Ye Qi Guanyin nodded and looked at Ye Qi Hucheng with admiration, "The spirit of the eldest brother is what my little sister admires the most! This is my eldest brother!" Then he said seriously: "But the man who killed the king and conspired to rebel. I definitely didn't do this!" Ye Qi Hucheng nodded, "I believe you!" Upon seeing this, Ye Qi Guanyin was so moved that he wanted to cry. After calming down, he said again: "Brother may not know something, but in fact, Before His Majesty was killed, Your Majesty and I were planning to eradicate Brother Yeqiu Xiu!" Yeqi Hucheng was shocked, "Why is this?" Yeqi Guanyin sighed and frowned: "Because I have reason to believe that the previous few Your Majesty, including Emperor Taizong, was killed by Brother Ye Qianxiu, and he seems to have shown no sign of stopping. In order to relieve the crisis in the empire, your Majesty and I plan to get rid of him!"
After a pause, "But brother Ye Qianxiu is the military marshal of the empire. He has a high position and is extremely cunning. It is not easy to get rid of him. It must be carefully planned to make it possible! Your Majesty and I originally planned to wait for me After dealing with the Japanese, I came to deal with him again, but I didn’t expect that he would strike first, not only killing His Majesty, but also causing me to be unfairly wronged!”
Ye Qian Hucheng frowned and was extremely shocked. He raised his head after a long while and said, "This is really unbelievable, brother!"
Ye Qi Guanyin raised her eyebrows and said, "That's the truth!"
Ye Qi Hucheng frowned and said: "Brother Ye Qi Xiu is really very power-minded, but to say that he killed several emperors one after another in an attempt to usurp the throne is really unbelievable to me!" He glanced at Ye Qi Guanyin and said, " Do you have evidence?" Ye Qi Guanyin shook his head, "No! Brother Ye Qi Xiu is very cautious and cunning. Although I have discovered his plot, I have not found any evidence to prove his crime!"
Ye Qian Hucheng frowned and said: "There is no evidence for this kind of thing, so it's better not to make random guesses!"
Yeqi Guanyin said angrily: "I should have learned from him a long time ago and fabricated some evidence. Then my eldest brother would not be suspicious!" Yeqi Hucheng shook his head and said: "How could you do this!"
Ye Qi Guanyin said angrily: "Compared to Brother Ye Qi Xiu who framed me out of thin air, what I did can be said to be very correct!"
Yeqi Hucheng shook his head and said: "Fabricated evidence is fabricated evidence after all, and there is no difference from fabricating facts!" He glanced at Yeqi Guanyin, "I understand what little sister means, but I can't believe it, because there is no Any evidence! I see that my little sister has deep prejudices and resentments against Brother Ye Qi Xiu, and that boy is indeed a bit outrageous!" Ye Qi Guanyin sighed helplessly, "I knew that big brother would say that! Hey, big brother You are like this, too square!" Then he asked curiously: "Brother, why did you come suddenly?" Ye Qihu said: "It was your guard captain Naren who came to me for help! I heard He said that that boy from Brother Yeqianxiu wanted to execute you on the spot, so he was very angry, so he came with his cavalry! Fortunately, Xiao Yebule was not as messy as that boy from Brother Yeqianxiu, otherwise, the eldest brother would definitely not be able to spare you. he!"
Ye Qi Guanyin showed a thoughtful look and said secretly: "Isn't Naren by the side of the eldest brother? Why did he rush to the eldest brother for help in such a timely manner?" I'm afraid this is the big brother's idea! It seems that he has not given up rescuing me! 'Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel worried, worried that Yang Peng would do something crazy regardless of the danger. Then his mind moved, and he thought about the incident more than ten days ago when his elder brother pretended to be Kahn and took the risk to see him. At that time, he didn't say anything and he didn't ask anything. Now that he thinks about it, I'm afraid that his elder brother didn't just want to see him. That’s all, there must be some purpose. Ye Qi Guanyin thought that Yang Peng was trying his best to rescue her, and she was very happy and moved. However, after this happiness and moved, she was very worried, and her face suddenly turned happy, sad, and troubled.
