Chapter 36 Chapter Thirty-Six Chaotic War (Part 2)
There was a broken sword on the table, with several gaps on the blade, and the broken parts were tightly attached together, but the broken mark could not be concealed.It was still a good sword on the table, but it could no longer be picked up.Qingshuang has been broken, Yang Hao has gone, the Qingshuang sword at this time is like the heart of its former owner, the heart is broken, how can it heal the wound.
Zhe Ziyu sat at the table, dressed in black, with a plain belt tied around his slender waist, quietly listening to the voices outside the window, and remained silent for a long time.Suddenly, the opened window knocked a few times, Zhe Ziyu looked up, and saw Zhang Shisan standing quietly under the eaves, behind him was the rain curtain hanging down from the eaves like a bead curtain.
"Miss, Envoy Yedan entered the palace and claimed to be the murderer who killed Envoy Yang Zuo."
Zhe Ziyu didn't move, and there was no look of surprise on his face, but his eyes flickered slightly, as if his precarious thoughts returned to his body.
Zhang Shisan said again: "The envoy of the Song Dynasty, Jiao Sicheng, was furious. He wanted to enter the palace to see the lord, but was blocked by Huangfu Jixun. In order to fear that the envoys of the two countries would fight, Huangfu Jixun has dispatched a brigade of officers and soldiers to send the Song State The envoys’ posts were surrounded. Li Yu, the lord of the Tang Dynasty, claimed that he would expel the Khitan envoys, ordered Yelvwen to leave the country within a time limit, and wrote to the Song court to plead guilty.”
Zhe Ziyu showed a sneering smile at the corner of his mouth: "Song people can't kill Yelvwen, Li Yu dare not kill Yelvwen, let me do it."
Zhang Shisan looked at her in surprise: "Miss, I... there are only two of us..."
Zhe Ziyu said indifferently: "At the right time, the right place, and the harmony of people, as long as you make good use of it, one person can kill ten thousand people."
Zhang Shisan said anxiously: "Miss is a daughter of a thousand pieces of gold, and I dare not accept the risk easily. It will take a few days for the Khitan envoy to leave, and my subordinates should gather our scattered work as soon as possible. If it’s not enough, at least have a bigger grasp.”
Zhe Ziyu bent her waist and stood up. She looked over Zhang Shisan's shoulders and looked at the gloomy sky through the blurred rain curtain behind him. Jiu Jiufang said: "He is looking at me in the sky..."
The night was blurry, and the annoying rain had been raining for a day, and it didn't mean to stop. Yeluwen left the palace drunkenly, boarded his car, and rushed back to the posthouse under the escort of thirty-six iron guards. Recently, his luck has been really good. The matter of the Jiangnan Lord has been resolved smoothly. Yelvwen smiled triumphantly when he touched the signed covenant in his arms. Now he just needs to wait patiently for the news of going to Beijing in order to make a decision. What should he do these two days? Every time he kills someone, his desire is very strong. He is especially excited when he thinks of Yang Hao, who had humiliated him, being burned into a ball of coke.But Ding Chengye's thigh injury is not serious, he will take care of it for a few days anyway, um... It seems that he can find some Jiangnan beauties and taste the taste of this Jiangnan woman. Yelvwen opened the car curtain with a smile, the rain was still falling, and the weather was very humid.This is a deep alley, which is the only way to go back to the post house. The road is a bluestone road. One end of the alley is high and the other end is low. Rainwater pours down along the bluestone road, making the wet ground shiny. On both sides of the road are high courtyard walls, blue bricks and small tiles and horse-head walls, and the simple and elegant cornices are occasionally exposed in the courtyard. The people living on both sides are rich families. No pedestrians, very quiet.Only the lanterns hung by the big families fluttered gently in the rain. Yeluwen called a confidant and told him to go to the famous brothel in Jinling to recruit some beautiful Jiangnan beauties to the posthouse for his pleasure. Before he finished the order, the carriage stopped suddenly, Yeluwen frowned, and asked :"What's up?" The driver in front said in a deep voice: "My lord, there are people blocking the way ahead." "Oh?" Yelvwen frowned, pressed his waist knife tightly, and walked out of the car. The guard sitting next to the coachman in shabby clothes immediately opened an oil-paper umbrella and held it over his head. Yelvwen stood on the car and looked forward, the long alley was coming to an end, there was only one person standing at the end of the alley, graceful and graceful, with a slender figure, her graceful curves could not be concealed by a black dress. Yelvwen smiled, he was really lucky, just when he thought of a woman, a woman came, and she was young and beautiful, with a charming figure. It's not that he couldn't see that this woman came with bad intentions, but... a straight long alley, with high walls on both sides, no shelter, no one else in front, just this woman, what can a woman do to him?Kill him in bed? He doesn't mind being killed by a woman on the bed, it makes him want to die. Thirty-six guards had already approached his sedan chair, they gripped their knives tightly, listening to Yeluwen's orders. "I want to live, don't hurt her at all!" Ye Luwen returned to the car and sat down. Of course, the curtain of the car was still raised high. He wanted to watch his men capture this woman and see her dressed up Well, Yelvwen only hoped that this woman's skill wouldn't be too bad, so that it would be fun to play. As for her identity and purpose of coming, maybe she can confess everything while screaming in the warm and clean big bed after some ecstasy.Thinking about it, Yelvwen laughed evilly. He suddenly noticed that the girl was also laughing, and when the four guards drew their swords and approached her like four wolves approaching a lamb, she suddenly smiled contemptuously.The cold beauty smiled, even more charming than the woman who is used to laughing. This smile was like a cloud that opened up to the moon, Yelvwen's eyes lit up involuntarily, and he bent forward involuntarily, trying to see that charming smile more clearly. Then, he smelled a strange smell in the air. Before he could smell the strange smell, he saw that incomparably delicate little beauty in a black dress and a white ribbon, holding a torch in her hand. Throwing forward, the movement was very light and graceful, and then there was a "puff" sound, and Yeluwen's eyes became a sea of flames. "Ah! Ah! Ah..." All the guards were instantly surrounded by a sea of flames. The entire ground was on fire, and the entire long alley was on fire. Everyone in the movie becomes Pyro. "How did this happen, how did this happen?" Yelvwen was inexplicably astonished. Before he could urge him, the coachman shook the reins in panic, trying to drive the frantic and screaming horses out of the fire, but a loud howling came through the air. Well, the coachman is also a master of riding and archery, he is very clear that such a sharp sound is definitely not from a bow, it is a crossbow, a continuous crossbow, an iron crossbow with one crossbow and ten arrows. The coachman bent down subconsciously, but found that the iron crossbow shot was not a person at all, but a horse. The healthy horse neighed and fell to the ground with a mournful cry. The coachman and a guard on the cart fell to the ground and were immediately caught in the flames . There were ghostly screams everywhere. Yelvwen was sitting in the car. He was not caught by the fire for a while, but there was already a sea of flames all around him, and the car curtain was already on fire. He couldn't stay any longer, Yelvwen yelled loudly. With a sound, he pulled off the leather cushion on the seat to protect his head and face, and jumped to the ground. It was impossible for him to run back along the long alley, the fire was raging, and the whole ground was covered with kerosene. One end of the long alley was high and the other end was low. That soul-hunting girl in black, and at least one crossbowman hiding in the dark, but he can't care about it now. Yelvwen ran forward quickly, and suddenly bumped into a burning guard who was screaming and running around in the sea of fire. Yelvwen knocked the burning guard out, and the burning mat in his hand fell to the ground , Yeluwen ran forward as hard as he could, his eyebrows, beard and hair were scorched off by the flames, and his legs were already on fire, so he couldn't care about it at all.He can't die here, he can't die at the hands of a woman, he is going to be the emperor, he will become the greatest emperor in Khitan history, he will sweep the Central Plains and rule the world, he is the destiny, how can he possibly die?How is it possible to die like this? Muscles were burning and blistered, and he couldn't open his eyes. Yelvwen finally ran out of the fire scene. When he felt a chill in front of him, he knew he had escaped the fire scene. When he opened his eyes, he saw the long hair The flying girl in black held a few thin ropes in her hands. The ropes should be made of hardware, because some ropes were extended into the fire, but they were not burned. She looked at Yelvwen who escaped from the fire scene like a burning man, and smiled contemptuously, the smile was still so beautiful, but Yelvwen seemed to be seeing a ghost. She raised her hand, and suddenly pulled it hard, and she pulled it like a fishnet. Looking at the silk threads one by one, Yeluwen looked along the silk threads, and saw that the few silk threads exposed outside the fire field extended to the walls on both sides. Only then did he discover that there were jars on the top of the wall, which he couldn't see clearly in the night. At this time, the flames can be clearly distinguished. When the rope was pulled, the jar fell to the ground, and with a bang, the fire oil overflowed, and the flames burned even more violently.At the same time as the flame burst, Yeluwen's chest shook, and two eight-inch iron crossbows shot into his chest.The crossbow was extremely powerful, and the iron crossbow pierced his body, flying into the sea of flames with a cloud of blood mist, causing Yeluwen's burly body to fall back, and was forced back by the waves of fire. He stared unwillingly at the black-clothed girl, with scorched scalp and bloody face, resembling a ghost, he propped his knife on the ground, took a deep breath, and howled, threw himself at the black-clothed girl, "Puff! Puff!" Two more iron crossbows pierced his body, and Yelvwen showed a smile uglier than crying, coupled with a face full of blood bubbles, ferocious like a ghost. Yeluwen fell down slowly, the fire spread, his feet were engulfed by the flames, his body was convulsed, but he didn't have the strength to move, and the look in his eyes was gradually dimming.The four iron crossbows pierced through the heart, the arrow feathers have messed up the heart, and the god Da Luo couldn't save his life, and the girl never fought with him from the beginning to the end. A man slipped down from the tree in front of him, ran to the front quickly, and threw the crossbow in his hand into the sea of flames. The girl turned her back and ordered lightly: "Throw him back and burn him into coke!" The man came forward, Yelvwen was still staring at the girl, she had turned around, Yelvwen still couldn't see her face clearly, turned around, her face was half turned, it was really "the mountains are high and the moon is small, the truth is clear." ", compared to many Central Plains beauties, her facial features are more refined, her outline is more defined, and her lines are clearer. After that, Yelvwen only saw her back. There are two black gemstones hanging under the delicate and small ears like ingots. There are a pair of strange lines on the gemstones, like two snake eyes, shining in the firelight.The beautiful neck is as elegant as a swan, the milky white skin is carved like beautiful jade, and the black snake eyes are shining with a strange light. She is really beautiful, the beauty is shocking... A big foot covered his obsessive sight, and that big foot didn't care that he was a noble royal family member. It kicked him in the face, and the sound of his nasal bone breaking could be heard clearly, and he was kicked to the ground. The whole thing slipped into the fire scene against the smooth bluestone ground.The raging fire is raging all around, with infinite light, he has fallen into the land of darkness forever, without a trace of breath, the raging fire swallowed his body, and also swallowed the covenant in his arms...
