Early the next morning, Li Yanqing left Wulong Village and returned to Taiyuan, Sun Qing got more than 100 good war horses, and made a meritorious service, he was really grateful to Li Yanqing, so he personally led a thousand people to escort Li Yanqing across the Yellow River. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This time they were lucky, they encountered several large ships of thousands of stones transporting grain, crossed the Yellow River very smoothly, and the group rode their horses and continued to Taiyuan Mansion.

That night, they arrived in Fangshan County, Shizhou, and stayed at the Fangshan Post House, there were no other guests in the post house, the rooms were almost empty, and their group lived in three courtyards, Yang Huai and Yan Jiuling lived in one courtyard, the three sergeants lived in one courtyard, and Li Yanqing lived alone in a small courtyard.

At night, Li Yanqing was spreading back and forth in the small courtyard, at this time, there was a knock at the door of the courtyard, Li Yanqing stepped forward and opened the door, and it turned out to be Yan Jiuling outside, which made Li Yanqing a little surprised.

"Gong Yan, is there something wrong so late?"

"I.... I ....." Yan Jiuling's face was swollen red, his eyes flickered, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

"Please come in and sit!"

Li Yanqing invited Yan Jiuling to the room and sat down, poured him another cup of tea, and asked with a smile, "Is Director Yang not here?" ”

He ..... He went to find the woman. ”

Yan Jiuling pursed his lips disdainfully, "His mother-in-law is very strict, so as soon as he goes out, he goes to brothels everywhere, and he doesn't find more than one, and he won't come back until at least midnight." ”

Li Yanqing smiled and didn't say anything more, he knew that Yan Jiuling would not come to him for no reason, he patiently drank tea and waited for Yan Jiuling to continue.

Yan Jiuling sighed, "I'm fifty years old, and I've never done anything bad in my life, but this time ......"

Li Yanqing took a sip of herbal tea and smiled faintly, "Could it be that Duke Yan also participated in the plan of the Western Xia people to ambush me?" ”

Li Yanqing's casual words were like a thunderclap in Yan Jiuling's ears, and he was stunned for a moment, it turned out that Li Shenjun knew very well in his heart!

Shame and fear caught him off guard for a moment, and in a hurry, he pounced! Kneeling down, "I'm guilty, but I didn't participate in the army, I don't want to carry this black cauldron!" ”

Li Yanqing sneered, "Don't think I don't know, if you and Yang Huai stay in Wulong Village and don't leave, I will know that you have a ghost in your heart, if you didn't secretly inform the Xixia people, the Xixia people would know my route so well?" The route of this inspection was also arranged by you, do you think you can get out of it? ”

Yan Jiuling lowered his head in shame, "It was Yang Huai who went to inform the Xixia people, it should be the night before yesterday, the night before you left, there were their people in Wulong Village." ”

"Who are they?" Li Yanqing asked.

"This.... I can't say, they're going to kill me. ”

"If you don't say it, they will also kill you, I haven't been eliminated, and you know too much, believe it or not, you will die soon after you go back."

Yan Jiuling lowered his head and pondered for a moment, his body trembled suddenly, the other party promised to give him five hundred taels of gold, and promoted him to the head of the soldiers, he only agreed in a daze, now that he thinks about it, how can the other party give him five hundred taels of gold, it must be easier to kill him.

"It's Zhao Yuan, and there are people above him who want to kill you."

"Who is the person up there?" Li Yanqing was a little impatient, why did he always squeeze it out little by little.

"I don't know, I heard that he is also a high-ranking official in the capital, who is Zhao Yuan will not tell me, but Yang Huai knows that my task is to arrange the route and cooperate with Yang Huai on the way."

"Could it be..... Handsome? Li Yanqing asked tentatively.

"It's not! It's definitely not a kind of handsome, one day Yang Huai told me that the person they will eventually deal with is actually ..... In fact, it is a kind of handsome. ”

Li Yanqing immediately remembered what Wang Gui said to himself, the Northwest Army not only has the power of Shidao, but also the power of Tong Guan and Gao Yu, he has probably vaguely guessed a little.

"Go back! Be natural and act as if nothing was said to me. ”

"But..... But what if they want to kill me? Ask Li to join the army to save my life! Yan Jiuling begged bitterly.

