"What's this good sign?" Guo Kui was puzzled, if it was a good omen, it was only a good omen for the Khitans.

"You come," Zheng Lang said in a low voice.

The two came to the place where Zheng Lang sat down just now, and Zheng Lang said, "Zhang Hai came here just now. ”

"What about people?" Guo Kui asked in surprise. At this time, the Khitan's various practices were to make Zheng Lang completely isolated from the Song Dynasty, and it would be a great pleasure to get the news of the Song Dynasty.

"I left, but he said that Wang Heixing and Yang Xi were not dead, and they were in the big camp arranged by the Khitans in the Khitan army."

"This is not good news," Guo Kui's face darkened. And these two people are still his cronies selected from the army, once they betray, God knows how many of his subordinates were bought by the Khitan.

"General Guo, it's good news, the Khitans have isolated us, and we want the imperial court to rotate the guards to avoid the pain of homesickness, but probably can't. From the end of the first month to enter the territory of the Khitan, until next year, there will be more than a year, we will not be allowed to return to our hometown, and we dare not reveal the details, and our morale will be shaken. This incident is to remind us that if we are careless, let our subordinates hear more rumors, and are bought by the Khitan, then we really can't go back. ”

"In this way, more people will be bought by the Khitan."

"Buy it, buy it, it won't be much, most of the soldiers are loyal to our dynasty. The key is whether I can go back, and as soon as I go back, everyone will be safe together. I can't go back, and no one, whether faithful or not, wants to go back. ”

Things have developed to this point, God is going to rain, and the old lady is going to get married, so I have to let it go. Zheng Lang said again: "Guan Jian is Zhang Hai. ”

"To be honest, if King Yang and the two betray him, even Zhang Hai and I won't believe it."

"No, Zhang Hai's position is too low, and the Khitan will not expect to take out any plans from Zhang Hai's mouth. Now I need news from the imperial court, and I need to go back with some tips. ”

It seems to be a good sign, but the difficulty is not low. Zheng Lang thought about it again and walked to the river again. He said to Yelu Hongji: "Your Royal Highness King Liang, it is a good omen for you to kill the tiger today, and the soldiers are encouraged and happy. You need to ask your majesty to bring you a fine wine and reward the three armies. ”

Yelu Hongji also woke up at this time, and heard Zheng Lang's voice, although the tiger was killed by him, but the process was not like that. These soldiers had to be enveloped for a while to make their mouths plug and salute: "Thank you Zheng Xianggong for reminding them." ”

Yelu Zongzhen's attitude towards Zheng Lang is still very ambiguous. But this little prince really felt that Zheng Lang was very important to him at this time.

Bringing in fine wine, the Khitan soldiers sang and danced, Zheng Lang looked at his subordinates and said, "You guys can drink it today." ”

The Khitan people are good at drinking, and the soldiers of the Song Dynasty are also good at drinking, and the soldiers are suspicious, Zheng Lang said: "This is my order, if you don't get drunk, you won't return." Rare relaxation. ”

The soldiers happily joined the ranks of the Khitan soldiers drinking. Zheng Lang looked at them, but he didn't feel good in his heart.

It was dark and most people were drunk. Only a few people did not dare to drink for safety. However, the guards of the entire camp have been seriously reduced. Zheng Lang beckoned to Jin Deming, the guard beside him, and said, "Deming, I'll go out with General Guo for a while, I have secrets, take care of the tent for me, and don't let anyone in." ”

This is the personal guard he picked out from his own family, he is a native of Kaifeng, his family is rich, and he has a wife and children. And it is the humble guest of Zheng Lang's family. It is one of the few people who can be absolutely trusted.

"Whoa."

