Zhou Bingqian hurriedly said: "This is already very good!" ”

Yang Peng looked at Zhou Bingqian and smiled: "You guys get in the car." Zhou Bingqian hummed, and got into the carriage with the help of the maid, and then the maid also got into the carriage and lowered the curtain. Yang Peng and the others turned over and got on the horse, and Yang Peng raised his voice: "Let's go." So dozens of horsemen hugged a carriage on the road, left the town, and headed for Tanzhou.

A group of people walked on the official road, and in the night, there were still pedestrians in a hurry, but there were far fewer pedestrians than during the day.

After walking for about half an hour, the group came to a wood. The forest next to it is not big, but the night wind blows, the branches and leaves sway, the shadows are heavy, and the rustling sound is quite weird and frightening.

Whoosh ......, a sharp sound of breaking the sky suddenly came from the air! Yang Peng and the Shadow Killer were all battle-hardened people, and as soon as they heard this voice, their faces immediately changed, and they subconsciously rolled down to the other side of the war horse, and at the same time used the strength of their bodies to pull the mount down. Almost at the same time, a rain of arrows flew over everyone's heads. Immediately, the sound of killing suddenly rose, and more than 100 black-clothed masked men rushed out with knives and guns in hand, as if a group of hungry wolves had suddenly rushed out in the night.

The guards poked their heads out from behind the horses, quickly put their crossbows on the horses, and kept pulling the trigger at the black-clad masked man who was howling and rushing. I only heard the swishing sound, the crossbow arrows kept flying out, and the black-clothed masked people rolled to the ground one after another. The black-clothed masked man didn't expect that his own round of arrows just now didn't hurt the other party in the slightest, and the other party's case came so fiercely, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, stopped the charge and squatted on the spot.

The black-clad masked man in the lead shouted, "With a bow and arrows!" With a bow and arrow! Only then did the men in black react, hurriedly put down their swords and guns, and prepared to take bows and arrows to attack.

At this moment, Yang Peng and the others stood up on the war horse, and with a loud shout, the war horse rushed towards the black-clothed people, and for a while, the iron hooves rolled, and the rumbling sound was deafening, although there were only dozens of horses, but it gave people a terrible feeling of thousands of troops and horses charging! All the men in black showed a look of panic!

In the blink of an eye, Yang Peng and dozens of other horsemen slammed into the middle of the man in black, trampled with iron hooves, slashed with horizontal knives, and saw the corpse of the man in black accumulating blood flying, unable to resist at all! In an instant, the man in black was killed and injured dozens of people! The black-clothed leader was so frightened that he turned around and ran, shouting as he ran: "Retreat!" Evacuate! In fact, there is no need for him to shout, at this moment, the men in black are already running for their lives.

Yang Peng rode dozens of horses to kill in a round, and killed many people in black, and more than a dozen people in black saw that they couldn't escape, so they quickly threw away their blades and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy. Another dozen or so men in black ran into the woods. Yang Peng was worried that there would be an ambush in the woods, so he ordered the pursuit to be stopped, and led the secret guards back to the carriage with a dozen prisoners. Zhou Bingqian's panicked and nervous voice came from the carriage: "Who is outside?" Yang Peng smiled: "It's me." ”

The curtain opened, revealing Zhou Bingqian's surprised face. Immediately, Zhou Bingqian saw corpses all over the ground not far away, and her face changed greatly, and she said tremblingly: "This, this ......" Yang Peng smiled: "Don't be afraid, the matter has been resolved." Zhou Bingqian calmed down and asked Yang Peng in fear: "Big brother, this, what's going on?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "It's just a trivial matter. Zhou Bingqian glanced at the black-clothed men who were escorted by the secret guards, and asked Yang Peng, "They, are they assassins?" Yang Peng nodded and said apologetically: "I'm used to it, but I frightened you!" Zhou Bingqian hurriedly shook her head, "Little sister is nothing!" Having said that, her face was pale and her eyes trembled, and it was obvious that the shock of what was in front of her had not passed. Zhou Bingqian glanced at Yang Peng and couldn't help but say: "What my little sister has experienced today is really more thrilling than what she has experienced in the past twenty years!" After a pause, his eyes sparkled at Chen Xiao, and said, "Big brother, you must not be an ordinary Yanyun warrior, otherwise there would be no assassin to assassinate you!" ”

