In the morning, Li Yanqing took two carriages into Lin'an City under the tight escort of eighty personal soldiers and twenty female soldiers. One of the two carriages was an empty carriage, and Li Yanqing sat in the other carriage. If there were attackers halfway, they had to divide their troops to deal with the two carriages, which would invisibly weaken the power of the attackers.

Today, Li Yanqing was going to meet the emperor Zhao Gou and personally presented the report on the strategic management of various routes of the West Road that he wrote. Of course, this kind of report had been sent to the capital in advance, but it was a matter of attitude that he personally presented to the emperor. No matter how dangerous the situation was, he had to come to see the emperor.

The journey was quite safe, and Li Yanqing soon arrived at the palace. The guards were waiting outside the palace, and Hu Qing'er led seven female guards to accompany him into the palace.

This is the main reason why Li Yanqing brought female guards to the capital. The palace did not allow him to bring his own personal guards into the palace, but Zhao Gou also understood his difficulties, so he promised that women could enter the palace, which bypassed the iron rule that the palace did not allow foreign soldiers to enter the palace.

Each female soldier was wearing palace uniforms outside, looking graceful, but they had murderous intent. They were wearing close-fitting soft armor inside. The two hairpins on their heads were two sharp flying thorns. The golden bead bracelets on their wrists were made of stainless steel. There were also three flying knives hidden inside the soft armor. Hu Qing'er's belt was her whip blade. These seven female soldiers were Hu Qing'er's disciples, and they were all extremely powerful hidden weapons masters.

Li Yanqing had to guard against these palace guards. All of these palace guards were Liu Zhengyan's subordinates. If Liu Zhengyan attacked him in the palace, he would really die. Especially now the palace guards are holding real guys, not wooden ceremonial weapons, he should be more cautious.

A group of beautiful palace maids surrounded Li Yanqing and walked into the palace, attracting countless attention. It was difficult for the soldiers to search for them. As long as they did not hold weapons in their hands or had obvious hidden weapons, they would let them in.

Hu Qing'er and seven female soldiers surrounded Li Yanqing to the back hall of Chuigong. This was the location of the imperial study room, and the guards were even more severe, so the eight female guards were not allowed to walk inside.

Li Yanqing nodded to Hu Qing'er, took down the sword from his waist and handed it to Hu Qing'er. He had the right to bring the sword to the hall, but the sword here did not refer to the real sword, but the Yi Jian of Wufeng. Li Yanqing took a Yi Jian from a guard and wore it on his body, and followed the guard to the imperial study room.

"His Royal Highness of Jin has arrived!"

As the guard shouted loudly, the cheerful laughter of the emperor Zhao Gou soon came, "Yanqing, I finally hope for you!" Zhao Gou personally went out of the imperial study to greet him.

Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists, "I'm going to see Your Majesty!"

Zhao Gou hurriedly helped Li Yanqing up and said with a smile: "You are my brother-in-law, and your brother-in-law doesn't have to give this big gift!"

"Your Majesty, the etiquette of the king and the ministers shall not be abolished."

"I know, but you can be simpler."

When Li Yanqing arrived, Zhao Gou was very happy from the bottom of his heart. In recent years, Li Yanqing saved the crisis of the three northwest roads, seized Hedong Road in the east, destroyed the Xixia Kingdom in the north, forced the Jin Kingdom to seek peace, and made the Song Dynasty safe. It even opened territory in the northwest, and reached Dunhuang in Shazhou, causing the Song Dynasty to gradually enter Zhongsheng.

These are all Li Yanqing's contributions, and of course Zhao Gou's great achievements. On this point, the interests of the two are completely consistent.

Although Li Yanqing's power was too great, Zhao Gou felt a little afraid, but Zhao Gou knew that it was not the time to talk about this matter. He had to find a suitable opportunity or find a solution that both parties could accept, such as Li Yanqing's son came to Beijing to study.

When Zhao Gou heard that Li Yanqing had brought his son, he felt much more comfortable.

The two walked into the imperial study room and sat down. Zhao Gou asked with a smile: "I read your report. You mentioned it in the report, appropriately support the enemy of the Jin Kingdom. I wonder what this means?"

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Weichen refers to supporting the grassland tribes to fight with the Jin Kingdom. Now the main force of the Jin Kingdom is attacking the grasslands in the northern desert, trying to conquer the grasslands. The grassland tribes were originally dependent on the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom has always exploited them deeply and strictly restricted their force, so that they could not buy soldiers and armor at all. After destroying the Western Xia, several grassland tribe chiefs found Weichen and wanted to exchange cattle and sheep for military armor. Weichen used 100,000 sets of Western Xia soldiers and armor for five million cattle and sheep. At present, these cattle and sheep are used to reward the three armies, and there are still some left. Hushi intends to transport them to the capital to the court."

