Xijing City

It has passed the fixed shift time, the imperial study is still brightly lit, Song Jue yawned, while looking at the notes and recitals sent by the ministers, and from time to time he made notes and instructions on it. Recently, Xijing City has been hit by a heavy snowstorm that has not been encountered for decades, and some houses have been damaged as a result, and even people have frozen to death.

"Your Majesty!" Father-in-law Pan stood aside, looking at Song Jue's sleepy appearance, very distressed, "It's not too early, it's time to rest." ”

"It's okay, I'm not tired." Song Jue waved his hand, "There are still many people in the city who are suffering, and I want to tide over this difficulty with them." ”

"Your Majesty...... Benevolent! Father-in-law Pan raised his head and looked at the roof, and when he heard the movement from above, he looked at Song Jue, "Your Majesty?" ”

"Go ahead!" Song Jue waved his hand, continued to yawn, reached out and took a bowl of strong tea, pinched his nose and poured it.

Hearing a sound at the door of the imperial study, Song Jue raised his head and looked over, and saw Father-in-law Pan walking in with a person dressed in black.

"The last will see my emperor, long live my emperor!" The man in black knelt on one knee and saluted Song Jue.

"Thirteen?" Song Jue stood up, bypassed the bookcase, walked in front of Ying Thirteen, stretched out his hand to help him up, and asked puzzledly, "Didn't you go back to the border?" What's ...... Is something wrong? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ying Thirteen looked at Song Jue, and then at Pan Gonggong, "Exact news, the King of Liao has passed away." ”

"......" Song Jue and Pan's father-in-law subconsciously rubbed their ears when they heard this, and the two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw shock on each other's faces. Died? It was rumored that he was seriously ill, but why did he pass away so soon? Message...... Really accurate? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's true!" Shadow Thirteen nodded, "On the way to Beijing, the last general received news from the border pass, and Yelu Nan came to the gate city alone, ostensibly to report the funeral, but in fact, it ...... It is a definite alliance. ”

"Alliance......" Song Jue nodded, gestured to Pan's father-in-law, signaled to give a seat and look at tea, "This alliance must be formed, we can't form an alliance with Jin, it's just ......"

"Your Majesty, if you want to form an alliance with Jin, you can't do it." Ying Thirteen said that Yan Zongcheng was in a coma, "Looking at the current situation, we can only swallow the gold and divide the gold by forming an alliance with Liao, otherwise...... Both of them said that they were not allowed to return to the alliance and deal with us together. Shadow Thirteen looked at Song Jue, "Your Majesty means ......"

"Accurate!" Song Jue sneered, "Since the situation has developed to the point where it is now, and the arrow is on the line, then it has to be sent." The destruction of gold is doomed, so we will obey the will of heaven. Besides, both in public and private, Jin is our Great Xia's henchmen, and only by getting rid of them can we concentrate on dealing with Liao, lest we always have to be distracted to deal with them. ”

"Your Majesty, forgive the slave and maid for being too talkative." Pan Gonggong bent down slightly, "Liao is not easy to get along with, and an alliance with Liao is also seeking skin with the tiger." If you are not careful, it is easy to hurt yourself. He saw Song Jue nodding, straightened up and looked at Ying Thirteen, "Shen Guogong, Xue Houye, and General Shen have a way to deal with it?" ”

"Father-in-law Pan's concerns are very right, but ......" Ying Thirteen finished drinking the tea and wiped his mouth gently, "There is no more now, even if they want to take advantage of us, they are more than willing to do it." ”

"Oh" Song Jue and Pan Gonggong glanced at each other, "Why?" ”

"The new Liao King has been decided, it is Yeluertu."

"Jerturtu?" Song Jue rubbed his arms and rubbed his face, "Oh my God, after hearing such a terrible thing at night, I don't have to sleep tonight." If I'm not mistaken, he once said that he would never be king, and he was ...... Eat one's word? Pumped his own face? ”

"Yes, but this is probably the result of mutual compromise between the major tribes and forces within the Liao State. It's just that this news has not yet been made public, but because it was Yelu Nan who personally testified that our people also confirmed that the clan relatives and important ministers of Linhuang Mansion had returned to the palace from the palace, and Yelu Ertu confirmed that he began to exercise his power as a king. ”

"Who is the candidate for the King of Liao that was decided before?"

