Chapter 8 The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings
His Majesty the Emperor looked at the calm woman in front of him, and remembered the scene of the first time he met, when he was still His Royal Highness the King of Jin, living the life of an idle prince in Chang'an City, and met by chance the fugitive prince Li Chengzhen and the descendants of the Murong family, they met in Weishi, so they had a rare friendship.
Because of this, in the past three years, Yang Kang has not imprisoned Murong Yan like a prisoner, but has given her great preferential treatment and personal self, which is also one of the reasons why Murong Yan was able to escape.
"What do you want me to do?" asked Yang Kang straight to the point.
"Your Majesty, the little woman only asks His Royal Highness the Prince to rescue His Royal Highness and help His Highness recover the Western Xia Kingdom. Murong Yan pleaded.
This request was expected by Yang Kang, Li Chengzhen and Murong Yan have worked hard for many years for the sake of the Western Xia Kingdom, and it sounds better for the country and the nation, but in essence, it is just for the imperial power, and after any bloody and glorious slogans tear off the veil of hypocrisy, all that remains is the naked entanglement of interests.
As an emperor, no one understands the feeling of being in power better than Yang Kang, the pleasure of killing and robbing other people's lives, and the satisfaction of being high up makes Yang Kang sometimes lose himself, and he can only suppress the ** in his heart through constant introspection.
There are too many temptations faced by an emperor, and there are often good and cruel tyrants in history, or when he is young, he is a bright king, and when he is old, he is mediocre, it depends on whether he can resist the temptation of the outside world.
"He is already the emperor of the Western Xia Kingdom, how do you know that he wants to change the status quo?" Yang Kang asked rhetorically.
"The so-called emperor is just a marionette at the mercy of others. Murong Yan said sadly, "His Royal Highness the Prince has great ambitions, and his heart is higher than the sky. This is only an expedient measure, once out of trouble will be able to regain strength, not to mention that if the Western Xia is successful, you can reject Mongolia in the north, and it will be beneficial to the Jin State and the Song State without any harm, please think twice. ”
"Can you guarantee that the restoration of the country is the last condition?" Yang Kang asked, "What if he continues to threaten me with this matter, and what if he still wants the Song Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom?"
"His Royal Highness the Prince is a man who knows how to repay his kindness. Murong Yan assured, "His Majesty holds the two countries of Song and Jin. After the defeat of the Mongols, the Western Xia State would only become a loyal ally of His Majesty, and would never dare to infringe on His Majesty's interests. ”
His Majesty the Emperor was very unimpressed by this, Murong Yan had brains and courage, he was a rare talent, but he did not understand the ambition of men, Yang Kang believed that once Li Chengzhen got out of trouble or recovered the Western Xia Kingdom, he would use his status to ask for more benefits.
Compare the heart to the heart, if Yang Kang is in Li Chengzhen's position, he will do the same. This is the people's heart, and if you want to completely eliminate this threat, you must eradicate Li Chengzhen.
"How good it would be if you were attached to me. His Majesty the Emperor said with emotion.
"The loyal ministers are not the two masters, the little woman has made up her mind, and please forgive your majesty. Murong Yan said firmly.
In the past three years, Yang Kang has tried to win over Murong Yan, but unfortunately he has not succeeded, the relationship between Murong Yan and Li Chengzhen is not a simple relationship between monarchs and ministers, but also a private relationship between men and women, this is where His Majesty the Emperor is beyond his power, he thinks he is an idol. But it can't make all women fall in love.
The conditions were negotiated. Yang Kang began to understand the whole course of events.
Murong Yan accidentally found Li Mochou and Qiu Qianqi when she fled, she followed Li Chengzhen to see Her Royal Highness the princess of the Western Xia Kingdom outside the ancient tomb of Zhongnan Mountain, Li Mochou and Qiu Qianqi were not as zìyóu as Murong Yan, they were locked in a tightly guarded cell, with chains on their hands and feet, and they were real prisoners.
Murong Yan used his disguised identity to sneak attack the guards' forbidden army, opened the cage and released the two. The three of them teamed up to break out, and then Qiu Qianqi said goodbye and left, Murong Yan and Li Mochou evaded pursuit in Lin'an City, and did not leave Lin'an City until Yang Kang asked people to stop the pursuit.
