In early March, a spring day in the south of the Yangtze River, Qinglong Mountain spring hunting was completed, (southern) Tang lord Li Yu returned to Beijing, since he saw Han Xizai's Shangshu, he ordered Pan You to make an edict, and at the same time sent an envoy to Gong Shenyi to Xinxing Wangfu to make an appointment to surrender to the Song State. Gong Shenyi had already carried Li Yu's letters, and went south after leaving the capital.

After the spring hunt in Qinglong Mountain, according to the (southern) Tang Dynasty, the lord Li Yu had to personally go to Dali Temple to review the prisoners, but at this time, Han Xi was admonished, thinking that this practice was inappropriate, thinking that this matter was done by the imperial court law department, and asked Li Yu to spontaneously send 3 million to replenish military funds. Li Yu didn't blame him.

In the other courtyard, Fan Ruoshui is still recuperating in the past few days, he missed this big competition, and he will have to wait for the next year, but he doesn't have any hope, if he hadn't been rescued, I'm afraid he would have lost his life.

Huangfu Shaojie was beaten, after adding oil and vinegar, the news spread far and wide, and now from the Qinhuai River Fenghua Xueyue venue has been spreading, Jinling City is full of knowledge, Huangfu Jixun originally wanted to block the mouth of Youyou, but the murderer did not find it, but lost the face of Huangfu's family.

Soon after, Fan Ruoshui learned from the maid who served him that Huangfu Shaojie was plotted, not only lying in bed like him, but losing his descendants and becoming a waste. Fan Ruoshui was very happy when he learned about it.

The last time he went to Huangfu Jixun's place was to express his feelings about the current government for the book, but he was coaxed out, and later met his nephew, and was beaten like this by his nephew's subordinates, Fan Ruoshui's heart was extremely resentful, and he was also struggling in his heart, what kind of road he would take in the future.

From day to night, Fan Ruoshui has been lying on the bed, thinking about the future...... Suddenly, he thought of the increasingly powerful Song State, in just a few years, Zhao Kuangyin successively quelled the Erli rebellion in the Song Dynasty, and then successively extinguished the Nanping Gao clan, Wuping Zhou clan and Shu State Meng Chang, etc., now the Song State is flourishing, and his country is declining day by day, he once dreamed of entering the imperial examination, making a name for himself and glorifying the court. However, the result was repeated failures, and there was no hope of progress. At the same time, when the Southern Tang Dynasty was in turmoil, he was deeply saddened to see the corruption of the government and the withering of the people's livelihood, but there was nothing he could do.

Fan Ruoshui thought like this, and didn't realize that the door was pushed open, and then Chen Yuan walked in with the medicine bowl, and when he saw that Fan Ruoshui didn't move, he thought he was asleep, so he had to put the medicine bowl at the head of the bed and call softly.

Fan Ruoshui turned over sideways, and when he saw Chen Yuan coming, he was about to struggle to get up, Chen Yuan took a cushion and cushioned it behind him, "Shuqing, how are you doing these days?" ”

"Thank you to Engong, the injury has improved a lot, and there is Lawn Gong these days."

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In the far south, as early as the end of March, Yuhuatian took his men and horses to turn into merchants, carried a batch of baggage, sneaked into the territory of the (southern) Han Dynasty, and informed Yang Ming and others of the matter, and Yang Ming and others waited for what happened next.

In the blink of an eye, in the beginning of April, Gong Shenyi's guard of honor in the (Southern) Tang Dynasty had arrived at the post station outside the city of Xingwangfu, and met with the (Southern) Han officials who came to receive them, and then entered the city together.

When Gong Shenyi entered the city of Xingwangfu, he saw the heavy elephant soldiers of the (Southern) Han Dynasty on the street, and at the foot of the elephant, people were immediately slaughtered like ants.

This night, there was a light rain in the night sky, and in the Yangcheng Restaurant in the west of the city, the three masters and apprentices of Wuyongzi, Yang Ming and Yuhuatian were all talking about important matters in the secret room.

The five of them were in the secret room, and at this time, Yang Ming raised his head, looked at Wu Yongzi, and said slowly: "Dao Chief, the above thing arranged this time means to provoke Liu Gang and then let Liu Gang break with Li Yu." ”

Wu Yongzi was still sitting on the low stool, and the four people in front of him seemed to be looking at him, he knew what Zhao Dezhao meant, so he said: "This is true, but His Highness's intention is not only to let the two countries have a gap, but I am afraid that it is also to make excuses for the conquest of the (Southern) Han, in addition to the calculation that the (Southern) Tang will not interfere in this matter." ”

Yang Ming was suspicious, he thought that the battle was too fast, the effect would not be good, but it would be counterproductive, he blurted out: "But is Your Highness sure that there will be a war between the Song and Han Dynasty this year?" Is now a good time? ”

There was a cunning in Wu Yongzi's eyes, and he smiled and said: "There is no time, we can create an opportunity, if it weren't for that, His Highness would not have sent Yuhuatian here." ”

Yu Huatian looked at Wu Yongzi in surprise and asked, "Dao Chief, what do you mean by this?" ”

Wu Yongzi smiled faintly, "When the envoys of the Tang Kingdom are detained, you will know." ”

The other four people present were also frightened by Wu Yongzi's words, An Dongye didn't understand what his master was talking about, and An Deyu stared at Wu Yongzi incredulously.

