The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

After lunch, we walked to the Zhongjing Palace. Zhao Tong told Bai Ao, "Go to the wine shop with Tieniu later and bring over the bead chain pattern that you have drawn."

Bai Ao said yes, and Zhao Tao added: "By the way, check the details of this wine shop. How many people there are, whether their feet are upright, and whether their origins are innocent."

Li Kui shouted from the side: "Sir, Tieniu said it was a black shop. It turns out that the master was also suspicious. Why didn't he just capture the little girl? Yes, that's right. Could it be that the master has fallen in love with the little girl..."

Zhao Tong said solemnly: "It's been a while, just lead the way and don't talk, otherwise you won't be allowed to drink for a month!"

Li Kui immediately lowered his head and did not dare to speak. Bai Zhan said, "Master, why don't you go with me?"

Zhao Tong shook his head: "Why are you going so far? You go with Li Yanxian to pick up people outside the city. There are distinguished guests in Tokyo who are coming. Li Yanxian doesn't recognize them. You can give them guidance from the side."

Bai Zhan asked in confusion: "Sir, which distinguished guest is coming?"

Zhao Tong said: "Your landlord's father, Old Scholar Huang, is coming."

"Old Bachelor Huang is coming to Beijing?" Bai Zhan immediately showed joy upon hearing this, looked at his two brothers Bai Ba and Bai Ao, and said in a low voice: "Master, I think you might as well let Er Xie, the Lu brothers and others Together, I want to show my dignity.”

Zhao Tong glanced at him: "What are you doing? Do you want to sue your landlord?"

"This..." Bai Zhan hurriedly lowered his head: "I don't dare."

Zhao Tao touched his chin, thinking that what Huang Gu did in Hebei was indeed unreasonable, and coughed slightly: "In that case, bring everyone from Broken Jade Tower with you. It would be nice to have more people."

"Yes, young master!" Bai Zhan immediately clasped his fists and said happily.

After returning to the palace, Zhao Tong looked at the map in the Chuxiang Hall in front. This map was not of the area in Shangjing, but a map of the white mountains and black waters.

The map was drawn by himself, because there is currently no topographic map of the northeastern part of the Jin Kingdom, not even a model for reference. Zong Han and Xi Yin fled from Beijing and destroyed all the information about the white mountains and black waters in the city.

But relying on his original memory and his previous experience of going to Huining, he still drew a picture.

Although I can't say how accurate it is, the important locations are roughly the same, and the mountains, rivers and ravines are also marked with descriptions.

The terrain of the White Mountains and Black Waters in the northeast is complex, which is why ancient dynasties rarely mastered it completely. This is because the nomadic tribes ran into the mountains if they couldn't defeat them, making it difficult to kill them all. After a few years, the tribes recuperated and grew stronger again, and they would be ready to move again.

Zhao Tong has no countermeasures for this situation yet. After all, it is a bit too early to think about this now. Everything must be done according to the current situation. After a thorough understanding, the next strategy can be determined according to the situation.

He looked at the map for a while, then sat back to drink tea. He couldn't help but think of the girl he met in the morning...

Bai Ao and Li Kui went to Jinguo Street again. After passing the intersection of Minghui Street, a short walk ahead was a wine shop with a triangular flag.

Li Kui bought wine from this store in the morning. He smelled the mellow and tempting aroma, so he drank a jar in the store first, and then took another jar back. He met the girl on the way, and the wine jar was broken, and the two started fighting. .

Along the way, Li Kui kept muttering about the black shop, and Bai Ao smiled and said, "Tie Niu remembers that, regardless of whether the shop is black or not, don't talk inside, otherwise His Majesty will blame you, and I can't protect you."

Li Kui shook his big head and said: "Your Majesty is so lustful that he can't walk when he sees the young lady, so he blames me."

Bai Ao smiled and said: "Who doesn't like a beautiful girl? Doesn't your Gongming brother like her too? Otherwise, how could he have adopted Yan Poxi as his aunt and raised her?"

Li Kui blinked: "I don't like it, and neither do you three brothers!"

Bai Ao's expression froze when he heard this, and he laughed dryly: "Who said that our three brothers don't like it?"

Li Kui said: "I heard what Ouyang Bei said in Longyou. He said that if the three of you don't get married, it's because he doesn't like my wife."

"He's not married yet, yet he still has the nerve to call us brothers!" Bai Ao said sarcastically.

"Ouyang Bei said that he is different from you three brothers. He is bohemian and only wants to stay in the house. He is gentle, kind and pure, and will never give up love and freedom in his life. You only know how to dance with guns and sticks, and hone your martial arts. You don't have any ideas in your mind. Next to it.”

"This, this is all what he said?" Bai Ao was so angry when he heard this: "He went back to Tokyo from Hedong, why didn't he dare to come to Beidi? I think he brought a little girl back, and he was afraid of seeing everyone in the building. Brother, I can’t explain that I have the same moral character as the original poster!”

