"That thief is really going to usurp the throne!"

Xiang Ying looked nervous when he entered the tent.

More than a dozen eyes all fell on his face.

The deputy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty Guoxin's cheeks were flushed by the cold wind, he gasped rapidly, swallowed dryly, and repeated in a panic: "That thief is going to usurp the throne." ”

No one in the tent was surprised.

Whether it is in the Liao State or in the Great Song Dynasty, how many people do not know the Tao of Lu, Yelu Yixin wants to usurp the throne? The emperor killed two, and the crown prince and the crown princess also killed a couple, and he drove down the little emperor who was found out of nowhere, and it was only a matter of time before he sat on the throne of the emperor of Liao.

But everyone's face became even more ugly.

Even if he knew that Yelu Yixin would definitely usurp the throne, no one expected that he would choose to run into him in the near future.

It's a self-imposed trap.

As the envoy, Wang Cun's face was discouraged, "Really? ”

Xiang Ying made a bitter face: "I saw a team of northern soldiers leading a white horse and a green ox over and going to the earthen platform." ”

The green ox and white horse are indispensable props when the Khitan sacrifices to the ancestors. Just like the Tai Prison and Shao Prison used in the Han family sacrifice. When the army is opened, it will also kill the green ox and torture the white horse as a sacrifice.

Now the Liao people have pulled the green ox and white horse, which is actually very normal. What is not normal is the location.

This year, the winter bowl of Liao is still on Yongping Lake in Yongzhou, Shangjing Province. This place is not far from Linhuang Mansion, the land is sandy, the grass and trees are scarce, and the land is very warm, there are water sources around, and there are mountains in the north to block the cold wind, which is suitable as a station. Therefore, after the Liao State established itself, the winter bowl was set up here. Another reason why the winter bowl is located here is that on the north side of Yongping Lake, not far from here, there is a Khitan Ancestor Temple.

Therefore, according to the old legend, there is a god man riding a white horse, from the Mayu Mountain Futu River to the east, there is a heavenly woman driving a green ox cart from the flat pine forest panhuang river down. To Konoha Mountain, the two rivers merged, met as spouses, and gave birth to eight sons. Later, the clan gradually flourished and was divided into eight divisions. This god man is the Khitan ancestor Qishou Khan, and that heavenly maiden is his Kedun, the queen in the Khitan language. The ancestral temple is divided into two temples, north and south, one is dedicated to Qishou Khan, and the other is dedicated to Qishou Khan's Kedun. There are also statues of the two saints and the eight sons in the temple.

The ancestral temple is located here, and the winter bowl of the Liao emperor will of course only be placed here, and when it is the New Year's Day, you can just go to worship the ancestor nearby.

But there are dozens of miles of Konoha Mountain no matter how close it is, and if you want to use green oxen and white horses to worship the ancestors, you should also send it directly.

Could it be that there is something important that suddenly happened in the past few days and needs to march to the army, or that it is the New Year, and a green ox and a white horse should be killed to reward the three armies?

If so, what is the purpose of leading to that high platform?

The Khitan clan does not have a long history, the so-called ancestors cannot be traced back to hundreds of years, and there is no Zen concession in the past, but directly robbed it. And Yelu Yixin, who has actually mastered the military and political power of the Liao State, wants to be the emperor, and it is too rough to kill the little emperor, and Zen Rang is the best way.

The earthen platform built high has never been the custom of the Liao people, but in the eyes of the Han people, it is very familiar. Now even the green ox and white horse have been brought in, if you want to say that it is not a Zen platform, you must also believe it in the account.

Ever since entering the Liao Realm, the entire mission has felt that there is something wrong with the atmosphere. It's just that the officials in the mission are all on the Liao State for the first time, so there is no way to tell the difference. But when I arrived in Yongpingdian, I met Yelu Yixin and the young lord of the Liao State, living among thousands of troops and horses, how could I not see the abnormality among the Liao people, and I was not blind in my eyes.

"Nehan, how should this matter be handled?" Xiang Ying asked Wang Cun.

The envoys of the Great Song Dynasty to Liao, whether they were Zhengdan envoys or birthday envoys, were headed by one envoy and two deputy envoys. The deputy envoy is divided into civil and military affairs, and the deputy envoy must be from the Department of Health and Welfare - this is a system that has only been formed in recent years - to use medicine to communicate with the Liao people. In the previous few envoys, the deputy envoys were all judges of the Department of Health and Welfare, the first was Cai Jing, and then Wu Yan. After returning to China from Liao, Cai Jing went to Yushitai, Wu Yan was promoted to Tongju Health Division, and the next two judges were also added to the knighthood.

Xiang Ying was born in the Empress Dowager's family, and only occupied a position in the Department of Health and Welfare, and was selected to the Liao mission, but he was greedy for the benefits that Liao could get after returning to Beijing, and he was also enthusiastic about his cousin's income in Hebei, hoping to have an excuse to get a piece of the pie. I never thought of seeing the drama of Yelu Yixin's usurpation up close.

"You don't have to scare yourself. Let's keep watching. After Wang Zhuang sighed, he could only say that.

When he arrived, he felt a very different atmosphere. But even if they knew that Yelu Yixin was about to usurp the throne, their group of envoys could only watch dryly, unable to make any reaction, and even what they hoped for the most was that the Liao people would forget them all.

