Caused Hu Gong to be attacked by the enemy and shrink his forces. He had heard earlier about his nephew's invasion of Western Tibet and being trapped in the city of Dache in a snowstorm. Counting it, it has been two or three months now, and I don't know what the situation is at his border, his heart is as anxious as a cat scratch, and even the mood of emptiness and wrongful snakes is gone, but although he saw Chengping with a smile on his face, there was a ghostly light in his bloodshot drunken eyes that squinted over, and I don't know what he was thinking, knowing that he was cruel and doing everything, he was afraid of sweeping his face, so he had to say: "What did the Great Khan say?" I feel a little uncomfortable today, so I don't dare to have fun, if the king feels that I can't, I'll drink it! After speaking, he picked up his wine bottle and drank it, but he drank so quickly that he choked and coughed, looking quite embarrassed.

Cheng Ping laughed wildly, laughing so much that tears seemed to come out, and personally patted him on the back, and when he stopped coughing, he took away his wine bottle, threw it away, and said: "I thought that Cui Gong looked down on him and didn't want to have fun with me and other beasts Di Yi." If you are unwell, you don't have to force it, take care of yourself. In the future, Chang'an will be laid, and it will be a place to bother Cui Gong! ”

The sound of narration attracted the attention of the people in the banquet, and everyone stopped laughing and looked at each other. Cui Daosi was stunned, and then he smiled all over his face, and echoed with haha.

"Cui Gong is tired, so he will go to rest. Which of these beauties do you like, pick them and go. Don't worry, there is no Wang surnamed Diao woman in your family staring here, you can have as much as you want! Cheng Ping pointed to the dancing girl in the field and smiled.

"Don't dare, don't dare! Old and decrepit, unlike the Great Khan Dragon Spirit Tiger Strong, the people who have been in the account before, they are satisfied, and they can't afford it anymore, and the Great Khan keeps it himself! Cui Daosi hurriedly waved his hand and excused himself.

The people around laughed and coaxed, and at this moment, a hundred households walked in quickly, knelt down and said loudly: "Qi Qi Khan, Fang received the news." Pei Xiaoyuan has been extricated from Dache City, and he should have joined Linghu Gong at this moment! ”

Chengping, who was laughing, quieted down, lowered his eyes slightly, his face did not move, and he couldn't see what his expression was. The musicians and dancers stopped.

"How did he get out?"

After a moment, Chengping slowly looked back and asked.

The 100 households reported the news obtained from sending people to infiltrate Xifan to spy one by one, saying that Pei Xiaoyuan led less than 1,000 people out of the city that night and crossed the Xifan military camp, the purpose was not to get out of trouble, but to lead people into the canyon, and cause an avalanche overhead with fire and thunder, and bury them at the bottom of the valley with the pursuing soldiers. This move caused Li Meng to retreat in fright, and then, the news of the attack on Zhongdu in the direction of Songcheng also came, and the Western Fan army retreated overnight, and the siege was relieved.

After the hundred households finished speaking, Cheng Ping's eyes flashed with a complex look that was indescribable, like a shock, like admiration, as if relieved, and as if disappointed. For a long time, he remained motionless, as if he were in a state of flux.

"The sky has eyes! The Divine Tiger General has a spirit! Eight hundred heroic souls of the past years are blessed! ”

Just when the audience was silent, because the news could not be reacted for a while, suddenly, Cui Daosi stood up from the seat suddenly, paused hard in ecstasy, and looked up to the sky and laughed, the laughter was very comfortable, and he was depressed before, and then he solemnly dressed up, bowed down in the direction of Chang'an, and solemnly kowtowed, and when he got up from the ground, he found that the people in the hall were cold-eyed, and he was stunned, and he realized that he had just lost his temper, and hurriedly made a gesture towards Chengping, and explained: "Erlangjun is my nephew...... I can't help but be a little happier when he got out of trouble......"

Cheng Ping coldly retracted his gaze, was silent for a while, and suddenly laughed again, and turned to the people around him: "What are you doing in a daze?" Drinking! Don't get drunk tonight! ”

Seeing that he was still in high spirits, everyone naturally respected him, and soon, the drum beat again, the dancing girl stepped on the drum and continued to dance, and there were bursts of laughter in the feast.

