This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 218 Tiandao Railway Tickets Are Really Useful

The mourning hall of the Lin family is located in a private house outside the city wall of Hangzhou, which was rented at a high price.

After all, using someone else's house to bury the corpse and set up a mourning hall is an unlucky thing in itself, without enough compensation, who wants to.

When Lu Sen came to the mourning hall, there were only a few people busy in front of the mourning hall, but there was a team responsible for funeral affairs, dancing, singing and beating nearby, adding a heavy atmosphere to the lonely old house.

When Lu Sen came, naturally no one informed him.

Lin Yuanwai knelt in front of the coffin, wearing mourning clothes, with a dazed expression.

There was an old woman beside her crying very sadly, her voice was hoarse, and she was still crying, presumably it was Lin's mother.

When Lu Sen walked up to him, Member Lin realized that there was a guest.

He looked up at Lu Sen, his eyes were full of red threads, and he said in a calm tone, "Is Master Lu here to express his condolences?"

Lu Sen nodded.

Member Lin's expression became a little more, and he was slightly moved. He forced a smile: "If my father knows that the world-famous, noble and extraordinary Master Lu came to visit him, if there is a spirit underground, he should be very happy. After all He's a very nice guy."

Lu Sen bowed to the coffin three times, then turned around and said, "I've also heard about the incident. Member Lin, please express our condolences."

"I made Lu Zhenren laugh." Lin Yuanwai's face returned to his previous appearance, with a three-point loss in grief: "The villain is thinking, did he kill his father? If he hadn't brought him to Hangzhou, he wouldn't have..."

After finishing speaking, Lin Yuanwai wiped his eyes.

Lu Sen said slowly: "I thought you would blame me to some extent."

"No way. The villain is not such a ignorant person." Lin Yuanwai sighed: "The rainbow silk is a rare thing in the world, and the Xiongfeng pill is also a good thing. Since they are all good things, but something happened to my father, it shows that, The problem lies with my father, not with you, Master Lu."

Lu Sen stared at the forest member for a while, and found that what he said was true, without any sense of hypocrisy.

"What are your plans next?" Lu Sen asked.

"Stop the coffin for seven days first, and then send the coffin back to my father." Member Lin looked a little confused: "As for the future, it depends on the situation."

"You don't plan to go to sea anymore?" Lu Sen asked a little puzzled: "It's rare to set up the framework of the Nanshan Club. If you leave, don't you take advantage of others?"

Member Lin looked up at Lu Sen slowly, a little surprised: "Really Lu is interested in merchants like us? He actually found out about the Nanshan Club so clearly."

"Yes." Lu Sen thought for a while and said, "Because I saw something different in you, or you may have something different."

"We, merchants?" Member Lin was a little dazed, and then he thought of something, his eyes flashed brightly: "Could it be that Master Lu deliberately did this to let us do business overseas? What you value is not gems, it's just 焰My son, there must be a reason for you to let our sea merchants go farther and farther, the Spice Islands are like this, and now let us go to Tianzhu by sea, it is also the same."

As expected of a Confucian businessman, after all, he has read the book, and his political sense is different from that of ordinary businessmen.

Lu Sen smiled and said: "Yuanwai Lin is really smart. I really have a reason. If you are willing to become a sea merchant to open up the market after the wake, you can go to Bitian Pavilion and ask Yuanwai Zhang to inform me. At that time, I will Let me tell you what capital is."

After speaking, Lu Sen left.

Lin Yuanwai knelt in front of the mourning hall, lost in thought.

For Lu Sen, the matter outside the forest members was just a whim, and it was just a new pawn in his plan.

It's not that important, but he still hopes that this chess piece can bring new moves to his chess game.

And he felt that the chess game on Khitan's side should start.

After returning to the cave, he asked the generals to present the news about Khitan.

After looking at it, he chuckled lightly.

Indeed, as he expected, although the Khitan side was calm on the surface, there was already an undercurrent surging under the sea surface, as if a volcano was about to erupt.

Empress Xiao Guanyin was sitting in the pepper room at this time, and sighed long.

She hadn't gone out for five days, not because she didn't want to, but because she couldn't, didn't dare...mainly to avoid suspicion.

Just a few days ago, General Xiao, who had snatched the Qingyang Ketian Dao Iron Coupon, fled to the northwest with a part of his private army, and successfully occupied a small city not far from Xijing, becoming king.

What's even more outrageous is that there were 3000 soldiers hoarded in that small city, and General Xiao took [-] soldiers to fight it down, and... recruited more than [-] soldiers.

This is a completely incredible thing.

Three thousand against thirty thousand, still attacking the city, not to mention winning, and even gaining [-] more elite soldiers, who would believe it if it was told!

