"Xiangyu has seen Tanhualang, congratulations to you, and I wish you the crown and jade belt in the Golden Palace the day after tomorrow, and the ...... of honor and favor."

"Alright, alright, stop flattering, I can't even fit it in my ears!" Li Dan said jokingly, and then looked up and down:

"So, you are Xiangyu, Taoniang's good sister? You rubbed him perfume and opened the back door, right? ”

"Xiangyu is guilty, please Tanhualang punish as appropriate."

"Hmph, and punish as appropriate?" Li Dan shook his head with a smile: "If I send you to the Wing Dragon Guard, I guess you won't cry out for injustice, right?" ”

"The concubine has no grievances, but she has a reluctant request to ask Li Tanhua to help go up to heaven."

"There is such a good thing in the world, you come to drug me, I have to help you a lot?" Li Dan's face sank: "I'm just a person who rushes to take the exam, how can you trust me to pass it on to the emperor?"

Just because I can take the test again in the Golden Palace the day after tomorrow, or if the emperor can encourage you in person, I will fight this fame to help you speak? ”

"What a move, you can lead thousands of people to fight in and out of tens of thousands of rebels, you can face tens of thousands of lake bandits, you can keep Gandong safe and secure as usual, you can help the official army recapture Fuzhou, and even the carriage that the emperor and queen mother rode in were made by you;

A coal stove has solved the problem of burning firewood in winter, and I have heard that there is still a kind of boat with wheels running in the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, which walks in the water as fast as it flies. Dare to ask Li Sanlang, how can there be a tanhualang like you since ancient times? ”

"Yo, it seems that you still put some effort into studying me?" Li Dan rubbed his hands: "Okay, that Ming person doesn't say secret words, you know a lot about me secretly, but you didn't tell me honestly about your situation, it's not fair!"

The premise of any transaction is fairness and justice, if you don't want to trade fairly, then stop this matter, the door is there, please! After he finished speaking, he looked at the other party playfully, and made a nonchalant appearance.

Xiangyu hesitated, and finally began to tell her own experience. Li Dan saw her speak, pointed to a chair for her to sit down, and then stepped forward to sit opposite her.

"I understand, that is to say, your family actually fled to the grassland in a hurry with the royal family of the previous dynasty, but I didn't expect to go farther and farther. So where are your great-grandfathers and grandfathers buried? Li Dan asked.

"Do you know about celestial burials?" Xiangyu asked with a frown.

"Of course I do." Li Dan nodded: "Of course, in the eyes of the Ergu people and the Tubo people, this is of course, if it is a female straight person, it may even be cremated." But both of them are Han Chinese, and if they don't become Hu outside, I'm afraid it will be difficult to gain a foothold. ”

"That's right!" Xiangyu hurriedly nodded: "My father said in the letter that now the grassland has completely lost the Central Plains costumes, and all of them have been changed back to the customs of Egu."

Shamanism and Yellow Religion were re-established as state religions, and Taoism, Yahism, and Muslimism were banned in the Karkas. I heard that more than eighty percent of the people over there have put on their robes and carried horns and bows on their backs. ”

"Which Great Khan do you follow in your house?"

Hearing Li Dan ask like this, Xiangyu's eyes were a little different. She had also seen guests entertaining caravans, who had always been asked by the Egus, "Which Great Khan are you?" or "Whom do you listen to?"

Li Dan's way of asking this question was obviously that he had an understanding of the Ergu Division, and was not as arrogant and ignorant as those people. "The concubine's family is the left wing of the Han army of the Kerr tribes." She replied with a smile.

It is estimated that Tao Niang has already told Li Dan what she knows, so it is better to be cheerful and not have much to do, and make it straightforward, how to hand it over to Changshengtian in the future!

"Is there someone here to take care of you? You're not the only one to come to the Central Plains, right? Li Dan then asked.

"The other concubines don't know much, but they know that there are four or five people who associate with the concubines. There was a sesame merchant who brought the Great Khan's instructions to his concubines every time.

