The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 285
The summer wind is getting hotter and hotter.

The city of Bianjing seems to have never been peaceful.

After King Jin's carriage left Kaifeng Mansion, it quickly disappeared at the entrance of the street.

And not long after King Jin's carriage left, a commoner who was walking in front of the Kaifeng mansion suddenly quickened his pace and changed his walking direction.

After about half a stick of incense, someone somewhere in the capital got the news.

The carriage turned a few streets and entered a relatively remote street. There were not many pedestrians on the street, and the road seemed a bit narrow. What was even more annoying was that a few vendors had almost placed their stalls in the middle of the road.

The coachman frowned slightly, and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way, everyone, do you know who is sitting in the carriage?"

The voice of the coachman resounded on the street. Those vendors glanced at each other, then backed away again and again. The coachman was a little proud: "Don't occupy the road in the future, or I will tell the people in the Street Department that I will give you all." grab it..."

The coachman was reprimanding those traders, a sneer suddenly appeared on the corners of their mouths, and then they rushed towards the carriage frantically.

A trader even slashed with a knife, as if he didn't mind who was in the carriage.

And just when these people rushed forward, a sharp sword suddenly struck, and the sword broke the wrist of one of the traders.

The traders were stunned for a moment, knowing that they had been duped, they didn't want to fight, and wanted to flee immediately, but at this time, a dozen government servants rushed out from both sides of the street and surrounded them.

The leader is Liu Wei, followed by Daniu and Zhan Qing, and the person in the carriage just now is Wei Ping.

Liu Wei walked very slowly, after he stepped forward a few steps, he said coldly: "You are really brave enough to assassinate the prince."

Several vendors looked at each other, and then shouted loudly: "Fight."

As soon as they shouted to fight, their attack became much heavier. For a while, the sound of fighting in the small street was endless, and Liu Wei was also calm. He just watched these people fighting, and said something to Zhan Qing from time to time, and waited. After Liu Wei finished speaking, Zhan Qing suddenly made a move.

Zhan Qing's attack was quick, and he immediately subdued a man, a man with a wretched appearance and a slightly short stature.

Seeing that he was arrested, the man wanted to commit suicide, but Zhan Qing grabbed his neck, and he couldn't even think about committing suicide.

The fight didn't last long. After half a stick of incense, the only assassin left was the man caught by Zhan Qing. Of course, most of the others committed suicide, and few were killed by the yamen servants.

And the man who was arrested was carefully selected by Liu Wei. During the fight just now, this man showed a little timidity, and a timid person is the easiest to reveal secrets.

"Go back to Kaifeng Mansion."

A group of people rushed to Kaifeng Mansion. On the way, Zhan Qing said to Liu Wei: "Master Liu, you are really amazing. You used a trick to lure out the people behind the scenes."

Liu Wei smiled slightly. In fact, he didn't know who was behind the scenes at all, but when he checked the corpse, he found that the two groups of assassins might not belong to the same behind-the-scenes, so he just had to pretend to know who was behind the scenes, then the two The group of assassins must think that Liu Wei really caught another group of people.

In this way, when things subside, their purpose will not be achieved.

There was no way to achieve their goal, so they could only attack again. For this reason, Liu Wei asked Wei Ping to pretend to be King Jin to lure these people out.

Judging from the current situation, Liu Wei is undoubtedly successful.

After entering the Kaifeng mansion, King Jin and Su saw that they were already waiting, and there was nothing unusual on their expressions. Seeing Liu Wei had caught the assassin, they quickly praised him. Liu Wei expressed his humility, and then The interrogation begins.

Liu Wei's interrogation methods have always been vicious, and the person he chose was afraid of death, so the interrogation was clear very quickly. After the matter was cleared, both King Jin and Liu Wei felt that the situation was serious, so they didn't hesitate anymore , hurried to the palace.
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In the imperial study room, Zhao Kuangyin looked very bad.

However, he did not speak in a hurry, but looked at King Jin and Liu Wei and asked, "What did the two Aiqings investigate?"

Liu Wei nodded, and said: "Your Majesty, we have made a clear investigation. The people who sent people to assassinate King Jin and King Wei were Liao assassins, and their purpose of doing this was to buy time for their Liao Kingdom and to let us focus on In investigating this matter, they ignore what happened in their Liao Kingdom."

After Liu Wei finished speaking, Zhao Kuangyin was not very surprised. He even handed Liu Wei a memorial: "Look at the battle report from ahead."

Liu Wei frowned slightly, and hurriedly opened the memorial to read, only to see that the Li Yin Mission passed by Qinshi Town on the way back to China, where they looted and killed more than [-] people of the Great Song Dynasty. .

At the same time, Emperor Yeluxian of the Liao Kingdom sent Yeluqi to lead [-] Liao cavalry to wantonly plunder the towns on the border of the Song Dynasty, and the border was in danger.

