Chapter 187: Before the Wind and Waves
The next day, Yanjing was like the sea with a storm coming, everything was so calm. The Liao soldiers on the street were still patrolling as if they had been in the past, and the people in the north and south courtyards greeted each other in a friendly manner. Even above the court, Yelu Zongyuan and Yelu Renxian did not quarrel anymore.
They don't quarrel because they're all tired of arguing, and they're waiting for another way to settle the dispute. In the calm on the surface, both sides could already hear the other drawing their swords.
In the palace of the king of the southern courtyard, a group of convinced people stood on both sides, and Chen Yuan was now ranked first on the left hand here, which showed the importance that Yelu Zongyuan valued him. It is precisely because of the weight of the weapon that he wants to kill him.
Yelu Zongyuan looked at everyone and said, "Shimei, you did a very good job of killing those party members last time!" This not only made Yeluren feel the pressure of having to make a move first, but also made him unable to find a suitable person to make a move now! Those party assassins were all wiped out, and that old man can only rely on the elite of the North Courtyard now, how can he hide from me with every move? β
Yelu Ne followed and said: "In the past few days, Yelu Ren has been very low-key in the court, looking powerless to turn the tide, but he is very similar. β
One of the generals slammed the table and stood up, cursing, "We will definitely break him to pieces this time." β
This sentence immediately resonated with a room of people, and everyone expressed their stance that they would fight to the death with the people in the North Courtyard!
Yelu Zongyuan was very satisfied with the attitude of these people, swept everyone with a smile, and finally found that Chen Yuan's eyebrows were tightly locked, and he couldn't help asking, "Shimei, is there any other problem?" β
Chen Yuan replied: "We seem to have ignored Li Yuanhao. β
Yelu Zongyuan nodded: "Well, I heard that Li Yuanhao accompanied the princess to seek Buddha, did he want to avoid this dispute?" After all, the men and horses he brought this time suffered heavy losses. β
Yelune grunted: "Very likely, if he really knows him like this, we will go back and release those people and return him, and we will also plan for the future." β
After saying this, Chen Yuan knew that Song Qi's trip was really a failure, before Song Qi came to Liao, Yelu Nie Gulu was still a Liao general who advocated the use of troops against the party, and now his attitude has changed at this point.
Chen Yuan couldn't figure out what Li Yuanhao would do, if he really cooperated with Yelu Renxian's plan, then he would be too stupid! But people like Li Yuanhao will never give up easily, what are his plans?
Yelu Zongyuan said at this time: "Regardless of him, after the Ming Dynasty retreats, the emperor will personally take the princess and Li Yuanhao to ask for Buddha, after they go out of the city, they will stay in the temple for one night, and they can only come back the next morning, this period of time is enough for us to kill Yelu Renxian first." β
Chen Yuan's face couldn't help but change, and he said that Liao Xingzong would also go? So will Li Yuanhao pay any attention to Liao Xingzong?
Then he immediately denied this idea in his heart, the alliance between the Liao State and the party has been formed, if Li Yuanhao kills Liao Xingzong, it will be tantamount to helping Song Qi do things well. The current party is still weak, and I don't think he will be stupid enough to provoke such an opponent as Liao when he is not recognized by the Song Dynasty.
A flash of inspiration suddenly occurred in his mind, this was the best way to destroy their alliance, and he could clearly know the foothold of Li Yuanhao and Liao Xingzong through Yelu Ling, as well as the deployment of troops around them.
What if someone was sent to assassinate Liao Xingzong and then blamed Li Yuanhao? Good way! It's just that if you kill Liao Xingzong Yelu Ling, will you be sad? Chen Yuanmeng shook off this idea, some things can't be considered too much, if the alliance between the Liao State and the party is successful, there will be many innocent people in the Song Dynasty who are sad!
Moreover, the Liao State is in a critical moment of the transformation of the times, whether the law is changed or not directly determines whether the Liao State can be rich and strong, as long as Liao Xingzong dies, the energy of the Liao State will inevitably involve the war and the struggle for power, and their national strength will not be able to surpass the Great Song Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan asked in a deep voice: "King, how should we deal with it?" β
Yelu Zongyuan laughed: "Ming said that after the emperor and the princess leave the city, the people from the North Courtyard will come to attack us, and I will guard here at that time." Lao Jiu, you take people to attack the armory of the North Courtyard, Yelu Biru! β
Jerobar stood up as if he were busy: "Yes! β
Yelu Zongyuan said: "After the prince attacks the armory of the North Courtyard, they will inevitably go to reinforcements, I will give you a thousand men and horses to cooperate with Chen Shimei to attack the Great King's Mansion of the North Courtyard!" β
"Yes!"
