Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 456: Mr. Li's Random Matchmaking
The ship that Yang Yuan was on was a large ocean ship.

Because of the sea closure, the ship owner anchored it in Yangjiaogou, and was then requisitioned by the rebel army.

The boat is big, so it is very stable.

In the cabin, Yang Yuan was playing chess with Li Minghe, while Duke Yansheng Kong Zheng was sitting on the side watching the game.

The situation at this time was that Yang Yuan took the initiative to give Li Minghe a horse and an elephant.

Giving that horse allowed his car to take a crucial step.

By sending the elephant, he made room for his other chariot to run across the room.

At this point, Yang Yuan, who only had two chariots in his hand, had an absolute advantage. He only needed to take one more step to kill Li Minghe.

Even if Li Minghe discovered this killer move and responded immediately, he would lose his remaining rook, and would be completely disadvantaged in the subsequent situation. The possibility of a comeback would be very small unless Yang Yuan made a mistake.

"what?"

Li Minghe frowned. He had obviously noticed the fatal blow that Yang Yuan was about to make. He looked up at Yang Yuan in surprise.

Yang Yuan looked silly and cute: "What's the matter?"

"Oh, nothing."

A hint of surprise flashed in Li Minghe's eyes.

Did Yang Yuan just accidentally make the chessboard like this?

He didn't realize at all that he could immediately launch a "double-car kill" against me.

Thinking of this, Li Minghe decided to take a risk and ignore the "double chariot kill" that Yang Yuan could perform immediately and take a chance.

Thinking of this, Li Minghe ignored his veteran and sank the cannon to the bottom.

As long as Yang Yuan made a wrong step, he could take advantage of the situation and resolve his own disadvantage by taking the initiative to attack.

"Will!"

Yang Yuan was overjoyed. He grabbed the car and sank it to the bottom with a "bang".

Yang Yuan laughed loudly: "Mr. Li, do you really think I didn't see this coming? Hahaha, you failed in your speculation!"

"You, you, you!"

Li Minghe pointed at Yang Yuan, feeling both angry and amused: "Young Scholar Yang, you clearly have an absolute advantage, yet you still pretend to be stupid in front of me. You really are..."

"Good move, good move!"

The best audience member, Mr. Kong, clapped his hands and smiled, but in his heart, he was about to roll his eyes to the sky.

These two poor chess players can only see three steps ahead at most when playing chess. Even with such poor skills, they are still enjoying themselves.

"Come on, let's play another game." Mr. Li was still in high spirits and immediately started to place the chess pieces.

At this time, an excited shout came from the deck outside: "We have reached the Lion's Mouth~~"

"Huh? Are we there yet?" Li Minghe perked up and pushed the chessboard aside, saying, "Let's go and take a look."

Yang Yuan and Kong Zheng followed Li Minghe out of the cabin.

……

The ships coming from Yangjiaogou are all large ships, but there are both inland ships and sea ships.

There are cargo ships, passenger ships and many other types, but there are no warships.

Their ships did not form a formation; they just lined up in a mighty row and rushed straight into the "Lion's Mouth".

Seeing the big ships coming fiercely, his small boat had no time to sail away and was about to be smashed to pieces by the big ships.

The Goryeo warrior who was operating the boat hurriedly drove the boat back to the dock.

As soon as the fishing boat docked, Yingge hurried to the side of the boat and reached out to pull Jin Yuzhen ashore.

Immediately afterwards, there was a series of "bang bang bang" sounds, and a number of large ships crashed directly into the shore.

The boat operators have no idea how to cherish these boats. Once they go ashore, the boats will be useless anyway and will just be abandoned at the dock.

The first group of Jin soldiers who jumped ashore immediately surrounded Wugu Lun Yingge and Jin Yuzhen.

There were some fishermen on the dock who were about to go out to sea, but the Jin soldiers were too lazy to pay attention to them.

Wugu Lun Yingge and Jin Yuzhen were both extremely beautiful women, and they noticed them before they even reached the shore.

So, as soon as they got ashore, they surrounded Yingge and Jin Yuzhen.

That scorching gaze could steam this young girl and this young woman alive like seafood.

Yingge and Jin Yuzhen huddled together nervously, and their guards quickly drew their swords and surrounded them.

However, just over twenty warriors were obviously of no use in the face of the Jin soldiers who kept jumping ashore.

