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Chapter 675
The seventh day of September.

Under the escort of soldiers, Yang Shi left the north gate of Tongguan, took a boat, and crossed to the north bank.

He is from Qizhou.

Qizhou is located in the north of Shanxi, while Jiezhou is in the south, so the scenery is very different.But when I saw the mountains and rivers on the other side, I still felt the feeling of being close to home.

An arrow fell into the river in front of the boat, and the soldiers shouted.

"Jiedu of the Western Army in Dasong Township, and Shuai Shuai from Sichuan sent envoys here!"

The shouts echoed in front of Fenglingdu, and after a while, the arrows of the Mongol Han army stopped.

"The Jiedu envoy of the Great Mongolian State, please come ashore for a meeting."

The oars swung again, Yang Shi stood at the bow of the boat, his old eyes didn't look at the troops stationed on the shore, but only greedily looked at the scenery on the north bank... Finally, he walked into Fengdu Mausoleum.

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"I think, the last time I saw Brother Yi was before Jin died. At that time, I was still a young man, and I traveled with my brother and Brother Yuzhi to Jingzhao Mansion. That year, Brother Yuzhi wrote his first speech here."

Yang Shi looked at the Yellow River, and said again: "The Yellow River is in the nine heavens, and people and ghosts overlook the important pass. The long wind blows the high waves, and the sun is cold... Now the Yellow River is the same, and Brother Xiyi is no longer alive. In 30 years, everything is gone. Humans are wrong."

The "Brother Yi" he was referring to was not Yi Shu'an, but Yi Shu'an's father, Yi Su.

Yi Shu'an hurriedly performed the ceremony, and said: "That year, the younger generation was still an eight-year-old boy. Hearing from my father that a famous Confucian came to visit, he hurriedly came to Fengling Ferry to meet him. He once met Yang Gong once."

Only then did Yang Shi remember, pointed at Yi Shu'an, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the boy at that time... In a blink of an eye, he is already a majestic prince and majestic."

"Yes, the younger grandchildren are about to be born."

"The past is gone."

"The old people are gone." Yi Shu'an sighed, and with this sentence, the smile on his face also disappeared, and said: "I don't want to, look back in 30 years, and Yang Gong and I have become enemies."

Yang Shi waved his hand, and murmured: "It's not what you think. The reason why my brother came into contact with Li Shuai was because of hidden feelings...and then he was impressed by Jie Shuai's demeanor. You don't know the cause and effect, so don't accuse my Yang family of defecting. "

Yi Shu'an was taken aback for a moment, and was a little dazed.

Sure enough.

The death of Meng Ge Khan was indeed the conspiracy of the Jinlianchuan shogunate and Li Xia.

Lian Xixian, Shang Ting, and Zhao Bi, among the three, someone must have planned to kill Mengge Khan, and at the same time ordered Yang Guo to contact Zhao Song, and at the same time let Liu Heima, who had entered Shu, cooperate.

Beforehand, Mengge Khan had been aware of it, so he sent Alan Da'er to the south and sent the three of them to prison, but he still died in Diaoyu City.

And these people didn't expect it, so they fed a wolf, but His Majesty was deeply involved in the battle for the throne.

Therefore, Yang Guo, Lian Xixian, and Liu Heima defected to Li Xia one after another.

His Majesty is well aware of these things.

If the investigation continues, in case Lian Xixian really recruits something... In fact, Li Xia has already spread the word everywhere, saying that Mengge Khan was murdered by His Majesty.

Yi Shu'an didn't want to know too much, so he raised his hand.

"Mr. Yang, why don't you talk about what you're doing here?"

Yang Shidao: "Naturally, I came here for a truce. Li Shuai only heard about it recently. It turned out that Song Meng had negotiated peace in Ezhou last year, and His Majesty sent an envoy to Lin'an. If this is the case, then it is not appropriate to use troops against Shanxi. Li Shuai intends to Strike a truce and give up the plan to cross the river."

"Using troops against Shanxi?" Yi Shu'an suppressed the anger in his heart, and said calmly, "Do you have this strength?"

"Fang surrendered [-] captive soldiers. If he doesn't take Shanxi as soon as possible, how can he raise troops?"

Yi Shu'an was shocked again, and said, "I don't believe it."

"Lian Xixian and Shang Ting don't believe it either, where are you now?"

Yang Shi asked back first, and then asked: "I came to ask Yishuai, where is he now?"

Yi Shu'an was already in doubt, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Yang Shi stood among layers of enemy soldiers, but his momentum suddenly increased, and he raised his finger to Yi Shu'an again.

"Your Majesty fought fiercely with the Tartars in Mobei, and sent envoys to negotiate a peace. My commander-in-chief, considering the overall situation, intends to stop the army and stop the war. However, Yishuai sent people to enter the country, and took people under his command... Yishuai was acting as a substitute. Your Majesty has become the master, expressing his unwillingness to stop the war?!"

