Unofficial History of Song and Liao Heroes

Sure enough, after hearing what Yelu Dashi said, all the Khitan people around looked at the assassin angrily, and cursed at him one after another. The two guards who were holding the assassin, each exerted strength on their arms, and the assassin was immediately twisted by them, and his shoulders ached. , screamed.Seeing this, Yelu Dashi smiled slightly, and did not stop his subordinates from venting their anger, and said to the assassin:

"Look! My warriors are still very restrained. If I throw you into the barracks, the soldiers will know that you are here to assassinate me and Concubine Xiao De. I am afraid that you will be cut to pieces in the blink of an eye. Yes... But, I can give you a way out! Confess! What's your name? Who are the accomplices? Why did you assassinate me and Concubine Xiao De?!"

The assassin snorted coldly when he heard the words, and said sarcastically:

"Give me a way to survive? Should I be a slave forever? Or be imprisoned by you and live on?"

Yelu Dashi was not annoyed when he heard the words. He stood up, stroked the jade cup in his hand, and a kind of demeanor of life and death diffused invisible, making Ran Qianxue's eyes shine brightly.Yelu Dashi noticed that Ran Qianxue paid him special attention, and didn't care, he just smiled at her to signal, and continued to pay attention to the assassin in front of him, Ran Qianxue blushed with shame when he smiled back, but he didn't see it.Yelu Dashi said to the assassin without hesitation:

"If it was the Yelu Dashi in the past, it might have deceived you. But since the fall of Xijin Mansion in Nanjing, I know that the Yelu Dashi and the Daliao Kingdom in the past could not resist the Dajin Kingdom. If the Daliao Kingdom wants to continue to exist in the world, it needs a new one. Yelu Dashi even needs a brand-new Daliao Kingdom, not the Daliao Kingdom copied by Emperor Tianxi. I, Yelu Dashi, will follow in the footsteps of ancient and modern heroes, keep words and deeds. So, you are very lucky, I’m about to witness a Yelu Dashi in the Daliao Kingdom that can’t be chased after a word is said. My first promise is that you can choose your own life and death: confess, I let you go, and you still have the chance to come back and assassinate me , even if you really deserve to die, I promise to let you go and start chasing you tomorrow. Or, you and your secret, go to hell together, and I will show your dead body to the public for three days, and offer a reward to whoever can recognize it You come. At that time, I may still be able to know your secret. I will give you time to think about it, and the time will come... this banquet is over!"

After finishing speaking, Yelu Dashi turned around and invited everyone to sit down again, and continued to drink and talk happily. Ran Nanyuan and the others were actually not in the mood to eat anymore, and they were almost finished, so they wanted to leave.Seeing that everyone was about to leave and the banquet was about to end, the assassin was a little dumbfounded.He originally thought that Yelu Dashi and Ran Nanyuan had a very happy conversation, and the banquet would continue for at least half an hour.Unexpectedly, as soon as the host and guest were seated, after a round of drinks, Ran Nanyuan offered to leave, and Yelu Dashi kept a word, and they made an appointment to meet again later and see off the guests.

Originally, the assassin wanted to take advantage of Yelu Dashi to continue the banquet and find a way to escape.Seeing that Yelu Dashi wanted to see off the guest, the guards fought the assassin and let Yelu Dashi out of the way, as if he was about to execute him, they immediately messed up the assassin's position, he panicked and shouted loudly:

"Wait... wait a minute! I'll tell you who I am, you have to keep your promise!"

When he called out like this, everyone stopped, and saw that the assassin no longer had the toughness before, and said with a mournful face: "My name is Li Shuang, my father Li Chuwen, my brother Li Shi... woo..."

The assassin started crying after waving, which made Ran Nanyuan and the others quite speechless.This assassin simply shamed his profession. Throughout the ages, it was only heard that Qin Wuyang, who followed Jing Ke's assassination of Qin, was so ineffective. Jing Ke has to smooth things over for him.If it weren't for Qin Wuyang's delay, Jing Ke's assassination of Qin might have succeeded.It seems that there is also a wonderful Yurang, because his patriarch Zhibo had a grudge against Zhao Sangzi, he was defeated and killed, his skull was made into lacquerware to catch urine, he failed to assassinate Zhao Sangzi twice, and asked Zhao Sangzi to take off his clothes and borrow money. He killed Zhao Sangzi by stabbing his clothes right, and committed suicide after venting his anger.

It seems that there are not no strange assassins, but they just cried out by themselves, and they have never heard of them.So when the assassin in front of him cried, Ran Nanyuan and the others were a little stunned, and the naughty Ran Qianxue almost held back her laughter.But Yelu Dashi was not surprised at all, his complexion darkened, and he sighed:

"It turns out that it's brother Wen's second son, so I can't blame you."

Seeing Ran Nanyuan and the others' puzzled faces, Yelu Dashi told them about Li Chuwen.It turned out that after the death of Emperor Yeluchun of Tianxi in the Daliao Kingdom, Concubine Xiao De was revered as the queen mother, and Yeluding, the son of Emperor Tianzuo, was established as the emperor of the Daliao Kingdom.At that time, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty approached Xijin Mansion in Nanjing. Li Chuwen wanted to kidnap Concubine Xiao De and return to the Song Dynasty, but was killed. His son Li Shi was also executed as an official.At this time, Ran Nanyuan didn't understand that this assassin was Li Shuang, the second son of Li Chuwen's family. No wonder this assassin looked fair and clean, like a rich man.

