Wang Bian received the express letter, and immediately summoned the impeachment of Li Bo, Jiao Deyou, Zhi Kejun, Zhang Ping, Han Derong, Wang Bian arranged Jiao Deyou, and Zhi Kejun continued to keep an eye on the construction of the twin towers; ordered the impeachment of Libo to immediately return to the Wanyan tribe near Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, and mobilized troops to prepare to take the old den of Yelu Zongyuan; At the same time, let Zhang Ping and Han Derong go to Zhongjing Dading Mansion with him,

After arranging these things, the king ordered someone to invite Xin Zan: "Duke Xin, I have something important and need to go to the emperor, please ask Duke Xin to write an urgent letter." ”

Xin Zan saw that the king was suddenly so anxious and asked a little strangely: "Wang Shilang is so anxious to invite the saint to come up, but now our tower has not been built." "Until now, Xin Zan didn't know that Yelu Hongji was facing a great risk when he came to Rehe this time.

"Gong Xin, I didn't want to invite Emperor Liao to come to see the tower, I just received an urgent report: Yelu Sa's thorn bamboo wants to rebel, and Emperor Liao is in danger now."

Hearing what the king said, Xin Zan was shocked: "Ah, there will be this, this, how is this possible." ”

Wang Bi immediately said: "This matter is not trivial, naturally I don't dare to joke, so I want to meet the Holy One in person, so I can ask the Holy One to make plans as soon as possible." ”

Xin Zan saw that Wang said so surely: "Okay, I will send the feather book immediately, and Wang Shilang will take the official document and go to the urgent horse shop to get the urgent delivery horses, and it will only take one day to reach the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing." After that, Xin Zan hurriedly wrote the official document, sealed it with wax, and pasted three feathers on the letterhead.

Xin Zan said that the feather book, is we familiar with the "chicken feather letter", in addition to the pursuit of fast, but also the pursuit of accuracy, Wang next to the Song Dynasty, only slowly know some of the ancient meaning, why the choice of chicken feathers adhesion urgency as a special identification, first of all, because the chicken has the ancients to evaluate the five virtues: "with a crown for the text, foot fighting distance for the martial arts, the enemy in front of the dare to fight for the brave, see the food for the benevolence, vigil is not a loss of faith." "Delivering confidential and urgent items should be like a chicken crying in the morning, even if it is wind, rain, thunder and hail, it will not lose time; In addition, the Chinese regard chickens as auspicious chickens, which is also based on the meaning that they can turn evil into auspiciousness; Of course, it may also be due to the fact that chicken feathers are much easier to obtain than bird feathers.

Xin Zan handed the letter to the king and said: "Wang Shilang, you take Yushu to the express shop to get the fast horse, Yushu Express travels 500 miles a day, Wang Shilang can arrive within a day, and Wang Shilang can report directly to the emperor without going through the Privy Council." ”

Wang Fang thought to himself, he didn't need Yushu, he didn't need to go through the Privy Council, he had the gold medal given by Yelu Hongji in his hand, and even the emperor's bowl could come and go at will, but he estimated that even if he had a gold medal, he wouldn't be able to borrow a horse without this chicken feather letter, and he thought in his heart: If according to the calculation given by Zhe Kejun last time, even if Yelu Zongyuan has arrived in Liaoyang Mansion now, he has begun to prepare troops to prepare grain and grass, until he is fully prepared to arrive here, it will take at least a month, he must rush before Yelu Zongyuan and Yelu Sa's bamboo action,

Wang called Zhang Ping and Han Derong, took Xin Zan's feather book, went to the express shop to get the fast horse, galloped, and it only took half a day from Taizi Mountain to the bowl of Yelu Hongji, the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing.

This is the king to the Song Dynasty, the fastest action, the king to the Beijing Dading Mansion, get off the horse feel light, no wonder for the urgent delivery of the horse, the court stipulates that every interval will have an urgent delivery shop, the express of the horse to shop for the horse, not only to change the horse, but also to provide for the replacement of a few urgent delivery shops, the official document of the express delivery to rain or shine the sun and the moon and the moon to deliver, this does not change people galloping hundreds of miles, the gods also have to be tired, this is not better than the car, the car and fatigue driving said, not to mention horseback riding,

For Wang Bian and others, there is no need to change people, this distance is not too far, and there is no change if you want to.

The speed of the express horse is really not said, the post horse of the express is tied with a copper bell, when galloping on the road, the horse gallops up and rings the bell, you can hear it from afar, and the torch runs at night, passers-by have to dodge when they see it, because the court has regulations, and the horse is hit, and the person who hits the person is not responsible, which reminds Wang Fang of the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu's "Eight Songs of Autumn Xing" poem wrote: "The golden drum of Guanshan in the north is shocked, and the west chariot and horse feather book gallop." ”

The king held the gold medal given by Yelu Hongji, and no one stopped him from entering the bowl, and then to Huluduo, the guards were extremely polite when they saw the gold medal, what is written about this thing, it works so well, the gold medal is very effective, but the king is empty, and the emperor Yelu Hongji is not making a bowl.