"The lord, the lord..." Ye Yu ran into Qingliang Hall panting, Li Yu's mood is not cool at all now, although he signed a covenant with Yelvwen, he mustered up the courage to try to fight Song Guo for survival and hegemony, but his heart was always disturbed, even he My favorite poetry and chess are no longer interested. Li Yu was distraught, and was about to invite the little master, a well-educated monk from Jiming Temple, to enter the palace overnight to make a fortune teller for him, when Ye Yu ran in panting.Li Yu was terrified of something happening now, and immediately jumped up in fear and asked, "What happened?" Ye Yu panted heavily, pointed outside and said, "Yeah...yeah... Yelu's envoy was killed on the way back to the post, and the long alley was turned into a sea of flames. Thirty-six guards, a coachman, and two healthy horses , all of them were buried in the sea of flames, and all of them were burnt to charcoal, it was too miserable, no chicken or dog would be left behind..." "Bang!" Li Yu was like a half sack, fell back on the chair with a thump, then bounced like a ball, and roared loudly: "What is that bastard Huangfu Jixun doing? Didn't he tell him to keep an eye on the envoy of Song Dynasty? Don't let them get into trouble and retaliate, how could... how could they cause such a trouble. If you want to punish him, if you want to destroy his whole family!" Li Yu said the angry words in the nest, but Ye Yu's face was covered with sweat, and he said in a trembling voice: "My lord, what should we do now? The envoys of the Song Dynasty and the Khitan envoys all died in our Tang Dynasty. We... what should we do?" it is good?" "What does it have to do with loneliness?" Li Yu waved his hand and said incoherently: "The envoy of Khitan killed the envoy of Song, and the envoy of Song retaliated against the envoy of Khitan. He treated them like honored guests. They wanted to kill them. What does it have to do with Gu?" He hurriedly turned around in the hall twice, knowing that this kind of rascal's words would not be able to deal with Khitan and Song's interrogation, so he stomped his feet and shouted: "Go and call Xu Xuan and Chen Qiao here." "Yes!" Ye Yu fumbled, and just as he was clear about the direction, before he could leave, Li Yu suddenly shouted again: "Decree, tell Huangfu Jixun to be kinder to the envoy of Song Dynasty, don't... don't restrain him Going too far and offending them." Today he signed a covenant with Yelvwen, and his heart was already biased towards Khitan. Now that Yelvwen died, Li Yu was frightened by the cruel revenge methods of the Song people, and the balance in his heart gradually turned to the side of the Song people. It disappeared completely, and I was afraid of offending the people of Song Dynasty.
Yang Hao was assassinated and died tragically in the fire boat. Immediately afterwards, the attitude of the Tang army changed drastically. Jiao Sicheng was furious and went to protest to Huangfu Jixun. Angry, they were not allowed to leave the post anyway, so Tang soldiers surrounded the Song people's yards and imposed strict house arrest on them. Jiao Sicheng had no choice but to go back to the post, thinking about the change in the attitude of the Tang Dynasty, and felt that there must be a reason for it, so he asked the commander Zhang Tongzhou to discuss countermeasures. The two discussed for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a proposal. As a military officer of the mission, Zhang Tongzhou lost the life of his own ambassador. He knew that he had a heavy responsibility, and he was full of panic and inexplicable, but he couldn't stop sighing: "Yang Zuo envoy died tragically, and we did nothing. We lost the face of the Song Dynasty. If you go back, you will be punished by the court, what should you do?" Jiao Sicheng's face was gloomy and authentic: "It's fine for me to be punished. Looking at the situation of the Tang people now, I'm afraid Li Yu is also afraid of the arrogance of the Khitan people. The more the Khitan people are more powerful, the more unfavorable they are to us. I'm afraid... I If you don't accomplish anything in the Tang Dynasty when you go out this time, if you go back this time, you will be dismissed from the official position..." Zhang Tongzhou sighed: "If you lose your official position, you can lose your official position. Now Tang people are afraid that we will seek revenge from the Khitan people, and they will guard us like prisoners. It's fine with me, my lord. You don't know, those soldiers under my command are in Kaifeng City. The guards in front of the officials are defiant and used to being arrogant. In the Tang Dynasty, with the backing of the left envoys, they are still showing off their power and showing off their power. Now they are watched like prisoners. I, the chief officer, have noses and eyes, alas, this officer is also a very famous man, it’s shameful for me to poke my spine like this!" The more Jiao Sicheng listened, the more irritable he became. He stood up and paced hurriedly, thinking hard about the predicament in front of him, when he suddenly noticed something strange outside, and walked to the window to have a look, only to see the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty with their knives out of their sheaths and their bows drawn. Leaving the yard like that, he couldn't help asking in surprise, "What happened?" Zhang Tongzhou jumped up and looked around the courtyard, and said, "I'll go find out." Zhang Tongzhou rushed back excitedly within less than a stick of incense, and said excitedly: "Master Sicheng, Yelvwen is dead, hahaha, Yelvwen is dead." Jiao Sicheng looked at him incredulously, and said in surprise, "Yelvwen is dead? How is that possible?" Zhang Tongzhou smiled and said: "Who dares to joke about such a thing, Huangfu Jixun said it himself. Hey, this man is really a genius who sees the wind and the wind. When he saw me, he was very polite to me. Although he didn't dare to say that we sent someone to kill Yelvwen, he believed that Yelvwen died in our hands. Seeing his flattering and frightened expression, I really want to laugh three times in front of him. Voice." Jiao Sicheng said anxiously: "Master Zhang, how did Yelvwen die, please explain clearly." Zhang Tongzhou happily recounted what he heard from Huangfu Jixun, and Jiao Sicheng believed it. He said in surprise, "Who killed Yelvwen? What is the purpose?" Zhang Tongzhou said with a smile: "It doesn't matter who killed him, it's a happy thing when this person dies." At this time, the soldiers in the Song Dynasty's courtyard had already heard the news one after another, and the cheers began to spread. Jiao Sicheng stood at the window, frowned and looked at the soldiers running happily in the courtyard, and saw a burst of cheers in the opposite Khitan post. There was a commotion, and many Tang soldiers rushed over, as if to suppress the commotion. Jiao Sicheng observed for a long time, his eyes flickered and became more and more gloomy, he suddenly turned around, and said to the elated Zhang Tongzhou: "Yeluwen's death is certainly a great joy, but... with you, the general, and the old man, I have What help?" Zhang Tongzhou was stunned, and said in astonishment: "What do you mean by that, my lord?" Jiao Sicheng said with a sullen face: "Yang Zuoshi is still dead, you and I still cannot escape the punishment of the court. Yelvwen's death, although everyone agrees, is blamed on you and me, even if we deny it, we can't hide it. Can you convince the people of the world, can you deceive the hundreds of soldiers in the courtyard? They are all people who walk in front of the officials, who would dare to prevaricate the officials when you and I go back?" Zhang Tongzhou's eyes flickered slightly, and he hurriedly asked: "Your Excellency must have made a plan, and I would like to hear the details." Jiao Sicheng smiled deeply, and said slowly: "You know, is there a story about Ban Chao?" Zhang Tongzhou rolled his eyes and asked, "Who is Ban Chao?" Jiao Sicheng stifled, and said: "Ban Chao was a famous envoy in the Han Dynasty. Once he led thirty-six subordinates to Shanshan. The king of Shanshan first greeted him with greetings and respect, and then suddenly Changed his attitude and became slack and indifferent. Ban Chao noticed something different and learned that the Xiongnu envoys had arrived. The Xiongnu and Han had always been enemies. They set fire, and a few people beat drums to confuse the enemy, while the rest ambushed on both sides of the Huns' gate, and made a surprise attack at night to wipe out the Huns' envoys. Only then did Zhang Tongzhou suddenly realize, and he couldn't help shouting: "Master Si Cheng wants to follow Ban Chao's example and attack the Khitan mission?" Jiao Sicheng smiled deeply but remained silent. Zhang Tongzhou thought for a while and hesitated and said, "Master Sicheng, our situation today seems to be different from that of Ban Chao in the past. Is it appropriate to follow Ban Chao? Will it... make things worse?" out of hand?" Jiao Sicheng smiled: "Now it's out of control. No matter how you explain Yelvwen's death, the Khitan people and Tang people will definitely blame it on you and me. Now you have also seen that once Yelvwen died, Li Yu is even more respectful to us. The Khitan envoy is dead, so what a great crime it is to kill all his guards? As for the official, it is a knife to stretch out the head, and a knife to shrink the head. We have to fight it!" Zhang Tongzhou pondered for a long time, bit his teeth, and said fiercely, "It's done!"
