The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 412 Secret Letter from the Liao Kingdom
After Zhao Tun returned to the palace, he ordered the gate to be closed tightly, and no one was seen.

Yue Fei wasn't in the palace at this time, but he didn't leave Tokyo either. Zhao Tuo sent him to Lu Junyi's side before entering the palace.

Lu Junyi is quite an official now, and it is still very easy to hide someone at home from being discovered.

Zhao Tuo stayed in the mansion for three days. On the fourth day, before dawn, Yan Qing quietly came to send a letter to report his safety. After reading the letter, he didn't say anything, and asked Yan Qing to tell Yue Fei that he didn't have to leave Tokyo for the time being.

Another two days later, in the early morning, Zhao Tun took the bird cage and walked the bird in the small woods in the mansion, accompanied by a big yellow dog.

This dog was picked up by Lei San from the street outside. It has been around for several years, probably in the winter of the year he went to Longyou.

The dog has a very simple name, and it's called Rhubarb. Now, sticking out its tongue, it's following behind him, looking left and right as it walks, and when it sees something moving in the grass, it rushes over with a "bass".

Zhao Tang found a tree stump and sat down, took out a willow flute from his bosom, and played it slowly, what he was playing was the Yellow River far above the white clouds, an isolated city called Wanren Mountain.

At this time, a sound of "Xixisuosuo" came from the grass next to it, and the yellow dog rushed over with a "barking" sound, and then heard it whining "oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" ran away.

Zhao Tun frowned and shook his head. After sitting there for a while, he stared at the far north...

A few days later, the envoys from the Kingdom of Jin left the capital. The Emperor Daojun spent a lot of money to appease these Jurchens, and wrote a letter to Wanyan Wu Qimai himself, and asked these people to take it back.

The alliance talks did not succeed. Of course, this was just the initial test of each other. It would take at least several rounds of entanglement and bargaining before it could be completed.

Zhao Tang took Zhao Yuannu into the mansion, changed Zhao Yuannu's surname, and gave him the surname Qin.

Because of her original status, Zhao Yuannu couldn't be granted the imperial title like a normal woman if she didn't have any achievements.

But if it is meritorious, it will be no problem to add an imperial order to one's body.

Take Liang Hongyu as an example. Liang Hongyu was born in a prostitute camp with a humble background. When she first married Han Shizhong, she was a concubine. Because Han Shizhong had a regular wife, and the Song Dynasty had no regular wife, she could only be a concubine.

But a concubine has no status, unless she is later made the main wife or gets a royal title.

But at this time Han Shizhong was only an eighth-rank military officer, and his first wife was not very old, so Liang Hongyu didn't have any chance.

But the wonders of life are often unexpected, and opportunities only appear for those who are prepared.

In the third year of Jianyan, that is, the third year after Jingkang, Miao and Liu rebelled, and Liang Hongyu drove hundreds of miles overnight to summon Han Shizhong to the Wei and fight the rebellion.

The reason for the exception is that the rank of this order is higher than Han Shizhong's official rank!

It is an exception to the order to follow the husband's official, or the son-in-law's official rank, which generally cannot be higher than that.

And just one year later, in the fourth year of Jianyan, Huang Tiandang fought fiercely. Liang Hongyu personally held the drum and jointly commanded the battle with Han Shizhong, blocking the invading Jin army on the south bank of the Yangtze River for 48 days!
In the end, because the Jin army still escaped, Liang Hongyu actually wrote a letter to impeach Han Shizhong as the wife of the imperial order, which shocked the whole court and granted the title of Mrs. Yang Guo again.

Mrs. Yang Guo is the wife of the country, and her reputation has shaken the world since then.

In the fifth year of Shaoxing, Han Shizhong became an official and Shaobao. In August of the same year, Han Shizhong's original wife, Bai Shi, died. At this time, Liang Hongyu became Han Shizhong's official wife.

That is to say, Liang Hongyu was still just a concubine until she was named Mrs. Guo, but this did not affect her status, because she had an imperial order!

But this was not granted at the beginning, because of the low status and no credit.

This is the case with Zhao Yuannu, but it is a kind of favor for Zhao Tun to change her surname to Qin, the king of Qin, to name her surname with the title of King Qin, and it is much better than ordinary concubines.

This time there was no big banquet, but there were many ceremonies. However, Zhao Tun refused to accept gifts this time, even gifts from direct relatives. People carried them into the mansion. After the ceremony, the door was closed, and outsiders were not seen...

In the blink of an eye, it entered August, and this morning, Zhao Tuo received a secret letter, which was sent by Suiyulou, and transferred from the spies in the Liao Kingdom. from the military.

After reading the letter, he pondered for a long time, then called Qi Hongyu and Jian Suyi into the mansion, but felt that it was not enough, so he called Zhang Xian and Gao Chong to come over, and then explained many things.

He was going out of the mansion, and he was afraid that it would not be safe, so he called a few times. As for Gao Chong, it was because he had a title and could suppress some things.

