Plane Travel Guide

It was the first year of Baoyuan in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was winter in December of the first year of Yanzuo, the first year of Lifa in the Western Xia Dynasty.

After dozens of days of hard work, Kaifeng Mansion in Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, finally appeared in front of Tuobajing. It is indeed the capital of the Central Plains. Under the brilliance of the wind and snow, this ancient city looks more solemn and majestic. The snow fell on its stalwart body, making it look so insignificant, but it also made it look a bit desolate. In the wind and snow, not many people entered the city. Now, because of the arrival of Tuobajing, even if someone wants to enter the city, Xia Song will not let him go. They appeared in front of Tuobajing

Tuobajing did not come alone, she came with Yeli Renrong, the envoy of the Song court for Yuan Hao's proclaiming the emperor and establishing the country. The eldest princess is the deputy envoy of this mission. The Xixia Mission was warmly arranged to stay in the State Guesthouse under the welcome of Xia Song and everyone.

"It's funny. If they knew the purpose of our visit, I don't know if they would entertain us like this. Haha, what do you think, princess?" Nori Renrong sat in the reception hall of the State Guesthouse, standing in front of everyone temporarily. retreated and said

Tuoba stood quietly in front of the window in the hall, quietly looking at the wind and snow outside the window, letting the wind and snow blowing in from the small open window beat his purple veil, sighed slightly: "The wind and snow The snowflakes are bigger and more beautiful. Ai is as white and soft as the snow on the top of Helan Mountain. They are more like elf messengers sent by the heavens to the world... Unfortunately, in the near future, they will also be contaminated with the murder of the world. The souls of these elves died after the conflicts were stained with blood, and they were no longer pure, what do you say, right?" Plane Travel Guide 1653

Ye Li Renrong smiled wryly and was speechless. He could make countless decisions in an instant that affected the lives of countless people. He could defeat tens of thousands of enemy troops in a joke, and he could answer any political questions Yuan Hao had without thinking. , but when he faced such a simple question of Tuobajing, he seemed a little at a loss for words. He was really not good at dealing with such situations!

Fortunately, Tuobajing didn't insist on a quick answer to this question. She withdrew her long-sighted gaze, closed the window gently, turned around, and said softly, "Master Zuo, about your question, I think You will soon know that the answer will never be long, and perhaps by this time tomorrow night, it will all be clear."

Nori Renrong laughed "hehe" and said, "That's right, tomorrow's weather will definitely not be better than today's."

Tuo Bajing was silent for a moment, and then said: "What if Da Song refuses to allow the king brother to proclaim himself emperor?"

"Hehe." Ye Li Renrong put on a confident posture: "Don't worry, the eldest princess, once Emperor Song refuses to be emperor, King Hao will use two prongs to force Emperor Song to recognize me as the Great Xia Kingdom."

"Oh? Two-pronged approach? Is there any other good strategy besides letting me play against Song Ting?" Tuoba Jingxiu frowned slightly

"Yes, letting the eldest princess fight Song Ting is just to destroy the court's prestige for a while, and it is not enough to let him admit that the real contest between King Hao and our Great Xia Kingdom will be on the battlefield. Only the victory of the war will dispel Song Ting's pride. The self-important mentality let Song Ting, who thinks that he will always be superior, know the strength of our Great Xia Kingdom and King Hao." Nori Renrong looked at Song Ting with disdain

"Are we going to fight again?...... Is there no other way?" Tuoba Jing looked forward to it

Yeli Renrong obviously didn't dare to meet her gaze: "...Er...other than that, I'm afraid there is no other way to achieve military victory, and the proud Song Ting will never admit it. Our Great Xia Country"

Tuobajing said helplessly: "Is that so?.......Why did you want to be called emperor? Is it not enough for my father to use troops against Tubo and Uyghur for many years? Using troops for a long time will be of no benefit in the end, and it will only make us tired Unbearable, can the people of our party not live in peace for a few days? What's more, the Song court has treated our family well for the past 30 years. How can this kindness of the emperor of the Song Dynasty be taken lightly?"

"What the eldest princess said is different. Today we don't think of me like Daxia anymore than before. We plunder Tubo horses in the west and take back the sharp soldiers in the north. The national power is already strong. What's more, King Hao Tianzong's capital, how can we be under Emperor Song? Will I always be a touch horse for Song Ting? Why can't I, King Hao, sit on an equal footing with Song Emperor? How can I, Daxia, miss such a good opportunity to build a country for Song Ting's petty gains? If you don't do it now, you will regret it!" According to Nori Renrong Strive for reason, not at all moved by Tuo Bajing's words

Tuo Bajing already understood that she couldn't convince Yeli Renrong at all, let alone his ambitious brother Wang: "Oh...it's all Brother Wang who wants to be emperor, plus you and Yang Shousu and I have tried to persuade Brother Wang many times without fanning the flames, but it has no effect at all. Is it true that the people of our party really want to shed blood and throw their heads for Brother Wang's personal desires? Do you know that once you raise troops, you can How many members of our party can return to Mount Helan?"

