Baishui City, located in the northernmost city pass of the Northern Han Dynasty, was getting late at this time, and the night began to shroud in this remote city pass. There are few pedestrians on the streets of Baishui City, and in a group of bungalows located in the east of Baishui City, there is a relatively dilapidated bungalow, and Ling Tianyun and Guo Jian are in this house.

The candlelight in the house was not bright, Ling Tianyun's eyes turned to the woman in black, and looked at the other three people in black, the other three people in black were three men, the three were burly, with square faces, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a pair of bright eyes, one of them was slightly older and almost in his thirties, while the other two were relatively young, seemingly in their early twenties. These three men did not have very prominent characteristics, Ling Tiantian knew that these three people were not from the Northern Han Dynasty, they should be people from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in the northeast of the Northern Han Dynasty.

After Guo Jian saw the four people standing up, he waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down, and after the four people sat down, Guo Jian pulled Ling Tianyun beside him and said to the four people: "Let me introduce to you, this is my good brother Ling Tianyun, the son of the general of the border army of Baishui City." ”

"Long Yang, long Yang," the four people didn't get up after listening to Guo Jian's introduction, but just sat on their seats and hugged their fists and said hello coldly. And that woman seemed to be more interested in Ling Tianyun, and after listening to Guo Jian's introduction, a pair of beautiful eyes kept wandering around Ling Tianyun's body. The other three men obviously didn't care much about Ling Tianyun, and after greeting him with a fist, they suddenly turned their gaze away and turned to Guo Jian.

Ling Tianyun seemed to be a little flustered about this, he didn't expect that Guo Jian would pull him forward and introduce the four people, although the reaction of the four people was expected by him, but he didn't expect that the woman's gaze still stayed on him, which made him nervous for a while, and his face suddenly turned red, he had never been stared at by a woman like that in his memory, and he didn't feel so nervous in his previous interactions with Duo'er.

Seeing Ling Tianyun showing such an embarrassed state, the woman couldn't help but laugh out loud, although the silver bell-like laughter was small, but it made people feel comfortable when they listened, the woman teased and said: "The son of the general of the army guarding the border of the city, I didn't expect to be so shy" The other three men felt interesting when they saw this, and their eyes shifted to Ling Tianyun's body at the same time, Ling Tianyun listened to the woman's words, and felt out of shape, and felt speechless.

"Okay, Black Lady, I won't make fun of my little brother," Guo Jian said when he saw this.

"It turns out that the woman's name is Black Lady, what a strange name," Ling Tianyun thought in his heart.

Guo Jian said in a deep voice with a solemn expression at this time: "This trip is related to our plan, maybe our plan is about to be advanced, someone has set up a conspiracy to directly target the border guard General Ling, that is, the father of my brother, do you know what happened in the afternoon." ”

Ling Tianyun's face changed immediately after listening to Guo Jian's words, sure enough, it turned out that all this was really a conspiracy, but how did Guo Jian and the others know, and what was the identity of Guo Jian and these black-clothed people, all kinds of questions began to appear in his mind, this matter was not trivial, why didn't Guo Jian let himself go back to the general's mansion first to show his father, but brought himself to this place. At this time, Ling Tianyun felt that he was impatient in his heart, and he looked at Guo Jian, wanting to ask all the questions.

Guo Jian seemed to see the uneasiness in Ling Tianyun's heart, he reached out and patted Ling Tianyun's shoulder, and said, "Brother Yun'er has anything to ask, I will explain it to you later, but now that the matter is urgent, I will discuss a countermeasure with others first, don't worry, Ling Zun will be fine." You listen to our deliberations first, after all, you are not an outsider. ”

Ling Tianyun didn't calm down because of Guo Jian's seat, but Guo Jian didn't want to ask anything more when he said this, at this time he was very anxious in his heart, and there were too many questions. But did he think it was really appropriate for him to listen to Guo Jian's discussion here, his thoughts had already flown to the General's Mansion, and Ling Tianyun was not listening to what Guo Jian was discussing at all.

