A trace of blood flowed from the corner of the young man's mouth, but he didn't snort, and looked at Wu Zhi coldly and said: "Your king is really famous, and it seems that it is nothing more than this today!" ”

The guards next to him were furious and wanted to step forward to beat Wu Zhi, waving his hand to signal them to step back, and smiled at the cloth-clothed young man and said, "Who are you?" What is your name? ”

At this time, a Liao official trotted over next to him and was stopped by the guards and hurriedly said: "Your majesty has something to say!" "It was the pro-army commander sent by Yeluchun to open the way for Wu Zhi called Xiao Ying.

It turned out that the Liao army chasing the cloth-clothed youth arrived in front of the Song Mission's horse team, Hu Yanzhuo gave an order, and the ironclad horse army lined up in formation, and the spears were raised diagonally, blocking the Liao army from the periphery.

The leader of the Liao people saw that he was not close, and the mission had to run to ask Commander Xiao for help, so Commander Xiao rushed over.

Wu Zhi heard Commander Xiao's words, turned his head to see Commander Xiao attached to Shi Xiu's ear and said a few words, Shi Xiu walked over and muttered to Commander Xiao for a while, Commander Xiao reluctantly looked at the young man in cloth, a few words of stupidity, in front of the Liao army who rounded up the young man in cloth, he immediately became angry, shouted a few words, and the Liao army returned in frustration.

Seeing the Liao people leaving, Wu Zhicai smiled and said to the young man in cloth: "Crashing into this king's car, naturally it will be dealt with by this king, say, what is your name?" ”

The cloth-clothed young man snorted and said, "You are not worthy to ask my name!" ”

This time, Shi Xiu couldn't help but want to go up and teach this young man who didn't know the height of the sky, but Wu Zhi didn't say anything, and he could only hold back his anger, and all the guards glared angrily at the cloth-clothed youth.

The cloth-clothed young man was unmoved and said loudly: "I have heard more about your reputation before. But it's just in vain. The Liao people have no way. Rebels have risen from all over the country, and even more Jurchens have risen in Montenegro and Baishui, you don't take advantage of this great opportunity to subdue the homeland of China, but do what kind of goodwill of Lao Shizi, hum, it's really funny! He sneered as he spoke.

Wu Zhi looked at him amusedly. The little guy didn't have any hair, so he taught himself a lesson without tearing up, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense with him at this time, and turned back to Shi Xiu: "Take good care of it, and ask questions in a few days!" Seeing Shi Xiu nodded again and again, he smiled and said, "Be kind to him!" ”

Shi Xiu glanced at the cloth-clothed young man and nodded helplessly.

After the vignette. When the brigade set off slowly, it was already evening when it arrived at the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, and the gate of the Dading Mansion was opened, and a team of officials lined up in front of the gate according to their ranks.

This time, the Liao Emperor sent to greet the Prince of the Great Song Dynasty, and Xiao Fengxian, the king of Lanling County, showed that the Liao Emperor attached great importance to the Song Dynasty. Xiao Fengxian was about forty years old and was born with a handsome face. Romantic and suave is the type of middle-aged beautiful man in later generations.

Wu Sik got out of the carriage. At a glance, I saw Xiao Fengxian, who was personable in front of the queue, and smiled bitterly in his heart, how come Song Liao's ministers are all talents, and they are too far from their previous understanding.

Although Wu Zhi had never met Xiao Fengxian, Wang Jin and the Xiao family had business dealings, and that surprise attack on Youzhou took advantage of the Xiao family's banner, and Steward Xiao did not report the matter to Xiao Fengxian afterwards, after all, it was still his own glory and wealth, and the most important thing was wealth.

Seeing Wu Zhi get out of the car, Xiao Fengxian greeted him affectionately: "Haha; Liufei Wang Kai is young, Xiao has been friends with you for a long time! ”

Of course, Wu Zhi also walked over with a smile: "The county king Chitose is polite, I have heard the name of the county king for a long time, and I am fortunate to see it today!" ”

The two smiled and walked hand in hand into Dading Mansion, vividly interpreting the brotherhood of the "State of Brothers".

