Chapter 169 The leopard wolf and the tiger later

The wind was like a knife, mixed with freezing rain, whipping on the northern land. Facing the wind, every step was extremely difficult, and the leather jacket on his body seemed to be non-existent, allowing the chill to gallop in his body.

Li Quan's face was frozen blue, since the Red Jacket Army was accepted as a loyal and righteous army by the Great Song Dynasty, he was arrogant and lascivious, and his body and bones were not always beaten as usual. Now that he had come to the north, such a storm made it difficult for him to support it, and he glanced south with some chagrin, and his heart became indignant.

If it weren't for the treachery of the begging people, how could I have ended up like this!

He looked up at the front again, the young Shi Tianze was heroic, his waist was straight, his face was straight, and his lips were slightly bent down, showing a little conceit.

No wonder he is conceited, he is only twenty-three years old this year, at the beginning of this year, his brother Shi Tianni was booby-trapped by Wu Xian, he took over the post of "Marshal Du", led the Shi family soldiers, the south and the north to fight, the original defection of Hebei states and counties again, in mid-October, he also defeated Peng Yibin in Neihuang.

Thinking of Peng Yibin, Li Quan gritted his teeth again, if it weren't for this dog thief to move the knife behind his back, his own family would not be able to win the title of Jiangnan, and continue to be his own mountain king in Jingdong, who can help himself, wouldn't it be far better than coming to this bitter cold place in the north of the desert to drink wind and snow?

Shi Tianze and Li Quan were called by the Mongolian Great Khan Temujin to come to Hanghai in Mobei to meet the steppe overlord who had just returned from the western expedition. Shi Tianze's father and brother are both loyal ministers under Temujin's account, and he himself is young and heroic, so he naturally has some disdain for Li Quan, who has been repeated. Although the two are peers, he has always ignored Li Quan, although Li Quan has a secret hatred, but he has nothing to do.

Whether it is in terms of strength, status, or importance in the eyes of the Hu people, he is far inferior to Shi Tianze. In fact, this time the Mongol Great Khan Temujin asked him to meet him by name, which surprised him.

"It's here, it's here, you're waiting."

The Mongol soldiers who led the way shouted and shouted, and now the Mongols had no reason, and when they were happy, they cried out, and when they were unhappy, they wept bitterly, even outside the tent of Temujin.

Shi Tianze solemnly dressed up, and after tidying up himself, he confirmed that there was nothing out of order, and waited respectfully outside Temujin's tent. Seeing him like this, Li Quan sneered in his heart, he was just a descendant of the Tomb Robber Party, and he was just a child of the Southern Family.

The Mongolian soldier saw that he was going to Tongyu, and after a while, someone came out to call Shi Tianze. Shi Tianze didn't look at Li Quan, and strode into the big tent, and after a while, he heard his roll call, and then Li Quan heard a sharp laugh.

The sound was extremely harsh, faintly like a wolf's howl, but with a dull aura. Li Quan's heart trembled, and his hand unconsciously pressed the handle of the knife, but after touching the air, he remembered that when he entered the camp, the knife had already been taken away by the Menghu warriors.

He looked up at the sky, where the clouds hung low as if within reach. The rain in the wind had turned into snowflakes and began to fall in a daze.

I don't know how long he waited outside the tent, and the others were almost frozen, and their hearts were frozen, and when he finally saw the big tent curtain opened, he was overjoyed, but Temujin passed him in, but out of it a Mongolian warrior came. Seeing that he was blocking the way at the door, he stretched out his hand and pushed him away, and said a few words in nonsense, although Li Quan didn't understand, he knew that this was definitely not a good word.

The anger in his chest surged, his family has been in Jingdong for more than ten years, and he has suffered this kind of humiliation several times! But when he touched the air on his waist again, he suddenly realized.

He is no longer Li Tiegun, who is obsessed with an iron spear and charges into battle, but Li Quan, who wags his tail and begs for mercy under the fence of the Hu people.

As soon as he thought of this, the anger in his heart, as if he had been splashed with a scoop of cold water, made him disheartened.

The Mongol warrior paid no attention to him, and commanded loudly, and a moment later, the burning charcoal fire and a complete roast sheep were sent into the big tent, and the smell of roast sheep was still reverberating at the end of Li Quan's nose long after the curtain of the big tent was lowered.

Because he had been rushed to see him early in the morning, he had not eaten breakfast yet, and his stomach was full of hunger.

"Alas!"

With so much grief and indignation in his heart, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

"Why are you sighing?"

Sighing undecided, a person stood behind him and asked, he turned his head and looked at the man, who was also less than thirty years old, extremely handsome, and between his eyebrows, a sharp spirit came out. Li Quan couldn't help but smile bitterly, although he was older than them, he was not a few years older, but whether he was compared with that Shi Tianze or the person in front of him, he was going to look gloomy.

