Yan Ji said angrily: "Husband, don't look down on those Confucian students too much!" "According to the information we have recently received, the actions of those Confucian scholars have suddenly become secretive. Moreover, he frequently had contact with officials and generals in various places, and also had contact with some members of the Western Xia royal family. He glanced up at Yang Peng, who was looking thoughtful, and asked angrily, "Do you still think it's not a big deal?" ”

Yang Peng touched his chin and smiled: "These beam-jumping clowns are getting more and more tormented!" Yan Ji's beautiful face showed a cold killing intent, and said: "I don't think we can wait for them to become bigger and cause damage before acting, we should arrest them immediately, and then get more clues from their mouths, follow the line, and wipe out all the people involved in the rebellion!" ”

Yang Peng gently stroked Yan Ji's slippery skin, and his face showed a look of thought. Yan Ji looked at Yang Peng, waiting for his decision.

Yang Peng gently patted Yan Ji's buttocks and said, "Don't be busy with the arrest first." You 'Hua Xu' will conduct an investigation in secret first, don't startle the snake. Now we don't know much about their specific situation, if they act rashly, we are afraid that the vast majority of the participants will hear about it, and some officials who may have been rebelled will not be able to dig up because they have lost clues! Therefore, at this stage, it is still mainly a secret investigation. ”

Yan Ji felt that what Yang Peng said was also very reasonable, nodded and thought: "Then according to what the eldest brother said, let's focus on secret investigation first." Yang Peng glanced at Yan Ji, "Since it is a secret investigation, don't let the opponent notice it in the slightest." Don't be in a hurry, no matter what those people do, they will never dare to act rashly immediately! They should know that with their little strength, if they dare to launch rashly, it is just a grasshopper shaking the tree, and they will be wiped out in an instant! They will definitely find a way to get foreign aid, and they will launch it when we are inseparable from the fierce battle with the foreign enemy! After a pause, "You have to focus on investigating what those guys are in contact with those foreign forces!" Yan Ji nodded. Thinking of something, he glanced at Yang Peng and said jokingly: "Those people went to a name for themselves, called the 'Anti-Yanyun Alliance'. Yang Peng smiled and said: "The alliance has been formed, and the force is not small!" ”

Then he suddenly turned over and pressed Yan Ji under him. Yan Ji looked at her husband with a crimson face, her beautiful eyes were infinitely charming, and she said angrily: "Do you want to make it bad again?" Hmph, the slave family is not afraid of you! The words fell, and suddenly jumped up like a civet cat, and before Yang Peng could react, he was pressed under her on all fours. Yan Ji smiled dissolutely: "Now it's up to me to decide!" ”……

Yang Peng walked to his yard. I came to the lake in the backyard and sat down, and the lake was sparkling and the sky was very bright. Yang Peng rubbed his waist that was sore, because of the unknown number of rounds of fighting, and couldn't help muttering: "It's really amazing that Ai Ji started a wave!" I almost can't bear it! Recalling the battle that lasted almost half a day in the study, I couldn't help but swallow my saliva, and I let out a long breath as if I was still unsatisfied.

Yang Peng turned his head to enjoy the scenery of the lake, and only felt relaxed. Suddenly, I saw a slender figure walking along the shore of the lake, it was Zhou Bingqian. A gust of wind blew, and the hair and clothes fluttered in the wind, fluttering like fairies, like fairies. Yang Peng's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Zhou Bingqian walked not far in front of Yang Peng, and suddenly realized that someone was in front of her, so she quickly stopped and looked. Seeing that it was Yang Peng sitting on the big bluestone not far away, his eyes showed a look of surprise, and then he lowered his head slightly, and said embarrassedly: "Big brother, you, here?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "I'm looking at the scenery!" Then he stood up and said, "I'm really tired enough today, I need to go back and rest a little." So saying, he walked towards his courtyard. Zhou Bingqian hurriedly said: "Big brother, little sister has something she wants to give to big brother!" ”

Yang Peng showed curiosity, stopped, and asked with a smile, "What is it?" Zhou Bingqian lowered her head and said, "Please come with the eldest brother and the little sister, and I will show the eldest brother!" The tone and demeanor all reveal an ambiguous taste. Yang Peng felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and said secretly: How does this seem to be the rhythm of seducing me? That's not going to work!

