"The Taoist moves on the contrary, and no flaw is a flaw." Mo Li shook his head and said, seeing Li Congjing's solemn eyes, he finally came to his senses and sneered: "Of course, this is a!" After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "If you want to say that there are flaws that can arouse Yelu Deguang's suspicion, it is not without them, the most serious of them is that the gentlemen are all attacking the Khitan camp at night at Hulukou. Yelu Deguang himself was unimpeded all the way in Jizhou, and was attacked not long after encountering us, how did the Tang army go from not being able to catch up with its pace to being able to accurately grasp its whereabouts and successfully attack at night? With this suspicion, Jerod could easily target us with suspicion. ”

Li Congjing had thought of this before, and when it was confirmed by Mo Li here, he strengthened the judgment in his heart, he pondered for a while, and said very solemnly: "Now I have a hypothesis in my heart. If the Khitan's intelligence network is not lost too much to the Military Intelligence Department, then it is not impossible for Abaoji and Yelu Deguang to dig out our identities if they suspect us and start to verify our whereabouts and information. Even if you can't, I'm afraid you'll find a lot of strange things! ”

Mo Li stretched out his hands helplessly, and said: "Originally, this time I pretended to be a caravan to go north to the Khitan, and I planned to hide my identity and gain an in-depth understanding of the Khitan national situation, but it seems that God does not have this leisure and elegance to let us take our time. ”

"It's completely ruined!" Li Congjing no longer had a fluke mentality, he decided to plan for the worst, "If the Khitan wants to do something to us, or start to seal the trading company, then what should we do?" Although there is no negligence in the handling of the military intelligence department, if Abaoji and Yelude have the heart to search, if they act suddenly, they may not be able to find out anything bad, and everything will be out of control at that time! ”

After saying this, Li Congjing and Mo Li looked at each other in shock, if the situation really developed like this, they should pack up their beds now and leave the West Building, a place of right and wrong.

"Don't mess with yourself!" Li Congjing and Mo Li spoke up almost at the same time, and looked at each other and smiled, "I have experienced many winds and waves, and I haven't seen it like this." Since we have come to the West Building this time, how can we leave easily if we do not achieve our goal, if Abaoji and Yelu Deguang want to try tricks with us, then we will fight with them. ”

"MI has never lost in this area." Mo Li said with a smile, he had no reason not to be confident in the military intelligence department he had set up single-handedly.

Li Congjing relaxed, poured a glass of water for both him and Mo Li, took a sip slowly, put down the cup and said: "Today, Yelu Deguang and the prince of Bohai made a storm in Qinhuai Pavilion, although I don't know what their internal relationship is, but looking at their horizontal eyebrows and cold eyes, it should not be much better." Since Yelu Deguang didn't mind telling me the identity of the other party today, then I have to accept his favor and fight for the prince of Bohai. ”

Mo Li agreed very much with Li Congjing to let go of his hands and feet, and he continued: "In the past few days, we will hurry up and take action, and do everything we should do before Abaoji has confirmed his suspicion of us." Then let the envoy team that followed behind speed up the pace, and quickly came to the west building to respond, with the identity of the envoy as a barrier, Abaoji just knew our identity, and we couldn't do it without scruples, and at that time we had already done what we should do! ”

"Okay, that's it." Li Congjing patted the board, "Next, let's discuss the specific action arrangements." ”

The two talked at night, and in the ordinary room of this ordinary trading company, they finalized the first plan of the Tang Dynasty to seek the Khitan country.

……

In the following days, the forces of the military intelligence department in the west building were fully mobilized, and according to Li Congjing's arrangement, they were sent in all directions, either to collect designated intelligence information, or to begin to contact people from all walks of life, and to listen to the movements and positions of people from all sides. The military intelligence department turned into several small streams, surging everywhere in the vast lake of the West Building, the West Building on the surface is still calm and waveless, but the undercurrent has touched all directions, and the car of rare things brought by Li Congjing has also been decreasing in these days, and has been spent everywhere.

Acting with Li Congjing, there was also Ming An, the prince of Bohai, who sent a large number of men, not only to disperse all over the grassland, but also to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, to inquire about news from various channels. On the one hand, the trend of the Khitan State is verified, and on the other hand, the attitude of the Tang Dynasty, especially Youzhou and other places, towards the Khitan and Bohai Sea.

As for Yelu Deguang, who sat on the most dazzling military power seat in the Khitan State, he has exhausted all means these days, on the one hand, with the support of Abaoji, to consolidate the power of his generalissimo of soldiers and horses in the world, and on the other hand, he actively reorganized the army and fought in order to use troops against the Bohai State in the coming days, and then confirmed the identity of Li Congjing and others through various channels, and tried in many ways.

In this era of changes and violent turmoil in the world, in Xilou City, a city that has not yet experienced war, heroes from all over the world began to play with each other with the vast world as a chessboard. They indulge in their wisdom and talents, growing themselves up and weakening their opponents in order to gain a head start in the battle of the coming days.

In this bloodless war, those characters in the center of the whirlpool, either young and promising, or old and cunning, they have no way out, only ahead. Taking a step back is an abyss, only the identity is broken, and a step forward may not be a big sea, but there is a lot to be done. Maybe their figures will stay in the history books and be read or praised by future generations, but more people will be lost in the long river of history without the slightest ripple.