After only one night in Dading Mansion, Wu Zhi's envoy and Xiao Fengxian set off for Shangjing with Xiao Fengxian, and Wu Zhi was not very interested in Xiao Fengxian, he was interested in Yelu Yue, who turned the tide for the Liao State, and Wang Jin could not find out the origin of Yelu Yue in the Liao State, only knew that this person was favored by the Liao Emperor for only a few months, and now he was entrusted by the Liao Emperor with the important task of leading against the Jurchen affairs.

Along the way, Wu Zhi was all in Xiao Fengxian's tone, and wanted to find out some news about Yeluyue from it, who knew that Xiao Fengxian's guy was very treacherous, and he always gently changed the topic, never talking about the ministers and generals in the Liao State.

After a few days of silence all the way, Wu Zhi and his party arrived in Shangjing, seeing that it was early winter, it was very cold in the north, and Wu Zhi had already changed into a thick skin, even so, when he just got out of the tightly covered carriage, Wu Zhi still shuddered.

When he first arrived in Beijing, the officials of the Liao State ushered in the send-off, needless to say, on the second day, Wu Zhi was summoned by the Liao Emperor to hold a banquet in the palace, and during the banquet, Wu Zhi praised the friendship between Song and Liao, saying that Song Liao was entering the stage of high-level cooperation, and this time Liao was to establish a strategic partnership with Liao.

On the way back to the post house, Xiao Fengxian looked at Wu Zhi and smiled interestingly, Wu Zhi smiled: "Why does Brother Xiao look at me and smile? "Coming to Beijing, along the way, Wu Zhi has already called Xiao Fengxian a brother, and Xiao Fengxian is also happy to make friends with Wu Zhi.

"Hehe, brother is really eloquent, don't say that the civil and military officials here today are my brother, and I am also dizzy...... Hehe......" Xiao Feng laughed a few times first, and no longer said any more, no matter how affectionate the two were on the surface, they couldn't make fun of the relationship between the two countries.

Wu Zhi smiled: "Brother Xiao thinks I'm not telling the truth? ”

Xiao Fengxian smiled: "What does it have to do with falsehood, truth, truth, falsehood?" ”

Wu Zhi smiled and turned his head to look at the night scene of Shangjing outside the window and said a few words of gossip before asking casually: "Why didn't General Yelu arrive today?" ”

Xiao Fengxian was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said, "General Yelu? Oh, brother, are you talking about King Lu? ”

Wu Zhi said indifferently: "King Lu? I don't know that. "In my heart, I was very surprised, so that the Liao people followed by the Liao people day and night, and naturally I couldn't contact Wang Jin's dispatch anymore, but I couldn't imagine that Yelu Yue had been crowned king.

Xiao Fengxian said with a smile: "General Yelu, who is qualified to participate in the state banquet today and did not come, is also King Lu, and King Enlu is now fighting with the female straight man in Longhua Prefecture, how can he have time to be separated?" "In order to avoid the emperors of the previous dynasty, the Liao State called the Jurchen a female straight.

Wu Zhi nodded. As he spoke, the carriage came to a slow stop. But it was to the post house. Wu Zhi smiled: "Send you a thousand miles to say goodbye and talk to your eldest brother tomorrow." ”

Xiao Fengxian laughed: "Brother tomorrow can't come to visit my brother, the little girl has to accompany my baby daughter at home." Speaking of his daughter, Xiao Fengxian's face was joyful, and it was obvious that he loved this daughter very much.

Wu Zhi smiled: "I'll get together with my eldest brother another day." Get out of the car and say goodbye to Xiao Fengxian.

The Liaoren Post House was well decorated and painted because of the arrival of the King of the Great Song Dynasty. There are seven or eight attics in the triple courtyard of the entire post house, and the meeting department is newly decorated, and the Wuzhi residence is the tallest and gorgeous welcome building in the hall, and the rest of the officials and guards are scattered into the attic house next to the welcome building. As for the ironclad horses and the golden gun squad, of course, they could not enter the city and camped twenty miles away from Shangjing.

Wu Zhi exchanged a few words with the officials in charge of the post house who came to serve him, and then walked into the courtyard where the welcome building was located. From the courtyard gate to the welcome building, it is a straight bluestone road, and the flowers and trees are planted on both sides, and the flowers and plants wither in early winter, showing a bit of desolation.

