The wind was a little cold, and along the way, Bao Qing and the Thirteen Princes walked at the back of the team, and the Thirteen Princes on horseback looked a little lonely.

"If you want to know anything, just ask!"

"Lord Wang, can you tell me, what are you doing in this Yizhou?" Bao Qing asked.

"Go to the king's daughter." The thirteenth prince silently looked at the direction of Yizhou, reined in his horse and stopped.

"The prince dug a tunnel with the help of Mrs. Yelu, just to secretly go to Yizhou to find your daughter? Didn't the official family agree to the prince to visit relatives? Why is this, Lord Wang? ”

"Haha......" The Thirteenth Prince suddenly laughed, and then turned a little sad and mocking.

"I don't know what the prince is laughing at?" Bao Qing was a little puzzled.

"This king laughs at Lord Bao, this Qin cha is very wronged! Official? Hmph, if the official family really let this king go to see his daughter, he wouldn't have made so many things, and he wouldn't have sent Master Bao to investigate the case. Isn't the official family afraid that this king threatens his throne? insisted that this king was going to rebel, if this king really wanted to be this emperor, he would have accepted the will of the previous emperor to inherit the throne. "The Thirteenth Lord said a little excited.

Bao Qing heard that the words of the thirteenth prince confirmed what Fan Zhongyan said in his letter.

"Back then, Empress Dowager Liu regarded this king as a thorn in her side, and she always made things difficult. The king's daughter marrying Liao is also a ghost made by this woman. She tried her best to make the king depressed and force the king to do something out of the ordinary, that is, to eradicate the king one day. Later, this woman finally died, and I thought that when I was a Beijing official, I was virtuous and virtuous, and I could let go of this king, but I didn't expect that, like the Empress Dowager Liu, she still refused to let go of this king. The more the thirteenth prince spoke, the more excited he became.

"Lord Wang, maybe this is not the meaning of the official family, but the meaning of the subordinates below." Bao Qing said.

When the thirteenth prince heard this, his expression softened a little, and his face slowly became solemn: "Are you talking about that Lu Yijian?" Although those ministers from the dragon all regard this king as a thorn in their side, but without the nod of his official family, do these courtiers dare to do this? This king admires Lord Bao very much now, Lord Bao is a smart person, he should know a lot, Lord Bao was used as an abandoned pawn in front of the horse, don't you complain at all? ”

"I don't have to complain or complain, I knew Bao Qing's situation when I arrived in Bazhou. But there is no need for the prince to bother incite, as long as the prince answers the following questions seriously, I Bao Qing will do what he says, not only will the princess and the prince meet, but also release the two. Bao Qing said lightly.

"Good! Deal! ”

"Why did Hongba assassinate me? And what's going on with the Bazhou camp? ”

"The reason why Hong Ba did this is actually to allow this king to leave Bazhou calmly. As early as a few years ago, the king found out that someone was deliberately spreading the news that the king was going to rebel. Maybe this king has been checking for a long time and hasn't found out who did it. The thirteenth prince paused, revealing a look that had already understood.

A terrible thought came to the king's mind. Perhaps this thief who slandered the king for rebellion is simply nothing, and it is precisely the current official family. Thinking of this, this king ordered Hong Ba to secretly arrange a back road in Bazhou. In the early years, the daughter of this king was treated well by Yelu Zongzhen because she helped the current Liao Emperor Yelu Zongzhen to quell the rebellion, and at the same time, the current Liao Empress Xiao also respected the king's daughter very much. In addition, over the years, the king missed his daughter at night, so he applied to the court every year to visit relatives, but he never received a reply. But this year, he suddenly issued a holy decree and agreed to the king's visit to his relatives. When Hong Ba heard this, he wrote to the king overnight, saying that the official family might have to do something to the king, otherwise it would be impossible to do so. After thinking about it, this king wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to visit his relatives and flee to Liaojing to meet the king's daughter, and never return to the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Bao Qing nodded, it seems that this statement can be believed. So he asked, "Then Lady Yelu is here to help you escape to Liao?" ”

"Lady Yelu was entrusted to do this by Empress Xiao of the Liao Kingdom. Also, Wu Jun, the governor of Naha Prefecture, was assassinated, and the king also asked Hong Ba, Hong Ba denied it, and at the same time he told the king that he was only afraid that the court did it intentionally, so he made such a play, and if the court sent a minister for this matter, it is estimated that the ten ** is the court itself to make it. Because the biggest suspicion of Wu Jun's assassination is Hong Ba himself, the first thing to investigate when Lord Qincha arrives is Hong Ba, and if he is not careful, Hong Ba may be detained by Qincha. If such a thing really happens, then there are only two ways to go: rebellion and waiting for death. Therefore, Hong Ba thought of it, and stabbed Qin Cha to death on the road first, so as to delay time and allow the king to enter the Liao realm as soon as possible. Of course, Hong Ba also hid his own home, and was originally going to go with this king. "What the Thirteenth Lord said was a little heart-wrenching.