Yelu Zongyuan paused and continued: "The key point of this operation is whether you can kill Yelu Renxian father and son, when you go, someone will open the gate for you, as long as you kill their father and son, you can find the Great Seal of the North Courtyard, remember, if we find the Great Seal, we can control all the people in the North Courtyard." β
Chen Yuandao: "Don't worry, the king is digging three feet into the ground, and we will also find out the big seal." It's just that what kind of crime is appropriate to give Yeluren first? β
Yelu Zongyuan smiled yinyin: "Let's rebel, the emperor will come back, let's say that we are a rebellion." β
Yelu Gollum raised an objection: "Father, Yelu Ren is desperate this time, and the people who are transferred to attack the palace are all elite people, so it is better for the children to stay here and let others go to the armory." β
Yelu Zongyuan waved his hand: "The North Courtyard Armory can not only support them to continue fighting, but the terrain alone is the most dangerous place in the entire Yanjing. You remember, be sure to hit it as fast as you can! β
Yelune didn't say anything more, and took a step back to receive the order: "Father, don't worry! After the child has laid down the armory, he will immediately return to support his father! β
Yelu Zongyuan smiled: "Good fighter, fight wits but not strength, instead of coming back to fight with the enemy, if you go to help Shimei attack and kill Yelu Renxian, as long as you hit this snake head, the whole snake will die!" β
Chen Yuan's heart was shocked, Yelu Nie Gulu was also going to fight the Great King's Mansion in the North Courtyard? This is really unexpected, after he goes, he will have no way to control the troops of the Southern Courtyard, and there will be no way to assist Yelu Hongji to control the people of the Northern Courtyard! And after the arrival of Jermane's Gollum, his life may end there.
Chen Yuan was even anxious in his heart, if this was really the case, he could only knock down the mansion of the Great King of the North Courtyard before Yelu Gurglu came! However, it may be very difficult for you to take down the Great King Mansion of the North Courtyard with a thousand people on your side.
Yelu Zongyuan's eyes swept over everyone: "Okay, let's go back and prepare." β
Yelu Gurr suddenly said at this time: "Brother Chen, Ming said that my father is extremely dangerous here, can Mr. Pang come over to protect my father?" β
After hearing this, Chen Yuan scolded secretly in his heart: "This kid seems to be determined to kill himself!" β
You must know that Yelu Gollum has not seen Yang Wenguang rob until now, thinking that Pang Xi is the highest martial artist among several people, and if he is transferred, if he wants to kill Chen Yuan, Amuda can't stop it at all!
Chen Yuan's face did not change: "Okay, it's just that Mr. Pang is a person from the Taishi, this time he is just here to help me take care of the business, responsible for letting me get to know Xiao Suli, I have to go back and talk to him kindly, the ninth prince can rest assured, I will definitely say that he is coming." β
After Chen Yuan and the rest of the people from the Southern Courtyard left, only Yelu Zongyuan's father and son were left in the house. Yelune Gollum was still very worried about his father's safety: "Father, I will stay here for you tomorrow." β
The confident smile on Yelu Zongyuan's face all disappeared, and his eyes looked at the ground: "What you have to do tomorrow is very important. β
Yelu Ne's eyes rolled: "Father means, kill Chen Shimei?" β
Yelu Zongyuan nodded: "Well, there is no time to delay. To be honest, I always felt that something was wrong, just now all of you, only Chen Shimei thought about what Li Yuanhao was going to do, including you, and you didn't think about it. Alas, this may be the key to our victory. β
Yelu Gollum still believed in his own judgment: "Father, Li Yuanhao and those people have been killed by us, he will take people to worship the Buddha tomorrow, if he can't doppelgΓ€nger, what can he do?" I wondered, did he really want to stay out of it? β
Yelu Zongyuan snorted lightly: "Confused! If Li Yuanhao stayed out of the matter, then if Ye Luren didn't have this foreign aid first, how could he dare to come to fight us? This old man has always been calm in his work, and this time he must have felt that he was at least seven points sure that he would be so vicious. I still haven't figured out where he came from! β
This was reasonable, and Jermane couldn't find a reason to refute it, and whispered, "Then why did my father say that he did it too?" β
Yelu Zongyuan said eight words: "The arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent." β
As soon as the eight words fell, Jerubar came in from outside: "Great king! After Chen Shimei left, she went to the palace and asked to see the prince. β
Yelu Zongyuan's eyes were cold: "Look for death!" β
"Chen Shimei, the queen mother told me everything, and said that I would lead the troops to the palace of the king of the North Courtyard to quell the rebellion, this is the queen mother gave me a chance, and even my father and the emperor don't know!" Yelu Hongji's expression was very excited.
Chen Yuan said indifferently: "Congratulations to the prince, I will definitely fully cooperate with the prince." β
Yelu Hongji stopped in front of a pillar, and the whole person quickly circled around the pillar: "You know, I didn't know much about it, but when I heard the queen mother say that you helped me, I immediately felt that this thing would definitely succeed!" β
Chen Yuan chuckled: "Thank you for looking at me so much." β
Yelu Hongji stood still and shook twice in front of Chen Yuan: "By the way, let Brother Tongwen help me, he is good at leading the soldiers in the war." β
Chen Yuan's heart was awe-inspiring: "Prince, is this what you mean, or is this what the queen means?" β
Yelu Hongji waved his hand: "Is there a difference?" Is it that if I mean it, you won't let him help me? Then I'll go and ask the queen mother now. β
This sentence has fully answered Chen Yuan, if Yelu Hongji means it, it will be simple, he doesn't want Xiao Tali to know the existence of Tong Wen, so he hurriedly stopped Yelu Hongji at the moment: "Hey, the prince misunderstood, I just said it casually." β
Yelu Hongji stopped his figure and turned to look at Chen Yuan: "There is one more thing, what are you and my sister going to do?" β
He obviously heard everything that night, and Chen Yuan didn't deny it, just smiled bitterly: "What does the prince think I should do?" β
Yelu Hongji lightly punched Chen Yuan: "I know I still ask you!" Anyway, Chen Shimei, let me tell you, I really treat you as a friend, and I can forgive you for everything, but don't bully my sister! β
(To be continued)