"It doesn't matter if you don't come, I always have ulterior motives every time I come. What happened today is not a bad thing. If Niu Youdao really did it, he obviously wanted to use the Song State to pressure the Yan State." The elder touched his beard and talked, and then
He thought about it and clicked his tongue: "I don't know if it was because of the last time he killed Yan Envoy. After that time, he and Shang Chaozong seemed to have kept a certain distance from each other in public. Everyone knows that he and Shang Chaozong are in the same group.
But the distance between the two sides prevented Yan Ting from saying anything, and it was difficult to pin the responsibility for Yan's death on the Shang Dynasty clan."
Situ Yao nodded silently, as if that was the case, but now was not the time to care about this, "Inform the Liufang Pavilion and don't stop them. If they are willing to fight you to the death, let them fight."
"Okay!" The elder nodded in agreement and left quickly to inform.
However, the envoys from the Song State and the Yan State were only very noisy, and even if they were given a chance, they both restrained themselves very much.
In addition, Zhao Sen, who turned back midway, blocked the fight, making it impossible to fight.
When the matter reached this point, the diplomatic missions of the two countries involved were not in a hurry to leave. They both sent news back and waited for clear instructions from their respective courts.
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In the Yingwu Hall of the Governor's Office of Nanzhou, a military center, military generals come and go from time to time. A storm is coming, and troops and horses in Nanzhou are being mobilized frequently and various deployments are being made.
"Your Majesty, news from Jinzhou." Lan Ruoting shouted happily after entering the Yingwu Hall.
In front of the map, Meng Shanming and Shang Chaozong turned back together. Instead of welcoming Lan Ruoting's joy, they both looked behind Lan Ruoting.
Lan Ruoting, who was holding the secret letter in his hand, froze. He seemed to realize something and turned around slowly. He saw Huang Lie, the leader of Dachan Mountain, standing in front of another wall with his hands behind his back, looking at another map on the wall.
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The storm was about to come, and the Yan Kingdom's war against Nanzhou was about to break out. The senior officials of Dachan Mountain could not stay in the sect, so they collectively moved to Fucheng.
Lan Ruoting naturally knew this, but he didn't expect that Huang Lie was also in the Yingwu Hall, and huddled aside without saying a word, which prevented him from noticing for a while that he had let it slip.
The temporary silence in the room made Huang Lie slowly look back, turned around slowly, and said with a smile: "Is there any secret that I should not listen to? Do you want me to get out?"
The wheelchair turned around, Meng Shanming said with a smile: "The emperor's head is too worried, it's nothing."
Lan Ruoting reacted immediately and breathed a sigh of relief: "I was shocked. I thought there was something hidden behind me. It turned out to be the emperor's head."
Meng Shanming smiled: "There are no secrets in Nanzhou that the emperor's head cannot know. Xiao Lan, show them to the emperor's head first." He raised his chin and signaled Lan Ruoting to give the secret message to him.
Looking at Lan Ruoting's look, he guessed that it must be some good news. For Nanzhou at this time, the good news that Lan Ruoting was so happy must also be good news for Dachan Mountain.
He also reacted quickly and responded quickly.
Seeing Meng Shan Mingdu say this, Shang Chaozong also nodded slightly.
Lan Ruoting was about to step forward and hand over the secret letter. Huang Lie laughed and waved his hand: "I just said it casually. I have no other meaning. It doesn't matter if I read it first. Maybe it's a military emergency, so Mr. Lan should give it first."
Prince and Commander Meng, please watch and don’t delay the business. I don’t know anything about war, so I can just watch."
He also showed his generosity, so as not to say that he was arrogant when he first came to Da Chan Mountain. After all, Da Chan Mountain did not support this place single-handedly, and there was still a bit of ambiguity between them. Plus Niu Youdao's thorny head was sandwiched between them.
It's better to be respectful so as not to make everyone look ugly.
Lan Ruoting is in a dilemma.
Meng Shanming didn't show any pretense, he turned the wheel with his own hands and came over. Shang Chaozong also followed. Lan Ruoting handed the letter to Shang Chaozong first.