"Don't be so presumptuous, I am the daughter of the Ugulu family!"

Wugu Lun Yingge shouted loudly in Jurchen, and then shouted it again in Chinese.

The Jurchen soldiers who were about to surround them with lecherous looks were suddenly startled and stopped.

In addition to the royal Wanyan clan, the Jurchens also had nine other noble clans, including the Ugurun clan.

If this woman was a member of the Ugun family, these ordinary soldiers would not dare to act rashly.

"Get out of the way. What are you all doing blocking the dock?"

A tall Jurchen woman walked forward, pushing through the crowd and cursing.

Suddenly seeing Yingge and Jin Yuzhen, he immediately revealed a greedy look:
"Hehe, our Shaniuer is really lucky. As soon as we arrived at the Lion's Mouth, we got two beauties like this."

A soldier nearby whispered, "Master Meng'an, that woman said she was a daughter of the Wugulun family."

"Ugulun clan?"

Shaniuer was stunned for a moment, then slowly walked forward and looked Yingge up and down.

Yingge held a dagger tightly in her hand, and the ruby ​​on her mouth was sparkling.

Based on this knife, her claim that she is the daughter of the Ugulu family should be true.

Shaniuer turned his gaze to Jin Yuzhen again.

Jin Yuzhen, with her mature temperament, is like a fresh and juicy peach, exuding a sweet fragrance.

Her clothing and hairstyle were similar to those of Korean women.

Shaniuer smiled greedily and said, "This one, can't be the woman of the Wugulun family, right?"

Yingge immediately stepped forward and stood in front of Jin Yuzhen, glaring at Shaniuer: "She is my friend. If you dare to touch her, I will make you pay."

Shaniu'er's face flashed with anger, but he suppressed his anger and said, "Is it the girl from the Wugulun family?

I won't touch you, but this beauty... you'd better leave her alone."

"I'll take care of it!"

Yingge said to Jin Yuzhen: "Sister Yuzhen, don't be afraid, I will protect you."

Yingge turned to Shaniu'er and shouted, "My father is Wugu Lun'e Lun, the hereditary Temu of Sabashan (Mouke is a centurion, Meng'an is a thousand-man leader, and Temu is a ten-thousand-man leader).

My mother is the daughter of Taizu, Princess Bi. If you dare to be disrespectful to my friends, I will make sure you die without a complete corpse!"

Shaniu'er's face suddenly darkened, and he pointed at his nose and asked, "So, do you know who I am?"

Yingge was stunned. He didn’t even care about my family background. Could he be someone of great importance too?

Yingge blurted out, "Who are you?"

Shaniu'er grinned and said, "I even rebelled against the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, so why would I be afraid of you, the daughter of a princess?

You don’t even know who I am, so why should I care who you are.

I told you to go, but you refused. Then you don’t have to leave now!
Come, chop off all their guards and drag these two beauties into the cabin and lock them up.

Shut your mouths tightly, no one is allowed to say a word."

Shaniuer's people were the first group to go ashore. As long as he was sincere in blocking the news, he had nothing to fear.

Wugu Lun Yingge panicked when she heard this. She didn't expect that even with her family background, she couldn't control these people.

Since they were not afraid of their own leader, what else were they afraid of? The Jin soldiers immediately rushed forward.

"Stop it all!"

Suddenly, a loud and powerful shout came from the bow.

Shaniu'er tightly grasped the hilt of the knife, turned around suddenly, raised his head and looked at the boat. His anger was immediately choked, and he said in a low voice, "Mr. Li?"

Li Minghe said: "Send them to my ship, seize the harbor immediately, and send someone to tell General Jiang to come and pick them up."

At the bow, Mr. Li glanced at Yang Yuan standing beside him and gave orders in a deep voice.

Shaniu'er tightened his grip on the knife and cursed in his heart, "Old Bidden, you want all of them even if I leave one for you!
You old bastard, you are already halfway into the grave and you are still so greedy, aren't you afraid of being exhausted to death, you bastard!"

Shaniu'er smiled and bowed, saying, "Okay, I'll take them to the old lady's boat right away."

There was nothing he could do. He was now in rebellion and even the emperor was not afraid of him.

However, he was afraid of Wanyan Luti because he was Wanyan Luti's man.

And Mr. Li Minghe is Wanyan Luti's father-in-law.

Li Minghe stroked his beard with a smile.

He noticed that Yang Yuan beside him was staring at the dock, looking at the two women intently.

