After Yelu Hongji, the Daozong of the Liao Dynasty, finished speaking, Duan Yu and Xu Zhu all sneered at him, especially Xu Zhu, who advocated Buddhism. He was indignant and rebuked Yelu Hongji loudly:
"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, my eldest brother Xiao Feng is a strong-willed man of the Liao Dynasty. He has made great contributions to regaining the throne of the emperor for you."
"However, you forced him to commit suicide. Now, you still don't let go of his two children, Yelu Dashi and Xiao Pu Xiannu. You are not a human being and you are not worthy of being the king of the Liao Dynasty."
After Xu Zhu finished speaking, Yelu Hongji gave him a vicious look, and suddenly laughed and said:
"Hahaha, the little prince-in-law of the Xixia Kingdom, don't talk nonsense here. Aren't you afraid that my 200,000-strong army will come to the city?"
When Yelu Hongji said this, Xu Zhu was so frightened that he was speechless, and Duan Yu at the side did not dare to say anything.
After a moment of silence, Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji laughed again and said:
"Duan Yu, Xu Zhu, please listen carefully. I only promise Xiao Feng that I will not invade the Song Dynasty from the south during my lifetime, but it does not mean that I cannot conquer Xixia from the west or destroy Dali from the south. You should stop talking nonsense, otherwise I will not No wonder I'm so rude."
After Yelu Hongji finished speaking, Xu Zhu and Duan Yu looked at each other, glanced at the Daliao cavalry behind Yelu Hongji, and understood without saying anything.
At this moment, the little Yelu Dashi was worried that Duan Yu and Xu Zhu would be implicated, so he immediately stepped forward, knelt down to Yelu Hongji, kowtowed a few times and said:
"Your Majesty, I am willing to return to Daliao with you and make contributions to Your Majesty and the Daliao Dynasty. Please do not embarrass my second uncle and third uncle."
After Yelu Dashi finished speaking, not only did Yelu Hongji not feel relieved, but it made him even more angry, so he said angrily:
"Hmph, I thought that Xiao Feng was my adopted brother, and his children were my nieces and nephews, but I didn't expect that you would turn your arms outward."
"It seems that even if Yelu Dashi is the seventh generation grandson of my great ancestor, Emperor Abaoji, and Xiao Puxian is also a descendant of my Khitan clan, I will have to punish her severely."
"Come here, tie me up and take me away."
After saying that, the Daliao guards tied the teenage Yelu Dashi behind a ponytail, dragged her naked, and locked the innocent Xiao Puxian girl in a prison car.
Duan Yu and Xu Zhu wanted to rescue them, but due to the Liao Dynasty's 200,000 cavalry and the power of Yelu Hongji, they were powerless and had to watch Yelu Dashi and Xiao Puxiannu being punished.
The house leaked and it rained all night. Young Yelu Dashi and Xiao Pu Xiannu, who had not yet recovered from the grief of losing their foster father Xiao Feng who loved them, received unusually severe punishment from Yelu Hongji.
The horse's hooves went north and people looked south. Yelu Dashi, who was following closely behind the horse, kept looking back in the direction of Duan Yu and Xu Zhu. However, he never found his savior.
Along the way, Yelu Dashi, the seventh-generation grandson of Emperor Taizu Yelu Abaoji, walked naked with his upper body, slept with the horse, and ate with the horse. Even a slave with a low status and whose life could not be saved had never been subjected to such abuse. Such insult.
As the adopted sister of Yelu Dashi, the virtuous daughter Xiao Pu, her situation was not much better. She was growing vigorously, and when she first showed her graceful appearance, her face turned yellow and her hair was messy, making people afraid to look directly at her.
The army slowly moved northward. Yelu Dashi followed the army closely behind the horse. It was getting closer and closer to the upper capital of Liao Dynasty. It was almost home. The soldiers were all happy and cheering.
However, the famous poem that has been passed down through the ages always appeared in Yelu Dashi's mind, and he said to himself:
"Suddenly, a spring breeze came overnight, and thousands of pear trees bloomed. Yes, August in Daliao is approaching the cold winter, but I, Yelu Dashi, am still naked. It's too cold, really too cold."
