The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 72 Good News
The envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Wuyue and Wuyue were getting closer to the capital city of Kaifeng.

During this period of time, the imperial court also sent people to secretly investigate the attack on the envoys of the two countries, but despite the investigation, there was no result. The matter was indeed as Liu Wei guessed, and the assassin did not leave any clues.

But one day at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, there was a good news from Pan Mei.

According to the good news, after Pan Mei's army conquered the Southern Han army and built a stronghold, Tian Xingchou, the governor of Zhaozhou, and Li Chenggui, the governor of Guizhou, fled in anticipation.The Song army conquered Zhaozhou and Guizhou without fighting, and even conquered Lianzhou and Hezhou a few days ago.

When the good news came, the whole country celebrated with joy, Zhao Kuangyin was even more delighted, and hosted banquets in the palace to entertain the officials.

King Jin was very calm about Pan Mei's victory. In his opinion, although Pan Mei conquered Lianzhou and Hezhou, if he could not conquer Shaozhou, the Southern Han Dynasty would still have the strength to fight against them.

When the King of Jin told Su Tongkan his opinion, Su Tongkan slightly nodded his head: "Your Majesty is right. The main force of the Southern Han Dynasty was in Shaozhou. The city walls of Shaozhou were strong and powerful. Even if Shaozhou falls, the people of the Southern Han Dynasty can still abandon the city and go out to sea, but if they enter the sea, it will be difficult for us to catch them, and this is undoubtedly a huge hidden danger for us."

After listening to what Su Another read, the King of Jin nodded slightly: "That's right, and it is said that many elephants were domesticated in the city of Shaozhou in the Southern Han Dynasty. The size, the nose is even more terrifyingly long, and the strength is boundless, if you are stepped on, you can't even think about surviving."

After the two of them said this, they both sighed softly. Although Pan Mei has won one after another, it is not as simple as imagined to destroy Nanhan.

Willow's Winery.

Liu Wei is helping Qin Yun transport wine. Qin Yun is neither sad nor happy about Pan Mei's success. Although she is from the Southern Han Dynasty, she doesn't like the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty. In her opinion, if the Southern Han Dynasty perishes, it will be bad for the people of the Southern Han Dynasty. It's a good thing.

Liu Wei looked plain. He knew that Pan Mei would succeed, but even so, he felt a little uneasy in his heart. If it was before, it would be a good thing for Pan Mei to succeed, and it would be beneficial to the unification of the Song Dynasty. But now Pan Mei regards herself as an enemy. That would be a bit bad, the more meritorious service Pan Mei built, the more unfavorable it would be for her.

This worry about Liu Wei didn't show it, but Qin Yun could still feel it.

"For the matter of the slave family, the son-in-law Liu offended Pan Mei. The slave family is really sorry."

Liu Wei smiled slightly: "Miss Qin is wrong to say that, then Pan Weide was going to deal with this son-in-law, and you were just implicated."

"But if he didn't save me, how could the son-in-law kill Pan Weide?"

"It's okay, if we kill him, there will be nothing wrong with us? Miss Qin doesn't have to worry about this matter. Even if Pan Mei has made many achievements, my son-in-law will not be afraid of him."

When the wind was colder, Qin Yun looked at Liu Wei and smiled slightly. She had always believed in Liu Wei and was full of confidence in Liu Wei.
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The capital city in early winter was a bit cold, and there were few people on the street, but Liu Wei took people out of the city against the cold wind. According to the news sent by the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue, they will arrive in the capital city of the Song Dynasty before this evening. Kaifeng.

At this time, five days have passed since Pan Mei sent the good news.

During the five days, the people in the capital were in jubilation, but the joy will eventually pass, and people always have to experience all kinds of ups and downs.

It's windy and cold, and thick clothes are hard to stop.

When Liu Wei and his party arrived outside the city, it was already Weishi, Weishi, the outside of the city was already slightly dim, and the willow branches around the moat had already become branches, not even half of the leaves were gone.

Liu Wei was sitting in the carriage, and outside stood the guard of honor equipped by the emperor. The leader was a young guard in his twenties named Zhan Qing. Zhan Qing was very handsome, standing upright in the cold wind, as if this The severe cold that can destroy everything in the world is helpless.

Liu Wei opened the curtain and took a look at Zhan Qing, then smiled and said, "Guard Zhan, it's cold outside, why don't you sit inside to avoid the wind."

Zhan Qing cupped his hands slightly, and said: "Thank you son-in-law, but it's better for my subordinates to stand outside, in case something happens, the assassins who assassinated the envoys of the two countries have not been found, I'm afraid they will be bad for the son-in-law. When you take orders, you have the responsibility to protect the son-in-law."

After Zhan Qing finished speaking, he stood up against the wind again.

Liu Wei didn't expect Zhan Qing to be such a man, so he couldn't help feeling fond of him, but although he admired Zhan Qing, he didn't continue to invite him to sit in the car, because he wasn't a person who liked to force others , and what Zhan Qing said just now is indeed true.

There were not many pedestrians at the city gate. A few gate guards stood in the cold wind, rubbing their hands and stomping their feet from time to time, and occasionally pointing fingers at passers-by.

Sitting in the car, Liu Wei was a little bored, so he squinted his eyes and took a doze, but it might be because he was too busy recently, he fell asleep during this doze; the cold wind was blowing outside the car window, and Liu Wei didn't know how long he had slept. Knowing that he was sleeping soundly, he suddenly heard some noise outside, and this noise immediately woke him up.