Cui Daosi sighed, secretly said that it was dangerous, sat down for a while, and saluted to Cheng, saying that he was not strong enough to drink. Cheng Ping didn't leave him either, brushed his hands casually, and continued to drink, Cui Daosi was about to retreat, at this time, someone outside rushed in, and a small bamboo tube in his hand was just a finger long, kneeling down to report that a green falcon was parked at the gate of the city, and someone recognized that it was the one he had raised before, and found this tube on its feet, and after unraveling it, he wanted to catch the green falcon together, but it flew away.

The audience fell silent again, and Cui Daosi also stopped, turned his head to look, and saw that the face of the plane had changed several times. The attendant turned the letter forward. He took it, picked open the seal with a dagger, unscrewed it, poured out a rolled note from it, unfolded it and looked at it, fixed for a moment, hooked the corner of his lips slightly, and slowly, in the palm of his hand, crumpled the note into a ball, and threw it on the ground casually.

"What do you think I do?" He looked up and smiled casually, "Go on!" ”

His voice fell, and the feast became lively again.

Cui Daoji withdrew his gaze from the paper ball on the ground, lowered his head and retreated.

As the night deepened, many people in the banquet were already drunk, and began to hug the gifted dancing girl to bow to Chengping, and left one after another.

At this time, Shi Xuan walked in from the outside, walked to Chengping's couch, and said in a low voice: "Li Meng arrived overnight and asked to see the Great Khan, and he was outside at the moment. ”

Chengping's eyelids moved slightly: "What's the matter with him?" ”

"The area around Guangming City was previously stationed in the main force of Xifan going north, about 100,000 people. Recently, the Hexi army should be inspired by the great liberation of the siege and recapture several military points occupied by Xifan, and the Hexi army is also heading to Guangming City, and the big war should be imminent. He came overnight, presumably because of the incident. ”

Cheng Ping slowly opened his eyes, turned over and sat down, and said lightly: "Tonight is really lively, all of them are here." When the people have arrived, they call in and see what they say. ”

Soon, Li Meng strode in and saluted towards Cheng. Cheng Ping smiled: "I suffered a loss here last time, and your master didn't hold a grudge, so he specially sent you to collect debts this time?" ”

Li Meng said respectfully: "The Great Khan is serious. Your Majesty is such a calculating man? Everyone has difficulties that are not enough for outsiders to understand, and whatever the Great Khan used to be, it is a thing of the past. Your Majesty has sent me this time to express his wish and to cooperate with the Great Khan. ”

"Oh, how's that a co-op?" Chengping's eyes moved slightly and asked.

"The Western Tibetan army should soon fight with the Hexi army in the area of Guangming City, and His Majesty hopes that the Great Khan will launch an attack on Hexi at the same time. You can rest assured that as long as the war goes well, there will be someone in charge of the affairs of the DPRK and China, and Your Majesty will promise to do everything in the past. In addition, he also wanted to borrow some grain and grass from the Great Khan to tide over the current difficulties. A new grain route is about to open, and once opened, double the repayment. In addition, in order to show sincerity, five boxes of gold jewelry and ten beauties were presented in advance, and the Great Khan was invited to smile. ”

After he finished speaking, a team of attendants outside the door carried five heavy wooden boxes into the door and placed them on the ground, followed by ten beauties. The beauty is wrapped in Ayaluo, all of them are stunning, open the lid of the box, and suddenly the pearl is dazzling, the treasure is shining, the human face and the treasure are reflected in each other, try to ask, who in the world can not be moved?

