Yang Peng stayed in the villa for a few days, and did not agree to Ye Yu Longxu's request, promised to continue to provide grain and grass for the Great Liao State, or exchanged horses for horses, Ye Yu Guanyin had no way to return to Youzhou with Yang Peng, Yang Peng left Shi Ping and returned to Youzhou with the secret guards.

Yang Peng returned to Yanjing. As soon as he came back, he learned from Yang Jiumei that during his absence, the princess Jinzhi had come to visit him many times. "Is there anything wrong with her?" Yang Peng asked. At this time, Yang Tong and Zhao Jinxi were dressing him widely.

Yang Jiumei shook her head, "I don't know." When I asked her, she only said that there were some things that had to be discussed with you. Yang Peng sat down, took the tea from Jiang Li's hand, took a sip, put down the tea bowl, thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "I don't think it's a big deal." Yang Jiumei walked to the side and sat down, frowning and said, "I always feel that this Princess Jinzhi has a lot of heart!" Maybe she wants to use her eldest brother to accomplish something! ”

Yang Peng laughed and said: "You treat me as a fool, so easy to be taken advantage of!" Yang Jiumei glanced at Yang Peng, "You are not stupid, but when you see a beautiful woman, your ears will soften, let alone a foxy woman like her!" Yang Peng touched his nose and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I'm not that bad, am I?" ”

"Humph! You know it in your own heart! Then he frowned, "If that vixen promises her, I think you'll agree to any of her requests!" Yang Peng smiled: "If she is a fox spirit, you are a fox fairy!" I haven't even done it with you, how can I have the leisure to touch other flowers and mess with other grass! ”

Yang Jiumei was both happy and ashamed when she heard this, and glared at Yang Peng with red cheeks. Yang Peng saw that she was delicate and infinitely glamorous, and couldn't help but move his index finger, couldn't help but hold her slender hand, and asked with a bitter face: "Ninth sister, when are we going to cave the house?" As soon as these words came out, several women present laughed, Yang Jiumei blushed, embarrassed, retracted her hand suddenly, and said angrily: "I'm saying strange things again!" ”

"The conscience of heaven and earth, this is a very serious thing, why is it a strange thing?" Then he held Yang Jiumei's slender hand tightly, and said like a scoundrel: "If you don't answer me, I won't let go!" Yang Jiumei glared at Yang Peng, ashamed and annoyed, at a loss. Yang Tong and Zhao Jinxi saw each other on the side, and they inevitably felt a little apprehensive.

"Let it go!" Yang Jiumei said angrily. "If you don't let go, you won't let go in this life!" Yang Jiumei stared at Yang Peng with a red face, her beautiful eyes rippling with affection. Then he lowered his head and said softly: "After I tell my mother and sixth brother, I can marry you!" ”

Yang Peng's eyes lit up, "This is what you said." I'm going to write now. So saying, he got up and walked to the study. Yang Jiumei hurriedly said, "There is something I almost forgot. Yesterday, the eighth sister sent someone to send a letter from Tianjing New Town. "Oh? Where is the faith? "In your study."

Yang Peng walked out of the back hall and walked straight to the study. The study is at the back of the bamboo grove behind the back hall, and there is a verandah connecting the back hall and the study. The women followed him toward the study. When she came to the study, Yang Jiumei walked quickly to the bookcase, found the letter she received yesterday from the stack of official documents, and turned around and handed it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the letter, saw that the envelope had not been opened, and asked in surprise: "You haven't opened it?" Yang Jiumei said angrily: "How can we open your letter privately!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, kissed Yang Jiumei's cheek, and then opened the letter and read it; And Yang Jiumei kissed her in front of everyone, and her cheeks turned red and she was ashamed.