The third watch was approaching, and after watching the guards patrol loosen down, Zheng Lang and Guo Kui quietly sneaked out of the camp and came to Nanshan. Zheng Lang brought pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and seal, carried it in his arms, and prepared a ball of wax oil. Guo Kui didn't ask. No need to ask. Out of the camp and rushing for time, the two trotted all the way to Nanshan. After a while, the two came to the place agreed by Zheng Lang. …,

Seeing them coming, Zhang Hai and Shi Dafu came out of a hidden bush on the side, and when they saw them, they fell down and asked eagerly, "Zheng Xianggong, what should I do?" ”

It's not that he brought the letter to meet, it was the Khitan who almost isolated Zheng Lang, how to escape back to the Song Dynasty.

"It's okay, tell me in detail about what happened to you back and forth along the way."

Zhang Hai told the matter as it was, including the dispute he had heard about the Song Dynasty over the envoys. Zheng Lang sighed in his heart, Zhang Fangping is not in harmony with the Junzi Party, and if he does not govern in the future, he will be himself, and he may have a headache once he is in power.

Read on.

When it came to Yang and Wang, Guo Kui said angrily: "These two should be killed." ”

"Zhongtong, don't be angry. If there is a chance for you to kill, it means that the Khitans have an indifferent attitude towards my thoughts, and you and I are in danger. Zhang Hai, you go on. ”

He also said that the four girls and Yang Wang sang and answered, Zheng Lang showed a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, these four girls are all beautiful, and their personalities seem to be very gentle, if it weren't for the short time, he would probably fall into the gentle township. Not gentleness, but the four white bone spirits.

After listening, I began to find some water nearby to study ink, a letter was written to Zeng Gongliang, and a letter was written to Zhao Zhen. It stands to reason that the folds must be neat, and regular script is used more, but at this time, it doesn't matter, all of them are written in small grass.

Lying on a long strip of bluestone, by the moonlight, he wrote the two letters, folded them, rolled them with wax and oil, and said to Zhang Hai: "Zhang Hai, the first letter is to Master Zeng, and the second letter is a fold, even Master Zeng is not allowed to open it." You go all the way back, put these two letters in your mouth, and chew them up and swallow them if you are in danger. ”

"Whoa."

"Also, when you return to China this time, you may encounter some trouble, and some people will not let you go. Everything that has happened in the past few days cannot be said to anyone except the emperor and my wife. Be low-key. I also mentioned you to the emperor in the memo, so that he could pay attention to your safety. When I return home, let Your Majesty reward you for your merits. ”

"Thank you, Zheng Xianggong." Zhang Hai knew that Zheng Lang was not a hypocritical person, and he was not polite, and asked, "What should Zheng Xianggong do?" ”

"I have a plan."

"Zheng Xianggong, be careful that there are people around you......"

"You don't have to worry, if you can safely deliver the letter to Master Zeng, see tomorrow night or the night after tomorrow, at the third watch, here with dead leaves to light three bonfires as a signal."

"Whoa."

"Be careful all the way."

"Whoa."

It's not a polite time, after an hour and a half, summer arrives, and the sky brightens earlier in the north, and in a moment the light will break. Two people left the place in a hurry.

……

Liu Liufu was staring at the letter on the table.

"Second brother. No, there's still a letter missing. ”

The Liu family was the most prosperous in his generation, and the five elder brothers Liu Yide, Liu Erxuan, Liu Sanyi, Liu Siduan, Liu Wuchang and Liu Liufu were all admitted to the Jinshi, and the third brother and the fourth brother were divided to welcome the Khitan princess. Becoming a Khitan horse, Liu Liufu was the first hero in the negotiation with the Song Dynasty, and he was prominent for a while, and even some of the Khitan clans surnamed Yelu and Xiao were timid to give seven points.

In order to make Zheng Lang pay attention, many strategies were set, including imitating the font, led by Liu Erxuan. Several Khitan calligraphy masters worked together to copy Zheng Lang's calligraphy. It is not very successful, maybe it looks very similar to a layman, but in Liu Liufu's eyes, you can see the difference at a glance.

In the end, he simply used Zheng Lang's words to copy them one by one. Their calligraphy is very good, and this copy is like a very good seven points. But I just copied a text message to Zeng Gongliang, and I arrived in Yizhou, and I won't be able to come back for a while. Zeng Gongliang, you go back first. …,

However, as a minister of the Song Dynasty, he asked the Song Dynasty to send an envoy to negotiate. At least I have to write a letter to dedicate to Zhao Zhen, so it is far from enough.