Looking for the queen, it doesn't seem appropriate, looking for Xiao Ying, in case Xiao Ying is not there and wasting time, the king stood in the camp tent and looked left and right, they came out in the morning, and now it is dark, and now the king is really a little tired, and his stomach is purring, by the way, go to Yelu Liangren, and make a cushion for himself and the two brothers to stutter,

The king thought beside him, and walked towards Urudor,

When Yelu Liang heard that the palace people had come to report that the king was coming, he wondered why the king was not in the prince's mountain, and why he appeared in the bowl, so he invited the king to a tent near the king, and saw that the three people next to the king were covered with dust and described as tired, and hurriedly asked: "Wang Shilang, you have come so in the dust, but there is something urgent." ”

The king arched his hand and said: "I have an important letter to bring to the emperor, the emperor is not making a bowl, and the beloved person knows where the emperor has gone." ”

Seeing that the king was in a hurry, Yelu Liang hurriedly replied: "Uncle Huang is unwell, and the emperor himself went to visit." ”

It's bad, won't Yelu Zongyuan want to lure the king into the urn and trick the emperor into Liaoyang Mansion, the tower on Prince Mountain was built for nothing, "The emperor went to Liaoyang Mansion." The king couldn't help but raise his voice, and asked in surprise,

"Of course ......not," Yeluliang waved his hand and explained, "The emperor just went to the tent of the imperial uncle."

"Who went with him?" The king remembered that the palace next to the emperor was inspected, and hurriedly asked,

Yelu Liang was suspicious in his heart, what was wrong with the king today, how could he hear that the emperor was so nervous about visiting the imperial uncle, but he couldn't help but answer, Yelu Liangren said truthfully: "Today is King Xiao and Yeluren who accompanied the emperor to visit the imperial uncle first. ”

Wang heard that Xiao Ying was there, and he was secretly relieved in his heart, he and Xiao Ying competed in the military field of the Song Kingdom a few years ago, and had seen Xiao Ying's martial arts arm strength, obviously if he really did it, Xiao Ying would still be able to be low-grade by the emperor's side for a while.

Yeluren was first the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji's advisers, but also the prime minister of the Southern Courtyard, the king had seen this person twice, Yeluren first looked burly and handy, known as brave and strategic, this Yelu Renxian in that year first asked Song Renzong for the land of ten counties south of Waqiaoguan (now Xiongxian County, Hebei), and then forced Song Renzong to promise to add 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 horses of silk to Liao every year.

Yelu Hongji had these two generals by his side to visit Yelu Zongyuan, and the king was naturally much relieved, and Yelu Liangren looked relaxed when he saw the king: "It is estimated that if the imperial uncle is not really seriously ill, he will feast the emperor in his tent, or I will take Wang Shilang over." ”

The king had already arrived here, and knowing that Yelu Hongji was safe for the time being, he felt even more tired and hungry when he relaxed: "Boss, please get some food for my two brothers outside the tent, they have come with me all the way, and it is estimated that they will be hungry and tired." ”

When Yelu Liangren heard this, he hurriedly said: "Oh, I really blame me, the hospitality is not good, and Wang Shilang sits for a while." After that, Yeluliang ordered people to prepare wine and food for the king in the tent, and arranged a place for Zhang Ping and Han Derong to rest first.

After he settled down, he came back and said to the king: "Wang Shilang has worked hard all the way, I estimate that the emperor will not come back for a while, so it is better for me to sit with Wang Shilang for a while." ”

Although the king was also hungry, there was a good man who watched him eat, and he was a little twisted, and he smiled and said, "Why don't you eat with me and talk for a while." ”

Yelu Liangren was very refreshing: "Okay, Wang Shilang looks good, then I will accompany Wang Shilang to drink some and wait for the emperor to come back." So saying, he sat down opposite the king

Now the king is much more comfortable, he is eating and chatting while observing Yelu Liangren, I don't know if this Yelu Liangren can be his own messenger, can this person really be as loyal as Yelu Hongji said,

Wang Bian has this idea, and he has to start from the comparison between Yelu Hongji and Li Liangzuo: Li Liangzuo was a king at the beginning, and he lacked the guidance of famous teachers, so he agreed with and admired the situation and reality of Western Xia analyzed by Wang Bian; And Yelu Hongji is a relatively mature king, although he saved Liao for the time being, but if he thinks afterwards that he has an inside line in Liao, it is inevitable that he will not be wary of himself, it is better to test Yelu Liangren, whether he is really a loyal person, and it is better to let the people around the emperor do some things,

The king thought about it, at this time he also ate almost, he said to Yelu Liangren: "This time I came to Liao, benefited a lot, some time ago in the Tianwang Temple met a high monk, knowledgeable, so that the admiration of the next. ”

Yelu Liangren used to be a monk of Tianwang Temple, and when he saw the king mentioning Tianwang Temple, he couldn't help asking: "What Wang Shilang said, is it Master Qisong?" ”

Wang Fang nodded and smiled: "Exactly." When he finished speaking, he looked at the look on the face of the man of Jerod,

Yelu Liang smiled and said, "Master Che Song is a high-ranking monk, he is proficient in Buddhism, the Dharma is profound, and his cultivation concentration is beyond my reach. ”

Yelu Liangren said very calmly, and the king asked tentatively: "Could it be that the head of the Liangren is familiar with Master Qisong." ”

This reminded Yelu Liangren of a past incident, which made him a little ashamed, and he said with a guilty face: "Don't hide it from Wang Shilang, I should have practiced Buddhism with Master Qi Song, but because of the lack of concentration, it was difficult to stop the hatred in my heart and did something wrong, but fortunately I was forgiven by the master and the favor of the emperor, so I have been staying by the side of the emperor and the current emperor, ashamed, ashamed." ”

The king nodded, Yelu Liangren was an honest man, and he was very impressed by the few times he met with Yelu Liangren, first, this beloved man was gentle and humble at all times, and he could not see that he was pampered by the emperor's favor; The second is that Princess Yan behaved lightly to the king that day, and Yelu Liang respectfully persuaded her, but she didn't say much afterwards.

The king thought of something strange: the first time he saw Jeruzah that day, the people of Jerod seemed to be a little afraid of Jerusha's thorn bamboo.