Chapter 297: Extremely Insidious
"King Luoyang, I want to sue you for something!" Xiao Ta's voice trembled a little, "You must be careful of the Xixia people!" β
"What did they do?" Chu Tianya didn't seem to be moved at all, he didn't even look at Xiao Ta Buyan, and asked lightly.
"They...... I'm going to count you!! β
Chu Tianya blinked, "How do you know?" β
Xiao Ta swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Because Dashi and Li Qianshun, the lord of Western Xia, have conspired, the two have already joined forces to get rid of you." Actually, the last time you were assassinated, it was the Tangut who provided you with the information, and I only told them about the location of the guards and rooms in their palace. Predicting that the assassination would not succeed, they will adopt another strategy - agree to any conditions you put forward to reach an alliance with you, and first work together to defeat the Jin Kingdom. After defeating the Jin Kingdom, the Tangut people will do everything possible to attack you and carry out assassinations. As soon as you die, the Great Song Dynasty will be in chaos. At this time, the general trend of the Jin Kingdom had gone, and the Western Xia and Western Liao came together to carve up the homeland of the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom. β
Xiao Linglong was stunned and held her breath.
Chu Tianya was still calm, "There is no basis for what he said." β
Xiao Ta was a little impatient: "In order to show sincerity, Dashi gave a supreme treasure to Li Qianshun!" β
"What's that?" Xiao Linglong and Chu Tianya asked in unison.
Xiao Ta turned his head to look at Xiao Linglong, "It was lost in Jiashan when you fled...... Heirloom jade seal! β
"Huh?" Xiao Linglong exclaimed, "How did he get the heirloom jade seal?" β
Chu Tianya frowned, "Heirloom jade seal? β
"Yes!" Xiao Ta Buyan said with great certainty, "It is the jade seal carved from the wall of the He family that was passed to Qin Shi Huang." I've seen it with my own eyes, and I can't go wrong! β
"Tianya, do you remember, I mentioned this to you a long time ago." Xiao Linglong said, "At that time, we were not together. Once in the Wonderland of the Sea of Clouds, I told you that if you want to marry me, you have to help me do a few things. One of them is to find a valuable thing that I lost back then--it is, the heirloom jade seal! When the Great Liao Kingdom fell, my father and I followed Emperor Tianzuo and fled to Jiashan. My father was a trusted colt of Emperor Tianzuo, and he was in charge of keeping all the seals and documents of the Great Liao Kingdom when he fled. In the past, before my father's conflict with Dashi, my father probably expected that something would happen to him, so he secretly handed over the jade seal to me for safekeeping, and secretly sent me out of the Tianzuo Emperor Xingyuan in Jiashan. If it weren't for that, I would have probably died in that coup d'Γ©tat, or been captured by Wanyan Zongwang! β
"And in the process of escaping, you lost the jade seal?" Chu Tianya asked.
"Yes." Xiao Linglong's eyebrows tightened, "At that time, the only guards I accompanied were Ada and Anu, and we were chased and intercepted by the Jin soldiers countless times along the way, and Wanyan Zongwang personally led people to chase and kill me for nearly a thousand miles." At that time, our war horses all ran away, and it was Anu who fled to the western foot of Taihang Mountain with me on his back, and then was rescued by Second Brother Jiao. At that time, I was already in a coma, and when I woke up, I found that the jade seal was gone. Unexpectedly, it fell into the hands of Yelu Dashi! β
Chu Tianya nodded thoughtfully, "There have always been many legends about the jade seal of the country. Some people say that the jade seals used by the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are not authentic heirloom jade seals, but are engraved in private. The real heirloom jade seal had disappeared without a trace as early as when Li Congke, the abolished emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, climbed the tower and set himself on fire. There are also rumors that the jade seal was indeed obtained by the Khitans who besieged the Later Tang Dynasty at that time, that is, it fell into the hands of the Liao State. I have seen the jade seal in the hands of the official, and from the appearance, it is very similar to the legendary jade seal of the country, which is said to have been discovered by a farmer during the Zhezong period when he was plowing the field, and then presented to the imperial court. It's really hard to tell which is true and which is false. β
"Tianya, I can tell you for sure, the jade seal of the Liao Kingdom must be true!" Xiao Linglong said with certainty, "Our family is a relatively prosperous branch of the Xiao family in the Liao Kingdom, and our ancestors have produced many horses and generals with outstanding military achievements. Among them, there was an ancestor who was the king of the Southern Courtyard during the period of the Great Liao Daozong, and he made great achievements in the southern and northern expeditions. In order to show his merits and show his trust in him, Emperor Daozong once stored the jade seals directly in the Southern Courtyard, which means that the king of the Southern Courtyard could give orders on behalf of the emperor and drive and mobilize all the soldiers and horses of the Great Liao Kingdom at will - since then, our Xiao family has often been responsible for keeping the jade seals for the emperor of the Great Liao. β
Chu Tianya blinked, "That ancestor of yours can't be called Xiao Feng, right?" β
Xiao Linglong and Xiao Ta were stunned at the same time, "How do you know?" β
Chu Tianya smiled and shook his head, "I've heard of it." β
That's right, this Xiao Feng in Xiao Linglong's mouth, but the prototype of Xiao Feng, the leader of the beggar gang in Jin Yong's novel "Dragon Babu". The real Xiao Feng in history has indeed been the king of the Southern Courtyard, but he may not have been to the Great Song Kingdom in his life.
