Chapter 425: Insidious and cunning

Western Xia, the imperial capital of Xingqing.

Li Haoyan was confused, Li Haomiao was even more confused, and the Western Xia soldiers and horses were all confused. Isn't Dali fighting Tibet? Why did you suddenly turn around and attack Hangu Pass?

"The emperor's ......" Li Haosen walked hurriedly, strode to the imperial study, and before anyone arrived, he arrived first: "Hangu Pass was lost, and the left and right armies reinforced by the Gansu Military Division were ambushed and retreated back to Yinchuan and Suzhou. ”

Li Haoyan was upset, and when he heard the defeat of the left and right armies, he stood up and glared at this fellow brother who had infiltrated the Xia Zhou court for more than ten years, and roared with thick eyebrows: "What is Dali going to do?" ”

Urgently stepping into the threshold, Li Haosen's old face had a panic that he had never seen in Xia Zhou, his pale hair was a little messy, and he stepped forward and said urgently: "Your Majesty, something is wrong!" The emperor's brother and the king of Dali were officials in the same dynasty, and his people are single-minded, and it is likely that the fight against Tubo is a false image, and the real intention may be to invade my Hangu Pass. ”

Li Haoyan had this terrible premonition as early as yesterday, and now when he heard the emperor's words, his face suddenly changed, and he pointed at him and asked urgently: "What about Haomiao?" Can you come back? ”

"Halfway, we will arrive in the evening, it's just ......" Li Haosen's face was pale, he peeked at the emperor carefully, lowered his white head and said: "Jin Liao sent more than 300,000 Leopard Divisions to Ah Qiuqiu and Leopard Division...... Towards the captured Xia Zhou City, if the imperial brother withdraws, I am afraid that the captured territory will be lost. ”

"Lost?" Li Haoyan gritted his teeth, pounded the imperial table and roared: "I'm afraid that even my throne will be lost." ”

thought that Xia Zhou was going to die, why didn't he take the opportunity to fight for an inch and a half of land? Unexpectedly, Dali suddenly turned around and broke through Hangu Pass. Li Haoyan was angry, Jin Liao is strong, but Dali is not weak, now he has recruited these two fierce beasts, how to end well?

"Immediately go to Xuanhua to see the king of Dali, and say that I am willing to return to him, and ask him to withdraw his troops." Western Xia is just a country of projectiles, relying on dangerous passes everywhere, and if the dangerous passes are about to be destroyed, Li Haoyan made a decision immediately.

Li Haosen nodded and asked carefully: "What about Jin Liao?" ”

"Let Dazai go, say that I am willing to submit, please don't wave his army to the west, I am willing to send the prince to Shangjing as a hostage." can't be provoked on both sides, compared with the national throne, the crown prince is so small.

"Yes." The matter is urgent, Li Haosen even saved his knees, and after a quick turn, people have already rushed out of the distance.

Western Xia, Xiliang Dali military village.

Ah Zhen stayed in Xuanhua for nearly two days, and finally waited for the army to come. When he led the army to Xiliang, he heard that the emperor's brother of Xixia had come to see him. The cunning eyes purred, and he immediately laughed and greeted him out of the village.

When he came to the outside of the village, he saw Yuan Meida coming with a large number of things, Ah Zhen laughed quietly, as if he was a friend, and often warmly invited him to enter the account. Left and right gestured to the former Xia Zhou generals standing at both ends, and said, "Brother Xixia Emperor, you are no stranger to these old departments. ”

As soon as Li Haosen entered the village, he saw more than a dozen former Xia Zhou generals, all of whom glared at him fiercely with angry eyes, as if they were going to gnaw at themselves. Immediately hurried to greet with a smile: "Don't wait for many days, the generals are good, the generals are good." ”

"Humph!" Wang Man had a hot temper, and couldn't help but snort heavily, seeing that he was dirty and opened his eyes, saving himself from washing his eyes later.

