Funing Hall

After that day, Zhao Cong never allowed Zhao Zhongqi to leave the palace, Zhang's family members still kept strict guard outside the palace, and Yelu Yanli never entered the palace again.

On the fifth day, Zhao Cong ordered the officials of Honglu Temple to send the envoys back to the country. Originally, the envoys could not stay in Beijing for long, and usually they would return after ten days.Except for Zhang Tingchu and Zhao Cong who had a good personal relationship and still stayed outside the capital, the rest left on time.Zhao Cong was never stingy when he was supposed to be generous. The envoys from all over the world returned with full rewards and showed signs of reluctance. They dealt with the officials of Honglu Temple ten miles outside the city for a long time.

Xie Wenrui hid in the woods and watched for a long time, until all the convoys were gone, he did not see the Liao Kingdom's convoy.He rode back to the city again, waited until night, finally changed into black clothes and jumped onto the roof.

"Since Mr. Xie is here, why don't you come in and have a cup of tea."

Soon, someone in the house spoke, as if they knew he was coming.

Xie Wenrui thought for a moment, then jumped into the house from the window.With a serious face, he was about to look at Emperor Liao.But when he looked up, he was dumbfounded.

Lord Eleven is looking at him!

Although his dress and appearance have changed a little, he has been dealing with him since he was a teenager, how could he not recognize him?He also did not accompany His Majesty to meet the envoys, it was really the first time he saw the Liao Emperor.

"Ten, eleven—" Xie Wenrui was not a person who could speak eloquently. He muttered for a while, and only these few words came out, which was interrupted by Yelu Yanli.

Yelu Yan stood up, put the teacup on the table, looked at him and said, "Sit."

Xie Wenrui came back to his senses, first lowered his head, then raised his head after a while, obviously still a little confused, but finally sat down.

Yeluyanli sat down opposite him, took a sip of tea, and said: "I used to eat this Xiaolongtuan tea often and didn't feel good, and I often thought that the tea cakes that the tea bureau worked so hard to get were nothing more than this." , a little greasy, but not as good as Longjing and Baoyun Qingkou in Hangzhou. I didn’t know Xiaolongtuan’s good after six years.”

He spoke plainly, and Xie Wenrui's pounding heart gradually withdrew.

Xie Wenrui also said flatly: "28 pieces only cost such a catty, and they are worth two taels of gold. The taste is naturally good. Only when I enter the palace occasionally can I taste the taste of this tribute tea. Your Majesty treats you very well. Other posts You can't get such good tea."

"For this sake, don't forget to say good things for him?"

Xie Wenrui was expressionless: "Wen Rui is appreciated by His Majesty, and he and His Majesty are not only monarchs and ministers, but also friends. What is His Majesty's character? Others don't know, but you don't know?"

Yelu Yanli raised his eyebrows: "You have always been a smart person, you already know what I'm going to say?"

"I advise Emperor Liao to save that heart, our Xie family has been loyal to the Tian family for generations."

"It's so loyal." Yelu Yanli stroked his palm.

Xie Wenrui couldn't hold it back. Although his tone was still flat, he still said: "In the past, countless people told me, and Your Majesty, that your mind is not pure. Your Majesty doesn't believe it. Tell me a joke. I also listen to it as a joke, but who would have thought that the least possible joke turned me into a joke." After finishing speaking, he stood up and cupped his hands, "Farewell."

Yelu Yanli nodded and remained motionless, only when Xie Wenrui was leaving quickly, he said, "You don't want to see Gu Ci?"

Xie Wenrui paused.

"I haven't seen you in six years, and I never miss you?"

Xie Wenrui clenched his fists.

"I have to stay in Tokyo for a few more days, and come to find me when I think about it."

Xie Wenrui never let go of his clenched hands. After a pause, he still left, turned over, jumped onto the roof, and left in a hurry.

Yelu Yanli sat quietly for a while, took a jug of wine, and went to Gu Ci again.

Gu Ci was still writing with his head down.

Yelu Yanli put the jug in front of him, pressing down the messy papers.

Gu Ci had no choice but to raise his head: "I have seen His Majesty."

"Xie Wenrui is gone."

Gu Ci smiled: "It should be like this."

"Aren't you angry that he doesn't save you regardless of your affection?"

Gu Ci sneered: "Your Majesty is joking, I have a normal relationship with him, why are we so angry?"

Yelu Yanli turned his back to him, leaned against the desk, and looked towards the floor.He knew that Gu Ci was lying to him, trying to tell him to give up on Xie Wenrui.It's a pity that he still has the memory of his previous life anyway, Gu Ci's heart for Xie Wenrui couldn't be more real.

