At that time, Zhang Dun was also in a cold sweat.
If Cao Bin failed to escape, and died together with Li Tang, then no one in their entire mission could survive.
After all, even the chief and deputy envoys of the Song Dynasty were killed, so it was impossible for Xixia to keep such small roles as them.
Zhang Dun shook his head and said:
"Since my uncle used the elixir to scare Yuan Hao, I'm afraid he won't let me go easily."
"Maybe they will send someone to get more information from Uncle."
"It's about the elixir. He won't trust uncle easily, and he won't give up searching for the source of the elixir."
Cao Bin nodded thoughtfully, and Yuan Hao agreed that Xi Meng would learn musical instruments from him, probably because of this idea.
While the two were discussing how to run away, Hu Sanniang suddenly came in to report that the Empress of Xixia had arrived.
Cao Bin's heart moved, and he hurriedly said in a low voice: "Zihou quickly go to Zhang Yanshou, and invite the Prince of Xixia to come over."
Zhang Dun looked at Cao Bin in surprise and said, "Uncle, do you want to..."
At this time several palace people had already run in, they went into the room to search by themselves, and after a long while, they stood still in the surrounding corners.
Afterwards, Mei Meng stepped in and said:
"Excuse me, Mr. Cao, I'm here to ask you about musical instruments."
Cao Bin nodded and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are being polite. Cao has nothing to do in the first place, and now he is here just in time."
As he said that, he didn't talk nonsense, took the instrument, and pointed out every move.
At first, Wuyi Ximeng only thought that Cao Bin's pipa technique was superb, but after he really learned it, he realized that it was just the tip of the iceberg.
Cao Bin is not only very proficient in the common musical instruments of the Song Dynasty, but also the unique musical instruments of Xixia.
This made Ximeng so amazed that he even forgot the task that Yuan Hao had given him.
From time to time, Cao Bin would brazenly praise him vigorously, which made Mei Meng very happy.
For her, Cao Bin is the real master of music and music, and being praised by people like him even made her feel like she met a bosom friend.
I just feel that no matter what she plays, Cao Bin can always accurately express her state of mind.
After an unknown amount of time, Hu Sanniang reported again:
"Uncle, Mr. Zhang has something to look for you."
Unmoved Ximeng just woke up like a dream, and quickly got up and said: "Mr. Cao, I will come back tomorrow?"
Cao Bin quickly waved his hands and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Cao will come as soon as he goes."
Saying that, he didn't give Wuyi Ximeng a chance to refuse, he opened the door and walked out.
Wuyi Ximeng was quite nostalgic for the joy just now, so she was not in a hurry to leave.
Cao Bin walked into the room not far from the next door, saw that Zhang Dun was already waiting, and asked quickly:
"Zihou, is there any way to transfer the palace servants around the Wuyi family? Let me have something to do?"
Zhang Dun already understood Cao Bin's meaning, nodded and said:
"Uncle, don't worry, the rules in the Xixia Palace are not so strict, so leave this matter to me."
"However, the time may be short. Uncle must act as soon as possible."
As he said that, he said with some concern: "It's just that this method is a bit sloppy, will Brother Ning Ling give in?"
Cao Bin waved his hands and said with a smile:
"Hey, this matter is just an introduction."
"At that time, he can't be left alone."
In fact, the current situation can't help Cao Bin to think too much, he must find a way as soon as possible.
Otherwise, once the seven days are up, they will have nowhere to escape.
What's more, Zhang Yuan's physical condition may not be able to survive seven days, and he may die suddenly at some point.
When the time comes, Yuan Hao knows that Cao Bin is lying to him, why don't he cut him alive?
After an unknown amount of time, Hu Sanniang came to report: "Uncle, Brother Ning Ling has been lured over!"
Cao Bin was shocked immediately, got up quickly, and took Hu Sanniang back the same way.
Seeing that the door was closed tightly, Cao Bin suddenly pushed the door open, pretending to be ignorant: "My lady, I kept you waiting."
I saw Wuyi Ximeng and Brother Ning Ling standing across the table, not knowing what to say.
Seeing Cao Bin come in, their conversation stopped abruptly.
Brother Ning Ling seemed to have thought of something, his face changed, and he ran away in a hurry, but Hu Sanniang blocked the door with a knife, and said coldly:
"Your Highness, where are you going?"
Brother Ning Ling suddenly looked at Cao Bin, both angry and puzzled, and said:
"Emissary Cao wanted to harm me? Why?"
His position as the crown prince was already in jeopardy, and the Wuzang clan was eyeing him. If there were any scandals with the concubine Wuyi.
Even if Yuan Hao didn't kill him, he would abolish his crown prince.
Wuyi Ximeng looked at Cao Bin with some anger.
At first, I thought that I would admire a bosom friend, but I didn't expect that I was using myself.
She suddenly felt very hurt and tangled in her heart.
Cao Bin didn't care about their feelings, his own life was at stake, and if he had no relatives or reasons, who would care about them?
At this moment, seeing Brother Ning Ling expose himself, Cao Bin didn't bother to hide it, so he went straight to the point:
"His Royal Highness, Cao and others want to open Xixia as soon as possible, you have to help us."
Brother Ning Ling was stunned for a moment, then said with a bitter face:
"It's the father who wants to keep you. If I let you go, the father will definitely blame me."
"Besides, Father will not harm you, why did Envoy Cao rush to leave?"
Cao Bin waved his hand and said:
"You don't need to worry about it, Your Highness, you just say whether you cooperate or not?"
