Li Congshan couldn't help but take two steps back, and asked in a lost voice, "Li Hongji?" The first prince? ”

Zhao Kuangyin looked at him coldly: "What do you say?" How many Li Hongji are there in the world? ”

Li Congshan immediately shook his head: "Impossible, impossible!" It must be a rumor... When the matter of the emperor's uncle Li Jingsui was revealed, the first prince was frightened and went crazy for a long time, and then died. I saw his coffin buried with my own eyes. How can you come back from the dead? ”

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Li Congshan carefully, squinted his eyes and smiled: "I didn't expect King Zheng to be in the palace for so many years, and he is still simple-minded." After a pause, he said, "You only saw the coffin buried with your own eyes, how can you be sure that there is someone in the coffin, or that the coffin is Li Hongji himself?" But I heard that someone saw Li Hongji appear with his own eyes, just in Wankou, where Lin Renzhao was stationed before. ”

Li Congshan's face was a little pale. At that time, Li Hongji was engaged in madness, less than two months before and after. Although it was a little strange, I didn't think much about it. After all, it was a grand burial. If Li Hongji is really alive, it is not a good thing now. Qi Zhengxiu on the northern front needless to say that he was Li Hongji's friend for life, and Lin Renzhao was guarded in the south, Lin Renzhao once fought side by side with Li Hongji to resist the attack of Hou Zhou, although he was not as close as Qi Zhengxiu, he also had a friendship. Unlike Li Yu, who has never been on the battlefield before, he and the generals have no feelings of life and death on the battlefield. If you really want to rebel. How can Li Yu resist? Dirtsmith's Hall.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Li Congshan stunned. continued: "Lin Renzhao has had contact with our privy envoy before, and he still supports Li Hongji's restoration of the dynasty, but he is just waiting for the right time. Now the lord of the country happened to drop him to Nanchang Mansion in Jiangxi, which was just right for Li Hongji to raise troops independently in Jiangxi first, and then gradually attack Jinling. And our DPRK has a strong army, and I am willing to help Li Hongji and Lord Lin. ”

"Then, what is Da Song doing this for?" Li Congshan's voice was a little nervous and dry.

"Hahaha!" Zhao Kuangyin laughed again, "That's a good question." Naturally, my Da Song does not trade at a loss. Lin Renzhao and Li Hongji agreed, and after the matter was completed, the five states around Runzhou, Changzhou would be ceded to the Great Song Dynasty. In this way, our dynasty borders Wuyue, the land of fish and rice, and does not worry about rice and grain. Naturally, it has solved the situation of high prices of rice and grain and long-term scarcity in our country. ”

Li Congshan was completely stunned. Zhao Kuangyin seems to be very reasonable. If Li Hongji was alive, with Qi Zhengxiu and Lin Renzhao to follow, plus Zhao Kuangyin's support, then the rebellion was bound to succeed. Thinking about it this way, is it true that Li Yu has heard about it a long time ago, but there is no real evidence? Otherwise, although Qi Zhengxiu is a general on the northern front, Li Yu has been holding Tao Niang and his son hostage; Although Lin Renzhao has made many military exploits, Li Yu refuses to reward him, and he always seems to be afraid. It turns out that the reasons are all here. It's just that Li Yu must not have known that the Song Dynasty had promised to help them. I should go back as soon as possible and tell Li Yu the news to make plans as soon as possible.

Li Congshan laughed a few times and said, "I've been looking here for a long time, Your Majesty, why don't you move to a different place?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, and took Li Congshan to continue to visit the palace. After a while, Zhao Kuangyin still had government affairs to deal with. So I went back first. The attendants sent Li Congshan out of the palace. returned to the mansion arranged by Zhao Kuangyin.

After Li Congshan went back, his heartbeat suddenly exploded. Unable to suppress his shock and impulsiveness, Li Congshan immediately wrote a letter to Li Yu about what he saw and heard in the palace. After the letter was written, Li Congshan sent a close attendant to secretly send it back to the Southern Tang Palace immediately and presented it to the lord Li Yu. He himself began to pack his bags, preparing to wait for Zhao Kuangyin to give him the national letter and customs clearance documents before rushing back to the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Li Congshan stayed in Kaifeng for more than a month, but Zhao Kuangyin seemed to have forgotten about it. He was never summoned to the palace again, and the national letter did not mention a word. Li Congshan was in a hurry and sent someone to investigate, but there was no news. Li Congshan had no choice but to ask someone to find Yin Zhao Guangyi of Kaifeng Mansion. In addition to Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu were the most authoritative in the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Guangyi thought about it and sent someone to invite Li Congshan to Kaifeng Mansion. Li Congshan prepared a generous gift and came accompanied by his attendants. Zhao Guangyi met with Li Congshan in the front hall, and after some greetings, Li Congshan went straight to the point: "The matter of this tribute has been completed, and it stands to reason that I should have exchanged the national letter and went back." It's just that for some reason, His Majesty has delayed the issuance of credentials. I don't know if I forgot about it because I was busy with government affairs? I also ask Lord Fu Yin to make more points in front of His Majesty. ”

Zhao Guangyi smiled at the corner of his lips, took a sip of tea, looked at Li Congshan and said, "I heard something. I heard that when King Zheng was visiting the Song Palace, he mistakenly entered the Linfeng Pavilion? ”

Li Congshan's body trembled and replied, "Yes." The"

"Since you have entered the Linfeng Pavilion, you must have seen the portrait of Lin Renzhao. I also learned some things that I shouldn't know. Is it? Zhao Guangyi's voice was gloomy, and Li Congshan only felt that Zhao Guangyi gave him a strong sense of oppression, cold and crazy, which was even more timid than Zhao Kuangyin.

