On this day, Le Yuan did not go to the barracks or the city tower, but was busy cooking soup for his wife in the house. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info In the evening, a person came to the house, and Le Yuan looked at it, but he didn't expect it to be Du Chongwei Du Thorn History. Du Chongwei said: "I heard that my younger brother and sister have itchy bodies, so I came to visit!"

Le Yuan invited him to the main room to drink tea together. After the two exchanged a few words, Le Yuan asked: "Big brother, can the Khitan and Khitan countries send someone to contact and negotiate peace today?" Du Chongwei put down the teaglass, glanced at the inside and outside of the house a few times, and said slowly: "Brother Xian, the second thing I came here today is to discuss this matter with you." With that, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Commander Du Chongwei. Du Chongwei handed the letter to Le Yuan and said, "You will know after reading it." ”

Le Yuan carefully opened the envelope, only to see that the letter read: "Your Excellency Du Tingshi: My Khitan territory spans 3,000 miles, and the armor has millions of people. The monarchs and ministers of the Central Plains today have no way and cannot carry out the rule of Yao Shun, which causes the resentment of the people in the country to boil, and the beacon fire runs through the north and south. The emperor of our country remembered that the descendants of the two countries at the same time Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the same ancestor and the same origin, so the army came to save the people of Li from fire and water, and to help the building to fall. Today, your country readily agreed, and the words of peace were made in advance. Our country is determined to attract millions of heroes, and the tiger is based on the wilderness of Daizhou, and help your country to calm down internal troubles. I hope that Your Excellency will think twice and achieve the good of the two countries for 10,000 years. Yelu Li Hu bows again. After reading it, Le Yuan said angrily, "What a bunch of nonsense! There are more than 500,000 soldiers and civilians in Daizhou, and once they are handed over to the enemy, there will be no chance of turning over." ”

Du Chongwei also responded indignantly: "Yelu Li Hu has to inch in, and the lion takes advantage of the danger of people to open his mouth." Seeing that he shared the same hatred with him, Le Yuan said: "What the eldest brother said is very true, how can he live well now?" Du Chongwei glanced at Le Yuan with his eyes and said, "This is exactly what the eldest brother wants to discuss with you." The matter of peace talks is of great importance to us, and if there is a slight mistake, you and I will lose our lives at the least, and at worst, we will be left with a stench for 10,000 years. It is better for us to hand this letter to the imperial court and ask the emperor to decide, and at that time, the fate of Daizhou will have nothing to do with the two of us. ”

After hearing this, Le Yuan meditated for a moment and said, "At present, the imperial court is fighting fiercely in the Central Plains, how can I have time to pay attention to this matter?"

Du Chongwei said: "The difference between the virtuous brothers' words is precisely because the imperial court is fighting with the rebellious army in Luzhou, so we have to consider the situation in Daizhou. If Daizhou is captured by the Khitan, will Taiyuan still be able to hold on? At that time, I am afraid that the entire Central Plains will have to be returned to the Khitan. The matter is urgent, and there is no time to discuss it with the virtuous brother, and the foolish brother has already written a recital. Le Yuan said: "In this case, I am willing to jointly submit a letter with my eldest brother." ”

Seeing that he had his support, Du Chongwei took out the fold in his arms and said, "Okay, Brother Fool will send someone to rush to Luzhou tonight for 800 miles." ”

Le Yuan was upset at this time, not only because of the aggressive posture of the Khitan, but also because of the decision that the imperial court was about to make. What Du Chongwei said is very reasonable, and Leyuan is unwilling to accept the fact that it is about to happen. If Daizhou is ceded, what will he face to face the soldiers and civilians of Daizhou who are fighting with him. More importantly, since then, Taiyuan has no barrier, and it may be threatened by foreign tribes at any time in the future. He must not let this happen. At this time, he thought of his brother-in-law Liu Zhiyuan, hoping that he could make an idea for himself. So he hurriedly wrote a letter and sent someone to Liu Zhiyuan, asking him to persuade Shi Jingjiao, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, to ask the court to take back his fate.

But Leyuan was still a step too late. On the evening of the seventh day, Yelu Li Hu saw that the terms of his peace talks had not been answered for a long time, and despite the strong opposition of the military advisor Ji Payou, he led his troops to attack the southern gate of Daizhou. The soldiers and civilians of Daizhou had just faced the battle, and suddenly received a military order from Du Chongwei not to go to war. Leyuan stood on the city wall, looked at the arrogant enemy army below the city, and sighed. He walked down the city tower and waited for Du Chongwei's arrival at the city gate. However, he didn't wait for Du Chongwei himself, but waited for the envoy of the imperial court.

The lieutenant was thirty years old, with a white face and red lips, dressed in purple and wearing an official hat. He walked up to Le Yuan and said loudly, "Le Yuan takes the order." Le Yuan hurriedly knelt down to accept the order. The lieutenant envoy unfolded the holy decree and read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: General Anxi is willing to help, hard work and high achievements, and he is specially named the Marquis of Anxi, and temporarily resides in the Daizhou General's Mansion." The 50,000 people under his jurisdiction will be handed over to the command of Dai Zhou Assassin Shi Du Chongwei from now on. Chin!"

Le Yuan shouted "Long live" three times to receive the order, and got up to send the envoy off. The envoy said: "Anxihou, think about the emperor's kindness to you, don't do anything to disappoint the emperor again." ”

Le Yuan was shocked in his heart, he just heard that the military power had been discharged, and he couldn't think of a reason, but now he heard that the Chinese envoy deliberately read the word "again" very loudly, and he suddenly woke up. Since the envoy has been to Du Chongwei's mansion, he is about to leave Daizhou, so Le Yuan said: "Lord Envoy, please rest assured, Le Yuan naturally knows what to do, and he will never dare to disappoint the emperor. The envoy did not look back and said: "The Marquis of Anxi is good for himself, and our family will set off to go back to face the saint." ”

Le Yuan looked at the back of the lieutenant envoy who was gradually moving away, and pondered, could it be that Du Chongwei betrayed himself? Otherwise, why could he command an army of 50,000 Anxi. But why did he do such a thing? At this time, he thought of the letter, and there was only one reason to explain it, that the letter fell into the hands of Du Chongwei.