Yelvwen is actually dead! When he heard the news, Ding Chengye couldn't believe his ears. Yelvwen was dead, what should he do?Even if news came from Khitan that King Qing succeeded in usurping the throne, so what?They are all alive and well, except King Qing's beloved son Yeluwen died in the Southern Tang Dynasty. If they return to Khitan, they will not be greeted by high-ranking officials and rich salary, but sharp steel knives. Ding Chengye limped up, collected some jewels and jade gifts from Tang Kingdom to Yeluwen and hid them on his body, thinking about how to escape.He absolutely dare not go back to Khitan, and he has not met Lu Yiyi whom Yan Jiu confessed to before his death, and he has long lost hope in his heart.The ambitions and ambitions of the past have faded away little by little. He doesn't want to be as beautiful as the second son of the Ding family in the past, but only hopes to live a peaceful life for a few days without worrying about food and clothing. The warriors in the posthouse heard that Yeluwen had died tragically, and they all went looking for the Song people with red eyes, but they were driven back by Huangfu Jixun. These warriors had no leader. The courtyard is busy, and when one is drunk, some people will yell, scold and fight, ruining the elegant and beautiful concierge courtyard. Ding Chengye watched coldly, neither came forward to stop him, nor took advantage of this opportunity to escape.He can't escape now, his leg injury hasn't healed yet, his sister is still following him lingeringly, he can find him even if he escapes to Khitan, why don't he sacrifice the sword to her when he goes out? Tossing and turning, unable to sleep in the middle of the night, Ding Chengye thought of it all over again, it seemed that all the bad luck started when Yan Jiu tricked him into competing for the position of Patriarch of the Ding family. Appearing in front of him alive, Ding Chengye would definitely strangle him to death without hesitation, in order to dispel the hatred in his heart. In the middle of the night, Ding Chengye had just felt sleepy when he suddenly heard a commotion. Ding Chengye jumped up like a frightened bird and jumped to the window with one leg to look out. Tang Jun, who maintained law and order on both sides, had concentrated there. Ding Chengye was puzzled, could it be that the Khitan warriors in the posthouse sneaked up on the Song people at night?Just when Ding Chengye thought of this, he saw a gap in the Tang army's mobilization, and a group of sentry men and horses came out of the Song people's courtyard, one by one holding torches in one hand and sharp knives in the other, rushing towards his courtyard like flying. Ding Chengye was tongue-tied, finally woke up, and immediately turned back to put on his coat. Fortunately, he didn't sleep until midnight, so he was dressed neatly. He hurriedly put on his coat, put on his boots, and limped out of the room. The sound of killing was everywhere. The guards of the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty were used to being uncles in the past. Enter the courtyard of the Khitan people, and kill anyone they see in the courtyard. The Khitan people are fond of wine, and they have been restrained by Ye Lu Wen, but no one dared to drink too much. Tonight they used wine to relieve their worries, but no one stopped them, and many people got drunk.They just wanted to break into the Song State Posthouse and kill people to vent their anger. How could they have imagined that the people of Song Dynasty were more ruthless than them. General Ye Shi and the thirty-six personal guards were all burned to charcoal. , Putting on a vicious demeanor full of people. Unprepared, many Khitan warriors were beheaded in their sleep, and those who got up in a hurry, with disheveled clothes, unfit weapons, and flustered ones were not the enemies of the Song people.A few days ago, the Song people under Zhang's command had been humiliated by the Khitan people. If Yang Hao hadn't stood up for them, they would have been humiliated.Tonight was not only to avenge Yang Zuo envoy, but also to vent their anger for themselves. The warriors of the imperial army were aggressive, roaring and searching house by house, slaughtering them like pigs and sheep. Huangfu Jixun didn't want to have any more accidents now, when he saw the fire in the station of the Song Army Hall, he jumped up in fright, led the soldiers to put out the fire, ran to the station of the Song Dynasty Hall, and saw the fire in the courtyard. There was a pile of firewood piled up with tables, chairs, benches, and the fire was burning. Immediately after the Khitan people fighting in the posthouse, the sky-shaking steps rang out. Huangfu Jixun knew that he had been fooled, and led his troops back immediately. As soon as he arrived in front of the Khitan people's post, he saw Jiao Sicheng wearing official robes and hats, with a whitebait bag hanging on his belt, holding a sparse feather duster in one hand, and a shining golden duster in the other. The ax was oddly shaped, like a great Tang monk. When I ran up to him and took a closer look, I realized that he was holding an imperial envoy's axe. Huangfu Jixun hadn't spoken yet, Jiao Sicheng had stared angrily and yelled: "Khitan people killed my imperial envoy, and I will pay with blood today. Jiao is holding Song Guojie Yue, Tang Guoruo still considers himself a vassal of Song Guo, wait So obediently retreat to the side, if General Huangfu insists on standing up for the Khitan people, then step on Jiao's corpse and kill him!" When Huangfu Jixun heard it, he immediately repeated the old tune and expressed neutrality. Ding Chengye saw the opportunity early, escaped from the bedroom and hid all the way, and entered the dining room. He saw the soldiers of the Song Dynasty searching the house with steel knives and long spears, but they didn't stay. Looking around in desperation, he suddenly saw behind the door There was an oil-stained robe, and he hurriedly grabbed it and put it on, messed up his bun, smeared a few coats of stove ashes on his bun and face, and curled up in the corner of the wall. When the warriors of the Song Dynasty searched the dining room, Ding Chengye screamed and begged in a trembling voice: "Master Bing, please forgive me. It's none of the villain's business. The villain is just a servant who cooks in the kitchen. The villain is a Han Chinese." , not a Khitan dog." "Huh?" The bearded warrior of the Imperial Army raised his torch and looked at him twice. Ding Chengye rarely showed his face in front of people since he arrived in Tang Dynasty. Speaking fluent Chinese, he said: "Grandpa will kill all the Khitan dogs, and you still have to cook bird rice, get out." Ding Chengye bowed and bowed and said: "The sound of killing outside is loud, the villain's legs are so weak that he really dare not move." The little schoolboy laughed loudly, kicked him and cursed: "You useless trash, then you can just squat in the corner and wait until grandpa kills all the Khitan dogs, you can leave before it's too late, hahaha..."
Li Yu summoned Chen Qiao, Xu Xuan and others to have a long talk all night. Originally, Li Yu was frightened by the means of the Song people, and his will was shaken again, but Chen Qiao persuaded him: "The king should not worry too much. According to my opinion, Ye Luwen died unexpectedly. On the contrary, it is more beneficial to us. Although the covenant in Yeluwen's hands was destroyed, we still have one in our hands. Since the Khitans sent him to sign the covenant with us, the intention was to benefit the other country, and they would not invalidate it because of others. They died After reading a Yelu text, the Khitan court can naturally choose another person to be the lord of the other country. And we can wait and see the changes, advance and retreat more freely.If they succeeded in usurping the throne, and the Song army really went to the north, and the elite were defeated in the north of Saibei, we might as well cooperate with them. Although the Khitan people boasted that they went to Haikou to seek the Central Plains, but in my opinion, the Song army will be like a cloud, and the soldiers will be elite. Easy to get along with?The Khitan people wanted to seek the Central Plains, but it was just two tigers fighting each other. They were in a stalemate, and our Tang Kingdom played a very important role in it. This is a good opportunity for our Tang Kingdom to rise, and we must not let it go.If they had no choice but to win the Song army, or failed to usurp the throne, the covenant would only be in the hands of the lord, and our country, Tang, would still be a vassal of Song. Who knew we had intended to swear an alliance with Khitan? " Li Yu nodded frequently when he heard it, and was very moved. He was thinking about the pros and cons. The servant knew that he ran in in a hurry, panting and said: "Master, Lord, Deputy Envoy of the Song Dynasty, Jiao Haitao, please see me." "I don't see you!" Li Yu bluffed his face and said: "In the middle of the night, do I still want to meet him? Where is Danggu here? Huangfu Jixun is also a jerk. He let the envoys of Khitan and Song Dynasty choose in the Courtyard , Weiwei, well, nothing has been achieved, and he was released again at this time, if this deputy envoy of the Song Dynasty was killed by the Khitan people again, and accidents happened again and again, what would be the loneliness?" The servant knew to whisper a few words in his ear, Li Yu was stunned for a moment, and then his cheeks flushed like blood, he roared, grabbed the jade ruler on the case and threw it on the ground, the jade ruler fell on the gold brick It was smashed to pieces, and Li Yu shuddered all over and shouted: "The robbers are all robbers. They regard my Tang Guoguan Post as a battlefield, fighting with open fire, fighting and killing. Is there still Tang Guo in their eyes, and Gu, the lord of Jiangnan?" Xu Xuan and Chen Qiao looked at each other, and the servant knew that when he saw Li Yu, he was furious, and said in panic: "Yes, yes, my servant asked him to go back, and I will see you tomorrow." "Wait!" Li Yu's chest rose and fell, holding back his anger for a while, and then waved his hand gloomily: "Please... Song Envoy is waiting at the Beichen Palace!"
