CHAPTER XXIV

No matter which king's path you take, the premise is to enter the inner city, after all, the kings live in the inner city, and Li Xuan wants to see them, so he has to visit them, not let them come to the outer city to meet him.

As for entering the inner city, it is also simple, and if you leave for a month, even if you are cowardly, Xue Jun will not stop it. Of course, Li Xuandu can also be directly mixed into the inner city, but Li Xuandu doesn't want to do that, the inner city is where Nayan, the kings, the Khan King and the shaman are, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a master, Li Xuandu is a newcomer, he doesn't know the depth of the truth and the truth, and he acts rashly, if there is really something wrong, I am afraid that it will be difficult to end.

Although Li Xuandu will take risks, but mostly because he can get huge returns from taking risks, now he is just to enter the city, but it is not worth taking risks, so he naturally seeks stability.

Yue's parting life was caught by Li Xuandu, and she didn't dare to gamble with her life until there was no way out, so she succumbed to Li Xuandu in everything, and took Li Xuandu to the inner city.

Although there is a saying about the outer city and the inner city, in fact, the inner city is the real royal court. The royal court was built in imitation of the city of the Central Plains, but because of the lack of craftsmen, it was not as good as the imperial capital with nine gates, a total of four, these four gates were guarded by the cowardly Xue army, and anyone who wanted to enter the city had to go through the pass of the cowardly Xue army.

The chief lieutenant of the cowardly Xue army is Ili Khan, and Ili Khan is the younger brother of the old Khan, which shows the old Khan's trust in this brother. However, the old Khan is an emperor after all, the emperor is destined to be lonely, and it is impossible to put his safety in the hands of one person, so the old Khan is also under the control of the Xue army at all levels, and several captains in charge of the royal court guards directly obey the orders of the old Khan.

According to Yue's parting words, the commander in charge of the four gates of the royal court is named Haleleng, who has no surname, and has nothing to do with the kings and Nayan, originally a slave, because of his bravery, he was promoted to a guard by the old Khan, and later he was meritorious in battle, and he was constantly promoted, and now he has become a thousand households of Nayan. Only such a person can be trusted by the old Khan.

In the eyes of the kings and the traditional Nayan, the unsympathetic Hallen is a complete mad dog, and the kings and Nayan are disgusted with him but helpless, and Hallen does not care about this, claiming to be the most loyal servant of the old Khan, willing to sacrifice his life for the old Khan.

When Li Xuandu parted with Yue and entered the city, I don't know if it was bad luck or other reasons, he happened to meet this old Khan's loyal servant to patrol the city in person.

Tall as a bear, with a sense of oppression, in the winter weather, just a leather armor and a scimitar hanging from his waist, not like those pampered faces, this scimitar has no jewels and other decorations, but is scarred, just like its owner, battle-hardened. In front of Hallelen, even the tall Yue Parting was a head shorter and looked slender. Hallen looked at the moon parting, and his voice was like thunder: "Yue parting Nayan, you went to Liaodong on the order of the old khan, what happened?"

In the royal court, there are two factions of the main battle and the main war, the main battle faction does not need to say much, it is nothing more than the set of going south to plunder, the main and the faction is not the two countries to reconcile, but the plot is greater, the Golden Horde supported the northwest Zhou is the handiwork of the main and the faction. Although the main battle and the main battle have the same goal, but the two factions in private are not pleasing to each other, the main and faction think that the main battle faction has courage and no strategy, every time they go south, they will only lose the lives of the Golden Horde warriors in vain, and the main battle faction thinks that the main and the faction have learned the cunning of the Central Plains, forgotten the bravery of their ancestors, and have fallen.

Halleng is a well-deserved main battle faction, and the month parting is the main and faction, for the old Khan to send the month to Liaodong, he very much disapproves, although he does not dare to object to the old Khan's decision, but he will not be the slightest polite to the month parting.

Yue Li's face sank: "Since it is the order of the old Khan, it is not something you should ask." ”

Hallen was stunned, in his mind, the old Khan was like a god, and when he heard Yue say this, he was not easy to refute.

Yue parted and said: "This is not the old Khan's golden tent, if this matter is leaked, can you bear the guilt?"

Hallen looked around and sneered: "Here are all my sons, they are all loyal warriors, willing to sacrifice everything for the old Khan, if the news leaks out, then I will tear that bastard to pieces with my own hands, and then go to the old Khan to plead guilty." ”

Since Hallen had already said so, it was not good to say anything about Yue Li's parting, so he wanted to take Li Xuandu into the city, and then was blocked by Hallen's fan-like palm.

