From Taihang Mountains to Liaotu, before departure, there was a small episode.
When Gong Jiu saw Mo Qi leading Dahei out of the stable, he insisted on changing horses with Mo Qi: "White horses and purple clothes only match, come down quickly, I will lend you my white jade treading snow."
Mo Qi was almost forcibly pulled off the horse by Gong Jiu's sleeves. Da Hei was like a carved horse, just standing there motionless. No matter how the two of them tugged, they seemed indifferent but actually had the same good temper as Mo Qi. ...
--probably.
I don't know if it was Lu Xiaofeng's illusion, but he saw a look of contempt on the long and black horse's face.
Dahei snorted and flicked his tail again.
Hua Manlou was not familiar with Gong Jiu and Mo Qi, and he didn't know the entanglement between them, but he was the most sensitive, and only listened to the Taoist chief who seemed unwilling at first, but was actually not very strict. The voice of "let go" and Gong Jiu's sweeter and longer voice than when he greeted at the beginning, brought happiness to the soul almost instantly.
When Lu Xiaofeng saw Gong Jiu and Mo Qila arguing, he thought in his heart: just right, if Qi Tong wants to dissuade him, I can take this opportunity to explain to him the relationship between Jiu Gongzi and Dao Xian.But when Mo Qi dismounted helplessly and gave up Dahei to Gong Jiu, Hua Manlou didn't dismount to dissuade him.
Lu Xiaofeng turned his face suspiciously, and saw a clear smile on Hua Manlou's face.
Lu Xiaofeng scratched his face: Well, Qitong has always been more perceptive than me.
So when they set off, everyone except Mo Qi and Gong Jiu had a strange and tacit smile on their faces.
From Songxi to the border of Song and Liao, it took about a day and a half for everyone to gallop on horseback.Fortunately, the horses they were riding were all horses sent by Zhao Zhen, otherwise they would have died of exhaustion after traveling so fast day and night.
When they arrived at the border, there was already a small group of people waiting.
Not only people, but also beautiful women, and Qin.
The woman was dressed in a Song Dynasty costume, but she was sitting in the encirclement of the Liao army, with her eyes lowered and her fingers fluttering, playing the harp.
Yelu Ruyu sat on a bench probably brought by his soldiers, and sat on the side of the road. When he saw the crowd, he smiled, and glanced casually at all the people who came, and then settled on him without any surprise. On Mo Qi: "There is a poem in your Central Plains, 'Kunshan Yusha phoenix screams, hibiscus weeps and dew fragrant orchid laughs. Twelve gates melt cold light, 23 threads move the purple emperor.'"
He stood up, playing with a folding fan as he did when he saw him two months ago, and walked a few steps in front of Mo Qi without slowing down: "I don't know if Miss Wang's harp may touch Daoist Mo's heart." ?”
If Yelu Ruyu had asked Gong Jiu or Ji Bingyan this question, they might have dismissed it on the spot with a nasty sentence.But the person he asked was Mo Qi, even if he didn't want to deal with Yelu Ruyu, he couldn't get angry with the girl who played the piano because of this: "It sounds good." He paused, suddenly felt Gong Jiu's knife-like gaze behind him, subconsciously Immediately continued, "...but I am here to handle a case, and I ask the Seventh Prince to lead the way."
Yelu Ruyu showed a disappointed expression: "I'm still thinking about handling the case, it seems that this harp has not moved Taoist Mo's heart."
Lu Xiaofeng looked at the pretty girl who was hugging the harp, sitting on the ground, surrounded by a group of Liao soldiers, and couldn't help worrying about her: "I don't know if this girl is..."
Yelu Ruyu didn't have any intention of talking at all, it seemed that only Mo Qi could catch his eyes in the entire Song Dynasty's embassy team sent to Liao, and everyone else was insignificant.
Mo Qi frowned, a little displeased with Yelu Ruyu's contempt for others, and his tone became more serious: "Why is this girl wearing clothes from the Song Dynasty?"
Yelu Ruyu smiled, as if he wasn't the one who turned a deaf ear to Lu Xiaofeng's question just now: "She is originally from the Song Dynasty. I rescued her by accident, and then became a musician in my house... "
Chu Liuxiang's eyebrows twitched: "The seventh prince was joking, there have been no wars in the Liao and Song Dynasties these years, what chance do you have of being able to save a woman from the Song Dynasty?"
Yeluru Yuben didn't want to answer, but seeing that Mo Qi's expression had changed from a little displeased to very displeased, he gave Chu Liuxiang a face in a good manner: "Could it be that Shuai Xiang forgot that when Yumen closed the case, But you Song people sent her to Xixia personally. If I hadn't acted in time, such a beautiful and beautiful girl would have withered into mud in the harem of the Xixia Lord, and no one would find her."
Chu Liuxiang's hands clenched into fists.
He thought of Zhao Xian, who used the smuggling route between Yumen Pass and Xixia to sell Song people to Xixia as coolies, or even more humble jobs.Presumably this girl was one of the Song people who was sold to Xixia by Zhao Xian, a hateful beast.
The girl holding the harp stood up from the ground, gave a slight bow to everyone, and then stood behind Yelu Ruyu holding the qin.
With such an episode, everyone's original wariness towards Yelu Ruyu naturally weakened a lot.Yelu Ruyu's eyes swept over the slightly slowed faces of the crowd, revealing an invisible smile, the beauty mole between her brows was as red as blood: "Come with me, everyone, to analyze Jincheng from here, there are still some For the distance, everyone should get on the horse."
As soon as he turned back and walked to the horse where the two guards were watching for him, his face suddenly became gloomy.
Along with him, the one whose face suddenly changed was Mo Qi.
Mo Qi seemed to hear a chaotic sound of horseshoes, and it was getting closer and closer. When everyone could hear it, the ground had already started to tremble due to the trampling of thousands of horses and horses, and the yellow sand on the ground started to fly up.
"Hongzi Banner, could it be Yelu Hongji?" Lu Xiaofeng looked at the mighty army approaching everyone in surprise.
Yelu Ruyu didn't intend to get on the horse anymore. She turned around and looked at the direction where the army was coming, with a hint of sneer and sarcasm on the corner of her mouth.
Although Huamanlou couldn't see, his hearing was sharper than ordinary people's. He turned his face slightly and estimated: "There are probably nearly a thousand people."
Chu Liuxiang couldn't help showing a wry smile that was almost identical to Lu Xiaofeng's: "Nearly a thousand? The soldiers who died in the case of the faceless man were only a hundred or so, and sending an army of nearly a thousand in order to disarm us is considered to be looking down on us. "
They are not afraid of conflict, but if this conflict will be followed by a war between Liao and Song...they don't want to be this eternal sinner.The people on the frontier were devastated because of the fights they provoked, which was not a crime they could afford.
Chu Liuxiang and Lu Xiaofeng were thinking almost at the same time: It's better to be soft for now.
In Hua Manlou's heart, she was also helplessly thinking that she should be subdued when she should be subdued.There were nearly a thousand soldiers brought by Yelu Hongji, and it was obvious that he wanted to kill their prestige.At such a time, Yelu Ruyu's presence was rather embarrassing.After all, the soldiers he brought are just a team of ten people, and there is a girl holding a qin beside her... Hua Manlou hopes that there will be a conflict in a while, Yelu Ruyu must not do it for the sake of Mo Dao Chang Er confronted Yelu Hongji.
After thinking about it randomly, Yelu Hongji rushed to Mo Qi and the others with a mighty army.
He intentionally didn't dismount his horse until he almost ran into Mo Qi's face. The horse neighed, raised its front hooves high, and the yellow mud flew straight towards Mo Qi's purple clothes: "People from Song Dynasty!"
The breathing of Lu Xiaofeng and Chu Liuxiang was almost suffocated by himself: ——This prince really knows how to choose people, others only pick the soft persimmons, but he picks the kettle and which pot he doesn't open!