Shi Xiu, who stayed in the post house, hurriedly came out to greet Wu Zhi, and Wu Zhi smiled and asked a few trivial things such as the post house entertaining the guards and meals. Suddenly remembered the cloth clothes Qingnian caught a few days ago and asked Shi Xiu: "How is that stupid boy?" ”

Shi Xiu hesitated and said, "It's okay." ”

Wu Zhi smiled. glanced at Shi Xiu a few times and said, "If there is anything, just say don't hide it from me!" ”

Shi Xiu sighed. Qi said: "Lord Wang." The young man must be noisy these days, and he must go home to see his brothers, and he is really annoyed, so he has to gag him every day. ”

Wu Zhiqi said: "Go home? ”

Shi Xiu nodded and said: "Yes, it turns out that he lives in Shangjing, just went out to work to make money, and then he was oppressed by the Liao people, so he gathered a group of brothers and killed a big family of the Liao people, and now he has recruited everything in order to go home and take a look." ”

Wu Zhi said "oh" and said, "Go home? It's okay to have nothing to do tomorrow, let's go around Beijing and have him lead the way, and it's not bad. ”

Shi Xiu was stunned for a moment and said, "Is the prince safe?" ”

Wu Zhi glared at him angrily: "Do you think Shangjing is the Longtan Tiger's Den?" ”

Shi Xiu didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to go back and arrange it back to the East Courtyard, and entered the wing room where Han Ming was tied up, that is, the young man in cloth, although Han Ming was tied up strongly, and his mouth was also blocked with a black cloth, but when he saw Shi Xiu coming in, he immediately struggled, and the more he struggled, the tighter the hemp rope became, and Han Ming looked at Shi Xiu with hatred, and his eyes were about to erupt with fire.

Shi Xiu didn't care about his gaze, walked over, pulled the black cloth from Han Ming's mouth, and said with a smile: "Lord Kai will take you home tomorrow." ”

Han Ming was just about to scold, and when he heard Shi Xiu's words, his eyes widened in disbelief: "What you said is true?" ”

Shi Xiu said: "What did I lie to you? ”

Han Ming thinks about it, what good is it for others to deceive themselves? However, Wu Zi didn't believe that your king had such good intentions, and couldn't help but doubt.

Shi Xiu pulled out his waist knife and cut the rope on Han Ming's body, and when he saw his expression, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "What do you think?" Kowtow tomorrow and thank you, it seems that our prince is not angry with you, tell you honestly, if you dare to scold our prince in person, you can save your life! ”

Han Ming nodded suspiciously, although he was still extremely disgusted with these officials who were "friendly to the Liao State", but this was not the time for him to mess around, he really annoyed your king, but he would not be able to go home to visit his mother and brother and sister-in-law tomorrow.

Early in the morning of the second day, Wu Zhi changed into civilian clothes, only accompanied by Shi Xiu and Mu Hong, and Han Ming led the way out of the post house and walked along the street.

The streets of Shangjing are full of people, and the market is quite prosperous, although it is not as good as Bianjing, which is in the northern country where foreign races are in power.

Following behind Han Ming, he passed a few streets all the way to the south, and the foreground suddenly changed, as if it was a boundary, just before the tall and luxurious houses disappeared, and all in front of him were low and simple grass houses, Wu Zhi looked back and was sure that there was nothing wrong with his eyes, and the houses on the north side of the street were indeed gorgeous and rich, which was in stark contrast to the grass houses in the south.

Han Ming saw the confusion in Wu Zhi's eyes and sneered: "There are Khitans in the north of the city, and Han people in the south of the city!" ”

Wu Zhiqi said: "The Han people are so poor? "I heard that the Han and Khitan people in Liao live together, and they don't discriminate against Han people very much.

Han Ming sneered: "Those who are holding the thighs of the Khitan people are naturally rich and glorious!" The eyes that looked at Wu Zhi and the others were full of contempt.

Wu Zhi smiled and said nothing, "Lead the way!" "It seems that there is nothing that does not discriminate against the Han people, but it is just an official article, and the Khitan people naturally feel that they are the rulers, so how can they look at the Han people in the Liao State.

Han Ming ridiculed Wu Zhi several times. But I saw that people didn't seem to care. I was also a little ashamed in my heart. After all, the reputation of the king of Liao, the Han people have heard of it, although the Khitan people forbade the dissemination of news about the Great Song Dynasty, the king's several victories over the Liao land is even more taboo, and all those who talk about it in public are all arrested and questioned after being reported.