……

According to the Central Plains, Yelubei is in the natal year this year. Different from Yelu Deguang's sharp edge, Yelu Bei looks much gentler in terms of appearance, posture and temperament, he always looks modest, and he is usually polite to others, looking like a mediocre Central Plains person. But this does not mean that he is a mediocre person, on the contrary, as the eldest son of a generation of male lord Yelu Abaoji, Yelu Bei has been smart and studious since he was a child, and he also has a strategy and insight that ordinary people cannot match, he not only has outstanding riding and archery skills, but also has his own insights in military strategy.

Six years ago, at the age of eighteen, Yelubei was made the crown prince, and he had extraordinary prestige and power in the Khitan Kingdom. He was the most dazzling star of the empire, and he made great achievements in the perennial campaign, with an untouchable glory of others, in the Khitan country, regardless of status and power, he was second only to Yelu Abaoji, and was the second person in the empire.

However, the accident happened to his half-brother Yelu Deguang, the sister-in-law of the current queen. As Yelu Deguang grows up day by day, there is no way to be from the appearance and temperament, or in the style of acting, he is getting closer and closer to the young Yelu Abaoji, and similarly, his eloquence is becoming more and more prominent, in the past battles, because of his youth, Yelu Deguang was able to follow Abaoji every time, fight with him, and the relationship is getting closer and closer. As the eldest son, the crown prince, who has long been able to take charge on his own, Yelubei often has to lead the vanguard or partial division to open the way for the army, so he can't always accompany Abaoji.

I don't know when it started, Yelu Bei found that the distance between him and Abaoji was getting farther and farther, and the distance between Yelu Deguang and Abaoji was getting closer and closer. Abaoji has mentioned it countless times in front of people, saying that Yelu Deguang is "the most heroic and martial like me" among the sons.

Originally, Yelubei didn't think much about it, although he was not very comfortable in his heart, but his authority as the crown prince was real. It wasn't until not long ago that Abaoji appointed Yelu Deguang, who had just passed the age of the crown, as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and asked him to send troops to Jizhou, Yelubei finally realized that things were no longer developing in the direction he expected.

You must know that if there was a small-scale mission to the border of the Central Plains before, he would be in charge! And this time, he was hung in the west building, and he could only watch Yerod's majestic expedition!

Jerube, at last, feels a great threat!

Fortunately, Yerod Guang suffered a crushing defeat at Hulukou.

But even so, he still holds the power of the generalissimo of the world firmly in his hands! This made Yelubei, who was waiting for Abaoji to withdraw this appointment, unable to sit still!

In the past few days, he often said to his henchmen, "How can Yelu Deguang be virtuous, his father is so biased!" Did the father forget that he didn't have only one son"?!

Jerube knew that the woman must be at work!

In the past few days, Yelubei has not been in a good mood, although he will not give up on himself, but when he is depressed, he often goes in and out of fireworks and wine shops.

And today, in this wine shop he frequented, just when Yelubei was drinking to drown his sorrows and drink up, a young man dressed as a Central Plains man pushed the door and walked into his private room without his permission.

The disturbed Jerube was in a worse mood, he was almost about to roar out in anger, and he was not in the mood to take too much care of etiquette at this time. Manners? It's just a pastime after you've had a lot of food and drink!

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I am Li Jing, a merchant from the Central Plains, and I think you should have heard of my name, from Yelu Deguang. If that's the case, I think you'd be interested in talking to me. You know, it's not harmful to you at all, is it? That young man from the Central Plains, with one sentence, made him Yelubei's only drinking friend today.

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Xilou City Post House.

Da Ming'an, the prince of Bohai, was playing against Li Siping in the room with the window open, the black and white chess pieces were densely covered with chessboards, and the dogs were staggered, and the situation was tense. The prince, whose full name is Da Ming'an, stared at the chessboard and thought carefully, and Li Siping, who was opposite him, always looked light and light, and seemed to have a chance to win.

The two played against each other and whispered to each other.

"According to reliable sources, several tribes in the west are sending troops and horses, and it seems that they want to start a war with Abaoji." Li Siping plays chess in the game, talking about chess and foreign affairs, and he can still play with ease.

Ming An fell, and when he heard the words, he raised his eyebrows with joy, "This is a good thing!" ”

Unlike Ming'an, who has to think carefully about every step, Li Siping is like flying, "It's just that the forces of these tribes are too small, although they are angry and raise troops, I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand the sweep of the Khitan army, and it will be useless in the general situation." ”

Ming An's eyes darkened slightly.

At this time, someone knocked on the door, and the sound was a familiar rhythm between the two, so Li Siping opened his mouth to let someone enter the door.

The one who entered the door was an official from the Bohai Kingdom, who handed Li Siping a small bamboo tube and withdrew. Li Siping took out a piece of paper full of words from the bamboo tube, and after looking at it twice, his face changed.

"What?" Ming An's eyes were still on the chessboard, and he asked without raising his head.

Li Siping solemnly handed the paper to Ming An, "It's the news I heard about Li Congjing." ”