Compete for the Song Dynasty

Wang Pang read Liu Yongnian's letter and burned it immediately, but no one saw any change in Wang Pang's expression.

After crossing Langya Mountain, it was already dark, so Wang Pang sent soldiers to deliver a letter to the magistrate of Baozhou, and ordered everyone to stay at Guanyi in Xinjia Town.

The shopkeeper saw that these people were not young and did not dare to neglect them, so he quickly ordered Xiaoer to arrange soldiers and horses, and greeted the five people next to Wang himself.He said with a smile all over his face, "Which one of the masters is Wang Shilang?"

He Li Bo stepped forward and said, "This is our young master."

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "You guys have something to eat down there first, and I'll prepare a place for you guys to live in."[

Wang Pang saw that the inn was quite big, but there was no one there, so he couldn't help being surprised, so he asked the shopkeeper, "Why is there no customer in this inn?"

The shopkeeper quickly explained: "Our lord prefect knows that you will arrive in two days, so he specially ordered to reserve the post station and not entertain strangers."

Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Wang Bian thought that it is common to arrange accommodation on the way to the state capital, so he found a table and sat down, greeted a few people and said, "Come on, everyone is hungry too, let's have something to eat first." .”

Wang Pang looked at the four people around him. Zhe Kejun was the oldest and calm in his work. He walked around the mansion before entering the mansion, and now he also returned to his seat; Ribo is the most forthright and speaks the loudest.Zhang Ping is about the same age as Han Derong.

He Libo yelled: "Xiaoer, serve the wine!" Xiaoer came over with a jar of wine, set the bowl and poured the wine into his mouth, saying: "Gentlemen take it slow!"

Han Derong had heard that Wang Pang was a young man, and heard that Liu Zhifu often mentioned Wang Pang. Today he saw that Wang Pang was indeed a young hero, so he raised his wine bowl and said: "Today, I am grateful for being taken in by Wang Shilang. Follow Wang Shilang around, come, please!" After speaking, he raised his neck and drank a bowl of wine.

"Okay!" Seeing that Han Derong was young, but also a bold man, several people couldn't help applauding.

Zhang Ping picked up the bowl and said to Han Derong: "Wang Shilang treats people peacefully and has no official airs at all. You are following the right person. From now on, we will live and die together with Wang Shilang. This life is worth it."

Han Derong quickly said: "Ever since I heard my uncle talk about Wang Shilang's attack on the Liao people, I especially admire Wang Shilang."

"Your uncle?" Zhang Ping asked strangely.

When Han Derong saw that he had slipped his mouth, he smiled embarrassedly: "To tell you the truth, the magistrate Liu is my uncle, and I'm just working in the magistrate's yamen! You don't know, Wang Shilang gave my uncle a trick at the beginning of the year to make Liao They secretly cut down the wood in our Great Song Kingdom and set it on fire."

Zhe Kejun and Zhang Ping didn't know that at this moment, Zhang Ping opened his mouth wide: "Ah!"

Wang Pang smiled slightly. Seeing the excitement Han Derong said, he already expected that there would be no problem in coping.Han Derong said unhappily: "The Liao Kingdom sent envoys to Daizhou to ask for the arsonists. My uncle told me that the affairs in Song State are related to your Liao State. Haha, the Liao State envoy had nothing to say at that time." Han Derong Clapping and laughing while talking.

He Libo thought for a while, and remembered that there seemed to be such a thing when he went to Xixia to practice for the king in Jinxiulou, so he asked Han Derong: "Is your uncle Liu Tuanlian from Shanzhou?"

Han Derong said: "Oh, that's right. My uncle couldn't forget that he couldn't do anything at that time, so he went to ask Wang Shilang for advice. By the way, Uncle Wang Shilang asked me to hand over that letter specifically, and told me to tell you to be more careful."

When he said this, everyone was happy for Wang Pang at first, and then remembered that Wang Pang had burned the letter, and they all looked at Wang Pang. There is news that there may be civil strife in the Liao Kingdom, so we must be extremely cautious during this trip.”

There is a reason for him to say that. Liu Yongnian's secret letter today not only confirmed the recruitment of Liao Emperor Yelu Zongyuan, but also specifically asked Wang Pang to meet the prefect of Baozhou. It seems that the prefect of Baozhou knows better. details.

Seeing Xiao Er coming to refill the wine, Wang Pang asked, "This Xiao Er, who is the current magistrate of your Baozhou?"

Xiao Er said while pouring wine: "Our magistrate has been in office for several months, and his surname is Yue!"

Wang Pang thought to himself that he didn't know many people surnamed Yue, and he didn't know which official it was, so he asked, "Do you know the name of your magistrate? Where did you work?"

Xiao Er hurriedly replied: "I heard that the magistrate used to be in Chenzhou. I don't know the name, but we all know that the magistrate Yue just had a precious son and named him Yue He."

When Wang Pang heard the name Yue He, he seemed to have heard of it somewhere. After thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly thought of it. He slapped the table and laughed: "Great! Brother He, you are in trouble."

Wang Pang laughed for no other reason. He suddenly remembered a very famous person, that is, the famous anti-gold general Yue Fei.Hundreds of years later, who doesn't know: "Mother-in-law tattoos, serve the country faithfully", Wang Pang once read a book by chance. In novels and some literary works, Yue Fei lost his father when he was young because of the flood of the Yellow River. Mothers raise people.In fact, Yue Fei returned to the army for the funeral at the age of 22 because his father Yue He died of illness.Regarding this matter, Wang Pang went to check it out.

