Chapter 234 Two Hands

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"Destroy the family to win"!

These four words echoed in Sang Weihan's head.

At this time, he was walking on the road to the palace, in the past few months, no one was willing to take the initiative to approach the angry Shi Jingjiao, not even Sang Weihan, if he was accidentally hacked to death by the angry Shi Jingjiao, who would be pitiful?

This time, Sang Weihan made a lot of determination, so he mustered up his spirit to ask for a meeting outside the palace, and all he thought about along the way was Han Deshu's words.

Destroy the family and win! The cost is too great, and the risk is too great. Although, Han Deshu's words are reasonable, the relationship between Da Liao and Shi Jin is indeed close to the cold of lips and teeth, but it is very difficult to impress Shi Jingjiao to make such a heavy decision just by relying on this abstract rhetoric, at least, it is difficult to understand it when the court is arguing, when Shi Jingjiao has just raised troops and the whole person is in a state of heroic struggle, he may be able to take action resolutely, and now Shi Jingjiao's whole heart has become decrepit and tired, and he needs to be moved again, It's hard to just say that you're dead.

Fortunately, Han Deshu seemed to be very sympathetic to Sang Weihan's difficulties, and even proposed another one with heavy dΓ  demagogic power!

As soon as he thought of this, Sang Weihan trembled with excitement. He never expected that Da Liao would do this, which was absolutely unthinkable a year ago.

Da Liao, who has just rebuilt the country's name, seems to be acting very differently from the past. How incredible it is that the liger is willing to give up its prey that is already under its claws, and the crow is willing to let go of the carrion in its mouth. But since he was born, Sang Weihan must grasp it well. Because once this thing is done, it is not just as simple as maintaining the glory and wealth of Sang Weihan for the rest of his life, and if it is done well, it may even reverse his reputation in Shilin and wash away the stain on his history - and this matter, Sang Weihan thought that it was absolutely impossible. I didn't expect the Khitan to send such a big gift - not only for Shi Jingjiao, but also for himself!

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Shi Jingjiao sat in the side hall with a blank gaze on his increasingly cumbersome belly, with two huge breasts and beauties crawling on both sides, and the two pools next to him that were two square feet deep were filled with fine wine, and flowers were sprinkled on them. There are also gnomes lurking in places that cannot be seen by the eye, playing beautiful sounds. Two girls from the Western Regions dance to the music.

The whole hall was full of alcohol, Sang Weihan had only come in for a while, and he was almost drunk, not to mention Shi Jingjiao, who had been in it, was even more confused, not knowing whether he was drunk or awake.

After the beginning of spring, Luoyang's embarrassed finances quickly improved.

The Silk Silk Road has been restarted in the past few years, and business travelers from Central Asia, West Asia and India have been traveling to the Central Plains, and goods from the Central Plains are also being transported to the Western Regions, which is a comprehensive restart after the Tang Dynasty was cut off. The various regions of the East and the West, which were connected by the Silk Road, were enthusiastic about it.

In ancient times, the business travel cycle was usually calculated in years, and such cross-country business activities were to be carried out in a cycle of three or five years, and it usually took more than a year to pass on to India when there was consumption ** in the Central Plains, and it would take more than a year for India to digest the demand here, and to order, collect and transport the goods, and it would take another year or two. Therefore, most of the business trips that arrived in the Central Plains last year were prepared from the place more than a year or even two or three years ago. After a certain distance of freight, it is sold to a middleman. Sell to a middleman, sell to a middleman......

This is an economic chain that is one ring after another, one ring after another, and the Ganlong and Guanzhong regions were completely interrupted last year because of the war, but the latter links are still being pushed forward by inertia. As a result, this year, the business that was interrupted because of last year's war exploded, and the consumption ** in the Central Plains that was in a state of hunger and thirst because of the war is also about to be satisfied. The merchants even tried to enter the Liao Kingdom, which was still at war in the north, and it is conceivable that the merchants would let Shi Jin, who had now signed a peace agreement with Tiance, the Central Plains, the richest region in the world despite the chaos, let it go.

