Two days later, more than a dozen men on horseback slowly came to Xingqing Mansion, the leader of the man was about forty years old, wearing a winged black gauze hat, wearing a lilac official uniform, fair skin, and slightly slender eyes.

Qin Hui actually came to Xingqing Mansion on the order of Emperor Zhao Ji to stop Li Yanqing from destroying the Western Xia, but he was late, and as soon as he arrived at the border of Huizhou, the news came that the Song army had captured Xingqing Mansion and the Western Xia surrendered.

This news really made Qin Hui deeply uneasy, he knew very well what the destruction of the Western Xia Kingdom meant to the Son of Heaven Zhao Gou, which would mean that Zhao Gou had fulfilled the unfulfilled wishes of several emperors in the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, compared to his father and brother who lost a large area of land, and he was in danger and turned the tide, his image of Ming Jun has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and the army, and has been recognized by the government and the opposition, and the throne has been secured, and it is almost impossible for the emperor to abolish him again.

Qin Hui thought that he was on the wrong team, and he was really depressed, he thought that the Emperor Taishang would soon be able to abolish the Son of Heaven and stand on his own, but he didn't expect that a battle to destroy the country in Western Xia actually stabilized the emperor's throne of the official family, so he didn't know what the point of coming to Western Xia this time was?

Qin Hui looked up at the name of the county above the city gate, the words Xingzhou City had been chiseled out and changed to Lingwu County, restoring the name of the Tang Dynasty.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was called Lingzhou or Lingwu County, which belonged to the jurisdiction of Shuofang Jiedu envoys, at that time the Xiping Mansion in the south did not exist, and after the Xixia changed the name of Lingzhou to Xingqing Mansion, Xiping Mansion was built in the south again, and it was named Lingzhou.

Qin Hui estimated that Western Xia might be renamed Shuofang Road in the future, but it may also be renamed Lingxia Road, which was the location of Lingzhou and Xiazhou in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty.

At this time, several Song soldiers guarding the city gate stopped Qin Hui and his party, and asked sharply: "Where are you from, you are not allowed to carry weapons here, all dismount!" ”

Qin Hui's entourage scolded: "Blind your dog's eyes, this is Qin Shangshu of the imperial court!" ”

His insult angered the soldiers in front of the city gate, and hundreds of soldiers above and below the city raised their crossbows together to aim at Qin Hui and his party, Qin Hui and his entourage suddenly turned pale with fright and did not dare to move.

At this time, a subordinate general walked out of the city quickly and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

A soldier reported: "A group of people of unknown origin, carrying weapons, and insulting the brothers who defended the city. ”

The general recognized Qin Hui's official uniform, it was estimated that it was a senior official from the imperial court, and he waved his hand, "Everyone put down the crossbow!" ”

All the soldiers put down the crossbows one after another, and Qin Hui's entourage suddenly began to be arrogant again like poisonous snakes living in hibernation, "What do you think of us, we are from the imperial court, and we are so rude!" ”

Qin Hui was really annoyed in his heart, and turned around and scolded: "You all shut up for me!" ”

The entourage didn't dare to scold anymore, and Qin Hui didn't speak, looking at the general coldly.

At this time, the general stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Since a few of you are from the imperial court, do you have a document from the imperial court?" ”

Qin Hui snorted coldly, "Of course we have Wen Mu, but it's not your turn to see it!" ”

The general's face changed, and he turned around and shouted: "Quickly go and report to the general, and catch the spy of the Jin State!" ”

A soldier galloped away, and more than 100 Song soldiers surrounded Qin Hui and a group of people, and the general shouted: "Dismount, put the weapon on the ground, otherwise we will release arrows!" ”

Qin Hui was annoyed and embarrassed, but he couldn't eat the loss in front of him, so he had to order: "Get off the horse, put the weapon on the ground!" ”

A dozen of his attendants dismounted, threw their swords and spears on the ground, and the soldiers stepped forward, took away their weapons, and led their horses away.

At this time, Wang Gui rushed with a large group of cavalry, and Wang Gui shouted: "Where are the spies of the Jin Kingdom?" ”

Qin Hui knew Wang Gui, and he hurriedly shouted: "General Wang, I'm Qin Shangshu, I'm from Lin'an?" ”

Wang Gui also recognized Qin Hui, couldn't help but be stunned, and asked the general: "How can you say that they are spies of the Jin State?" ”

The general clasped his fists and said: "They do not obey orders, do not follow the rules, say that they are court officials, but they are not escorted by our army, which is very suspicious!" ”

Wang Gui nodded, stepped forward and said, "Qin Shangshu, maybe it's a misunderstanding, you can enter the city." ”

Qin Hui stopped doing it, and said angrily: "Insulting us like this, can a misunderstanding be fine?" Let Li Yanqing come to see me! ”