But this is the way things are in the world, the so-called defense of the people is more important than the prevention of Sichuan, and the Liao people are more prohibited. On the contrary, the faster the news spreads, the gossip is flying all over the sky, and the noble king is even said to be three-headed and six-armed, and Han Ming also talks about the noble king all day long.

I didn't want to meet his "idol" for the first time, but it was in Liao, and I didn't expect what your king would do, so Han Ming only felt that his feelings had been deceived. The noble king who he talks about day and night is no different from those Han people who hold the thighs of Khitans, and he has repeatedly spoken ill of Wu Zhi.

But seeing that the people were dignified, Prince Song didn't care at all about his bad attitude, and Han Ming couldn't help but feel that he was a little excessive, but after all, he was a child, and he took a few steps. Thinking of being oppressed by the Khitans over the years, the guilt immediately turned into nothing. looked at Wu Zhi and the others' eyes and became disgusted.

Following Han Ming, turn left and right, and walk through the slums full of sewage and garbage. Wu Zhi looked at the crumbling grass houses on the left and right, and sighed in his heart, if he didn't come to Liaojing, how would he know that most Han people lived in such a difficult situation? It is no wonder that the Jurchens are in the Liao realm as if they are in a no-man's land, except for the Khitans, presumably other ethnic groups in the north will no longer work for the Liao.

Sighing, several people came to a dilapidated yard, the low mud wall collapsed, most of the courtyard gate was gone, and the courtyard was crawling with wild grass, Han Ming was stunned for a moment, strode into the door, and shouted: "Mother! Mother! Eldest brother! Sister-in-law! ”

Wu Zhi stood still and sighed, "Go back and leave some money for his family." Shi Xiu and Mu Hong nodded yes.

After waiting outside for a while, he didn't see Han Ming come out, Wu Zhi turned around and said, "Let's go." "On that day, the guards took Han Ming to protect him, if he was caught by those Liao, Han Ming would definitely die.

Wu Zhiben was also worried about how to settle Han Ming, since he had a family in Shangjing, then let him go, as for how he lived in the future, how to live in peace is not something he can manage, and he is not a savior, although he saved him once by chance, he can't care about him for the rest of his life.

Shi Xiu and Wu Zhi had been with Wu Zhi for a long time, so they naturally knew Wu Zhi's intentions, and immediately followed Wu Zhi to the east, and Wu Zhi had just walked a few steps before he heard Han Ming yell: "*** Khitan dog, I'll fight with you!" With the roar, Han Ming's eyes were red, and he rushed out of the courtyard like a madman with a kitchen knife in his hand.

Before Wu Zhi could speak, Mu Hong jumped in front of Han Ming with an arrow step, and with a wave of his arm, Han Ming's kitchen knife flew out, and Mu Hong was also knocked to the ground by a sweeping leg, Han Ming fell dizzy, and he was already held down by Mu Hong, and shouted: "Bold!" ”

Wu Zhi shook his head helplessly, although Han Ming didn't want to cut himself, but he rushed over with a kitchen knife, how could his guards let him go.

Han Ming shouted loudly, "Let go of me!" Let me go! I'm going to kill the Khitan dogs! Shouting hoarsely, Mu Hong didn't move, but at this time, he saw Han Ming slamming his head on the ground, banging up, Han Ming knocked extremely hard, although it was muddy, it was also bleeding immediately, Han Ming kowtowed and shouted: "Let go of me!!! Let me go!!!!! ……”

Mu Hong was stunned, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him up, Han Ming was like a child in his hands, without the slightest power to resist, only roaring wildly.

Shi Xiu strode over and looked at Han Ming is mouth, and shouted, "What roar?!" Tell me anything! What kind of name are you yelling at here?! ”

Han Ming was slapped a few times by Shi Xiu, and suddenly came to his senses, and shouted to Wu Zhi angrily: "Your king, Chitose, let go of me!" Let go of me! ”

The shouts of several people naturally alarmed the nearby residents, but when they saw that Wu Zhi and the others were wearing Hanfu but luxurious clothes, they naturally didn't dare to come around to watch, and they secretly looked out through the crack in the door to see the movement.

