After finishing the meal, there were actually fruits cut into platters and carefully placed on them.

However, Liu Hongdao had something on his mind, so why did he care about this? He was just eating and drinking, thinking about how to write a letter to clarify the situation, and persuade the officials to put down their burdens and focus on the northern expedition. After thinking about it, he felt that there was no need to write a letter directly, but to find Lu Benzhong in Phoenix first.

I published an article of my own in the ten-month issue, asking for advice.

After thinking about the idea, after eating and drinking, this guy actually still wanted to take some... He felt that the dry cakes from Shengguo Temple were delicious and crispy, and the fruits were not bad, so he wanted to take some away for his entourage to try.

A fresh meaning.

The monks had no choice but to quickly find a cloth bag for Liu Shilang to put in. Just as he was putting it in... Over there, another person came under the Xiangji kitchen. The monks were shocked and hurriedly sent people to wait on him.

Liu Hongdao and this person were both in plain clothes, and it was night and it was still raining outside. Although he heard the monks calling him Shiren when they went up to fawn over him, he didn't recognize him for a moment. But when he packed the bags, he met him in the kitchen.

They met each other under the lamplight, but they recognized each other immediately - the person who came was none other than the minister of the pavilion, and officials must use close ministers to protect their loyalty.

Moreover, Ren Baozhong is a young man, but he is deceitful, has never been polite, and he is also an old party dog ​​with shabby hair, so even if he is a close official who is useful to the government, no one can make friends with him...

... Of course, this person can be used, I'm afraid there is such a reason... But no matter what, it is embarrassing for the two of them to bump into each other like this. Liu Hongdao hesitated, but he didn't want to offend this person at this critical moment.

, for the sake of the other party’s age, he casually said hello, and then hurried away without waiting for the other party’s response.

Only a flattered so-called Party old dog was left standing there.

Meeting by chance in the kitchen, Liu Hongdao originally thought that the matter would end there, but unexpectedly, that night, the left minister of the Ministry of War returned to the room and was starting to work under the window on the "On the Unable to Delay the Northern Expedition" submitted by Lu Benzhong tomorrow.

"When I was first drafting, I had only written about a hundred words, when suddenly someone called the door... When I opened the door, I was even more shocked to see it was Ren Baozhong.

"Liu Shilang." Ren Baozhong didn't go in, so he handed over his hands in the corridor. "I'm taking the liberty... The officials are gradually hesitant. Has Sir Shilang noticed?"

Liu Hongdao saw that the other party was so straight to the point, but he didn't even bother to complain about the two barbaric words "adult". Instead, he became energetic.

When Ren Baozhong saw that the other party was like this, he also woke up, but he didn't hide it at all, and handed over his hand again: "Liu Shilang, I also want to go to the Northern Expedition, because if we don't go to the Northern Expedition, if we don't let Party Xiang Erlang leave Hebei, he will serve the country."

After all, the estrangement between Shaanxi and Ningxia will never be cleared..."

If Dangxiang Erlang doesn't leave Hebei, how can you, an old Dangxiang dog, show his ability and make himself a step further? Liu Hongdao finally had room to complain, but then, the other party's next words made him completely understand.

Wake up.

"Liu Shilang, we are on the same page. I saw you at Xiangji Kitchen just now and you were a polite person. Besides, I also guessed that with your status as a dispatcher, you came here despite your busy schedule. It must not only be to say hello, but also to see you from Tokyo.

Those who pay taxes in the summer and harvest in the autumn are aware of the attitude of the officials... However, I have a little reminder, please consider it... The officials may not only be worried about natural and man-made disasters, but they are also worried about the tendency of rashness in the current government.

!" After saying this, Ren Baozhong turned away directly, leaving only Liu Hongdao stunned in front of the door.

But when he closed the door and returned to the desk in front of the window, he hesitated to read the article he had prepared long ago, because Ren Baozhong had just provided him with a new idea that he had not noticed before... Then

After a series of continuous purges, everyone in the DPRK was basically filled with people like himself who took the lead in the war, or who longed for the Northern Expedition.

Up to the prime ministers, commanders, ministers, people like himself, Ren Baozhong, Guo Zhongxun, and down to the young and new people like Hu Quan, Yu Yunwen, etc., if they don't lead the battle, they don't want to think about the Northern Expedition, or in other words

If you don’t take the initiative to change your stance and declare the Northern Expedition, you will have been eliminated long ago.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, starting from the first year of Jianyan, not to mention people like Huang Qianshan who are the main guardians, Li Gang, Lu Haowen, Xu Jingheng, etc. have all taken the initiative.

Passively driven by the current situation.

Counting further down, it becomes even more so.

For example, Zhao Mingcheng, who has similar experience to me, but is more senior and older, and who also fled to Bagong Mountain together, was unable to fight and was unwilling to fight, so he could not enter any time the court changed. And above the court.

, he always retreated if he did not advance. He could not stand firm several times, so he naturally had to go back to his hometown to study his knowledge of epigraphy... In comparison, it was the Zhao Guan family's admiration for Yi An's poems that brought trouble to Zhao Mingcheng. In a real high-level bureaucrat

, it’s just a joke.

The same is true among the imperial army. They are either those who can fight or those who dare to fight. At least they are those who have no fear of the Northern Expedition. Such as Yue Fei, Li Qiong and other Hebei people who are crazy about their hometown in Hebei.

, such as Li Yanxian and Ma Kuo, who have been suffering for many years and are almost red-eyed, there is also no shortage of perseverance.