Cheng Ping walked to the box, grabbed a handful casually, watched the golden jade and pearls fall like rain from his fingers, and smiled: "Li Yan has invested a little money this time, and it is no longer just an empty word." It's just that if I promise to come down and really help him succeed this time, he won't worry about raising tigers, and in the future, he will lure wolves into the house and make his Li family uneasy in the world? ”

Li Meng said: "The world is bustling with people, but a sharp word, you can always find a suitable solution, which can make the world stable, and the Great Khan will be satisfied." Take 10,000 steps back and say, if there is really such a day, it is out of control, it means that the Great Khan is the true son of heaven in this world, and it is okay for him to give way and retire. ”

"It's okay to be a good one! Your master is really broad-minded! Cheng Ping laughed, laughed, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "I'll think about it and reply tomorrow morning." ”

Li Meng's eyes showed a slight joy: "It's okay!" Thank you, Great Khan—"

Before his words fell, he didn't go far, and Cui Daosi, who came back after learning that the movement was wrong, couldn't hold back any longer, strode in from outside the door, and said to Chengping: "Great Khan!" Don't take this man's word for it! Like Li Yan, such a chaotic minister, he is just a clown who jumps off the beam, a fly camp dog, and he is rampant for a while at most, how can he succeed in his trick? Now no matter how nice he says, it's just a flower in the moon mirror in the water! Moreover, he has promised you such good, and I don't know why he has promised him! Maybe when the time comes, we will wait for the two of you to fight, and he will profit! Don't be fooled! On the other hand, Pei Jiaerlang, in such a desperate situation, can get out of trouble safely, this is not auspicious people, with the help of God, what is it? You have also lived in Chang'an for a long time, the saint is wise and martial, the princess is well aware of righteousness, and she is very popular, you don't know it, it's not what it used to be, Chang'an is not so easy to take! Great Khan, you and Erlang are friends again, you will stop fighting, I am willing to be an intermediary and return to the court to turn around for you. You can rest assured, the court has always been virtuous and benevolent, as long as you sincerely repent, what is the past, write it off, and the court will never condemn you-"

Li Meng's expression was extremely gloomy, and he suddenly pulled out his knife, stabbed Cui Daoji in the chest, and said angrily: "You dare to sow discord and make a big fuss!" I'll kill you for the Khan first!" ”

Cui Daosi watched the knife light coming towards him, bluffing, hiding and dodging, and was closing his eyes and waiting for death, fortunately, at this time, a gust of wind passed by the front door, and a sound of "bell" sounded in his ears, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Shi Xuan draw his knife and block Li Meng's knife for him.

"Presumptuous!" Shi Du said, "He is now the person of my king's tent, even if he wants to kill, it will not be your turn!" ”

Li Meng was stunned, then put away his knife and lowered his head to plead guilty.

Chengping turned to Cui Daosi and said coldly: "Aren't you leaving?" How did you come back? I'm not your good nephew, listen to your ramblings. Say one more word, and I'll cut your tongue!" ”

Cui Daosi's lips were cold, he closed his mouth, paused, and apologized repeatedly, saying that he had just drunk too much wine, talking nonsense, and didn't know what to do.

"If the Great Khan is not to blame...... I, I'm really going to rest......" he said with a smile and a careful smile.

Chengping frowned. Cui Daosi knew that it was permission, hurriedly turned around and exited, went to the door, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, fixed his heart that was still pounding, took a peek behind him, and hurriedly returned to his place.

The young concubine that Chengping gave him was naturally also a woman of the Wolf Court, both for service and for surveillance. But the woman was docile, admired his origins and learned demeanor, and was more grateful for his thoughtfulness, and was not as rough as other men in the room, so she was determined to obey him, and never reported his unusual behavior to anyone.

People are not grass and trees, and after being in it for so long, Cui Daosi couldn't bear to be ruthless, and waited until the middle of the night, when the woman was coaxed to sleep by him, he stuffed her mouth with something, and then tied it with a rope, and didn't look at her sad appearance of crying and pleading after waking up, so he changed his appearance as a person from the wolf court, slipped out of the door, and under the leadership of a hundred households, bypassed the patrol sentry, and quietly came to a side gate in the city.

He went north on this trip, and he brought hundreds of people and horses, and after some tossing, now there are only about a dozen left. Got the news, and they are all waiting here.

A few months ago, he finally asked him to meet a hundred heads of households who knew Pei Xiaoyuan before, and shook his lips with eloquence, and promised to assist and escort him to escape and go to his nephew. I was planning to act at the right time in the near future, so many things happened tonight, the person who used the green falcon to convey the message, Cheng Ping was able to hide it from others, how could he escape his observation, and it was concluded that there was a chance that it should be the letter of his nephew Pei Xiaoyuan. However, judging from Chengping's reaction, it is obvious that he is going to be the enemy of the Holy Dynasty to the end. Not to mention, plus the arrival of Li Meng.

