3. Ordered in danger 7

Zhong Xinyu said: "The right envoy doesn't need to be polite, your current identity is very important, don't expose it for the time being." nb。 On the one hand, we are here to inform the Right Envoy, and on the other hand, we also want to ask the Right Envoy how you think the Holy Religion should develop next. ”

The man in black thought for a moment and said, "For a while, there are no good ideas, let me think about it, and then reply to the sect leader." However, please do not stay in Lin'an, and leave Lin'an as soon as possible. ”

Before Yu Xinyu could speak, Xiao Tinglan said, "Why is this?" Is it difficult for our whereabouts to be discovered? ”

The man in black said: "That's not it, it's just that the Jin Kingdom began to invade the south again, and raided from the sea, landing in Jiaxing Mansion, and now the soldiers are pointing directly at Chongde." Lin'an was about to break, and the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Yan, ordered to retreat to Tanzhou to avoid the Jin army. The subordinates will also be withdrawn soon, so the sect leader will go to Tanzhou first, and after we meet in Tanzhou again, we will decide on the next step of our Holy Sect. ”

Zhong Xinyu nodded and said, "That's it, let's leave Lin'an immediately and go to Tanzhou." ”

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Early in the morning of the second day, Yang Yan packed up and prepared to set off.

After a night's rest, the 5,000 men and horses of the Xuanfeng Army basically recovered from fatigue, and at this time, Yijing arranged a queue in the barracks, and could only set off as soon as Yang Yan arrived.

Yang Yan came to the barracks, and after gathering the men and horses, he ordered Tian Kai to lead a thousand men and horses to stay in Lin'an, protect the Yang family and the chariots of the Xinwang Mansion, and evacuate Lin'an. After Tian Kai received the order to leave, Yang Yan was about to announce his departure, when the soldiers guarding the camp gate hurriedly came in and said, "Lord Yang, it's too much." ”

Yang Yan was stunned for a moment, and didn't understand that Taiwei suddenly came to the barracks, but he still announced that he was in line with the bright team and was waiting for Tai Wei to come. He led Liu Fuwu, Tian Kai, Wang Chou, Lin Kefeng and other major generals out of the camp to greet Tai.

Out of the camp gate, I saw Tai Zhao Yijing get out of the car, and was standing in front of the camp gate under the support of a group of guards, eunuchs, and palace maids.

Yang Yan immediately stepped forward, clasped his fists with both hands and saluted: "Weichen Yang Yan, see His Royal Highness." ”

Zhao Dian also took a few steps forward, held his hands weakly, and said: "Yang Qing is exempt, this time Xiao Wang is the emperor's order, and before Yang Qing is about to go on the expedition, see Yang Qing off." At the same time, it also passed on the will of the official family, and Yang Qing was ready to receive the decree first. ”

Yang Yan didn't expect that this time it was Tai himself who came to deliver the decree, and hurriedly said: "Please ask Your Highness to enter the camp, and the minister will immediately arrange to receive the decree." ”

After entering the barracks, the whole army knelt on the ground, Zhao Dan opened the holy decree and read it out in public, the content of the holy decree was nothing, just praised Yang Yan for pacifying the civil strife in Dali, forcing Jiaozhi to be a minister, and exterminating the merits of the Guangnan pirates, but before the end of the holy decree, Yang Yan was crowned as the envoy of the Qingyuan Army, and the Jianghuai East Road was appeased. and will not be dismissed.

When Yang Yan heard this, he was also taken aback, although he knew that he would definitely be promoted when he returned to Beijing, he never expected that he would be promoted to the position of Jiedu envoy at once. Although in the Song Dynasty, the Jiedu envoy was just a virtual street, but it was the most important and glorious virtual title for the promotion of military generals. Before the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, there were almost no envoys to the festival, and after the southern crossing, because there were many wars, and the status of the generals was increased, the number of generals who were made by the festival gradually increased, and there was also a situation where one person concurrently served as the envoy of the two or three towns, but even so, the current envoys were only Yu Yun, Yang Yi, Li Xianzhong, Han Yanzhi, Li Dao, Li Bao, Liu Bao, Wu Gong, and Chen Minren. Only Yang Yi is the only one who has two towns.

Yang Yi is basically in a semi-retired state, while Han Yanzhi and Yu Yun are both officials, Li Dao is a relative, Wu Gong is recuperating in Sichuan, and there are only Li Xianzhong, Li Bao, Liu Bao, and Chen Min who really lead the army on the front line, and now Yang Yan is the fifth person.

