Chapter 224: The Prisoner Under the Steps

At that time, it was the 11th year of Tianfu of the Jin Kingdom and the 30th day of December of the ninth year of the Khitan Conference. One month later, that is, on the first day of February in the first year of Datong, Yelu Deguang issued an edict in the Kaifeng Palace, changing the country name "Khitan" to "Da Liao", and Yelu Deguang became the emperor of Da Liao again.

Prior to this, Yelu Deguang had already gone to Fengchan Temple to see Shi Chonggui and reproach him for not being ungrateful, he would never have ended up as a prisoner today. Shi Chonggui knew that the time of death was coming, but he was like a man, and he did not wag his tail and beg for mercy. When Jerod saw this, he was angry and walked away. At noon on the same day, Yelu Deguang immediately issued an edict to demote Shi Chonggui to a negative marquis, and he was still imprisoned in Fengchan Temple, leaving him with embarrassment and hunger. Within a few days, Yelu Deguang asked 300 cavalry to escort Shi Chonggui and his relatives to move to the Khitan Huanglong Mansion, and they were never allowed to return to the homeland of the Jin Kingdom.

At the beginning of Kaifeng's collapse, Shi Chonggui failed to set fire to ** and was rescued by Concubine Lu Siyi and her apprentice Bie Yuanqing. Lu Siyi originally wanted Shi Chonggui to take advantage of the chaos to get out of the palace and retreat to the deep mountains and old forests with him, and never to worry about the affairs of the world again. But Shi Chonggui hesitated, and was discovered by Zhang Yanze and his soldiers who broke into the palace. Zhang Yanze was very short-tempered, and at this time, he didn't care about it, and immediately ordered the three people to be shot to death with arrows, so as to ask for merit in front of Yelu Deguang. Lu Siyi and Bei Yuanqing protected Shi Chonggui, shot down the sharp arrows shot with the Yanyun swordsmanship that they had cultivated, and then rushed out to kill more than a dozen rebellious soldiers.

Yelu Nguyen led a large army to guard the palace gate. He saw that Lu Siyi was not only handsome, but also skilled, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Zhang Yanze. Although Zhang Yanze was unhappy in his heart, he didn't dare to offend the Khitan prince, and after saluting, he left with his soldiers stupidly.

Lu Siyi didn't know the truth of the other party, but seeing that the other party was handsome, and he was only in his early thirties, he didn't take him seriously at first, but later heard Zhang Yanze call him the prince, and he was secretly shocked in his heart, thinking that the other party was actually the commander of the former battalion that attacked Jin, and he was happy to let him let Shi Chonggui go, so he tentatively said: "Lord Wang, your Khitan has already conquered the Jin Kingdom, and you won't really want to kill it all, right?"

Yelu Ruan heard her questioning, carefully looked at the woman in the white dress, and found that although she had been surrounded by many people, her face did not show any worry, but there was some arrogance in her words, and she was stunned in her heart, and said: "Girl, this king is ordered to enter the palace to capture Shi Zhonggui and his relatives. The people in the palace, who are not the princesses, princes, and princes, can leave on their own, and this king will never embarrass you. As for Shi Chonggui and others, their fate still needs to be decided by our emperor. ”

Although Lu Siyi is over thirty-five years old, she usually concentrates on practicing swordsmanship and has nothing to do with men and women, so her appearance is better than that of a young woman in her twenties. Yelu Ruan didn't know that she was Shi Jingjiao's widow, and thought she was just an ordinary maid in the Jin Palace, so she said so.

Lu Siyi was self-aware, and it was absolutely impossible to save Shi Chonggui today, and said, "Lord Wang, since this is the case, let's leave." She turned to look at Shi Chonggui and said softly, "Your Majesty, take care." ”

Shi Chonggui was in a heavy mood, although he was reluctant to give up on Lu Siyi, but when he thought that his beloved could leave unharmed, he had no worries, and deliberately said coldly: "You guys go, go as far as possible, and never go back to Kaifeng." ”

Of course, Lu Siyi understood his good intentions, and thought: "Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about running out of firewood." Your Majesty, as long as I am alive, I will definitely find a way to save you. Lu Siyi and Bei Yuanqing gave a look, and Bei Yuanqing immediately understood, and the two of them quickly flew away from outside the palace wall.

Yelu Ruan hurriedly chased out of the hall. Lu Siyi's graceful body stopped at the head of the wall for a moment, then turned around and smiled at Yelu Ruan Wan'er: "Lord, if you don't have to send you off, we will meet later!" and then disappeared into the vast building. Yelu Ruan was stunned, and said to herself: "This woman seems to have seen it somewhere, and she can't even remember it for a while." ”

Xiao Yejin and Cha Muhe rushed out after him, and the two of them saw the agile figure on the wall, and sighed: "I didn't expect that there would be a master with unique skills in the harem of the Jin Kingdom, today is really an eye-opener." ”

Yelu Ruan came back to his senses, looked at the two of them and said worriedly: "The Central Plains is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Although we have seized the country of Jin, it is difficult to defend it. Cha Muhe frowned after hearing this, and immediately stretched out, and said loudly: "Lord Wang, you are too worried. What does this matter have to do with us? The emperor will arrive in Kaifeng in a few days, so let's leave this trouble to him. Xiao Yejin nodded and said, "Not in his position, not in his politics." Lord Wang, you don't have to worry about this, so as not to let those good people around the emperor seize the handle. ”

Yelu Ruan smiled and said, "You are right, this king is almost confused again. In your opinion, what should be done with Shi Zhonggui?"

Xiao Yejin was familiar with Chinese books and was very impressed by the allusion of Liu Bang's destruction of Qin, so he said: "We should follow the example of the Han King, imprison Shi Chonggui, block the gate of the palace, and our former army is stationed in Kaifeng City, quietly waiting for the arrival of the emperor." ”

Yelu Ruan agreed: "The emperor has long been worried about this king, this time I will capture the capital of the Jin State alone, if I don't restrain myself, I'm afraid that sooner or later a catastrophe will come." ”

Yelu Ruan had made up his mind and asked Chamuhe to lead people to imprison Shi Zhonggui and his relatives in the Fengchan Temple in the city. It was close to the garrison of the former battalion, and the distance between the two places was only four or five miles. The temple is heavily guarded, and without the permission of Yelu Ruan, no one is allowed to meet Shi Chonggui without permission.

That night, after Yelu Ruan returned to the royal tent, he never forgot the woman he met during the day, and he couldn't sleep in bed again and again. He was worried that the woman would go to the rescue of Shi Chonggui, so he turned over and got up, changed into civilian clothes, picked up the sword hanging on the wall and went out.

Yelu Ruan came to Fengchan Temple non-stop. The soldiers guarding the door saw that the prince had come to check on him in person, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted. Yelu Ruan nodded and gestured to them, asking them about their daytime guards. Those soldiers knew that the emperor of the Jin Kingdom was being imprisoned in the temple, and they didn't dare to slack off for a moment.

One of the centurions patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, my lord, this temple has been surrounded by us, and not even a fly can escape from it." Yelu Ruan condoled: "You have worked hard! Those soldiers were moved in their hearts and said one after another: "The prince has taken care of us very much, and we don't dare to have any more extravagant hopes." Yelu Ruan laughed and said, "This king has always rewarded and punished clearly! Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the king not to reward merit?" When the soldiers heard this, they resigned themselves and escorted Yelu Ruan into the temple to inspect the temple.