Li Tianhao once again came to Yanjing as an envoy of Western Xia. Entering Yanjing City, I saw that the population was at its peak, and the merchants gathered, and the prosperous scene seemed to be on a higher level than the last time I came. I couldn't help but marvel in my heart, I felt that Yanyun's development was really a thousand miles in a day! Immediately, a wave of fear came to his heart, Yan Yun was already very strong, and he was developing so rapidly, given time, would there be anyone in the world who could fight against him?

Li Tianhao turned his head and saw a three-story teahouse on the side of the street, which was full of people. Li Tianhao's heart suddenly moved.

The group followed Yan Yun's reception official into the guest house and settled down.

Later that day, Li Tianhao received a summoning order from King Yan, so he changed into an official robe, carried the national credentials and followed the officials of Yan Yun to the lobby of King Yan's palace. At this time, Yang Penggao, the king of Yan, sat on the top, and several civil and military officers were on the left and right, basically Li Tianhao had seen them when he came last time.

"On behalf of His Majesty the Great Xia Emperor, I would like to extend my most sincere greetings to His Royal Highness King Yan!" Li Tianhao bowed and said, looking much more respectful than the last time he came. This is the case between countries, benevolence, righteousness, morality and the like are bullshit, only whoever has a hard fist can be respected and who is the boss, the winner is the prince and the loser Kou, if you lose, even if the morality is boundless, it is just Kou, say you are Kou, you are Kou, if the Yanyun army was defeated in the battle of Hedong before, hehe, I am afraid that this Li Tianhao will be a different face now.

Yang Peng smiled and said, "I also greet your Majesty the Emperor." ”

"It's His Royal Highness King Yan!" Immediately, Li Tianhao held up the national letter, "This is my country's national letter, please look at His Royal Highness King Yan." Jiang Li immediately went down to the hall, took the national letter, and came back to forward it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng picked up the national letter, opened it, read it again, smiled slightly, put down the national letter, and said to Li Tianhao: "Peaceful coexistence is originally my wish, but it's a pity that some people in your country always like to use swords and soldiers, but in the end they don't harm themselves!" Li Tianhao was quite embarrassed. Yang Peng said again: "Since your country wants to make peace, I naturally have no reason to disagree. Li Tianhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and saluted: "King Yan's benevolent and righteous demeanor is really admirable!" ”

Qian Neitian said: "If your country wants to talk about peace, it can't just be a matter of one sentence, what conditions do you plan to use in exchange for peace?" ”

Li Tianhao said: "My country is willing to give all the people who have been captured in the past few years to Yan Yun, with a total of more than 200,000 people, as a sincerity to make peace." And we hope that King Yan can return all the land west of the river to our country, as the sincerity of Yan Yun to make peace. ”

Qian Lotian sneered: "This is too cheap!" The three prefectures of Hexi have a population of four or five hundred thousand, a large amount of land, and a large amount of wealth, and your country actually wants to exchange more than 200,000 captive people for it. ”

Li Tianhao said: "The three states of Hexi are the land of my country......"

"The three states of Hexi, in fact, also include all the lands of your Western Xia, which have always been the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty!" Yang Peng said lightly.

Li Tianhao said: "That's all in the past, my Great Xia has been founded for a long time, and the Emperor of the Central Plains at that time has recognized it, so my Great Xia will no longer belong to the Central Plains Dynasty!" As for the three states of Hexi, since they were previously occupied by the Khitans, they belonged to the Khitans, and later the Khitans handed them over to our Great Xia, so they naturally belonged to our Great Xia! King Yan is a hero of the world, so he must not be forceful! Li Tianhao hoped that those words would block Yang Peng.

