Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

Yelulunde's uneasiness deepened day and night.

After discussing with Liao Shengzong that day, he selected some Han soldiers from the army and tried to find out where the Song people hid grain.

Those Han soldiers did lead them to find some cellars, but there was not a grain of grain in them, they were all abandoned granaries in previous years.

As for the Song people who were supposed to live nearby, none were found.

Yelu Lund sometimes couldn't help wondering whether the Song people had abandoned these villages and towns and moved their families to counties guarded by city walls?

But these doubts were quickly dispelled by himself.

If so many Song people can be accommodated behind the city walls of prefectures and counties, why didn't the Song people hide behind the city walls in previous years?

But soon, he no longer had the energy to care about the whereabouts of the Song people.

One late night, Yelulunde had already fallen asleep under the service of the female slave, when he suddenly heard a noise of "the water is running—" and he woke up immediately.

The emperor is still in the barracks, if he gets caught in the water and hurts the emperor, the consequences will be disastrous!

He didn't even have time to put on his clothes, so he rushed out of the tent in a hurry, looked up, and sure enough, there was thick smoke and flames rising into the sky from the southwest corner.

Yelulunde was relieved at first, because the emperor's tent was in the middle of the barracks, and the fire in the southwest corner hadn't spread there yet.

Immediately afterwards, his complexion sank and he frowned.

The southwest corner is the place where the grain and grass are piled up. The army depends on the grain and grass when they go out to fight. To put it bluntly, if the grain and grass catch fire, it is better to burn the emperor to death!

He immediately gave an order to the guards in front of the tent: "Go quickly and see how the fire is going."

The soldiers led away, Yelu Lund paced anxiously in front of the tent, fidgeting.

The grain depot caught fire, and the emperor must summon him. He dared not leave the tent for fear of missing the person sent by the emperor to summon him.

This battle was very important to the emperor, so why not for him.

This time they almost went south with the whole country, exhausting the entire army of the Liao Kingdom, just to destroy the Song Kingdom.

But it was a bad start, and they encountered these obstacles just after crossing the border.

Although he followed the emperor's personal expedition, if something happened and the war ended in failure, the emperor would not be responsible, and in the end he could only bear the responsibility for the failure.

If he is really defeated, after this battle, the Liao Kingdom must be seriously injured. Wouldn't he become a sinner through the ages!

Yelulunde gritted his teeth, he couldn't sit still.

The fire started too suddenly, it was too coincidental, how could it be such a coincidence, they were worrying about grain and grass, and the grain depot caught fire?

This can't be a natural disaster, it must be a man-made disaster.

Who on earth set this fire?

In the blink of an eye, Yelu Lund thought of it.

Song people.

It must have been set on fire by Song people!

"Master Privy Envoy, Lord Privy Envoy!"

Yelu Lund came back to his senses: "What's the matter?"

A burly eunuch lowered his head, his entire face hidden in the shadows.

"His Majesty the Emperor was awakened by the fire, please go to the tent to discuss matters."

He nodded: "wait for me to change my clothes."

Yelulunde got up in the night and immediately went outside the tent, so the lights in the tent were not lit.

In the darkness, he was about to call someone in to light the lamp, when he suddenly remembered that he had never seen this eunuch in front of the emperor!

"you--"

A gust of wind hit the back of his neck, and Yelu Lund lost consciousness instantly.

When the real servant of Liao Shengzong came to Yelu Longde's tent and wanted to ask the Privy Envoy to answer the emperor, he saw a few personal soldiers standing guard in front of the tent with the door closed, hesitating and wanting to enter. He didn't dare to enter again.

The attendant wondered, "Could it be that the privy envoy is still lying high?"

One of the soldiers shook his head: "My lord woke up when the fire just broke out, and sent us to check the fire."

The rest of the soldiers also nodded.

The attendant was surprised: "That's strange, could it be that the boss fell asleep again?"

Yelu Lund's soldiers did not dare to disturb him hastily, but the servants in front of the emperor did not have such concerns.

The valet raised his shrill voice: "Master Privy Envoy, Lord Privy Envoy! Your Majesty invites you to discuss matters in the tent!"

No one in the tent answered.

The attendant shouted again: "My lord, please tell me something! Your Majesty can wait for you in the tent!"

Still no answer.

The servant stomped his feet: "My lord slept really well, what should I do?"

He bowed his hands to several of his own soldiers: "Everyone has also seen it. It's not that I want to disrespect the boss. It's just that the emperor's order is hard to disobey. His Majesty has an order, so I have to bring it. In the future, the boss will blame you, and everyone will have to do it." Give me a testimony."

The soldiers nodded quickly: "It should be, it should be, thank you for your hard work, father-in-law."

The servant gently opened the door curtain, and said loudly: "My lord, the servants are coming in."

The tent was pitch black, and the attendant raised the lantern in his hand, walked forward slowly, and shouted as he walked, "My lord, my lord?"

Bypassing the table and screen, it is Yelulunde's bed.

The bed was empty.

Yelulund was not in the tent.

Overnight, news of the Privy Envoy's disappearance spread throughout the Liao army camp.

At this time, Yelu Lund was in the city of Yingzhou, his hands and feet were tied to a chair, unable to move, and a piece of coarse cloth was stuffed in his mouth to prevent himself from biting his tongue.

Ouyang Chun stood aside with his arms folded, his tiger eyes wide open, staring at him viciously.