It's just that he is really curious, can Xie Wenrui give up Gu Ci for his loyalty to Zhao Cong?

Gu Ci really doesn't feel sad at all?

He lowered his eyes and said softly, "A Ci drank that pot of bar."

Gu Ci was chilled by his "A Ci", he looked at the pot of wine and did not move for a long time.

"Don't dare to drink?"

Gu Ci sneered: "Why don't you dare!" He picked up the jug and drank it down, then put the jug back on the table.The medicine took effect very quickly, and within a short while there was pain in his abdomen, his face turned pale, but he could still hold on.

Yelu Yanli turned around, looked at him, and said softly: "When Xie Wenrui comes again, let him catch up with you."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty—" Gu Ci gritted his teeth.

"As long as you can coax him, you can get the antidote."

Gu Ci's body was covered in cold sweat from the pain, but he still gritted his teeth: "Don't even think about it."

"He volunteered for me to use for you, and he can also get the antidote."

"Don't think about it!"

Yelu Yanli nodded, reached out to grab the empty jug, and walked out leisurely, saying as he walked, "There will be no serious problems within a month, that is, the abdominal pain is unbearable in the middle of the night. Let's rest earlier."

Gu Ci pressed his stomach with one hand and supported the table with the other, gritting his teeth so that there was a bloody smell between his teeth.

He looked at Yelu Yanli's back, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, have you been happy these six years?"

Yelu Yanli stopped and turned to look at him in surprise: "Of course I'm not happy."

but--

He smiled at Gu Ci: "I'll be happy soon."

Gu Ci said loudly: "Your Majesty has such an impure mind, even if he really wins the Great Song Dynasty and our official family, he will not be happy for the rest of his life!"

He quickly put away his smile, looked at Gu Ci for a moment, sneered, turned around and strode out of the study.

Everyone thought that his motives were not pure, and that he was lying to Zhao Cong, including Zhao Cong himself.Each of them poked his heart again and again, and everyone cursed that he and Zhao Cong could not be together.

What did he do wrong?To get to this situation.

If he could choose, he would not want his previous life!

He walked straight through the courtyard of the Duting Posthouse, almost rushing out of the door and rushing into the palace.

When they were about to go out, the guards stepped forward and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, it's Zi Shi, where are you going?"

Only then did he gradually wake up, yes, where is he going.With this appearance, if she entered the imperial palace, she would probably be regarded as a forced palace again.He sneered, laughed at himself, took a few steps back, turned and returned to the room.

Zhao Cong didn't react much when he heard that they hadn't returned to Liao Kingdom, which was within his expectation.According to that person's temperament, although the skin has been changed now, the essence has not changed.Zhao Cong knew how tough he was, even paranoid, so paranoid that it was terribly paranoid.

On the same night, Zhao Congqia also had important things to do.

Li Liangcheng sneaked into the city of Tokyo again, very cleverly found Sun's family who now lived in the suburbs, and asked Sun Xiaoyu to meet Zhao Zongning in person, and then pass on a message to him.

After Sun Xiaoyu fled from the southwest back then, she kept her anonymity and stayed at home all day without going out. It seemed boring, but it was the life she dreamed of.After all, Sun Zhuyun is her son-in-law, and also her elder brother, even though he is not a sibling at all, and even though there have been so many dirty things in the family.

After all, it has been too many years, it is impossible for Zhao Zongning to repay grievances with kindness, but a little compensation is nothing to her.Besides, Sun Xiaoyu was not the same Sun Xiaoyu back then. Zhao Zongning liked her a lot, and because of her previous achievements, she had been in contact with her all these years.

It was also midnight, Zhao Cong saw Li Liangcheng in disguise in Funing Hall.

I don't know if it's true, or Li Liangcheng did it on purpose.The bruises under his eyes are terrifying, his face is pale and gloomy, and he is no longer the high-spirited appearance he used to be.

As soon as he saw Zhao Cong, he knelt down on the ground and saluted.

Zhao Cong didn't speak, and looked at him kneeling indifferently.

Li Liangcheng said bitterly: "Your Majesty, after so many years, I finally see you again!"

"Since you call yourself a 'subject', you have received my order to Xixia, why didn't you accept it?"

"Your Majesty, I can't receive it! Yeluyan ordered people to watch me all day long, and no matter what he did, every move was under his watch! If I resist, he can kill me immediately! Kill me!" It’s okay, but what should the people of Xixia do, Your Majesty? Although Xixia is not as good as before, there are still those territories and people. I got the imperial father’s will, even if I don’t care about myself, I must protect the people! "

Zhao Cong was indifferent.

Li Liangcheng continued: "Your Majesty passed on Xixia's decree, which minister does not want to return? He even wished to come here in person. Yelu Yanli is monitoring the minister, and the minister is helpless!"