Yue parted and frowned: "What else do you have to do?"

Hallen's gaze fell on Li Xuandu, and there was undisguised suspicion in his eyes: "Who is this person?"

Although this lieutenant seems to be a reckless man on the surface, he can only leap from a slave to a thousand households by virtue of his combat courage and loyalty to the old Khan, but the parting of the month is very clear that this reckless man is actually thick and fine, otherwise he would not have been entrusted by the old Khan with the important task of guarding the four gates of the royal court.

According to the early planning of the month parting and Li Xuandu, Li Xuandu's identity at this time should be the escort of the month parting, defecting from the Central Plains, but later after the two got to know each other, the month parting gave Li Xuandu a suggestion, the risk is greater, but the harvest is also more, as the so-called wealth and wealth are in danger, do not dare to gamble, how to take it? The suggestion of the month parting is to let Li Xuandu identify himself and act as the messenger of Zhao Zheng, the governor of Liaodong, to see the old Khan. The reason why Yue Parting has this proposal is related to the mission of Yue Parting, and she went to Liaodong this time to meet Zhao Zheng. Some people may find it strange that while a big war is going on, it is not contradictory that an envoy was sent to meet with Zhao Zheng? The fundamental reason lies in the division within the Golden Horde, with some people fighting the main battle and some people making peace, and the wrestling between the two has won and lost each other. When the Golden Horde army captured Liangzhou and Qinzhou, it was the main battle faction that had the upper hand, and the main peace faction could only lie dormant. When Qin Xiang led the army to recover Qinzhou and Liangzhou, it became the defeat of the main battle faction, and the voice of the main and faction became louder, and there was a later support for the Northwest Great Zhou. Up to now, the main peace faction and the main battle faction are deadlocked, and the old khan simply uses two prongs, while sending generals south, and at the same time making Yue leave the south to meet Zhao Zheng, the governor of Liaodong.

After seeing Zhao Zheng in the month, he promised to give Zhao Zheng support and help him enter the customs and go south, even if he borrowed troops, on the contrary, Zhao Zheng wanted to cede Yanzhou, Jinzhou, Liaozhou and other places, and called him a vassal to the Golden Horde, but Zhao Zheng refused. The two sides formed a brotherly state, and promised that the Golden Horde could lend troops to Zhao Zheng, and Zhao Zheng would open up the mutual market, and help the Golden Horde buy tea, salt, copper, and iron from the south of the Yangtze River through the maritime trade in the North Sea. Zhao Zheng refused again, and let Yue leave and return in defeat.

However, the only people who know about this matter are Yue Parting and Zhao Zheng's confidants, and now that Yue Parting's personal guards have been wiped out by Li Xuandu, and Zhao Zheng has not publicized this matter to the outside world, then there is room for operation. Yue parting can claim that Zhao Zheng has agreed to this matter, and sent a messenger to ask to see the old Khan, as for the future, she also has a rhetoric, saying that the Central Plains people are cunning, Zhao Zheng repented, at most he was punished by the old Khan, so as not to lose his life. Let's talk about a heart-wrenching word, whether the old Khan can live to the day when Zhao Zheng "repents", or two words, if the old Khan dies and the kings go to war for the throne, who cares about this "little thing".

After Li Xuandu listened to the suggestion of the month's parting, he had a sense of sudden enlightenment, no wonder Zixue Beihan, as one of the kings, also cared about the itinerary of the month's parting, it turned out that she had such a relationship, and at the same time paid more attention to this golden horde lady, this method can not only protect the month's parting itself, but also not anger Li Xuandu, it can be seen that her mind is shrewd.

Compared with Li Xuandu's previous plan, the proposal of Yue Parting was bolder and more direct, and it was easiest to see the results, so Li Xuandu approved the proposal of Yue Parting after thinking about it carefully for a day.

Now, Li Xuandu's identity is Qin Xuance, the secret envoy of Zhao Zheng, the governor of Liaodong, and he was born in the Qin family, a wealthy lord in Liaodong, so that he can be more trusted by people by having a relationship with Zhao Zheng and Qin Qing at the same time.

Yue pretended to hesitate and did not speak immediately. In the eyes of Hallen, there were also doubts, and Yue left for Liaodong, and then brought back a person from the Central Plains, who could not think of the envoy.