After reading the memorial, Liu Wei's heart sank slightly. He finally understood the intention of the Liao people. It turned out that they had no intention of peace talks at all. The reason why they agreed to Da Song's conditions was to leave Da Song safely.

After Liu Wei read the memorial, Zhao Kuangyin said coldly again: "The news came from my spies that there was a drought in Liao Kingdom this year. The grasslands have been barren. Many cattle and sheep are dying of thirst. They plundered the towns on the border of the Great Song Dynasty. Their behavior was very hateful, and they wanted to survive. I, the people of Song Dynasty, are hateful, really hateful."

King Jin's face was very ugly. Although he made troubles in this incident, he was still dedicated to Da Song and the people of Da Song. He didn't know if Da Song would be able to do so if he didn't do the assassination of King Wei. Discover these earlier, and then avoid the killing of civilians on the border.

Of course, he was a little lucky, glad that the assassin was brought into the Kaifeng mansion by Liu Wei, why not if the assassin revealed that they did not assassinate the king of Wei, considering Liu Wei's character, he would not let it go, would he?

Just when the King of Jin thought this way, Liu Wei frowned and said: "My lord, as far as I know, my Great Song Dynasty sent spies in both the Northern Han Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. Why didn't news of the severe drought in the Liao Kingdom reach the public?" Capital?"

Zhao Kuangyin also felt puzzled, and said: "Wei Wang has always been at the gate of the spies, come here and pass on Wei Wang."

Not long after Zhao Kuangyin gave the order, King Wei came first by himself. He came in a hurry and nervously. After saluting in the imperial study, he hurriedly said: "Brother Emperor, I have received news that Liao Kingdom... "

Before the king of Wei finished speaking, Zhao Kuangyin nodded: "I already know, and I'm here to ask you, have you received any news about the severe drought in Liao?"

The king of Wei showed a surprised look on his face, and shook his head again and again: "No, I didn't receive the news, so after I learned that the Liao Kingdom launched a war against our Song Dynasty at the border, I immediately conducted an investigation, and found that my Song Dynasty Many spies have disappeared, presumably...presumably the Liao people killed them in order to block the news."

King Wei's explanation was reasonable, Zhao Kuangyin nodded slightly, then looked at the three people in the imperial study room and asked: "The Liao people killed my people and disturbed my city, how should I, the Song Dynasty, deal with it?"

After Zhao Kuangyin finished speaking, King Wei immediately stood up and said: "The Liao people have always been bullying and fearing the hard. We want to make them respect our Song Dynasty. We can only teach them by force. Therefore, my brother suggested to attack."

What King Wei said is quite good. In matters between the two countries, it is enough not to talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality. Most of the time, they rely on strength. Only when you are strong enough, others will be afraid of you.

Zhao Kuangyin nodded slightly, then looked at King Jin and Liu Wei, and said, "What do you two think?"

King Jin knew very well what King Wei was thinking, so he was very worried that Zhao Kuangyin sent King Wei to lead the army, but he didn't go out to fight. If we fight the Liao people, it will inevitably involve the Northern Han Dynasty, so Chendi means that we must have enough confidence."

King Jin's words were not bad, and he was more thoughtful than King Wei. After Zhao Kuangyin nodded, he looked at Liu Wei. Liu Wei did not rush to answer Zhao Kuangyin's question, but said: "There is a severe drought in the Liao Kingdom. They are on the verge of danger, so in order to survive, they must carry out crazy plundering of the border of our Great Song Dynasty, if my Great Song Dynasty ignores this, it is really unreasonable."

Liu Wei's meaning is also very clear, Liao people can do anything to survive, so this battle may be very difficult, and even if it is difficult, Song Dynasty must send people to fight.

The key is who to lead the troops.

"Send Shi Shouxin. Shi Shouxin has fought several battles with the Northern Han and Liao people, so he has experience." The relationship between Jin Wang and Shi Shouxin is not very good, but he would rather let Shi Shouxin go than Wei Wang. go.

Zhao Kuangyin thought for a while, and before King Wei could speak, he said, "Okay, let's send Shi Shouxin, but this time I want him not only to resist the attack of the Liao people, but also to teach the Liao people a hard lesson." , I want the Liao people to know that if they offend Song Dynasty, I will make them pay a heavy price."

The cicadas outside the Yustudy were buzzing, which should have given people a very dry and hot feeling, but after Zhao Kuangyin's words were finished, the three people in the Yustudy felt a chill, a coldness flowing in the blood. .

When the emperor was angry, blood flowed like a river.

Liu Wei really felt the power brought by these words, how many soldiers and soldiers in the north beyond the Great Wall will be buried in other places.

Dreaming back in the middle of the night, with Qiang flute playing in their ears, did they think of the bright moon in their hometown, or fighting on the battlefield?Is it the gentle embrace of the woman at home, or the gold and iron horse on the battlefield?
(End of this chapter)