"If I don't find anything, they will naturally not kill you, so as not to arouse unnecessary suspicion, and they will definitely use you again and continue to find opportunities to get rid of me, as long as you don't mention the matter of five hundred taels of gold, I think they won't kill you for the time being, and even I will trust you more, so that they feel that you still have use value, the key is that you have to bite the bullet, understand?"

Yan Jiuling nodded silently, he felt that not only did he not get off the last thief ship, but he also got on Li Yanqing's thief ship at the same time.

Li Yanqing smiled again and said to him: "After the matter is completed, I will reward you with a thousand yuan, and then let the seed marshal transfer you away, in short, I will not let you suffer." ”

Yan Jiuling had no choice but to sigh helplessly and bow down, "Thank you Li for joining the army for your care!" ”

........

After Shizhou is Taiyuan Mansion, the next evening, the group finally returned to Yangqu County, at the intersection outside the city, Li Yanqing said to Yang Huai and Yan Jiuling: "You have worked hard all the way, go home and rest first!" I'll write the report to the commander, and the bereavement of the three brothers who died in battle, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

"Did Li join the army and go directly to the barracks?" Yang Huai asked.

Li Yanqing nodded, "You must hand over the report to the marshal tonight, you go back to the city!" If you meet a big handsome, just say that I will report to him in detail. ”

"My subordinates understand, please join the army and rest early."

Li Yanqing bowed his hand to them and led the three sergeants to gallop in the direction of the barracks.

Looking at Li Yanqing's distant back, Yang Huaiyin**: "It seems that he doesn't have any suspicions?" ”

Yan Jiuling sneered, "Who would have thought of such a thing as colluding with the Western Xia people?" ”

Yang Huai's face sank suddenly, "This kind of thing is not allowed to be said nonsense in the future, you remember, even family members are not allowed to say it, beware of trouble coming out of your mouth." ”

Yan Jiuling was silent, Yang Huai glared at him, and then said, "Let's go!" Go back and report the matter first, this time he is lucky, and next time he will not have such good luck. ”

Yang Huai whipped the horse fiercely, and the two of them galloped towards the city one after the other.

........

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the master Dao was extremely shocked to listen to Li Yanqing's report, this is a very serious incident, two hundred Western Xia cavalry ambushed important officials of the army in the Song Dynasty, with all kinds of information that Li Yanqing has, once the Western Xia army succeeds, the consequences are simply unimaginable.

He was very glad that Li Yanqing was not captured and successfully broke out, but after all, he was a veteran of a hundred battles, and he quickly discovered the strangeness of this incident: the ambush location was not the border, how could the Western Xia army have two hundred cavalry deep into the Song Realm, and it happened to ambush Li Yanqing, this was obviously a premeditated attack, and who leaked Li Yanqing's whereabouts?

Seed Master Dao suddenly realized something, he glanced at Li Yanqing, "Does Li Senjun have anything else to say to me?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I'm just thinking about it and I'm very afraid, this matter is obviously someone within us who has colluded with Xixia, and he is not an ordinary person, at least this person knows my patrol plan very well and knows my whereabouts, who does the marshal think it will be?" ”

The seed master said in a deep voice: "Could it be that he is from Wulong Village?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and shook his head, "Wulong Village doesn't know my inspection plan, they didn't know that I was coming in advance, and I only stayed in Wulong Village for one day, and the Western Xia cavalry couldn't fly even if they had wings." ”

Seed Master Dao's face suddenly became extremely ugly, he understood what Li Yanqing meant, and he also knew who was framing Li Yanqing, Zhao Yuan said several times that Li Yanqing was Tong Guan's person, and persuaded himself to transfer Li Yanqing away, it could only be done by him, and only he knew Li Yanqing's patrol route best.

A cold sweat suddenly broke out on the back of the seed master, if Zhao Yuan really colluded with the Western Xia army, wouldn't the old background of the Northwest Army have already been leaked to the Western Xia?

