Chapter 401: Yan Niang's younger brother
Many friends and many roads, Li Zhang didn't expect that he just wanted to win over Zhao Anren, but he made a friend by mistake, although Zhao Anren is a eunuch, but his character is good, especially compared to Xu Song, who hated the Great Song Dynasty before, Zhao Anren is full of good feelings towards the Great Song Dynasty, especially his family should still be in the Great Song Dynasty, and Li Zhang also promised to help him find his family, which made Zhao Anren grateful to Li Zhang.
In the end, in order to repay Li Zhang, Zhao Anren also told Li Zhang an important news, to be exact, it should be two, the first is that Yelu Longxu's body is indeed not good, although Li Zhang has already guessed it, but it is not as detailed as Zhao Anren said.
According to Zhao Anren, Yelu Longxu was in good health, but since last year's rebellion in Dayanlin, the battle situation has been lost one after another, which made Yelu Longxu suddenly angry and fell ill all of a sudden, and in the following months, the condition has been going back and forth, if it is a young man, he may be able to carry it, but Yelu Longxu is no longer young, and his condition is getting worse and worse, until now.
Zhao Anren is the most trusted eunuch around Xiao Yunjin, and has helped her do many shady things, such as secretly spying on the queen Xiao Bodhisattva, but unfortunately he was later discovered by Xiao Bodhisattva, at that time Zhao Anren thought he was dead, so he risked his life to escape back to the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect to be arrested again, and finally thanks to Xiao Yunjin's intercession for him, which allowed him to survive, and since then, he has followed Xiao Yunjin even more desperately.
As Xiao Yunjin's intimate person, Zhao Anren naturally knows the situation in the palace well, as far as he knows, Yelu Longxu has entered the dying moment several times, such as Li Zhang, when they just arrived at the bowl, Yelu Longxu fell ill again, and later summoned Li Zhang and other envoys, but he fell ill again and almost couldn't wake up.
Now Yelu Longxu has been rescued again, but everyone in the palace knows that Yelu Longxu's body is no longer good, it is said that he vomited blood today, and the imperial doctor can only use some precious medicine to hang Yelu Longxu's life, and the will has already been made, and even the palace has begun to prepare for Yelu Longxu's funeral, and Yelu Zong's real enthronement.
Compared with the above news, another news is more important, that is, in order to express his gratitude to Li Zhang, Zhao Anren specially revealed a little news about Xiao Yunjin to him, which is actually the discord between Xiao Yunjin and the queen Yelu Bodhisattva, and also told Li Zhang that Xiao Yunjin is extremely ambitious, and he is likely to be in power in the future, but in the end he did not tell Li Zhang that Xiao Yunjin was ready to stand on his own, after all, he was still very loyal to Xiao Yunjin.
Li Zhang had actually guessed the above two news a long time ago, even more than Zhao Anren knew, but the most valuable thing was not the news itself, but through these two news, it has been shown that to a certain extent, Zhao Anren has stood on Li Zhang's side, which is definitely good news for the Great Song Dynasty Mission, which is not familiar with the place, and if there is any trouble on Yelu Longxu's side in the future, they can also have someone to report the news.
However, when Zhao Anren left, he told Li Zhang a not very good news, to be precise, it should be Zhao Anren's warning, Li Zhang, in order to please Xiao Yunjin, gave Xiao Yunjin the gift that should have been given to the queen, with Xiao Yunjin's character, he will definitely show off in the palace, and if the queen Xiao Bodhisattva knows, it may bring some trouble to Li Zhang.
For Zhao Anren's warning, Li Zhang has long been mentally prepared, after all, as long as he is a normal person, Brother Xiao Bodhisattva will definitely be unhappy, but Li Zhang is not worried, firstly, because Yelu Longxu is seriously ill, Brother Xiao Bodhisattva may not be in the mood to trouble him, and secondly, Brother Xiao Bodhisattva will not live long, as long as Yelu Longxu dies, this woman and the family generals behind him will be cleaned by Xiao Yunjin, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
However, Li Zhang still underestimated the complicated situation in the court of Liao, although the queen Xiao Bodhisattva brother did not have time to trouble him, but there was another person who couldn't stand it, and this person was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Liao, the Yelu Zongzhen who was very bad.
"Where are the envoys of the Song Kingdom?" Early this morning, when Li Zhang was thinking about the conversation with Zhao Anren yesterday, he suddenly heard a voice with a little anger from the outside world shouting.
"Who's making a noise outside?" Li Zhang also strode out of his tent at this time, and then saw a very young Khitan nobleman standing outside with an angry face, and the people in the surrounding missions were also looking at each other, as if they didn't know what this young man was going to do?
"You are the Song Envoy?" I saw that when this Khitan nobleman saw Li Zhang, he immediately stepped forward and asked.
"Yes, this official is the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, who are you, why are you yelling at our station?" Li Zhang also asked without concession at this time, although he did not want to cause trouble in the Liao State, he represented the Great Song Dynasty, so in this case, he must also maintain the majesty of the Great Song Dynasty.
