The first favorite of rebirth

24

The general's mansion was suddenly full of noise. Although there were no monks living in the Buddhist scripture pavilion, there were thousands of volumes of Buddhist scriptures hidden there. What's more, the Buddha statue sent by the Liao Kingdom was placed there.So Xia Chengxi and the envoys from the Liao Kingdom hurried to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple on horseback, regardless of the feast and feast.

The fire broke out suddenly, seeing that the people in the general's mansion were so anxious, Pei Jiqing already had an ominous premonition in his heart.Jueyun didn't understand what he meant, but he saw that he was anxious, so he hurriedly pulled Yanyue out of the stable.

Jue Yun stepped onto the white horse and stretched out a hand to Pei Jiqing. Pei Jiqing hesitated for a moment, then sat on the horse's back.

Yanyue is hot-tempered and a bit self-reliant, and she has only been ridden by Jue Yun. Now that she has a stranger on her back, she is not used to it.Pei Jiqing was dizzy on the back of the galloping horse, but her heart was extremely anxious.

Jue Yun stretched out his hand, took Pei Jiqing's cold hand on his waist, reined in the reins, and said, "Uncle Pei, don't worry!"

Pei Jiqing shook her head and said, "Hurry up."

Jue Yun held Pei Jiqing's hand tightly, and the two quickly crossed the long street lit with orange street lamps. The white horse neighed, and they stopped at the door of the Sutra Pavilion together with the others, and Pei Jiqing rolled and scrambled from the horse Falling down, he looked up at the fire that was soaring into the sky at this moment.

Most of the Buddhist scriptures pavilions are scrolls and scriptures, and a little spark can turn into a prairie fire. The raging flames are tearing at the black sky, and the tall Buddhist scriptures pavilion has been surrounded by flames. Difficult to approach.

Pei Jiqing frowned, and looked at each other with Xia Chengxi, the two were puzzled by Dou Sheng, the timing of this fire was very delicate, it happened to be when the general's mansion was having a banquet with guests, Xia Chengxi would naturally gather the guards in the mansion.

Pei Jiqing approached Xia Chengxi and said in a low voice: "General, what's going on..."

Xia Chengxi waved to him and said in a deep voice, "The Guanyin statue is hidden here."

Before Xia Chengxi finished speaking, Yeluqiong stepped forward, Lian Shuo raised his sword to block, Yeluqiong clenched his fist and said sharply: "General Xia, what do you mean?"

Lian Shuo said coldly: "Swords have no eyes, please take a step back, my little prince."

"The second prince ordered us to send the Guanyin statue from thousands of miles away, but you treat it like this." Yeluqiong said angrily: "If the Guanyin statue is damaged in such a big fire, how can we explain to the king!"

"You are eager to send them here, but we don't care about them!" Tang Wei stood in front of Xia Chengxi with Lian Shuo holding a sword in his hand, "We have a lot of treasures in Dazhou, so we don't care about your ideas."

Xia Chengxi frowned, hugged Tang Wei by his side, and said in a deep voice: "We have tried our best to put out the fire, and the area around the Guanyin statue is empty, so it will not be a big problem, my little prince, don't be in a hurry."

Yeluqiong turned around, gave Xiao Yixian another hard look, and said in a low voice, "This Sutra Pavilion is not a safe place, if it wasn't for you, how could something happen to the Avalokitesvara statue?"

Pei Jiqing looked up strangely, Yeluqiong's words had a lot of meaning, could it be that it wasn't this arrogant and domineering young prince who proposed to put the Guanyin statue here, but this middle-aged envoy who seemed to get along well.

"Avalokitesvara is like a psychic thing. I am afraid that mortals will stain it, so I deliberately store it in the Buddhist scripture pavilion." Xiao Yixian explained gently, but his expression was a bit rare, "General Xia should put out the fire as soon as possible. Giving gifts, if there is a mistake as soon as we enter the Great Zhou Dynasty, wouldn’t it hurt my Lord too much? We are all friends, why bother to fight each other because of this?"

