The girl blew a whistle, and a group of rouge guards rushed out from both sides of the railing on the steps of Daxiangguo Temple.
The reason why they are called Rouge Guards is because all members are women.
Some of them were wearing Hu clothes, and some were wearing Song clothes, with knives on their waists and bows and arrows on their backs.
It can be seen that they are a guard that has been tempered on the battlefield.
"Tubo people?"
Kou Ji looked at their clothes and was slightly startled, then frowned.
The anxious look on his face gradually faded away, replaced by a look of confusion.
When he was at the gate of Daxiangguo Temple just now, the official of Honglu Temple said that all the people in Daxiangguo Temple were Liao people, and he sensed something was wrong.
When the envoys of the Liao Kingdom arrived in Bianjing City, they did not go to Honglu Temple to submit their credentials, and did not go to Duting Station to settle down first, but instead went to Daxiangguo Temple to offer incense. This is not normal.
Even if they had to come to Daxiangguo Temple to offer incense in order to pray for the prince of Liao Kingdom, they should be accompanied by the minister of Honglu Temple or the young minister of Honglu Temple, instead of just letting the officials of Honglu Temple blockade Daxiangguo Temple.
The portal of the temple.
It would be strange if there were no tricks here.
It was at that time that Kou Ji realized something was wrong, so he planned to force his way in to investigate.
After breaking into the Daxiangguo Temple and being stopped by the hunky Liao man, Kou Ji did not send the servants behind him to meet the enemy. Instead, he asked Liu Heng to test him, just to let Liu Heng defeat the battle.
Liu Heng secretly studied martial arts for many years and was praised by Cao Xu. Later, he was taught by Cao Xu and practiced martial arts diligently for half a year.
Liu Heng once boasted in front of Kou Ji, saying that he could fight Cao Xu for several rounds, which meant that his martial arts had made rapid progress in the past six months.
Although Cao Xu is an ordinary person, he has good martial arts skills.
He had followed Cao Wei in the western border for many years. He had fought numerous battles, large and small, and his martial arts had long been honed to a certain level.
Even if he can't compete with Yuyou, Yahu and others, he can still fight against ordinary Liao people, Tubo people, and Xixia people.
If Liu Heng could survive a few rounds in Cao Xu's hands, then even if he couldn't defeat the Liao man blocking his way, he could still be on par with him.
When Liu Heng entered the arena to fight against the Liao man, Kou Ji once reminded him that the Liao man was a head taller than him.
The original intention was not to remind Liu Heng to be careful, but to remind Liu Heng to be cautious.
Therefore, after Liu Heng fought with the Liao people for a long time, he gradually showed his decline.
Then Kou Ji sent Cao Yi into the field again to fight two against one.
It is almost a well-known fact that Liao people recognize heroes and value them.
Fighting two against one is obviously not the behavior of a hero.
The Liao people will inevitably get annoyed and call for more people to show up.
At that time, Kou Ji could use the Liao people who were fighting with Liu Heng and Cao Yi and the Liao people who came out to watch after hearing the noise to find out the purpose of their appearance in the Daxiangguo Temple.
What Kou Ji didn't expect was that his plan did not attract the Liao people, but the Tubo people.
The moment the Tubo people appeared, Kou Ji guessed what the Liao people were doing inside the Daxiangguo Temple.
There is no need to probe any further.
It was obvious that the Liao people had a private meeting with the Tubo people in the Daxiangguo Temple.
Kou Ji didn't know what the purpose of their private meeting was, and he needed to find out more.
But Kou Ji's purpose of entering Daxiangguo Temple has been achieved.
There is no need for him to continue acting.
Of course, acting is acting. After seeing Cao Yi injured just now, he really wanted to kill the Liao people, so he opened his mouth to call Mute Tiger.
When Cao Yi entered the scene, he didn't even know it was an act. He actually got serious with that Liao man.
If he was seriously injured by the Liao people, Kou Ji would not be able to answer to the Cao family.
Immediately, he shouted to Liu Heng, Cao Yi who were fighting, and the servants who had just fought with the Tubo Rouge Guards: "There is no need to hold back..."
Liu Heng was shocked when he heard this.
He said viciously to the girl who whipped him with a whip: "Wild girl, you dare to whip me? See how I deal with you."
When the girl's whip fell, Liu Heng rolled on the ground and rushed in front of the girl. Before the girl could take back the whip in her hand, Liu Heng kicked the girl's ankle.
The girl failed to stand firm and fell to the ground.
Liu Heng rushed to her side, picked up the whip that fell on the ground, and tied it twice around the girl's wrists.
