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After lunch, Li Zhongyi walked in the yard with his hands on the thin snow to eat.

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps broke the silence in the courtyard covered in silver makeup, Li Zhongyi raised his eyes, but saw Yang Jiong hurriedly walking towards him.

Li Zhongyi couldn't help but smile slightly, hehe, Brother Yeluxiu, you are more patient than the master, you are almost hot!

Ever since Yelu Hugo held the Khitan "emperor" hostage in front of the two armies, Li Zhongyi has never relented. Not only did he not agree to the various conditions proposed by Hugh, but he took the opportunity to put forward even more demanding requirements.

Anyway, it's a mouth lawsuit, Li Zhongyi doesn't care at all, it's just that Yang Jiong, who has been going back and forth between the two armies, suffers.

When he got up in the morning and exercised, Li Zhongyi found that after the heavy snow fell in the sky, he expected that Brother Hugh would definitely release Yang Jiong back today.

"See Xianggong for the lower officials." Yang Jiong respectfully knelt on one knee in the snow and bowed to Li Zhongyi, without the arrogance he had when he first came.

The purpose of Yang Jiong's trip was to exchange for the father and son of King Wei as soon as possible, but Li Zhongyi refused to let go, completely ignoring Brother Hugh's harsh conditions.

In this way, Yang Jiong's death hole has been pinched in the palm of Li Zhongyi's hand.

As the saying goes, if you have no desire, you are strong, and you don't want to be self-exalted!

But the problem is that Brother Hugh finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Yang Jiong was worried that Li Zhongyi would continue to be a demon moth, so he had to carefully put his posture extremely low, for fear of angering Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi put out an amiable smile, waved his hand, and deliberately complained to Yang Jiong: "Bo Yougong, you are too polite, hurry up." ”

Yang Jiong was like a dumb man eating yellow lotus, he was rubbed by Li Zhongyi and said bitterly, he got up slowly, forced a smile, and arched his hands and said: "Relying on the tiger power of the Xianggong, Brother Hugh knows that he is invincible...... "Don't mention the flattering appearance.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, Yang Jiong and Yang Bo can bend and stretch, and there is quite a bit of ruthlessness that does not hesitate to sacrifice himself in the dust in order to achieve great things, but it should not be underestimated.

Since Brother Hugh established himself as the "regent", the gentry of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty from top to bottom have been scolding him, and Yang Jiong has also followed the trend to call him "rebellious".

Li Zhongyi knew in his heart that the civil official group of the Great Zhou was clearly scolding Brother Hugh, but secretly they were coming at him.

is also armed with elite heavy troops, Brother Hugh in the north succeeded in rebelling, and he Li Wuyi in the Central Plains is only afraid that he has been ready to move for a long time, right?

Yang Jiong secretly glanced at Li Zhongyi, his mood was extremely complicated, he had been squeezed out by Li Zhongyi to stay on Brother Hugh's side for the past few months, and he knew very little about the inside story of Yulin Youwei.

However, when Yang Jiong entered the city, he saw with his own eyes the officers and soldiers patrolling the city, and all exposed under the armor were thick jackets. Yang Jiong's observation is amazing, and these officers and soldiers are all wearing leather boots when they take steps.

You must know that even the most elite forbidden army in the capital is just cloth boots under their feet.

Don't look at Yang Jiong being sent to the Khitan camp by Li Zhongyi, but his contact with the political hall of the capital has never been broken for a day, and there must be an exchange of letters almost every three days.

Yang Jiong knew very well that the supply provided by the imperial court to Li Zhongyi was only enough to eat, far from being abundant, not to mention the expensive luxury of leather boots.

Because, it was none other than him who wrote a letter to persuade Fan Zhen to reduce his confession to Li Zhongyi, but he Yang Jiong himself.

Unexpectedly, Li Zhongyi got abundant winter materials without humming, not only jackets, but even leather boots have become the standard equipment of ordinary soldiers, so Yang Jiong is not frightened.

