Zhang Daniu said: "This is not my credit, it is the task assigned by the master, as long as I find that the situation is a little wrong, I must immediately rescue the mother and His Royal Highness!" Mu Guifei couldn't help but think of Yang Peng, and her beautiful face couldn't help but reveal a look of longing, and a heart had already flown to Tianjing New Town. I couldn't help but feel a sense of joy in my heart, like a bird that had finally escaped from its cage.

Yan Ji, who was standing aside, asked Zhang Daniu: "General Zhang, who were the people who met us near the city gate last night?" Zhang Daniu said: "I can't say this." Yan Ji snorted, "Don't you know if you don't say it?" The leader is called Minzhong, and he is an important figure in the Ming Sect! ”

Zhang Daniu asked in surprise, "How do you know?" Yan Ji snorted coldly, "I didn't expect King Yan to have a connection with the Ming Sect!" Zhang Daniu shook his head, "Miss Yan Ji, what you said is not right, the master is not connected with the Ming Sect, the master is the leader of the Ming Sect!" It was the first time for everyone present to hear about this, and they couldn't help but be surprised, Yan Ji asked in disbelief, "You mean that Yang Peng is the leader of the Ming Sect?" Zhang Daniu suddenly came to his senses and screamed, "It's not good, it's not good!" How did I tell this! Then he became worried, and muttered: "When I go back, the master will punish me nine times out of ten!" ”

Mu Guifei smiled and said, "Brother Da Niu, don't worry, if King Yan wants to punish you, I will intercede for you!" Zhang Daniu was very moved, but shook his head and said: "It's useless, our Yanyun military law is like a mountain, I have violated military law, and it is useless for anyone to plead!" Yan Ji said: "It's not a big deal, besides, Niangniang is the family of King Yan, she pleads with you, King Yan will definitely not punish you!" When Mu Guifei heard Yan Ji say that she was a member of King Yan's family, she couldn't help but feel a shallow flush on her delicate face. Zhang Daniu listened to Yan Ji's words, felt that it was very reasonable, and hurriedly thanked Mu Guifei.

Yang Peng received a report from Dunan and knew that Mu Guifei and Zhao You had escaped smoothly, so he couldn't help but feel relieved. After walking to the bookcase and sitting down, thinking that Zhao Song was gathering heavy troops and grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River, he couldn't help frowning, he was a little annoyed, just when he was about to use troops against Western Xia, Zhao Song gave himself this one, how can he attack Western Xia with peace of mind?

After thinking for a moment, people called Yelu Hanyu, Han Bing and Zuo Mou. Yang Peng said: "Mu Guifei and Zhao Youduo have been rescued, but Zhao Song appointed Ding Gao as the commander, and at the same time mobilized heavy troops to the border!" You say, will Zhao Song take the initiative to attack us? ”

Yelu Hanyu said with a smile: "Zhao Song is weak, how dare he scratch the beard of the tiger of the eldest brother!" Do not worry! Yang Peng smiled, "That's what I said, but the dog jumped off the wall in a hurry, and the pig bit in a hurry." This time, I don't know which bastard spread rumors, saying that I colluded with Mu Guifei to subvert his Zhao Song regime, which is a big taboo, and anyone who is afraid will turn their faces! ”

Han Bing sighed and said teasingly: "Who called our eldest brother amorous, otherwise there wouldn't be so many things!" Yang Peng glared at Han Bing, and Han Bing rolled his eyes in return. Yelu Hanyu said: "What Sister Han Bing said is very true, in fact, don't take away Mu Guifei and Zhao You, just leave them to confront the emperor, and then let's do some more activities, it is not difficult to resolve this crisis!" However, some of us are so anxious and worried that the charges are confirmed, and now we can't explain it clearly! Han Bing nodded sympathetically.

Yang Peng sighed, "This is my weakness!" I know what you're saying, but I don't dare to take this risk, if there is a case, I can't explain it to Yonghui? ”

The two girls glanced at Yang Peng together, and Yelu Hanyu asked with a smile: "Are you afraid that you won't be able to explain to Sister Yonghui, or are you flustered and can't let go?" Yang Peng said angrily: "Don't get me wrong, I have nothing to do with Mu Guifei." Yelu Hanyu chuckled, turned his head to look at Han Bing, and said with a teasing smile: "Listen, how affectionate it is, and it's nothing!" Han Bing glared at Yang Peng.

