"And what did she say?"

Wu Haogu took a breath by the way when he asked a question, and tried to suppress his admiration for Pan Qiaoyun.

This strong love belongs to the original Wu Haogu. Although there is a gap between the families of Pan and Wu, because of the friendship between the ancestors, the relationship is very close, so Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaoyun have known each other since childhood, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are two little sweethearts.

It's just that as the two grow older, this relationship can only be buried in the bottom of their hearts after all......

Although today's Wu Haogu has changed his soul, the deep affection in his heart still exists.

"The eighteenth sister said that you must always protect your father and son, and my family has been able to protect it thanks to the Pan family over the years, but this time it ......"

Feng Erniang sighed, and continued: "She also said that when Pan Daguan came back from the barracks, she would let me meet again, and she would always be able to think of a way at that time." ”

"Did Pan Daguan go to the barracks?" Wu Haogu asked, "I haven't heard that there is a ceremony to do?" ”

"Banker" was not the job of Pan Daguan, he was a career officer defending the feudal dictatorship of the Great Song Dynasty, and now served as the commander of the 10th Commander of the Japanese Army, one of the four armies of the Forbidden Army.

However, he rarely commanded the more than 200 "Great Song Iron Cavalry" under his command in the army (according to the establishment should have 500), and most of his energy was devoted to the financial and cultural and artistic undertakings of the Great Song Dynasty. Only when the various ceremonies that had to be held for the appearance of the Japanese army's "iron horse" arrived, he and his soldiers of the Forbidden Army would put on special armor (thin and beautiful) and ride on short and docile war horses to pretend.

This is actually the practice of most of the elite of the forbidden army today, not only most of the forbidden army in Kaifeng Prefecture, but even the forbidden army of Hebei to defend the Khitan iron cavalry is also messing around. Anyway, the peace between Song and Liao has been maintained for more than 90 years, and it looks like it will continue forever.

"It's something big going to happen in the northwest," Feng Erniang frowned even tighter, shook her head and said, "The eighteenth sister said that Zhang Xianggong has been building troops in Hengshan for many years, forcing the western thieves to run out of way, and they are about to jump over the wall in a hurry, so the Privy Council ordered the four armies to be on guard." ”

The Western Thief is the Western Xia. Zhang Xianggong has two, one is the prime minister Zhang Dan, and the other is Zhang Dan's cousin Jingyuan Lu Jinglu to appease Zhang Qi. The major event in the northwest was the protracted offensive of the Song army against the Hengshan region under the auspices of Chapter 2.

Hengshan is located in the northern part of Shaanxi Province in the later generations, stretching for more than 1,000 miles, the terrain is dangerous, and it is the forefront base of the Western Xia's attack on the Song Dynasty. If Hengshan was owned by the Western Xia, the Shaanxi Sixth Road and the northwest of the Hedong Road in the Great Song Dynasty could be invaded by the Western Xia army at any time.

Once Hengshan was taken by the Great Song Dynasty, the Western Xia would not only lose the large stronghold of the eastward and southward invasion of the Song Dynasty, but even its own fundamental place, Xingqing Mansion, would be exposed to the Song army's troops.

Although there are more than 400 miles of sandy wasteland between Hengshan and Xingqing Mansion, it is not so easy to fight. Moreover, Xingqing Mansion still has the Yellow River natural danger and strong city defense to rely on, and it is unlikely that it will be captured by the Northern Song Dynasty soon.

However, the Western Xia, which lost Hengshan, will strategically fall into a comprehensive passivity, not only will it not be able to obtain wealth supplies by plundering the Song land, but it will also have to invest a lot of resources in the defense of Xingqing Mansion, and the future will be even more difficult.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager Xiao Liang (there have been two Empress Dowagers Liang in the history of Western Xia, and the second Empress Dowager Liang who is now in power) will definitely not watch the fall of Hengshan, and will definitely pour the country's troops to counterattack, and maybe ask the Liao soldiers to help. Prime Minister Zhang, who had anticipated this, ordered all arms to fight a few days ago.

"Now I'm afraid that the Japanese army will really be sent to ......the battlefield," Feng Erniang looked worried when she said this.

The Japanese army is known as the elite of the forbidden army, but how can an "old Kaifeng" like Feng Erniang not know their details? If you really want to go to the battlefield, where is the opponent of the wolf-like thief? If Pan Daguan is loyal to the country, then the only backer of the martial arts family will be gone.

"This time, I shouldn't let Pan Daguan and them go into battle," Wu Haogu shook his head, "Zhang Xianggong just let the Japanese army make an appearance, as long as there are elites of the Western Army in the war." Moreover, the western thieves have declined badly over the years, and the Battle of Yokoyama is lost. ”

Wu Haogu had studied the history of China in the Song Huizong era in his previous life, and he also knew some major events of the Zhezong Dynasty. Therefore, I knew that what was going to be fought now was the second battle of Pingxia City, and the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang of Western Xia would soon raise 400,000 troops to attack, but what awaited this Empress Dowager of Western Xia was a fatal fiasco.