Yang Peng didn't buy his account, Yang Peng is only practical, what hero is not a hero, he doesn't care, he won't do a hero who is not good, "Not only Hexi, the whole Shaanxi and Gansu, we have never admitted that it belongs to the Khitans, and the land of the ancestors will be taken back sooner or later!" Li Tianhao listened to Yang Peng's unswerving words, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart. Yang Peng glanced at Li Tianhao, "You Xixia people shouldn't be stupid, can't you see that the Khitans handed over those lands to you are just a plan to leave Jiangdong behind?" You don't want to let go of this hot potato, can you ask yourself if you can compete with me Yanyun? ”

Li Tianhao said proudly: "I have been founding the country in Western Xia for more than 100 years, and I have a million armor, if I fight back with all my strength, it will be difficult for Yanyun to resist!" It's just that His Majesty the Emperor of our country doesn't want to live in misery, but he is not afraid of Yan Yun! King Yan doesn't want to deceive people too much! Yelu Hanyu, who was dressed in military uniform, shouted angrily: "Presumptuous! Li Tianhao was unyielding.

Yang Peng smiled faintly, "Xixia has eaten the bait from the Khitans, and he is reluctant to let go." In this way, you and I will take a step back, and we will not make Shaanxi and Gansu demands like you, and you will not come to the three prefectures of Hexi, but the population that you have taken captive must be returned. ”

Li Tianhao shook his head, "No, if you don't return the three states of Hexi, we can't return the people to you obediently!" Glancing at Yang Peng, "It's like doing business, you can't take the goods for nothing and not pay the bill!" ”

Yelu Hanyu said angrily: "You don't want to make a mistake, now it's not us asking you for peace, but you coming to ask us for peace!" We've taken a step back, don't be ignorant! Li Tianhao said loudly: "If you can't talk about it, my Great Xia monarch and ministers will definitely fight back, it is a million troops coming to the river, hum ......"

Yang Peng said lightly: "Don't always talk about your million-strong army, I really don't take it seriously!" No matter how strong your million-strong army is, it can't be stronger than the million-strong army of Liao, and after a few fierce battles, the Khitans have not lost a big defeat, even the Central Plains and Shanxi have been lost! Let me tell you the truth, the reason why I am willing to make peace with you is simply because our main target is the Khitans and not you Western Xia. If you don't know what to say, a million troops are coming to the river, hmph, I, Yan Yun, have no choice but to adjust the established policy, from targeting the Liao State to targeting you Western Xia! Change from the destruction of Liao to the destruction of Western Xia! In the last sentence, although Yang Peng's tone was flat, the bloody meaning contained in it was chilling.

Li Tianhao couldn't help but panic for a while, and was silent for a while. Yang Peng said: "Our conditions are what I said just now, of course you agree, it doesn't matter if you don't agree." Li Tianhao knew that it was useless for him to say anything, "I can't make the decision on this matter, I must return to His Majesty the Emperor of our country." Yang Peng nodded and glanced at Li Tianhao, "I will send an envoy to return to Western Xia with you to discuss this matter." "Yes. The minister retired. Yang Peng nodded, and Li Tianhao saluted Yang Peng and left.

Li Tianhao came out of the Yanwang Mansion and let out a long sigh. Glancing back at Yanwang's Mansion, I don't know why, I couldn't help but feel a burst of palpitations in my heart. I cleaned up my mood and boarded the bus back to the inn.

Halfway through the car, I lifted the curtain to look outside, only to see the shops next to it crowded with people, the streets were full of pedestrians, and the noise made people feel irritable.

After a while, a three-story teahouse not far away came into view, and the guests came in and out, which was also a very lively scene. Li Tianhao's heart moved, and he hurriedly shouted: "Stop!" The carriage stopped. Li Tianhao got down from the carriage, looked at the teahouse in front of him, and said to an entourage beside him: "Tell everyone to go back first." So the attendant said to the people, "Go back to the inn first!" Everyone answered and went to the inn. Li Tianhao led his entourage into the teahouse.

As soon as you enter the teahouse, the first feeling is: there are so many people! The first floor was already full, and there were three or five guests sitting at each table, drinking tea and chatting, which seemed very noisy.

The two went down the stairs to the second floor, which was just as crowded and noisy, but at this moment, a few guests by the window checked out and left, so the two walked over and sat down. Dr. Tea took a large rag and wiped the table clean, then cleaned up the tea soup and cups left by the guests in front of him, and asked with a huff, "What do the two guest officers want?" ”

Li Tianhao didn't mean to be here, so he said, "Whatever." Dr. Tea glanced at the clothes of the two, said wait a minute, and went down to Zhang Luo. A moment later, Dr. Tea came back with a pot of peanuts and a plate of peanuts and a stack of fennel beans, put it down on the table, said slowly, and left.