Wang Gui's face changed, and he said coldly: "Qin Shangshu, if you unfortunately die here, it is also the work of the remnants of the Western Xia army, do you believe it?" ”

Qin Hui took two steps back, "Are you threatening me?" ”

Wang Gui sneered, "You don't follow the rules, you think that you can be willful and reckless if you think you are a member of the imperial court, and tell you, if you can get here, it is already your ancestral tomb that is smoking, if you don't believe it, if you go back like this again, do you see if you can go back alive?" ”

After speaking, Wang Gui turned over his horse and shouted: "The weapons are confiscated, the horses are returned to them, and they can't enter the city or not!" ”

After speaking, Wang Gui turned the horse's head and walked away with his subordinates, Qin Hui and his party froze at the city gate, neither going in nor leaving, very embarrassed, at this time, an entourage asked in a whisper: "Do we want to go in?" ”

Qin Hui's face turned red and white for a while, and he slowly gritted his teeth and said, "Go back to Lin'an and clean them up again, and go to the city first!" ”

...........

In the temporary military office, Li Yanqing was listening to Wang Gui's report, he was really a little strange, Qin Hui was here, wasn't Qin Hui inspecting the people's livelihood in the northwest region? How did you run away from Western Xia, could it be........

Li Yanqing suddenly reacted, this must be the arrangement of the Emperor Zhao Ji, who wanted to prevent himself from destroying the Western Xia, and it was too late to come from Lin'an, so he asked Qin Hui to come directly from the northwest, but unfortunately they were still one step late.

Thinking of this, Li Yanqing scolded Wang Gui with a lower face: "You are also a dignified four-rank general, how can you do those things without identity like a small soldier, he is the secretary of the imperial court, what good is it for you to offend him?" “

"But he is domineering and insulting too much." Wang Gui whispered unconvinced.

Li Yanqing glanced at him coldly, "If I were you, I would greet him with a smile on my face, serve him comfortably, and then send someone to kill him halfway back, so that he would be grateful to you when he died." ”

Wang Gui slapped his forehead, "That's right! How I didn't think of that. ”

"Forget it, since your threatening words have been spoken, he will definitely be on guard, this time you should learn a lesson, and you will know how to deal with this kind of person in the future."

"Ignorance, understood!" Wang Gui felt a burst of regret in his heart, he had known that he would not be so reckless.

............

Not long after, Qin Hui and his entourage finally arrived at Li Yanqing's temporary military office, and Li Yanqing received the report and personally went out to greet him.

"Rare guest! How could Qin Shangshu come to Lingzhou City, why didn't there be any news in advance, I only found out when you came to the door! ”

Li Yanqing blocked Qin Hui's complaint with a single sentence, if you don't notify yourself in advance, who knows you will come?

At this time, one of Qin Hui's entourages couldn't help but say, "Li Dutong, we were insulted by your army at the city gate!" ”

Li Yanqing said lightly: "Then you should feel very lucky, I once ordered that those who pretend to be court officials will be executed on the spot, you can actually enter the city safely, on the one hand, you are lucky, on the other hand, it is also the dereliction of duty of my army, I will punish them!" ”

Everyone was stunned, Qin Hui turned his head and glared fiercely at the entourage who spoke without permission, the entourage was so frightened that his face was as pale as earth, he knew that he had angered Li Yanqing by talking nonsense.

Qin Hui hurriedly said: "Actually, it was a misunderstanding, but later General Wang Gui arrived, we clarified the misunderstanding, and we entered the city normally." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "It's been hard all the way, let's sit down first!" “

The soldiers beckoned their entourage to rest, Li Yanqing took Qin Hui to the lobby and sat down, let the soldiers serve tea, he said with a calm face: "Qin Shangshu, I really want to criticize you fiercely, you are the Great Song Shangshu, a daughter and a noble body, you entered the war-torn area and did not notify the army to escort, if you encounter misfortune in the Western Xia army, how can I explain to the imperial court?" ”

Qin Hui was sweating all over his head, and Li Yanqing seemed to be criticizing him with concern, but Qin Hui understood that Li Yanqing was actually accusing him of being uninvited.

Qin Hui was extremely ashamed in his heart, and said after a while: "I was going back to Bashu after inspecting Xihe Road halfway, but I suddenly received a decree from the Emperor Taishang, let me learn about the situation in Western Xia, the time is in a hurry, so I didn't have time to inform the envoy in advance, how much understanding do you have?" ”

"I see, it seems that I misunderstood, I thought Qin Shangshu was here to secretly investigate me! I almost did something stupid. ”

Qin Hui was sweating profusely, this is the real death threat, what is Wang Gui's threat?

"Don't dare! Can't! It's to learn about the people's livelihood in the original Xixia region, just take a general look, and leave in two days. “

Li Yan nodded, "In two days, I will send an army to escort Shangshu back to Yan'an Mansion!" ”