Chapter 23: The Battle of Chang'an Street III

On the north wall of Baishui Pass, Ling Duozhi was wearing a pair of silver armor, standing beside a battlement with a solemn expression, and behind him stood two lieutenants in armor, at this time a soldier stepped forward and bowed and said: "General Rin, Gongzi has entered the 'Spring Garden'."

"Got it," Ling Duozhi replied lightly, and asked the soldier again, "What is the situation over there?" ”

The soldier replied, "There are no less than 50,000 Khitan troops gathered over there, led by the Khitan general Yelutuo himself. ”

Ling Duozhi pondered for a moment, then waved his hand to let the soldier go down. At this time, an adjutant general behind him stepped forward and said: "General, this meeting between the third prince of Khitan and that king Dezhong seems to be not a small plan." ”

Ling Duozhi's expression said silently: "This time in this Baishui City may really change the sky, then Yelu instigated Yelu Tuo's own brother Yelu Boqing to test Yun'er, but finally made someone steal the arrows of my Han Kingdom and kill that Yelu Boqing, in order not to arouse the anger of that Yelu Tuo,"

The lieutenant general asked, "Why did Yelu Zongheng do this, he knew that doing so would damage the alliance between the Khitan Kingdom and my Han Dynasty." ”

Ling Duozhi explained: "That Yelu Tuo belongs to the Khitan prince Yelu Changsheng's lineage, the Khitan emperor gave birth to four sons, although the eldest son Yelu Changsheng was the crown prince, but before the Khitan emperor died, the four princes are likely to sit in that seat, although the prince Yelu Changsheng is not as good as that Yelu Zongheng, but he is also a majestic person. Killing Na Yelu Boqing can not only eliminate a powerful help of a crown prince, but also intensify the contradiction between Baishui City and Na Yelu Tuo, although I don't know what the purpose of Na Wang Dezhong's meeting with Na Yelu Zongheng is, but I am sure that it is inseparable from this White Water City. ”

The adjutant general asked again: "Then why did Yelu Boqing suddenly stop in the afternoon and never poison the public again, could it be that Yelu Zongheng instructed him?" ”

"Because Yelu Zongheng knew that it was impossible for them to kill Yun'er at all, he would not dare to say anything else, but in this Whitewater City, anyone would also want to kill Yun'er. Taking a step back, if they really killed Yun'er, they would also think that according to my temperament, it would be impossible for me to leave the lives of 100,000 people in this Baishui City and go north to avenge Yun'er. I knew that this was impossible, but I still didn't expect that Yelu Zongheng would use Yelu Boqing's life as bait, so that Na Yelu Tuo would wave his army south and approach my Baishui Pass. Meeting with that king Dezhong is one of Yelu's goals, but he also has a bigger purpose, otherwise he won't let Yelu Tuo come down south and involve the border army of my Baishui City. ”

"The subordinates are stupid, or do not understand, what is their other purpose? And why did they pick this time to do it? The lieutenant asked suspiciously.

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At this time, Ling Tianyun, who was in the "Spring Garden", found that the maid who was shuttling among the crowd had a familiar face, this person was the black lady that Ling Tianyun met in the bungalow, and the black lady also found Ling Tianyun and Guo Jian who were in the hall, with smiling faces, looking at Ling Tianyun's body, Ling Tianyun met the black lady's gaze, and felt panicked, and her face immediately turned red.

"Hmph, a bunch of scum who tend to be inflammatory." Guo Jian's face was fearless, and he shot back at those who questioned him. Guo Jian showed a high-flying and domineering appearance, like a ruffian at this time, Ling Tianyun looked like this, and he didn't feel that it was good for a while, and everyone in the hall got up angrily and made a noise.

"Hmph" I only heard a soft shout from the private room on the upper floor of the hall, and the curtain of the private room had been lifted, revealing a delicate and domineering face, and a pair of sharp eyes looked at Ling Tianyun and Guo Jian. That gaze only passed over Ling Tianyun's body, pausing at Guo Jian's body, obviously ignoring Ling Tianyun.

"Yelu Zongheng" Ling Tianyun's heart sank, what was revealed above the elegant room was Yelu Zongheng, the third prince of Khitan, who had not seen him for two years, and the domineering aura of Yelu Zongheng was even stronger, his eyes flashed with a sharper light, and his temperament had changed significantly.

Yelu Zongheng said angrily: "Guo Huai'an, you are deliberately trying to make trouble. Seeing that Yelu Zongheng spoke, the hall suddenly fell silent for a while, and the seven-colored beauty performing on the stage also stopped beating.

Guo Jian raised his head to meet Yelu Zongheng's gaze and said loudly: "Whether Guo is here to make trouble or not, it is not the turn of His Excellency the Third Prince to take care of it." Here, in the territory of my Han Kingdom, I don't know what your Excellency, the third prince of Khitan, has to do here. The tone was fearless, like-for-tat.

It turned out that Guo Jian's real name was Guo Huai'an, Ling Tianyun secretly wondered in his heart, at this time, a person flashed in Ling Tianyun's mind, Guo Huai'an, the young master of the Guiyi Army in Shuozhou, could it be that Guo Jian is Guo Huai'an, the young master of the Guiyi Army.