Seeing this little girl's expression change, Ye Qihu Cheng asked in confusion: "Little sister, what are you thinking about?"
Yeqi Guanyin came back to his senses, shook his head and said: "It's nothing." He glanced at Yeqi Hucheng, "What is the elder brother going to do with me?" Yeqi Hucheng sighed and frowned: "Although the eldest brother believes you, there is no evidence. But it proves that you are the mastermind behind the scenes. Brother cannot bend the law for personal gain. I hope you can understand!"
Ye Qi Guanyin nodded, "I know, brother, you don't have to feel guilty."
Yeqi Hucheng said: "How to deal with it in the end depends on the outcome of the public discussion between the court and the royal family, but before that, eldest brother will ensure your safety!" "Yes." Yeqi Guanyin looked thoughtful.
Yeqi Hucheng looked at the little girl who had watched her grow up since she was a child. Thinking of the punishment she was about to face, he couldn't help but feel sad, but he didn't know what to say.
One day later, Yegan Hucheng led an army to escort Yegan Guanyin on the road. The army led by Brother Yeganxiu followed closely behind. The total number of troops escorted was close to 100,000. This was probably the most luxurious lineup for escorting prisoners in human history.
Yang Peng immediately looked at the team gradually heading east in the distance from the hilltop, frowning slightly. Yelu Hanyu and Naren galloped to the left and right sides of Yang Peng. Yelu Hanyu glanced at the team in the distance, turned to Yang Peng and said: "Everything is going according to the big brother's plan!" Naren said excitedly: "Thanks to Yan. King, otherwise the princess may have..." Naren did not say the last two words, fearing that it would be unlucky.
Yang Peng said: "This is just the first step, the real difficulty is yet to come! With the guards of Yeli Hucheng, there is no need to worry about Guanyin's safety along the way!" He turned to the two women and said: "We will set off immediately and get ahead of them Get ready when you arrive in Zhongjing!" The two women nodded.
Immediately, a team that looked like Khitan cavalry galloped out of the woods under the hill towards Zhongjing. There are two roads to go from Bei'an Prefecture to Zhongjing. One road goes northeast and enters Zhongjing via Ma Yu Mountain. The other road goes east, passes Songzi Ridge, passes Zezhou and then turns northeast and enters Zhongjing; this road One road is closer, but the terrain is rugged and difficult to navigate, and there are few Zhendian cities along the road, which is often a place for horse thieves and robbers. Although the second road is farther, it is a thoroughfare, and Zhendian is densely covered with cities along the way. There are many trees, making it easy to travel. Ye Qian Hucheng and others took the second road, which was very slow because there were so many people and horses and they were not in a hurry; while Yang Peng and others took the first road, driving non-stop day and night.
Three days later, Yang Peng and his party came outside Zhongjing City and changed into Korean costumes in a secluded place outside the city. Yang Peng, Yelu Hanyu and Naren all put on another pair of human skin masks, and they all changed into Became a middle-aged uncle and aunt.
A group of people entered Zhongjing City. The last time Yang Peng came here, Zhongjing was very lively. Businessmen from all over the world gathered in Beijing. It was so lively! But today's Zhongjing seems to be a lot depressed. Although there are still many merchants gathering here, it is much less than before, and the happy atmosphere is also missing.
A group of people found an inn and stayed.
Yang Peng, Yelu Hanyu, Na Ren, Wang Kai, and Xue Fu gathered in Yang Peng's room to discuss the next action. At this moment, the door banged. Several people stopped talking. Wang Kai stood up and went over to open the door. He saw the second brother standing at the door holding a pot of tea and saying with a smile on his face: "Sir, this is the tea you want!"
Wang Kai stepped aside, and the waiter walked in with the teapot in his hands, came to the table, put the teapot on the table, and said as if he was offering a treasure: "Aren't the guests going to the palace?" Everyone was confused, and Yang Peng asked: "What does the second brother mean by this? Why do we have to go to the palace?" The child showed surprise, "Don't the emotional guests know this yet?"
Yang Peng smiled and said, "What should we know?"
