The two of them had only walked more than 100 steps, and Le Yiyang saw a small wooden house faintly in the depths of the woods. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info He walked over slowly, using his hand to pick up the thorn bushes blocking the outside of the wooden house, and let Ji Yun pass cautiously, and then he went by himself. Le Yiyang stood at the door of the wooden house, knocked hard with the back of his fingers, and asked, "Is there anyone?" After a long time, no one answered. Le Yiyang knocked a few more times, but there was still no one in the room who answered. He gently pushed the door, and the wooden door opened with a "click".

Le Yiyang glanced back at Ji Yun, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "Come girl, let's go in and have a look." Lai Jiyun said: "Go in like this, and the master will find out that he will misunderstand when he comes back." Le Yiyang had already entered, found that there was dust everywhere, coughed and said, "There should be no one living here for a long time, so we will stay here for one night." After saying that, he hurriedly opened the window of the hut for ventilation, and then rushed out of the house.

Le Yiyang's head and body were covered with dust, and when Lai Jiyun saw his appearance, he couldn't help laughing, and walked over to brush the dust off his body with his hands. After half a pillar of incense, Le Yi said: "Come girl, the dust in the house should be gone." Lai Jiyun said: "Go in and see, you will know" After speaking, he stepped into the house.

There was only a broken bed and a stone bench in the wooden house, and Le Yiyang took out the horseskin and spread some hay on it, and said, "Come girl, I have wronged you tonight, I can only do this." Lai Jiyun said: "This is already good, it's better than being blown by the north wind outside." ”

After a while, Lai Jiyun asked, "Le Gongzi, do you sleep outside or inside?" Le Yiyang was eating dry food at this time, and when he heard him say this, all the rice in his mouth sprayed to the ground. Lai Jiyun asked with concern, "Young Master Le, have you choked?" After speaking, he handed him the leather bag containing clear water. Le Yiyang took the skin bag and said, "Don't get in the way." Come on, girl, you should sleep in the bed alone. I'll just sit on it. With that, he pointed to the stone bench under his buttocks. ”

Lai Jiyun said: "How can you do this, you still sleep in bed." The two argued, and finally Le Yiyang said: "Come girl, I think so, wait for you to sleep first, and when you wake up, I will sleep again." Okay?" Lai Jiyun smiled and said, "Okay, a word is a deal!"

After a day's journey, Ji Yun was already exhausted, so she untied the thousand-shaped sword, put it on the side of her pillow, and fell asleep on the bed. Le Yiyang looked at him sleeping and thought, "Silly girl, take a good rest." I'll call you again tomorrow morning. ”

Le Yiyang walked out of the window and closed the doors and windows, leaving only a small amount of air to breathe. He moved the stone bench to the door and leaned against the threshold to sleep.

At night, the north wind was blowing, and the trees in the mountains were squeaked. Bats fly in swarms in the night sky. Le Yiyang heard the wind outside, got up and walked to the window, looked at the dense mountains and forests outside, and thought: "This is really a suitable place for seclusion, who has lived in such a mysterious place?" Le Yiyang remembered what happened during the day again, and said to himself: "I hope that Yelu Zhongying's envoy to the Jin Kingdom this time can successfully prevent the war between the two countries." In this way, the people of the world do not have to be displaced anymore. ”

He was deep in thought when he heard a shrill laugh in the distance. This voice is from far and near, which makes people feel creepy. Le Yiyang looked back at Ji Yun and saw that she had turned over towards the wall, not disturbed by the sound at all. When he looked outside again, there was already a middle-aged man dressed in black more than ten feet away.

The man didn't notice the hut deep in the woods. He stood in the middle of the woods, as if waiting for someone. The cold wind blew his hair loose. Although the man was veiled, he could still see the suspicious expression on his face. Le Yiyang held his breath and quietly watched the man's every move in the woods, only to see the man standing on the ground, motionless, as if he was a dead corpse.