"Little master, there are major issues that are difficult to solve alone. Today, there are people from the north and people from the north who can be enemies and friends. Both are tigers and wolves. They can't decide whether to choose alone. The little master is profound in Buddhism and can see the will of heaven. Can you give me some advice?" Early in the morning, Li Yu rushed to the Jiming Temple, looking for an opportunity to send Master Baojing and a group of eminent monks away, and asked Bisu hesitantly. When Bi Su heard this, why is this guy, like me, ambiguous and ambiguous? If he doesn't act like a good emperor, he also wants to pretend to be a magic stick? Bi Su thought anxiously in his mind, smiled leisurely, and pretended to be deep and authentic: "The lord has heard that distant water is difficult to put out near fire, and distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors." "It is difficult to put out a fire near a distant water, and a close neighbor is not as good as a distant relative." Li Yu recited it twice silently. If he realized something, he hesitated and said: "This... Gu understands the meaning of the eminent monk's enlightenment. It's just that this close neighbor is not a good person. In Gu's view, it is even harder than that distant relative. Entangling, if I want to cling to that distant relative, is it possible?" Bi Su cursed in his heart: "You bloody have made up your mind, why are you here to ask me why, am I entertaining your thief grandpa?" But his face remained calm, and he said slowly: "Though the tigers in the distant mountains are fierce, the wolves in close quarters are even more difficult to deal with. If the lord of the country seeks far away, there will be great disasters. The monks and monks don't tell lies, the lord of the country can If you think about it carefully, you will see it carefully within ten days." Li Yu couldn't help being moved when he heard that he had a nose and eyes: "You can see it carefully within ten days?" Bisu Gao proclaimed a Buddha's name, looked at his nose with his eyes, and watched his heart with his nose, and said nothing more. Seeing this, Li Yu had no choice but to say: "Thank you, little master, for the appointment. Then I will wait for ten days and see the wind." Bi Su secretly smiled in his heart: "Just look at your wind, now the wind is getting tighter, and the adults are hiding. In a few days, the limelight will pass, and I will coax the little teacher to go to Shaohua Mountain with my adults to enjoy the blessings. Whether the master of virtue is accurate or inaccurate, it has nothing to do with this bald donkey." After seeing off Li Yu, Bisu flicked his bald head and entered the Hall of Merit and Virtue with ease. As soon as he entered the hall, amidst the smoke, he saw a monk flirting with a slender plain-clothed woman. , walked over quickly and shouted: "You are so bold, how dare you flirt with a beautiful young lady here, what a shame." The monk turned his head and saw that it was Bi Su, and hurriedly said: "Chengkong has met the abbot's uncle and uncle, and Chengkong dare not violate the precepts. This woman wants to set up a memorial tablet for her family in the Gongde Hall of Jiming Temple to enjoy incense, but We have to pay a thousand guan for sesame oil to set up a memorial tablet in the Gongde Hall of Jiming Temple, but the sesame oil donated by this woman is not enough, how dare the little monk agree, so there is a dispute." Bi Su looked at the girl, tall and tall, with willow eyebrows and almond eyes, a nose like fat, and a bit of softness in her heroic spirit. She was wearing clothes as white as snow, although she was not linen, she seemed to be a human being. mourn. A woman should be pretty and be dressed in filial piety. Even a woman who is only about five points of beauty in a filial dress can still look very pretty. What's more, this woman has a graceful figure and handsome features. He saluted the young girl Jishou and asked, "I don't know who the benefactor wants to set up a merit tablet for?" Hearing that this young monk was actually the abbot of Jiming Temple, the handsome girl was also surprised, but when Bi Su asked her, she couldn't help recalling her own sad things, her eyes were red, and she replied abruptly: "Master Abbot, believe me The woman wanted to set up a memorial tablet for her brother. My brother died in a tragic way. My brother was kind to others before he was alive, but he suffered this accident for no reason. The woman wants to set up a merit tablet for her brother here, and pray for her brother to be saved, so that her brother can be reborn in bliss. It's just that I am too shy, and I only have more than 800 pens. Leave a place for my brother, and believers will make up for the sesame oil in the future, and reshape the golden body for my Buddha." After hearing this, Bi Su looked into her hands, and saw that she was holding a handful of gold, silver, pearls and jade, all kinds of property, and obviously had given up everything, so he couldn't help cursing in his heart: "It's really dark, it's just Putting up a small wooden plaque on this merit platform will cost you a thousand taels of silver, why don’t you grab it?” Bi Su took out a pearl from the belongings held by the girl in white clothes, and said: "Amitabha, life and death are impermanent, and the benefactor is sad and obedient. The poor monk takes pity on you for your sincerity, and accepts this pearl from you. In the hall, set up a plaque for your brother." Monk Cheng Kong shouted from the side: "Uncle Abbot..." "Shut up! Don't take the female benefactor to write the tablet, do you want to ask for a fight?" Monk Chengkong replied resentfully, and then led the girl in white. After the tablet was written, it was offered on the merit platform, and three sticks of incense were lit and inserted into the incense burner. The girl in white knelt on the futon, bowed three times, prayed silently for a moment, and couldn't help but burst into tears again: "Second brother, the door of the family Dilapidated, with two different characters, I hoped that one day, you and my brothers and sisters could get rid of the past and rebuild our homeland, but I didn't expect..." She choked up and said: "Second brother, he escaped again. Second brother is alive in heaven. Please bless my sister to find this disobedient person who murdered her father and brother, and clean up the house. When the big thing is over, my sister will come to pick up my second brother." Go home, second brother..." She wept and bowed to the ground, and worshiped for a long time before leaving with tears in her eyes. 壁宿在外面转悠了一圈，不见那白衣少女踪影，便唤过成空，怒道：“你好大胆，本方丈已收了人家姑娘的珠子，答允在功德台上为她兄长立一块灵位，你怎么把人赶走了？” 成空一听叫起了撞天屈：“冤枉啊方丈师叔，那位姑娘已经立了牌位，哭祭一番已经离去了，方丈既已答允，师侄岂敢赶她离开，方丈你看，那位姑娘兄长的牌位在此，喏，墨迹还没干呢。” 壁宿展颜笑道：“不曾轰人家走便好，那位姑娘怪可怜的。”他的目光自那牌位上一扫，身子猛地一震，定睛再看，一个箭步冲上去，一把便把那牌位抄在手中。 “亡兄杨浩之灵位，妹，丁氏玉落谨立。” 丁玉落与壁宿当年在清水镇上曾有一面之缘，可是两人不曾正面打过交道，彼此变化又大，方才竟是见面不识。壁宿见了灵牌，登时倒抽一口冷气，抓起牌位便往外跑，成空和尚呆呆地问道：“方丈师叔，你把牌位拿去哪里？” 壁宿心道：“大人活得好好的，立个牌位在这儿，还不把人活活咒死。” 他头也不回，一扬手中牌位道：“师叔仔细一想，香油钱是捐得少了，咱庙里几千口人吃饭呢，待师叔追上她，再讨要些来……” 一头儿说着，壁宿脚下不停，已经跑出了功德殿，成空撇了撇嘴，不屑地道：“还真当你这位浅斟低唱偎红倚翠大师，鸳鸯寺主，住持风流教法的方丈师叔大发慈悲呢，我呸！” 壁宿跑出功德殿，一路搜寻着冲出鸡鸣寺，站在山门外四下张望，香客往来，川流不息，却哪里还能寻着一位身穿白衣的俊俏少女……
唐国礼宾院重又恢复了平静，像夹在风箱里一样两头受气的皇甫继勋也如释重负地带着人走了。契丹使节团被杀得七零八落，如今已根本不可能再打得起来，还在礼宾院里驻扎一支军队做什么？ 李煜本就有心挑起两国使节之争，可他决不希望任何一方的重要人物有个闪失，然而事态的发展已不受他的控制，当他有心在自己的地盘上坐山观虎斗的时候，不可避免的，他把自己也卷入了其中，现如今如何向宋国和契丹做个交待，又能把自己置身事外，真是让李煜伤透了脑筋。 这时候，宋国使节团则是一片宁静，焦寺丞已把契丹使节挑衅，杀死杨浩，自己与张同舟在宋国威信遭受严重挑衅的时候，自己如何效仿班超，搏杀契丹使节团的经过以一枝妙笔竭力渲染之后已派快马呈报汴梁，至于是功是过，他就在就像一个等着开盘的赌徒，只能静候赵官家的决断了。 杨浩等人的尸首，和在夜袭契丹使馆之战中阵亡的将士尸体都盛棺安放在驿馆一角的院落里，由两个馆驿的老吏守在那儿。 夜深了，温撼、张得胜两个老吏提着灯笼蹒跚地巡视了一圈儿，便打着哈欠向自己的住处走去。 温撼叹息道：“唉，不管生前声名如何显赫、权威多么了得，死后也不过就是一棺之地，有什么好争的，瞧瞧他们这些个人，死的真是惨呐，何苦来哉，像咱们这样，太太平平、娘子孩子的过日子，不也挺好？” “嘿，人各有志啊。死了固然都是一棺之地，可是活着的时候能一样吗？我听说，杨左使那两位娘子美如天仙一般，要不然杨左使出使咱江南，咋还把两位娘子悄悄带了来呢？离不开啊，结果……唉！” 两个人唏嘘一番，张得胜提着灯笼，絮絮叼叼的走在前面：“老温呐，像咱们这样的，说好听了那叫不图名利，其实呢，咱们是没那个机会，要是有高官厚禄、如花美眷，你不动心？还记得头几年周朝陶谷陶大学士出使咱江南的时候，韩相公派来的那位秦弱兰秦姑娘么？那叫一个俊呀，瞅着就叫人打心眼里馋得慌，咱们都这么大岁数了，见了那小娘子都心动，你说那陶大学士能不上当？嗳，老温呐，上哪儿去了？” 张得胜猛一回头，发觉温撼没了踪影，不禁诧异地站住脚步，四下张望一番不见他踪影，张得胜刚要叫喊，忽然有人拍了他肩膀一下，张得胜吁了口气，笑骂道：“都半截入土的人了，还搞这种把戏，吓得了我老张么？” 他一回头，惊见眼前出现一张陌生的面孔，不由得一怔。眼前这人站在夜色当中，五官如何张得胜全未注意，他一回头，注意力便被那人的双眼吸引住了，那人的双眼又黑又亮，幽深得就像两个漩涡，吸摄着他的心神，让他无暇他顾。 "What's your name?" 声音很柔和，却有一种令人无从抗拒的意味，张得胜下意识地答道：“老朽张得胜，是这驿馆中的老吏。” “很好，带我去，把宋国使节杨浩的棺木指给我看。” 张得胜如同中邪似的，两眼发直，呆呆地应道：“是！”他便转过身，乖乖地往安放棺椁的厅堂走去。 厅堂门窗闭拢之后，室中燃起了几支火把，除了呆若木鸡一般立在那儿，手中提着灯笼的张得胜、温撼，还有四个人，四个人都蒙着面，一个高个儿瘦子，两眼异常明亮，就是方才施展惑心术的江湖奇士。一个粗壮的胖子，举止动作却极矫健，看他负手稳稳站在那儿，显然是四人中的头目。另外两个中等身材，不胖不瘦，却看不出什么殊异之处。 张得胜指明了杨浩的棺椁，那胖子一挥手，两个中等身材的蒙面男子便快步走过去，使手中的撬棍使劲撬起了棺木。棺木发出吱吱的响声，在这满是棺材、火光摇曳的大厅中显得异常恐怖，但是厅中除了两个心神已失的老吏，其余四人尽非等闲之辈，竟是毫无惧色。 棺木撬开，那两人不慌不忙，弯腰先检查尸体整体，将他们测算出的实际身高，胖瘦一一报上，说道：“此人虽已被烧得肢体蜷缩，血肉受损，但是依属下估算出的实际身长、伴瘦，与公子所说之人大有差异。” 其中一人伸手自怀中摸出一段绳索，俯身住棺中一探，不知套住了尸身的哪里，另一端却连在自己身上，一挺腰，便把那尸首带了起来。 另一人立即手法麻利地取出银针，先刺喉，再刺胸，逐一检视，说道：“死者未中毒。” 套住死尸的人则仔细检查的尸体面目全非的五官、口舌，和腹部的剑疮，手法纯熟，十分老练。身体几乎烧成了焦炭，皮肉都收紧炭化，可是他们两个却像是上边写着字儿似的，举着火把看得津津有味。 “尸口、鼻内无烟灰，左臂肘骨被烧及，左臂蜷缩，双腿膝骨被烧及，双腿蜷缩，右臂肘骨完好，右臂松驰，无蜷缩。死者应在火焚之前便已断气。” 一个人在仔细检索之后冷静地说出以上分析，声音在空洞潮冷的大厅里隐隐带着回音儿。 另一个人从尸体腹部抬起头来，一边抽下手中的皮套，一边说道：“腹部确是剑伤，但创口有两个异处。一，从创口来看，进剑与出剑力道皆不足，且创伤较直，公子曾言，当日此人中剑是在船头搏斗之际，对手怎会轻柔出剑？创口力道如此之小、如此平直，倒似把人平置于地，然后在腹上插了一剑。二，创口纠绞的疤痕，皆是火焚引起，创口部位实际上平滑、无翻卷，活人血脉涌动，肌肤裂伤后创口会翻卷向外，此人中剑时……应该已经是个死人。” 那胖子长长地吁了口气，蒙面巾都微微拂了起来。他抬起手来，若有所思的捏着下巴，衣袖滑落，露出他臂上一片刺青，刺青隐绰是一副山水图，旁边还有五个小字'列岳五点青'。 他喃喃自语道：“这就有趣了，我只离开了一遭，他就抽调了大笔钱款说去做甚么跑船生意，可他那做生意的伙伴却闷在汴梁猫冬，全无筹措张罗的意思。如今他又'死'得这么古怪，他到底想做什么？” 沉思片刻，他古怪地笑了一声，说道：“把棺木原封不动地掩上！” "yes!" 那个中等身材的汉子将尸体小心地复原，去抬地上的棺盖，那个高瘦身材、目光诡异的男子则踱到了木立当场的张得胜、温撼面前，手指张合着奇异的姿势，梦呓一般说道：“你们已经巡视了庭院，什么事情都没有发生，回到住处，安心睡下吧……” 胖子转过身，负手向庭外走去，淡淡地吩咐道：“动用咱们在唐国的全部力量，就算掘地三尺，也要把这位已经'死掉了的'杨大人给我挖出来！”
