Di Qing and others were looking at Cao Bin's house in silence.
After hearing Cao Bin's furious shouting, they were about to rush in, but saw Cao Bin and the Xixia envoy coming out one after another.
It's just that the Xixia envoy has an extra hat on his head, covering his face.
He waved his hand to Li Tang and said, "Master Li, I have something to discuss with you. Please come with me."
But no one paid attention to him, they just turned their attention to Cao Bin.
Cao Bin waved his hand and said, "Sanniang, escort the Xixia envoy back."
Hu Sanniang hurriedly agreed and said, "Yes, uncle."
Li Tang didn't hesitate at all and quickly followed Zhang Yanshou.
He turned around with a deep smile and said to Cao Bin:
"Uncle Zhongjing, don't worry. I'm here. You won't have to worry about your life during this trip to Xixia!"
With that said, he hurriedly caught up.
Seeing this scene, everyone took it for granted that Cao Bin had obeyed Li Tang's arrangement, endured the humiliation, and chose to put the overall situation first.
After a long while, Di Qing opened his mouth and said:
"Uncle Cao, you shouldn't have agreed. This is really..."
His lieutenant pushed him away suddenly and said bitterly:
"Boss, what were you doing just now? What's the use of all this at this time?"
Cao Bin waved his hand and said:
"Okay, don't blame Commander Di. He is just doing his duty. I have my own arrangements for this matter."
With that said, he called Zhang Dun and returned to the house.
The lieutenant couldn't bear it any longer, punched the ship's deck hard, and said angrily:
"It is said that the Lord humiliates his ministers to death. Uncle Cao is our superior officer during this trip and has been very kind to us. How can we just watch him be humiliated like this?"
Di Qing felt quite unhappy. He originally just wanted to stop Cao Bin from committing the crime, but he didn't expect that he actually followed Li Tang's idea.
In the hearts of these soldiers, a concubine may not be a big deal, but to Cao Bin himself, it was a great humiliation.
Just when they were feeling uncomfortable, Hu Sanniang suddenly walked out of Xixia's cabin again.
She held a stack of banknotes in her hand, threw it to Di Qing and said:
"No, I can help you get your money back. Please don't reveal your wealth easily in the future."
After saying that, she returned with a smile on her face. She hadn't seen enough of Li Tang being beaten.
Everyone in Yu Longzhi looked at each other, and the deputy general hesitated: "What...what does this mean?"
A soldier lowered his head and said angrily:
"What else could it mean? It's an exchange with the Xixia people."
"I didn't realize that this woman is so heartless. She is willing to follow the Xixia barbarians?"
When the deputy general heard this, his teeth suddenly gritted and he roared:
"It is said that a favor should be repaid with a spring of water. Uncle Cao still remembers us. How could we watch him be humiliated like this!"
"Let's go and snatch Uncle Cao's woman back. Even if we kill the Xixia man, I will pay for it with my life!"
At this time, there was a chaos on the deck, and all the soldiers made a noise and shouted:
"Count me in, my life is worthless, but if I give it to Uncle Cao, it's worth it!"
"Yes! I have a big scar on my head. My head is right here. Whoever wants to chop it off will have to chop it off..."
When Di Qing saw this, he quickly stopped him and said:
"Shut up? Uncle Cao endured so much humiliation in exchange for a chance of success. Are you going to waste all his efforts?"
But all the soldiers were very excited and could not listen to his persuasion.
Immediately, a soldier spit out a mouthful of phlegm and said excitedly:
"I don't care what the mission is, we just know that Uncle Cao cannot be humiliated for us!"
The deputy general's face was red, veins popped out on his forehead, he glared at Di Qing and shouted:
"Boss, I respect you as a hero on weekdays, but I didn't expect you to be so cowardly at a critical moment. I'm ashamed to share the same responsibilities with you."
"It's just death. What's the consequences? I'll pay him with my life, okay? okay!"
After saying that, he didn't want to say more, picked up the knife and left.
Di Qing was almost furious at these subordinates. In desperation, he put the knife on his neck and said with red eyes:
"Okay, I, Di Qing, am cowardly and I, Di Qing, are ruthless and ruthless. If you go, I will die in front of you first..."
