In the post house, Li Zhang stretched his waist and walked out of the room, and it was also busy outside, Fu Bi commanded the people of the mission who were busy packing up their things, because they had received news yesterday that someone would take them to the palace of the Emperor of Liao today, so since yesterday, the mission has been busy packing up things, and Fu Bi got up early in the morning to personally direct and check, for fear of leaving something behind.

Compared with Fu Bi, Li Zhang, the envoy, seems to be much more leisurely, but this is also normal, Li Zhang, the envoy, is in charge of foreign affairs, and he usually deals with Liao officials, while Fu Bi is responsible for internal affairs, and he is responsible for the internal affairs of the mission, the two have different divisions of labor, Fu Bi seems to be busy, but in fact, there is not much pressure, and Li Zhang bears all the external pressure.

The post house provides breakfast, Li Zhang also ate casually, the food here in Liao is not very good, Li Zhang is a more picky person, so he is really not satisfied with the food here, if it is not allowed by the conditions, maybe he will cook himself.

Just after Li Zhang had breakfast, he saw a group of people coming from the post house, the leader of which was a very young Khitan, although he was very tall, but he should not be twenty years old, I saw him come to the post house and immediately said very politely: "I was ordered to come to receive the Great Song Mission, I don't know which one is Lieutenant Envoy Li?" ”

"This envoy Li Zhang, I don't know what to call Brother Tai?" Li Zhang also stepped forward at this time and said politely, compared to the reckless man of Yelu Zuoya, the Khitan in front of him is much more polite, but the more such a person, the more difficult it is to deal with.

"Lieutenant Envoy Li is really young and promising, in the lower Yelu Renxian, and now he is only waiting for Langjun in the prince's tent, and this time he was ordered to take the Great Song Dynasty delegation to His Majesty's bowl!" I saw that this young man's eyes lit up when he saw Li Zhang, and he saluted again at the moment.

Li Zhang couldn't help but move his heart when he heard the name Yelu Renxian, because he remembered that in the original history, this Yelu Renxian was known as a famous minister of Liao, especially he was very trusted by Liao Xingzong, that is, the current prince of Liao, Yelu Zong, and even Yelu Zongzhen's son, that is, Yelu Hongji, who later became the Liao Daozong, also worshiped Yelu Renxian as his father, it can be said that Yelu Renxian's life was extremely honorable and had a huge impact on Liao.

"It turned out to be Yelu Yihou, then there will be labor along the way!" Although Li Zhang was surprised in his heart, he said quietly and politely on the surface, only Hou Langjun is a palace guard similar to a personal guard, although the rank is not high, but it must be held by the children of nobles, and it must be deeply trusted by the royal family, Yeluren can hold this position at a young age, no wonder he is really trusted by Yeluzong in the future.

"Lieutenant Envoy Li is polite, I wonder when the mission will be able to leave?" Yelu Renxian smiled again at the moment, his background is much stronger than that Yelu Zuoya, his father Yelu Guiyin, Feng Yan Wang, official to the prime minister of Nanfu, he was born as a top nobleman in Liao, but on the surface he was very kind, but Li Zhang knew that this Yelu Renxian seemed to be peaceful, but in fact, arrogance was hidden in his bones, he just disdained to write arrogance on his face like Yelu Zuoya.

"Our mission has been packed and is ready to hit the road at any time!" Li Zhang immediately spoke again, he was the latest one to get up from the mission, and the others had already gotten up to pack their things.

The time was not early, Li Zhang and Yeluren immediately decided to leave immediately, so the mission left the post house with Yelurenxian, Yelurenxian led a team of dozens of personal guards, they were all under the prince Yeluzongzhen, this time they were originally transferred to the palace to listen to the order, and they also took Li Zhang and them along the way.

The military system of the Liao State is very different from that of the Great Song Dynasty, for example, the Liao State is a soldier for all people, and everyone over the age of fifteen and under the age of fifty is included in the military register, which also allows the Liao State to gather a large number of troops in a short period of time, but in this way, every time there is a war, it will have a huge impact on the agriculture and animal husbandry of the Liao State, plus various taxes, which overwhelm the poor herdsmen, which is also the main reason for the previous Great Yanlin Rebellion.

In other words, Liao and the Great Song Dynasty, there have been many contradictions in the country, if there is no change, it will definitely seriously affect the national strength, in fact, the Liao State has begun to go down the steep road, and the Great Song Dynasty because the country was established later, so the situation is a little better than the Liao State, but it is only relative, otherwise there will be no later Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi's changes.

Yeluren first took Li Zhang and them out of the west gate of Zhongjing, and then rushed all the way to the Dafu River, which is also the location of the spring palace of the Liao Emperor, in general, the palace of the Liao Emperor is generally changed according to the season, mainly spring water, autumn mountain, sitting summer and sitting winter, now it is spring, so the palace is selected in the Dafu River, less than three hundred miles away from Zhongjing.

In the early days of the Liao Kingdom, the location of the emperor's palace was not fixed, and the length of stay was also different, but in the middle and late periods, the location of the palace was fixed, and the palace would generally be in the Yazi River in the spring, near the Jilin Tahu City in the later generations, and the location of the palace at this time in Yelu Longxu was in the west of the Dafu River, that is, the Huhuer River in Inner Mongolia in later generations.

The mission brought a large number of gifts, so the speed was not fast, and he could only stay in the field for one night that night, which can also be seen that the Liao country is really vast and sparsely populated, and even the place so close to the capital can not find a town that can be stayed, in fact, except for the Xijin Mansion where the Han people gather, most of the other places in the Liao country are mainly nomadic, so it is normal for a hundred miles to be uninhabited.

Early the next morning, Li Zhang and they continued to hurry, and occasionally saw some herdsmen along the way, but when they approached the Dafu River, there were many patrolling palace divisions on the periphery, the so-called palace divisions, that is, the forbidden army of the emperor's palace, and the guards of the palace were mainly responsible for them.

As soon as he saw the palace army, Li Zhang felt that something was wrong, because the inspection of these palace division troops was too strict, along the way, Li Zhang and they met seven or eight patrol teams, and each team would come forward to strictly check when they saw them, and fortunately, Yelu Renxian had the prince's token on his body, which made them move forward smoothly.

In this way, they walked forward for several miles, and finally a big river appeared in front, and on the bank of the river, a felt car as a camp, a hard village as a palace, and finally appeared in front of them, here is the Liao Emperor's bowl, a walking palace.

However, as soon as Li Zhang came here, he immediately felt that the atmosphere here was not right, there were many swords and soldiers in the whole bowl, and the people who came and went were nervous, and there was a sense of solemnity everywhere in the military camp on the periphery, which made Li Zhang and them nervous.