Yang Peng looked at Dunan with a smile, and everyone's eyes followed to Dunan. Dunan suddenly realized something, pointed to his nose and said in disbelief: "Big brother, you, you don't want to think, you want to ......" Yang Peng nodded, "I just want you to be this Lianghuai Xuanwei envoy!" Although Dunan had already expected it, he still felt a little incredulous when he heard Yang Peng really say this, "This, this, I can't do it!" ”

Yang Peng joked: "Usually you talk about the world and talk eloquently, how freely you sway, why did you retreat when it came to the end?" Dunant picked his fat head, "This, this is different!" ......" Yang Peng smiled: "You don't have confidence in yourself? Think you don't have what it takes? "Not really, it's just, it's just, it's a little too sudden!" Then he said half-jokingly and half-worriedly: "If the younger brother makes a mess of things, won't it make the eldest brother angry?" ”

Yang Peng laughed, "You're still a little unconfident!" "Dunant is really a little embarrassed, and a little annoyed, annoyed that he suddenly became so cowardly? Yang Peng walked up to Dunan, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Since I handed over the matter to you, I naturally have confidence in you, you just let it go, why be afraid!" Good or bad, at least I did my best, and I won't regret it in the future! Dunant nodded gratefully, "Thank you for the teachings of the eldest brother, the younger brother will definitely do his best!" Duan Zhixian said angrily: "It's just a propaganda envoy, what is there to be afraid of, it is really inexplicable!" Yang Peng laughed, and Dunan was quite embarrassed.

Duan Zhixian said with joy on his face: "Okay now, there is finally a Xuanwei envoy, I am finally relieved!" His grandmother's, dealing with these bullshit government affairs, it's really irritating! ”

Yang Peng joked: "It's really not appropriate to let Duan Zhixian do this kind of thing!" Dunan and Bai Tong couldn't help laughing, Duan Zhixian patted his bald head and laughed: "That's, that's!" I'd better stay in the barracks! ”

Yang Peng said to Bai Tong: "Bai Tong will be Dunan's assistant and assist him in managing these two Huai grounds!" Bai Tong clenched his fists and promised. Yang Peng looked at Duan Zhixian, "Although government affairs are the affairs of Xuanwei, the military must also provide support when necessary!" Duan Zhixian patted his chest, "Don't worry, as long as the fat man squeaks, we will definitely do our best to help!" Dunant gratefully clenched his fists and said, "Then thank you General!" Duan Zhixian waved his hand: "Thank you!" Then he said viciously: "What I don't like the most is these bullshit etiquette, fat man, you can speak and do things straightforwardly in the future, don't go around the bend with me, otherwise I won't recognize you as a brother!" ”

Dunant smiled and said, "The general's temper is right against my appetite!" The general can rest assured, the younger brother doesn't like red tape either! Duan Zhixian laughed, "Okay, good, this is a good brother!" Yang Peng smiled: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, let's discuss serious things," and then several people discussed some key matters in Lianghuai.

At the same time, Zhou Xian returned home with a somewhat absent-minded expression. When his son Zhou Lu saw his father like this, he asked puzzledly, "Father, did something happen?" Zhou Xian sighed, sat down and said a little depressed: "I saw King Yan today!" Zhou Lu was taken aback, "King Yan has come to Yangzhou?" "Yang Peng's arrival in Yangzhou was not notified to the entire Lianghuai region, only Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie and other generals in the army, so the local government did not know that Yang Peng had arrived in Lianghuai.