As soon as he thought of this, he smiled and said, "Let's change the time, the eldest brother is really tired now!" Big brother won't accompany you anymore! Then he strode towards his courtyard. Zhou Bingqian wanted to keep Yang Peng, but she couldn't find an excuse for a while, so she could only watch Yang Peng go. An annoyed look appeared on Jiao Yan, muttered something in a low voice, and turned to leave.

Yang Peng went back to his room and fell asleep, only getting up before evening. I only feel refreshed and refreshed. Leaving the courtyard and coming to the study, he found that Yan Ji was still asleep in the study. Recalling her madness in the morning, she couldn't help but smile and muttered, "It seems that she has exhausted all her strength!" ”

Yang Peng walked behind the desk and flipped through the official documents. The sky gradually darkened, and Jiang Li led a few female guards in to light the lamp. Yang Peng raised his head, twisted his sour neck, and glanced outside, the sun was about to set completely, and the last rays of afterglow lit up the sky. Jiang Li said: "Master, dinner is ready, and the sisters and children are waiting for the master to come over and dine together!" Yang Peng nodded, turned his head and shouted, "Aiji, it's time to get up!" Yan Ji's lazy voice immediately came from behind the screen: "Got it!" Then he heard the sound of Suo Suo dressing, and after a while, Yan Ji came out around the screen. When Yang Peng and Jiang Li saw Yan Ji, their eyes couldn't help but light up, Yan Ji at this moment is really thrillingly beautiful, such a bright color shouldn't belong to the world at all! Yang Peng was proud: "This is all my credit!" And Jiang Li inevitably felt a little ashamed of herself. In fact, Jiang Li is already a great beauty like no other, but she is too overshadowed in front of Yan Ji.

Yan Ji saw her husband staring at her with squinting eyes, and couldn't help but glance at him, then walked up to Jiang Li, bowed to Yingying, and said, "Sister! "In fact, if you talk about age, Jiang Li is much younger than Yan Ji, but women are usually the first to start, although Jiang Li is much younger than Yan Ji, but she entered the harem of the palace before Yan Ji, so she is Yan Ji's sister. Jiang Li smiled and said, "Sister Yan doesn't have to be polite!" "Jiang Li is called according to her age, in fact, the titles among the concubines in Queen Yan's harem are all quite chaotic, anyway, they are all called sisters and sisters according to their own standards.

Yang Peng smiled: "Let's go to dinner." Yan Ji glanced at Yang Peng, and took Jiang Li's slender hand first. Yang Peng smiled and followed. After dinner, Yang Peng called Han Bing, Yelu Hanyu and Yan Ji aside separately and said, "The battle to unify the south, I want to start it in advance." The three girls were a little surprised when they heard the eldest brother suddenly say this. Han Bing asked, "I don't know why the eldest brother suddenly changed his mind?" ”

Yang Peng paced back and forth, frowning: "I have a faint very bad feeling, it seems that someone behind us is calculating us, if we follow the plan step by step, I am afraid that there will be some unpredictable situation!" ”

Yelu Hanyu said: "The reason why we decided to wait until next year to continue the offensive is to give the army enough time to rest, and secondly, to consider the need for some time to digest the fruits of victory. Big brother suddenly wants to change his plan, is it because he has discovered something? ”

Yang Peng stopped and looked at the lake outside the water pavilion, at this time, the lights were on, and the water surface shimmered like a reality. Chen Xiao said: "'Hua Xu' has discovered some information, which is about our internal affairs. He turned his head to look at Yan Ji and said, "Tell me what you know." ”

Yan Ji responded, and immediately told Han Bing and Yelu Hanyu about Hua Xu's recent discovery. The two girls showed a look of contemplation, and Yelu Hanyu frowned and said, "Why did those Confucian students suddenly become so active? And the actions we have done have obviously endangered our Yanyun! Han Bing frowned and said, "I feel as if there is suddenly a force pushing them behind!" He looked up at Yang Peng.