Liu Erxuan said: "Sixth brother, we have tried, if it is a fold, we are afraid that the pen is insufficient, the number of words is large, it is not easy to copy, and those girls did not steal the official seal, only a private seal, I am afraid that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty will not believe it." There is a move to add to the snake. In fact, this is fine, with this person's character, saying that he immediately betrayed the Southern Dynasty, will anyone believe it? There are no twists and turns, a long time, and no contact. The Southern Dynasty will be even more suspicious. ”

After hearing this, Liu Liufu thought about it and said, "Yes." ”

Hold the letter to meet Liao Xingzong.

Liao Xingzong looked at it and said, "Just do it according to your second brother's idea." ”

"Whoa."

"This son is a good minister, Liu Fu, have you heard about the killing of the tiger in Fuhu Mountain?"

"The minister has heard some of them, and congratulates Your Majesty on getting a wise prince."

"Liufu, where," Liao Xingzong shook his head and laughed, and said: "My son has the ability to kill the tiger alone, and it was the joint efforts of everyone to kill the tiger. He also admonished my son to offer a tiger's head to me. Loyalty, filial piety. ”

"Your Majesty, this son has a gentle personality, but it's a pity that he refuses to be convinced, otherwise even if he is younger, he can be King Liang's concubine."

"Don't be in a hurry, take your time, it's only been two months, it's impossible to think of him as a sincere, if that's the case, even I will look down on him." After speaking, he shouted outside: "Please see Envoy Song." ”

Bring Zeng Gongliang to it.

Liao Xingzong handed the copy letter to Zeng Gongliang, who quickly read it. If there was no Zhang Hai, Zeng Gongliang would also have doubted that it was Zheng Lang's words and Zheng Lang's private seal. can think of King Yang's betrayal, and the four beautiful girls who cleaned up for Zheng Lang, it is still easy to steal Zheng Lang's private seal. And there have been several cases in the Song Dynasty, some people in Hangzhou imitated Zheng Lang's letter and asked Shi Jie to release him, and Xia Zhu in turn imitated Shi Jie's character to frame Fu Bi and the Gentleman's Party.

Zeng Gongliang didn't believe it, but his face was indifferent, and he had to wait for Zhang Hai to come back to understand the details. Asked, "Where is Yizhou?" ”

"At the northern end of Yiwulu Mountain."

Zeng Gongliang frowned and said: "It's too far, Your Majesty, can you ask someone to invite Zheng Lang back, and the minister can go back and explain to the emperor." ”

"Exactly." Liao Xingzong said expressionlessly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zeng Gongliang withdrew, returned to the tent, and was pleasantly surprised to find that Zhang Hai and Shi Dafu were back, looked around, and pulled Zhang Hai into the big tent, at this time, Zhang Hai was not the leader of the rebellion, but the big hero in Zeng Gongliang's heart. Asked: "Zhang Dutou, can you see Zheng Xianggong?" ”

"I saw it, and sure enough, it was in Fuhu Mountain."

Zeng Gongliang was speechless, looked at the letter in his hand, despised the Khitan Emperor very much, and burned it with a tongue of fire. He asked again: "Is Zheng Xianggong okay?" ”

"Fortunately, these are two letters," Zhang Hai dared to take the two wax balls out of his mouth when he returned to Song Ying. Pointing to the wax ball, he said: "This letter is written by Zheng Xianggong to you, and that letter is written by Zheng Xianggong to His Majesty, and others should not disassemble it." ”

"Yes," Zeng Gongliang said with emotion. Is it easy? Carefully put Zheng Lang into the brocade box and opened the letter that Zheng Lang had written to him.

didn't say anything, just explained a few truths, Yang Wanger betrayed, but he had to pretend not to know, because the Khitan people told him that they were forced by the tiger, and the two fell off the hanging bank and died. Originally, he wanted to rotate, but now the Khitan wants to isolate himself from the Song Dynasty, so he doesn't have to do anything else. How many people do not betray in the end can only depend on God's face. Zheng Lang didn't know whether the four girls were Yunying's body, but he had never had sex with them, which was to dispel the suspicions of the Khitans and make an attempt to get out in the future. It is true to teach the Khitan prince, but it is not a Taifu, how to teach, I believe Zeng Gongliang will understand.

