Seeing the young man who was sitting in the tofu brain stall and eating heavily, but no one around him was willing to approach, Zhao Yan was also very curious after recognizing the identity of the other party, and was about to step forward with a smile, but at this time, Niu Lie, the head of the guard beside him, suddenly persuaded him: "Your Highness, this young man is not simple, sitting in the middle of the city but no one dares to approach, this is obviously killing too much, with a murderous aura on his body, and looking at the way he eats, it is obvious that he has been in the army for a long time, such a person may be dangerous." ”

"It's okay, I know this man, but he doesn't know me." Zhao Yan said with a smile, and then he didn't explain too much, and walked into the small shed of the tofu brain stall at the moment, and didn't choose any other seats, and sat down directly opposite the young man.

"May I sit here, please?" Zhao Yan asked with a smile after sitting down. I saw that this young man also looked at him quite surprised, it is estimated that he also knows his own temperament that is not close to others, of course, there are some strong-willed people who are not affected, but there are still many empty tables around him, but this middle-aged man with an elegant temperament in front of him wants to sit opposite him, which is a little strange.

"Please!" Although the young man felt that the middle-aged man of the other party was coming to himself, but he was not familiar with the place in Tokyo City, and it was really inconvenient to cause trouble, so he did not refuse, and after speaking, he lowered his head and continued to eat, ready to leave immediately after eating early, speaking of which, he came to the capital to only care, and even forgot to eat lunch and dinner, until he was hungry and remembered, fortunately, there is no curfew here in Tokyo City, and the night market at night is full of food, such as the tofu brain of this is very good.

"Where is the little brother from, and when did he come to the capital?" Zhao Yan asked the stall owner to give him a bowl of salted tofu brain. Then he asked the young man in front of him with a smile.

Hearing Zhao Yan take the initiative to speak again, the young man couldn't help but look at him strangely again, and only after a moment did he say coldly: "How does this gentleman know that I am not from Tokyo?" ”

"Hehe, this is very simple, although the first little brother, your official language is good, but the pronunciation is still a little non-standard. Second, looking at the little brother's dress, he doesn't look like a person who is short of money, but his shoes are very worn, which means that you have been on the road for a long time, so I boldly conclude that you are not a local. Zhao Yan didn't care about the other party's attitude, but still analyzed with a smile, but he was also hindsight, in fact, he first discovered the identity of the other party, and then deduced these.

Heard Zhao Yan's words. The young man couldn't help but look at him in surprise again, after all, it was the first time he had met such an observant person, which made him a little interested in Zhao Yan, and asked again at the moment: "I didn't expect Mr. to observe so carefully, I don't know if Mr. can see where I am from?" ”

After the young man asked this question, he stared at Zhao Yan with interest, because he felt that no matter how powerful the person in front of him was, it would be impossible to guess his origin. But what he never expected was that Zhao Yan looked at him calmly after hearing this. Then he suddenly said very firmly: "You are not a Song person!" ”

"You ......" The young man suddenly heard Zhao Yan's words, and stood up in shock, Niu Lie and other guards behind Zhao Yan saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to protect Zhao Yan, and at the same time glared at the young man opposite fiercely, for fear that he would have any unfavorable actions against Zhao Yan.

"Alright. Stand down, y'all! Zhao Yan instructed Niu Lie at this time, and then looked at the shocked young man opposite with a smile.

"Who the hell are you?" Seeing that Zhao Yan revealed his identity all of a sudden, but there seemed to be no malicious intent, this made the young man finally calm down, and he slowly sat down and asked.

Seeing the nervous look of this young man just now. Zhao Yan suddenly thought that he had just received a piece of news, and suddenly sighed and said: "It doesn't matter who I am, but our Great Song Dynasty has just received news that the old general Xiao Yanshou Xiao of the Liao State was attacked by the Jurchens from behind when he suppressed the rebellion of the Bohai people, and unfortunately was killed!" ”

As soon as Zhao Yan's words fell, he saw the young man opposite standing up in shock, his face was also full of grief, and after a long time, he asked Zhao Yan in a deep voice with tears in his eyes: "Is the news that Mr. said accurate?" ”

"It's true!" Zhao Yan also said solemnly at this time, the young man in front of him was Xiao Yanshou's son Xiao Dilie, although he had not seen each other before, but he had seen Xiao Dilie's portrait, plus the other party was the person his son won over, so he also paid special attention to Xiao Dilie, but the other party disappeared without a trace in Liao after Xiao Yanshou was arrested before, and even the Imperial City Division failed to find out his whereabouts, but he didn't expect him to come to the capital of the Great Song Dynasty silently.