The waiter smiled and said: "Good thing! Well, it should be said that it is a good thing for the guest officers who are from Korea!" After looking at everyone, he said, "Are the guests all from Korea?" Yang Peng and others clicked nod. The waiter immediately said: "That's right! The Queen Mother has issued a decree to receive the people from Korea in the square in front of the palace. I heard that there are rewards! The guests, please go quickly, they are late. But there is no benefit to be gained!" When Yang Peng heard about this incident, he smiled and clasped his fists and said: "Thank you, second brother, for informing me!" The second brother chuckled, bent down and said, "If you have no other instructions, guest officials, I'm leaving now!" Seeing that no one said anything, he bowed and retreated.
After the waiter left, everyone looked at Yang Peng. Yelu Hanyu said: "Staying here is just staying here anyway, why not go and have a look and see what the Queen Mother of Korea is going to do?" Chen Xiao nodded.
Soon after, Yang Peng and others arrived at the square in front of the palace. As soon as they arrived, everyone was shocked. The originally vast square in front of them was actually crowded with people. There were probably tens of thousands of people in the sea. Wearing Korean costumes, they should all be refugees fleeing from Korea. But what is very interesting is that although they are refugees, these Korean stickmen all have their eyes raised and their chins raised, looking very proud. Maybe they think that they are the Queen Mother's natal family and are higher than ordinary people. For the sake of first class!
Suddenly, there was a noise coming from the front. Everyone followed the sound and saw a group of Koreans chasing and beating a young beggar. While chasing and beating them, they shouted and cursed: "Beat this little beast to death! Beat this little beast to death!" The little beggar ran away with his head in his hands, screaming repeatedly. Yang Peng and others couldn't stand it. Yang Peng winked. Wang Kai immediately led seven or eight secret guards to rush forward and stopped those Koreans. Wang Kai shouted angrily: "What are you doing?" Those Koreans When people saw that Wang Kai and the others were all wearing Korean costumes, they thought they were also Koreans. The young man in the lead mumbled something in Korean. Wang Kai and others had all learned simple Korean, and it seemed that what the other party meant was He said that the little beggar had stolen his money and asked them to mind their own business.
Yang Peng also understood and raised his voice: "Ask him how much money he lost and give him the money." Wang Kai asked: "How much money did the little beggar steal from you?" The Korean stretched out three fingers and said: "Two taels of silver!" The little beggar was originally hiding behind Yang Peng and others. When he heard this, he immediately stuck out his head and said urgently: "No, I only stole one tael of silver from him!" Seeing the Korean man staring at him He came over and yelled, but he was so frightened that he shrank his head back.
Yang Peng said to Wang Kai: "Give him two taels of silver." Wang Kai took out a piece of broken silver worth more than two taels from his arms and threw it to the Korean man. After the Korean man got so much silver, he immediately smiled happily and led his companions. left.
"Thank you, master, thank you, master!" The little beggar kept kowtowing to Yang Peng to express his thanks. Yang Peng smiled and said, "Okay, let's go back." The little beggar responded and ran away in a hurry. He was very light and quick, and he didn't look injured at all. Yelu Hanyu said in surprise: "Isn't this little beggar beaten badly? Why..." Then he understood and said angrily: "It turns out this little beggar is just pretending!" Yang Peng said: "These people live in the most dangerous world. Those at the bottom make a living by stealing and are always bullied, so pretending has become a very important survival skill for them. Those who can pretend will often suffer less, especially for these children!" Yelu! Han Yu frowned and nodded, "They are so pitiful!"
Yang Peng turned to look at the bustling crowd and said to Yelu Hanyu: "We can just go to a nearby tavern and sit and watch. There is no need to crowd in here. We don't really want any rewards." Yelu Hanyu smiled. He nodded and said half-jokingly: "She is not qualified to reward you even though she is a queen mother!" Yang Peng chuckled and glanced around. Seeing a tavern on the edge of the square, he pointed there and said: "Go there." Yelu Hanyu glanced in the direction of Yang Peng's finger and nodded.
A group of people walked into the tavern, and the waiter immediately greeted them with a bowed waist, "Are any of the guests drinking?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "If you don't drink wine when you come to your tavern, how can you drink tea?"
