Yang Lian and Fu Yanqing's words were indeed known to no third person, even Liu Xin hid them. And this matter seems to be only possible for Yang Lian to complete, and the other people have little power in the south. Fu Yanqing pinned his hopes on Yang Lian, and there was no way to do it.

Yang Lian stayed in Xuzhou for two days, ostensibly to better communicate with Fu Yanqing, but he was also observing the situation in Xuzhou. Xuzhou has always been an important military town, and it is located at the junction of Shandong, Lianghuai and the Central Plains, so its geographical location is very important.

In fact, in the north and east of Xuzhou, there are still bandits left behind by the Later Jin Dynasty, who are not subject to Liu Zhiyuan's discipline, these people are entrenched in the mountains between Xuzhou, Haizhou, Chuzhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou. If troops are sent into the land of Datang, there is no doubt that Datang will declare war, and when there are still internal troubles, neither Liu Zhiyuan nor Fu Yanqing dare to do such crazy things.

At this time, Yang Lian felt that it was a wise decision to support Huang Fuhui at the beginning, but Yang Lian also understood that once Liu Zhiyuan freed up his hand, the group of thieves in Huaibei Shandong could be wiped out at any time, and this time, he needed to take this opportunity to get more benefits.

Yang Lian originally wanted to stay for a few more days, but Liu Xin kept urging, so Yang Lian had to set off in advance, but he was thinking about how to use the Huaibei bandits to buy time for Datang. From Xuzhou to Kaifeng, the water route was still taken, and the speed along the way became slower and slower, and more and more sections of the canal were damaged, and even when the ships arrived, the officials of the Han State were digging the river with the people so that the boats could pass smoothly.

At this time, Liu Zhiyuan had already sent a large army to attack Du Chongwei. Du Chongwei also knew that there would be such a day, so a large amount of grain was hoarded in the city of Weizhou, and the necessary weapons for defending the city such as stones and sassholes were readily available on the city's head, and he made a gesture of stubborn resistance.

When this battle was in full swing, Yang Lian and his party finally arrived in Kaifeng. This way. Because it is a waterway, it is quite smooth, but it still took half a month, when it arrived in Kaifeng, this city located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, is already colorful leaves, the autumn wind sweeps, the fallen leaves on the ground are rolled up, flying in the air. Announcing that autumn has arrived.

Kaifeng is surrounded by a flat river, there is no danger to defend, however, Liu Zhiyuan is interested in Kaifeng's convenient transportation, after all, at this time, the Han Kingdom is in ruins, Luoyang, Kaifeng and other Central Plains cities, most of them were damaged by the Khitans. Select Unsealed. On the one hand, taxes and grain from various places are easy to transport to the capital, and various construction materials are also easy to transport; Meantime. Due to the convenience of water transportation, if there is chaos in other places, it is more convenient to send troops from Kaifeng to quell rebellions in various places.

Outside Kaifeng City, Liu Chengxun, the prince of the Han Dynasty, was waiting outside the city, and Liu Chengxun was twenty-six years old. He is tall and extremely handsome, with the style of Pan An, but it would be wrong to think that he is a weak scholar who is powerless. Although Liu Chengxun is not as powerful as his father Liu Zhiyuan, he is also both civil and military. And he has a gentle personality, although he is young, he has the air of an elder.

After Liu Zhiyuan became the emperor, he named him the crown prince, which shows that he was entrusted with important tasks. However, perhaps it was the beginning of the Han Dynasty, whether it was political affairs or military strategy, there were a lot of things, Liu Chengxun had been very busy recently, and his body was also a little uncomfortable, riding on a war horse, covering his mouth with his hands, and coughing gently.

"Prince, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty is here!" At this time, the guard next to him said.

Liu Chengxun tightened his clothes, the autumn wind was severe, a little cool, he felt unwell, but the envoy of the Tang Dynasty was not trivial, and his father was not in Kaifeng, as a prisoner, it was necessary for him to pay attention to this matter, so he chose to go out of the city to greet him.

Yang Lian and Liu Xin walked side by side, and behind them, Lin Renzhao, Chen Tie, Zhao Hongyin, father and son, Liu Xin saw the prince waiting in the distance, and frowned unconsciously. The distance of more than 100 steps was very fast, and Yang Lian quickly saw Liu Chengxun's face clearly, and was slightly stunned.

From Liu Xin's mouth, he already knew that it was Liu Chengxun, the crown prince of the Han Dynasty, who came to greet him, judging from Liu Chengxun's age, he was only in his twenties, but how did he look so haggard? Yang Lian looked at Liu Chengxun's coughing appearance, patted his horse forward, and said, "Yang Lian, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, has seen His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Liu Chengxun showed a smile on his face and said, "Envoy Yang has worked hard, the autumn wind is very cold, so let's follow me into the city first." As he spoke, he turned his horse's head and walked towards Kaifeng City.

Yang Lian narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Chengxun's departing back, he seemed to remember that Liu Zhiyuan's second emperor of the Han Dynasty was not Liu Chengxun, so what will happen to this person in the future? Lin Renzhao approached Yang Lian and whispered in Wu Nong's soft language: "Commander Yang, this prince's body doesn't look good." ”

"Don't worry about him, we just need to do things in peace." Yang Lian shook his head, and glanced behind him as he spoke, Miss Fu was dressed as a man, riding on a horse, looking heroic.

