Compete for the Song Dynasty

In the afternoon, two people walked out of the imperial city of Xixia. The guards at the gate recognized the one walking in front, the commander-in-chief of Feilongyuan in plain clothes, Man Chang. A person wearing a sun-shading hat and a white gown came out of the imperial city behind him. The guards felt strange but didn't dare to ask more questions.

Just after leaving the imperial city, Manchang stopped to let the man wearing the bamboo hat go first. The man wearing the bamboo hat raised his head, and under the cover of the bamboo hat was a face that had not yet completely escaped from childishness. He looked at Manchang with big eyes and asked : "General Manchang, why are you nervous?"

He could see all of this, and Manchang said "ah": "Your Majesty, the coup has just subsided, and I am worried about your safety."

Li Liangzuo, the little emperor who followed Manchang secretly out of the palace, chuckled: "Since this is the case, don't call yourself emperor, brother Man, you see that the handle of your knife is about to be crushed."

Man Chang lowered his head to look, isn't it? He has been firmly holding the handle of the knife across his waist, as if he is about to draw the knife at any time, his palms are already sweaty.He also smiled and asked: "The emperor summoned me to visit in casual clothes, where are we going?"

Li Liangzuo said unhappily: "Why is it called the emperor again? My small character is Brother Ning Ling, um~" He thought for a while and then said: "Ning Ling means joy in Chinese language, so you can call me Huanxi, let's walk on the street, and then you take me to the king's side."

Manchang smiled wryly in his heart, when will the emperor grow up?Li Liangzuo seemed relaxed, but actually forced a smile on his face. Although he was young, he knew in his heart that if he didn't pull himself together, no one would be able to save him.This time, he pretended to go to see the king on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wanted to see whether the country he governed was what the ministers usually told him.

The two of them walked through the imperial street and came to the main street of Xingqing Mansion. Li Liangzuo lowered his hat. Even if he didn't lower his hat, who would have thought that this young man in white clothes was actually the current emperor of Xixia.

Pedestrians come and go on the street, it seems that people have forgotten that Xingqing Mansion was facing a disaster just yesterday, but people heard the morning bell more clearly, knowing that everything has returned to normal.There are ragged beggars begging everywhere on the street, and the expressions of passers-by are also blank. Except for the people coming in and out of the pharmacy on the street, the fronts of other business shops are extremely deserted. Dozed off.

This scene looked boring in Li Liangzuo's eyes, he wished everyone had a smile on their faces.A few people were discussing something not far away, Li Liangzuo leaned forward.This is a divination booth, and there are several people around the booth, all asking questions or asking people.

Li Liangzuo listened with pricked ears. An elderly man was asking the owner of the stall: "It's my time, it's my time. Help me figure out if I can get back." Come?" He anxiously poked the ground with a simple wooden crutch in his hand as he spoke.

The stall owner looked up at him, and asked slowly, "Where did your son go?"

Pointing to the people beside him, the old man said, "Like them, they have not been conscripted to fight yet."

The stall owner was 50 to [-] years old. He had a dark complexion and muttered something, and then sprinkled the sheep bones engraved with the party's text on the table. There will be news in a few days."

Hearing this, the old man knelt down and covered his face and began to cry, and the people around the table were not moved.

The stall owner sighed, and Li Liangzuo felt uncomfortable watching the scene, he stretched out his hand to Chao Manchang and said, "Bring it".Manchang knew what he wanted, so he took out some small coins from his pocket.Li Liangzuo took a look, he frowned and stared at Man Chang, Man Chang Nai took out another ingot.He didn't have much with him either.Although Li Liangzuo still felt that this was too little, he reluctantly walked over and handed the money to the old man and said, "Go home and get some money, I don't know if it's enough."

The onlookers were immediately stunned by Li Liangzuo's actions, and they didn't know where such a generous young man appeared.The old man wiped away his tears, stopped his sobs and sighed: "It's not easy to live in Xixia, thank you son, my family has four sons, and now only the youngest son has a disabled leg, and it seems that he can survive."

What the old man said made Li Liangzuo even more sad. He sighed and said, "It's all the emperor's fault, there's nothing to fight!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and the old man hurriedly pulled Li Liangzuo to look around and said, "Son, keep your voice down, the officers and soldiers will turn around if they hear it." Everyone also said, "Yes, don't let anyone hear it. We're here." It seemed like none of them had heard.

Li Liangzuo thought to himself, I said I blame myself for being afraid, seeing the people are so frightened, I can't help but say: "Is the emperor so scary?"

A 50-[-]-year-old woman hurriedly said: "I don't know if the emperor is scary, but the officers and soldiers are fierce. Alas, I really can't say..." She hesitated to speak.

The proprietor of the divination stall is now busy with everyone: "Thank you, everyone. If you want to talk about it, don't talk about it in front of my stall. I am a business of eating. Thank you, thank you." He said while cleaning up the stall, I want to avoid right and wrong.

The old man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, sighed and said: "After all, the emperor is young, and they are all those damned ministers who deceive the superior and the inferior."