When Shaniu'er was about to take action, Young Scholar Yang, who was holding onto the side of the boat, clenched his fingers and looked extremely anxious.

Haha, they are indeed two beauties, and their styles are very different.

If he was young, he would probably be even worse than this young scholar Yang.

Li Minghe was determined to help his son-in-law Wanyan Luti achieve hegemony.

In the future, his daughter will be the queen and his grandson will be the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty.

And Scholar Yang is the important person he wants to win over to assist his son-in-law in his ambitions.

Since Mr. Yang has a hobby, that will be easy.

If Scholar Yang accepts these two beauties, he will have no way out.

From now on, where can the son-in-law who refuses to assist me wholeheartedly go?

"Yingge, sister has to go first."

Jin Yuzhen drew out the dagger for self-defense, placed it against her chest, and said resolutely to Yingge.

Yingge was looking up at the boat in shock.

What did she see? Was she seeing things wrong? Or...

Look alike?

You can’t go wrong!

Yingge confirmed the look.

The young man standing next to the old man with the white beard looked at her in a way that was definitely not what a stranger should look at her.

It’s really the guy who sent the call!
Why did he come to Laotie Mountain?
Jin Yuzhen said to Yingge, "Although I shouldn't advise you this, I think you should go with Sister Yuzhen.

Noble people like you and me should not be humiliated by lowly people!"

After Jin Yuzhen finished speaking, she clenched her five fingers and was about to insert the dagger into her heart.

"Wait, let's get on the boat!"

Yingge grabbed Jin Yuzhen's wrist.

Jin Yuzhen frowned and said to Yingge, "Yuzhen of the Jin family can die, but she will not endure humiliation in order to survive."

"I know the man on the boat!" Ying Ge said hastily, "Perhaps, we still have a chance."

Jin Yuzhen was stunned. Yingge knew the old man with white beard?
So maybe there really is hope.

Jin Yuzhen hesitated for a moment, turned back and ordered: "Give up resistance, let's get on the boat!"

Her people were protecting her tightly in the middle.

If they died fighting for her, the families of these guards would be well taken care of.

On the contrary, if the Jin family finds out that they are afraid of death and do not die before their master, their relatives will fall into hell.

They were unsure whether the Jin family could uncover the truth, so they didn't dare take the risk.

However, Mrs. Jin ordered them to give up resistance, so there was no need for them to persist.

The group laid down their weapons and were taken onto the ship.

Only Yingge still had a dagger on her waist, while Jin Yuzhen always held the dagger in her hand.

……

Wugu Lun Yingge and Jin Yuzhen were brought to the bow of the ship.

From here, you can see a steady stream of ships in the distance heading into the harbor.

Wugun Yingge stared at Yang Yuan with wide eyes, confirmed it again, and shouted in surprise: "Yang Yuan?"

Li Minghe was slightly surprised: "Little girl, do you know Scholar Yang?"

Wugu Lun Yingge looked at Li Minghe in surprise: "Who? What scholar?"

Li Minghe suddenly realized, "Oh? Haha, it seems that you haven't seen Scholar Yang for a while.

This person, Yang Yuan, is the top scholar of the current imperial examination of the Song Dynasty. He is the top scholar of the imperial examination of the three highest examinations. Now he is appointed as a Hanlin scholar and is on a mission to the Great Jin Kingdom. "

"he?"

Wu Gulun Yingge had a look of disgust on his face.

If Yang Yuan is the top scholar, then I will be the queen!

Tsk, what a big liar!
Wait, it seems like Sending Suohuan was just a way for him to conceal his identity. Was he originally here to "have a request"?
That's a liar, right?

Wugun Yingge glanced at Yang Yuan. This guy had deceived people to come to the Jin Kingdom. Even the rebels were fooled by him. He really had some skills.

Yingge gave Yang Yuan a look that said "don't worry", "I won't reveal your identity, but... you have to help me too!"

Li Minghe smiled and said to Yang Yuan, "Master Yang, do you recognize this girl?"

Yang Yuan said, "Last year, Miss Yingge accompanied the Jin Kingdom delegation to the Song Dynasty. When we were watching the tide on Phoenix Mountain in Lin'an, I had the honor of meeting her."

"Oh?"

Li Minghe was a little surprised. He was on the boat and did not hear the conversation on the dock clearly, so he did not know Yingge's identity.

