Chapter 48, Concealment of Identity
The news of the Song army's attack on Jinyang, the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty, soon spread to the surrounding towns.
On this day, Yang Ningyu and Yan'er packed their luggage and prepared to leave Zhending Mansion. But as soon as I walked out of the inn, I saw that the people on the street were in a hurry, and the excitement of the past was completely lost.
The two of them were puzzled and continued to walk down the street with their burdens on their backs. But the more I walked, the more I felt that the atmosphere was wrong. So Yang Ningyu casually grabbed a panicked passer-by and asked.
"Oh, young man, I advise you to run for your lives, there is going to be a war!" The old man who was caught by Yang Ningyu said nervously.
"War? What kind of battle are you fighting? Yan'er asked curiously.
"Looks like you really don't know anything! Emperor Taizu personally drove the expedition to Jinyang City, the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty! It is estimated that in a few days, Da Liao will take the opportunity to harass the rear of our army, and our Zhending Mansion is so close to Da Liao, it must be the first to bear the brunt, so everyone is busy running for their lives! After the old man finished speaking, he hurried away.
Yan'er looked up at Yang Ningyu, because of the old man's words just now, he couldn't come back to his senses for a while.
"Brother Yu, if it's really as the old man said, why don't we go back to Jinyang, after all, your parents are there!" In the past few days of getting along, Yan'er also has a certain understanding of Yang Ningyu, and naturally knows what he thinks at this moment, so she simply takes the initiative to put forward the thoughts in her heart.
"But I originally promised to accompany you back to Daliao, if I go back to Jinyang now, will you blame me?" Of course, Yang Ningyu wanted to go back to Jinyang to fight side by side with his parents and brothers, but because of Yan'er, he became a little hesitant again.
Yan'er held Yang Ningyu's hand tightly, looked at him with a firm look in her eyes and said: "Brother Yu, although I really want to take you back to Liao Kingdom and see the place where I grew up, but now Jinyang is in a time of life and death, if I abandon the people of Jinyang for my own selfish desires, won't I, Xiao Yanyan, be left behind for 10,000 years in the future?" β
Seeing that Yan'er was so understanding, Yang Ningyu felt comforted in her heart, and hugged Yan'er tightly in her arms: "It's enough to love people so much in this life!" β
The two of them then bought two good horses and hurried out of the city.
It was neither early nor late, but I met Yelu Chengfeng and his party at the gate of the city. For Yelu Chengfeng, this is really a nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it! I've been looking for almost two months and haven't even found a figure, but today, when they were about to leave Zhending Mansion, they just let them meet them. It looks like God blesses!
Afraid that Yan'er would escape again, Yelu Chengfeng had to order his subordinates to surround Yang Ningyu and Yan'er.
Yang Ningyu frowned and looked at the group of people who blocked their way, all of them looked fierce and vicious, and a bad feeling was born in his heart.
"I don't know where I offended you, please make it clear!" Yang Ningyu asked.
Yelu Chengfeng dismounted and walked in front of Yang Ningyu, glanced at him, but did not answer, and went straight to Yan'er's horse and knelt down on one knee.
"The last general Yelu will become a wind and participate in the concubine Niangniang!"
The concubine? Yang Ningyu was shocked by these words: Isn't she just an ordinary Liao woman who ran away sadly because her fiancΓ© married someone else? Why did you become a concubine all of a sudden?
He turned his head to look at Yan'er, waiting for Yan'er's reply.
But Yan'er didn't look at him at all, but said to Yelu Chengfeng with an indifferent face: "General Yelu, please get up!" β
Although these words are extremely common, they still hit Yang Ningyu's heart like a stuffy stick: Is she acquiescing in her status as a concubine?
He suddenly felt that the woman in front of him was so strange, they had been together day and night for so many days, he thought he knew her well enough. But now, it seems, he seems to have become ignorant of her again. How much else was she hiding from him? He couldn't even think further.
After Yelu Chengfeng and his party got Yan'er's permission, they got together and stood aside respectfully.
"My subordinates have been looking for Niangniang for many days on the orders of the emperor, and I can happen to meet Niangniang here today, which is really blessed by God. Please also wait with me to return to the palace, His Majesty the Emperor has been waiting for you. "Now that you have found someone, the next step is naturally to go back to the palace, Yelu Chengfeng said to Yan'er respectfully while snickering in his heart.
Yan'er looked at Yelu Chengfeng and didn't speak for a long time. Originally, she thought that as long as she escaped from Da Liao, she could live the life she wanted, and finally got together with Brother Yu, but now she is going to be separated like this? She really didn't want to. But now that the identity of his concubine has been known to Brother Yu, will he blame her for hiding her identity from him all along?
She turned her head and glanced at Yang Ningyu, but Yang Ningyu deliberately avoided her gaze and looked into the distance. It seems that in his heart, he has already decided that she has been cheating on his feelings all along.
Yan'er tried her best to control her feelings, and then slowly looked at Yelu Chengfeng: "It's okay to let me go back to the palace, but now I still have very important things to do, if you can help me complete this, I will go back with you." β
"I don't know what the mother is referring to?" Yelu Chengfeng asked.
"The Great Song Dynasty attacked the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty, and my good friend's whole family is in Jinyang City, I need the Great Liao to send troops to help me repel the Song soldiers!"
Yan'er was full of words. Now I don't know what the crisis in Jinyang City is, if you can use the strength of others to solve the crisis, it is naturally the best policy. What's more, the Liao State has always wanted to use the Northern Han Dynasty to contain the Great Song Dynasty, and if the Great Song Dynasty annexed the Northern Han Dynasty, it would be no good for the Liao State at all, so he had this plan.
But Yan'er's words and sentences seemed to be slapping Yang Ningyu's face. When did his Yang family need a woman to save? His Yang family has not won to such a point. Isn't it just a few Song soldiers? Without the help of others, his Yang family could also beat Song Bing to the ground!
"Don't work for the concubine, we will solve the crisis in Jinyang by ourselves!" Yang Ningyu changed her gentle tone in the past, and every sentence became so cold, stabbing her heart hard.
He was really still complaining about her, otherwise how could he suddenly become so strange to her? But in today's situation, where can they be so childlike? Jinyang is in dire straits, and he must make a decision as much as possible!
"General Yelu, please do your best to convey my intention to the emperor, if he doesn't agree, I'd rather die than go back." Yan'er looked at Yelu Chengfeng and continued to say firmly.
"The last will obey." Then Yelu Chengfeng turned around and said something to one of his attendants, who immediately rode out of Zhending Mansion on fast horses.