If you don't flee back tonight, if the two armies really fight, you will become a nephew, not to mention, I am even more afraid that the Hexi army will not be fully prepared, and then I will suffer the enemy again.

Cui Daosi's eyes swept over his entourage, and he was about to get on the horse and flee, when he suddenly looked at the crowd again, and couldn't help but feel a chill in the back of his head, and a sense of ominousness suddenly came to his heart.

"Where's Xiao Langjun?"

He asked.

A month ago, the head of the family met a wandering "boy" in the wolf court, brought it back, and when he washed his face, everyone recognized the identity of the person, and they were all stunned. The head of the family was even more troubled by this, but he couldn't send it away, so he could only hide people by his side as a servant for the time being, and told him not to move around at will.

She had been informed of her early notice of her escape tonight, and she was silent at the time. Because she is usually the same, everyone is not surprised.

Unexpectedly, she didn't come out!

In the feast hall of the garrison, Chengping withdrew the last few remaining dancers and attendants, leaned on the couch alone, closed his eyes for a long time, and turned his face to stare at the crumpled letter on the ground.

He got up slowly, picked it up, unfolded it and looked at it for a moment, as if he had finally made up his mind, he got up suddenly, put on his clothes, and was about to take a step, but stopped, looked back at the knife resting on the desk, grabbed it, held it tightly, and strode away.

In the middle of the night, he rode to the foot of a barren slope a few miles away from the Yellow Sands, dismounted, and walked a little uphill.

Slowly, he stopped.

The cold moon outside the plug shone quietly on the shady slope in the dark night, and the snow was glowing with a slippery silver light.

At the end of the silver light, a figure stood quietly, as if it had been here for a long time.

"Pei Er, you are really so bold. You and I have become mortal enemies, but you tell you the truth about your location, are you really not afraid that I will send people around you? ”

"Fear or fear makes no difference to me. I have to come this time. Pei Xiaoyuan responded.

"What the hell are you looking for me?" Chengping pursed his lips, "Cui Daosi is here with me, and I didn't hurt him at all." As long as he stops saying things I don't like to hear, I won't touch him. You don't want to be like him, you want to persuade me to throw myself to the court, do you? If this is the case, I advise you not to say more, so as not to waste your words. ”

"Did Li Yan send someone to contact you again?" Pei Xiaoyuan suddenly stepped forward, walked slowly towards him, and asked, In the middle of the night, the boots fell on this snowy land that no one had ever visited, making a low but clear sound of stepping on the snow.

Chengping was silent and did not answer.

Pei Xiaoyuan stopped a few steps away from him.

"You can not vote for the court, if you don't want to, I will not force it. But listen to me, don't have any more collusion with Li Yan. The moonlight fell on his cold face, and he stared at his former friend across from him, and said.

"Why do you think I'm going to listen to you?" Cheng Ping twisted the corner of his lower lip slightly.

"I let you go that day."

He paused.

"People make mistakes, and so do I, and I will make no less mistakes than you. But the same mistake should not be repeated again. Now if you collude with Li Yan and the others again and do something that will cost the lives of my soldiers, even if it is one more, do you think I will still tolerate you? ”

"If you don't listen to persuasion tonight and stop and turn around, you will either die or I die." Pei Xiaoyuan said coldly.

Cheng Ping looked at him for a moment, suddenly laughed, and nodded slightly.

"You know what?" "When I knew how you got out of the siege, I was thinking, if it were me, I would never have turned around and run away," he said. It is also an exciting thing to die with someone like you and be buried at the bottom of the snowy mountain together, and it is worth dying. ”

He drew his knife.

"But Pei Xiaoyuan, if you want to kill me, it's not that easy." He said.

Pei Xiaoyuan watched him pick up the knife and walk slowly, and when he arrived in front of him, he swung the knife at him, drew the knife, and blocked the blade that was being chopped on the opposite side in front of his face.