Huang Lie is actually very concerned about the content of the secret letter. What is the content that can make Lan Ruoting lose his temper?
He was muttering in his heart, but pretending to be relaxed and calm on the outside, he turned around and looked at the map on the wall.
After reading the letter, Shang Chaozong was suddenly surprised and said, "Song envoy Tu Huaiyu was assassinated in Jinzhou. The murderer was the Yan envoy!"
"..." Huang Lie's eyelids twitched and he could no longer calm down. He turned around suddenly and walked quickly to a few people.
This news also made Meng Shanming anxious. He quickly received the letter, read it, stroked his beard and pondered.
"Shuai Meng!" Huang Lie tried to stretch out his hand.
"Oh, Master Huang, please take a look." Meng Shanming reacted and immediately handed over the secret letter with both hands.
Huang Lie shook his sleeves seriously and extended his hands to receive the letter to show respect for Meng Shanming.
After reading the letter, he was twice surprised. One was about the assassination, and the other was that the letter was news from Niu Youdao.
He immediately asked: "Niu Youdao is in Jinzhou?"
He repeatedly sent messages to Niu Youdao, but Niu Youdao ignored him. In addition, Dachanshan had just moved to Nanzhou, and the internal layout of Nanzhou had not yet been fully implemented. How could he have the energy to take care of the outside world? He was temporarily in Jinzhou.
Bian didn't have any ears and eyes, so he didn't know anything about Niu Youdao's stay in Jinzhou.
Lan Ruoting said: "Looking at the date on the letter and the time of the incident, it is very likely that Mr. Dao himself is in Jinzhou."
After seeing the contents of the letter, I knew I couldn't hide it anymore, so I had no choice but to go with the flow.
He regretted that he was overjoyed and didn't notice that there was a living person next to him when he came in. He didn't know if his negligence might have missed Niu Youdao.
In fact, we here have long known that Niu Youdao is in Jinzhou, but the people in Dachan Mountain have been asking about Niu Youdao's whereabouts. Seeing that Niu Youdao didn't tell Dachan Mountain, we thought there might be some reason, so naturally he was there.
Pretend to be confused and pretend not to know.
What did Niu Youdao say? The whereabouts of that person were never revealed to the outside world easily. Shenlong saw the beginning but not the end. He did not return to Qingshan County after leaving Fucheng last time, and he did not know where he went.
That's not what Huang Lie cares about now. It's not like he doesn't know that these people are smart people. If they don't tell them, there's no point in exposing them. The situation in Nanzhou is like this. It's better to turn a blind eye to some things.
Close one eye and pretend to be confused.
He glanced at the three of them and asked: "If the envoy of Yan kills the envoy of Song, will it be possible to provoke a dispute between Song and Yan? Will the imperial court give up the attack on Nanzhou if it is under pressure?"
Shang Chaozong: "Theoretically, this is true, but the premise is the attitude of the Song Dynasty."
Huang Lie looked at the content of the letter and said, "Why do I feel wrong that the envoy of Yan killed the envoy of Song at this time?" He looked up at a few more people and asked, "Niu Youdao seemed to have killed the envoy of Yan last time, right? Others are here
Jinzhou, could he have killed this Song envoy?"
Meng Shanming waved his hand and said hehe: "The letter stated that it was envoy Yan who killed envoy Song. No matter how powerful the Taoist master was, envoy Yan would not listen to him and kill envoy Song. Master Huang, we have some words ourselves.
It's okay for people to talk in private, but it's not good to talk nonsense outside."
Huang Lie nodded, "This is natural."
After a discussion between the two parties, Huang Lie was no longer in the mood to stay here. Such a big thing happened. First, he had to discuss it with the senior officials in the sect, and secondly, he had to send someone to verify the situation.
After leaving the Yingwu Hall, his doubts about Niu Youdao were still in his heart, and his face clearly showed suspicion and worry.
The reason for suspicion is not only what he just said, but the key point is Niu Youdao's attitude. Niu Youdao was too calm before, as if he knew something was going to happen.