Yang Peng touched his chin awkwardly, "I'll talk about this later, let's talk about Zhao Song." The two girls looked serious, and Yelu Hanyu said: "I still said just now, Zhao Song will never dare to offend our Yan Yun!" In addition to the reason I said just now, there is a more important reason," he glanced at Yang Peng, "Big brother, if you were Zhao Song and wanted to use troops against us, what would you do?" ”

Yang Peng didn't think about it and said: "If it were me, I would definitely gather heavy troops in Xiangyang," and then his heart moved, "Yes, if you want to take the initiative to attack, why don't you gather the main force in Xiangyang, but in Zhenjiang?" This is clearly to prevent our army from crossing the river and going south to Jinling! Hehe, this is a defensive position, not an offensive position!! Yelu Hanyu smiled and said, "That's right! ”

Yang Peng looked at Yelu Hanyu and said with emotion: "Thanks to Mei'er, otherwise I wouldn't be able to figure out the situation!" ”

Yelu Hanyu glanced at Yang Peng, "You are much smarter than me, otherwise I would not have been defeated in your hands one after another!" The reason why you can't think of it is because your mind is on 'Mu Guifei' and Zhao You, and the so-called concern is chaotic, so you don't see the situation in front of you clearly! Yang Peng smiled, patted his head, and then thought: "This judgment is very reasonable, there should be no problem, the current arrangement remains the same, and the plan to attack Western Xia remains the same, but you have to send someone to inform Duan Zhixian of them, be vigilant, and be careful!" He glanced at Zuo Mou, who had not spoken, and said angrily: "Zuo Mou, why don't you speak?" ”

Zuo Mou smiled, hugged his fists and said: "King Yan is talking to the two princesses, how can his subordinates interject?" "What he meant by this is actually that, King Yan, you flirt with the two princesses, I am an outsider and a subordinate, how dare I interject!

Yang Peng naturally understood what Zuo Mou meant, smiled, and asked, "What do you think about this matter?" ”

Zuo Mou was stunned for a moment, "This is King Yan's housework, and his subordinates don't dare to have an opinion!" The two girls laughed when they heard this, Yang Peng rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "I mean, what do you think about the matter of Zhao Song Tunbing Zhenjiang?" ”

Only then did Zuo Mou react, "Oh, this matter! Well, the views of the subordinates are the same as those of King Yan and the princess, Zhao Song's arrangement is clearly on the defensive, not a posture to ask the teacher for guilt, and the plan we made before does not need to be changed! Yang Peng nodded.

Han Bing said: "We can also send a messenger to Zhao Song to question the rumors!" The stronger we behave, the more the cowardly literati of the Zhao and Song dynasties will not dare to act rashly, and we can also use this to probe the situation of the Zhao and Song courts, so that we can make more accurate judgments and decisions! Yelu Hanyu smiled and said to Han Bing: "Sister Han Bing's plan is wonderful! Yang Peng nodded and smiled: "Yes, this is really a clever plan!" Han Bingyan smiled.

Yang Peng returned to the back of the bookcase, wrote a letter, sealed it, called Jiang Li, handed the letter to her, and ordered her to immediately send the letter to Yangzhou and hand it to Dunan. Jiang Li responded and ran down.

A few days later, Dunan, who was far away in Yangzhou, received Yang Peng's handwritten letter, and after reading it, he smiled; "Brilliant plan!" immediately found his deputy, Bai Tong, and discussed it with him. Early the next morning, Bai Tong got up and headed north for Bianjing.

Zhao Heng received the report and learned that Yan Yun's envoy had come to Bianjing, so he couldn't help but get nervous, and hurriedly asked Wang Qinruo and Pang Taishi: "Yan Yun's envoy came suddenly, I don't know what the intention is?" ”

Wang Qinruo said with a smile: "It must be that Yan Yun learned that the conspiracy was exposed, so he specially sent someone to ask for an explanation!" Master Pang nodded sympathetically. When Zhao Heng heard this, his originally panicked heart was put down.