Of course, from Yingge’s dress and the guards around her, we can also tell that she must be a girl from a wealthy family.

However, if they could accompany the Jin delegation to the Song State, they could not be an ordinary wealthy family.

Li Minghe asked, "Miss Yingge? Whose daughter are you?"

Wugun Yingge told Li Minghe his identity again.

Li Minghe was thinking in his mind, and laughed, "So she is Elun's daughter, so who is this..."

Yingge introduced Jin Yuzhen's identity to Li Minghe again, but Li Minghe did not take it to heart.

A big Korean merchant?
So what.

Goryeo was poor and its trade with the Jin Dynasty was not large in scale.

Moreover, the types of trade were limited, and what was sold were basically ginseng, pine nuts, coarse cloth and woven mats.

These things are basically useless for the Li family, which is rapidly expanding by recruiting soldiers and horses.

However, it was a bit surprising to Li Minghe that Miss Yingge was actually from the Ugurun family.

He originally wanted to be more generous and give these two beauties to Yang Yuan and recruit Yang Yuan to work for him.

But Yingge is from the Wugulun clan, and the Wugulun clan has close ties with Wanyan Yong, the governor of Tokyo...

If Scholar Xiao Yang becomes the son-in-law of the Ugur family, wouldn't I be making wedding dresses for Wanyan Yong?
Li Minghe thought to himself and laughed, "Since you are the daughter of the Elun family, I will not make it difficult for you.

However, not all of the people approaching the dock are ours.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, the two girls should take shelter in the cabin first and avoid being seen by others."

Li Minghe smiled at Yang Yuan and said, "Since Young Scholar Yang is acquainted with Miss Yingge, you can be the host and entertain the two girls first. I will arrange the landing and stationing."

Yang Yuan hurriedly said, "Miss Yingge, Madam Jin, please."

After watching the three people walk into the cabin, Li Minghe smiled at Kong Zheng and said, "Duke Yansheng, are you interested in being a matchmaker?"

Kong Zheng asked, "Could it be that Lord Li wants to bring Scholar Yang and Miss Yingge together?"

"No no no no……"

Li Minghe shook his head and said, "I will give that Korean girl to Scholar Yang as a concubine.

He is now going to the capital with me, and I am afraid it will take a long time for him to return home. It would be good to have someone to serve him.

As for Miss Yingge, I have a grandson named Li Jun, who has not yet married.

I see that Miss Yingge is pretty and has a decent family background, so I want her to be my granddaughter-in-law.

If the Duke of Yansheng acts as a matchmaker, I believe the Wugu family will not reject this marriage."

After hearing this, Kong Zheng immediately understood Li Minghe's intention.

Wugu Lunjia was one of the nine noble families of the Jurchens, so Kong Zheng had naturally heard of him.

It is obvious that Li Minghe wants to bring the Ugur family over through marriage.

Although it is unlikely that the stance of such a large family will be determined by the marriage of a daughter.

But now the entire Liaodong and even the Shangjing area are in chaos.

The various forces are being reshuffled and reorganized.

If there is a relationship by marriage, the chances of forming an alliance will be greater.

Although Li Minghe was being polite, Kong Zheng dared not refuse, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Since Lord Li has invited me, I am of course happy to be the ice man.

Pulling a red thread and forming a marriage is also a great merit, ha, ha..."

Li Minghe laughed loudly and said, "Then it's a deal. Tonight, I and Duke Yansheng will hold a banquet to thank you for your matchmaking at the foot of Laotie Mountain."

After Li Minghe finished speaking, he turned around and told the guard beside him: "Go and find Li Jun to come to my boat."

Li Jun was escorting a boatload of treasures on the boat behind.

Now there are hundreds of ships coming ashore in a chaotic manner, and there are no flags on the ships. For a moment, no one knows where everyone is, so naturally we have to go look for them first.

After hearing this, the guard agreed and walked towards the stepping stone on the side of the ship.

To the leeward side, a thin and short Song soldier was standing there, leaning on his gun.

As a qualified ninja, Xiaonai has excellent hearing.

After hearing the conversation between the two, Tsubakiya Konai's expression changed and she walked into the cabin.

In the cabin, Yingge looked around and saw the guards standing outside the cabin door, so she said to Yang Yuan anxiously: "You are so bold, why did you lie all the way to the Kingdom of Jin?"