If the man behind the scenes is really that guy, let's not say how he did it. With his courage alone, he killed a Yan envoy before and now a Song envoy. He has a toothache just thinking about it. It would have been him Dazenshan instead.
Even with that kind of ability, I wouldn’t dare to do such a thing easily.
What he is worried about now is that how can an envoy of a country be assassinated so easily? This is not a situation where Niu Youdao goes back to kill the Yan envoy, this is a direct interception on the way! Song Guoguo will not suspect that he is a great Zen
Shan mobilized manpower to do it, Dachanshan took over Nanzhou, and Yan Ting threatened Nanzhou. Dachanshan had every reason to do this, and it would be difficult not to make people suspicious.
But he didn't know exactly what happened. If he didn't know the process, he would have no evidence to clear himself up.
He had a vague feeling that Dachan Mountain seemed to be dragged down by Niu Youdao, but he couldn't figure it out. He didn't know how Song Guoguo would deal with Dachan Mountain in the future!
He has not been dealing with Niu Youdao for a long time, and he is not used to Niu Youdao's style of doing things in a foggy manner and not easily revealing his trump cards to others. Maybe it will be better if he gets used to it.
In the Yingwu Hall, Shang, Meng and Lan also looked at each other.
Shang Chaozong asked in a low voice, "Could the Song envoy be the killer of Taoist Master?"
Lan Ruoting: "Gao Shaoming is still somewhat capable. He should be able to throw away any humiliation at this time. He should not be so confused. It seems a bit unreasonable to kill the Song envoy out of impulse. I am afraid that he is somehow involved with the Taoist master."
Meng Shanming reminded, "He went to Jinzhou to take charge of the situation just to resolve this crisis."
After waking up the dreamer, Shang Chaozong looked back at the map of the Seven Kingdoms on the wall and muttered to himself: "Another one has been killed!"
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In Qingshan County, Xia Hua and Zheng Jiuxiao were walking in the mountains when a figure came to join them, it was Fei Changliu.
"What's the matter?" Fei Changliu asked as he came down.
"Read it for yourself." Zheng Jiuxiao showed the letter in his hand to Fei Changliu, who had just seen it from Xia Hua's hand.
After staying here for so long, the three factions will not completely ignore the surrounding environment where they live. It is inevitable that there are some eyes and ears in Jinzhou. Xiahua has already received the news of the assassination of Ambassador Song.
Fei Changliu was speechless after looking at them. He looked at the two of them and tried to ask: "Another envoy from Jinzhou died. How could Yan State do such a thing at this time? It couldn't have been done by the person in the villa.
Bar?"
The other two turned to look at the Thatched Cottage and said almost in unison: "It's hard to say."
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"Yin'er, isn't your stomach full?"
Next to the waterside pavilion, I saw Yin'er holding a food box and sitting on the railing, eating. Shang Shuqing, who approached, couldn't help but ask, with a worried look on her face, worried about Yin'er's stomach.
Whenever I see this person, he is eating all day long. He eats and sleeps all day long. The monks in Nanshan Temple even arranged for people to take turns preparing food for him.
Yin'er looked at her, smiled, shook his head, and handed the cake he had eaten to Shang Shuqing, "Here you go!"
Shang Shuqing felt embarrassed and waved her hands, "I'm not hungry."
So Yin'er continued to nibble, looking at Shang Shuqing while eating, and smiled back from time to time.
It was a very strange phenomenon that Yuan Gang and others noticed. Yin'er had an unusually favorable impression of Shang Shuqing from the first time he saw her. She stared at Shang Shuqing's ugly face for a long time.
, suddenly laughed, and in the future he would laugh when he saw Shang Shuqing, and would even take the initiative to run to Shang Shuqing to talk to Shang Shuqing.
Even if Yuan Gang wants to greet this demon king, he has to use Niu Youdao to make excuses to force him to listen to his greeting.
But the strange thing is that after getting to know Shang Shuqing, Yin'er actually listens to what Shang Shuqing says.
After observing, Yuan Gang vaguely wondered about something, and wondered if it was because Shang Shuqing's face looked a bit like a butterfly Rakshasa that he had won the favor of the demon king.