Chapter 32: Khitan Princess
Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, the Khitan Lord Yelu Deguang Palace Palace.
Yu Qing and Shi Hongzhao and others came to Shangjing, Yu Qing and Shi Hongzhao entered the main hall under the guidance of Neishi, and the others waited outside the main hall. Entering the hall, I saw Yelu Deguang sitting high on the dragon chair, and the generals of the Liao State were sitting on the left and right sides, and Zhao Yanshou was also among them. Next to Yelu Deguang sat a well-behaved and gorgeously dressed Khitan girl.
After the girl saw Yu Qing and the two enter the hall, her eyes fell on Yu Qing's body, and she never left, saying more about the Central Plains is full of talents, and sure enough, she was deeply attracted by Yu Qing's handsomeness and bearing.
Yu Qing had already noticed this, but he didn't squint and Shi Hongzhao stepped forward to bow and said: The Great Jin Dynasty stayed in Beijing, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu Liu Zhiyuan, and Yu Qing and Shi Hongzhao saw the Great Liao Emperor!
Yerod raised his hand and said, "Sit!" ”
Yu Qing and Shi Hongzhao hadn't yet sat down, Yelu Deguang slapped the table and drank: "Liu Zhiyuan is so bold, he dares to take Tuyuhun Dingding for himself behind his back, do you think that the hundreds of thousands of troops of my Great Liao Kingdom are vegetarians?" ”
Yu Qing arched his hand and said without humility or arrogance: "Your Majesty is angry, things are not as Your Majesty thinks, that Tuyuhun went south, but he lived temporarily in the east of the river, as for the Tuyuhun Ding, it was originally the heirloom of the Tuyuhun tribe, and it has always been in the hands of the Tuyuhun department, which is a treasure passed down from generation to generation by their ancestors, and it is still in the hands of Bai Chengfu." As far as I know, even a wise and martial saint like Your Majesty does not want to be criticized by the people of the world to touch the Tuyuhun Ding, let alone our Lord Liu? The person who said that our Lord Liu took Baoding for himself must have ill intentions and want to provoke the relationship between our Lord and His Majesty. ”
When Jerod heard this, he asked, "Is that really the case?" ”
Yu Qing said: "It's true! ”
Yelu Deguang pondered for a moment, then slapped the table again and said: "In this case, when my Khitan army went to win the championship, why did you explain it to us clearly, but instead killed so many cavalry of my Great Liao Kingdom?" ”
Shi Hongzhao stood up and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, my Great Jin Emperor and Your Majesty are good fathers and sons, Your Majesty is outside the pass, my Great Jin is in the pass, the well water does not violate the river water, at this time the terms of the covenant, and my annual tribute to the dynasty is not a lot, and Your Majesty suddenly sent a large army south to hunt, of course our Great Jin is afraid that Your Majesty has something to lose, that will not only damage the national prestige of the Great Liao, I can't afford to fight the Jin Dynasty, so Lord Liu sent elite soldiers to meet and protect Your Majesty, but the guards of Yanmen Pass do not know Your Majesty's cavalry, There was some misunderstanding, and His Majesty's heavenly soldiers were injured by mistake. After Lord Liu learned the truth, he was very frightened, he was going to come to Beijing in person to make amends to His Majesty, but His Majesty also knew that my Taiyuan Mansion in Hedong has a large population, rich in products, and a wide range of soldiers. As he spoke, he clapped his hands twice and shouted outside the hall, "Bring in!" ”
Outside the hall, four servants walked into the hall carrying two large boxes, and Shi Hongzhao opened the boxes, and inside were two boxes of tea.
Shi Hongzhao said: "Your Majesty, these two boxes of tea are spring tea purchased from Jiangling for many years. In order to prepare gifts for His Majesty, Lord Liu took a lot of pains, he knew that His Majesty's palace had all kinds of rare treasures, beautiful antiques, silk and satin, if he wanted to give His Majesty those gold, silver and jewelry things, how could His Majesty be eye-catching? Lord Liu learned that His Majesty likes to taste tea, and Daliao does not produce tea, so he specially sent people to Jiangling to purchase these two Jiangling famous teas - picking flowers and hairy tips, and offering them to His Majesty. Lord Liu's painstaking efforts, please Your Majesty! ”
Yerod Guang said: "Yes! Even if he Liu Zhiyuan has filial piety, okay, the widow accepted it, and Shi Aiqing sits. Then he looked at Yu Qing again and asked, "You are Yu Qing who killed more than 100 of my heavenly soldiers outside the Yanmen Pass?" ”
Yu Qingdao: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the sky was slightly bright at that time, and I really couldn't tell whether the other party was an enemy or a friend. ”
Yelude looked angry and said, "What kind of ability do you have, how can you kill me alone?" Or is there some magic weapon? ”
Yu Qing said: "I don't have any ability, and I don't have any magic weapons, but I was lucky and happened to win." ”
"Poof!" A crisp laugh came, and Yu Qing saw that it was the Khitan girl next to Yelu Deguang.
