This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 211

Back in time to about three sticks of incense, Yelu Hongji, the ruler of Khitan, was looking at the panting Xiao Rongrong, and asked, "Guanyin'er, I heard that you were kidnapped at home, what's going on?"

Xiao Guanyin is the correct name, and Xiao Rongrong is the boudoir name.

At this time, Xiao Guanyin was only 17 years old, and also wrote the song "Fu Hulin (Ying Zhi)" half a year ago, which was valued by Yelu Hongji, who was praised as a talented woman and canonized as a queen.

To be honest, the writing of the "Fu Hulin" was mediocre, even a bit like doggerel, not to mention compared with Li Qingzhao later, even compared with Pang Meier.

The only advantage is that between the poems, there is a broad mind.

But it must be considered that the Khitan country has just transformed from a barbarian to a feudal country, and it has not been long since Khitan has fully implemented the Song Dynasty. Xiao Rongrong can already be regarded as a talented woman of the Khitan country if she can write such a sentence.

Most importantly, the poem was written by Kwa Yeru Hong Ki, so he naturally liked it.

Xiao Rongrong patted the magnificent chest: "Those three elders are not simple, watching them fight with the blood master at home, all of them have extraordinary skills."

Blood Lord?
Yelu Hongji was a little puzzled.

In fact, the Yelu family has always known that the Xiao family has a big secret, but they seldom explored it.

For example, Yelu Hongji has always had doubts about the fact that Xiao Guanyin looks too much like his mother, the queen mother Xiao Tali.

But considering that they are all members of the Xiao family, the resemblance does not seem to be a big problem, so he has always buried this question in his heart.

At this moment, he finally couldn't help asking: "Guanyin'er, the blood master you mentioned just now is the secret of your natal family."

"Yes." Xiao Rongrong nodded, and she said helplessly: "The blood master is not a human thing, and our daughters of the Xiao family are all related to it by blood. Due to the oath, the concubine can't tell the specific things, but if the emperor Send someone over to take a look, and you will definitely gain something.”

Yelu Hongji stared at Xiao Rongrong for a while, then nodded.

The Khitan royal family has always been wary of the Xiao family, but it's not a big one, and now he may be able to spy on the Xiao family's secrets, so Yelu Hongji doesn't plan to put any more information on Xiao Guanyin.

After all, Xiao Guanyin at this time is young and beautiful, with a curvaceous figure, and he is deeply favored by him.

So they sent eunuchs and forbidden soldiers over there, and it would be good if they could bind the three of them.

If you can't invite...then kill him.

As for the blood lord and monsters that the queen said...he didn't quite believe it.

Under the army, all living beings bow down.As an emperor, Yelu Hongji was not too afraid of the ghosts that appeared in front of his eyes. If the ghosts were really so strong, why didn't they come to snatch the throne, but hibernated in the dark.

Of course, you still have to be wary of ghosts who play tricks in the dark.

So after the order was issued, Yelu Hongji didn't take it seriously anymore, but corrected the government affairs and waited quietly.

Xiao Rongrong took the time to go to the pepper room and changed her clothes.

After jogging for a while just now, her inner clothes were already soaked with sweat. Naturally, the dignified queen couldn't be so disrespectful.

Correcting the government affairs, Xiao Rongrong came from the pepper room, changed into a fine attire, she was about to speak, when suddenly the howling of a wolf came from outside.

The Khitan people are very familiar with the howling of wolves, as long as they stay away from the city, they can hear them at night.

But this wolf howl was not only loud, but also extremely penetrating, as if it was right next to his ears.

And the howling sound of the wolf seems to be a bit... delicate.

The two of them didn't know how to describe their feelings. How could the howling of a wolf be 'delicate'?
But somehow it feels like this.

The two looked at each other, and Yelu Hongji muttered to himself: "It's broad daylight, how can there be a blue wolf approaching the capital, and the voice seems a bit wrong."

Xiao Rongrong bowed profusely and said: "Your Majesty, one of the three elders can transform into the shape of a fox, and his body is as huge as a tower."

"Fox?" Yelu Hongji couldn't understand: "What we heard was the howling of wolves!"

"I don't know why this happened."

Yelu Hongji showed a hint of helplessness on his youthful face, and then he said: "Guanyin, you were frightened just now, and you are probably tired, why don't you go to rest?"

Xiao Rongrong shook his head: "I am here waiting for the news, I also want to know if that fox was captured by our strong Khitan."