In the evening, I first went to see Xiao Zhao Xi, who was able to sit down, but could not speak yet. When I saw him, he just stretched out a pair of small hands to hug him.

After staying for a while, Zhao Tong said that he had to practice martial arts recently, and the general would come over, so he went out and left.

In the evening, he went to rest at his mistress's place, and the mistress looked more and more charming now, as delicate and beautiful as peaches and plums, as soft as spring water.

For a while, it is suitable for both slender and plump, with satin curls, red waves and yellow warblers.

I don't know how long it has passed, I saw the moon hanging high outside the window, Zhao Tun waved off the lights, let the moonlight shine in, the snow was white like a dream, like frost.

He lay on the little mother's lap, slightly closed his eyes, and chanted a tune.

The little lady said: "Mr. Lang has something on his mind."

Zhao Tang smiled, without opening his eyes, but whispered: "I'm going out tomorrow."

The little lady was puzzled: "Didn't the officials ban you for three months? It seems that there are more than two months left..."

Zhao Tong said: "Don't tell anyone, go out secretly, don't let the old man know."

The young lady was silent: "Where is Mr. Lang going? Is it far away? If it is far, then in this mansion..."

Zhao Tong said: "I just want to tell you about this matter, I will go to Liao Kingdom tomorrow."

"Liao Kingdom?" Xiaoniang was slightly taken aback, and put her hand on Zhao Tong's shoulder: "How long will you be there, and have you made arrangements for the mansion?"

Zhao Tang grabbed Xiaoniang's hand, and said in a low voice: "Everything has been arranged, Qi Hongyu, Jian Suyi, Zhang Xian and Gao Chong have all called over. I'm talking about retreating to practice martial arts, and I won't show up for a short time. If it is necessary to come forward, let..."

Xiao Niang listened for a while, then nodded: "I know, that Xiu Niang and Yuan Nu..."

"Those two are keeping it a secret. You are the only one who knows about this matter. If you have any doubts over time, you can cover it up."

Xiaoniang nodded: "The Liao Kingdom is far away, please be careful on the way, Mr. Lang."

Zhao Tun suddenly turned over, and the little lady murmured: "Lang Jun, I don't want it anymore..."

Zhao Tong said: "Don't worry about having children, I still want a daughter."

A moment later, a gentle and moving voice sounded in the room... Early in the morning, Zhao Tong changed his face and went out from the back door of the palace.

At this time, it was just dawn, and when I walked to the intersection, I saw Ouyang Bei waiting here.

The two did not speak, but walked towards Lu Junyi's residence in a tacit understanding.

When they got there, there was a black-painted carriage parked by the side of the road. Seeing that there was no one around, the two got into the carriage directly, and Yue Fei was waiting in the carriage.

Yue Fei also changed his appearance at this moment, with a fake beard under his chin. After all, there are still wanted portraits of him in the streets and alleys.

But the portrait was not very realistic, and it is even more difficult to recognize now with the beard.

Ouyang Bei was driving the shaft in front, and the horse neighed lightly and walked towards the city gate with a "tap, tap, tap".

The gates of Tokyo have just opened at this moment, and the soldiers guarding the city are sleepy-eyed. There are many people entering the city at this time, most of whom are delivering vegetables and meat and poultry to various houses or restaurants, but not many people leave the city.

When the guarding soldiers saw the carriage, they were about to interrogate them. Ouyang Bei took out something from his body and showed it in front of the soldier. The soldier glanced at him, and hurriedly changed into a flattering smile: "So it's Mr. Si Li, Small faux pas."

Ouyang Bei didn't speak, and as soon as the carriage passed by with a whip, he, Huang Gu, and Ding Daxie all had official positions in the military department. Although it didn't sound like a high-ranking officer, in the eyes of the soldiers, they were high-ranking officials.

It was extremely difficult for a military officer to be promoted in this dynasty. Sometimes even though the power was great, the actual rank was not high.

Even ordinary military officers are faced with a situation where there is no room for promotion when they reach the fourth rank, because there are very few pure military positions above the fourth rank, and there are only a few positions, which have no great relationship. up.

Most of the time, if you want to be promoted again, you can only transfer to a civilian job, but this is also very difficult. After all, the generals of the fourth rank are transferred to a civilian job. It must be for the future to continue to advance to the border. If there is no such step, there is no such background and connections. , It's useless to upgrade, and you can't go up.

Therefore, most of the official officials of military generals will end up at the fourth rank.

The Dianqian Division and the Guards Division are both military divisions, and they are all military officers. Ouyang Bei is currently dispatched by the seventh rank. The ranks of the Song Dynasty are ranks. Shang is not an official, because there is no rank at all.

For someone like Ouyang Bei to be thrown into the Forbidden Army, he already had a very high position. This is why the soldiers guarding the city called him "Sir."

The carriage passed the moat and headed towards the northeast, only then did Zhao Tun speak from inside the carriage: "Your brother has been wronged these days."

