Shang Conglong nodded and said, "There are naturally many people who want to kill him, but who did it?" Shang Conglong shook his head and frowned: "It's hard to guess, the Khitans, Western Xia, Tubo, and Song Kingdoms are all possible." Then he said very regretfully: "It's a pity that those killers are too useless, and they didn't kill Yang Peng!" ”

Shang Conglong said: "Yang Peng is a fierce general in the world, and there are countless guards, it is not easy to kill him!" After a pause, "Since these people went to assassinate Yang Peng, they are our allies, and we have to find a way to find them and form an alliance with them." In this way, we have added a great force! Shang Cheng nodded sympathetically, then frowned, and said embarrassedly: "But, how to find them?" Then he said worriedly: "I'm afraid that before we find them, they will be exterminated by Yanyun people!" With that in mind, I don't think it's good to contact them now, in case you get burned, it will be troublesome! ”

Shang Conglong nodded thoughtfully, and muttered, "Your worries are not unreasonable!" Suddenly, his heart moved, he looked at Shang Shiheng and said, "But you can go and inquire about the relevant situation." Go to Zhao Xiangxiang, that Zhao Xiangxiang is actually the righteous sister of King Yan, and the relationship with Princess Yonghui is so good, you should be able to learn some information from her. Shang Shiheng nodded and said, "I'll go immediately!" ”

Not long after, Shang Shiheng led the two entourages out of the mansion and headed for Zhao's mansion, only to see passers-by pointing at him and smiling secretly, naturally knowing what they were doing, he couldn't help but be ashamed, and hurriedly quickened his pace.

When I came to Zhao's mansion, I heard that Zhao Xiangxiang and Luo Yanran had gone to the palace. Shang Shiheng's heart moved, and he said, "If Uncle doesn't mind, Xiaosheng wants to wait for Miss Zhao and Miss Luo here." "Zhao Ming is doing food trading, and the merchant is a big landlord in Bianliang, so Zhao Ming usually deals with merchants, and one of the subordinates who met the merchant in the past is a virtue with eyes above the top, but now the merchant's son, Shang Shiheng, is so polite and humble in the face of himself, Zhao Ming can't help but feel refreshed, only feel that he relies on his niece Zhao Xiangxiangyu to jump into the dragon gate, and is already Yanyun's royal relative.

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but show an arrogant attitude, glanced at Shang Shiheng, and said lightly: "Shang Gongzi wants to see my girl, but it's not so easy!" You must know that my girl's identity is different now, it is a phoenix on the plane tree, how can ordinary people see it when they meet? As he spoke, he looked at Shang Shiheng with contempt.

Shang Shiheng saw that he had a villain's face, and he was angry, but he didn't dare to attack at all, although the other party was a villain's face, but he did have some relationship with King Yan, if he had a rash attack, he was afraid that he would not be able to eat and walk around. At that moment, he said with a smile on his face: "What my uncle said is extremely true! Xiaosheng is not an unreasonable person, so he naturally knows that Miss Zhao is not something that can be seen casually now! Zhao Ming saw Shang Shiheng's humble face, and he was even more proud in his heart, and said, "You know that's the best!" Okay, I have already given you enough face to talk to you! Then he stood up and shouted, "Come, send off!" ”

When two servants came in, he asked, "Master Shang, please!" Shang Shiheng scolded in his heart, hurriedly walked in front of Zhao Ming, took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve cage and stuffed them into Li Mingda's hand, and begged: "I know that with Miss Zhao's current identity, you can't casually meet with outsiders, but Xiaosheng really has something urgent to meet Miss Zhao!" Just say a few words, and ask my uncle to be accommodating! ”

Zhao Ming lowered his eyes and glanced at the silver tickets in his hand, only to see that each silver ticket was fifty taels, and there were more than a dozen of these silver tickets, so he immediately put a smile on his face and put the silver ticket into his arms. He waved his hand at the two servants and said, "Stand down!" The two servants answered and withdrew.

Zhao Ming said with a smile: "I'm not an unreasonable person, since the merchant has something important to see my girl, then I'll wait here." The girl went to the palace and it would take some time for her to return. Shang Shiheng hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you uncle for your accommodation!" Zhao Ming smiled and said, "You're welcome!" Then he said: "Shang Gongzi just wait in the hall, I won't accompany you." Shang Shiheng hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Uncle, please." Zhao Ming nodded, turned around and walked out from behind the screen at the top of the hall.

