The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1192 To Zhongxing Mansion
The topography of Xixia is complex.

Although the territory is not vast, its territory is interlaced with mountains, rivers, deserts, Gobi, and plateaus.

The four of Zhao Dongting went through Kuizhou Road, Lizhou East Road, and Fengxiang Road. After leaving Fengxiang, they arrived in the territory of Xiping Mansion in Xixia.

It can be said that just after leaving the territory of Fengxiang, the scenery is a bit barren.

Looking around is full of undulating loess mountains.

And the farther north you go, the more desolate it becomes.

Some cities are so inconspicuous on this vast loess plateau.

In front of such scenery, people often feel small.Here is like a sea of ​​loess.

Apart from the occasional people from the rivers and lakes, there are not many ordinary pedestrians on the winding official road.

This used to be a remote place.

There is the Great Wall passing across the territory of Xixia.

The four of Zhao Dongting were all dressed in Western Xia costumes and clothed towels against sand and dust. After passing through Xiping Mansion from south to north, they approached the Great Wall and finally arrived at Zhongxing Mansion.

At this time, it was only two days before the end of the year.

At the city gate of Zhongxing Mansion, it was very easy to enter the city without being questioned.

Speaking of which, this is Zhao Dongting's first visit to Xixia Zhongxing Mansion.Kong Qiangu and Jun Tian Fang had been here before, but that was also many years ago.

Only Wu Amiao seemed to be familiar with the road.

As soon as he entered the city, he took Zhao Dongting, Kong Qiangu and Jun Tian to find an inn in the city and had a great meal.

Then he asked Zhao Dongting, "How do we plan to enter the palace?"

Zhao Dongting just looked at him angrily.

It seems that this guy is quite proud of the last time he quietly sneaked into the Xixia Palace and kidnapped the Empress, and he has a bit of knowledge.

But how could he sneak into the palace like Wu Amiao and Liuzhier?
Zhao Dongting replied directly: "Let's go to the Song Dynasty's ambassador's residence first."

He didn't come here to trouble the Empress, so he could meet Li Xiushu in a normal way.

Wu Amiao curled her lips, apparently disappointed.

It would be so boring to meet the Empress through the normal way, but it would be more interesting to enter the palace quietly like last time, and fascinate the Empress's few female sword servants.

Of course he wouldn't say anything more.

After the four of them left the inn, they went straight to the Song Dynasty ambassador's residence.

It's not difficult.

The Song Dynasty Envoy's Mansion is quite majestic, and it is quite a famous place in the Xixia Zhongxing Mansion. Most of the whitewashed people on the street know its location.

Not long after, Zhao Dongting and others arrived outside the residence of the Great Song Envoy.

At the gate of the mansion, there are soldiers guarding in the costumes of soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and the national flag of the Great Song Dynasty is hung high in front of the gate.

Although the Great Song Envoy's Mansion is not located in the sub-city of Zhongxing Mansion, there are also no ordinary people at the gate.

The sudden arrival of the four of Zhao Dongting and their standing outside the gate of the envoy's mansion undoubtedly seemed quite eye-catching.

The Song soldiers at the gate of the mansion all looked at them with a little defensive look.

After seeing the national flag of Song Dynasty for a few seconds, Zhao Dongting took Wu Amiao, Jun Tianfang and Kong Qiangu to the main entrance.

Even though it looked like it was three meters away from the steps, a soldier said, "The Great Song Envoy's Mansion, please don't watch it. Please go back."

Although the words were polite, they also carried an unquestionable meaning.

Zhao Dongting was quite satisfied.

The Great Song Envoy's Mansion is the face of the Great Song in Xixia territory, so it needs to show such confidence.

He glanced at several soldiers standing upright, and said, "Master Gu Shucha is in the envoy's mansion at this time?"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Wu Amiao who was beside him.

Wu Amiao took out the badge of the Deputy Commander of the Imperial City Imperial Army.

Several Song soldiers were slightly stunned when they saw it.

Immediately saluted Wu Amiao, "Meet the general!"

Wu Amiao just waved her hand.

Several soldiers got up and looked at Zhao Dongting with some doubts in their eyes.

Wu Amiao's token is already scary enough, but now it seems that the deputy commander seems to be the young master's entourage.

Who is this young man?
But they didn't dare to think that this would be the emperor of Song Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, a soldier said: "Master Gu is in the mansion, I will go to pass on it right away. The general will wait a moment."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly ran towards the government office.

After a while, I saw Gu Shucha, the young ambassador of the Song Dynasty stationed in Xixia, walking towards the government office following the soldier.