Yue Fei said: "Brother, what are you talking about? My younger brother lives very well at the senior brother's house. I practice martial arts with the senior senior brother and Brother Xiaoyi every day. I am very happy."

Zhao Tong laughed and said: "If this is the case, I would be very relieved. This time I went to the Liao Kingdom and wanted to help each other. I really feel sorry for my senior brother, but there is no one there. I only brought Ouyang Bei with me, so I called him senior brother." .”

Yue Fei shook his head: "Senior brother doesn't regard me as a junior by saying that. Yue Fei doesn't have much ability, so it's an honor to help senior brother."

Zhao Tong said: "When did you learn to speak so smoothly?"

Yue Fei said coyly: "Junior brother is not a rigid person in the first place."

Zhao Tong nodded: "That's the best, wouldn't it be too rigid to become a pedantic person?"

Yue Fei said yes, thought for a while and said: "I heard that my brother is grounded, why did you suddenly think about going to Liao Kingdom?"

Zhao Tang was silent for a long time after hearing the words, and then lifted the curtain of the car, the Yellow River could be seen far ahead, and the carriage was going straight with the Yellow River, all the way straight to the direction of Hebei East Road.

"I have a good friend in the Liao Kingdom. I heard that she is getting married, so I went over to have a look." Zhao Tong said.

Yue Fei was taken aback when he heard the words, did he go to Liao Kingdom to celebrate his friends?This is something he didn't expect before.

Although it is reasonable to say that it is a bit abrupt and risky to secretly go to other countries as Zhao Tong, but from the perspective of the world, it is not a big deal. After all, he is very skilled in martial arts, as long as he is not surrounded by the army, it is unlikely that any accidents will happen.

"Senior brother has an eyeliner buried in the Liao country?" Yue Fei asked. Generally speaking, the Song and Liao countries, including Xixia, have spies to send news to each other, but the matter of the Song Dynasty is under the control of the Privy Council or the border economic strategy appeasement envoy, and This kind of spy would probably not convey any news of marriage, so Yue Fei thought it was Zhao Tian's own eyeliner.

Zhao Tong nodded: "Junior brother's guess is good, I do have someone lurking in the Liao Kingdom."

After he finished speaking, he sighed slightly, there was only one message on the Anzi secret letter he received this time.

Princess Yanmin of the Northern Liao Dynasty will get married on August [-]th. The imperial court of Ma Liao Kingdom will accept the decree.

Xiao Min is getting married!

The target is Yelu Dashi!

Zhao Tong was a little stunned when he saw the secret letter, but thinking about it, Xiao Min is not young, Yelu Dashi is also very old, no matter what, they should get married, after all, the two were engaged before and they are unmarried.

However, Zhao Tun didn't feel well in his heart, recalling the scenes of going to the Kingdom of Jin to assassinate Wanyan Aguda, it seemed as if it happened right before his eyes.

Although Xiao Min is not very smart, well, he is still a bit petty, and he is often self-righteous and does things that he feels are great and no one can see through, but they are full of flaws.

But isn't that what makes her cute?Not too much scheming, pure and lively, willful and flawless.

And Yelu Dashi is not a good match. Yelu Dashi is a man with a dark and meticulous mind, and his methods are ruthless. .

Xiao Min is his fiancée, and Xiao Ta Buyan is his confidante. No matter how you look at it, he has a closer relationship with Xiao Min. In terms of official career, it is definitely Xiao Min who will give him more help. Xiao Ta Buyan does not have such a strong background as Xiao Min.

However, Yelu Dashi and Zhao Tun knew it well at that time, neither of them had any good intentions, and with a few words, Xiao Min asked for orders to go to the Kingdom of Jin.

At that time, Xiao Tabuyan could go to the Kingdom of Jin with Zhao Tama, but Yelu Dashi was afraid that Zhao Tabu would feel that Xiao Tabuyan was not enough, because Zhao Tong showed that kind of meaning, so he knew that he could only follow Xiao Min's identity, Only then can Zhao Tong feel relieved, so no matter what fiancée, princess, or teacher's daughter, he agreed to Xiao Min to go to Jin Kingdom with Zhao Tong.

But how can Xiao Min help, Yelu Dashi naturally understands Xiao Min, it is good if it is not bad, but as a proton, let her stay by Zhao Tun's side.

There was half the possibility of being in danger and accident, and even on the way back, he went up to the house and took the ladder to intercept and kill Zhao Tun, so Xiao Min was almost dead by Zhao Tun's side, but in order to get rid of Zhao Tun, Yelu Dashi didn't care at all.

So, this is not a good match!
What's more, Zhao Tun squinted his eyes, remembering that he had kissed Xiao Min in the one-story house in Huining Village, and that was the first time in his life...

Yue Fei said at this moment: "Brother, since friends are getting married, why didn't you see you bring a gift?"

Zhao Tong smiled slightly: "It's not like I went to congratulate her on her marriage."

Yue Fei was stunned when he heard the words: "Then what are you going to do, brother?"

Zhao Tong said leisurely: "I'm going to persuade her not to get married..."

(End of this chapter)