When Yang Peng saw her say this, he didn't hide it from her, and said with a smile: "My real name is not Yang Mu, but Yang Peng." Zhou Bingqian's master and maid were shocked and discolored, and Zhou Bingqian said in disbelief: "Yan, King Yan?!" Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Zhou Bingqian's master and maid looked at a loss. Yang Peng smiled: "That's just an identity, in fact, it's nothing, you can still treat me as your brother." ”

Zhou Bingqian didn't dare to look at Yang Peng, and whispered: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid that my little sister won't be able to climb high!" Yang Peng waved his hand, "There's nothing to climb high and low!" Whether you want to recognize me as a brother or not, it's entirely up to you! Zhou Bingqian hurriedly raised her head, saw Yang Peng looking at herself, hung her head again shyly, and whispered: "Little sister, little sister is naturally willing!" Yang Peng laughed, "That's good!" He turned his head to look at the captives, frowned, and said, "It is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, we must hurry back to Tanzhou." Then he said to Zhou Bingqian's master and maid: "You guys just stay in the carriage!" Don't worry about anything, I'll take care of anything! The two women nodded, retracted the carriage, and lowered the curtains.

Yang Peng raised his voice and said, "Go!" The group continued on their way, moving much faster than they had just done. The dozen or so black-clothed prisoners were dragged behind the war horses and galloped, embarrassed.

About half an hour later, the group arrived at the East City Gate. Wang Kai took two steps forward and shouted: "King Yan is back to the city, open the city gate quickly!" ”

When the soldiers defending the city heard that King Yan had returned to the city, they hurriedly opened the city gate. Yang Peng and his party went straight into the city and stopped. The captain of the city gate led several officers to run to Yang Peng's horse and bowed: "My subordinates meet King Yan!" Yang Peng nodded and said, "You do your own thing, don't pay attention to us." The captain of the city gate answered, and led his officers down.

Yang Peng rode to the carriage and shouted, "Little sister." The curtain of the car was opened, revealing Zhou Bingqian's pretty face, and said with a smile: "Big brother." ”

Yang Peng said: "It's not too early now, I'm afraid it's not good to find your relatives, I'll let you take you to the inn first." Zhou Bingqian was silent for a moment, and sighed softly: "Hey! With a sigh, like crying, Yang Peng's heart couldn't help but wave. Zhou Bingqian glanced at Yang Peng resentfully, and said with a smile: "Thank you big brother for taking care of you all the way!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "It's nothing. Then he said to a secret guard: "You take Miss Zhou's master and maid to find a better inn to live in, and tell the store that the house money is recorded in the account of King Yan's mansion." The secret guard clenched his fists in agreement. Zhou Bingqian asked in a low voice with a slightly red face; "Big brother, we, can we still meet?"

Yang Peng smiled: "Of course you can!" Don't you think I'm a big brother? If the girl wants to see her brother, can't she be? I'll be staying in the inn during this time, and if you want a brother, you can come to me anytime! Zhou Bingqian nodded slightly red. Yang Peng said to the secret guard: "Go ahead." The secret guard said yes and led the carriage away. Yang Peng looked at the back of the carriage, only to see the curtain opened, Zhou Bingqian poked his head out to look back, and waved his hand. Yang Peng smiled and waved at her. When the carriage turned around the corner and was out of sight, Yang Peng rode his horse towards the hotel, followed by the hidden killers.

Cao Hu heard that Yang Peng was back, so he hurried to the post house to meet him. Seeing Chen Xiao, he said with some annoyance: "The safety of King Yan is related to the rise and fall of Yan Yun, the people of the world, how can you be so negligent!" ”

Yang Peng apologized: "It's my fault that made you worried!" Cao Hu smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that although King Yan says so now, I'm afraid that I will still be the same in the future!" Yang Peng smiled, "You don't have to worry too much!" I'll be safe! I care so much about my life! Cao Hu smiled and sighed.