Yi Shu'an stared and froze there.

Thousands of words came flooding in, but in the end there was only one thought in my mind.

- none of my business!
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"Yi Shu'an! You dare to meet the envoys of the Song Dynasty, and you will not succeed in treason through the Song Dynasty?!"

An hour later, when Yi Shu'an returned to the posthouse, what he faced was Zhang Yanxiong's shout.

"What did I do?!"

No matter how deep the city was, finally unable to hold back anymore, Yi Shu'an also yelled loudly.

"What does it have to do with me?! Although I have the name of Jiedushi, compared with the Zhang family who governs more than [-] cities, I am just a small prefect! What about Guan Long, Prime Minister Lian Xixian, and the Zhang family? Do I have the right to dispose of it?! Whether it is war or peace, is it up to me?!"

Zhang Yanxiong was just a rough martial artist, he was stunned when he heard this, he didn't know how to refute.

Yi Shu'an was furious.

"Whether His Majesty sent Hao Gongnan to discuss peace, I don't know! I don't know if he wants to recover Guanzhong! I don't even know how to arrange Shanxi's defense!
My Yi family is in charge of Xiezhou, and I work diligently to raise money and grain for His Majesty, and hand over silk from five households for Bieji.In a blink of an eye, Guanlong was defeated and fell, and I obeyed Lian Xixian's order to deploy defenses against the Yellow River; in a blink of an eye, Lian Xixian rebelled; in a blink of an eye, Li Xia sent an envoy to a truce.

What do you want me to do?Recover Guanzhong?Kill Li Xia?I know the prefecture from a young age, not the prime minister of Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces!It's not to control the soldiers and horses of the wings of Henan and Hebei, and the chiefs of the army and civilians of [-] households! "

He raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Yanxiong, finally showing his official prestige.

"Stop yelling at me. I am not Lian Xixian, who has the right and courage to make claims; I am not Zhang Shuai, who has made great military achievements. My duty is to defend the state and protect the people. I am not driven by others. General! If you want me to do anything else, take the order from the Zhongshu Xingxing province!"

"What do I want you to do?!"

Zhang Yanxiong was also furious, and shouted: "If you hadn't sent troops to besiege and kill my Zhang family's daughter, what would I have come here?! My family's general followed His Majesty to fight in Mobei, who is behind the back to slander my Zhang family and drive the soldiers to use swords?" ?! When my Zhang family is easy to bully?!"

This is the aura of killing people on the battlefield.

Yi Shu'an was startled, and only then did he realize that he had lost his composure just now.

"I don't care what you do!" Zhang Yanxiong was still yelling, "I don't care about Guan Long and Li Xia, what's the use of making more contributions?! Isn't the contribution of my commander-in-chief not enough?! Restraining the wings of Henan and Hebei Soldiers and horses, military and civilian chiefs of [-] households, but there are still people who dare to besiege and kill his favorite!"

"It's not a siege... It's not a siege... General Zhang calm down, I've said it, this matter has nothing to do with me."

Yi Shu'an was very anxious, his face turned sad again, and persuaded: "Isn't the matter already clear? It's Lian Xixian! He defected, and he stirred up everything behind his back..."

"But if you still dare to meet the Song envoy, don't think I don't know that Li Xia will send someone to take Lian Xixian back. If you can't afford it, hand him over to me, and I'll kill you! I'll take care of it!"

"How is that possible?" Yi Shu'an said urgently, "How can I hand over Lian Xixian again? I met Yang Shi today to keep Li Xia safe and prevent Li Xia from mobilizing troops against Shanxi. Perfunctory went back."

"and then?"

"Naturally hand over the person to Zhongshu Xingtai." Yi Shu'an kicked his feet anxiously, his tone became more and more straightforward, and said: "It has nothing to do with me. I only care about protecting the state and the households. I only care about the rest. Listen to Zhongshu Xingtai's order."

"But you still identified the Zhang family before!"

"Hey, I've said it all. It was Lian Xixian who ordered it in the name of the provincial prime minister, but now he has already betrayed the country. I don't need to pay attention to him. I just wait for the order from Zhongshu Xingtai... This year's Wuhusi has to be sent Go to Jiuyuan City."

Zhang Yanxiong nodded, knowing that Yi Shu'an had lifted his backer out.

He just screamed fiercely, he didn't dare to really offend Princess Dumugan, so he calmed down his anger.

The next step was nothing more than discussing that he would take the eldest sister of the Zhang family away as soon as possible.