"King Luoyang, the weight of the jade seal of the country, I think you must know it. Juer Khan gave such an important thing to Li Qianshun, which shows that he is determined to unite with Li Qianshun to deal with you together. Xiao Ta Buyan said, "Their strategy is to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, pretend to ally with you to help you prestige, and let the Great Song and Jin Kingdom fight until the net is broken; Then the two of them sat down to reap the profits and divide the world of the Jin Kingdom and the Great Song Dynasty. β
Chu Tianya was not stunned, smiled indifferently and said, "Why did you suddenly think of telling me this?" Ju'er Khan is your husband, and you were willing to go to the soup for her. How did you change your mind overnight? β
Xiao Ta Buyan took a deep breath, "Women are like this, once they change their minds, they will be vicious to the end." Dashi treats me like a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs, and I can't afford to die for him anymore! - King Luoyang, believe it or not, what I said today is the truth. You must be careful of the Tanguts, who are now pretending to ally with you and agree to send troops, and they may stab you in the dark at any time, or even betray you to the Jurchens when you have the upper hand. Because what they want most is for you to lose both sides, not for you to win big. β
"I see." Chu Tianya nodded lightly, "No matter what, thank you." β
Xiao Linglong was slightly stunned, and didn't know what to say for a while. She knew Chu Tianya too well, and seeing his expression, Xiao Linglong had already guessed in her heart that there was no need for Xiao Ta to remind her that Chu Tianya had already been guarding against the Xixia people.
Xiao Ta didn't know Chu Tianya as well as Xiao Linglong, so her reaction was much more eager, "King Luoyang, you must not take it lightly!" β
"Why, you suddenly care about my life or death?" Chu Tianya asked meaningfully.
Xiao Ta bit his lip without smoke, "Because I know that I will definitely live in the Great Song Dynasty for the rest of my life." Whether you want to or not, I will be like the flying fox, and I will become a grass vine under the protection of your big tree. I don't want a storm and lightning to uproot this tree one day. β
Chu Tianya looked at the sisters left and right, and smiled noncommittally, "This is a big truth. β
Xiao Linglong frowned and showed displeasure, but didn't say much.
"Flying fox, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to rob you of a man. I am very self-aware, and now I have neither the heart nor the guts, nor the qualifications. Xiao Ta sighed, "I just want to ...... Live a few years of peaceful life. Even if it is under the fence, it is better than the cattle and horses that are not as good as surviving. β
"Then you stay!" Chu Tianya continued to lie down to catch his fish, and said casually, "Although I am not too rich, it is no problem to raise one or two more people." Flying fox, please go to your sister for tea, you scared away my fish at length here, where did you get the fresh fish soup at night? β
The "......" sisters were speechless at the same time, so they left silently.
Obviously, Chu Tianya didn't care about the "heavy news" provided by Xiao Ta Buyan. This made her feel very lost. In recent days, Xiao Ta Buyan has tried her best to "make meritorious contributions", but Chu Tianya has always been very cold, and even her own sister Xiao Linglong has expressed her disgust and hostility towards her many times.
