The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 238

Lu Duan's work efficiency is still very high. A day later, he investigated the situation of the Southern Tang people and the Song soldier.

"The Southern Tang commoner is Zheng San. He is an out-and-out commoner. He is the only one in the family. The soldier is Han Qing. He is from Luoyang. He has been in the barracks for three years and has not done anything bad. His family There's no one else."

After Lu Duan told these investigations, he looked at Liu Wei, who frowned deeply, and said, "Does Master Lu feel strange?"

"Yes, Zheng San, a commoner in the Southern Tang Dynasty, has always been a very law-abiding person. How could he suddenly go to the street to insult Han Qing?"

Liu Wei nodded with a smile: "Yes, a very ordinary person, why did he suddenly make such an unexpected move, unless he is not an ordinary person at all."

"My lord means that someone has hidden Zheng San's situation."

Liu Wei nodded: "This is not difficult."

"This……"

"I'm afraid we won't be able to find anything from the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Let's check from our side. It is impossible for Han Qing to leave some clues after he has been in the barracks for three years."

After Liu Wei finished speaking, Lu Duan showed embarrassment.

"What, do you have any questions?"

"My lord, the official has already investigated Han Qing's situation, but nothing new has been discovered."

Liu Wei frowned slightly, then showed a slight smile, then whispered in Lu Duan's ear, and then said: "Go, tell our soldiers, whoever can provide information, I will reward him with a hundred copper coins , Give him another level up."

With joy on Lu Duan's face, he responded again and again.

After Lu Duan released Liu Wei's reward, the Song Dynasty military camps suddenly boiled over. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you grasp it, you will have both money and power.

Rumors spread slowly in the barracks, and everyone has their own thoughts.

It's just that after three days like this, no one is willing to reveal the news to Liu Wei. Zhan Qing and Lu Duan are a little anxious, but Liu Wei is still calm, but he ordered people to increase the reward to two hundred guan.

And at this time, people in the capital of Song Dynasty suddenly received several letters, and these letters were sent to the capital in a hurry.

After Jin Wang received the letter, he was immediately angry.

"Southern Tang is really abominable. He actually let my soldiers of the Great Song crash to death on the main hall. This Liu Wei didn't send any news to the capital. Could it be that he just let my soldiers of the Great Song crash to death on the main hall of the Southern Tang?"

King Jin said so, and handed the letter to Su Tong to read. After Su Tong read it, his brows were slightly condensed, but he was still able to remain calm.

"Maybe Liu Wei's letter is not as fast as ours."

King Jin snorted coldly: "Why not as fast as us, I think that Liu Wei is afraid of being punished, and wants to hide this matter, no, this king will go to the palace to face the saint, and report this matter to the saint."

"My lord, you can't." Su Tongkan suddenly stopped King Jin.

King Jin was taken aback, and said, "Mr. Su, why not?"

"Won't the prince's departure expose the fact that we have sent someone to secretly watch Liu Wei?"

"This... is this king's shortness of breath, or the gentleman reminded me."

Su looked at it and smiled, and said again: "I'm afraid this kind of thing can't be concealed, but Liu Wei didn't report it to the imperial court. It seems that there is something wrong with it, and if our Great Song Dynasty is here to attack Nantang , Where does the lord let my more than 1 Song soldiers go, they are going deep alone."

King Jin was taken aback again, and after a long time he let out a long sigh: "Mister reminded me very well, it's just... just we don't do anything?"

"It's okay, since we can't hide this matter, the Holy One will know sooner or later."

While Su Tongkan was talking with King Jin, Zhao Tingmei also received the same letter at King Wei's mansion.

After receiving the letter, he frowned slightly, and was at a loss for a while. Originally, he didn't like Liu Wei very much. He would be happy if Liu Wei could really die in Southern Tang, but he knew very well that this letter If the contents of the letter were read by the Holy Majesty, he would be furious, and a war with Nantang would be inevitable.

But can the current Song Dynasty still fight against the Southern Tang Dynasty?

He is a member of the Privy Council, and he is very clear about the current military strength of the Song Dynasty. Half of the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty are guarding against the Liao people and the Northern Han Dynasty in the north, and now there is a Xixia in the west. The troops are scattered and can compete with the Southern Tang Dynasty. There were not many soldiers in World War I.

The most important thing is that if the Great Song Dynasty fights against the Southern Tang Dynasty, the enemies in the northwest will definitely take advantage of it.

Although he wanted to seize the throne, he didn't want the Great Song Dynasty established by the Zhao family to be disintegrated like this.

"Call Chen Qing."

Not long after, Chen Qing entered King Wei's study, saluted, and said, "I don't know why the prince called his subordinates down?"

King Wei handed the letter to Chen Qing: "Look at it, and then give me an idea."

Chen Qing already knew this news from his brother Chen Chen, but he still read it carefully. After reading it like this, he couldn't help but angrily said: "The people of the Southern Tang Dynasty are really deceiving people. Soldiers smashed to death on the main hall, this... this is really abominable."