Then, he lifted the girl's arm and shouted, "Get up!"
The girl was lifted up by him and carried on his shoulders. He took steps and walked towards Kou Ji.
As for Rouge Guard, who was rushing towards him while drinking coquettishly, he wasn't worried at all.
The servants in Cao and Liu's houses are enough to take care of them.
With the identities of Cao Yi and Liu Heng, how could the people around them be the kind of people who are powerless to restrain a chicken?
After Cao Ji heard Kou Ji's shouting, he decisively evacuated the battle circle and stepped aside.
The three servants of the Cao Mansion rushed forward in the shape of horns, attacking the Liao people from a pinch like an ox.
Within three rounds, the Liao man was knocked to the ground.
Liu Heng fluttered with his feet, and the shouting girl came to Kou Ji and said with a smile: "Fourth brother..."
Kou Ji looked at him and shook his head in confusion.
Liu Heng obviously just defeated the person, but he still insisted on carrying the person back. I don't know what he was thinking.
Kou Ji reminded in a low voice: "None of the women who can appear in the mission are simple characters. You must be careful and don't get into trouble."
Liu Heng chuckled.
Cao Yan pushed him to the side of the two of them, covering his wounds, and complained: "You two were acting, why didn't you remind me? I was bitten."
Liu Heng laughed and said: "That's why you are stupid...We people fight on weekdays, when have we ever done it ourselves? Are the people we brought with us just spectators? The fourth brother didn't let the servants go up first, so he had to let the two of us go up.
, you must have asked us to test the waters, and you actually took it seriously."
Cao Yi said with a complaining face: "It's not that I'm stupid, it's that you two have a good understanding..."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "You can't say this nonsense."
Cao Yan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "How will it end now? Not only did we break into the Daxiangguo Temple, but we also beat up people. If we make trouble in the court, we will not end well."
Kou Ji stared at the servants who were fighting fiercely and said calmly: "Why are you so anxious? The real master hasn't appeared yet."
Kou Ji just finished speaking.
A group of people came out of the Daxiong Hall of Daxiangguo Temple.
The leader was a young man wearing Liao clothing. He stared at the crowd of people fighting at the foot of the stairs and shouted, "Enough..."
Kou Ji saw him and heard his words. He smiled slightly and said, "Get everyone back."
The servants immediately broke away from the battle circle and evacuated behind Kou Ji.
Kou Ji waved to his servants and said, "You go back first."
After hearing this, all the servants quickly left the Daxiangguo Temple as if they had been granted amnesty.
When they took action just now, the reason why they hesitated was not because they were afraid of the Liao people.
They were afraid of getting into trouble with the Liao people in the future.
The three of them, Kou Ji, had high status and strong backgrounds. Even if they got into trouble with the Liao people, their lives would not be in danger.
But they are different.
If the imperial court really wanted to use human heads to appease the anger of the Liao people, the first thing they would take off would be their heads.
Kou Ji asked them to leave to protect them.
This was to prevent the matter from being brought to the court and implicating them when the court investigates.
After the servants retreated.
The young man from Liao standing on the stairs led a group of people down the stairs.
The Liao man who blocked the road got up from the ground, limped up to the young Liao man, and said angrily: "Your Highness, they bully the few with their numbers..."
The young man from Liao gave him a cold look and said solemnly: "If you lose, you lose. Don't make excuses."
The Liao people blocking the road lowered their heads in despair.
The young man from Liao stopped paying attention to him and slowly walked up to Kou Ji and the others.
The guards beside him all mobilized to surround the three of Kou Ji.
The young man from Liao stared at Kou Ji condescendingly and said coldly: "I have been on diplomatic missions to the Song Dynasty five or six times, and the Song people I met were all respectful to me. This is the first time I met a Song person who dared to provoke me.
wait.
Who gave you the courage?
Aren't you afraid that this move will provoke war between the two countries?"
Kou Ji looked at the young Liao man up and down and said calmly: "I'm not used to talking to people with my head raised, nor am I used to talking to a Liao man with my head raised."
After a pause, Kou Ji looked at him and said, "Are you the prince of Liao?"
The young man from Liao didn't say anything. The guard beside him said coldly: "Your Highness is my fourth prince of Liao..."
Hearing this, Kou Ji frowned and said hesitantly: "You're pretending..."
The young Liao man and the guards around him glared at Kou Ji with angry faces.
Kou Ji said seriously: "I remember that the eldest prince of the Liao Kingdom was born in the first year of Tianxi, and he is only three years old now... You, the fourth prince of the Liao Kingdom, no matter how you look at it, you are older than him. Are you not pretending?"
