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Chapter 19: Going to Beijing


I saw that there were fewer and fewer brothers around me.

Many Song soldiers and Khitan soldiers stretched out their bows and arrows, surrounding themselves in the middle, and Lu Yichang sighed and threw away the steel fork in his hand.

"Yan Jiu is your own brother, can you tell the two of you brothers that one is a slave in a wealthy family, and the other is a bandit outside the Saiwai, why did you come?"

Lu Sheng sneered and remained silent.

Yang Hao smiled: "This stuffy gourd can't be unraveled, and I don't have any losses, if you want to keep it a secret, then bring it into the Netherworld." ” Yang Hao raised his hand, a bowstring trembled, and countless arrows were aimed at Lu Shengsheng, Lu Shengsheng's eyes flashed, and he suddenly shouted: "Slow" Yang Hao shook his head and said: "I won't spare you, I have died a lot of brothers, and so are you, don't beg for mercy at this time, they will look down on you, and if you want to die, you will die like a man." ” "I'm not going to beg for mercy, thirty years ago.

I'm going to die.

Lu Mou died all his life, and he lived to this day, all of which were picked up" Lu Shengsheng proudly puffed up his chest: "Yang Hao, I just want to know, how is Ding Chengye, where is he now, do you have any news about him" Yang Hao looked at him, with a strange look in his eyes, Lu Shengsheng said with some excitement: "I'm going to die, now I just want to know his whereabouts, if you know his news, I hope to tell you."

Lu begs you" Yang Hao asked slowly: "What does Ding Chengye have to do with you?"

Lu Sheng kept his mouth shut.

Yang Hao sighed and said, "Ding Chengye, it's dead." ” "What" Lu Shengsheng glared at one eye, rushed forward two steps in a panic, and hissed: "What do you say, what do you say, he is dead, he is really dead" Yang Hao said lightly: "Yes, he really died, just before the first battle of the Tang Dynasty, he died in a ditch in Jinling Wuni Lane" Lu Shengsheng's face turned pale, and he cried out in pain: "He died, he died, the last root and seedling of my Lu family, the last root and seedling, it was you who killed him, and I Lu was a ghost and I didn't let you go, surnamed Yang" Lu Shengsheng roared, pounced up, "swish, swish" countless sharp arrows shot out, Yang Hao heard him scream the last root and seedling of the Lu family, suddenly felt something different, and hurriedly shouted: "Stop" It's too late, and Lu Shengsheng is shot into a porcupine in an instant.

A porcupine with countless sharp arrows spread its teeth and claws, and pounced in front of him, the two guards beside Yang Hao were quick and fast, and before he could get close, the two fast knives had been swung out like a match, and the two arms with five fingers were split to the ground in Lu Sheng's screams.

Blood gushed out, Lu Shengsheng fell to the ground with a "porphyr" sound, his arms were broken shoulder to shoulder, his body was full of sharp arrows, he roared in his throat, squirmed, his resentful eyes with infinite hatred, struggled, squirmed forward, seeing that he could no longer pounce on the body of the enemy who exterminated the clan, he screamed, suddenly probed, bit the hem of Yang Hao's shirt, and gritted his teeth as if it was Yang Hao's flesh and blood.

Yang Hao didn't move, he slowly squatted down.

Said softly: "Ding Chengye didn't die on me, it was his sister who killed him with her own hands, killed this disobedient son who killed his father and brother, and cleaned up the portal."

Lu Shengsheng's eyes were confused for a moment, he slowly opened his teeth, and muttered: "He didn't kill his father and brother, he didn't, my eldest brother Lu Jiu died as his father, I am his only uncle, except for our brother, he has no relatives in this world, no more relatives, he is the only descendant of my Lu family" A line of tears slowly flowed down his cheeks, flushing out a tear trail from the fine blood splattered on his face.

"Tanuki for the Prince" Yang Hao instantly understood what their brother had done, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly asked: "Where is the real child of the Ding family?"

