Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 96

"I don't need me to teach you how to explain it after I go back?" Yelu Dashi smiled half-smile, gently holding a small teacup with his left hand.

Tong Guan hurriedly stepped forward, picked up the gourd-patterned silver flat pot with both hands, and carefully filled it up. The tea was just at the same level as the rim of the cup, without spilling a drop of water. He said with a flattering smile, "I understand. Do you have any orders from the master? My servant." I am willing to share my heart and mind with my master!" Tong Guan has been intentionally or unintentionally talking to the Khitan guards who are guarding him these days, and realizes that Yelu Dashi has an unusually high prestige among the tribe and is in danger of shaking the master. He seems to be someone like Cao Mengde, Therefore, he only wanted to flatter Dashi, and never mentioned Emperor Liao.

"Huh? I forgot." Yelu Dashi lightly tapped his head with his fingers, frowned and thought for a moment, and then said, "Go back and serve the Emperor of Song Dynasty well. I will send someone to tell you when I need you. He paused, and sneered with a hint of sarcasm, "Idle chess player, maybe I won't need you in this life, then congratulations, you can be a loyal minister of Song Dynasty."

"Where did the master come from?" Tong Guan said with a loyal look, tears in his eyes, and choked up: "The slave is in the Southern Dynasty, and his heart is in Daliao. I hope the master will drink horses and become the world soon." Co-master." If Brother Yelu Tie hadn't known who he was, he would have almost thought that he was a slave of Dashi's family.

"Okay, okay, don't act in front of me." Yelu Dashi waved his hands impatiently, "I think you can guess a little bit about my ambition." He pointed to a teacup next to him and asked Tong Guan to give it to him. He also filled a cup, "I heard that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty had promised that whoever can take Youyan from my Daliao will be worshiped as a king." He motioned Tong Guan to raise the teacup, and the two touched lightly, and the black lacquer glazed eggshell was thin. Yelu Dashi smiled and said: "If I drink horse Bianliang, it will be the time when you, Tong Guan, become the king. Come, I wish Mr. Tong, after returning to the Southern Dynasty, the holy family will prosper and rise every step of the way! "

The two replaced the wine with tea, and after drinking it all in one gulp, Tong Guan went out gratefully.Brother Yelu Tie hesitated and said: "My lord, this eunuch has disappeared for dozens of days. If he goes back this time, will the Emperor Song really believe his words?" Yelu Dashi said with a smile: "If he can't solve this trouble by himself, then Let Nan Chao kill him, so as not to blunt my Khitan knife." After speaking, he knocked on the cloud board that summoned the servant, and asked to take out the teacup on the table, break it up and throw it away, something used by the servant.

In front of Hangu Pass, bustling pedestrians and horses lined up in several long queues. This narrow passageway is very busy and noisy from dawn to moonrise.Zhao Xingde asked Li Ruoxue to wait in the carriage, and he followed Song An's instructions and sneaked up to spy on the reality. As expected, a notice to arrest him was posted in front of Hangu Pass. The portrait drawn in ink and light colors was lifelike, except that his eyes were more fierce and vicious than himself In addition, it is almost recognizable at a glance.It seems that after Cai Jing played hard to capture, he was still planning to catch the turtle in the urn, so notices were posted at key passes in Song and Xia to prevent Zhao Xingde, Chen Dong and others from escaping from the Song Dynasty.

Taking advantage of the people around him not paying attention to him, Zhao Xingde returned to the carriage, Li Ruoxue looked at him with concern, and asked softly, "How is it?"

Zhao Xingde shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "There are pictures in front of the pass, I'm afraid it will be difficult to pass through, you have to leave quickly, otherwise, it will be troublesome for people in the caravan to sue the officials." Seeing his worry, Li Ruoxue sent the catkin Putting it in his hand, he said with relief: "There is no unparalleled road." Zhao Xingde nodded, turned around to look for Li Rui, and when people in the caravan asked him, he asked him to deny that he didn't know, so as not to implicate himself.Then he quickly drove the carriage and left in front of Hangu Pass.He was worried earlier that someone in the caravan would sue the officials, and he had already started to prepare for the way out.When I arrived in Luoyang, I bought a carriage and drove it myself without a coachman. "Lu" sleep bedding, self-defense bows and arrows and other things are placed in the car.When he left the crowded place, he drove the carriage away from the main road and headed for the bank of the Yellow River. Based on his experience in the Hejian army, there are many borders between Xia and Song, just like the border between Song and Liao. The smuggling trails of traders also use small boats to cross the Yellow River. At this time, they search along the Yellow River, hoping to gain something. For the real shadow graphics, showing the waist card of Jinyan Mansion may be able to prevaricate it.

Zhao Xingde drove the carriage along the bank of the Yellow River for a whole day, but found nothing. Along the way, he encountered several local farmers and traders, and Zhao Xingde was extremely cautious and did not speak much.At night, they found a secluded mountain and pitched a tent, and lit a small bonfire to drive away the wild animals.The two fed their hunger with dry food and dried meat, while the horse was fed a small amount of concentrate and let it gnaw some green grass.Apart from helping to pack some soft things, Li Ruoxue sat on the mat with her knees bent, her eyes wide open, she watched Zhao Xingde busy and busy, when she lived in Li's residence in the capital, she saw Zhao Xingde immersed in his scriptures, making friends with scholars, Didn't expect him to have these abilities.The blazing bonfire reflected his tall and busy figure, Li Ruoxue couldn't help feeling a little happiness in her heart, she put her chin on her knees, and smiled sweetly.

