Northern Song Dynasty gangster: Start the game with a dog's head, and Mr. Bao spares his life

"The request for help this time was ordered by Marquis Cao in advance."

Pan Bao looked at him in disbelief, and then at Eighth Sister Yang, feeling that something was wrong.

Damn, I was so happy for nothing.

Doesn't that kid Cao Bin have a wife?What's the matter?

He didn't believe that Cao Bin would take special care of Eighth Sister Yang for no reason.

At this moment, he had an urge to rush to Cao Bin and ask him harshly.

Sending out troops and working hard by himself, taking the risk of coercing his superiors, stealing donkeys and pulling out pouts, but someone Cao is kind and good in front, what a fucking dog!

Pan Bao still wanted to say something, but Eighth Sister Yang was no longer in the mood to speak, and turned to leave.

Yang Zongbao's death hit them too hard.

Seeing this, Pan Bao shook his head in frustration, and said helplessly:

"Leave enough food and grass, go back to Yanmen Pass."

Yanmen Pass is an important border town, responsible for defending the Liao army, and it is not a small crime to transfer troops without authorization. Even if he is the uncle of the dynasty, he cannot stay for too long to help the female general of the Yang family suppress the bandits.

The lieutenant general of Yanmen Pass who led the troops would not agree either.

On the way back to the army, seeing Pan Bao's distraught look, the general said ironically:

"Uncle Guo, you've been busy for nothing, I don't appreciate it."

They are from Pan Renmei's old department, of course they know Pan Renmei's attitude towards the Yang family, and they were a little reluctant to be coerced by Pan Bao this time.

Seeing him hit a wall at this time, I was a little gleeful.

Pan Bao shook his head sadly and said:

"I don't ask Eighth Sister to understand my heart, as long as she is safe and sound, I am satisfied..."

After Pan Bao left with his men, the women left Sanniang and Wuniang to search for Zongbao's body, and the rest returned to Yuci County with the remnant soldiers.

It's not that they don't want to take revenge, it's just that Madam She was too sad and fell ill, and most of the other female generals also fell ill.

Not only does someone need to be responsible for the war that has turned into what it is now, but the Yang family needs an explanation from the court.

Time flies, more than half a month has passed.

The female general of the Yang family not only did not wait for the court's statement, but also received an imperial decree to return to help the king urgently.

It turns out that during this period of time, Tian Hu not only defeated Wang Deyong, who was suppressing the bandits in Jinzhou, but also used all his troops to kill Taihang Mountain from the "Zheguan Road" in the south and went straight to Bianjing.

No one thought that a mere Tian Hu, who was originally used by all parties to make contributions, had developed to the point of being out of control.

In particular, one of his female generals is extremely skilled in martial arts and uses soldiers like a god. She broke through several checkpoints in the court... Now she has led "hundreds of thousands" of bandit troops across the Yellow River.

After receiving the imperial edict of King Qin, although Madam She and the female generals had a lot of resentment towards the imperial court and their bodies had not fully recovered, they still complied with the imperial edict and hurried back to Beijing with great sadness.

It was only when they rushed back to Bianliang exhausted physically and mentally that they realized that it was just a false alarm.

Tian Hu has been captured alive, waiting to be executed by Ling Chi.

Bianjing is still prosperous, and even the position of Dianqian Secretary has been settled.

What made Madam She shocked and angry was that the commander in front of the palace was actually Hu Yanshouyong of the Hu family, and the deputy was Di Qing.

She didn't care about the position of the former secretary of the palace, but she learned the whole story.

It turned out that the Hu family was convicted of treason by the imperial court, and the noble generals were sent to jointly encircle and suppress.

Hu Yanshou escaped by chance, and finally went to "Liaoyang County" in Liao Kingdom, and married Xiao Saihong, daughter of "Liaoyang King" Huo Gulu Xiao Gulu.

During the Song and Liao wars the year before last, Xiao Gulu died in battle, and then the "Xi Ren of Liaoyang" was instigated by Cao Bin to rebel, and the status of their husband and wife plummeted.

Hu Yanshouyong originally wanted to take advantage of the Liao Kingdom to avenge his family, but seeing that there was little hope, he planned to give up.

But his wife died, and his life became unsatisfactory again, so he began to pursue revenge instead.

