Tianlong Sword Guanghan

Chapter 79. 78. Don't Greed

After the plan was made, everyone took advantage of the darkness and sneaked under the city of Shangjing. The elders of the Beggar Clan brought the elites of the Beggar Clan who came to Liao Kingdom to search around.I finally found the underdrain for the sewage discharge. It was already late at night and it was the dead of night.However, Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom was far away in the desert, and there was a large army gathered. No one would have thought that there would be people who would dare to come and make trouble.Therefore, precautions are lax.

Li Xiaoyao and the others tied their weapons to their bodies one after another, mobilized their internal energy, held their breath, and climbed into the city from the dark ditch. Those who lacked internal energy had to breathe halfway, so they took a mouthful of mixed sewage, The turbid smell of feces, dead rats, etc., makes my eyes sting, my lungs feel like fire, and I vomit again and again. Fortunately, Elder Xu of the Beggar Clan has rich experience and has already prepared a clean wet cloth for everyone to cover their mouths with. Nose, barely able to do it.

After about half an hour, everyone entered the city one after another and climbed out of the dark canal. Fortunately, the exit of the dark canal was in a remote and deserted courtyard with mountains of rubbish piled up.Seeing that they were in a safe place, everyone gasped for breath and vomited continuously.

In order to practice in the sea tide, Li Xiaoyao had learned the method of turtle's breathing. Now that he has abundant internal energy, he has never smelled the horrible smell, but after walking in the sewage for a long time, his body is still filthy and the stench is overflowing.Li Xiaoyao took a breath of air just now, and quickly used his inner strength to continue to hold his breath with the turtle's breathing method.

After a while, the big guy even vomited all his bile, so he breathed a sigh of relief, found a well, fetched water to wash his body hastily, took out clean clothes from the oil paper bag, and changed.Only then did Li Xiaoyao let go of his mouth and nose, panting heavily.Elder Xu said at the side: "Brother Li, your lightness kung fu is amazing, even Luoyang Xiongcheng can advance and retreat freely, there is really no need to accompany us on this dirty and stinky road."

Li Xiaoyao laughed and said: "Brother, good brother, show loyalty, in order to save my elder brother, I can't share the joys and sorrows with my good friends?" Apart from the beggar gang, all the heroes of the Central Plains martial arts present, Many people have heard of his name, except for seeing him once at the Shaolin Conference, they are not very familiar with him on weekdays. Seeing Li Xiaoyao's boldness and loyalty, everyone is convinced.

Eunuch Yu led the crowd around the city and came to a courtyard not far from the palace. This courtyard has three entrances and three exits, covering a huge area with many houses. When everyone entered the courtyard, they did not light up the lights and make noise. quietly.Eunuch Yu led the crowd to settle down, and came to the main hall together with Li Xiaoyao, Shaolin eminent monks, and elders of the Beggar Clan.

Everyone sat down, and Eunuch Yu said proudly: "Our family faked the identity of a tea merchant ten years ago, came to Liao to do business, opened up the relationship with the rich and powerful, and bought this mansion. Every year since then, this tea merchant always There will be people who come here to live for several months, do some real tea business, and have no contact with the stakes sent in the Liao Kingdom. Therefore, most of the dignitaries in the Liao Kingdom know this tea merchant, but no one knows that the courtyard of the Imperial City Division, He has become a neighbor with the emperor of the Liao Kingdom."

Everyone admired him for his courage and strategy, and was grateful for the false identity that he had worked hard for more than ten years. Today, he said it without reservation, and praised him one after another.Li Xiaoyao raised his thumb and said, "Old Yu, you have figured out how to play with the darkness under the lamp. In the future, that old boy Yelu Hongji will find out, and won't he be so angry that he vomits blood?" Throat, secretly laughing.

Today everyone sneaked into the Longtan and Tiger's Lair. Many people were so excited that they couldn't fall asleep. Now it was getting late, so everyone simply didn't go to sleep. They meditated and practiced Qi in the hall until dawn.

On the second day, Elder Xu sent four capable disciples, dressed as beggars, scattered among the four gates of Shangjing, and took the girls of the Nine Heavens and Nine Divisions back to the courtyard several times.Li Xiaoyao saw that the manpower was ready, and Ah Zi kept urging him, the fire in his heart was burning, and he asked Eunuch Yu excitedly, "Old Yu, what do you think we should do next?"

Seeing his high spirits, Eunuch Yu was startled, and displayed the weird movement technique in the "Sunflower Treasure", grabbed the backpack behind his back in his hands extremely quickly, and said nervously: "Brother Li, what do you want to do?" What?" Li Xiaoyao chuckled and said, "Old Yu, don't be nervous, I'll just ask, and I won't mess around."

