Mo Haotian was jealous and mocked: "I don't think you plan to do it!" Zhou Bingqian glanced at Mo Haotian, looked down at the green tea soup, and said faintly: "He is my father-killing enemy, I have no choice at all, I must kill him!" Mo Haotian saw that although she said it very plainly, she revealed an unwavering determination, so he didn't say anything anymore.

Zhou Bingqian looked at Mo Haotian and said, "You don't have to worry about my affairs." It's your own business, you have met with Shang Shiheng and others, and they also know your identity, and now that they are all arrested, how dare you stay here? ”

Mo Haotian smiled: "Don't worry. Shang Shiheng and the others don't know about my stronghold, so what's the use of confessing to me? Besides, the most dangerous place is often the safest place, and it is the safest place for me to stay here. ”

Zhou Bingqian said: "You can do it yourself." He stood up and said, "I can't stay long, so I'll take my leave." Mo Haotian hurriedly stood up, walked in front of Zhou Bingqian, and said affectionately: "Bingqian, you can sit for a while!" It's been a long time since we've spoken! Zhou Bingqian's heart couldn't help but flutter, and then the scenes of the two getting along before came to her heart, it felt like something from her previous life, which was very unreal. Zhou Bingqian came back to her senses and frowned: "I have nothing to say, farewell!" Then he bypassed Mo Haotian and left. Mo Haotian stood in place, his expression was hideous, boundless anger was churning in his chest, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Yang Peng......"

Zhou Bingqian will walk on the street unwillingly. "Little sister!" A voice came suddenly. Zhou Bingqian came back to her senses in shock, and immediately followed the prestige. I saw that Jiang Li, who was dressed in military uniform, was leading a group of Feifeng female guards to catch up. Zhou Bingqian bowed: "Sister-in-law." Jiang Li turned over and dismounted, walked in front of Zhou Bingqian, and said angrily: "Little sister, why did you come out with a maidservant?" ”

Zhou Bingqian said: "My little sister feels bored at home, so she wants to come out to relax." Jiang Li frowned and said: "Although the rebellion has been resolved, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no fish that will slip through the net." Wouldn't it be bad if they were to target you! Zhou Bingqian said apologetically: "What my sister-in-law taught me is that my little sister is not considerate!" Jiang Li sighed, "Let's go home together." Zhou Bingqian nodded. The two walked side by side, followed by the others.

Zhou Bingqian asked curiously, "Where did my sister-in-law go just now?" Jiang Li said: "I'll go to check the matter of Shang Shiheng's copying." Then he exclaimed: "I really don't know if I don't see it, I'm shocked when I see it!" That merchant actually hid so many gold and silver treasures and antique calligraphy and paintings! It's not like it's rich, but it's pretty much there! Zhou Bingqian couldn't help but sigh and muttered, "I really don't understand what they think?" The family is so rich that it can't be enjoyed for a hundred lifetimes, but why rebel? ”

Jiang Li sneered: "This is called the lack of people's hearts and swallowing elephants!" All they want is to get more benefits, but they never look back and think about how much they have gained! Zhou Bingqian couldn't help but sigh, "Why is this the reason for this!" ”

Jiang Li remembered something and said, "I heard Sister Ye Yu say that Shang Shiheng and those people are in prison, and they all regret it, and they all regret that they shouldn't have done such a rebellious thing!" Hmph, what's the use of regretting it now? They can only blame themselves for their lack of greed! In fact, although our Yan Yun's rule has damaged the interests of their Shilin scholars, in the big picture, it has only made the originally unfair society more fair! If they are kind people, they will naturally think about the problem in this way, and they will not have too much resistance, for example, Yanran's sister's family, was not originally the largest Shilin family in Lianghuai, and now they are not living well; On the contrary, if you are not good in nature and always feel that others owe you to yourself, you will naturally not be able to accept our Yanyun's reform measures, and you will naturally want to rebel, and in the end you will just lose more! ”