In less than a pillar of incense, another carriage came out from the other side of the woods, and out of the carriage came a man in his fifties and dressed in plain clothes. As soon as the man got out of the carriage, the man in black stepped forward and bowed. The man didn't return the salute, but only asked coldly: "Tuoba Jiyu, why did you ask the old man to come out so late?"

The man in black was a party nobleman, the cousin of Li Yiyin, the current Duke of Xia. The Tuoba clan was originally a descendant of the Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and later integrated into the party and became the first surname of the party. Since the Sui and Tang dynasties were attached, the Tuoba clan has always held the leadership of the party. Since Tuoba Sigong was named the envoy of the Dingyan Army Festival and the Duke of Xia Guogong by Tang Xizong, he has always taken the surname "Li" of the Tang Dynasty as his surname. Tuoba Jiyu deliberately did the opposite, still taking "Tuoba" as his surname, openly flouting Li Yiyin's authority. Only then was Li Yiyin expelled from the territory of the Dingyan Army. For more than ten years, Tuoba Jiyu wandered around the Khitan and the Central Plains, constantly gathering the old party departments that were scattered abroad, in an attempt to reproduce the great cause of the Northern Wei Dynasty to unify the north.

Tuoba Jiyu took off his veil, revealing his sinister true face, and said with a smile: "Captain Du, I haven't seen you for many years, don't come unharmed." Du Chongwei said: "You and I meet in this barren mountain and wilderness late at night, it won't be just for a few pleasantries, right? Tuoba Jiyu said unhurriedly: "Captain Du, I didn't expect you to still have an old temper. The ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee have spread the word that your energy is not as good as before, and the contemptible people see that your body is very hard-boned, and you are still calm and comfortable when you travel 800 miles in one night. After hearing this, Du Chongwei's face turned dark, and he said in a low voice: "Tuoba Jiyu, it seems that you have really put a lot of effort into my side. Tuoba Jiyu shook his head again and again, and said: "Taiwei Du, now that you are soaring, the contemptible people are still wandering on the rivers and lakes. With our friendship, you have to help me once. ”

Du Chongwei said disdainfully: "Tuoba Jiyu, what kind of friendship can we have? Then again, this is an internal matter of your party, and the old man can't take care of it." Tuoba Jiyu laughed and said, "Captain Du, you are really a noble person who forgets things." More than ten years ago, you were a assassin in Daizhou, and the contemptible people had just been expelled from the land of the Five States, and they had been a personal soldier in your mansion. Du Chongwei thought for a moment and said slowly: "According to this, it seems that there has been such a thing. Tuoba Jiyu said: "What the Taiwei ordered to do back then, the contemptible people did everything you wanted......

After hearing this, Du Chongwei hurriedly raised his hand, signaled him not to talk any further, and then said sharply: "Didn't you take the silver back then and stay away from the Jin Kingdom? Why did you appear here again now." Tuoba Jiyu said: "The contemptible people helped the Taiwei get rid of the Dingxi general Leyuan, took the rich gift of the adult, and went to the Khitan Gobi, which was more than ten years, and it was not until the last two years that the contemptible people returned to the Central Plains. Du Chongwei said angrily: "You asked the old man to come tonight, do you want to blackmail the old man?"

Tuoba Jiyu took a step forward and said softly: "Lord Taiwei, how dare a contemptible person do such a thing. It's just that the contemptible people in the Khitan are well aware of the sinister intentions of the Khitan monarchs and ministers to encroach on the world, so they risk their lives to escape from the land of tigers and wolves. The contemptible people came back this time, hoping to unite the four countries of Jin, Shu, Southern Tang, and Wuyue to jointly deal with the southern invasion of the Khitan. Du Chongwei listened to what he said, and asked puzzledly: "Tuoba Jiyu, you are not from my Central Plains, why are you willing to contribute to us?" Tuoba Jiyu said calmly: "Taiwei, we are helping Dajin, we are helping the party." The truth of the cold lips and teeth, the contemptible people still understand that if the Khitan defeats the Great Jin, the party and the southern countries will not escape the doom. ”