Wang Qinruo clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, when the envoy of Yanyun comes to the audience, he must directly denounce his crime of treason to his face, and ask the envoy to bring a message to Yang Peng, so that Yang Peng can come to Bianjing as soon as possible to explain!" Zhao Heng's face was embarrassed, and Master Pang sneered: "What Lord Wang said is simple, but after these words are said, what is the use except for completely tearing his face with Yan Yun?" Zhao Heng nodded approvingly, "Why should we provoke Yan Yun!" As long as they can live in peace with us! Wang Qinruo said urgently: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, 'people don't hurt the tiger, but the tiger hurts people's hearts', if we want to coexist peacefully with Yanyun, can we definitely coexist peacefully?" ”

Zhao Heng frowned and said, "Aiqing's words are a bit too much!" We have always had several frictions with Yan Yun, but we provoked them, and Yan Yun has never taken the initiative to provoke disputes! The widow can't help but wonder if this so-called rebellion is a rumor deliberately spread by someone! ”

Wang Qinruo was taken aback when he saw that Zhao Heng's attitude had changed one hundred and eighty degrees compared to yesterday, and said secretly: "There must be someone who slanders in front of Your Majesty!" As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but look at Master Pang. When Taishi Pang saw Wang Qinruo's unkind eyes, he was stunned for a moment, and then he understood, but he secretly smiled bitterly and couldn't tell the difference, this kind of thing couldn't be distinguished at all.

Wang Qinruo said to Zhao Heng: "Your Majesty is merciful, but Mu Guifei and they are clearly afraid of crime and absconded, is there anything suspicious about this?" Zhao Heng sighed, "Mu Guifei, when she heard the rumors, she was terrified and uneasy, so she fled, that is also human nature!" Wang Qinruo uh, he didn't know what to say for a while, he felt that the emperor's mind had changed, if he insisted on persuasion, he was afraid that it would provoke the emperor's displeasure, then he would steal chickens and rice, and he would not be able to draw it away.

A few days later, in the early morning, the Huangmen official entered the palace and reported: "Yanyun envoy, Lord Bai Tongbai has come to see Your Majesty!" The emperor said, "Xuan! The Yellow Gate official answered the promise, rushed out of the main hall, and shouted in the direction of the palace gate: "Yanyun envoy to meet you!" ......" The voice came from afar, and someone at the gate of the palace responded: "Yanyun envoy to meet you!" ......" Then I saw the gate open, and a young man in an official robe strode with his head held high.

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty all knew the comer, and knew that his surname was Bai and his name was Tong, and he was the deputy Xuanwei envoy of Jiangbei and Huai. The eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Song court were all fixed on Bai Tong, and for a while, there was no sound on the main hall, only Bai Tong's footsteps......

Bai Tong came to the palace and bowed to the emperor: "Yanyun envoy has seen His Majesty the emperor!" Zhao Heng had a smile on his face, "Your envoy has worked hard, you don't know what to teach here?" As soon as Zhao Heng's words came out, several ministers in the court frowned slightly, because Zhao Heng's words were very inappropriate, no matter what the situation is now, Yan Yun is still a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty after all, but Zhao Heng spoke as if the attitude of the subordinates towards the superiors was really a loss of national body, but although these ministers thought so in their hearts, they didn't dare to say it, first, for fear of offending the emperor, and secondly, for fear of offending Yan Yun, it turned out that compared with others, these people were only the difference between fifty steps and one hundred steps.

Bai Tong raised his head, looked directly at the emperor, and asked proudly: "Your Majesty, my lord heard that someone in Bianliang fabricated rumors and framed the meritorious hero and the respected Mu Guifei, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Zhao Heng panicked, and he didn't know what to do for a while. Wang Qinruo said to Bai Tong: "The merits of this matter have been clarified, Mu Guifei and her son intended to plot chaos, and now they have absconded in fear of crime!" Master Pang immediately retorted: "Lord Wang's words are ridiculous! This matter is clearly someone who intends to frame Mu Guifei and His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty Shengming, has already found out the truth, but it is a pity that Mu Guifei and His Royal Highness the Prince have been disturbed by rumors and have not said goodbye! If you have to say that someone is involved in a crime, then someone is also deceiving the king and framing Zhongliang! Wang Qinruo saw that Master Pang dared to openly oppose him, and he was shocked and furious.

