Baishui City is located in the northernmost city gate of the Northern Han Dynasty. It is getting late at this time, and night begins to shroud this remote city gate. There are few pedestrians on the streets of Baishui City. In a group of bungalows located in the east of Baishui City, there is an opposite
Ling Tianyun and Guo Jian were in the dilapidated bungalow.
The candlelight in the house was not bright. Ling Tianyun turned his eyes to the woman in black and looked at the other three men in black. The other three men in black were tall and muscular, with square faces and thick eyebrows.
Big eyes, a pair of piercing eyes. One of them is slightly older, almost thirty years old, while the other two are relatively younger, seem to be in their early twenties. These three men do not have very outstanding features, Ling
Tiantian knows that these three people are not from the Northern Han Dynasty, but should be from the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture in the northeast of the Northern Han Dynasty.
When Guo Jian saw the four people standing up, he waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down. After the four people sat down, Guo Jian pulled Ling Tianyun beside him and said to the four people: "Let me introduce to you.
This is my good brother Ling Tianyun, the son of the general of the border army guarding Baishui City."
"Long time, long time," the four people did not stand up after hearing Guo Jian's introduction. They just sat on their seats and clasped their fists and said hello coldly. The woman seemed to be more interested in Ling Tianyun. After listening to Guo Jian's introduction,
A pair of beautiful eyes kept wandering around Ling Tianyun's body. The other three men obviously didn't care much about Ling Tianyun, and after saying hello to him with clasped fists, they immediately turned away and turned to Guo Jian.
Ling Tianyun seemed a little flustered by this. He didn't expect that Guo Jian would pull him forward and introduce the four people. Although the reactions of the four people were within his expectations, he also didn't expect that the woman's eyes would still stay there.
It made him nervous for a while, and his face suddenly turned red. In his memory, he had never been stared at by a woman like that, and he had never felt so nervous when interacting with Duo'er before.
When the woman saw Ling Tianyun showing such embarrassment, she couldn't help but burst into laughter. Although the silver bell-like laughter was small, it made people feel comfortable. The woman joked and said: "We are still guarding the city."
The son of a military general, I didn't expect to be so shy." The other three men found this interesting, and their eyes shifted to Ling Tianyun at the same time. After hearing the woman's words, Ling Tianyun felt awkward and suddenly felt embarrassed and speechless.
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"Okay, black lady, you won't make fun of my little brother," Guo Jian said when he saw this.
"It turns out that woman's name is Black Lady, what a strange name," Ling Tianyun thought to himself.
Guo Jian looked solemn at this time and said in a deep voice: "This trip to ask you to come is related to our plan. Maybe our plan has to be advanced. Someone has set up a conspiracy to target the border guard General Ling, who is my brother.
Father, do you all know what happened this afternoon?"
Ling Tianyun's expression suddenly changed after hearing Guo Jian's words. Sure enough, it turned out that all this was really a conspiracy, but how did Guo Jian and the others know about it? What were the identities of Guo Jian and these men in black? All kinds of questions began.
It appeared in his mind that this matter was not trivial. Why did Guo Jian not let him go back to the general's mansion to report his father first, but instead brought him to this place. At this time, Ling Tianyun felt that he was impatient and uneasy. He looked at Guo Jian.
Jian, I want to ask all the questions.
Guo Jian seemed to see the uneasiness in Ling Tianyun's heart. He reached out and patted Ling Tianyun on the shoulder and said: "Brother Yun, if you have anything to ask, I will explain it to you later. It's just that the matter is urgent now. I'll discuss it with others first."
Come up with a countermeasure, don't worry, your father will be fine. You can listen to our discussion first, after all, you are not an outsider."
Ling Tianyun did not calm down because of Guo Jian's meeting, but for Guo Jian's sake, he couldn't ask any more questions. At this time, he was very anxious and had too many questions. But he felt that he was listening to Guo Jian here.
Is Jian's discussion really appropriate? His thoughts had already flown to the General's Mansion. Ling Tianyun was not listening to what Guo Jian and the others were discussing at all.
