Chapter Thirty-Three Paying homage to the Captain
The three left the palace and returned to the Wanguo Pavilion. Yelu Zhongying asked about the Kaifeng murder case mentioned by Shi Chonggui. Chen Ruseng told her everything that happened in the Villain Building that day, and said, "The people from the yamen found the Khitan currency in that person's room, so they suspected that it was yours. The emperor has ordered Dali Temple to investigate the matter, and he will definitely be able to clear His Royal Highness the Princess at that time." Yelu Zhongying smiled and said, "Thank you for your trust, but we will return to the Khitan in a few days, and we may not be able to wait for this result."
Chen Ruseng remembered that the two countries had already started war, and the Khitan princess stayed in Jin State. After a long time, he was inevitably confused. When he said goodbye, he said, "I hope that the princess can say a few words to me when she returns." Seeing that he was humble and polite, Yelu Zhongying thought that his father was the third personal expedition this time and would not withdraw his troops easily, so he said, "Mr. Chen, I am only responsible for passing the message. The father still has to decide on military and national affairs." After hearing his words, Chen Ruseng's face turned gray, sighed, and went in without saying a word.
He Liantian had already been full of anger. When Chen Ruseng walked away, he shouted loudly: "Shi Chonggui is so proud. If it weren't for our emperor's helping his uncle, how could it be his turn to sit on the dragon throne of Chongyuan Hall? Today I saw that His Royal Highness the Princess was present, otherwise I would have gone up to his life." Lu Wanli laughed and said: "Brother He is still old-tempered. This is Kaifeng, not Shangjing. It's better to be cautious." Yelu Zhongying thought to himself: "Uncle Lu is right. My father asked us to come and explore Shi Chonggui's words, but he still acted recklessly. It seems that a war between the two countries cannot be avoided."
He Liantian was dissatisfied and said, "No matter whether it is Kaifeng or closed, it will be our Khitan after a while. Princess, are you right?" Yelu Zhongying smiled slightly, with two cute dimples on his face, and said, "There is no distinction between the importance of stone and the importance of the stone, Chen Ruseng is loyal, and the people in the Central Plains are indeed of different quality." Lu Wanli whispered, "If the army is at the city, Chen Ruseng can still do this, and the family will admire him." Yelu Zhongying and Lu Wanli knew what he said to him, but they just didn't point it out.
In Chongyuan Hall, Shi Chonggui was still sitting on the dragon throne. Thinking of what he said to Yelu Zhongying and his party just now, it seemed a bit too much. Seeing that everything he had lost, the king asked, "Emperor, if what happened today is to the Khitan emperor, I don't know what the consequences will be." Shi Chonggui looked at him, and his expression was panicked. Seeing that he had always been good at observing words and expressions, the king said, "Emperor, now we have a quarrel with the Khitan, Yelu Deguang has led his troops to invade the south. If he cannot appease the Dangxiang people, the Duke of Xia, Li Yiyin, the southwest Khitan recruitment envoy, may not obey our command. At that time, Dangxiang and Khitan attacked our Great Jin several times, which will be not far from the destruction of the country."
Shi Chonggui asked, "What should you do according to your words?" Wang Jianxi stroked his neck and said, "Master, now that the Khitan army has been forcing into Dingzhou, the old slave still agrees with Lord Ji Yunyuan Ji and execute the assassin as soon as possible."
Shi Chonggui shook his hand and said helplessly: "It's up to you and the two of you to say." So he sent an order to induce Cui Mingyi to enter the palace immediately.
Before Cui Mingyi could thoroughly investigate the case, he received Shi Chonggui's decree. Cui Mingyi originally wanted to ask for grace for a few days, but Shi Chonggui decided to come to Ji Yun to appease the hearts of the Dangxiang people. After Cui Mingyi left the palace, he went to Kaifeng Prefecture. When he saw Cao Tieshi and Mei Jiutong, he conveyed the emperor's decree and asked them to execute the criminals in three days.
Seeing that the matter was urgent, Mei Jiutong went to the Villain Building that night. After hearing this, Le Yiyang walked back and forth in the house. Mei Jiutong said, "Brother Le, sit down first, let's make a long-term plan." Le Yiyang asked, "Brother Mei, Yun'er is in trouble now, and I feel like I'm in pins and needles in the room every day. Is it like this that your government handles the case?" Mei Jiutong was asked by him and didn't know where to answer, but just said softly: "Brother Le, this matter involves Dangxiang and Khitan. The emperor has issued an order. The reason is indescribable in short."
Le Yiyang slapped the table with his hand and said loudly: "Yun'er is in jail because of me. No matter what, I will save Yun'er." Mei Jiutong said: "If anyone can help, Brother Le will just give me instructions." Seeing that he is also a person with temperament, Le stood up and thanked: "Brother Mei, thank you for coming to tell me about Yun'er's situation. Now my injuries have been healed. Please tell Dali Temple that Le will do things and that Yun'er is innocent."
After hearing this, Mei Jiutong hurriedly advised: "Brother Le, you still need to think twice about this matter. Lai has been put into prison. If you fall into the trap again, you may not be able to escape."
Le Yiyang insisted on going to Dali Temple. Seeing that he was deeply in love with Lai Ji Yun, Mei Jiutong couldn't help but sigh: "Okay, it's a fate that we meet. I'm willing to do you a favor. Whether you succeed depends on yourself."