After leaving the city, Murong Yan knew that the two of them might be able to rescue Li Chengzhen, but there was no way to recover the Western Xia Kingdom, and the person who really had the ability to help them was the emperor His Majesty, so she ventured back to Lin'an City to ask to see Yang Kang, and Li Mochou rushed to the Western Xia Kingdom with the secret of Yang Kang's identity.
His Majesty the Emperor pondered. In the Western Xia Kingdom in his planning, Lou Shidao and Ming Sect disciples are gradually infiltrating the Western Xia and the entire Western Regions. Maybe it's time to drive the Mongols out of Western Xia, but even if Western Xia is really recovered, I'm afraid it won't be Li Chengzhen's turn to be emperor.
He looked at Murong Yan and showed a gentle smile.
When Yang Kang was calculating Li Chengzhen, there were also people calculating him, on the shore of Dongqian Lake, Shi Miyuan, the former prime minister of the Song Kingdom, listened to the information provided by this man who claimed to be Mr. Heartless, this person has an unknown origin, a mysterious identity, a hat, and cannot see the true face, which can be concluded to be a person in the rivers and lakes.
From the strong smell of medicine on Mr. Ruthless, it can be seen that he was not lightly injured, but even so, he still injured several nurses in the Shi family's old house, as the patriarch of the Shi family, Shi Miyuan's guard status is not low, there are military attaches in the army, there are heroes on the rivers and lakes, but these people are vulnerable in front of Mr. Ruthless, this is the gap between the quasi-peerless master and the second-rate master, so Shi Miyuan met with this ruthless gentleman and listened to the so-called big secret of Mr. Ruthless.
The Emperor of the Jin State faked his death, disguised as Lu Zhanyuan, the owner of Lujiazhuang, with the intention of controlling the Central Plains Martial Arts.
When he first heard it, the prime minister didn't care, what he cared about was the major affairs of the court, the grade of martial arts was too low, and the only thing that caught his attention was that Wan Yankang was still alive.
The Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin who assassinated Temujin.
This is the prime minister's general impression of Yang Kang, in Shi Miyuan's view, it is outrageous for an emperor to assassinate, the emperor should sit in the court, strategize, and leave the rest of the things to his ministers to do, this emperor of the Jin State is really not doing his job, and after killing Temujin in Mongolia, he came to the Song State to make trouble, but Lu Zhanyuan ......
Where do you seem to have heard this name, the Prime Minister thought about it carefully, and thought of an interesting thing, today's saint robbed the people's daughter by the West Lake, and was beaten by a person in the rivers and lakes, and even took Xie Yili, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy at that time, was seriously injured, and he was still the prime minister of the Song Kingdom at that time, and when he heard about it, he only felt that His Majesty was really messing around.
If Lu Zhanyuan is the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, then the farce by the West Lake is afraid that it will not be so simple, Shi Miyuan frowned and pondered, Wan Yankang took the opportunity to approach the emperor His Majesty, naturally he had his own purpose, combined with his downfall and the unexpected death of the queen mother, a thought appeared in his mind.
Maybe today's saint has already been controlled by Yan Kang!
His downfall can be said to have a direct relationship with the Jin State, and it is said that the Emperor Majesty Xià is very fond of the Mu Zhaorong who rushed into the palace, this woman is very likely to be sent by the Jin State to confuse the Emperor Majesty, so it explains why the Emperor Majesty Xià wants to ally with the Jin State, and why the Emperor Majesty Xià does not go to the early dynasty, and let the Empress Xie hang the curtain to listen to the government, which shows that the Emperor Majesty is likely to be bewitched and controlled, so what role does the Xie family play in it?
Shi Miyuan seems to have seen a huge conspiracy shrouded in the sky over the Song Kingdom, this asexual conspiracy has changed the situation of the whole world, he is just a chess piece in this conspiracy, the prime minister is unwilling, he wants to find out this conspiracy and expose it, this is the key to whether he can re-enter the stage of Song Guozheng.
As a result, a secret investigation against the Song Emperor began at Dongqian Lake.