression.

Zhao Mingyue and Shangguan Chengcheng saw his stinky appearance (pì), and they hated him so much that their teeth itched, and they shot together and pressed him to the field and beat him severely. Ling Kun was beaten so badly that his face was covered in mud, and Zhao Mingyue and Shangguan Chengcheng couldn't help but giggle when they saw him in a state of embarrassment.

Just when Ling Kun and the others were thinking about Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran was also thinking about them.

On this day, Xiao Ran hurriedly ran into the big tent of the Shangjing Royal Court and hurriedly asked, "Auntie, aunt, I heard that the Song Dynasty has finished fighting, is it true?" ”

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled slightly: "It's true, what are you going to do?" ”

"I'm going to find Ling Kun, auntie, you let me go." Xiao Ran begged.

"Ling Kun, he has been dismissed by the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and now he doesn't know where to go, so don't look for it." Empress Dowager Xiao objected.

"I can find it, I can find him if I didn't know anything about him before, and I will definitely find it now." Xiao Ran said very firmly.

"No, the Central Plains is not very stable, it's too dangerous for you to go, I'll send someone to find the person you said, the Song Dynasty doesn't want it, it just happens that our Liao Kingdom wants it."

"The Central Plains is unstable?" Xiao Ran was puzzled: "Why?" Isn't the war already over? ”

"Hmph, my Great Liao Kingdom hasn't moved yet, how can I call the war over?" Empress Dowager Xiao snorted coldly.

"Auntie, are we going to war with the Song Dynasty again?"

"Yes, we're talking about it, and you're here." Empress Dowager Xiao said with a smile.

"But it's not right, auntie, since you want to fight, why don't you fight when the Great Song Dynasty is attacked on all sides, but wait for them to come to their senses?" Xiao Ran wondered.

"Yes, Xiao Nizi knows the art of war?" Empress Dowager Xiao looked doting, and then explained: "I am a dignified Liao country, the soldiers are strong, and I don't need to rely on anyone's strength, besides, we are still in the recuperation period before, so it is not appropriate to raise troops too early." Now that Ling Kun has resigned, the Song Dynasty is sleepy and has no generals available, which is a great opportunity for us to send troops. ”

Xiao Ran saw that his dream of going to the Central Plains was shattered again, so he had to sit down and say, "Auntie, you must find Ling Kun,

If you recruit him as a colt, won't you have another invincible general? ”

"Hehehe, are you doing this for Liao or for yourself?" Empress Dowager Xiao asked.

Xiao Ran's face turned red and said shyly: "Isn't it good to kill two birds with one stone?" ”

"Hahaha, good, very good." Empress Dowager Xiao laughed, then turned her head to face the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs Zhengse and said, "What are your plans for going south this time?" ”

The new generalissimo of the Liao State and the king of Lanling, Xiao Tzu Rin, said: "Queen Mother, this matter has been carefully thought about, in the past, it was not smooth to go south many times, and it has a great relationship with Yanmen Pass, Yanmen Pass is extremely dangerous, and Yang Yanzhao is stubbornly defending, it is very difficult to take it. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao frowned and said, "Oh, what do you think you should do?" ”

"In the opinion of Weichen, the western front is high and dangerous, and there are many checkpoints, which is not suitable for our cavalry to fight, it is better to fight from the eastern front, go out of Youzhou and gallop along the Heshuo Plain, and you can hit the Yellow River in a blink of an eye, and after the river is the capital of the Great Song Dynasty."

Empress Dowager Xiao frowned deeply and said: "It's naturally fast to fight like this, but in this way, it's easy to go deep alone and cut off your own back road." ”

Xiao Tzu Rin nodded and said: "Yes, Queen Mother, the so-called wealth and wealth are in danger, such a fight will either smash the Yellow Dragon directly, or the whole army may be wiped out, what to do, the Queen Mother still needs to make an idea." ”

Empress Dowager Xiao raised her head and asked, "What do you think?" ”

The ministers shook their heads one after another, and the privy envoy of the Northern Court said: "Queen Mother, no, once the army reaches the Yellow River quickly, the Song army in the Yanmen Pass area will be left behind (shēn), and then the Khitan grassland will become the property of the people." ”

"Yes, yes, that's true." The crowd chimed in.

Han Derang, who was sitting next to the Empress Dowager Xiao, smiled and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, my Khitan tribe lives on nomadism, and wherever the Empress Dowager and the emperor's carriage go, where is our royal court, what can I do if I leave this capital to the Song people?" Could it be that Zhao Heng will go to the grassland to graze? On the contrary, if our army penetrates directly into Bianjing of the Song Dynasty, it will directly kill the Song Dynasty. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao's eyes lit up when she heard this: "We will not suffer a loss if we exchange Beijing for Bianjing and the grassland for the Central Plains." Xiao Tzu Lin, immediately gather the army, prepare to go south, the palace and the emperor personally participate in the war, and set up our royal court tent to Kaifeng City. ”