Zhou Bingqian said in surprise: "I didn't expect my sister-in-law to be able to say such thought-provoking words!" Jiang Li smiled embarrassedly, "The little sister has won the prize, this is not what I said, this is what Sister Ye Yu said." Zhou Bingqian showed a sudden look, and thought: "Sister-in-law Ye, although she was born in the Khitan barbarians, she is a rare heroine among women in the world, and her knowledge is really extraordinary!" ”

Jiang Li nodded sympathetically and said, "Sister Ye Yu also said that if our country wants to become truly strong, we must not only depose Confucianism, but also throw away many so-called 'traditional virtues'!" Zhou Bingqian showed surprise and asked puzzledly, "Where did you start with this?" ”

Jiang Li smiled: "When I heard this, I was also very puzzled, but after Sister Ya Yan's explanation, I felt that it was very correct!" After a pause, "For example, 'benevolence and righteousness' is one of the most important virtues in traditional virtues, but why emphasize this, for a person who is good by nature, if others are good to him, he will naturally be good to others, on the contrary, if he is a selfish person, how to emphasize the idea of benevolence and righteousness, what is the use?" For example, in the past, Pang Taishi, Wang Qinruo and others, no matter how good others were to them, they would not be able to repay the favor, and that set of traditional virtues would have no effect here at all! Furthermore, for the foreigners, when you are strong, they are naturally grateful for your kindness and righteousness, but they are not grateful for your benevolence, but they are in awe of your strength; But when you are weak, those foreigners will not reciprocate your kindness and righteousness, but will take advantage of your weakness to pounce on you and devour you mercilessly! Here, benevolence and righteousness have become the culprit who binds themselves and planted the root of the curse, why not take advantage of the time when they are strong to extinguish all possible threats, but to do what kind of benevolence and righteousness in the name of the name? ”

Zhou Bingqian nodded thoughtfully, "This, it seems to make some sense." Hey, in the past thousand years, there is indeed no alien race who has repaid benevolence with benevolence! The Central Plains Dynasty has been practicing benevolence and righteousness for thousands of years, and there are indeed some problems! ”

Jiang Li nodded, "That's what I said." Then he continued: "What else is 'modesty', what is what is it, isn't it good not to be humble or arrogant? Why do you have to have such a skill, but you have to pretend that you don't have such a ability? Hehe, I heard such a joke recently. We have a businessman in Yanyun who contacted a big Tibetan businessman. That big Tibetan businessman wants to come to our Yanyun for development, but he is worried that there is no way, and the arrival of that businessman is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow for him. So the two sides had a deep conversation, and the Tibetan merchant asked our merchant: 'Sir, you must have many ways in Yanyun, right?' Our merchant was humble because he had the virtue of modesty. But he never thought that the Tubo merchant would believe it, so he dismissed the cooperation plan with him, and instead looked for another Yanyun merchant to cooperate, and the merchant watched a big deal fly away! ”

Zhou Bingqian couldn't help laughing. Jiang Li said: "Modesty or something, it has always been boasted as a virtue, but in fact, in the eyes of outsiders, either you just don't have real skills, or you are hypocritical!" This 'modesty' or something, it's actually funny when I think about it now! Zhou Bingqian smiled bitterly: "Listening to my sister-in-law say this, I suddenly found that we have been doing a self-righteous and ridiculous thing all along!" Jiang Li raised her eyebrows, "That's what happened!" ”

Zhou Bingqian frowned and said: "My sister-in-law's remarks can be said to be shocking and thought-provoking. It's just that there are some aspects that seem to be a little inappropriate! For example, benevolence and righteousness may not be the case between nations, but should there be constant struggle between people? There is also filial piety and the like, is it better for a family to become less like a family? ”

