Between Helan Mountain and the Yellow River, a loess rammed city sits in it, under the city wall of eight zhang eight, several meters deep moat surrounds it, it can be said that it is a deep ditch and high base, easy to defend and difficult to attack, this city is the capital of the Western Xia Dynasty - Xingqing Mansion (near Yinchuan today).

Lao Zhou was dressed in plain clothes and rode a jujube red horse to the city, but was stopped by the Western Xia soldiers guarding the gate for inspection.

"Why would a pilgrim bring a knife into the city? Say! Are you a fine work sent by the Song people!? ”

From Liao to Liangzhou (now Wuwei area), Xingqing Mansion is a must pass, in order to disguise his identity, Lao Zhouyi pretended to be a pilgrim to Shazhou (now Dunhuang) to worship, and hid the sword of self-defense under the saddle, but he was still turned out by the careful gatekeepers.

"This military master, I'm not a villain, I came all the way from Linhuang Mansion, I just want to ask for an heir in front of the Buddha, and I just bring a knife for self-defense."

"Just you? I'm afraid that I am powerless! The brave words of the gatekeeper caused passers-by to burst into laughter, and the laughter attracted more onlookers, blocking the city gate for a while.

At this time, a person wearing a Tang-style official robe galloped on a white horse, this person was dusty, without any official style, and his solemn expression flooded his wrinkled face, making him look like a peer of Lao Zhou, and the person who came was Li Zhizhong, the envoy of Western Xia to Liao.

Seeing the chaos at the city gate, Li Zhizhong shouted: "Where is the gatekeeper? Why did the city gate look like this? is so negligent in his duties, isn't it itchy to the flesh? ”

The Xixia soldiers guarding the door hurriedly ran over, bowed to Yu Ma on one knee and said: "I don't know that Lord Li sent an envoy to return, and someone hid a knife to enter the city, and was stopped by us, which attracted everyone to watch, Lord Li was angry, and I will disperse the crowd." ”

In the noisy and chaotic, Lao Zhou glanced at the people on the horse, always feeling that he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while, under the push of the doorman, he had to interrupt his thoughts, make way for the white horse, and watch the stern Lord Li gallop away in the direction of the imperial city.

After handing over the sword, Lao Zhou was able to enter the city, led the horse through the twenty-four squares, and went around and around to the bottom of a green building called "Yanliu Lane".

"Yo...... This guest officer is from out of town, and when people are sleepy and tired, he just stops to have fun, come and come! The girls beckoned......"

Lao Zhou blushed, and was pulled into the Qinglou by a group of young women with flowers and branches, and sat down in front of a table of eight immortals.

"This guest officer, our Hehuan wine here is famous far and wide, three glasses of belly, blood and blood, under the red candle ambergris, a night in the gentle countryside, guaranteed to make you dreamy, immortal and death......"

"No, no, no!" Lao Zhou was so ashamed that he didn't even dare to raise his head, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Lao Yu is here just to see Zheng Dong's family, please ask the girls to do it on his behalf!" ”

"Hmph..."The women saw that they had made a mistake in the business, and the previous smile suddenly disappeared, and they only sent a bartender to pass away while brushing their sleeves away.

The quiet old Zhou let out a sigh of relief, and then took a closer look at the green building.

The first floor here is very spacious, the central stage built with oak is enough to stage a big drama like "Pick a Pulley", the height of the stage leads directly to the third floor, it looks very comfortable, if it is not for the noise of the drunkards on the scattered seats around, Lao Zhou really has the heart to listen to a song here.

"Who is looking for me?"

A person's deep voice permeated the Qinglou, and the environment suddenly quieted down.

Lao Zhou followed the sound and saw a bejeweled man with a fat brain slowly walking down the stairs on the east side of the stage, surrounded by more than a dozen strong men, even drunkards who were drunk and confused avoided him.

When Lao Zhou saw this person, he hurriedly got up to meet him, but was stopped five steps away by the fat man's bodyguards.

"Brother Zheng Qian, don't come unharmed!"

The fat man was stunned for a moment, looked the dusty old man up and down, and then suddenly laughed loudly: "Hahaha... Is there no one in the camp? You sent this old thing to get me? ”

As soon as he said this, the strong men around the fat man took out daggers from their arms one after another, wanting to put the old man in front of him to death.

Lao Zhou was not panicked when he saw this scene, he sneered and said: "In the past Chongyuan Rebellion, the Zheng Qian brothers were greedy for life and afraid of death, and escaped from the battle. ”

Zheng Qian waved his hand, signaling the strong men to get out of the way, and he moved his fat body to Lao Zhou's side, and gave a Khitan salute with his right hand on his chest: "If Governor Zhou didn't come to get me on this trip, it must be for the matter of Deputy Detail and Stability of Yelu, and Deputy Detail Stability has the grace of reinvention for me, although death is not enough to repay in case, you should stop making fun of the little brother." ”

Lao Zhou smiled and raised his hand to point at the strong man beside him.

Zheng Qian comprehended, drank everyone away, and only took two cronies and Lao Zhou into an embroidery room.

After sitting down, Lao Zhou was open and honest, and explained everything that Yelu Dashi had entrusted him, Zheng Qian listened, his brows were tightly locked, and a fat head shook like a rattle.

"Although Liangzhou Aya Jinsi is not a big deal, but Liangzhou is a military center for Western Xia soldiers to raise horses, and it may not be easy to quietly take away a female slave there."

Seeing that Zheng Qian was embarrassed, Lao Zhou sighed: "Brother, you have been operating in Xixia for many years, and your hands and eyes are all over the sky, if it weren't for the fact that there was nothing to be done, Dashi Gongzi would never send me to disturb your glory, and please brother, please make a plan!" ”

"That's it!" Zheng Qian patted the case and got up and said, "Yelu Yanshan, Brother Yelu Tie, you two go to my room to get a thousand taels of gold." ”

After Lao Zhou saw the two of them walking out of the door, he asked Zheng Qian in surprise: "These two men are also surnamed Yelu?" ”

Zheng Qiandao: "They are also the declining royal family of the Liao State, only because their ancestors offended the people in power, so they came to Xixia to avoid trouble, you also know that since the Taoist Sect, in addition to being greater than Yue Yelu Renxian, the huge Liao State has ever had a second upright general?"

Lao Zhou smiled bitterly and was speechless, and only reached out and patted Zheng Qian's shoulder.

A moment later, the two of them carried a large wooden box into the embroidery room.

After Zheng Qian opened the box and checked the gold, he immediately opened the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, handwriting, and handed over the three letters to Yelu Yanshan and Yelu Tiege, and explained the purpose of the letters and gold to the two of them one by one. Zheng Gan said to Lao Zhou Shili with his right hand in his chest: "Supervisor Zhou, Zheng Qian is not talented, and his ability is just like that, when he returns to Linhuang Mansion on his behalf, please apologize to Dashi Gongzi on my behalf." ”

Lao Zhou returned the salute, thanked Zheng Qian in every way, and after the two hugged each other and said goodbye, he and Zheng Gan's two cronies walked out of the "Yanliu Lane" together, and came straight to the door of a compound with the thousand taels of gold.

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