1193. Go to Zhongxing Mansion

The terrain of Xixia is complex.

Although the territory is not vast, its territory is distributed intersecting mountains, rivers, deserts, Gobi, plateaus, etc.

Zhao Dongting and the other four passed through Kuizhou Road, Lizhou East Road, Fengxiang Road, and then left Fengxiang to Xiping Prefecture in Xixia.

It can be said that as soon as he left Fengxiang, his appearance became a bit deserted.

Looking around, there are all the undulating loess mountains.

And the northerly, the more deserted it appears.

There is a city that is so inconspicuous on this vast Loess Plateau.

In the face of such a scenery, people often feel insignificant. This place is like a sea of ​​loess.

Except for the occasional gangsters and rivers, ordinary pedestrians are rare on the winding official roads.

This used to be a remote place.

A Great Wall lies across the Western Xia territory.

Zhao Dongting and the other four were wearing Western Xia clothes and dust-proof cloths. After leaping from south to north, they approached the Great Wall, and finally arrived at Zhongxing Mansion.

And it was only two days before the end of the year.

At Zhongxing Mansion Gate, I did not go through the investigation and entered the city easily.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Zhao Dongting has been to Zhongxing Prefecture in Xixia. Kong Qiangu and Juntian have been brought down, but that was also something that happened many years ago.

Only Wu Amiao seems familiar.

As soon as he entered the city, he took Zhao Dongting, Kong Qiangu and Juntian to find an inn and feast.

Then he asked Zhao Dongting, "How do we plan to enter the palace?"

Zhao Dongting just looked at him in anger.

It seems that this guy is still quite proud of the last time he sneaked into the Xixia Palace and held the empress hostage hostage, and he is a little eccentric.

But how could he slip into the palace like Wu Amiao and Liu Finger?

Zhao Dongting replied directly: "Let's go to the envoy's office of the Song Dynasty first."

He was not here to cause trouble for the empress, so he could have seen Li Xiushu in a normal way.

Wu Amiao curled his lips, obviously a little disappointed.

It would be so boring to see the Empress through normal channels. It would be even more interesting to enter the palace quietly like last time.

Of course he wouldn't say anything more.

After the four left the inn, they went straight to the envoy's office of the Song Dynasty.

This is not difficult.

The envoy's mansion in the Song Dynasty was quite majestic, and it was also a very famous place in the Zhongxing Mansion in the Western Xia. Most of the people knew their location on the streets.

In just a short while, Zhao Dongting and others arrived outside the envoy's office of the Song Dynasty.

At the gate of the mansion, soldiers wearing the costumes of the Song Dynasty soldiers could be seen guarding the gate, and the Song Dynasty flag was hung high in front of the gate.

Although the Song Dynasty envoy's mansion was not located in the city of Zhongxing Mansion, there were no ordinary people at the door.

The sudden arrival of Zhao Dongting and the four of them, and standing outside the envoy's house, undoubtedly looked quite eye-catching.

The eyes of the Song soldiers in the mansion were all placed on them, with a hint of defense.

After seeing the national flag of the Song Dynasty for a few seconds, Zhao Dongting took Wu Amiao and Jun Tianfang to the front door for thousands of years.

Even though he was still three meters away from the steps, a soldier said, "The envoys in the Song Dynasty are not allowed to watch. Please go back."

Although the words are polite, they also have an unquestionable meaning.

Zhao Dongting was quite satisfied.

The envoys in the Song Dynasty were the face of the Song Dynasty in the Western Xia territory, so they needed to show such confidence.

His eyes swept over several soldiers standing upright and said, "Can Lord Gu Shu Tea be in the envoy's house at this time?"

After saying that, he looked at Wu Amiao next to him.

Wu Amiao took out the token of his deputy commander of the Imperial City Imperial Army.

Several soldiers of the Song Dynasty were stunned when they saw it.

He immediately hurriedly saluted Wu Amiao, "Greetings to General!"

Wu Amiao waved his hand only.

Several soldiers stood up and looked at Zhao Dongting with a hint of confusion.

Wu Amiao's token is already a terrifying level, but now it seems that the deputy commander looks like the entourage of this young master.

Who is this young man?

But they didn't dare to think that this would be the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, a soldier said, "Master Gu is in the mansion, I will go and spread the news. The general is waiting for a moment."

After saying that, he hurriedly ran towards the government office.

After a while, I saw Gu Shucha, a young ambassador to the Western Xia, following the soldiers towards the government office.

There was also a little doubt on his face.

Because a general of the deputy commander-level rank in the Song Dynasty suddenly arrived, he had received some news before.

This is not normal unless the deputy commander is not here to do it.

If it was a private matter, he did not have a familiar deputy commander in the court. Logically speaking, he shouldn't have come to him.

It was not until he approached the government office that he saw Zhao Dongting standing outside with his hands behind his back that Ancient Tree Tea was stunned.

A look of extreme surprise appeared in his eyes.

After he came to his senses, he immediately ran towards Zhao Dongting and wanted to kneel down to salute Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting coughed twice and winked at the ancient tree tea.

The actions of the ancient tree tea stopped, looking at the soldiers around me. I knew that the emperor did not want to reveal his identity.

He had a deep sense of doubt and curiosity in his heart, and he didn't know what the emperor suddenly came to Xixia.

Zhao Dongting smiled at the ancient tree tea, "Sir Gu, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

This resolved the embarrassment of ancient tree tea, and he kept saying: "It's the extreme, it's the extreme, please wait and ask inside!"

His words did not contain any title, which made the soldiers around him confused.

Because they still don’t know who these four people are, they only know that Wu Amiao is a deputy commander-level general.

But their level is also destined to be unable to solve this mystery.

Zhao Dongting and the other two just followed the ancient tree tea to the envoy's mansion.

When he arrived at the main hall of the envoy's house, Gu Shucha hurriedly closed the door, knelt on the ground, and shouted softly: "I am Gu Shucha to the Emperor."

"Master Gu, please be calm!"

Zhao Dongting said with a chuckling, and then sat down in the main seat without hesitation.

Wu Amiao and Jun Tianfang still have time to sit down in the lower head in turn.

As soon as Gu Shucha got up, he couldn't help asking: "Why did the emperor suddenly come to Xixia?"

Zhao Dongting only said: "I want to meet the empress. I will meet in private."

The fewer people know about Li Zuo Xiao, the better. Zhao Dongting doesn't need to ask Li Xiushu to understand this.

"Meet privately?"

The ancient tree tea looked even more confused, but he didn't dare to ask more. He just pondered for a moment and said, "Then is going to go to the palace or invite the empress out?"

Zhao Dongting said: "There are many people in the palace, so it is better to let the empress come out. This trip to Xixia is not convenient for people to know."

The ancient tree tea nodded, "Then the empress will go to see the empress later."

Afterwards, Gu Shucha accompanied Zhao Dongting to sit in the main hall for a while, then left the envoy's mansion and went to the palace.

It took about half an hour to come back again.

In the Xixia Palace, Li Xiushu had already passed the confinement period at this time. Ancient Tree Tea soon met her in the imperial study.

As soon as they met, Li Xiushu asked, "Is there any letter from the imperial city of the dynasty to pass on to me?"

She knew that Zhao Dongting must have received her letter at this time. Even the reply at this time had already surprised her.

Logically speaking, Zhao Dongting should have replied many days ago.

At this time, Li Xiushu was afraid that Mo would still have some resentment when she was born. She only replied after learning that her son was born so late. It seemed that she didn't care much about the child she gave birth to.

Maybe she misread the person.
To be continued...