Song Gexing

Chapter 68 A secret past event

"Lu Qiujian, Sun Dewang..."

After Zhao Zhen ordered Cao Quan to deal with it, he summoned the ministers to discuss it. Yan Shu, who had an amazing memory, read the list of Song spies left behind and stared at the names of these two people and started to chant.

Fu Bi asked him puzzledly what was wrong. He thought for a while and said, "Look at the confessions of these two people. Among the relatives within three generations, Lu Qiujian's grandfather was named Luqiu Zhongqing, and Sun Dewang's grandfather was named Sun Fu. Is it true? Impressed?"

"Sun Fu... I have no impression, but Lu Qiu Zhongqing is famous. He was the one who persuaded Li Yun back then. If Li Yun listens to him, the battle will be difficult to fight."

Yan Shu nodded slightly and said, "Sun Fu is Li Yun's job. He is not as important as Lu Qiu Zhongqing. You don't remember it."

"Oh, so the leader of the Khitan spies this time is actually a descendant of Li Yun's men. What about Luoyang?"

Ouyang Xiu asked immediately after being surprised and looked at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment and said: "Li Shoujie kept himself safe, and he has passed away now, and he has never heard anything wrong with his descendants. Isn't it good to be involved like this?"

"The benevolence of officials should not implicate innocent people."

Fan Zhongyan stood up and bowed his hands in salute, then changed the topic and said: "But the assassination of the prince is such a big deal, so we have to be cautious. We must at least find out that they are not involved before we can let it go."

Han Qi and others also agreed: "It should be so, I agree!"

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and agreed: "Then let Pang Qing stay in Luoyang to investigate."

Fan Zhongyan nodded in compliance with the order, but then said: "Everyone can rest assured about Prime Minister Pang's ability, but the officials have to consider one thing. It concerns the King of Wei. Whether Prime Minister Pang will act out of anger, I think it's better to give him a warning."

Zhao Zhen was startled and realized that this was really possible. Pang Ji was very kind to Zhao Fang. In his opinion, Zhao Fang must be a holy king.

Zhao Fang was assassinated and asked to interrogate the suspect. This guy is likely to kill him, and he does it indiscriminately. As long as you are suspected, you will be dead.

The main reason is that this guy has a criminal record, and as a civil servant, his methods are more cruel than those of a military general. When he was in charge of the Western Army, the entire Western Army was terrified when they heard his voice.

The soldiers who committed crimes had their hands and feet cut off by him, which was considered a minor offense, but the more serious ones were disemboweled in public and died wailing.

Zhao Zhen repeatedly asked him to be merciful because of this, but he ignored him at all. It is no wonder that future generations will regard him as Taishi Pang in the novel.

In fact, he is not. Taishi Pang should be based on Zhang Yaozuo, the father of Concubine Zhang. This is a digression.

"Let me give him a private message... and then ask my eldest brother to write him a letter. This way I won't offend others."

After Zhao Zhen said something, he hesitated and felt that it was not enough. He added another sentence before letting out a sigh of relief. It seemed that he himself knew that Pang Ji was a person who did not listen to advice.

Not long after, Wang Zhongzheng went to Luoyang in person, and sure enough, after reading Renzong's letter, he put it down and pouted.

But after reading Zhao Fang's letter, the guy smiled and said, "His fortune is good. Since the king is begging for mercy, let's invite someone here to ask."

This question brought up a big thing. It is true that Li Shoujie's descendants were not involved in this matter, but they told everything about what happened in the family starting from their grandfather's generation.

One of the things made Pang Ji's eyes bulge out, but there was no result, and the Li family didn't know what happened next.

"Zhao Yanshou... shy when seeing flowers... this..."

"No, although this matter has nothing to do with it, we still need to be vigilant."