But it is what it is now.

General Xiao's real name is Xiao Shen, because he was born at the time of Shen, so he got the name.

To be honest, there was nothing amazing about Xiao Shen before, his usual performance was similar to that of an ordinary playboy, the Xiao family has no shortage of such people.

As a big family in the true sense, the Xiao family's main line and branches add up to hundreds of people, and it is not surprising that there are a few more dudes.

But if there are capable people... that would be evil.

After all, since more than 100 years ago, the empress and empress dowager have produced the most from the Xiao family.

After conquering this small city, General Xiao is said to have started marching towards the nearby Xijing again.

When Xiao Rongrong heard the news, his head was in bewilderment.

How dare you... That's Xijing.

And Xiao Rongrong's father is the King of the West Court!
Of course it's just a false post, the Datong Mansion in Xijing is actually managed by the comfort envoy of Yunzhou.

But the hometown of the Xiao family is there. Although there are not many people left behind, it still has special meaning for the Xiao family.

But now, Xiao Shen actually leads troops to attack Datong Mansion in Xijing, which is putting the whole Xiao family on fire.

Xiao Rongrong sighed, she let go of the embroidery she was working on, feeling extremely helpless.

Although they are both branch lines, Xiao Rongrong's line and Xiao Shen's line are not very familiar. Usually, when they go back to their hometown to worship their ancestors, they just chat with each other and drop by for routine festivals.

However, he turned against it... The emperor would not care so much. In his eyes, all those surnamed Xiao now seem to have the word "reverse" on their heads.

Even the Queen is no exception.

Fortunately, Yelu Hongji was quite rational at this time, knowing that the Xiao family did possess a lot of power and military power, it would be unwise to rashly label the entire Xiao family as rebels.

So now it is only announced that Xiao Shen's line is a traitor, and the other Xiao families don't seem to be in his eyes.

But... no one would think so.

The queen imprisoned herself in the pepper room, just to show that she and Xiao Shen are not on the same side.

At the same time, some members of the Xiao family cried out to see the emperor, and wanted to remove the great harm from the Xiao family for the emperor.

In the imperial study room, just as Yelu Hongji persuaded an old man from the Xiao family to leave, his face gradually became gloomy.

"Xiao family, how dare you do that!"

But before he started to process the official documents, a eunuch rushed in, lying on the ground in some horror, and said, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military report."

"Say."

"People from the Datong Mansion in Xijing came to report that Xiao Shen had breached the Datong Mansion, and Huang Zaixin, the comfort envoy of Yunzhou, died in the city!"

"How is it possible?" Yelu Hongji stood up angrily: "Datong Mansion hoards [-] elite soldiers, and Xiao Shen's subordinates can't support [-] people, how can they defeat Datong Mansion. Huang Comforter is also an old man on the battlefield, his commander Is the talent of the army not as good as that of a child?"

The eunuch lay on the ground and dared not speak.

After a while, Yelu Hongji waved his hand and said, "Go down and invite me the boy."

Almost all the Khitan military and political power is in the hands of the Khitan people, but almost all the ministers of the interior are Han Chinese.

This Tongxiang is also a Han Chinese. Although he is old and thin, he looks very energetic.

After coming in from the outside, he cupped his hands and said, "I have seen the emperor."

"Xiao Shen broke through Datong Mansion."

Tong Xiang's real name is Tong An, he nodded and said: "The old minister has heard about it just now."

"Tong Xiang, do you think there is something strange about this?" Yelu Hongji sighed and said, "Although I have never actually been on a battlefield, I have also learned how to fight in a military formation. Is it a fortified city with a hundred thousand elite soldiers?"

Tong An shook his head: "There must be a reason for this."

Of course there is a reason, Yelu Hongji thought of the rumor that Master Lu in the Central Plains had lost the Iron Coupon of the Way of Heaven, and it was in Xiao Shen's hands.

The bright one is still the word "Ninth Five-Year Plan".

Is it true, as the rumors say, that the Heavenly Dao Iron Coupon can prosper one's destiny?
Yelu Hongji thought for a while, and said to the eunuch next to him, "Xuanzhao Chongyuan is here."

Tong An thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I will take my leave first."

Yelu Chongyuan is one of Yelu Hongji's confidantes, the kind he trusts very much.

In contrast, although Tong An is called a 'Prime Minister' and has a certain amount of real power, he is still not comparable to a real important official of the Khitan people.

After Tong An retreated, he met Yelu Chongyuan in the aisle. Tong An cupped his hands while walking, and the difference between superiority and inferiority was already evident.