"These are all learned by the Hejian Army." Zhao Xingde explained, he seemed to see Li Ruoxue's curiosity, and handed over a piece of roasted dried meat.

Li Ruoxue seldom ate such a large piece of meat at home. She took the jerky, pinched both ends with bare hands, and bit it lightly, leaving only a shallow tooth mark.She frowned, bit down hard, leaving only a deep tooth mark, and looked up at Zhao Xingde pitifully.Zhao Xingde didn't find it funny, and said softly: "Be like me." He bit one end of the jerky with his teeth, tore it hard, and tore off one piece, chewing it with relish on purpose.The bonfire flashed a smile in his eyes, Li Ruoxue didn't feel bitter, but didn't imitate his savage appearance, she tore the jerky into pieces with bare hands, put it in her mouth quite gracefully, and chewed hard, feeling that it was hard to let go. While swallowing, a kettle was handed to her face, she took it without thinking and took a sip, but almost choked it out, a pungent smell.

"What is this?" Li Ruoxue looked up at Zhao Xingde anxiously and angrily.

"This is wine sweat, and the humidity in the mountain depression is heavy. Drinking it can prevent the moisture from hurting the body, and it can also warm the body." Zhao Xingde took the water bottle, took a sip, and passed it to Li Ruoxue.

Li Ruoxue picked it up hesitantly, took a shallow sip, it still had a choking taste, a burning hot thread slowly flowed from her throat to her stomach, and then slowly felt a little warmth on her body, the two of them just like that After eating and drinking wine, until late at night, Li Ruoxue snuggled into Zhao Xingde's arms and fell asleep, a seductive blush appeared on her face.Zhao Xingde swallowed his saliva, gently put her under the quilt, and kissed the beautiful woman's cheek, the tender and soft feeling of her breast made Zhao Xingde's heart tremble.I don't know when the wandering life will end. If you get pregnant at this time, it will be a big trouble for the two. Therefore, the two have been walking and sharing the same room these days, and they have not broken through the defense of men and women.Although the angry frog was swollen and distracted, he only smiled wryly and lay down flat, forcing himself to close his eyes and concentrate.Hearing Li Ruoxue's even and thin breathing in his ears, and the seemingly nonexistent virgin fragrance at the end of his nose, Zhao Xingde silently recited "color is emptiness", and unconsciously closed his eyes.

When he was sleeping soundly, Zhao Xingde was awakened by the sad cry of the horse. He grabbed the sword and bow beside his pillow and leaned over to get out of the tent.The bonfire had already been extinguished, and the cold and humid night wind was blowing. Zhao Xingde looked at the horse, and couldn't help but feel the chills blowing up. He saw three earthy dogs surrounding the horse, two in front and one in front. Lie on the horse's back with its front paws and bite desperately, but the horse can't break free, it can only kick and bite randomly, and let out bursts of mourning.Zhao Xingde looked around, did not find any other wild wolf, and immediately shot out an arrow, right behind the ear of the wolf who was lying on the horse and biting, and passed through the skull, the wolf fell down with a whimper. , twitched a few times and then didn't move.But this also aroused the attention of the other two wolves. When they turned around, the four green wolves stared at Xingde like will-o'-the-wisps.

Zhao Xingde pulled out his sword and 'inserted' it beside him, bent his bow and set up an arrow to confront the two wolves. At this moment, the wolves had taken precautions, and they might not be able to hit the arrow rashly.Zhao Xingde slowly moved to the front of the fire, holding the bow and arrow in one hand, and 'touched' the fire from his arms with the other and put it on the ground.The two wolves looked at the man's actions in a puzzled way, not quite understanding whether he was playing tricks, but let out a low growl from their throats.Zhao Xingde responded with a roar without showing any weakness. At the same time, he put a few branches on the extinguished fire with his right hand, and stuffed some hay under it.A smell of blood permeated the air, the two wolves were already eager to try, and the horse wailed and fell to the ground.Zhao Xingde's heart almost stopped beating, still staring at the wolf in front of him, he bit the cover of the fire with his teeth, blew, and lit the fire with his right hand.

A faint flame deterred the naturally suspicious wolf a bit, and the bonfire became more intense. Under the cover of the flames, Zhao Xingde slowly inserted more than a dozen arrows into the ground around him one after another. Holding two arrows, bowing the bow and setting the arrow, one arrow swished out, the wild wolf looked aside nimbly and jumped away, and the second arrow followed, brushing the wolf's back.The wolf howled in a low voice, and Zhao Xingde calmly mounted two arrows, adding branches to the burning bonfire.The confrontation lasted until dawn when the two wild wolves left angrily.These wolves come out at night, bite animals and people, and return to hide among the bushes and bushes on the Yellow River beach during the day.

Li Ruoxue fell into a deep sleep because of her weak capacity for alcohol, and the oriental radiance shone on her delicate and charming face. She opened her sleepy eyes slightly, and lazily rubbed her eyes. Zhao Xingde was not by her side, and she was still wrapped. The usual quilt and clothes were intact, after being relieved, a sense of shyness welled up in his heart, he hastily adjusted his makeup, and just now he went out of the tent to look for Zhao Xingde.

Zhao Xingde heard the footsteps behind him, turned his head and smiled and said, "I'm afraid we have to walk for a while." Li Ruoxue walked to his side, and saw the corpse of the riding horse that was bitten by wild wolves, his face turned pale, The right hand covered the small mouth, and the left hand tightly grasped Zhao Xingde's arm.