Yang Peng's expression gradually became serious, and finally sat down behind the bookcase, put down the letter, and thought about it. Yang Tong couldn't help but ask, "Xianggong, what happened?" ”

Yang Peng sighed, "The emperor is going to build a new palace again, the scale far exceeds all the previous palaces, it is said to celebrate the Great Song Dynasty finally taking revenge on Liao!" The women glanced at each other, and Zhao Jin said puzzledly: "The imperial court was knocked so badly by the Khitan, but it was only exchanged for three states, or for the three continents occupied by the Liao State, what is there to celebrate?" The women nodded approvingly.

Yang Peng smiled: "This is called self-entertainment!" Hehe! Yang Peng frowned and said: "The Great Song Dynasty has used troops again and again over the years, coupled with the rampant corruption of officials and corrupt officials, the people of the world have long been very poor!" Wouldn't it be even worse if such a palace had to be built? ”

Yang Peng nodded and glanced at the letter in front of him, "This letter says that there have been many incidents in the states near the capital where the whole family was forced to commit suicide or abscond with the whole family; There were also a number of popular uprisings, and the people could not bear the exploitation of officials at all levels, gathered crowds to resist, and killed and injured many officials who had purchased Huashigang. However, these things were concealed by Taishi Pang and others, and the emperor thought that the world was peaceful and prosperous! Hehe. ”

The women were silent, and Yang Tong pursed her lips, "It's none of our business." Yang Jiumei immediately reprimanded: "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, how can you call it not our business?" Yang Tong hung his head and did not speak. Yang Peng frowned and said, "Okay, don't talk about this!" Yang Jiumei turned her head, "Big brother, did the letter say about the situation of the mother and the sixth brother?" ”

"They were nice. Although he has lost the glory of the past, he can sleep peacefully. Now, neither Taishi Pang nor Concubine Pang has put their minds on them. It may be a good thing to lose the glory of the queen and the crown prince in the high places. ”

Yang Jiumei nodded thoughtfully. At this time, Hou Zhun rushed in, hugged his fists and said, "Master, Fang Jinzhi asks to see you." Yang Jiumei said teasingly: "This Princess Jinzhi really won't stop until she reaches her goal!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and said to the women, "You guys go back to the room first." The women bowed to Yang Peng Yingying and left the study. Yang Jiumei ignored Yang Tong and Zhao Jinxi, and led her personal maid Xiao Fang back to her yard.

Yang Tong looked at Yang Jiumei's back with a somewhat unhappy expression. Zhao Jinxi said as if he was uneven: "Speaking of which, she is just a small one, and she hasn't even passed the door yet, so she dares to be so arrogant in front of her sister, it's really infuriating!" Yang Tong snorted and said resentfully: "Isn't it just because you were born taller than us, what's the big deal!" Now her brother, sister and nephew are all demoted, and they are not much taller than us! She doesn't want to pay attention to me, and I don't want to pay attention to her! Yuluo turned around and walked towards his courtyard, followed by Zhao Jinxi.

Yang Jiumei returned to the courtyard, and the maid immediately came to report that Miss Yonghui was here. Yang Jiumei was overjoyed and hurriedly walked towards the embroidery building. Yang Jiumei and Chai Yonghui have not known each other for a long time, but the two hit it off at first sight and soon became good sisters who have nothing to say. As the saying goes, people gather in groups, and it is very difficult for Yang Jiumei and Zhao Jinxi to get along, but she can meet Chai Yonghui late, perhaps because the two have similar births and similar hobbies and temperaments.

Yang Peng saw the legendary princess Jinzhi in the study, Fang Jinzhi was dressed in a waist palace dress with a golden phoenix inlaid on a red background, her hair was folded into a cloud bun, and a golden step was inserted horizontally on the cloud bun; The facial features are delicate and flawless, no shortcomings can be found, the temperament is gentle and graceful, and the tenderness is like water. It can really be called a natural beauty, and the country is fragrant!

Yang Peng was very surprised by Fang Jinzhi's national beauty, but he was used to seeing stunning colors, and he did not show even a trace of amazement.