Feng Erniang nodded lightly: "As long as the officials are fine, it's fine." ”

……

Outside the city of Kaifeng, above the Bianhe River, the blue waves are rippling.

A painting boat slowly passed on the river, and you could faintly hear the faint sound of silk and bamboo coming from the painting boat. After the hustle and bustle of the daytime axis, the Bianhe River becomes extraordinarily elegant at nightfall. The evening breeze is gentle, and the sound of singing and dancing is particularly comfortable.

A tall, burly, fair-skinned man with a beard was sitting in the painting boat. His face was pale, without any blood, and he had no intention of appreciating the beautiful scenery of the Bianhe River and the performance of the family tricks.

"It's all gone." A melodious voice like a silver bell sounded, and a girl in white floated in, waved her hand to disperse the female performer, and then sat down opposite the tall man with a smile. This girl in white has a long and delicate melon seed face, and a small beauty mole on her chin, which is the eighteenth sister Pan Qiaolian Pan in Wu Dalang's mind.

"Eighteen sisters...... Your eleventh brother, I have suffered a lot today. As the man spoke, one hand was still gently rubbing his lower back, as if he had been injured a little.

Pan Qiaolian smiled, "You are a commander of the Japanese army, you will ride hundreds of elite horses, and you actually fell down and flashed your waist while riding a horse, what if you really go into battle and fight the western thieves?" ”

It turned out that this tall man was Pan Daguanren, one of the elite four armies of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, and the commander of the tenth commander of the Japanese army, Pan Xiao'an.

"Hold the Japanese army into battle to fight the Western thieves?" Pan Daguan rolled his eyelids, "Then the thief is going to be happy...... But Zhang Xianggong is not confused to that point. ”

Pan Daguan said, picked up the wine glass, and drank it all.

Pan Qiaolian frowned: "Will you go to the barracks tomorrow?" ”

"If you don't go, you can take leave, you can always recuperate for a few days."

Pan Qiaolian nodded: "Brother Eleven, Feng Erniang came to the shop today." ”

"Oh." Pan Daguan gently turned the glass wine glass in his hand and replied noncommittally.

"Brother Eleven, this evening, Gao Yu, a small official in Wang Yuma's mansion, came forward to help Wu Dalang...... Could it be that Wang Jinqing is also going to intervene? ”

Pan Daguan looked at his sister, nodded after a long silence and said, "Then do you still need to ask?" If it weren't for Wang Jinqing who fell in love with the heavy treasure in the hands of the martial arts, how could the little official surnamed Gao come out? ”

"Heavy treasure?"

"At least it's something from the famous families of the Sui and Tang dynasties," Pan Daguan said, "The treasures of the five dynasties and this dynasty are not enough to make Wang Jinqing's eyes hot." ”

"Famous masters of the Sui and Tang dynasties? Could it be the true work of Wu Daozi? ”

Pan Daguanren raised his eyebrows slightly, "Eighteen, do you know anything?" ”

Pan Qiaolian glanced at her brother and said: "The slave also guessed, Wu Zongyuan (Wu Zongyuan) is famous for liking Wu Daozi's paintings, if the martial arts family can have heavy treasures, most of them will be Wu Daozi's real works." ”

"Oh." Pan Daguan smiled, "If there is really one, it is better to give it out quickly." Wang Jinqing will give it to him if he wants...... He is close to King Duan, and one day in the future or sometimes when he comes to run, he will always be able to get a painting academy for Wu Dalang to wait for the edict, and he may have the opportunity to become an official in the future. ”

Duanwang is Zhao Ji, the eleventh son of Emperor Shenzong, that is, the historical Song Huizong. Most of the people in the aristocratic circle of Kaifeng Mansion knew that he had a close relationship with the king of horses.

"Time to run?" Pan Qiaolian seemed to hear something from her brother's words, "Could it be that he ...... the official family?"

Pan Daguan shook his head and just sighed lightly.

The official Zhao Xu is only in his twenties this year, but his body is very weak, and he is lustful and indulgent, so he is probably not a long-lived person. But this beauty-loving official family had a difficult heir, and a large number of concubines in the harem only gave birth to five children for him, of which only one son died in only three months. One of the four daughters also died young, and now only three princesses remain.

And since Empress Liu became pregnant with Princess Yining in the third year of Shaosheng (1096), there has been no news of the pregnancy of the concubine beauty in the palace, which is not a good sign. Therefore, the characters in the Kaifeng family circle are paying attention to the younger brothers of the official family.

Zhao Xu is the sixth son of Emperor Shenzong, and the next seventy or eighty-three princes died before they grew up, and there is an old Jiushen King Zhao Ji who is blind, so Zhao Ji, the eleventh son of Shenzong, is the most qualified person to inherit the throne today.

"If so, you should dedicate the painting to the king." Pan Qiaolian frowned, "But if the martial arts family really doesn't have such a good thing, then how can it be good?" ”

Pan Daguan smiled: "In this way, the martial family will not be able to keep it." He looked at his sister, "This kind of thing has not happened in Panlou Street. ”