He was so anxious that he couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted, "Someone! ”

Li Yanqing said lightly: "If I had known that Dashuai was in such a hurry to find Zhao Yuan, I wouldn't have been in a hurry to report this matter to Dashuai." ”

At this time, two personal soldiers came in, bowed down and said, "Please command!" ”

The planter waved his hand, "You go down first!" ”

The two soldiers went down, and then the planter asked, "What did you mean by that sentence just now?" ”

"Dashuai, I don't have conclusive evidence, he won't admit it, Dashuai asks him now, he will only startle the snake."

The planter was stunned, what does it mean to startle the snake? Could it be that there is anyone behind Zhao Yuan who can't do it?

"Marshal, I have already interrogated Yan Jiuling, he told me that Zhao Yuan was just instructed by someone, there are still people above him, but Yan Jiuling doesn't know who it is, I'm afraid this person is not only targeting me, the ultimate goal is still Marshal, and someone wants to seize the military power of the Northwest Army."

Seed Master Dao was silent for a moment, "If you die unfortunately, how will it affect me?" ”

"If I die unfortunately, someone will definitely impeach the marshal in front of the Son of Heaven for despising the new science and technology jinshi, the third Tanhua unfortunately died, the marshal will not be able to escape the blame, if someone wants to seize the military power of the marshal, the consequences of this matter can be infinitely magnified, such as the border defense is lax, two hundred Xixia soldiers go deep into the Song realm, etc., the Son of Heaven may not be able to keep the marshal."

Master Dao's eyes narrowed into a slit, he knew that Li Yanqing was telling the truth, in the Great Song Dynasty, killing ten generals in battle was not as good as killing a civil official, although it was very unfair, but this was an ironclad fact, if Li Yanqing died, wouldn't Tong Guan have caught his handle?

After pondering for a moment, the seed master asked slowly: "There are rumors that Li Senjun is very appreciated by Captain Tong, this time Li Senjun came to serve in the Northwest Army, but Captain Tong is operating behind the scenes?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I have never been a person of Taiwei Tong, Taiwei Tong hoped that I could enter the household department of the imperial court to serve him, but I didn't agree, since he kicked me out of the mansion two years ago, we no longer have any relationship." ”

"Are you serious?" Seed Master Dao looked at Li Yanqing suspiciously, he always thought that Li Yanqing was arranged by Tong Guan to come to the Northwest Army, but he didn't expect that Li Yanqing had nothing to do with Tong Guan.

Li Yanqing knew that the news of the breakdown of his relationship with Tong Guan would not be hidden from the Seed Master Dao sooner or later, so it was better to take this opportunity to say it, regardless of whether the Seed Master Dao believed in him or not, but as long as he really helped him this time, he could at least minimize the adverse effects.

Li Yanqing smiled and said: "Everyone wants to put gold on their faces, and I'm afraid there aren't many people who tear off the gold on their faces like me!" ”

Seed Master Dao stared at Li Yanqing for a moment, he knew that Li Yanqing was telling the truth, Tong Guan did not lack military generals, there was a lack of imperial court forces, like Li Yanqing, Tong Guan did not put him in the imperial court, but sent him to the Northwest Army, it is indeed incredible.

And if he didn't use him at the beginning, he would have become an idler, and Tong Guan would not do this kind of thing, then there is only one explanation, Li Yanqing really has nothing to do with Tong Guan.

Thinking of this, the doubts in the heart of the Seed Master Dao eased slightly, and he nodded, "Then what do you say we should do now?" ”

Li Yanqing said slowly: "Some people want to get rid of me, it is also an internal power struggle, and a little punishment is not painful, but if it is colluding with the enemy country and betraying the interests of the Great Song Dynasty, then the nature is completely different, the marshal can behead these bastards in a dignified manner, I think it is better to take the initiative than to wait passively." ”

"How do you take the initiative?" Seed Master Dao asked with interest, he began to be impressed by Li Yanqing, not only is he good at archery, but he is also so powerful in strategy, maybe he can also join the military staff officer.

Li Yanqing said coldly: "They set a trap for me in Wulong Village, then I will return the way of others, so that they can also taste the taste of falling into the trap." ”

Seed Master Dao knows Li Yanqing's ability, and the two hundred Western Xia troops have no way to deal with him, then he will definitely be able to handle this matter properly, Seed Master Dao pondered for a moment and said: "I will let Yang Zaixing help you in this matter, what help do you need, you tell him directly, I will fully support it." ”