"Fang Jinzhi meets the general." Fang Jinzhi bowed, her tone was extremely soft, making people dizzy. Yang Peng smiled and said, "I don't dare to accept such a big gift from the princess!" Princess, please be seated! "Thank you, General!" Fang Jinzhi stood up, walked to the chair on the left and sat down softly, her every movement was full of feminine charm.

Fang Jinzhi said self-deprecatingly: "In the eyes of the general, my identity as a princess is just a joke. Yang Peng said: "The princess is humble, in my heart, King Ming is a hero!" It's a pity that although he has heroic aspirations, it's a pity that he lacks a little heroic means! ”

Fang Jinzhi was very excited, hurriedly stood up, and Ying Ying bowed: "Thank you, General!" Yang Peng smiled, "You are a princess, don't worship at every turn, I'm afraid of losing my life!" Fang Jinzhi smiled slightly and sat back.

Yang Peng said apologetically: "I've been so busy during this time that I haven't been able to take care of the princess." The Admiral was serious. The general is a generation of heroes, and it is an eventful time in the world, so he naturally has endless things. After a pause, "I came this time because I actually wanted to discuss something with the general. Yang Peng nodded and listened. Fang Jinzhi continued: "All of us believe that only the general can realize the ideal of the sect leader, so we are willing to serve the general and go to the soup to step on the fire!" ”

Yang Peng hesitated and asked, "I don't know what your Holy Lord's ideal is?" Fang Jinzhi's delicate face immediately radiated a holy brilliance, and Yang Peng couldn't help but be stunned. Fang Jinzhi said in an excited tone: "The main sect is to build a Datong society, where there is no government, no oppression, everyone has clothes to wear, everyone has food, orphans without parents can still enjoy the love of their parents, and the elderly who have lost their children can also have someone to wear linen and filial piety for them." Looking at Yang Peng, "This is our Mingjiao's ideal!" ”

Yang Peng nodded thoughtfully, raised his head and said to Jin Zhi: "With all due respect, although your ideals are great, I am afraid that it will be very difficult to realize them!" Fang Jinzhi said categorically: "As long as we are not afraid of sacrificing our predecessors, we will be able to achieve it one day!" If you are not afraid of difficulties, you are afraid that no one will do it! If our generation can't complete it, we will hand it over to the next generation to continue to do, and if we continue from generation to generation, there will always be a day when the ideal will be realized! ”

Listening to Fang Jinzhi's words, Yang Peng's heart couldn't help but rise with admiration. smiled and said: "It is really rare for a princess to have such a thought!" Fang Jinzhi looked at Yang Peng, "What's the use of having ideals, only people like generals can realize such ideals!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and waved his hand, "It's been awarded." According to Confucianism, I am not a good person! is greedy for money and lustful, and does not take Confucianism seriously, and disobeys the yang and yin of the court, etc. So according to Confucian standards, I'm an out-and-out villain! ”

Fang Jinzhi scoffed, "Why should you take those corrupt remarks to heart? My Huaxia clan has become so cowardly and rotten, and it is not all due to those Confucian students! Hmph, the divine right of the monarch is really shameless! The same people under the sky, how can there be a distinction between high and low? In this world, the most shameless people are those who read, they have no love, no benevolence, they only know how to blindly flatter the emperor in exchange for high-ranking officials! Without them, the world would be more peaceful and the people would be better! ”

Yang Peng smiled. Fang Jinzhi said sincerely: "Tomorrow night, I will have a banquet for the general at home, and I will also ask the general to appreciate it!" Yang Peng smiled: "Since it is the princess's invitation, I will definitely go to the meeting on time." Fang Jinzhi showed joy, stood up, and bowed: "Then I won't bother the general, farewell!" Yang Peng stood up, "I'll send you." Fang Jinzhi was sent out of the gate, looking at the carriage that was slowly moving away, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Yang Peng turned around and prepared to go in. Suddenly, I heard the sound of horses' hooves behind me. So I followed the prestige, and saw Yang Jiumei, who was dressed in iron beast face armor and wearing a scarlet cloak, leading more than a dozen female guards to gallop from a distance. Yang Jiumei saw Yang Peng standing at the door, and her beautiful face showed a very happy expression. When he came to the door, he turned over and dismounted, quickly climbed the steps to Yang Peng, and said happily: "I didn't expect my eldest brother to wait for me at the door!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, and saw that the hair on her sideburns was a little messy, so he reached out and stroked it, and asked softly, "Are you tired?" Yang Jiumei shook her head, "I'm not tired at all!" When the female guards saw the appearance of the two of them, they all pursed their lips and snickered, and they did not disturb them, but led their horses through the side door.