Yang Peng thought of what happened today, so he said it briefly. Cao Hu heard that King Yan had really met the assassin, and although he saw King Yan unharmed in front of him, he still couldn't help but turn pale. Yang Peng waved his hand and said with a smile: "There is no problem!" Don't look like this, it makes me nervous! Cao Hu said angrily: "Dare to assassinate the Yan King, this matter is not trivial, and it must be comprehensively searched immediately!" ”

Yang Peng waved his hand and said, "Now that Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road have just been subdued, don't make people panic for this trivial matter, everyone will not be able to live in peace!" ”

Cao Hu frowned and said: "What King Yan said is very true, but this matter can't be ignored, and his subordinates think that it still needs to be investigated." ”

Yang Peng said: "I will hand over this matter to 'Hua Xu', you should concentrate on handling the internal affairs of Jinghu South Road." When Cao Hu saw Yang Peng say this, he had no choice but to respond. Yang Peng remembered something and said, "By the way, I have captured more than a dozen assassins, and I will hand them over to you to detain." Before the people from 'Huaxu' arrive, you can interrogate them first to see if you can ask for some valuable information. "Yes." Yang Peng glanced at Cao Hu and said with a smile: "Okay, it's not too early, you can go down and rest." Cao Hu bowed down and retreated.

Yang Peng thought of the sister he had just recognized, and couldn't help but smile on his face.

Early the next morning, after Yang Peng washed up and ate, he walked to the table and sat down, ready to deal with official business. Seeing a red enveloped briefcase on the table, it was very eye-catching, Yang Peng remembered that there was no briefcase before going to bed yesterday, and he knew that he had sent it after he fell asleep. Pick up the briefcase, open the briefcase, take out the briefcase, open it and look at it. Yang Peng showed a thoughtful look, smiled and muttered: "The Khitan people are really powerful!" But I'm afraid the battle behind this will not be so easy! "It turned out that this official letter was forwarded from Yanjing, and it was about the current situation of the Khitans and the Japanese people.

The Song people expected that the Khitans would launch an attack from the north in order to relieve the current critical situation, but it backfired, the Khitans were not stupid, and they were only interested in using the Song people at the beginning, and now the Song people were defeated like a mountain, and the Khitans were even more unlikely to help the Song people, so they simply took advantage of the opportunity when Yanyun's army was tied up in the south to enter Goryeo in a big way, opening the prelude to the recovery of Goryeo.

And when the Khitan army and the Goryeo exiled army entered Goryeo, the army of the Japanese people who supported the crown prince Yongren and the army that supported the Dazai minister Ping Kiyomori was fighting in a melee, and naturally could not resist, coupled with the support of the Goryeo people, the Japanese army was defeated like a mountain, and during the period when the Yanyun army swept Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road, the combined forces of Liao and Goryeo were like bamboos, recovering all the land north of Kaijing. Immediately, the troops came to the capital. However, the next battle may not be as easy as before, the Yanyun army has withdrawn the water army that harassed the Japanese people, and Yongren and Kiyomori have stopped the civil war in view of the seriousness of the situation, and reached a consensus on the external agreement, the armies of both sides are mobilizing, and the real war is about to be staged on the territory of Goryeo.

Yang Peng put down the report and showed a look of thought.

In the palace of Guangzhou, Zhao Heng and the Manchu ministers waited for the news of the Khitans going south all day and night, but what came was the news that the Khitans had invaded Goryeo and started a war with the Japanese. Zhao Heng and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were surprised, and they couldn't help but panic, and in panic, they angrily scolded the Khitans for treachery and non-keeping of their promises. However, after scolding, the court became silent, Zhao Heng and all the ministers were like frosted eggplants, wilted, all of them were pale, worried, they were worried about what would happen if Yanyun's army continued to go south!

Jiang Xiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, walked out tremblingly. This Jiang Xiu is the most prestigious Confucian boss in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is rumored that his understanding and interpretation of Confucian classics are almost comparable to Confucius and Mencius. Jiang Xiu is over ninety years old, with a clear face, crutches, three strands of long hair, and fairy wind bones, he is definitely an old-timer of Confucianism.