Zhou Xian nodded, "I came yesterday." Zhou Lu was very strange: "This is strange, why don't we know?" Zhou Xian shook his head, "It's nothing. It's just that today I am a father, but I lost my adult in front of King Yan! Zhou Lu was very surprised, Zhou Xian frowned, and continued: "Several servants in our family actually collided with King Yan in the tavern, if it was just like this, those servants who didn't know whether they were alive or dead afterwards called Zheng Zhutou and wanted to arrest people. The results can be imagined! ”

Zhou Lu was stunned, "Unexpectedly, it turned out to be like this!" Then fear surged in his heart, "Then, isn't King Yan furious?" Zhou Xian shook his head, "That's not true, King Yan, he didn't take this matter to heart, he just sentenced those servants and servants to exile, and he didn't reprimand me at all." Zhou Lu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "In this way, King Yan still values his father very much, otherwise how could he have exposed this matter so lightly?" Zhou Xian nodded, remembered something, looked at Zhou Lu, and asked tightly, "How is the woman you robbed now?" Is she okay? When Zhou Lu heard his father mention that woman, he was angry, "That hateful woman, she really toasts and doesn't eat and drink!" Zhou Xian frowned and asked, "How is she doing now?" You didn't do anything to her, did you? The tone was both anxious and nervous.

Zhou Lu couldn't help but be very strange when he saw his father like this, "She is still treating her injuries, and she is fine." Father, why are you so nervous about that woman? Zhou Xian heard Zhou Lu say that the woman was fine, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, frowned, and said: "I don't know who chewed his tongue in front of King Yan, King Yan specially asked about you robbing the people's daughter......" Zhou Lu was shocked, and then furious, "That bastard is tired of life, and he dares to sue me in front of King Yan!" Zhou Xian glared and shouted, "You give me a little quiet!" Zhou Lu closed his mouth depressedly.

Zhou Xiandao: "It's okay, King Yan doesn't plan to pursue this matter, just ask us to deal with the aftermath." You immediately send someone to send that woman back, and at the same time send two hundred taels of silver to that family, and ask them not to talk nonsense! Seeing Zhou Luxin's reluctant appearance, he immediately glared and shouted, "Did you hear that?" Zhou Lu said very depressedly: "Father, my son thinks it's really boring to follow this Yan King!" We are loyal to him, but there is not much benefit, and we have to be a trembling man, and if we knew this, we would not have taken refuge in him! ”

Zhou Xian showed a thoughtful look, "What you said is not completely unreasonable, since the defeat of Yanyun to lead the two Huai, the income of our three major families has shrunk a lot, and we have to be cautious, completely without the prestige of the past!" ......" Zhou Lu was very excited when he saw his father say the same, and immediately said: "Father, why don't we dedicate Yangzhou to the imperial court!" Come to think of it, the imperial court will inevitably treat us with great favors! ”

Zhou Xian was very moved, but then shook his head, "No, we really have to do this, tomorrow you and I will be taken away by that Yan Yunjun!" Although we are magistrates, we have no soldiers in our hands, and the Yanyun Army is a division of tigers and wolves, and even the Khitans have to retreat, if we act rashly, the consequences will be unimaginable! I'll never mention this later! ”

Zhou Lu was depressed and very unwilling, but he also knew that what his father said was right, if he popped up at this time, there would definitely be no good end. Zhou Xiandao: "Although we are not as prominent as in the past, but on the ground of these two Huai, the three of us are still pivotal to call for wind and rain, but we must be more restrained, the general trend is still the same as in the past, hmph, who dares not to look at our face on the ground of these two Huai!" But we also have to learn to adapt to the environment! It's really good that the above is a faint king, we can do whatever we want without scruples, but the faint monarch can't keep the country, and sooner or later the country will be taken by a strong person like King Yan, so we can't always hope that the king is mediocre, and we have to adapt to the situation of doing things under the master! Zhou Lu sighed.

Early the next morning, Zhou Xian came to report to Yang Peng, saying that he had sent back the folk girl who Zhou Lu had robbed according to King Yan's instructions, and compensated the family heavily and solemnly apologized. Yang Peng was very satisfied and praised Zhou Xian, and the matter was over.

Soon after, Yang Peng issued an order for all the prefects and counties of Lianghuai to come to Yangzhou for a meeting. After receiving Yang Peng's order, the prefects of Lianghuai rushed to Yangzhou. At the conference, Yang Peng announced in public the order to appoint Dunan as the Xuanwei envoy, and introduced Dunan to everyone. When the prefects and county commanders saw that Xuanwei was a fat man with a kind face, they were secretly happy in their hearts, thinking that such a person must be easy to deal with, and everyone would have a good life in the future. Everyone bowed together: "The lower officials meet the Xuanwei envoy!" Dunan smiled back: "You don't have to be polite! The kid is only a shallow learner, and I ask you to take care of it! Naturally, everyone responded, but there were other plans in their hearts.