Wu Zhi beckoned to Shi Xiu, Shi Xiu hurriedly ran over, Wu Zhi commanded a few words in Shi Xiu's ear, Shi Xiu nodded, and went straight to Han Ming's neighbor, the neighbor originally secretly watched from the crack in the door, saw Shi Xiu walking over, and ran into the house with a frightened sound, Shi Xiu shouted for a long time, and the door sprinkled a handful of copper coins in his courtyard, and the man cowered and came out to open the door, Shi Xiu went in and muttered to the man.

Han Ming's voice was hoarse, and he was still struggling desperately there, Wu Zhi saw that this was not a way to say to Mu Hong: "Send him back to the post house to take care of it!" ”

Mu Hong nodded, slammed his palm at Han Ming's neck, Han Ming's shout stopped, his head tilted, and he fainted, and then Mu Hong carried Han Mingfeng away.

After a long time, Shi Xiu came out of the neighbor's house, and with an indignant look on his face, Wu Zhi asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Shi Xiu sighed and told Wu Zhi that this Han Ming was the second eldest of the Han family, and there was an elder brother called Han Qing to do short-term work to make a living, Han Ming's sister-in-law, the Jin family sewed and mended at home, and the two worked together to support the old mother, and the life was quite passable, who knew that a few days ago, the Jin family was somehow favored by a Khitan, and he was determined to ask Han Qing to divorce his wife so that he could take it back as a concubine, Han Qing naturally came from a few days, and a group of Khitans beat Han Qing and snatched the Jin family away. And Han Qing vomited more blood afterwards and died in Huangquan within a few days.

Speaking of this, Shi Xiu paused slightly to explain to Wu Zhi, taking off the Fenglou, Feifeng Lou is very famous in Shangjing, the women in it are said to be all from the Jiangnan Dynasty, each born gentle and petite, compared with the women of the northern country, it has a unique flavor, it is the favorite place for Khitan officials and nobles to have fun, and Feifenglou only receives Khitan people, Han people, no matter how rich they are, they are not allowed to enter, I heard that there was once a Liao commander Lu Qiang, who had to lead his Han friends into Feifenglou, but was beaten up, and finally the matter was over, it can be seen that Feifenglou must have a very deep background.

Wu Zhi's eyes narrowed as he listened to Shi Xiu's narration. Shi Xiu saw the king's signature moves, and his heart sank, and he didn't dare to talk about it anymore.

"Where's Old Lady Han?" Wu Zhi asked lightly.

Shi Xiu looked at the ruined courtyard of the Han family and sighed: "Although Old Madam Han is still here, she is crying blindly, if it weren't for the help of the neighbors left and right, I am afraid that she would have starved to death." ”

Wu Zhi nodded: "Go and ask the neighbors to take good care of Han's mother, let's go to Feifeng Tower to see the world!" ”

Shi Xiu hesitated for a long time, and finally stubbornly said: "After all, this is the Liao State, do you want to inform the officials of the Liao State......

Wu Zhi waved his hand: "Go and do things!" Shi Xiu didn't dare to say any more, turned his head and ran into the Han family's neighborhood

By the time Shi Xiu had taken care of the matter, Mu Hong also flew back and ran in front of Wu Zhi, and when he ran to Wu Zhi, his green face had turned purple, and he bent over there after seeing the salute, panting heavily.

Wu Zhi was expressionless, and walked first, Shi Xiu and Mu Hong, who was panting, hurriedly followed.

Out of the dilapidated slum in the south of the city, into the bustling north of the city, Shi Xiu walked over to find the street pedestrians to talk, inquire where the Feifeng Tower is, pedestrians heard Shi Xiu speak a southern dialect, looked at Shi Xiu in surprise, for a long time, bitterly told Shi Xiu that the Han people in Feifeng Tower could not enter, and finally saw that Shi Xiu was stubborn, and had to tell the general location of Feifeng Tower.

Feifenglou is in Dongcheng District of Beicheng, but Dongcheng is very big and prosperous, and there are many shops, and the three of them can't find Feifenglou for a while, so they can only find someone to ask, and they don't want to ask people on the street, and the tenth ** is a Khitan people, some of them don't understand Shi Xiu's words at all, and those who understand also show disdain, and reprimand Shi Xiu in Khitan language, thinking that it is to warn Shi Xiu, Feifeng Tower is not something he can go, if it weren't for Wu Zhi here, Shi Xiu is afraid that he would have fought a long time ago.