"I am the prince's tent and only waiting for Langjun Yelu Zhirang, this time I was ordered to come to ask you and others, why did you transfer the gift to the queen mother?" I saw this young Khitan nobleman ask angrily again, not only did he follow the orders of Yelu Zongzhen, but also had a deep relationship with Empress Xiao Bodhisattva, so he was very annoyed by the actions of the Great Song Mission.
"Jeruzhirang?" Li Zhang was stunned when he heard this name, because he felt that this name was a little isolated, and then he suddenly remembered that Yan Niang handed him a letter before, and this letter was written to her younger brother, and Yan Niang's brother's name was Yelu Zhirang, and he had served as Yelu Zongzhen's companion before, and the young man in front of him was Yelu Zongzhen's side of Zhihou Langjun, who had the same position as Yelu Renxian, so he was likely to be Yan Niang's younger brother.
"What, is there nothing to say?" At this moment, Yelu Zhirang saw that Li Zhang was silent, and he couldn't help but sneer and ask again.
Li Zhang woke up from his contemplation at this time, and couldn't help but look at the other party carefully, and found that the appearance of this Yelu Zhirang and Yan Niang was still somewhat similar, of course, it was extremely rare for a Khitan man to be so handsome.
"Is Jerod here to ask for sin?" Li Zhang suddenly smiled and said, he didn't expect that Empress Xiao didn't send someone to come, but the prince Yelu Zongzhen sent someone to ask about the crime, but it's normal to think about it, although Yelu Zongzhen's biological mother is Xiao Yunjin, but she has been raised by Queen Xiao since she was a child, so emotionally speaking, he is closer to Queen Xiao, which is a bit similar to Zhao Zhen.
"What about the one who came to ask about sin?" Yelu Zhirang looked at Li Zhang and said again, the reason why Yelu Zongzhen didn't send Ye Luren, who Li Zhang was familiar with, came first was because he had no friendship with Li Zhang, so he naturally had no scruples when asking for guilt.
"Then we will disappoint His Royal Highness the Prince, who should give the gift prepared by our Great Song Dynasty has already been drawn up, if the Queen Mother is not satisfied with our gift, she can completely sue our Great Song Dynasty, and then naturally His Majesty and the Queen Mother will punish the envoy!" Li Zhang straightened his waist and replied unceremoniously, although he knew that the other party was Yan Niang's younger brother, but the other party's attitude was too arrogant, and he naturally had to teach the other party a lesson.
"You...... You are bold! In the face of Li Zhang's toughness, Yelu Zhirang was also angry, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while, and it is estimated that he didn't expect that the Song envoy in front of him would be a hard bone.
Li Zhang looked at the other party's angry face and red ears, and immediately couldn't help but smile again, and then waved his hand to let the people around him retreat, and then said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Ye Luyan!" ”
Sure enough, when he heard Yan Niang's name, Yelu Zhirang, who was originally angry, trembled all over, and then looked at Li Zhang with an incredible face, because he never dreamed that his sister's name would come out of the mouth of the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, but his sister had obviously died on the way to get married, what was the other party's plan to mention his dead sister's name?
Just when Yelu Zhirang, who was in doubt, wanted to ask Li Zhang for clarification, Li Zhang turned around and entered the tent, and Yelu Zhirang also hurriedly followed, Li Zhang did not stop him, and when the two of them entered the tent, Li Zhang immediately ordered wild dogs to patrol around the tent, and no one was allowed to approach.
"How do you know my sister's name?" Yelu Zhirang entered the tent and immediately asked Li Zhang again, and even at this time his eyes were red, his relationship with Yan Niang has always been very deep, especially in his heart Yan Niang has passed away, Li Zhang suddenly mentioned her name now, which made Yelu Zhirang both annoyed and curious, after all, no matter how you look at it, Li Zhang, the Song envoy, has nothing to do with his sister.
Li Zhang sat down leisurely at this time, then poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip, and then looked at Yeluzhi and said: "I not only know your sister's name, but I have also seen her, and I know her whereabouts!" ”
"What do you mean, my sister has died a long time ago, how could you have seen her?" When Yelu Zhirang heard Li Zhang's words, his breathing suddenly became heavy, and his whole face was flushed, I don't know if it was because he was angry or excited?
"Dead?" Li Zhang smiled calmly when he heard this, and then he spoke again, "Is this how Yelu perfunctory you are after he comes back?" ”
"Do you know that Jerod lives longer?" Yelu Zhirang didn't believe Li Zhang's words, but when he heard the name Yelu Yanshou, he was also excited, when his sister was chosen as the princess of Heqin, and then married Da Shi, and the escort was Yelu Yanshou, but later Yelu Yanshou came back halfway, and told the court that his sister Yeluyan died of illness on the way, so there was no need for Heqin's team to go further.