It was rare for Chen Qing to show such anger, which surprised King Wei: "What's your idea?"

"My lord, this matter is of great importance, I'm afraid I must report it to the Holy Majesty as soon as possible."

"But... but now it's not appropriate for Great Song Dynasty to start a war with Southern Tang Dynasty."

"What is the prince worried about?"

"Great Song is currently short of troops, and it is not a big deal to win against Southern Tang."

Chen Qing nodded, but said: "If the prince just wants to be a prince of the Song Dynasty, it is understandable to have such considerations, but if the prince is ambitious, it is not appropriate to do this. How about the singing and dancing of the Song Dynasty, the current emperor is stable Sitting on the throne, how can the prince become a dragon among men?" At this point, Chen Qing suddenly lowered his voice: "It is only in troubled times that heroes can be made, why the current emperor can become the ninety-five king is not due to the blessings of troubled times."

Chen Qing's words suddenly hit Wei Wang's heart, yes, if Song Dynasty develops and stabilizes like this, when will he be able to ascend to the throne of God?Only in troubled times can he have a chance.
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In the early morning of the next day, King Wei told the story of the Song soldiers being killed in the Southern Tang Hall.

He didn't have to think about how to know this like King Jin did. He was the envoy of the Privy Council, and most of the soldiers who followed Lu Duan were brought out by him. It was normal for them to report the news to King Wei.

And just after King Wei finished speaking, Chen Chen immediately stood up and said: "My lord, the Southern Tang Dynasty is really deceiving people. First, they slandered our soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty for killing innocent people, and then forced our soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty to crash and die in front of their hall. Come on, this kind of humiliation, if I, Da Song, haven't acted, I'm afraid it will be ridiculous."

When Wei Wang and Chen Chen said this, other ministers in the court also expressed their anger and demanded to teach Nan Tang a lesson.

Zhao Kuangyin sat high in the main hall, but he seemed very calm. He also received the news yesterday that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty crashed into the Southern Tang main hall, and last night he brought Zhao Puxuan into the palace overnight to discuss.

The two decided after such discussions that it was not appropriate to go to war, and they could only order Liu Wei to put pressure on the Southern Tang Dynasty and ask the Southern Tang court to give them an explanation from the Great Song court.

It's just that Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help frowning when he saw how angry the officials were, and didn't know what to do for a while.

If he does not send troops, it will appear that he is cowardly as a holy majesty, and will make all the officials and people in the world sad and disappointed, but if there is a war, it will be an uncertain war.

Just when Zhao Kuangyin was in a difficult situation, King Jin suddenly stood up and said, "My lord, my Song soldier crashed and died on the main hall of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Great Song shouldn't do too much action, don't forget, our Great Song has more than 1 soldiers and horses still in the territory of Southern Tang, do we want us to sacrifice them?"

After King Jin's words, all the officials were silent. Although they felt that the Southern Tang was too deceitful, who dared to say that they would sacrifice more than 1 horses casually?

Who said that Zhao Kuangyin dared to kill anyone, that was the elite of their Great Song Dynasty.

However, just because they didn't open their mouths to talk about the crusade against the Southern Tang Dynasty, it didn't mean they would give up casually.

"What the king of Jin said is indeed reasonable. There are more than 1 people in my Great Song Dynasty. They can't just fold in like this. Even if we want to start a war with the Southern Tang Dynasty, we have to wait for them to withdraw. However, our soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty When such things happened in the Tang Dynasty, Master Liu Weiliu, the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, concealed it and did not report it, what is his intention?"

For a long time, Liu Wei was the only thing Pan Mei wanted to deal with, so when everyone was silent, he aimed at Liu Wei.

As an envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, Liu Wei was humiliated by a soldier of the Great Song Dynasty in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but he concealed it and did not report it. This is a serious crime.

Pan Mei's power in the court is not weak. As soon as he opened his mouth, someone immediately attacked Liu Wei.Ask Zhao Kuangyin to recall Liu Wei and deal with it severely.

Seeing this, Zhao Pu already understood Pan Mei's intentions, but how could they recall Liu Wei before the Nantang matter was resolved?Doesn't the recall of Liu Wei indicate that a war between the Song Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty is inevitable?

Because Liu Wei came back, the mission he led must also come back, and the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty left the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it was time for this war to break out.

"Your Majesty, this happened only a few days ago. Maybe Lord Liu's memorial has not been delivered to the capital. Maybe Lord Liu thinks there is something suspicious about it, so it is possible to report it to the court after finding out. The son-in-law of the Great Song Dynasty is dedicated to our Great Song Dynasty, and please rest assured that the Holy Majesty will let him handle the affairs of the Southern Tang Dynasty."

After Zhao Pu said this, the King of Jin also quickly followed suit. No matter what, it is not appropriate for the Song Dynasty to go to war with the Southern Tang Dynasty. Even if he, the King of Jin, has doubts about Liu Wei, he must help Liu Wei keep the position of the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty. .

The prime minister and the prince have said so, what other opinions can other people have?
(End of this chapter)