Ling Tianyun walked away from Guo Jian's side, there was a small wooden round table in the outer corner of the house, and there was a teapot on the small wooden round table, the teapot was very worn, the spout had been cracked a small crack, and the tea juice dirt accumulated over the years remained on the spout. When Ling Tianyun reached out and picked up the teapot to pour himself a cup, he was stunned.

I saw a letter under the teapot, which had been opened. At first, because the candlelight was relatively dim, Ling Tianyun didn't notice the letter, he moved the teapot to the side of the wooden table, turned his head to look at Guo Jian and them, and saw that they were discussing things and didn't pay attention to any of Ling Tianyun's actions.

Ling Tianyun saw that the cover of the letter was written with the words "Brother Guo Cunyi and Enlightenment", the handwriting was vigorous and powerful, like a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing, but the handwriting gave him a familiar feeling, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, looking at those words and was stunned, it was the handwriting of his heavenly father Ling Duozhi. Ling Tianyun didn't know this Guo Cunyi, and he had never heard his father mention it, and it was another question, Ling Tianyun felt that too many strange things had happened today.

Ling Tianyun forcibly suppressed those doubts in his heart, he felt that Guo Jian should be able to explain all this, he could only wait with peace of mind, waiting for Guo Jian and them to finish discussing the matter and then explain all this.

When Ling Tianyun drank all the tea in the teapot, Guo Jian and the others had already finished the discussion meeting, Guo Jian lifted a chair and walked towards Ling Tianyun, while the other four walked out of the room back and forth, the woman suddenly turned her head and gave Ling Tianyun a smile when she was about to go out, making Ling Tianyun let go of the inexplicable nervousness and brought it up again.

"Did you read the letter?" Guo Jian asked as he placed his chair opposite Ling Tianyun.

Ling Tianyun shook his head and said, "That letter was written by my father, what happened today?" ”

Guo Jian pondered for a while and said, "There are some things that Ling Zun didn't let you know, because these involve too many aspects, and there happened to be that accident today, so I had to let you know part of it first." ”

"Do you mean that I fought a duel with the Khitans, or that the Khitans were killed," Ling Tianyun asked.

"This is a matter for you, and according to the information we have received, the killing of the Khitans was an accident."

Ling Tianyun's eyes froze slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Brother Guo, what is your true identity?" ”

Guo Jian smiled, he didn't answer Ling Tianyun's question, he stood up and picked up the letter on the table, turned to look at Ling Tianyun and said, "You don't need to know my identity for the time being, I will tell you when the time comes." I will give you any questions I can answer. ”

"Since Brother Guo said so, then I don't force it, what is going on today."

"Actually, the matter is very simple, the real purpose of those three Khitans looking for you is to kill you, it was originally a conspiracy against you and Ling Zun, but then why the three Khitans were taken in and killed again, I won't explain this to you," Guo Jian replied.

"I understand," Ling Tianyun said in a deep voice, no wonder he was bound to die, why the three Khitans didn't do it later, even Guo Jian couldn't explain this.

"The other is a conspiracy within a plan," Guo Jian said in a deep voice.

"A plan in the middle?" Ling Tianyun asked rhetorically, "How to plan the plan." ”

"You should understand very well, if you are killed by the Khitans, then what will Ling Zun do?" Guo Jian asked Ling Tianyun again.

Ling Tianyun lowered his head and pondered for a while, yes, what would his father do if he died, according to his father's temperament, he was furious, and immediately led his troops north, the consequences were unimaginable. As for how these 30,000 or 20,000 soldiers guarding the border pass of the city are the opponents of the Khitans, the end is that the border city will all be destroyed, and Baishui City will fall into the hands of the Khitans after the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Ling Tianyun raised his head and asked Guo Jian: "Why did they pick this time, although there were some small frictions before, why did they do it after two or three years of calm in this season of the alliance between the two countries." ”

"So this is a plan within a plan, according to our intelligence, it was the third prince of Khitan, Yelu Zongheng, who designed this conspiracy."

"Third Prince of Khitan, Yelu Zongheng," Ling Tianyun muttered when he heard the name, and suddenly his eyes shot a gleam.