MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 972 City Gate Conflict

  Chapter 972 City Gate Conflict

Two days later, more than a dozen men on horseback slowly came to Xingqing Mansion. The leading man was about 40 years old, wearing a black gauze hat with wings and a lavender official uniform. He had fair skin and slightly slender eyes. Qin Hui, Minister of Rites who came to Xixia for inspection.

Qin Hui actually came to Xingqing Mansion to prevent Li Yanqing from destroying Xixia under the order of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, but he came too late, as soon as he arrived at the border of Huizhou, the news came that the Song Army had captured Xingqing Mansion and the whole country of Xixia had surrendered. .

This news really made Qin Hui deeply disturbed. He knew very well what the destruction of Xixia meant to the emperor Zhao Gou. There is a large area of ​​land, but he rose from the crisis and tried his best to turn the tide. His image of a wise monarch has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and the army, and he has been recognized by the government and the opposition. The throne has been firmly established. It is almost impossible for the Supreme Emperor to abolish him.

Qin Hui was really depressed when he thought that he was on the wrong team. He thought that the Supreme Emperor would soon abolish the emperor and stand on his own. has no meaning?

  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, which restored the name of the Tang Dynasty.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was called Lingzhou or Lingwu County, and it was under the jurisdiction of Shuofang Jiedushi. At that time, Xiping Mansion in the south did not exist. After Xixia renamed Lingzhou as Xingqing Mansion, it built Xiping Mansion in the south and named it Ling state.

  Qin Hui estimates that Xixia may be renamed Shuofang Road in the future, but it may also be renamed Lingxia Road. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, this was where Lingzhou and Xiazhou were located.

  At this time, several Song soldiers guarding the city gate stopped Qin Hui and his party, and asked sharply, "Where did you come from? You are not allowed to carry weapons here. Dismount everyone!"

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

  His insults enraged the soldiers in front of the city gate. Hundreds of soldiers in the city raised their crossbows and pointed at Qin Hui and his party. Qin Hui and his followers turned pale with fright and dared not move.

  At this time, a general walked out of the city quickly and asked, "What's going on?"

  A soldier reported: "A group of people of unknown origin, armed with weapons, made rude remarks and insulted the brothers defending the city."

  The general recognized Qin Hui's official uniform, probably a high official from the imperial court, he waved his hand, "Everyone, put down the crossbow!"

   All the soldiers put down their crossbows one after another, and Qin Hui’s entourage, like poisonous snakes revived from hibernation, became arrogant again, "What do you think of us, we are from the imperial court, so rude!"

  Qin Hui was really annoyed in his heart, turned around and scolded: "Shut up, all of you!"

  The followers didn't dare to scold any more, Qin Hui didn't speak, and looked at the general coldly.

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

  Qin Hui snorted coldly, "Of course we have documents, but it's not your turn to read them!"

  The general's expression changed, and he turned around and shouted: "Quickly report to the general, and caught the spies of the Kingdom of Jin!"

  A soldier rushed away, and more than a hundred soldiers of the Song Army surrounded Qin Hui and a group of people. The general shouted: "Get off your horse and put your weapons on the ground, or we will shoot arrows!"

  Qin Hui was ashamed and ashamed, but he couldn't bear the immediate loss, so he had to order: "Get off the horse and put the weapons on the ground!"

  More than a dozen followers had to dismount one after another, throwing their knives and short spears on the ground. The soldiers stepped forward, took away the weapons, and led the horses away.

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

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

  Wang Gui also recognized Qin Hui, he couldn't help being startled, and asked the general, "How can you say they are spies of the Kingdom of Jin?"

  The general clasped his fists and said: "They don't obey orders and don't obey the rules. They say they are officials of the court, but they are not escorted by our army. It is very suspicious!"

  Wang Gui nodded, stepped forward and said, "Qin Shangshu, it may be a misunderstanding, you can enter the city now."

  Qin Hui quit, angrily said: "If you humiliate us like this, a misunderstanding is enough? Let Li Yanqing come to see me!"

  Wang Gui's complexion changed, and he said coldly: "Qin Shangshu, if you unfortunately died here, it would be the work of remnants of Western Xia soldiers, do you believe it?"