Bai Tong asked Zhao Heng: "Your Majesty, what did the two prime ministers say, what is the reason?" On the merits, please say something about your majesty! Everyone's eyes immediately converged on the emperor. Zhao Heng hurriedly said: "This matter is just as Pang Aiqing said, it is just someone spreading rumors, and there is nothing that the noble envoy has heard!" ”

"Oh, that's all a misunderstanding?"

Zhao Heng nodded and said, "Misunderstanding, definitely misunderstanding!" Bai Tong raised his eyebrows and said sharply: "Since it was a misunderstanding, why is the imperial court gathering an army to Zhenjiang?" Wouldn't this make my lord misunderstand and think that His Majesty wanted to use troops against Yan Yun? ”

Zhao Heng was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "There is no such thing, there is no such thing, the imperial court has never transferred troops to Zhenjiang, the noble envoy must have heard rumors and misunderstood!" Pang Taishi also said: "There is no matter of transferring troops in the imperial court, it must be a rumor spread by some people, King Yan must not misunderstand!" Both of us and you are like brothers, and we must not hurt our harmony because of some baseless rumors. Several ministers chimed in, all of them flattering.

Bai Tong glanced at everyone and said, "Since Your Majesty and your lords said so, it must indeed be a rumor!" The emperor hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, it's a rumor, it's a rumor!" ”

Bai Tong glanced at the emperor, bowed and said, "Since it is a rumor, make it clear, and the misunderstanding will be eliminated!" Then he said: "But this kind of thing is better not to happen, otherwise there will be a misunderstanding on our side, and it may cause a military disaster!" That kind of thing, I don't think all people want to see! Zhao Heng was a little flustered, and Master Pang hurriedly said: "Your envoy can rest assured, the court treats King Yan sincerely, so that kind of thing will never happen!" Zhao Heng nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, that kind of thing will never happen!" Bai Tong nodded, "That's the best!" Then he bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "My lord is grateful to His Majesty Longen, and specially presented twenty horses, and please smile at Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Heng had been under Bai Tong's aggressive questioning, and he was terrified, and at this time, he suddenly heard that Yang Peng had offered him a gift, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he smiled and asked, "I don't know where the horse is now?" ”

Bai Tong hugged his fists and said: "Twenty horses have been led outside the palace." Zhao Heng said happily: "Hurry up and bring it up, let me take a look!" The eunuch standing beside the emperor immediately shouted a promise outside the hall: "The king of Yan, the tribute horse, the ...... of the palace!" At the door of the main hall, there was immediately a eunuch who responded: "The king of Yan, Gongma, is ...... in the hall!" Immediately afterwards, someone at the gate of the palace responded: "The palace of the king of Yanyan is ......!" ”

A moment later, the sound of horses' hooves trampling on the green bricks sounded outside the hall, and everyone couldn't help but look outside the hall, only to see twenty Yanyun soldiers driving twenty extremely majestic horses to the hall. The hall was full of exclamations: "Good girl! This horse is so big! "What kind of horse is this, it's actually a big circle bigger than the horse that Hu Shang paid tribute to before!" "It's a Pegasus! It's hard to get one, but twenty of them came at once! King Yan is really generous! ”

When the twenty horses came to the top of the main hall, everyone was even more shocked when they watched it up close, and the head of the shorter minister was only level with the horse's back, which was particularly oppressive. The exclamations in the main hall came and went.

Zhao Heng looked at Bai Tong and sighed: "King Yan's gift is really heavy!" Bai Tong smiled and said, "This is a little bit of my father-in-law's heart." Zhao Heng smiled happily, the little mustard that still existed in his heart was gone at this moment. Wang Qinruo's face was gloomy and silent, while Pang Taishi saw that the emperor was happy, so he took the opportunity to say a few sycophants, which made the emperor even more happy. Zhao Heng left the dragon chair and came to the main hall, standing in front of those horses, he felt even more majestic and extraordinary, and couldn't help but marvel: "Tut-tut, I didn't expect there to be such majestic horses in the world!" It's breathtaking!! Then he asked Bai Tong curiously; Does this horse have a name? ”

Bai Tong pointed to the horse in front of him and said, "This is called Yanwang Horse!" Zhao Gou and the others were stunned, and Zhao Heng asked puzzledly: "Why is it called Yan Wangma?" Does this horse have anything to do with King Yan? Bai Tong hugged his fists and said: "Because this horse was bred by King Yan, it is called King Yan Horse." ”