“…… Jerryland. Shadow Thirteen cleared his throat, "What do Grandpa Guo, Hou Ye and Boss mean...... We can make an alliance with Jerulan and Jelunan, because that doesn't prevent us from stirring up a wedge between them and Jeruertu. ”

"Their previous relationship, I'm afraid we don't need to deliberately provoke it, right?" Song Jue shook his head, "Yeluertu's move is really rotten, if he doesn't claim to be the king, the relationship between father and son, uncle and nephew with Yelu Lan and Yelu Nan can be eased somewhat, but if he does this, not only can it not be eased, but the relationship will deteriorate even more." Yelulan and Yelunan will appear to be indifferent on the surface, but behind the scenes......" he shook his head again, "Yeluertu, he is old, and his brain is not good. So, how did Haolin, Xiaotian and Xiaocha reply to Yeluertu about the alliance? ”

"Naturally, I agreed, but if I didn't agree, how could I provoke them as much as possible?" Ying Thirteen smiled, "Grandpa Guo and Hou Ye both think that Yelu Ertu will hand over the matter of Wanyan Xi to Yelu Lan and Ye Lu Nan, but the boss thinks that it is unlikely. Before the last general went out, they had not yet discussed a result. ”

"Haolin and Xiaotian's thoughts are very right, Wanyanxi's matter is related to the interests of the Yelu family, and he will not hand it over to outsiders. Yeluertu probably also knew that his son and nephew had opinions about him, but he didn't think he would do anything to them as long as he didn't touch his rebellion. After you go back, tell Haolin, Xiaotian, and Xiaocha that as long as it is beneficial to Daxia, let them do it without worrying. If anyone in Beijing dares to make irresponsible remarks, I will clean them up, don't worry. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"No need, Haolin, they are all loyal ministers, wholeheartedly for the country, I can't hurt the hearts of loyal ministers because of some gossip." Hearing the footsteps at the door of the imperial study, Song Jue glanced at Gonggong Pan.

Father-in-law Pan nodded, walked to the door quickly, opened the door, took the two food boxes in the hands of the little waiter, waved his hand to let the little waiter retreat, closed the door, walked back with the two food boxes, and put one of them in front of Ying Thirteen, and the other in front of Song Jue.

"Got warm, huh?" Song Jue smiled at Ying Thirteen, "Eat something to cushion your stomach." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Hurry up and eat, you must be tired along the way." Song Jue took out a small bowl of pigeon soup from the food box, "Pan Pan, the rest is yours." ”

"......" Father-in-law Pan looked at the food in the food box, looked at Song Jue, and sighed softly, "The slave obeys the order." ”

"By the way, Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Grand Commander are okay at the border pass?" Song Jue pinched a pigeon leg, "Did the two of them get what they wanted?" ”

The military advisor rejected Her Royal Highness the Princess, and Her Royal Highness the Princess seemed to have figured it out and seemed to be no longer entangled. As for the Grand Commander...... "Shadow Thirteen smiled, "he is really like a fish in water, he is mixed in the barracks every day, if he doesn't have to eat and sleep, he plans to live in it forever." ”

"Sure enough, as Your Majesty thought, the Grand Commander was a little happy."

"No matter how happy you are, you can't think about it, you should come back, and you can't come back without him in Xijing City." Song Jue yawned, saw that there was half a tiger skin egg in Pan's bowl, stretched out his chopsticks and grabbed half of it, "Since the former Liao King has passed away, Yelu Nan personally came to report the funeral, which means that the funeral is about to be, and the Liao people in the city may not know what to do, and Xiao Baizi has to come back to preside over the overall situation." Although Lao Lei is also good, his acuity in this area is still a little worse, and without Xiaobaizi, I am not very relieved. ”

"Your Majesty, if the Liao country is mourned, we must send envoys to go, since the commander is at the border, the slave thinks, why not ......"

"Huh!" Song Jue waved his hand, "Since you want to form an alliance, the envoys must be selected from Jiaping Guancheng." He looked at Ying Thirteen, "When you go back, take my handwritten letter, once the Liao State is mourned, order Xue Ruitian, Marquis of Wuding, and Shen Cha, the general of Changsheng, to lead three hundred elite soldiers to Linhuang Mansion to pay respects. ”

"The last general...... Obey! ”