Now that the Great Song Dynasty has temporarily stabilized, the armaments are also being trained, the warships and sailors are training day and night, and the food and salary are also transferred from all over the country to the southern border, if something happens in the (southern) Han Dynasty, will it be carried out as planned by Zhao Dezhao?

However, judging from the news of Changchun Hall in the capital, at this moment the surrounding area of the Great Song Dynasty is safe, the Liao State is in civil strife, the vitality of the Northern Han State is greatly damaged, and the situation in the northwest is very stable.

In these years, the Song army has recovered Hunan and other places occupied by the (southern) Han, and has pointed its troops directly at Lingnan, and the army has hoarded the northern border of the (southern) Han, and there is a danger that the buildings will fall.

If the envoys of the Tang State are detained or killed, then Li Yu will definitely play the Kaifeng court to show Liu Gang's disobedience......

"What's next, what are we going to do next?" Yang Mingzhan straightened up and asked.

Wu Yongzi looked at the four people seated, swept over each person's face, looked into their eyes and said, "We want to put a fire in the (Southern) Han Dynasty, and when the fire burns, it will be when my Great Song Dynasty marches south, and we are the vanguard." ”

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On the second day, there was a light rain in the sky, as early as noon, Liu Gang and Lu Qiongxian were in bed, he suddenly remembered that Gong Shenyi, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, lived in the protocol courtyard, so he asked the prince Gong Chengshu to personally send someone to transport him into the palace, and set up a banquet in the palace.

At the palace banquet at noon, Liu Gang was full of spring breeze, he didn't know what the envoys of the Tang State were here for the time being, after the banquet, the envoy Gong Shenyi handed over the letter dictated by Li Yu to Liu Gang, Liu Gang's face was still good, suddenly his face became heavy, and then his face was angry, and his gaze at Gong Shenyi was no longer kind.

"Someone, detain Gong Shenyi in the protocol house." Liu Gang tore up Li Yu's letter and sprinkled it on Gong Shenyi's face, and he roared, "Damn—"

"Your Majesty-" Gong Shenyi didn't know where to offend Liu Gang, he was just a messenger.

The left and right guards had already been dragged down by Gong Shenyi, and Gong Chengshu, who was standing on the side, saw this situation and asked, "Your Majesty, what did the Lord of Tang say in his letter?"

Gong Shenyi and the others had already been taken back to the protocol and guarded by the forbidden army, and at this time, Liu Gang said to Gong Chengshu: "The hateful Li Yu, he actually asked me to submit to Zhao Kuangyin and hand over the fourteen states seized by my Great Han State at the time of Ma Chu, how can I do this?" Isn't this world just his Zhao Kuangyin's world? ”

Gong Chengshu is old-eyed, he knows the meaning of detaining envoys, and now that the detention has become a fact, he also knows Liu Gang's temper, but on the surface, he still pretended to be concerned, and said: "Your Majesty is angry, does Your Majesty want to detain the envoys of the Tang Kingdom?" ”

Seeing that Gong Chengshu didn't seem to agree with his opinion, Liu Gang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I understand that killing him is not good for my big man, so I will detain him first." ”

Gong Chengshu didn't dare to disobey Liu Gang's intentions, he was just a eunuch, as long as Liu Gang lived to reuse him, he would be useful, detaining the envoy was just an export of evil anger, Liu Gang's temper he still knew, and he wouldn't mess around casually in front of major events, and then he met Liu Gang's gaze and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, it's not for us to detain him like this, if Your Majesty doesn't also send an envoy to Jiangning Mansion." ”

Liu Gang looked at Gong Chengshu and said, "It makes sense for you to say this, why don't you go to the Taishi?"

"Obey." Gong Chengshu gave up his hand and retreated.

Three days later, Gong Chengshu went to the north with Liu Gang's will.

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In the past few days, in the protocol courtyard, the place where Gong Shenyi lived was surrounded by the forbidden army of the Han State, in order to protect Gong Shenyi. Gong Shenyi's face was full of decadence, when he handed over Li Yu's letter that day, he had already prepared, even if the two countries were at war, they would not easily cut off the envoys, not to mention now, the only thing Gong Shenyi could do now was to wait.

Twenty days later, Gong Chengshu, the envoy of the (Southern) Han Dynasty, had already led some of the envoys to Jiangning Mansion, and Li Yu, the lord of the Tang Dynasty, also learned that Gong Shenyi and others had been detained by the (Southern) Han Dynasty, and the matter had spread throughout the city of Jinling.

However, Li Yu is generous, he did not embarrass the envoys of other countries like Liu Gang, but he also did not express his apologies, presumably Gong Chengshu did not know that he had learned the news in advance, and had already sent Xu Xuan and Han Xizai to Kaifeng.

Gong Chengshu saw that there was no anger on the face of the lord of Tang Guoguo, but he also breathed a long sigh, and a few days later, Gong Chengshu went south and returned to Xingwangfu.

At this moment, in the port of Quarshiji, the ships of the envoys of the Tang State had already left the port and headed towards the northern riverbank. Han Xizai didn't know how many times he had been to Kaifeng, but this time he actually acted as a messenger and went to the Song Kingdom with Xu Xuan.

On the north bank, in Yingluan Town, they saw the Song navy training here, and after showing the identity of the Tang official envoy, the Song army opened a road and let them go north.