I saw Jiang Xiu come to His Royal Highness, bow slightly to Zhao Heng with his hands on crutches, and said, "Your Majesty, at this critical juncture, you can only endure the humiliation!" ”

Everyone was puzzled, and Zhao Heng asked, "What does the boss mean by this?" ”

Jiang Xiu said weakly: "Now that Yanyun is strong, if you fight against it, I'm afraid that the rest of the country will not be able to be saved!" Therefore, it is better to lower your posture in order to protect the roots and seedlings of the Great Song Dynasty, and wait for the opportunity to regroup and recover the world in the future! Zhao Heng felt that what Jiang Xiu said was very reasonable, and now in this situation, he was obviously not Yan Yun's opponent, so why do that kind of thankless thing? If you can show weakness to protect the existing country and glory and wealth, and there is no need to fight, it will be no better! As soon as Zhao Heng thought of this, he thought that he had a plan, and as for the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty and the dignity of the Zhao family, they were completely left behind. Hurriedly asked Jiang Xiudao, "What does the boss think we should do?" ”

Jiang Xiu said weakly: "Actually, it's actually very simple, in order for Zhao Song to continue, Your Majesty will be wronged and remove the honorific title." Immediately there was a buzz in the court. Many people thought it was a clever idea, while others disagreed, saying it was too humiliating. Jiang Xiu's 'removal of honorific titles' is actually the removal of the title of emperor, so that the original emperor will be demoted to a king, and even bow to Yan Yun.

After a while, everyone quieted down, and looked at Zhao Heng in unison, wanting to see what to say. Zhao Heng frowned and said, "If this move can be exchanged for Yan Yun's truce and war, I will remove the emperor's honorific title!" ”

Taishi Huang Cong was in a hurry, hugged his fists and said: "Don't! If this is the case, the land of China will surely fall into a land of no return! That Yan Yun does not follow the way of the sage, does not practice the study of the sage, deviates from the scriptures, and acts perversely, we are now the only hope for the scholars and the people of the world, if Your Majesty removes the honorific title, it is to give in to Yan Yun, and the people and the scholars will lose the only hope! At that time, the land of China will surely fall forever, and it will be irretrievable! ”

Zhao Heng frowned tightly and was silent, he didn't really care much about what to maintain the way of the saint in his heart, he only cared about whether his glory and wealth could continue, but these thoughts could not be spoken.

Shen He begged: "Taishi's words are not right!" What Elder Jiang said just now is very clear, we succumb to Yan Yun, not to make a living, but to endure humiliation and burden, and to inherit the way of the saint! The saint taught us: 'Do not be brave! 'Now that Yan Yun is strong, Yan Yun's army is unstoppable, in this case, the result of the bravery of the horseman is nothing but a destruction, and at that time, the way of the saint is completely destroyed, and it is really the beginning of the eternal fall of Huaxia! Huang Cong glared and shouted: "The dignity of a saint cannot be disgraced!" I can't give in! Only when we are crushed to the death can we let the world remember us forever! ”

Shen Youqiu shook his head and sighed: "The master is impulsive! In this way, it is not beneficial at all except to give one's life in vain! The ministers chimed in. Huang Cong glared at the ministers and shouted, "You are all saints, why are you so greedy for life and afraid of death!" Everyone lowered their heads, but they were very dissatisfied with Huang Cong's words in their hearts, and they all felt that their lives were gone, so what else did they say about the way of a saint?

Zhao Heng said: "Taishi has the determination to defend the Tao to the death, which is really admirable!" However, what Lord Shen and Master Jiang said, I think is more correct! Even the saints said, 'Don't be brave', we will leave it to the useful body, in order to inherit the way of the saint, in order to continue the Great Song Dynasty Guozuo, which is the way of the saint! ”

Huang Cong was in a hurry, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty, don't want to rebel and give in!" Otherwise, our Da Song will be vented! Once this breath is vented, everything is irreparable! We still have the land of three provinces, and the full support of millions of people, as long as we recruit hundreds of thousands of troops, we can still save the situation! ”