He Libo was taken aback by what Wang Pang said, holding his wine bowl in a daze: "Trouble, what trouble."

Wang Pang thought about it, there are quite a lot of people with the same name in the world, this Yue He may not be the father of Yue Fei in the future, but anyway, the prefect Yue of Baozhou wants to meet himself, because the surname Yue came from Chenzhou, he must It was none other than Yue Li back then.

Wang Pang was very happy. Seeing He Libo's dazed look, Wang Pang smiled and said, "I said you are troublesome. It is you who are troublesome in naming your child. What's the matter? Brother, have you decided on my nephew's name?"

He Libo laughed and said, "I've thought about it a long time ago, it's called Wu Yashu."

When Wang Pang heard that Wanyan Aguda was not called, he was relieved this time, but he suddenly became confused again.He remembered that in his previous life, he had read "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" written by Jin Daxia several times. In it, when Xiao Feng was fighting the black bear, he met Wanyan Agu. Later, Yelu Hongji was captured by Xiao Feng. Yelu Hongji was also a man, and the two became sworn brothers.

When Xiao Feng and Yelu Hongji returned to the Liao Kingdom, it happened that the emperor's grand uncle rebelled, Xiao Feng's ten thousand horse army made great contributions and quelled the rebellion.Thinking that the king was confused, could it be that the Jurchen of the Liao Kingdom already had Wanyan Aguda, or the He Libo in front of him was not Aguda's father Wanyan impeached Libo?

Wang Pang thought to himself: Daxia Jin is the idol of his generation, he dare not say that Daxia Jin is confused, but what Jin Daxia wrote at that time was just a kind of cool writing.Thinking of Wang Pang's self-deprecating smile, a novel is a novel, so why should it be true?

Wang Pang thought about this and nodded and smiled. He Libo thought that he agreed with Wang Pang for his child, but Zhang Ping asked in puzzlement: "This name is so strange. Why did Brother He name the child instead of Wu?"

Seeing that the matter has come to this point, He Libo did not conspire and said: "To tell you the truth, this is the Jurchen of the Liao Kingdom, whose original name is Wanyan Libo, this time I went to accompany my brother to the Liao Kingdom, and I also took the opportunity to visit relatives. .”

Seeing He Libo's frankness, Wang Pang said to the three guards, Zhe Kejun, Zhang Ping, and Han Derong: "Brother He and I are brothers born like this, I already knew about this."

Zhe Kejun and the others saw what Wang Pang said, and hurriedly picked up the wine and said, "It turns out that Brother He (Brother He) is from the Liao Kingdom, so I'm sorry!" Zhang Ping even said with a smile: "This time we will follow the son as an envoy. Liao Kingdom, after finishing the business, Brother He can be our guide."

He Libo said "definitely" and looked at Wang Pang. He kept thinking about what Wang Pang just said about Yelu Chongyuan's rebellion. Seeing Zhang Ping and Han Derong talking again, he asked Wang Pang in a low voice. : "Brother, it seems that my letter from home is real. But who sent it?"

Wang Pang was very calm. The truth didn't seem to be that important, but He Libo's family letter became more and more interesting. "Brother He, don't worry. This time we have arrived in Liao Kingdom. Big brother will go to your brother first. If you have any news, go to us. Now you follow us, the journey is slow, why don't you go ahead tomorrow."

"Okay! Just listen to brother. I'll go to investigate first tomorrow morning. I'll toast brother." He Libo finished talking and drank the bowl of wine.

Early in the morning of the second day, He Libo rode on his horse to bid farewell to Wang Pang and others and set off on their way first.Wang Pang and the others came to the capital of the first county in Baozhou, and the magistrate really came to welcome Wang Pang in person.Wang Bang was very happy when he saw Zhifu Yue, isn't this the same Yue Li who suppressed the bandits together in Chenzhou back then.

Yue Li has met Wang Pang, and after not seeing Wang Pang for a few years, he is already a fourth-rank servant, and he himself was promoted to the magistrate. Meeting an old friend in a foreign country is one of the four great joys in life.He specifically asked Wang Pang to stay in Baozhou for one more day, and Wang Pang readily agreed.

That night, a distinguished guest came to Wang Pang's residence, Guan Yi. The magistrate Yue Li went out in plain clothes and came to Guan Yi in person.

Wang Pang let Yue Li into the guest room, Yue Li said a few polite words, he looked at the guards next to Wang, he seemed to have something to say.Wang Pang signaled Zhe Kejun and others to retreat.Yue Li sat down and said, "Ruo, you are going to be in big trouble!" [

Looks like things are in trouble?It's still a big trouble, it's better that Yue Li won't come to Guanyi to find him in person, let alone wait for himself to retreat from the surrounding people before asking.Wang Pang asked in a low voice: "Brother Yue, why did you say that?"

Yue Li asked anxiously: "How on earth did you offend the present prince? You must be sent to Liao as an envoy. There is a big event here."

Wang Pang had already guessed that the prince must be related to this matter, otherwise why did Wang Pang make the "Yunjie" magazine specifically emphasize that the trip was made by the prince.He pretended to be confused and thought for a while and said: "The crown prince is also interested in my talent, so he let me go to Liao Kingdom as an envoy."

Yue Li stomped anxiously: "You stupid brother! If you didn't offend the prince, how could the prince's people say: If you tell the prince about the relationship between He Libo, Wanyan's younger brother, and Wang Pang, it will be a great achievement item?"