Seeing this, Zeng Gongliang's brows, which had been frowning for several days, unfolded, and smiled. …,

asked Zeng Gongliang to make some negotiations, and then went back, if he delayed for a long time, he might be very embarrassed, and there would be many accidents. The specific situation has been explained to the emperor one by one. Zeng Gongliang made up his mind and said to Zhang Hai: "Zhang Zhuangshi, you have made great contributions this time. ”

"The subordinates don't dare to be, but the subordinates still have to do one thing?"

"What?"

"At night, I will dive to Nanshan, set off three bonfires, and inform Zheng Xianggong."

"Okay, you have to be careful."

When evening comes, it is possible that the two sides are far away, not too far, but for this mountainous area, if there is no specific goal, the mountainous area of more than 20 miles is no less than a few hundred miles apart. Therefore, the Khitans were relatively lax. Zhang Hai saw an opportunity, left the camp, and lurked to Nanshan again.

When I came to Nanshan, I gathered three piles of dead branches and leaves, piled them up, and took out an hourglass from my arms, which was not a big standard, I could only ask for an approximation, and the time had not yet arrived. Hide in a pile of bushes and look at the moon in the sky in a daze.

He couldn't understand that the Khitans attached so much importance to Zheng Lang, and how Zheng Lang could escape back to the Song Dynasty.

I couldn't figure it out, so I just didn't want to, so I stared at the sky.

Unlike the south, summer is hot in the north, but at night, it is already cool. If the clothes are thin, a little cold, and there are no mosquitoes, listening to the slight sound of pine waves, his heart gradually calms down, and he feels very relieved. received Zheng Lang's great grace, he is a bold person, he has kindness to repay kindness, revenge and revenge, and he was born and died twice, which can be regarded as a reward.

Gradually, the third watch arrived.

Zhang Hai took out the tongue of fire from his arms, lit three bonfires, quickly left this place, came to a short distance from the camp, took a look, and the figure disappeared into the night.

Voices were heard from behind the incognito. Three bonfires have awakened the patrolling Khitan guards. Not worried about Zheng Lang's safety, but worried about Yelu Hongji's safety, a team of guards came here quickly, looked around and saw that there was no one around, thinking that it was a bonfire lit by the hunters in the mountains, and they didn't care, and went back to report it.

Zheng Lang and Guo Kui walked out, looking at the bonfire in the south, Zheng Lang said, "You can rest assured this time." ”

Zeng Gongliang is not Zhang Hai, he is a regular envoy, even if the Khitan knows that he has met him, he does not dare to do what he did to Zhang Hai. Then if something happens to himself, and Zeng Gongliang happens again, the two countries will inevitably go to war. I'm afraid Liao Xingzong doesn't want it to happen either.

As long as the letter is in the hands of Zhao Zhen, no matter what tricks the Khitan uses to provoke, it will not succeed. Then wait for the time to come. As for how to get out, Zheng Lang still didn't say.

In fact, it is very simple to say the way to get out, but if you don't say it, except for Zheng Lang, anyone who scratches his head will never think about that method. This is the reason why Zheng Lang easily agreed to send an envoy to Khitan. I didn't expect so many things to happen in this line.

Recklessly, Zheng Lang thought with self-reproach in his heart.

The Khitan people did not extinguish the bonfire, just like three stars twinkling in the distant moonlight, far away, Zheng Lang and Guo Kui felt very warm in their hearts.

But in the end, there was an accident, not Liao Xingzong and his ministers, but Liao Xingzong's baby mother caused trouble. (To be continued)