The next day, the officiating officer of the Daliang mission, Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan of the Zongfu, went to Ancheng with Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, to meet the father of the Wei family in Longxi, as promised.
When he went there, he took away the accompanying officials from the Ministry of Rites, but left 500 imperial guards with Zhao Hongrun.
It is worth mentioning that the Sixth Prince Zhao Yuanli also went to Ancheng with Zhao Yuanyan. However, Zhao Yuanli explained this: I was just visiting a few friends I had met in the early years, not as a deputy envoy.
As expected, after arriving in Ancheng, Zhao Yuanli separated from Zhao Yuanyan, Yao Lord Zhao Sheng and others, and went to visit the old acquaintances he mentioned.
Zhao Yuanyan, on the recommendation of Lord Yao Zhao Sheng, came to Li Mansion, a large-scale mansion in Ancheng.
This mansion is Antu. The mansion of Mr. Li, the father-in-law of the two brothers, is unique in the entire Ancheng. However, at present, the real owner of this mansion has been driven away and has become...
We visited the place where the father-in-law of the Wei family in Longxi stayed.
Along the way, Zhao Yuanyan looked really bad, because he saw that the entire Ancheng was in panic due to the arrival of the Longxi Wei family. The streets and alleys were full of Longxi Wei soldiers, and there were almost no civilians in sight.
But when Zhao Yuanyan arrived at the Li Mansion and looked up to see the bright four-character plaque "Ancheng Li Family" in front of the house, his eyes became more and more gloomy.
"Please inform your father that the Zhao family's envoy has arrived." Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, said to the guards outside the Li Mansion.
In fact, Yao Lord Zhao Sheng could directly enter the mansion to meet their father, but in this case, only Zhao Yuanyan was left standing alone outside the mansion, which was inconsistent with etiquette. Therefore, Yao Lord Zhao Sheng asked someone to do it for him.
Report, and he stood outside with Zhao Yuanyan as a sign of respect for the latter.
But what I didn't expect was that after waiting for half an hour, the guard came belatedly and replied: "The sergeant in the mansion said that your father is recuperating after working hard these days. Please
Your honorable envoy will stay in the city for a few days."
"What?!" Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, changed his expression when he heard this. He couldn't believe it. He asked angrily: "Who said this?"
"Yes...it's Mr. Anointed Ji." The guard said fearfully.
"That's unreasonable!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, had a flash of anger in his eyes. He turned to Zhao Yuanyan and said, "Brother, please wait here for a moment and let me go and report it myself!"
Zhao Yuanyan nodded.
So, Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, walked into the mansion angrily, but after just a cup of tea, he walked out of the mansion again, with an uncertain expression on his face.
Zhao Yuanyan understood it at a glance. He shook up his clothes and said nonchalantly: "There is a post house in the city. If Mr. Zhao Sheng is free, you and I can go have a few drinks."
Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, knew that Zhao Yuanyan had guessed it, so he nodded silently with shame on his face.
The two came to the post house in the city. Zhao Yuanyan asked the people in the post house to prepare a table of wine and food to drink with Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao.
I saw Lord Yao Zhao Sheng pouring a few glasses of wine, then he panted slightly and cursed in a low voice: "That treacherous and rebellious person named Aoji, he reported what happened yesterday to Jun's father, and is adding fuel to the fire behind his back..."
"Who is the anointed person?" Zhao Yuanyan asked.
"Ji's surname is Gao. He is a branch of the branch. He is not a good person. He only knows how to flatter and cater to your father's wishes..." At this point, Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, explained with a strange expression: "It is said that yesterday, my father
I asked people to prepare a banquet. I originally came to entertain the clan brothers, but I didn't expect... Today, that's why..."
"I think this is probably the reason." Zhao Yuanyan smiled lightly and said, "It doesn't matter, just wait a few days until your father-in-law's anger subsides."
Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, looked at Zhao Yuanyan in surprise when he heard this. Seeing that he didn't feel angry at all after waiting outside the mansion for half a time without seeing him, he was surprised and admired at the same time.
"Brother, you are truly a gentleman." Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, couldn't help but praise.
Zhao Yuanyan shook his head noncommittally, invited a drink and said: "Come, you and I have a drink."
"Okay." Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, nodded solemnly.
After a day like this, Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, sent someone to convey the message again, but there was no news.
Zhao Yuanyan didn't care. He drank with Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, in the inn every day, waiting to be received by the father of the Wei family in Longxi.
But after three days in a row, there was still no movement from the father-in-law of the Wei family in Longxi.
Zhao Yuanyan remained calm-faced, but Lord Yao Zhao Sheng was so ashamed that he could hardly even lift his head.
Zhao Yuanyan was humble and observant, which made Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, feel more and more ashamed. Instead, Zhao Yuanyan enlightened him from time to time.
After all, in Zhao Yuanyan's view, Lord Yao Zhu Sheng had nothing to do with this matter.
Since he had nothing to do, Zhao Yuanyan simply asked Lord Yao Zhao Sheng about the situation of the Zhao family in Longxi—that is, the Wei people of the Zhao family who had not left Longxi for hundreds of years.
Because compared to the Wei family in Longxi, the Zhao family members in Longxi, such as Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao in front of me, are the brothers of the same clan in the true sense of the Zhao family in Wei.