No one has paid attention to it for the past few years, and it seems that it has been forgotten to be left here, and it was not until last year that news began to be brought to the concubine. Xiangyu sat down on the chair that Li Dan pointed out to her:

"Fortunately, the concubine's father and brother didn't forget me, they somehow found out that I was here, so they found a martial artist to protect the camel caravan, and asked him and his apprentice to quietly bring a letter to the concubine. If it weren't for them, the concubine wouldn't even know the news of her mother's death......! ”

Li Dan patiently acted as an obedient ear, and listened to her tell her about her affairs before she basically finished speaking.

In the end, Xiangyu herself was a little embarrassed, and laughed at herself: "Look, the concubine has been talking about these nonsense things for too long, and she didn't have to dirty Xinke Tanhualang's ears." ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as you're telling the truth, it's worth it for me to take some time to listen, I'm most afraid that the kind of lies that not only delay other people's efforts, but also make up, then I will be wronged!" Li Dan said with a smile.

"Immortal Heaven is above, what the concubine said is the truth!"

"Really?" Li Dan looked at her attentively: "But you have put so much effort into Tao Niang, it is impossible to just let her get close to me, and then give you a chance to 'tell the truth', right?" After saying that, he leaned forward:

"What do you want to tell me about all this trouble? Do you want me to help Yebi fight for the treatment of a prince, or persuade His Majesty not to canonize the beggar, but to canonize Yebi Khan instead, so as to avoid war between the two sides? ”

"It seems that Tanhualang is not patronizing the exam, and you are also paying attention to this rumor in the market, huh?" Xiangyu said in surprise.

"Even if I don't want to pay attention to it, the ears of the Pterodactyl Guard are smart!" Li Dan sneered.

"But this case has nothing to do with the concubine."

"Oh?" Li Dan tapped his fingers on Xiaoji's tabletop: "Logically speaking, even if this is a rumor, it must be spread by the Egu people, because this word is only beneficial to Yebi Khan!" ”

"Whoever is in favor of whom is most suspicious. That's not wrong to think so. However, this matter has nothing to do with Yebi Khan. Xiangyu said:

"The order that the Great Khan brought to us was to know as much as possible about the deployment and movement of the Southern Korean army, and at the same time to know the movements of the various departments in the southern part of the steppe and the content of the news reported to the imperial court by the staff of the military department.

You see, the Great Khan didn't care at all about the Rauszi Khan or the prince's guard of honor. ”

That's because when he sent the order, he didn't know that His Majesty was about to confer the beggar on him, he only cared about whether the road to the south was smooth, whether the Celestial Empire would take advantage of the turmoil in the grassland to send troops to catch him off guard, and at the same time beware of the various tribes of Mo Nan and the imperial court joining forces to deal with him.

Even, he didn't know at that time that the beggar had already led the team to set off and arrived in Shangjing so quickly. Li Dan noticed that there was a look in Xiangyu's eyes, and it swept by. Well, am I right? He asked.

"It's really not a loss to be a Tanhualang who has led soldiers, and he is much better than the old men who only know what to do!" Xiangyu gently slapped her palm and said with a charming smile: "If I don't recommend Your Excellency to the Great Khan, maybe he will reward you to the concubine as soon as he is happy?" ”

"Pull down!" Li Dan was not angry, he waved his hand and said disdainfully: "Even if you are a person who will be Khan, you can't even look down on it, and what do you say to introduce me to me!" ”

Saburo said ....... Where do you see that I am unfaithful to the Great Khan? Xiangyu was stunned inexplicably, she didn't know which sentence she said wrong, and she was stunned all of a sudden. Judging from the other party's look and tone, she felt that Li Dan didn't feel like he was cheating himself out of nothing.

"What you say yourself will also make you pay attention to the movements of the southern steppe and the imperial court. But what about you? What exactly are you thinking, what do you want to do, and what are you trying to achieve? Aren't the two contradictory? Li Dan seemed to be smiling.

"I ......." Xiangyu bit her lip and her heart jumped suddenly. After a while, she was relieved, and sneered and sipped her tea: "Why should I be loyal to him?"