At this time, Tian Hu in Hebei was in trouble, so Xiao Saihong took her husband, two adopted sons and confidant soldiers to join him, planning to use Tian Hu's power to seek revenge from Song Dynasty.

The person who ambushed Yang Zongbao was one of Xiao Saihong's adopted sons.

Afterwards it was easy, Xiao Saihong's skills were not inferior to Mu Guiying's, and after the female general of the Yang family stopped fighting, he gave Tian Hu a plan to go straight to Bianjing.

The number of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army has not recovered, and because of the turmoil in various places, there are only 3 to [-] people.

At this time, seeing hundreds of thousands of bandit soldiers approaching Bianjing, the imperial court was already frightened and panicked.

Only then did the decree Qin Wang come about.

But at this moment, Hu Yanshouyong suddenly wrote a letter to Song Dynasty to persuade Tian Hu to surrender.

After learning his identity, Wang Yanling and others directly denied Di Qing and other generals' request to fight, and planned to send Kou Zhun to instigate Hu Yanshouyong.

Empress Dowager Pan and Pan Renmei did not object either.

After all, if there is a real fight, the winning rate is not high. If you are beaten into Bianjing, you will be finished. It is best to fight without bloodshed.

Anyway, the case back then was decided by the late Emperor himself. In the future, even if Hu Yanshouyong wants to take revenge, he won't be able to find people like himself...

Sure enough, Kou Zhun lived up to expectations, and on the condition of rehabilitating Zhaoxue for the Hu family and restoring the official title, he instigated Hu Yanshouyong's family.

Poor Tian Hu, originally thought that he would break Bianjing and sit on the throne, but he didn't expect to make wedding clothes for others.

He also used his own life to push Hu Yanshouyong to the post of commander in front of the palace.

How can the daughter of the Yang family not be angry when she learns about these things?

Although they didn't know what role Hu Yanshouyong played in it, Yang Zongbao was killed by his adopted son.

Just looking at the outline of the matter, only Hu Yanshouyong and his wife benefited in the end... This is obviously playing tricks on both Tian Hu and the Yang family...

At this time, Kou Zhun came to visit with the official who passed the decree.

After the heavenly official finished reading the imperial decree, the daughter of the Yang family would only feel cold in her heart.

Not only did the imperial decree fail to appease the Yang family, but it also demoted Yang Zongbao from his rank and title on the grounds that he resigned without authorization, which led to the defeat of the army.

Madam She looked at Kou Zhun with trembling lips, and said hoarsely:

"Master Kou, how did you and Wang Xiang promise you to the old man?"

"Zongbao has already died in battle, and the court still insults me like this? Is my Yang family so worthless?"

"I have pity on all the male members of my Yang family, all of whom died for the country. This is the result of loyalty in exchange for such a result?"

She almost uttered the last few words in tears, which made Kou Zhun's scalp tingle.

Kou Zhun said with a helpless wry smile:

"Old Madam, Kou is also very sorry about Zongbao's matter."

"I also want to give the Yang family an explanation, but to punish the officials in Shanxi, a compromise must be made on this matter, otherwise Pan Renmei will hold on to Zongbao's resignation."

"Tell me, how do you choose?"

Mu Guiying sneered and said:

"As Master Kou said, if we all die for the country, the Prime Minister will be more justified and clean up the Shanxi officials..."

Zhongxiaohou Mansion.

This place was originally the residence of the Huyan family, and after the court rehabilitated the Hu family, it was rewarded to Huyan Shouyong.

In just a few days, the dilapidated mansion has been completely renovated.

Among the flowers and trees surrounded by scallion cages, there are servants and maidservants shuttling back and forth. In the main hall, cups of wine are intertwined, silk and bamboo are melodious, and it looks like a scene of prosperity.

Today Hujiayanke, the main seat in the main hall is not Huyan Shouyong, but Wang Yanling, the prime minister of the dynasty.

In front of him, Hu Yanshouyong and his wife could only respectfully accompany them in the last seat and treat them carefully.

Seeing that Hu Yanshouyong was unhappy, Wang Yanling put down his glass and asked with a friendly smile:

"Marquis Zhongxiao, but you have troubles in your heart?"

"Today's private banquet is not as good as court, so let's say it bluntly, the old man will make decisions for you."

He is extremely satisfied with Huyan Shouyong, so his words are also very pampering.

Huyan's family is the founding fathers of the country. Although they were once designated as rebels because they offended the late emperor, they still know the basics, so don't worry.

