The person who was called General Xiao by Yelu Laogu heard that Li Dang was the deputy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, so he drilled out his entire head, he looked Li Dang up and down, and asked Yelu Laogu: "Is it really Li Shilang of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Before Yelu Laogu could answer, Li Dare stepped forward and said, "It's like a fake!" ”

That General Xiao saw that Li Dang spoke fluent Central Plains official dialect, and saw Li Dang's extraordinary bearing, he believed it a little in his heart, he pondered for a moment, and said: "A certain is Xiao Jiujiu, the envoy of the Liaoxing Army of the Great Liao State, since Li Shilang is here, please go to the house to talk about it." ”

Li Dang followed Yelu Laogu and Xiao Jiujiu into the courtyard, and he found that there were thick ice blocks on the low walls around the courtyard, and at a glance, he knew that someone had deliberately poured water on them. Xiao Jiujiu was dressed as a hunter, and a few discarded old hunting equipment were randomly placed in the narrow courtyard of this dilapidated house, and some air-dried prey were hung under the eaves.

Bypassing a small barrier, we reached the inner room, where there was no door panel, only a black curtain hung on the lintel, and when the black curtain was lifted, there was a long stone kang inside, and there was no one else in it except a soldier with a machete in his hand.

Xiao Jiujiu beckoned Li Kang to sit on the kang, poured Li Kang a glass of millet wine, and said: "The conditions of my Great Liao Kingdom are vulgar, so I can only use this kind of inferior wine to entertain Li Shilang!" ”

Li Dang smiled and said: "No matter how vulgar this Great Liao Kingdom is, it will not be like this, General Xiao is a festival envoy, but he is in such distress, he must have encountered some trouble." Li Dare guessed that something big must have happened between the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State, so Xiao Jiujiu had to hide here.

Xiao Jiujiu frowned, dusting off the snowflakes on his hunter's costume with his hand, he knew that he couldn't hide it from Li Kang, so he nodded and said: "It is indeed because he was hunted down by the enemy that he wanted to hide here incognito, which made Li Shilang smile." ”

Li dared to say: "What kind of enemy actually forced the majestic General Xiao to become a hunter? He obviously didn't believe Xiao Jiujiu's words, and he didn't hide his skepticism.

Xiao Jiujiu was speechless. After pondering for a long time, he said: "It is true that the enemy is too fierce and too strong!" ”

Li Dang nodded and said, "General Xiao's enemy is indeed terrifying, and he actually forced the Great Liao Emperor and the imperial grandson to disappear without a trace!" He thought in his heart that he hadn't seen Yelu Hongji in the past few days when he came to Shangjing, and it must have something to do with what happened in Shangjing.

Xiao Jiujiu was stunned for a moment, and exclaimed: "Li Shilang, what nonsense are you talking about?" ”

Yelu Laogu on the side was also shocked and asked, "Could it be that Li Shilang already knows something?" ”

Xiao Jiujiu hurriedly said again: "General Yelu, what nonsense are you talking about?" He thought that Yelu Laogu had said something that he shouldn't have said, and he had just said that. Didn't that admit to Li Dare that something had happened to his Great Liao Emperor?

Li Dare smiled and said: "The two generals don't need to panic, in fact, Li doesn't know much, but since Li arrived in Shangjing, there is a strange atmosphere in Shangjing, how can Li not doubt whether he is a three-year-old child?" Since the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Liao are now brothers, Li was ordered to send an envoy to the Great Liao this time, and he should solve problems for the Great Liao Emperor, so if the emperor of your country encounters any trouble. The two of them can explain to Li and make it clear. ”

From the contact with Xiao Jiujiu and Yelu Laogu just now, Li Dang found that these two people still respected Yelu Hongji verbally, so he guessed that they should belong to the royalist faction. At the same time, he could see from the difficult situation of Xiao Jiujiu and the others that the situation of the Great Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji would definitely not be too good now.

Xiao Jiujiu was still worried, and he smiled: "My Great Liao Emperor Wen Tao is martial and famous, what difficulties will I encounter?" ”

Li Dang sneered: "If a monarch can't even protect his own ministers. It must be that he is in some trouble, and Li dares to guarantee that this trouble must be not small! ”

Yelu Laogu and Xiao Jiujiu looked at each other. They don't understand how this Li Kang had just arrived in Beijing and how he guessed that something had happened to Yelu Hongji.

The doubts and embarrassment on the faces of the two people could not escape Li Kang's eyes, he stood up, his eyes scanned the room, and finally fixed on the long stone couch, and said: "There should be some important people hidden in this room, why didn't the two generals introduce Li to him?" The reason why Li Dang concluded that there were important mysterious people in the room was because he found that the house was heavily guarded, and Xiao Jiujiu and the old man Yelu Laogu were both cautious, as if they were deeply afraid that Li Kang would find something.

Although Xiao Jiujiu and Yelu Laogu tried their best to hide it, Li Dang was a very curious person, and from the moment he entered the door, he thought that there were still some mysterious characters hidden in these houses, so he naturally had to inquire carefully and not miss a clue.

Li Dang found that in addition to the inner room, there were several side rooms, the room was not big, and it was faintly full of Liao soldiers, if there were any important people, it was impossible to hide in the side room, but it was very likely to hide in some dark room or secret passage. His eyes were fixed on the unusually long collapse, obviously thinking that there was something else in the bottom of it. Because Li Dang had sat on this long collapse just now, he found that the eastern section of this long collapse was hot, while the western section was icy and cold, so he suspected that there was probably a secret passage at the west end of the long collapse.

Xiao Jiujiu and Yelu Laogu found that Li Dang's gaze did not leave the long collapse, and the two of them suddenly became nervous in their hearts, because as Li Dang expected, there was a long secret passage under this long collapse.

Li Dare saw the crampedness and uneasiness of the two, and he was even more sure that what he expected was not bad, he smiled and said: "Otherwise, the general will go in first to report it, and say that the Great Song Dynasty envoy Li Dare wants to see him." Li Dang concluded that if it wasn't Yelu Hongji, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, who was hiding in this dark room, he must be a very important person.

Yelu Laogu and Xiao Jiujiu are both military generals, and they usually gallop on the battlefield, and they are fearless in the bloody military camp, but they are not good at fighting wisdom with others face-to-face.

Yelu Laogu was the most breathless, and he said: "Li Shilang is really good at joking, this house is so cramped, where can there be others." ”

Li Dang did not show weakness, he said: "It is precisely because this house is cramped that there is such a long stone couch, don't you think it's strange, in fact, you can rest assured, Li Mou originally came to pay homage to Liao Jun this time." "His meaning is very clear, no matter what happens in the Liao Kingdom, he will never betray Yelu Hongji. (To be continued......)