Business operates differently than agriculture, and you don't have to look at the time of day. Sometimes, natural disasters are the catalyst for business prosperity.

When the snow first melted, merchants arrived in Luoyang with goods from the Western Regions, all of whom knew the way of doing business, and had overcome various obstacles along the way through bribery and other means. So in the market in Luoyang, there was a small high tide, they brought carpets, glass, coral, wine, horses and even beauties from the Western Regions, to meet the needs of the wealthy people in Luoyang, and at the same time purchased a large number of silk, porcelain, pearls, books and other Chinese special products accumulated in most of the last year, these things are shipped to the Ganlong area will have several times the profit, if you can successfully reach Central Asia, there will be 20 times the profit, to India there will be 580 times the profit, to Europe there will be 100 times!

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At this moment, the beauties of the Western Regions around Shi Jingjiao, the wine pool filled with wine, and the musical dwarfs hiding in the shadows are all just shipped after the beginning of spring, Guanzhong is in semi-starvation, and the farmers in the Central Plains are not having a good time, but this does not prevent the wealthy families in Luoyang and Chengdu from continuing to be drunk and dreaming of death, and the production in the Central Plains can also allow Shi Jingjiao to live an incomparably luxurious life.

Entering this side hall, there is absolutely no chaos after the war, but it will give people the illusion that it is a scene that is ripe in the last years of the reign.

Seeing this, Sang Weihan suddenly had an idea: if he and Tiance can balance power and let the peace continue, it is actually not bad. What about the split between East and West? The goods are more valuable when they are divided, and the more business is developed, the more money they have.

Still, he knew it wasn't possible. The Chinese do not allow splitting, whether it is the Han people inherent in the Central Plains, or the Hu people who have been Sinicized, and even the Hu Han people, there is a rather stubborn concept of great unification.

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Shi Jingjiao, whose trouser legs were rolled up and most of his chest was exposed, raised his head, his eyes were blank and his skin was pale, which were all symptoms of excessive wine.

"Something."

For Sang Weihan, he didn't have the same respect for Feng Dao as he did, but he didn't hate Feng Dao like he did. This is the one dog he has raised. At some point, Sang Weihan would also join him at a drunken banquet out of shape, so the psychological distance between the two was closer.

Because the matter to be played today was too important, Sang Weihan wore a formal official robe that was incompatible with the vision in front of him, and knelt down on the ground with wine with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Great Liao has entered Beijing." Asking to see His Majesty, the minister came to play. ”

"Great Liao Envoy...... Haven't you already seen that young man? ”

"Previously, it was Chaoyi, but this time, the envoy of Da Liao begged His Majesty to meet again."

"Well, is it necessary?" Shi Jingjiao's attitude was a little cold. Several times of cooperation with the Khitans, although he got on the throne of the emperor, but also made him bear the infamy of the ages, even if he is not dead, Shi Jingjiao also understands it in his heart.

In fact, he is also a generation of heroes, and he didn't have the idea of being famous and danqing in his heart, and he also deceived himself and told himself: Even Tang Taizong had done the things of the alliance under the city, but later as soon as the shame was washed, didn't the world care about his weakness in front of the Turks?

But last year's battle in Guanzhong shattered his dreams. He knew that the opportunity to unify the Han and wash away his notoriety would never be there. Even this emperor is doing it one day at a time.

"Your Majesty, this time it is indeed an important matter!" Sang Weihan has never been a loyal minister who is outspoken, but this time he rarely made strong words: "Please retreat from everyone, and the minister has something important to play." ”

Probably because he has been a little drunk in the past few days, Shi Jingjiao waved his hand, he is not like Tang Xuanzong who is obsessed with Yang Guifei, "** The bitter and short days are high, and the king will not be early from now on." The reason why he is addicted to alcohol is more of a self-escape.