Eunuch Yu nodded, but the rucksack was still tightly grasped in his hands. His hands were so hard that the joints on the back of his hands turned white.He said: "To save people, there are two methods of 'stealing' and 'stealing'. Now that we are in the enemy's lair, this 'stealing' is too dangerous. Why not think about how to 'steal'. "

After finishing speaking, he stared at Li Xiaoyao and Elder Wu who were whispering to each other, and said: "As an emperor, in order to prevent assassination, he behaves uncertainly in the palace every night, even the emperor's own concubines are not allowed to ask. Even if you are skilled in martial arts and have never alarmed the guards, did you search for this huge palace one by one? I am afraid that it will be dawn before you find the emperor."

Li Xiaoyao and Elder Wu raised their heads together, shook their heads together, and said in unison: "We never discussed kidnapping the emperor."

Seeing that they no longer moved, Eunuch Yu felt relieved.He said in embarrassment: "Our family thought about it all night last night, and finally came up with an idea, let's discuss it together." Li Xiaoyao curiously said: "Old Yu, tell me quickly, what is the clever plan?"

Eunuch Yu said: "My plan is called 'split plum blossom'. Please listen carefully..."

Not to mention that Li Xiaoyao and others were thinking hard about how to rescue Xiao Feng.At this moment, in the imperial palace of the Liao Kingdom, which was hundreds of steps away from Li Xiaoyao and the others, the Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom was throwing a banquet to summon the envoys from Xixia and Tubo.

Nayelu Hongji, about 40 years old, has a burly figure and a resolute face.With the desperate help of Xiao Yuanshan and his son, he quelled the rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan and his son, the king of the Southern Court. At this time, he was in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Liao Kingdom was in the same heart from north to south, faintly showing signs of revival.

Since he succeeded to the throne, he has always had the ambition of drinking horses from the Yangtze River and annexing the world.At this time, Murong Bo, a survivor of the Yan Kingdom, came to vote.That Murong Bo boasted, claiming to be in-laws with the Lord of Xixia, and he had an ingenious plan to get the Northern and Southern Courts to join forces to carve up the Great Song Dynasty.

These remarks were in line with Yelu Hongji's wishes, so he not only acquiesced in Murong Bo's scheme to frame Xiao Feng, but also personally wrote a letter for Murong Bo, confirming Murong Bo's identity as the "lord of Yan Kingdom".

This Murong Bo is really amazing, the Kaifeng design is extremely exquisite, it almost cost Xiao Feng's life.He also stole the soldiers, horses and ordnance on the border of the Song Dynasty, and the graphic account books of the military and civilian city defense.Alone, he persuaded Xiao Yuanshan to join forces with Yelu Hongji to attack the Song Dynasty wholeheartedly.

All these things made Yelu Hongji look up to him with admiration, therefore, at today's banquet, Murong Bo, a man who died from the country, was also able to sit as a non-voting delegate.

Yelu Hongji sat on the top of the golden hall, saw the majestic and mighty soldiers in front of the hall, the courtiers in the hall were like clouds, the generals were like rain, and Xiao Yuanshan was the head of all the ministers, then he turned his head and saw the people from Xixia, Tubo, and Yanyan , all sat upright, not daring to be disrespectful in the slightest, and were full of ambitions, only feeling that at this time the power of the Liao Kingdom is coming to the world, and all nations are coming to court.Even the "Tian Khan" back then must have been nothing more than that.

He is good at drinking, but now that he is in a good mood, he is even more greedy.After the sickness, the cup of wine and the wine, he already felt drunk, so he called the envoys of Xixia and Tubo, "He Lianqing, nephew Zongzan?"

The envoy of Xixia is Helian Tieshu, and the envoy of Tubo is that Prince Zongzan.Seeing the call from Emperor Liao, the two quickly stood up and bowed, listening to the holy voice.

Seeing that the two of them were so obedient, Yelu Hongji was pleased with himself, he laughed, pointed at the armored soldier in the hall and said, "You two, do you see how majestic my armored soldier is?" Absolutely outstanding in the world, its reputation is well-deserved.”

Prince Zongzan smiled coldly, and was about to speak, but Jiumozhi behind him lightly tapped the Wuxiang Jiezhi finger three times behind his back. , has always been convinced, and quickly made a haha, and also praised: "The warriors of the Liao Kingdom are indeed brave!"

Yelu Hongji heard this, and saw that Helian Tieshu was lying low and being a small boy, but this Prince Zongzan felt dissatisfied and felt a little unhappy, so he said: "I heard that the warriors of Xixia and Tubo are fighting for supremacy in the Western Regions, and they are rarely defeated. Why don't you send two or three sons to play with each other in front of the palace to help the wine?"

Helian Tieshu quickly bowed his head and said: "The people of Xixia Kingdom are weak, they are too weak to fight against the warriors of Shang Kingdom." As soon as he said this, all the masters of "Yipintang" who followed him showed anger and lowered their heads one after another.Prince Zongzan was overjoyed, he came here uninvited this time as an envoy to Liao, he had his own orders from the Lord of Tubo, so he couldn't show weakness too much.