Zhang Yanxiong intends to escort the elder sister to go overland from Shanxi and return to her hometown in Baozhou via Taihang, but he wants to send some people to take a boat down the south of the Yellow River to report the news to Zhang Wulang in Bozhou.

Yi Shu'an doesn't care about these things, he only cares about getting it over as soon as possible and keeping each other in peace.

On this day, another messenger came to the north, delivering some messages to Yi Shu'an...

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Li Xia seemed more comfortable in Fenglingdu than in Chang'an. After sleeping and sweating profusely, he took a shower and found out that Zhang Yanxiong was not there, so he went straight to see Zhang Wenjing.

He was only dressed in commoner clothes, and with a calm appearance, he was not at all afraid of being attacked by swords and axes.

Now in Fenglingdu, apart from the people he brought, only Zhang Wenjing, Zhang Yanxiong, and Lian Xixian, who is in prison, know his identity.

On the surface, he is just a member of the Zhang family.Asking to see the elder sister, most people don't know his identity, just report normally.

For Zhang Yanxiong, there is no need to tell others "this is Li Xia", why?
Killing Li Xia, closing Guanzhong, and making great contributions?

The main force of the Zhang family is all in the north, and there is no force in Henan to close the pass.Even if there is, there are Kaifeng, Luoyang, and historians in the middle.

Who did Zhang Yanxiong report to?

A family general, no matter what he did was right or wrong, made his own decision and went beyond the master's family to repay Kublai Khan, Zhang Rou had to kill him first.

In the past, the Zhang family wanted to kill Li Xia because they were afraid of being framed as collaborators.

The situation had already changed. Kublai Khan knew about the relationship between the Zhang family and Li Xia, so he did not pursue it out of generosity. At that time, the Zhang family's murderous intentions had already faded.

This can be seen in Lin'an. Zhang Hongdao sent people to Lin'an to provoke Song Ting, but he never assassinated Li Xia... because he was doing it as an errand, and as Yao Shu's second-in-command who failed to recruit and surrender, he served Yao Shu. pivot meaning.

When Kublai Khan went north and Li Xia captured Guanlong, the situation changed again.

Li Xia already has a tendency to become a back road.

In the past, Zhang Wenjing could not run away from home, not only because she was strictly watched, but also because she was afraid of implicating the whole family.

It is different now, if there is any involvement, it is not the Zhang family that is involved, but the situation in Henan.

The pressure was already on Kublai Khan's side.

It is conceivable that in the near future, the Zhang family will be the one who has the initiative to choose.

Of course, the Zhang family will not take refuge here now, and they still have to wait and see the results of the battle in the north, but they will definitely not take the initiative to provoke Li Xia.

For Shihou, family interests come first.

The characteristic of Shihou is "peeping the current situation".

Zhang Rou is too far away, so she may not know the news, Zhang Hongdao must have considered it, and is going to continue to spy on the current situation.

Li Xia is very sure of these, and has already received the signal.

Zhang Wenjing didn't want to wait and see any longer, and decided to give her father and brother a hard time, making them make up their minds, and then they needed to run away from home, and they were finally able to run away from home.

There is another key.First of all, it was Shang Ting who ordered to block Tongguan first, so she had to cross the Yellow River north, and then Zhang Hongdao sent a letter to question Shang Ting...

This sequence is important.

In other words, Shang Ting did not stop Zhang Wenjing after being reminded by Zhang Hongdao.If it wasn't for Tongguan's blockade, Zhang Wenjing would have come here long ago.

Then it can be seen that Zhang Yanxiong must not have received the order to kill Li Xia, and Zhang Hongdao's order must have only one core.

——"Bring people back, I will continue to wait and see."

Watch, watch, watch...

Since Li Xia knew these positions in advance, he only needs to send someone to contact Zhang Wenjing, and he can be sure that the trip is safe and sound before going north.

All that's left is to bring her back.

Coming here today is to test whether Zhang Yanxiong is on strict defense...

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"Hey, here."

Li Xia looked up, and saw Zhang Wenjing sticking her head out of the attic window, and the figures of several women passing by, as if wanting to see him.

"Can you come down?"

"I can't get down, the door is locked." Zhang Wenjing said distressedly.

"That Zhang Yanxiong is not stupid." Li Xia smiled.

"I have something to tell you, wait a minute, I'll write it on paper and throw it away."

"it is good."

After a while, Zhang Wenjing finished writing with a pen, folded the paper again, but did not throw it around, tied it with colored pencils, and put down the paper and an eyebrow pencil.

Li Xia picked it up and looked at it, the handwriting was as beautiful as the one on the lovesickness note back then.

"You have to be careful. When you hear Yi goes to the camp, you want to see Lian."

Li Xia read it, raised her eyebrow pencil and wrote a sentence.

"It's okay, just use Lian's people to cause chaos, so we can go."

(End of this chapter)