He couldn't help shivering from the cold, and he could no longer wear the shoes on his feet. He simply kicked off a pair of worn shoes and followed the army back north with bare feet.
After returning to Kyoto, Yelu Hongji seemed to have aged a lot. He began to recall what Xiao Feng had done, sometimes praising him as an unparalleled hero, sometimes cursing him as a traitor and traitor.
As he thought about it, he completely forgot about Xiao Feng's unparalleled service when he captured the rebel leader alive among his millions of troops, and about the joyful grudge he and Xiao Feng felt when they became sworn brothers. He always thought of Xiao Feng's disobedience to the emperor and his ministers. The unjust act of holding him hostage in front of an army of 200,000 people.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more angrily he became, the more confused he became. So he began to insult his ministers and courtiers, and whipped his subordinates. The ministers in the court dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
On this day, he fell asleep after drinking, but what didn't catch his eye was Xiao Feng's familiar face, but it was the smug smile on his face after he took him hostage.
After a while, Yelu Hongji woke up from his sleep. After that, his hatred for Xiao Feng, Duan Yu, and Xu Zhu came to his heart again. So, he immediately ordered his guards to escort Xiao Feng's adopted son Yelu Dashi and his adopted daughter Xiao Pu Xiannu.
Half a day later, Yelu Dashi, who was shivering from the cold, and Xiao Puxiannu, who was sallow and skinny, came to Yelu Hongji's palace, knelt down slowly and said:
"The guilty minister Yelu Dashi and Xiao Puxian's daughter join the emperor, long live my emperor."
The ferocious Yelu Hongji glanced at the two of them. He was so angry that he felt angry again. Before the two of them could speak, he loudly said to the guards:
"Come here, beat me, beat me hard, drag down the big stone of Yelu, beat me with a hundred military sticks. Pair Xiao Pu Xian's daughter with Nanjing as a slave."
After Yelu Hongji finished speaking, the palace guards of the Daliao court immediately sent Yelu Dashi and Xiao Pu Xiannu away. A moment later, bursts of shouting came from outside the door.
Yelu Dashi was beaten to pieces. Fortunately, as the seventh generation grandson of Taizu Emperor Yelu Abaoji, although his family was in decline, there were naturally close relatives from his father's generation in the capital city.
Therefore, with the help of Xiao Wuna, a veteran of the three dynasties, Yelu Dashi was spared from being killed and stayed in Xiao Wuna's mansion to recuperate.
A few months later, Yelu Dashi, who had recovered as before, received the news that his adopted sister Xiao Puxiannu had left for Beijing and was sent to Nanjing as a slave.
Yelu Hongji, the arrogant Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, still couldn't get rid of the hatred in his heart that the Song Dynasty was captured by Xiao Feng, Xu Zhu and Duan Yu in the southern expedition. He wanted to vent his anger on the Xixia Dynasty. He was raising 200,000 troops to conquer the Xixia Kingdom. For flat ground.
After Xiao Wuna finished speaking, Yelu Dashi, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, walked back and forth solemnly and said to himself:
"Mr. Xiao, the reason why my adoptive father Xiao Feng committed suicide to thank the world was to stop the emperor's unprovoked killings and to stop the emperor's troops from fighting."
"I didn't expect that the death of my adoptive father would still not allow the emperor to relieve his hatred. It seems that a war between the Liao Dynasty and Xixia is inevitable."
After Yelu Dashi finished speaking, Xiao Wuna slowly stood up and said seriously:
"Well, now, a hundred years have passed since the Chanyuan Alliance. The Daliao Cavalry has been accustomed to peaceful recuperation. How can it be willing to start an unprovoked war again? This is just the emperor's wishful thinking. Maybe, I, the Daliao Cavalry, will Returned in great defeat."
After Xiao Wuna finished speaking, Yelu Dashi continued to talk to himself:
"No, no, no, it won't work. If the emperor insists on conquering Xixia, wouldn't my adoptive father's death be in vain? I can't let the border soldiers and people lose their lives for no reason. I want to see the emperor."
After Yelu Dashi finished speaking, before Xiao Wuna could speak, he immediately walked out of the room and ran towards Daliao Palace.
