I just like the Prime Minister

Jiang Xizhu obviously saw the sudden change in Li Chengzuo's face, thinking that there was some shocking news in it, he was startled, and immediately leaned over to take a look.

...But I didn't understand it.

The paper in the letter box is processed very thinly. At first glance, it seems to be just a note. In fact, it is laid out neatly and has the size of a normal letter. A piece of paper, it can be seen that the amount of information inside is really not small.

It's just that the text inside is a little weird. Jiang Xizhu looked carefully for a while, but didn't recognize whether it was a text... It looks a bit abstract.

Taoist Master Zixu came forward as if joining in the fun, and followed him with his head poking around.

"Hey, I don't know much about this thing now, hey apprentice, you can do it, but you didn't take it down." Daoist Zixu looked at the ghostly talisman-like writing while twirling his mustache and smiling. Shaking his head to show off his very tricky knowledge, "This is a combined character, but it is actually a relatively clumsy way of making characters. Several generations of ancestors in my family were born in poverty, and they were illiterate before they became monks. He was either an old farmer or he was fleeing famine. In those days, if the family had a deep family background, even poor people, if their children could pass the 01:30 points, they would never send their children to become Taoist priests. Therefore, I sent several generations of teachers Uncles and ancestors are all rough, but Taoism was prevalent in the previous dynasty, and some individuals who were not well-known in reading, becoming Taoist priests is also a good way out, so there are some masters who can read and write..."

When he said this, he found that Jiang Xizhu was listening sideways, so he couldn't help but get a little excited, and continued with a smile: "Of course, it's incomparable with the knowledge of the prime minister, but it's more convenient to draw symbols... But Taoists are also lazy. Sometimes, in order to save pen and ink, several characters are combined into one and written, or another method is found, so that scholars can read half of the characters and combine several single characters into one, so as to show that they are learned and not be seen as timid... Well, This whole article is composed of words."

After Jiang Xizhu listened to this ear, he half-understood. Looking at the combination of characters, he probably understood the principle, but he still didn't quite understand it: "... Daoist, what does all this mean?"

Taoist Master Zixu glanced at it, managed to recognize a few, but couldn't recognize the latter ones, and pretended to be profound: "It's probably the East and the West... The combined characters were created by Taoism, but the rules for creating characters are different. People are free to use it...everyone likes to use it differently, and even if the words they create have the same meaning, they can be written differently.”

Before Master Zixu finished speaking, Li Chengzuo interrupted him.

Normally, he would be in the mood to quarrel with his irrelevant master, but today he even skipped this process.

His complexion is obviously not good-looking, and there are more things going on in his mind.

"Introduce the king into the urn." Li Chengzuo said, "On the one hand, King Qi released the news that he has returned and forced us to visit the prison. On the other hand, he placed the things made of Wujin in the prison in a grand manner. If we don’t go now, after this time, if we don’t reveal our whereabouts, I’m afraid we’ll be in vain.”

Jiang Xizhu responded the fastest: "King Qi already knows? Not only does he know that Ji Weizhen is dead, but he also knows that your majesty is here?"

Li Chengzuo nodded: "I'm afraid it is."

Jiang Xizhu's face darkened, because he didn't need to know every word in the biography, but he could already guess King Qi's reaction—to kill and silence.

King Qi is different from Ge Lao, and also different from that one. Their purpose is to force Li Chengzuo to submit, but only King Qi sincerely wants to replace Li Chengzuo.

But now that Li Chengzuo himself has been sent under the eyes of King Qi, it is a godsend opportunity to kill people. After all, according to Li Chengzuo's own imperial decree of death, His Majesty the emperor is still in retreat in the palace. King Qi can use this as an excuse to kill A few thugs who "pretend to be today" can't get the emperor out of the palace anyway, and Yecheng is far away from the emperor, so it is common to kill first and then play. Empty, with no master among the officials, it is not impossible for him to take advantage of the void.

But now, Li Chengzuo has no strong support from outside, only a few shadow guards who are elusive, and he is in the hands of others, neither occupying people nor occupying land-this is a dilemma similar to "blood prison" , Difficult to advance and retreat.

It seems that leaving immediately is the only best policy.

Jiang Xizhu thought for a while with a blank face, and then looked at Li Chengzuo, who was obviously suppressing his anger and inconvenient to flare up, and suddenly understood that his anger was nothing but reconciliation.

What's more, if you leave at this time, it will become a climate to let the king of Qi be here. In the future, Li Chengzuo may have to compromise with that one. Li Chengzuo's original intention is to deviate from it. He has endured for many years, not for the purpose of resetting the country and fighting.

The question is, what is the solution to this situation?

Is there any way to avoid falling into King Qi's trap and not to give in at this time?

Li Chengzuo held this biography and stood there silently for a while, then suddenly turned around and said to Zixu: "Master, you hurry back to Beijing now, take a letter back for me, and bring something for me by the way." Old Qi, he will know what to do after watching it."

Daoist Zixu was confused by his sudden honorific title, and immediately realized that he had a "you're crazy" expression on his face.The old Taoist seldom reacted so sharply. It was rare for him to react, but he had nothing to do. He could only wink at the prime minister on one side, telling him to quickly persuade this reckless traitor.

Jiang Xizhu stood quietly behind Li Chengzuo for a while, as if he didn't see the convulsion-like eyes of the old Taoist priest, and seemed to be in a daze, until Li Chengzuo found a pen and paper somewhere in the room, and wrote a letter with a wave , when he was about to hand it over to Taoist Master Zixu, he came back to his senses, snatched the imperial decree written by the imperial pen, glanced at it, frowned, but did not tear it up treasonously, but did not intend to return it to him.

