The night is dark and the night kills, the wind is high and the sky is set on fire.

Zhao Kuangyin felt that when he was in action, he was really lucky when he encountered this kind of weather. In the dark, Zhao Hongyin, Zhao Kuangyin, father and son, as well as several dead soldiers of the Han Kingdom, were dressed in black, covered their faces with black cloth, and tied white cloths on their shoulders so that everyone could identify each other.

The group was ready, and waited quietly in the house, Liu Xin showed a solemn look on his face, this assassination must be successful, if it is successful, it will provoke a dispute between the Tang and the Khitans, and destroy the alliance between the two countries, and the Han State will have more respite, if it fails, these people will have to die.

Zhao Hongyin, Zhao Kuangyin and others are all dead soldiers, strong in martial arts, Liu Xin can be trusted, and he feels that he has successfully deceived Yang Lian, as long as he kills the Khitan envoy and Zhao Hongyin and others successfully return, they will wait to see the good show of the Tang people.

"General Zhao, be careful." Before leaving, Liu Xin advised.

Zhao Hongyin nodded solemnly, obviously he also knew the importance of the matter, but Zhao Kuangyin was on the side, looking very excited, if the assassination was successful, his Zhao Kuangyin's name would definitely be able to go down in history and glorify the lintel of the Zhao family, so he was not nervous at all.

The time finally came, the clouds in the sky were foggy, and they could barely see the distance of more than 20 steps in a radius, and the group acted secretly, in the Honglu Temple, the soldiers of the Shenwu Army were patrolling in twos and threes, and every once in a while, there were soldiers walking by. Zhao Kuangyin had already figured out the time and place of the patrol of this group of soldiers, so he sneaked with his father and the dead soldiers towards the residence of the Khitans quite smoothly.

The territory of Honglu Temple is more than 200 acres, Liu Xin lives in the east, but Yelu Haili is at the far edge of the west, perhaps because Yang Lian considered not letting the envoys of the two countries meet. However, how could the low city wall of Honglu Temple stop Zhao Hongyin and his son, and the two dead men carried wooden stakes on their backs. When he got to the edge of the wall and erected a wooden stake, Zhao Hongyin jumped up, jumped on the stake, crossed the wall, and landed on the other side of the courtyard very chicly.

That's it. The group avoided the soldiers patrolling the Shenwu Army and arrived at the west side of the Honglu Temple relatively smoothly. Zhao Hongyin waved his hand, signaling everyone to slow down, killing the Khitans with one blow, and there was no room for the slightest mistake.

The rooms in front of them were the temporary residences of the Khitans, and the largest of them was the resting place in Yeluhai, Zhao Hongyin narrowed his eyes. If you take the lead, you're done. However, outside the door, there were more soldiers patrolling the Shenwu Army, and Zhao Hongyin needed to be more careful.

Zhao Kuangyin approached and said, "Father, I'll go and lure them away." ”

"Be careful." Zhao Hongyin said in a low voice.

Zhao Kuangyin let out a low "um" and quickly stood up. Disappearing into the night, Zhao Hongyin still looked ahead. Waiting for the second son to lure away the soldiers of the Shenwu Army. After waiting for half a pillar of incense, there was a slight sound on the west side of the courtyard, and the soldiers of the Shenwu Army guarding the house woke up, drew their sharp blades, and rushed towards the west side. It was just a moment, and there was not a single Shenwu Army soldier left outside the house.

"Let's go!" Zhao Hongyin has been carefully observing. Seeing that the soldiers of the Shenwu Army were gone, he immediately stood up and killed the dead soldiers. Approaching the room, Zhao Hongyin put his blade into the crack of the door and quickly opened the door bolt. With a wave of his hand, the dead man swarmed in.

Zhao Hongyin rushed to the front first, after entering the door, he went straight to the bedroom in Yeluhaili, the door outside the bedroom was half hidden, Zhao Hongyin pushed the door open, quickly glanced at it, and ran towards the soft couch, three steps away from the soft couch, the sharp blade in his hand had been raised, and he ran two steps, and it was already a head split.

With the sound of the wind, the sharp blade slashed at the round head on the soft couch, "Bell!" With a sound, Zhao Hongyin did not hear the sound of the blade entering the flesh, but a crisp sound, which was actually the sound of broken items such as ceramics.

Zhao Hongyin was wondering, suddenly, the room was as bright as day, at least twenty soldiers of the Shenwu Army appeared in front of him, Lin Renzhao and Chen Tie were wearing armor, looking at Zhao Hongyin with a sneering expression.

"Fooled." This was the first thought that Zhao Hongyin reacted to.

In the next room, Yang Lian narrowed his eyes, and beside him, the Khitan Yelu Haili and several subordinates, including Yang Gon and others, were on the side. Yeluhaili's face was very ugly, especially when Yang Lian told him that the Han people intended to assassinate him, he didn't believe it at all.

How could a Han Chinese do such a thing? And this is still in the Honglu Temple of the Tang Dynasty, there are many soldiers of the Shenwu Army guarding it, Liu Xin ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and he dared to do such a thing? However, when the porcelain made a crisp sound, Yelu Haili understood that Yang Lian was not fooling him, and the Han people really came to assassinate.

Although those people covered their faces with black cloths, Yelu Haili was already certain that these people were Han people.

Yang Lian pointed at Zhao Hongyin and said, "If Ben will not guess wrong, this person is Zhao Hongyin." ”

Yelu Haili gritted his teeth and said, "The Han people are really hateful. ”

"The Han people are hateful, and this is also the need for the Tang Dynasty and the Khitan to unite and deal with the despicable Han people." Yang Lian said with a smile.

