In the main hall of the Shangjing Imperial Palace, Zhao Ji said to Yelu Jun in front of him with a stern face: "His Royal Highness the Prince, now that my third brother does not know the life and death, but your Liao State is reluctant to send a large team of people to look for it, don't you really take our Great Song Dynasty as a thing?" ”

Regarding Zhao Ji's questioning, Yelu Tan, who is now presiding over the affairs of the Liao State, said with a wry smile: "Brother Zhao Ji, you are forcing me, and now you also know the situation of our Liao State, my father is now seriously injured and dying, and Yelu Chongyuan has gathered a group of troops to entrench in the area of Nanjing Xijin Mansion, and is fighting with me for the control of Zhongjing, so I really can't draw manpower now." (”

Last time, Yelu Chongyuan rebelled, but he lost the life of his son Yelu Nerugu, but their rebellion cannot be said to be a complete failure, at least Yelu Hongji was seriously injured in the rebellion, before Yelu Jun wanted to block the news, but unfortunately such a big thing could not be concealed at all, and now everyone knows that Yelu Hongji is seriously injured, and he may even die at any time.

"Since you can't transfer manpower, then let our people come to find it, as long as you nod your head now, our Great Song manpower can be transferred to Liao State at any time." Of course, Zhao Ji knew the current situation in Liaoguo, so he had already prepared a backhand.

However, when Ye Lujun heard Zhao Ji's words, he smiled bitterly again and said: "Brother Zhao Ji, we Mingren don't say secret words, with the current situation of our Liao Kingdom, how can I rest assured that you Song people can enter the hinterland of my Liao Kingdom, not to mention that it is still the barbaric land of the Northern Jurchens who have always refused to obey the king, in case you Great Song provoke something from it, I am afraid that our Liao Kingdom will be really dangerous." ”

"You can't send men. Don't let us send people to find it, what do you mean by Liaoguo, do you really not take the life and death of my third brother into account? "Zhao Ji was very tough at this time, if he was to change to the previous Liao State, he would definitely be afraid in his heart, but now that Liao is in turmoil, Yelu Jun is too busy to take care of himself, and he doesn't dare to offend the Great Song Dynasty, otherwise if the Great Song Dynasty and Yelu Chongyuan collude together, Ye Lu Jun will have even more headaches. It is even possible to lose the throne.

That's what comes to mind. So after hearing Zhao Ji's words, Yelu Jun also fell silent, and finally raised his head and said, "Brother Zhao, you give me three more days." I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer in three days! ”

I heard that Yelujun wanted to delay it for another three days. Zhao Jigang wanted to say something. But at this time, I only saw a waiter running in a panic, and then knelt down in Yelujun's ear and said a few words, but Yelujun's face also changed greatly. At that time, he confessed to Zhao Ji and said: "Brother Zhao Ji, I have some urgent matters, and I will tell you about Brother Yan next time!" ”

After Ye Lu Jun finished speaking, he hurriedly walked to the inner palace with the inner attendant, which made Zhao Ji also stunned, and guessed what was going on at the moment, so that Ye Lu Jun, the prince, was so flustered?

"Could it be ......" After a while, Zhao Ji thought of one thing, and only this matter would make Yelu Jun run back to the inner palace without caring about his own affairs. If this is really the case, then the Liao Kingdom must be another big chaos, but unfortunately the third brother Zhao Yan now knows whether he is alive or dead, if he could escape from the palace smoothly before, they should have returned to the Great Song Dynasty to see the jokes of the Liao State a long time ago.

Thinking of the above, Zhao Ji did not stay in the palace in Shangjing for a long time, but hurried back to the post house, and then called Huang Wude to discuss. Speaking of Zhao Yan, after Zhao Yan disappeared, Zhao Ji never returned to the Great Song Dynasty, but stayed in Shangjing City to urge the Liao State to find Zhao Yan, after all, if he couldn't find Zhao Yan, he really had no shame to return to the Great Song Dynasty.

The next morning, there was bad news in the imperial palace in Shangjing, and the Liao emperor Yelü Hongji died of serious injuries at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. As soon as this news came out, the entire Liao State was shaken again, and the Liao State, which was already in chaos, became panicked again, and Yelu Chongyuan in the south was even more shocked after getting the news, and once again gathered 50,000 troops to attack Zhongjing, as a result, Yelu Jun had to organize troops as much as possible to hold on, and the two sides had several major battles near Zhongjing, and there was no victory or defeat for the time being.

"Wude, has the news been transmitted back to the Great Song Dynasty?" A few days later, in the post house, Zhao Ji sat in the hall and asked Huang Wude in front of him.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the people have been dispatched, it is estimated that they should be on the boat now, and they will be able to return to the Great Song Dynasty in a few days, and then the news of Yelu Hongji's death will be sent to His Majesty!" Huang Wude said very respectfully. Because Yelu Chongyuan now occupied the south, the connection between Shangjing and the Great Song Dynasty was completely cut off, and the news could only be transmitted by sea through Guò.

