In addition to the high-level officials of the Song Dynasty, the trivial matters in the Zichen Hall are rarely known to outsiders.

It's just that some people have seen and heard that there are 4,000 forbidden troops stationed in the Li Zhuangyuan in the south of the city, but unlike the hustle and bustle in the past, the Li Zhuangyuan is set up like a military camp, and the slack soldiers in the past are also as alert as in wartime.

Such a noisy action has affected half of Bianjing City, and there are different opinions, but no one can understand it. In Bianjing City, Ti rode out in all directions, caught the head and walked around, there was the rumor who made noise, and was arrested on the spot, even so, half of the residents of the villages in the south of the city also left home to visit relatives and friends to avoid trouble, and the high-ranking officials and dignitaries went to the restaurant, but the people who went out to buy were a little less arrogant and a little more kind.

Lingzhou Zhuangyuan, the night is not peaceful, there are always three or five seven groups of people who are conceited and smart, and want to take advantage of the night to carry out a sneak attack, but before they get close to the inner residence of the Zhuangyuan, they are killed by the patrol post. Early the next morning, Sergeant Lingzhou erected a number of wooden poles two zhang high at the ferry crossing and the Zhuangbei defense line, and the three or five or seven corpses were hung high.

Those who snooped around, there was a natural recognition of the awake vision, and they opened their mouths to say where and where the heroes were, but it was a pity that there was a good man and the like. Lingzhou Zhuangyuan didn't care about that much, and didn't send people to chase down the assassin's origin, and even didn't even have a text under the wooden pole, only put on a "If you dare to come, I will dare to kill!" "The cold ......

A few days later, when the New Festival came, when the people around Bianjing walked around and visited each other, the idle topic was that Shi Baoji, the general of the court, was removed from office by the emperor, demoted to the city gate order, and ordered to return home to think about it for half a year, and the left counselor Wang Qinruo was promoted to one level and became the new governor of politics, in addition, the imperial city made Qin Han to take the position of Shi Baoji on behalf of the new Bianjing soldiers and horses!

After a few tosses, this new festival, the ignorant common people lived the most peacefully, and the rest, whether they were the emperors or ministers of the Song court, did not dare to say that they had a peaceful sleep in this turmoil. On the night of the New Season, the emperor was supposed to hold a fire and light lanterns on the palace city to show the celebration of rejoicing with the people, but it was only hastily completed, and even the subsequent parade of lanterns in the streets was canceled.

Of course, correspondingly, the Lingzhou Zhuangyuan in the south of Bianjing City also has no festive atmosphere, every day there are people staring at a dry of prisoners digging ditches to repair fortifications, even on the night of the New Festival, the village is just chickens, ducks and fish to eat casually, but no one dares to move the wine and the like.

On the third day of the first month after the New Festival, according to the Oriental Taoist deduction, it is advisable to make an appointment, visit friends, and visit relatives on the auspicious day of the zodiac, Qin Han followed the will of Emperor Zhao Heng of the Song Dynasty and visited the Zhuangyuan in Nanlingzhou in Bianjing City again.

On this day, Lingzhou 'Wei Shilang' and Qin Han discussed for four hours, until nightfall, 'Wei Shilang' sent Qin Han away with a tired face, this process was seen by many people with a heart, but not many people knew what the two talked about.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, the wind and scenery were bright, and the newly built granaries and warehouses around Bianjing were busy, and after noon, thousands of carts full of grain began to travel between the treasury and the Lingzhou Zhuangyuan in southern Beijing. According to the observation and statistics of some well-intentioned people, last autumn Bianjing City had a bumper harvest, and half of it entered the newly built Changping position, but on this day, at least half of the grain in the Changping position was transported into the village courtyard of the Lingzhou people.

Half of the stock of the stock of the regular liquidation is at least millions of stones! The small Lingzhou Zhuangyuan seemed to have a gluttonous mouth, swallowing it raw! This strange and inscrutable thing shocked a lot of people with a heart!

On the fifth day of the first month, the breeze and snow cleared, and on the celebration day of the national dynasty, Emperor Zhao Heng of the Song Dynasty feasted the ministers and envoys of all parties, and the Lingzhou envoys who were confined in the Honglu Temple were also invited.

On the same day, in the vertical arch hall on the west side of the imperial city of Bianjing, the Lingzhou envoys were not as aggressive as their grain purchase envoy 'Wei Shilang', but there was a deputy envoy Antiano who stood up and told an interesting story on the way back to the east.

On the sixth and seventh days of the first month, the snow fell again. Bianjing is surrounded by hundreds of miles, covered in silver, the deepest layer of snow is almost not topped, and the disturbances in the south of Bianjing City are all buried, along with more than a dozen low-rise houses and ...... in Bianjing City Nearly 30 bodies of poor people, with hundreds more displaced as a result of the heavy snowfall.