This left him completely alone, Zhao Cong watched as Li Liangcheng continued to sing.

Li Liangcheng looked up at him, his eyes were red: "Your Majesty may have met Yelu Yanli, so do you know who he is?"

"Yes."

"Your Majesty! He has lied to you for so many years! Even when I found out about this, I felt wronged for you. Your Majesty may not know that when he was still in Tokyo, he sent people to Xixia to give gold and silver to his ministers. He also said that he wanted to help his ministers seize the throne! To tell you the truth, the minister was very frightened at that time, and even more surprised who had the courage to speak like this. After that, they came again many times, until Jiang Weisheng in Taiyuan I know who he really is! He threatened me to help him send troops to Taiyuan and help Taiyuan rebel. If I don’t obey, he will tell His Majesty that I have something wrong with Song Dynasty!" Li Liangcheng cried bitterly, "It’s really wronged Wow! From then on, I fell into one of his traps. When he returned to the Liao Kingdom, I didn't know his relationship with your majesty until I saw him. He sent someone to ask me to play a role. The three princes are true and false, the conscience of heaven and earth, there is no truth and falsehood in my minister. The sincerity of the minister to His Majesty has never changed! The minister is not only unwilling for His Majesty, but also feels ashamed. If he had known this earlier, he would have known that he was Such a wolfish ambition, even if I die, I will tell His Majesty the truth!"

Zhao Cong could hear clearly, what Li Liangcheng said was probably true.This truth is true when he met Yelu Yanli, or the former Zhao Shiqi.

It turned out that Li Liangcheng had a relationship with him so early.

It's true that Zhao Cong hated Yelu Yanli, but these people probably didn't know until their death that he had such a relationship with Yelu Yanli.This disgust, even if it is disgust, is a disgust that is completely different from everyone else.If you want to provoke, you have to change the method.

No matter how stupid he is, he is unwilling to compete with the snipe and clam of the Liao Kingdom and let Li Liangcheng benefit.

But no one will pretend to be stupid, it is precisely because none of them know the relationship between him and Xiao Shi in the past, the reason for his hatred for Xiao Shi, and they don't know that he really has no heart to kill Xiao Shi One, good acting.

Zhao Cong sighed, pretending to be affected by his words, and said sadly: "It's all in the past, so don't talk about it again."

"Yes, yes." Li Liangcheng wiped away the tears on his face, "Look at this minister, I have been trapped in Xixia for many years, and it is rare to come out. I am really happy to see His Majesty. It is also because of Yelu Yanli's arrival In Kaifeng, the most dangerous place is the safest, and I dared to come here only after I was sure it was true."

"Oh." Zhao Cong handed him a handkerchief, "Get up and talk, it's not easy for you to come this time, so tell me, what can I ask of you?"

As soon as Li Liangcheng got up, he knelt again and cried, "I don't dare to ask Your Majesty if I have anything to do. I just want to see Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty won't misunderstand me."

"There is no misunderstanding between you and me. Get up and sit down." Zhao Cong said lightly.

Li Liangcheng became more and more moved, kowtowed before getting up, and sat aside.

Zhao Cong was so annoyed by his crying that he didn't bother to deal with him, guessed his reason for coming, and said directly: "I heard that Yelu Yanli married his fifth younger sister to you?"

Li Liangcheng immediately said: "Your Majesty, I don't want to marry at all."

"It is said that the fifth princess is very beautiful and has a noble status. Isn't it good to marry her?"

"I don't want to get involved with his Yelu family at all."

"It's hard for you." Zhao Cong nodded with emotion, and then stopped talking.

Li Liangcheng was anxious in his heart, he said it well, why didn't he continue talking?He opened his mouth, intending to continue pouring dirty water on Yelu Yanli's body, when Rantao came in from outside, and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to drink the medicine."

Li Liangcheng didn't want to, so he had no choice but to get up, and said in panic: "There is a reason for disturbing His Majesty's rest."

"No problem, where are you staying? If there is no safe place, I will give you a house to live in."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En, I dare not, and now I dare not live in a place that attracts attention, and lives in a rural place on the outskirts of the city."

"Since that's the case, it's late at night, so you should go back and rest first. It's not easy to go out of the city. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will ask you to come in and talk. Yelu Yanli, you don't have to be afraid, I will support you."

Li Liangcheng pretended to be ecstatic, kowtowed a few more times, and then happily disguised himself and left quietly.

Fu Lu sent him out of the palace, and when he came back, he saw that His Majesty had drunk the medicine and was still lying on the bed reading a book, so he went to the bed and replied, "Your Majesty, I sent him out of the palace through the side door, no one saw him."

