Peerless Pirates

Just when Li Yuanzhen was planning how to take Li Yongxi out of the palace, disasters happened one after another. First, Li Yongxi's mother, Queen Xiaoxian, fell ill, and then, the old emperor, who was already sick and frail, also declined.

It turned out that the old emperor relied on his extraordinary means and was afraid that the prince's power would grow too fast and threaten him, so he restricted the power of the prince Li Yuandan very tightly, and used Li Yuanqing and Li Yuankui to contain the prince. When the old emperor thought of establishing a prince By the time he gained authority, it was already too late. After the old emperor died and Li Yuandan came to the throne, he wanted to weaken the power of Li Yuanqing and Li Yuankui, but he was too eager to do so, which caused a strong backlash.

The result was that Li Yuanqing and Li Yuankui conspired to kill Li Yuandan, and also killed Li Yuandan's youngest son. Then, Li Yuanqing and Li Yuankui fought internally, and Li Yuanqing finally came to the throne, while Li Yuankui and the old aristocratic forces that supported him ran back to the Party. The old home is prosperous.

Li Xi was originally Li Yuandan's biggest supporter. He was originally sent by Li Yuandan to Longzhou to seek Tibetan support. When he heard the news of the imperial coup on his way back to Chang'an, he simply coerced Li Renzhi in Hanzhong to dominate the situation.

The occurrence of various changes was dizzying, and Li Yongxi was discouraged. Coupled with the pain of losing his mother and father, Li Yongxi had the idea of ​​becoming a monk. This was actually a self-protection plan. With Li Yuanzhen's protection, he was finally safe.

The three parties in Xixia were hostile to each other and fought, and even a severe drought in Guanzhong could not stop it. Then news came out that Dajin and Daqi were sending troops to Guanzhong, and the situation became even more chaotic. Under this situation, the Liang family intended to persuade the three parties to join forces. , to resist foreign aggression together. However, the premise is that Shu can support Li Yuanqing and overcome the current hurdle first, at least to save Chang'an.

Under this situation, Liang Yiyue had to go to Shu as an envoy. Li Yuanzhen was from the royal family, but rarely interfered with state affairs. In addition, after this war, he had long been extremely disappointed with the Dangxiang royal family, and his only concern was Li Yongxi. At this time, Liang Yiyue approached Li Yuanzhen and asked Li Yuanzhen to serve as his guard. Li Yuanzhen's identity and superb martial arts skills could ensure that Liang Yiyue could pass through Li Xi's territory smoothly.

Li Yuanzhen agreed on the condition that Li Yongxi be sent to Shu. After all, Chang'an was in danger. Liang Yiyue didn't care about a useless princess who became a monk, so he agreed simply.

Li Yuanzhen's plan was to first settle Li Yongxi in Shu, and then send him to Daqi. Unexpectedly, in Shu, he met Song Zheng who was on an envoy, and Li Yongxi was not surprised.

After listening to Li Yuanzhen's narration, Song Zheng felt pity in his heart. God knows how much psychological torture Li Yongxi has endured due to the changes in her family and country. No wonder she is much thinner than when she was in Dajin.

"Boy, what are you going to do?" Li Yuanzhen sat across from Song Zheng in a dignified manner, staring straight at Song Zheng.

Song Zheng bowed deeply, "I will never forget your kindness to Xi'er. Please let me address you as Uncle Li." Song Zheng was, firstly, truly grateful in his heart, and secondly, he deliberately wanted to win over Li Yuanzhen. Such a terrifying master should not at least become one's own enemy.

Li Yuanzhen snorted softly, "Don't play with this vain person."

Song Zheng straightened up helplessly and said sincerely, "My incompetence has caused Xi'er to suffer so much. Don't worry, uncle, since God has given me a chance to see Xi'er again, I won't let it go no matter what. Moreover. I promise that I won’t let Xi’er suffer any further injustice.”

"This seems like a personal statement." Li Yuanzhen's face brightened slightly, and he immediately said, "Although you seem to be very prosperous, your situation is not very good. Let me ask you, how can you ensure that what you say is true?"

Song Zheng thought for a while, then took out a token from his arms, "Now Emperor Lang Zhengchun of Shu believes in Taoism, and Sun Buer, a disciple of Qingjing San of Quanzhen Sect, has been staying in Qingcheng Mountain for more than a year, and is highly respected by Lang Zhengchun. This piece The token is called the Double Ninth Order, and it was personally made by Wang Chongyang, the founder of the Quanzhen Sect. It has supreme authority over the disciples of the sect. I will write a letter to the Sanren first. Take my letter and this Double Ninth Order, and send Xi'er first. Send her to Qingcheng Mountain, and I will ask her to take Xi'er to Daqi."

Li Yuanzhen took the Chongyang Order over and looked through it, "I have also heard of the name of the Chongyang Order. I didn't expect you, the True Ancestor of Hongmeng, to read it all together. Well, Xi'er came to Shu in the name of this time. , this is to learn Taoism. Qingjing Sanren is here, just in time to send Xi'er over. I think with this token, Sun Buer will definitely be able to protect Xi'er."

Song Zheng asked Li Yuanzhen to wait for a while, and quickly wrote a letter and handed it to Li Yuanzhen together with the Double Ninth Order.

Li Yuanzhen squeezed it, and suddenly smiled and said, "Boy, is this a way for you to save your life? If there is any disagreement, you can have another way out with the help of Taoism."

Song Zheng pretended to be embarrassed and scratched his head, "Let uncle see through it." He thought to himself that it was thanks to this Double Ninth Order that he escaped from Dajin. Otherwise, there is really no reason to find Hao Datong.