The entourage immediately poured a full cup for Li Tianhao, and Li Tianhao picked up the teacup and took a sip. At this moment, a voice came from a table next to him: "Hey, our life is getting worse and harder!" Li Tianhao followed the sound and saw that the people on the table were all young people who looked like scholars. What great thing can be achieved by listening to one person who is indignant and no one takes it seriously! Don't look at the noisy now, I think it's like that Wang Mang, the scenery won't last long! One laughed at himself and said: "It's not that you don't take scholars seriously, you should say that you don't take Confucian students like us seriously!" ”

The first person said angrily: "If you don't take our Confucian students seriously, you don't take the saints of Confucius and Mencius in your eyes!" If you don't take the saints of Confucius and Mencius in your eyes, you are a person without virtue! What can a person without virtue do? ”

The other lowered his voice and said with some fear: "Don't say this, it's not good for people to hear it!" The first one glared and said, "What are you afraid of?" Can't we say what he did? ”

The reason why Li Tianhao came to the teahouse was nothing more than to know some of Yan Yun's inside information, and now when he heard that these Confucian scholars were quite dissatisfied with Yan Wang, he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart. At this time, one of them was heard: "We are now 'under the low eaves, and we have to bow our heads'!" Hey, saying these is only depressing, drink tea and drink tea! Then there was the sound of tea.

Li Tianhao thought about it, got up and walked over, hugged his fists and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you are polite." The Confucian students turned their heads and saw that it was a middle-aged man in exotic clothes, but they didn't pay attention to it. They didn't see that Li Tianhao was wearing the official robe of Western Xia, after all, the color and style of the official robe of Western Xia were too different from the official robe of Yan Yun and the imperial court, and ordinary people couldn't see it at all.

Several Confucian scholars arched their hands towards Li Tianhao, and one of them, a dignified Confucian in a black Confucian shirt, said, "What advice does Mr. have?" Li Tianhao said with a smile on his face: "I am a member of the party, and I have long admired the culture of the Central Plains, so I came to the Central Plains to study, and I saw that the sons of the pole are all scholars, so I took the liberty to come to meet him!" Several Confucian scholars laughed, and the dignified-looking black-clothed Confucian sighed, "Sir has a heart, but it's a pity that you came to the wrong place!" If you want to learn Chinese culture, you should go to Bianjing, not here! ”

Li Tianhao looked very puzzled, "I don't know why?" I heard that King Yan is a great hero, and if you want to come to China, you must have the essence of Chinese culture, so you don't want to come thousands of miles, but why does Gongzi say that I shouldn't come here? ”

A thin white-clothed Confucian sneered: "Even the culture that you people of different races yearn for and admire is just a mere shoe in King Yan, aren't you in the wrong place!" The black-clothed Confucian glared at the white-clothed Confucian and said, "Don't talk nonsense!" The white-clothed Confucian knew that he had lost his words, so he quickly closed his mouth, feeling quite uneasy.

Li Tianhao asked curiously: "Listening to what this son means, it seems that King Yan doesn't care about scholars?" ”

The black-clothed Confucian said: "You can't say that. Glancing at Li Tianhao, "There is no need for Mr. to ask too much about these things, and it is of little use to Mr." In short, if Mr. wants to learn Chinese culture, it is better to go to Bianjing, but if you want to do business, you can't go wrong with coming to Yanyun! ”

Li Tianhao saw that the black-clothed Confucian was very vigilant, and he knew that he couldn't ask anything, so he hugged his fists and said, "Thank you Gongzi for telling me." The black-clothed Confucian clasped his fists and said, "You're welcome!" Li Tianhao returned to his seat at the table, drank tea and thought about it. Early the next morning, Qian Letian came to the guest house and met Li Tianhao. After a few words of greeting between the two sides, Qian Letian said: "Our envoy has been prepared, I don't know when the adult will leave?" Li Tianhao said: "Naturally, the sooner the better." I'm going to bid farewell to His Royal Highness King Yan! Qian Lotian waved his hand, "No need, King Yan left Yanjing early this morning." "Oh? I don't know where King Yan went? ”