Sang Weihan stepped forward. personally washed a hot towel and covered Shi Jingjiao's face to make him sober, and then said: "Da Liao sent an envoy this time in the hope that we can send troops to contain the Khitan, and don't let Zhang Mai take advantage of the situation to push them to the road of no return!" ”

Shi Jingjiao smiled. Said: "Send troops? Do we still have food and grass to send troops? ”

Money and grain money and grain, the two words are often linked together, but they are not completely equal, this month Luoyang's finances are a little more relaxed, but sometimes money may not be able to buy food. Especially at times like these. Money is cheap and grain is expensive, not only can it not be bought with money, but once the news of the war is renewed, doumi can climb above 100 wen, and if you have to rely on silver money to buy grain, Luoyang's finances will have to go bankrupt on the spot.

"Naturally, it is extremely difficult to send troops at this time." Sang Weihan said: "But with my foundation in the Central Plains, I may not be unable to fight if I search the world exhaustively." ”

Shi Jingjiao sneered: "Searching the world, that's drinking to quench your thirst!" Doing so can drag Tiance to keep the Khitan, but what good is it for us? ”

"Your Majesty, now Zhang Mai's wolf ambition and the heart of devouring the world are well known to everyone! The reason why it did not have troops in the east and west for a while was due to the containment of the Great Liao in the north. Da Liao and my Da Jin are now like lips and teeth, lips are dead and teeth are cold, so Da Liao can't help but save it. ”

Shi Jingjiao's eyes were cold: "Are you now my courtier, or Yelu Deguang's courtier!" ”

Sang Weihan was so frightened that he knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty, why did you say this, why did you say this!" ”

"You don't need to repeat this rhetoric here!" As soon as Shi Jingjiao moved his brain, he became more and more sober, and sneered: "Don't think I don't know Yelu Deguang's thoughts, he just wants me to rush up now and pull Zhang Mai's hind legs, but I don't want the current Zhang Mai to be a mad dog, his teeth are exposed, he will definitely bite people, as for who to bite first, it is just a matter of order." Now Zhang Mai obviously wants to bite Yelu Deguang first, I forced myself to come up, is it to force Zhang Mai to change his mind? ”

Although his words are vulgar, if Zhang Mai and Yelu Deguang were here, they would definitely be surprised by Shi Jingjiao's "wisdom and wisdom".

I have to say that Shi Jingjiao is certainly a traitor, but his vision is sharp and his thinking is deep, and he is also a first-class figure at that time, otherwise he would not be able to sit on the throne of the emperor. Yelu Deguang sent an envoy, and Shi Jingjiao was able to gain insight into Yelu Deguang's plan before he even had a detailed discussion with the envoy.

Shi Jingjiao is not unaware of the current situation in the world, but sometimes knowing does not mean that he can understand, understanding does not mean that he can understand it, and understanding it does not mean that he can change it. People have their own helplessness and limitations, and they will make their own choices. Zhang Mai wants to destroy the Khitan first, and then go down to the Central Plains, Shi Jingjiao is not unclear, he did not make a big move to delay Zhang Mai during this time, but he also has his own reasons for not doing it.

"Your Majesty is wise! The ministers are difficult to deal with, but this time the Liao envoy asked for help, and he also came with sincerity. ”

"Oh, what sincerity?"

"Lord Liao promises that if we can rejuvenate the righteous division, we will fight the heavenly strategy together. They, they ......" Sang Weihan looked excited: "The Liao lord is willing to return the sixteen states of Yanyun." ”

"What!"

Shi Jingjiao shrugged and stood up! In an instant, the wine was exhausted, and the true colors of the heroes of the troubled times were restored!

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Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, this is Shi Jingjiao's biggest heart disease, if it can be recovered. Then it is possible to make up for all the damage he has suffered in the past, which is not just a border, but affects the military and people's hearts of the entire Shi Jin Dynasty and the legitimacy of Shi Jingjiao's power.

Even after the Battle of Guanzhong, when the Khitan was defeated and retreated, Shi Jingjiao had the idea of taking the opportunity to take back Yanyun, although the Central Plains could not start a large-scale war now, but when Huairen County started, if a partial division was sent from Hedong and Hebei. If you go north, you may be able to expel the Khitan and restore your homeland without a fierce battle. But Shi Jingjiao didn't do this, because there was huge pressure from the Tiance Tang Army, and if he still competed with Yelude Guang Mussel Crane at this time, it would only make Zhang Mai sit and make a profit. When the Taiyuan guards and Luoyang Shilin were clamoring to recover Yanyun, Shi Jingjiao still stood still, and in a certain sense, he was already helping the Khitans - less military threats from Hedong and Hebei, how much pressure was relieved for Yelu Deguang!