Yelu Haili thought so, and at the same time was full of gratitude to Yang Lian, so he said: "General Yang, I think the covenant you proposed is feasible, Datang and Khitan must unite, in order to show sincerity, in the name of my father, I will give Datang a hundred excellent war horses, as for the war horses provided every year, with the strength of Youyun, it is a little difficult, how about providing five hundred?" As for the price, it is offered at a price lower than 20% of the price in the market. ”

Yang Lian was slightly stunned, but quickly reacted that Yelu Haili hated the Han people very much, so it was like this. Although the number of war horses is less, this result still surprises Yang Lian. And this is only a condition provided by Mada, if the Khitan war subsides in the future, and then sign a treaty with the envoy of the Khitan State, the Tang Dynasty will be able to get more war horses.

Yelu Haili saw that Yang Lian was silent, and thought that Yang Lian would not accept it, so he said: "Now that the Khitan is in civil strife, this is the best condition that Youyun can provide, if there are more, I am afraid that it will not be enough." ”

Yang Lian smiled and said, "Yelu envoy, your sincerity has moved Ben Jiang, and since this is the case, Ben Jiang agreed." In return, what Datang could promise was that when the Khitan needed it, Datang could send troops to assist the Khitan and attack the Central Plains. Moreover, it can provide 300 quintals of tea every year. ”

Tea can be fishy, for the Khitan, Jurchen and other long-term meat-eating ethnic groups, and the Khitan implementation of the north and south official system, there has been a gradual trend of sinicization, officials and nobles and even ordinary people began to drink tea, and gradually became the mainstream. However, the production of tea in the northern Central Plains is not much. The entire Central Plains tea area is mainly concentrated in Lianghuai and Bashu, and it is very difficult for the Khitan people to get tea.

"These teas are all dried teas, and they are lower than the market price, and the preferential price is also reduced by two percent." Yang Lian said.

Yelu Haili narrowed his eyes, dried tea is smaller in size and more expensive, if you can get three hundred quintals, it is already a lot, if it is sold in Youyun, the profit is not small. He immediately nodded in agreement and said, "General Yang is really a happy person, and I signed this covenant on behalf of my father." ”

Yang Lian smiled, and asked a scribe who was proficient in Khitan language to write a covenant with Yang Gon, Yang Gon didn't say anything in his mouth, but he was slightly surprised in his heart, Yang Lian waited for the fish to take the bait, but he had already brought the scribe, and he was really prepared. He didn't reveal it at the moment, and negotiated a contract with the scribe.

In the room, the atmosphere was already very tense, Zhao Hongyin looked at Lin Renzhao, Chen Tie and the others coldly, his voice was a little bitter, and said, "How did you find out." ”

"If you don't know, you can't do it unless you do." Lin Renzhao said with a smile.

Chen Tiedao: "What, don't you want to resist if you don't tie your hands and arrest it?" ”

Zhao Hongyin shook his head and glanced around, countless bows and crossbows were aimed at him, if there was any abnormal movement, he would be shot into a hornet's nest, Zhao Hongyin didn't want to die, so he could only slowly put down the blade in his hand.

A few dead soldiers around me, you look at me, I look at you, and they are all slowly stepping into the blade.

Yang Lian walked out, looked at Zhao Hongyin, and said with a smile: "What, General Zhao is unwilling to show his true face?" ”

Zhao Hongyin smiled bitterly, slowly pulled down the black cloth, revealing a helpless face, he couldn't have imagined that Yang Lian actually knew his actions in advance, and made preparations, laying a net of heaven and earth, unless he scratched his face so that people could not recognize him, otherwise his death had no meaning. However, even if he died with a face, it was not without a trace afterwards, so Zhao Hongyin chose to surrender very decisively.

"Those who know the times are Junjie, and General Zhao is really sensible." Yang Lian said with a smile.

Yelu Haili walked over with a gloomy face and said, "General Yang, can you deal with these people for me?" When these men dared to assassinate him, Jerod was very angry, and was determined to make an example of them.

Zhao Hongyin sighed in his heart, he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, he was a fish and meat, he could only be slaughtered by others, and there was no chance to resist at all. And his failure made Liu Xin's plan fall short, not only did not destroy the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Khitan, but worsened the relationship between the Han and the Khitan and the Tang Dynasty, which was really worth the loss.

King Cai was furious, even if he was not killed by the Khitans, King Cai would not let him go, and even if he returned to Kaifeng, His Majesty the Emperor would not let him go. Zhao Hongyin is not afraid of death, but he is worried about his son.

At this moment, Zhao Kuangyin was also escorted in, more than a dozen crossbowmen and sword and spear soldiers were eyeing him, no matter how powerful Zhao Kuangyin was, it was impossible for him to retreat in such a situation, not to mention that he was also worried about his father's safety.

When the two fathers and sons met, they both lowered their heads, failed and lost their lives, which was really a failure.

Yelu Haili applauded and smiled: "It's really a buy one get one free, it's really wonderful." ”

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he raised his head, took a sip, and shouted: "Khitan dog thief, even if Uncle Zhao is a ghost, he will not spare you!" ”

Yelu Haili was furious, Zhao Kuangyin was too arrogant, he arched his hand, and said: "General Yang, these people are trying to assassinate me, and I hope that General Yang will hand them over to me for disposal!" (To be continued.) )