Seven or eight days later, far away in the west direction of Runzhou, along the Yangtze River, at this moment has entered the late eleventh month of the lunar calendar, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is already humid, and last night it rained heavily, extremely cold and cold, this morning I saw a thick haze shrouded in the sky over Jinling City, so that people can not see the direction ahead.

And on the cold streets, the people only walked sparsely on the street, and suddenly a carriage rushed from a distance, and the wheels were all refurbished dirt, leaving a long, pale yellow chariot and horse wheel mark on the wet street, and the people on the side also retreated left and right, I don't know who was so public, so arrogant in Jinling City, these people had to quickly withdraw to the side.

The speed of these carriages was extremely rapid, and it seemed that the army was coming in motion, but behind these carriages, there were several generals with troops, all carrying swords and swords around their waists, riding on black horses, their faces were so calm, and the pace of those war horses was also neat.

These people only looked at them with one look, and they were coldly replied by the generals, as if there was extreme anger in their eyes.

The carriages and horses galloped quickly on the long street, and the big banner planted above the carriage and horse wrote a Song character vigorously, and the northwest wind blew the big flag fiercely.

This is the national flag, a symbol of a country, some literate scholars and literati have seen this flag, and immediately understand who these people are, looking at the heads and armor decorations on the heads and bodies of those soldiers, which are somewhat different from those of the Tang Army soldiers, especially the war horses under their crotches, all of them are good horses in the north, each strong and tall, and the breed is very good, you can see one or two from the tail of those horses.

The carriage turned the street and headed north, and the big horse behind it rushed to the wings of the carriage, and suddenly an official wearing a winged hat leaned out of the carriage window, and he asked a general in his thirties who was riding on a horse, "General Cao, is the palace almost there?" Where is the protocol house of the Tang Kingdom? ”

"The last general doesn't know, who of you knows?" Suddenly, a general in his thirties sitting on a black horse asked a soldier next to him, only to see that his face was a little angry, and he seemed to be holding his breath in his heart, the emperor did not tell them the whereabouts of King Wei when they left Beijing, and on the other side, a young general turned his head and said: "Daddy, we are here in Tang this time on a mission, is the big war about to break out?" These two are Cao Bin and Cao Can, father and son.

Cao Bin lowered his voice and roared: "Nonsense, that's a national event, you don't want to talk nonsense, this is Jinling, not Tokyo, be careful with your tongue." ”

"Hmm." Cao Can realized that he had said the wrong thing, and now the group of people on the streets of the Tang Kingdom really couldn't talk nonsense, "Daddy has to teach me a lesson." ”

At this time, there were suddenly a few more war horses in front, but the size and other places were not as good as these excellent war horses of the Song Kingdom, these horses were the mare stallions purchased by the Tang Kingdom from the north, and they were naturally not like the horses in the north.

It seems that the other party didn't know that he would come here today, because according to the itinerary, it should be tomorrow, but Cao Bin was too anxious to complete Zhao Kuangyin's mission, and he was actually marching at night, and he didn't know the whereabouts of Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei.

As soon as Cao Bin gave the order, the chariot and horse envoys of the Song State stopped, and the cavalry of the forbidden army on the opposite side immediately rushed here to meet the envoys of the Song State. Several Tang generals immediately dismounted and walked quickly to the carriages and horses of the Song envoys.

At this time, the car of the Song Kingdom was on the horse, the curtain of the car had been opened, and an old man wearing a black gauze hat with long wings and a round neck and a purple robe official uniform came out, only to see the old man stepping on a car ladder, Shi Shiran walked down from the car, Cao Bin and other generals saw this, immediately got off the horse, and walked quickly to the side of the old man in the purple robe.

The soldier of the forbidden army immediately bowed his hand and said: "The last general of the Tang State forbidden army Zuo Du Yu Hou has seen Wang Taishi. ”

"The last general of the Tang State Forbidden Army ......"

The old man's face was extremely low, "You're welcome, this time my emperor asked the old man to envoy to the Tang Kingdom, just to ask to understand, is your Tang Kingdom still the same Tang Kingdom before?" "This old man is Wang Pu.

The generals of the Tang State Forbidden Army on the side all looked at each other, because they knew a little that Wang Pu was a prime minister, a person who could support a boat in the prime minister's belly, and they didn't know what he meant in his words.

Cao Bin's voice was hurried, very bright: "You take us to your King Qi quickly." ”

After all, Song Guo was the guest of honor of the Tang State, and those Tang State forbidden troops had already mounted their horses, riding horses to lead the way.

"Pilot-" Cao Bin also instigated the war horses that sat down, and the chariots and horses of the envoys of the Song State also began to move, and at this moment they were slowly following behind the forbidden troops of the Tang State and walking towards the palace.

In a hurry, the general of the forbidden army of the Tang State went to the Qi Wangfu in person and informed the King of Qi of the prison state.

King Qi's Mansion, King Li of Qi came out of the mansion from Qinggang, he planned to go to Zhongshu Province today to inspect it, and tomorrow he would personally go out of the city gate to greet the envoys of the Song State. This time, the envoys of the Song State came to visit Jinling, knowing that the other party had bad intentions and came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, but Li Congqing also understood that this was a state visit, and he personally summoned Ouyang Yuntian to the Qi Wangfu late at night last night, but Ouyang Yuntian did not have any news of Zhao Dezhao, even if there was news, it was estimated that Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, was secretly dealt with by Ouyang Yuntian. It's just that Li Congqing doesn't have any good way, he is now asking the forbidden army to find Zhao Dezhao, and on the other hand, he also hopes that Ouyang Yuntian did not kill Zhao Dezhao, otherwise with Zhao Kuangyin's ambition, it is difficult to guarantee that it is not a good time to go south.