Jiang Li smiled: "I didn't understand these at first, but after Sister Ye Yu explained it to me, I probably understood." Sister Ye Yu said that the eldest brother's approach is not to avoid such things as benevolence and righteousness, but there is no need to emphasize it all day long, just conform to nature. Just like for most people, there is the idea that if you are good to me, I will be good to you, this is nature; Some people are vicious, some people are merciful, and these will not change because you emphasize that set of morals; For example, it seems that before Confucianism prevailed, there were more people who knew how to repay kindness, and the allusion to the grass title ring occurred in the pre-Qin period! As for the other so-called virtues, it seems that they were better done before Confucianism prevailed! Therefore, these do not need to be emphasized at all, and emphasizing them all day long will make the original beautiful things change! This is like a regime, if you do a good job, the people will naturally repay you, on the contrary, if you don't do a good job, but you want the people to be loyal to you all day long, how is this possible? This is a ridiculous idea! ”

Zhou Bingqian felt that what Jiang Li said had some truth, but she couldn't accept it for a while. Jiang Li suddenly found that she had returned to the gate of the palace, and couldn't help laughing: "I'm back before I know it!" ”

At that moment, a fast horse came in from the end of the street, and Dada Da Da galloped towards him. Jiang Li saw that she was a herald, and her heart couldn't help but move. The herald ran out of the gate and reined in his horse. Seeing Jiang Li standing not far away, he was shocked, quickly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and bowed: "Subordinate, the herald directly under King Yan has come to see the princess!" ”

Jiang Li snorted and said, "Get up." The herald thanked him and stood up. Jiang Li saw him carrying a package dressed in military newspapers and asked, "Is it news from the eldest brother?" Is Big Brother okay? "If you go back to Niangniang, everything will be fine with King Yan!" Jiang Li put her mind at ease and asked again, "Is the Khitan army still confronting the eldest brother?" ”

The herald said excitedly: "The main force of the Khitan army has been transferred away to quell the chaos!" King Yan has already sent the sixth and seventh two legions to aid General Yang Yanzhao, and soon, King Yan will also lead a large army to Ningxia! When Jiang Li and Zhou Bingqian heard this, they both showed expressions of surprise. Jiang Li said excitedly: "Great! The Liao State collapsed without a fight, and there was only one Western Liao left, and there was nothing to fear! Zhou Bingqian nodded sympathetically, and then her heart was shocked, she was surprised to find that she would be so happy for King Yan's victory?!

The news of Liao's withdrawal soon spread in Bianliang City, the whole city was thunderous, there were cheers everywhere, gongs and drums everywhere, and the people were even more proud of being the people of Yanyun while putting down their hearts! The tavern tea shop, the Qinglou painting boat, everywhere is talking about the current victory, everyone feels jubilant, only feel that a powerful empire that is chasing the Tang Dynasty is coming, and it is really a great blessing for them to be able to bow to the grand event! As for the Central Plains scholars who have just been confiscated of their family property, few people mention it, and even when they do, it is often full of mocking tone, full of schadenfreude.

Turning his attention to Shazhou, the Liao army tried its best to attack day after day, but the Yanyun army was like a solid rock under the leadership of Yang Yanzhao and other fierce generals, and the fierce attack of the Liao army was like a stormy wave hitting the rock, the waves were broken, but the rock was still as strong as ever! The Liao army attacked fiercely for many days and suffered heavy losses, but it was never able to make any progress. The fighting spirit of the Liao army gradually declined, but the Western Liao Emperor Yelu Longqing was at a loss for this, at this moment, facing the whole map of Yanyun, he only expected that the Liao State could break through the sixteen states of Yanyun and enter the Central Plains, thus creating a very favorable situation for his own side!