Thinking of this, Le Yuan turned over and returned to the house, and gathered the pro-soldiers in the mansion, and the only one who delivered the letter that day was missing among the pro-soldiers. "Have you ever seen him come back?" and everyone shook their heads. Joining the army, Lotte Zang replied: "General, it is estimated that the trip to Taiyuan will only take two days at most, and now that seven days have passed, could it be that you have encountered an accident on the road?"

When Le Yuan heard his words, he suddenly thought that Daizhou City was full of Du Chongwei's people, and that person might not have left the city. He motioned for everyone to go back to work, but he left Lotte Zang behind and told him everything that happened that day. Lotte was stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect that Daizhou would put forward the idea of letting the imperial court cede Daizhou to the Khitan.

Le Yuan said: "Little brother, you were right just now. Lotte Zang replied: "General, you can trust me all this." I knew that the general was because he couldn't bear to give up the people of Daizhou, so he was framed by Du Chongwei's villain, and his military power was lost. ”

Le Yuan was afraid of his shoulder, and asked sincerely: "Little brother, can you help me with one thing?" Le Tianzang said: "Please make it clear to the general!" Le Yuan sighed: "Now that the secret letter has fallen into the hands of Du Chongwei, since the imperial court has relieved me of military power, it will definitely implicate my brother-in-law Liu Zhiyuan." Now the only way to do this is to trouble you to rush back to Taiyuan overnight to inform him to prepare in advance. Little brother, are you willing?" Lotte Zang replied in a positive voice: "I will definitely die in the next place, and I promise to send this letter to Liu's mansion." Le Yuan held his hand and said with emotion: "Little brother, I thank you on behalf of the whole family!"

Lotte Zang hurriedly stepped forward to help him and said: "The general has the grace of knowing me, and I am afraid that I will not be able to repay it in this life, and today is the time to repay it." After saying goodbye, Le Yuan instructed with concern: "Little brother, Du Chongwei's people are bound to obstruct layer by layer, don't be careless when you go out of this door." Lotte turned around at the door, patted the knife on his body and said: "Don't worry, general, I'm Lotte hiding martial arts since I was a child, and the sword never leaves my body, and ordinary people can't help me." ”

Le Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and went back to the house to see Lin Hanyan. Lin Hanyan had already heard about her husband's dismissal and marquis, and when she saw Le Yuan, she deliberately pretended not to know anything. Le Yuan asked, "Sister Yan, are you feeling better today?" Lin Hanyan replied with a smile: "It's much better now." Le Yuan sat down beside her and said, "Sister Yan, from today onwards, I will accompany you well in the house." Lin Hanyan said: "My Lexuan has become a dignified Anxi Hou." After speaking, he hid his head in Le Yuan's arms. Le Yuan said: "Sister Yan, I didn't expect that the little girl I liked is now a marquise. Lin Hanyan hugged Le Yuan with his hand, and after a long time, he said: "As long as we are kind and loving, even if we are ordinary people, I will be very happy." ”

It's been a long time since the two have had such a pleasant conversation at the table. Now that Le Yuan is idle, he can spend a little more time with his wife. When he has nothing to do these days, he thinks of Lotte Zang, Du Chongwei, his family in Taiyuan, and the holy decree announcing the fate of Daizhou.

On that day, Lotte Zang left the Anxi Hou Mansion and immediately rode in the direction of the West City Gate. Along the way, he noticed that several people had been following him.

It turned out that since Du Chongwei left General Anxi's mansion, he arranged for people to watch every move of the people in the mansion day and night. As expected, less than two hours after he left, he found that someone had quietly left the General's Mansion through the back door. Before the man could get out of the city gate, he was knocked unconscious and carried to Du Chongwei's house. Du Chongwei searched out the secret letter from him, and thought in his heart, this Leyuan toast does not eat and drink, and actually plays a game of double-faced and three-knife with him. So he didn't do anything, and then wrote a letter of impeachment, and together with this secret letter, he quickly sent it to Li Congke in Luoyang. When the fold was handed over, Li Congke was discussing with a group of ministers about the encirclement of the rebel army. Li Congke was furious when he read this recital, and immediately issued an order to dismiss Le Yuan on the spot and investigate it. At this time, Shangshu's right servant, who usually had private dealings with Le Yuan, stood up and admonished:

"The emperor must not, there is a big chaos today, the Khitan is waiting for an opportunity to rise, the country is in danger, if it is not an unforgivable crime, you must not kill the heroes without permission, and the heart of the scholar in the cold world. Although Le Yuan is wrong, his behavior still does not hide his loyalty and bravery, and Wei Chen suggested that he could be promoted and secretly surrendered to take away his military power a little. As for Du Chongwei, this person is a villain, but the country is in danger today, and it is the time to employ people, so he must not be neglected, and ask the emperor to decide. ”

"Since Ji Aiqing intercedes for it, I will follow your words. Passing on my will, Feng Leyuan was appointed Marquis of Anxi, stripped of his military power, and stayed in the Hou Mansion to recuperate; ordered Du Chongwei to take charge of 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Anxi Army, and to supervise the military affairs of Daizhou, and to be fully responsible for the affairs of peace talks; and ordered Shi Jingjiao, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, to arrest Liu Zhiyuan and send him to Luoyang for interrogation. ”