Xiao Che calculated the time, and had already sent someone to wait for the stone to fall at the foot of Tianwu Mountain. Seeing Shi Luosheng and his party coming down the mountain, one of them immediately stepped forward and said: "Shi Taifu, General Liu, the three princes have been waiting for you in Tianwu City for a long time, and Your Majesty has issued an order that the two of you do not need to return to China for the time being after going down the mountain, and will accompany the three princes to visit Yan Kingdom first." ”

Shi Luosheng was not surprised when he heard the news, and turned to Jiang Huan Chu and said: "I still wanted to get together with you for a few more days, but now we are going to accompany the third prince to Yan Kingdom, let's say goodbye, and we will meet again when you come to Changxing Island when you have time." ”

Jiang Huan Chu nodded and said, "Okay, you guys go and get busy first, Wan'er and King Hou are still waiting for me, I'll go and meet them first and leave." ”

Xiao Che saw Shi Luosheng and quipped: "Taifu is very famous now, and there are still many disciples of the sect in the city who have not left, just waiting for Taifu to come down the mountain and want to duel with you." ”

Shi Luosheng also laughed and said: "Luck, luck, Shi never thought that he could win the first place, it was all the friends behind him who deliberately wanted to let it, this first place is a bit unworthy of the name, but it made the three princes laugh." It's just that I didn't expect the martial arts of the three princes to be so powerful, and the martial arts of the lord of Yanbao are not under the head of Ding. ”

Referring to his mentor Yan Chixing, Xiao Che said with a respectful face: "Master, his old man has always been low-key, and he doesn't like his disciples to participate too much in some disputes on the rivers and lakes, if the current castle master is not the master, I'm afraid that even in my Great Song Dynasty, there will not be many people who know about the Divine Eagle Castle." ”

Indeed, the Divine Eagle Fort has always been unknown, and it was not until Yan Chixing became the owner of the castle that the people in the rivers and lakes knew that there was a sect called the Condor Fort. And Yan Chixing is so famous, also because in his early years, like Deng Yuanjue, he was one of the two pillars of the weak Song court, Deng Yuanjue was the general, Yan Chixing was the great Sima, and the two were in charge of the army. It is precisely because of the existence of the two of them that the Great Song Dynasty was able to repel the invasions of Chu, Yan, and Qin again and again.

Later, the Song Emperor Xiao Siyuan chose Xiao Daoyuan, who was supported by Yan Chixing, as the crown prince, and Xiao Daoyuan wanted to suppress the family like the current Song Emperor Xiao Daocheng after being named the prince, but he was attacked by the family's madness, and the Chu State also took advantage of the civil strife in the Great Song Dynasty to raise troops to attack, and Xiao Siyuan had to send Yan Chixing to fight.

After Yan Chi left, the crown prince Xiao Daoyuan became even more isolated, and finally in the case of internal and external difficulties, Xiao Siyuan had no choice but to compromise with the family, abolished the prince Xiao Daoyuan, and re-established Xiao Dao, who was supported by the family, to become the prince. Later, Xiao Daoyuan also fell seriously ill inexplicably and passed away soon after.

Yan Chixing, who had just won the battle on the front line, knew about it, and suspected that Xiao Daoyuan was assassinated, and Xiao Siyuan asked for a thorough investigation of the cause of Xiao Daoyuan's death. Xiao Siyuan didn't agree, and replied to Yan Chixing that Xiao Daoyuan died a normal death.

Yan Chixing was willing to believe it, returned to Jianye City privately, and once again asked Xiao Siyuan to order a thorough investigation of the matter. Yan Chixing's actions angered Xiao Siyuan, and on the one hand, he sent Deng Yuanjue to the front line to take over Yan Chixing's army, and on the other hand, he wanted to jail Yan Chixing on the charge of returning to Beijing without being recalled.

Yan Chixing, who knew the news in advance, saw that Xiao Siyuan didn't miss the old feelings, and immediately felt disheartened, hung up the official seal and returned to the Shimen Divine Eagle Fort. Seeing Yan Chixing's official seal, Xiao Siyuan also remembered Yan Chixing's contributions over the years, and decided not to pursue it again. The position of Da Sima has always been kept for him, just thinking that if the Great Song Dynasty encounters another crisis in the future, he can still recall Yan Chixing back. A few years after Yan Chi left, there was news that he had taken over as the lord of the Divine Eagle Castle, and at this time, the Divine Eagle Castle gradually surfaced and became known to the people in the rivers and lakes.