"Let's rewrite it." Jiang Xizhu said, "It's not likely to reach this level, but at this time, it's impossible not to ask for help. Qiye is currently in charge of the country, and his every move is easy to be noticed by more people. It's better to send the letter to Song Yingluo... As for the candidate, I left Beijing in a hurry and didn't have time to settle many things. I remember that General Pei was still in Beijing."

"..." Li Chengzuo showed a very unpopular awkwardness on his face. After pondering for himself, he suppressed it and argued, "The king of Qi obviously wants to do something. The old seven can come here under the banner of 'putting down the rebellion' , what's going on with Pei Wenyuan's coming?"

Jiang Xizhu gave a gentle and gentle smile, but his expression was tense and not relaxed. He ignored Li Chengzuo, but first bowed to Yeluzhen: "Mr. Yelu, earlier my emperor got the Phoenix Seal from you. Although the process was tortuous, but After all, it is because of your favor that I know that the young master intends to return to Khitan, so he has been with us in weal and woe. This kind of favor, Dayu will naturally return it. It’s just that the Phoenix Seal is a thing of Dayu after all. Far away, Master Yelu wants to quell the civil strife in Khitan, and the Phoenix seal is not enough, so I dare to make a deal with you with the Phoenix seal."

Yeluzhen was expressionless, glanced at Jiang Xizhu, then at Li Chengzuo, then turned his gaze back, and said concisely: "Please tell me."

Jiang Xizhu was modest and courteous: "Young master wants to return to the Khitan royal family. The only problem is that you have no soldiers in your hands. In this matter, Dayu will help you."

Yeluzhen's face showed hesitation. From the perspective of the tribe and the country, one of them is the Khitan prince and the other is the prime minister of Dayu. They are doomed to disputes and confrontations. From this standpoint, Yeluzhen dare not trust a foreigner.

But he has a very good impression of Jiang Xizhu, this elegant gentleman is a man who has sought out others, and treats everyone with courtesy, unlike Dayu's Emperor Li Chengzuo, who always carries a kind of cynical arrogance, which always makes people feel unworthy deep friendship.

Yelu really thought about it, and then looked at Jiang Xizhu's calm sincerity, and suddenly realized that many of his worries were useless—the tribe had already abandoned him, and Khitan was already a homeland that he could not return to by himself. In Khitan, he may not have lived longer than in this perilous city of Ye; as for the seal of the Phoenix, it had long since fallen into the hands of Emperor Dayu and Prime Minister Dayu. It's just a passer-by, after all, it's not the power to stay for him, and it will always find the real owner.

In fact, he is already a useless person, and he is just unwilling to follow Li Chengzuo so hard.

Yeluzhen occasionally felt that he was despicable. If he exchanged his position with Li Chengzuo, he would probably kill Li Chengzuo without hesitation. Even though Li Chengzuo had nothing to provoke or even deliberately challenged him to fight him, he never really moved against him. He used to think that this unreliable emperor was too benevolent, but along the way, seeing that the incomprehensible "blood prison" failed to trap him, he understood Li Chengzuo a little bit.

Many times Li Chengzuo doesn't need to kill to stop killing, because he has Jiang Xizhu behind him, and he will fight with soldiers without killing blood. Unless necessary, they already have enough wisdom to give benevolence—that gentle and resourceful man The Prime Minister's influence on Emperor Dayu was subtle. With him, even if Li Chengzuo was a lunatic, he would not be extremely vicious.

In fact, Yeluzhen had long thought about asking Li Chengzuo to send troops to quell the Khitan rebellion, but he didn't speak up several times.Firstly, he was not willing to owe Dayu favors from the bottom of his heart, he thought it would be traitorous; secondly, he did not have the bargaining chip in his hand to make Li Chengzuo agree, except for playing tricks as the former owner of Phoenix Seal, he said several times , but did not say it.

Now Jiang Xizhu brought it up by himself.

Yeluzhen looked at the young prime minister, hesitated for a moment, and said concisely: "Please tell me."

Jiang Xizhu looked at him and saw through him with a gentle smile: "My lord, you don't have to worry about indebting Dayu's favor with this move. In the current situation, I'm asking you to help me and give you a reward. You don't have to be burdened."

Yeluzhen was stunned for a moment, knowing that Jiang Xizhu was negotiating conditions, but he didn't feel threatened at all, instead he felt an unspeakable emotion. Many years later, he realized that this kind of emotion is called moving, and he was moved because he was understood.

However, he didn't know how to express at that time, but he still said with a dull face: "Of course, the prime minister can speak out."

"After the event is completed, there are three conditions for Dayu. First, Khitan no longer needs to pay tribute to Dayu, but it must guarantee that it will not invade Dayu for 30 years, and set the border of the Shanyin side of the mountain bordering Eastern Liaodong. Khitan and Dayu are guarding together and will not offend each other. Second, the Phoenix seal has belonged to our lord, and I hope Mr. Yelu will keep it a secret." When he said this, he paused in embarrassment, and smiled wryly, "As for the third ... At this time, I am afraid that you will wrong Young Master Yelu, because I will send a letter to the court, and found the trace of the second prince of Khitan in Yecheng... In this way, I ask the general to send troops to arrest him. After this is done, I will naturally find a name to send The second prince returns to Khitan."

Yeluzhen: "..."

His Royal Highness, the not-so-stupid second prince of a foreign race, felt in a daze that he seemed to be on a boat of thieves.

The author has something to say: Happy New Year greetings on the first day of the new year, Gong Xi Fa Cai.

Are you having a good time?

Hehehe, the author himself is quite happy, but I ate too much during the Chinese New Year, and I am afraid that I have already completed the goal of gaining three catties during the festive season...

Note: Combined characters really exist, and they were really used by Taoist priests to draw talismans at the beginning. The more famous combined characters are "囍" for marriage, double happiness, which means double happiness, and there are many similar ones.