Lu Shengsheng showed a sinister smile on his face and said: "He has long since died, and he was sunk to the bottom of the well with his mother, and he has long been turned into a pile of dry bones.

It's dead, it's all dead, and my Lu family is finished.

Succession Hall, seven sects and five surnames, the revenge of destroying the door, can no longer be avenged" Yang Hao never expected to hear the name of that mysterious organization from the mouth of this horse thief, and he asked in surprise: "The seven sects and five surnames of the Jihetang Hall, who are you?"

Lu Shengsheng's arms were full of blood, and there were countless sharp arrows stuck in his body, and he was already on the verge of dying, and everything in the outside world was no longer audible.

He muttered to himself: "I, Fan Yang Lu Clan, since the Han Dynasty, a first-class high-ranking sect, our branch has come to an end."

"You're one of the heirs, aren't you?"

Yang Hao asked but didn't answer, and looked at it again, Lu Shengyuan's eyes were wide open, and he was already angry From Yelu's mouth, Yang Hao learned that King Qing's rebels had continued to move west, and Yelu Huge personally led a large army to chase King Qing's main force to the west.

Knowing Yang Hao's identity, Yelu Zongheng did not dare to slack off, and sent additional people to escort him all the way to Beijing.

Yang Hao once listened to Cui Dalang introduce the experience of Jihetang, and heard some news from Lu Shengsheng's mouth, and he has vaguely grasped the ins and outs of a grievance between the Ding family.

He knew that although Ding Chengye deserved to die, Ding Yu had been lonely and unhappy in his heart, thinking that if he told her the truth, he would be able to untie a burden in her heart.

Along the way, there was the protection of Yelu's heavy army.

Mrs.

Yang Hao was peaceful, and there were no accidents.

After Guihua Prefecture, you will arrive at Tianling, which is still under the rule of the Central Plains, and it is called Cixiangling.

Lingxiang Lingling east and west, yellow clouds and white grass, looking at it, can not be exhausted, to here, people who travel far away will be at a loss, do not know this long way.

From then on, whether there is a day between survival and hometown, I can't help but think of the longevity of heaven and earth, and cry alone.

Yang Hao didn't have so many feelings, what naturalization state, resignation and hometown, as if he had reached the ends of the earth, isn't it Zhangjiakou, where is this, as for the sad wind.

This time, he was going to pick up Dong'er, and he had long been eager to fly to Khitan Shangjing, so how could he care about such a long journey.

After walking on the long grassland for another three or four days, he arrived at the Black Elm Forest, although Yang Hao did not feel how far this place was in his heart, but the terrain and landform at this time were very different from those of later generations, stretching, either endless grasslands, or barren mountains and remote mountains, sparsely populated, and there was not much difference from the desolate desert in later generations, and the feelings in his heart were still very different.

Further on, it is the sloping valley, over the high cliffs and valleys that stretch for more than 50 miles, through the Huangshui, Heishui, and Musk River, and walked for another five or six days, and finally entered the Khitan capital Shangjing.

Yang Hao began to be a little anxious when he arrived here, on the one hand, because he was going to see Dong'er soon, and his heart was inevitably anxious, on the other hand, so far, he had not gotten in touch with Dong'er, if he saw Dong'er on the Golden Palace, Dong'er didn't know that Yang Hao was Ding Hao, and when he saw him at first glance, he would inevitably show his feet.

Although this is not an unseemly identity.

It will not cause any murder because of this, but once Empress Xiao knows the identity between them, if she is willing to let people go, it will be difficult to carry out her plan to steal people, as long as Dong'er's whereabouts are lost, then she will bear the brunt of the suspicion, and how to take her away But it was useless for him to be anxious, he was protected by the Khitans in the middle along the way, and his every move was under their surveillance, if he suddenly sent someone to leave alone to find Yuluo, it would definitely arouse their suspicions, and whether Yuluo had seen Dong'er or not, he was not sure now.

When I arrived near Shangjing, the population gradually became dense, and the town seemed to be prosperous.