He clapped his hands a few times, and a giant sweater came up behind him, who was one of the two that Li Xiaoyao met on the mountain road that day.The giant sweat stood in front of the hall, and the hall was completely dark.Khitan people always like strong warriors, seeing this kind of giants now, even though they are from other countries, the whole hall of Khitan civil and military can't help applauding.

Prince Zongzan said: "As a guard, my martial arts are ordinary, but I have the strength of my arms. I dare not compete with the warriors of the Daliao Kingdom, so I will perform a trick for your majesty to help the wine."

He turned his head to the big man and said, "Gongbu, please His Majesty the Emperor of Daliao to see your strength, don't lose face to me." Gongbu lowered his head and said in a rough voice, "Yes." His voice was like thunder Suddenly, the hand of the court lady who was pouring wine and vegetables slipped in shock, and dropped a silver flagon, spilling the wine all over the floor.

Gonpo bent down, picked up the jug with three fingers, took a step forward, and saluted Yelu Hongji: "The villain is making a fool of himself in front of His Majesty the Emperor of Daliao."

After he finished his sentence, he put the hip flask together with both palms, and without using any force, the hip flask was already flat.Everyone saw his palms folded in front of his chest, and they all shook their heads. Although this silver jug ​​is hard, an ordinary warrior can crush it with a bit of force.This Gongpo has indeed "showed his ugliness" by doing so.There was even a nobleman from the Liao Kingdom who said loudly: "Big man, my groom is also good at your skills."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone burst into laughter.

That Gonpo was not upset, and smiled slightly: "Please don't worry, my lord, I will start now." After hearing what he said, everyone looked at his hands, only to see Gonpo knelt down slowly and slammed his right palm They slapped the ground, and everyone only heard a soft "bo" sound. Gongbu took a step to the left, knelt down on the ground, and said to Yelu Hongji: "The villain will help your Majesty to be safe and prosperous, Daliao and Tubo will always be an alliance!"

Yelu Hongji looked at the ground, but saw that the ground was paved with bluestone slabs, a large bluestone slab was inlaid with square silver foil.He was very curious, and asked the eunuch beside him to check.The eunuch rushed in small steps and came to the bluestone slab, afraid that he might not be able to see clearly, so he lay down on the ground and took a closer look.After a while, he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, this piece of silver foil is set into the stone slab, it is flush with the surface of the stone slab, and it is as smooth as a mirror!" As he spoke, he stroked the silver foil with his hand to prove it.

Yelu Hongji laughed loudly, and said: "Good skill, come and reward me!" He looked at Prince Zongzan, and said, "The warriors of Tubo are really extraordinary." Bull hair, as long as my father gives an order, there will be a million troops." He then said to Yelu Hongji: "I don't know, I, Tubo, am I qualified to help His Majesty hunt in the Central Plains?"

Yelu Hongji's complexion changed, and he was about to get angry, but he heard Helian Tieshu say: "Wait a minute, prince." He Shi Shiran stood up, saluted Yelu Hongji and said: "Your Majesty, there are also some useless things under the foreign minister's command. , I also want to ask His Majesty for a reward."

Seeing the Tubo prince's rude words, Yelu Hongji was a little bit angry in his heart, but now seeing the Xixia envoys appearing to humiliate the Tubo prince, he naturally felt that Xixia and Tubo had many conflicts in his heart.So he suppressed the anger in his heart, and said to Helian Tieshu: "Oh? What kind of abilities do Xixia warriors have? Use it quickly, let me see."

Helian Tieshu turned his head and winked at the group of "Yipintang" masters. Taoist Xuanming took a few steps forward, stood in front of the bluestone slab inlaid with silver foil, and bowed to Yelu Hongji: "Poverty Daoist!" Xuanming, you made a fool of yourself in front of the Emperor of Daliao."

He had a sad face and a thin body, all the Khitan nobles shook their heads when they saw him.Taoist Xuanming didn't look at others, he stood straight in front of the bluestone slab, and he didn't see what he was doing, the piece of silver foil suddenly jumped out of the bluestone slab, he clasped his palms together, put the silver foil in his palm, He said softly: "How can you step into the mud after tasting Dukang's things?"

After finishing speaking, he pulled his palms to the sides, and the silver foil was torn into a flagon again.Xuan Ming turned around, took another jug ​​of fine wine from the maid beside Helian Iron Tree, and poured half of the wine into the jug. Although the bird pattern on the surface of the jug had been smoothed, it was filled with fine wine without leaking a single drop.Xuanming held the jug high and walked around the field, put the jug on the table of Helian Iron Tree, gave a deep salute to Yelu Hongji, and then walked back to the team.

Helian Tieshu held the jug in his hand, and respectfully said to Yelu Hongji: "The ministers toast to Your Majesty." Yelu Hongji ordered someone to bring the jug, poured out a glass of wine from the jug, drank it all, and shouted He shouted: "Okay, okay, okay, big reward!"

(End of this chapter)