Yang Peng handed over the affairs of the two Huai government affairs to Du Nan and Bai Tong, and he left Yangzhou to inspect along the river, which took half a month, and then returned to Yangzhou. That night, he talked with Dunan for most of the night, and the next morning, Yang Peng and his secret guards boarded a ship and left Yangzhou and returned to Yanjing.

As soon as he returned to Yanjing, Han Jinxin reported to Yang Peng: "King Yan, the envoy of Western Xia is here. ”

Yang Peng laughed and said, "He came quite quickly!" Looking at Han Jinxin, "How long have you been here, and have you said anything?" Han Jinxin said: "It's been a few days since I came, and although my subordinates have talked to him a few times, he is tight-lipped and doesn't explain his intentions!" This person is thoughtful, the city is very deep, and he is not a simple character! ”

Yang Peng nodded thoughtfully, "You go and inform him, I will summon him in the palace hall tomorrow!" Han Jinxin promised and retreated

Yang Peng put everything behind for the time being and went to the backyard to see his wives and concubines. As the saying goes, Xiao Biesheng is newlywed, Yang Peng was tired of being with his wife and concubines all day, he didn't go anywhere, and he didn't care about anything.

At the same time, the envoy of Western Xia who lived in the inn began to prepare for tomorrow's audience after receiving the notice from the Yan Wangfu.

Early the next morning, the envoy of Western Xia came to the gate of the palace to ask for a meeting. After a few moments, the guard came out and said, "Your envoy, please come with me." The Western Xia envoy bowed slightly, and then followed the guard into the door. Yang Peng sat on the top of the hall and saw the Western Xia envoy slowly walking under the guidance of the guards. The name of the Xixia envoy is Li Tianhao, a member of the Xixia royal family, in his forties, not tall, dry and thin, but he has an extraordinary temperament, a pair of eyes are sunken, his gaze is deep, and he is the kind of person who is used to thinking; He was dressed in the costume of a party nobleman, the hair on his head was shaved into three locks, hanging down from the back, left, and right respectively, his right hand was swinging at his side, but his left hand was holding a golden scroll of documents on his chest, presumably a national letter or something.

Li Tianhao followed the guards into the hall, looked up at the legendary King Yan who was sitting on the top, and saw that the person on the top was heroic and extraordinary, and he couldn't help but break his heart, and said secretly: King Yan is all over the world, and he really deserves his reputation when he sees it today, but he is too young, which is really unexpected!

These thoughts only flashed in his mind, and then he pressed his right hand to his chest and bowed: "Great Xia envoy Li Tianhao pays a visit to His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng glanced at him and said with a smile: "Your envoy doesn't have to be polite!" Li Tianhao held the national letter in both hands and said: "This is the national letter of our country, I Xixia is willing to form a brotherly state with the king of Yan, and at the same time, this envoy also wishes to extend sincere greetings to His Royal Highness the king of Yan on behalf of His Majesty the emperor of our country!" ”

Jiang Li walked down, took the letter of state, and then forwarded it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the letter of state, opened it, and looked at it, only to see that what was written on it was just polite words about exchanges between the two countries, and it didn't have much meaning. He put down the letter of state and said: "Thank you for the kindness of the Emperor of the Western Xia, I, Yanyun, are naturally willing to live in harmony with the Western Xia, please ask your envoy to convey my greetings to His Majesty the Emperor of your country!" "Yes." Li Tianhao responded, and then said: "This envoy is here, in addition to expressing the good intentions of our country, there is another matter that must be discussed with His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng knew what to expect, and asked with a smile: "What do you want to discuss with me?" Li Tianhao said: "About Shanxi...... paused, "The Liao State has already assigned Shanxi to our country, so please ask His Royal Highness King Yan to return Shanxi to our country!" ”