Shang Shiheng sat down and waited, until noon, no one came to greet him, he was so hungry that his stomach growled, but no one paid attention to him. I was annoyed in my heart, thinking that as a businessman, how could I have been treated so coldly, I just wanted to leave with my sleeves brushed away, but then I thought about it: A few hundred taels of silver have already been spent, if you don't wait for Zhao Xiangxiang, wouldn't all these hundreds of taels of silver be lost? At this point, calm yourself down and continue to wait.

Another hour passed, and suddenly there was the sound of broken footsteps in the patio outside the hall. Shang Shiheng was already drowsy, but when he heard the footsteps, he was refreshed, and looked out of the hall, and suddenly saw Luo Yanran, who was dressed in white and a mask and a veil, and Zhao Xiangxiang, who was wearing a gentle and beautiful green dress, passing through the hall with a smile and a smile accompanied by their respective maidservants. The two women didn't seem to have any intention of entering the hall, looking at the direction they were walking, they obviously wanted to enter the backyard through the arch next to the hall, and they didn't notice that he Shang Shiheng was above the hall.

Shang Shiheng hurriedly got up and ran out. The women suddenly saw a person rushing out of the hall, they were all shocked, and then they saw that the person who came turned out to be Shang Shiheng, and they couldn't help but be surprised. I saw Shang Shiheng bow down and bowed: "Xiao Sheng has seen two young ladies, Xiao Sheng has been waiting for the two young ladies for a long time!" ”

The two girls turned around, Ying Ying returned a salute, Zhao Xiangxiang glanced at Luo Yanran beside her, turned around and asked Shang Shiheng, "Is Shang Gongzi waiting for us?" Don't know what's going on? Then he thought of the rumors about Shang Shiheng and Zhuang Shaocheng that had been spreading in the society recently, and couldn't help but look unnatural.

Shang Shiheng said: "Xiaosheng took the liberty to visit, because he wanted to talk to Miss Zhao. Zhao Xiangxiang was very surprised, she originally thought that Shang Shiheng was looking for Luo Yanran, but she didn't expect that the other party was looking for herself. Luo Yanran said to Zhao Xiangxiang: "Since the merchant son has something to say to his sister, the younger sister will leave first." Zhao Xiangxiang nodded. Luo Yanran turned around and walked towards the arch, and Luo Yanran's personal maid Yun'er hurriedly followed.

Zhao Xiangxiang asked Shang Shiheng: "Son, please." Shang Shiheng hurriedly asked, "Miss, please!" Zhao Xiangxiang walked into the living room accompanied by Ju'er, walked to the left and sat down, and Ju'er stood aside. Zhao Xiangxiang saw that Shang Shiheng was still standing, and said with a smile: "Shang Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, please sit down." Shang Shiheng answered, and sat down opposite Zhao Xiangxiang, at the right end of the hall.

At this time, two maidservants came in from the door and bowed to Zhao Xiangxiang: "Miss! Zhao Xiangxiang instructed: "Make tea." The two handmaidens said yes and withdrew. Zhao Xiangxiang said to Shang Shiheng: "The merchant is visiting, but I am not here, I am really neglected!" Shang Shiheng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay!" It didn't take long to come down! Zhao Xiangxiang asked: "I don't know if my son is visiting, what do you think?" ”

Shang Shiheng was about to speak, and the two maidservants from before came back, each holding a bowl of tea in their hands, and Shang Shiheng retracted the words that came to his lips. After the two maids put down the tea and retreated, they said: "I can't hide it, since the assassination of King Yan, Xiao Sheng has been worried about the safety of the young lady!" ”

When Zhao Xiangxiang heard this, she couldn't help but be a little moved, and said, "Thank you for your concern." Shang Shiheng paused, and said with a look of hatred: "These assassins are really hateful, they dare to do such a rebellious thing in front of the public!" Shang Shiheng's words resonated with Zhao Xiangxiang, and he couldn't help frowning: "Big brother is such a good person, those people still want to kill him, it's really, really infuriating!" ”