Yang Yuan helplessly spread his hands and said: "I didn't lie to you, I really am the top scholar in the Song Dynasty who won the top three places in this year's imperial examination.

The Hanlin academician who is now ordered to go on a diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Jin is freshly minted and genuine."

Yingge looked at Yang Yuan in disbelief: "Are you serious?"

Yang Yuan asked, "Do you want me to show you the letter from the emperor?"

Yingge said hesitantly, "But...how is it possible! Your Youqiu...oh, Youqiu Si, is so powerful?"

Yang Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "What kind of a Youqiu Si is that? You tricked me at that time, and the knife was on my neck. What could I do?
A idle man, if I say I have a way to help you, can you believe it?
In order to survive, I had to make up a 'Youqiusi', but in fact, I am the only one who can help you solve the problem."

"Ah, you..."

Yingge stared at me with her beautiful big eyes: "Why are you always telling lies and never telling the truth?"

Yang Yuan said: "To be honest, I was just an idler who was delivering orders at that time.

If I had told you the truth then, I wouldn't be alive today.

Now, I have passed the preliminary examination, provincial examination and palace examination and got triple top honors.

So, I am now Bachelor Yang."

Jin Yuzhen sat aside. Although she could not figure out the details of their acquaintance and relationship from the few words they exchanged, she roughly understood how they met and their relationship.

Most importantly, she confirmed that the man in front of her was truly the number one scholar in the Song Dynasty, and one of the top three scholars in the imperial examination.

Yang Yuan's image in Jin Yuzhen's eyes suddenly became infinitely taller.

Mrs. Jin, who was already sitting in a dignified posture, quietly sat even more dignified.

She was worried that she would be impolite in front of the top scholar of the Song Dynasty.

If Japan was deeply influenced by the Tang Dynasty culture, then the Goryeo Dynasty was most influenced by the Song Dynasty culture.

Although due to its geographical location, it often has to move closer to the regime that controls Liaodong in international relations.

However, this island nation has always admired the Song Dynasty for a long time.

It admired the system and culture of the Song State so much that its politics and culture were highly imitated from the Song State.

Even after the Song Dynasty, Korea was so dissatisfied with the Yuan Dynasty's compilation of the History of Song that the king took the lead and personally compiled a book called "Song History".

This book is the second chronicle-style history book compiled by the Korean government after the History of Goryeo.
This is the only historical book of a foreign country written in the form of a chronicle by the King of Korea himself in Korean history.

This shows the lofty status of "Song" in the hearts of the Goryeo people.

When Yingge saw Yang Yuan, she just felt friendly. As for the top scholar or something like that, the carefree Yingge didn't take it to heart at all.

But Mrs. Jin, who was sitting next to her, had a completely different feeling.

Since Yang Yuan was the top scholar in the Song Dynasty, she, a Korean, felt that he was an imposing figure.

Although Jin Yuzhen was high and mighty in Goryeo, she instinctively felt inferior in front of Yang Yuan, fearing that she would be disrespectful in some way and be looked down upon by the number one scholar of the Song Dynasty.

Yingge asked: "Then you should go to Zhongdu, why did you follow them to Liaodong?"

Yang Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Do I have to follow them? I am just their prisoner now."

Yingge's face twitched when she heard this, and she couldn't help but want to laugh.

How could this person be so unlucky?

When I went to Banjing Pavilion to send Suo Huan, she forced me with a knife and I almost became a victim of Wanyan Quxing's knife.

Now he was on a diplomatic mission to the Jin Kingdom, and was taken to Liaodong by the rebels.

Yingge sighed and said, "You are really unlucky, you are just a poor guy who is always plagued by bad luck.

But don't worry, we've known each other for a while, and I will protect you."

Yang Yuan rolled his eyes at her unhappily and said, "Then thank you very much."

At this time, Xiao Nai, dressed as a Song soldier, quietly walked into the cabin and whispered something to Yang Yuan.

Ying Ge saw Yang Yuan looking at her and Sister Yu Zhen while listening, and couldn't help but said uncomfortably: "What are you looking at secretly?"

After hearing what Xiaonai said, Yang Yuan waved his hand to let her leave, and said to Yingge: "Congratulations, we are getting married."

Yingge was shocked: "What? You and I? Getting married!"

Yang Yuan shook his head and said, "No, I want to be the groom, but you are not the bride. You want to be the bride, but I am not the groom."

(End of this chapter)