Anyang is the capital of the Yan Kingdom, and compared with Jianye, the capital of the Song Kingdom, Anyang City is larger and more developed, and the population is larger than that of Jianye City. At the gate of Anyang City, Ning Zefeng, the deputy master of the Ghost Shadow Gate, saw Xiao Che's cordial greetings and said: "Third prince, I have worked hard all the way, Ning Mou was ordered by His Majesty to greet His Highness here, and the situation along the way Xiao'er Unyielding has written to tell me, please let His Highness go, no one will come to disturb His Highness in this Anyang City." ”

On Tianzhu Peak, Ning Zefeng did not appear in public, so Xiao Che had never seen Ning Zefeng.

Xiao Che replied politely: "Then everything is bothered by the master of the Lao Ning Sect, I don't know when we will be able to see Your Majesty?" ”

Ning Zefeng replied: "Please Your Highness go to the post house to rest first, tomorrow at noon, Your Majesty will hold a banquet in the palace to entertain Your Highness, if Your Highness has nothing to do tonight, please come to the General's Mansion, my brother is in military affairs, and the people are still at the border, but I have repeatedly told me to entertain His Highness well on his behalf." ”

Xiao Che said: "General Ning is too polite, then Xiao will go to the mansion to disturb the Lord of Ning Sect at night." ”

Ning Zefeng laughed and said, "Ning is waiting for His Royal Highness in the mansion." After speaking, he said to Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan beside him: "Mrs. Shi, General Liu, please come to the house together in the evening, so that Ning can do his best as a landlord and have a good drink with the two of you in the evening." ”

Shi Luosheng and the two laughed together: "The two of us listen to the arrangement of the Ning Sect Master. ”

After Ning Zefeng left, Xiao Che said to Shi Luosheng: "This Ning brother, one is obviously a general in the court, but he is stationed at the border to resist the Qi State all the year round, and the other is obviously the deputy head of the Jianghu sect, without any official position, but he is running around for state affairs in the court, how does this feel a little unjustified." ”

Shi Luosheng said: "I also asked Zhang Shaofu this question, the Ning family is also one of the families of the Yan Kingdom, Ning Zefeng's ability is not much better than his brother Ning Zeping, but Ning Zeping is already a general in the court, if Ning Zefeng is given a similar position, even if Emperor Yan Zhu Tingxun trusts their Ning family again, I am afraid that he will not be able to rest assured." Therefore, Ning Zefeng is now equivalent to Zhu Tingxun's staff, and most of the time it is his son Ning Bu who is in charge. ”

Xiao Che suddenly realized: "I see, the Ning clan is really amazing, Ning Zeping and Ning Zefeng will not talk about it, the younger generation of Ning Bu is not simple, strong in martial arts, and extraordinary in knowledge, last time he asked him to send someone to rescue Jiang Huan Chu, he hesitated a little to understand the pros and cons, and personally took the four elders of the Ghost Shadow Sect to the Chu State." I think that even if the Ning brothers are no longer there, Ning Unyielding will be able to support the entire family. ”

Shi Luosheng said with a smile: "I have the same opinion as His Royal Highness on this point, if the achievements of Ning Unyielding will not be Ning Zeping over time, can our Great Song Dynasty and Yan Kingdom maintain an alliance relationship for a long time in the future, Ning Unyielding will play a great role, Your Highness must make a good friend of this person." ”

Xiao Che was overjoyed when he saw that Shi Luosheng was actually thinking about himself, although Shi Luosheng was nominally the prince's person now, he might not have a chance to win him over.

In the evening in the General's Mansion, Ning Zefeng invited Xiao Che and his party to a banquet on behalf of his brother Ning Zeping, there were only five people at the banquet, Xiao Che and Ning Zefeng father and son, and none of the other Yan State officials. Although Xiao Che felt strange, it was not easy to ask directly.