One of Lu Xiaofeng and Chu Liuxiang looked at Yelu Ruyu, the other looked at Gong Jiu, and saw the narrow and stern eyes of the two opened slightly at the same time, and when the murderous aura was about to burst, a huge wave seemed to be able to turn the world and the stars. The stagnant internal force surged in one after another like the waves of the deep sea.The feeling of suffocation and oppression that seemed to be facing a catastrophe made everyone's hair stand on end.
A sun-like golden awn suddenly bloomed from Mo Qi's back, so bright that one dare not look directly at it.
The yellow mud lifted up by Yelu Hongji's horse visibly stagnated in the air with the naked eye, trembling slightly under the internal force released by Mo Qi, and then slowly fell down.
Mo Qi looked at Yelu Hongji indifferently: "People from Liao."
The fly whisk on his back slowly retracted the golden glow.
Yelu Hongji blinked his sore eyes pierced by the golden light hard, and forced himself to open his eyes to look at Mo Qi, but suddenly found that he was half a head shorter than the Song man in front of him. Sometimes, even lower your eyes.
Yelu Hongji subconsciously took the rein of the horse and took a step back, then realized what he had done just now, and immediately burst into anger: "Song people! You are so brave!"
Yelu Ruyu turned his face away slightly, feeling very conspicuous.He couldn't understand where Yelu Hongji's confidence came from. He dared to yell like this after feeling the difference in force between himself and Mo Qi.Looking at the head, it is not smaller than ordinary people. Could it be filled with water?
Yelu Hongji was so angry that he could see the pulsating veins on his forehead, he pulled the rein of the horse hard, and drove the horse towards Mo Qi: "When you see Prince Daliao, don't get off the horse and kneel down!"
Lu Xiaofeng and the others all lowered their heads to hide the expressions on their faces, thinking in their hearts: Damn, Daoxian has never even kneeled before a saint, what a big-headed ghost to kneel to you.
When they were slandering, a cold voice had already uttered the words in their hearts for them: "Mo Daoxian has never even kneeled before the Holy One, you are a mere prince of the Liao Kingdom, why do you let Daoxian dismount, why do you let Daoxian come to you?" Salute? Heh, bow down? I think you should bow down to the Taoist Immortal. Why, are you Liao people so behind in the news? I don’t know that Mo Daoxian is the Taihang Immortal respected by all the saints, but the Nine Heavens Immortal? Kowtow a few more times, Knock louder, maybe Daoxian is pleased and can reward you with something good."
Lu Xiaofeng and the others raised their heads in astonishment, they don't know who actually said what was in their hearts like this, and said it so hard on people, it would be strange if Yelu Hongji didn't get angry after hearing this!
Everyone stared: Oh, Mr. Jiu.
...How should I put it, it was unexpected and expected.
Gong Jiu's hand was already on the sword at his waist, and he narrowed his eyes dangerously, considering whether to simply cut off the wild donkey's head, and find a few donkeys to stamp it to pieces with their hooves.
He didn't care about the Song and Liao disputes, nor about the sinners through the ages, he didn't even care about himself.Before meeting Mo Qi, he himself didn't know what he wanted - but now, he understood very clearly: the only thing he cares about is Mo Qi, and the only thing he wants is Mo Qi.In front of Mo Qi, nothing else has any meaning.
Gong Jiu said coldly: "Zhao Zhen is afraid of war, but I am not. Otherwise, try it, continue barking like a mad dog, and wait until I cut off your dog's head with a sword, and see if Lord Liao is still thinking about sending troops to attack Song Dynasty—— Oh, but at that time, you have no brains to read."
After all, Gong Jiu is of royal blood and was born as a prince.He thought more deeply than Chu Liuxiang, Lu Xiaofeng and others, and the angle was completely different.
After thinking about it from the Liao Lord's point of view, Gong Jiu knew that Yelu Hongji led the army to kill them this time, not necessarily at the Liao Lord's order, but probably because of his own bad brain.After all, among the people Zhao Zhen sent this time, Gong Jiu was the only one who could be regarded as a nobleman. To welcome the Prince of Taiping as the Seventh Prince of Yeluruyu was considered a noble treat, not to mention adding The last prince of the Liao Kingdom.
Lord Liao knew that among the people Zhao Zhen sent this time, there were many top experts.In other words, under such circumstances, the last thing he wanted was for his crown prince to meet with these Song masters.If the crown prince is killed, it will be a great chaos for the Liao Lord and the Liao Kingdom. At that time, it will be enough for the Liao Lord to train another successor of his own. Why? Mind and energy to fight Da Song again?No matter how tough it is, it is not so tough. The Lord of Liao must also consider the future century-old foundation of Daliao.
This Yelu Hongji was probably ordered by the Liao Lord not to come to trouble the Song people, so he was angry and led the army to come over to make trouble. This matter was heard by the Liao Lord, and it was Yelu Hongji who was punished. He is here After suffering a loss, he absolutely did not dare to go back and complain to the Lord Liao.
——Since Yelu Hongji couldn't beat them, and he didn't dare to go back to complain after suffering a loss, what was Gong Jiu afraid of?Naturally, I want to scold and scold!
If you don't take advantage of this kind of advantage that can make Yelu Hongji's dumb eat coptis, and if you don't grasp the opportunity to help the Taoist get back, then it's not Gong Jiu.
Unsurprisingly, Yelu Hongji was enraged, and drew out the knife from his waist on the spot, and the thousand soldiers behind him also roared in unison, and drew out their swords one after another, as if they were about to chop Gong Jiu and the others into pieces .But they haven't even taken the first step—
The stringed sound of konghou lingling, ethereal yet distant, covered the entire wasteland.
The second string sounded, and the horses of the Liao army could no longer bear the humming noise, and they all fell to their knees while neighing.
When the third string sounded, Yelu Hongji realized that he was the only one standing in Hongziqi.
He turned his head in panic and anger, his eyes were full of viciousness, and he bumped into Yelu Ruyu, who was smiling but not smiling, and put his hand on the shoulder of the girl holding Konghou.
Yelu Ruyu let go of the hand that transmitted the internal force to the harp girl, and stood at the same spot and looked at Yelu Hongji, the polished commander, from a distance, as if watching a show: "People from the Song Dynasty came to my Daliao envoy, and there are no more than ten people around you. Bringing a thousand horsemen to welcome the crown prince, what a grandeur."
Yelu Hongji's hand holding the knife burst out with blue veins, obviously enduring extreme anger: "Then you shouldn't attack my Daliao people!"
"You? Since when are you one of our own?" Yelu Ruyu no longer had that unpredictable smile on his face. He looked at Yelu Hongji expressionlessly, with contempt and disgust in his eyes.
Yelu Hongji roared furiously: "Yelu Ruyu!"
Lu Xiaofeng noticed sharply that after Yelu Hongji roared, the hand holding the knife moved uncomfortably, as if he flinched in regret for his cry.
Chu Liuxiang coughed twice, and passed a step to Yelu Hongji who was riding a tiger: "Prince, you are clear why I am going to Liao as an envoy. We are also entrusted by the Lord of Liao. If you delay , something went wrong during this period, and hundreds of soldiers of your Liao people died, I'm afraid it's not good?"
Yelu Hongji's face twitched a few times, and finally restrained the anger in his heart.Holding the knife, he snorted angrily before putting it back into the sheath. He shyly avoided Yelu Ruyu's gaze, turned his anger into a vicious gaze, and glared at Gong Jiu. He seemed to be holding his back, but in reality he led the army of thousands of soldiers and left as quickly as when he came.
Ji Bingyan was speechless: "What the hell did this prince do here?"
Mo Qi frowned slightly, looking at the shadow of the thousand-man army leaving in desperation.
Chu Liuxiang and Mo Qi sent a secret voice transmission: "Master Daoist, do you think Yelu Hongji's performance is a bit strange? Why do I think he is not as confident as the seventh prince Yelu Ruyu?"
At the same time, Lu Xiaofeng was also communicating with Huamanlou: "I think Yelu Hongji is very afraid of Yelu Ruyu."
Hua Manlou sighed, and replied: "It's just that Yelu Hongji is afraid of him, which is normal."