Standing at the head of the left, a female general with a heroic and beautiful armor cloak snorted coldly, "Your envoy said that it was a joke, Shanxi is not from Liao, what qualifications does Liaoguo have to give Shanxi to others!" "This female general is none other than one of Yang Peng's wives, the former Liao Chang Princess, Yelu Hanyu. At this time, in addition to Yelu Hanyu in the hall, there are Zhang Yan, Han Jinxin, Liu Zhiliang, Chai Yonghui, Yelu Hanyu stands on the left as a military general, and the other four are all civil officials, standing on the right side, with Yelu Hanyu at the head, followed by Qian Letian, Han Jinxin, and Huang Qiaoyun.

Li Tianhao glanced at the female general, couldn't help but be stunned, and said secretly: There is such a beautiful and heroic woman in the world! Who is she? Could it be the cold rain of King Yan and Princess Yelu?

Li Tianhao bowed down and asked, "Dare to ask Your Excellency, but is it the princess of King Yan?" "Exactly!" Li Tianhao made a chest salute, "I don't know it's the princess, it's disrespectful!" Straightened up and said awe-inspiringly: "What the princess said just now is very inappropriate!" Since Shanxi has been seized by the Liao State, it is naturally the territory of the Liao State! Now the Liao State has ceded it to my Western Xia, and it is the territory of my Western Xia! ”

Yelu Hanyu asked: "According to the meaning of your envoy, the Liao State seized Shanxi by force, and Shanxi is owned by the Liao State, so I, Yan Yun, have taken Shanxi from the Khitan people with my ability, and Shanxi should be my Yan Yun's!" Since it is my Yanyun's, why did your envoy take the peace treaty of the Liao Kingdom to ask my Yanyun for Shanxi? ”

Li Tianhao said: "I'm afraid it's not clear what is right and wrong!" Then he said to Yang Peng: "I hope that King Yan will not damage the relationship between you and me because of Shanxi!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Is your envoy threatening me?" "Don't dare! I'm just telling the truth! Yan Yun has now formed a mortal enmity with the Liao people in the north, and at the same time, the Song Kingdom in the south is also suspicious of Yan Yun. If you make an enmity with my Xixia again at this moment, what will be Yan Yun's situation, I don't think there is much to say! ”

Chai Yonghui snorted coldly, "It's been a long time, you Xixia want to take advantage of people's danger!" Li Tianhao turned around and hugged his fists and said, "My lord's words are serious!" In fact, my Western Xia did not want to make enemies with Yan Yun, His Majesty of our country said, as long as Yan Yun is willing to abandon Shanxi, then Western Xia will not only not be Yan Yun's enemy, but will also be Yan Yun's most reliable ally, and we are willing to go south with Yan Yun to divide the Song Kingdom! In this way, Yan Yun can only give up a Shanxi, but he can get half of the Jiangnan, I believe you can figure it out! ”

Yang Peng sneered: "You Xixia really have a good idea!" It is effortless to get Shanxi, and then use my Yanyun to attack Jiangnan in one fell swoop! You Xixia have taken advantage of all the advantages, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to sleep at night? ”

Li Tianhao said: "This is a matter that is beneficial to both you and me, please think twice about King Yan!" Why did King Yan make a feud with me in Western Xia for the sake of a mere Shanxi? At that time, if my Western Xia and Liao sent troops to attack at the same time, King Yan asked himself if he could resist it? ”

Yang Peng laughed, and the laughter went straight to Xiao Han. Li Tianhao couldn't help but be surprised, because he heard a contemptuous attitude from the other party's laughter, and he felt like a tiger laughing at a sheep, and he couldn't help but be flustered and at a loss.

Yang Peng suppressed his laughter and said categorically: "Shanxi is the land handed down by the ancestors of my Chinese family, and not an inch is superfluous, and it is impossible to give it to other races!" If you want Shanxi, just rely on your ability to get it! There was a sense of pride in his tone.