At this moment, a dusty servant rushed into the big tent and knelt down to report: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have heard other battle reports in Xingqing Mansion!" ……”

Yelu Longqing turned around abruptly and hurriedly asked, "How is the situation?" "Tubo and Dali still haven't made progress, and the Song people have been defeated, the Eighth Prince has surrendered to Yanyun, and Zhao Heng's main force has been wiped out!" ……”

Yelu Longqing was shocked, and then scolded angrily: "Useless Song people! Then he asked, "What about the Khitans?" What is the situation with the Khitans? "It is said that the Goryeo army within the Khitans rebelled, and Yelu Hucheng had to give up the attack and lead the army to quell the rebellion!" Now Yanyun's reinforcements are on their way here! ”

Yelu Longqing's heart was shocked, and he was flustered for a moment and didn't know what to do. I tried my best to calm myself down, and then I thought, 'I didn't expect the situation to take a turn for the worse all of a sudden!' The defeat of the Song people is just fine, I didn't expect that there would be a rebellion of the Goryeo army within the Khitans! Could this be God's help to Yanyun? Tubo and Dali can't count on it, and now we can only rely on ourselves to deal with Yanyun! As soon as I thought of this, I couldn't help but feel fearful, I only felt that I was not the opponent of Yan Yun's army at all with my own strength, and it was already very difficult to deal with the less than 100,000 Yan Yun army in front of me, if Yan Yun's main force came, the matter would be serious!

Yelu Longqing suddenly thought of 'retreat'! I feel that at this time, I am afraid I can only give up! Even if such a situation can break the Yan Yun army in front of him, what is the use of sweeping the entire Western Xia? If Yan Yun's army comes, eighty percent of the land just occupied will not be able to hold it!

Xi Zuo remembered one thing and said, "Your Majesty, there is one thing that my subordinates almost forgot!" The subordinates also heard the news in Xingqing Mansion that Shang Shiheng and other scholars had launched a rebellion in Bianliang, but Yan Yun had already prepared and put down the rebellion in an instant, and Shang Shiheng and others were all arrested! Yelu Longqing said angrily, "I shouldn't have any illusions about them! What can these readers do! ”

After thinking about it, he made up his mind in his heart, and said to the soldiers around him: "Gather all the generals immediately!" The soldier said yes and ran down.

Yang Yanzhao stood on the dilapidated city gate tower, a small couple stood beside him, Yang Dezheng and Xing, Yang Dezheng was majestic and extraordinary, but Xing was even taller and more moving, I thought she was still a young girl at the beginning, but now she is already slim, it can really be described as the eighteen changes of the female university!

Xing asked, "Father, I don't know when the reinforcements will arrive?" Yang Yanzhao said with a smile: "King Yan has a big trick up his sleeve with soldiers, which is a quick word!" So I think reinforcements might arrive sooner than we expected! Wake up and said: "I was worried about death before, I was afraid that King Yan would not be able to stop the 800,000 army of the Liao State!" It's finally a thrill! ”

Yang Dezheng smiled: "You are really worried! At the beginning, our Yang family army could also have one enemy against the Khitan army, not to mention King Yan! Woke up Yang Dezheng and said, "That's different!" At the beginning, we had to do it as a last resort, so to speak, and we were careless about the enemy, so it can be said that we won very lucky! And Brother Yan Wang is in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but he has to rely on half of his men and horses to resist the Liao army with a great victory! This is much more dangerous than our original situation! ”

Yang Yanzhao said: "Wake up is right! In fact, in the first battle of Niulanshan, our army was almost defeated! Fortunately, King Yan took the opportunity to make a decisive decision, fought against the water, broke through the enemy's camp one step ahead of the enemy, and finally forced the enemy army back! Otherwise, the consequences will be really unimaginable! Hey, if you were in that situation for your father, I'm afraid you would be a mess! Laughing and said: "My daughter thinks that my father is as powerful as Brother Yanwang, if my father defends the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, he will definitely be able to force the Khitans back!" Yang Yanzhao shook his head and said, "On the battlefield, being a father may be able to do as well as King Yan, but in other respects, it is not as good!" As a father, he would never have thought of such a clever plan to provoke the Goryeo army to rebel! ”

Yang Dezheng and Xing were taken aback, and Xing hurriedly asked, "Father said that the rebellion of the Goryeo Army was the ploy of Brother Yan Wang?" Yang Yanzhao nodded, "It's just a guess for my father!" However, the rebellion of the Goryeo army is very strange, and the timing of the launch is too coincidental, which really makes people have to suspect that this is the handiwork of King Yan! Yang Dezheng, waking up to feel that what his father said made sense, he couldn't help but be more in awe of King Yan in his heart.