He is a very vigilant person, even in a deep sleep, he can wake up immediately.

"Guard Zhan, what happened?"

"Back to the son-in-law, a guard came to report that there was a fight ahead, and that the envoys from the Southern Tang and Wu Yue countries might have encountered assassins again. This subordinate is about to report to the son-in-law."

Hearing this, Liu Wei was startled and said, "What time is it now?"

"After the time limit!"

Liu Wei frowned slightly, it was already evening after the application of time, and the envoys from the Southern Tang and Wu Yue countries should also arrive.The person who was assassinated was probably the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue.

Thinking of this, Liu Wei jumped out of the carriage and said, "Go to the rescue!"

As soon as the order was given, Zhan Qing immediately led the people towards the place where the fight took place, and Liu Wei followed closely behind, frowning tightly, feeling a very bad premonition in his heart.

The place where the fight was fought was in a dry forest. Several people had been killed in the dry forest. The guards of the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wuyue were fighting hard. Dozens of men in black regarded death as home, as if they would not kill all of Southern Tang and Wuyue. The envoys of the two countries vowed not to give up.

After Zhan Qing brought his men over, he immediately shouted: "Kill!"

After shouting, Zhan Qing took the lead and killed a man in black with a scimitar. Liu Wei watched from behind, but he didn't expect Zhan Qing to be so good at martial arts.

As soon as the Song Dynasty troops arrived, the assassins were immediately at a disadvantage. Liu Wei raised his eyes to look, but saw that the six carriages from the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wuyue Kingdom were all guarded by guards, and the people inside seemed very calm. .

Among the troops of Southern Tang and Wuyue, there was one soldier in Southern Tang who fought the most, while Wuyue was a man with a very noble status who was fighting wantonly. Liu Wei's mission to Southern Tang and Wuyue Many ministers know that the soldier of the Southern Tang Dynasty is Sha Wanjin, a fierce general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but the noble men of the Wuyue Kingdom don't know about it.

When thinking this way, the assassin was almost killed, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and immediately shouted: "Keep alive."

As Liu Wei said, Zhan Qing's attack immediately became serious, but the people from Nantang and Wuyue countries still fought hard, as if they wanted to spread all the grievances along the way on these assassins.

After half a stick of incense, the battle was decided. Under Zhan Qing's maneuvers, the guards of Song Dynasty finally caught the two assassins, but just as they were about to ask, they committed suicide by taking poison, and the poison was on the tooth sac.

Obviously, these assassins are dead men, and since they are dead men, they are no longer afraid of death, and they don't even leave any clues on them. Liu Wei's heart sank, what kind of person is it that can mobilize so many dead men To assassinate?
Thinking this way, the curtains of the carriages of the Southern Tang and Wuyue countries finally opened. An old man and a young man walked out of the carriage of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but only two middle-aged men in their 40s walked out of the carriage of the Wuyue Kingdom. The middle-aged man got out of the carriage, and after rounding with the most powerful man, he walked towards Liu Wei.

And it wasn't until this time that Liu Wei discovered that the person who fought the most fiercely was Qian Weikai, the king of Dongyue in Wuyue.

Liu Wei was a little shocked, he didn't expect that Wuyue Kingdom would have such a mighty general with such a noble status.

Suddenly, Liu Wei found that he had always been prejudiced against Wuyue Kingdom. He thought that the leader of Wuyue Kingdom would obey Song's orders, and the people of Wuyue Kingdom must also be submissive, but now seeing the Queen of Dongyue , He felt that he had been wrong all along, and that a country could survive, there must be something special about it.

When these people walked towards Liu Wei, Liu Wei also walked towards them, and said as he walked, "Liu Wei, Shaoqing of Honghe Temple, is here to welcome the envoys of Southern Tang, Wu and Yue."

Han Xizai smiled slightly, as if the fight just now didn't happen.

"It turned out to be Liu's son-in-law, whose talent spread far and wide. Disrespect and disrespect."

When Han Xizai said this, Zhang Ji showed a look of contempt, as if he was ashamed of Han Xizai's words, or he didn't take Liu Wei seriously at all.

On the other hand, Qian Weikai, the king of Dongyue, had a stern face, and said, "Master Liu, I was waiting to come to the Great Song Dynasty to discuss business matters, but I was attacked by assassins several times. I'm afraid your country will have to give you an explanation, right? "

Liu Wei smiled indifferently: "What the king of Dongyue said is true. The envoys of the two countries were attacked in the territory of the Song Dynasty. We, the Song Dynasty, cannot shirk our responsibility. We just ask the envoys of the two countries to believe that our Song Dynasty will never obstruct the envoys of the two countries. The meaning of the minister's coming, otherwise it would be difficult to send an invitation, right?" At this point, Liu Wei suddenly smiled and said: "The current situation is chaotic, and there are many people who can't see the business between our three countries. The envoys are all smart people, so they shouldn’t do things that would make loved ones hurt their enemies, right? Of course, if others benefit from it, it would be bad for our Three Kingdoms.”

After Liu Wei saw the envoys of the two countries, he talked and smiled lightly, and with a few words, the envoys of the two countries realized one thing, and when they realized this, they couldn't help being stunned and surprised.

(End of this chapter)