Unfortunately, according to Yao Zhujun Zhao Sheng, two of the three Zhao clans that chose to stay in Longxi at that time had already been defeated, leaving only Yao Zhujun Zhao Sheng's branch - Yao Zhu Zhao clan.
This made Zhao Yuanyan sigh.
While they were chatting, the father of the Wei family in Longxi was asking about his confidant, the minister, who was the treacherous person Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, called Ji.
"Gaoji, is the branch family member named Zhao Yan still in the city?"
In the inner chamber of the Li family's residence, in the master bedroom of the north house, the father-in-law of the Wei family in Longxi was lying on his side on the couch and asked quietly.
"Report to your father, this person is still in the city."
"Hmph!" Mr. Wei's father snorted and said displeasedly: "The children of a separate family dare to treat our own family like this. This is something you don't see in Longxi..."
Gao Ji, a tall and thin man, heard the sullenness from the Junfu in front of him, and echoed with a smile: "Isn't that right...Zhao is different now, how can they still remember,
The Zhao family was once a branch of the Wei family?"
"Man, you must not forget your origins!" Mr. Wei's father snorted coldly, and then he seemed to have thought of something and asked: "There is also that boy named Zhao Run... There are so many juniors in the Longxi Ji branch, never before
Have you ever seen such an arrogant brat... Return it within seven days? Come and pick it up in person after the deadline? Ha! A bastard who betrays his ancestors and forgets his ancestors!"
"Father, please calm down." Gao Ji advised in a low voice.
The father of the Wei family took a long breath, and then said quietly: "Gaoji, do you think that I, the Wei family, have gone too far?... I, the Wei family, just want a few pieces of land so that the clan can continue, and I have never called the Zhao family."
The branch family sold the Kingdom of Wei to us, why should a little brat from the branch family show off to us?"
"The Zhao family is not what it used to be." Gao Ji shook his head, then rolled his eyes and whispered: "Speaking of which, Mr. Zhao Sheng is very proud now."
"What do you mean, anoint yourself?" Mr. Wei's father asked with a frown.
Gao Ji lowered his head and said with a smile: "I just said casually, think about it, when we were in Longxi, the Zhao family declined. If it weren't for the emperor's father, I'm afraid the Zhao family in Yao would have been in decline long ago. But in this Zhao family's Wei Dynasty
The country... Hehe, the Zhao family calls themselves a royal family."
Mr. Wei's father turned over, looked at Gao Ji displeased and said, "Zhao Sheng is not the kind of person you think."
"I don't think so either. It's just that Mr. Zhao Sheng has been very close to that Zhao Yan in recent days... But it's not difficult to understand. After all, they are all members of the Zhao family with the surname Ji."
"..." Father Wei frowned slightly and stopped talking.
Seeing this, Aoji accepted it as he saw fit, changed the subject and said, "Father Jun, when do you plan to meet that Zhao Yan?"
Mr. Wei's father sneered and said lightly: "Seven days have passed!"
"Understood." Gao Ji smiled knowingly.
It has to be said that the "seven-day deadline" proposed by Zhao Hongrun is more or less known to the Longxi Wei clan members living in Ancheng, but not many people take it seriously.
Maybe in their opinion, can a young boy represent the Zhao family of Wei?
Maybe some people are still looking at the joke, but seven days later, how will that little kid named Zhao Run end up?
However, they did not know that at this moment in Wei State, several armies were rapidly advancing towards Ancheng.
On July 12, the merchant navy, which temporarily requisitioned the merchant ships of the Ministry of Commerce in Shangshui County, landed 20 ships at Bolangsha River Port. A total of 10,000 merchant soldiers disembarked and quickly headed towards Yangwu.
"Advance and go straight to "Anseong".
On July 13, another twenty troop-carrying merchant ships bypassed Bolangsha, sailed upstream along the Yellow River, and forcibly docked directly in Ancheng County.
On July 14, the Yanling Army, which was heading north day and night, arrived at Wei County. Under the initial panic and then inexplicable attention of the Wei people in Wei County, they continued to advance north.
On July 15, Bosile, the commander-in-chief of the northern Sichuan cavalry, estimated that time was running out and drove the cavalry to the Chenggao Pass.
Looking at the northern Sichuan cavalry, who took over Chenggao Pass, Lintao Lord Wei Ji was shocked and suspicious.
In addition to these three armies, Sima An of the Dangshan Army also led his troops to bypass Daliang and temporarily stationed in Yuanyang Kingdom. When King Yuanyang heard that it was Sima An, he didn't dare to say anything and pretended not to see it.
"General, is this appropriate?"
While setting up camp, Lieutenant General Wen Feng asked Sima An hesitantly.
"Are you referring to responding to His Highness Prince Su?" Sima An asked calmly.
"Yes." Deputy General Wen Feng nodded and said in a deep voice: "As a rule, His Highness Prince Su has no right to ask me to transfer the Dangshan Army..."
"You are right, His Highness Prince Su has no right to mobilize our Dangshan Army..."
Sima An sat astride the horse and said with a smile but not a smile: "The only one who can mobilize our Dangshan army is your majesty."
"This...why does it sound so weird?"
Lieutenant General Wen Feng was stunned.
Suddenly, his heart shook, as if he had awakened to something, and all the worry on his face receded.
The Shangshui Army, the Yanling Army, the Northern Sichuan Cavalry Army, the Dangshan Army, and the four Wei armies were all waiting for a day.
July 16th is the last day of the "seven-day period".