In the narrow underground secret passage, the Thousand-Faced Fox kept moving forward holding a torch. After walking for several miles, the secret passage began to slope upward, and a slope appeared.
"The exit should be right in front."
The Thousand-Faced Fox extinguished the torch and advanced slowly and cautiously in the dark.
After walking for several feet along the diagonally upward secret passage, finally, a little light appeared in front of us. It seemed to be a lantern hanging on a corridor?
No matter what, they were about to exit the secret passage. Thousand-faced Fox was extra careful and held his breath attentively.
He thought that there must be heavy troops guarding the exit, and it would not be easy to escape.
However, as he slowly approached the entrance of the cave, he found no trace of anyone.
"No one is guarding the entrance of the cave? It seems that they are not afraid of anyone coming out of it at all."
"..."
The thousand-faced fox steps out of the cave entrance, which is made up of two rockeries. Next to the rockery is a lotus root pond with gurgling water. The night wind blows and the green lotus leaves in the pond are gently swaying.
On the other side of the lotus pond is a long corridor, which is extremely beautifully decorated. There are lanterns hanging on the corridor that stay on all night.
Just now, the little bits of light that Thousand-Faced Fox saw in the secret passage should be from these lanterns...
This is a country house!
Thousand-faced Fox quickly made an inference.
This place is at least three or four miles away from Youzhou City.
Perhaps because it was midnight, the courtyard was deserted and quiet. The Thousand-Faced Fox wandered around the area without even noticing a single guard on duty at night.
But he didn't believe it was an empty house.
So I hid in the darkness and began to explore this country house...
Sure enough, after climbing over the wall and leaving this courtyard, they passed through a large garden and came to another courtyard. There were many guards guarding it secretly.
Thousand-faced Fox carefully avoided the eyes of the guards and sneaked into the courtyard. This courtyard was quite large. As soon as he landed in a small courtyard, he heard the sound of the door opening creaking from the direction of the courtyard door.
"What a coincidence!"
The thousand-faced fox ducked into the flower bed nearby, then poked his head out and saw a young girl stepping into the small courtyard under the protection of a group of people.
Behind the flower bed, Thousand-Faced Fox saw this young girl and couldn't help but secretly guessed: "This girl should be the princess of Liao Kingdom, Nalan Yan!"
This woman was indeed Nalan Yan. She came to a room with several guards and stood in front of the door. Then she ordered: "You guys wait outside."
After the guards said "yes", Nalanyan gently opened the door, entered, and closed the door with her backhand.
Behind the flower bed, Thousand Faced Fox's heart moved, and he thought to himself: "Who is it that Nalanyan is here to meet? There must be something fishy about this matter, and I will find a way to eavesdrop on their conversation."
He stuck his head out and looked at the guards in the small courtyard. He did not disturb them for the time being, but quietly stood up and left the small courtyard...
Soon after, Thousand-Faced Fox returned.
This time, he did not fall into the darkness behind the flower bed, but went straight to the guards in the small courtyard.
Although he is not Yang Zhilan's opponent, he is actually very powerful, especially when it comes to sneak attacks from behind. He is really good at it.
After a few breaths, the guards fell down silently, and he dragged them to the dark place behind the flower bed and hid them.
Then, he quietly approached the door of the room, lay down on it, and peeped and eavesdropped.
Through the crack in the door, Thousand Faced Fox first saw a young man, about twenty years old, dressed as a scholar, sitting there, he could be said to be rich and handsome.
Who is this young scholar?
Thousand-faced Fox was puzzled.
Could it be that... it was the pretty boy that Nalan Yan kept outside?
He touched his chin, pulled an evil smile on his lips, and made random guesses.
At this time, the young scholar spoke. Judging from his voice, he was indeed a scholar who had read poetry and books. However, the content of his words made the evil smile on the corner of the Thousand Faced Fox's lips disappear.
He... was actually there to persuade Nalan Yan to withdraw her troops?
Withdraw all the Liao troops hiding in Youzhou City?
As soon as the young scholar finished speaking, the profile of a young girl suddenly appeared in Thousand Faced Fox's sight. This girl was of medium stature and as strong as a leopard. She was obviously a practitioner.
Although she is dressed like a woman from the Central Plains, judging from her demeanor and demeanor, she is indeed a woman from the Liao Kingdom, which also confirms her identity, the princess of the Liao Kingdom, Nalan Yan!
Just listen to Nalan Yan saying with hatred that iron cannot become steel:
"Just because of your words, I reduced the number of soldiers from 10,000 to 6,000! There are too many people and the target is too big, so it is easy for others to find clues."
"Actually, I think you just want to stop this. You don't want me to sneak into Liang with my troops! You have always been close to Liang... Look, what are you wearing?"
"..."
The more Nalan Yan talked, the angrier she became, with an ugly look on her face. She directly grabbed the young scholar's neatly dressed Confucian shirt and pulled hard, with a look of disgust and contempt on her face.
The young scholar was unmoved, his face was calm, and he was shaking a folding fan with exquisite calligraphy and painting in his hand. He was very calm and calm, and had completely different personalities from Nalan Yan.
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Nalan Yan pulled his Confucian shirt, but he ignored it. Finally, he tidied the clothes silently. He glanced at Nalan Yan's Central Plains woman's dress and said in a deep voice:
"Youzi said: 'The use of etiquette, harmony is the most valuable. The way of the ancient kings is the most beautiful. If you follow it, you will not be able to do something. Knowing how to be harmonious and making peace without etiquette will not be possible.'"
"Do you know the meaning of this sentence?" The young scholar looked at Nalan Yan and asked.
"I...I don't know!" Nalan Yan stood there with a dark complexion and trembling all over. She said this through her teeth, obviously very angry.
However, the young scholar didn't take it seriously. He took some leisure time, gently shook his exquisite folding fan, and turned sideways with a kind face, exuding the brilliance of "being a good teacher".
"It doesn't matter if you don't know. Come on, let me explain it to you. There are many great truths in it..." The young scholar opened his mouth, preparing to give a long speech.
"shut up!"
Nalan Yan really couldn't bear it. She clenched her fists and shouted with a dark face:
"Nalan Jie, Nalan Jie, are you still my biological brother?! Are you still my father's biological son?! Are you still a citizen of Daliao?!"
"..."
At this time, outside the door.
Thousand-faced Fox, who was lying on the crack of the door, was surprised. He stared at the young scholar carefully. This man was not Nalan Yan's pretty boy, but her biological brother?
Nalan Yan is the princess of the Liao Kingdom. Her father is the fourteenth son of the current Liao Emperor, King Hunxie.
If this young scholar is Nalan Yan's biological brother, wouldn't he be... Prince Hunxie? !
Thousand-faced Fox once worked as an undercover agent in the Liao Kingdom and learned about the situation of the Liao royal family. King Hunxie only has one son and one daughter. Since this young scholar is Nalan Yan's brother, he must be the eldest son of King Hunxie, Nalan Jie.
