"What, is there such a thing? Zhao Cao, are you telling the truth? Yang Yan had an expression of disbelief, staring at Zhao Cao and Suzaku in front of him, and even Zhao Qianru felt that it was really incredible after listening to what they said. How is this possible? ”

Lai Wenzheng, who accompanied Zhao Cao and Suzaku to Tianlin Mansion together, said on the side: "My lord, when Brother Zhao and Miss Suzaku first told this secret, Zai Xia also felt that it was incredible, but after listening to them finish the details, Zai Xia had to believe that this was indeed the truth. ”

Zhao Cao also said to Yang Yan: "Lord Yang, please believe that what I said is true, Empress Li's father, Li Dao, is a Manichaean hidden inside your court. His true identity is that of the Manichaean messenger of light. ”

It turned out that Zhao Cao and the others decided to go to Longxing Mansion and take refuge under Yang Yan, and planned to use Yang Yan's power to avenge Zhong Xinyu and others. After arriving at Longxing Mansion, they first found Lai Wenzheng, only to know that Yang Yan had gone to Tianlin Mansion at this time and was not in Longxing Mansion. Therefore, Zhao Cao explained his intention to Lai Wenzheng, and at the same time told Lai Wenzheng of Li Dao's true identity.

Lai Wenzheng was also shocked when he learned this secret, he knew when he was in Manichaeism, and the right envoy of the light in the sect lurked in the court of the Great Song Dynasty as an internal response, and had spread a lot of news for Manichaeism, but his true identity was unknown. I didn't expect this person to be Li Dao.

And Lai Wenzheng also knows that now Li Dao belongs to the party of Shi Hao, Long Dayuan and others, since Zhao Dian ascended the throne, he has always been targeting Yang Yan, hoping to bring Yang Yan down, in the last time Yang Yan was dismissed, it was the result of the efforts of these people, Li Dao played a role in it I don't know, but it is certain that he must be involved. Even if Li Dao's true identity is the right envoy of light of Manichaeism, and Yang Yan is the chief hero of the suppression of Manichaeism, then this time Yang Yan went to Tianlin Mansion, Li Dao would never let Yang Yan go. Now it seems that maybe the emperor's recruitment of Yang Yan to Tianlin Mansion this time was itself a conspiracy set up by Li Dao.

Therefore, Lai Wenzheng did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly told Gao Zhen, who was stationed in Longxing Mansion, the secret he learned from Zhao Cao. After Gao Zhen heard it, he also realized that the situation was not good, although he did not fully believe in this secret, but he would rather believe in it than believe in it. It was immediately decided to send Lai Wenzheng to take Zhao Cao and others to Tianlin Mansion overnight to inform Yang Yan of this secret, so that Yang Yan could be on guard. And Zhao Wanru, who came to Longxing Mansion with Zhao Cao and others, also went to Tianlin Mansion with her, but the others couldn't twist her, so they had to take her with them.

It's just that Lai Wenzheng and the others set off several days later than Yang Yan, so they hurried on the ministry road, and in the end they were still two days late, but after arriving at Tianlin Mansion, everything that should have happened happened. Li Dao set a trap with Shi Hao, Long Dayuan and others, and Zhao Yueru couldn't withstand the emperor's hard persuasion, so he secretly attacked and caught Yang Yan. Fortunately, Zhao Qianru took timely measures, and Yang Yan was able to get out of danger safely.

After Lai Wenzheng heard Yang Yan finish saying this, he also felt thrilled, such a result was really a blessing in misfortune. Lian Lian said: "It's dangerous, it's dangerous." Then he told Yang Yan and Zhao Qianru about Li Dao's good danger.

After listening to what Lai Wenzheng said, both of them felt unbelievable, because Li Dao has been an official for more than 30 years, and now his daughter is the queen of the dynasty, and he himself is a dignified prince, so he can be regarded as a minister, and it is impossible for him to be an undercover agent of Manichaeism. However, since Lai Wenzheng said it accurately, Yang Yan felt that it was better to ask clearly, so he immediately asked Lai Wenzheng to invite Zhao Cao and Suzaku to listen to them explain the whole thing in detail.

It turned out that as early as the fourth year of Jianyan (1130), the then head of Manichaeism was Zhong Ziang's father Zhong Xiang, who propagated the doctrine in the area of Dongting Lake, gathered believers, and rebelled against the Song Dynasty. and established himself as the "Great Sage Heavenly King". Li Dao was only in his early twenties at the time, and it was at this time that he joined the Manichaeism, and after joining the church, he fought quite bravely, so he was very used by Zhong Xiang, and was accepted by Zhong Xiang as a registered disciple.

In that year, Zhong Xiang died in battle, and the sect supported Zhong Xiang's eldest son Zhong Ziyi to succeed to the position of sect leader, but when Zhong Ziyi was still young, all matters in the sect were presided over by Yang Mo, the then bright left envoy, Yang Mo was quite resourceful, with the Dongting waters, occupied one side, and continued to expand its power, the Song Dynasty sent several large armies to suppress, all in vain. When Manichaeism was at its strongest, it stretched from Yueyang in the east, to the Zhijiang River in the west, from Gong'an in the north to Tanzhou in the south, all of which became places they could control.