Zhao Heng felt a little impatient, frowned, and said: "Taishi, I have already decided, this is the most beneficial way for the Great Song Dynasty and the people, so don't obstruct it anymore!" Huang Cong still wants to persuade again. At this moment, an officer of the royal army rushed up to the main hall, clasped his fists and bowed: "Your Majesty, the emergency military situation on the Fujian Road!" When everyone heard this, their hearts jumped, and they subconsciously thought that it might not be good news. Zhao Heng hurriedly said: "Hurry up!" The officer answered, turned around and shouted outside the hall: "Your Majesty has a decree, Xuanfu Road herald to meet you!" The guards passed these words all the way, and after a while, they saw a dusty officer rushing up to the hall, kneeling down and saying: "The villain is the herald under the command of Lord Li of Xuanfu, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Zhao Heng snorted and said, "What is the emergency military situation on Fujian Road, could it be that Yan Yunjun has invaded Fujian Road?" The herald hurriedly untied the burden on his back, held it up with both hands, and said, "This is Lord Li's handwritten letter, and your Majesty will see it!" The eunuch beside the emperor immediately came down, took the burden, opened it, took out a letter from it, returned the burden to the herald, walked to the emperor, and presented the letter with both hands.

Zhao Heng took the letter, opened it, and read it. His complexion changed suddenly, and he immediately scolded angrily: "Traitor! Traitor! The ministers looked at each other, wondering what made His Majesty so angry?

Shen Youqiu clasped his fists and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know what happened?" Zhao Heng said indignantly: "The army of the Eighth Prince took advantage of the fierce battle between our army and the Yanyun army and suddenly entered the Fujian Road, our army was caught off guard, and half of the prefectures and counties have been lost!" Now Zhang Jun and Li Mi are in the process of retreating south! ”

The ministers were shocked when they heard this, and Huang Cong said angrily: "Why don't Zhang Jun and Li Mi resist desperately, they really deserve to be killed!" Zhao Heng glanced at the letter in his hand, frowned, and said: "Zhang Jun's subordinates suffered a new defeat in Jiangxi not long ago, with heavy losses and low morale. The two adults had already fought with Liu Guangshi, but they lost two games in a row, so they had no choice but to retreat! ”

The ministers were silent, and everyone was worried. Jiang Xiu said: "Your Majesty, at this time, you must hurry up to Yan Yun in exchange for Yan Yun's truce and stop the war!" Otherwise, if Yan Yunjun moves south, we will be really in danger! ”

Zhao Heng's heart sank, and he nodded: "What the old man said is extremely true! At this time, Taishi Huang Cong, who was still righteous and awe-inspiring just now and wanted to fight Yan Yun to the end, frowned tightly and did not say anything against it.

Zhao Heng saw that no one objected, so he said: "This matter is decided!" He looked at Shen Heqiu and said, "Shen Aiqing has been in contact with Yan Yun, so let Shen Aiqing take a trip!" Shen and Qiu came out and hugged his fists and said: "Weichen will live up to His Majesty's trust!" Zhao Heng smiled and nodded, and advised: "Shen Aiqing must show our sincerity when he arrives over there." Tell King Yan that I am willing to revoke the honorific title, serve Yan Yun as the master, and hand over half of the taxes paid by the three provinces to King Yan, and ask King Yan to read it for the sake of the common people, and stop the war! Shen Heqiu bowed down and promised.

The gaze turned back to Tanzhou. On this day, accompanied by Cao Hu, the micro-service came to Tanzhou Commercial Street to inspect, this Tanzhou is the place where Jinghu South Road business and trade converge, so it is very prosperous and lively, although it has experienced a big war not long ago, but looking at the current noisy and lively scene of fierce bidding, it is clear that Tanzhou has restored its previous prosperity. Yang Peng was very happy to see such a scene, and said to Cao Hu: "You did a good job, Tanzhou has recovered its prosperity so quickly!" Cao Hu bowed down and smiled: "My subordinates don't dare to take credit!" This is all Yanwang's policy! Yanwang may not know that due to the incentives of many policies, many businessmen are planning to expand their business scale! ”

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