Yang Peng nodded and said, "I feel this way too." They should know very well that with their strength, it is impossible to do anything, and if they start rashly, they can only die without a place to be buried! But what does it mean that they are so active now? ”

The three girls are all very smart, and when they heard Yang Peng ask like this, they were all stunned for a while. Yelu Hanyu frowned and said, "They suddenly became so active, it seems that they have something to rely on. And to rely on it, it is to form an alliance with certain external forces. It's the Khitans! The three girls looked at Yang Peng together.

Yang Peng frowned and said, "It's possible, isn't it?" Han Bing said: "But this is just speculation, without any basis." The current behavior of those Confucian scholars does not necessarily mean that they are colluding with the 1 Khitans. It is also possible that they just took action during this time, and they happened to be noticed by the 'Hua Xu' side. ”

Yang Peng turned around, "Not bad." Maybe I'm overthinking! But we should consider the worst-case scenario and think about how to deal with it! The worst-case scenario is that they collude with the Khitans and come to an agreement to suddenly attack us in the south! If that's the case, it will have a huge impact on us! What I'm most worried about is the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun! ”

Yelu Hanyu frowned and said: "If the Khitans really mobilize the main army to the south when we use troops in the south, it will be difficult for the sixteen states of Yanyun to be foolproof. If the internal rebel forces attack at the same time, the situation will inevitably be even more severe! ”

Yang Peng frowned and said, "We previously estimated that the Khitans might hastily decide to raise troops to attack us when we used troops in the south. Therefore, in view of this, arrangements were made in Datongfu Road and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. But if it's the worst-case scenario we just mentioned, I'm afraid this arrangement won't be enough to deal with! According to previous estimates, the Khitans decided to raise troops in a hurry, and their strength must be limited, which can be dealt with our current arrangements in Datongfu Road and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures; But according to the worst-case scenario we just deduced, it shows that the Khitans are deliberately planning to use troops against us, then all parties must have already been prepared, once they invade, they will definitely do their best, and our current arrangements in Datongfu Road and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures cannot cope with it! ”

The third girl nodded thoughtfully, and Han Bing said, "If this worst-case scenario is followed, I'm afraid we will have to draw some troops from the south to come back!" It's just that in this way, the strength of the south has been sharply reduced, and if there is an accident, I am afraid that the war will be in a stalemate! ”

Yang Peng pondered: "Now the forces we are pressing in the south are seven army corps and the newly formed 200,000 military army, and we can completely transfer a part of the army back to the sixteen states of Yanyun!" I plan to send the 1st, 6th, and 7th Army Corps north to Yanjing to strengthen the defense! ”

Yelu Hanyu said: "With this 200,000 army, you must be able to deal with the worst, but there is a question, have you thought about it, big brother?" If we make a mistake in judgment, wouldn't we just let the Khitans feel threatened and transfer the army to our borders? ”

Yang Peng said: "I also thought of this problem, rather than scaring about this, it is better to be foolproof." Yelu Hanyu nodded, frowned, and said: "It's just that the strength of the Southern Expedition army has plummeted by 200,000, and I'm afraid it won't sweep the south with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai like before!" I'm only worried that if the Song people rely on the steep mountains and rivers to defend to the death, I'm afraid we won't have a chance to take advantage of it! Yang Peng pondered: "It shouldn't be a big problem. Yelu Hanyu glanced up at Yang Peng, "I have no opinion on the eldest brother's decision." Han Bing also said: "I have no opinion." Yang Peng saw that the two girls expressed their support, and his eyes turned to Yan Ji's face, and Yan Ji smiled: "The slave family doesn't know anything about military strategy, but I don't dare to have any opinions!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, "Okay, this matter is decided for the time being!" Tomorrow we will convene the cabinet and discuss it again, and if there is no problem, we will do so! The two women nodded.