"Ji Gao, hard work." Wang Cun said to Xiang Ying, turned his head and said to another deputy envoy, "Uncle Yi, you are the best at the art of war in the mission, please take a look at the military strength of the Liao." If Yelu Yixin really moves his dissenting mind, the Liao State will inevitably have civil strife, and you will have to see if the army under his command is worthy of war. ”

Chong Jianzhong got up and promised, Wang Cun's request was actually nonsense, and it was not a war, nor was it hunting, what can you see? If you want to observe the layout of the palace guards, you have to allow the Liao people to go around the bowl a few times.

Chong Jianzhong left the camp, and the eleven tents in front of him behind him were the 'Duting Station' of the Liao State.

There is a circle of rope outside, encompassing a hundred steps in a circle, which is the scope of daily action. Unless the Liao people came to invite them to meet the Son of Heaven and Shangfu, or to participate in hunting and other activities, it was impossible for any one of the envoys to get out of the rope circle - there was a thousand-strong team guarding the mission, or guarding the mission, and its banner was one of the palace divisions. Chong Jianzhong did not think that he would be able to rule out their interference, and observed the reality of the Liao army.

But it's a good thing to be able to get out of the tent and breathe.

It looks like it's a mile away from the imperial tent, but the big golden tent is just as conspicuous even if it's five or six miles away.

The court of the Liao State traveled around the country, and when they arrived at the station, they pierced thousands of spears into the soil, and then tied the spears with leather ropes, thus enclosing a piece of land and erecting a royal tent in it.

Outside the fence composed of spears and pisos, there are palace guards who set up a circle of small tents to protect them.

Tens of thousands of palace guards, surrounded by the imperial tent, the momentum of thousands of troops and horses condensed, it looks a few points stronger than the Jincheng soup pool.

Chong Jianzhong looked at the past from afar, and he didn't have much feeling about the garrison of the palace division army after a long time on the battlefield. There was just one thing that made him sigh, the owner of the big tent will be replaced in a few days.

As a deputy envoy, Chong Jianzhong had the responsibility of commanding the corps guards, and at the same time, in various activities, when encountering provocations from the Liao, he gave considerable responses. Hunting, martial arts, and military envoys must have a certain level, so as not to be underestimated by the Liao. However, this time when he came back to Liao, he didn't use his talents at all, but just went north step by step and arrived at Yongpingdian. Although he felt something strange along the way, he didn't realize that something was about to happen until he settled down in the bowl.

Walking slowly around the rope, there was a rustling of footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, it was Xiang Ying who came closer.

"Uncle Yi, do you see anything?" Xiang Ying asked in a low voice.

Although he is a civil official, Xiang Ying is reused after all by relying on the relationship of the Queen Mother. And Chong Jianzhong, who is also a deputy envoy, is a very close brother to Han Gang, and his uncle is a kind of lieutenant. Even if it is the queen mother's relatives, Xiang Ying did not dare to make any rudeness to the cultivation, but expressed his closeness if there was nothing to do.

Although Chong Jianzhong didn't dare to get too close to the Queen Mother's family, he would not refuse people, and sighed: "Even if you see it, there is nothing you can do." ”

"Wang Neihan only knows how to wait, but if he waits any longer, there will be no good result." Xiang Ying was anxious.

The courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, unless they were approved by the imperial court, could not participate in the rebellion of the ministers, no matter how Yelu Yixin himself greased and whitewashed, in essence, he was still a usurper. If these envoys participated in Yelu Yixin's so-called Zen Concession Ceremony and returned to the capital, the court would never spare them.

When an envoy goes to a foreign country, even if he only says the wrong thing or takes a wrong step, he will inevitably be reproached when he returns to the country. If you participate in Yelu Yixin's Zen ceremony, this life will be over.

They were all envoys representing the Great Song Dynasty, who appeared under the Chan Rang stage, so that the tribute envoys of foreign countries and races saw it, and thought that the Great Song Dynasty recognized Yelu Yixin's plan to usurp the throne.

"But what can I do when I'm in a wolf's den?" Chong Jianzhong shook his head, "Can you still stop Yelu Yixin?" ”

"How could it be stopped, but how could it be avoided?"

Looking at the current situation, maybe it will be Zen in the next two days. Even if you don't participate in the Zen Concession Ceremony, when you submit the national credentials, Yelu Yixin sits on the imperial couch in the clothes of the Son of Heaven, will this national credentials be handed over or not?

The best way to do it is to pretend to be sick, but the three envoys are sick at the same time, and it is a complete luxury to hope that Yelu Yixin can laugh at it.

What to do?

"Just say no!" There is only one word in the cultivation, "We are the envoys, Yelu Yixin does not dare to kill rashly even if he is the emperor." ”

Xiang Ying's face fell, and if he really did this, it might be the result of being detained for decades.

The imperial court will never admit Yelu Yixin's usurpation, Song Liao is a country of brothers, and the emperors have an agreed hundred-year kinship, Yelu Yixin usurped the throne, did he want the queen mother to call him uncle? More importantly, the Liao State was an imperial system recognized by the Great Song Dynasty and recognized the usurpation of Yelu Yixin, so how should the Great Song Dynasty deal with itself? This is a major question of right and wrong, and no courtier dares to touch the Gangchang Festival.

Once the imperial court severely reprimanded Yelu Yixin, how could these envoys protect themselves from becoming Su Wu?