That night, Zhao Kuangyin summoned Li Congyi and Feng Yanlu and held a banquet to entertain them.

Feng Yanlu had seen Zhao Kuangyin before, but he was only a general of the forbidden army at that time, and now he is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. The majesty of the king of the world still surprised him to some extent. Feng Yanlu clearly felt that the fortitude and domineering were something that his own lord and crown prince did not have.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Flat!" No matter what the plan is, as long as the person who bows down to give a salute, Zhao Kuangyin's attitude is quite pleasant.

After getting up, Li Congyi said: "Wang Shi is fighting for rebellion, and it is close to the south of the Yangtze River, and my Tang Kingdom should have comfort." From the beneficial, on the orders of his father, he sent treasures to His Majesty. Wine and food are served to the soldiers of the three armies to comfort the pain of the war. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Kuangyin said: "I should thank you for sending treasures to me and rewarding the soldiers with wine and food!" But I also heard that there is nothing to do, and it is either a traitor or a thief! ”

Hearing this, Li Congyi suddenly chuckled in his heart, and he was ready to be embarrassed this time. But it was a bit unexpected that it came so quickly. A fledgling prince suddenly felt a little confused, and he was shocked: "Why did Your Majesty say this? It is natural for the lower kingdom to serve the upper state, which is the respectful act of the Tang state to His Majesty and the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Respectfully?" Zhao Kuangyin said coldly: "Since you are respectful, then why do you Tang people still secretly collude with the Huainan rebel party?" ”

Li Congyi immediately defended: "Your Majesty, the person who colluded with Huainan is the fourth uncle...... It's Li Jingda, this person wants to do something wrong, and he has been pacified by his father. Li Jingda himself...... It has also been rectified. ”

"Li Jingda is your uncle, and your father is a brother, maybe your father is the mastermind, after the matter is revealed, abandon the car to protect the handsome and act for me, right?" Zhao Kuangyin said a heart-wrenching word.

Li Congyi chuckled again in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Li Jingda is ambitious, and his father was almost deceived by him. The father was benevolent, and he had always been obedient to the Great Song Dynasty, and he did not have a disobedient heart. ”

Zhao Kuangyin seemed to be unrelenting, and asked, "Be obedient? Dare to say that your father Li Jing did not participate in the slightest? ”

Without waiting for the flustered Li Congyi to answer, Feng Yanlu preemptively said: "What His Majesty said is very true, His Majesty only knows that Huainan has dealings with our Tang State, but in fact, the lord of the country is still involved in it and plotting together!" ”

Li Congyi was shocked, turned to look at Feng Yanlu, and his face was stunned. Did this guy lose his mind and go crazy, or did he defect to the Song Dynasty and frame the Tang Dynasty?

Feng Yanlu ignored Li Congyi's strange eyes, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The minister was receiving the Huainan envoy at that time, and the lord of the country sent someone to tell him: Men rebel because they are unwilling, and all dynasties abound, but they also need to judge the situation. At the beginning of the country, people's hearts were uncertain; The month before last, Li Yun in Luzhou raised troops, and the war in the north continued, and this was an excellent opportunity at this time, but Huainan did not raise troops.

Now that the north is calm and the people's hearts are stable, you Li Chongjin plans to use the withered Huainan and the entire Great Song Dynasty as the enemy, how can you win? Even if Bai Qi and Han Xin are resurrected, there is no hope of success. Therefore, the Tang army, grain and grass will not have the slightest assistance. ”

Li Congyi came back to his senses at this time, it turned out that Feng Yanlu was talking about this, which was really scary. At the same time, I also admire that Feng Shangshu is a veteran of diplomacy in the end, and he is not in a hurry and does not say anything, this method is really ingenious. not only explained the suspicion clearly, but also subtly flattered the strength of the Song Dynasty, and also pointed out that the Tang State's lack of assistance was an important reason for Li Chongjin's downfall.

Zhao Kuangyin laughed, what Zhao Zheng said was not bad at all, this Feng Yanlu is really difficult to deal with. I thought that under the intimidation, he would be frightened and flustered, and he would speak incoherently, but he didn't want to speak eloquently, and he answered so cleverly that he almost made himself speechless. At the very least, there is no hope of pursuing Tang Guo for colluding with the party and treason.

Zhao Kuangyin groaned slightly, and said with a smile: "Even so, the generals under his command have persuaded me to cross the river to the south by victory, what do you think?" ”

Li Congyi was young in the end, and he was a little scared when he heard it, and he was about to defend and plead, but Feng Yanlu preemptively said: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, and he personally leads the three armies to face a small country, how can Jiangnan resist?" It's just that...... Even so, the minister still built yì majesty xià thought twice before acting.