Shang Shiheng secretly said in his heart: 'Is Yang Peng a good person? Hmph, he is simply the biggest traitor since Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, and everyone will be punished! Although he thought so, he would not say such a thing in any case, but pretended to be very angry, and asked casually, "I wonder who these assassins are so bold?" ”

Zhao Xiangxiang shook her head and said, "I don't know about this." Shang Shiheng hurriedly asked, "Doesn't Princess Yonghui know either?" Zhao Xiangxiang shook her head and said, "I talked to Sister Yonghui about this matter just now, according to Sister Yonghui, although I caught the assassin who carried out the assassination, the assassin only knew the middleman but did not know who the mastermind was behind the scenes. ”

Shang Shiheng hurriedly said: "Since the assassin has recruited a middleman, he should be able to follow the vine!" Zhao Xiangxiang shook her head and said, "I heard Sister Yonghui say that the middleman was caught, but when he was caught, he was already dead!" Shang Shiheng sighed, "It's a pity, this clue is actually broken like this!" Hey, I haven't been able to catch the mastermind behind the scenes, I'm afraid that they will still attack King Yan! Shang Shiheng said what Zhao Xiangxiang was worried about, and Zhao Xiangxiang couldn't help frowning.

Shang Shiheng continued to ask about the assassination and the assassin, but Zhao Xiangxiang apparently had limited knowledge. Shang Shiheng saw that she really didn't know more news, so he said a few words of comfort, stood up, and left.

Zhao Xiangxiang left the hall and walked to the embroidery building, and couldn't help but feel that Shang Shiheng's performance today was very strange. When I returned to the embroidery building, I saw Luo Yanran, and I couldn't help but talk about the doubts in my heart. Luo Yanran thought for a moment and muttered, "Could it be that this Shang Shiheng has something to do with this assassination?" When Zhao Xiangxiang heard this, she was taken aback, and then recalled Shang Shiheng's strange performance, and couldn't help but feel that Luo Yanran's suspicions were justified.

Luo Yanran asked Zhao Xiangxiang, "Sister, do you want to tell the palace about this matter?" Zhao Xiangxiang frowned, only feeling in a dilemma.

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Yang Peng and his entourage rushed to Zhuoluo City, and Fan Long, who had just received the news, hurriedly went to the camp to greet them, and said, "Meet His Royal Highness King Yan!" Yang Peng pointed to the armored beauty beside him: "This is Princess Yae." "Everyone glanced at Yayo Guanyin, and bowed together;" Meet the Princess! Yayo Kannon replied with his head bowed.

Yang Peng walked to the gate of the camp, and everyone followed. This camp is actually the local official yamen during the previous Western Xia rule, the place is very small, only divided into two parts, the front office, the back rest.

Everyone entered the hall, Yang Peng stepped into the top, turned around, Ye Yu Guanyin stood on one side according to the knife, and Fan Long led the generals under his command to formally visit: "Meet King Yan, meet the princess!" Yang Peng raised his voice and said: "Okay, get up!" The generals stood up. Yang Peng sat down and asked Fan Long, "What's the situation over there in Xixia now?" Fan Long hugged his fists and said: "It is still a truce, but the Tubo army has surrounded Xiliang Mansion and Xuanhua Mansion and has not withdrawn its troops. Yang Peng asked again: "Are the counties and towns around Xiliang Mansion and Xuanhua Mansion occupied by the Tubo people?" Fan Long nodded and said, "Yes, the Tubo people simply went down without a fight. "Is there any news from the secret envoy sent to Western Xia?" Fan Long shook his head and said; "Not yet."

Yang Peng asked Fan Longjia to send scouts, and then settled down in the backyard of the camp. That night, the sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of the night, and they galloped into the city through the north gate and headed straight for the camp.

Yang Peng was discussing with Ye Yu Guanyin under the lamp about the strategy of dealing with Tubo and Western Xia, when the sound of hurried and heavy footsteps came from outside, and he came to the door to stop, and then Fan Long's loud voice came in: "King Qiyan, princess, the secret envoy has an urgent military situation!" Fan Long's voice was like a lion's roar.