Hearing Zhao Yan's answer, the last bit of extravagant hope in Xiao Dilie's heart was finally shattered, and the tears in the corners of his eyes couldn't help rolling down his cheeks, but soon he realized that his performance was a little abnormal, which might attract the attention of someone with a heart, and the middle-aged man in front of him was also very strange, why did he suddenly tell himself the news, could it be that he already knew his identity?

Thinking of this, Xiao Dilie immediately wiped away his tears, temporarily hid his grief in his heart, stared at Zhao Yan in front of him with red eyes, and asked again: "Who is Your Excellency, why do you want to tell this news?" ”

I saw Zhao Yan look at the crowd around him at this time, and then showed a smile and said: "There are too many people here, and it is not convenient for me to tell you my identity here, but if you want to know, just follow me." ”

Zhao Yan stood up as he spoke, Xiao Dilie felt that the other party had no malicious intent before, and the other party seemed to know his identity, so he must figure out this matter, so he also stood up, paid the money and followed Zhao Yan out of the night market, and finally came to a wide carriage, and then Zhao Yan asked Xiao Dilie to get on the car, Xiao Dilie did not hesitate to this, and jumped into the car directly.

After Zhao Yan entered the carriage, he saw Xiao Dilie sitting there with a calm face, which made him smile and praise: "General Xiao is really bold, he dares to get on a stranger's carriage in such a foreign country!" ”

"You really know who I am, who are you?" Xiao Dilie heard this and asked again, don't look at him young, but as a person who has survived a hundred battles, he has an extremely keen sense of danger, but he didn't feel any danger from Zhao Yan, so he followed with confidence.

Hearing Xiao Dilie ask about his identity again, Zhao Yan hesitated for a moment and finally spoke: "Last year, Jia'er returned to Beijing and told me that he had befriended you when he was in Liao, and he was full of praise for your talent, although my son seems to have an easy-going personality, but he is very arrogant in his bones, and there are not many people who can make him really praise, so I specially paid attention to your news." ”

"You...... You...... You turned out to be His Royal Highness the King of Yue? Xiao Dilie heard that Zhao Yan turned out to be Zhao Jia's father, King Yue, and couldn't help but stand up in shock, he didn't expect that he had just entered the capital and met the legendary King of Yue, Zhao Yan.

"Hehe, young man, don't be too surprised, today I also walked casually in the night market on a whim, but I didn't expect to meet you, I have seen your portrait before, plus your temperament, I recognized it at a glance, speaking of which, you and our father and son are really fateful." Zhao Yan also smiled at this time, but then he asked with some doubts, "General Xiao, when your father was arrested, we lost your news, according to my estimate, you should defect to our Great Song Dynasty, but why did you come all the way to Tokyo?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan ask about the reason why he came to Tokyo, I saw Xiao Dilie hesitate for a moment before he spoke: "My father did arrange a retreat for me, when he was escorted back to Shangjing, I left Huanglong Mansion under the protection of a team of people, and hid my whereabouts all the way to the Great Song Dynasty, originally I only needed to identify myself to the Song generals on the border, but ......"

When he said this, he saw Xiao Dilie hesitate again before continuing: "But to be honest, I am very puzzled why the Great Song Dynasty was able to surpass the Great Liao in just over ten years, in order to understand this problem, I decided not to see the officials of the Great Song Dynasty first, but disguised as an ordinary person, traveling around the land of the Great Song Dynasty, looking for the reason why the Great Song Dynasty was strong, and on the other hand, I could also increase my knowledge." ”

"I see, then have you found the reason why our Great Song surpassed the Great Liao?" Zhao Yan asked with a smile again when he heard this, and at this time he also appreciated this Xiao Dilie even more, because it was rare for a young man with ideas like him to be seen.

"I can't say anything about that." I saw that Xiao Dilie shook his head with a wry smile at this time and said, "Since the border pass, I have been carefully observing everything in the Great Song Dynasty, the military system of the Great Song Dynasty is indeed much stronger than our Great Liao, especially all the generals graduated from the military academy, which ensures the quality and loyalty of the generals, in addition, the training of the Great Song army is also stricter than ours, coupled with the application of various firearms, no wonder it can defeat us." In addition to the army, I also observed other aspects of the Great Song Dynasty, such as the economy, public security, official governance, etc., it seems that all aspects are stronger than our Great Liao, but I always feel that these are not the fundamental reasons for the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, so in the end I myself was confused. ”

After listening to Xiao Dilie's words, Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, because the reason why a country is strong is not just caused by a certain reason, but a combination of many reasons, such as the reason why the Great Song Dynasty is strong is not only because of the future science and technology brought by Zhao Yan, but also because of the open political pattern of the Great Song Dynasty, a strong economic and population base, etc., these reasons combine to make the Great Song Dynasty strong today, so Xiao Dilie was wrong from the beginning, and naturally he couldn't find the answer he wanted. (To be continued.) )