Mo Qi said to Chu Liuxiang: "The Holy Majesty also said before that Yelu Ruyu has more control over Liao's domestic and foreign affairs. I'm afraid not only Yelu Hongji, but even the Lord of Liao is also wary of him."
No emperor would hope that when he was still in power, his son's palm could pass him to control the power.The reason why the Lord of Liao kept Yelu Hongji and insisted on having such a brainless son as the prince instead of Yelu Ruyu was probably to check and balance Yelu Ruyu's power.
It's a pity... Judging from the situation that Yelu Hongji sees Yelu Ruyu now, it is like a mouse seeing a cat. The Liao Lord and his son are probably already at the end of their battles. Who will fall into the hands of Daliao in the future? is obvious.With Yelu Ruyu's method, the more the Lord of Liao checked and suppressed him, the more he would be slashed by Yelu Ruyu's counterattack. When one side's strength far surpassed the other's, the Liao Kingdom's internal affairs The important ministers will also flock to gather under the command of the strong.
Mo Qi pursed his lips.He doesn't have the political skills of Yelu Ruyu, and even Yelu Ruyu's internal strength can't match it now.Obviously the age difference between the two is almost the same...
As the old saying goes: there are mountains beyond mountains, and there are people beyond people.He was far from being able to relax.
He... How could he have such indescribable thoughts about Young Master Jiu at such a time, it's really dirty and terrible.
Mo Qi's rationality forcefully pressed the emotion that had just sprouted a little back into the soil.
Now that the annoying guy has left, Yelu Ruyu's face naturally returned to a pleasant smile, as if he rarely didn't smile when he was facing Mo Qi, that bright smile made Gong Jiu respond with shock, his eyes It is also becoming more and more dangerous.
However, Yelu Ruyu has never been a person who is afraid of danger. Not only is he not afraid, he even squeezed away Lu Xiaofeng who was riding on a horse and walking on Mo Qi's left: "Accordingly, the envoy from the Song Dynasty should go to Beijing to meet him first. Lord, but because you are here this time to handle the case of this shameless man, there may be hundreds more victims of Liao soldiers a day later, so the Lord excused this hypocrisy."
Yelu Ruyu took the reins, and leaned closer to Mo Qi: "Besides, at this time, the lord is not feeling well, and even I can't see him. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to ask you to go to Shangjing? I was thinking of Sang The case here is so urgent, so I told my father to take you to Jincheng to settle down, so that it is convenient to handle the case."
When dusk covered the sky and the white clouds were rendered into an intoxicating sunset glow by the golden-red sunset, everyone finally entered Xijin City.
The Liao Kingdom is located in the north of the Song Dynasty, and it is colder than the Song Dynasty, but there is no snow, so there are still many people in the city.Everyone is wearing thick clothes to keep out the cold, and their long hair is not tied together like people in the Song Dynasty. Instead, it is scattered on the shoulders, decorated with small braids and beads, which looks smoother than the hair tied into the crown. The palace nine should be warm.
Most of Gong Jiu's face was buried in the ferret's fur, and when he met Mo Qi's involuntary gaze, he tilted his head in confusion.
Mo Qi turned around abruptly, his chest throbbed violently, and he took a deep breath of cold wind to forcefully suppress the sound like a drum beating.
The little buds that had just been pressed into the soil stood up tenaciously again, and then were brutally pushed back into the soil by the owner.
Yelu Ruyu led the crowd to the center of the city without dismounting their horses. The population of Liao Kingdom is relatively small, and the streets are wide. Many people rode horses through the market.
After about one stick of incense, everyone stopped in front of a luxurious and exotic mansion.
——Rather than a mansion, this place can be called a treasure hall.
Yelu Ruyu dismounted: "This is my house in Xijin City. It's not very big, but there are enough rooms for everyone to stay."
Chu Liuxiang rubbed his nose: "If the Seventh Prince's house is not too big, then my boat with four people in it may be a pigeon cage."
Yelu Ruyu glanced at Chu Liuxiang, but smiled and said nothing, but the meaning in his eyes was clear: it was indeed a pigeon cage.
Chu Liuxiang: "..."
Everyone got off their horses one after another, and immediately a servant stepped forward to help put the horses, Yelu Ruyu stepped into the gate of the mansion first: "Come on, I have sent someone to clean your yard and house."
Lu Xiaofeng murmured softly: "—I thought you would only prepare a house for Mo Daoxian."
Yelu Ruyu looked at him again with a smile but said nothing, which means: This is what I originally planned.
Lu Xiaofeng: "..."
Yelu Ruyu said: "There are three courtyards on the left and four on the right. I live in the main courtyard, and the first courtyard on the right is where my steward lives. The remaining six courtyards are just right for each of you to live in. Ladies and gentlemen How do you plan to arrange the house?"
Everyone discussed it, and then Chu Liuxiang said: "I, Xiaoji, and Daxia Lu live in the yard near the left, and the yard near the right, let Daoist Mo, Young Master Jiu and Young Master Hua live."
They also took a rough look at the yards on the left and right. The yard on the right looked brighter, but the yard on the left seemed to be a bit dark because of the orientation.
Yelu Ruyu smiled and said, "Okay." He specifically asked Mo Qi which courtyard on the right he planned to live in, and after asking, he said to everyone, "Now I have some important things to deal with, so please take care of yourself. I will let mine The manager is here to help you prepare some necessary things, and if you find any shortages, you can mention them to him."
Lu Xiaofeng was a little surprised. In fact, Yelu Ruyu was able to help them prepare the yard, which surprised him very much. He didn't expect Yelu Ruyu to ask the steward to help. He was a little flattered that Yelu Ruyu was so thoughtful.
Yelu Ruyu looked at the first courtyard on the right with closed doors and windows, and smiled inexplicably, causing everyone to panic: "Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is a pleasant surprise."
He left such an unclear sentence, turned and left.
Everyone looked at each other.
Hua Manlou hesitated for a moment: "Let's go to our respective yards to have a look first. If there is any problem, then come to the manager?"
It's not that Hua Manlou was afraid of Yelu Ruyu's strange words, but that the doors and windows of the house in charge were closed, and there was a kind of alienation and rejection of "don't disturb if you have nothing to do, and it's best not to come if you have something to do". After Lu Xiaofeng whispered the situation of the house to Hua Manlou, Hua Manlou thought, since the manager doesn't like to be in contact with people, it's best for them to be self-reliant and not disturbed. disturb.
Coincidentally, as soon as he finished speaking, the door of the room opened with a creak, and a man with a beautiful face and strange lines on the right side of his face came out from inside.
Lu Xiaofeng, Chu Liuxiang and the others were only admiring this man's beauty, but Mo Qi and Gong Jiu were all surprised: "Flower general!"
Mo Qi thought in horror: Isn't Hua Jiang already dead?His body was inspected by Mr. Gongsun himself, and it was not disguised by other people-could he just fake his death at that time?
Gong Jiu also immediately thought of this possibility. After all, the evidence of Hua Jiang's crime was solid at that time, and everyone sighed because of his experience. Mr. Bao even said that he would keep the whole body for him, so Gongsun Ce did not dissect Hua Jiang's body.In this case, it is not surprising that the flower will be able to come back from the dead.
But what are the lines on his face?
Hua Jiang yawned, with tears streaming from the corners of his eyes, and stepped out of the room: "Long time no see."
Hua Jiang stood still in front of Mo Qi and Gong Jiu. If it was in the past, Hua Jiang would definitely have a smile on her face, but now Hua Jiang is completely different from when she met before.
Although his face has become more alluring because of those weird lines, his eyes have become extraordinarily sharp, and have long lost the softness of the past. Although he is a Gu Master, his aura seems to be out The sharp sword is icy cold.
I don't know if it's Lu Xiaofeng's illusion, those thin and ambiguous lines seem to be moving under Hua Jiang's skin.
Hua Jiang raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, and in the next moment, those lines scattered into fine black spots, which were all hidden under Hua Jiang's collar.
Lu Xiaofeng swallowed his saliva, his scalp went numb: This, this is a Gu worm!