But if it was Yelu Deguang who took the initiative to return the sixteen states of Yanyun. Then things were different again.

I just took a wrong step in the first place, so that I made a wrong step. The wrong step, was caught by Zhang Mai, he could fight back after a fight, he couldn't reply to the scolding, the morale of the army was low, and his morale was lost, if he could really get back the sixteen states of Yanyun from the Khitans, he would make up for the shortcomings in his public opinion. That would be an all-round improvement for the Shi Jin regime.

In the world, the people who know how to attach importance to propaganda are not only Tiance Tang Jun, but most people in this era have not put propaganda work in such a heavy position like Zhang Mai, nor do they have as many tricks as Zhang Mai. However, it doesn't mean that Shi Jingjiao doesn't understand the importance of public opinion!

"Liao Envoy...... Really? Shi Jingjian's voice became a little sharp, but this made Sang Weihan feel excited, and he knew that Shi Jingjian's heart was moved.

"Exactly!"

Shi Jingjiao was silent and said, "The whole world celebrates the restoration of Yanyun, but Prime Minister Feng Cheng will definitely not agree to the matter of sending troops." ”

Sang Weihan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty! The rivers and mountains are the rivers and mountains of His Majesty, not the rivers and mountains of Feng Xiang! To put it mildly, if Zhang Mai can enter Luoyang in the future, Feng Xiang is afraid that he will continue to be his prime minister, but what about His Majesty? Can Zhang Mai tolerate His Majesty? ”

Shi Jingjiao laughed and said, "Go and summon the Liao envoy into the palace, I want to see him!" ”

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Eilechuan, Heian Castle.

When Yeluwu asked what conditions Tiance Tang Jun wanted, Xue Fu didn't think about it, so he said, "If you want to negotiate peace?" You Khitan exit Yanyun first, and horses are not allowed to stay in the Great Wall! If we agree to this, it's not too late for us to talk about peace! ”

The sixteen states of Yanyun are not very large, but the strategic position is known to everyone, the Khitan can enjoy the benefits of China for a long time, China loses, but there is no barrier to the Hu from now on!

Xue Fu asked the Khitan to hand over the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun as a prerequisite for peace talks, this is the lion's big mouth, but he didn't expect Yeluwu's pupils to just shrink, and said, "Okay!" Then do it! ”

This time, it was Xue Fu's turn to be stunned. Now that the Khitan is in a huge strategic predicament, not to mention the sixteen states of Yanyun, it is possible that they can't keep Linhuang Mansion! But losing ground in a war and handing over all the sixteen states of Yanyun without a fight are two completely different things.

"Although the sixteen states of Yanyun are precious, you Han people have an ancient saying: some people have land, and some people have wealth. Talent is the most important thing. Yeluwu said: "I, Emperor Daliao, are willing to marry Marshal Zhang with your country forever." If Marshal Zhang wants to wave the Central Plains and Dingding Luoyang, I am willing to send 100,000 elite soldiers to respond to Marshal Zhang's east road, and if Marshal Zhang does not want our cavalry to come to the Han land again, then I am willing to praise 10,000 horses to help. General Xue, this kind of sincerity is enough, right? ”

Although Xue Fu was prepared for what Yelu Wu would say, he couldn't help but be caught off guard by the "generous conditions" proposed by Ye Lu Wu at this time, although he was not dumbfounded, but he was also silent for a while.

Looking at Xue Fu's reaction, Yelu Wuzhi couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart, this time's military and political and diplomatic strategy was mainly born from Han Yanhui's secret advice, and the Khitan reaction was very fierce about this big decision, and Yelu Wuzhi was very angry at first, although he was the first Khitan to react and support this strategy. However, he was still worried about the boldness of this strategy, and it was not until this time that he saw Xue Fu's reaction that further strengthened his confidence in supporting this line.