The night was blurry, and the annoying rain had been raining for a day, and it didn't mean to stop. Yeluwen left the palace drunkenly, boarded his car, and rushed back to the posthouse under the escort of thirty-six iron guards. Recently, his luck has been really good. The matter of the Jiangnan Lord has been resolved smoothly. Yelvwen smiled triumphantly when he touched the signed covenant in his arms. Now he just needs to wait patiently for the news of going to Beijing in order to make a decision. What should he do these two days? Every time he kills someone, his desire is very strong. He is especially excited when he thinks of Yang Hao, who had humiliated him, being burned into a ball of coke.But Ding Chengye's thigh injury is not serious, he will take care of it for a few days anyway, um... It seems that he can find some Jiangnan beauties and taste the taste of this Jiangnan woman. Yelvwen opened the car curtain with a smile, the rain was still falling, and the weather was very humid.This is a deep alley, which is the only way to go back to the post house. The road is a bluestone road. One end of the alley is high and the other end is low. Rainwater pours down along the bluestone road, making the wet ground shiny. On both sides of the road are high courtyard walls, blue bricks and small tiles and horse-head walls, and the simple and elegant cornices are occasionally exposed in the courtyard. The people living on both sides are rich families. No pedestrians, very quiet.Only the lanterns hung by the big families fluttered gently in the rain. Yeluwen called a confidant and told him to go to the famous brothel in Jinling to recruit some beautiful Jiangnan beauties to the posthouse for his pleasure. Before he finished the order, the carriage stopped suddenly, Yeluwen frowned, and asked :"What's up?" The driver in front said in a deep voice: "My lord, there are people blocking the way ahead." "Oh?" Yelvwen frowned, pressed his waist knife tightly, and walked out of the car. The guard sitting next to the coachman in shabby clothes immediately opened an oil-paper umbrella and held it over his head. Yelvwen stood on the car and looked forward, the long alley was coming to an end, there was only one person standing at the end of the alley, graceful and graceful, with a slender figure, her graceful curves could not be concealed by a black dress. Yelvwen smiled, he was really lucky, just when he thought of a woman, a woman came, and she was young and beautiful, with a charming figure. It's not that he couldn't see that this woman came with bad intentions, but... a straight long alley, with high walls on both sides, no shelter, no one else in front, just this woman, what can a woman do to him?Kill him in bed? He doesn't mind being killed by a woman on the bed, it makes him want to die. Thirty-six guards had already approached his sedan chair, they gripped their knives tightly, listening to Yeluwen's orders. "I want to live, don't hurt her at all!" Ye Luwen returned to the car and sat down. Of course, the curtain of the car was still raised high. He wanted to watch his men capture this woman and see her dressed up Well, Yelvwen only hoped that this woman's skill wouldn't be too bad, so that it would be fun to play. As for her identity and purpose of coming, maybe she can confess everything while screaming in the warm and clean big bed after some ecstasy.Thinking about it, Yelvwen laughed evilly. He suddenly noticed that the girl was also laughing, and when the four guards drew their swords and approached her like four wolves approaching a lamb, she suddenly smiled contemptuously.The cold beauty smiled, even more charming than the woman who is used to laughing. This smile was like a cloud that opened up to the moon, Yelvwen's eyes lit up involuntarily, and he bent forward involuntarily, trying to see that charming smile more clearly. Then, he smelled a strange smell in the air. Before he could smell the strange smell, he saw that incomparably delicate little beauty in a black dress and a white ribbon, holding a torch in her hand. Throwing forward, the movement was very light and graceful, and then there was a "puff" sound, and Yeluwen's eyes became a sea of flames. "Ah! Ah! Ah..." All the guards were instantly surrounded by a sea of flames. The entire ground was on fire, and the entire long alley was on fire. Everyone in the movie becomes Pyro. "How did this happen, how did this happen?" Yelvwen was inexplicably astonished. Before he could urge him, the coachman shook the reins in panic, trying to drive the frantic and screaming horses out of the fire, but a loud howling came through the air. Well, the coachman is also a master of riding and archery, he is very clear that such a sharp sound is definitely not from a bow, it is a crossbow, a continuous crossbow, an iron crossbow with one crossbow and ten arrows. The coachman bent down subconsciously, but found that the iron crossbow shot was not a person at all, but a horse. The healthy horse neighed and fell to the ground with a mournful cry. The coachman and a guard on the cart fell to the ground and were immediately caught in the flames . There were ghostly screams everywhere. Yelvwen was sitting in the car. He was not caught by the fire for a while, but there was already a sea of flames all around him, and the car curtain was already on fire. He couldn't stay any longer, Yelvwen yelled loudly. With a sound, he pulled off the leather cushion on the seat to protect his head and face, and jumped to the ground. It was impossible for him to run back along the long alley, the fire was raging, and the whole ground was covered with kerosene. One end of the long alley was high and the other end was low. That soul-hunting girl in black, and at least one crossbowman hiding in the dark, but he can't care about it now. Yelvwen ran forward quickly, and suddenly bumped into a burning guard who was screaming and running around in the sea of fire. Yelvwen knocked the burning guard out, and the burning mat in his hand fell to the ground , Yeluwen ran forward as hard as he could, his eyebrows, beard and hair were scorched off by the flames, and his legs were already on fire, so he couldn't care about it at all.He can't die here, he can't die at the hands of a woman, he is going to be the emperor, he will become the greatest emperor in Khitan history, he will sweep the Central Plains and rule the world, he is the destiny, how can he possibly die?How is it possible to die like this? Muscles were burning and blistered, and he couldn't open his eyes. Yelvwen finally ran out of the fire scene. When he felt a chill in front of him, he knew he had escaped the fire scene. When he opened his eyes, he saw the long hair The flying girl in black held a few thin ropes in her hands. The ropes should be made of hardware, because some ropes were extended into the fire, but they were not burned. She looked at Yelvwen who escaped from the fire scene like a burning man, and smiled contemptuously, the smile was still so beautiful, but Yelvwen seemed to be seeing a ghost. She raised her hand, and suddenly pulled it hard, and she pulled it like a fishnet. Looking at the silk threads one by one, Yeluwen looked along the silk threads, and saw that the few silk threads exposed outside the fire field extended to the walls on both sides. Only then did he discover that there were jars on the top of the wall, which he couldn't see clearly in the night. At this time, the flames can be clearly distinguished. When the rope was pulled, the jar fell to the ground, and with a bang, the fire oil overflowed, and the flames burned even more violently.At the same time as the flame burst, Yeluwen's chest shook, and two eight-inch iron crossbows shot into his chest.The crossbow was extremely powerful, and the iron crossbow pierced his body, flying into the sea of flames with a cloud of blood mist, causing Yeluwen's burly body to fall back, and was forced back by the waves of fire. He stared unwillingly at the black-clothed girl, with scorched scalp and bloody face, resembling a ghost, he propped his knife on the ground, took a deep breath, and howled, threw himself at the black-clothed girl, "Puff! Puff!" Two more iron crossbows pierced his body, and Yelvwen showed a smile uglier than crying, coupled with a face full of blood bubbles, ferocious like a ghost. Yeluwen fell down slowly, the fire spread, his feet were engulfed by the flames, his body was convulsed, but he didn't have the strength to move, and the look in his eyes was gradually dimming.The four iron crossbows pierced through the heart, the arrow feathers have messed up the heart, and the god Da Luo couldn't save his life, and the girl never fought with him from the beginning to the end. A man slipped down from the tree in front of him, ran to the front quickly, and threw the crossbow in his hand into the sea of flames. The girl turned her back and ordered lightly: "Throw him back and burn him into coke!" The man came forward, Yelvwen was still staring at the girl, she had turned around, Yelvwen still couldn't see her face clearly, turned around, her face was half turned, it was really "the mountains are high and the moon is small, the truth is clear." ", compared to many Central Plains beauties, her facial features are more refined, her outline is more defined, and her lines are clearer. After that, Yelvwen only saw her back. There are two black gemstones hanging under the delicate and small ears like ingots. There are a pair of strange lines on the gemstones, like two snake eyes, shining in the firelight.The beautiful neck is as elegant as a swan, the milky white skin is carved like beautiful jade, and the black snake eyes are shining with a strange light. She is really beautiful, the beauty is shocking... A big foot covered his obsessive sight, and that big foot didn't care that he was a noble royal family member. It kicked him in the face, and the sound of his nasal bone breaking could be heard clearly, and he was kicked to the ground. The whole thing slipped into the fire scene against the smooth bluestone ground.The raging fire is raging all around, with infinite light, he has fallen into the land of darkness forever, without a trace of breath, the raging fire swallowed his body, and also swallowed the covenant in his arms...