The man just spoke in Hu language, so Li Quan couldn't understand it, and the man smiled slightly and asked in Chinese, "Why are you sighing?" ”

Li Quanzheng was about to answer, and his heart suddenly moved, this person appeared in front of Temujin's big tent without any courtesy, and the warriors in front of the tent were all respectful to him, and he was young, so he must have been a relative among the Hu people. Looking at this person's appearance, he is the kind of extremely enterprising, and he will not like his dull appearance.

"I just sighed below, although the Great Khan is known as the Four Khans of Chengji, he has no ambition to swallow the four seas." Li Quanzheng replied: "Otherwise, why are you so snubbing the heroes of the world?" ”

Hearing this, the Hu people's eyes lit up, and Li Quan glanced up and down, and he was not angry, but just entered the big tent with a slight smile. As soon as he entered the big tent, the noisy and noisy sound of the tent first froze for a moment, and then the sharp voice that Li Quan heard sounded again.

Then the samurai who had just come out to call for the whole roasted sheep to go up came out again, glanced at Li Quan with contemptuousness, muttered and cursed, and then made a gesture to let him in.

Li Quan grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and rubbed it his face until it melted, then he took a deep breath and stepped into Temujin's tent.

When he came in, he looked around by the light of the candles, and the tent was furnished with great luxury, and the ground was covered with a thick blanket of belongings, and a poor herdsman's belongings might not be able to exchange it for such a blanket. In the corner lay the large quarter hour of Wandering, which was driven by a hammer, which was now less common on the market and more expensive than those clockwork.

There were not many people in this big tent, and on top of it was an old man with silver hair, and a long beard up to his chest. His eyes were long, slender, and although they were wrinkled by old age, the light in those eyes was still sharp. When he glanced at it, although there was still a smile on his face, it still made Li Quan feel a chill.

A chill even colder than the harsh winter outside the tent.

He gritted his teeth, so that he did not kneel, and stood proudly in the middle of the big tent, but only clasped his fists and saluted.

"That Nanban is bold, and he didn't kneel when he saw the Great Khan!"

A lustful man sitting on one side got up angrily, grabbed the waist knife with his hand, and pointed at Li Quanwa with the other and shouted. He was too fat, and although he tried to make himself heroic, he made himself look like a clown. Although he is a lustful man, he is just a man full of Chinese, but he speaks very smoothly, and the rest of the Hu people in the big tent can't understand what he says, but they can understand his meaning from his expression. And so the whole tent, including Temujin, laughed.

"I heard that Genghis Khan's mind is as broad as the grassland, so the heroes of the four sides are vying to vote, and the Great Khan is dominating the world, what he wants is a warrior who can bend a bow to shoot the enemy, a wise man who can give advice, and a capable official who can prepare food and grass materials, but there is no need for slaves who only know how to bow down and bend down!"

When he said this, it was scandium and powerful, and it was really loud. The man of color was originally sneering, but he glanced at Temujin out of the corner of his eye, and a messenger whispered in Temujin's ear, and Temujin couldn't help but nod, and the sneer on the face of the man immediately turned into a fierce appreciation.

"So can you bend your bow and shoot the enemy, or can you give advice, or can you prepare food and grass?" Temujin sat up straighter, resting one hand on his knee casually, and looked sideways at Li Quan.

"I'm hungry and don't have the strength to speak." Li Quan was overjoyed in his heart, but said so deliberately.

The whole tent was stunned, and then laughed, Temujin waved his hand, and said lightly: "No matter what, if you have the courage to speak like this in front of me, I will also give you wine and meat." ”

Immediately, a samurai offered a large piece of mutton and a large bowl of liquor, and when the samurai cut the mutton, he deliberately cut the bloody half-life, but Li Quan didn't care, he tore the meat and swallowed it in a big gulp, and then drank the bowl full of liquor.

"Thank you Great Khan for giving me wine and meat." He saluted again: "It's just that I'm going to talk for a long time, can the Great Khan give me another seat?" ”

Temujin waved his hand slightly, and immediately a samurai brought him a cushion.

After Li Quan sat down, he raised his head and said: "I can bend the bow and shoot the enemy for the Great Khan, and I can also give advice for the Great Khan, as for the preparation of grain and grass, that is not a problem." ”

"Very good at big talk." Temujin glanced at him lightly again, but this time there was a hint of coldness in Temujin's eyes, and Li Quan once again felt the kind of cold that made his blood not circulate, he looked at him all the time, and puffed up Yu Yong and said: "Is it a big word, Da Khan will know if you try it." ”

"I heard that you were driven away by a milky little emperor in the Southern Dynasty, and only a few people were left to run to the Great Khan. If you really have this ability, why did you fall to this point? The chubby man stood up again and asked in a loud voice.