In Han Yanhui's entire strategic layout, it is not only necessary to use the sixteen states of Yanyun as a diplomatic means, but there are still more drastic policies in the future, but this is a later story.

"The importance of the sixteen states of Yanyun. Presumably General Xue also knows it. Yeluwu said: "Marshal Zhang has been powerful in the world for a long time, he has been called the Khan of Heaven outside the territory, but he has been reluctant to be the emperor in the Han Dynasty, presumably not only humble, but also has not really entered the Central Plains, Yanyun lost from the hands of Shi Jingjiao, but recovered from the hands of Marshal Zhang, after getting Yanyun here, Marshal Zhang's reputation in the Central Plains Shilin will be as high as the sky." At that time, the Central Plains will be Marshal Zhang's bag, and when Marshal Zhang arrives in Chang'an and Luoyang, and practices the day of Zuo's accession to the throne, I will give another generous gift to congratulate the Emperor of the New Tang Dynasty on his majesty and the unification of the Han family! ”

Yeluwu's words became more and more demagogic, but Xue Fu did not speak again. Return the sixteen states of Yanyun in one go, such a heavy diplomatic strategy is no longer something that can be decided by a frontier general, that is, Yang Yi is here. Unless the military situation is urgent, you have to say hello to Zhang Mai.

Xue Fu's eyelids drooped. After a cup of tea, he raised it again and said, "If General Yelu is not tired of carriages and horses, will he go to Qinxi?" ”

Yelu Wu said with a smile: "Don't talk about Qin Xi, Marshal Zhang's big tent will have to go down even if it is in Luntai." ”

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Walk out of the palace. Han Deshu's pace seemed a little dignified, when he was in Khitan, he didn't look down on Shi Jingjiao, who groveled in front of Yelu Deguang and was beaten by Zhang Mai so that he couldn't find the north, although his father Han Yanhui warned his son not to underestimate the heroes of the world, but this could not reverse the impression that Shi Jingjiao was an incompetent soft egg in Han Deshu's mind.

Until this time we actually met. He realized he was wrong. Shi Jingjiao can dominate the Central Plains and ascend the throne as the emperor, his majestic talent and strategy may not be much worse than Yeludeguang, Shi Jin's army can't beat Tiance, that's because the opponent is more powerful, and it doesn't necessarily mean that Shi Jingjiao himself is incompetent!

The meeting with Shi Jingjiao just now made him feel a huge pressure, and when he thought about the scene when he met Zhang Mai, he was even more bottomless in his heart - among these two world-beating overlords, can the strategy led by his own father really spread out smoothly?

Thinking of this, Han Deshu sighed secretly. After he returned to the Khitan, he has not been able to contact Han Yanhui. Although he also sent two letters to Han Yanhui, there were some confidential words, which could only be talked about when the father and son were there, how could the letters be leaked?

And Han Yanhui's side, it is impossible to be thousands of miles away to put his son in his heart, this time, Han Deshu still learned from Yelu Wuqing, and Han Deshu speculated that what he knew was only a small part of the whole strategy, and even Han Deshu suspected that these were all false tricks.

If it's a false move, how should you deal with it, and if it's a real move, how should you use it?

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When Zhang Mai let him go north, Han Deshu could see that Zhang Mai didn't trust him very much, and the spy system infiltrated by the Tiance Tang Army in the Khitan and the Central Plains did not give him the truth, most of them were handed over to the surname Zhe or the surname Zhao. Anyway, it is to let the son of the prime minister of the enemy army return to China, if there is a gain, it is an unexpected joy, if Han Deshu is designed to return to Hu, the loss to Zhang Mai is not big.

After entering Yunzhou, although Han Deshu knew how to connect with Tiance's fine work, he did not contact Zhao Pu, this is not to say that he has completely abandoned Zhang Mai's line, but he feels that it has not yet reached the best time - at present, Tiance Tang Army is still the most promising regime in the world, and good birds choose trees to perch, and it is not a bad thing to really vote for Tiance when the general trend has arrived.

It's just that whether you want to sell Zhang Mai to the Khitan or Yelu Deguang to Tiance, you have to wait for the best opportunity, right?