There are houses everywhere, but there is no lack of tents, and the architecture here concentrates the original characteristics of the Khitan people and the characteristics of the Central Plains after settlement, which is full of exotic flavor.

There is also a fang market here, just like Bianliang in the Central Plains, densely populated, merchants gathered, Khitan warriors, Hanfu scholars walk on the streets, sumo wrestlers, jugglers perform hard in the hook bar to attract guests, and monks, nuns, and Taoist priests also shuttle among the pedestrians.

Since the beginning of the Khitan state, they have minted money, but the use of cloth as currency to barter is still the mainstream of inter-market transactions, which is roughly the same as the Song people at this time often use silk instead of currency to trade, all in order to make up for the lack of currency circulation, and the value preservation effect of silk and cloth is more obvious than currency.

Fortunately, after entering the capital, Honglu Temple and the Protocol House rushed to greet them, and the envoys of the Song Kingdom found that the official system and etiquette of the Khitan people were roughly the same as those of the Central Plains, and they were not barbarians who did not know etiquette.

They did not bring Yang Hao into the palace immediately, but went to the protocol first, and what surprised Yang Hao and other Central Plains envoys was that there was an envoy sent by the Khitan Emperor in front of the protocol to "welcome labor", which was the same as the Central Plains.

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At the moment of living in the protocol house, the Khitan Tongshi and Yang Hao sat opposite each other with a smile, and said: "Your envoy has come from afar, and he has worked hard all the way, and today is a day off, and the Japanese official will come to welcome the noble envoy into the palace tomorrow."

My emperor is occasionally infected with a small illness, and he is unwell, and he will be received by the queen to meet the noble envoy. ” This Khitan Tongshi Sheren is a Han man, surnamed Mo, and his name is Shuiji.

Because the Khitan people advocate Han culture, the upper class people are proud to be proficient in Chinese, and his mother tongue has naturally not been put aside, so although he has settled in Beijing since his grandfather's generation, the Chinese language is still correct and round.

Seeing that he didn't enter the palace right away, Yang Hao was a little settled in his heart, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Lord Mo."

Yang traveled all the way, and took care of your country's escort, but there was no shortage of them, but all the way, not only to meet the queen of your country, but also to bathe and change clothes, in order to show grandeur, then enter the palace tomorrow to submit the credentials. ” The Moshe people smiled and said: "This is very good, then the official will first tell the envoy about the meeting with your envoy tomorrow, so as not to make mistakes and lose etiquette at that time." ” "There's Lord Lawman."

Ink stain coughed and said: "Early tomorrow morning, this official will come to greet the adults, lead the adults through the Chengtian Gate, wait outside the Wufeng Tower, and the envoy attaché will hold coins, jade and "Tingshi" tributes.

The drums played in unison, and the queen ascended to the throne, facing the south and facing the north, to meet the noble envoys.

The noble envoy ascended the stairs, and the lord saluted the queen's mother.

I read the book to Lord Luo, the official of the Sixth Palace, and announced the edict, and the Zhongshu Shilang led the Lingshi and others to hold the case in front of the noble envoy, and the noble envoy submitted the national credentials, and the waiter put the national credentials in the case and submitted them to the queen.

The envoy then handed over the tribute to the salute officer, and led the entourage to bow again.

After the reception, the nobles and their attachés bowed and exited and returned to the Protocol House.

The next day, my queen set up a state banquet to entertain your envoys."

Yang Hao heard Luo Dong'er read out the book and announced his fate, and couldn't help but feel excited: "Dong'er, my little Dong'er, you have really suffered too much for me, the official is here, the official is here to take you home, and we will never be separated in the future."

After finishing speaking, the Moshe people saw Yang Hao's strange smile on his face, as if he was outside the spirit, he couldn't help but be inexplicable, he coughed, and asked, "Lord Yang, do you understand all about this arrangement?"