In any case, the Tang Kingdom also has tens of thousands of troops, all of whom are the personal guards of the ancestors, vowing to live and die together, and they are also a little brave. If His Majesty is willing to pay the price of tens of thousands of casualties and blood, he can try. By the way, although Huainan and Jiangnan are close, there are large rivers and moats. The wind and waves are high, and there are many dangers in crossing the river by boat, in case the city can not be broken before, and the grain and grass are not continued, hanging between the rivers, I am afraid that there will be accidents! ”

Talent!

Feng Yanlu answered very cleverly, first admitting that the Song Dynasty was powerful. However, it also pointed out that the defense strength of the Tang State was also not weak, or inferior to the Song army, but it could fight to the death. Unless the Song Dynasty wanted to burn all the jade, it would be a fool's dream to cross the river and go south. Li Congyi finally realized that without Feng Yanlu, he would definitely not be able to complete the important task alone.

Sure enough, Zhao Kuangyin had expected it, and he was not surprised, so he laughed: "Feng Shangshu don't take it seriously, I'm just joking with Qing!" ”

The atmosphere eased slightly, Li Congyi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the dinner ended in a relatively relaxed atmosphere. Before leaving, Zhao Kuangyin said again: "Have a good rest tonight, and tomorrow the two of you will go out with me to watch a good show." ”

What is a good show, Zhao Kuangyin did not say it explicitly, but Li Congyi and Feng Yanlu can clearly feel that it is definitely not a good thing.

……

Early the next morning, the two rushed to the Son of Heaven early, waiting for Zhao Kuangyin's summons.

Not long after, Zhao Kuangyin appeared, accompanied by Zhao Zheng, Honglu Shaoqing, and everyone went out of the city directly. When they came to the riverside outside the city, Li Congyi finally understood what Zhao Kuangyin wanted them to see.

In the open space by the river, dozens of prisoners lined up. There were at least hundreds of people in the prisoner cart next to it, escorted and guarded by the Song Dynasty army.

Zhao Kuangyinyun said lightly: "These are all heinous traitors of Li Chongjin's betrayal of the party, and they will be executed today to set an example, and I invite a few Qing family members to accompany me to watch the punishment." ”

Zhao Zheng looked at the many prisoners waiting to be beheaded, and thought in his heart. Chen Qiao mutinied, and only Han Tong died in Bianliang City, and a rebellion in Huainan killed hundreds of people. One of the reasons for the huge contrast is Li Chongjin's identity, he is the nephew of Guo Wei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, a clan relative with royal blood, and a remnant of the previous dynasty with appeal.

No dynasty can leave such a threatening seed of restoration. What's more, Li Chongjin also has a double identity, he is the commander of the Guards Department of the Later Zhou Forbidden Army, a senior general, and has a lot of influence in the forbidden army. This is the biggest and most direct threat to Zhao Kuangyin. Therefore, he must die, and he must die a miserable death, and basically everyone involved in it must die.

As Zhao Kuangyin himself said, it was to set an example, to deter the relics of the Later Zhou Dynasty, to deter the Xiaoxiao who was about to move, and to deter the Tang Kingdom. To be precise, it is to deter all those who threaten the throne, including myself who accompanied the execution today. By the way, it seems that Shi Shouxin is in charge of directing the execution in the distance, in this case, killing people is not a pleasure, but I am afraid that it is more frightened and afraid!

Zhao Kuangyin, so calculating!

Everyone sat down, the red sun rose on the riverside, and some civil officials announced in public the crimes of many death row prisoners, denouncing their rebellious behavior. Then the emperor's edict was read and the order was executed.

A bloody scene appeared, dozens of executioners raised their knives and fell, and dozens of human heads rolled to the ground. Then dozens of prisoners were escorted to the execution ground, and their bodies were identified, and their hands were raised and their heads fell to the ground......

Zhao Zheng had never seen such a scene, and he was thinking that even the battlefield would not have such bloody horrors. Hundreds of human heads tumbling to the ground, hundreds of headless corpses piled together, a sight that would have been terrifying just by looking at it.

The scene was horrific when the executioners piled up the heads and corpses into two hills, the blood flowing into the river, and the entire beach dyed bright red.

Zhao Zheng endured the discomfort in his heart, and relied on the perseverance of many years of martial arts practice to stabilize his mind. Looking up, even Zhao Kuangyin, who was in the world and killed and killed, frowned, looking as stable as Mount Tai, and it was estimated that he was not very comfortable in his heart. Although Feng Yanlu is stable and calm, he is a civil official in the end, where has he ever seen such a scene. Although he was still sitting firmly at the moment, he had closed his eyes, and he couldn't bear to see it, and his body shook slightly.

Li Congyi is the most unbearable, where have Tianhuang nobles seen such blood? In addition, his heart was not calm enough, and he couldn't stand it for a long time, and he couldn't stop nagging on the spot, and even vomited bile. Zhao Kuangyin looked at it in his eyes, but he kept silent, and did not blame him for his rudeness.

Zhao Zheng knew that this was the deterrent of killing, and it was also the effect that the emperor wanted. What he wants to know most now is, how does Shi Shouxin feel on the execution ground?