The two brothers hugged each other and laughed, sat down hand in hand and said goodbye to each other, Xiao Zhonggong was nothing special, his father Xiao Ying Xiao Temo is now the envoy of the Anton Army, but Anton was occupied by the Jin State as a whole, and his own territory was gone, so he could only shrink in the court to make a Chinese book order, but fortunately, Emperor Tianzuo didn't care.

After Xiao Zhonggong returned from the Song Dynasty, because of his outstanding completion of the errand of urging tribute, and even obtained 200,000 miscellaneous silk for the Liao State, the price was only 5,000 war horses, and Emperor Tianzuo was overjoyed, so Xiao Zhonggong was rewarded, and the official and student Taiwei added the protector of the country to the Taibao, and was under the jurisdiction of the Northern Privy Council.

Xiao Zhonggong laughed and said, "I've always heard that there is a hero with red eyebrows in the Wuhuai Department!" The Battle of Anping City wiped out 50,000 Jurchen cavalry in one fell swoop, and I always suspected that it was you, so it was you! Brother, you're a hero! You can't hide anywhere. ”

Xiao Ming said: "I specially escorted Sui Gong into Liao this time, I originally wanted to meet my eldest brother, but I didn't expect to be chased and killed halfway, so that I was saved by the tribe's people, and this is the matter of Anping City." ”

Xiao Zhonggong said angrily: "Who dares to hunt down and kill you? ”

Xiao Ming said: "This person's name is Pang Wanchun, he has always been against me in the south, and he has sent people to kidnap the people around me several times, and now his power in the south has been wiped out by the government, and he is most likely to flee to the Liao State to join the Liao State National Teacher Bana Tie Ji!" ”

Xiao Zhonggong gasped and said, "It's King Hailing's person again!" ”

Then he said angrily: "King Hailing is now concentrating on the forces of the Northern Courtyard, a while ago, Yelu Yu saw that the king had just made a contribution, and Xiao Fengxian's henchman Shangjing guarded the soldiers and horses to rule Yelu's billet room and was lost and killed in Shangjing!" At present, he doesn't dare to blatantly attack us, but he can instruct his subordinates to attack you, and from all indications, you are counted as a member of our North Courtyard! ”

He continued: "King Hailing has taken the opportunity of this election to contact Xiao Feifei of the Jieli Department, and has made great efforts to make Xiao Feifei win the election in one fell swoop, but the King of Yelu Yujian in the North Courtyard has chosen Xiao Mimi of the Wuhuai Department, you are Xiao Mimi's righteous brother, that is really good!" ”

Xiao Ming said: "Could it be that there is a mystery in this election?" ”

"Of course" Xiao Zhonggong said: "Originally, after this autumn, I wanted to choose the emperor's Xigong Concubine Ping, but the emperor was absurd and directly accepted Concubine Wen's sister as Concubine Ping, in the harem, now the power is very even, but there is no queen, these concubines may be selected as the queen"

Xiao Ming interjected: "Shouldn't the queen's candidate be selected from other concubines?" ”

Xiao Zhonggong said: "The truth is this, but the dog thief King Hailing actually gave the emperor another idea of "after the election of Qiuqiu", and re-selected a woman with both ability and integrity among the eight tribes to be canonized as the queen, so whoever controls the queen can control the power of the harem!" ”

Xiao Ming asked, "Is the queen's lineage so important?" ”

Xiao Zhonggong said: "Brother, you have been in the Southern Dynasty for a long time, and you don't know that there are three major clans in my Daliao: Shulu, Bali, and Yimu. As a royal family of the clan, it has been declining over the years, the tribal population is decreasing, and the tribes of the descendants are becoming more and more developed, as the newly elected descendants, the emperor gives a lot of preferential treatment, at least more than half of the men who are less than adults will come to Wujing of the Liao State, as the pro-army of the emperor of the garrison, but these people will immediately become nobles, and they all have rewards and titles! ”

"For example," Xiao Zhonggong took a sip of wine and said, "There are at least 100,000 adult men in your Wuhuai Division, and at least 50,000 people with armor will enter the imperial city, who will these people listen to on the one hand and obey the emperor's call on the other?" These 50,000 people are in their hands, can they still get it? ”

Xiao Ming said: "No wonder, the Jieli Ministry sent 50,000 people to escort alone, and the Jieli Department is a big tribe, so they can at least elect 200,000 people with armor!" It seems that the Ministry of Fortune cannot be selected as the queen! ”

"That's right!"

Xiao Zhonggong said: "Xiao Da Bugli, the patriarch of the Jieli Tribe, was originally ambitious, and he has always hooked up with Xiao Fengxian, and this time he was selected as a concubine through his daughter, and he must have a big move."

Xiao Ming suddenly asked, "Who is the so-called Liao State National Teacher Bana Tieji?" I heard that the same rebel force colluded with the Great Song Dynasty, and that Pang Wanchun was a member of a cult! ”

Xiao Zhonggong said: "I don't know this yet, this person is not a Liao person, I only know that this person is a monk, it seems to be a Uighur, when the former emperor Yelu Hongji, this person came from the Western Regions to present fifteen volumes of Buddhist scriptures, and was given by the emperor as a national teacher, promoting Buddhism for the Great Liao, and living in Beijing Kailong Temple, only in recent years has he been very close to King Hailing!" ”

Xiao Zhonggong patted his head and said, "I almost forgot!" In Xijing, there is a mercenary group from the Western Regions that is subordinate to this national teacher, Bana Tieji, and at the same time, the Liao State is now very popular with the emperor's relatives, princes and ministers, and even ordinary people, and this national teacher is very prestigious! ”

The information is still a bit small, but Xiao Ming still analyzes from it In addition to some clues, this monk must have some ulterior secrets, under the guise of religion, he has been doing some things to provoke the relationship between Song and Liao, and recently he was used by Xiao Fengxian, the king of Hailing, to make a big fuss in the clan of Liao, Pang Wanchun is now taking refuge in him, it seems that he can only be a dog, this opponent has lost its value in Xiao Ming's eyes!