Yang Jiong is also an ordinary person, he thought of the relationship between Li Zhongyi and Goryeo Guo that he couldn't explain and didn't understand, and he made an amazing discovery at that time: the tail is too big to fall off!

As soon as he thought that the country of Haidong had become Li Zhongyi's back garden, Yang Jiong was restless and extremely anxious.

The profound lesson of the division of feudal towns since the late Tang Dynasty has always alerted Yang Jiong that once the military generals who hold military power have money and grain territory, they will be the henchmen of the imperial court!

Li Zhongyi glanced at Yang Jiong and asked him with a smile: "Boyogong has worked hard, and go to rest, and it is not too late to discuss countermeasures tomorrow." ”

If it was before, the arrogant Yang Jiong would definitely encourage his incorruptible tongue and try to refute Li Zhongyi's delaying tactics.

Now, Yang Jiong has already lost his original sharpness, and he only thinks about making peace early, smoothly picking up King Wei's father and son, and then slowly cleaning up Li Zhongyi after returning to Kaifeng.

Yang Jiong arched his hand, threw it to the ground, and said respectfully: "The lower officials all listen to the orders of the prime minister." ”

Abnormal affairs are demons, Li Zhongyi saw that Yang Jiong was so obedient, and knew that this person must have another plan.

Up to now, Li Zhongyi doesn't care much about Yang Jiong's opinion, but it is conceivable that with Yang Jiong's position as Fan Jiong's confidant, it must have secretly not played a good role.

After sending Yang Jiong away, Li Zhongyi had a hearty lunch under Ye Xiaolan's service.

When drinking tea after dinner, Ye Xiaolan peeked at Li Zhongyi's eyes and found that he was in a good mood, so she leaned over and squeezed his shoulders for him, and whispered: "Master, my father sent my cousin to visit the slave and maid secretly, cousin...... He...... said he wanted to kowtow to you before leaving. ”

Li Zhongyi knew about the Ye family's sending, and he didn't take it seriously, since Ye Xiaolan's brother was let back, there has been no news from the Ye family.

Li Zhongyi estimated that at that time, the Khitan people were powerful, and the Ye family in Youzhou did not dare to collude with him secretly at the risk of destroying the door, so they simply gave up Ye Xiaolan, the girl, completely.

According to Li Zhongyi's idea, killing Ye Xiaolan's brother is no more difficult than killing a chicken. Ye Mingzhen, the political affairs of Zuo Pingzhang, the prime minister's office of Nanjing in the Khitan State, seems to have a very high status, but in fact, he does not have much real power at hand, Li Zhongyi raised his noble hand and let Ye Xiaolan's brother go, and he didn't have much expectations.

In this era where the fundamental interests of the family are the most important, let alone sacrificing a daughter, even if the Ye family brothers and sisters are abandoned, it is completely understandable. After all, in the next generation of the Ye family in Youzhou, it is not only the Ye Xiaolan brothers and sisters who are promising.

Ye Xiaolan has been kept in captivity in Li Zhongyi's back house, and the governor's mansion is heavily guarded, without Li Zhongyi's nod, it is impossible for her cousin to enter the door to see her.

Now, when Li Zhongyi heard the words handed over by Ye Xiaolan, he understood very well in his heart that it must be that the Ye family saw that the Li family's army was gaining momentum, and wanted to set up a line with him in private, so as not to hang himself on a tree.

But the question is, why did you go in the first place?

Ye Xiaolan saw that Li Zhongyi was just drinking tea with her head bored, but she didn't say anything, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and secretly complained about Ye Mingzhen's ruthlessness.

Just when Ye Xiaolan was completely hopeless, Li Zhongyi suddenly instructed her: "Since your cousin is leaving, prepare more generous gifts." ”

Ye Xiaolan was originally a smart woman, and as soon as she heard this, she understood in her heart: Li Zhongyi's cousin's face was just for the sake of her effective service.

It was just getting dark, and Li Zhongyi was having a meal, but he learned a bad news: Goryeo was in civil strife, and Kim Zinam, who was in power, was driven out of Kaijing and had just fled by boat to the dock in Yuguan.