The three of them left the palace and returned to the Wanguo Pavilion, and Yelu Zhongying asked about the Kaifeng murder mentioned by Shi Chonggui. Chen Ruseng, www.biquge.info of the pen, told her everything that happened in Beiqing Building that day, and said: "The people of the Yamen found the Khitan currency in that person's room, so they suspect that you did it. The emperor has now ordered Dali Temple to investigate the matter, and then she will be able to return the innocence of Her Royal Highness to the princess. Yelu Zhongying smiled and said: "Thank you Lord Chen for your trust, but we will return to Khitan in a few days, and we may not be able to wait for this result." ”

Chen Ruseng remembered that the two countries had gone to war, and Her Royal Highness the Khitan princess stayed in the Jin Kingdom, and after a long time, it was inevitable that there would be some mistakes, and when he said goodbye, he said: "I also hope that Her Royal Highness the Princess can say a few words for me when she goes back." Yelu Zhongying saw that he was humble and polite, and thought that his father was the third personal expedition this time, and he would definitely not withdraw his troops easily, so he said: "Lord Chen, I am only responsible for passing on the word, and the major military affairs are still up to my father to decide." After hearing his words, Chen Ruseng's face was gray, he sighed, and went without saying a word.

He Liantian had already held his breath, and when Chen Ruseng walked away, he shouted loudly: "Shi Chonggui's guy is too carried away, if it wasn't for our emperor helping his uncle back then, how could it be his turn to sit on the dragon chair in Chongyuan Hall now." Today I am here for the presence of Her Royal Highness the Princess, otherwise I would have gone up to kill his dog. Lu Wanli laughed and said: "Brother Hexian is still old-tempered, this is Kaifeng, not in Shangjing." Let's be cautious. Yelu Zhongying thought to herself: "Uncle Lu is right, my father asked us to come over to explore Shi Chonggui's tone, but he is still acting arbitrarily, it seems that the war between the two countries is inevitable." ”

He Liantian was not convinced, and said: "It doesn't matter if it is opened or closed, after a while, it will not all be our Khitan, Your Royal Highness Princess, are you right." Yelu Zhongying smiled slightly, revealing two lovely dimples on her face, and said: "There is no distinction between the weight and the importance of the stone, Chen Rusheng is loyal, and the people of the Central Plains are really good and bad." Lu Wanli said softly: "If the soldiers come to the city, Chen Ruseng can still be like this, and the Sprinkle family will admire him." Yelu Zhongying and Lu Wanli both knew what he meant, but they didn't break it.

In the Chongyuan Palace, Shi Chonggui was still sitting on the dragon chair, thinking that what he had just said to Yelu Zhongying and his party was a bit too much. Seeing that he had lost all that he had lost, the king asked, "Your Majesty, if today's events reach the ears of the Khitan Emperor, I don't know what the consequences will be." Shi Chonggui looked at him, with a panicked expression. Wang saw that he had always been good at observing words and feelings, so he said: "Your Majesty, now that we have fallen out with the Khitan, Yelu Deguang has led his troops to invade the south, if we can't appease the party members, Li Yiyin, the prince of Xia, the envoy in the southwest of the Khitan, may not listen to our command." At that time, the party and the Khitan will attack our Great Jin from several sides, and it will not be far from the destruction of the country. ”

Shi Chonggui asked, "According to your words, what should I do?" Wang Jianxi scratched his neck left and right, and said: "Your Majesty, now that the Khitan army has forced into Dingzhou, the old slave still agrees with Lord Ji Yunyuan Ji and executes that assassin as soon as possible." ”

Shi Chonggui shook his hand and said helplessly: "It's according to the words of the two of you." So he sent a decree to recruit Cui Mingyi to enter the palace immediately.

Before Cui Mingyi could thoroughly investigate the case, he got Shi Chonggui's will. Cui Mingyi originally wanted to ask for a few days of grace, but Shi Chonggui was determined to kill Ji Yun to appease the hearts of the party. After Cui Mingyi left the palace, he went to the Kaifeng Mansion and met Cao Tieshi and Mei Jiutong, who conveyed the emperor's will and asked them to execute the prisoners in three days.

Mei Jiutong saw that the matter was urgent, so she went to the Farewell Building that night. After hearing this, Le Yiyang walked back and forth in the house non-stop. Mei Jiutong said: "Brother Le, you sit down first, and we will discuss it in the long run." Le Yiyang asked: "Brother Mei, Yun'er is in trouble now, and I sit on pins and needles in the room every day." Is this how your government handles cases?" Mei Jiutong was asked by him, and he didn't know how to answer, but said softly: "Brother Le, this matter involves the party and the Khitan, the emperor has issued an order, the reason, in short, it is difficult to explain." ”

Le Yiyang slapped the table with his hand and said loudly: "Yun'er was imprisoned because of me, no matter what, I have to save Yun'er out." Mei Jiutong said: "If there is anyone who can help, Brother Le can just command." Seeing that he was also a temperamental person, Le Yiyang got up and thanked: "Brother Mei, thank you for coming to tell me about Yun'er's situation." Now that my injuries have healed, please tell Dali Temple, just say that Le is doing things, and Yun'er is innocent. ”

Mei Jiutong listened to it and hurriedly persuaded: "Brother Le, you still need to think twice about this matter." The girl has been imprisoned, and if you throw yourself into the net again, I am afraid that you will not be able to escape. ”

Le Yiyang insisted on going to Dali Temple. Mei Jiutong saw that he was deeply affectionate to Ji Yun, and couldn't help but sigh: "Okay, it is fate that the two of us meet, I am willing to do you a favor, it depends on you whether you succeed or not." ”

