One Piece of Song Dynasty

At noon that day, Song Huizong held a banquet in Yanfu Palace to entertain ministers. The ministers who attended the banquet included Prime Minister Wang Fu, Jiedu Envoy Kaifu Yitong's Third Division Liang Shicheng, Kaifu Yitong's Third Division Taiwei Gao Qiu, Privy Councilor Zheng Juzhong, Zhongshu Minister Zhang Bangchang, Shangshu Zuocheng Wang Anzhong, Hanlin Li Bangyan, the right prime minister of the academy, Li Bangyan, and Bai Shizhong, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, were all important officials of the imperial court.

Just when Song Huizong was hosting a banquet with ministers, Li Xin also received a message from Liang Xing.

After Liang Hongyu translated the secret letter, she handed it to Li Xin and said: "My lord, Yizhou and Zhuozhou have surrendered to the imperial court. I guess there will be no problem for the imperial court to regain Yanyun this time."

Li Xin looked at the secret letter and frowned: "It's better not to be happy too early. It's hard to say until things are settled."

Liang Hongyu rolled her eyes at Li Xin and snorted coldly: "Hmph, well, let's see how long the official can keep his tough words."

Li Xin smiled and said: "Okay, madam, quickly write back to Liang Xing, telling him to pay close attention to the war between Song and Liao, and once again telling him that if the imperial army enters the city, our people will not reveal their identities to the imperial army, nor will they help the imperial court. The army acts so as not to leave any consequences, and all it takes is to watch.”

Liang Hongyu nodded and said: "Okay, okay, officer, the slave family knows."

Li Xin thought for a while and said: "Forget it, this matter is very important, I'll write this letter myself."

Liang Hongyu asked: "Why, the officials still don't believe in the slave family?"

Li Xin shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't believe Madam, it's just that this matter involves the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Our people must not participate in the war between Song and Liao, and we must not have any kindness."

In fact, Li Xin felt unsure after seeing the surrender of Yizhou and Zhuozhou. He only knew that the Song Army failed in both Northern Expeditions, but he did not know the specific reasons for the failure.

After Li Xin personally wrote the secret letter and sent it out, he secretly ordered to Cao Long that during this period, no one could use the carrier pigeons in the house except Li Xin himself, not even the ladies.

Liang Hongyu was really moved when she saw that the Song Dynasty was about to regain Yanyun. Although Li Xin's actions in Xinghan Island and other places gave her some confidence, she still didn't think that Li Xin had the strength to fight against the Song Dynasty. She thought that since If her officials have spies in Youzhou, they can help the imperial army without exposing their identities. This can also leave a way out for them, but Li Xin's actions gave her a blow.

But even so, this idea still lingered in Liang Hongyu's mind. After thinking about it, Liang Hongyu decided to take the risk and wrote a secret letter privately to send to Liang Xing. However, when she came with the secret letter to ask for the carrier pigeon, she When they were sending them away, they were told by the manager of the carrier pigeons that Li Xin had ordered that no one except himself could use the carrier pigeons. Liang Hongyu immediately understood that Li Xin was guarding against her.

At this time, Li Xin came out and said: "Madam, you really still care about the Song Dynasty. Madam didn't think about the lives of us when she wrote this letter."

Liang Hongyu defended: "No, the Nu family has thought about it. The Nu family just wants Liang Xing and others to help the imperial army without exposing their identities. The Nu family just wants to leave a way out for us. Do the officials really think that just because of you? Can hundreds of thousands of people fight against the Song Dynasty, which has hundreds of millions of people?"

Li Xin smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that Madam still doesn't trust me. I can tell you right now, even though the Song Dynasty has hundreds of millions of people and millions of soldiers, in my heart the Song Dynasty is just a paper tiger that can be broken with just one poke. There is nothing to be afraid of at all. If Madam doesn’t believe it, we will wait a few months and see again. But my people are never allowed to participate in the Song and Liao wars, so Madam, don’t even think about sending this letter today. During this period, No one can use the carrier pigeons in the house except me."

Liang Hongyu said with red eyes: "But."

Li Xin waved his hands and said angrily: "It's nothing but, madam, don't forget the purpose of the spies I sent out. Their target is not the dilapidated Liao Kingdom but the powerful Jin Kingdom. They cannot do it because of the Battle of Song and Liao." They died for a trivial matter. Their battlefield was in Dajin. And madam, even if the imperial court regained Yanyun this time, how could it withstand the offensive of the powerful Jin army? The espionage network I finally established in the Jin Kingdom must not be used by anyone. Destroy it, so Madam only needs to translate the secret letter from now on, and take more care of Long Er when she has time, and I will write all future replies myself."

Liang Hongyu wiped away her tears and said, "Yes, officer."

Li Xin saw Liang Hongyu crying and sighed: "I didn't mean to be angry with you. This matter is actually of great importance and there can't be any mistakes. Those people I sent out also have family members. They have been working abroad for several years and have not returned home. Their families are also looking forward to their safe return, and I cannot joke with their lives."

Liang Hongyu lowered her head and said: "Yes, officer, it was the slave's fault. The slave's family will never act recklessly again."

Li Xin gently hugged Liang Hongyu and said, "Okay, let's go see Long Er."

In his heart, Li Xin still admired Liang Hongyu, a famous female general who fought against gold. He did not want to have a tense relationship with Liang Hongyu. After all, Liang Hongyu was his wife or Long Er's mother.

A few days later, Liang Xing received Li Xin's reply. After reading it, he said: "Niu San, go and tell Deputy Commander Zhao quickly and ask him to come over in the evening."

Niu San cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Langjun."

After Zhao Yun received the letter, he quietly came to Liang Mansion at night. After seeing Zhao Yun, Liang Xing handed the letter to him and said: "Brother Zhao, your Excellency has replied. Your Excellency asked us to continue to pay attention to the trends of the Song and Liao wars, but also specifically asked us to ignore it." Regardless of the outcome of the Song-Liao war, none of our people can come into contact with the imperial army. Even if the imperial army invades Youzhou, we cannot identify ourselves and help the imperial army. We can only watch."

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "Okay, I know, I will give orders to my men when I go back. It's easy to talk about other places, but Yizhou and Zhuozhou have already returned to the imperial court, and we can't contact the people there now."

Liang Xing said: "The people you sent to these two places gave instructions before they left. Did you give instructions in advance to the people you sent to these two places before they left?"

Zhao Yun replied: "Of course I have told you. Your Majesty told us repeatedly about this before we set off from Hui'an. Later, before I came to Liao Kingdom, I told you again. I will definitely not forget this kind of life-related matter." ah."

Liang Xing breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good, then we should trust our men. They definitely don't want to lose their lives. How about you give the list of personnel and contact information in those two places to someone, and someone gives us two copies?" Send the list and contact information to the adults, and ask the adults to notify Cangzhou Tianxiang Tower and ask them to find these people."

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "That's fine. I'll write down the list and contact information right now."