Xiao Ta is very disappointed and depressed. She couldn't help but blame Yelu Dashi in the Western Regions for these bad feelings, and she felt a lot of hatred for him in her heart-"If you hadn't instructed me to do these things of roosters and dogs, why would I have ended up in such a situation today?" β
A wave of hatred burned in his heart, and Xiao Ta was a little uncontrollable. Gritting her teeth, she suddenly ran to Chu Tianya's side and said, "King Luoyang, I have one more thing to tell you, you must be very interested." β
Chu Tianya had a piece of grass in his mouth, and turned his head to look at her leisurely, "Let's talk about it." β
Xiao Ta took a deep breath and said, "This prince sent by Yelu Dashi is fake!" He is not my biological son!! β
Chu Tianya's expression froze, and the grass in his mouth was bitten and crushed. Xiao Linglong, who was not far away, raised her eyebrows, and her expression was very shocked.
"Yes, I'm not lying." Xiao Ta said with a straight face, "That's the son born to Dashi and one of her concubines, half a month older than the prince I gave birth to, and he is the eldest son." His mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to him, and he was brought up by me, so he was like a mother and son with me. But it is true that he is not the prince of Western Liao! β
"Two or three-year-old children can pretend to deceive people." Chu Tianya's brows furrowed, "Yelu family, there are really many talents. β
"He's not a liar, he's still so young, he doesn't know anything about the prince." Xiao Ta Buyan said, "Dashi only lied to him and told him to send him to his mother, and he was overjoyed." Before leaving, Dashi also deliberately held a small trick of 'securing the crown prince' at home to deceive the child. Where does this kid know a lot, so he thinks he is the real prince......"
"This Yelu Dashi is really enough for beasts, and his wife and son are all sold for it!" Chu Tianya spit out half of the grass in his mouth to the surface of the water in annoyance, "What does he want?" Did he naively think that with his current strength in the Western Liao Kingdom, he would really be able to recover the Liao Kingdom, or swallow the entire Great Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom? β
"King Luoyang, don't underestimate Dashi." Xiao Ta Buyan said, "When he was guarding Yanshan Mansion, he defeated the Great Song Forbidden Army ten times his own with a city of mourning soldiers; When he escaped from the mountain, he had only a few hundred horsemen under his command. All the way through the northern desert to the Western Regions, he had gathered more than 40,000 men and horses, and even the Uighur king was subdued by him, and won the warm welcome and strong support of the Khitan clan Balasagon at that time, and soon gathered more than 200,000 men and horses under his command, and established the Karakhitan Dynasty in Qierman. Since then, Oishi has been hiding his strength from the outside world and showing himself as a weakling. In fact, the Mongol and Uighur tribes in the steppes as far north as possible, as well as the large and small tribes of the entire Western Regions, including kingdoms like Khorezm, have all submitted to Dashi. He took over the ancient Silk Road and had a very close relationship with the Great Food. His dynasty amassed a great deal of wealth and food in a very short period of time, and he had at least 200,000 elite cavalry under his command. Their combat effectiveness is not at all under the iron harriers of the Western Xia Kingdom - otherwise, do you think that Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, is really a good kind, and he doesn't want to destroy the Western Liao? - He couldn't do it! β
Chu Tianya's heart finally tightened.
Among the words that Xiao Ta Buyan said today, there were indeed some things he hadn't thought of. It only took two or three years for Yelu Dashi to flee to the Western Regions, and he was able to develop to such a point?
But after thinking about it, Chu Tianya began to blame himself for being too proud and underestimating the enemy-I, Chu, was far inferior to Yelu Dashi two or three years ago! Now that I can hold the authority of the Great Song Dynasty, why can't Yelu Dashi dominate the Western Regions?
A thought vaguely rose in Chu Tianya's heart. He felt that sooner or later Yelu Dashi would become his worst enemy. The Xiao Tower in front of him is not smoking, or it is a key to turning the tide.
However, this woman is too good to lie. Every word she says is worthy of careful scrutiny and verification, and it is difficult to be completely convincing.