As for the so-called prudent generals' children, they have been purged again and again after successful military operations. In the past, the Xin brothers and Xuanhe? Now their subordinate Hu Hongxiu has become the Ningxia economic envoy. How can they live with?

Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, both known as Miao and Liu, were also gradually expelled from the imperial camp.

In a sense, Guan Jia said that he was pushed at the martial arts competition, which can be regarded as being honest.

So at this time, the officials in turn maintained a stable posture to prevent the people below from being out of control, but it was also a reasonable imperial strategy.

In this way, Liu Hongdaoku sat in front of the window, listening to the patter of rain at night, and the occasional crow of the blackbird. He thought over and over again, but instead of writing to polish a word, he thought more and more. In the end, he even recalled for no reason the period from the first year of Jingkang to the present of Jianyan.

Nine years, almost nine years of past events that I have personally experienced.

From the grief and indignation of the humiliation of Jingkang, to the haste of being suddenly appointed to Qingzhou, to the panic after the hard-fought battle with Wushu, the embarrassment on Bagong Mountain, the caution and diligence of Jiangxi, the busyness and desire to avenge the shame after returning to Tokyo, and then

Today's situation... Moreover, when I think about it, what I mentioned to Guo Zhongxun in the evening is that although there were disasters in the eight or nine years before the Song Dynasty, they were all minor disasters. This year's

Large-scale rains all over the north and south are really rare... and even more so.

In short, his mind turned around in all kinds of ways, and he wrote all kinds of words, but he could not put pen to paper. Instead, he gradually became obsessed with it.

In the end, Liu Shilang simply lay down on the case and fell asleep in a daze, unable to even type a few more words.

However, falling asleep this time was not so calm. Suddenly, at some unknown time, the left minister of the Ministry of War was awakened by the roaring sound in the mountains, and was frightened and confused.

It was really a roaring sound, and suddenly the Phoenix Mountain was filled with thunderous roars, and then countless crows started up, regardless of the rain, and filled the mountain with crows.

Liu Hongdao was lost for a moment, then immediately opened the door and shouted loudly:

"What happened?"

However, the Shengguo Temple was in chaos. Not to mention the monks, even the Imperial Guardsmen and their followers who stood up in a hurry around the room were unable to answer at all.

Liu Hongdao had no choice, so he quickly put on his clothes, found his entourage, called two Banzhi, and went directly to the Main Hall of Shengguo Temple. However, although this place with many bright lanterns had become an instinctive gathering place for everyone, it was also a gathering place.

It was chaotic, and no one knew what happened... However, it can only be said that Liu Hongdao is an official with many years of experience, so he still knows the importance of things. In fact, he had already figured it out on the way here, and it doesn't matter what happened elsewhere.

, I’m just afraid that the driver may be ill.

So, he made a prompt decision and issued an order at the Main Hall, asking the monks and the Banzhi to gather together and quickly go to the palace on the other side of the mountain to rescue him.

And just when the minister was trying to direct the monks, he looked up and saw Ren Baozhong, the minister of the pavilion whom he had seen last night, desperately gathering a group of Ban Zhi stationed in the temple and heading to the palace.

go.

Liu Hongdao secretly cursed himself as a waste, and ignored all taboos. He threw the monks to Lu Benzhong, who had just arrived in the main hall and was still in a daze. Then he chased Renbaozhong and the Banzhi team almost alone, and headed to the palace together.

.

The mountain road was difficult to travel in the dark night, and there was also rain and slippery mud. When they reached the top of the mountain, Liu and Ren, the two senior leaders, fell several times. Even the accompanying Imperial Ban Zhili had a man named Tuoli.

The Mongol prince knocked his knee on the stone steps and was immediately reduced in number.

But when the team reached the top of the mountain, they saw that despite the rainy night, the palace was full of lights, and there were many people running around asking and shouting, but they still didn’t know that something was wrong with the palace... They even guessed it without thinking at all.

What had happened? It was obvious that the rain had not stopped and the palace had collapsed... At this time, almost everyone was shocked, whether they were the two of them or the accompanying Imperial Guard who was directly under the Red Heart Squadron.

Under the already broken lantern, Liu Hongdao and Ren Baozhong couldn't help but look at each other, and they both saw a look of horror in each other's eyes.

But the next moment, the two of them completely ignored the difficulty of the rainy night and hurried down to the palace with the help of people around them.

"Yujia...where is Yujia?" Liu Hongdao came to the palace in embarrassment and saw the collapsed building and piles of materials. Liu Hongdao, who was covered in mud, tried several times before shouting, but he was still trembling.

Maybe it was because at this time there were people's voices and lanterns everywhere in and around the mountain, and the city of Hangzhou was already alarmed. In addition, the frightened crows kept crowing, so no one responded at first.

In desperation, Liu and Ren could only shout in trembling voices while rushing towards the dormitory, which looked quite tidy.

"Are they Liu Qing and Renqing? Don't panic, I'm fine here." In the rainy night, a familiar voice came from an open space behind the palace, which made Liu Hongdao and Ren Baozhong feel relieved.

He fell directly to the ground.

The next moment, Ziyou Banzhi stepped forward to help the two of them and brought them to Zhao Guan's house.

However, for some unknown reason, when they saw Zhao Guan's house standing under a big umbrella in brightly lit places, not only were they not damaged at all, but their clothes were not even wet. Liu Hongdao and Ren Baozhong, who had already stood up straight, were standing together.

They fell to the ground, and then they all covered their faces and cried loudly.

Now, it was Zhao Jiu's turn to be stunned for a moment.
Chapter completed!