Since Zhao Heng succeeded to the throne, he has shown himself to be virtuous and benevolent, and he can't tolerate this kind of thing under his rule, especially when he is still seen by the 'Lingzhou people', and he is immediately reprimanded by a degraded official, but he is not in the mood to compete with the 'Lingzhou people' for patience.

On the eighth day of the first month, the sky was sunny, Wang Dan of the Privy Council came forward to preside, and the new governor Wang Qinruo accompanied the superintendent, and invited the envoys of the Song State as witnesses. The content of the covenant is actually very simple, mutual non-aggression, free trade and travel, etc., but it is rare that there is no agreement on vassals - this is completely different from the old practice of the Song State towards the surrounding states in the past, even in the previous Tanyuan alliance signed with the Liao State, the Song and Liao are about brotherly states.

The confrontation, which lasted for nearly ten days, can be regarded as the end of it.

On the ninth and tenth days of the first month, the north wind howled, and everything was not appropriate.

On the 11th, the wind was mild and the snow melted. The wall of Bianjing City became an ice wall, the north gate of the city was frozen by ice and snow, and it took 200 city guards a day to chisel open, which became the best topic among the population of Bianjing.

At night, the Lingzhou Zhuangyuan in the south of Bianjing City was lit up with crystal lanterns that could not be extinguished by the wind, and another novelty that shattered people's common sense appeared, so that the people who were snooping around did not dare to act rashly.

On the twelfth and thirteenth, there was nothing to do.

On the 14th day of the first lunar month, the ditch on the north line of Lingzhou Zhuangyuan was completed, and the water was diverted from the canal into the canal once. After noon, a large number of prisoners were released. To the surprise of the captives' families who came to receive them, in the wind, snow and cold weather, the coolie captives who had dug ditches for nearly half a month were a little tired but all red-faced, but the only two remaining principals of Wei Er, Shi Yuanqing and Sun Changgeng, looked depressed......

However, for the captives, caught in the whirlpool between two hard-line forces, it is good luck to be able to save their lives, what else is it?

On the fifteenth, Shangyuan Festival, the sky is bright, and the full moon is in the sky. As soon as the sky was dark, the lights in Bianjing City were already bright, and the streets and alleys were overcrowded, and the boys and girls who had no worries about life once again followed the old customs of the former Tang Dynasty, singing and dancing. In the imperial city, Zhao Heng was finally able to let go of the government and military affairs that troubled him, and feasted the ministers in the vertical arch hall as he wanted, enjoyed the flowers and dances, and listened to the literati and ministers sing and praise the evening by the way.

Although the liveliness in the courtyard of Lingzhou Village is far less than that in the city, it is also lit up everywhere, and everyone is smiling and happy.

Alki and Antiano were finally able to leave the pavilion of the Honglu Temple and make peace with everyone in the courtyard.

Waving off the crowd of people who had come to congratulate the festival, and then sending the two little ladies to frolic by themselves, Luo Kaixian and Alki finally had a little time to chat.

Olkibi was much calmer before, sat opposite Luo someone, and praised respectfully: "It's still the lord who is wise, if it weren't for the lord running around again, the Song people would definitely not sign a covenant with us." ”

Luo Kaixian shook his head and replied: "The covenant is just a piece of paper, if we want to guarantee the covenant, we need to be stronger!" ”

Olki thought about it carefully, and said: "No wonder I said the five-year term of the covenant according to the general's instructions, and the Song people no longer bothered with subordination, it turned out that they wanted to ...... Do you want to accumulate forces and attack us? ”

The paper scroll of the covenant was placed on the table in front of Luo Kaixian, he took off the wax seal on it, opened it and carefully looked at the newly added text content and the seal of Emperor Song, and then said in a deep voice: "There must be a battle between my Lingzhou and the Song Kingdom!" But not now...... Five years is just right! The Song people probably also want to recuperate for a while, and then destroy us in one fell swoop! Hmph, five years from now......"

"Five years from now......" Alki muttered, then looked up and asked, "General, what will happen in five years?" ”

Luo Kaixian glanced at this henchman who had been carefully cultivated for a long time, and replied calmly: "Five years is not a short time or a long time, we need to subdue the party members, and we must have at least 100,000 cavalry, from the west of Lingzhou to the Green Mountain, it will be our Happy Valley!" Olki, is there faith? ”

"Yes! Whatever the Lord points to, his subordinates will fight to the death! Olki stood up and replied in a deep voice. After more than two years of following his own general, he is no longer the ignorant barbarian who only knows how to fight to the death in the gladiator camp, but a professional killer whose vision, strategy, and combat power are far ahead of his time.

"Good!" Luo Kaixian also stood up, "Go out and enjoy the festival with everyone, and then rest for two days, and then ...... Let's go back to Lingzhou! ”

"Whoa!"

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