"I know you can't trust me anymore. But everything I say today is true. Xiao Ta Buyan said very seriously, "Actually, even Li Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom, is not too aware of the true strength of our Western Liao Kingdom. He has sent people to our country more than once to investigate, or tried to disappear from me by means of side-knocking, but all of them have failed. Now Li Qianshun only knows that Yelu Dashi has 30,000 or 40,000 cavalry in his hands, and he has always been short of clothes and materials, at most he can only stick to the territory, and he is absolutely powerless to invade or go on an expedition. In fact, Yelu Dashi is the most dangerous person who hides deeply. Even the Western Xia Kingdom is being used by him. He will sit back with the Western Xia and watch you fight with the Jin Kingdom, and then assist the Western Xia to deal with the victor between the two of you. When the dust is about to settle in the end, it is time for him to strike. At that time, whether it was the Jin Kingdom, the Great Song Dynasty or the Western Xia Dynasty, they were all at the end of the crossbow. Dashi wants to clean up this last opponent, it's as easy as a snap! β
When Xiao Ta was talking without smoke, Xiao Linglong walked over slowly. Hearing this, she let out a long sigh.
Chu Tianya and Xiao Ta looked at her together, "Why are you sighing?" β
"I sighed because I saw him do the same again." Xiao Linglong looked disdainful and disgusted, and shook her head with a scornful smile, "That's how he stirred up trouble between you and my sister at the beginning, making us guess and disgust each other, and then he could be left and right between the two of us." Otherwise, if our sisterhood is deeply united, he will not be able to take advantage of it at all. This despicable and shameless man will always be so insidious and cunning - Tianya, promise me that you will defeat him alive, and hope that I will slap him with a hundred big ears with my own hands! β
Xiao Ta Buyan's face trembled for a while, and then his silver teeth clenched, biting his bones and bones, "I'm going to slap him a hundred too!" β
"Okay, I promise you." Chu Tianya was still so calm, "Now, can you go sit and drink tea?" Otherwise, there really won't be any fresh fish soup to drink tonight. β
"......" The two daughters were stunned at the same time, and left silently again.
Chu Tianya squinted at the buoy on the water and snorted softly.
"Jerod Stone...... Jumping clown! β
"Suzaku."
A black shadow seemed to fall from the sky, "My subordinates are here, what do you command?" β
"You have to arrange two capable and confidant people to go to the Western Regions. Listen, it can't be you in person. Because I can't do without you here. Chu Tianya said.
Suzaku, who was wearing a mask, raised his eyebrows slightly, "Yes." May I ask my lord, what is your business trip to the Western Regions? β
Chu Tianya beckoned, and Suzaku walked to Chu Tianya's side and squatted down, his ears leaning over.
Xiao Ta Buyan, who was not far away, saw it and said suspiciously: "This should be a woman, right?" Why is she covered with a large black cloak that covers all her skin, and she also wears a strange and terrifying face on her face? Is she ugly and scary? β
"Not only is she not ugly, but she is stunningly beautiful." Xiao Linglong said lightly while drinking tea, "She is much more beautiful than me." β
Xiao Ta was stunned for a moment, "More beautiful than you?" β
"Yes, my lord! Subordinates go and arrange it immediately! After listening to Chu Tianya's whispered command, Suzaku stood up solemnly and hugged his fists in agreement.
Chu Tianya looked up at her, nodded with a smile, and said, "Come and drink and eat with me in the evening." The fish I caught, boiled fresh fish soup. β
Suzaku subconsciously glanced at Xiao Linglong's side, looked at the pitifully small little bucket, and the pitiful little fish in the bucket, and shook his head, "My subordinates don't dare." β
"You're clearly looking down on me, aren't you?" Chu Tianya was a little annoyed, "Let's see, I must catch two big fish and boil soup to drink!" β
Suzaku smiled.
She was wearing a mask, but Chu Tianya clearly felt her smile.
Then the black figure swept past Chu Tianya like a wind. The sword was unsheathed, the cold light lit up on the water, and the black shadow swept to the other side of the pond, and a golden carp more than three feet long was already pierced on her sword.
"Now there is." Suzaku said to the other side of the small pond, "My lord, if it's not enough, my subordinates can come again." β
"No need." Chu Tianya smacked his lips stupidly, and then muttered in a low voice, "What's the point of being hung up like you?" What a disappointment! β