Deliberately let all the generals of Xia Zhou come, Ah Zhen didn't seem to see everyone's fierce expressions, as if he didn't feel the oppressive atmosphere, and invited Yuan Meida with a smile, "Brother Xixia Emperor, please sit down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Haosen hurriedly hugged his fists and thanked him, sat down lightly under the royal table with Xiaoxiao, and raised his eyes without drinking tea.

Yuan Meida, the old fox, is treacherous enough, he doesn't call the king of Dali but the king, does he want to be his own courtier? Then it couldn't be better, he just wanted Xixia.

"Hmm." After some deep thought, Ah Zhen closed the lid of the cup with a smile, turned his eyes to look at Li Haosen, and asked with a smile: "I don't know why the imperial brother of Western Xia came here?" ”

As soon as he spoke, Li Haosen hurriedly stood up, bowed deeply first, and then spoke: "My emperor has specially asked his ministers to bring three hundred rare birds, five thousand gold, six chariots of silk, three chariots of exquisite jade, one hundred beauties, and ...... pearl agate."

"Wait a minute." Ah Zhen, who was smiling, made a confused and dazed move, and stopped him in front of his palm: "Emperor Xixia, why is this?" This king is really confused. ”

Li Haosen knew that he understood, and he was secretly annoyed in his heart, but he made an extremely frightened gesture on his face, and hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "My emperor is willing to enter the country every year to pay homage, and I ask the king for forgiveness." ”

"Oh." Looking down at the old fox, Ah Zhen raised his eyebrows slightly, and didn't call him to get up and ask: "Where does your emperor mean the capital of the country?" ”

"Naturally, it's a little Cangshan Dali." Li Haosen's mouth was full of blood.

"It turned out to be Dali, the younger brother of the Western Xia Emperor, please get up." Ah Zhen smiled lovely, evoking this old fox, guessing in his heart that he was secretly scolding himself, and asked again: "Emperor Xixia's move may anger Jin Liao, this king heard yesterday that Jin Liao, headed by King Ajun, has gathered more than 300,000 tigers and wolves to come to Kuiwu Pass, and he is about to arrive, right?" ”

"Yes." Li Haosen hurriedly clenched his fists and pleaded urgently: "The king rules the world with benevolence and virtue, and the sea is sown and the common people are blessed, and the minister begs the king to be tolerant of my emperor again. ”

Ah Zhen stared at him for a long time before waving his hand to the generals on the left and right and calling out, "All stand down." ”

The generals who were Xia Zhou hesitated for a moment, and finally responded with their fists, and then everyone glared at the old thief, and then they got used to getting out of the king's tent.

As soon as the generals retreated, Ah Zhen's smiling face immediately turned cold, and he snorted heavily: "Li Haosen, you are so bold, you dare to deceive this king here, are you afraid that this king's million lions will not be able to step on Xingqing Mansion?" ”

Seeing that the king of Dali was angry, Li Haosen knelt down in a hurry, kowtowed and said: "The minister implores the king to calm his anger, my emperor will never dare to deceive the king." ”

"Don't dare?" Ah Zhen, who had a wicked face, stared round and round, and snorted heavily: "I'm afraid your emperor should also be willing to belong to Jin Liao, right?" Do you want to visit Beijing every year? ”

"This ......" Li Haosen gritted his teeth, kowtowed and mourned: "There is no such thing, please also ask Wang Mingjian." ”

Ah Zhen dared to bet with his head that if Li Haoyan didn't have two sides and three knives, he would unscrew his head and kick it as a ball, but it didn't matter if he had it or not. He glared at him for a long time, as if he was examining him, and finally called out with a smile, "Get up." ”

With a bang, Li Haosen's heart fell back into his stomach, he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe his sweat, kowtowed and thanked him repeatedly, and then he got up from the ground tremblingly.

In the past, in Xia Zhou, this old fox was in the wind and rain without being surprised. Thinking about it, after all, Xia Zhou is not his own country, and he doesn't care if Xia Zhou dies or not. It's different now, and I finally know what it means to be scared, right?

