When Li Congjing returned, it was already dawn the next day, Mo Li, Tao Yaoyao and others saw him, and their faces were inevitably very weird, but in addition to being weird, it was more dignified, and everyone didn't make fun of him at this time.

"The Chamber." Li Congjing didn't say a word, and took the lead to go to the council hall.

No one knows what Li Congjing and his staff talked about in the council hall, just like no one knows what happened to Li Congjing and Ye Lumin last night, even if they have the heart to stare at the eyes of all the forces in Li Congjing's West Building, they can't know the inside story.

What the military intelligence officers in the stronghold knew was that on this day, many people who had never seen before came to the stronghold, and of course, there were also some people they had seen, but they should never have appeared in the West Building at this time.

It was also on this day that Li Yanrao secretly left the West Building alone.

Ten days later, Yelubei personally led an army of 100,000 and left the West Building to fight against the black car Murowei.

Before the expedition, Yelubei handed over the responsibility of sitting in the West Building to Yelumin, and left Han Yanhui to assist.

Before this day, Yelubei had a secret conversation with Han Yanhui. The secret conversation took place in the Imperial Garden, and there was no one else nearby except for the two monarchs and ministers.

"It is reported that some time ago, Li Yanrao secretly sneaked back to Youzhou, but left a team of envoys to continue to be used by Li Congjing, can Han Qing know the purpose of what he did?" Yelubei asked Han Yanhui.

"Li Yanrao, as the right-hand man of Li Yanchao, the envoy of Youzhou Festival, has an extraordinary status, Li Congjing asked him to return to Youzhou at this time, which is really intriguing, and it will obviously not be a targeted move." Han Yanhui groaned, "Could it be that Li Congjing really plans to let Lu Longjun go north?" ”

"If Li Congjing really let Lu Longjun go north, I wouldn't be able to ask for it. I have been preparing for several years in the south, but this is the day when Lu Longjun comes to die, I can take the opportunity to pull out this thorn in my eye, and no matter what I do in the future, there will be no such people watching by. Jerubi sneered.

Han Yanhui saw that Yelubei had something to say, so he asked: "That's according to the emperor's will."

"I want to ask you, tomorrow I will personally recruit the black car room Wei, why does Li Congjing stay in the West Building so far?" Yelubei didn't say it explicitly, but asked Han Yanhui rhetorically, his eyes seemed calm and profound.

"This" Han Yanhui couldn't say for a while, this is indeed a question, and it is also what puzzles Han Yanhui, if Li Congjing really intends to be unfavorable to the Khitan, there are all kinds of premeditations, and he should not stay in the West Building at this time. Staying in the West Building and not leaving, isn't that a clear statement to tell Yelubei that he has bad intentions? "The minister doesn't know, please show the emperor"

"The reason why Li Congjing still stayed in the West Building was to pretend to be a gesture, so that I could not let go and go to fight for the black car Murowei. Once my heart is unstable, he will have an opportunity to take advantage of, when the army is outside, but there is wind and grass in the West Building, I will return to the army, and the great cause of crusading against the black car Murowei will be ruined! Yelubei was confident, "This is Li Congjing's suspicious plan!" The more Li Congjing stayed in the West Building and refused to leave, the more it showed that he had nothing to rely on, if he really had any plans, he really planned to let Lu Longjun go north, how could he act carelessly, and how could he be in the enemy camp at this moment? ”

Han Yanhui pondered for a moment and agreed, "The son of a daughter can't sit down, if Li Congjing really intends to let Lu Longjun invade the north, he will definitely not stay in the West Building and trap himself in prison!" ”

The two continued to walk through the flower garden, and Han Yanhui saw that Yelu Bei was always calm, so he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, is it possible for Li Congjing to join forces with Yelu Deguang to plan something unsightly?" ”

As soon as he said this, Jerube's face immediately changed, and the cold light flashed in his eyes in an instant, like the fangs of a beast in the wilderness.

If Yelubei hadn't joined forces with Li Congjing, he would not have been able to sit on the throne of the Khitan Emperor, and there was no doubt about this matter in the eyes of discerning people, but here Yelubei is a scale that cannot be touched.

But soon, the fierce light in Yelubei's eyes disappeared, and he regained his calm, and he said lightly: "Han Qing is too worried. Although the tone is light, it cannot be questioned, and there is a strong color that does not intend to continue the topic.

What Yelubei won't tell Han Yanhui is that he asked Li Congjing a question back then, why he chose to help him seize the Khitan throne - this is of course a very important question, if the reasons given by Li Congjing are not sufficient, Yelubei will not really trust Li Congjing.

At that time, Li Congjing's answer was: Yelu Deguang is more talented and ambitious than you, if he succeeds to the throne as the Khitan Emperor, the threat to the Tang Dynasty will be greater, so I would rather let you be in this position.

Of course, Li Congjing also pretended to make an agreement with Yelubei at that time, asking Yelubei to guarantee that when he ascended the throne in the future, he would not violate the border of the Tang Dynasty or other tribes in the grassland - these agreements were later clearly determined in the Xilou agreement.

Because of this, Yelu Bei thinks that Li Congjing will definitely not join forces with Yelu Deguang, it is completely a strategy to drive away wolves with tigers, and Datang will definitely suffer from it ten years later, and Li Congjing cannot even have this foresight. Especially in the south of the Yangtze River, there are still many vassal states represented by the Wu State that have not been pacified, and the Tang Dynasty needs stability in the north.

