Shen Ao said a word, with a lovely smile on his face, but his eyes were full of contempt.

Yelu Zhaode was counted down for a while, ashamed and anxious, what Shen Ao said just now was actually not wrong, fighting wine, he is not worthy!

The Liao general in the tent was solemn for a while, Shen Ao glanced at the tent, the contempt was even stronger, he raised his glass and drank a sip of spirits by himself, stood up, and said: "Ming said that he still has to hurry, and he will go to rest." With that, he paced out calmly.

Wu Wencai, Zhou Heng and others put down the wine cup and immediately followed out.

The oil lamps flickered, the house was silent, the snow drifted outside, the cold wind howled, and the night went deep into the night, giving birth to a terrifying whining.

Yelu Zhaode shouted, slammed his flesh palm on the wine case, and said fiercely: "Hmph, Song makes people deceive people too much. ”

Ye Luding, who had just been drunk, suddenly sobered up, with an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth, stretched his waist, and the bones in his body were about to soften, and said: "Zhaode, don't mess around, this Shen Ao, it doesn't seem to be simple." ”

Yelu Zhaode waved everyone away, and in the dim candle flame, a pair of wise eyes flashed, and Yeluding sighed and said, "What news is there over there in Nanjing." ”

Yelu Zhaode said respectfully: "Your Majesty has recently issued a decree to choose a concubine in Nanjing. ”

Ye Luding was not surprised, a slight smile rose at the corner of his mouth, a sneer as sharp and indifferent as a blade, and he said casually: "It's all here, do you still have the heart to choose a concubine for yourself?" ”

Yelu Zhaode's eyes looked like they were about to burst into flames: "I can only pin my great Liao's national fortune on His Highness, but I don't know how His Highness's plan is going?" ”

Ye Luding smiled lightly: "In less than a month, the imperial brother will die, as long as the Song envoy follows me to Nanjing and plants the name of killing the king on him, everything will be smooth." He sighed very sadly, and said faintly: "My father is desolate with silver, and my brother has no way, and if you want to rectify the mountains and rivers, the only way to do it is to be dangerous." Yelu Zhaode, you are my most trusted retainer, this time I implore Your Majesty to let you be the guard of this pass, do you know why? ”

Yelu Zhaode said solemnly: "Zhaode said that he remembered His Highness's teachings at night, once His Highness's plan succeeded, Zhaode immediately asked the Song people to send another envoy to negotiate, in addition, blockade the pass, if there are Yelu Dashi's spies going south, they must be taught to come and go." ”

"Okay, if you haven't forgotten." Yerodin patted him on the shoulder sincerely, flattering Yeluzhaode and buried his head deeper.

Jerodin stood up, pushed open the window to see the snowflakes flying in the dark night, his eyes facing the darkness, and blinked slightly, like a fox in the night, shining with an eerie luster.

He said suddenly: "Actually, the imperial brother is not completely unguarded, this time he sent me south, in fact, he was afraid of me, but he didn't know, by his side, I had already arranged everything, as long as the plan was carried out, I would immediately arrest Shen Ao on the charge of assassinating the emperor of Liao, and wait for me to be enthroned as the emperor of the Great Liao, and then use him as a threat to negotiate with the Song people." It is said that this Shen Ao is very influential in Bianjing, and there are others in the inner palace and the government and the opposition who are running for him, and if he is held, the lord of the Song State will be obedient sooner or later, and the Song-Liao Covenant can still be concluded at that time, and we can still take the initiative and get a few more benefits from the Song people; It's just that this Shen Ao is not so easy to deal with, so it's better to be cautious. ”

He held the windowsill tightly, the windowsill had formed a layer of frost, this bone-chilling chill penetrated into his palm, bringing a painful pleasure, and he snorted coldly: "Everything will be revealed in half a month!" ”

Shen Ao had a good night's sleep and came out of the bedroom, Wu Wencai got up earlier than him, and had already beckoned people to prepare to go out of the customs and continue to go north, Shen Ao yawned, greeted Zhou Heng a few times, went to drink a bowl of gruel, sweated all over, and the cold in his body was swept away.

Today's weather is wonderful, the ice and snow are melting, the sun is rising, although it is a cold wind hunting, by this long-lost sunshine, the whole person can't help but feel better.

Ye Luding had already greeted his entourage and was ready, and walked over and greeted Shen Ao with a smile: "Did Master Shen sleep well last night?" ”

Shen Ao turned over and got on his horse and said, "It's very good, it's a pity that Brother Yelu got drunk too early, otherwise I would have had a few more drinks with you." ”

Ye Luding smiled, looked at Shen Aozheng, who was riding on the horse and holding the reins, comforting the horse that was sitting down, and asked, "What?" Today, Master Shen plans to ride a horse? ”

Shen Ao said with a smile: "Sitting in the carriage, people are going to fall apart, taking advantage of the good weather today, it is better to watch the scenery along the way." ”

Yelu replied with a smile: "Since Master Shen is so interested, how about the contemptible person riding a horse parallel to Master Shen?" ”

The two of them led a group of people to march side by side, and Ye Luding said sincerely: "Student Shen, I only learned about yesterday's incident this morning, General Zhaode is really too presumptuous, and he treats my honored guest of Daliao so slowly, and when I arrive in Nanjing, I will definitely play him in front of His Majesty." ”

Shen Ao controlled the rhythm of his body as he walked on the horse, and said indifferently: "That's not necessary, what do I have to worry about him?" ”

Along the way, Yeluding stammered to Shen Ao in every way, passing through Zhuozhou and Wanping into Nanjing, Nanjing is one of the five capitals of Liao, Yeluchun was supported as the emperor by Yelu Dashi and others here, and has become the political center of Liao. The city is already ten rooms and nine empty, and it is said that many people have fled south, and after several major defeats, no one believes that the Khitans still have the capital to continue to hold on.