Mo Qi was silent for a while: "Why are you here?"
Hua Jiang said: "Because I was saved by the master here."
Although he looked indifferent, he didn't mean to refuse the conversation. Mo Qi just asked a simple question, and he explained everything consciously: "The poison on my body at that time was indeed the poison of the milk fruit. The milk fruit was given to me by Yelu Ruyu."
"Not long after you buried me in the grave, Yelu Ruyu dug me out, and the poison of feigning death was just undone. He saved me, and I will help him deal with dissidents and deal fairly."
Gong Jiu frowned: Didn't the shadow people not discover the real usage of the milk fruit in Hexi - did they actually discover it?
What Mo Qi thought was that once the case of leaving Hexi was solved, he burned the whole milk fruit forest at night. Since then, no one should have milk fruit in their hands.That being the case, where did the milk fruit in Yelu Ruyu's hand come from?
Did he already know where the milk fruit was hiding and went to get it early; or was the milk fruit actually given to him by the shadow man, and he still has contact with the shadow man?
Hua Jiang said bluntly: "At that time, he also gave me another bunch of milk fruit, and asked me to keep it for refining Gu. The bunch of milk fruit that he said was for me is already the last bunch left in this world."
Mo Qi kept thinking and pondering in his heart, forming a guess and overturning another guess: the last string left in the world?That is to say, the shadow man doesn't have the milk fruit anymore?Why is Yelu Ruyu so sure? ——No, what he said to the flower general may not be true either.At that time, in order to subdue the flower general, of course he had to make the meeting gift he gave a little more precious, so as to gain the flower general's loyalty.
Seeing that Mo Qi fell silent, Hua Jiang didn't wait any longer, turned around and went back to the house, and took out a large pile of things: "Where is your house? This is prepared by Yelu Ruyu before you come, tell me to wait." After you choose a house, I will move there for you."
Lu Xiaofeng, Chu Liuxiang and the others felt this undisguised favoritism again.
Chu Liuxiang: ...Why is this neglected feeling so familiar?
Chu Liuxiang couldn't help turning her eyes to Gong Jiu, and she saw Gong Jiu's eyes full of murderous intent.
Fortunately, Mo Qi didn't intend to accept it: "No need."
Hua Jiang looked overjoyed: "Really? Don't you want it? These are all Yelu Ruyu, which I asked me to buy in person, and they are all of high quality——"
Mo Qi: "...No need."
His back was almost shot through by Gong Jiu's sight!
Hua Jiang nodded: "Okay."
Just when everyone thought he would send these things back to the house, Hua Jiang made a move that no one expected - he walked up to Hua Man Lou, and even with a voice that was not so gentle when he was treating Mo Qi. Said: "Then do you want it?"
Hua Manlou was surprised for a moment: "...No need."
Hua Jiang whispered: "But I have chosen for a long time. It's too wasteful."
Lu Xiaofeng started beating his heart, and couldn't help becoming vigilant: What does this general mean?Why are you so attentive to Qitong—it can't be because Qitong is also surnamed Hua, so you are so enthusiastic, right?
Lu Xiaofeng glanced quickly at Gong Jiu and Mo Qi, and immediately stood out: "Qitong doesn't need—"
Hua Manlou's voice fell at the same time as his refusal: "Then it will be disrespectful."
Lu Xiaofeng looked back in astonishment: "...? Qitong, you?"
Hua Manlou said gently, "These are all carefully selected by this young master, so it's not a good idea to waste them..."
Hua Jiang immediately stepped forward and pushed Lu Xiaofeng aside: "My name is Hua Jiang, and I don't have a nickname, you can just call me Hua Jiang. Your name is Qitong?"
Lu Xiaofeng: "..."
Lu Xiaofeng: No?What's going on?
Lu Xiaofeng: I knew I would have come out without Qi Tong!
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I came all the way from Taihang to analyze Jincheng. It is a lie to say that I am not tired.Fortunately, Yelu Ruyu didn't urge them to put down their luggage and went to deal with the case immediately. Although they had already rushed back to the house in the evening, they didn't hold any big banquets. Instead, they kindly asked the servants to deliver all the meals. Go to everyone's respective rooms - but, the food was sent back and forth, and in the end they all went into Hua ManLou's room.
Because everyone gathered here, listening to Lu Xiaofeng talking about the relationship between the case of the faceless man in Liao and the shadow man.
"Actually, at the beginning, the Holy Majesty only received news that a shadowy person fled into the Liao Kingdom after committing the crime. At that time, the Holy Majesty thought that the Liao Kingdom was already a piece of iron under the control of Yelu Ruyu. This clue can no longer be investigated, and those shadow people who fled into the Liao Kingdom will be completely silent. But I didn't expect that just a few days after the news of the shadow people fleeing into the Liao Kingdom came to the hands of the Holy Master, the Liao Kingdom began to appear. face case."
Hua Manlou said slowly: "Well...it's really too coincidental. But it can't be confirmed just yet, the case of the faceless man was done by the shadow man."
Lu Xiaofeng looked at Huamanlou, and said solemnly: "But what if those shadow people have already established the custom of beheading their faces when they commit crimes in Song Tu?"
Ji Bingyan questioned: "But the shadow people should not be interested in the Liao Kingdom—even if they are, it shouldn't be the time for them to make a move. After all, there is still a big Song in front of them, so how can they eat what's on the plate?" Looking at the pot?"
Chu Liuxiang nodded in agreement: "Since the shadow people can develop under the eyes of the Holy Majesty and spread all over the Song Dynasty, and they have been slowly found out in the past two months, they must not be the kind of people who have been looking forward to Shu before they get Long. They will definitely come step by step, and they will not attack Liao until they get Da Song."
Mo Qi whispered: "Or, there are two other possibilities."
Gong Jiu asked, "What?"
Mo Qidao: "Firstly, the shadow people who fled into the Liao country, like senior Ouyang and the Eastern leader, have recovered their sanity. They chose to flee to the Liao country, firstly to avoid the shadow people, and secondly to Start again in Liao."
"Secondly, the shadow man has cooperated with Yelu Ruyu before, and... Judging from the matter of the milk fruit in Huajiang's hands, it is not sure whether Yelu Ruyu has other cooperation with the shadow man. It is also possible, Just like Yelu Ruyu treated Huajiang, these shadow people were also invited by him to take the opportunity to eradicate dissidents for him."
Lu Xiaofeng scratched his head: "The first guess is not to see these shadow people in person, so it's hard to be sure. But the second guess, it's easy to verify whether it's right or not."
"As long as we inquire about the relationship between the deceased General Fuguo and Yushe County King and Yelu Ruyu, and whether they are on the same side, we can know right or wrong. If these shadow people are Yelu Ruyu, please come and eradicate them. For those who are different, there must be conflicts between the great general of the Nafu Kingdom, King Yushe and Yelu Ruyu; but if the two deceased and Yelu Ruyu are on the same front..."
Gong Jiu continued: "Then we have to consider the first guess. After all, the same method of killing and destroying corpses appeared at the same time in the cases of both Liao and Song Dynasties, and most of them were done by the same group of shadow people. Only the first guess Only a guess can explain why the shadow people came to Liao Kingdom to stir up trouble when the time was not ripe."
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According to the results of the previous night's discussion, everyone should have gone to the places where the dead disappeared to see if they could find any traces or clues to answer the questions that filled their hearts.For example, why do these people suddenly disappear?Where did it go after disappearing?Why were some of their bodies piled up on the shore, while others were thrown into the water?What is the purpose of the shadow man choosing to kill them?
However, early in the morning, the Xijin Mansion sent people to urge everyone, saying that the corpse had been placed for a long time, and it was about to rot, and the clues would not be found by then.
Everyone was very helpless: It has been so long since this case, the corpse that should be rotten has already been rotten, how can it be so rotten after only half a day's delay?Originally, the Lord of Liao asked them to come to handle the case at the wrong time. They should have been asked to come when the first case came up, and it didn’t matter how bad the second case was. They had to be delayed until three months later——
The man from the house who came to pick him up was very respectful, of course, anyone can see
When Gong Jiu saw Mo Qi leading Dahei out of the stable, he insisted on changing horses with Mo Qi: "White horses and purple clothes only match, come down quickly, I will lend you my white jade treading snow."