Qian Lotian said: "I went to Yuguan." Li Tianhao was very surprised, he naturally knew that Yuguan was one of the key passes at the junction of the north and the pass, he didn't understand what King Yan's intention was to go to Yuguan at this moment? He has now subconsciously regarded Yan Yun as a great enemy, so Yan Yun's every move will attract his special attention and thinking.

"What is Master Li thinking?" Qian Lotian asked. Li Tianhao came back to his senses and said with a smile: "It's nothing. Then he frowned and asked, "Should I wait until King Yan comes back before leaving?" ”

Qian Letian smiled and waved his hand: "There's no need for that!" King Yan explained when he left, and asked me to greet the adults on behalf of King Yan! Li Tianhao bowed his head and said: "Then there is work!" After a pause, "I plan to leave for Great Xia early tomorrow morning. Qian Letian nodded, "Okay, I'll send you off tomorrow." ”

Then he stood up. Li Tianhao hurriedly stood up. Qian Lotian hugged his fists and said, "Lord Li, have a good rest, I take my leave." "I'll send you." Then he left the inn with Qian Letian, the two said goodbye at the gate, and Qian Letian boarded the carriage. Li Tianhao looked at Qian Letian's carriage, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Yang Peng and his entourage entered Yuguan and went straight to the gate of Yuguan Xingying. Lin Chong and the others, who had just received the news, rushed out of the gate to greet them. Yang Peng turned over and dismounted, walked into the door surrounded by everyone, and came to the lobby. Yang Peng stepped into the top, turned around, and all the generals bowed together: "Meet His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Brothers, you don't have to be polite! Everyone only felt warm in their hearts, straightened their waists, and looked at Yang Peng. Yang Peng sat down, and when he saw that everyone was standing, he said, "Everyone sit down!" The people sat down. Yang Peng looked at Liu Zhiliang and asked, "Liu Zhiliang, is there any new situation on the Gaoli side?" ”

Liu Zhiliang hugged his fists and said: "I just received news this morning that the princess of Liao led the army to repel the Japanese army besieging Goryeo Xijing, and the Japanese army retreated sixty miles, and now the two armies are facing each other. According to intelligence, the Japanese people are constantly mobilizing troops and supplies from the country to Goryeo, the exact number is unknown, but many are known. ”

Yang Peng showed a thoughtful look, and asked again: "Is there any news from Wuxing?" Liu Zhiliang shook his head, "Not yet." Yang Peng said: "As soon as Wuxing has news, tell me immediately." "Yes."

Yang Peng glanced at the generals and said with a smile: "You are all busy with your own going, you don't have to accompany me as an idler." Everyone smiled, and Liu Zhiliang said to the generals: "Everyone go and do your own thing!" Everyone bowed to Yang Peng and exited the hall. Liu Zhiliang turned back to Yang Peng and said, "The younger brother immediately packed up the camp for the eldest brother to live in!" ”

Yang Peng waved his hand, stood up and walked in front of Liu Zhiliang, and said with a smile: "We have set up a military camp outside the city, I can live there." "But ......," Yang Peng said, "It's too hot in the city, so it's cooler outside the city." If there's anything going on, report it to me outside the city. Liu Zhiliang saw that Yang Peng insisted, so he didn't say anything anymore, and hugged his fists and promised.

Yang Peng and his entourage left Yuguan on horseback and came to the camp on the outskirts. The camp sits on the banks of a stream, in the midst of a pine forest, surrounded by a green mountain range; Although the sun was scorching, the camp was very cool, and a gust of wind blew, carrying the fragrance of grass and green water, which made people feel extremely comfortable from the skin to the internal organs.

Yang Peng returned to his tent, only to see Yelu Hanyu kneeling at the desk not far away preparing a diet unique to the grassland, Yelu Hanyu changed into a Han costume, put on a Khitan woman's unique costume, a little less feminine, but more wild, at this moment Yelu Hanyu is really like a Khitan woman who is waiting for her husband to come back in the tent.