Ning Zefeng smiled and said, "Tonight, Ning just invited a few people to come to sit in his private capacity, so he didn't invite other ministers from the DPRK and China." ”

Xiao Che said: "I see, that's fine, Xiao just has some questions and wants to ask the Lord of Ningmen for advice." ”

Ning Zefeng said: "Oh? If Your Highness has any questions, just ask. ”

Xiao Che asked, "I heard a rumor that Gao Lan, the Tai Lieutenant of your country, and Gao Yi, the Grand Sima of the Chu State, are two brothers, is this true?" ”

Ning Zefeng put down his wine glass and said: "This rumor is not false, but the two of them are not brothers, but cousins, Gao Lan's father Gao Cheng and Gao Yi's father Gao Chuang are brothers, and Gao Chuang was also an official of my Dayan when he was young." One year, Gao Chuang went to the state of Chu, stayed in the state of Chu for more than a year, and after coming back, he said to the family that he fell in love with the princess of the state of Chu during the mission, and the two had made a private agreement for life, and it was nothing about it, and the Gao family was also a famous family in my Dayan, and Gao Chuang was also worthy of the princess of the state of Chu. So Gao Chuang's father Gao Xiang asked the prime minister of Chu at that time to help propose marriage to Emperor Chu, and Emperor Chu also had a good impression of Gao Chuang, so he agreed to this marriage, but there was a condition that Gao Chuang must go to Chu State to be an official. Of course, Gao Xiang couldn't agree to this condition, but Gao Chuang had no choice but to die and live in love with the princess of Chu State, and it was useless for Gao Xiang to persuade him, so he finally had to agree to Gao Chuang's separation and separation from the family tree, and the Gao family was divided into the Anyang Gao family and the Shouchun Gao family. ”

Ning Zefeng continued: "After Gao Chuang arrived in the Chu State, he married the princess, won the trust of the Chu Emperor, and the official became bigger and bigger, and later had a son Gao Yi, Gao Yi relied on his own efforts, plus the help of his parents, all the way to the position of the Grand Sima of the Chu State, and his status in the Chu State Army was second only to Xiang Tong. ”

After listening to this, Xiao Che said: "It turns out that there is still this layer of relationship in it, no wonder Gao Lan has always opposed the Song Yan Alliance, it turns out that his cousin is the Great Sima of the Chu State." ”

Ning Zefeng said: "It's not all because of this, Gao Taiwei is also thinking about Yan Guo in general, but he didn't think that if the Song State was destroyed by the Chu State, the Yan State would definitely become the next target of the Chu State." He wishfully thought that as long as he was friendly with the Chu State, after carving up the Song State together, he could fight the Qi State together as before. He also didn't want to think about why the State of Chu didn't give us any assistance when the State of Qi attacked us, but instead sent people to kill all our missions when we were allied with the State of Song. ”

Shi Luosheng seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked, "Master Ningmen, what is the background of Zhang Qiyu, the Shaofu who came to pick us up this time?" ”

Ning Zefeng was a little curious about why Shi Luosheng asked Zhang Qiyu, and replied: "Zhang Shaofu has no background, he was born in a poor family, but his Majesty has pulled it up, and his own ability is not bad, otherwise he would not have sat in the position of Shaofu step by step." ”

It seems that Yan is still much better than Song Guo, all the courts of Song are controlled by families, although there are many families like Yan Guo, but there are also many people in high positions in the court.

Ning Buqu, who was sitting on the side, saw that Shi Luosheng still had doubts, and couldn't help asking, "Shi Taifu, you specifically asked Zhang Shaofu, did you find any problems with him?" ”

Shi Luosheng fell into deep thought: "I originally thought that Zhang Shaofu was also a child of a certain family, but I didn't expect that he was actually from a poor family, but if this is the case, it is not right, if Emperor Yan really wants to form an alliance with our Great Song Dynasty in his heart, how can Zhang Qiyu do this?" ”

The four people present all looked at Shi Luosheng curiously and muttered to himself, and after a while, Shi Luosheng spoke: "Young Sect Master, do you remember that we were chased and killed by Shen Xun and Leighton at Jiulong Waterfall?" ”

Ning Bu Qu said: "Of course I remember this, and I have to thank Layton for giving me a deeper understanding of the ghost of this sect through this battle." ”

Shi Luosheng said: "I've always been curious, Layton was obviously trapped by me on Shouyang Mountain, who rescued him, and after he escaped, he could intercept and kill us at Jiulong Waterfall so accurately, young master, don't you think it's strange?" ”

Ning Buqu thought about it carefully and said, "Taifu, do you suspect that there is a spy?" This is impossible, it was all of us who were present that day plus the three princes of the Qi Kingdom, do you doubt Zhang Shaofu? ”