Li Congshan replied a little timidly: "I saw it." I also heard some from His Majesty. ”

"In that case, why does King Zheng still want to go back?" Zhao Guangyi smiled, but his eyes were cloudy, "King Zheng has listened to all my plans for Lord Helin, how can Your Majesty let King Zheng go back in a hurry?" ”

Li Congshan finally understood. A layer of cold sweat broke out all over his body. It's all about what you blame for fooling around. What is the Song Dynasty going to do now? Put yourself under house arrest and not let you go back? Or do you want to kill people? Li Congshan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty trusts me, and I will naturally not live up to Your Majesty's affection." I won't talk nonsense when I go back. Please also ask Lord Fu Yin to help me clarify in front of His Majesty! ”

Zhao Guangyi waved his hand: "At the beginning of next year, our dynasty will send troops." There is no room for error at this critical juncture. I hope King Zheng will understand. But King Zheng rest assured, on the day of my Great Song Dynasty, he will be my honored guest of the Great Song Dynasty. There will be no difference in food, clothing, housing and transportation. ”

Li Congshan's legs were weak. This tributary trip turned out to be a tiger's den in Longtan. Now even Nantang can't go back. Li Congshan returned to the mansion listlessly, but found that the Song Dynasty had doubled its troops to surround the mansion, and Li Congshan could not fly even if he had wings. Li Congshan originally wanted to send another secret letter to Li Yu, telling him that the Song Dynasty would send troops to help Li Hongji early next year. found that even the letters were closely guarded, and all Li Congshan's attendants were not allowed to leave the mansion.

Li Congshan had no choice but to give up. Secretly glad that he had sent the letter back as soon as he could before Song Ren reacted.

Li Yu sat on the empty hall. The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the steps of the entrance of the hall, and the entire hall was dark except for the doorway, and where the winter wind blew, it was gloomy. On the gold-lacquered desk in front of him, there were two letters.

One is Lin Renzhao's recital. A bold proposal was made: the Song Dynasty had just destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty, and the army was empty. It was a good opportunity for a counteroffensive. Lin Renzhao applied to lead his troops to attack the Yangzhou area in Jiangbei occupied by the Song army. I'm sure I'll be able to take a few cities. If it succeeds, it will be good, in case the army is defeated, it is only said that he rebelled and destroyed him all over the house, in order to prove that it has nothing to do with Li Yu. will not let the Song Dynasty be angry with Li Yu. If you look at this letter alone, it seems like a good idea.

The other is a letter secretly sent back by Li Congshan from the Song Dynasty. The letter said that he saw the portrait of Lin Renzhao in the palace, as well as the schemes of Lin Renzhao and Li Hongji.

Li Yu's slender white fingers slowly stroked another letter from one letter to another, and then returned. The coldness of the letter seeped into his heart through his fingers.

Li Hongji is really alive. Before, there were occasional strange and suspicious figures on the Qingyu Guard's secret newspaper station, and he was already suspicious. Taiwan is Li Hongji's courtyard, except for Li Hongji, who is familiar with it, no one can hide from the guards entering and exiting it. It happened that Xiao Tao claimed to be infected with the plague, so Li Yu conveniently arranged Xiao Tao into the stage. If Li Hongji is really there, Qi Zhengxiu will definitely appear.

Qi Zhengxiu appeared, but only to admit that he was the father of the child and then keep the child. In the name of repair, Li Yu secretly searched the platform up and down, but did not find any clues. At one point, Li Yu felt that he was overpanicked and misjudged. But now it seems that he still doesn't practice enough.

Lin Renzhao and Li Hongji rebelled, what about Qi Zhengxiu? Wasn't he involved? Li Yu closed his eyes and filtered through his mind what Qi Zhengxiu had done over the years, but he still had no clue. Qi Zhengxiu was too slippery, and his impassivity made Li Yu unable to judge.

Li Yu just sat quietly, thinking. That helpless loneliness struck again. There is no one to rely on, and you can only rely on yourself to judge which of these two letters is worthy of your trust. Li Yu picked up this and put down that one until late at night, still undecided. Li Yu stood up and stuffed both letters into the cabinet.

Chinese New Year's Eve passed quickly, and spring blossomed again. It is an indisputable fact that Li Congshan was detained by the Song Dynasty. Li Yu sent letters of origin to the Song Dynasty many times, but was rejected again and again. Li Yu's heart gradually deviated to Li Congshan's letter, if it weren't for Li Congshan's discovery of the secret of Lin Renzhao's collusion with the Song Dynasty, why would he be seized and not returned?

And on Lin Renzhao's side, another secret report from Qing Yuwei came: "Lin Renzhao has secretly gathered 50,000 soldiers and horses, and it seems that he is intending to march in the direction of the north bank of the Yangtze River. ”

Li Yu's brows furrowed. Can't wait? To the north bank of the Yangtze River? What exactly is he going to do? If you collude with the Song army, it will be easier to become independent in Nanchang Mansion, Jiangxi, why do you need to go north? Do you want to collude with the Song army from the north? Does that mean to take Jinling directly?

was upset, and another eunuch hurriedly came in to report: "Your Majesty, Tao Siwu is holding a fish bag outside the palace and asking to see her, saying that her child is missing." ”