Just as Yang Peng was talking to the third daughter, a female guard ran to Jiang Li, who was talking to Chai Yonghui's mother and daughter, and after saluting the two princesses and a princess, she said to Jiang Li: "Commander, there was news at the gate of the city just now, saying that Princess Yanran came back in a hurry!" ”

Jiang Li was surprised and said, "Didn't she deal with refugee matters outside with Anqian?" Why did you come back all of a sudden? The female guard shook her head and said she didn't know. Is Princess Anne back too? The female guard shook her head and said, "No, only Princess Yanran." Jiang Li instructed: "You go to the door and wait, and when you see Yanran, bring her over." The female guard answered and ran down. Jiang Li said to Murong Bingshuang: "Sister, I'll go and inform the master of this situation!" Murong Bingshuang nodded and said with a smile: "You go." Jiang Li ran towards the water pavilion where Chen Xiao and the others were.

When Yang Peng and the others heard that Yan Ran had suddenly returned, they were also taken aback, Han Bing glanced at Chen Xiao and said with a smile: "Sister Yan Ran must have missed someone from us, so she rushed back in such a hurry!" Yang Peng smiled.

At this moment, the figure at the arch swayed, and Jiang Li pointed over there and said, "It's here." Everyone looked towards the archway, and saw Luo Yanran, who was dressed in a moon-white dress and wearing a veil, accompanied by several female guards and personal maids, walking over quickly. Luo Yanran is married now, why do she still wear a veil? In fact, Luo Yanran is not pretending to be mysterious, but because she was born with a lack of yang energy, she can't attract the wind, once she is infected with wind and cold, it is often difficult to heal for several months, and it is much more serious than ordinary people, so Luo Yanran will always wear a special veil. Usually it's okay when I'm at home, but once I'm out of the room, I have to wear a veil.

Luo Yanran went to the water pavilion under the guidance of the female guard, first met the eldest brother, and then met with the sisters. Han Bing teased: "Sister Yanran, does she miss someone here too much, that's why she rushed back in such a hurry?" ”

Luo Yanran was embarrassed and said, "Sister Han Bing misunderstood!" Han Bing showed surprise, "What? Could it be that Sister Yanran doesn't miss that guy? ”

Luo Yanran was afraid that her eldest brother would misunderstand and hurriedly shook her head, and then found that she shook her head, didn't it mean that she missed her eldest brother very much? Although this is the case, it is really ashamed to express it in front of all my sisters! Although Luo Yanran had a veil, she was still so ashamed that she wanted to find a hole to get into.

Yang Peng took Luo Yanran into his arms and said to the women very exaggeratedly: "You can't bully my obedient Yanran!" The girls laughed, and Yelu Hanyu said to Han Bing teasingly: "Did you hear that?" Good boys! Han Bing couldn't help but smile, glanced at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "Sister Yanran is obedient, aren't we all obedient?" When Yelu Hanyu, Yan Ji and Jiang Li heard this, they all cast resentful glances at Yang Peng. Yang Peng's heart fluttered, and he opened his arms and said, "You are all good wives of the eldest brother!" Come on, come on, let the big brother hug well! Three pairs of eyes rolled their eyes together, and Han Bing snorted: "You're so beautiful!" ”

Luo Yanran hurriedly left Yang Peng's embrace and said, "Big brother, the reason why my little sister is in a hurry to come back is because I have something important to report to my eldest brother!" ”

Yang Peng restrained his joking expression and made a listening appearance. Seeing that the eldest brother was no longer joking, Luo Yanran's shy mood couldn't help but calm down a lot, and said, "Not long ago, when I, Sister Anqian and Miss Fang were supervising the settlement of refugees in the south, a person suddenly came to see us!" This person's name is Zhang Defang, and he is Zhang Jun's younger brother! ”

