General Nine knew that his niece Bing Xue was smart and splendid, and his eldest brother often said that the most regrettable thing in this life was that this daughter was not a man, so he also attached great importance to this niece, otherwise he would not ask her when he had doubts.

Hearing her say this at this time, General Jiu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he smiled and said: "Hehe, Xiao Wu, I know that you are very alert, ten times stronger than your brothers, ah no, a hundred times." Tell me, who is the Assassin? What is the intent? ”

The girl raised a finger and said: "Uncle Jiu, although the nomadic tribes worship the steppe wolf, but the tattoos are different, the Khitan tribes tattoo the wolf head on the wrist, only the nobles surnamed Xiao, and the surname Xiao is also the second largest tribe in the northern country after the surname Yelu. ”

The ninth general bowed his head and said: "I know this, but the wolf head tattooed on the wrist, and the nobles of at least three tribes in the western tribes are the same, and among these major tribes, the most unlikely to provoke us now is the Khitan Xiao clan, because the Xiao clan is to protect Ye Luxian, the Khitan tribes assassinated Xiao Siwen, that is, to get rid of Ye Luxian's most powerful arm, Xiao Siwen is dead, the Xiao family is now in danger, their top priority is to protect Ye Luxian's emperor, how can they have the leisure to assassinate Xiao Cheng and attack me Guangyuan?" ”

The girl blinked and smiled: "Originally, I thought the same way, so the first thing I thought of was the Xiao family, and the first one I excluded was the Xiao family, but the name that Ding Hao said when he left still made me suspicious of the Xiao family." ”

"Name?" Cheng Shixiong frowned slightly: "That is the name called Yanyan?" ”

The girl smiled lightly and said, "Yes, the assassin is a young woman, and she was accompanied by two nobles surnamed Xiao, so ...... I boldly guessed that Ding Hao should have misheard, that person was not called 'Yanyan', but 'Yanyan'"

Her eyes lit up, and she said word for word: "Xiao, Yan, Yan!" ”

Cheng Shixiong said curiously: "Who is Xiao Yanyan? ”

General Nine also looked at the girl in confusion, and the girl smiled faintly and said, "Which other Xiao Yanyan, of course, is Xiao Yanyan, who is about to become the queen of Khitan." ”

"What?" Cheng Shixiong was taken aback, and General Nine was already surprised: "Queen of the Northern Kingdom, do you mean Xiao Siwen's daughter?" I heard that Xiao Siwen supported Yeluqi as the emperor, and Yeluqi reciprocated the favor, promoted him to Shangshuling, crowned the king of Wei, and made his daughter the queen, and he was going to marry into the palace soon. However, isn't the new queen who is about to enter the palace called Xiao Xuan? ”

The girl said: "So, we women like to inquire and like to remember things, which are not quite the same as your men, you only know her name Xiao Xuan, but you don't know that her maiden name is Yan Yan, her big name is only used in the edict and official documents, usually her family and even ordinary northerners call her Xiao Yanyan." ”

"Is that so?" General Nine said in disbelief: "But...... She is about to become the Khitan queen, with the body of the queen's daughter, how could she personally carry out the assassination? ”

The folded girl smiled and said, "If Ye Luxian falls, what else will she do?" At that time, I am afraid that the entire Xiao family will become slaves and maids of other clans, and she, as the pre-ordained queen, is even more dead and alive, and it has become a delusion to be a female slave. At the critical moment of life and death for the whole family, are you still reluctant to fight? ”

The ninth general muttered: "How can it be ......, no matter how critical the situation is, she is finally the queen's honor......" He fixed his mind and said: "Not to mention, even if that person is Xiao Yanyan, she is now too busy to take care of herself, and she wants to help Bao Ye Luxian consolidate the throne is still not enough, how can she come to Guangyuan for no reason?" ”

The girl jumped down from the tiger skin chair, made a grimace at her ninth uncle, and said with a clever smile: "How do I know, maybe it's because Ye Luxian is going to be finished, and the Xiao family is also going to be finished, and that Xiao girl can't be the queen, so she is crazy, and she wants to come to my Guangyuan to cause some trouble, provoke you to send troops to the ninth general, and wipe out all the Khitan people."

"Fifth son, where are you going?"

"I'll just go around, you're busy with yours."

Cheng Shixiong said nervously: "Fifth Prince, the assassin has not been caught yet, you must not move around at will, if the Fifth Prince is injured, it will kill Lao Cheng's head, and it will be too late." ”

The girl smiled: "Don't worry, this group of assassins is not in me, and they won't know me, you better study the ins and outs of that group of assassins." ”

The girl got up and walked out, Cheng Shixiong couldn't rest assured, and hurriedly gave his subordinates a look, and the eight big men immediately chased out.

"Ahh I understand! General Nine didn't seem to care about the girl's random movement, when she left, General Nine had already walked to Cheng Shixiong's tiger skin chair and sat down, and the girl had just gone out, but he patted the book case and stood up all of a sudden.

Cheng Shixiong hurriedly asked, "General Nine, what have you figured out?" ”

General Nine laughed and said, "I've figured out the purpose of their coming south. ”

"Oh? General Nine, please speak quickly. ”

General Nine said: "Now that there is civil strife in the north, it is a great opportunity for us. I came this time, on the one hand, to congratulate Lingtang on his birthday, and on the other hand, my brother received your letter and asked me to see for myself whether there is a need to expand the official warehouse. But the most important point is to know if there is a chance to take advantage of the civil strife in the north and have no time to look south, and send troops to annihilate the remnants of the Northern Han Kingdom.

We already have the intention of going on a northern expedition, if the northerners assassinate you, and then leave enough evidence to point directly at a certain Khitan clan, my Fold clan has no choice, and it is bound to send troops to conscript. Now that Xiao Siwen has been assassinated, Emperor Yeluxian's position is unstable, and the Khitan tribes have their own ambitions, but as long as we send troops north, it will be to relieve Yeluxian's siege. At present, the northerners must first defend against foreign enemies, so Yeluxian, a ready-made emperor, will stand firm, and when he leads all the troops to repel our army, he will also sit firmly in the position of chieftain. ”

Cheng Shixiong frowned, thought about it, and the ninth general walked around the White Tiger Hall with his hands behind his back, and said to himself: "Yeluxian is Xiao Siwen's support for the throne, he has just ascended the throne, there is no foundation, Xiao Siwen is dead, there are very few people under his command who can be reused, and even fewer credible people, and the person who can take on such a heavy responsibility must be someone close to him." But in any case, there is no need for the Xiao family to personally take risks as the queen, and she will never go south in person just for the assassination, this is really a difficult place, what is her purpose? ”

General Nine lingered for a long time, suddenly stood up, looked at Cheng Shixiong, and said with blazing eyes: "Xiao Cheng, you immediately give an order to strengthen the vigilance of Guangyuan City and the investigation of strangers, and at the same time send a small force of cavalry to search the mountains and rivers near Guangyuan. ”

Cheng Shixiong said with understanding: "General Nine is talking ......"

General Nine said in a deep voice: "Now I just temporarily believe Xiao Wu'er's words, follow her thoughts to do this analysis, and go to check and say, be careful!" ”

"Yes!";