Xiangyu is the innocent daughter of an official eunuch, and he sent me to this ghost place with a strong smile on his face, and I have to be grateful to him? Outrageous! ”

After waiting, seeing that Li Dan was still smiling and not speaking, her heart was crossed, and she knelt down towards Li Dan: "The sinner begs Lord Li and Tanhualang to help me and other Han soldiers who are in the north escape!" After saying that, he kowtowed heavily.

Li Dan thought for a moment and said softly: "The girl doesn't have to be like this, she has her mind, be careful of breaking the appearance." Xiangyu stopped when he said a word. Li Dan was supported by Xu:

"Girl, please take a seat, and speak slowly. There is no need to bow down before me except those who have been condemned. It doesn't matter if you're an Ergu or a Han Chinese, I don't treat them equally.

Now, what exactly you want to say to me, please tell me as it is, without going around in circles, or I'm not sure if I should help you. ”

He spoke and acted in a very different way. If it were someone else, they would either make a gesture of pity and pity, or generously take care of everything, or speak coldly and sarcastically, in short, they would not poke into the depths of people's hearts so bluntly.

This made Xiangyu a little jealous, feeling that the other party had given him a lot of coercion, but he forgot the fact that he was actually a few years younger than himself.

Watching Brother Mao lead Xiangyu out of the small courtyard where the flower hall was located to visit Tao Niang, Li Dan squinted slightly, and secretly took the clues in Cai Xiangyu's words in his heart.

Wu Mao and Xianjie came out from behind silently and stood not far behind him, listening to him ask, "Did someone arrange to go out?" ”

Shen Jie replied: "A group of five has been arranged to follow, and the other group rents houses on Qingxi Road and Jiuxian Bridge respectively. In this way, the three sides of the Aftersound Pavilion were placed under surveillance. ”

Li Dan turned around: "Brother Maocai, you heard what you said just now, tell me your opinion." ”

Wu Mao nodded and arched his hand and said, "I'll throw bricks and lead the jade first." This Xiangyu claimed to be a descendant of Han officials, but was thrown into the Red Mansion by Yebi Khan since he was a child, and lurked in Beijing for many years in the name of learning art. I don't think that's true!

It is even possible that it is not only the Kerr who has done this, but the other ministries may have this phenomenon to some extent, but it will also be the greatest threat and hostility to our DPRK, so the chess pieces he has laid are extremely threatening.

If Xiangyu can fall to us, this is an excellent opportunity to turn around!

But at present, we don't know or master how many of these dark chess pieces are in the Jingshi, and it seems that Xiangyu's knowledge is also limited. I think it's not time to report to the department for arrest, and the evidence is far from enough.

Like Xiangyu, who has a grudge against him first, and expects to get the help and pardon of the imperial court, and finally return his father and brother to the Celestial Empire, he suggests that he observe and use it, and if he wishes to make a consequence of his crimes, he may be able to have a surprising effect. ”

"Well, I agree." Li Dan nodded and looked at Ju Jie: "But the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, her actions must be under our surveillance!" Not only is there an arrangement on the periphery, but there is also a way to arrange chess pieces in the Yuyin Pavilion.

He will also lay out, and so can we, come and not be rude! Right?

The task of the Security Section (formerly known as the Intelligence Section) is to keep an eye on the perimeter to see who is dealing with them, to find out all the branches, and to monitor her own behavior.

The other is to continue to dig deep into these secret chess pieces of the Egügu Bu, regardless of which Khan sent them, and regardless of whether he has malicious intentions or not, they are all recorded, including the Ula Ministry.

Especially, it is these people who are of the same religion and engaged in lowly karma, they are the easiest targets to be co-opted and used! ”

After he finished speaking, he sighed: "I thought that the capital was prosperous, but I didn't expect it to be full of thorns. It's only been a long time since this kind of thing happened, do you think it's even more dangerous than Yu Gan? ”

He smiled bitterly, and then said: "Tell the brothers who have been transferred, secret battles are more cruel and dangerous than battlefield fighting, and those who don't want to come must not be forced!" ”

"San Lang rest assured, our brothers have not fought for a while and are suffocated, I heard that there are important people here, and they are all vying to come, there is no seed!" Shen Jie said firmly.