Speaking of Huangfu Jixun, I don't know what, this person is too anxious, it has been seven or eight days, there is no news from Runzhou, this time he sent Huangfu Jixun to Runzhou, just to escort Lin Renzhao back to Beijing, but now Lin Renzhao is dead or alive I don't know, and Huangfu Jixun transferred 5,000 soldiers and horses, which is enough to make Li Congqing a little painful, what Li Congqing doesn't know is that Huangfu Jixun is dead, and most of his soldiers and horses have taken refuge in Lin Renzhao, if it weren't for Wu Yongzi's suggestion to close the news these days, Maybe Li Congqing already knew.

At this moment, a war horse was already running on the street not far from the Qi Palace, Li Congqing suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and immediately became vigilant and looked back. The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and the forbidden soldiers and the guards beside King Qi were also vigilant, drawing their swords and waiting.

I saw a fast horse rushing in the distance, and the general drove the horse and shouted, "Prison country, there is a big matter-"

Li Congqing knew this person, and asked the left and right to eliminate their vigilance.

Li Congqing asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The general turned over and dismounted, and arched his hand: "The envoy of the Song State has arrived not far from the north gate of the palace. ”

"So fast? Isn't it tomorrow? When Li Congqing heard the report, he was a little puzzled, "You immediately go to the prefectures, Zhongshu Province, etc., to inform all the officials in Beijing and Central China, and be sure to rush to the south gate of the palace before noon." ”

"Yes." The general also had a headache, everyone was coming, and it was not very easy to summon the ministers at once, so he had to rush there.

Li Congqing suddenly remembered something, and ordered the people on the left and right to inform the other ministers and officials as well.

The envoys of the Song State were already waiting at the gate of the city, and Cao Bin, Cao Can, father and son were also sitting on horses, looking at the gate of the palace. Cao Can suddenly saw the forbidden soldiers guarding the gate of the palace, although all of them were wearing knives on their waists, but because of the cold weather, the power was not necessarily very powerful, but a little decadent and empty.

Cao Bin saw the expression on his son's face, and immediately understood what his son was thinking.

After the two stood at the gate of the city for about half an hour, the king of Qi and the civil and military ministers of the Tang State came late, and the king of Qi immediately apologized and said: "I'm sorry, I made the angel wait for a long time, and I have seen the princess." Li Congqing has already come out of the palace and arrived at the designated place.

Cao Bin turned his head at this moment, and saw Li Congqing, the king of Qi, standing in front of Wang Pu and other Song envoys, his eyes looked at Li Congqing, and found that this person's figure did not look so bloated, and it seemed that he was also half a martial arts practitioner.

"Is the Honorable Driver the Prison Country?"

"Hmm, I don't know who this general is?" Qi King Li Congqing asked.

Han Xizai on the side immediately said: "This is General Cao Bin Cao, who is currently the envoy of the Southern Xuanhui Academy. ”

Li Congqingfu made another move: "Oh, General Cao will be fortunate to be happy, I heard that General Cao was brave and good at fighting in the battle to destroy Shu, which made the monarchs and ministers of Shu all ashamed." ”

Cao Bin's eyes looked at King Qi, "When I saw King Qi today, he was really young, but this young man inevitably did something negligent, I hope you Tang ministers can teach King Qi well left and right." ”

"Hmm." Li Congqing, the king of Qi, heard this, and felt a little angry in his heart, but he has been a grandson for a long time, not to mention that the other party is an envoy of the Great Song Kingdom, the emperor is angry, and the corpse is million, my dignified King Qi of the prison country can't be provoked, but he can still hide, I saw that his face did not change, and his tone was stable, "General Cao said very much." ”

"It's good that King Qi can understand."

Li Congqing, the king of Qi, arched his body again, and said: "The angel came from afar, and he missed the welcome, now that the wing room of the concierge house has been prepared, it is better to ask the angel to go to the concierge house to rest for a while, and stay at night, Xiao Wang will give the angel another wind and dust in the back garden of the palace." ”

Chen Qiao and Han Xizai also echoed the same words.

Wang Pu listened to Cao Bin and Li Congqing on the side, and he should also show his face when he was the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, only to see him coldly look at the Tang State Supervisor and his courtiers, and said: "King Qi is indeed kind this time, we understand it, but rest is rest everywhere, King Qi may have forgotten one thing, right?" ”

Li Congqing had a puzzled expression on his face, "I don't know what the Taishi said?" ”

Wang Pu pointed at Li Congqing, the king of Qi, and asked: "Why did my great Song and Wei king Chitose disappear in Jinling City for no reason, this King of Qi has to give us an explanation, otherwise His Majesty the Emperor will be angry, and the situation of peace between the Song and Tang dynasties turning into war is something that no one wants to see." Old man, I hope that the King of Qi can give our Song envoys a satisfactory answer, otherwise the Song Emperor will be angry, and this is not what I see old man. ”

Li Congqing was very helpless in his heart, he also sent someone to find this King of Wei, but he, like Li Yu, seemed to have evaporated from Jinling City overnight, he sent many people to look for them but did not find any trace of them, because now his heart is in chaos, and he is hoping that a quick knife can cut off the chaos in his heart.

Li Congqing still said the same wording, and said: "Please forgive me this Taishi Wang and General Cao, Xiao Wang has already sent people to find the whereabouts of King Wei, and I believe that people will find it soon." ”

Wang Pu and Cao Bin both said in the same way: "King Qi's words are inevitably here to prevaricate us." ”

Li Congqing put on a helpless look and said: "This little king is really powerless, I just ask God to bless him, and King Wei can find it." ”

"I hope King Qi's dream will come true." After Wang Pu and the others finished speaking, they immediately said goodbye and followed an official of Honglu Temple on the way to the protocol house.

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