Early the next morning, we had a simple breakfast together. Mo Heer and Wang Bao led all the Huo Yunfei's troops to carry some money and leave.

Lin Feng stood at the temple gate and watched the dust brought by the bandits riding horses slowly dissipated. He woke up and said goodbye to the Khitan guide soldier. He turned around and patted Duan Rui who had been wanting to talk, and said with a smile: "If you don't ask, you may be a bad person. Ask!"

"Hehe, brother, these people are bandits on the grassland. Why did you let them go and give them money?" Duan Rui asked anxiously.

Lin Feng looked at the brothers behind him and knew that they were actually more worried about the money and meat buns beating dogs, and explained with a smile:

"No matter how inconspicuous people are, they can play an immeasurable and huge role! These people dare to go to the mainland to rob the envoys between countries, which shows that their courage and courage are different from ordinary people. If they had not met us, they would have succeeded with such careful and meticulous actions. This shows that they are not all reckless people. These show that this bandit gang is not a simple bandit gang! If they are used properly, they will be a secret game for us to face the grassland cavalry in the future!

Don’t they love money? Then we will give them money; they believe in force, so we will strive to keep our force far ahead of them; when we lead the world’s heroes to sweep everything, they will definitely take the initiative to find us!"

Confidence, this is confidence! The brothers heard Ganggang's confidence and ambition from Lin Feng's words, and they were also infected and excited. It seemed that there was nothing in the world that could stump them!

"Get on the horse and target the Northern Han!" Lin Feng waved his hand and took the lead in walking down the hill.

One hundred and four men whistled together, one hundred and four horses neighed together, running diagonally southwest, and not far ahead was Lingqiu, a small county on the border of the Northern Han Dynasty.

A group of people walked a short distance and found that the smoke and dust were storming in front of them, as if a large horse was coming. Lin Feng did not dare to be careless and told everyone to stop and prepare for the battle.

Not long after, more than a dozen horses ran to Lin Feng and the others first. A middle-aged man who looked like a civil servant was shouting loudly: "Is there General Lin Feng, the general of Yunhui of the Tang Dynasty, in front of him? He is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Han Dynasty, and the staff of Pingzhang, Zheng Gong, came to welcome the big lord." Zheng Gong was beside Zheng Gong, who was sent by Lin Feng to report the message in advance.

Lin Feng rode his horse out of the line and responded in a voice.

"I heard about the name of Lord Lin for a long time. It is indeed a dragon and phoenix among people. I have seen Lord Lin!" Zheng Gong immediately rolled off his horse. He bowed his hands and ran to Lin Feng while bent down, and took a small step forward to Lin Feng, holding Lin Feng's horse reins with a respectful look on his face. He bowed to the ground and took out a Han Dynasty imperial edict from his arms and handed it to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng opened it and saw that it was a letter written by Emperor Liu Chong of Northern Han. He enthusiastically praised the Tang Dynasty and Lin Feng, saying that he would sweep the steps of Taiyuan Prefecture to welcome him.

Lin Feng knew in his heart that the Northern Han Dynasty was too weak and that the Tang Dynasty is willing to contact them on its own initiative, which is naturally a very favorable thing for them and accretion to their confidence, and will naturally make all etiquettes the highest.

Lin Feng bowed to Zheng Gong, pointed to the brothers sitting on the horse behind him, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Lord Zheng, for coming to greet him from afar! Without further ado, let's continue on the road, right?"

"Yes, yes, everything is listened to Lord Lin!" Zheng Gong immediately ran back to his horse, shouting loudly that others would make way for the way, and asked Lord Lin Feng to go first.

Lin Feng gently clamped his horse's belly and rode his horse through the Northern Han welcome team. Zheng Gong was with a smile on his side. In the middle, he wanted to invite Lin Feng to board a gorgeously decorated carriage, but Lin Feng politely refused.

Perhaps because Zheng Gong was subject to Liu Chong's special order, Lin Feng had realized how careful the attentiveness of Lord Zheng could be: when he was on the way, Lin Feng's speed of riding a horse changed slightly, and Zheng Gong would come and ask what instructions did he have? When he was in the camp for dinner, Lin Feng raised his chopsticks and hesitated for a moment, Zheng Gong would immediately get up and change dishes in front of him.

Zheng Gong's actions made Lin Feng laugh and rejected him several times. Zheng Gong always said yes, but in a blink of an eye, he still did whatever he should do, which made Lin Feng stop caring about him later, but he firmly stopped Zheng Gong from getting close to his brothers to prevent him from being "corrupted".

However, what Lin Feng didn't know was that Zheng Gong, who had great service skills, had only three months left. According to the "Zizhi Tongjian", after Liu Chong established the Han Dynasty, he tried his best to get close to the Khitans and constantly sent envoys to the Khitans to request alliances and protection. Of course, the Liao Kingdom actually did not look down on this small Northern Han. While accepting the Northern Han request for assistance, he continued to test the attitude of the Later Zhou.

Just three months later, in April, the Khitan ruler, Liao Shizong, sent someone to tell Liu Chong that Emperor Guo Wei of the Great Zhou Dynasty sent a special envoy to visit the Khitan and promised that as long as the Liao Kingdom agreed to establish diplomatic relations with the Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty would give Khitan a huge sum of 100,000 yuan every year.