Yang Peng glanced at Ya Yu Guanyin, who understood, and immediately walked over and opened the door. Yang Peng saw Fan Long, dressed in military uniform, standing under the steps outside the door, so he raised his voice and said, "Brother Fan Long came in and spoke." Fan Long answered, strode up the steps, and walked into the room. Came straight to Yang Peng, presented a letter with both hands, bowed down and said, "This is the urgent military situation that Li Qian just transmitted!" As a secret envoy, Li Qian didn't know the news that Yang Peng had come to Zhuoluo City at this moment, but because the message had to be forwarded through Zhuoluo City, the emergency military information he sent out would be transmitted to Zhuoluo City as soon as possible.

Yang Peng picked up the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it. Although Yang Peng's expression did not move, as one of his closest people, Ye Yu Guanyin still felt a trace of strangeness and asked, "Big brother, is something wrong?" ”

Yang Peng snorted coldly and said, "Dao Chong, this old fox!" He glanced at Ya Yu Guanyin and said, "This letter was sent by Li Qian in a hurry after learning that Dao Chong was going to arrest him. At this moment, Li Qian and the others should have been arrested by the Tanguts. Ya Yu Guanyin frowned, and Fan Long was very annoyed, and scolded: "These Western Xia bastards are really impatient, and they dare to arrest our messenger!" ”

Ye Yu Guanyin and Yang Peng exchanged a look, Ye Yu Guanyin said: "It seems that our previous judgment was correct!" Yang Peng nodded and said, "For Dao Chong, now I can be completely sure!" ”

Fan Long asked Yang Peng: "Do the Tangut people plan to take refuge in Tibet?" ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "The people who rushed to arrest us were naturally for the Tubo people to see. But he didn't want to take refuge in the Tibetans, but dragged out time! This old fox, he wanted to drag the Tubo people, and then make us feel that he wanted to take refuge in the Tubo people, and then he became anxious, trying his best to gather grain and grass and send an army to Xiliang to fight with the Tubo people. He has already thought that we are now short of food and grass, and if we try our best to raise food from the people, the quantity will definitely be limited, and the scale of troops that can be dispatched will also be limited. In this way, it is difficult to say who will die in the big war between us and the Tubo people, no matter what the result is, they will not be able to use troops against the Western Xia in a short time, and they will have a chance to breathe. "Fan Long is a strong general with thick lines, and after listening to Yang Peng's words, he doesn't seem to understand it, and he doesn't quite understand it.

Yang Peng glanced at the letter in his hand and smiled coldly, "I'm afraid that this letter was deliberately released by Dao Chong, he is afraid that we don't know the situation in Xiliangfu City!" Ya Yu Guanyin nodded and said, "It should be like this." ”

Fan Long asked angrily, "King Yan, what should we do?" ”

Yang Peng frowned slightly, pacing back and forth in the room, the situation in front of him is really not easy to deal with, if you don't care, I'm afraid that Tubo will eventually annex the Western Xia, but if you manage it, you will fall into the calculation of the Dao Chong, but the calculation of falling into the Dao Chong is at least much stronger than the Tubo annexation of the Western Xia, but Yang Peng is really unwilling to destroy the situation that Ningxia has finally settled down for this reason, once the grain and grass are scavenged from the people, it will inevitably cause turmoil, which is definitely not something Yang Peng wants to see.

What Yang Peng thought of, Ye Yu Guanyin also thought of, and said, "Big brother, it's better to wait and see." Yang Peng nodded, turned his head to look at the night outside the window, and muttered, "Wait and see!" Our army lacks food and grass, and things are really difficult to handle! ”

At this moment, an officer led a dusty herald rushed in, knelt down and said, "Qiyu Yan Wang, General Yang Qi's herald has arrived!" Yang Peng and Ye Yu Guanyin's expressions moved, what they were waiting for was Yang Qi's news. The herald stepped forward and knelt down and said, "My subordinates meet King Yan!" Yang Peng asked, "What is the situation on Yang Qi's side?" ”