Although the Great Song Dynasty has often encountered invasions from foreign enemies over the years, they have all been repelled by Deng Yuanjue. After a long time, the two pillars of the Great Song Dynasty remained, and there was only one pillar of the Song Kingdom that everyone is now familiar with.

Shi Luosheng was very curious about Yan Chixing's motive for accepting Xiao Che as an apprentice, Yan Chixing was also from a poor family, he supported the suppression of the family, but wasn't the supporter behind Xiao Che the Cui family among the five great families? From this point of view, Yan Chixing should support the current His Majesty and the crown prince, there must be something strange in this, and I can only check it slowly in the future.

Shi Luosheng sighed a little and said: "The Lord of Yanbao was one of the two pillars of the Great Song Dynasty back then, and it is a pity that he is now in the rivers and lakes, I heard that the court has not set up a big Sima for so many years is reserved for the Lord of Yanbao, if he is willing to come out and serve the country again, it would be good, and the State of Chu will not dare to despise us anymore." ”

Xiao Che is also a little disappointed, if Yan Chixing is willing to come out again, it will also be a great help for him to compete for the position of prince, but Yan Chixing is still obsessed with the things of the year and does not want to play for the Xiao family anymore.

Xiao Che said with some frustration: "It's a pity that Master and his old man have no intention of ruling now, and just want to pursue a higher realm in martial arts." ”

Shi Luosheng said: "The Lord of Yan Castle has always been as famous as his father-in-law, and I have admired Lord Yan Castle for a long time, so I must go to Condor Fort to pay a visit when I have the opportunity." By the way, has our route to Yanguo been set this time? ”

Xiao Che nodded and said: "It's been decided, I'll send it to Taifu's room later, and there is another thing to explain to Taifu, going to Yan Country this time is not as simple as it seems, after all, our two countries have been at war for many years before, and the alliance three years ago is indeed a good thing for our Great Song Dynasty, but many people in Yan Country don't think so." They thought that they had offended the state of Chu by forming an alliance with us, and the fact that the Yan envoy was intercepted and killed by Xiang Tong of the state of Chu was the best proof of this, and it was Gao Lan, the chief lieutenant of the Yan state, and Niu Changyan, the servant, who put forward this view. So although Ning Zefeng invited us to come this time, they will definitely block it. ”

Shi Luosheng sneered: "Do they still think that if they don't form an alliance with our Great Song now, the Chu State will be able to let them go?" Aren't they afraid that the combined forces of Qi, Chu, and Song will in turn deal a fatal blow to Yan? ”

Xiao Che said: "Yes, their point of view was put three years ago, when we were still at war with the Chu State, there was some truth, and now that Song and Chu have ceased war for three years, they still adhere to this old-school view, but it is dangerous." In any case, the initiative is in our hands this time, even if we don't negotiate it this time, there will be no loss for our Great Song Dynasty, and it will depend on Emperor Yan's attitude at that time. ”

Ning Zeping, the general of Yan State, got the news from his younger brother Ning Zefeng that Song State was about to send the third prince Xiao Che to visit Yan, Ning Zeping has been defending Qi State on the border of Qi and Yan all these years, and he can see the current situation more clearly than those people in the court, although Yan State has not lost an inch of land on the surface, but it is actually in danger, and he does not want to change the passive situation, within ten years, Yan State will definitely be destroyed by Qi State, so he is also the leader of the Song Dynasty.

Three years ago, an alliance with Song might offend the Chu State, Ning Zeping didn't think about it, but there was no way, although there were not many troops on the Song-Yan border, there were 50,000 people, and the daily consumption of these people was not a small amount, if they could be withdrawn and supported on the Yanqi border, not only could they reduce expenses, but also relieve the pressure on their side a little.

However, there are a large number of people in the court who are far away from the battlefield, and they can't see it as clearly as they can, thinking that befriending Song will inevitably offend Chu, and when the Qi and Chu coalition forces attack Yan, Yan will not be far from the country. Fortunately, Yan Emperor Xiong Huan supported his views and sent an embassy to form an alliance with Song.

Today, three years later, the Song State has also sent an embassy, how can Ning Zeping not be happy, if this matter is negotiated, the relationship between Yan and Song will not only be further consolidated, but the problem of food shortage in the Yan army can also be alleviated to a certain extent. Ning Zeping has written to his younger brother Ning Zefeng to take charge of the safety of Xiao Che and his party, and not let those opposition parties in China take the opportunity to sabotage.