Xiao Yixian's voice became softer and softer, but it made everyone present feel inexplicably startled. The night wind calmed down, and the fire gradually shrunk. The painted and gold-painted doorposts and walls of the Sutra Pavilion also turned black as charcoal. A group of monks stood in the Sutra Pavilion In front of the door, frowning and chanting in a low voice, Pei Jiqing held Jueyun with his right hand and squinted at the envoy from the Liao Kingdom.

Before the fire was completely extinguished, Xia Chengxi quickly climbed up to the attic, stepped forward and kicked open the crumbling door of the Sutra Pavilion, and everyone quickly followed behind. The marble floor turned into several segments of black charcoal.

Lian Shuo hurriedly gave Xia Chengxi a hand, Xia Chengxi signaled that he was fine, turned around and took a lantern from the guard, the scripture pavilion was dark and empty, and under the dim light, the wooden box storing the Guanyin statue was dark and empty. Like an unearthed coffin.

Perhaps it was because the wooden box was painted with fire-resistant varnish, and perhaps the surrounding area was too empty, but the wooden box looked very intact. Xia Chengxi let out a sigh of relief, and said softly, "I'm worried for the envoy. Like nothing."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and signaled Lian Shuo to carry the box away and put it in place. Lian Shuo was about to make a move, but Xiao Yixian stepped forward. He cupped his hands and said to Xia Chengxi, "General, although the box is fine, it doesn't mean that the Guanyin statue is fine. It's still here." It would be better to open it and let everyone have a look, otherwise, if the Guanyin statue is stolen by someone, wouldn't it be a bad idea?"

Yeluqiong looked at Xiao Yi and frowned first, his expression seemed a little puzzled, Xia Chengxi said: "What Xiao Envoy means is that we take advantage of the fire to secretly replace the Guanyin statue?"

"I didn't mean that, but the thousand-year-old temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple suddenly caught fire today, doesn't the general think it's a little sudden?" Xiao Yi glanced at Yeluqiong first, and said: "Please, my little prince, take out the key."

The arrogance on Yelu Qiong's face had turned into suspicion, he took out the key from his pocket, Xiao Yixian looked serious, and with a "click", the wooden box containing the Avalokitesvara statue opened in response, Xia Chengxi frowned, his expression suddenly changed. There was nothing in the wooden box where the Guanyin statue was stored.

Xia Chengxi widened his eyes and approached the wooden box. Xiao Yi frowned and said: "General, why should you be so frightened? The guards here are all the general's guards. It is us who should be afraid. I'm afraid you will steal the Guanyin statue first, and then set fire to it." Bar."

Pei Jiqing frowned, he reached out and tugged on Lian Shuo's sleeve, and said softly: "Lian guard, who is guarding here tonight?"

Xia Chengxi snapped back to his senses. He glanced at the copper lock on the door, and said to Lian Shuo, "I didn't order someone to go in and take care of it. Why is the door locked outward?"

Before Lian Shuo could speak, a soldier rushed up the steps. He knelt down in front of Xia Chengxi and said in a low voice, "Please forgive me, General!"

"Forgive me?" Xia Chengxi reacted abruptly, and said sharply, "Lian Shuo arranged for you to come in and guard him, why did you come out?!"

"General...General..." The soldier walked back a few steps on his knees, raised his face in horror, as if he had seen the most terrifying sight in his life, "The statue of Guanyin is bleeding, blood is bleeding from his eyes and nose, I..."

Xia Chengxi was furious, and said sharply: "You follow me to march and fight, you should know that soldiers are brave in their actions, how can you say such irrelevant words?"

The soldier immediately bowed his head, his forehead was flushed red, his face was pale, and he said in a trance: "General, what I said is the truth, Guanyin has turned into a ghost..."

"General." Pei Jiqing stepped forward and pulled the soldier, looked at Xia Chengxi and said: "General, calm down, I don't think he is lying."

"He doesn't lie?" Xiao Yi took two steps forward, and said coldly: "General Xia, I have also led troops to fight, and I never believed in strange powers and gods. When you say this, it means that the Guanyin statue we paid tribute has turned into a ghost. , set fire to yourself?"