When the young man from Liao heard this, he stared at Kou Ji angrily and said in a deep voice, "Are you humiliating me?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said seriously: "I don't mean to humiliate you, I just have some doubts about your identity."
The young Liao man gritted his teeth and stared at Kou Ji without saying a word.
Someone spoke at this time.
"That's because his biological mother came from a humble background. Even though he was born more than ten years earlier than the eldest prince of Liao, he is still not qualified to become the eldest prince."
A young man wearing Song clothes slowly walked out from behind the Liao young man and said with a smile.
While looking at the newly arrived young man, Kou Ji suddenly realized, "It turns out that the Liao Kingdom also has direct concubines?"
"snort!"
The young man from Liao snorted coldly.
The young man wearing Song Dynasty clothes smiled and said: "I don't know whether there are legitimate concubines. I only know that his mother's surname is not Xiao, so he cannot become the eldest prince of Liao."
The young man from Liao turned around, glared at the young man wearing Song attire, and yelled, "Shut up!"
The young man in Song Dynasty clothes smiled calmly and said: "You are the prince of the Liao people, not the prince of the Tubo people. Why should I listen to you?"
Kou Ji listened to the conversation between the two and looked at them carefully.
The two of them had a private meeting at Daxiangguo Temple, and there must be some conspiracy.
Now, instead of having the intention to work together after the private meeting, the two are secretly tit for tat. It seems that they have not reached a consensus on their conspiracy.
The young man dressed in Song Dynasty clothes took two steps and walked up to Kou Ji. He cupped his hands and said, "An Ziluo, haven't you asked me for advice yet?"
When Kou Ji heard this name, he raised his eyebrows. He stared at the young man wearing Song Dynasty clothes with a surprised look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Qingtang General An Ziluo?"
An Ziluo smiled and shook his head and said: "In Qingtang, I was a general, but in the Song Dynasty, I was nothing."
Kou Ji thought about the meaning of An Ziluo's words, raised his hands to An Ziluo and said, "I'm here, Kou Ji."
An Ziluo, a young man from Liao, heard this and looked at Kou Ji at the same time.
An Ziluo said with a surprised look: "Are you Kou Ji?"
Kou Ji was stunned and asked: "Is there a problem?"
An Ziluo smiled and shook his head, "No problem... I also heard about your name in Qingtang. Rumor has it that you are the most filial person in the Song Dynasty."
When Kou Ji heard this, he laughed and said, "It's just a false name."
An Ziluo bowed his hand to Kou Ji again and said with a smile, "Can you let my sister go and let's find a place to sit down and talk slowly?"
Kou Ji was stunned and turned to look at Liu Heng.
Liu Heng quickly untied the whip from the girl and let her go.
The girl broke free from the restraints, stared at Liu Heng, and said fiercely: "Sooner or later, I will ask you to repay today's shame."
An Ziluo glared at the girl and scolded: "Don't mess around."
The girl glanced at An Ziluo aggrievedly and retreated behind him.
An Ziluo made an inviting gesture to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji nodded and prepared to leave with An Ziluo.
Before he could move, he heard the young man from Liao saying coldly: "The person who beat me wants to leave like this."
Kou Ji pretended to suddenly realize: "I forgot that you, the prince of the Liao Kingdom, are here. I beat your people, but your people also beat my people. Otherwise, we will treat it as even."
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The young man from Liao snorted coldly: "Even? You think so! I want the heads of three of you!"
When Kou Ji heard this, his face darkened, and he said quietly: "I'm afraid it won't be that easy if you want the heads of the three of us."
The young man from Liao snorted coldly: "As long as I bring today's matter to your Song court, your Song Emperor will naturally pick off your heads and deliver them to me."
Kou Ji stared at the young man from Liao and sneered: "You can bring this matter to the court and see if the officials will take my head off."
Hearing this, the young man from the Liao people stared at Kou Ji and said coldly: "You will pay the price for what you said today. Not only will I let your Song Dynasty court pick off your heads, I will also ask your Song Dynasty court to pay a tribute of one hundred thousand coins."
Make reparations.”
Kou Ji pointed to the location of the palace and said coldly: "The palace is right there, just go there."
"let's go!"
Kou Ji gave instructions to Liu Heng.
Liu Heng glared at the young Liao man and pushed Kou Ji out of the Daxiangguo Temple.
However, the young people from Liao did not stop him.
An Ziluo took his sister and his men and followed Kou Ji out of Daxiangguo Temple.