Ling Tianyun walked away from Guo Jian. There was a small round wooden table in the outer corner of the house. There was a teapot on the small wooden round table. The teapot was very old and the spout had been cracked. There were still many years of accumulation on the spout.
The tea juice that came down was stained with dirt. When Ling Tianyun reached for the teapot and wanted to pour himself a cup, he was stunned.
I saw a letter under the teapot, which had been opened. At first, because the candlelight was relatively dim, Ling Tianyun did not notice the letter. He moved the teapot to the side of the wooden table, turned to look at Guo Jian and the others, and saw that they were
They were discussing things and didn't pay attention to any of Ling Tianyun's actions.
Ling Tianyun only saw the six words written on the cover of the letter: "Brother Guo's sincerity". The handwriting was vigorous and powerful, like a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing, but the handwriting gave him a familiar feeling. Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and looked at that
I was shocked by these words. They were the handwriting of my heavenly father Ling Duozhi. I didn’t know Guo Cunyi and Ling Tianyun had never heard his father mention it. It was another question. Ling Tianyun felt that too many strange things had happened today.
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Ling Tianyun forcibly suppressed those questions in his heart. He felt that Guo Jian should explain everything. He could only wait with peace of mind, waiting for Guo Jian and the others to finish their discussion and then explain everything.
When Ling Tianyun drank all the tea in the teapot, Guo Jian and the others had finished the meeting. Guo Jian raised a chair and walked towards Ling Tianyun, while the other four walked out of the room one after another. The woman suddenly turned her head when she was leaving.
He gave Ling Tianyun an ambiguous smile, which made Ling Tianyun put down the inexplicable nervousness and raise it again.
"Did you read that letter?" Guo Jian put the chair opposite Ling Tianyun and asked.
Ling Tianyun shook his head and said, "That letter was written by my father. What exactly happened today?"
Guo Jian pondered for a while and said: "There are some things that my father would not let you know originally, because they involve too many aspects, but the accident happened today, so I have to let you know part of it first."
"Are you referring to the duel between me and the Khitans, or the Khitans being killed?" Ling Tianyun asked.
"This is just one thing to you, but according to the intelligence we received, the Khitan people were killed as an accident."
Ling Tianyun's eyes narrowed slightly and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Guo, what is your true identity?"
Guo Jian smiled. He did not answer Ling Tianyun's question. He stood up and picked up the letter on the table. He turned to look at Ling Tianyun and said: "You don't need to know my identity for the time being. When the time comes, I will
I will tell you. If you have questions that I can answer, I will definitely answer them for you."
"Since Brother Guo said so, I won't force you to know what happened today."
"Actually, the thing is very simple. The real purpose of the three Khitans who came to find you was to kill you. It was originally a conspiracy against you and your father, but why did the three Khitans take him back later and were arrested again?
Kill, I won’t explain this to you,” Guo Jian replied.
"I understand," Ling Tianyun said in a deep voice. No wonder he was destined to die. Why did the three Khitan people not take action later? Even Guo Jian couldn't explain this.
"Otherwise, this is a conspiracy," Guo Jian said in a deep voice.
"A plan within a plan?" Ling Tianyun asked, "How to use a plan within a plan?"
"You should understand very well, what will your father do if you are killed by the Khitans?" Guo Jian asked Ling Tianyun again.
Ling Tianyun lowered his head and thought for a while, yes, what would his father do if he died? According to his father's temperament, he would be furious and immediately lead his troops northward. The consequences would be disastrous. What about the 30,000 to 20,000 soldiers guarding the city border?
It is the opponent of the Khitan people, and the outcome is that all the border city defenders will be destroyed, and Baishui City will fall into the hands of the Khitan people after another dangerous pass after Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.
Ling Tianyun raised his head and asked Guo Jian: "Why did they choose this time? Although there were some minor frictions in the past, why did they take action after two or three years of calm during this season of alliance between the two countries?"
"So this is a plan. According to our intelligence, the person who designed this conspiracy is the third prince of Khitan, Yelu Zongheng."
"The third prince of Khitan, Yelu Zongheng," Ling Tianyun muttered when he heard this name, and his eyes suddenly shone with light.