Le Yiyang thought to himself, "Is there a turning point for things?" and asked, "I would like to hear about it." Mei Jiutong saw that there was no one around, leaned into his ear and said: "Brother Le, I heard Lord Cao say that the reason why the emperor is so pursuing this matter is because you killed the subordinates of the party Xiang Tuoba Jiyu. Now the Great Jin and the party have joined forces to deal with the Khitan. If the girl is not killed, the emperor is worried that the party will regret before the battle, and it will be difficult to do it then. Mei Jiutong said this and paused. Le Yiyang asked, "What does Brother Mei mean?" Mei Jiutong continued: "The emperor has no opinion today, and all major matters are decided by the ministers of the court. Among the ministers that the emperor relied on the most, Taiwei Du Chongwei had the highest prestige. If he is willing to help, maybe things will turn around. ”

Le Yiyang thought: "Du Chi is the son of Taiwei, so I can ask him to help say a few words." He got up and thanked, "Thank you, Brother Mei, for your advice." Mei Jiutong said with a smile: "I can't talk about pointing, but I hope Brother Le can succeed immediately." After saying that, he laughed.

Cui Xin happened to be by the door and heard the conversation between the two clearly. After Mei Jiutong left, Cui Xin pushed the door in and said to Le Yiyang: "Master Le, Taiwei Du has always been indifferent and ruthless, I don't know if he is willing to help this gang." Le Yiyang said in his heart: "As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up." Cui Xin pouted and said, "Sister is so blessed to come." By the way, Young Master Le, when are you going to meet Lord Taiwei?"

Le Yiyang guessed that she wanted to go together, and said, "Cuixin, I have a relationship with Lord Taiwei, and I will visit him alone now." After hearing this, Cui Xin said, "Come back early, and I'll make you snacks in the evening." Le Yiyang said "um", picked up the long sword, got up and went downstairs, and came to the street.

The Taiwei Mansion is ten miles west of the palace, and Le Yiyang has been asking for directions along the road, and he has walked for half an hour before arriving. There were heavy soldiers guarding the gate of Taiwei's Mansion, and Le Yiyang was stopped when he walked over. Le Yiyang said: "In Xia Le Yiyang, on the order of Tuoba Jiyu, the general of the Southern University, I came to visit Captain Du. ”

When they saw his attire, they were suspicious of him and sent a soldier into the house to report the news. After a while, the man came out and said, "Lord Taiwei has an important guest to meet tonight, and no one else will be seen. You'd better go back. Le Yiyang felt strange in his heart, he had already claimed to be Tuoba Jiyu's subordinate, and it stands to reason that he would not eat this closed door. So he was near the Taiwei Mansion and closely observed the scene inside and outside the Mansion. After two hours, the gate of the Taiwei's Mansion opened, and the group walked out, and heard the men say, "Taiwei stays, I will return to the army to resume my life later." ”

Seeing that those people were neither party members nor Khitans, Le Yiyang was curious and did not know what the situation was. The men rode their horses and soon left. Seeing that his group was about to go away, Le Yiyang stole the horse tied to the outside of the Taiwei's mansion and followed those people out of the city.

The men left the city, and went a hundred and twenty miles north, and when they came to a bush, they stopped. I only heard one person say: "Brothers, I can't go back to Hengzhou today." We are here to rest now, and we all take turns to keep vigil without the slightest negligence. Everyone said "no". After a while, one of them said, "If the general can convince Lord Taiwei this time, I will do a miracle." Another said warily: "Be light, if others hear it, we will die." With that, the men turned around and took a few steps to make sure that no one was relieved. Those men ran all the way day and night, fell to the ground and fell asleep, leaving only one person to be on guard.

Le Yiyang was hiding in the grass five feet away from them, and when he saw this group of people walking towards the grass, he hurriedly grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist in his right hand. When the men stopped, he realized it was a false alarm. Le Yiyang was considering whether to return to the city or stay to continue his investigation, when suddenly a dark shadow flashed, causing the horses to scream loudly. The group immediately woke up, saw that something was wrong, and everyone picked up a large knife and searched around. Le Yiyang didn't know who the black shadow was, and saw these soldiers walking towards him. Le Yiyang's Huixu Sword Technique was only practiced to two or three percent, but it should be more than enough to deal with these people, and when the black shadow man came and went very quickly, presumably the martial arts were above him, and he couldn't help but worry about being attacked on his back.

As the men drew closer, Le Yiyang jumped up and stood a foot away from them. Those people saw him and said, "Who are you? When did you come with you?" Le Yiyang smiled and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have been walking with you all the way from the Taiwei Mansion in Xia, and now I have come out to greet everyone. The men took a step back and looked around the bushes, fearing an ambush in the bushes. One of them said, "What do you want to sneak after us?" Le Yiyang raised his sword and said loudly: "Lord Taiwei is not at ease, I specially asked you to send you military masters a ride." ”

When those men heard this, their faces were as dead as ashes. General Li asked them to come over to deliver a secret letter this time, but he didn't expect to be played with by him between applause this time, and scolded one after another: "Damn Du Chongwei, he actually fooled us General Li? If we can't return to Hengzhou on time, the general has another way." Le Yiyang patted his left hand with his sword, sat on the ground and said: "The Khitan army has pressed the border, you don't fight the enemy at the border, what are you doing running back to Kaifeng Mansion?" Those people did not answer, they raised their broadswords one after another, ready to fight him desperately. Le Yiyang thought of the black shadow, he didn't know if he was with them all the way, he already vaguely felt that Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen were plotting to rebel, and said, "Let's go." I want to sleep for a while, and I don't want to see you when I wake up. Then he fell to the ground.