"Understood, understood," Yang Hao nodded frequently, his heart beaming: "My lord said that the official saluted the queen of your country, and then Lord Luo, the official of the sixth palace of your country, announced the book, hehe, by the way, what else are you talking about?"

Lord Mo just raised his glass to drink tea, listening to this question, a sip of tea almost choked into his throat, he coughed for a long time, then blushed and said: "The official said, tomorrow morning, the official will come to greet the adult, the adult is wearing a dress, the official leads the adult through the Chengtian Gate, waiting outside the Wufeng Tower, the envoy attaché holds coins, jade and "Tingshi" tribute.

The drums played in unison, and the queen ascended to the throne, facing the south and facing the north, to meet the noble envoys.

Your envoy ascended the stairs He spoke again in detail and asked, "Do you remember all the envoys?"

Yang Hao has been in the Honglu Temple for a long time, these etiquette is understood, he thought about it carefully, and said: "The queen of your country sits facing south and facing north, and the envoy is going to bow to the north."

Master Mo smiled and said, "What's wrong with this?"

Yang Hao said: "Naturally, the secretary of a big country is like the king of a small country, my envoy from the Central Plains, how can I give a courtesy to the queen of your country, this should be compared with the time when the envoy goes to the south of the Yangtze River, when the envoy submits the letter of state, he and the lord of your country stand opposite each other, and hand over the letter of state." ” The Moshe people said suddenly: "Lord Yang, how can it be that the emperor of my dynasty is not a vassal of your country, the two countries are equal countries, how can the lord of the country stand opposite you, such a request is too unbelievable."

Lord Yang, I am also a Han Chinese, I know the thoughts of the Central Plains people, the center of the world, the Huanghuang Shangguo, all the four sides are barbarians, this is not arrogant China in the past, even though it is the same as today's China, but the four Yi in the past, but it is no longer today's Khitan, our country has been established for a long time, it is no longer the wild tribe of the past herding horses and sheep, speaking of the vast territory and the strength of the country, especially more than the Central Plains, don't you think this request is too much?"

He smiled slightly, and said: "Speaking of which, when Shi Jingtang called me a prince and a minister to my Khitan, he begged my lord to send troops to help him get the throne, which was to my court.

Subsequently, the Tianxiong Festival of the Han Kingdom made Guo Wei split his soil and established a country, called Zhou.

After that, the emperor of your country won the country and called the Song Dynasty, and the origin was recounted, and it is not an exaggeration for our country to treat each other as vassals.

Confucius said that "Yidi's monarchy is not as good as Zhuxia's", and the scholars and doctors of the past dynasties did see it this way, but Kong's era was indeed when China was strong, and Zhuyi hadn't even figured out slash-and-burn farming, just like a group of savages, and couldn't see any signs of civilization at all, so there was naturally nothing wrong with saying this.

However, time has passed, and what must be faced is that they are gradually becoming stronger, and from time to time there are alien races entering the Central Plains.

Confucius once said, "Yidi's monarchy is not as good as Zhuxia's", but he also said: "Monarchs and ministers, fathers, fathers, sons."

"When the alien race became the king, the scholars and doctors who enshrined the quotations of Confucius as oracles were a little at a loss, and the master said that he wanted to be arbitrary, and he also said that he wanted to respect the king.

Now that the barbarian has become the king, who should respect the king or the two is more important If another envoy comes, I am afraid that he will break his head to fight for this issue, and resolutely demand that the Khitan regard the Song State as orthodoxy and treat it as the upper country, but in the hearts of Yang Hao, a later man, there is no such shackles.

Mo said that the Khitan regime is not weaker than the Song Dynasty now, even if it is a weak country, he feels that it should be treated equally, and should not be presumptuous to respect the Celestial Empire, seek some benefits in etiquette, but appease others with huge economic benefits.

What's more, this world is not a round place, and we are not the only one in the great empire.