Mo Qi was almost forcibly pulled off the horse by Gong Jiu's sleeves. Da Hei was like a carved horse, just standing there motionless. No matter how the two of them tugged, they seemed indifferent but actually had the same good temper as Mo Qi. ...
--probably.
I don't know if it was Lu Xiaofeng's illusion, but he saw a look of contempt on the long and black horse's face.
Dahei snorted and flicked his tail again.
Hua Manlou was not familiar with Gong Jiu and Mo Qi, and he didn't know the entanglement between them, but he was the most sensitive, and only listened to the Taoist chief who seemed unwilling at first, but was actually not very strict. The voice of "let go" and Gong Jiu's sweeter and longer voice than when he greeted at the beginning, brought happiness to the soul almost instantly.
When Lu Xiaofeng saw Gong Jiu and Mo Qila arguing, he thought in his heart: just right, if Qi Tong wants to dissuade him, I can take this opportunity to explain to him the relationship between Jiu Gongzi and Dao Xian.But when Mo Qi dismounted helplessly and gave up Dahei to Gong Jiu, Hua Manlou didn't dismount to dissuade him.
Lu Xiaofeng turned his face suspiciously, and saw a clear smile on Hua Manlou's face.
Lu Xiaofeng scratched his face: Well, Qitong has always been more perceptive than me.
So when they set off, everyone except Mo Qi and Gong Jiu had a strange and tacit smile on their faces.
From Songxi to the border of Song and Liao, it took about a day and a half for everyone to gallop on horseback.Fortunately, the horses they were riding were all horses sent by Zhao Zhen, otherwise they would have died of exhaustion after traveling so fast day and night.
When they arrived at the border, there was already a small group of people waiting.
Not only people, but also beautiful women, and Qin.
The woman was dressed in a Song Dynasty costume, but she was sitting in the encirclement of the Liao army, with her eyes lowered and her fingers fluttering, playing the harp.
Yelu Ruyu sat on a bench probably brought by his soldiers, and sat on the side of the road. When he saw the crowd, he smiled, and glanced casually at all the people who came, and then settled on him without any surprise. On Mo Qi: "There is a poem in your Central Plains, 'Kunshan Yusha phoenix screams, hibiscus weeps and dew fragrant orchid laughs. Twelve gates melt cold light, 23 threads move the purple emperor.'"
He stood up, playing with a folding fan as he did when he saw him two months ago, and walked a few steps in front of Mo Qi without slowing down: "I don't know if Miss Wang's harp may touch Daoist Mo's heart." ?”
If Yelu Ruyu had asked Gong Jiu or Ji Bingyan this question, they might have dismissed it on the spot with a nasty sentence.But the person he asked was Mo Qi, even if he didn't want to deal with Yelu Ruyu, he couldn't get angry with the girl who played the piano because of this: "It sounds good." He paused, suddenly felt Gong Jiu's knife-like gaze behind him, subconsciously Immediately continued, "...but I am here to handle a case, and I ask the Seventh Prince to lead the way."
Yelu Ruyu showed a disappointed expression: "I'm still thinking about handling the case, it seems that this harp has not moved Taoist Mo's heart."
Lu Xiaofeng looked at the pretty girl who was hugging the harp, sitting on the ground, surrounded by a group of Liao soldiers, and couldn't help worrying about her: "I don't know if this girl is..."
Yelu Ruyu didn't have any intention of talking at all, it seemed that only Mo Qi could catch his eyes in the entire Song Dynasty's embassy team sent to Liao, and everyone else was insignificant.
Mo Qi frowned, a little displeased with Yelu Ruyu's contempt for others, and his tone became more serious: "Why is this girl wearing clothes from the Song Dynasty?"
Yelu Ruyu smiled, as if he wasn't the one who turned a deaf ear to Lu Xiaofeng's question just now: "She is originally from the Song Dynasty. I rescued her by accident, and then became a musician in my house... "
Chu Liuxiang's eyebrows twitched: "The seventh prince was joking, there have been no wars in the Liao and Song Dynasties these years, what chance do you have of being able to save a woman from the Song Dynasty?"
Yeluru Yuben didn't want to answer, but seeing that Mo Qi's expression had changed from a little displeased to very displeased, he gave Chu Liuxiang a face in a good manner: "Could it be that Shuai Xiang forgot that when Yumen closed the case, But you Song people sent her to Xixia personally. If I hadn't acted in time, such a beautiful and beautiful girl would have withered into mud in the harem of the Xixia Lord, and no one would find her."
Chu Liuxiang's hands clenched into fists.
He thought of Zhao Xian, who used the smuggling route between Yumen Pass and Xixia to sell Song people to Xixia as coolies, or even more humble jobs.Presumably this girl was one of the Song people who was sold to Xixia by Zhao Xian, a hateful beast.
The girl holding the harp stood up from the ground, gave a slight bow to everyone, and then stood behind Yelu Ruyu holding the qin.
With such an episode, everyone's original wariness towards Yelu Ruyu naturally weakened a lot.Yelu Ruyu's eyes swept over the slightly slowed faces of the crowd, revealing an invisible smile, the beauty mole between her brows was as red as blood: "Come with me, everyone, to analyze Jincheng from here, there are still some For the distance, everyone should get on the horse."
As soon as he turned back and walked to the horse where the two guards were watching for him, his face suddenly became gloomy.
Along with him, the one whose face suddenly changed was Mo Qi.
Mo Qi seemed to hear a chaotic sound of horseshoes, and it was getting closer and closer. When everyone could hear it, the ground had already started to tremble due to the trampling of thousands of horses and horses, and the yellow sand on the ground started to fly up.
"Hongzi Banner, could it be Yelu Hongji?" Lu Xiaofeng looked at the mighty army approaching everyone in surprise.
Yelu Ruyu didn't intend to get on the horse anymore. She turned around and looked at the direction where the army was coming, with a hint of sneer and sarcasm on the corner of her mouth.
Although Huamanlou couldn't see, his hearing was sharper than ordinary people's. He turned his face slightly and estimated: "There are probably nearly a thousand people."
Chu Liuxiang couldn't help showing a wry smile that was almost identical to Lu Xiaofeng's: "Nearly a thousand? The soldiers who died in the case of the faceless man were only a hundred or so, and sending an army of nearly a thousand in order to disarm us is considered to be looking down on us. "
They are not afraid of conflict, but if this conflict will be followed by a war between Liao and Song...they don't want to be this eternal sinner.The people on the frontier were devastated because of the fights they provoked, which was not a crime they could afford.
Chu Liuxiang and Lu Xiaofeng were thinking almost at the same time: It's better to be soft for now.
In Hua Manlou's heart, she was also helplessly thinking that she should be subdued when she should be subdued.There were nearly a thousand soldiers brought by Yelu Hongji, and it was obvious that he wanted to kill their prestige.At such a time, Yelu Ruyu's presence was rather embarrassing.After all, the soldiers he brought are just a team of ten people, and there is a girl holding a qin beside her... Hua Manlou hopes that there will be a conflict in a while, Yelu Ruyu must not do it for the sake of Mo Dao Chang Er confronted Yelu Hongji.
After thinking about it randomly, Yelu Hongji rushed to Mo Qi and the others with a mighty army.
He intentionally didn't dismount his horse until he almost ran into Mo Qi's face. The horse neighed, raised its front hooves high, and the yellow mud flew straight towards Mo Qi's purple clothes: "People from Song Dynasty!"
The breathing of Lu Xiaofeng and Chu Liuxiang was almost suffocated by himself: ——This prince really knows how to choose people, others only pick the soft persimmons, but he picks the kettle and which pot he doesn't open!