Is this the time to do this?

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"Alas, it's still a bit of a struggle!"

In this time and space, Zhang Mai, Yelu Deguang and Shi Jingjiao are the heroes of each side, Yang Yi is the commander of the world, and Han Yanhui and Feng Dao are the most outstanding advisers of Hu and Han.

As for him Han Deshu, compared to the above people, after all, he is not on the same level, when he was by Han Yanhui's side, he felt that he was completely able to keep up with Han Yanhui, and his intelligence was not below his father, until he was alone at this time, he knew that he was still far behind. At this time, he was struggling at the crossroads, desperately looking forward to his father by his side to guide him.

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Han Deshu hesitated all the way, and only when he was about to arrive at Sang Weihan's mansion, where Shi Jingjiao specially allowed him to live, did he suddenly remember: "My mission to Luoyang this time is something that the world knows, and Zhang Longxiang must also know about it afterwards." If I am in Yunzhou, I can still prevaricate that I have not heard the secrets here, but since I came to Luoyang as a messenger, I can't say that I don't know about it. Since I have heard it, I have to tell it, and if I don't tell it, I will cut off the connection with Zhang Longxiang, and if Zhang Longxiang really dominates the four seas in the future, I won't even have a chance to be a minister! ”

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, and what he was thinking about in his heart was just how to inform Tiance Tang Jun's eyes in Luoyang, and it was appropriate to leak the secret.

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Where is the political center of Tiance?

In the era of the new Broken Leaf City, the Anxi exiled army was not a political center. Later, when he came to Shule, he could be regarded as having a base area, and then the army marched eastward, and the political core of the Anxi Tang Army was also constantly moving eastward.

From this point of view, the Tiance regime has not been like a traditional Han regime until now - that is, it lacks a capital that is rooted and looked up to from all over the world!

Just as where Yelu Deguang's big tent is, where is the center of the Khitan, where Zhang Mai's people are, where is the core of Tiance Datang. What's more, not long ago, Zheng Wei also came, followed by Wei Renpu for the imperial examination, Cao Yuanzhong for the matter of Mengshu diplomacy, Yang Dingguo on behalf of the people's parliamentary assembly to inspect the states of western Qin, and to establish a council in Qinzhou, also came, all of a sudden Qinzhou big names gathered, giants gathered, and became the temporary political center of Tiance Datang.

The center is mobile - this is characteristic of nomadic regimes. The real Han court is not like this! This is also an important reason why Fan Zhen has been anxious to lay down Chang'an, in Fan Zhen's view, only by quickly laying down Chang'an, let Zhang Mai ascend the throne and sit on the emperor, so that the people of the world can rely on the people of the world and return to their hearts.

As for after the defeat of Chang'an, there is no hurry about Luoyang's quality, if Luoyang is taken again, it will be placed in the east or west in the future, you can talk about it again, it is a big deal to move the capital, or set the system of both capitals. Just like the Tang Dynasty, the Son of Heaven ran from Chang'an to Luoyang, and then from Luoyang to Chang'an, which would not affect anything.

But like now, as the leader of the government, Zhang Mai is always uncertain, and even commands operations on the front line, although he goes deep into the lower strata to win the hearts of the people and the army, but it always makes the world's scholars feel uneasy.

On this day, an urgent report and a secret report came from Eilechuan and Luoyang respectively, at this time, Fan Qian, who had won Zhang Mai's trust, had been given the authority to help Zhang Mai deal with confidential paperwork -- even documents involving military secrets -- with Ma Xiaochun on turn, but the urgent report from Eilechuan was divided into two parts, one of which was Xue Fu's handwritten letter, according to the above indication that Zhang Mai wanted to open it personally, so even Fan Zhen and Ma Xiaochun could not be opened.

Compared with the content of Xue Fu's urgent report and Han De's secret report, Fan Zhen couldn't help but be taken aback.

Khitan, or Da Liao, what is this going to do!

Is it fraud? It's not like ah, neither Yelu Deguang nor Han Yanhui will be so naΓ―ve in national affairs.

But to do such a thing......

What is the purpose of Jerod's light!

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