"Ah."

"Your Majesty, do you want Shao Yi to keep an eye on him?"

Zhao Cong smiled: "I know who he can command, so I still need to keep an eye on him? Let him go." After finishing speaking, he threw away the book, "Sleeping."

"Yes." Fu Lu took back the book, closed the curtain, lifted the candlestick, turned around and walked out of the inner room gently.

Zhao Cong tossed and turned, and took out the purse from under the pillow.

Holding his purse, he also thought it was funny, Li Liangcheng really thought he was smart, sneaked out like this, really didn't Yelu Yanli know?

Of course Li Liangcheng knew, but he couldn't hide it from the evil star of Liao, what he wanted was to get in touch with Zhao Cong as soon as possible before the evil star knew about it.

As soon as he got into the carriage, the carriage was galloping out of the city, and his confidant asked: "Your Highness, Yelu—"

"Hmph, he will know tomorrow for sure, so he might question me again. But I'm in Song Dynasty now, and he doesn't dare to do anything to me."

"Then why do you have to--"

Li Liangcheng closed his eyes: "I'm tired, let's talk when I go back."

"Yes."

They returned to a house on the outskirts of the city, which was a farm yard.He got out of the carriage and walked into his bedroom. As soon as he entered, before the lights were lit, someone knelt on the ground and said respectfully, "Your Highness."

Li Liangcheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Get up and talk."

"I don't know how your Highness negotiated with the officials?"

"Zhao Cong is very smart, he doesn't believe me at all. But I don't need him to believe me, I just need to muddy the water. In terms of strength, I am not as good as the two of them, let them fight."

"Did your Highness tell you about the Fifth Princess?"

Li Liangcheng frowned: "I mentioned a few words, and Zhao Cong kicked me out before I asked to marry County Lord Le'an. He is really smart and impermeable, hard to conquer."

"Your Highness, don't worry, his deathbed is Zhao Shiqi."

Li Liangcheng sneered: "Zhao Shiqi really deceived me so much! If I knew his true identity back then, I would have killed him at all costs in Luoyang! Even if Luoyang couldn't kill him, where could I not kill him in Taiyuan or Yizhou? Is it me? Too underestimating the enemy!"

"Your Highness, don't be impatient. How can you blame you for this matter? Who would have thought? It was me. Although I guessed that he was up to no good, I didn't expect him to be like this. Besides, you hate him so much, what's more What about officials?"

Li Liangcheng breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled: "No, you didn't see that Zhao Cong's face changed when I mentioned Yeluyanli today. That's his good nephew. He loved him for so many years and was willing to give him the throne, but in the end It ended up like this." The more Li Liangcheng thought about it, the more amusing he became, and he simply laughed out loud, "Zhao Shiqi is truly admirable, he has been dormant for many years, and he has such an identity! Thanks to the Southwest team, otherwise Zhao Shiqi would have quietly killed Zhao Shiqi. Cong, who ascended the throne and became the Emperor of Song, the Liao Kingdom belonged to him. In this way, how will Xia and I deal with each other?"

"In the end, God bless Daxia."

"It's not in vain that I put so much thought into Jiang Wei and Zhao Congde back then. I will always get back the thought I put into it."

"There will be a final battle between Liao and Song. Your Highness will rest assured and enjoy the benefits."

Li Liangcheng rubbed his chin: "We still need to plan carefully, but it's a pity that Wan Yanliang is too elusive and unstable, otherwise he can be used. Even Yelu Yanli and Zhao Cong, if there is no such layer of hatred , I also find it hard to provoke."

"It's just that Your Highness needs to be careful these days."

"I have nothing to be afraid of. This is the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Cong returned the congratulatory gift directly and threw it on Yelu Yanli's face. Didn't he dare not say a word? It made me feel happy. The Great Song Dynasty Fighting everywhere in the year is no longer what it used to be, no matter how powerful Yelu Yanli is, he dare not move him easily at this time, Yelu Yanli is afraid of Zhao Cong after all."

"His Royal Highness knows what he has in mind."

Li Liangcheng slowed down his voice: "All these years, it's all because of you."

The other party smiled: "You and I hit it off when we first met, and worshiped me as a teacher. I will be a teacher for a day, and I will be a teacher for a lifetime. I did it voluntarily."

Only then did Li Liangcheng's voice feel truly moved: "If the father hadn't abandoned those decades, whether it's the Song Dynasty or the Liao Dynasty, how can it compare to my Xia? Anyway, Xia Guo, I, Li Liangcheng, will be here. Revival! At that time, the teacher will be bestowed with the highest glory and wealth."

"That's what I care about."

The two looked at each other in the dark and laughed silently together.