One of Lu Xiaofeng and Chu Liuxiang looked at Yelu Ruyu, the other looked at Gong Jiu, and saw the narrow and stern eyes of the two opened slightly at the same time, and when the murderous aura was about to burst, a huge wave seemed to be able to turn the world and the stars. The stagnant internal force surged in one after another like the waves of the deep sea.The feeling of suffocation and oppression that seemed to be facing a catastrophe made everyone's hair stand on end.
A sun-like golden awn suddenly bloomed from Mo Qi's back, so bright that one dare not look directly at it.
The yellow mud lifted up by Yelu Hongji's horse visibly stagnated in the air with the naked eye, trembling slightly under the internal force released by Mo Qi, and then slowly fell down.
Mo Qi looked at Yelu Hongji indifferently: "People from Liao."
The fly whisk on his back slowly retracted the golden glow.
Yelu Hongji blinked his sore eyes pierced by the golden light hard, and forced himself to open his eyes to look at Mo Qi, but suddenly found that he was half a head shorter than the Song man in front of him. Sometimes, even lower your eyes.
Yelu Hongji subconsciously took the rein of the horse and took a step back, then realized what he had done just now, and immediately burst into anger: "Song people! You are so brave!"
Yelu Ruyu turned his face away slightly, feeling very conspicuous.He couldn't understand where Yelu Hongji's confidence came from. He dared to yell like this after feeling the difference in force between himself and Mo Qi.Looking at the head, it is not smaller than ordinary people. Could it be filled with water?
Yelu Hongji was so angry that he could see the pulsating veins on his forehead, he pulled the rein of the horse hard, and drove the horse towards Mo Qi: "When you see Prince Daliao, don't get off the horse and kneel down!"
Lu Xiaofeng and the others all lowered their heads to hide the expressions on their faces, thinking in their hearts: Damn, Daoxian has never even kneeled before a saint, what a big-headed ghost to kneel to you.
When they were slandering, a cold voice had already uttered the words in their hearts for them: "Mo Daoxian has never even kneeled before the Holy One, you are a mere prince of the Liao Kingdom, why do you let Daoxian dismount, why do you let Daoxian come to you?" Salute? Heh, bow down? I think you should bow down to the Taoist Immortal. Why, are you Liao people so behind in the news? I don’t know that Mo Daoxian is the Taihang Immortal respected by all the saints, but the Nine Heavens Immortal? Kowtow a few more times, Knock louder, maybe Daoxian is pleased and can reward you with something good."
Lu Xiaofeng and the others raised their heads in astonishment, they don't know who actually said what was in their hearts like this, and said it so hard on people, it would be strange if Yelu Hongji didn't get angry after hearing this!
Everyone stared: Oh, Mr. Jiu.
...How should I put it, it was unexpected and expected.
Gong Jiu's hand was already on the sword at his waist, and he narrowed his eyes dangerously, considering whether to simply cut off the wild donkey's head, and find a few donkeys to stamp it to pieces with their hooves.
He didn't care about the Song and Liao disputes, nor about the sinners through the ages, he didn't even care about himself.Before meeting Mo Qi, he himself didn't know what he wanted - but now, he understood very clearly: the only thing he cares about is Mo Qi, and the only thing he wants is Mo Qi.In front of Mo Qi, nothing else has any meaning.
Gong Jiu said coldly: "Zhao Zhen is afraid of war, but I am not. Otherwise, try it, continue barking like a mad dog, and wait until I cut off your dog's head with a sword, and see if Lord Liao is still thinking about sending troops to attack Song Dynasty—— Oh, but at that time, you have no brains to read."
After all, Gong Jiu is of royal blood and was born as a prince.He thought more deeply than Chu Liuxiang, Lu Xiaofeng and others, and the angle was completely different.
After thinking about it from the Liao Lord's point of view, Gong Jiu knew that Yelu Hongji led the army to kill them this time, not necessarily at the Liao Lord's order, but probably because of his own bad brain.After all, among the people Zhao Zhen sent this time, Gong Jiu was the only one who could be regarded as a nobleman. To welcome the Prince of Taiping as the Seventh Prince of Yeluruyu was considered a noble treat, not to mention adding The last prince of the Liao Kingdom.
Lord Liao knew that among the people Zhao Zhen sent this time, there were many top experts.In other words, under such circumstances, the last thing he wanted was for his crown prince to meet with these Song masters.If the crown prince is killed, it will be a great chaos for the Liao Lord and the Liao Kingdom. At that time, it will be enough for the Liao Lord to train another successor of his own. Why? Mind and energy to fight Da Song again?No matter how tough it is, it is not so tough. The Lord of Liao must also consider the future century-old foundation of Daliao.
This Yelu Hongji was probably ordered by the Liao Lord not to come to trouble the Song people, so he was angry and led the army to come over to make trouble. This matter was heard by the Liao Lord, and it was Yelu Hongji who was punished. He is here After suffering a loss, he absolutely did not dare to go back and complain to the Lord Liao.
——Since Yelu Hongji couldn't beat them, and he didn't dare to go back to complain after suffering a loss, what was Gong Jiu afraid of?Naturally, I want to scold and scold!
If you don't take advantage of this kind of advantage that can make Yelu Hongji's dumb eat coptis, and if you don't grasp the opportunity to help the Taoist get back, then it's not Gong Jiu.
Unsurprisingly, Yelu Hongji was enraged, and drew out the knife from his waist on the spot, and the thousand soldiers behind him also roared in unison, and drew out their swords one after another, as if they were about to chop Gong Jiu and the others into pieces .But they haven't even taken the first step—
The stringed sound of konghou lingling, ethereal yet distant, covered the entire wasteland.
The second string sounded, and the horses of the Liao army could no longer bear the humming noise, and they all fell to their knees while neighing.
When the third string sounded, Yelu Hongji realized that he was the only one standing in Hongziqi.
He turned his head in panic and anger, his eyes were full of viciousness, and he bumped into Yelu Ruyu, who was smiling but not smiling, and put his hand on the shoulder of the girl holding Konghou.
Yelu Ruyu let go of the hand that transmitted the internal force to the harp girl, and stood at the same spot and looked at Yelu Hongji, the polished commander, from a distance, as if watching a show: "People from the Song Dynasty came to my Daliao envoy, and there are no more than ten people around you. Bringing a thousand horsemen to welcome the crown prince, what a grandeur."
Yelu Hongji's hand holding the knife burst out with blue veins, obviously enduring extreme anger: "Then you shouldn't attack my Daliao people!"
"You? Since when are you one of our own?" Yelu Ruyu no longer had that unpredictable smile on his face. He looked at Yelu Hongji expressionlessly, with contempt and disgust in his eyes.
Yelu Hongji roared furiously: "Yelu Ruyu!"
Lu Xiaofeng noticed sharply that after Yelu Hongji roared, the hand holding the knife moved uncomfortably, as if he flinched in regret for his cry.
Chu Liuxiang coughed twice, and passed a step to Yelu Hongji who was riding a tiger: "Prince, you are clear why I am going to Liao as an envoy. We are also entrusted by the Lord of Liao. If you delay , something went wrong during this period, and hundreds of soldiers of your Liao people died, I'm afraid it's not good?"
Yelu Hongji's face twitched a few times, and finally restrained the anger in his heart.Holding the knife, he snorted angrily before putting it back into the sheath. He shyly avoided Yelu Ruyu's gaze, turned his anger into a vicious gaze, and glared at Gong Jiu. He seemed to be holding his back, but in reality he led the army of thousands of soldiers and left as quickly as when he came.
Ji Bingyan was speechless: "What the hell did this prince do here?"
Mo Qi frowned slightly, looking at the shadow of the thousand-man army leaving in desperation.
Chu Liuxiang and Mo Qi sent a secret voice transmission: "Master Daoist, do you think Yelu Hongji's performance is a bit strange? Why do I think he is not as confident as the seventh prince Yelu Ruyu?"
At the same time, Lu Xiaofeng was also communicating with Huamanlou: "I think Yelu Hongji is very afraid of Yelu Ruyu."
Hua Manlou sighed, and replied: "It's just that Yelu Hongji is afraid of him, which is normal."