The appeasement envoy is not a permanent official position, generally only the local generals who serve as the border and sit on one side alone will be appointed as the appeasement envoy, which is one level higher than Yang Yan's current system envoy, and Yang Yan was actually promoted to the ranks of the top generals of the Great Song Dynasty at the age of twenty-three. Moreover, according to the etiquette practice, after being promoted to the festival envoy, he should resign twice, and he did not formally accept it until the third time, but now the situation is special, and it is impossible to resign three times, so he specifically stated in the holy decree that he would not be dismissed.

He was promoted from the Chengxuan envoy to the festival envoy at once, which is simply overlifting. And it was Tai himself who conveyed the instructions for promotion, which was naturally even more glorious. Of course, this is also Zhao Yan's special arrangement, so that Tai and Yang Yan have more opportunities to get in touch. Although Yang Yan didn't care about the size of his official position, he was stunned for a while.

Zhao Dian said: "Yang Jie, please thank you for the festival." ”

Only then did Yang Yan understand, kowtow to the holy decree and thank him, stood up straight, and then took over the "Festival".

Originally, whenever the envoy of the festival was enshrined, the imperial court should grant a set of very majestic "festivals", which were not available to other officials and generals, especially to show the prestige of the envoys. It includes a dragon and a tiger red silk flag, a red silk of a white tiger, a knot with a bunch of red silk, two spears, and two leopard tails made of red linen. A full set of eight pieces of five categories, all with black lacquered wooden poles, and with all kinds of decorations, exquisitely made, the festival degree makes the festival, along the way, rather to remove the bad house, than to fall the festival, in order to show unyielding.

Yang Yan handed over the "Jingjie" to someone for safekeeping, and then thanked Zhao Dan, in fact, Yang Yan and Zhao Dian usually only occasionally met a few times during the court or banquet, but there was not much friendship, this time it was really a face-to-face conversation with Zhao Dan. Seeing that he was similar in age to himself, Dafu was twenty-three or four years old, and his appearance was similar to Zhao Yan, but his tone was clear and harmonious, lacking Zhao Yan's imperial spirit, and he was more like a weak scholar. At this time, Yang Yan found that among the people who accompanied Tailai, there was also Duan Yanzhu, the concubine from Dali.

Zhao Dian turned to the side slightly, looked at Duan Yanzhu, and said with a smile: "Yang Qing pacified the Dali Rebellion this time, so Concubine Duan has always wanted to thank Yang Qing in person, so I heard that Xiao Wang came to send Yang Qing off, and he also came with him." ”

Saying that, he beckoned to Duan Yanzhu, Duan Yanzhu immediately walked over and said: "General Yang helped Dali restore the country, expel the traitors, and have the grace of reinvention with Dali. Saying that, he gave Yang Yan a blessing.

Yang Yan hurriedly turned to the side, saying that he didn't dare to accept Duan Yanzhu's gift, and said: "Weichen pacified the rebellion in Dali, and he still fulfilled the responsibility of the minister, so he really didn't dare to accept Concubine Duan's gift." I only hope that Dali will be safe and secure from now on, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment, and there will be no more suffering from swords and soldiers, and I also hope that the two countries of Dali will always be in alliance and harmonious from generation to generation. ”

At this time, Zhao Dian ordered someone to serve wine, poured three glasses of imperial wine, handed it to Yang Yan with his own hands, and said: "Xiao Wang respects Yang Qing three cups of imperial wine, and I hope that Yang Qing will go out this time to win the battle and succeed." ”

Yang Yan said: "Thank you, Your Highness." "Take the wine, sacrifice the first two cups to heaven and earth, and drink the third cup in one go.

Zhao Dian said to Duan Yanzhu again: "Concubine Duan, you came with Gu, and you also toasted Yang Qing with three glasses of imperial wine, expressing your gratitude to Yang Qing for helping Dali restore the country."

Duan Yanzhu also poured three glasses of wine, handed them to Yang Yan, and said, "Lord Yang, I hope you can return safely this time." ”

Yang Yan drank all the three glasses of wine, saluted them again, and said: "Thank you Your Highness and Niangniang for the wine, it's not too early, and the minister will set off immediately, so I will say goodbye to Your Highness and Niangniang." ”

As he spoke, he turned over and got on his horse, and with an order, the four thousand cavalry troops urged their horses away and galloped away.

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