The ministers whispered to each other, and many people had a joking look on their faces, feeling that it was too strange to cultivate war horses as the king of Yan, and they couldn't help but look down on Yang Peng in their hearts, thinking that he was really a vulgar and reckless man; The emperor was also very surprised, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that King Yan also has experience in breeding horses!" ”

Ding Gao suddenly asked, "May I ask if the war horses under the command of King Yan are equipped with this kind of King Yan horses?" When everyone heard Ding Gao's question, they couldn't help but wonder why Ding Gao had such a question.

Bai Tong smiled: "It's not all, our Yanyun Army's ironclad war cavalry, Xuanjia army and some elite light cavalry are equipped with this kind of Yanwang horse?" Ding Gao frowned, and said nothing more. The emperor was very fond of these twenty majestic horses, and summoned the eunuch who managed the stables, and asked him to take these twenty horses down to take good care of them.

The emperor returned to the dragon chair and sat down, said some words of praise to Yang Peng to Bai Tong, and then ordered someone to bring a golden armor and purple belt and give it to Chen Xiao. Bai Tongbai took the golden armor and purple belt, and then left.

As soon as Bai Tong left, the emperor immediately said to Wang Qinruo: "Wang Aiqing, immediately order all the troops to return to their original places, don't let Yan Yun misunderstand!" Wang Qinruo was very depressed, but he didn't dare to say anything, and he hugged his fists and promised.

Ding Gao suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the combat power of this Yan Yun Army is only far beyond our imagination!" ......" The emperor asked puzzledly, "Why did you say this!" "Ding Gao used to be the commander of the Great Song Army and the prime minister, but due to the exclusion and attack of Pang Taishi, Wang Qinruo and others, now he is just the editor of a literary museum, and he has long lost the prestige of the year, but in this Manchu Dynasty, he is the only one who understands.

Ding Gao frowned and said: "The last general Rong Ma has been a horse all his life, and he has a lot of research on war horses. There are two kinds of best war horses in the world, one is the Khitan war horse in the northern grassland, and the other is the war horse of the Western Regions. However, the best war horse among these two types of war horses is far inferior to the Yan Wang Horse that I saw just now," paused, with a deep sadness on his face, "That Yan Wang Horse is majestic and unusual, and the momentum is fierce, you can imagine how terrible the impact power of this horse will be if it is used as a heavy cavalry mount!" The amazing Iron Floating Slaughter, the minister has seen it, overwhelming the mountains and the sea, like thunder, but the minister can assert that if that kind of Iron Floating Slaughter is far inferior to the Yanyun Iron Armor equipped with this kind of Yan Wang Horse, then how terrible the Yanyun Iron Armor is, it is really unimaginable! No wonder the Khitans have been defeated repeatedly in the fierce battles with Yanyun, they were driven out of the Central Plains before, and even Datong Mansion was lost not long ago! ”

When the Great Song Junchen heard Ding Gao's words, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered. Hu Yanzan couldn't help but say: "Lord Ding's words reminded me of the scene of fighting with Yan Yun, hey, even if our army is several times larger than Yan Yun's army, it is difficult to win!" At that time, the Yan Yun Army did not have this kind of war horse, and now the Yan Yun Army has this kind of war horse, and it must be even more invincible! ”

When the people heard this, their hearts were shaken even more. Pang Taishi clasped his fists at the emperor and said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's wisdom, otherwise once it causes a war, the consequences will be unimaginable!" The emperor secretly rejoiced, and many ministers echoed and praised the emperor for his wisdom. Faced with this situation, Wang Qinruo was even more speechless.

After Bai Tong left the palace, he went straight to Kou Zhun's mansion. Kou Zhun walked quickly to the hall, saw Bai Tong, couldn't help but step forward and hold his palm, and said with emotion: "I'm so happy to see my lord!" Hey, I've been living like a year during this time! Bai Tong smiled, hugged his fists and said: "King Yan specially explained, I want to go down to the official to see the adult!" Kou Zhun said gratefully: "King Yan really has a heart!" Then he reacted and hurriedly asked Bai Tong to sit down and speak.

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