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

Wang Gui sneered, "You don't follow the rules, and you can act willfully if you think you are a high-ranking member of the court. Let me tell you, if a dozen of you can get here, it is already smoke from your ancestral graves. If you don't believe me, if you go back like this, you See if you can go back alive?"

   After finishing speaking, Wang Gui got on his horse and shouted: "The weapons will be confiscated, and the horses will be returned to them. They can enter the city or not!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Gui turned his horse's head and left with his men. Qin Hui and his party froze at the city gate, neither going in nor leaving, very embarrassed. "

  Qin Hui's face turned red and then turned pale, he slowly gritted his teeth and said, "Go back to Lin'an and clean them up, advance to the city!"

  In the temporary military yamen, Li Yanqing was listening to Wang Gui's report, he was really a little strange, Qin Hui is here, isn't Qin Hui inspecting people's livelihood in the northwest region? How could Xi Xia come, could it be

   Li Yanqing suddenly realized that this must be the arrangement of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji. He wanted to prevent himself from destroying Xixia, but it was too late to come from Lin'an, so he asked Qin Hui to come directly from the northwest. Unfortunately, they were still one step too late.

  Thinking of this, Li Yanqing sternly scolded Wang Guidao: "You are also a dignified fourth-rank general, why are you doing things with no status like a small soldier? After all, he is a minister of the court's Ministry of Rites. What good does it do for you to offend him?"

   "But he is aggressive and humiliating too much." Wang Gui whispered unconvinced.

  Li Yanqing gave him a cold look, "If I were you, I would put on a smiling face and serve him to make him comfortable, and then send someone to kill him on the way back, so that he will still be grateful to you after he dies."

  Wang Gui patted his forehead, "That's right! Why didn't I think of that."

   "Forget it, since your threat has 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."

   "The humble job understands!" Wang Gui felt remorse, and he would not be so reckless if he knew it earlier.

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

   "A rare visitor! How did Qin Shangshu come to Lingzhou City? Why didn't there be any news in advance, and I didn't know until you came to the door!"

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

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

Li Yanqing said indifferently: "Then you should feel very lucky. I have issued an order that anyone who pretends to be an official of the imperial court will be executed on the spot. You are able to enter the city safely. On the one hand, it is because of your luck, and on the other hand, it is because of my army's dereliction of duty. I will punish them!"

  Everyone was stunned, Qin Hui turned his head and glared fiercely at the attendant who spoke without authorization, the attendant turned pale with fright, he knew that he had offended Li Yanqing by talking nonsense.

  Qin Hui hurriedly said: "Actually, it was a misunderstanding. Later, General Wang Gui arrived. We cleared up the misunderstanding and entered the city normally."

  Li Yanqing nodded, "You've worked hard all the way, come and sit first!"

The soldiers greeted the followers to rest, Li Yanqing took Qin Hui to the lobby and sat down, and served tea to the soldiers, he said with a sullen face: "Qin Shangshu, I really want to criticize you severely, you are the Shangshu of the Great Song Dynasty, you are a thousand gold If you enter the war-torn area without notifying the army guards, if you encounter misfortune when you join the Xixia army, how can I explain to the court?"

  Qin Hui was sweating profusely, Li Yanqing seemed to be concerned about criticizing him, but Qin Hui understood that Li Yanqing was actually accusing him of not inviting himself.

Qin Hui was extremely ashamed and loathed in his heart, and he said after a while: "I'm going back to Bashu after patrolling Xihe Road halfway, but suddenly I received an order from the Supreme Emperor, asking me to find out about the situation in Xixia. I was in a hurry, so I didn't have time to inform the envoy in advance. How much can I ask for your understanding?"

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

  Qin Hui is sweating profusely. This is the real threat of death. What is Wang Gui's threat?

   "Don't dare! Don't dare! I just came to learn about the people's livelihood in the former Xixia area. I just took a general look and left in two days."

  Li Yan nodded, "In two days, I will send troops to **** Shangshu back to Yan'an Mansion!"

  (end of this chapter)