Yelu Chongyuan was a young man with a typical Khitan appearance, with a beard around his chin.

The moment the two passed by, Yelu Chongyuan suddenly walked to the left for half a year, and hit Tong An's left shoulder with his right shoulder.

Tong An was already an old man, and he fell to the ground in such a way, his face full of pain.

But Yelu Zhongyuan turned around in surprise, and said with a very hypocritical expression: "I'm sorry, it's really wrong to bump into the child, but the emperor ordered me to go, and I dare not delay. A few days later, if I have time, I will come The government apologizes."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, and then there was a faint laugh.

Tong An stood up by himself, twisted and left the palace.

Yelu Hongji waited in the study for a while, and then saw Yelu Chongyuan.

He didn't say anything nonsense, and said directly: "Chongyuan, you take 18 forbidden troops and your own private army, and go to Xijing immediately to take back Datong Mansion."

"But about Xiao Shen?" Yelu Chongyuan was overjoyed, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your trust, your Majesty, this time I will go to take Datong Mansion back within two months, and bring Xiao Shen's head back to you."

"You do things, I don't worry." Yelu Hongji nodded slightly.

At this time, Yelu Hongji suddenly took a step forward, and said quietly: "Your Majesty, woman Xiao Rongrong, do you want me to help you..."

He cut his throat sullenly: "After all, she is also from the Xiao family, so I don't feel at ease with her."

Yelu Hongji thought for a while and said, "There's no need to touch her for now, she's just a weak girl."

"Then your majesty, please don't drink the soup she made, just in case."

Yelu Hongji frowned, then smiled lightly: "Don't worry, I will be careful."

Song Ting in the south naturally knew about such a major event in Khitan.

Although Zhao Song is not aggressive at the moment and is very timid, it is still possible to plant some spies in other people's homes.

Besides, if a person has money... a lot of things can be bought, including information.

A few days later, in the court of Zhao and Song Dynasties, the commander of the Imperial City Division read out all the recent events in Khitan before stepping aside.

Then the whole court couldn't help but be overjoyed.

All civil and military officials talked about it.

There is nothing more joyful than the enemy's own chaos.

Then came the sound of flattery.

"God bless my Great Song Dynasty, a barbarian is a barbarian, and will eventually destroy itself."

"Hu Fu has no luck for a hundred years!"

"The little official's family is protected by purple energy. It has only been a long time since they sat on the dragon chair, and the Khitan has become like this. In a few more years, the Khitan itself is probably wiped out."

Everyone laughed even more happily.

But there were still a few ministers who did not smile.

For example, Taishi Pang, Ouyang Xiu, etc.!

Empress Dowager Cao didn't smile either, she made a gesture, and after the court had calmed down, she said, "This is indeed a happy event, and I can understand that all the relatives are happy, but I suddenly feel anxious."

Immediately, someone asked, "Why is the Queen Mother so anxious?"

"I heard that Xiao Shen, the Khitan rebel, got the 'Iron Coupon of the Way of Heaven' from Lu Zhenren, and then he became a capable man from a dandy, and even had the life of a dragon." The Empress Dowager Cao said worriedly: "If this Xiao Shen ruled Khitan, so wouldn't he use troops against me, Great Song? After all, he sounds like a hero!"

Yelu Hongji was actually very close to the Northern Song Dynasty.

His greatest wish is to become a native of the Northern Song Dynasty in his next life.

If he hadn't been coerced by a large number of military and civil officials, and if he hadn't been born a Khitan, then he probably wouldn't have used troops against the Northern Song Dynasty, and he wouldn't have had any hostility.

And it was a great thing for Zhao Song that such a "peaceful" Khitan emperor came to power.

If that 'Xiao Shen' is really allowed to become the ruler of Khitan, then things will be difficult to handle.

Immediately, the officer took a step forward and said angrily: "Realist Lu obviously has such a good thing as the Tiandao Iron Coupon, but he is unwilling to hand it over to the imperial court and keeps it secretly. Now it has been stolen and taken to the north. If the tiger comes out, you are guilty. I suggest that you remove the rank and official position of Lu Zhenren, and inform the whole world that Lu Zhenren is suspected of disrespecting the emperor's order, ruthless, disregarding the safety of the country, and deceiving the world."

Everyone looked at the speaker.

The other party is very young, his face is full of greenness.

The reason why this person hates Lu Sen so much is that his mentor and father-in-law Li Yushi passed away ten days ago.

When Li Yushi was ill, the young speaker went to the Prince's Mansion in Runan County to ask for fairy fruit but failed.

He could only watch helplessly as his teacher cried out in pain for several days on the hospital bed, and then died miserably.

(End of this chapter)