"Give me a seat for the queen." Yelu Hongji shouted to the side, and then smiled at Xiao Rongrong: "In that case, you should sit and rest for a while."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiao Rongrong smiled lightly, looking a little happy.

Because the eunuch brought over a large reclining chair covered with white tiger skin, which is extremely soft.

This chair is exclusive to Yelu Hongji, it is usually very precious, when it is not sitting, it will be taken care of by a special person.Now he is willing to use it for Xiao Rongrong, which shows how much he loves Xiao Rongrong.

Xiao Rongrong half-lyed on the chair, feeling the soft white tiger fur under her body, tiredness gradually welled up, and fell asleep after a while.

After all, when she was held hostage by Lu Sen and the others just now, although she looked calm on the surface, she was extremely nervous in her heart.

After sleeping for a while, I heard hurried footsteps outside, and then a high-pitched eunuch's voice came into my ears: "Your Majesty, big things are not good, big things are not good."

"Why are you so panicked?" This was Yelu Hongji's voice, a little annoyed.

Xiao Rongrong was only in a light sleep, but was awakened suddenly.

She got up and saw the eunuch outside was covered in blood, his face was pale, and he was kneeling and said: "We went to Xiao's house, surrounded the back garden, and suddenly a black vortex appeared there. After the vortex disappeared, three people appeared. A Song person."

Yelu Hongji glanced at Xiao Rongrong and continued to listen.

"The villain persuaded the three of them to surrender, but the other party ignored the villain, and then one of them turned into a huge fox, howled like a wolf, and broke through."

"Fox?" Yelu Hongji felt that this matter was extremely absurd, but he also understood that the eunuch would never lie to himself, he glanced at Xiao Rongrong again, and then asked the eunuch: "Did you kill the fox?"

He thought, why not capture it!

Strange beasts are strange species, and they are also auspicious.It turned out that the wolf howl was made by the fox.

As a result, the eunuch hesitated for a while, and then stammered with fear: "Then, that fox's sword and spear are impenetrable and powerful, and the spear and shield array will be broken as soon as it is charged. There is no way to catch it with a net."

Yelu Hongji stood up abruptly: "I sent [-] elite imperial troops. On the battlefield, these [-] elite soldiers can be worth [-] Song soldiers. Can't you take down this fox?"

Yelu Hongji was still acting out of habit at this time, in his imagination, no matter how big this fox was, it would be no more than one foot tall and no more than two feet long.

But the eunuch's next words made him stunned: "Your Majesty, I will spare my life. I really can't stop that giant fox."

"Wait, how big is the giant fox?"

The eunuch recalled and estimated, and said: "The height is at least two feet, and the length is no less than four feet."

Now Yelu Hongji's eyes widened, he calculated in his mind, and found that it was indeed a monster.

What the Queen said earlier about being 'as tall as a tower' is really not an exaggeration.

"Where did this demon fox go now?"

"After they rushed out of the encirclement, the giant fox turned into a woman..." At this time, the eunuch stared at Xiao Rongrong firmly: "The appearance is very similar to that of the queen and the queen mother."

Yelu Hongji looked at Xiao Rongrong for the third time, with some hesitation in his eyes.

Xiao Rongrong sighed lightly, and said: "Your Majesty, you can ask the Empress Dowager or my father about this matter. Both of them should be able to give you an answer."

"Then this matter will be postponed for now." Yelu Hongji looked at the eunuch and continued to ask: "What happened to the fox after it turned into a woman?"

"A man suddenly turned into a round utensil. After the three sat in it, they ascended to the sky!"

"Utensil, Feitian?"

Yelu Hongji frowned, he seemed to have heard the rumor somewhere, and after recalling it for a while, he suddenly remembered: "I heard that there is a strange person in the Song Dynasty who can grow the fruit of longevity and have the utensil of flying into the sky, could it be him? "

Then Lu Hongji put his hands behind his back, walked around in a circle, and lowered his head to think. After a while, he said: "You all step back for now, the queen will go to Xiao's house, please come over."

After Xiao Rongrong performed the Wanfu ceremony, he withdrew with the eunuch.

You don't have to worry about being an emperor about the casualties of the imperial guards, it will be dealt with naturally.

It's just that he is a little puzzled, why there is a giant fox in his capital.

According to common sense, if a strange beast comes into the world, if it is not auspicious, then it is a disaster.

Moreover, Khitan is not monolithic, and there are many power entanglements.

Although the Song system has been copied in an all-round way, the old forces and old ideas that have transitioned from the tribal era cannot be completely eliminated for the time being.