The waiter chuckled and said quickly: "You see how stupid I am to ask, guests, please come over here!" Then he led Yang Peng and others to the window, and Yang Peng and Yelu Hanyu sat at the same table. , the others sat at the two tables next to me. The waiter had long seen that Yang Peng and Yelu Hanyu were the leaders of the group, so he bowed in front of Yang Peng and Yelu Hanyu and asked, "What would you like, guests?" "Please serve some food and drinks." Yang Peng said. The waiter quickly said: "The grilled lamb chops and grilled steaks we have here can't be eaten elsewhere. Why don't you try it, sir?" Yang Peng was quite interested when he heard what he said, and nodded: "Very good, that's it." Let's serve these." "Okay, what kind of wine would you like to drink, sir? Is it white wine or kumiss?"
Yang Peng thought that he had never drunk this kind of koumiss, and he wanted to try it, so he said: "Mare's koumiss." "It's great. Guests, it will be ready later." Then he ran down and shouted. The kitchen was busy.
Yang Peng picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea. The tea tasted strong and bitter, not like the fragrance of Central Plains tea, but also much stronger than black tea. It seemed to be a type of Tuocha brick tea.
At this time, a person was peeking inside at the door. It was the little beggar who had been rescued by Yang Peng and the others before. Yang Peng turned his back to the door and didn't see it, but Yelu Hanyu saw it. He pointed at the door and said to Yang Peng: "That little beggar." Yang Peng put down his teacup and turned around. He saw the little beggar and looked like he wanted to come in but didn't dare. appearance.
A shop assistant rushed out of the door, grabbed the little beggar, and yelled angrily: "Is this where you came from? Come on, let's go!" The little beggar immediately acted shamelessly, stubbornly pointing one finger at Yang Peng and the others and shouted : "I know them, I know them..." How could the man believe it? He dragged the little beggar and cursed at the same time: "Little boy, you are talking nonsense! Get out of here, get out of here!"
Yelu Hanyu couldn't stand it anymore, stood up and shouted: "He is our guest, let him come in."
The guy was stunned when he heard this. The little beggar took advantage of the waiter's surprise, broke free, and ran over. He ran to Yelu Hanyu and Yang Peng and bowed with a smile: "Master, grandma!"
Yang Peng glanced at him and smiled. Yelu Hanyu sat down and asked: "Are you here to see us?" The little beggar nodded, and then quickly shook his head, "I, I passed by outside and saw the master and grandma eating here, so I came here specially Thank you, Master and ***!" As he spoke, his eyes glanced at the table, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he saw that the table was empty.
The guy who just dragged the little beggar came over, glared at the little beggar, and said to Yang Peng and Yelu Hanyu: "Guest sir, you are people from outside. You don't know that beggars here are very rogue! You treat them badly?" Just a little bit of kindness and they will immediately take advantage of you!"
Yang Peng said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, you can go down and do your work." Seeing Yang Peng say this, the waiter naturally couldn't say anything else, so he responded and went down. Before leaving, he gave the little beggar a fierce look. , as if to warn him.
At this time, footsteps were heard from the back kitchen, and several waiters were seen coming up, each carrying a large wooden plate. Each wooden plate was piled with sliced roast lamb and roast beef, as well as a large With a pot of koumiss, the hall was instantly filled with the aroma of wine and meat.
The three waiters placed a large wooden plate on the three tables respectively, and two other waiters brought over cutlery, forks, chopsticks, small bowls, wine bowls and other tableware. The waiter who had previously greeted Yang Peng and the others bowed and said with a smile: "Please be patient, gentlemen!" Then he and the other waiters retreated. Only then did a few people notice the beggar, but seeing that he seemed to know the guests in front of them, they didn't say anything.
Yang Peng saw the little beggar staring straight at the barbecue on the table with his round eyes, swallowing saliva, and smiled. He picked up a small bowl in front of him with his left hand, picked up the chopsticks with his right hand and picked up a full bowl. Then he handed it to him and said, "Take it and eat it!" The little beggar quickly took it and said, "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir..." Then he ran to the corner and squatted down with the small bowl in his arms. Grab it with your hands and devour it.