"It's still as San Lang said, his words make sense, and the dark war is not as good as the open war, we still have to live like civilians in peacetime, in fact, it is not easy." After Wu Mao finished speaking, he changed the topic:

As for Xiangyu's mention of wanting to help her father and brother and even all the Han soldiers who were willing to return to ask for forgiveness, what did San Lang plan? We can't agree or not agree to this, the power is still in the emperor and the court. ”

"Can't I really introduce her to Your Majesty? I'm not Gao Yu, and she's not Master Li. Li Dan shook his head:

"We still have to confirm whether her heart is real. I offered to ask her to help us establish a channel of dialogue with the Korkas, because if it can be done, it means that she is sincere.

Of course, the matter is very high, and I will secretly ask for the emperor's consent. Li Dan looked at the two:

"If the left and right flanks of the Han army can return smoothly, it will be great! But I think there are those who are willing and those who are unhappy, and I am afraid that this thing is not so easy to achieve, so I have to slowly figure it out. ”

"And Saburo, if this rumor wasn't spread by the Ergu people, who could it be?" Wu Mao frowned: "The emperor specially sent someone to ask about this, it can be seen that he is very concerned about this, maybe he is very annoyed!" ”

"Hmph, this is to roast His Majesty on the fire!" Zhen Jie sneered: "It's on the shelf, you can't come down if you want to!" ”

"I'd love to know who's so vicious?" Li Dan's brows twisted: "Could it be that the emperor has a deep hatred with him, and he has to do this to make him look happy?" suitable

Cai Xiangyu also said that she had entrusted a high-ranking official to make a statement to His Majesty, hoping to establish a situation of two heroes competing for hegemony by canonizing Qi'er and Yebi at the same time.

She thought that in this way, she could mobilize the Han army to participate in the war, giving them the opportunity to fight back on the battlefield and abandon the darkness and turn to the light. I dismissed her, and that was short-sighted.

From the perspective of the overall situation, the grassland cannot be chaotic, at least not for now!

The rebellion in the south had just been quelled, its vitality was damaged, and the imperial court was not prepared. Jiangnan Cao grain can't be smoothly transferred, and the Jiubian army grain can't arrive on time, so it's good to be able to defend, let alone attack?

Of course, I didn't go into the details, but I just said that the beggar had not completed the integration of the various ministries in Monan, and he was powerless to fight against the Korga, and if he really wanted to stimulate it, he poured all his strength south to Ula and couldn't stop it, so there was no need for more arch fire. ”

"I think you're right!" Wu Mao nodded: "I think it must just be trying to squeeze the ministries and find ways to avoid disasters and reduce losses for the Kel people." If he doesn't do this, others won't support him to sweat!

But if there are two prince-level Khans, it will be different, and they will definitely clamor the people to disobey Ula, and then go all out to suppress the past, Ula will be crushed, and this time next year will be a well-deserved Great Khan on this grassland! ”

"But now if he sets up a Khan, won't he go to war?" Interrogator asked.

"Not for the time being, because it is necessary to help his own people survive the disaster before he has the prestige to lead them to rebel against Ula, but if the court appoints him as Prince Khan at the same time, it will be tantamount to helping him erect authority and pushing the disaster on the head of the beggar.

Doing so will not only disappoint Ulla, but will also make the Kels more and more arrogant, and will not do the slightest benefit to control the stability of the steppe!

Since it is a matter that is not beneficial, and it is only beneficial to the Karkor that it will represent, then why should the imperial court do it, this is not a completely loss-making transaction! ”

Li Dan paused when he said this: "Maocai will help me prepare a gift, and tomorrow I will go to the royal tent of the beggar Khan to make an agreement with his eldest son." I'd love to get to know the father and son, and get closer to see how they're doing.

Let's see if they have the courage to compete with the Kirk's ambitions and the depth of the army in Monan? ”

After speaking, he suddenly rubbed his hands happily: "By the way, Mr. Zeng has already given me the word 'Zedong', and in the future, we will still call me San Lang in private, and it is better to call Zedong in a formal and public place, please!" ”