It was not until the fifth year of Shaoxing (1135) that the power of Manichaeism was getting bigger and bigger, and at this time, the Jin State temporarily stopped its southern invasion, and the Song-Jin border was slightly calm, so the imperial court made a decision to transfer Yue Fei to send troops to conquer Dongting and pacify Manichaeism. As a result, after Yue Fei sent troops to Dongting Lake, after some careful arrangements, he won consecutive battles, and the sect members Huang Zuo, Yang Qin and others surrendered one after another.

Zhong Ziyi saw that Dazhai was surrounded by the Song army, and the general trend was gone, and he knew that he would not be spared, and his goal was obvious, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to escape. So he passed on the position of the head of Manichaeism to his younger brother Zhong Ziang, and ordered Zhong Ziang to lead some of his followers to break out of the siege, flee to Quang Nam, secretly recruit believers, spread doctrines, and wait for the opportunity to start again. At the same time, I also knew that just by gathering the people to make trouble, it was just a rabble, and it was difficult to resist such a well-trained officer and army as the Yue family army, and if you wanted to achieve great things, you must master a team of officers and soldiers to be sure. Therefore, Li Dao was promoted to the right envoy of Manichaeism, and passed on to him the highest mastery of Manichaeism, the "Great Shift of Qiankun", and instructed him to try to blend in with the official army and become an undercover agent of Manichaeism in the Song Dynasty. The squire took control of the army, so that when the Manichaeans revolted, they would respond within the imperial court.

Then Yue Fei attacked Dazhai on the north bank of the river in Longyang County, Zhong Ziyi killed himself, Yang Mo was captured and beheaded, and the Manichaean rebellion in Dongting was completely quelled by Yue Fei. And Li Dao relied on his martial arts to secretly escape from Dongting Lake, and after several turns, he first took refuge in the subordinates of Liukou Li Heng. After Yue Fei pacified Zhong Ziyi and Yang Mo, he then sent troops to recruit Li Heng, Li Heng was defeated by Yue Fei, led the army and fled to Zhang Jun's subordinates. However, Li Dao took the opportunity to break away from Li Heng and surrendered to Yue Fei as a general under Yue Fei.

After Li Daotou was thrown into the Yue family's army, he was cautious in dealing with people, and he was afraid of showing his feet, but he followed the Yuejia army to win a lot of victories, so he was promoted step by step, and he was able to lead an army by himself. But he is not a prominent general in the Yuejia army. However, because of this, after Yue Fei's death, Tian Shizhong took over Yue Fei's position and served as the commander of the Ezhou Imperial Garrison, several famous generals under Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, Dong Xian, Wang Gui, Niu Gao and others were not allowed to die well, but Li Dao was not much implicated, but he was able to continue to be a general under Tian Shizhong, and he could still lead an army by himself.

And after a few years of official career, Li Dao also learned a lot of officialdom drill camp Fengying, plus he has been operating up and down, left and right, in the following ten years, the official position was actually promoted all the way to Yaojun Chengxuan. In the twenty-third year of Shaoxing (1153), Li Dao was ordered to pacify Yang Zaixing, a Qiren who had repeatedly harassed the southern provinces (the same name as Yang Zaixing, who was killed in battle by Yue Fei's subordinates in Xiaoshanghe). Li Dao was also rewarded as a "fallen official" for this merit, and was suddenly promoted from the Yaojun Chengxuan envoy to the full-time Chengxuan envoy. In the thirtieth year of Shaoxing (1160), Li Dao succeeded Liu Qi and served as the commander of the imperial garrison of Jingnan Mansion, and finally became the chief general who held the military power and took charge alone.

In the thirty-first year of Shaoxing (1161), the gold lord Wanyan Liang sent troops to invade the south, and the main force of Song and Jin started a big war in quarrying. And Li Dao also led the army to repel the Jin soldiers' division crossing the river at Cihu, fought a small victory, and was promoted to the Qingyuan Army Festival Envoy because of this merit.

A few years later, under the operation of Li Dao, his daughter Li Fengniang was also elected as the concubine of the crown prince Zhao Dan, and Li Dao was also transferred to the Lin'an Imperial Court and served as the deputy commander of the palace and became Yang Yizhong's deputy.

After entering Beijing, Li Dao knew in his heart that Yang Yi was middle-aged and high-aged, and he would not stay in this position for too long in the front of the palace, so he was bent on taking over Yang Yizhong's position in a few years and taking charge of the people in front of the palace, so that he could control the entire Lin'an people. However, he also knew that he was born as a military general, and he had no outstanding military exploits, and his father was a relative of his daughter, and it was against the ancestral system of the Great Song Dynasty to take charge of the military power, and it was inevitable that he would be jealous, and he must get acquainted with a few ministers in the court, thinking that he would be internal aid, in order to ensure that his official position was long-lasting, so during the period when Lin'an was an official, Li Dao made friends with Long Dayuan, Zeng Mao, Zhang Shuo and others, and became a party and echoed each other.

Nearly forty years have passed in a flash, and while Li Dao is working hard to manage his career, Zhong Ziang also leads other Manichaean personnel to hide in Guangnan, secretly preach, recruit believers, and constantly gather strength to prepare for another uprising at the right time. In these years, because there has been no appropriate time, Li Dao did not take the initiative to contact Manichaeism at this time, it was Zhong Ziang when Li Dao was in one-line contact, and he generally only contacted once a year, just keeping the contact between the two sides unimpeded, and there was nothing else. And Li Dao's true identity is only known to his two sons and daughter Li Fengniang.