Yang Peng smiled, turned around, gave Yelu Hanyu a piece of roast mutton, and said with a smile: "Women who eat more mutton can keep their appearance forever!" Yelu Hanyu's eyes lit up, "Really? I have never done this before. Never heard of it!" There was a soft and charming sound in the voice, which was very touching. However, the waiter not far away had a strange expression on his face after hearing this, and said in his heart: "It's really strange, that woman is not young. He looks very ugly, but his voice is so beautiful? It's simply better than the fans singing ditty in the Goulan Courtyard! 'I couldn't help but turn my head and take a peek at her. I couldn't help but feel that although that woman looked very ugly, her figure was really charming. The waiter was in a daze for a while, thinking of her face, and couldn't help but trembled. He quickly looked away and went about his business.
Yelu Hanyu picked up the piece of roast mutton that Yang Peng gave her and took a bite. She frowned slightly, nodded gently, and whispered: "It's not as delicious as the ones at home." Yang Peng laughed, picked up the plate and I poured a bowl of mare's kumiss from the flask and took a sip. I felt a bit fishy and I wasn't used to it. I frowned and said to Yelu Hanyu: "I can't get used to drinking this mare's kumiss. Do you want it?" Try it?"
Yelu Hanyu quickly shook his head, "Brother, you can't even drink it, so I won't try it!"
Yang Peng asked curiously: "Have you never drunk this kind of thing before?" Yelu Hanyu shook his head, frowned slightly, and whispered: "This is a Khitan thing, we don't have this habit !" Yang Peng nodded. I picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of roast beef and ate it. I thought it was okay and nodded.
At this time, there was a commotion in the square outside. Yang Peng and Yelu Hanyu turned to look, and saw tens of thousands of Koreans gathered in the square rushing towards the palace, and at the same time they gave out very excited cheers. The two people's eyes moved to the gate tower of the palace, and they saw a woman wearing a golden phoenix palace dress walking up to the gate tower surrounded by the palace maids and eunuchs. It was the Queen Mother of Korea whom they had not seen for a long time, Wang Jun. , she was even more charming than when Yang Peng saw her. Yang Peng couldn't help but think of the lingering night, and his heart skipped a beat.
Wang Jun stood on the city gate and glanced at the tens of thousands of Korean people gathered in the square. He frowned slightly, turned his head and glanced at the eunuch beside him. The eunuch understood and immediately shouted in a voice like a duck. "Everyone, be quiet!" he shouted several times, and the noisy square gradually became quiet. Everyone looked up at the king, looking pious and expectant.
Wang Jun raised his voice and said: "Folks, you have suffered!"
When the Korean people heard this, they were extremely moved. Many people couldn't control their emotions and began to cry. The scene was filled with wailing.
The king said again: "You will be safe when you get here. As long as I protect you, I will not let you suffer any harm again!" Tens of thousands of Goryeo people worshiped together: "Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness! ... "Everyone burst into tears of gratitude.
Wang Jun said: "I have some gifts to give to the folks, some gifts to express my feelings!" As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the palace opened, and many eunuchs came out carrying burdens. The Koreans looked up and were very curious.
The eunuchs placed their burdens in front of the palace gate, and one of the old eunuchs raised his voice and said, "My Majesty has given you a set of clothes for each of you. Please come and get it!" The people of Goryeo kowtowed to the king standing on the gate tower to thank him. , and then eagerly got up to receive the clothes given by the king. Although the clothes they received were just ordinary coats, everyone looked happy and honored. After all, this was a gift from Her Royal Highness, and it was of great significance.
Yelu Hanyu smiled coldly and whispered: "It's just about buying people's hearts, there's nothing surprising about it!" Then he frowned, "Although she was once the Princess of Goryeo, she is now the Empress Dowager of the Liao Kingdom. Why do you want to win the hearts of Goryeo people?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Maybe she just cares about the friendship between the same clan." Yelu Hanyu shook his head, "No! If that's all, you can send someone to do it. Why do you need to do this yourself? She shows favors in such a big way, clearly for everyone in the world, especially the Korean people to see! Her intention to win people's hearts is too obvious! "
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
