Fifty people scattered, from the top of the mountain, next to each other, all the way to the foot of the mountain, but they found nothing.

Gu Dian said in a deep voice: "There is no news, it is the best news, let's look for it again." Perhaps, the marshal has returned to Yumen Pass. ”

After searching again, Gu Dian led people around Baojing Mountain again.

There was no trace of Xiao Yao, but he accidentally found that there were traces that others had searched.

"Horse, there should have been someone around here. You see, the grass, and these trees, have been cut down. And these marks are left by someone who used a knife or a stick to turn over the grass. ”

Gu Dian pondered for a moment, and his spirit was shocked: "It seems that they haven't found Xiao Yao either, Xiao Yao must still be alive!" ”

"Generalissimo Jiren has his own natural appearance, and he will be fine."

Gu Dian was silent, continued to clean up the battlefield, collected the corpses of the soldiers, and tried to make people go further east, hoping to meet Xiao Yao.

When it was dark, Gu Dian took people back to Yumen Pass.

Zhang Huai and Yang Chi gained a lot, and after a few words of concern, they began to show off their results yesterday.

"Don't worry, don't worry, even if something happens to the generalissimo, we will win this battle. The Liao people have been driven to the depths of the grassland, and nearly 10,000 Liao people have been annihilated on both wings. ”

Gu Dian went out today, and only drank a few sips of cold water and nibbled on a few mouthfuls of steamed buns at noon and evening.

After coming back, he used his meal slowly and methodically, and didn't pay attention to it, Zhang Huai and Yang Chi with happy faces. After eating and drinking, he put down the dishes and chopsticks and looked at the two coldly.

"Doesn't it mean that the Liao people you meet on your two wings are all old and weak soldiers? Do they feign defeat and lead you to chase after you so hard that you can't come back to help? ”

Zhang Huai hurriedly explained: "Horses, although the Liao people are old and weak soldiers, they are very numerous. At that time, we didn't distinguish it, thinking that it was the main force of the Liao people, and it was their trap. ”

"Yes, yes, we came back as soon as we found out that we were fooled, which is why we killed so many Liao people."

After Yang Chi finished speaking, Gu Dian just sneered and did not speak.

Yu Yuyuan, who had been silent, asked: "I don't know what I gained when I went out today, but did I find any traces of the generalissimo?" ”

"You don't have to worry about Xiao Yao's affairs, I have already written an excerpt to return to Beijing, and I believe that the emperor will have a will soon. Tomorrow, we will clean up the battlefield and collect the corpse for another day, and then we will not go out of retreat, waiting for the emperor's will. ”

Gu Dian's orders, Yang Chi and Zhang Huai were hindered by the secret decree and did not dare to disobey it.

And Yu Yuyuan knew more things, so he gladly accepted Gu Dian's orders.

When everyone walked out of the main tent, Zhang Huai and Yang Chi were still muttering quietly, only Yu Yuyuan quietly returned to his residence under the pretext of having a stomachache.

When he opened the door of the cabinet, a person came out of it, and it turned out to be the black-robed man who besieged Xiao Yao last night and ordered to set fire to it today.

"Is Xiao Yao dead?"

"I think I'm dead."

Yu Yuyuan stroked his beard for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Life is life, death is death, what does it mean to die?" ”

The black-robed man explained the reason in a low voice, and said: "Xiao Yao has been stabbed several times, and there is no possibility of survival. We have searched for him several times on the entire Baojing Mountain, and I am afraid that his body will be left in the corner of the grass, so I have ordered the mountain to be set on fire this morning. ”

"Then do you have any tokens that can prove that Xiao Yao is dead?"

The black-robed man untied the bag on his back and untied the strip of cloth, which was a cold quenching knife that Xiao Yao never left his body.

Yu Yuyuan's eyes narrowed slightly, looked at the cold quenching knife that was still flickering with cold light, and nodded: "Do you want to go back with this knife?" ”

"How did the master arrange it?"

Yu Yuyuan shook his head and said in a low voice: "The master only asked me to assist you, and didn't say, how to arrange?" ”

"Okay, then you send someone to bring this knife back to the capital and hand it over to the master."

After the black-robed man finished speaking, he pushed the knife to Yu Yuyuan, and then said: "I will stay at Yumen Pass for the time being, and wait for the master to come so that I can be a pioneer and step on the tent of the Liao king." ”

"And who else knows what happened last night?"

Yu Yuyuan was a little worried, in case the news leaked and Princess Mingzhu and Empress Dowager Zhong knew about it, it would be troublesome.

The black-robed man replied: "Those who were there last night were all my henchmen, and there were more than thirty other Liao people, all of whom were dead. ”

"That's good, just stay in my tent, be a herald, and don't leave on weekdays."

"Okay, Lord Yu should also be careful, although Gu Yuma has been a monk for more than ten years, he is not a soft-hearted person. In addition, he has a good relationship with Xiao Yaoweng's son-in-law, and he will definitely not give up. ”

Yu Yuyuan nodded, summoned his henchmen, and asked a person who made a knife to accompany him, under the pretext of returning to Beijing to deliver a letter, and swaggered out of Yumen Pass.

When the news reached Gu Dian, he asked in a low voice, "Are you sure he only has letters on him, and nothing else?" ”

"Back to the colt, sure! We have searched his whole person, except for a letter, some coils, and a knife with him. ”

After listening to Gu Dian's reply, he pinched his forehead with his fingers.

Where exactly is Xiao Yao? Mingzhu will be heartbroken when she knows? She still has a child in her belly, is the tragedy of Liuyue's dystocia going to happen again?

Gu Dian didn't know, and he didn't dare to think about it, so he could only hope that the sky had eyes and could bless Xiao Yao to survive this catastrophe safely.

Even if Xiao Yao lives on the grassland and is captured, it is better than dying.

After the retreat order of Yumen Pass was passed down, the Liao people made a commotion.

The black-robed man, who was deeply valued by the Empress Dowager Liao, disappeared without a trace. This time, the Liao suffered heavy losses, but they still failed to capture Yumen Pass.

It's not even clear whether Xiao Yao is dead or not.

"Queen Mother, this time we lost nearly 20,000 people, and we didn't achieve anything, and even Xiao Yao didn't die!"

Empress Dowager Liao was also extremely angry because of the disappearance of the black-robed man, but she had not lost her mind. only said: "Mr. said that he would kill Xiao Yao with his own hands, maybe they are chasing me and hiding." Soon the news came, and everyone was at ease. ”

Other Liao people were still dissatisfied, and took the opportunity to ask the Empress Dowager Liao to share more property, cattle and sheep.

Fortunately, the black-robed people had brought cattle, sheep and property many times, and the Empress Dowager Liao gave some to other clansmen, so she got out. I only ordered to go down, and if there is news of the Yumen Pass, I will report it immediately.

Empress Dowager Liao had a bad premonition that she was deceived by the black-robed man this time. But she couldn't figure it out, the black-robed man gave so much convenience, did he just want to coax us and Da Zhou to lose, so who would take advantage of the profits?

The capital, the Imperial Palace.

These days, Gu Fanghua has been very silent. Jiaojiao and Sister Xian both came to the palace to persuade her, but she was still indifferent and couldn't smile.

only asks about the news of Yumen Pass every day, and usually sits in a daze.

It seems that the amount of food is still undiminished every day, but there is no smile on his face, which looks sad.