Pei Jiqing did not speak. He lifted the corner of his plain white clothes and walked into the Sutra Pavilion. The carvings on the wooden box had been burned to the point of deformation. Pei Jiqing reached out and wiped the charcoal ash on the wooden box, but felt something slippery. s things.

Pei Jiqing's eyes flashed, as if he felt that something was wrong, he smelled his fingers, then squatted down immediately, reached out and lifted a corner of the wooden box.

At this moment, a shadow of a whip flashed in the air, and before Pei Jiqing had time to exert force, he was hit heavily on the back of his hand, and the barbed whip suddenly scraped off a piece of flesh, Pei Jiqing's eyes went dark in pain.

Xiao Yi first raised his whip, Jue Yun had stepped into the Sutra Pavilion, Xia Chengxi quickly stopped him, Xiao Yi first pointed at Pei Jiqing with the whip, and asked: "Who is he?"

Pei Jiqing clutched the wound, blood was slowly oozing from between his fingers, he stretched out his hand to hold Jue Yun, and said softly: "I am a servant of the general's residence."

"The servant of the general's mansion, how can he be so bold?" Xiao Yi sneered first, then turned his head to look at Jue Yun, and asked, "Who is this kid?"

"It's the son of an old friend of mine." Xia Cheng hoped that the Liao people would gradually approach the box, and asked doubtfully, "Envoy Xiao, what do you mean?"

"The door is locked outward, and you are the guards. The Guanyin statue has been guarded and stolen. This box is a clear proof." Xiao Yi smiled coldly, and then directed: "Come here, move the box away first."

Xiao Yi first gave an order, and the Liao soldiers behind him quickly stepped forward, and carried the wooden box out of the Sutra Pavilion. Jueyun looked at the lock of the box, and said softly: "Nonsense, the box is locked, even if we can open the door Lock, how can you open the box?"

"Your emperor can force his father back, so what is a lock?" Xiao Yixian sneered and said, "Your people have been guarding the gate, and the Guanyin statue is much larger than the transom. Can the transom be transported?"

"Then..." Jue Yun was at a loss for words for a moment, and looked back at Pei Jiqing, Xia Chengxi said: "Please go back to the post house to rest first, and we will give you an explanation."

"General!"

Xiao Yi waved his sleeves first and was about to leave the Sutra Pavilion when he saw a group of people rushing towards him. Lian Shuo stood at the head of the group, stretched out his hand and tightly grabbed a young man's thin arm, and threw him directly at Xia Chengxi's feet. His face was black ashes, he struggled to stand up, but was kicked in the back by Lian Shuo, he staggered to the ground, turned his head and said angrily, "Don't fucking touch your grandpa!"

His body was covered with bruises, as if he had gone through a fierce resistance, and there was still a streak of thick black blood hanging from the corner of his mouth.

A trace of fear flashed across Xiao Yixian's eyes, but his expression soon returned to normal. Xia Chengxi frowned and looked at Lian Shuo, and said, "What do you mean?"

"I found this near the scripture-repository pavilion. Apart from the monks, he was the only one around." Lian Shuo pressed the young man's shoulder and continued, "He said that he had never been near the scripture-repository pavilion, but his body was covered in ashes. Feel suspicious."

"Guarding oneself and stealing, and finding a little beggar to convict?" Xiao Yixian sneered, "Little prince, it seems that we have worked so hard to make friends with Da Zhou, but it was all in vain."

"Yes." Yeluqiong paused, and reacted abruptly: "We are not as hypocritical as you Han people. If you don't value gifts, we will have a decisive battle. Why use such tricks!"

"The beggars were just found around here, and we didn't plan to find anyone to convict." Xia Chengxi said coldly: "I will fight for several years, and I have never been threatened by anyone. I will never be afraid of swords. Say something like that."

Then, Xia Chengxi said to Lian Shuo: "Take care of him first, and then ask the envoy to go back to rest..."

"It's you?"

Before Xia Chengxi finished speaking, Tang Wei had already let out an exclamation. He ran to the young man, looked at his dark cheeks in surprise, and said in surprise, "Lin He?"