Li Tianhao frowned and said, "Why should King Yan be rash!" If it really goes that far, I'm afraid that King Yan will lose more than just Shanxi! ”

"Even so? I, Yanyun soldiers, can fall on my own land, but I will never take the initiative to give in! If you want our land, come, we will accompany you to the end! Yelu Hanyu, Zhang Yan and Chai Yonghui looked at Yang Peng with admiration on their faces, looking very excited.

Li Tianhao felt a little overwhelmed, he originally thought that Yan Yun should back down due to the current situation, but he didn't expect the other party's attitude to be so resolute! He could feel the other party's determination, and knew that it would be futile to say anything, so he hugged his fists and said, "King Yan's words surprised the envoy very much!" In that case, there is nothing more for the envoy to say! Then he bowed to Yang Peng and left.

Yelu Hanyu looked at Yang Peng and said excitedly; "Big brother's words are so painful!" Chai Yonghui nodded sympathetically. Han Jinxin pondered: "I'm afraid that Shanxi will fall into an unprecedented bitter battle soon!" Yang Peng said: "I have expected this for a long time!" Then he smiled, "Come if you want to come!" If we Yanyun want to really rise, it is impossible not to go through a few fierce battles! The phoenix can only be reborn by bathing in fire, and steel can only become a talent by exercising, and we Yanyun are the same! ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Yang Peng looked at Qian Letian and asked, "Have the envoys sent to the Western Xia, the Liao State and the imperial court been sent?" Qian Letian hugged his fists and said: "The envoys to the Liao State and the imperial court have already been sent, only the envoys to Western Xia have not been sent, but the personnel have been selected, just waiting for the order of King Yan." Yang Peng said: "Our envoy will go to Western Xia with the envoy of Western Xia!" "Yes."

Chai Yonghui asked puzzledly: "Big brother, since Western Xia is so rampant, what is the use of sending envoys?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "That's not necessarily! Although the Western Xia sent envoys to intimidate us, it does not mean that the Western Xia will definitely send troops with the Liao State! Even if the Western Xia has already made up their minds to send troops, we can use diplomatic means to find ways to disrupt the rhythm of the Western Xia people and make them not work with the Liao State! In short, all means are necessary! If these methods are mostly ineffective, then the head-on decisive battle is, hmph, who are we still afraid of Yan Yun! Chai Yonghui nodded sympathetically. ……

That morning, Yang Peng dressed in civilian clothes and rode out of the city surrounded by all the guards. Yang Peng couldn't help frowning when he saw that there seemed to be many more refugees dressed in Goryeo costumes on the street than before. The group went out of the South City Gate, only to see that there were more Goryeo refugees on the distance from the city gate to the far pier, and at the same time, there were constantly Goryeo ships carrying refugees to land here, and there was a bustling and noisy scene everywhere. Chen Xiao immediately looked at it for a moment, then turned his horse's head and ran towards the rolling green mountains to the east, followed closely by the secret guards. The group rushed into the mountains and forests, and the surroundings seemed to be quiet immediately, and the previous hustle and bustle seemed to become very distant, and compared to here, it seemed like another world.

Yang Peng rode on a horse, strolling in the verdant pine and cypress bamboo forest, breathing the fragrance of nature, listening to the singing of birds and the gentle sound of the breeze blowing the bamboo branches, feeling particularly comfortable. It's a real pleasure to steal half a day's leisure!

After a while, the group turned a mountain col, and a valley full of green bamboo immediately appeared in front of them, and behind the heavy bamboo shadows, there was a courtyard of considerable scale hidden in it.

After walking for a while, a courtyard wall and a small courtyard gate appeared, the courtyard gate was closed, and a bamboo yarn lantern was carried on each side. Looking over the courtyard wall, I saw that under the shade of the trees, the pavilions and pavilions loomed, although the scale of the courtyard was not large, but it gave people a very quiet and elegant feeling.

A guard stepped forward to knock on the door, and a moment later, the door opened, and a female guard of the Flying Phoenix appeared in front of everyone. As soon as the Feifeng female guard saw the scene in front of her, her face showed joy, and she hurriedly pushed the door open, rushed out and bowed: "Subordinates meet the master!" ”

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