"Even the Great Khan, who has also lost at times, let alone me?" As soon as Li Quan said this, he knew that he was wrong, the big tent was still steaming, but it was cold in an instant, he stood up again, and pointed to the south: "Although the emperor has not dried up, he is a great hero, although I have suffered defeat in his hands, but in the big tent of the Great Khan, who knows the emperor of the Southern Dynasty better than me?" ”

Temujin nodded slightly, glanced at Shi Tianze, who was sitting in front of him, and muttered in a low voice, Shi Tianze smiled slightly, and without waiting for the translation, he also replied a few words in Hu Ren's language.

Li Quan's heart moved, Shi Tianze was also proficient in Menghu, if he wanted to stand out in front of Temujin, he had to learn this Huyu first.

After a few words with Shi Tianze, Temujin nodded, and then turned to Li Quan: "Marshal Shi Du said, among the Han people, there are many people who speak untruthfully, this kind of person is called Zhao Kuo, I will give you a cup of goat's milk, if you can't show your usefulness to me, then you can get out." ”

Li Quan glared at Shi Tianze hatefully, but Shi Tianze snorted contemptuously.

Time passed in an instant, and a few thoughts turned around in Li Quan's heart, he took a deep breath, and then said, "The Great Khan wants the rich southern country where milk flows everywhere and brocade is everywhere?" I can precursor to the Great Khan! ”

When Li Quan racked his brains and thought about how to convince Temujin, Wugu Sun Hongyi's hands trembled slightly, facing the origami in front of him.

Written on this origami is a series of dense clauses, any of which, ten years ago, would have been unthinkable for the relationship between the Jin Kingdom and the Great Song Dynasty.

With a pleading look on his face, he arched his hand to Cheng Jue, the secretary of the Great Song Dynasty Rite Department: "Cheng Shangshu, why is it too pressing?" ”

"After all, it has to be signed, Wugu Sun serves the imperial history, what good is it to be late?" Cheng Jue's face was full of red light, and he clenched his fists lightly to curb his impulses, and he laughed and said: "Now that you sign this contract one day earlier, your country can mobilize a large army one day earlier." My envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, some time ago, the Japanese side sent back the news that the Hu people Khan Temujin summoned the generals of Yanyun, presumably in the spring of next year, to invade the south again! ”

Wugu Sun Hongyi took a breath and grabbed the brush, this is the best wolf hao, as a Jurchen nobleman with deep sinicization, Wugu Sun Hongyi was originally very interested in this ink, paper inkstone, but he didn't have the slightest thought at the moment. He was dipped in ink and was about to write, but when he put pen to paper, it seemed as if a thousand forces grabbed his elbow, making it impossible for him to write.

"Sign it quickly, the official family is still waiting for me to restore my life." Cheng Jue was a little impatient.

Before Wugu Sun Hongyi could hesitate, a drop of ink on the tip of his pen fell as if in a hurry, dripping tear-stained marks on the origami. Wugu Sun Hongyi took advantage of the situation to put down the pen, closed his eyes and sighed, the pen walked the dragon and snake, and after writing down his official title and name, he handed the origami to Cheng Jue.

Cheng Jue handed over another copy, Wugu Sun Hongyi had already signed one, and he was numb to this one, so he signed and signed it as well, and handed over the second copy to Cheng Jue. After Cheng Jue finished reading it, he laughed again, and then bowed his hand slightly to Wugu Sun Hongyi: "That is the case, the book will be taken away for the time being, and the national letter will be sent after a while." ”

After he said this, he ignored Wugu Sun Hongyi, but walked away from the pavilion quickly, there was already a carriage waiting in front of the door, he got into the car, the car galloped like a fly, and quickly carried him to the front of the palace.

"The Son of Heaven and all the important ministers are waiting for Cheng Shangshu in the Retro Palace, please come with the villain." When an attendant saw him, he immediately said.

Cheng Jue was slightly stunned, and then suddenly, only to feel some tears flowing. The retro hall was built by Gaozong, and Gaozong crossed to the south, although he moved to the Song Dynasty, but it was always a pain in the hearts of the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty. Since the southern crossing, almost all those who negotiated peace with the Jin State have lost their power and humiliated the country, and the shame of more than 100 years has finally been washed away today.

He rushed into the retro hall quickly, his expression was almost out of order, and when he saw Zhao Heju, he immediately bowed down: "The official Shengming, that Wugu Sun Hongyi is really ...... Sure enough, I signed it! ”

All the important ministers in this hall were ecstatic, and they looked at the young Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven looked indifferent, as if he did not feel happy.

"This is just the beginning." Zhao Youju warned himself in his heart that he knew that whether it was in the Great Song Dynasty or outside the Great Song Dynasty, there were more terrible enemies waiting for him, and there were greater feats waiting for him to establish. What he wants to do is not only for the continuation of the dynasty, but also for the continuation of this Yaodu Shunyang.

He stood up and said to the only person in the hall who was not an important minister: "Deng Pingzhong, it's up to you next." ”