"We meet again."

Lin He stretched out his hands to wipe his thin face covered with charcoal dust and blood, raised his head and forced a smile, and then, a mouthful of thick blood gushed out of his throat, Lin He's whole body was like a thin piece of paper, and he fell straight on the ground.

25

Jinzhou Deyue Tower.

This is the most prosperous restaurant in Jinzhou. It is full of fun and omnipotent. Jinzhou is located in the frontier. It is not only a place that has been contested by military strategists since ancient times, but also an important trading center in Mobei. Countless merchants stop again and will stay for a drink a cup.

Yeluqiong was sitting at the banquet, with a dancer from the Western Regions in his thick arms. He pointed his fingers on the dancer's snow-white chest, and gently stroked along the lotus tattoo. The dancer then sighed and let out a sigh. There is little panting.

Yeluqiong laughed, took off the jade ring on his thumb, and put it into the dancer's sand yellow corset.

"Little prince." Xiao Yi knocked on the door softly first, the dancing girl heard the movement and hurriedly got up, Xiao Yi winked at her first, the dancing girl got up and saluted, and then quickly left the table.

"You've been acting strange recently." Yeluqiong knocked on the corner of the table with his hand, and said impatiently, "Master Xiao, when you surrendered to the second prince last month, I felt a little strange, and today you have been instigating me and Naxia again. General, could it be that you want my lord to send troops, so you can take advantage of it?"

"The little prince suspects me?" Xiao Yixian said angrily: "Although I'm guilty, the little prince is dead, and I'm determined to serve under the second prince's command. Now I'm just an envoy with no soldiers and no power. How can I be suspicious of the little prince?"

"Okay, I don't doubt it." Yeluqiong raised his chopsticks, picked up a piece of crispy meat in the bowl, and sneered in a low voice: "Then you deliberately removed the Avalokitesvara statue, not to provoke, but to play tricks on the Han people? "

Xiao Yi was startled, but he didn't open his mouth to explain about the Avalokitesvara statue. Instead, he said: "I just think that the second prince should send troops because of such a good opportunity. Now Zhou people are killing each other, and the situation in the Central Plains is unstable. Taking advantage of this opportunity to send troops, the Han people only dare to defend." Don’t dare to attack—in fact, attacking Jinzhou is just an excuse. When the soldiers and horses approach Jinzhou, we will immediately divide our troops, just like the little emperor of the Central Plains, and go directly to Daliao to force the palace and send the second prince to the throne.”

"Xia Chengxi has guarded Jinzhou for many years, but he is not a vegetarian." Yeluqiong pondered for a moment, and said: "If you hurt the second prince's soldiers and horses, how will you deal with yourself?"

Xiao Yi put down the wine cup first, and said softly: "If you hurt the Second Prince's soldiers and horses, Xiao Yi will raise his head and apologize immediately."

"Keep your head." Yeluqiong said with a smile: "This method is too sudden. You cut it first and played it later. You hardly discussed it with me. I'm sorry, Messenger Xiao, I don't believe you. You'd better hurry up and get rid of the Guanyin statue." Handle it well, and if the Han people find out that it was your hands and feet, you will really apologize with death."

After Yeluqiong finished speaking, he smiled and clapped his hands, the maid at the door hurriedly opened the door, and said softly, "What's the master's order?"

Yeluqiong looked at Xiao Yixian's face, and said softly: "Go and call Xiangji back."

The night was as deep as ink, and the general's mansion was still decorated with lights and festoons, but the previous banquet was only a mess. Xia Chengxi and Liang Qianfan sat opposite each other, and Tang Wei sat beside him dozing off, listening to Liang Qianfan's 120-eighth sigh. He leaned crookedly on the table, his eyes narrowed into slits.

"Young Lord?" Xia Chengxi walked over, put his hand on Tang Wei's head, and said softly, "Weiwei, go to bed when you're sleepy."

"I'm not sleepy!" Tang Wei woke up suddenly, looked at Liang Qianfan and said, "Don't keep sighing, you just lost a Guanyin statue. How much is that thing worth, we can have as much as we want."