Hearing this, Zhao Ji nodded, and then he asked with a headache: "Where is the third brother, is there any progress?" ”

"This ......" Huang Wude couldn't help but hesitate when he heard Zhao Xuan's question, and finally replied helplessly, "Your Royal Highness, our people have already gone to find the direction of the wind that changed that day, and the current county king is likely to be blown into the territory of Huanglong Mansion, of which the plain area on the west side has been sent to check over, the county king should not have fallen there, the mountains on the east side are all dense forests, and there are many Jurchens and Xi people who live, and our manpower is not enough, so we want to show the traces of the county king in the mountains and forests, It's not an easy task. ”

Listening to Huang Wude's almost unchanged rhetoric, Zhao Ji couldn't help but sigh, he also knew that it was not easy to find Zhao Yan's traces in the dense forest, so he often went into the palace to urge Yelu Jun to send people, but unfortunately Yelu Jun is also too busy to take care of himself now, although he sent some people before, but it is still not enough, coupled with the current situation in Liao, Yelu Jun does not dare to magnify the Song people to enter Liao, which also makes the search for Zhao Yan slow down.

However, what Zhao Ji didn't expect was that after Huang Wude finished saying the above words, he suddenly hesitated for a moment, and then said: "There is another news, which may be related to the whereabouts of the county king, but the old slave is not sure." ”

"Oh, what's the news?" Zhao Ji asked eagerly when he heard this.

"Your Royal Highness Qiyu, this news came out from the palace of Liao, it is said that when Yelu Chongyuan led the troops to kill the palace, Queen Xiao escaped from the main hall with a group of princesses and concubines and hid, at that time Yelu Chongyuan was in a hurry to attack Yelu Hongji and failed to search carefully, which allowed Queen Xiao and others to escape, but one princess was missing." Huang Wude whispered to Zhao Ji at this time.

"Huh?" Zhao Ji frowned when he heard this, and said with some dissatisfaction at the moment, "What does the disappearance of the princess of Liao have to do with the third brother, and why has this matter never been mentioned by Yelujun?" ”

"Your Royal Highness doesn't know that this missing princess is Princess Zheng Guo who married Zhang Renxian before, His Royal Highness and the county king should know this princess, and according to the news that the old slave got, on the day of the hunt before the birthday banquet, Princess Zheng Guo once looked for the county king alone, and even when the rebels rushed to the palace, some people saw that Princess Zheng Guo had appeared near the palace where the county king lived, but since that day, no one has seen Princess Zheng Guo again." Huang Wude said with a mysterious face.

"This ......" it was Zhao Ji's turn to hesitate, and finally thought for a long time before he spoke, "This doesn't mean that the disappearance of Princess Zheng Guo has something to do with the third brother, maybe she died in the chaos......"

However, Zhao Ji's words were not finished, he himself showed the loophole in his own speculation, and he couldn't help but stop at the moment, only to see Huang Wude smile and say: "It seems that His Royal Highness has also appeared, if Princess Zheng Guo dies in the chaos, Liao Guo will definitely mourn for her, after all, she is also a princess of a country, but now Princess Zheng Guo is alive and dead, but Liao Guo has no expression, based on the above clues, The old slave guessed that Princess Zheng Guo probably left the palace in a hot air balloon with the county king, and should also be with the county king now. ”

Zhao Ji finally nodded in agreement when he heard this, and only Huang Wude's guess could explain the reason why Liao Guo did not express anything after the disappearance of a princess. I didn't even dare to look for it openly, after all, if it was known that the princess of Liao was actually with the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, and there was likely to be a personal affair between the two, plus Zhao Yan had already been married, if this kind of thing was spread, it would definitely be a big scandal for Liao State.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jixian's mood was actually a little better, and he said with some emotion at the moment: "As long as the third brother can return safely, even if he wants to admit that princess Zheng Guo into the door, my eldest brother will admit it!" ”

Huang Wude heard Zhao Yan's words, he wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, just the day after Zhao Yan just disappeared, Yelu Chongyuan had not yet arrived in Nanjing, and the road was not completely blocked, he had already sent a messenger back to the Great Song Dynasty, calculating the distance, it is estimated that the news should be transmitted back at this time, but I don't know what kind of reaction His Majesty will have when he knows about it?

In fact, Huang Wude's guess was right, Zhao Shu, who was far away in Bianliang, Tokyo, had just received the news of Zhao Yan's disappearance at this time, which made him very angry, fortunately Zhao Wei and Huang Wude did not rush back, otherwise he would definitely be angrily reprimanded.

However, when Zhao Shu calmed down and took a serious look at what happened by Huang Wude's own handwriting, he felt very relieved, he didn't expect that his two sons would not hesitate to risk their lives in order to provoke the rebellion of Liao, and the whole plan was also very thorough, but unfortunately the day changed in the end, which made Zhao Yan's hot air balloon fly in other directions, and he and Su Shi and others now don't know whether they are alive or dead.

Before Zhao Shu could figure out how to send someone to find Zhao Yan, another news came that surprised him that Yelu Chongyuan actually occupied Nanjing, the Liao State, and then confronted the two armies of Yelu Jun, the prince of Liao, which was definitely a great news for the Great Song Dynasty, and even if the troops were sent at this time, there would be a great chance to recapture the land of Yanyun occupied by the Liao State, but in this way, the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State would also completely tear their faces, so this matter should at least wait until Zhao Ji and Zhao Yan returned safely. (To be continued!)

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