Zhao Gou was not interested in cattle and sheep. What he was more interested in was supporting the grassland tribe itself. First, it was able to restrain the Jin Kingdom, and secondly, it could make the grassland tribes rely on the Song Dynasty. This is the focus of an emperor.

"Is it effective to resell weapons to the grassland tribes?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "It should be said that the effect is significant. Last month, the two sides fought a series of wars on the southern grasslands. Tens of thousands of Jin soldiers were annihilated and had to retreat eastward. Although the grassland tribes also suffered heavy losses, their fate was much better than the previous slaughter. At least they could unite to resist the conquest of Jin soldiers. We hope that the Jin soldiers could be trapped in the grassland for several years and polish their elite."

Zhao Gou nodded, "This matter is very important, so please continue to pay attention!"

"I obey the order!"

Zhao Gou smiled again and said, "In addition to the contents of the report, what other good news does the strategic commander have to share with me?"

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "I am here by the Yangtze River and found that the bandits in Dongting Lake are severely affected. I hope that Your Majesty can send troops to wipe them out as soon as possible so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment."

"I actually already know about this. I sent Dingzhou governor Cheng Changyu to lead the army to suppress the bandits, but it was not successful. I am considering sending Li Gang as the governor of Yuezhou governor and lead the army to suppress the bandits. I wonder if there is any capable general to recommend to the Strategic Envoy?"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Li Gang will be very competent as a pacifier, but he may be a little helpless in leading the army to suppress the bandits. I recommend Yue Fei, the commander of Jingxiang, to lead the army to suppress the bandits. I believe that he and Li Gang will definitely win the bandits."

Zhao Gou nodded, "This matter is feasible, but let me consider the specific plan a little more. If it is feasible, I can issue an order in the afternoon."

Li Yanqing then reported to Zhao Gou the recent situation of Lingxia Road and Hexi Road, and proposed the idea of ​​relocating Han people to Lingxia Road. Zhao Gou was very supportive and expressed that he would urge Zhizhengtang to discuss housing expenses.

The two of them had been talking for about an hour and a half, and three hours later, Li Yanqing said goodbye and left the palace and returned to Chi'ankou Town.

The personal soldiers guarding Li Yanqing's carriage slowly walked along the Imperial Street. As for today's reception, basically as Li Yanqing expected, Emperor Zhao Gou did not mention the issue of power cuts and protons at all. Perhaps it was not Zhao Gou who didn't want it, but today was not the time. Zhao Gou would not make this request to him in person, and would probably find an intermediary.

The team gradually reached Yongkin Gate, where people came and went, and it was particularly lively. Several soldiers stood guard at the city gate.

When Li Yanqing's team came, pedestrians went avenge, letting the murderous team go first, but the team did not reveal the identity of the carriage owner, otherwise there would be a crowd on the street.

The first carriage entered the city gate, and at this moment, a black shadow suddenly fell from the sky, and a spear in his hand pierced into the carriage. Seven or eight black shadows appeared on both sides, and they raised their crossbows to shoot into the carriage. The blue arrows instantly penetrated the carriage, and even shot eight poisonous arrows in a row. The people inside had no way to avoid it.

It’s just a pity that they were not lucky. Li Yanqing sat in the first carriage when he came, but when he went back, he sat in the second carriage. The first carriage was empty. The other party was obviously gambling, but unfortunately he lost the bet.

There was a sudden chaos around him. Hu Qing'er was furious and shot a flying knife out. The black-clothed assassin on the roof of the car could not dodge. He was shot into the left chest by the extremely fast flying knife, and he screamed and fell off the carriage.

The other personal soldiers had already reacted. They were extremely angry and waved their swords together to kill the eight assassins. The other dozen female soldiers raised their shields to protect the front, back and left and right of the carriage, and raised mini short crossbows in their hands. This short crossbow can penetrate the human body within ten steps.

The people around were in chaos and fled in scattering and scattering.

The assassin obviously wanted to hit the ground with one blow, and was unwilling to fight, so he ran away in all directions, but they were no longer as fast as Hu Qing'er's flying knife. Hu Qing'er felt extremely hated and showed no mercy. Three flying knives were shot out, and three assassins fell to the ground one after another. Three were surrounded by Li Yanqing's personal soldiers and dismembered the body. Only two assassins entered the private house and escaped.

It was not until this time that a large group of soldiers came from all directions. Hu Qing'er was almost mad and pointed at the soldiers and scolded them for being useless.

At this time, a female soldier rushed over and said, "General Hu, the governor asked you to see if the assassin has any survivors?"
Chapter completed!