His words resonated immediately, and some people said: "That's right, just say that hot father and son, but damn it. The old hate the young even more, bully the market and don't do evil." [

People whispered to each other: "It's good that Ji Lalei is dead, he should be executed all over the house~"

Li Liangzuo heard people talking like this, and withdrew from the three or five people. After hearing these words, besides wanting to find Wang Pang quickly, he also remembered one thing. He asked Manchang in a low voice: "Why is Jila Lei so big?" Regarding the matter, today the court actually asked for punishment?" After asking, he saw Man Chang's expression of embarrassment, and he understood a little bit in his heart.

Ji Lalei's daughter is married to the Prime Minister of the State, and the Prime Minister of the State is also the Queen's brother. Who would dare to wade into this muddy water due to the twisted relationship.This matter should be dealt with properly after returning to the palace, he greeted Man Chang to lead the way to meet the king.When Li Liangzuo and Manchang came to the mansion, only Zhang Ping was there. Zhang Ping didn't know Li Liangzuo, but Zhang Ping knew Manchang's name. I went to Chengtian Temple every day to pray for blessings, but I haven't come back today, both of you, I will go and invite Master Wang to come back later."

Li Liangzuo didn't want to wait, he knew that Chengtian Temple was not far from the gate of Xingqing Mansion, so he asked Zhang Ping to lead the way.Man Chang was worried that it would be more dangerous to leave the gate of Xingqing Mansion, but seeing that Li Liangzuo was very determined to go, he had to follow closely with his saber in hand.

The three of them came to Chengtian Temple Chanyuan. The Zenyuan was quiet and the Chengtian Temple Pagoda stood in front of them. Zhang Ping pointed to the pagoda and said, "Young Master is on it."

Just as Manchang was about to take a step, Li Liangzuo suddenly said: "You two are waiting here, I will go up by myself."

This made Manchang very embarrassed, he frowned and asked Li Liangzuo implicitly: "This little brother, why don't you let this adult invite Wang Shilang?"

Zhang Ping was puzzled when he heard this, why Manchang was so respectful to a young man, he looked at Li Liangzuo suspiciously.But Li Liangzuo insisted: "This is my business, I will solve it myself." After speaking, he climbed up the tower alone.When he climbed to the tower, he saw Wang Pang holding a book in one hand and waving a folding fan in the other, enjoying himself in this quiet and cool place.

Wang listened to the sound of footsteps and someone went up the pagoda. He looked up and saw that a person had come up to him. When the person took off his bamboo hat, it turned out to be Li Liangzuo, the emperor of Xixia.This somewhat surprised Wang Pang, he put down the book in his hand, saluted and said: "Just send someone to tell me to enter the palace today, why come here in person."

Li Liangzuo smiled wryly, when I called you into the palace, you didn't say anything, didn't you force me to come?He held the hand next to the king to salute and said: "I am here, so I am not the emperor. What do you Han people do? You are sworn brothers, right? The elder brother will be worshiped by the younger brother!"

Speaking of which, Li Liangzuo actually bowed to salute Wang Pang, which surprised Wang Pang. How did Li Liangzuo think of it? If Song Guo knew about it, let alone Wang Pang, he belonged to Wang Anshi's family. Don't even want your head.

He hurriedly stopped Li Liangzuo and said, "Oh, you're making me lose my life!"

Li Liangzuo laughed loudly, pointed to the blue sky outside the tower and said, "God knows the matter of you and I being sworn brothers. The younger brother will never let the older brother do something difficult!"

Wang Pang still waved his hands and said: "Look at you and me, one is the lord of Xixia, and the other is the minister of the Song Dynasty. You are my lord for your country. In the future, it will inevitably be for their own interests. It will hurt the peace at that time." .”

Although Wang Bang thought it was a good thing, he couldn't bear it.

Seeing Wang Pang's resignation, Li Liangzuo frowned and stared at him and said, "Is it possible that I, the Emperor of Xixia, am not worthy to be your brother? If you don't agree, I will tell the world and force you to agree to it You have to agree, and you have to agree if you disagree!"

This is terrible, Wang Pang just wanted to settle the matter of Xixia trade smoothly, but he didn't expect to make things worse.

"Okay, okay, you can say it, the matter of you and I being sworn brothers is only known by heaven and earth, do you understand what you said jokingly?" Wang Bang was also a little anxious.

Li Liangzuo tilted his head and looked at Wang Pang, not to mention that Wang Pang was really admired by him, not to mention that it was thanks to Wang Pang that he recovered his life.He said loudly: "I understand this, and I also know that I worship you for our country. You are my elder brother, and you will teach me how to govern the country. And you have to tell me how to deal with your negotiations, so that I can be the leader of the Xixia Kingdom." More favorable!"

Wang Pang also heard it, shaking his head like a rattle: "This is not good, I am from the Song Dynasty, and the condition is that I made it. I can't deny myself. If you let me stand in your position, you can tell the world. I'll just jump off the tower." After speaking, he walked towards the railing of the tower.My heart said, boy, you dare to force me to death when you leave the palace in a low-level suit.

Li Liangzuo really pulled Wang Pang and said: "My good brother, I am convinced. You just need to teach me how to govern the country. As for the matter of discussion, we stand on our own positions and discuss it carefully, isn't it okay?"