Time flies by like a fleeting moment.
Six days have passed since the day when Yan Dashan and Qian-faced Fox left for Liao Kingdom.
In the past few days, the turmoil that broke out in the states and counties of Daliang has finally been completely quelled, and the whole country seems to be calm on the surface.
But secretly, there are rapids surging, and a terrible crisis is brewing under the calm.
This day.
Within the territory of Liao Kingdom.
Somewhere in a barren mountain, in a natural cave.
It was August, and autumn was in full swing in the Central Plains, but the night in this northern land was already bitingly cold. A bonfire was swaying in the cave, and two squatting figures were reflected on the cave wall.
These two people are Yan Dashan and Qianmian Hu.
"The Liao Kingdom is about to be in chaos!" Yan Dashan held a wooden stick with a hare stuck on the end of the stick. The hare was roasted on the bonfire until it was golden and crispy, and the fragrance gradually spread throughout the cave.
"But we can't go back for the time being, and we can't convey the news." Thousand-faced Fox also roasted a game, which looked like a small leg of lamb.
"That's right. In just a few days, there have been frequent internal turmoils in the Liao Kingdom. The Emperor of Liao is probably very worried. It is normal for them to block the borders to prevent the news from leaking..."
"It's a pity that we were also blocked."
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The next day.
Beam.
Hebei Road.
Yingzhou.
At the marching camp in the north of Yingzhou City and the main tent of the Chinese army, Princess Lanling once again summoned the officials and generals under her command to continue studying the problem that had been struggling for several days——
When will Yan Dashan and Thousand Faced Fox succeed?
"Is there any news from the border?"
Li Youqing has asked this question countless times.
She was sitting upright in the handsome chair, her grace was still the same, but the worries and fatigue of the past few days made her look not very good, and even her voice had a sense of laziness in her voice.
A man who looked like a general said:
"Reporting to the princess, no news has been sent back from the various passes, but..."
"But what?"
"However, there is news that the Liao army stationed at the border has strengthened its vigilance and patrols. It seems that its troops are also mobilizing. It seems that... they are preparing to attack our border!"
"..."
After the general finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the big tent.
In the past few days, they had been hoping that Yan Dashan and the others would send back good news, and secondly, they were on guard against any unusual movements by the Liao army.
It's okay now, no news from Yan Dashan and the others has come.
Instead, I got news of the Liao army's sudden movements...
This is really... misfortunes never come singly.
Li Youqing quickly cheered up and ordered loudly: "Send orders to all passes to strengthen vigilance, closely monitor the movements of the Liao army, and report every hour!"
"Got the order!"
The general turned and went down to make arrangements.
Li Youqing picked up the teacup on the table, which contained strong tea. She had drank a lot in the past few days.
At this moment, Su Xian raised his eyes and took a look.
I saw Li Youqing leaning towards the tea cup to drink tea, looking very lazy, mixed with elegance, dignity and nobility, with creamy skin, alluring appearance, noble and elegant makeup, deep phoenix eyes, and crisp hands like snow jade , the little finger also has an orchid finger... This scene looks very charming.
That is a kind of breathtaking beauty!
Although the current situation was not good and Su Xian felt quite worried, she was so beautiful. Her movements, appearance, and temperament were like art treasures, rarely seen in the world. Su Xian stared at her slightly in trance.
Li Youqing immediately noticed the strange gaze, and while drinking tea, he rolled his eyes with a hint of warning.
By the way, thankfully the person who was looking at her so unscrupulously was Su Xian. If it had been any other man, he would have been beheaded long ago...
Su Xian withdrew his gaze and secretly said "Ashamed".
In fact, it's not that he can't understand the importance, it's just that he is a person. When the pressure doubles, his thoughts on a certain aspect will increase exponentially.
Su Xian couldn't figure it out himself. In the end, he probably thought that it was because that thing could temporarily divert his attention and relieve his tense nerves.
This involves the "reward and punishment mechanism" in the human brain, a purely chemical reaction that cannot be controlled by human subjective consciousness.
For example, if someone does something good and is praised, the feeling of being praised makes him feel good, which is equivalent to a "reward", so he will take the initiative to do good things in pursuit of this feeling.
Another example is that a person is scalded by boiling water and it hurts. This is equivalent to "punishment", so the person will never take the initiative to touch the boiling water again.
It's just that the "reward and punishment mechanism" used by Su Xian to relieve nervous tension... Well, he admitted that he was just lustful and had no great immunity to beauty.
Reluctantly drawing a bottom line also requires repeated reminders.
In the past few days, he did not play the flute with Liu Huixiang every night, but it was almost the same, resulting in dark circles under his eyes.
Seeing this, Princess Lanling thought he was worried about the situation in Daliang, so she comforted him softly... This made Su Xian feel very embarrassed and ashamed.
Although he set a bottom line for himself "not to continue having an affair with Princess Lanling".
But occasionally taking a look and appreciating beautiful things should not be considered as touching the bottom line, he comforted himself in his heart.
Li Youqing put down the teacup, looked at Su Xian and asked, "Is there any news about Su Xianyi?"
Su Xian knew in his heart that what Li Youqing wanted to ask was: "Have the internal guards found any information?"
Li Youqing knew that the poisonous lady had been following Su Xian, so she asked.
Su Xian shook his head and said: "Reporting to the princess, there is no news from the official."
Almost all the internal guards in Hebei Province were wiped out by spies sent by the Liao Kingdom, not to mention the internal guards sent to the Liao Kingdom in the past have long been gone.
The poisonous lady sent a few men to sneak into the Liao Kingdom, but no news came back, and it was like nothing happened.
Li Youqing frowned slightly and subconsciously reached for the teacup. Suddenly remembering that she had just drank, she withdrew her hand, raised her eyes and looked at Wang Sima and asked:
"Is there any news about Wang Sima? By the way, has Nalanxiong, the crown prince of Nantu Prince, been unusual recently?"
Wang Sima, with gray hair and beard, stepped out to pay homage: "Replying to the princess, I have not received any news from my subordinates. As for Prince Nan Tu... something has happened."
Li Youqing frowned again and asked, "What's the situation?"
Wang Sima frowned and said: "Prince Nantu... took the initiative to find the subordinates and wanted to continue the previous negotiations."
"this……"
Li Youqing was startled when he heard this. Doesn't this seem like a bad thing? However, she was considered thoughtful, and she always felt that the matter was not that simple.
However, other subordinate officials, such as Wang You, and the generals in the big tent, are not as meticulous.
They were immediately overjoyed, clapped their hands and laughed and said:
"Good news, good news, this is the only good news in the past few days... Prince Nantu has taken the initiative to ask for a continuation of the negotiations, which may alleviate our problem of food shortage in Hebei Province."
Su Xian immediately poured cold water on them and sneered: "Nalanxiong took the initiative to come to the door. It may not be a good thing. There must be an ulterior motive."
He really didn't believe it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have turned around and left when Nalanxiong's arena was demolished a few days ago.
No matter how much negotiation is done, it is useless until there is no result in the overall situation!
Wang You and other officials' expressions froze. If they had not taken into account the celebrities around Princess Su Xiannai, they would have started to complain.
Wang Sima glanced at Su Xian appreciatively and said in a deep voice:
"What Su Consultation said is right...Nalanxiong said that not only was the ransom of five dan of grain per prisoner not acceptable, but the ransom of one dan of grain per prisoner discussed later was not acceptable either!"
"Instead, they asked me, Daliang, to compensate them with five stones of food for each of their captives, and to escort them back to the Liao Kingdom. Otherwise... they would send troops to take care of the 30,000 captives!" (To be continued)
