Compete for the Song Dynasty

Li Xili heard that Manbaa had returned to Xingqing Mansion, so he came to visit Master Manbaa's mansion early in the morning. In terms of official status, one of them is the emperor's brother, and the other is a general who protects the country. .But Li Xili's respect for Man Baa goes far beyond that.

Manbaa has a deep friendship with the Yeli family. When the Yeli family was in decline, most of the court officials were afraid to avoid Li Xili.But there is a saying that Li Xili understands deeply, when you are in glory, your friends know who you are; when you are down, you know who your friends are.

For Liang Luoyao and Liang Yibu's father Liang Zuowei, while Li Xili is grateful, he also knows Liang Zuowei's deep intentions.But if there was no General Man Baa at that time, Liang Zuowei alone would not be enough to protect Li Xili.It can be seen how important Man Baa is to Li Xili.

Man Baa was about to send someone to find Li Xili, but when he saw him coming, she let Li Xili take a seat, and asked straight to the point: "Xili, you invited the king who came from Song Dynasty."

Li Xili was taken aback for a moment, Manbaa only returned to Xingqing Mansion yesterday, so she knew Wang Pang so soon.He hurriedly said: "Exactly, I don't know why Master Man would ask such a question?" [

In front of Man Baa, Li Xili was more like a frail scholar. He looked at the old general in front of him with some awe.Seeing him asking about Wang Pang, he couldn't help worrying whether Wang Pang had some old grudges with Man Baa.Thinking about Wang Pang's only [-] years old and coming to Xixia for the first time, there may not be any old grievances, but I'm afraid it will cause some trouble again?

Seeing Li Xili's suspicious expression, Man Baa laughed loudly, and said in his bell-like voice: "Don't worry, Xili, this young man did the right thing. I didn't expect Song Guo to have such a talent, but I don't know this person Any official position in Song State?"

Li Xili didn't dare to hide anything, so he said: "Wang Pang was just a businessman in the Song Dynasty, but he founded "Cloud Extraction", which attracted the admiration of some people who like Sinology. He has no official position, but..."

He paused to look at Manbaa and said, "However, it is said that his father is an official of Song State, and Wang Pang himself is also loved by Zhao Zhen, the current emperor of Song State."

Manbaa said disdainfully: "Oh, that's nothing, and he's not an enemy general leading troops to fight. I think this kid is quite likable." I naturally like the vigor and bloodiness next to me.What's more, looking back this time, he also intends to stay in the court and consolidate his power.

Li Xili asked: "Could it be that Master Man has seen Wang Pang?" Man Baa told Li Xili what he saw on the street yesterday, and finally said: "I think this young man is a bit fierce."

Hearing what Man Baa said, Li Xili couldn't help being nervous for the king. This Ji La Lei relied on his daughter to marry Liang Yibu, and now he is arrogant in the court, and his son Ji La Qing is young, but he doesn't care about it all day long. Academically, how could Wang Pang have a grudge against him.But seeing that Man Baa has a good impression of Wang Pang, he hurriedly said: "Wang Pang is a commoner, and coming to Xixia is just a cultural exchange between Fan and Han. Since Master Man has a good impression of this person, why don't I invite him to meet him. how?"

This is exactly what Manbaa was thinking, Li Xili left Manbaa mansion, thinking about it as he walked, originally he wanted to lead Wang Pang directly to the queen, but this Wang Pang's idea was true, every day he would give speeches, or It's food and wine explaining the tea ceremony, ignoring Li Xili's thoughts at all.

It seems that Wang Pang didn't want to cooperate with him, Li Xili didn't complain about Wang Pang, he was also hesitating, and Wang Pang treated him with courtesy.Sometimes Li Xili can't tell the difference between him and Wang Pang, who is the host and who is the guest, and gradually he feels that Wang Pang's actions are very reasonable.

Thinking of this, Li Xilinai laughed secretly, at least he is seven or eight years older than Wang Pang, and he is not as considerate as Wang Pang when he encounters problems.He looked up and saw that he had reached the gate of Guanyi, and saw three or five people waiting there.When the shopkeeper saw Li Xili coming, he quickly took out a few famous cards, "Master Li, this is the schedule arranged by the prince for tomorrow, please have a look."

Li Xili had to look over who the king saw and didn't see. This was a courtesy and a rule.Since Wang Pang was invited by Li Xili to come here for Wang Pang's itinerary in Xia Kingdom, Li Xili would naturally accompany him throughout the trip, and no one would be seen except Wang Pang's rest that day, so it happened that Li Xili was also taking a breather and arranging some of his own affairs.

Li Xili took a look, but there was still no arrangement to meet the Prime Minister.He murmured in his heart, originally he wanted to persuade Wang Pang, otherwise Liang would definitely think that he was obstructing it, but thinking that Man Baa would also see Wang Pang today, from Li Xili's psychology, he naturally favored Man Baa.

After reading the famous post, Li Xili said: "Just follow the arrangement of the prince." He walked into Guanyi and went to the guest room on the second floor to find the king.

When Wang Pang saw Li Xili coming, he knew it was Li Xili's personal matter.So he asked Cai Jing to take out the tea he brought from his luggage and entertain Li Xili.Cai Jing fetched water to make tea, and quietly told Wang Pang that the tea he brought with him was running out.Wang Pang knew that besides this, the other thing was that Cai Jing wanted to go back to Bianjing.