Shen Ao looked under the city outline, and couldn't help but think in his heart, Nanjing is still far from the front line, and it is like this, so it can be seen that if the defeat of the Liao State cannot be boosted, I am afraid that it will be difficult to recover.

Everyone entered the city, there were few pedestrians on the streets, Shen Ao was settled in the Wanguo Pavilion to settle down, but the former lively Wanguo Pavilion has been deserted, even the envoys are difficult to find one, the phoenix that falls into the water is not as good as the chicken, this is the true portrayal of the Khitan people, once upon a time here, the Jin, Uighur, and Western Xia envoys were bustling, and now, no one wants to have anything to do with them anymore, even the merchants of the Western Regions do not come often, all industries are depressed, and the whole city is empty and dead at night.

When he arrived at the Wanguo Pavilion, after Shen Ao settled down, he immediately fell asleep, tired for these days, traveled all the way, and had not slept much, that is, Wu Wencai came to discuss the exchange of national letters, and he directly refused, just smiled and said: "No hurry, no hurry, time is there." ”

His attitude made Wu Wencai helpless, Shen Ao was the right envoy, he said that he was not in a hurry, what could Wu Wencai do?

On the second day, there was a commotion outside, Shen Ao was woken up, very displeased, Zhou Heng hurriedly came to call the door, and said, "Liaoguo Yelu Dashi asks to see." ”

"Jerodashi?" Before the envoy, Shen Ao knew the weight of Yelu Dashi in the Liao State, this person was also a Khitan royal family, and he had the merit of supporting it, and he was quite valued by Yelu Chun, so he was appointed to the southwest road to be in charge of the military, and the entire military power of the Liao State fell into his hands.

Shen Ao thought for a while and said, "Tell him that this master is unwell and it is inconvenient to meet guests, so ask him to come back next time." ”

Zhou Hengying went down and went downstairs to tell that someone seemed to be talking downstairs, and then the noisy sound became farther and farther away, and the whole world became clean again.

Shen Ao closed his door and lived a few days of public life, but all the nobles of the Liao State who came to visit him, whether they were good or malicious, were gone, this guy had no consciousness of being an envoy at all, and other envoys were eager to go out every day to lay a foundation of friendship with the nobles. But Shen Ao regarded himself as an uncle, and he didn't pay attention to the Heavenly King Lao Tzu when he came, that is, the Liao lord Yeluchun invited him into the palace, he pouted and asked people to refuse.

But once Ye Luding came, Shen Ao asked someone to welcome him to the room, and said a few words to Ye Luding, Ye Luding was not in a hurry to talk about the exchange of national letters, but just said a few good places to enjoy in Nanjing, and warmly invited him to go for a walk together.

Shen Ao snorted and said with a smile: "Brother Yelu has a heart, but Shen is a noble person, and I won't go to the place where the fireworks are hooked." ”

Ye Luding knew that Shen Ao was not interested in the ordinary Qinglou, and said: "Since it is to invite Master Shen to play, of course it is not an ordinary Goolan Qinglou. ”

Shen Ao pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, if you have time, you must take a walk with Brother Yelu." ”

After sending Ye Luding away, Shen Ao asked Wu Wencai to find him, and said to Wu Wencai: "Did Lord Wu find that there is a problem with this Ye Luding?" ”

Wu Wencai said: "Master Shen means ......"

Shen Ao shook his head again and said, "It's nothing, it's just casual talk, since we entered the Pavilion of All Nations, we have been watched." ”

Wu Wencai looked very calm, and said with a smile: "This is also common sense, and there is nothing strange about the Liao people monitoring our every move. He suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Actually, the old man is in the Ministry of Rites, and sometimes he has to ask someone to secretly protect some VIPs." ”

Shen Ao smiled: "It would be good if it was protected, but there are at least two groups of people who are monitoring us, this is the weirdest thing." ”

"Two groups!" Wu Wencai frowned, his face changed a little, if it was really as Shen Ao said, this problem would be serious.

"I wonder how Master Shen learned about this?"

Shen Ao pushed the window open, and there was a sky full of wind and snow outside, he pointed to a merchant carrying a load of goods on the street corner in the distance and said: "This is the Wanguo Pavilion, there are few pedestrians, but a merchant is selling here, don't Lord Wu think it's strange?" ”

Then he pointed to a restaurant in the distance, and said: "There is also the wine shop, when we came, this wine shop was closed, and wild grass grew in front of the door, presumably the store had already fled, but at night, I clearly saw a light coming out, that is, there are still people living here, who would light candles in a deserted restaurant?" ”

He closed the window, and Wu Wencai said, "How can Master Shen guess that the person in the wine shop is not in the same group as the merchant on the street corner?" ”

Shen Ao smiled: "It's very simple, if they are in a group, they must be monitored in turn, the merchant hasn't left in the middle of the night, this is what I asked Zhou Heng to go out to see, and the people in the wine shop are still there at night, why do they need to set up two sentry posts to attract the attention of others?"

It is necessary to know that monitoring this kind of thing is as streamlined as possible, and the more people there are, the more likely it is that people will be discovered, and the Khitans will not be so stupid. The only possibility is that they are not a gang at all, they are just under the orders of two masters. ”