"Second Young Master Li, you are a foolish official, and you used to embezzle money and collect money, but the crime is not culpable. As for kidnapping Concubine Xiao De and returning to the Song Dynasty, it seems that it may not be a bad thing for the Daliao Kingdom, and maybe it will be possible in the future The Song Dynasty left behind the inheritance of the Daliao Kingdom. It was also forced by the situation to rush to power and kill the lord and the noble brother in a hurry. Forget it! What happened today is wiped out! From then on, you and I will forget each other in the Jianghu. Let's stand in front of me, Yelu Dashi, and face each other with swords and swords! Come, send Second Young Master Li out of the camp, give him a fine horse, and let him go!"

Yelu Dashi waved his hand, and his guards took the disbelieving Second Young Master Li out, and Second Young Master Li shouted in protest from afar outside the tent:

"Yelu Dashi! You wait! I will come back sooner or later to recover the blood debt you owe to my Li family! Just wait!..."

Hearing the arrogant shout of the Second Young Master Li, the corners of Ran Nanyuan's mouth twitched, while Hong Shaoyao rolled her eyes and whispered:

"It's because I think I didn't die early enough! It's better to be tough and act like a hero just now."

Seeing that Yelu Dashi finished handling the assassin's matter, Ran Nanyuan left again, Yelu Dashi naturally agreed, but he also offered to thank Dugu Xiaoqiu for quenching and forging Qinghong sword.Dugu Xiaoqiu also grew up in the Northland for a long time, so he naturally knew that quenching and forging can make the scars on the Qinghong sword disappear, and can also improve the sharpness and toughness of the Qinghong sword, so he naturally agreed.Yelu Dashi asked his subordinates to take the Qinghong sword in Dugu Xiaoqiu's hand to quench it, and he took off the saber at his waist and gave it to Dugu Xiaoqiu for temporary use.Dugu Xiaoqiu naturally refused to accept it, but Yelu Dashi was determined to give it, and was in a stalemate, when a loud shout came from outside the tent, interrupting the two of them:

"Yelu Dashi! Why did you let go of the assassin who wanted to kill Empress Dowager Xiao?!"

Yelu Dashi was very familiar with the man's voice, which was powerful and powerful. His heart moved, and he replied loudly:

"Has Prince Xi come down? Please come in quickly!"

Then hurriedly said to Ran Nanyuan and the others:

"The visitor is Xi Wang Xiaoqian of our Great Liao Kingdom. Please come to my side and leave him the seat of honor. Let's see how I arrange things later."

As soon as Yelu Dashi finished speaking, the tent curtain was lifted by the guards, all the guards knelt down on one knee, Yelu Dashi and the people behind him put their hands on their chests, bowed and said:

"Congratulations to His Highness King Xi! Congratulations to Empress Dowager Xiao!"

Afterwards, Yelu Dashi looked at the person gently, and explained without being overbearing:

"In the barracks, there is no big ceremony. Please forgive me by Empress Dowager Xiao and King Xi!"

The first person to enter the tent was a rich and beautiful middle-aged woman wearing a phoenix crown and phoenix robe, presumably it was Empress Dowager Xiao, also known as Concubine Xiao De.It wasn't just Empress Dowager Xiao who came, but a man with gray beard and hair, leopard eyes and ring eyes, who was wearing a unicorn armor embroidered with gold silk, seemed to be King Xi Xiaoqian.Afterwards, a few more people entered the account, all of them were dressed luxuriously, and it seemed that they were all dignitaries of the Daliao Kingdom.Empress Dowager Xiao saw that Yelu Dashi didn't kneel down to greet him, and the people behind him didn't kneel down, her complexion darkened immediately, she snorted coldly, but she didn't say much, she just took the chair on the table.Xi Wang Xiaoqian stood still and asked directly:

"Yelu Dashi, it's fine if you don't kneel down to meet Empress Dowager Xiao, why don't the people behind you kneel down?"

Yelu Dashi's complexion remained unchanged, but the smile on his face withdrew, which immediately made everyone in the field feel solemn.He said slowly:

"Now that our Daliao is suffering from domestic and foreign troubles, these friends are willing to come to Daliao to help us. If you are so kind, you still have to bow down to me. It will only make the heroes of the world feel alienated, and our Daliao will be completely hopeless. .”

"You!" Xi Wang Xiaoqian choked when he heard the words, and was so choked by him that he didn't know what to say, so he stopped entangled in the topic of etiquette, "Okay, you literati are very talkative, I can't beat you! You Yelu Dashi fights It’s also powerful, and I admire it. It’s the benevolence of the old lady, I killed the brat just now, what use is it for you to keep these evils?”

"Forget it! To make His Royal Highness Xi happy, it is worthwhile for him to come to our camp. But His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness Xi Wang and your colleagues will not come to me just for this insignificant little person. What is the important thing? Also please do not hesitate to enlighten me!"

Yelu Dashi was still lukewarm, and he didn't have any feelings for Li Chuwen's second son.He knew that the rich and powerful gathered in Fengshanzhai today must be for the purpose of where to go. Xi Wang Xiaoqian always wanted to go back to his Xi Wangfu, Xiao Defei and the others wanted to stay away and did not want to respond to the state to find Emperor Tianzuo of.What he wanted was to gather all the forces of the Great Liao Kingdom to fight against the Great Jin Kingdom and the Great Song Kingdom together, so he would inevitably have a round with Emperor Tianzuo.

"Let's discuss the military and state affairs of the Daliao Kingdom, and keep these outsiders present, is it really good?"

Xi Wang Xiaoqian squinted his eyes and looked at Ran Nanyuan and the others with distrust.