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Chapter 557
Going out that night, Liu Mengyan didn't take a sedan chair, but walked through the bustling Zhongwazi Street in plain clothes, and walked into a porcelain shop.

"Do you have Ding kiln porcelain?"

"Does the guest officer want white porcelain or red porcelain?"

"White porcelain."

"What do you think of this, officer?"

Liu Mengyan didn't even look at it, and said calmly: "The color glaze is clear, unfortunately, there are some... flaws."

"The villain doesn't see the flaw."

"You can't see such a big flaw?"

Liu Mengyan knocked on the complete porcelain, four times.

The shopkeeper had no choice but to apologize and said with a smile: "If the guest can afford the price, there is still a flawless piece of porcelain in the backyard of the villain. Would you like to take a look?"

Liu Mengyan inadvertently turned her head and glanced at the bustling street outside the door.

"Please……"

Go around the back hall, pass through a secret passage, and enter an adjacent house.

With many twists and turns, Liu Mengyan finally walked into a dark room.

In the dark room, there was an old man and a man. On the desk was a box containing books, maps, and letters.

"The servant of the Zhang family." The old man reported himself, "The number one scholar can call me 'Lu Shu Lao'."

Liu Mengyan cupped his hands, because he didn't want to stay longer, he asked directly: "What do you want me to do?"

Lu Shu was not in a hurry, and asked, "Is there any new news?"

"Yes," Liu Mengyan said, "Five days from now, the Zhao family will reward Li Xia's Lin'an mansion with 50 yuan. Today, an order has been drawn up and ordered to prepare."

"Five days later? So, Li Xia is going to Lin'an in the near future...the action is so fast, we were caught off guard."

Lu Shu muttered something, closed his eyes, and recalled Zhang Hongdao's explanation when he set off.

……

Zhang Hongdao expected Li Xia to agree to join him.

The marriage between Zhang and Li will overwhelm the historians in one fell swoop and become the most powerful prince in the North; together with Zhuo Mingzhu, he will defeat the barbarian Ali Buge and become the founding heroes of the Central Plains dynasty together.

Although I considered that Li Xia might not agree, it was just in case.

The conditions given by the king of Monan are not too generous, and the generosity is not too great;

Yao Shu's persuasion has explained the orthodox name of King Monan and the popularity of the people in the North;
The Zhang family also agreed to marry their daughter. The daughter's family looked forward to it with deep affection, and her father and brother also expressed their acceptance...

Li Xia shouldn't refuse this proposal no matter whether it's out of personal affection or public interest.

The trend of the times, mighty!

They also gave Li Xia time to think about it, and they only need to give an answer before Monan Wang proclaims his sweat.

Unexpectedly, Li Xia didn't think about it at all, and turned back and presented the letter of surrender to the desperate and cowardly master of the Zhao family?

Show loyalty?Show loyalty to the Zhao family?

Zhang Hongdao couldn't believe the news of Lin'an was sent to Bozhou.

"This time, I have no intention of killing, but Li Xia wants to follow in the footsteps of Yue Fei and Yu Jie, so let him be fulfilled." Zhang Hongdao confessed, "But Li Xia is cunning, and he took the lead. He wants to turn against the customer, so you need to deal with it as soon as possible." it is good……"

The recorded scholar then went all the way south.

In the end, he just arrived in Lin'an, and Li Xia is almost here?

It should be noted that there are always two trips for letters to and from people, and Hanzhong is more than 2000 miles farther than Haozhou.

It can be seen that Zhao Shizhao Li Xia is eager to return to court, and Li Xia is also eager to return to court.

Certainly not rushing back to die.

……

"Turn the customer over."

Sitting in the dark room at this time, Lu Shusheng muttered to himself and asked, "The number one scholar is highly talented, what do you think of Li Xia?"

Liu Mengyan frowned, and glanced outside the door.

"Don't worry, it's safe here, please sit down, the little old man must understand Mrs Zhao."