Yelu Lund was not to be outdone, if he hadn't been gagged, he could only make a "woo woo woo" sound, presumably he wanted to scold this person severely.

There was a creak, and someone pushed the door open.

When Ouyang Chun saw someone coming, he clasped his fists and saluted: "Master Xiang."

Kou Zhun put the candle in his hand on the table in front of Yelu Lund, and said with a smile, "You are safe, General Yelu."

Yelu Longde's eyes were about to burst.

Kou Zhun——

Sure enough, it's you!

Kou Zhun waved his hand: "General Yelu, please be patient."

How could Yelu Lund stay calm, he wished he could tear the person in front of him alive, eat his flesh and sleep his skin!

Kou Zhun said softly: "Kou knows that the general must be a little confused when he first came here. But the reason why Kou invited the general to visit Yingzhou is to reason with the general."

Yelulunde didn't listen to him at all, and frantically struggled on the chair, trying to break free from the rope, and died together with Kou Zhun.

Ouyang Chun frowned: "Hey, if you move again, your ears will be cut off!"

Yelulunde froze, relaxed his body, and stopped struggling.

Kou Zhun smiled: "Kou is not talented. He is the Prime Minister of Song Dynasty. The general is the privy envoy of the Liao Kingdom. He is also the Prime Minister of the same country. Now that the situation in Song and Liao is like this, it is not a courtesy for Kou to invite the general to discuss state affairs."

Yelulunde gradually calmed down, staring at him firmly.

Kou Zhun turned to Ouyang Chun and said, "Master Ouyang, please allow General Yelu to speak."

Ouyang Chun stepped forward and took out the cloth ball from Yelu Lund's mouth, and gave him another look: "Be honest!"

Yelu Lund took a deep breath: "Kou Zhun, speak up!"

Kou Zhun sighed softly: "General Yelu, you and I are both prime ministers of a country. No one understands the general situation of the world better than you and me. Kou doesn't understand how a seasoned country seeker like General Yelu would do something like that. Such a fool."

Yelu Lund snorted: "Kou Zhun, don't waste your efforts. You are the knife and I am the fish. You can kill or cut up as you like!"

Kou Zhun shook his head: "Kou said that the reason for inviting the general to Yingzhou City is to reason with the general."

Yelu Longde sneered: "What's the point, it's just a winner and a loser!"

"Winning the king and defeating the enemy is the truth on the battlefield. Kou's truth is to ask the general to come down from the battlefield before he can tell the truth to the general."

Kou Zhun took a sip of tea: "Since the Chanyuan alliance, Song and Liao have been at peace for a long time. Since this is the case, Kou doesn't understand why the general and the Liao emperor want to go to war and must invade the Song country?"

Yelu Lund said: "People want to eat, wolves want to eat meat, why are there so many?"

Kou Zhun put down his teacup: "How about this? After the general returned to the barracks, he persuaded the Emperor Liao to retreat. After all, the Song Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and we will not pursue any unintentional mistakes of the friendly countries. As long as the Liao Kingdom cancels the annual coins Now, the emperor of our country will not only not blame the Liao emperor, but will also become a brother with the Liao emperor, what does the general think?"

Yelu Lund froze for a moment, blushing: "Impossible—Kou Zhun, you—"

What followed was a chattering Khitan language, which Kou Zhun couldn't understand and knew it was not a good thing.

Ouyang Chun kicked the leg of the stool Yelu Lund was sitting on: "Put your mouth clean and speak!"

Yelu Lund was overturned to the ground, still scolding continuously.

Kou Zhun shook his head: "Dead wood cannot be carved."

After that, he stood up and went out the door.Ouyang Chun followed closely behind.

The Liao camp was in chaos at this time.

When the soldiers woke up, they found that the horse grass had been burned and the coach was missing, and they were in a hurry.Fortunately, the emperor still sat firmly in the tent of the Chinese army, which gave the soldiers a backbone.

And Liao Shengzong himself was in a particularly bad mood.

"Still haven't found it yet?"

The personal guard shook his head: "I searched all over the camp, but I couldn't find the privy envoy."

Liao Shengzong murmured: "Could it be that he was captured by the Song people?"

Then he couldn't help laughing: "Hu Du's ancient martial arts are so strong, how could he be captured silently?"

However, if Yelu Lund was not captured by the enemy, did he leave by himself?

Liao Shengzong frowned.

It is impossible for him to accept this statement, which is tantamount to saying that Yelulund ran away and betrayed himself.

He would rather believe that Yelu Lund was burned to death by the fire last night.

But the fire last night only burned down the warehouse where the horse grass was piled up, and it was extinguished immediately, and no one was burned to death at all.

At this time, the herald came to report: "I tell your majesty that the people of Song Dynasty sent envoys to the barracks and said they wanted to see you, your majesty."

Liao Shengzong nodded: "Tell him to come in."

The envoy of the Song people was a burly warrior, and he went deep into the enemy's line alone without fear.

Liao Shengzong nodded secretly, this is the heroism.

The envoy of Song State presented the documents of Song Prime Minister Kou Zhun to Liao Shengzong's valet, and the valet opened it and confirmed that there was no entrainment before presenting it to Liao Shengzong.

Liao Shengzong took a look, his complexion changed from red to purple, from purple to black, he slapped the table hard: "Yelu Lund!"