Le Yiyang thought to himself, "Is there a turning point in the matter?" So he asked, "I hope to hear it carefully." Mei Jiutong looked at no one around and leaned into his ear and said, "Brother Le, I heard from Lord Cao that the reason why the emperor pursued this matter was because you killed Dangxiang Tuoba Jiyu's subordinates. Now the Great Jin and Dangxiang jointly dealt with the Khitan. If the girl was not killed, the emperor was worried that Dangxiang would regret it before the formation, and it would be difficult to deal with it." Mei Jiutong said this and paused. Le Yiyang asked, "Brother Mei's meaning?" Mei Jiutong continued, "The emperor has no opinion now, and major matters are decided by the ministers in the court. Among the several ministers that the emperor relied most, the Grand Marshal Du Chong has the highest prestige. If he is willing to help, maybe there will be a turning point."
Le Yiyang thought, "Du Chi is the prince of the Grand Marshal, and he can ask him to help him say a few words." He stood up and thanked, "Thank you for your advice, Brother Mei." Mei Jiutong said with a smile, "I can't tell you the advice, I hope Brother Le can succeed." After 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: "Mr. Le, Taiwei Du has always been indifferent and ruthless, and I don't know if he is willing to help this gang." Le Yiyang felt over and over and over and over and said, "As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up." Cui Xin pouted and said, "Sister Lai is so lucky. By the way, Mr. Le, when are you going to see the Taiwei?"
Le Yiyang guessed that she wanted to go with her and said, "Cui Xin, I have a relationship with Grandmaster, so I will visit him alone now." After hearing this, Cui Xin said, "Come back early, I will make snacks for you tonight." Le Yiyang said "um", picked up the long sword, got up and went downstairs, and came to the street.
The Taiwei Mansion was ten miles west of the palace. Le Yiyang kept asking for directions along the road. It took half an hour to arrive. There were heavy troops guarding the gate of the Taiwei Mansion. Le Yiyang walked over and was stopped immediately. Le Yiyang said, "Let's go to visit Taiwei Du according to the order of General Tuoba Jiyu, Dingnan.
Those people saw his outfits and were skeptical, so they sent a soldier into the mansion to report the news. After a while, the man came out and said, "Master Taiwei will meet important guests tonight, and no one will be seen. You might as well please go back." Le Yiyang felt strange in his heart. He had already claimed that he was Tuoba Jiyu's subordinate, so he would not have been turned away. So he was latent near Taiwei's Mansion and closely observed the situation inside and outside the mansion. After two hours, the gate of Taiwei's Mansion opened, and the group walked out and heard those people say, "Master Taiwei stayed, I'll wait and return to the army to report."
Le Yiyang saw that those people were neither Dangxiang nor Khitan, and he was curious and did not know what was going on. The people rode their horses and left quickly. Le Yiyang saw that his group of people were about to go away, so he stole the horse tied outside the Taiwei Mansion and followed them out of the city.
Those people left the city and walked a hundred and twenty miles northward. When they arrived at a bush, they stopped. One person said, "Brothers, we can't go back to Hengzhou today. We are resting here now. Everyone takes turns to watch the night, and there must be no negligence." Everyone said "promise". After a while, one of them said, "If the general can convince the Grand Marshal this time, we will make a great contribution." Another said, "Be gentle, if others hear it, we will lose our lives." After that, the people turned around and walked a few steps, and then they were sure that no one was relieved. Those people ran all the way day and night, fell to the ground and fell asleep, leaving only one person responsible for the alert.
Le Yiyang was hiding in the grass five feet away from them. Seeing the group of people walking towards the grass, he hurriedly held the hilt of his waist in his right hand. When the people stopped, he realized that it was a false alarm. Le Yiyang was considering whether to return to the city or stay to continue to inquire about the situation. Suddenly a black shadow flashed, causing the horse to scream. The group of people woke up immediately. Seeing that something was wrong, everyone picked up a big knife and searched everywhere. 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 20 to 30%, but it should be more than enough to deal with these people. At that time, the black shadow man came and went very quickly. I guess his martial arts must be above him, and I couldn't help but worry about being attacked by the back.
As the people gradually approached, Le Yiyang jumped up and stood ten feet away from them. When did they see him, they said, "Who are you? When did you follow us?" Le Yiyang smiled and said, "My dear soldiers, I have been walking with you all the way from the Taiwei Mansion. Now I have come out to greet you. I hope the military men will forgive me if I offend you." Those people took a step back and looked around the bushes, worried about the ambush in the bushes. One of them said, "What do you want to follow us sneakily?" Le Yiyang raised his sword and said loudly, "Master Taiwei is not at ease, I'm very sorry, I'm going to send you all the soldiers."
After hearing this, the people looked as if they were ashamed. They only said that Du Taiwei was deceived, but they only said that Taiwei Du was quite sinister. General Li asked them to come and send secret letters this time. Unexpectedly, he was playing with him in the applause and cursed one after another: "Damn Du Chongwei, actually fooling 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 and sat on the ground and said: "The Khitan army is over. You are not fighting the enemy at the border, so why do you run back to Kaifeng Prefecture?" Those people did not answer, and raised their swords one after another, preparing to fight him to the death. Le Yiyang remembered the black shadow, and didn't know if he was with them. He had already vaguely felt that Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen were plotting to rebel, and said, "You go. I want to sleep for a while, and I don't want to see you after waking up." After that, he fell to the ground.
Chapter completed!