In fact, Wang Pang himself was somewhat homesick, and it had been almost two months since he left this trip.Fast forward to the twelfth lunar month now, it is estimated that this year will be over in Xixia after such a delay, so it is no wonder that Cai Jing wants to go back.But don't be in a hurry, you have already stayed for so many days, if you go back like this, the king will be unwilling.Besides, he knew that it was one thing not to leave in Xingqing Mansion, but it was another thing if he saw Liang Yibu's famous post now, and left just like that if he didn't see it.

Hearing that Manbaa wanted to see him, Wang Pang readily agreed. Wang Pang had heard of Manbaa's reputation for a long time. He was a general in Xixia, and he was honest in the Xixia Kingdom. It is indeed from fighting on the battlefield all the year round.

Li Xili was entrusted by Manbaa to ask Wang Pang, seeing that Wang Pang agreed happily, he immediately sent his followers to report back to Manbaa, Manbaa was also impatient, so he decided to invite Wang Pang to a dinner that day, and Wang Pang saw that Manbaa was right It was a polite way in the officialdom, but during the dinner, Wang Pang learned that Li Liangzuo would return to Xingqing Mansion in the near future.

At the same time, there was another person who inquired about Wang Pang, Ji Laqing, whose throat was slashed by Wang Pang on the street. He bowed his head at his brother-in-law Liang Yibu's house, listening to his brother-in-law's reprimand.

But Liang Yibu didn't dare to say it too harshly when he said it was a reprimand, at most it was useless.Liang Yi buried himself in his heart: wishing he could beat Wang Pang to death in the street at Jilaqing, so that he would save himself from doing it.Besides, Wang Pang really didn't give himself face, Liang Yi didn't know where to send his anger. [

Seeing that Liang Yibu didn't say anything anymore, Ji Laqing squeezed his small eyes and said, "Brother-in-law, this kid is so ungrateful, how about finding someone to kill him after he leaves Xingqing Mansion?"

Liang Yibu patted the table: "You bastard, the king is the messenger who came to communicate. If something happens in Xixia, can you take it?" Ji Laqing immediately shut up and lowered his head.He was not convinced that a Song countryman dared to embarrass himself in Xingqing Mansion.

Liang Yibu saw his thoughts, pointed at him and said: "I warn you, don't say that you embarrass you, even if you embarrass me, there is nothing you can do."

He had just finished speaking when he heard two coughs, and Ji Lalei appeared at the door with a Chen-like face.Naturally, no one dared to stop the father-in-law from going in and out. Ji Lalei heard that his son was disgraceful on the street, and seeing that Ji Laqing hadn't returned home for a long time, he guessed that he must have run to his brother-in-law for help.I usually don't care about teaching, and I thought that Ji Laqing might have done something wrong, but when he heard what his son-in-law said, Ji Lalei couldn't hold back.

Liang Yibu hurriedly got up and came to greet his father-in-law. Ji Lalei walked in front of Ji Laqing, glared at him, and then said: "What the Prime Minister said just now, is it because I think the old man is teaching his son?"

Liang Yibu heard his father-in-law addressing him as Prime Minister, knowing that the old man was angry, and hurriedly said: "What did my father-in-law say? It's just that Wang Pang, you don't know, because of his own cleverness, he can do whatever he wants in Song Dynasty. Now It’s a guest, and the two countries are fighting each other without killing each other, not to mention that now the trade is blocked, if there is a chance to trade, it’s a big plan, how can it hurt the big plan to fight for things for this kid’s family.”

Ji Laqing interjected aggrievedly: "He obviously didn't pay attention to our Xixia Kingdom..." Before he finished speaking, Ji Lalei shouted, "Shut up!" Not academic is very annoying, but fortunately Ji Laqing prefers martial arts, although he lost to Wang Pang today, it was because he was too careless to underestimate the enemy. Among the descendants of the Fan people, Ji Laqing practiced martial arts better than ordinary children.

This also made Ji Laqing even more domineering, especially as Ji Lai knew that Ji Laqing loved swords as much as Muzang, and he would compare swords with others when he had nothing to do. So the major gave the Tibetan knife that he didn't hide to his brother-in-law.

After Ji Lalei scolded his son, he turned to look at his son-in-law Liang Yibu: "Then there is nothing the Prime Minister can do. Have you taught this kid a lesson?"

"This..." Liang Yibu knew that Wang Pang had offended his father-in-law this time, but now that his younger sister wanted to see Wang Pang, he didn't know what the Queen's younger sister was going to do.So he said: "Now there is a decree, if you want to see this king, it is not easy to disobey."

Ji Lalei sneered: "Emperor Yizong will soon return to Xingqing Mansion, if Wang Pang surprises Shengjia, I, Yi Weisi, don't care who he is."

Hearing what his father-in-law said, Liang Yibu's heart moved. He leaned over and whispered something in his father-in-law's ear, and then his father-in-law nodded and smiled.Liang Yibu not only wanted to preserve the prestige of his queen sister, but also taught Wang Pang Rang Da Song Guoyu. At this time, he and Ji Lalei made a plan to surprise Wang Pang and assassinate the queen in disguise.Even if Wang Pang can't be killed this time, he won't let him go back to Song State with his whole body.

While discussing the plan, someone came to report Liang Yibu, and Wang Pang was invited to Manbaa's mansion.Ji Lalei frowned, if Manbaa asked Li Liangzuo to be next to the king, this matter would be difficult, he asked Liang Yibu: "My son-in-law, this matter only has two days, we have to rush the emperor back Before, he was caught for the crime of breaking into the inner palace."