"This king is here to hold a banquet and invite all the famous families in Baishui City, do you still want you to be in charge of Guo Dashao?" Yelu Zongheng's expression returned to normal, and he said calmly.

"Hehe, this is the famous family of Baishui City invited by His Excellency the Third Prince, one by one, groveling, servile, and servile, it is simply a loss of my Han face." Guo Jian glanced at everyone in the hall and said sarcastically.

"Bold, does Guo Xian's nephew also think that this official has also lost the face of my Han people?" At this time, a voice appeared from Yelu Zongheng's side, and a slightly chubby middle-aged man stood beside Yelu Zongheng, the man's face showed a kind of official authority like a long-standing official in the sea of officials, and his whole body exuded an aura of not being angry but threatening, and the man angrily rebuked Guo Jian.

The identity of the person "Wang Dezhong" immediately appeared in Ling Tianyun's mind, and now Wang Dezhong has won the trust of Liu Yu, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, and is now the prime minister of the Northern Han Dynasty. Looking at Wang Dezhong's appearance, Ling Tianyun felt that Wang Dezhong and Guo Huai'an were obviously acquainted, and he didn't understand how the young master of the Guiyi Army could know the prime minister.

Guo Huai'an saw that Prime Minister Wang Dezhong was exposed, a teasing expression appeared on his face, he looked at Wang Dezhong and said: "It turns out that Lord Wang is here, the little nephew is polite." The tone seemed to be surprised by Wang Dezhong's appearance, but his expression was like he already knew it.

Yelu Zongheng's eyes shot a fierce light, staring at Guo Huai'an.

"Hmph", Wang Dezhong dropped his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "You still know to give the official a salute, if it weren't for that person's face, the official would immediately ask someone to drive you out, the official and the third prince have something to discuss here, I hope you will do it yourself, don't make trouble." ”

Guo Huai'an's expression was calm, he looked at Yelu Zongheng and Wang Dezhong, and said: "I don't know what important things Lord Wang and Prince Na Yelu have to discuss here, do you need to invite almost all the famous and rich gentry of Baishui City to come?" Isn't it going to send the White Water City into the arms of the Khitans like the sixteen states of Yanyun. ”

"Bastard," Wang Dezhong immediately shouted when he heard this: "Do you want you to take care of what this official and the third prince are discussing?"

Ling Tianyun found that there was a trace of murderous intent flashing in Yelu Zongheng's eyes, and Yelu Zongheng was afraid that Guo Huai'an was moved by murderous intent.

"Could it be that the little nephew is wrong, Lord Wang, please look at the famous family you invited to the banquet, that pair of faces, all wish that this Baishui City would be sent to the hands of the Khitan people as soon as possible, a prince came, all of them came together, do you want to tie up this Khitan third prince as soon as possible." Guo Huai'an ignored Wang Dezhong's drinking, he turned to look at everyone, his tone was impassioned, without a trace of politeness,

"Guo Huai'an, you are looking for death." Yelu snorted, and his eyes no longer hid his killing intent towards Guo Huai'an.

When everyone heard Guo Huai'an's words, some people showed some embarrassed expressions on their faces, and at this time, a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe got up, hugged his fists to Wang Dezhong and Yelu Zongheng and said: "Lord Wang, Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, there are still some things in Xiao Ke's family that have not yet been dealt with, Xiao Ke is here to retire first, please forgive me." The man spoke in a proper tone, and with that he started to leave the hall. When everyone in the hall saw someone leaving, their expressions froze, and a trace of helplessness was revealed, and some people said goodbye to Wang Dezhong and Yelu Zongheng one after another.

Seeing that some people were leaving one after another, Guo Huai'an lifted the wine jug and poured a sip of wine, and said to Ling Tianyun: "Come and take another sip, this fine wine can't be wasted." Ling Tianyun was not afraid to lift the wine jug and ask Guo Huai'an to ask, "It looks like there will be another fight later, right?" Guo Huai'an squinted his eyes slightly and said with a smile: "Do you like to fight so much, but there will be a fierce battle later." Are you afraid?"

What they didn't know was that there was a third floor in the hall, and there was only a small attic on this third floor, and in this attic there was a peerless beautiful woman who was watching all this with great interest, if Ling Tianyun could see that beautiful woman, he would definitely be surprised, because that beautiful woman was the proprietress of the nameless wine shop.

The hall that was overcrowded for a while suddenly had fewer people, and there were only a dozen or so celebrities left in the hall, if Ling Tianyun observed them carefully, he would find that the dozen or so people in the hall had bright eyes, and there was a majestic momentum hidden on their bodies, obviously they were not ordinary people, the clothes of the dozen or so celebrities were similar to those of other departing rich gentry and celebrities, but they were like poisonous snakes lurking in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to move, and they would hit with one blow.

Yelu looked at the people who left one by one, but his face became calm at the moment, when the last person in the hall who was going to leave had left, Yelu stared at Guo Huai'an and said fiercely: "Guo Huai'an, there is a way in heaven that you don't go, today you are looking for death, this king will fulfill you." ”

"Haha??????" Yelu Zongheng suddenly let out a long laugh and said fiercely: "Today is your Guo Huai'an's death." ”

Suddenly more than a dozen celebrities jumped out of the hall like poisonous snakes lurking in the shadows, and the seven-colored beauties on the stage screamed when they saw this, and ran away in a panic.