"The statue of Avalokitesvara is in the scripture storage pavilion. If it caught fire, we immediately went to rescue it. The fire was huge and there were people guarding around. How could we lift the statue of Avalokitesvara out!" A layer of fine creases, he looked at Tang Wei and said: "Young Lord, you don't know something, I guess the little prince of the Liao Kingdom deliberately lost things and found an excuse to start a war with us? After all, Jinzhou has been a piece of fat since ancient times. People have already been watching..."

Xia Chengxi threw the teacup on the ground violently, and said coldly: "Liaogou, hit him if you want to. Why don't you let me and him solve the case for such a disgusting excuse?"

Lian Shuo ran over suddenly, panting and knelt in front of Xia Chengxi, and said softly, "General."

Xia Chengxi hurriedly said: "What did you find?"

"Your subordinate is incompetent." Lian Shuo shook his head, knelt on the ground and said in a low voice: "The fire started from inside. The fire started suddenly, the night was windy and the fire was very strong, but we put out the fire as soon as we found it. In the depths of the Buddhist scriptures pavilion, there is no way to snatch it out in the fire, so how could it disappear?"

Xia Chengxi asked anxiously: "Is there an authentic tunnel? Have you seen the transom?"

"No tunnel, transom..."

Before Lian Shuo could speak, another soldier rushed from the door. He knelt in front of Xia Chengxi and said eagerly, "General, we just climbed to the top of the building. There are really signs of people coming and going around the transom!"

Everyone was silent together, Xia Chengxi raised his head and said: "Although I don't know what method they used, but from this point of view, Liaogou is indeed looking for trouble."

"What's wrong with finding fault?" Jue Yun sat beside Tang Wei, and said loudly: "They are going to fight, are we still afraid?"

"Yes." Tang Wei nodded immediately and said, "Xia Chengxi, are you afraid of them?"

"General Xia is not afraid, but just feels strange." After listening to them for a long time, Pei Jiqing finally said softly, "The general once said that Liao's political affairs are in chaos, and we should prevent us from taking advantage of it. How could we find such a boring excuse? fight?"

"Yes." Xia Chengxi nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Da Zhou has fought against the Liao Kingdom for several years. If they want to fight, they don't need to find any excuses at all."

"I saw the expressions of the little prince and the envoy today, and I also felt that something was wrong." Pei Jiqing said softly, "The Guanyin statue is lost, and the monks in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple are all chanting sutras in a low voice. That Xiao Yixian always emphasized that he devoted himself to worshiping the Buddha, but said I have led troops for many years and do not believe in strange powers and gods, and—”

Pei Jiqing paused for a moment, and then said: "Even if the envoy tries to find fault, he is just an envoy. Even if he sends troops to provoke, the power is still in the hands of the young prince, but the young prince did not express his position, as if the incident happened suddenly. The envoys have long been prepared, but the young prince is just like us, knowing nothing."

Xia Chengxi picked up the residual tea on the table, and said softly: "You say that the loss of the Guanyin statue may have been Xiao Yixian's own plan. Yeluqiong was just a shield, but why did Xiao Yixian do this?"

"When the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman benefits." Pei Jiqing said: "If the princes of the Liao Kingdom fight for power, if they fight with us, the Liao Kingdom will definitely lose its soldiers and horses. If one side sends troops, the other side will naturally benefit. Maybe Xiao Yixian is planning for the master he supports, does the general know who this Xiao Yixian is?"

"Xiao Yixian used to be a retainer of the young prince of the Liao Kingdom. Later, when the young prince died, he voted for the second prince, but he has not been reused, and he has been doing some civil work..." Shaking his head, Xia Chengxi said in a low voice: "This Impossible, not to mention why Xiao Yixian, a defeated general who is not valued, is eager to kill first and then play, even if he is eager to show his loyalty, it is really unwise to use foreign enemies to fight for power like this."

"The general is still right." Liang Qianfan stared at Pei Jiqing, his eyes slowly passed his hand, and said sharply: "You just got a whip, and you are still yelling here, do you still want to be beaten? "

Before Pei Jiqing could speak, Xia Chengxi suddenly frowned and looked at him, saying: "Master Liang is right, you are a cautious person, and you are indeed a bit abrupt today."

