The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 123 Lip Tea

But An Yougui, being in Yangzhou for so many years is not enough to make a living. Not long after he entered the prison, someone came and let them go out. Of course, they were rescued along with Chen Sixui and Zhai Shouxun.

Yangzhou City is now under martial law throughout the city, and it is impossible to get out at all, but the person guarding the city gate is Zhai Shouxun, who used to be Li Chongjin's chief counselor, and promoted a small soldier. Now he is the squad leader guarding the north gate.

He didn't dare to let them out in the face of benefactors, but he was also a person who never repayed his kindness, so he put them outside the city in a hanging basket. Fortunately, the guards at the north gate were all his life-and-death brothers.

The most important thing for An Yougui now is to go to Bianjing City to report the current situation of Yangzhou. In fact, the most important thing for him to go to see the emperor is to report to the emperor face to face the situation of Yangzhou's defense and grain storage.

It wasn't until Li Chongjin suppressed all the resistance in the city that he discovered that An Yougui and the others had escaped, and all the guards guarding the prison were knocked out.

Angrily, Li Chongjin scolded these jailers for their incompetence. Now he is even more afraid. There is no news from Khitan, and even the people he sent to Southern Tang have not returned. Now An Yougui must have gone to Song Dynasty.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty would definitely know what he was doing and imprison ministers without authorization. This is rebellion. Although he had planned rebellion a long time ago, he was not ready yet.

Khitan has not done what he promised, and Nan Tang still hasn't responded, so he really doesn't know what to do.It's okay to simply charge into the battle, but Li Chongjin is really a pig when it comes to using his brain.

In desperation, he asked counselor Zhang Chongxu again, and this guy analyzed the current situation in detail
He suggested that Lao Li ask Nan Tang for help again. He still had certain fantasies about Nan Tang, so Li Chongjin devoted himself to writing a letter full of emotion and emotion, and sent someone to Li Jing again.The messenger who was not enough for him was picked up not far from Yangzhou City.

In Bianjing City, Zhao Kuangyin was meeting An Yougui, who had rushed to the capital immediately after escaping from the prison in Yangzhou to find him. As for Chen Sixui and Zhai Shouxun, he stayed in Yangzhou.

The reason is that I feel that it is a waste of time to bring them along. It is better for him to ride a horse alone, otherwise he will have to arrive in the capital for a few nights.

"Okay, according to what you said, Aiqing, it is very timely. You are worthy of being a loyal minister of my Great Song Dynasty. With your information, my Great Song Dynasty can easily take down Yangzhou City. Aiqing's contribution is indisputable."

It turns out that An Yougui directly reported the distribution of troops in Yangzhou City and the hoarding of grain and grass to Zhao Kuangyin, that is to say, Zhao Kuangyin now knows the distribution map of grain and grass in Yangzhou City.The counter-insurgency war that has not yet begun is half won.

Overjoyed, Zhao Kuangyin immediately rewarded An Yougui with many of the clothes he had worn, that is, a few old clothes, but it was so strange that these were worn by the emperor, and the courtiers were proud to get the things the emperor used. You don't know that excitement about Ayuki.

At the same time, he was also appointed as the supervisor of the army, the former army of the supervisor, and the governor of Chuzhou. An Yougui retired happily.

At this time, Zhao Xu walked in and handed the letter to Zhao Kuangyin directly. Although Zhao Kuangyin didn't know what it was, he unfolded it slowly. It read:

Zhou Huainan Jiedu envoy Li Chongjin wrote a letter under the command of the Southern Tang Lord: Chongjin is a close relative of the Zhou family and an old minister of the feudal town.

I beg your majesty to help a group of troops, unite together, and punish the crimes. If you are lucky enough to succeed, you will surely obey your orders when you re-enter, and you will be honored by the court.But the king will forgive you!

Snapped!
Zhao Kuangyin patted the imperial case in front of him heavily with his hand, it seemed that he was very angry:

"This time Li Chongjin wrote letters to the Southern Tang to collude. This time he dared to ask Tang for help again. What's even more daring is that he also detained the imperial envoy. This time I will definitely not let him go. With you, I promise. But this time you are fully responsible, what do you want to do?"

Originally, Zhao Kuangyin wanted to conquest by himself, but not long ago he promised Zhao Xu that Li Chongjin would be handed over to him, so Zhao Kuangyin wanted to go and would not argue with his son.

"Hey, I don't have any plans. This time, I just need to mobilize [-] of my forbidden troops, and the rest of the people are not needed." Zhao Xu said it without thinking.

Zhao Kuangyin frowned, thinking secretly in his heart:
"This Li Chongjin used to serve under Chai Rong's tent with himself. Although he himself has no brains, he is still a good general. Now there are quite a lot of troops in Yangzhou City, with only [-] soldiers..."

"It seems inappropriate to bring only [-] soldiers, so let Shi Shouxin and Murong Yanzhao also go, so I will feel more at ease, what do you think?"