The herald said: "Back to King Yan, our army has captured the Snow Mountain Fortress, wiped out 5,000 defenders, and captured countless grain and grass materials. At that time, according to the situation on the Western Xia side, Yang Peng believed that his own grain and grass were insufficient, and it was difficult to intervene, and the Western Xia was afraid that it would not last long in the face of the Tubo army, in view of this situation, Yang Peng decided to raid the rear of the Tubo army with cavalry, the Snow Mountain Fortress. The Snow Mountain Fortress was originally in the hands of the Tangut people, but it was taken away by the Tubo people not long ago. After the Tubo people occupied the Snow Mountain Fortress, they immediately used the Snow Mountain Fortress as a logistics transit base, and divided their troops into two ways to besiege Xuanhua Mansion and Xiliang Mansion. Because they knew that Yan Yun was short of food and grass, and the Western Xia people were already in a situation where they were struggling to survive, the Tubo people were not worried that the Snow Mountain Fortress would be attacked, so they only left 5,000 men and horses to defend this important place, but they never expected that the Yan Yun Army would send war horses to raid the Snow Mountain Fortress under extremely difficult circumstances. When Yanyun cavalry attacked the Snow Mountain Fortress, the drunken Tubo soldiers still didn't understand what was happening, and the Snow Mountain Fortress was blown down by the Yan Yun Army.

Yang Peng and the others couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard the herald's report, and Yang Peng praised: "Very good, the eighth sister and the soldiers of the whole army did a good job!" Then he asked, "How much grain and grass have you seized?" The herald said: "The specific number has not yet been counted, but it is roughly estimated to be more than 500,000 quintals, which should be grain and grass transferred from Tibet to the front line!" ”

Ye Yu Guanyin smiled: "We happened to be short of grain and grass, so the Tubo people took the initiative to send it to the door!" Yang Peng nodded with a smile and said, "This is the best situation we expected, and things will be easier to handle with grain and grass." Ya Kannon asked, "What does the eldest brother want to do?" ”

Yang Peng pondered: "The most important thing at present is these 500,000 quintals of grain and grass!" Then he asked Ye Yu Guanyin to take an iron order of the Yan King, handed it to the herald sent by Yang Qi, and instructed: "Take my order arrow and send an order to Yang Qi, immediately abandon the Snow Mountain Fortress, and escort the grain and grass back!" The herald bowed in his hand and hurried away.

Fan Long couldn't help but say, "King Yan, we really don't want the Snow Mountain Fortress?" That's a very important place! Yang Peng smiled and said to Ye Yu Guanyin: "You explain to Brother Fan Long." Fan Long immediately looked at Ye Yu Guanyin, and Ye Yu Guanyin smiled: "The Snow Mountain Fortress is indeed important, but for now, the most important thing is the 500,000 loads of grain and grass!" ”

Fan Long hummed and said, "Then you can use a part of the army to escort grain and grass, and use another army to defend the Snow Mountain Fortress!" Ya Yin Guanyin shook his head and said, "No! The Tubo people have 30,000 or 40,000 cavalry, if we only use a part of the cavalry to escort the grain and grass, we are afraid that it will be difficult to deal with the possible surprise attack of the Tubo cavalry, so there is no way, we can only give up the snow mountain fortress and go all out to escort these 500,000 loads of grain and grass! ”

Fan Long suddenly realized, but he was very unwilling to give up the Snow Mountain Fortress. Yang Peng commanded: "Brother Fan Long, your army must be ready, and attack when necessary!" Fan Long clenched his fists and hurriedly ran down.

Ye Yu Guanyin glanced at Fan Long's back, turned his head to look at Yang Peng, and said with a smile: "Although this Fan Long general lacks a little flexibility, he is also a worthy general, and it is very suitable to use it as a guard general or a vanguard officer, but it is difficult to take charge alone. ”

Yang Peng nodded and said: "It is very rare to have a single general from ancient times to the present, but my luck is good, there are many generals who can be in charge alone," and then smiled, held Ye Yu Guanyin's slender hand, and said softly: "My wife alone, there are three who can be alone!" Ye Yu Guanyin poked Yang Peng's chest with his finger and said angrily: "You are so proud! Yang Peng grabbed the slender hand of Ya Yu Guanyin and said softly: "I am naturally proud!" Ya Yu Guanyin's beautiful eyes also showed a gentle expression, and then frowned, withdrew his slender hand, and said angrily: "You have never let me be alone!" Don't you believe me? ”

Yang Peng gently hugged Ye Yu Guanyin's slender waist and said softly: "You and I are husband and wife, how can I not believe you!" Hey, I didn't expect you to doubt me! Ya Kannon felt that he had done something wrong, and said embarrassedly: "I, I actually don't mean that......"

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