"If you agree, I will write a confession letter with Mistress Miyi, and Cao will promise not to leak it!"
Brother Ning Ling saw that Cao Bin was pressing every step of the way, and couldn't help gnashing his teeth in anger:
"Gu originally admired you for being a human being, but I didn't expect you to be so despicable, to plot against Gu."
Cao Bin laughed indifferently and said:
"If Your Highness still doesn't decide, I'll call you an embarrassing imperial concubine. It's hard for Your Highness to explain this lonely man and widow."
Brother Ning Ling suddenly became angry, he never thought that Cao Bin was such a rascal.
His relationship with Wuyi Ximeng was already very sensitive, if Cao Bin really shouted, he would definitely be suspected by Yuan Hao.
He glanced at Cao Bin resentfully and said:
"You Song people are really cunning, Gu really regrets it."
Suddenly, he glanced at Hu Sanniang and said:
"I can write a confession letter alone, and I can help you escape from the camp, but you have to give this woman to Zhang Yanshou."
That Zhang Yanshou claimed to be Ye Li Renrong's lackey, and he often regarded himself as Ye Li Yanshou in private, and he was a staunch supporter of Prince Ning Ling.
He hid money and food in the Song Dynasty, planned to train private soldiers, and all other things were done for the prince.
Although Cao Bin has this handle, he can only threaten Zhang Yanshou, but for the crown prince, he still can't achieve the final result.
So just recreated a trap.
Brother Ningling put forward this condition at this time, one is to vent his anger to disgust Cao Bin, and the other is to show Zhang Yanshou a favor.
Cao Bin was almost laughed out of anger, but he didn't expect that Zhang Yanshou was beaten up, not only didn't give up, but even told Brother Ning Ling.
Hu Sanniang was also a little depressed, that Zhang Yanshou was like a dog's skin plaster, and she still disgusted herself.
Cao Bin was holding his handle at this time, how could he talk to him about the conditions, and directly waved his hands and said:
"Your Highness, needless to say, Mr. Cao has no habit of giving away women. If you don't cooperate, Mr. Cao will call someone now."
Brother Ning Ling was stunned for a moment, his expression became even more ugly. He thought Cao Bin was mocking him.
After all, his father robbed his fiancée, so he didn't even dare to complain.
At the same time, he didn't expect that Cao Bin deliberately set up a trap to let himself get in because of a woman who was uncompromising.
"Okay, I'll write, but I need to prepare before I can take the opportunity to let you go."
Cao Bin nodded, took the pen and paper that he had already prepared, and asked Brother Ning Ling to write about how he plotted against Wuyi Ximeng.
After he finished writing, Cao Bin handed the pen and paper to Ximeng again, and said, "May I ask you to do your fingerprints, too."
Wuyi Ximeng couldn't help but cry, she felt that she was wronged too much, and she was caught in a trap by Cao Bin just after asking for advice on musical instruments.
The point is that she has no intention of hooking up with Brother Ning Ling at all.
If this piece of paper was exposed, with Yuan Hao's character, she might be killed.
So, she begged aggrievedly: "Mr. Cao, Ximeng will never tell, please let me go?"
Cao Bin didn't feel sorry for her at all, he directly grabbed her tender hand, wiped some cinnabar on it, and pressed it directly onto the paper.
Seeing that all the steps were completed, Cao Bin immediately smiled, carefully stuffed the confession into his arms, and reminded:
"Your Highness, I'll give you three days, hurry up and prepare!"
"Otherwise, there is no telling where this confession will appear."
Brother Ning Ling was quite speechless. He didn't expect such an ordinary visit to fall into a pit. It's not because he was young and inexperienced. He could only say that Cao was too unruly.
At this moment, Hu Sanniang said: "Uncle, the palace people are back."
When Cao Bin heard this, he quickly pushed Brother Ning Ling and said, "Your Highness, go through the window. Don't be seen by others."
Ning Ling had no choice but to follow Cao Bin's instructions.
He was extremely depressed at this moment, he obviously did nothing, yet he was treated like an adulterer, it was too bad luck.
Unmoved, Mengyou gave Cao Bin an angry look, and had no choice but to pretend to ask for advice on musical instruments...
In a blink of an eye, two days passed by.
Just after dinner, Cao Bin was cooling off in the courtyard when a palace attendant suddenly found the mission:
"Messenger Cao, my family has not moved, and my mother has something important to discuss, so I will send you a special servant to invite you over..."
Hearing this, Cao Bin instantly became vigilant.
Although Yuan Hao agreed that Wuyi Ximeng would learn musical instruments from him, but he was vigilant and did not allow him to enter the palace.
It's a bit unusual to invite you suddenly now.
After changing into the servant's clothes, Cao Bin didn't know until he walked all the way.
It turned out that Yuan Hao had gone to attack Jinming Village in Yanzhou and took away all the guards.
The number of guards around the palace was reduced by more than half, so Xixue did not dare to take the risk of recruiting Cao Bin into the palace.
Even so, Cao Bin was full of doubts, wondering if there was anything important to discuss with Ximeng.
If he hadn't held her handle in his hand and was sure that she would not dare to take risks, Cao Bin would probably not have met her easily.
Along the way, Xixia soldiers could often be seen patrolling, but after each interrogation, they did not dare to embarrass the palace attendant.
When they came to the gate of a luxurious courtyard on the top of the mountain, the palace attendant said:
"Master Cao, the empress is waiting for you in the palace, go in by yourself."
This routine is a bit familiar.
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