Mo Qi said to Chu Liuxiang: "The Holy Majesty also said before that Yelu Ruyu has more control over Liao's domestic and foreign affairs. I'm afraid not only Yelu Hongji, but even the Lord of Liao is also wary of him."
No emperor would hope that when he was still in power, his son's palm could pass him to control the power.The reason why the Lord of Liao kept Yelu Hongji and insisted on having such a brainless son as the prince instead of Yelu Ruyu was probably to check and balance Yelu Ruyu's power.
It's a pity... Judging from the situation that Yelu Hongji sees Yelu Ruyu now, it is like a mouse seeing a cat. The Liao Lord and his son are probably already at the end of their battles. Who will fall into the hands of Daliao in the future? is obvious.With Yelu Ruyu's method, the more the Lord of Liao checked and suppressed him, the more he would be slashed by Yelu Ruyu's counterattack. When one side's strength far surpassed the other's, the Liao Kingdom's internal affairs The important ministers will also flock to gather under the command of the strong.
Mo Qi pursed his lips.He doesn't have the political skills of Yelu Ruyu, and even Yelu Ruyu's internal strength can't match it now.Obviously the age difference between the two is almost the same...
As the old saying goes: there are mountains beyond mountains, and there are people beyond people.He was far from being able to relax.
He... How could he have such indescribable thoughts about Young Master Jiu at such a time, it's really dirty and terrible.
Mo Qi's rationality forcefully pressed the emotion that had just sprouted a little back into the soil.
Now that the annoying guy has left, Yelu Ruyu's face naturally returned to a pleasant smile, as if he rarely didn't smile when he was facing Mo Qi, that bright smile made Gong Jiu respond with shock, his eyes It is also becoming more and more dangerous.
However, Yelu Ruyu has never been a person who is afraid of danger. Not only is he not afraid, he even squeezed away Lu Xiaofeng who was riding on a horse and walking on Mo Qi's left: "Accordingly, the envoy from the Song Dynasty should go to Beijing to meet him first. Lord, but because you are here this time to handle the case of this shameless man, there may be hundreds more victims of Liao soldiers a day later, so the Lord excused this hypocrisy."
Yelu Ruyu took the reins, and leaned closer to Mo Qi: "Besides, at this time, the lord is not feeling well, and even I can't see him. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to ask you to go to Shangjing? I was thinking of Sang The case here is so urgent, so I told my father to take you to Jincheng to settle down, so that it is convenient to handle the case."
When dusk covered the sky and the white clouds were rendered into an intoxicating sunset glow by the golden-red sunset, everyone finally entered Xijin City.
The Liao Kingdom is located in the north of the Song Dynasty, and it is colder than the Song Dynasty, but there is no snow, so there are still many people in the city.Everyone is wearing thick clothes to keep out the cold, and their long hair is not tied together like people in the Song Dynasty. Instead, it is scattered on the shoulders, decorated with small braids and beads, which looks smoother than the hair tied into the crown. The palace nine should be warm.
Most of Gong Jiu's face was buried in the ferret's fur, and when he met Mo Qi's involuntary gaze, he tilted his head in confusion.
Mo Qi turned around abruptly, his chest throbbed violently, and he took a deep breath of cold wind to forcefully suppress the sound like a drum beating.
The little buds that had just been pressed into the soil stood up tenaciously again, and then were brutally pushed back into the soil by the owner.
Yelu Ruyu led the crowd to the center of the city without dismounting their horses. The population of Liao Kingdom is relatively small, and the streets are wide. Many people rode horses through the market.
After about one stick of incense, everyone stopped in front of a luxurious and exotic mansion.
——Rather than a mansion, this place can be called a treasure hall.
Yelu Ruyu dismounted: "This is my house in Xijin City. It's not very big, but there are enough rooms for everyone to stay."
Chu Liuxiang rubbed his nose: "If the Seventh Prince's house is not too big, then my boat with four people in it may be a pigeon cage."
Yelu Ruyu glanced at Chu Liuxiang, but smiled and said nothing, but the meaning in his eyes was clear: it was indeed a pigeon cage.
Chu Liuxiang: "..."
Everyone got off their horses one after another, and immediately a servant stepped forward to help put the horses, Yelu Ruyu stepped into the gate of the mansion first: "Come on, I have sent someone to clean your yard and house."
Lu Xiaofeng murmured softly: "—I thought you would only prepare a house for Mo Daoxian."
Yelu Ruyu looked at him again with a smile but said nothing, which means: This is what I originally planned.
Lu Xiaofeng: "..."
Yelu Ruyu said: "There are three courtyards on the left and four on the right. I live in the main courtyard, and the first courtyard on the right is where my steward lives. The remaining six courtyards are just right for each of you to live in. Ladies and gentlemen How do you plan to arrange the house?"
Everyone discussed it, and then Chu Liuxiang said: "I, Xiaoji, and Daxia Lu live in the yard near the left, and the yard near the right, let Daoist Mo, Young Master Jiu and Young Master Hua live."
They also took a rough look at the yards on the left and right. The yard on the right looked brighter, but the yard on the left seemed to be a bit dark because of the orientation.
Yelu Ruyu smiled and said, "Okay." He specifically asked Mo Qi which courtyard on the right he planned to live in, and after asking, he said to everyone, "Now I have some important things to deal with, so please take care of yourself. I will let mine The manager is here to help you prepare some necessary things, and if you find any shortages, you can mention them to him."
Lu Xiaofeng was a little surprised. In fact, Yelu Ruyu was able to help them prepare the yard, which surprised him very much. He didn't expect Yelu Ruyu to ask the steward to help. He was a little flattered that Yelu Ruyu was so thoughtful.
Yelu Ruyu looked at the first courtyard on the right with closed doors and windows, and smiled inexplicably, causing everyone to panic: "Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is a pleasant surprise."
He left such an unclear sentence, turned and left.
Everyone looked at each other.
Hua Manlou hesitated for a moment: "Let's go to our respective yards to have a look first. If there is any problem, then come to the manager?"
It's not that Hua Manlou was afraid of Yelu Ruyu's strange words, but that the doors and windows of the house in charge were closed, and there was a kind of alienation and rejection of "don't disturb if you have nothing to do, and it's best not to come if you have something to do". After Lu Xiaofeng whispered the situation of the house to Hua Manlou, Hua Manlou thought, since the manager doesn't like to be in contact with people, it's best for them to be self-reliant and not disturbed. disturb.
Coincidentally, as soon as he finished speaking, the door of the room opened with a creak, and a man with a beautiful face and strange lines on the right side of his face came out from inside.
Lu Xiaofeng, Chu Liuxiang and the others were only admiring this man's beauty, but Mo Qi and Gong Jiu were all surprised: "Flower general!"
Mo Qi thought in horror: Isn't Hua Jiang already dead?His body was inspected by Mr. Gongsun himself, and it was not disguised by other people-could he just fake his death at that time?
Gong Jiu also immediately thought of this possibility. After all, the evidence of Hua Jiang's crime was solid at that time, and everyone sighed because of his experience. Mr. Bao even said that he would keep the whole body for him, so Gongsun Ce did not dissect Hua Jiang's body.In this case, it is not surprising that the flower will be able to come back from the dead.
But what are the lines on his face?
Hua Jiang yawned, with tears streaming from the corners of his eyes, and stepped out of the room: "Long time no see."
Hua Jiang stood still in front of Mo Qi and Gong Jiu. If it was in the past, Hua Jiang would definitely have a smile on her face, but now Hua Jiang is completely different from when she met before.
Although his face has become more alluring because of those weird lines, his eyes have become extraordinarily sharp, and have long lost the softness of the past. Although he is a Gu Master, his aura seems to be out The sharp sword is icy cold.
I don't know if it's Lu Xiaofeng's illusion, those thin and ambiguous lines seem to be moving under Hua Jiang's skin.
Hua Jiang raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, and in the next moment, those lines scattered into fine black spots, which were all hidden under Hua Jiang's collar.
Lu Xiaofeng swallowed his saliva, his scalp went numb: This, this is a Gu worm!
Mo Qi was silent for a while: "Why are you here?"