Liu Chong certainly understood how to do things, so "Zheng Gong, the commander of the Northern Han Dynasty, bribed Xie Khitan with a generous bribe, claiming that he was 'nephewed by Shutian to give the emperor' and asked to perform the rituals." Liu Chong, 56, asked to become the nephew emperor who was one generation lower than Yelu Ruan, who was 33 years old, which shows how frustrated he was!

After that, the official history records: "The Minister of Rites of the Northern Han Dynasty, Tong Pingzhang, served as Zheng Gong, died in the Khitan." In fact, Zheng Gong died suddenly during this mission to Khitan, and his stomach and intestines were rotten. The cause of death was very simple, and he died of drinking alcohol!

The Khitans are good at drinking, and Emperor Shizong of Liao is known for their good alcohol tolerance. Zheng Gong was a special envoy and socialized and banquets every day. Naturally, he knew the customs of Khitans. If he didn't drink, he would not give Khitans face. The arrogant Khitans could turn against each other and kill people on the spot, so he had to drive the ducks to the shelves and drink them to the death!

On the last night, Zheng Gong once again "sacrificed his life to accompany the gentleman". At the palace banquet, he got drunk and went back to death. The next day, he died suddenly! The other Northern Han envoys had to "return the body" and took the body of Lord Zheng who died on duty to hand in the office to hand over the work. According to historical records, more than one foreign official was killed by the Khitans through the banquet, but Zheng Gong was one of the ones who left a name!

In the next three days, Lin Feng and his brothers truly realized what the Northern Han Dynasty was about "highly attached": from the small county of Lingqiu, to the subsequent Daizhou, Xizhou counties, and then to the counties on the north side of Taiyuan Prefecture, no matter the size of the place, there will always be people reporting the news in advance. Therefore, officials and gentry from all over the country would clean the streets in advance and lead the people to line out of the city to welcome him. They would inevitably arrange for Lin Feng to live in the best house and eat the best or most distinctive food.

At night, every stop is essential to arrange a beautiful woman to sleep with. Of course, Lin Feng always tried his best to refuse these obviously extreme "slaves", especially the last "** service project", and even refused harshly.

However, Lin Feng refused at the front stop, and the reception staff at the back stop became even more frightened, and the woman he found was more handsome. Even later, some officials from the south specially handed over to Lin Feng, saying that all the people he found were good virgins, so please accept it with a smile.

Lin Feng couldn't smile bitterly, and finally had to get angry at Zheng Gong and said, "Lin went to Han for business. If I arrange for a woman, I will turn around!"

Zheng Gong was shocked and then confirmed that Lin Feng was indeed not a false refusal. He quickly ordered that no such service items should be arranged.

At noon on the 24th day of the first lunar month, Lin Feng and his group finally finished this increasingly uncomfortable scenic journey and rushed to the city of Taiyuan Prefecture.

Seeing the towering Taiyuan city, Zheng Gong was full of excitement and introduced the origin and historical evolution of Taiyuan city to Lin Feng.

"Mr. Lin, our Taiyuan Prefecture is connected to Xinzhou in the north, Yangquan in the east, Luliang in the west, and Jinzhong in the south. Since ancient times, it has been the place where Xinglong and Longqian have been.

According to legend, Tang Yao and Dayu both established their capital in Jinyang; during the Shang Dynasty, Taiyuan Prefecture was the ancient country of Northern Tang; after that, King Cheng of Zhou, "Tongye was named brother" and was named Shuyu in Tang, which was the origin of Jin; the three families divided Jin and established their capital in Jinyang; Liu Heng of the Western Han Dynasty became emperor after the Dai Kingdom, which had made Jinyang the capital of Jinyang, and became Emperor Wen of Han; Liu Qi was born in Jinyang and later became Emperor Jing of Han. At the end of Cao Wei, the Sima family of King Jin, who was granted Taiyuan County, replaced Cao Wei to establish a regime, and used "Jin" as the country's name; Former Qin, Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Qi once established his capital in Jinyang or used Jinyang as the actual political center.

In the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang Guang of Yang was the King of Jin before ascending the throne. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan was left behind for the Duke of Tang and Taiyuan, and raised an army to establish the Tang Dynasty in Jinyang. He also used the ancient name of Taiyuan as the country's name. Therefore, he was praised by Emperor Taizong of Tang as the foundation of the kingdom. Since the Wuzhou Dynasty, Taiyuan Prefecture became the Northern Capital, and became the Northern Capital again in the 12th year of Kaiyuan, and was changed to Beijing in the first year of Tianbao.

Especially since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang, Jin, Han, and our great Han, either made its fortune in Jinyang or used it as the capital, which is enough to prove its prosperous history and status!”

Lin Feng couldn't help but turn his admiration to Zheng Gong. He didn't expect that this man who looked big and thick had a good memory.

Seeing Lin Feng's eyes, Zheng Gong became even more excited and continued: "Since ancient times, there have been many names of Taiyuan Prefecture, including Taotang, Northern Tang, Jin, Jinyang, Taiyuan County, Dai State, Bingzhou, Taiyuan State, Longshan, Beijing, Taiyuan Prefecture and other names, which are definitely worthy of the reputation of "Dragon City"!"

After saying this, Zheng Gong's eyes lit up and he suddenly said anxiously: "Mr. Lin, the prince of the Great Han, Liu Chengjun, came to pick him up in person, right in front of you!"
Chapter completed!