Yu Qing asked, "May I ask who this honorable young lady is?" I wonder what's so ridiculous about this? ”
Zhao Yanshou said: "Bold, dare to talk to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess like this?" ”
"Oh, it turned out to be Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, Yu Qing saw Her Royal Highness the princess."
The eldest princess of Khitan said: "Excuse me!" You say it so easily! Luckily, one person happened to kill more than 100 of our elite cavalry, I'm afraid this can't be explained by a sentence of good luck, right? Say, what kind of conspiracy did you use? ”
Including the eldest princess, all the Khitan people present and Zhao Yanshou couldn't believe that Yu Qing alone could kill more than a hundred people in the three thousand elite Khitan cavalry, and he could still retreat with his whole body, which was simply incredible, so they all thought that Yu Qing must have used some trick.
Yu Qing said: "Since the princess refuses to believe it, then I, Yu Qing, have nothing to do, since I am here today, it is all up to the princess to deal with." ”
The eldest princess of Khitan said: "You have a bit of backbone, are you really not afraid of death?" ”
"I'm afraid, but if Yu's death can be exchanged for peace between the Liao and Jin families, and the people are spared from misery, then what is the pity of Yu's death."
Yelu Deguang said: "It's easy to kill you, but if the two soldiers fight each other and don't kill them, won't I make the world laugh when I kill you?" So, I won't kill you. ”
Shi Hongzhao hurriedly stood up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace not to kill!" You have no jokes, and in the future, our net worth and lives will depend entirely on Your Majesty. ”
"However, if I don't kill you, it doesn't mean that it's over at this point. I'm going to test you to see if you're really capable, or if you're lucky. Jerod Light said.
"What's the test? Your Majesty, please! Yu Qing asked.
Yelu Deguang said: "As long as you defeat my eight Heavenly Wolf Warriors, then we will write off this account, but if you are killed by them, then I declare in advance that it is none of my business." ”
Shi Hongzhao was shocked, and scolded in his heart: "What a sinister guy!". He stood up again and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is unfair, isn't it?" ”
Yelu Deguang sneered: "Fair? If you're going to be fair, then I'll let you go back now, and my 100,000 elite soldiers will arrive later. ”
This kind of naked threat can be seen at a glance even by a blind person, but in order to stop the war, Shi Hongzhao can only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, and he can't say what he suffers.
But Yu Qing said: "That's good, you don't joke, no matter whether I am dead or alive, as long as Your Majesty signs an alliance for us and does not add troops to Hedong, I will fight." ”
Yelu Deguang laughed and said, "Okay, good, bring pen and ink, and the silk is proof." ”
"Okay, the silk is proof."
So, Yelu Deguang ordered the officials to write a contract between Khitan and Chinese characters on silk: "As long as Liu Zhiyuan does not offend his country, his country will never add troops to Hedong." After writing, Yelu Deguang stamped the great seal of the Great Liao Emperor.
Yu Qing took the contract, handed it to Shi Hongzhao, and gave him a look. Shi Hongzhao will immediately put the contract away.
Yelu Deguang clapped his hands, and walked in from outside the main hall with two rows of warriors, a row of four, a total of eight people, they were all tigers and bears, extremely strong, at a glance, they were first-class masters, and they were the wolf warriors selected from the Khitan Eight Divisions.
The eight Khitan divisions are the Siwandan Division, the Tuliu Yu Division, the He Dahe Division, the Fufuyu Division, the Yuling Division, the Yuzhen Marquis Division, the Pilier Division, and the Rilian Division. Originally, the eight Khitan tribes were in charge of the eight kings, each of them was in charge of each other, and they attacked each other, and later after Yelu Deguang ascended the throne, he eradicated dissidents and unified the eight tribes, and now the eight tribes are obeying and obeying him.
After these Heavenly Wolf warriors entered the main hall, they knelt down on one knee and saw Yelu Deguang, then stood up and faced Qing, clenched their fists with both hands, and shouted: "Ha! ”
Yelu Deguang said in a mocking tone: "Yu Daxia, please put it!" ”