Yelubei stopped, raised his head with his hands, and looked at the sky, the sky is very good today, a rare sunny day, Yelubei's eyes narrowed slightly, the corners of his mouth moved, and his heart said: "Hewu Kingdom, in the chaos of Shu, for this westward expedition, how can I abandon the great cause because you go north alone?" If this is the case, will I not make the world laugh? The Tang Dynasty and the southern half of the Yangtze River have not been pacified, how can you have the troops to take care of the grassland at this time? Li Congjing, Li Congjing, Hugh blames me for not abiding by the original agreement - between countries, why are there so many agreements, strength and interests are the foundation that determines everything, when there is no strength and no opportunity, rely on the agreement, and when there is strength and opportunity, what do you have to agree? The interests are in front of you, and you can just fight. You must know this too, right? ”

"Now that you know, why bother going north, do you really think that you can be a hundred thousand soldiers alone?" Thinking of this, Yelubei couldn't help laughing, "One person is 100,000 male soldiers hahahahahaha"

"Emperor" Han Yanhui's laughter at Yelubei is unknown.

Yelubei waved his hand and said: "As far as I am concerned, Li Congjing's efforts to go north to the West Tower in a vain attempt to obstruct my westward expedition are just a small wave in the great cause of my western expedition, and this wave will not stir up much wind and waves, let alone affect my great cause of the western expedition. Something that will inevitably happen and will be successful, no one can stop it! He sneered again, "When I triumph, if Li Congjing is still in the West Building, I will definitely take a good look at his face!" ”

He said in his heart: "You think that Yelu Deguang is more talented and ambitious than me, and I will tell you who is the more talented and ambitious person in the future!" Li Congjing, you will pay the price for your contempt for me, and when I sweep the grassland, wave my army to the south and set foot on the Central Plains in the coming day, the Xilou agreement of that year will definitely be replaced by the Luoyang agreement, and at that time, you will obediently bow down to me! ”

Jerube made the departure ceremony very grand.

When he set up an altar in the southern suburbs of the West Building to worship and give the flag to the army, the West Building City can be described as an empty alley, inside and outside the city are surging crowds, every Khitan person is very excited, and the appearance of looking up is no different from turning over, on the faces of these people, Li Congjing saw what is proud and what is self-esteem, at this time, an apprentice of a Khitan tavern dared to hold his head high and look down at the envoys of other countries beside him, and kept using his eyes to offend the existence that he could only look up at on weekdays, very bold and relieved.

The Khitan army is covered with grasslands, iron-armored horses, swords and strong bows, like a god descending to earth, inviolable. The Khitan people looked at the eyes of these soldiers who went out on the expedition, full of awe and appreciation, and they were completely honored.

For the Khitan, the army's expedition was a grand event, and such a grand event had not been held since Yelubei succeeded to the throne. In the past, they had glory, and those glory was taken by Yelu Abaoji on the battlefield, and they had made each of them like masters on the grassland, walking with great strides, speaking loudly, and seeing people's hard backbones.

In the battle of Xilou, the army was defeated, the land was reduced, the country was weakened, the glory dissipated, the people were hesitant, and the sound was dull. And today, the emperor personally led an army of 100,000 to the battle, so that the Khitan people once again saw the dawn, and the glory lost in the past finally had the hope of regaining.

Li Congjing and the others were also watching the excitement, and they were standing on the city wall to watch - of course, no one would stop them, this was the time for the Khitan to show off their might, and I wish there were more people watching and seeing it clearly.

"It's a lively scene!" Mo Li joked with a smile.

"It's not weak." Du Qianshu also said.

"Saying that Yelubei's westward expedition can be successful, I almost have to believe it." Mo Li took a folding fan and lit up the army outside the city.

"I don't believe it." Du Qianshu shook his head solemnly.

"Why don't you believe it?" Mo asked pretendedly.

"Could it be that Brother Mo really believes it?" Du Qianshu asked in surprise.

"It doesn't matter if I believe it or not, the important thing is that Yelubei believes it, and the Khitan people also believe it." Mo Li said painlessly, then sighed, and changed to a regretful tone, "People who deceive people are deceiving themselves, you can only deceive others if you have deceived yourself first and let yourself believe it." Now that is the case with Jerubes, he should have really believed. ”

Li Congjing interjected with a smile at this time, "In fact, it doesn't matter whether a thing really exists or whether it will really succeed, the important thing is whether everyone believes it or not." If you can get everyone in the world to follow you and believe you, then this thing is not true but also true, and it does not exist and exists - this kind of thing has a special name, called 'pyramid-selling'. ”

"According to His Royal Highness, isn't the vision of 'universal harmony' also a 'spread-sell'?" Mo Li asked in surprise.

Li Congjing smiled and said nothing, and Du Qianshu changed color and said: "According to this, isn't the same with the so-called gods, and isn't it the same with Buddhism?" ”

Li Congjing was noncommittal, and Mo Li nodded and said, "The Taiping Road of Zhang Jiao in the late Han Dynasty seems to be like this. ”

Tao Yaoyao saw Li Congjing's unfathomable look, and pouted: "It's nonsense, 'Datong in the world' is a spread-sell, could it be that the teachings of the saints are also 'pass-sell', and Confucius's disciples are all 'pass-sell'?" Those who are working hard for the vision of a better home and country in their hearts are also doing 'pyramid schemes'? ”

"You've wronged me, I didn't say that." Li Congjing said, "That's not 'passing-selling', that's the ideal!" ”