Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Zhe Siwu said helplessly: "Then Xiao Dan and Qin Guogong haven't met a few times, so they don't have any friendship at all. On the contrary, they share weal and woe with you. Your worries are too unfounded!"

"Is it unfounded worrying, the great wizard said it doesn't matter."

"What the old man says doesn't count, so who has the final say?"

"Of course Sister Dan has the final say!"

Regarding Xiao Dan, Zhe Siwu still had confidence, and said: "Then bring her here, and let's clarify the matter face to face."

"So good!"

Zhe Siwu ordered to go on, and less than an hour later, the beautiful lady arrived.

Xiao Dan Yingying bowed down and said: "See the Great Wizard!"

"My niece, please get up!" Then, he pointed to Su Zhi's side and said, "Sit, sit here, next to His Highness the Prince."

"Yes!"

After Xiao Dan sat down, he said softly: "But I don't know why the great wizard called Dan'er here?"

"Uh...the thing is like this...First of all, I would like to inform you of one thing. Not long ago, my eight-part alliance meeting has made a resolution. This time, we will form an alliance with Goguryeo to jointly deal with Datang."

"Yes."

"Niece Xian, do you know what this means?"

Xiao Dan shook his head and said: "Is there any room for a little girl to intervene in important national affairs?"

"Ah...no...what the old man means is, do you understand, how does this affect you?"

"I?"

"Yes! You also know that Duke Qin of the Great Tang won the horse race just now. In other words, you are his man! But now, my Khitan and the Great Tang are neither friends nor foes. There will be a series of battles soon, killing a corpse Mountain blood sea. You are caught in the middle..."

"It's always a little girl's life."

"No, the old man watched you grow up, how could you be wronged? For you, the old man came up with a way to get the best of both worlds."

"The best of both worlds?" Xiao Dan asked suspiciously: "In this case, how can there be any way to have the best of both worlds?"

Zhe Siwu said with a smile: "This old man's solution is to let the Goguryeo envoys kill Guo Yena, and then marry Prince Suzhi yourself! The Xi family and our Khitan will advance and retreat together, so there is no need for embarrassing nieces!"

Xiao Dan widened his eyes and said, "You want to kill Qin Guogong?"

"It's not me who wants to kill, it's the Goguryeo envoy who wants to kill. At best, our Khitan will bear the crime of protecting against others. Even morally, there is nothing we can't explain."

He paused for a moment, then continued: "You have a friend in need with the prince of the Xi family, and he loves you deeply. The two of you are a natural match. The Duke of Qin, Guo Ye, is nothing more than God's tempering of you. , Fortunately, the clouds are clearing up now..."

Xiao Dan stood up abruptly, and said, "Great Wizard, stop talking!"

"So you agree?"

"You want to kill my husband, how can I agree?" Xiao Dan said in a deep voice, "Although the little girl is young and doesn't study much, she also knows the truth of sticking to the end. If you want to kill Qin Guogong, I will Don’t dare to stop me, I can only follow my husband underground!”

"I think you are stupid for reading Chinese books!" Zhe Siwu said angrily, "Our Khitan marriage is about sisters succeeding each other, brothers end up with brothers, and stepmother is wife. It's not about the same thing!"

Xiao Dan shook his head and said: "This is Hu Su, Dan'er dare not follow orders!"

"You...what do you think you are? Don't think that you are a Han Chinese after reading a few Han books. You are also a Hu, why do you look down on Hu vulgar?"

The beauty rolled her eyes and said: "Although Dan'er is a Hu, he is deeply ashamed of such rebellious Hu vulgar, can't he?"

"You..." Xiao Dan, who had always been obedient to his words, suddenly seemed to have taken medicine and refused to budge, which surprised Zhe Siwu.

For a while, I didn't know how to answer.

After a long time, he said in a deep voice: "If the old man, as the great wizard of Khitan, orders you to marry the prince of the Xi clan, what will you do?"

"Dare to pull the emperor down from the horse! The little girl is not afraid of death. Could it be that the great wizard thinks that his status is higher than the emperor?"

"You...you don't need to seek death, I will kill you first!"

The great sorcerer was about to strike, but the prince of the Xi clan swung his sword horizontally and said, "Zhe Siwu, if you are unreasonable to sister Dan. I, Su Zhi, recognize you, but I can't recognize you with this sword!"

When Su Zhi got angry, the great wizard really didn't dare to do anything wrong.

It's not that his swordsmanship is unsurpassed, no matter how powerful Su Zhi's swordsmanship is, can it still be as good as Zheng Xiliang?

The point is, behind him stood the [-] army of the Xi clan.

With this support, not to mention holding a sword, even holding a piece of grass, he must have undeserved courage.

Zhe Siwu sighed, and said: "Adan, I can see that you are relying on the power of the prince of the Xi clan, and you don't take this old man seriously?"

"Don't be harsh. As long as you don't kill Dan'er's husband, I still respect you."

"Hi!" Zhe Siwu stomped his feet and said, "This old man is really in a cocoon! He should have listened to Brother Ku and ruled the game invalid."

Su Zhi said: "It's too late to regret now, let's talk about how to deal with the aftermath."

Zhe Siwu took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, do you still keep your original promise?"

"What promise?"

"Advance and retreat with our Khitan, the two armies unite as one, with Brother Ku as the commander."

"Of course it counts. A gentleman is fast with his words."

"Well, to save you, we don't have to kill Guo Ye, but we have to imprison him. After the war is settled, we will release him to Tang."

Su Zhi shook his head again and again, and said, "No, no, no! Not at all! How can my Su Zhi's brother-in-law be locked up by you?"

"Your Highness, don't push yourself too far!"

Su Zhi smiled slightly, and said, "I don't think it's better than this. Take Qin Guogong to the camp of our Xi clan. This prince can guarantee that he will not escape back to the Tang Dynasty."

"Guarantee? What guarantee do you have? What if he runs away?"

"Of course I use my reputation as a guarantee. Could it be that the great wizard can't trust me?"

"I..." Of course Zhe Siwu couldn't trust Su Zhi, but how could he say that?He said, "It's not that you can't trust Your Highness, but..."

"It's nothing more than that. I agreed to such a big thing as the coalition of the two countries. You even push back my request, which shows that you have no sincerity."

Su Zhi curled his lips and said, "It's really not possible, I don't think we need to cooperate anymore. From now on, the Khitan and the Xi people will have their own way, so each side will go to the other side!"

"Don't! Don't! The old man promises you, can't you? Guo Ye, just take it away!"