Far from it, after thousands of years of development, now the first powerful, close at hand, can compete with the Central Plains Chinese Empire Khitan regime is out, today's Khitan is no longer a tribal alliance like the Xiongnu and Turkic, they are already a powerful country, culture, administration, territory, governance have been on track, and the Central Plains has gone through more than 100 years of war, so that the influence of the Central Plains in Asia and Europe is far less than that of the Khitan, to let its lord claim to be a vassal state, it is impossible.

It is rational to face up to other countries and treat them equally.

Yang Hao first put forward a request that the other party would never agree to, but he just wanted the next bargain to make it easier for them to agree.

So he thought about it for a while, and then he said: "What Master Mo said is also reasonable, and the envoy actually does not mean to despise your country.

However, when the queen of your country ascended to the throne, when the envoy was present, the bells and drums rang in unison, and the ceremonial music was played to welcome her.

This is a salute to the ambassadors of major powers, and it must not be abolished. ” The Moshe people pondered for a moment, and then said, "This makes." ” Yang Hao said again: "Although this envoy is a foreign minister, but after all, he is visiting His Majesty the Emperor on behalf of me, and the foreign minister sits on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of our country to talk to the queen of your country. ” Before the ink marks greeted, he consulted the queen in person about the reception specifications and etiquette.

Since ancient times, the Central Plains is self-respecting, respecting China as orthodoxy, and it has become a habit for the four wilderness countries, although the Khitan has become a powerful country, and wants to seek the dignity and national character of a country, but they will be complacent if they can do it on an equal footing with the Central Plains, after all, the cultural heritage of the Central Plains for five thousand years, is not so easy to catch up, and the four Yi countries still have a deep respect, inferiority and awe for the Central Plains culture, and there is no idea of overwhelming the Song State at present.

Empress Xiao had also instructed him carefully on this point.

The Moshe people are also a veteran negotiator, and if they were embarrassed for a while, they said: "Okay, this matter will be reported to Niangniang as soon as possible, please make a decision, and the official will do his best to urge Niangniang to agree to the conditions of your envoy, hehe, Lord Yang, you don't mention other conditions, otherwise the official will really be embarrassed." ” Yang Hao laughed and said: "That's natural, you and I have already established diplomatic relations, and here, this envoy is also holding the purpose of peace, not wanting to provoke disputes with your country."

Well, for these two items, the envoy to the upper hall and the lower hall should also be greeted by the monarch of your country, and when the palace talks, he should sit for the envoy.

Nothing else.

Oh, by the way, I came here to see that the capital of your country is very prosperous, with a mountain of department stores and countless treasures, and I want to go to the street for a while, is it convenient?"

Seeing that he didn't make any other requests, the Moshe people secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and when they heard that he was going shopping, they hurriedly said: "Your envoy invites you, your envoy invites you, do you need this official to send someone to accompany you?"

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Yang Hao smiled and said: "No need, I came all the way, and it is rare to see many foreign objects that have never been seen in the Central Plains, I just want to buy some and send them back to my friends and colleagues."

It's better to be casual. ” After sending off the Moshe people, Yang Hao had a meal with Zhang Tongzhou and others, and then took a few cronies and guards to the street.

He expected that he had rushed to Shangjing, and Yuluo must have heard about it, so she would find an opportunity to leave the pavilion so that she could have a chance to meet him.

Yang Hao went to the street and walked to the lively street.

Shangjing City is divided into the northern city and the southern city, the northern city is mostly inhabited by Khitans, while the southern city is mostly Han people.

Although the palaces and pavilions in the Han people's inhabited areas are not as brilliant as the imperial capital buildings such as Kaifeng and Jinling, they are also much stronger than many small cities.

As for the northern city, it is the settlement of the Khitans and the royal family.

Compared with the south city, the north city is a beautiful scenery, the imperial city is divided into inside and outside, even in the inner city, there are many open spaces, specially used to build felt tents, one is to welcome the princes who adapt to the nomadic life in various places, on the other hand, the royal family should also stay from time to time, so as not to forget the original.