Chen Tie muttered in a low voice: "This little lady seems to be entangled with Commander Yang." As he spoke, he licked his lips, sighed, and said, "Why don't I have such a good opportunity?" ”

Yang Lian smiled bitterly and said, "I'm waiting to come to Kaifeng, not to play, but to do things, and it's inconvenient to take a woman with you after all." ”

While speaking, it was already far away from Liu Chengxun, Liu Xin and others, Yang Lian patted his horse and rushed forward.

After half a year of governance, Kaifeng City has no ruins of the former Khitan people, the city wall is tall, and it is full of patrolling soldiers, and around the door, there are also many soldiers patrolling, obviously attaching great importance to the arrival of Yang Lian.

Entering the city, the streets are very quiet on both sides, at a glance, most of the houses have been repaired, and occasionally a few people are seen from a distance, and the complexion is still good. However, all the way to the front of the imperial city, Yang Lian did not see many people, and it was thought that Liu Chengxun strictly controlled the security in the city.

After all, there is still a war with Du Chongwei over there, although the Khitans are in civil strife, they are also a force that cannot be underestimated, Liu Chengxun knows very well that at this time, we must have a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty first, and we can't let the Han Kingdom make enemies on all sides.

At this time, the sun was already slanting in the west, and the sun shone on the somewhat dilapidated palace, which made Yang Lian a little trance, for a while, he almost thought that this city was Guangling, and the imperial city in front of him was the imperial city of the Yang Wu court, however, Lin Renzhao called him softly, so that Yang Lian woke up from his contemplation, the mirror is full of water, the Yang Wu court is gone, and there are only a few unyielding people left, trying to restore the mountains and rivers.

"Yang Messenger, please!" Liu Chengxun said. He had already set up a banquet in the palace, waiting for Yang Lian to enter the banquet.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, please!" Yang Lian said the same and followed him into the imperial city.

This imperial city was seriously damaged by Yelu Deguang, after the Khitans took Kaifeng, they looted and killed on a large scale, and the red spots on the palace wall made Yang Lian think that it was undried bloodstains. Liu Chengxun saw Yang Lian pondering, so he shook his head and explained.

These red spots are indeed bloodstains, although in this East Palace, the appearance of this kind of thing is inevitably unknown, but Liu Chengxun thinks that this is a reminder to him that he must not have any slack in times of peace.

"This prince's ambition is not simple." Yang Lian muttered in his heart, but he was a little puzzled, Liu Chengxun is already the prince, and it stands to reason that he will inevitably inherit the throne, if he is the emperor in power, even if he can't suppress Li Shouzhen, the envoy of the Yongxing Festival, Zhao Sijuan, and Wang Jingchong, the envoy of the Fengxiang Festival, he will not do anything to kill Guo Wei's son and make him rebel.

This kind of thought swept away, Yang Lian took the deputy envoy Lin Renzhao and others into the East Palace, Liu Chengxun's East Palace is very simple, there are not many palace maids and eunuchs, it can be seen that Liu Chengxun is a thrifty person. According to the information that Yang Lian has, most of the people in the Han court, Su Fengji, Su Yu, Shi Hongzhao, Wang Zhang and others are insatiable, and Guo Wei and Yang Wei are slightly better. However, Guo Wei has a heavy army and is suspicious, while Yang Wei has always looked down on literati, he is extremely thrifty, he is able to recommend talents, and he has a bad relationship with many ministers in the court, especially with Liu Zhiyuan's old subordinates.

The court of the Han Kingdom was also up and down, which made Yang Lian have an idea in his heart, but compared with other ideas, Yang Lian was obviously more interested in Liu Chengxun.

The group sat down in the East Palace, and the treatment of Liu Xin's envoy to the Tang Dynasty was much better, Liu Xin couldn't help but be a little depressed, this is also no way, who let Du Chongwei not listen to the announcement, and dominate Weizhou to the death, Gao Xingzhou and Murong Yanchao led the army to crusade, for a month, there was no progress at all, and the Son of Heaven was furious, so he drove the expedition in person and wanted to take Weizhou as soon as possible.

Under such circumstances, the relationship between Dahan and Datang must not be stiffened, which made Liu Xin a little depressed, and it seemed that the plan in his heart could not be implemented.

Liu Chengxun's health was still not good, after returning to the East Palace, he was still coughing, Yang Lian observed carefully, he found that there was a person dressed as a Taoist priest, who was talking in Liu Chengxun's ear from time to time, and even took out a few pills and let Liu Chengxun swallow them.

After Liu Chengxun swallowed the pill, his spirit was much better, and his red face made people think that he was not sick at all. Although Liu Chengxun was very secretive, Yang Lian still found out that he swallowed the pill. Yang Lian even faintly felt that if Liu Chengxun died, he must have died by swallowing pills. Thinking of this, Yang Lian's heart became a little complicated.

Liu Chengxun returned to the light, he raised the wine bottle, and said with a smile: "Today's envoy from the Tang Dynasty is really a happy event. Dahan and Datang have a good friendship, and hope that the friendship between the two countries will last forever. ”

Yang Lian also raised the wine bottle, climbed up the pole, and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince's words, my lord will be happy if he listens to it." Yang Lian is here to wish the Han Kingdom a thousand years, and like the Tang Dynasty, it will be immortal. (To be continued.) )