But this Bana Tie is still a little interesting, Xiao Ming thought, he doesn't mind exposing some secrets on him, according to the convention, a monk who has attained the Tao and has been named a national teacher, what he is doing must be to promote Buddhism and spread the teachings, so what kind of leisure to stir up relations between countries, master mercenary organizations, and even shelter traitors from other countries, if this person has no purpose, no one will believe it.

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After Xiao Zhonggong said goodbye and left, Xiao Ming sighed: "It turns out that after the election of a small autumn festival, there are still so many cruel battles of political forces hidden!" ”

Psychologically faced with Ami should be involved in the trade-off, after thinking twice, or to find Ami, as soon as she approached the door of her big tent, I heard inside, Ami is going crazy! The whip and her coquettish voice could be heard far away, and a group of soldiers hid outside the tent trembling.

Xiao Ming came into the tent and found that Ami was punishing the captain of several pro-soldiers, who knelt on the ground and let them be whipped, Xiao Ming hurriedly stopped Ami and asked the reason.

It turns out that as a candidate for the queen of the interior, Ami itself has certain privileges, but according to the rules of the Khitan people, in the autumn, all Khitan unmarried women have to set up flower tents for themselves, the flowers on the felt top should be red, and the other flowers should be white.

The setting of the flower account is also very particular, it is generally built on the river beach, the location is well chosen, and the beautiful flower account will be scored by everyone, which is also a way for aristocratic girls to compete for popularity, but this time in the autumn season, there are only two people who can build a flower account, one is Xiao Feifei of the Ministry of Profit, and even one is Ami.

Ami's soldiers chose a very open place on the river beach to start building a flower tent, this time because they didn't use the royal guard of honor to come, this time the flower tent was just used, so the scale of the flower tent was very large, but as soon as they opened their arms and started to work, they were squeezed away by a group of people, so to speak, the location was snatched.

Needless to say, this must have been done by Xiao Feifei of the Junli Department, Xiao Ming was amused when he heard it, and said in his heart What are these women thinking? This is also to be contested? What's the point? But seeing Ami's indignant expression, Xiao Ming comforted her and said, "It's okay!" It's okay, the place they robbed will definitely regret it, don't believe you will see it tomorrow"

Ami trusted him unconditionally, Xiao Ming called a few captains of the personal soldiers who had set up the flower account over, and gave a few words of order, and everyone took the order and left.

The valley of the Ejinaqi River is now like a small lake, and the valley is surrounded by a river beach, which is located just below the Fuhu Forest, and the emperor's camp is located on the high ground of the river valley, and there are various tents scattered below, and the princes, ministers, and tribal nobles have come to the location, and the two major tribes of the Jili and Wuhuai tribes are stationed on the river beach.

Early the next morning, the place where the flower account of the whole Li Department was jumping, the whole flower account has been flooded by one-third, they don't know that in the early morning, under the influence of the moon, the lake water is going to rise once, and the flower account of Ami of the Wuhuai Department is built on the protrusion of a stone platform not far away, the round stones on the ground are picked up by the soldiers at night, and then a few layers of wool carpet are laid after the wooden plank, the whole flower account is like being on the water surface, very beautiful.

In addition, the construction of the flower account used a full set of ceremonial supplies, which was more graceful and luxurious, elegant and generous, even the flowers were so fresh and fragrant, and the white wool tent was pulled by ropes along the feet in two places, and there were blooming flowers inside.

In the first round, Ami won! Xiao Feifei of the Jili Department gritted her teeth with hatred!

This is actually only the first program after the election, and the second program is the emperor's banquet and entertaining the personnel of the uncle's family, and at the same time let the civil and military officials and big guys see the future queen's appearance, and then colleagues give scores and provide them to the emperor for reference, and the emperor himself likes the one is also the standard for measuring and evaluation.

This is nothing more than a chance to give everyone an opportunity for entertainment, Xiao Ming is not interested when he hears it, what he cares about is the third program of this "After the Autumn Election", that is, killing tigers and shooting deer, this is the highlight, and killing tigers is not very common, but shooting deer is a test of martial arts.

The Khitan clan has always evaluated warriors by their proficiency in bows and horses, they are a people who often fish and hunt, both men and women have to go back to riding horses and shoot arrows, that Xiao Feifei Xiao Ming doesn't know, but Ami's archery skills are taught by famous teachers, and after actual combat testing, Xiao Ming has seen her shoot four or five Jurchen warriors to death.

After the first game of competition with Xiao Feifei, Ami is now ruthless, she must take down the queen's throne, and her own clan can become the uncle of the country from now on, such a tribe will definitely have a big official in the capital, isn't it often possible to see my brother? This big official was tailor-made by Ami for Xiao Ming.

In order to prevent accidents, Xiao Ming secretly sneaked into Fuhu Forest to check the terrain, he didn't want to have any accidents at the last moment, and helped Ami get the name of the queen, not for Emperor Tianzuo or Xiao Fengxian, but for Xiao Ming's own gratitude to the Wuhuai Department, so he didn't go to any dinner, and he was not interested in judging the two women.

The next day is the fifth day of the ninth month, the official time of autumn, this day is high and refreshing, the breeze is blowing, it is a good time for hunting, everyone's spirit can not help but be excited! This day is an important day, not only for individuals, but also for the entire Great Liao Kingdom.