The reply of the Song Dynasty came quickly, on the morning of the third day, Yao Ruoyu was exchanging kendo with Li Huan and Fan Difei in the * garden, and Su Mei had already hurried over, saying that Chu Xuan, the prince of the Great Song Dynasty and Chu Palace, had come to visit, and Guo Fengjie, who was the head of the Ministry of Rites, was receiving him.

Yao Ruoyu instructed Su Mei to let the two of them come directly*, and then after waiting for a while, two figures had already appeared outside the flower garden, and they were Guo Fengjie and Chu Xuan.

"Wechen has seen the prince. After approaching, Guo Fengjie took the lead in saluting.

Chu Xuan also clenched his fists lightly: "Chu Xuan, the prince of the Great Song Dynasty Chu Palace, has seen His Royal Highness King Wen." ”

"Why is Brother Chu so polite?" Yao Ruoyu smiled dumbly, motioned for the two to sit down, and said with a smile, "I've known each other for many years, you are still Ziqiang's brother-in-law, just feel free." ”

Chu Xuan smiled respectfully, but he didn't speak, looking at him, most of them would not let go as casually as Yao Ruoyu said.

Looking at Li Huan, Chu Xuan said with a smile: "Disciple Chu Xuan, I have seen the sect master. ”

Rolling the eyes of the overwhelmed beings, Li Huan glared at the other party helplessly, and said coquettishly: "Senior brother, can you not call me that?"

Chu Xuan and Li Huan are both disciples of the Peerless Sword Sect, and the two have known each other for a long time, but one was in Chongqing and the other was in Hangzhou before, and now one is in Chongqing and the other is in Sichuan, and they always can't meet each other.

Chu Xuan shook his head lightly, secretly glanced at Yao Ruoyu, and said lightly: "Etiquette cannot be abolished." ”

Sighing imperceptibly, Yao Ruoyu said indifferently: "Brother Chu is here for the annexation of Western Liao by the Jin State?"

"Exactly, my father immediately set off for Hangdu after learning about this, but the six departments have different opinions on whether to attack the Jin State immediately," Chu Xuan's expression was grim and said solemnly, "Although both Father and King Yue advocated sending troops, most of the civil officials were against rashly starting a war, especially Su Shi, who was the secretary of the military department, also spoke out against it, which made the saint extremely embarrassed and never made a decision. ”

Yao Ruoyu frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "What about King Yang and Qin Xiang? Didn't they express their opinions? And Song, cough cough, and Shengshang, aren't they only seven or eight years old?"

"Since the beginning of the dispute, Qin Xiang has not spoken, and King Yang ......" Halfway through the words, Chu Xuan seemed to hesitate, Guo Fengjie's eyes rolled, and he suddenly smiled: "King Yang should have misunderstood my Dawen, right?"

Chu Xuan became more and more embarrassed when he heard this, and sneered: "It's okay." ”

Yao Ruoyu also heard the meaning, and frowned: "My Dawen has never provoked King Yang, right?" This article and Yang Yanzhao of King Yang's Mansion are also friends, so it is reasonable, King Yang shouldn't target me Dawen, right?"

Guo Fengjie smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid it's because of the close relationship between the prince and the Yang family that King Yang will deliberately target us." ”

Yao Ruoyu was slightly stunned, and Chu Xuan also said stubbornly: "In short, King Yang doesn't want to send troops to Dajin immediately, but because of the persuasion of his father and King Yue, he is still in the stage of hesitation. ”

"So Chu Xuan is here to ......," Yao Ruoyu frowned.

Chu Xuan hugged his fists and said: "After my father and King Yue discussed, I hope that the prince can go to Hangdu in person, after all, the prince is a person who has personally experienced Dajin's annexation of Western Liao, if the prince can explain it in person, he may be able to persuade King Yang and the hundred officials." ”

Before Yao Ruoyu could speak, Guo Fengjie had already changed color, and said hurriedly: "Lord, don't do it!"