If they were allowed to seize this opportunity... Just when Yelu Hongji thought of this, a eunuch bent over from outside the door, knelt down and said at the same time: "Your Majesty, here is a secret letter from Youfeilongyuan."

Zuo Feilong Institute is in charge of the security of the capital, and You Feilong Institute is in charge of intelligence and espionage outside the capital, as well as some secret affairs.

If there is no important matter, Youfei Longyuan will not casually submit a secret letter to enter the palace.

Yelu Hongji wiped off the lacquerware, opened the envelope, and after reading it for a while, his expression changed.

There are a lot of words in the letter, but it can be summed up as follows: According to the rumors in the world, the Heavenly Dao Iron Coupon of the Immortal Lu Zhenren from the Song Dynasty was left behind in the common people, and after several twists and turns, it was exiled to the Khitan Kingdom.This Iron Coupon of the Way of Heaven has the ability to count the lives of people. It can make the small rich become rich, the small noble become rich, and the life of a dragon can become a life of a dragon!
And this coupon seems to have fallen into the hands of a certain general of the Xiao family. Feilongyuan bribed his confidantes and learned that the iron coupon in the hands of the little general shows the number "nine five"!
After reading it, Yelu Hongji immediately crumpled the envelope into a ball.

If he had received this secret letter half a day ago, he would have dismissed it.

How can folk rumors be taken seriously.

But now there is the matter of the giant fox, and he himself knows that the Xiao family is indeed somewhat magical.

Xing is that empress Xiao almost all look alike, thinking about it carefully, it is a little creepy.

Coupled with this Tiandao Railway Coupon.

"Flying instrument... the real Lu, a half-immortal of the Song Kingdom."

Yelu Hongji connected these clues together and thought of a possibility.

Lu Zhenren wanted to take back the Tiandao iron coupon, but he calculated that the Tiandao iron coupon fell into the Xiao family, so he came to the capital to look for the Xiao family.

But he didn't expect that the Tiandao Iron Coupon was in the hands of a certain young man from Xiao's family, and he was not here in Shangjing Linhuang.

He thought for a while and asked, "Send down an order to send a thousand imperial troops to the Zhongjing Mansion immediately to assist Youfei Longyuan and bring him back, and bring me back the Heavenly Way Iron Coupon."

"Yes."

The eunuch retreated.

"Today is going to change." Yelu Hongji snorted, "The Xiao family...isn't your status as a relative of the emperor not enough for you?"

On the other side, the three of Lu Sen drove the aircraft to Hangzhou, because Shangjing was too far away from Hangzhou, and it was impossible to fly there at once, so they landed in the evening and spent the night in the border of Suzhou.

Wait until the next day to continue flying back to Hangzhou.

Only then did I return to Hangzhou. As soon as I returned to the cave, I saw Yang Jinhua rushing over and said, "Officer, although the journey is tiring, I don't have time to clean up the dust for you. My mother sent a secret letter, saying that the imperial court Something happened, I hope you can go there."

"I don't want to talk to those people from the imperial court anymore."

"Mother knew that you would say that, but she said that this matter is very important, and there are also the inscription seals of Runan County King and Grand Master Pang. They also hope that you will go to Bianjing."

These three people are all Lu Sen's elders, and it should be urgent for the three of them to write a letter jointly.

At that moment, Lu Sen didn't rest anymore, he put Zhao Bilian and Lu Xianxian down, and took Pang Meier to drive towards Bianjing City.

Yang Jinhua wanted to go, but considering that after Lu Sen left home, only a woman could manage the place, so she stayed.

Let Pang Meier accompany Lu Sen.

After all, Pang Meier can also make suggestions from the sidelines.

At present, Lu Sen flew to Bianjing City at full speed, and then did not stop outside the city, but directly drove the aircraft and landed in the Prince's Mansion of Runan County.

The aircraft landed in the garden just now, and the King of Runan County came up to meet it.

"Taishan, what's the hurry?"

"Bao Zheng was demoted by the Empress Dowager Cao because of his incompetence in political affairs, and he was going to be sent to Guijun as a magistrate."

Said it was a local official, but in fact it was exile, which saved face for Bao Zheng.Gui County is only slightly better than Qiongzhou.

"Ah?" Lu Sen was very puzzled: "Where does the Empress Dowager Cao have the authority to dismiss the ministers of the court? Xueshi Bao is even a privy envoy and the governor of Kaifeng. Without the consent of the Zhongshu sect and the approval of the officials, what should the Empress Dowager Cao do?" ..."