Pang Ji thought about it for a long time, but still felt that he couldn't let it go, so he wrote a memorial himself and gave it to Wang Zhongzheng to take back.He also warned: "This matter may seem irrelevant, but it is extremely important. The Wang family turned all living beings upside down back then, and was even loved by the Lord of Liao. Her descendants are living abroad without any information. If they are taken advantage of by someone with intentions, it will still be a problem."

Wang Zhongzheng nodded repeatedly. Although he didn't know who Wang was, it was definitely not a trivial matter that made Pang Ji take it so seriously.

After returning to Bianjing, he handed in the memorial and told Zhao Fang about it. Zhao Fang's eyes widened when he heard it.

He didn't know about it in his previous life, but in this life he is a prince, and there are some things he must know. This matter was so famous back then.

"Xiaozhengzi, as an eunuch, you don't know how to be ashamed of flowers?"

Wang Zhongzheng was used to being called so by him, and he was also used to giving him supercilious looks. After muttering something, he retorted: "Why should a villain know how to be ashamed of flowers, and he is not a famous person in Song Dynasty."

"You!"

Zhao Fang flicked his forehead and said disgustedly: "Wang's nickname is Hua Jian Sha, which means that flowers will be ashamed when they see her beauty."

"Isn't that Yang Yuhuan?"

Wang Zhongzheng said in surprise, Zhao Fang laughed and said: "Yang Yuhuan is indeed known as the shy flower, but this Wang family is the most beautiful woman in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the world calls her the shy flower."

"The most beautiful woman in the fifth generation?"

Wang Zhongzheng was surprised, and immediately understood who it was, and exclaimed: "Brother is talking about Concubine Wang Shu of the Later Tang Dynasty!"

"Yes, a woman has a history book. She was the wife of Liu Wei, a famous general in the Later Liang Dynasty, and the beloved concubine of Li Siyuan in the Later Tang Dynasty. She went through the Later Jin Dynasty and the Later Han Dynasty, and was taken as a concubine by Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty. Legend has it that she was ordered to be killed by Liu Zhiyuan's general Guo Congyi."

Zhao Fang recounted the Wang family's life story, but Wang Zhongzheng was confused after listening to it. He asked in confusion: "She was indeed killed by Guo Congyi. She was only 42 years old when she died. She was killed because her adopted son Li Congyi wanted to resist Liu Zhiyuan. ah."

"Yes, but do you know who else is her descendant?"

"Descendants?"

Wang Zhongzheng thought for a while and said: "Two biological daughters, Princess Yongle is married to the King of Songmo County of Liao Kingdom, and Princess Yong'an is married to Zhao Yanshou, the Prime Minister of Liao Kingdom."

"Correct, Zhao Yanshou was not a Khitan, but a Han. He was taken to the Liao Kingdom because he was valued by Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, but he died at the hands of Emperor Shizong of the Liao in his later years. It was precisely because he was a Han but held a high position in the Khitan."

Wang Zhongzheng was still confused, nodding his head and wondering: "These villains all know it, what does it have to do with this matter?"

Zhao Fang laughed and rolled his eyes at him: "How stupid! What if Pang Xiang went all the way to write a memorial and come back!"

He explained: "Li Yun was once a close guard of Zhao Yanshou. He defected to Hou Zhou and was reused by Emperor Shizong. When he defected to Hou Zhou, he took Zhao Yanshou's young son with him and raised him. No one knew about this. , only this time did his grandson speak out."

"What? This... no wonder this guy beat the Khitans to death. He dares to avenge his old master!"

Wang Zhongzheng exclaimed again and again, and finally understood why Li Yun, an outsider, was so desperate. When he conquered the Liao Kingdom in the later Zhou Dynasty, he made great military achievements and became a military governor.

He is different from Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Shouxin, Murong Yanzhao and others. These people have been generals for generations, and their ancestors followed Guo Wei all the way to the Chai family.

It is not surprising that he can control the military power, but he is purely an outsider, and he was promoted to Jiedushi by virtue of his military merits, so Li Yun is a titan.

(End of this chapter)