Li Kui shook his big head: "I believe what Ouyang Bei said, he is a good man!"

"Is he a good person?" Bai Ao took a deep breath: "Tianniu, if you believe him, sooner or later you won't even be able to wear pants."

"I don't believe what you said!"

Bai Ao was annoyed and didn't want to deal with this free-spirited person anymore. He looked up at the signboard "Ke Lai Liquor Shop", which was a simple name, and then stepped inside.

This is an ordinary store, which is common in Zhongjing City. The only difference is that the location is better. After all, land on Jinguo Street is expensive. If it is not your own store and you rely on rent to do business, the rent will probably be very expensive.

The wine shop is quite spacious inside, with a counter at the end, and a dozen wine jars placed against the walls on the outside, as well as many jars of wine sealed with mud.

As soon as he entered the door, the strong aroma of wine hit his nostrils. Bai Ao couldn't help but said in surprise: "This store sells good wine!"

Li Kui wanted to speak, but he remembered the instructions and stopped talking. He walked to the big wine vat and inhaled fiercely to smell the smell.

At this time, a waiter came up to him and asked, "Sir, do you want to buy bulk wine or jars for storage?"

Bai Ao said: "I'm looking for someone."

The clerk was puzzled: "Which one are you looking for?"

Bai Ao thought for a while. He didn't know the girl's name and couldn't address her, so he took a trick and said, "Look for your shopkeeper's daughter."

"The shopkeeper's daughter..." The waiter was stunned for a moment, and then said after a few breaths: "Your Majesty, I'm looking for Miss Li Zhi. She just went out to deliver the wine, would you please wait a moment?"

Bai Ao frowned and realized something was wrong. Normally he said he was looking for the shopkeeper's daughter. Shouldn't the clerk know who it was immediately? Why did you react so quickly?
He nodded, and then said casually: "You are new here, right? Why haven't I seen him before when I bought wine?"

The waiter laughed and said, "This is just a joke. I have been working in the wine shop for three or four years, but the guest is new to me and has no impression at all."

Bai Ao also smiled and said, "I was vague. I used to send servants here. Although I have been here in person, I only come here three or two times a year. No wonder you have no impression."

The waiter said: "That's it. I meet a lot of people in a small day. If the guest officer only comes a few times in a year, I really don't remember it."

Bai Ao walked to the counter and looked inside. He saw two wooden stools and some wine buckets and sieves, but there was nothing particularly eye-catching.

"Miss Li Zhi often helps in the shop?" he asked one after another.

"How can I not help my own shop? Nowadays, the war is in chaos and money is extremely difficult to make. There is no time to hire more people to work than before."

Bai Ao raised his eyelids when he heard this: "When there was no war in the past, Miss Li Zhi didn't come here often?"

"Hi, sir, I'm here to see Miss Li Zhi. Didn't you know she just came back not long ago?" the clerk said in surprise. "You just came back not long ago?" Bai Ao's eyes flashed, and then he calmed down: "I really don't know, she left home before?"

The waiter said: "Just tell me, the guest officer and Miss Li Zhi are not old acquaintances, right? You don't even know she hasn't been at home for several years."

Bai Ao couldn't help but smile and said: "I'm on behalf of someone else, looking for Miss Li Zhi. I'm not familiar with her, but where can a girl like her go? She hasn't been in Zhongjing for several years?"

The waiter immediately made a trumpet shape with his palm and said mysteriously: "Of course I went out to study martial arts and came back with a good set of boxing skills."

"Going out to study martial arts?" Bai Ao's eyebrows moved.

At this moment, a voice came from outside, "I'm back."

Bai Ao turned around and looked around, and saw that it was the girl entering the door, carrying a wicker basket with several small empty wine jars in it.

He stepped forward with a smile: "Miss Li Zhi, I have been ordered by my young master to come and get the pattern of the bead chain. When it is completed, I can send it to the girl as compensation."

The girl looked at Bai Ao: "I recognize you, you are... that person's subordinate, I..."

Before she finished speaking, she saw Li Kui over there who was intoxicated by the aroma of wine, and said hurriedly: "Why is this drunkard here too?"

Li Kui glared, resisted speaking, snorted, and continued to smell the wine.

Bai Ao said: "Tieniu is leading the way for me. I don't have any other thoughts. Miss Li Zhi doesn't need to think too much."

The girl said "Yeah": "I didn't expect that person to keep his word, but I haven't had time to draw the bead chain pattern yet."

Bai Ao said: "My young master will naturally promise you a huge sum of money. Miss Li Zhi can start painting now. We will just wait."

"That's my trouble." The girl put down the backpack behind her and walked quickly behind the counter. There was paper and pen on the counter. She moistened the ink slightly, and then started to draw.

After finishing the drawing, he handed it to Bai Ao. Bai Ao took a look and found that it was indeed a simple style with the dimensions marked. The beads were not too big and it was easy to make.

