In the Zhending Mansion, the explanation of the Liao State for the pursuit of himself and Li Fu had been sent by the Liao State envoys, and after Zhao Gu learned the news, he gave Yang Yanzhao a thumbs up. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Subsequently, Zhao Gu took the two hundred troops of Zhending Mansion all the way out of the city and came to the Song-Liao border.

At this time, the Song-Liao border can be described as tense, and Zhao Gu alone has encountered no less than five waves of scout troops.

The group traveled all the way to a small forest that was difficult to notice.

A person behind Zhao Gu asked, "My lord, you come here every day to wait for Master Li Fu, it's really sincere." ”

"Master Li Fu and I are also confidants, and we have shared hardships, so I naturally hope that he will come out."

The person behind him nodded, sighed secretly in his heart, and scolded the officials in the court at the same time.

In fact, Zhao Gu was in a very difficult situation at this time, and the people around him naturally saw it, and the soldiers of Zhending Mansion also knew it.

Since Zhao Gu returned to China, the officials have bombarded him indiscriminately, and some people say that he ignored the order and forcibly signed a letter of state with the Liao State, which caused Li Fu to be in deep danger.

Some people also said that he said that even if he took the national letter back, it was just a dead letter, if Liao Guo did not admit it, what could he do to others?

Of course, these two accusations are nothing, after all, if the national letter really reaches the Great Song Dynasty, no one can deny its role.

But the other accusation is a bit fatal.

Some officials said that when Zhao Gu was in the territory of Liao, he only cared about his own life and abandoned his colleagues, which caused Li Fu to not return to this day, and he was mainly responsible for these things.

Especially when these people heard that Yang Yanzhao's dispatch of troops was a strategy that Zhao Gu secretly offered to Zhao Guangyi, these people were even more worried about Zhao Gu.

Originally, the national policy of the Great Song Dynasty was to emphasize literature and suppress martial arts, and people like Zhao Gu who dared to mobilize troops and horses naturally became a thorn in their side.

Once there are more people like Zhao Gu, the status of the generals of the Great Song Dynasty will not be improved a lot, and at that time, the status of the civil officials will inevitably be threatened, and even return to the disadvantages of emphasizing military force and ignoring literature in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

This phenomenon is exactly what all civil officials do not want to see, and the officials are naturally no exception.

Of course, it is unknown whether any of these people are jealous of Zhao Gu's young age but high position.

Maybe they have been lurking in the shadows, and when they finally waited for the time when they could pour dirty water on Zhao Gu, they naturally spared no effort to stir up the wind and rain in Kaifeng City.

There are countless claims such as splashing dirty water.

All in all, Zhao Gu's situation is worrying, at this time, there are many people in the court who look at him unpleasantly, if it weren't for Zhao Guangyi's constant pressure, maybe he would have been imprisoned at this time.

After staying outside this forest for another half an hour, Zhao Gu was ready to take people away.

Originally, he also had doubts about whether Li Fu was alive, but Li Fu was indeed a good official, and he felt sorry for him.

But I didn't want to be at this moment, a surprised voice sounded in the woods.

"It's Lord Zhao."

Zhao Gu turned his head suddenly, he could already hear it, the owner of this voice was none other than Xiao Yi.

"Come, prepare food and water." Zhao Gu hurriedly ordered.

After speaking, Zhao Gu jumped off the horse directly and led a group of van troops into the woods.

What appeared in front of Zhao Gu was five yellow-faced and thin-skinned people, many of them were not even fully clothed, and many of them were still wrapped in white cloths, obviously injured.

But Zhao Gu recognized at a glance that these people were Li Fu and his party.

Zhao Gu laughed: "Master Li Fu, I can be regarded as waiting for you." ”

Li Fu was also very happy, and responded weakly: "Lord Zhao, thank you for your trouble coming to pick us up." ”

Zhao Gu smiled: "We are all colleagues, thank you." ”

Li Fu nodded, and Zhao Gu helped him out and helped him onto his horse.

Soon, the group returned to Zhending Mansion, and Li Fu and the others cried loudly when they saw this bustling city.

Zhao Gu guessed that they must have endured amazing torture along the way, otherwise with their strong character, they would not have cried so out of shape.

The prefect of Zhending immediately passed the news of the return of Li Fu and others to Zhao Guangyi, and after Zhao Guangyi knew about it, he immediately ordered everyone to return to Kaifeng.

When the holy decree came, it was already a few days later, and the injuries of Li Fu and the others were almost healed, and their emotions gradually eased, and everyone returned to Kaifeng under the escort of the Zhending Mansion Army.

At this time, it was the end of May, the weather was getting hotter, and it was noon when everyone returned to Kaifeng, and the sun was shining.

But Zhao Guangyi still waited in the Zichen Hall with his ministers, and as soon as he heard that Zhao Gu and Li Fu had returned, he immediately ordered to catch the wind for the two.

As soon as he saw Zhao Guangyi's face, Li Fu cried again, sobbing endlessly, like a child of several years old.

Where did Zhao Guangyi and the others see Li Fu's appearance, many people were taken aback, and some officials who knew Li Fu guessed that he must have suffered a lot, and his eyes turned red.

"Aiqing, what's wrong with you? Tell me that I will get justice for you. ”

Zhao Guangyi said, ordered everyone to sit down, and at the same time personally led Li Fu to Lu Mengzheng's seat, and then pointed to the position opposite Li Fu, motioning for Zhao Gu to sit there.

Zhao Gu was stunned, what does Zhao Guangyi mean by this? This seat can't afford to sit in Zhao Gu's identity!

You must know that Lu Mengzheng is the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, from the first rank of high-ranking officials, and the officials sitting next to him should be from the first rank or the second grade, such as the chief and deputy envoys of the Privy Council, the chief and deputy envoys of the third department, and the princes of the country.

With Li Fu's identity and prestige, sitting under Lu Mengzheng, he still said it in the past, but the seat opposite Li Fu is comparable to this side, Zhao Gu is just a county candidate, and in the Great Song Dynasty, which pays attention to etiquette, it should not sit here.

But Zhao Gu was not in a daze, but sat down, he had already shouted the slogan, the thunder and rain were Jun'en, since Zhao Guangyi asked him to sit there, he naturally would not speak out against it.

Zhao Gu's small action, Zhao Guangyi took it all in his eyes, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Zhao Guangyi then returned to the throne and sat down, instructed the palace maid to hold a banquet, and then asked Li Fu to talk about the things along the way.

Li Fu also stopped his tears at this time and began to tell the story along the way.

He first started with the competition with the warriors of the Liao State after the group arrived in the Liao State, and talked until Zhao Gu picked him up in the mountains and forests on the Song-Liao border.