In the midst of chaos, Cao Bin walked out impatiently and cursed:
"Why are you so noisy? Are you going to leave me alone?"
He glanced at Di Qing, snatched his sword away, and cursed:
"Di Qing! Who are you angry with? With me?"
"You have lofty ambitions and have the world in mind, but you kill yourself just for a few angry words?"
"I feel miserable for you."
With that said, he said to everyone:
"Is your loyalty used against your own brothers?"
"Commander Di may be more thoughtful, but I will never believe that he is a coward."
"I believe he is a good man with kindness and righteousness, but he only needs to be used..."
Before Cao Bin could finish speaking, Di Qing made a "pop" sound, fell to the ground, and said in tears:
"Uncle, Di Qing is ashamed, so ashamed..."
Feeling extremely wronged, he felt that Cao Bin's words were like a stream of warm water pouring directly into his heart, making him feel hot all over.
As the saying goes, a man will die for his bosom friend, and a woman will be honored for her bosom friend.
At this time, he felt that Cao Bin was his confidant, and he only had the urge to die.
"Uncle, I feel so ashamed..."
At this time everyone fell to their knees and started crying.
More or less, they all thought that it was because of them that Cao Bin was forced to come to the door by Xixia envoys.
Seeing how sincere they were, Cao Bin hesitated and couldn't help but want to reveal a little bit about his plan.
But if they knew that they had something to do with the Xixia envoy, once Li Tang died, there was no chance that someone would guess that he was behind it.
When he was in trouble, Li Tang suddenly ran out from Xixia and said in panic:
"Guard, where is the guard?"
"How dare the Xixia people plot against my envoy? Stop them quickly."
At this time, he was also a little confused. It was obvious that Zhang Yanshou had "liked each other" with him.
But after he had only left for a while, he was surrounded by Xixia soldiers and went to a private place to greet them. This was a bit unreasonable.
He finally escaped and planned to ask Zhang Yanshou for help, but the man seemed to have disappeared.
In desperation, he had no choice but to ask Yu Longzhi for help, but all his followers were thrown into the river. I am afraid they are still renting boats to chase the envoy's boat.
Yu Longzhi's soldiers were in a state of agitation, but when they saw him coming out to ask for help, they didn't react at all. Even Di Qing just glanced at him and ignored him.
Li Tang was immediately at a loss and almost wanted to cry.
He is an important minister of the imperial court. On weekdays, wherever he goes, he does not call his slaves and maidservants, cheering in front of him and supporting him behind him. Unexpectedly, he became a loner at this time.
Seeing that the Xixia soldiers were chasing after him from the stern of the ship, he was so frightened that he ran away, hoping to get into the cabin.
Only then did the soldiers of the Song Dynasty stand up, vaguely protecting Cao Bin behind them, and staring at the Xixia people with burning eyes.
Their palms had secretly clenched the handles of the knives at their waists, and they would fight to the death if they disagreed.
They even dared not look directly at those Xixia soldiers.
Seeing them step forward step by step, the Song Dynasty soldier was about to draw his sword, but saw the Xixia soldier suddenly knelt down on one knee, holding a sword in both hands, and roared with great humiliation:
"We were wrong, this is an apology!"
Although Cao Bin didn't know what method Zhang Yanshou used to force these unruly Xixia soldiers to apologize.
But he was undoubtedly very satisfied, and quietly retreated into the cabin.
Zhang Dun smiled and handed over a wet towel and said with a smile:
"I never thought that my uncle would have such a trump card."
"It's just a pity to use it here. Zhang Yanshou might be wary."
Cao Bin wiped his face and said: "Zhang Yanshou is only worth so much. My goal is not with him, but with the people behind him..."
Zhang Dun's eyes lit up and he said:
"Behind him is the 'Yeli clan', the mother clan of the Prince of Xixia. Does the uncle have other plans?"
Cao Bin touched his chin and said:
"Yuan Hao is unreasonable, we can only take a roundabout way."
"I already have some ideas about this 'Prince'."
"It would be perfect if we could convince the current descendants of the 'Muzang Clan'."
Zhang Dun shook his head and said:
"The Wu Zang clan has been encouraging Yuan Hao to invade the Song Dynasty. I think it is difficult to convince him."