"The Jin State annexed the Western Liao, millions of heroes are eyeing Song Wen, Wang Yegui is my first master of Dawen, if you leave at will, once the Jin State launches an assault, we alone will not be able to resist the Dajin Iron Cavalry. ”

After a slight pause, Guo Fengjie continued: "Besides, going to Hangdu to persuade the hundred officials does not require the prince to go in person, Weichen can rush to Hangdu for the prince, and Wan Congee and Jin An have not made an inch of success since they entered my great literature, and they have already been secretly anxious. ”

Unexpectedly, Guo Fengjie was so excited, Yao Ruoyu was slightly stunned, but after seeing that Chu Xuan's face was also a little strange, his heart couldn't help but move, and he thought for a little and suddenly realized.

The reason why King Yang was reluctant to support Chu Yangge and Yue Pengju's plan to send troops immediately was because he knew that once the Jin State digested Western Liao, the first target to attack would definitely be Dawen, which only had Sichuan and Shu, rather than the Great Song Dynasty, which was rich in land and resources, and had strong armaments.

Among the six hundred officials, those who do not support the immediate dispatch of troops, I think there are many people who have similar thoughts as King Yang, that is, they want to let Wen Bang fight to the death with Dajin first, and it is best to let Wen Bang lose the anger of the Jin State first, and he will be defeated and destroyed, so that the Song Dynasty can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

As for Guo Fengjie's strong refusal to go to Hangdu in person, he was also worried that the Song Dynasty would forcibly imprison him in Hangdu, leaving Wenbang without a leader, and he would be destroyed under the iron hooves of the Jin State.

Seeing that Yao Ruoyu was indecisive, Chu Xuan said solemnly: "My father once explained that if the prince went to Hangdu, he and King Yue would definitely ensure the safety of the prince and not let others hurt the prince. ”

Guo Fengjie saw that Yao Ruoyu seemed to hesitate, and couldn't help but hurriedly say, "Lord Wang!" As he spoke, he also desperately glanced at Fan Difei and Li Huan next to him.

Fan Difei was picking at his armpits, seeing the solemn atmosphere, he grinned and said: "Brother Demon, isn't it just going to Hangdu?

Li Huan is also a person who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and said with a smile: "Brother demon, don't be afraid, it's great that I asked my master to protect you!"

"How can I be moved by stealing a battery car to raise you?" Yao Ruoyu rolled his eyes, groaned, and said resolutely, "Okay, I will go to Hangdu in person in this article." ”

Seeing that Guo Fengjie was annoyed, Yao Ruoyu smiled dumbly, and said: "Fengjie, this time I rushed to Hangdu, and the Ministry of Rites sent out a deputy department, three officials, and then let Wan Congee and Jin An also go with them." ”

"Brother demon, I want to go with me too!" Fan Difei sniffed his hand, looked up and smiled, "I haven't been back to Shaoxing for a long time, I want to go back and have a look." ”

Yao Ruoyu snorted, this time to go to Hangdu to do business, you only need to bring the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Senate, and you can ask other people later to see if they want to go to Hangdu together.

However, when the news spread that Yao Ruoyu was about to travel far away again, it actually caused an uproar in Wenbang, not only Wen Yuancai, Bai Qiuyu, Duan Shaojie and other officials spoke out against it, but even Xu Xuanrong and Song Kai were extremely unsupportive.

Obviously, everyone already knows that with the imminent addition of the second Eight Realms to the Jin Kingdom, the threat to Wen Bang will increase significantly, if the Song Dynasty has bad intentions and forcibly imprisons Yao Ruoyu in Hangdu, or even thinks about his cultivation, it will be tantamount to a catastrophe for Wen Bang.

Fortunately, Chu Xuan expressed the intention of protecting the two Eight Realms from Chu Wild Song and Yue Pengju, and Li Huan promised to let the different sects protect Yao Ruoyu, coupled with Yao Ruoyu's insistence on going, everyone could only agree to his trip in the end.

However, because he had to prepare for the next war that might break out at any time, except for Yang Renjie, who planned to go to his hometown Ningbo, which is now Qingyuan Mansion, no one else had any intention of going together.

Because of the tight time, Yao Ruoyu and others did not make too much preparation.