"The lord, the lord..." Ye Yu ran into Qingliang Hall panting, Li Yu's mood is not cool at all now, although he signed a covenant with Yelvwen, he mustered up the courage to try to fight Song Guo for survival and hegemony, but his heart was always disturbed, even he My favorite poetry and chess are no longer interested. Li Yu was distraught, and was about to invite the little master, a well-educated monk from Jiming Temple, to enter the palace overnight to make a fortune teller for him, when Ye Yu ran in panting.Li Yu was terrified of something happening now, and immediately jumped up in fear and asked, "What happened?" Ye Yu panted heavily, pointed outside and said, "Yeah...yeah... Yelu's envoy was killed on the way back to the post, and the long alley was turned into a sea of flames. Thirty-six guards, a coachman, and two healthy horses , all of them were buried in the sea of flames, and all of them were burnt to charcoal, it was too miserable, no chicken or dog would be left behind..." "Bang!" Li Yu was like a half sack, fell back on the chair with a thump, then bounced like a ball, and roared loudly: "What is that bastard Huangfu Jixun doing? Didn't he tell him to keep an eye on the envoy of Song Dynasty? Don't let them get into trouble and retaliate, how could... how could they cause such a trouble. If you want to punish him, if you want to destroy his whole family!" Li Yu said the angry words in the nest, but Ye Yu's face was covered with sweat, and he said in a trembling voice: "My lord, what should we do now? The envoys of the Song Dynasty and the Khitan envoys all died in our Tang Dynasty. We... what should we do?" it is good?" "What does it have to do with loneliness?" Li Yu waved his hand and said incoherently: "The envoy of Khitan killed the envoy of Song, and the envoy of Song retaliated against the envoy of Khitan. He treated them like honored guests. They wanted to kill them. What does it have to do with Gu?" He hurriedly turned around in the hall twice, knowing that this kind of rascal's words would not be able to deal with Khitan and Song's interrogation, so he stomped his feet and shouted: "Go and call Xu Xuan and Chen Qiao here." "Yes!" Ye Yu fumbled, and just as he was clear about the direction, before he could leave, Li Yu suddenly shouted again: "Decree, tell Huangfu Jixun to be kinder to the envoy of Song Dynasty, don't... don't restrain him Going too far and offending them." Today he signed a covenant with Yelvwen, and his heart was already biased towards Khitan. Now that Yelvwen died, Li Yu was frightened by the cruel revenge methods of the Song people, and the balance in his heart gradually turned to the side of the Song people. It disappeared completely, and I was afraid of offending the people of Song Dynasty.
Yang Hao was assassinated and died tragically in the fire boat. Immediately afterwards, the attitude of the Tang army changed drastically. Jiao Sicheng was furious and went to protest to Huangfu Jixun. Angry, they were not allowed to leave the post anyway, so Tang soldiers surrounded the Song people's yards and imposed strict house arrest on them. Jiao Sicheng had no choice but to go back to the post, thinking about the change in the attitude of the Tang Dynasty, and felt that there must be a reason for it, so he asked the commander Zhang Tongzhou to discuss countermeasures. The two discussed for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a proposal. As a military officer of the mission, Zhang Tongzhou lost the life of his own ambassador. He knew that he had a heavy responsibility, and he was full of panic and inexplicable, but he couldn't stop sighing: "Yang Zuo envoy died tragically, and we did nothing. We lost the face of the Song Dynasty. If you go back, you will be punished by the court, what should you do?" Jiao Sicheng's face was gloomy and authentic: "It's fine for me to be punished. Looking at the situation of the Tang people now, I'm afraid Li Yu is also afraid of the arrogance of the Khitan people. The more the Khitan people are more powerful, the more unfavorable they are to us. I'm afraid... I If you don't accomplish anything in the Tang Dynasty when you go out this time, if you go back this time, you will be dismissed from the official position..." Zhang Tongzhou sighed: "If you lose your official position, you can lose your official position. Now Tang people are afraid that we will seek revenge from the Khitan people, and they will guard us like prisoners. It's fine with me, my lord. You don't know, those soldiers under my command are in Kaifeng City. The guards in front of the officials are defiant and used to being arrogant. In the Tang Dynasty, with the backing of the left envoys, they are still showing off their power and showing off their power. Now they are watched like prisoners. I, the chief officer, have noses and eyes, alas, this officer is also a very famous man, it’s shameful for me to poke my spine like this!" The more Jiao Sicheng listened, the more irritable he became. He stood up and paced hurriedly, thinking hard about the predicament in front of him, when he suddenly noticed something strange outside, and walked to the window to have a look, only to see the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty with their knives out of their sheaths and their bows drawn. Leaving the yard like that, he couldn't help asking in surprise, "What happened?" Zhang Tongzhou jumped up and looked around the courtyard, and said, "I'll go find out." Zhang Tongzhou rushed back excitedly within less than a stick of incense, and said excitedly: "Master Sicheng, Yelvwen is dead, hahaha, Yelvwen is dead." Jiao Sicheng looked at him incredulously, and said in surprise, "Yelvwen is dead? How is that possible?" Zhang Tongzhou smiled and said: "Who dares to joke about such a thing, Huangfu Jixun said it himself. Hey, this man is really a genius who sees the wind and the wind. When he saw me, he was very polite to me. Although he didn't dare to say that we sent someone to kill Yelvwen, he believed that Yelvwen died in our hands. Seeing his flattering and frightened expression, I really want to laugh three times in front of him. Voice." Jiao Sicheng said anxiously: "Master Zhang, how did Yelvwen die, please explain clearly." Zhang Tongzhou happily recounted what he heard from Huangfu Jixun, and Jiao Sicheng believed it. He said in surprise, "Who killed Yelvwen? What is the purpose?" Zhang Tongzhou said with a smile: "It doesn't matter who killed him, it's a happy thing when this person dies." At this time, the soldiers in the Song Dynasty's courtyard had already heard the news one after another, and the cheers began to spread. Jiao Sicheng stood at the window, frowned and looked at the soldiers running happily in the courtyard, and saw a burst of cheers in the opposite Khitan post. There was a commotion, and many Tang soldiers rushed over, as if to suppress the commotion. Jiao Sicheng observed for a long time, his eyes flickered and became more and more gloomy, he suddenly turned around, and said to the elated Zhang Tongzhou: "Yeluwen's death is certainly a great joy, but... with you, the general, and the old man, I have What help?" Zhang Tongzhou was stunned, and said in astonishment: "What do you mean by that, my lord?" Jiao Sicheng said with a sullen face: "Yang Zuoshi is still dead, you and I still cannot escape the punishment of the court. Yelvwen's death, although everyone agrees, is blamed on you and me, even if we deny it, we can't hide it. Can you convince the people of the world, can you deceive the hundreds of soldiers in the courtyard? They are all people who walk in front of the officials, who would dare to prevaricate the officials when you and I go back?" Zhang Tongzhou's eyes flickered slightly, and he hurriedly asked: "Your Excellency must have made a plan, and I would like to hear the details." Jiao Sicheng smiled deeply, and said slowly: "You know, is there a story about Ban Chao?" Zhang Tongzhou rolled his eyes and asked, "Who is Ban Chao?" Jiao Sicheng stifled, and said: "Ban Chao was a famous envoy in the Han Dynasty. Once he led thirty-six subordinates to Shanshan. The king of Shanshan first greeted him with greetings and respect, and then suddenly Changed his attitude and became slack and indifferent. Ban Chao noticed something different and learned that the Xiongnu envoys had arrived. The Xiongnu and Han had always been enemies. They set fire, and a few people beat drums to confuse the enemy, while the rest ambushed on both sides of the Huns' gate, and made a surprise attack at night to wipe out the Huns' envoys. Only then did Zhang Tongzhou suddenly realize, and he couldn't help shouting: "Master Si Cheng wants to follow Ban Chao's example and attack the Khitan mission?" Jiao Sicheng smiled deeply but remained silent. Zhang Tongzhou thought for a while and hesitated and said, "Master Sicheng, our situation today seems to be different from that of Ban Chao in the past. Is it appropriate to follow Ban Chao? Will it... make things worse?" out of hand?" Jiao Sicheng smiled: "Now it's out of control. No matter how you explain Yelvwen's death, the Khitan people and Tang people will definitely blame it on you and me. Now you have also seen that once Yelvwen died, Li Yu is even more respectful to us. The Khitan envoy is dead, so what a great crime it is to kill all his guards? As for the official, it is a knife to stretch out the head, and a knife to shrink the head. We have to fight it!" Zhang Tongzhou pondered for a long time, bit his teeth, and said fiercely, "It's done!"