Bao Qing had some realization in his heart, and it seemed that his earlier inference was correct. The death of Wu Jun, the governor of Naha Prefecture, was a conspiracy made up by the imperial court itself. The purpose is to get a reason to send the minister, and if you are not careful, you may really be able to do it. If he had found a way to arrest Hong Ba as the murderer of Wu Jun as soon as he arrived in Bazhou, it is estimated that Hong Ba would immediately rebel.

The more Bao Qing thought about it, the more angry he became, this court just wanted to force the thirteen princes to rebel, so that the court could quell the rebellion in a bright and bright way, and there was no need to bear the infamy of killing the clan. I'm afraid that if it really comes to that time, I am afraid that I will not have much way to live, and I may be killed by the rebels directly.

But there is still a question, that is, the Liao people, do the Liao people really surround Cao Xi like this, do they really need money for the food needed by this army?

"The king doesn't know about the Liao army, but this thing is a little weird. What do the Liao people seem to be waiting for! The Thirteenth Prince said.

"Indeed, General Cao has been besieged for almost half a month, doesn't the Liao army's 30,000 troops need food? Lord Wang, is it your person over there in Baozhou? Bao Qing asked.

"No, the head of the Baozhou battalion is called Wang Zhan, who was directly appointed by the imperial court three or four years ago, and this Wang Zhan has worked in the Ministry of Industry for several years before." The Thirteenth Prince replied.

As soon as he mentioned the Ministry of Industry, Bao Qing was a little surprised. Because the murder of the dead ghost worker Li Hai has not yet been investigated.

"Didn't you go to the former Ministry of Works, Li Hai?" Bao Qing asked anxiously.

"It's not very clear, but this Li Hai has a lot of influence in the Ministry of Industry, and his sister Li Guifei is also favored by the official family, so many officials in the Ministry of Industry have such and such relationships with him."

There must have been someone behind Lehi's death, and it should have been Lehi's master. Then if Wang Zhan of the Baozhou battalion was recommended by Lehi, then it would be a big problem. It shows that this Wang Zhan is also a subordinate of the person behind Lehi.

"The prince may not know that in addition to the grain road of Yizhou, the Liao army besieging General Cao also has a second grain road, that is, the direction of Baozhou. At first, I thought that Baozhou was the king's people. ”

"What does Lord Bao mean is that Baozhou is constantly providing grain and grass to the Liao army? There are already people who are in collusion with the Liao army? ”

Bao Qing nodded and said, "Until now, I can't figure out who it is!" I'm afraid something big is going to happen down here. ”

"Then why don't you cut off the Baozhou grain road soon? But here with thousands of men and horses around the grassland. Didn't Master Bao want to save General Cao? As long as this king sends an order to Hongba and orders him to attack the Baozhou grain road, Lord Bao only needs to choke the Yizhou grain road, and the 30,000 Liao troops will inevitably retreat. The Thirteenth Prince said.

"I have already helped the prince pass the order to Hongba, it is precisely for him to lead the headquarters to come to Yizhou to converge, and let Li Qingli command to take over the two reinforcements. Then go to cut off the Baozhou grain road. Bao Qing said.

"What? You've already given the order? This, I'm afraid that Hong Ba won't listen to Master Bao, and Li Qing will die. The Thirteenth Prince was a little surprised.

"That dragon birthday jade pendant is a token? I saw that Hong Ba also had one on him. A military general with full body armor and actually carrying a jade pendant into battle, can it not make people suspicious? The lower edge of the jade pendant was engraved with a dragon-shaped pattern, and I looked at it carefully, and it was stained with some ink, which should be the seal used to write the letter. Therefore, I asked Cao Yun to write a letter, stamped it with a dragon-shaped seal, and asked Li Qing to take it to see Hong Ba. Lord Wang, I don't know if I can mobilize Hongba like this? ”

"This!" The thirteenth prince was taken aback, and kept looking at Bao Qing, it seemed that he was not wronged by this bag of adults.

"That woman's handwriting, Hong Ba is afraid that he will be suspicious!"

"I asked Li Qing not to talk more, then Hong Ba must not be able to figure out the details, I also explained in the letter, the princess and his own son are with the prince."

"Your trick is really poisonous, Lord Bao's implicit meaning is to tell Hong Ba that the king, the princess and Hong Ba's son are all in your hands, even if Hong Ba sees through it, it doesn't matter, he must consider the safety of his own son, this king and the princess! Is that so? The Thirteenth Prince asked.

Bao Qing nodded, not denying it.

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