Ah Zhen mocked in his heart, beckoned to him, and waited until he cautiously approached the imperial table before asking in a low voice: "Are Zhou Bofeng and his son still alive?" ”

"This ......" Li Haosen hesitated slightly, saw angry eyes rolling in front of him, and hurriedly nodded: "Yes, yes." ”

Hearing him say yes, Ah Zhen pretended to sigh heavily, and recalled the past: "This king has been thinking about the emperor very much recently. To be honest, this king has this day and now, all of them are given by the emperor's old man, and these two traitors who betrayed their family and country are really chilling. ”

Li Haosen looked at the pretending Dali King suspiciously, and secretly wondered what he wanted to say? Why did you suddenly mention Zhou Xuanzong? Since Zhou Xuanzong treated him well, why did he encroach on his Jiangnan again, isn't this inconsistent?

"I don't know what the king is?" It can't be what he thinks, right?

"It's nothing, I suddenly remembered the past when I saw an old friend." Ah Zhen smiled, his eyes were full of gloom and said: "No matter what, Zhou Bofeng and his son are the disciples and nephews of the emperor's old man." This king came to Western Xia this time, the most important thing is to see if they are doing well? If they don't have a good time, I want to take them back to Dali to settle down. ”

When the words fell, Ah Zhen casually glanced at Yuan Meida, and was silent for a long time before smiling at him and said: "Since the emperors and brothers of Western Xia have said that they are doing very well, let them continue to live well, well, very well." ”

Xia Zhou died in the country, Jiangnan was in the hands of Dali, Zhou Jinxuan disappeared without a trace, the royal family was almost wiped out by Jin Liao, and the only thing left was Zhou Bofeng, who had done chaos, and his son. Who is Zhou Bofeng? If you have ambition and dare to act, Dali holds Jiangnan, Liangzhejiang, and Guangzhou, and Xia Zhou perished, so the only dragon vein is only ......

"The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty......" Thinking about it before and after, Li Haosen immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed and mourned: "The minister has deceived him, and he asks the king to punish him." ”

"Oh!" In the face of the sudden change, Ah Zhen pretended to be very surprised, and blurted out: "What did the younger brother of the Western Xia Emperor do to deceive this king?" ”

"Yes." Li Haosen knelt down and looked up, seeing the smile on the corner of Lin Azhen's mouth, he knew that he had guessed, and he said: "The minister knows that the king has feelings for Xia Zhou, and he thinks of Zhou Xuanzong's family, so the king asked the minister Zhou Bofeng and his son about it, and the minister has something to hide." I also ask the king for forgiveness. ”

"I see." Ah Zhen lightly nodded his head twice, raised his hand and said, "How to hide it, and talk to this king one by one." ”

"Yes!" Standing up, Li Haosen said in a matter-of-fact manner: "King, Zhou Bofeng is old, and the rebellion has not succeeded, and he was seriously ill and depressed within a few months of coming to Western Xia. His son, my emperor treated him like his own son, but he did not want to forge ahead, and lingered in the pollen pile all day long, only a few months, he was already impotent and kidney damage, and he was lying sick on the bed, and he was afraid that time was running out. ”

"Alas!" These words made Ah Zhen pound the royal table, shook his head and said sadly: "If it weren't for the actions of this king in the past, Pa Feng would not have died so depressed." They are all men's bodies, and it is understandable that their sons are greedy for sex, but they are so unrestrained, they really shouldn't be. ”

The person who is most unqualified to say that others are lustful in the world is Lin Azhen, the king of Dali in front of him. Who in the world doesn't know who doesn't know, the king of Dali is greedy for beauty, and the family has immortals who still don't forget the wild flowers and idle grass, is he qualified to say that others have no moderation?

"Yes, that's exactly what the king said." Facing Lin Azhen, who was pretending, Li Haosen spit out a handful of saliva in his heart, but he is the king of Dali, who can help him?

"Okay, the emperor of Western Xia will accept it as a tribute, and this king will see what Jin Liao has done. You go back and tell Li Haoyan and let him relax, if Jin Liao dares to commit a crime, this king will not sit still and ignore it. As he spoke, Ah Zhen waved his hand back: "Kneel down." ”