Yelvwen is actually dead! When he heard the news, Ding Chengye couldn't believe his ears. Yelvwen was dead, what should he do?Even if news came from Khitan that King Qing succeeded in usurping the throne, so what?They are all alive and well, except King Qing's beloved son Yeluwen died in the Southern Tang Dynasty. If they return to Khitan, they will not be greeted by high-ranking officials and rich salary, but sharp steel knives. Ding Chengye limped up, collected some jewels and jade gifts from Tang Kingdom to Yeluwen and hid them on his body, thinking about how to escape.He absolutely dare not go back to Khitan, and he has not met Lu Yiyi whom Yan Jiu confessed to before his death, and he has long lost hope in his heart.The ambitions and ambitions of the past have faded away little by little. He doesn't want to be as beautiful as the second son of the Ding family in the past, but only hopes to live a peaceful life for a few days without worrying about food and clothing. The warriors in the posthouse heard that Yeluwen had died tragically, and they all went looking for the Song people with red eyes, but they were driven back by Huangfu Jixun. These warriors had no leader. The courtyard is busy, and when one is drunk, some people will yell, scold and fight, ruining the elegant and beautiful concierge courtyard. Ding Chengye watched coldly, neither came forward to stop him, nor took advantage of this opportunity to escape.He can't escape now, his leg injury hasn't healed yet, his sister is still following him lingeringly, he can find him even if he escapes to Khitan, why don't he sacrifice the sword to her when he goes out? Tossing and turning, unable to sleep in the middle of the night, Ding Chengye thought of it all over again, it seemed that all the bad luck started when Yan Jiu tricked him into competing for the position of Patriarch of the Ding family. Appearing in front of him alive, Ding Chengye would definitely strangle him to death without hesitation, in order to dispel the hatred in his heart. In the middle of the night, Ding Chengye had just felt sleepy when he suddenly heard a commotion. Ding Chengye jumped up like a frightened bird and jumped to the window with one leg to look out. Tang Jun, who maintained law and order on both sides, had concentrated there. Ding Chengye was puzzled, could it be that the Khitan warriors in the posthouse sneaked up on the Song people at night?Just when Ding Chengye thought of this, he saw a gap in the Tang army's mobilization, and a group of sentry men and horses came out of the Song people's courtyard, one by one holding torches in one hand and sharp knives in the other, rushing towards his courtyard like flying. Ding Chengye was tongue-tied, finally woke up, and immediately turned back to put on his coat. Fortunately, he didn't sleep until midnight, so he was dressed neatly. He hurriedly put on his coat, put on his boots, and limped out of the room. The sound of killing was everywhere. The guards of the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty were used to being uncles in the past. Enter the courtyard of the Khitan people, and kill anyone they see in the courtyard. The Khitan people are fond of wine, and they have been restrained by Ye Lu Wen, but no one dared to drink too much. Tonight they used wine to relieve their worries, but no one stopped them, and many people got drunk.They just wanted to break into the Song State Posthouse and kill people to vent their anger. How could they have imagined that the people of Song Dynasty were more ruthless than them. General Ye Shi and the thirty-six personal guards were all burned to charcoal. , Putting on a vicious demeanor full of people. Unprepared, many Khitan warriors were beheaded in their sleep, and those who got up in a hurry, with disheveled clothes, unfit weapons, and flustered ones were not the enemies of the Song people.A few days ago, the Song people under Zhang's command had been humiliated by the Khitan people. If Yang Hao hadn't stood up for them, they would have been humiliated.Tonight was not only to avenge Yang Zuo envoy, but also to vent their anger for themselves. The warriors of the imperial army were aggressive, roaring and searching house by house, slaughtering them like pigs and sheep. Huangfu Jixun didn't want to have any more accidents now, when he saw the fire in the station of the Song Army Hall, he jumped up in fright, led the soldiers to put out the fire, ran to the station of the Song Dynasty Hall, and saw the fire in the courtyard. There was a pile of firewood piled up with tables, chairs, benches, and the fire was burning. Immediately after the Khitan people fighting in the posthouse, the sky-shaking steps rang out. Huangfu Jixun knew that he had been fooled, and led his troops back immediately. As soon as he arrived in front of the Khitan people's post, he saw Jiao Sicheng wearing official robes and hats, with a whitebait bag hanging on his belt, holding a sparse feather duster in one hand, and a shining golden duster in the other. The ax was oddly shaped, like a great Tang monk. When I ran up to him and took a closer look, I realized that he was holding an imperial envoy's axe. Huangfu Jixun hadn't spoken yet, Jiao Sicheng had stared angrily and yelled: "Khitan people killed my imperial envoy, and I will pay with blood today. Jiao is holding Song Guojie Yue, Tang Guoruo still considers himself a vassal of Song Guo, wait So obediently retreat to the side, if General Huangfu insists on standing up for the Khitan people, then step on Jiao's corpse and kill him!" When Huangfu Jixun heard it, he immediately repeated the old tune and expressed neutrality. Ding Chengye saw the opportunity early, escaped from the bedroom and hid all the way, and entered the dining room. He saw the soldiers of the Song Dynasty searching the house with steel knives and long spears, but they didn't stay. Looking around in desperation, he suddenly saw behind the door There was an oil-stained robe, and he hurriedly grabbed it and put it on, messed up his bun, smeared a few coats of stove ashes on his bun and face, and curled up in the corner of the wall. When the warriors of the Song Dynasty searched the dining room, Ding Chengye screamed and begged in a trembling voice: "Master Bing, please forgive me. It's none of the villain's business. The villain is just a servant who cooks in the kitchen. The villain is a Han Chinese." , not a Khitan dog." "Huh?" The bearded warrior of the Imperial Army raised his torch and looked at him twice. Ding Chengye rarely showed his face in front of people since he arrived in Tang Dynasty. Speaking fluent Chinese, he said: "Grandpa will kill all the Khitan dogs, and you still have to cook bird rice, get out." Ding Chengye bowed and bowed and said: "The sound of killing outside is loud, the villain's legs are so weak that he really dare not move." The little schoolboy laughed loudly, kicked him and cursed: "You useless trash, then you can just squat in the corner and wait until grandpa kills all the Khitan dogs, you can leave before it's too late, hahaha..."
Li Yu summoned Chen Qiao, Xu Xuan and others to have a long talk all night. Originally, Li Yu was frightened by the means of the Song people, and his will was shaken again, but Chen Qiao persuaded him: "The king should not worry too much. According to my opinion, Ye Luwen died unexpectedly. On the contrary, it is more beneficial to us. Although the covenant in Yeluwen's hands was destroyed, we still have one in our hands. Since the Khitans sent him to sign the covenant with us, the intention was to benefit the other country, and they would not invalidate it because of others. They died After reading a Yelu text, the Khitan court can naturally choose another person to be the lord of the other country. And we can wait and see the changes, advance and retreat more freely.If they succeeded in usurping the throne, and the Song army really went to the north, and the elite were defeated in the north of Saibei, we might as well cooperate with them. Although the Khitan people boasted that they went to Haikou to seek the Central Plains, but in my opinion, the Song army will be like a cloud, and the soldiers will be elite. Easy to get along with?The Khitan people wanted to seek the Central Plains, but it was just two tigers fighting each other. They were in a stalemate, and our Tang Kingdom played a very important role in it. This is a good opportunity for our Tang Kingdom to rise, and we must not let it go.If they had no choice but to win the Song army, or failed to usurp the throne, the covenant would only be in the hands of the lord, and our country, Tang, would still be a vassal of Song. Who knew we had intended to swear an alliance with Khitan? " Li Yu nodded frequently when he heard it, and was very moved. He was thinking about the pros and cons. The servant knew that he ran in in a hurry, panting and said: "Master, Lord, Deputy Envoy of the Song Dynasty, Jiao Haitao, please see me." "I don't see you!" Li Yu bluffed his face and said: "In the middle of the night, do I still want to meet him? Where is Danggu here? Huangfu Jixun is also a jerk. He let the envoys of Khitan and Song Dynasty choose in the Courtyard , Weiwei, well, nothing has been achieved, and he was released again at this time, if this deputy envoy of the Song Dynasty was killed by the Khitan people again, and accidents happened again and again, what would be the loneliness?" The servant knew to whisper a few words in his ear, Li Yu was stunned for a moment, and then his cheeks flushed like blood, he roared, grabbed the jade ruler on the case and threw it on the ground, the jade ruler fell on the gold brick It was smashed to pieces, and Li Yu shuddered all over and shouted: "The robbers are all robbers. They regard my Tang Guoguan Post as a battlefield, fighting with open fire, fighting and killing. Is there still Tang Guo in their eyes, and Gu, the lord of Jiangnan?" Xu Xuan and Chen Qiao looked at each other, and the servant knew that when he saw Li Yu, he was furious, and said in panic: "Yes, yes, my servant asked him to go back, and I will see you tomorrow." "Wait!" Li Yu's chest rose and fell, holding back his anger for a while, and then waved his hand gloomily: "Please... Song Envoy is waiting at the Beichen Palace!"