The sword light was like a cold pool of early spring water, passing through their eyes in an instant. When they separated, the two stopped talking and showed no mercy.

When Shi Xuan arrived with people, he only saw two shadows of close death, wanted to shoot arrows, but was afraid of accidentally injuring the master, and was very anxious, suddenly thought of Cui Daosi, and hurriedly ordered someone to pass it on.

With a "bang", when the two intersected again, Pei Xiaoyuan pushed the knife to the scabbard of Chengping with one hand, and after restricting him from swinging the knife, he twisted it, and Chengping's knife was cut in two. When Pei Xiaoyuan's offensive slowed down a little, Cheng Ping immediately threw away the broken knife and pulled out a dagger from the boot he raised with his other hand.

The cold light flashed, and with a snort, he gritted his teeth and stabbed Pei Xiaoyuan with a knife. Pei Xiaoyuan dodged the blade, but the short knife was almost close to his body, the speed was too fast, and it was still on his side chest and one arm, pulling out a long mouth, and in an instant, blood gushed like a spring.

Pei Xiaoyuan snorted, but no longer paused, and with a backhand, he pinched Chengping's elbow holding the dagger and exerted his force violently.

With the sound of bone cracking, Chengping's arm bone was twisted. With a muffled □□ of pain from the great pain, the dagger fell to the ground. Then, Pei Xiaoyuan knocked him down with an elbow, pressed his chest with one knee, and quickly reversed the handle of the knife, and used the iron handle to slam his other arm that was about to be swung, and finally made him lose the ability to resist with both arms at the same time, and then folded back, firmly subduing him under him.

Cheng Ping's face turned pale because of the great pain, and his whole person trembled slightly.

Pei Xiaoyuan was also wheezing violently at the moment because of Fang Cai's desperate struggle, and the blood from the wound was even more gurgling.

"If you take another step, I'll kill him right away!"

He didn't turn his head back to the tunnel, his voice was a little unsteady, but the murderous aura was chilling.

"When I die, my skills are not as good as others. Let none of you hinder him from leaving. Cheng Ping said word by word in a trembling but clear voice.

Shi Xuan looked at the master on the ground, his face was like earth, he hurriedly waved away his entourage, and knelt behind Pei Xiaoyuan, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"When I was trapped in the city, you hit here, but stopped. Why? When the respite calmed down, Pei Xiaoyuan asked.

Seunghei let out a soft sneer.

"Pei Er......" He paused and said in as calm a voice as possible, "You don't think I stopped because of your predicament, do you?" My cavalry has traveled a long way, and although they are the toughest warriors, they are not steely bodies after all, and they need to rest. It's a great place to recharge, that's all. ”

Pei Xiaoyuan was silent for a moment, "Chengping, although I misjudged you at the beginning, you are a proud person in your bones. Whether you are motivated by ambition, or to defeat me, or to take revenge on the court, I am the most direct enemy in your heart. You want to fight me face to face, not take advantage of my predicament and you fall into the ground. Because such a victory is not what you want. You don't have to deny this, you have been friends for many years, and I still know this bit of your heart. ”

"If you don't admit it, anyway, I am very grateful that you did not continue to press during that time."

Cheng Ping lay on the blood-stained snow, turned to look at the shadow of the shadowy camp tent in the wilderness outside the city wall in the distance, and slowly turned his face back, and said in a somewhat stiff voice: "It's just as a reward for not shooting me that day." It's been clear for a long time. If you want to kill, you will kill, needless to say. He closed his eyes.

Pei Xiaoyuan looked at him for a moment, and suddenly said: "There are many injustices in the world, and my hatred is not shallower than yours." You always advised me to start an incident in the past, you know me, even if I do cause an incident, and in the end it will be successful, you will not be able to get half an inch of land that does not belong to you, so you are spreading wild like this now, is it for revenge? ”

"Hatred is a double-edged sword. On the night I was trapped for two months, determined to follow my father's example, I suddenly realized a lot of things that I couldn't solve before......"

He slowly let go of Chengping and sat down on the snow beside him.

"I don't know if my father knew the conspiracy and the real instructor behind it before he left the customs, but at that moment, I believe that even if he knew, he would not hesitate. He knows what he should do and why. ”