Du Chongwei remembered the reason why the Khitan sent troops this time, glanced around the woods, and saw that there was no sound everywhere, so he stepped forward and asked: "Two months ago, the Khitan envoy sent an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, and he disappeared with people and horses halfway through. You tell me the truth, did you kill these people?" Tuoba Jiyu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then laughed and said: "It is worthy of Captain Du, this can also be guessed by you." To tell the truth, it was the contemptible people who sent people to do it. Du Chongwei asked again: "Where did you hide the corpse of the Khitan envoy?" Tuoba Jiyu replied: "This matter has been so long, why is Lord Taiwei still pursuing it?"

Du Chongwei said with a solemn expression: "Tuoba Jiyu, you are so bold, you dare to assassinate the envoys of other countries in my Great Jin! Do you know that it is precisely because of this incident that the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang has become angry and ashamed, and now the imperial army has gone out of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and arrived at the border between the two countries. ”

Tuoba Jiyu was not panicked, gently patted the dead leaves that fell on his body, and said: "Taiwei Du, the contemptible people are bent on dealing with the Khitan, but I didn't expect to cause such a big thing. Your Excellency can tie me up now and escort me to Kaifeng, and the contemptible people will be willing to obey the laws of the Great Jin. ”

Du Chongwei thought to himself: "The matter has come to this, even if I kill him, it will be useless, it is better to keep his life and use it for me." He stepped forward and shook Tuoba Jiyu's hand and said, "Tuoba Jiyu, you are a party nobleman, and the old man will not embarrass you this time." Remember, don't do anything willful in the future. Tuoba Jiyu hurriedly knelt down and thanked him. Du Chongwei helped him up and asked, "You just said that I would help you once, what is the matter?"

Tuoba Jiyu saw that Du Chongwei gradually trusted him, and his heart was happy, attached to his ear, and whispered: "Lord Taiwei, the Khitan princess Yelu Zhongying has arrived in your country and is on her way to Kaifeng Mansion. She is the pearl of the Khitan Emperor, if she can be eliminated at this time, it will definitely hit the morale of the Khitan, and maybe the Khitan will withdraw its troops because of this. The contemptible person has already sent someone to assassinate her, but there are so many masters around her that we have nowhere to start. Taiwei Du, you have the military power of Kaifeng Mansion in your hands, as long as you give an order, even if Yelu Zhongying is protected by copper walls and iron walls, it will be difficult to resist the attack of the Great Jin Imperial Forest Army. ”

Du Chongwei looked at Tuoba Jiyu, only to see him gesturing with his eyebrows, thinking: "If Yelu Zhongying dies in the Jin Kingdom, how will the Khitan give up, and not only will they not withdraw their troops at that time, but they will devote the strength of the whole country to avenge Yelu Zhongying." At that time, the Khitan and the Jin Kingdom are in full swing, and your party can take advantage of the fire to rob. I, Du Chongwei, as the captain of the Great Jin, how could I do such a thing that is sorry for the people in the world. So he shook his head again and again, and said, "This must not be done." Tuoba Jiyu, what kind of hatred do you have with the Khitan, and you have to put the Khitan princess to death?"

Tuoba Jiyu smiled bitterly and said: "My Lord Taiwei, don't you know? In recent years, the Khitan has repeatedly invaded and killed our party's Xiang clan, and our party and the Khitan are incompatible. Although the contemptible people were expelled from the Dingyan Army by Li Yiyin, they still had the blood of the party in their bodies. How can a contemptible person see the party being bullied by the Khitan and ignore it?"

Du Chongwei said: "Tuoba Jiyu, no matter what, the old man must not let you assassinate Yelu Zhongying in the land of the Great Jin Dynasty. ”

Tuoba Jiyu had already guessed that Du Chongwei would resolutely oppose this matter, and deliberately stimulated him and said: "Since this is the case, the contemptible people can only watch the Khitan mission enter Beijing. The Khitan has always been domineering, and I don't know how long the Great Jin Dynasty will have to endure humiliation!"