Tenderness rose in Yang Peng's heart, stepped forward, knelt down next to her, and kissed her on the cheek, "Why are you alone?" What about the others? Yelu Hanyu said with a smile: "It's hard for them to come out once, and they are all so happy that they go to the mountains and rivers!" The two are talking about Chai Yonghui, Yang Tong, Zhao Jinxi and others, as well as the princess Zhao Lihua, everyone heard that Yang Peng was going to Yuguan that day, they were very depressed, Yang Peng saw this scene and naturally felt uncomfortable, suddenly had an idea, felt that there was no danger to go to Yuguan, and the distance was not too far, why not bring them all? Isn't it the best of both worlds to do things and enjoy the mountains and rivers. Thinking of this, Yang Peng told the women his thoughts, and the women were overjoyed when they heard it. So Yang Peng went to Yuguan this time, and all the princesses of Yanwangfu also came. The reason why Yang Peng does not live in the camp but lives in the camp outside is to facilitate everyone's play.

While the two were talking, the voice of a woman speaking came from outside the tent, and the voice should be Zhao Lihua.

The two looked towards the door, only to see the curtain lifted, and three graceful women walked in, the one at the head was Zhao Lihua, and the two personal palace maids followed behind her. As soon as Zhao Lihua saw Yang Peng, she was very happy, and wanted to step forward to talk to him, but she controlled her impulse, after all, Yelu Hanyu was present, she was embarrassed and unwilling to be too enthusiastic, Ying Ying bowed: "The concubine has seen King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng walked up to Zhao Lihua, helped her up, and said with a smile: "It's not a formal occasion, so you don't need so much courtesy!" Zhao Lihua glanced at Yelu Hanyu and smiled slightly, "Big brother, I'll help Princess Yelu prepare lunch." Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Zhao Lihua came to Yelutri's side and bowed slightly, "Princess Yelu, I'll help you." "Yes," said Yerutri, "yes," he said, gesturing to a bucket of milk next to him, "and ask Princess Lihua to boil the milk and give it to me." Zhao Lihua responded, and then beckoned the two palace maids to carry the bucket of milk down, several women doing manual work, delicate and timid, it really has a touching charm.

As soon as the three of them left, two more people came in, it was Kim so-young and Kim so-moon sisters, and the two were carrying a bucket of water. Putting down the bucket, the two women wiped the fine sweat on their foreheads, and then they saw Yang Peng, and hurriedly bowed: "I've seen His Royal Highness King Yan!" Yang Peng smiled and asked, "What did you do?" Jin Xiuying said: "According to the instructions of the princess, go and fetch water." Then Jereh Hanyu cried out, "Bring the water quickly!" The two women answered, and immediately together they carried the bucket of water to the side of Yelu Hanyu, and then got busy under the command of Yelutri.

Yang Peng felt that he couldn't just watch the women do things as a big man, so he rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll help too, what should I do?" Yelu Hanyu looked at Yang Peng while doing things, and said with a smile: "What are you doing with a big man!" Don't get in the way here, go out and come back when it's time to eat, and keep a surprise for you! ”

Yang Peng smiled. Yelu Hanyu turned his head to concentrate on his work, and from time to time instructed the Jin sisters to do this and that. Yang Peng saw that he couldn't help much, so he left the tent. When I came to the creek and walked along it, I couldn't help but think of the war that was taking place in Goryeo today. Yang Peng feels that things are really a little chaotic! He smiled bitterly and couldn't help sighing.

Li Tianhao and Yang Peng's envoys hurried on the way, and soon arrived at the capital of Western Xia, and then a new round of bargaining began between the two sides. The right prime minister rushed back to the mansion, wrote a secret letter, called his cronies, and ordered him to be sent to the right general's military camp immediately. Li Yuanzhong, the right general, received a secret letter from the right prime minister, and immediately led his 100,000 troops to leave the Jianing Military Division and secretly go south, driving directly to Yan'an Mansion.

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