Some soldiers held up the heavy felt blanket curtain and let the two of them enter the account. Liu Yu saw Yao Yuantai sitting on the edge of the couch, dressed in plain clothes, and the corners of his eyes were still red. Next to him lay a man on the couch, covered from head to foot with a white cloth.

Seeing Liu Yu coming, a trace of imperceptible joy flashed on his face, and said, "Apprentice, you finally escaped, I don't think you will die." In the past two days, I have sent a total of sixteen detachments to find your whereabouts, but there has been no news. ”

When Chi Hulu heard that Liu Yu was actually a disciple of the third prince, he was secretly surprised in his heart, and secretly muttered to himself how Liu Yu could hide it so well, otherwise where would he dare to be on an equal footing with him along the way.

He bowed to the ground in the face of the remote retainer. Yao Yuantai stepped forward to help him up and said, "General Chihu, how did you escape?" Chihugu pointed at Liu Yu and said, "He saved me!"

Yao Yuantai was shocked when he heard this, and then asked Liu Yu for the details. Except for the matter of the book "Six Army Mirrors", Liu Yu did not hide the rest, and told him one by one. After hearing this, Yao Yuantai frowned tightly and said: "This bronze horse, he just wants me to compete with Yelu Shilu Hemussel, and he himself is a good fisherman." However, his plan was too naked, and there was no concealment. ”

Liu Yu looked at the person on the couch, and it must be the deceased. A hint of foreboding flashed in his heart, and he said, "Sixth Master, what about my master and the others?" Liu Yu's two lines of tears welled up, and he stepped forward to uncover the white cloth, but was stopped by Yao Yuantai.

Yao Yuan Tai said: "It's too miserable to die, you better don't look at it." Liu Yu hurriedly said: "Who did it?" Yao Yuan Tai said: "Tongma, who else can there be besides him?" He said that your master is a traitor, and he will get rid of it quickly. In fact, where is Mr. Wei helping me, he is fulfilling the oath he made to Yufeilong's predecessors. ”

Liu Yu said: "Is that the princess Brother Liu, I also saw her today." She was chased by Yelu Xiaohua and her party on the grassland, and we bumped into her. Yao Yuan Tai said: "Yelu Xiaohua, Yelu Shilu's only son?" Liu Yu said: "Yes, it's him." I fought with General Chihu, and I fought with them. Chi Hu said: "Thanks to Liu Xiaoying, we didn't suffer a loss in this battle." ”

Yao Yuantai listened to the two of them finish the previous battle situation, and his brows tightened. This victory seemed meaningless to him. It wasn't until he heard that Chihu had brought back 4,000 men and horses that his face showed a hint of joy. At present, there are only more than 16,000 people under his command, and the group brought back by Chi Hu can be said to be a charcoal in the snow.

However, after only a moment, Yao Yuantai's face was covered with gloom again, and he said, "Now there will only be more and more people supporting Yelu Shilu. Liu Yu didn't understand why a victory would lead to a bad result, and asked, "Why?"

Yao Yantai sighed: "Now the leader of the eight Khitan tribes, everyone wants to be a khan. It's just that Yelu Shilu is in the limelight, and after the incident of the tiger mound, he retains the most people. It was the leaders of the other tribes, and no one dared to contend with him.

The B Division, the Product Division, the Chu Special Division, the Wuhuai Division, and the Tulu Bu Department were all out of wait-and-see in this matter between me and Yelu Shilu. But if they learn that Yelu Shilu's only son is a pustule, it means that the hat of Khitan Khan will not fall on the head of his Yelu clan forever, and their own family still has a chance to become a khan. In such a situation, they would have fallen to the side of the powerful Jerusherus. ”

When Chi Hu heard this, he hurriedly said: "Third Prince, since this is the case, do you still want to fight with Yelu Shilu? Let's go west to Yinshan and survive this cold winter, and it will not be too late to make a comeback when we have a chance in the future." ”

Yao Yantai shook his head and said: "Now is the most critical time to clean up people's hearts, as long as we leave, Yelu Shilu is afraid that he will really succeed, and from now on he will be the Khitan Khan." And our Yao Ran clan will become a small tribe at the foot of Yin Mountain, and there will be no day to turn over, and the glory of the Yao Ran clan will be ruined in the hands of my Yao Ran Tai. ”

Chi Huhu lowered his head and stopped talking. Liu Yu said: "Sixth Master, everyone else calls you the third prince, and I heard that the deceased first khan is the eldest prince, so there should be another second prince." Why didn't he come out and help you share the current situation?"

Yao Yantai smiled bitterly and said, "My second brother has already died, in the hands of my eldest brother. If he had lived, it would not have been Jerusher's turn to be arrogant. ”

Liu Yu was shocked: "Why did the first khan want to kill his brother?" Yao Yuan Tai said: "It was only because my second brother's talent was going to surpass him, and he was afraid that his khan position would not be guaranteed, so he killed him." Since the death of my second brother, I have simply indulged in martial arts and become a martial arts idiot in the eyes of others. ”

Liu Yu said: "Since the first khan cares so much about power, how could he make such an ambitious person as Yelu Shilu as greater than Yue?" Every time Khan was drunk, she would blow the wind in his ear. Three times and twice, the khan listened to her. ”

Liu Yu was suspicious in his heart and said, "You mean...... What kind of relationship does Princess Liuge have with the Khan? She's nominally a princess. Yao Yuan Tai said: "But after all, she is a member of the Tang Dynasty, and she is not related to the first Khan." ”

Liu Yu didn't want to continue to discuss this matter, whenever the image of Princess Liu Ge Qingli appeared in his mind, he didn't want to think of her with such things.

He turned to say, "But when we saw Princess Liuge, she was leading Yelu Xiaohua and the others into the Tiger Mound Great Array, is this a contradiction with her previous actions of helping Yelu Shilu?"

When the two were talking, a soldier outside the account came to report: "Mrs. Xiao asks to see the third prince!" Liu Yu felt quite strange after hearing this, and said: "Isn't she from Yelu Shilu, why would she come to visit you?" What's so strange about her coming to me for some favor?"

Liu Yu said: "Then how could Yelu Shilu agree to let her go?" Yao Yuan Tai said: "Even if the two armies are fighting, a messenger who can exchange letters is still indispensable. What's more, every time Mrs. Xiao comes, she can always lure one or two teams out of my camp. ”

Liu Yu said: "Then you still let her come?" Yao Yuantai smiled slyly and said, "I let her take those people away." As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Xiao had already brushed off the felt carpet at the door and walked into the tent, as if she was at the door of her own house. Yao Yuantai stepped forward to hug her, and said with a smile: "Yo, Mrs. Xiao, this time you didn't come with the child in your arms." ”

Mrs. Xiao dodged slightly, avoiding his embrace, and said with a smile: "Third prince, look at your tent with filial piety on your head, you can still laugh." Abaoji, I have entrusted him to a trusted clan uncle in the distance. At present, there are still frequent wars, and it is better for children to stay away. ”

Yao Yuantai said: "We Khitan boys should have grown up in the tempering of blood and fire since childhood. If you send Abaoji away, you will make him lose a great opportunity to temper himself. ”

Mrs. Xiao's eyes stared at Yao Yuantai, staring at him so much that his heart was furious. After a long time, she spoke, and said, "I don't know if the opportunity for Abaoji's tempering has arrived. But your trials are coming soon!" )