"This... I can only hope that Emperor Song will be more aware of current affairs, and can directly recognize my status as Daxia and King Hao. Don't tempt us to use force to get what we want. Perhaps, only the eldest princess will come back tomorrow. Defeating Song Ting's prestige may allow Emperor Song to see the strength of my Great Xia and my own emptiness, and we can get what we want without going through war." Nori Renrong tried to propose other methods to make Tuobajing accept

"So, the banquet where the Emperor of the Song Dynasty will receive us tomorrow night is very important? Does it mean that as long as I severely undermine the prestige of the Song court, the war will be avoided?" Tuobajing has pinned all the news on tomorrow night

"...I think...maybe..." Nori Hitoei also tried to convince himself of this

"Really? Well, don't worry, tomorrow I will let Song Ting know how powerful I am in the Great Xia Kingdom. I will defeat all their masters, not only to avoid war, but also for the prestige of my master and our 'Jade Girl School'." Let the martial arts of the Central Plains know that there is another descendant of my 'Jade Girl School' walking the rivers and lakes." Tuo Bajing turned his shoulders and stared at the snowy sky outside the window again

Under the strong northwestern wind, the goose-feather-like snowflakes were almost crazily rolled into the blue sky, and then slammed on the window lattice, and then smashed to pieces. Tomorrow, will the northwest wind be so strong? ? Will there be such a heavy snow? The sky gradually darkened, and Tuobajing couldn't tell whether it was snow or blood in his eyes...

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As the new year approaches, it is reasonable to say that the Kaifeng mansion should be very lively, but due to the snowstorm, there are not many pedestrians on the main street. I am afraid that no one is interested in walking on the street in such weather, and Fang Peng has no such interest. The wind is blowing up, rolling up countless snowflakes straight into Fang Peng's neckline.

"This terrible weather! This year's northwest wind is really strong!" Fang Peng complained very much, and tightened his neckline even more. No matter who is called out from the warm house, no one will be in a good mood. Fang Peng, the famous "Swordsman of Remnant Smoke", is not even a good-tempered person. Originally, with his status, he didn't need to come out in such weather at all, but Zhilu, who eats the king, wants to be loyal to the king. The emperor's call must still be obeyed

"What do you have to discuss in this damn weather? And you have to go to the Nuanxin Pavilion?" Fang Peng thought to himself, but he couldn't figure out anything. , kept making "creaking" sounds, which made Fang Peng even more puzzled. Soon, the imperial city appeared under Fang Peng's eyes. After saying hello to the guards guarding the gate, he walked quickly to the Nuanxin Pavilion

Nuanxin Pavilion is the place where Song Renzong handles important affairs. It is not his turn to come here during the flat tide. What is going on today that he is asked to come here to discuss matters? Fang Peng felt a little uneasy. What a good thing happened soon, he came to the outside of the Nuanxin Pavilion, and saw the familiar Eunuch Li Fang Peng lightened his steps, saluted Eunuch Li, and asked in a low voice: "What is it?"

Eunuch Li smiled slightly, shook his head lightly, expressing his ignorance and loudly said in his special voice: "Fang Peng, the deputy head of the inner guard, see you!"

The door of Nuanxin Pavilion was opened, Fang Peng walked in cautiously, walked through the long corridor, and after a while, he came to the entrance of the inner hall of Nuanxin Pavilion. Fang Peng immediately felt several electric gazes "shooting" at him. As a martial arts master, he doesn't need to raise his head, he can know where all these gazes come from. Among them is his immediate boss, Ouchi, whom he is most familiar with. One of the eyes of Zhao Gang, the chief guard, "Gold and Silver Hands", and another one are also somewhat familiar. It should be Song Renzong's eyes, but I don't know where they belong!

Looking up and inspecting, Song Renzong was sitting upright in the hall. Fang Peng saluted immediately and shouted, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Long live thank you!" Fang Peng raised his head formally, took a look around, couldn't help but gasped, and was even more surprised that the ministers standing on both sides of the hall had "Prime Minister"--Zhang Shixun, "Minister of Rites" Also the governor of the Privy Council"--Xia Song, "a scholar of the Imperial Academy and governor of the Privy Council"--Fan Zhongyan, "knowledge of Yanzhou and appeasement of Huanqing Road Economic Strategy"--Fan Yong, and "Chief of the Ouchi Guards"--" "Gold and Silver Hand" Zhao Gang