Yang Yanzhao looked at the couple and said with a smile: "You understand the words of the father now, right?" After all, being a father is just a general, and he is not afraid to compete with any strong enemy on the battlefield! However, when it comes to controlling the overall situation, even the horse can't catch up with King Yan! Yang Dezheng couldn't help laughing. There was a look of memory in his awake eyes, and he couldn't help but murmur: "When I first met Brother Yan Wang, my daughter knew that he was a great character!" Sure enough, within a few years, Brother Yan Wang drove away the Khitans and recovered the rivers and mountains of the Central Plains with the Yan Yun Army trained by himself! While saying this, his right hand involuntarily rubbed the handle of the horizontal knife on his waist, this horizontal knife was when the Khitan army attacked Jiangnan, Yang Peng led the army south to reinforce, and Xing gave it to her when they first met.

Yang Dezheng smiled and asked, "It's been a long time since I've seen King Yan, right?" Xing nodded, and said with some annoyance: "The last time Brother Yan Wang came to Ningxia, he left without waiting for others!" ”

Yang Dezheng said with a smile: "When this battle is over, my father and I will go back to Beijing to report on our work, so you might as well go with us." At that time, won't you be able to meet your big brother Yanwang? When he woke up, he was excited, and his eyes showed a look of longing. Then he sighed and said faintly: "I'm afraid it's impossible to joke with Brother Yan Wang like before in the future!" ”

Yang Dezheng asked puzzledly: "Why is this?" Woke up Yang Dezheng and said: "Now we, Yanyun, have smashed the siege of the enemy and recovered the entire Jiangnan is just around the corner!" Yan Yun's strength can be said to be already the king of the world, and this momentum is unstoppable! In this case, Brother Yan Wang must also ascend the throne and become the emperor! If you become an emperor, how can you be casual with us anymore? ”

Yang Yanzhao nodded and said, "Wake up is right. Today's King Yan is no longer the King of Yan of the day, he will be the founding monarch of a powerful dynasty, and we can't be as casual as in the past! Yang Dezheng frowned and said, "I don't think King Yan is that kind of person!" Wake up and say angrily: "You are so stupid! What is Brother Yanwang who is not that kind of person? I didn't say anything bad about Brother Yanwang! Hmph, don't say bad things, if someone dares to say bad things about Brother Yanwang, the little sister will not let him go! However, Brother Yanwang's identity is now different from before, and Brother Yanwang will naturally not change, but as subordinates, we should have the consciousness of being subordinates, and it is insurmountable! Otherwise, wouldn't it be true! Yang Dezheng picked his head, still not very understanding. Wake up and say angrily: "You are really a stupid cow! Yang Dezheng smiled.

Knock knock knock...... Outside the city, the war drums of the Liao army suddenly sounded. The three of them immediately stopped chatting and looked out of the city. I saw that the dust in the camp of the Liao army was rising, the flags were surging, and the figures were longing.

Xingxiu frowned and said, "The Liao army is going to attack again!" Yang Yanzhao shook his head and smiled: "No! They're withdrawing! Yang Dezheng was stunned for a moment, and then showed a look of surprise. Not long after, I saw the Liao army outside the city pulling out the camp and leaving, and the billowing smoke and dust gradually disappeared into the Xifeng Ancient Road! Yang Yanzhao still didn't dare to be careless, and immediately sent scouts to chase after him. That night, the scouts reported that the Western Liao army had retreated into the Yumen Pass.

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