Le Yiyang and Kuang Weijian went all the way to the north, passed Luozhou and Xingzhou, and traveled for another four days, arriving at Zhaozhou, which is the closest to Hengzhou. It was already evening when the two of them entered www.biquge.info the city. The people of the city were all the same, and there was no trace of the tension that preceded the war.

Le Yiyang felt strange in his heart, remembering the scene he saw at the crossing of the Yellow River more than twenty days ago, when people were still rushing to flee south, so he said to Kuang Weizhuang: "Brother Kuang, it's strange to say, this place is less than two hundred miles away from Hengzhou, if there is a battle, the Khitan cavalry can attack it in two or three hours, why are the people here still so calm?"

Kuang Weizhuang was leaving the Silent Valley for the first time, and he was not familiar with the states and counties of the Jin Kingdom, but when he heard Le Yiyang's words, he was also puzzled, and said: "Brother Le, it may be that Zhaozhou has been on guard for a long time, so the residents in the city are worry-free. ”

The two walked a few more miles down the street. Le Yiyang said: "It's not early today, let's find an inn to stay, and it's not too late to leave tomorrow morning." If it goes well, we can get to Hengzhou within tomorrow. Kuang Weijian nodded and said, "That's what I mean." ”

Le Yiyang and Kuang Weijian walked into a big inn, booked two houses, then sat down at the table and called the shopkeeper over. The two of them have traveled a long distance in the past few days, eating a lot of coarse grains, and it is rare to have time to eat at the inn today, so they called a table full of dishes.

The shopkeeper had not seen such a cool guest for more than a few days, so he hurriedly greeted: "Two guest officers, you are really good eyesight, my family's Hidden Dragon Inn is famous in Zhaozhou." Wait a moment, and I'll tell the kitchen to do it. When he came back to serve the food, Le Yiyang stopped him and asked, "Xiao Er, I have a question, please tell me truthfully." ”

The shopkeeper said frankly: "Guest officer, please speak! But whoever knows about it will never hide it." Le Yiyang told what he had seen along the way, and asked him about the battle situation in Hengzhou. Shopkeeper said: "It seems that the guest officer is from other places, you don't know, seven days ago, the Khitan army had already retreated to the sixteen states of Yanyun." That's why we dare to reopen our doors. ”

Le Yiyang was taken aback, glanced at Kuang Weizhuang, and asked the shopkeeper again: "What did you say?" ”

The shopkeeper replied firmly: "Guest officer, this matter is true. As soon as the 100,000-strong army led by Taiwei Du arrived in Hengzhou, the Khitan army began to withdraw. ”

Le Yiyang remembered what Feng Ruoxiang had said, and felt that this matter would not be so simple, and asked: "Is Taiwei Du still in Hengzhou now?" The shopkeeper said: "This little one is not clear." Seeing that nothing was wrong, Le Yiyang motioned for him to leave.

Kuang Weijian saw Le Yiyang's solemn expression, and said carefully: "Now that the Khitan has withdrawn, it's a good thing." Le Yi said: "Brother Kuang, it may not be so. Since the Khitan Emperor is personally on the expedition, how can he return in vain. Besides, before the two countries were at war, the Khitan army retreated first, and there must be something strange about this matter!" Kuang Weizhi did not answer after hearing this, but only ate his meal silently.

Le Yiyang and Kuang Weijian were eating. Suddenly, a group of soldiers walked in from outside the house, led by a young man. The soldiers entered the house and called the shopkeeper: "Come on, hurry up and prepare a meal, our son will rush to Yingzhou after eating." Seeing so many soldiers, the shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please sit down first, and I'll arrange it." ”

The boy glanced into the room and sat down at a table with a distance. When Le Yiyang heard that the group was going to Yingzhou, he was stunned, turned around and glanced at the young man, and saw that he was dressed in white clothes with a long sword at his waist, and he looked about the same age as himself.

Seeing this, one of the soldiers asked loudly, "Boy, what are you looking at?" The young man hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't be so reckless!" and said to Le Yiyang: "The subordinates are ignorant, please bear with me." ”

Le Yiyang nodded lightly and did not answer, as a response.

The young man saw that Le Yiyang was gentle and elegant, and Kuang Weizhuang beside him looked calm, and he was shocked, thinking that the two of them must not be idle people, so he got up and said: "Xiaosheng's surname is Liang, his name is Hairong, and he is fortunate to meet the two sons today, and he is really fortunate to have three lives." I wonder where you want to go?"

Le Yiyang got up and replied: "Under the surname Le, the boy Yiyang, this is my brother, the surname Kuang is not stiff." The two of us are preparing to go to Hengzhou. I heard just now that Gongzi is going to Yingzhou, Yingzhou is now the territory of the Khitan, and the armies of the two countries are tense. ”

The boy was silent, and sat down with a smile. A soldier next to him said: "This is the only son of Liang Hanzhang, the commander of the Jizhou Ma Army. This time, Du Taiwei went north to fight against the Khitan, and specially invited Emperor Zhao to seal Lord Liang as the envoy of the Ma army in the north, and secretly ordered to send troops to recover Yingzhou Sikou Pass. Lord Liang was cautious, and first sent Gongzi and me as pioneers to Yingzhou to investigate the truth and truth. ”

Le Yiyang suddenly remembered the edict sent by the Son of Heaven of the Great Jin Dynasty, "First take Yingmo, stabilize Guannan, and then return to Youyan and Dangping Saibei." "Pondering: "Yingzhou is the gateway to the sixteen states of Yanyun, since it was occupied by the Khitan, there have been heavy Khitan guards over the years, Du Chongwei according to the emperor's will, if he really wants to recapture Yingzhou, it is also a major event that covers several generations." After all, the big ** mountain was fought down by Du Chongwei and others with great hard work, how could he easily give up an inch of land. ”

Le Yiyang remembered that he had misunderstood Du Chongwei before, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart, and said: "Liang Gongzi, the two brothers in Xia originally wanted to go to Hengzhou to do business, but they never wanted to meet you here, if Gongzi didn't dislike it, he would like to go to Yingzhou together." ”

The young man was shocked, and when he saw a long sword on the table of the two of them, he thought, "Looking at the outfits of the two sons, they must be people who practice martial arts." It is only a few hundred miles away from the Khitan border, and Khitan spies often get involved. If the two of them are really Khitans, my whereabouts will be exposed, and I may be killed at any time. Now they want to go with me, but what can they do?"

Le Yiyang saw that the young man was hesitant, thinking that he had never known him in his life, and suddenly asked to go with him, which was indeed a bit abrupt, and Liang Hairong had top-secret military affairs in his body this time, so he was very defensive in his heart, so he said: "Liang Gongzi, if it is inconvenient, I will not bother in the future, and there will be a period later." ”

Le Yiyang took out a silver ingot from his arms, put it on the table, took the Qingyun Xuankong Sword, and said to Kuang Weizhuang: "Brother Kuang, now that the Khitan has retreated to Yingzhou, we can go to Hengzhou to meet the two brothers Guan and Bu, and then go to Yingzhou for a trip." ”