"Ok."

Liu Mengyan was helpless, sat down, and said casually: "If Li Xia shows his loyalty to Mrs. Zhao one step later, and when the surrender is heard by others, Mrs. Zhao will kill him. But he is a little clever, and immediately Submit the letter, relying on the majesty of the king, temporarily deter the Zhao family."

Because Liu Mengyan was from the Song Dynasty, he didn't need to care about Mobei and Monan, so he called him "Great King" to show his respect.

He cupped his hands to the sky, and said again: "Because of the majesty's magnanimity, the Zhang family can be accommodated. Therefore, Li Xia's bet is that the Zhao family dare not lose to the majesty in terms of magnanimity."

Lu Shusheng ridiculed: "Ms. Zhao has such a bearing?"

"none."

Liu Mengyan shook his head, and said: "Before the first battle in Ezhou, the king's soldiers crossed the Huaihe River, and the Huaixi people ate pots of pulp to meet the king's army, which shows the aspirations of the people. This is the first time this has happened in the more than [-] years since the Mongolian and Song Dynasties fought. Mrs. Zhao is terrified."

"It can be seen that Mrs. Zhao is not really tolerant, is it forced by the situation?"

"Therefore, the Zhao family will not allow Li Xia to return to Sichuan and Shu. Although Li Xia has not been dismissed, he has given him a residence in Lin'an, so that we can see his heart."

"It's a great reward."

Liu Mengyan said: "A commander in Shu has lost his military power. To the king and the Zhang family, Li Xia is no different from death."

Lu Shusheng asked back: "What does the champion mean?"

"If you ask me, you don't need to use any more tricks." Liu Mengyan said: "Just assume that Li Xia is dead."

Liu Mengyan still has some feelings that he didn't say.

That is, although the official Zhao Yun is not a magnanimous hero, he is definitely not a tyrannical and easy-to-kill person.

That's all, Li Xia's power is supported by kindness, which can be called a word of 'benevolence'.

People without rights, why bother to kill them all?
The reason why he thinks this way is not because Liu Mengyan has a kind heart.

Standing on two feet, gaining the benefits of both sides, even if Song died, he could still protect the future of high-ranking officials.

But there are also dangers.

The less you do, the less danger you have.

The Lu scholar was different, he knocked on the case and said, "No, Li Xia must die."

"It's simple." Liu Mengyan said: "Please pass on a letter of state, such as Han Yuzhou's letter to the first reconciliation' old affairs. Not only Li Xia can die, but even Wang Jian can die."

"Hugh compare the King with the narrow-minded Lord Jin." Lu Shusheng said, "Let us use Zhao's hand to kill Li Xia."

Liu Mengyan knew early on that he wouldn't be able to persuade him, let alone that the old man came here on order, so it doesn't matter if he said it.

I had no choice but to ask, "What do I need to do?"

The scholar Lu smiled, pointed to the man beside him, and the man stood up and spoke.

"The villain Zhang Shijun, a member of the Zhang family in the north, violated the military law and was not tolerated by Zhang Rou. He stole the book and returned it to the Song Dynasty. He wanted to join the villain brother Zhang Shijie..."

Liu Mengyan arched his hands and said to Lu Shusheng: "Zhang Shijie followed Jia Sidao to aid Ezhou, moved to Jiujiang, made great contributions, and has been transferred to Andong Prefecture. Shall I arrange for him to go to Andong?"

"That's the plan. But, Li Xia is almost in Lin'an, isn't he?"

"He goes to his, we arrange ours."

"The number one scholar underestimated Li Xia, the evidence was sent to Anton, and Zhang Shijie had to find a way to believe it, and wait for Anton's news to be sent back to Lin'an... What if it is too late?"

Liu Mengyan said: "But we have to go through this, otherwise it will look like the Zhang family deliberately planted Li Xia."