"No, absolutely not." Zhao Xu immediately jumped up when he heard that Zhao Kuangyin wanted Shi Shouxin and Murong Yanzhao to go.

Just kidding, can these founding generals be allowed to make great contributions? They have already made great contributions to the founding of the country and hold great power. They are already new nobles themselves, and they cannot be allowed to have military exploits anymore.

Isn't that what Zhao Kuangyin was like back then, slowly accumulating prestige in the army, and later he raised his arms and changed the world of Dazhou to Zhao's surname.

"Why not, they are all generals who have more actual combat experience than you, why can't you let them lead the army, Xu'er, what are you thinking?" Zhao Kuangyin was a little puzzled.

However, Zhao Xu didn't explain much and only said one sentence:

"Didn't you also be a general in a hundred battles back then, weren't you also loyal to Da Zhou?"

Zhao Kuangyin didn't say anything after hearing this sentence, and agreed that Zhao Xu would only take 1 people to Yangzhou, and the general let him choose him without asking.

After Zhao Xu left, Zhao Kuangyin also fell into deep thought. He didn't think so much before, but now that his son mentioned it, he felt that he should do something.

These founding generals held military power in their hands. They may not have the intention of rebelling, but their subordinates may not have such intentions. They must find a way to solve this problem.

Zhao Xu rode his unknown mount towards a mansion in the city. It had been a long time since he saw that this little thing had grown up a lot, and it didn't have the strange appearance it used to. It looked almost like a horse, but the strange thing was that , this guy can also shrink.

However, there are limits to his shrinkage. He can't shrink infinitely, but he can shrink to about the same size as when Zhao Xu first met him, which is much bigger than the average goat.

The place where Zhao Xu came was a small mansion. It used to be an uninhabited mansion. Later, Zhao Xu rewarded a man. This man was the stupid big man, but now he is not the stupid man who only knows how to eat meat. The big one, his name is Hu Yanzan.

This time Zhao Xu was looking for him for something important, anyway, he has recovered now.

When Zhao Xu came to Huyan mansion, the guard at the door was also a very clever person. When he saw Zhao Xu coming, he immediately ran to report to his master.

"My subject, Hu Yanzan, sees His Highness the Crown Prince. I don't know that His Highness the Crown Prince will be far away to welcome you. I hope that His Majesty will make amends." Hu Yanzan rushed out immediately after receiving the servant's report, just in time to bump into Zhao Xu who was entering the door.

"Haha, get up, I'm not used to the way I love you, with a serious look on my face, hehe." Zhao Xu pushed Huyanzan up with a push forward.

Hu Yanzan is not an ordinary person. Judging by his body, he has a thick back and a strong waist. At least he weighs more than 200 kilograms. With his figure of nearly two meters, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is tall and mighty.

But he was lifted up so easily by Zhao Xu, which showed that Zhao Xu's arm strength should not be underestimated.Hu Yanzan also admired Prince Duo a little more.

"Why are you going to let me stand here and not let me go in for a cup of tea? Since when have you been so stingy. Hehe." Zhao Xu said jokingly.

Daddy is what Zhao Xu called Hu Yanzan when he lost his memory for a while, and he was the only one who called him that.Hu Yanzan felt warm when he heard this
Since his injury was healed, no one called him a big boy anymore, and he rarely saw Zhao Xu.Although he has returned to his previous appearance, he has not forgotten the experience of being a bandit.

I still remember the laughter and laughter on the way Zhao Xu took him to Bianjing, but now it's gone, but Zhao Xu's simple and big voice brought back many memories for him.

"Um, please come in, Prince. Come and serve tea, good tea." Hu Yanzan woke up from his memories only after being reminded by the housekeeper, and hurriedly greeted Zhao Xu into the room.

"Haha, good tea. The tea here is really good. Did you change from eating meat to drinking tea?" Zhao Xu took a sip and couldn't help admiring that it was good tea. At the same time, he teased Hu Yanzan.

Hearing that Zhao Xu ate meat for him again, Hu Yanzan couldn't help but blushed:
"Hey, why is the prince still mentioning that matter? By the way, this is Yiyang's Maojian, isn't it very special?"

"Yiyang Maojian, it has a nice fragrance." In fact, Zhao Xu still wanted to say that Maojian is not from Xinyang. I don't know that there is no name for Xinyang yet, and Yiyang is the Xinyang of later generations.

"Haha, the prince is just a tribute that His Majesty rewarded me, of course it is the best. This is the most famous lip tea among them, of course it is very fragrant."

Hearing about lip tea, Zhao Xu still understands a little bit. According to relevant folklore and historical records, lip tea, as a tribute tea for the courts of all dynasties, always chooses unmarried women for tea collection.

Fresh buds and leaves are collected from the lips of unmarried women and stored in the chest of female tea pickers. The "initial baking" of tea is carried out through the body temperature of tea pickers. Therefore, "lip tea" is also referred to as "frankincense tea" in some records. ".

It's just that I don't know if it's true, I didn't expect such a saying to exist, I have seen it today.

(End of this chapter)