At noon on the same day, Yao Ruoyu, Yang Renjie, Fan Difei, and the Senate Wan Congee and Jin An, two high-ranking senators from the Zongheng family, as well as Tang Daoyuan, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Rites, and three officials, a total of nine people, left Chengdu Mansion under the escort of a hundred dark night dragoons and galloped away in the direction of Hangdu.

On this day, King Wen went to Hangzhou!

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There is a village at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, in the early years when the Western Liao was just established, some of the nomads outside the original Saiwai surrendered and some died in battle, and some went into exile, dozens of them were exiled to the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and accidentally found an oasis, which took root here until today.

Three days ago, there was suddenly a pale-faced young woman in the village, and every day she did not do anything, but sat at the entrance of the village, looking to the east in a daze.

For this village, which has lived outside the world for a long time and has not been disturbed by military disasters all year round, the arrival of this woman is like a piece of jade pendant falling on the calm water, which seems to have set off a little ripple, but it has not caused any impact on everyone's lives.

The only thing that has to be said is that many men in the village will always find some excuses to pass by the entrance of the village, intentionally or unintentionally, and take the opportunity to sneak a glance at the woman who looks like a fairy.

Not to mention these tall and rugged men, even those little children often run around the entrance of the village in groups of three or five, just to catch a glimpse of the beautiful sister.

But what made them feel pity was that for some reason, the young woman had been wrapped around her neck with a silk scarf, which completely wrapped around her slender swan-like neck, so that for them, there was a lot less splendid scenery.

On this day, the young woman was still sitting on the stone pile at the entrance of the village, and she was wearing plain clothes for several days in a row, feeling very unaccustomed, especially when she subconsciously touched her waist, she would remember that she was no longer the generalissimo who commanded more than 100,000 troops in Western Liao.

Looking at the slowly sinking sun in the distance, Chen Weijia suddenly turned his head to look at the side, where a man in purple appeared at some point, seeing her, the young man smiled and said, "How do you feel?"

"It's ok. Opening his mouth slightly, Chen Weijia's voice was extremely hoarse.

Ding Yanzhi sighed and said indifferently: "I'm sorry, I'm not good at medicine, and I can't let a third person know about your affairs, so your voice is ......."

Shaking his head, Chen Weijia chuckled: "It's okay, anyway, I am also a person who has lost the country, and even back then, I didn't live by my voice." ”

Slightly silent, Ding Yanzhi hesitated: "Xiao Xuan......"

"I have nothing to do with her anymore," Chen Weijia thought about his words, bent down with difficulty, grabbed a handful of gravel from the ground, and said indifferently, "Xiliao raised me, the Queen Mother supported me, I repaid them with one life, and I don't owe each other anymore." ”

Seeing that her tone seemed to be flat, but in fact, her eyes were filled with sadness, Ding Yanzhi sighed: "Okay, what else do you need?" Three days later, I will return to Lanzhou with the Shengshang, and the Western Liao army will stay and continue to garrison Xiliao, and the Empress Dowager Xiao will go back with us." ”

Chen Weijia was silent for a long time, shook his head and said, "There is nothing needed, it's good here." ”

Ding Yanzhi smiled, watched her raise her hand, let the sand and gravel slowly leak from between her fingers, and said, "Okay, then I'll go first, and if I have a chance in the future, I'll see you in the rivers and lakes." ”

Chen Weijia pulled the corners of her lips, watched the other party walk past him and walked outside the village, saw the heavy back in the broad, and suddenly asked, "Why did you save me?"

After a pause, Ding Yanzhi did not look back, but looked up at the sky, at this moment, his mind suddenly came to the distant Sichuan and Shu, and thought of the guy who was so strong in his senior's feelings that he hated it to the point that his teeth itched.

Grinning, Ding Yanzhi said lightly: "Because for a guy, without your Huaxia, there will be a lot less fun!"

Frowning slightly, Chen Weijia sneered: "So which admirer of Chen?"

"No, you're wrong, that guy is not interested in you, it's just ......" pursed his lips, Ding Yanzhi's eyes flashed a little aftertaste of a light smile, "For his kind of literary youth, the strong man died too early, it will really be very boring!"