Chapter 127: Hypocrisy and shamelessness
Walking into the meeting hall of the Assassin's Mansion, Qin Nuan's heart sank, and there was a lot of people inside, not only did the Assassin Shi Kong Wen and Jiedu make Gao Teng sit majestically, but almost all the high-ranking officials and magnates in Yangzhou were here.
It seems that they are waiting for Li Yi's arrival......
Li Yi slowly stepped into the threshold, swept his eyes, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be here?
"Where, where!" Everyone sitting upright got up to salute, including Thorn Shi Kongwen also had a smiling face, got up and asked Li Yi to sit down, and the grim temperance made Gao Teng also get up and arch his hand, and took the initiative to say hello.
Li Yi smiled at the corner of her mouth, saluted one by one, and then sat down after the small table prepared for her in the east seat.
Even Lord Thorn himself sat on the west side.
If you are courteous to others, you will have something to ask for!
After Li Yi greeted them, he didn't bother to talk nonsense, and asked directly: "I don't know what happened to Lord Gao and Master Kong inviting the county lord to come?
There was a sudden silence in the hall.
Kong Wen looked at Gao Teng, and saw that Gao Teng didn't mean to speak, so he had to speak himself: "What the county lord said is very true, this matter is indeed related to the Kang thief, but it's just ...... It's just that it has something to do with the county lord, so please come and discuss!"
"Oh?" Li Yi seemed to smile: "Why is it related to this county lord?"
Kong Wen smiled, his expression was a little sneering, his eyes glanced at Ding Yin and Qin Nuan, who were standing solemnly behind Li Yi, and asked, "The little fairy Gu of Yuqing in Baili Guan is in the county lord's mansion?"
Qin Nuan's heart suddenly tightened when he heard this Kong Wen mention himself.
Li Yi said idly: "Yuqing Little Fairy Gu has been vulgar years ago, and now she is waiting for pen and ink by my side!"
Kong Wen looked stunned, and sighed long: "Alas~ Yesterday, the Kang thief envoy said that he wanted that Yuqing Immortal Gu to be a concubine, if we agreed, we would not commit any offense to Yangzhou Chengqiu, otherwise it would ......"
"Otherwise, what?" Li Yi squinted his eyes slightly, as if smiling.
Kong Wen stubbornly said: "Otherwise, they will send troops to attack Yangzhou City in the near future!"
Li Yi asked again: "That little lady has also stayed by my side for a while, and her appearance is beautiful and beautiful, but she can't say that she is alluring to the country and the city." Then why did the thief ask for a little woman with such fanfare?"
Kong Wen choked, so he had to shake his head: "This official doesn't know, so please ask the county lord to discuss!"
Li Yi pouted: "The county lord doesn't know either! I don't know what your lords think?"
Everyone exchanged glances with each other, a white and chubby middle-aged man in a light scarlet official uniform, who was not driving in Yangzhou, straightened up, and arched his hand: "Xia Guan asked the post house and the messenger to inquire last night, it turned out that the Kang thief had seen the painting of the little fairy girl, and he liked it very much, and then he got the portrait of the Yuqing fairy girl, and he was longing, so he ...... it."
Li Yi smiled and said, "It turns out that the thief likes it, so do you adults think I should give this little lady away?"
There was a strange silence in the hall again, and many people looked at Gao Teng and Kong Wen who were sitting on it.
Gao Teng still had a cold face, and he couldn't see his joy or anger.
Kong Wen looked embarrassed and sighed: "The official thought that it shouldn't be sent, but it was just ......"
As Kong Wen sighed, everyone in the hall sighed.
The white and chubby Yangzhou don't drive the previous Lord said again: "It's reasonable, we shouldn't give people to Kang thieves, but if Kang thieves come to attack Yangzhou, then a lot of lives will be ruined!"
"Yes! Once Yangzhou is besieged, the consequences will be unimaginable......
"Alas...... For the sake of the people of Yangzhou, the only way to ask Yuqing Immortal Gu is to focus on the overall situation......"
"Yes, the county lord understands the righteousness and will definitely put the people of Yangzhou first......"
“……”
Li Yi didn't say anything, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, watching these people one by one put "Yangzhou people" and "deep righteousness" on their lips, chattering endlessly, and persuading her to hand over Qin Nuan with a painful face.
In the eyes of these people, it is simply a cost-effective thing to exchange a little woman for "peace"!
If this woman is a person who "understands righteousness", she should stand up and sacrifice her ego to the enemy camp without hesitation to achieve righteousness!
Also, it's best to be like Xi Shi, who turned the enemy chief's "hundred steels" into "finger wrapping" with his beauty!
Tsk, what a bargain!
As for how tragic Xi Shi was and how miserable he died in the end, that is all a deserved sacrifice, isn't it?
There is indeed a handsome and fair-skinned person with a good literary quality, who mentioned Xi Shi as a "model", and some people immediately echoed it.
They talked for a long time, and suddenly found that Li Yi was looking at them silently, with a pair of black eyes that were cold and cold, and they couldn't help but stop talking.
Li Yi chuckled lightly and looked back at Gao Teng who was sitting on the seat: "So what does Lord Gao think, should this person be given away or not?"
Gao Teng stroked his neatly trimmed black beard, and said in a deep voice: "This official thinks it is not appropriate to send it!"
Qin Nuan's tight heart relaxed slightly: There are still people who understand righteousness! This person is also the highest commander.
As soon as Gao Teng's words came out, a voice of praise suddenly sounded in the hall.
The people led by the white fat man praised him for his loyalty and bravery, and he was not afraid of the threat of the enemy chieftain, but then there was still a voice of hope that "adults think twice" and "the war is ruthless, and if it can be avoided, it will be avoided".
Gao Teng waited for them to finish speaking, and then said in a deep voice: "Yangzhou people are outstanding and treasures, and this official doesn't want Yangzhou to be caught in the war!"
What a hypocrite!
He was obviously the same as those people, and he obviously wanted Li Yi to send Qin Nuan out, but he just made such a gesture!
After Gao Teng's performance with a solemn face, he looked at Li Yi and asked slowly, "I don't know what the county thinks?"
This slow and deep voice makes people very stressed, and there are more than a dozen pairs of eager eyes, it seems that if Li Yi says the word "no", he is a sinner for the ages who ignores the overall situation and puts the people of Yangzhou in fire and water.
If Li Yi was an ordinary little lady, she would have been frightened by this battle.
Li Yi was noncommittal, and smiled faintly: "Call the messenger of the Kang thief up and show me!"
This request is reasonable.
Gao Teng nodded, and asked someone to send the puppet emperor's envoy to see him.
The messenger soon came, and walked into the council hall with a proud face.
This middle-aged man has two beards, although he has not shaved his head, but he has high cheeks and a pointed nose, and he looks like he has Khitan blood even if he is not a Khitan from the north.
This man wears a cocked head and a dark crimson official uniform, and it seems that he is still a fourth-grade official over there.
After this person came in, he straightened up, arched his hand to the high man on the main seat, glanced around, and then that gaze fell on Li Yi.
After looking at it for a moment, this person arched his hand towards Li Yi and said, "Presumably this is the county lord of Guangling?"
(The county lord said: Drag this miscellaneous hu down and cut it!Ding Yin said: No tickets, no strength to cut people!)