"Little master, there are major issues that are difficult to solve alone. Today, there are people from the north and people from the north who can be enemies and friends. Both are tigers and wolves. They can't decide whether to choose alone. The little master is profound in Buddhism and can see the will of heaven. Can you give me some advice?" Early in the morning, Li Yu rushed to the Jiming Temple, looking for an opportunity to send Master Baojing and a group of eminent monks away, and asked Bisu hesitantly. When Bi Su heard this, why is this guy, like me, ambiguous and ambiguous? If he doesn't act like a good emperor, he also wants to pretend to be a magic stick? Bi Su thought anxiously in his mind, smiled leisurely, and pretended to be deep and authentic: "The lord has heard that distant water is difficult to put out near fire, and distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors." "It is difficult to put out a fire near a distant water, and a close neighbor is not as good as a distant relative." Li Yu recited it twice silently. If he realized something, he hesitated and said: "This... Gu understands the meaning of the eminent monk's enlightenment. It's just that this close neighbor is not a good person. In Gu's view, it is even harder than that distant relative. Entangling, if I want to cling to that distant relative, is it possible?" Bi Su cursed in his heart: "You bloody have made up your mind, why are you here to ask me why, am I entertaining your thief grandpa?" But his face remained calm, and he said slowly: "Though the tigers in the distant mountains are fierce, the wolves in close quarters are even more difficult to deal with. If the lord of the country seeks far away, there will be great disasters. The monks and monks don't tell lies, the lord of the country can If you think about it carefully, you will see it carefully within ten days." Li Yu couldn't help being moved when he heard that he had a nose and eyes: "You can see it carefully within ten days?" Bisu Gao proclaimed a Buddha's name, looked at his nose with his eyes, and watched his heart with his nose, and said nothing more. Seeing this, Li Yu had no choice but to say: "Thank you, little master, for the appointment. Then I will wait for ten days and see the wind." Bi Su secretly smiled in his heart: "Just look at your wind, now the wind is getting tighter, and the adults are hiding. In a few days, the limelight will pass, and I will coax the little teacher to go to Shaohua Mountain with my adults to enjoy the blessings. Whether the master of virtue is accurate or inaccurate, it has nothing to do with this bald donkey." After seeing off Li Yu, Bisu flicked his bald head and entered the Hall of Merit and Virtue with ease. As soon as he entered the hall, amidst the smoke, he saw a monk flirting with a slender plain-clothed woman. , walked over quickly and shouted: "You are so bold, how dare you flirt with a beautiful young lady here, what a shame." The monk turned his head and saw that it was Bi Su, and hurriedly said: "Chengkong has met the abbot's uncle and uncle, and Chengkong dare not violate the precepts. This woman wants to set up a memorial tablet for her family in the Gongde Hall of Jiming Temple to enjoy incense, but We have to pay a thousand guan for sesame oil to set up a memorial tablet in the Gongde Hall of Jiming Temple, but the sesame oil donated by this woman is not enough, how dare the little monk agree, so there is a dispute." Bi Su looked at the girl, tall and tall, with willow eyebrows and almond eyes, a nose like fat, and a bit of softness in her heroic spirit. She was wearing clothes as white as snow, although she was not linen, she seemed to be a human being. mourn. A woman should be pretty and be dressed in filial piety. Even a woman who is only about five points of beauty in a filial dress can still look very pretty. What's more, this woman has a graceful figure and handsome features. He saluted the young girl Jishou and asked, "I don't know who the benefactor wants to set up a merit tablet for?" Hearing that this young monk was actually the abbot of Jiming Temple, the handsome girl was also surprised, but when Bi Su asked her, she couldn't help recalling her own sad things, her eyes were red, and she replied abruptly: "Master Abbot, believe me The woman wanted to set up a memorial tablet for her brother. My brother died in a tragic way. My brother was kind to others before he was alive, but he suffered this accident for no reason. The woman wants to set up a merit tablet for her brother here, and pray for her brother to be saved, so that her brother can be reborn in bliss. It's just that I am too shy, and I only have more than 800 pens. Leave a place for my brother, and believers will make up for the sesame oil in the future, and reshape the golden body for my Buddha." After hearing this, Bi Su looked into her hands, and saw that she was holding a handful of gold, silver, pearls and jade, all kinds of property, and obviously had given up everything, so he couldn't help cursing in his heart: "It's really dark, it's just Putting up a small wooden plaque on this merit platform will cost you a thousand taels of silver, why don’t you grab it?” Bi Su took out a pearl from the belongings held by the girl in white clothes, and said: "Amitabha, life and death are impermanent, and the benefactor is sad and obedient. The poor monk takes pity on you for your sincerity, and accepts this pearl from you. In the hall, set up a plaque for your brother." Monk Cheng Kong shouted from the side: "Uncle Abbot..." "Shut up! Don't take the female benefactor to write the tablet, do you want to ask for a fight?" Monk Chengkong replied resentfully, and then led the girl in white. After the tablet was written, it was offered on the merit platform, and three sticks of incense were lit and inserted into the incense burner. The girl in white knelt on the futon, bowed three times, prayed silently for a moment, and couldn't help but burst into tears again: "Second brother, the door of the family Dilapidated, with two different characters, I hoped that one day, you and my brothers and sisters could get rid of the past and rebuild our homeland, but I didn't expect..." She choked up and said: "Second brother, he escaped again. Second brother is alive in heaven. Please bless my sister to find this disobedient person who murdered her father and brother, and clean up the house. When the big thing is over, my sister will come to pick up my second brother." Go home, second brother..." She wept and bowed to the ground, and worshiped for a long time before leaving with tears in her eyes. 壁宿在外面转悠了一圈，不见那白衣少女踪影，便唤过成空，怒道：“你好大胆，本方丈已收了人家姑娘的珠子，答允在功德台上为她兄长立一块灵位，你怎么把人赶走了？” 成空一听叫起了撞天屈：“冤枉啊方丈师叔，那位姑娘已经立了牌位，哭祭一番已经离去了，方丈既已答允，师侄岂敢赶她离开，方丈你看，那位姑娘兄长的牌位在此，喏，墨迹还没干呢。” 壁宿展颜笑道：“不曾轰人家走便好，那位姑娘怪可怜的。”他的目光自那牌位上一扫，身子猛地一震，定睛再看，一个箭步冲上去，一把便把那牌位抄在手中。 “亡兄杨浩之灵位，妹，丁氏玉落谨立。” 丁玉落与壁宿当年在清水镇上曾有一面之缘，可是两人不曾正面打过交道，彼此变化又大，方才竟是见面不识。壁宿见了灵牌，登时倒抽一口冷气，抓起牌位便往外跑，成空和尚呆呆地问道：“方丈师叔，你把牌位拿去哪里？” 壁宿心道：“大人活得好好的，立个牌位在这儿，还不把人活活咒死。” 他头也不回，一扬手中牌位道：“师叔仔细一想，香油钱是捐得少了，咱庙里几千口人吃饭呢，待师叔追上她，再讨要些来……” 一头儿说着，壁宿脚下不停，已经跑出了功德殿，成空撇了撇嘴，不屑地道：“还真当你这位浅斟低唱偎红倚翠大师，鸳鸯寺主，住持风流教法的方丈师叔大发慈悲呢，我呸！” 壁宿跑出功德殿，一路搜寻着冲出鸡鸣寺，站在山门外四下张望，香客往来，川流不息，却哪里还能寻着一位身穿白衣的俊俏少女……
唐国礼宾院重又恢复了平静，像夹在风箱里一样两头受气的皇甫继勋也如释重负地带着人走了。契丹使节团被杀得七零八落，如今已根本不可能再打得起来，还在礼宾院里驻扎一支军队做什么？ 李煜本就有心挑起两国使节之争，可他决不希望任何一方的重要人物有个闪失，然而事态的发展已不受他的控制，当他有心在自己的地盘上坐山观虎斗的时候，不可避免的，他把自己也卷入了其中，现如今如何向宋国和契丹做个交待，又能把自己置身事外，真是让李煜伤透了脑筋。 这时候，宋国使节团则是一片宁静，焦寺丞已把契丹使节挑衅，杀死杨浩，自己与张同舟在宋国威信遭受严重挑衅的时候，自己如何效仿班超，搏杀契丹使节团的经过以一枝妙笔竭力渲染之后已派快马呈报汴梁，至于是功是过，他就在就像一个等着开盘的赌徒，只能静候赵官家的决断了。 杨浩等人的尸首，和在夜袭契丹使馆之战中阵亡的将士尸体都盛棺安放在驿馆一角的院落里，由两个馆驿的老吏守在那儿。 夜深了，温撼、张得胜两个老吏提着灯笼蹒跚地巡视了一圈儿，便打着哈欠向自己的住处走去。 温撼叹息道：“唉，不管生前声名如何显赫、权威多么了得，死后也不过就是一棺之地，有什么好争的，瞧瞧他们这些个人，死的真是惨呐，何苦来哉，像咱们这样，太太平平、娘子孩子的过日子，不也挺好？” “嘿，人各有志啊。死了固然都是一棺之地，可是活着的时候能一样吗？我听说，杨左使那两位娘子美如天仙一般，要不然杨左使出使咱江南，咋还把两位娘子悄悄带了来呢？离不开啊，结果……唉！” 两个人唏嘘一番，张得胜提着灯笼，絮絮叼叼的走在前面：“老温呐，像咱们这样的，说好听了那叫不图名利，其实呢，咱们是没那个机会，要是有高官厚禄、如花美眷，你不动心？还记得头几年周朝陶谷陶大学士出使咱江南的时候，韩相公派来的那位秦弱兰秦姑娘么？那叫一个俊呀，瞅着就叫人打心眼里馋得慌，咱们都这么大岁数了，见了那小娘子都心动，你说那陶大学士能不上当？嗳，老温呐，上哪儿去了？” 张得胜猛一回头，发觉温撼没了踪影，不禁诧异地站住脚步，四下张望一番不见他踪影，张得胜刚要叫喊，忽然有人拍了他肩膀一下，张得胜吁了口气，笑骂道：“都半截入土的人了，还搞这种把戏，吓得了我老张么？” 他一回头，惊见眼前出现一张陌生的面孔，不由得一怔。眼前这人站在夜色当中，五官如何张得胜全未注意，他一回头，注意力便被那人的双眼吸引住了，那人的双眼又黑又亮，幽深得就像两个漩涡，吸摄着他的心神，让他无暇他顾。 "What's your name?" 声音很柔和，却有一种令人无从抗拒的意味，张得胜下意识地答道：“老朽张得胜，是这驿馆中的老吏。” “很好，带我去，把宋国使节杨浩的棺木指给我看。” 张得胜如同中邪似的，两眼发直，呆呆地应道：“是！”他便转过身，乖乖地往安放棺椁的厅堂走去。 厅堂门窗闭拢之后，室中燃起了几支火把，除了呆若木鸡一般立在那儿，手中提着灯笼的张得胜、温撼，还有四个人，四个人都蒙着面，一个高个儿瘦子，两眼异常明亮，就是方才施展惑心术的江湖奇士。一个粗壮的胖子，举止动作却极矫健，看他负手稳稳站在那儿，显然是四人中的头目。另外两个中等身材，不胖不瘦，却看不出什么殊异之处。 张得胜指明了杨浩的棺椁，那胖子一挥手，两个中等身材的蒙面男子便快步走过去，使手中的撬棍使劲撬起了棺木。棺木发出吱吱的响声，在这满是棺材、火光摇曳的大厅中显得异常恐怖，但是厅中除了两个心神已失的老吏，其余四人尽非等闲之辈，竟是毫无惧色。 棺木撬开，那两人不慌不忙，弯腰先检查尸体整体，将他们测算出的实际身高，胖瘦一一报上，说道：“此人虽已被烧得肢体蜷缩，血肉受损，但是依属下估算出的实际身长、伴瘦，与公子所说之人大有差异。” 其中一人伸手自怀中摸出一段绳索，俯身住棺中一探，不知套住了尸身的哪里，另一端却连在自己身上，一挺腰，便把那尸首带了起来。 另一人立即手法麻利地取出银针，先刺喉，再刺胸，逐一检视，说道：“死者未中毒。” 套住死尸的人则仔细检查的尸体面目全非的五官、口舌，和腹部的剑疮，手法纯熟，十分老练。身体几乎烧成了焦炭，皮肉都收紧炭化，可是他们两个却像是上边写着字儿似的，举着火把看得津津有味。 “尸口、鼻内无烟灰，左臂肘骨被烧及，左臂蜷缩，双腿膝骨被烧及，双腿蜷缩，右臂肘骨完好，右臂松驰，无蜷缩。死者应在火焚之前便已断气。” 一个人在仔细检索之后冷静地说出以上分析，声音在空洞潮冷的大厅里隐隐带着回音儿。 另一个人从尸体腹部抬起头来，一边抽下手中的皮套，一边说道：“腹部确是剑伤，但创口有两个异处。一，从创口来看，进剑与出剑力道皆不足，且创伤较直，公子曾言，当日此人中剑是在船头搏斗之际，对手怎会轻柔出剑？创口力道如此之小、如此平直，倒似把人平置于地，然后在腹上插了一剑。二，创口纠绞的疤痕，皆是火焚引起，创口部位实际上平滑、无翻卷，活人血脉涌动，肌肤裂伤后创口会翻卷向外，此人中剑时……应该已经是个死人。” 那胖子长长地吁了口气，蒙面巾都微微拂了起来。他抬起手来，若有所思的捏着下巴，衣袖滑落，露出他臂上一片刺青，刺青隐绰是一副山水图，旁边还有五个小字'列岳五点青'。 他喃喃自语道：“这就有趣了，我只离开了一遭，他就抽调了大笔钱款说去做甚么跑船生意，可他那做生意的伙伴却闷在汴梁猫冬，全无筹措张罗的意思。如今他又'死'得这么古怪，他到底想做什么？” 沉思片刻，他古怪地笑了一声，说道：“把棺木原封不动地掩上！” "yes!" 那个中等身材的汉子将尸体小心地复原，去抬地上的棺盖，那个高瘦身材、目光诡异的男子则踱到了木立当场的张得胜、温撼面前，手指张合着奇异的姿势，梦呓一般说道：“你们已经巡视了庭院，什么事情都没有发生，回到住处，安心睡下吧……” 胖子转过身，负手向庭外走去，淡淡地吩咐道：“动用咱们在唐国的全部力量，就算掘地三尺，也要把这位已经'死掉了的'杨大人给我挖出来！”