"You have a conscience." Li Yuanzhen nodded with satisfaction, "But, boy, give this to Xi'er. If something happens to you, have you thought of a way out?"

Song Zheng blinked, "What did uncle know?"

"Slippery!" Li Yuanzhen scolded, "Hurry up and tell me what you have discovered so that I can see what you are capable of."

Song Zheng smiled, picked up a pen, and drew on the paper, roughly drawing a map of Shu. He pointed to the area to the east and said, "Shu is called Bashan and Shushui. It actually refers to two places. One is Ba , one is Shu. In recent years, due to the good relations between Xixia and Shu, the threat to the north of Shu is not great. Therefore, half of Shu's military strength is concentrated in Badi, especially from Gongzhou, Fuzhou, Wanzhou to Kuizhou. Most of these military forces are under the control of Lang Boyan."

Li Yuanzhen's eyes flashed with admiration, "How did you know?"

Song Zheng smiled and said, "I came here with Lang Boyan all the way, and we walked on this line. Everywhere I went, I either visited places of interest, or drank wine and wrote poems."

At this point, Song Zheng stopped and looked at Li Yuanzhen. Li Yuanzhen followed up knowingly, "The drunkard's intention is not to drink."

Song Zheng's lips curled up, "Lang Boyan himself is never willing to be so domineering. This comes from two clues. One is that something happened on the way, which made me suspect that Lang Boyan is closely connected with Jiang Kui. Uncle knows about Jiang Kui?"

"On my way to Shu, I also heard Liang Yiyue talking about this person. This person was originally a general under Pang Hui, and seemed to be the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division. In fact, he was a secret agent of Shu. Moreover, Da Qi failed to attack Shu a few years ago. It’s also related to this person.”

"That's right!" Song Zheng nodded and said, "Jiang Kui is now the general in charge of the Shu Palace Guards. He is not only in charge of intelligence, but also responsible for the internal guards of the Shu Palace. Lang Boyan will not do anything good if he colludes with him."

"Oh, it's another coup to seize the throne." Li Yuanzhen frowned in disgust.

"I don't know if it's true, but from these old residence newspapers, it can be seen that Lang Zhengchun has been obsessed with Taoism in recent years and has not paid much attention to government affairs. Therefore, Lang Boyan's power has expanded rapidly, especially his control over the military. I have carefully compared some of the memorials of Lang Boyan and the Privy Councilor. Although they are not the same in small ways, they are surprisingly consistent in the general direction. Although I cannot say for sure that there is any connection between the two, if I were Zhao Yan, I would definitely Support Lang Boyan, not the prince of Shu who is known for his benevolence and literary talent."

"How useful are these things?" Li Yuanzhen looked at the stacks of newspapers from his old residence in the room.

"It's not just these functions." Song Zheng said with a smile, "Although the Di'an newspaper will not publish some secrets or high-level secret discussions, it can always reflect some clues. If you give me more Di's newspapers, I can list them A diagram of the relationships among officials of rank 5 and above in the entire Shu Kingdom."

Li Yuanzhen's eyes widened and he looked at Song Zheng in disbelief.

Later newspapers originated from Di Bao, but there were too many false things in later newspapers, making analysis very difficult. But people in this era obviously did not have a good sense of confidentiality, and because of this, it can reflect The amount of political information is considerable. Of course, only Song Zheng can see this.

Song Zheng flipped through a newspaper and put it on the table, looking at Li Yuanzhen expectantly. After listening to Li Yuanzhen's words just now, he thought he had learned some inside information that Song Zheng didn't know.

Li Yuanzhen hesitated for a moment, "Do you know the purpose of Liang Yiyue's visit this time?"

Song Zheng chuckled lightly, "Looking at the current situation, Shu can't solve Xixia's problem with some money and supplies. It must be that Shu wants to send troops directly. But this is not easy, after all, it is Daqi that we have to face. With the two big countries of Jin and Dajin, it is difficult for the people of Shu to make up their minds. Unless..."

Song Zheng's expression suddenly changed, he held down the simplified terrain map of Shu he had just drawn with one hand and fell silent.

"Did you think of something?" Li Yuanzhen looked at Song Zheng playfully.

"Let me think about it carefully." Song Zheng stood up again and paced back and forth in the room, whispering the names of Liang Yiyue, Bochuan, Lang Boyan, An Zhou, Zhao Yan and so on.

After about a cup of tea, Song Zheng said, "It is impossible for Xixia to fight against Jin and Qi. Even if Shu is added, it will not be able to defeat Jin and Qi in a frontal battlefield. Therefore, the only option is to make peace with Jin , Concentrate all your forces against Da Qi. Li Yuankui can't count on it in the north. The rest, Li Yuanqing, Li Xi plus Shu, should be able to stop it... It doesn't seem right. How can we make Shu definitely send troops?"

Song Zheng scratched his head again.

Li Yuanzhen opened his mouth but said nothing. Although he was not interested in the Xixia royal family, Song Zheng was currently an envoy to Daqi, and he had no reason to help Daqi people deal with his own people.

Song Zheng went back and forth a few times and suddenly said, "Li Yuanqing is still the Xixia Orthodox in name only. Li Yuankui is not proclaimed emperor now, but is only known as regent. Although Li Xi respects Li Renzhi, he also does so in the name of revenge for Li Yuandan. He has not yet proclaimed himself emperor. Therefore, Liang Yiyue can use this to play the game of empty-handed white wolf. If he can take Hanzhong out, the power of Zhao Yan's side in Shu will be greatly expanded..."

Speaking of this, Song Zheng smiled and said, "Whether Lang Boyan will follow the trend depends on these two days. If I were Lang Boyan, I would definitely write a letter in these two days and raise troops to aid Xia."