Yang Peng took Yang Jiumei's slender hand and walked into the door, and walked into the backyard from the side of the hall. At this time, the sun was shining, the lake in the distance was sparkling, the willow trees were in the shade of the cloister pavilion, several graceful maids were walking through the corridor in the distance, and a group of heroic female guards walked through the shade of the trees not far away.

Yang Peng took Yang Jiumei's slender hand and walked by the lake, Hu Sanniang lowered her head, she enjoyed the feeling at the moment. "Ninth sister, do you think there is any gap and advantage between our army and the army of Western Xia?" Yang Jiumei thought for a while, "If you have an advantage, I think it should be an infantry army and various offensive and defensive equipment, and if you are inferior, it will be a cavalry." Although the combat power of our cavalry is also strong, the scale is too far behind that of Western Xia! Therefore, we cannot rely on cavalry alone to engage in large-scale field battles with Western Xia! This also limits our ability to launch a large-scale campaign against Western Xia! ”

Yang Jiumei frowned. Yang Peng pondered: "We can't deal with them alone with our strength, we must rely on the power of the imperial court!" Yang Peng was surprised, "The power of the imperial court? Yang Peng nodded, and thought: "We must think of a way to let the imperial court concentrate all its forces to deal with Western Xia!" Yang Jiumei laughed mockingly, "This is difficult!" Even if there were no traitors, the literati would not approve of the use of soldiers, and they would definitely suggest that the emperor make peace with the Western Xia or contribute annual coins to maintain the peace. It must be the same set again, what 'although the country is strong and belligerent, it will perish'! Hmph, I don't know what to do! ”

Yang Peng smiled, "You know those people quite well!" Yang Jiumei showed a look of disgust, "I don't want to know those people!" It's rubbish! Big brother, I don't understand, didn't you say that reading can make people sensible? Why is it that the more people read, the worse they get? ”

Yang Peng smiled: "It's not entirely like that. Look at Qian Letian, Zuo Mou, Kou Yan, Liu Zhiliang, aren't these all readers? They're not like those people! Kou Zhun and Cao Bin in the court are also very good! Therefore, reading does not make people rotten, it only because of their nature! The more a smart person reads, the smarter he gets, and the more a stupid person reads, the more stupid he becomes, and it's also a senior stupid! ”

Yang Jiumei chuckled. Yang Peng saw Yang Jiumei's smile like a flower, and his index finger moved. Stopped, hugged Yang Jiumei's slender waist, kissed her red lips, and smiled: "Ninth sister, let's find a place to chat." Yang Jiumei couldn't help but be emotional, looked up at the attic not far in front of her, then raised her finger and pointed there, "Let's go there." Yang Peng glanced at her fingers and led her to the attic.

Coming to the gate downstairs, Yang Jiumei suddenly broke free of Yang Peng, pushed open the door and ran in. Yang Peng couldn't help but get excited and hurriedly chased in. In the evening, Yang Peng came to the mansion where Fang Jinzhi and the others lived. As soon as he entered the gate, he actually saw everyone waiting for him in front of the hall, and as soon as he came in, he bowed together under the leadership of Fang Jinzhi: "Meet the general!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, "Don't be polite, get up." Everyone stood up, and then hugged Yang Peng into the brightly lit hall. Fang Jinzhi invited Yang Peng to take a seat, and Yang Peng walked to the top and sat down. Fang Jinzhi and other Ming Sect members immediately sat down on the left and right sides of the hall.