Everyone looked surprised, and although their hearts were full of questions, they did not speak, waiting for her to continue. Luo Yanran continued: "Zhang Defang is here to defect to the eldest brother on behalf of Zhang Jun! However, in the process, an unexpected situation occurred, and I don't know why his whereabouts were leaked, and he was arrested by the imperial court and tortured to extract a confession. He refused to fight to the death, Qin Cha could not get evidence, and he did not dare to take any action against Zhang Jun for a while. One night, Zhang Defang took advantage of the fact that there was only one person guarding him, and used words to contradict the guards and escaped. ……”

Han Bing couldn't help but say: "This Zhang Defang is really capable!" He was able to rebel against the guards! ”

Luo Yanran explained: "Zhang Defang's eloquence is certainly good, but what he said can really move people's hearts. He didn't rush to lobby the guard at first, just gossiped with him, and after learning that the guard was from Jinghu North Road, he told him what the situation of Jinghu North Road was now, and then said to him, "Speaking of this, he glanced at Yang Peng, and then continued: "He said: 'King Yan will unify the world sooner or later, why do you have to work for Zhao Song, who is about to perish? Why not take this opportunity to make a contribution and go to Yanyun together? ’”

Yelu Hanyu couldn't help but say: "These words are to the point, presumably today, as long as it is not those stupid people who are loyal to Zhao Song, I am afraid they will all be moved!" ”

Luo Yanran nodded and said, "After listening to Zhang Defang's words, the guard was really moved. Zhang Defang took the opportunity to continue lobbying, and finally said that the guard would let him go, and the two escaped together. Then Zhang Defang asked the man to go to Zhangzhou to report to Zhang Jun and ask him to be more vigilant, and he rushed to Jiangnan West Road day and night, found us, and explained to us Zhang Jun's willingness to surrender and his experience. The whole situation was like this, and a few of us felt that the matter was urgent, so we decided that I would rush back with Zhang Defang. ”

Yang Peng asked: "Zhang Defang also arrived in Bianliang?" Luo Yanran nodded and said, "I thought that the eldest brother might want to summon him, so I brought him here, and he is now waiting outside the palace gate to be summoned." ”

Yang Peng immediately said to several female guards standing outside the water pavilion: "Go and bring Zhang Defang here!" Several of the female guards clenched their fists in agreement, and then one of them ran down.

Yang Peng pondered and asked Luo Yanran, "Yanran, how much do you think this matter is true?" Luo Yanran said: "Zhang Defang's expression doesn't look like it's fake. And if the things he says are in accordance with the rules, they should be true. The only thing that is puzzling is that Zhang Jun is obviously a well-known loyal minister in the world, and he can be said to be loyal to Zhao Song, which can be said to be Zhao Song's diehard loyalty! But why did such a person change his attitude and want to defect to our Yanyun? The explanation given by Zhang Defang is that the imperial court wants to summon his family to Guangzhou, which makes Zhang Jun disheartened by Zhao Song, this explanation seems to be very reasonable, but it still can't make people wanton! The crowd nodded.

Luo Yanran continued: "Zhang Defang is actually not a stranger to me, he is an old customer of our Luojia Chamber of Commerce, I have had a lot of contact with him in the past, but he often complains to Zhao Song. Yelu Hanyu said: "It is also possible that he did this on purpose, so as to lay the groundwork for him to carry out a conspiracy in the future!" Luo Yanran shook her head and said, "This, I can't judge." ”

The female guard led a chubby middle-aged man over, saluted Yang Peng, and then shouted at the middle-aged man who was looking at Yang Peng curiously: "When you see King Yan, you still don't salute?" Zhang Defang was taken aback, couldn't help but kneel on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Grass farmer Zhang Defang visits King Yan!" ”

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