Hua Jiang said: "Because I was saved by the master here."
Although he looked indifferent, he didn't mean to refuse the conversation. Mo Qi just asked a simple question, and he explained everything consciously: "The poison on my body at that time was indeed the poison of the milk fruit. The milk fruit was given to me by Yelu Ruyu."
"Not long after you buried me in the grave, Yelu Ruyu dug me out, and the poison of feigning death was just undone. He saved me, and I will help him deal with dissidents and deal fairly."
Gong Jiu frowned: Didn't the shadow people not discover the real usage of the milk fruit in Hexi - did they actually discover it?
What Mo Qi thought was that once the case of leaving Hexi was solved, he burned the whole milk fruit forest at night. Since then, no one should have milk fruit in their hands.That being the case, where did the milk fruit in Yelu Ruyu's hand come from?
Did he already know where the milk fruit was hiding and went to get it early; or was the milk fruit actually given to him by the shadow man, and he still has contact with the shadow man?
Hua Jiang said bluntly: "At that time, he also gave me another bunch of milk fruit, and asked me to keep it for refining Gu. The bunch of milk fruit that he said was for me is already the last bunch left in this world."
Mo Qi kept thinking and pondering in his heart, forming a guess and overturning another guess: the last string left in the world?That is to say, the shadow man doesn't have the milk fruit anymore?Why is Yelu Ruyu so sure? ——No, what he said to the flower general may not be true either.At that time, in order to subdue the flower general, of course he had to make the meeting gift he gave a little more precious, so as to gain the flower general's loyalty.
Seeing that Mo Qi fell silent, Hua Jiang didn't wait any longer, turned around and went back to the house, and took out a large pile of things: "Where is your house? This is prepared by Yelu Ruyu before you come, tell me to wait." After you choose a house, I will move there for you."
Lu Xiaofeng, Chu Liuxiang and the others felt this undisguised favoritism again.
Chu Liuxiang: ...Why is this neglected feeling so familiar?
Chu Liuxiang couldn't help turning her eyes to Gong Jiu, and she saw Gong Jiu's eyes full of murderous intent.
Fortunately, Mo Qi didn't intend to accept it: "No need."
Hua Jiang looked overjoyed: "Really? Don't you want it? These are all Yelu Ruyu, which I asked me to buy in person, and they are all of high quality——"
Mo Qi: "...No need."
His back was almost shot through by Gong Jiu's sight!
Hua Jiang nodded: "Okay."
Just when everyone thought he would send these things back to the house, Hua Jiang made a move that no one expected - he walked up to Hua Man Lou, and even with a voice that was not so gentle when he was treating Mo Qi. Said: "Then do you want it?"
Hua Manlou was surprised for a moment: "...No need."
Hua Jiang whispered: "But I have chosen for a long time. It's too wasteful."
Lu Xiaofeng started beating his heart, and couldn't help becoming vigilant: What does this general mean?Why are you so attentive to Qitong—it can't be because Qitong is also surnamed Hua, so you are so enthusiastic, right?
Lu Xiaofeng glanced quickly at Gong Jiu and Mo Qi, and immediately stood out: "Qitong doesn't need—"
Hua Manlou's voice fell at the same time as his refusal: "Then it will be disrespectful."
Lu Xiaofeng looked back in astonishment: "...? Qitong, you?"
Hua Manlou said gently, "These are all carefully selected by this young master, so it's not a good idea to waste them..."
Hua Jiang immediately stepped forward and pushed Lu Xiaofeng aside: "My name is Hua Jiang, and I don't have a nickname, you can just call me Hua Jiang. Your name is Qitong?"
Lu Xiaofeng: "..."
Lu Xiaofeng: No?What's going on?
Lu Xiaofeng: I knew I would have come out without Qi Tong!
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I came all the way from Taihang to analyze Jincheng. It is a lie to say that I am not tired.Fortunately, Yelu Ruyu didn't urge them to put down their luggage and went to deal with the case immediately. Although they had already rushed back to the house in the evening, they didn't hold any big banquets. Instead, they kindly asked the servants to deliver all the meals. Go to everyone's respective rooms - but, the food was sent back and forth, and in the end they all went into Hua ManLou's room.
Because everyone gathered here, listening to Lu Xiaofeng talking about the relationship between the case of the faceless man in Liao and the shadow man.
"Actually, at the beginning, the Holy Majesty only received news that a shadowy person fled into the Liao Kingdom after committing the crime. At that time, the Holy Majesty thought that the Liao Kingdom was already a piece of iron under the control of Yelu Ruyu. This clue can no longer be investigated, and those shadow people who fled into the Liao Kingdom will be completely silent. But I didn't expect that just a few days after the news of the shadow people fleeing into the Liao Kingdom came to the hands of the Holy Master, the Liao Kingdom began to appear. face case."
Hua Manlou said slowly: "Well...it's really too coincidental. But it can't be confirmed just yet, the case of the faceless man was done by the shadow man."
Lu Xiaofeng looked at Huamanlou, and said solemnly: "But what if those shadow people have already established the custom of beheading their faces when they commit crimes in Song Tu?"
Ji Bingyan questioned: "But the shadow people should not be interested in the Liao Kingdom—even if they are, it shouldn't be the time for them to make a move. After all, there is still a big Song in front of them, so how can they eat what's on the plate?" Looking at the pot?"
Chu Liuxiang nodded in agreement: "Since the shadow people can develop under the eyes of the Holy Majesty and spread all over the Song Dynasty, and they have been slowly found out in the past two months, they must not be the kind of people who have been looking forward to Shu before they get Long. They will definitely come step by step, and they will not attack Liao until they get Da Song."
Mo Qi whispered: "Or, there are two other possibilities."
Gong Jiu asked, "What?"
Mo Qidao: "Firstly, the shadow people who fled into the Liao country, like senior Ouyang and the Eastern leader, have recovered their sanity. They chose to flee to the Liao country, firstly to avoid the shadow people, and secondly to Start again in Liao."
"Secondly, the shadow man has cooperated with Yelu Ruyu before, and... Judging from the matter of the milk fruit in Huajiang's hands, it is not sure whether Yelu Ruyu has other cooperation with the shadow man. It is also possible, Just like Yelu Ruyu treated Huajiang, these shadow people were also invited by him to take the opportunity to eradicate dissidents for him."
Lu Xiaofeng scratched his head: "The first guess is not to see these shadow people in person, so it's hard to be sure. But the second guess, it's easy to verify whether it's right or not."
"As long as we inquire about the relationship between the deceased General Fuguo and Yushe County King and Yelu Ruyu, and whether they are on the same side, we can know right or wrong. If these shadow people are Yelu Ruyu, please come and eradicate them. For those who are different, there must be conflicts between the great general of the Nafu Kingdom, King Yushe and Yelu Ruyu; but if the two deceased and Yelu Ruyu are on the same front..."
Gong Jiu continued: "Then we have to consider the first guess. After all, the same method of killing and destroying corpses appeared at the same time in the cases of both Liao and Song Dynasties, and most of them were done by the same group of shadow people. Only the first guess Only a guess can explain why the shadow people came to Liao Kingdom to stir up trouble when the time was not ripe."
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According to the results of the previous night's discussion, everyone should have gone to the places where the dead disappeared to see if they could find any traces or clues to answer the questions that filled their hearts.For example, why do these people suddenly disappear?Where did it go after disappearing?Why were some of their bodies piled up on the shore, while others were thrown into the water?What is the purpose of the shadow man choosing to kill them?
However, early in the morning, the Xijin Mansion sent people to urge everyone, saying that the corpse had been placed for a long time, and it was about to rot, and the clues would not be found by then.
Everyone was very helpless: It has been so long since this case, the corpse that should be rotten has already been rotten, how can it be so rotten after only half a day's delay?Originally, the Lord of Liao asked them to come to handle the case at the wrong time. They should have been asked to come when the first case came up, and it didn’t matter how bad the second case was. They had to be delayed until three months later——
The man from the house who came to pick him up was very respectful, of course, anyone can see
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