Fang Jinzhi raised his glass, "This glass of wine, in order to thank the general for being willing to take in us homeless people!" Everyone in the Ming Sect raised their wine glasses and said together: "Thank you, General!" Yang Peng picked up his wine glass, "In my heart, the people of the Ming Sect are all heroes, so I am willing to take you in!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but show excitement. Fang Jinzhi dried up the wine, it was hard to imagine that a beauty as tender as she had such a heroic side, it was really eye-opening! Everyone in the Ming Sect also dried up the wine, and Chen Xiao raised his head and drank the wine in the glass. Everyone put down their glasses and felt that the distance between them had narrowed a lot.

Fang Jinzhi said: "I'm here to introduce my brother of the Ming Sect to the general. Then he pointed to the heroic woman beside her, "This is Qiu Xia, a female general of my Mingjiao, and my good sister." Qiu Xia stood up and hugged Yang Peng, Yang Peng bowed slightly, and Qiu Xia sat back.

Fang Jinzhi continued to introduce, there is Qiuxia's brother, Wanchun, nicknamed Xiaoyang Yuji, this is a middle-aged man with a serious and meticulous expression; The monk Deng Yuan, one of the four generalissimos, is so similar to Duan Zhixian that it is like being printed in a mold; Among the four generalissimos, Li Tian and Si Fang, the former is a heroic and fierce young man, like a steel knife out of the sheath, and the latter is a big man with a majestic physique and a fierce temperament, with a golden beard and hair, which is simply the so-called golden lion king in film and television dramas; The last two, one is called Minzhong, the other is called Tianyou, Minzhong is a scribe with a bit of fairy wind and bones, Tianyou is Li Tian's younger brother, and his appearance is somewhat similar to Li Tian, but his temperament is too far behind. Yang Peng nodded to everyone.

After Fang Jinzhi finished introducing everyone, he couldn't help but sigh: "I think how prosperous my Ming Sect was at the beginning, with more than 100 leaders, but now there is only this one person left!" ”

Si Fang said angrily: "It's not the dog thief in the Song Dynasty who caused it!" Li Tian said coldly: "They didn't bargain either!" How many of the nearly 100 leaders have returned? What if they escaped with their lives? They weren't killed by Song Ting! That's what happens when you're a lackey! "Li Tian, the fierce general of the Ming Sect, once beheaded Dong Zhang and Zhao Hao, and then fought with Gao Hu for thirty rounds without a victory.

Yang Peng asked puzzledly: "The Ming Sect is not afraid of death, and I heard that you have also won the hearts of the local people, but why did you end up losing a lot?" ”

Everyone sighed, and Min Zhong said: "The main reason is because of those officials and officials who came over. When we swept through Jiangnan, these people turned to us one after another. However, when the official army and the Black Wind Mountain men and horses came to attack in a big way, these people secretly contacted the official army. That's how many cities were captured. After we reacted, we immediately began to arrest the officials and officers who had defected, but we did not expect to cause a great chaos. This undoubtedly exacerbates an already critical situation. ”

Yang Peng said, "So you don't have to ask for these now, your current ideal is good, but there is no charter, there is no source of funds, what should you do if the people are affected by the disaster, the people have no land to plant, you do this, just have ideals, rely on killing the rich, the funds obtained from attacking the county are far from enough for development, you have never thought about how to really help the people." ”

"Princess, you will set off early tomorrow morning to see where to go to Tianjing New Town, whether those ordinary people in Tianjing New City are the world you imagined. That city is we started from nine people at the beginning, after five years of our efforts, the development of the current scale, not to mention the current Youzhou, even Bianjing is not as strong as our Tianjing New City, go to see more, talk less, from the heart slowly understand what is the world Datong, how to do it, in order to achieve the goal, this is the letter, where you go to Tianjing New City to find Zhang Xiang, see more. Good for you. ”

Fang Jinzhi said, "Okay, let's leave early tomorrow morning." ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.