"The evidence is sufficient. As for how it came here, it only needs to be reasonable. Let's say... Zhang Shijun didn't know Zhang Shijie's transfer, so he went to Lin'an first."

Liu Mengyan was extremely reluctant, and said first: "No, I can't come forward...it's too dangerous."

"is it?"

"So... how about I arrange for this righteous man to meet Rao Huchen, the political adviser, by chance?"

The recorded scholar did not know Rao Huchen.

He only felt that Song Ting, the Privy Council, changed officials too quickly, like flowing water.

"Can this person come forward?"

"The supervisory censor's background..."

~~
Two nights later.

"Bachelor of Duanming Palace, Tongzhi Privy Council and Adviser to Political Affairs, Rao Huchen."

Rao Huchen looked at Zhang Shijun who was kneeling in front of him, reported his official name, and said indifferently: "I may have heard the information you stole?"

Zhang Shijun showed a dazed face, and said with a blunt expression, "I just want to see my brother Zhang Shijie."

"As I said, Zhang Shijie has been transferred to Zhiwan'an Prefecture and is not in Lin'an."

"Where is Wan'an Prefecture?"

Rao Huchen shook his head helplessly, and said, "If your information is really important, I'll send someone to take you there. How about it?"

Zhang Shijun said: "Anzhi, do you want to take credit for my brother?"

Rao Huchen put on a straight face, and said, "This official puts state affairs first, so I want to covet your little credit. If the news is important, Zhang Shijie will take credit for it."

"Well."

Only then did Zhang Shijun open the box he was holding in his arms.

All of a sudden, many things were shaken out, which dazzled Rao Huchen.

……

All night long, the candles were kept on, and the lamp oil was added again and again. Rao Huchen sat in the study, carefully flipping through all kinds of information, useful and useless.

"My son pays tribute to his father, and pays tribute to Jun'an. Everything in the family is in order..."

The previous numbers are nothing more than trivial matters, some weddings and funerals of the Zhang family.

But soon, Rao Huchen got closer.

"Li Xia's intention to marry is very firm. His wife, Gao Shi, was originally the daughter of Gao Shi in Dali. My son privately thinks that my sister and Gao Shi serve together as a husband, which is not disgraceful to the family. He also said that if the marriage is successful, my father can use it to conquer the West. At the time, the soldiers left Qinchuan and bordered Hanzhong, and the three surnames jointly raised important events..."

The letter fell from Rao Huchen's hands onto the desk.

He came back to his senses, put the read letter aside, glanced at it, removed a pile of unread letters, and read the letter of appointment first.

With just a glance, he already showed a look of horror.

At this moment, looking back at the map that he couldn't understand at first, Rao Huchen suddenly understood what those arrows represented.

The candle burns out.

Rao Huchen raised his head, only to realize that the sky was bright.

And he hasn't read all the information in this box...

~~
At this time, three large ships had entered the Qiantang River from the mouth of the sea.

On the Yuhang Tidal Observation Platform, crowds of people were surging, pointing to the big flag on the river and shouting endlessly.

"Jiedu of the Zhenxi Army...Which general is still in court?"

"It is Li Jieshuai who retreated from Diaoyu City, killed the Mongol Lord, and regained Hanzhong!"

"The soldiers of Diaoyu City have returned to court!"

"Father hugs Gaogao, I want to see the general, the general!"

"Okay, let's see the general..."

The spring tide of Qiantang River is at its peak in August every year, and when it comes close, it looks like a jade city and snow ridges, coming from the sky.

It is now the beginning of September, and there is no spring tide.

Three riverboats sailed up the river with great momentum.

The waves of the river kept beating against the bow of the ship, and the wind was blowing the flag, making loud noises.

All the soldiers on board were already wearing bright armor, and their waists were straightened due to the cheers.

This situation is exactly like——

Thousands of miles of waves are rolling in, and snowflakes are flying towards Diaoyutai.People praised the broad lineup, and the iron horse calmly killed the enemy and returned.

(End of this chapter)