He folded it and put it away, and then said: "I don't know the last name of the girl, so I can go back and report it to my young master."

The girl said: "I am from the Khitan clan, so my surname is Xiao."

Bai Ao smiled and nodded, then asked Li Kui to go out and leave.

Watching the two people's backs gradually disappear, the waiter came over and whispered: "Princess Princess..."

The girl looked at him and raised her slender eyebrows, and the clerk quickly changed his words: "Girl, I just made a lot of insinuations when I took the pattern."

The girl said: "Depending on that person's identity, I must ask him clearly, and maybe he will investigate secretly."

The guy said, "Are you really sure it's that person?"

The girl said: "With the pictures of the Goddess of Ceres, as well as their travel routes, and that person's... demeanor, I can definitely say it's him!"

The clerk whispered: "Girl, you must be careful. I heard that that person is cunning, cruel, and murderous. You must not show any flaws."

Insidious, cunning, cruel and murderous? The girl's expression showed a hint of confusion, but then it turned into determination: "Don't worry, I will definitely avenge my brother..."

Shangjing, the former Liao Emperor's palace, where several people were sitting discussing matters.

Wanyan Zongbi, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Xiyin, Wanyan Qi, Han Chang...

Zong Han said: "Gu Shen's plan is really flawless. That lustful Zhao Tong will definitely be fooled. As long as he dies and the Qin army is in chaos, we can send our troops south and start all over again. This time we will definitely destroy the Qin state." , so that the other party has no chance to turn around."

Wanyan Zongbing nodded: "Even if he doesn't die, as long as he is seriously injured, the enemy will have to withdraw hastily, and the court will be in turmoil. We will also have the opportunity to continue to move south."

Xiyin twirled his short beard and said: "It is also the similarity between the texture of the sand and Princess Baohua that makes this strategy work. It is a good strategy made by nature and it is not my fault alone."

Wanyan Shalizi is from the clan, and his brother Wanyan Yinshu is Zongwang's cousin, Zongbi's cousin, and both are descendants of Jingzu Wanyan Wugunai.

Wanyan Shalizhi and Yinshu were not born from the same mother, but from the same father. Her mother and Wanyan Baohua's mother were twin sisters.

In other words, their fathers are cousins, and their mothers are twins, so they are so similar. There is chance and inevitability.

This kind of blood relationship between the two people is certain, but the resemblance is somewhat accidental. However, with such a family relationship, such an accident can be explained.

Wanyan Qi was puzzled at this time and said: "Although this plan is wonderful, there is one thing that my nephew is not sure about. I would like to ask all my uncles to clarify. I can use the bead chain as a guide to attract the other party's attention. I can understand it, but why do I need to add it?" A gift given to two childhood sweethearts, isn’t it superfluous and extraneous?”

As soon as he said this, Zong Han and Xi Yin looked at each other and then laughed.

Wanyanqi wondered: "What is the truth of this? Is it beneficial to have the origin of the bead chain?"

Zong Han said: "You don't know something. Gu Shen and I studied this person and found that he has a hobby. He seems to like wives."

Xiyin shook his head and said: "It can't be said that he likes wives. I haven't seen any cheating or robbery. It's just that when I see a beautiful woman who has a family or will have a family, I seem to be a little unable to control it."

Wanyan Qi was surprised and said, "Where do you start talking about this?"

Zong Han said hey: "Among his several concubines, one is a commoner who was divorced by others, one was the imperial concubine of Li Yuanhao of Xixia, one was the fiancée of Yelu Dashi, and one is said to have worked for Kaifeng in Tokyo. The oiran of the mansion, do you think this person has any special hobbies?"

"This..." Yelu Qi was stunned: "So it turns out that Yelu Dashi's fiancée was abducted by this person?"

"There is also Princess Baohua who is also married." Xiyin said with a faint smile.

Wanyan Zongbi couldn't help but snorted coldly.

Yeluqi continued: "My nephew has heard that in the Song Dynasty, there were queens who remarried for the second time. I thought it was just an exception. It seems that my clan and tribe don't care about such things. I didn't expect that Zhao Tao has the style of his ancestors. Could it be his harem?" Is this all the case?”

Xiyin thought for a while, but in fact these things were not a secret. Now everyone in Tokyo knew it, and the lurking spies just reported it according to the situation, without much detail.

He smiled and said: "Maybe there are other kinds of women. This person is lustful, and it is not just a few people, but most of them have this kind of hobby. That's why I asked Sha Lizhi to say that the bead necklace was a gift from my childhood sweetheart. It's true that I was a childhood sweetheart. It’s considered a type of person waiting to be married…”

In the Zhongjing Palace, Zhao Tong held the bead chain pattern, looked at Bai Ao in front of him, and said with a dull expression: "Lizhi? Is that girl called Xiao Lizhi?"

(End of this chapter)