Therefore, their imperial city is very different from the imperial city in the Central Plains, there is no high palace wall at all, the boundary between the inner city and the outer city is just an invisible boundary, and the Khitan residents of the northern city are like living on the grassland, although they do not even have a fence wall in each other's residences, and they will never step into the territory of others who should not set foot in it.

The concierge house where Yang Hao lived was actually very close to the palace, and he wanted to find Yuluo, but he went to Nancheng, where the Han people lived.

Seoul is not a refugee area, on the contrary, it is the most prosperous place in Shangjing, with many shops, wine, silk, fruits and vegetables, grain, tools and all kinds of exotic goods for sale, and there is also a "night market" here.

Usually many Khitan royal families and nobles will also wear Hanfu and go shopping here, even the sleeping emperor who was stabbed to death by Empress Xiao's father Xiao Siwen used to wear Hanfu to drink and watch the market in the street market here, and only returned to the palace when he was drunk.

In the market, jade beads, rhino horns, frankincense, amber, glass, agate, and weapons are all sold, as well as Dongying silverware, Goryeo ginseng, Jurchen mink, and honey, pine nuts, dried mushrooms, etc., which are sold by hunters.

Yang Hao traveled all the way, picking on thin men and young women, thinking about whether Yuluo would suddenly appear.

On the side of the road, several big men wearing traditional Khitan leather robes were pushing carts and buying vegetables and grains.

The Han people in the Khitan were initially inferior, and the Khitan people were annoyed, and it was common for them to kill people in the street, but after several dynasties, in the face of the huge Han people, for the sake of domestic stability and development, the Khitan rulers gradually took the law seriously.

The obese man who was dressed in traditional Khitan clothes but spoke an authentic northern Central Plains dialect said: "Old Liu Tou'er, we don't take care of your family's business, the food of hundreds or thousands of people in the prison, which time is not purchased from you, if the price is too expensive, then we have to find someone else." ” The vegetable seller was a thin old man, with a wrinkled face and gray hair, he nodded and smiled at the fat man: "Lord Wang, you often buy our goods, Lao Liu can still give you a cheap price, but now that it has just started spring, the price of this vegetable is high, and if it is cheaper, the old man will lose money."

Prince, the old man also has a wife and children to raise, I heard that the prince has recently been happy with your son, a happy thing, congratulations, the prince is such a big happy event, and the old man is worried about these two little money, this bag of dried vegetables, just as the old man is filial to you, congratulations on your happy son's thin gift, this dish money, the prince raised his hand, but don't tell the old man anymore. ” The person who was honored as the prince was short and fat, so short that he could barely see a huge head on his neck, his face was round, his mouth was flat, and his eyes were narrow, as if a person's head was drawn on the gnocchi.

Listening to this old man's words, Fuwa's eyes were gone, and he smiled hehehe: "Old Liutou, how fine your abacus beads are, when I don't know how good you can get, seeing that you are so good at talking, I won't care about you, just this price, Wu Yan, give him the money." ” When Lao Liu heard this, he smiled with his teeth: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, the prince is the head of the cell in the prison, the family members of those criminal officials, who does not pay much attention to the filial piety of gold and silver, how can you see me as a common person."

Hehe, at first glance, you are the heart of the Bodhisattva, look at this blessed appearance, the whole is the reincarnation of a Maitreya Buddha" Wang Peng scolded with a smile: "Don't fuck the fuck, this time it's cheaper for you, when the fresh vegetables come down, you have to give me a cheaper." ” As he spoke, he turned his head with a smile, his eyes unintentionally turned, and he suddenly saw Yang Hao, who was walking slowly here accompanied by several guards, was like a thunderbolt, his face turned pale, and his whole body was like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind, trembling suddenly.

Old Liu Tou was counting the money with a smile, and suddenly looked up and saw his face, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Ouch, Wangye, what's wrong with you?"

At this time, Yang Haodong looked around and looked at the man who had come over, the fat man turned his head sharply, burst into tears, choked and said hoarsely: "It's nothing, the sand has lost my eyes":