"Zhongshu Menxia agreed."

Ok?
No... Bao Zheng was originally an important minister of the Zhongshu School, how could this board hit him, and Grand Master Pang should not be so short-sighted, Pang Taishi is also an important official of the Zhongshu School, if he disagrees, add Bao Zheng, and the two will join forces , who can knock Bao Zheng down.

As if seeing Lu Sen's doubts, the King of Runan County explained: "Half a month ago, Bao Zheng proposed to the small officials in the court to reform the land policy, starting with the officials. The fertile land under each official's name should not exceed a hundred Mu, farmland under the name of others is not allowed to be attached to, and the agricultural tax will no longer be exempted."

Hiss, that's it!

No wonder, it turned out that the public was outraged.

As expected of Bao Zheng, he is really strong.

This political discussion can be regarded as stabbing the sore spots of all officials.

It is estimated that even Grand Master Pang doesn't want to help Bao Zheng anymore. After all, as far as Lu Sen knows, the Pang family has at least a thousand acres of fertile land, which is obvious.

Bao Zheng wants to solve the bad government of land annexation.

While admiring Lu Sen, he also came back to his senses: "Wait, I don't understand, what does Bao Zheng's demotion to Gui County have to do with me? The three elders are so eager to urge me to come back, why?"

"Bao Zheng was demoted, and there is no one to replace him as a privy envoy. Di Qing was supposed to take over, but recently there are rumors that the yellow dog of Di Qing's family has two horns on its head, which looks like a dragon. So now Di Qing claims to be sick and stays behind closed doors."

When Lu Sen heard this, he felt a little confused, why did this happen?

But he thought about it: "This has nothing to do with me."

"Then this is the news from three days ago." The King of Runan County took a deep breath: "Xixia attacked Xingqing Mansion by surprise, and the city was destroyed. Marshal Zhejia, Zhe Jimin died in battle."

Lu Sen took a deep breath, the impact of this news is indeed a bit big.

He and Zhe Jimin can also be regarded as friends and relatives, and the Xingqing Mansion was finally taken down, and many soldiers died for this strategic place before it was taken down.

"Wang Jiefu and the Zhe family built a fort in Xingqing Mansion to train troops before, and it was quite effective. I dare not say it is solid, but at least it won't be easy to fight." Lu Sen took a deep breath and asked: "Besides, Xixia I'm not good at siege, so I can't figure it out, how could someone take down the Xingqing Mansion with the Marshal's ability."

After hesitating for a while, the King of Runan County said: "The main reason is that some time ago, Mr. Sima went to Huichun Garden next to Xingqing Mansion together with several veteran officials in the court."

"Rejuvenation Court?"

"It's the banner you left behind, my son-in-law." The King of Runan County explained: "The Zhe family built a garden for health care around it. Let the common people and dignitaries who have been ill for a long time be healed. "

This time Spring Garden's business was good, the common people only received two or three copper coins when they went for treatment, while the dignitaries received more coins.

The business was doing very well, but after hearing this, the old officials in Bianjing City felt that their health was getting worse, so they 'asked for leave' to go there to recuperate.

Gradually, more and more veterans went there.

It's nothing, it's a good thing for homeowners to make some money.

The really terrible thing is that Sima Guang was a comfort envoy of Xingqing some time ago. Wherever he went, he felt: No way, so many important officials of the court are recuperating here, why don't you send heavy troops to guard them?It would be a great loss to the court if it was taken over by others.

At present, using the privilege of appeasement envoys, a large number of soldiers from Xingqing Mansion were mobilized out of the city to defend Huichun Garden.

As a result... it just so happened that the Xixia people came to attack, and they were wiped out by a wave of heavy cavalry and infantry's coordinated charge before they could detect the enemy.

Marshal Zhe Jimin died, and Sima Guang and a large number of veterans became prisoners.

This matter is still a secret for the time being, and it has not been spread in the capital, but it is estimated that it will not be covered up for long.

"So you want me to help you fight against the enemy?" Lu Sen sneered, "Taishan, do you think it's possible?"

The King of Runan County shook his head, and then said rather embarrassedly: "The Empress Dowager Cao drafted an order to let the old lady She of the Yang family and Marshal Mu to hang the seal within five days to lead the Southwest Chamber Army and try to take back Xingqing Mansion and Huichun Garden. "

Lu Sen was stunned for a long time, then looked at the Runan County King, his face was full of sarcasm: "Taishan, can your Zhao family still have some shame?"

The Prince of Runan County looked embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)