In particular, he was once besieged by the generals of various families, and he was regarded as a lone minister. Now under his auspices, rehabilitating his family for justice made him feel quite close.

That's why he took advantage of this rebellion to promote Hu Yanshouyong to the post of commander in front of the palace.

It's not that he insists on monopolizing military power, but that Sima Guang's downfall makes him a little uneasy.

He was originally on guard against Pan Renmei, and he didn't take Cao Bin too seriously.

After all, Cao Bin has only entered the court for a few years, and his foundation is weak. Even if he is good at leading troops, he is just a warrior.

For me as a prime minister, it is not too difficult to handle.

As for his few old ministries, most of them are warriors and have no right to speak.

What's more, those warriors are just looking for a backer, so it's difficult to fight against the entire court for Cao Bin?

But he didn't expect that Sima Guang, the successor he worked hard to cultivate, would be easily abolished by Cao Bin. Although the Pan's father and daughter contributed to the flames, it can be seen that Cao Bin's influence in the court is no longer Small.

If his people are allowed to control a large number of forbidden troops, it will be very difficult to control.

It's not that he doubts that Cao Bin will use Di Qing to rebel.

After all, the military commander only has the right to train troops, not to deploy troops. If there is no transfer order from the Privy Council, there will be various restrictions.

Unless Cao Bin leads troops directly, with his prestige in the army, he has a certain strength to make his soldiers ignore the order of the Privy Council.

However, after he became the deputy envoy of the third division, the entrapment army had been incorporated into the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army. Except for his personal guards, Cao Bin had no direct military power.

Not to mention whether Di Qing would help the tyrant, the scholars in the world would not agree, and Cao Bin himself would not be stupid. After all, this is not the chaos of the Five Dynasties.

What Wang Yanling was worried about was that Cao Bin and Pan Renmei would unite and force him as the prime minister. He was not afraid of the court's attack, but if they mutinied and forced the palace, he didn't know what would happen to the court. He, the prime minister, would definitely be in trouble.

After all, the scene of the first emperor's critical illness is vivid in his memory, and these two people who have no bottom line may not have the same scene again.

At that time, the court will be controlled by these two people, is there another one?

Maybe there will be the disaster of the relatives in the Han Dynasty.

So after Sima Guang was abolished, he attached great importance to the position of commander in front of the palace.

But given the situation at the time, he had no way to suppress Di Qing for no reason, so he could only forcefully bring out the Yang family and let them compete with Di Qing for the position of the chief minister.

But strictly speaking, the Yang family is not quite in line with his wishes.

One is that their Zeng family was implicated and convicted by him, so there was no way to completely suppress Di Qing.

The second is that their reputation for loyalty is too strong, and they have a plaque bestowed by the late emperor, which is extremely popular among the people, and they are also leaders in martial arts, which is too dangerous.

The third is that Yang Zongbao is leading a large number of troops... There is no need to worry about it now, it's just a pity.

Just at this time, Hu Yanshouyong appeared,

His situation made Wang Yanling's eyes brighten. He had enmity with the other generals, and at the same time, he was greatly gracious to him.

Taking advantage of the threat of hundreds of thousands of bandit troops from Tian Hu outside the city, he was promoted to the post of commander in front of the palace. His name was justified, not to mention the officials, even Pan Renmei dared not object.

At this time, Wang Yanling looked at Hu Yanshouyong as if he was looking at his own son.

Hearing Wang Yanling's question, Hu Yanshouyong seemed to have not heard it, and was still distracted, but Xiao Saihong who was next to him kicked him and said:

"Husband, Prime Minister Wang is asking, are you too rude?"

Hu Yanshou was only in his thirties, with three dense beards, and a handsome and elegant face.

After being reminded by his wife, he woke up suddenly, glanced at her, and said to Wang Yanling very worriedly:

"I call the Yang family a good relationship for generations. This time Zongbao was accidentally killed by my wife's adopted son. I don't know how to meet the old lady. That...is the only male in her family."

Wang Yanling fell silent when she heard the words, but Xiao Saihong said displeasedly:

"My adopted son is not your adopted son?"

"Back then, when the Yang family helped Zhao...to destroy your family, why didn't they think of the good relationship?"

After finishing speaking, she wanted to vent her anger and said:

"What's more, my adopted son was killed by Yang Zongbao in order to protect you."