There was also a little doubt on his face.

Because there was a deputy commander-level general in Song Dynasty, he hadn't received any news before.

This is not normal, unless the deputy commander is not here for business.

And if it's a private matter, he doesn't have a familiar deputy commander in the court.Logically speaking, she shouldn't have come to him.

It wasn't until he approached the gate of the government office and saw Zhao Dongting standing outside with his hands up and down that Gu Shucha suddenly froze.

There was a look of extreme surprise in his eyes.

After regaining consciousness, he immediately ran towards Zhao Dongting, wanting to kneel down and salute Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting coughed lightly twice, and winked at Gushucha.

Gu Shucha stopped abruptly, and looked at the soldiers around him.I knew that the emperor didn't want to reveal his identity.

He had extremely strong doubts and curiosity born in his heart, not knowing why the emperor came to Xixia suddenly.

Zhao Dongting smiled at Gu Shucha, "Master Gu, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

This relieved the embarrassment of Gu Shucha, he said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, hurry up, please come inside, please come inside!"

He didn't use any title in his words, which made the surrounding soldiers puzzled.

Because they still don't know who these four people are, they only know that Wu Amiao is a deputy commander-level general.

But their levels are destined to be unable to solve this mystery.

The four of Zhao Dongting just followed the ancient tree tea to the envoy's mansion.

Arriving at the main hall of the envoy's mansion, the ancient tree tea hastily closed the door, knelt down on the ground, and whispered: "My minister, the ancient tree tea knocked on the emperor."

"My lord, let's get down!"

Zhao Dongting said with a light smile, and sat down on the main seat without hesitation.

Wu Amiao, Jun Tianfang, and Kong Qiangu sat down one by one.

As soon as Gu Shucha got up, he couldn't help asking: "Why did the emperor suddenly kiss Xixia?"

Zhao Dongting only said: "I want to see the Empress. We will meet in private."

Of course, the less people know about Li Xingxiao, the better.On this point, Zhao Dongting didn't need to ask Li Xiushu to understand.

"Private meeting?"

Gu Shucha's expression was even more puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, he only pondered for a while, and said again: "Then, may the emperor intend to go to the palace, or invite the empress out?"

Zhao Dongting said: "There are too many people in the palace, it's better to let the empress come out. It's not easy for others to know about my trip back to Xixia."

Gu Shucha nodded, "Then I will go to see the empress later."

Afterwards, Gu Shucha only sat with Zhao Dongting in the main hall for a while, then left the envoy's mansion and went to the palace.

About half an hour or so and rushed back.

In the Western Xia Palace, Li Xiushu was already out of confinement at this time.Gu Shucha soon saw her in the imperial study.

As soon as we met, Li Xiushu asked: "Is it the imperial city of your dynasty that wants to pass on a letter to me?"

She knew that Zhao Dongting must have received her letter by this time.Even replying to the letter at this time surprised her a bit.

It stands to reason that Zhao Dongting should have replied many days earlier.

At this time, Li Xiushu was afraid that she still had a little resentment towards Zhao Dongting.Knowing that her son was born so late before replying, it seems that she doesn't care much about the child she gave birth to.

Maybe she was mistaken.

Gu Shucha only said: "Reporting to the Empress, there is no letter from the Great Song Imperial City. I only want to invite you to come out of the palace to meet today."

Li Xiushu was slightly stunned, and then said in surprise, "Zhao is the one who arrived at the Zhongxing Mansion?"

Perhaps she didn't even notice it herself, but she had a look of surprise on her face at this time.

Gu Shucha nodded and said, "Exactly."

Li Xiushu said again: "Then where is he going to meet me?"

The ancient tree tea ceremony: "This is up to you, the empress."

Li Xiushu was slightly silent.

After a long while, she said: "Master Lao Gu told me that I will wait for him at Baihualou by the river tonight at Haishi."

On the side of Zhongxingfu, the Yellow River flows through, and a tributary crosses Hanoi.Yanhe Street can be said to be the most prosperous place in the city, and Baihualou is even more prominent among them.

It was once said that all the good looks of ZTE will bloom in a hundred flowers.

It is conceivable how high the status of Baihualou is in a certain industry in Zhongxing Prefecture.

Even Gu Shucha, the ambassador of the Great Song Dynasty to Xixia, had heard of this Baihualou.

Hearing Li Xiushu's words, he just cupped his hands and said: "Gu Mou will go back and tell His Majesty."

After finishing speaking, he resigned and walked out of the imperial study.

(End of this chapter)