As he spoke, the ministers turned their eyes to Zhao Gu, and a high-ranking official asked, "Marquis Zhao, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Zhao Gu smiled embarrassedly and said, "Actually, the emperor has decided to send me for this matter." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

What the!

All the ministers were shocked, including Lu Guogong and Yang Yanzhao, who were gobbling up.

Everyone knows that the reason why the Liao State lost 500,000 troops and lost the sixteen states of Yanyun was due to Zhao Gu, and now that the war has just passed less than a month, Zhao Gu, the Han people hated the most by the Liao people, is going to send an envoy to the Liao State, which is inevitably too much of a slap in the face.

Lu Mengzheng's old face tightened, and he was the first to object: "I will never agree to this matter, if you send Marquis Zhao to go, Song Liao will undoubtedly fight, this is not good for the Great Song Dynasty, I will write to the emperor tomorrow, and I must change someone to envoy." ”

Actually, Lu Mengzheng didn't say another reason, that is, with Zhao Gu's urine nature, if he went to Liao, God knows what big basket he would poke, which Lu Mengzheng didn't want to see.

He has suffered Zhao Gu's loss, and he knows that Zhao Gu is not the master who can suffer, once he goes to Liao, those nobles of Liao will inevitably clash with him, and then the relationship between Song and Liao will become more and more stalemate.

Zhao Gu was very casual about this, and said: "I don't care, as long as Xiangye can persuade the emperor, everything is easy to say." ”

Lu Mengzheng nodded and stopped talking, and the others suddenly became silent, not knowing what they were thinking.

The banquet ended quickly, and the group said goodbye and left, and Zhao Gu saw everyone off one by one, and finally returned to the lobby.

In the lobby, Lu Guogong and Yang Yanzhao did not leave, but waited for Zhao Gu.

The three of them were alone, and Lu Guogong suddenly sighed heavily: "Alas, Pan Meita...... I'm afraid it's going to be a short time to die. ”

Zhao Gu was shocked, he didn't expect that Pan Mei, the old general who was planning together to recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun a month ago, was in such a serious situation.

When he was in Zhending Mansion, Pan Mei was already sick, Zhao Gu only thought he was tired, but he didn't expect to be better after returning to Kaifeng, and now listening to Lu Guogong's tone, Pan Mei is afraid that he will die in these few days.

Zhao Gu's mood couldn't help but be a little sad, after all, Pan Meinai is one of the only remaining veterans of the Great Song Dynasty, if he dies, there will only be a few veterans left in the Great Song Dynasty, such as Lu Guogong and Hu Yanzan.

Although Zhao Gu and Pan Mei didn't spend much time together, Pan Mei's excellent military ability and decisive determination still made Zhao Gu admire him very much.

He was able to plan to recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, relying only on more than a thousand years of knowledge reserves than others, while old generals like Pan Mei and Lu Guogong judged the enemy's situation on the battlefield by relying on experience, and they were not much more clever than Zhao Gulai.

"Pan Mei said that before she died, she wanted to see you." Lu Guogong said again.

Zhao Gu nodded: "I'll visit his house in the afternoon." ”

Lu Guogong nodded, and then left with Yang Yanzhao, while Zhao Gu went back to the attic to take a shower, changed his clothes, and was about to visit Pan Mei.

But the Lord of Cheshire stopped him at this time and asked, "Are you going to see Han Gong?" ”

"Hmm."

"Will you take me with you?" Lord Cheshire's eyes were red and he pleaded.

Zhao Gu didn't know why she was like this, but she still nodded, and the two of them took a carriage together and came to the Korean Mansion.

Pan Meinai was an important contributor to the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, after the Great Song Dynasty replaced the Central Plains of Zhou Dingding, he fought in the south and the north, and made many military exploits, so he was named the Duke of Korea, and his status was transcendent.

The area of the Korean Mansion is also amazing, and it is three points better than Zhao Gu's Hou Mansion, which shows how deep Pan Mei's grace is.

However, now this veteran who has been on the battlefield for decades is already sick and dying.

Seeing Zhao Gu and Lord Cheshire coming, Pan Mei trembled and wanted to sit up, but she couldn't move her body weakly, and the eyes of Lord Cheshire who saw it turned red again.

"Uncle Shi." The Lord of Cheshire wept.

Zhao Gu looked at the two of them in disbelief, his thoughts went wild, and he couldn't figure out why the Cheshire Lord still called Pan Mei Uncle Shi.

In the Later Zhou Dynasty, the Cheshire Lord's father, Sejong Chai Rong, had a good relationship with Pan Mei, which is a well-known thing, but since Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe was added, Pan Mei chose to follow Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Gu didn't ask much, the things recorded in the history books and the rumors circulating in people's mouths were often not credible, and he would not follow the crowd.

Pan Mei seemed to see Zhao Gu's doubts, coughed and explained: "When Sejong died of illness, the new emperor was young, Zhao Kuangyin held heavy troops, he and the other nine sworn brothers and ten brothers of the Righteous Society, and Zhao Pu was secretly plotting, it can be said that the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and we and other old ministers know that it is difficult to be an enemy, so they pretend to surrender and surrender to him, in order to preserve the bloodline of Sejong." Marquis Zhao, you are a miracle, you should be able to figure out the cause and effect of this, right? ”

Zhao Gu was shocked, listening to Pan Mei's meaning, the reason why Zhao Kuangyin left the children of the Cheshire Lord, the King of Yunnan and other Sejong was because of the existence of Pan Mei and others!

Just imagine, at that time, Zhao Kuangyin took away Sejong Chai Rong's country, and it stands to reason that it is impossible to leave his children in the world and become his hidden danger.

But he let Chai Zongxun (King of Yunnan) go, and even accepted the Lord of Cheshire as his righteous daughter, is this really because he is magnanimous and grateful for the kindness of Sejong?

I can't explain this reason, since he is grateful for the kindness of Sejong, why did he seek to usurp the throne? Why not continue to support the new emperor?

Thinking about it seriously, he must have something unspeakable, in other words, he must be afraid of something, so he didn't dare to do it.

Listening to Pan Mei say this again, the matter will come to light.

Pan Mei and others have always been loyal to Sejong Chai Rong, but Zhao Kuangyin is powerful, and they can't fight against it, so they chose to surrender to Cheng, and Zhao Kuangyin was able to become an emperor without blood.

But because of this, the power in the hands of Pan Mei and others has been preserved, although this force is not comparable to Zhao Kuangyin, but it is also not to be underestimated, Zhao Kuangyin can only let go of Sejong Chai Rong's children for the sake of national stability, and Pan Mei and others have been raised to a high position.

To put it bluntly, the status of Pan Mei and others at that time was not up or down with Zhao Kuangyin, if Zhao Kuangyin wanted to kill Shizong Chai Rong's children, he could only risk being crippled by Pan Mei and others and being swallowed up by other princes.

So, an eerie balance settled between the two sides.

Pan Mei and others recognized Zhao Kuangyin as the emperor, and Zhao Kuangyin spared Sejong's children, and because of his limited generals, he had to rely on the strength of Pan Mei and others, which made Pan Mei and others more and more successful, which made Zhao Kuangyin very vigilant.