Then, Xia Chengxi got up and said: "Okay, it's already late tonight, everyone go back to rest, let's talk tomorrow."

After Xia Chengxi finished speaking, Tang Wei, who was struggling to sleep, also heaved a sigh of relief, and fell dizzily into Xia Chengxi's arms. Xia Chengxi picked him up and was about to walk to the bedroom. Pei Jiqing was silent for a while, and said softly : "General, I want to meet the soldiers who guarded the gate that day."

"Seeing him?" Xia Chengxi frowned slightly, "He's not good at guarding him, and he's still looking for excuses for ghosts and ghosts. I'm afraid it's useless for you to see him."

Just as Pei Jiqing was about to say something, Xia Chengxi took out a token and continued: "Go if you want, be careful."

Pei Jiqing walked out of the general's mansion with a lantern in his hand. Jue Yun still followed him closely, but he was obviously unhappy. Pei Jiqing pulled over the carriage and said softly, "Je Yun, what's wrong?"

"They're right, you're really careless." Jue Yun followed him into the carriage, reached out to take Pei Jiqing's uninjured hand, patted his palm, and said softly: "I also think that we should fight." you!"

Pei Jiqing couldn't help laughing, he raised his hand to touch Jueyun's head, and said softly: "I really think that box is weird, you see Xiao Yi was in a hurry to put away the box first, isn't it because he is afraid of our investigation?"

Jue Yun still ignored him, and looked out the window with folded hands, Pei Jiqing approached Jue Yun's ear, and said softly: "Little master? Your Highness?"

Jue Yun suddenly felt a wave of heat in his ears. He lowered his eyebrows and turned his head, and what he saw was Pei Jiqing's approaching face. The night was extremely dark, and Pei Jiqing's face was snow-white. Maybe he had just drank hot tea, and his lips were slightly tingling. Red, Jue Yun couldn't help but think of the previous word, and couldn't help but whisper: "Look like spring flowers?"

Pei Jiqing didn't seem to hear it, Jue Yun immediately turned his face away, and said loudly: "If I was the one who was not careful today, you would definitely nag me, why are you not willing to apologize if you are not careful? "

Pei Jiqing was startled, and frowned, "I'm an adult, how can I be like you?"

Jue Yun's face was puffed up, he paused for a long time without speaking, the carriage gradually slowed down, and the Jinzhou Prison approached slowly, Pei Jiqing jumped out of the carriage, held the lantern to support Jue Yun, and said softly: "The things they said today , how much can you understand?"

Jue Yun was displeased, but he still held his hand and said: "Of course I can understand, what you mean is that the Liao Kingdom deliberately deceived us and wanted to lead us to war."

"En." Pei Jiqing nodded, and said: "But what General Xia said is also reasonable, and I don't understand why Xiao Yixian wants to hide the truth from the young prince, so he will kill first and then play."

"Don't care how they bite dogs." Jue Yun jumped in front of him, and said softly: "Da Zhou's soldiers and horses have been trained for a long time, are they afraid that they will fail?"

"It's not that we're afraid, it's that we're not prepared." Pei Jiqing said in a low voice: "Maybe this is their strategy, and they may have been prepared. So the more provocative they are, the more careful we have to be, and delay as much as we can. "

"But Avalokitesvara seems to have been lost under our supervision. They keep mentioning this matter. How can we procrastinate?" Jue Yun was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "Don't tell me, do you know what's going on?"

"almost."

Pei Jiqing dragged Jueyun into the Jinzhou Prison. The soldier was still dazed, holding straws in his hands. Standing in front of him, Pei Jiqing said softly: "You saw the Guanyin statue last, what does it look like?" ?”

"Avalokitesvara looks like gold, and it holds a jadeite jade bottle in its hand, but it is really bleeding from the mouth and nose!" The soldier pulled Pei Jiqing and said excitedly: "I heard that Avalokitesvara is very effective, Liao people don't know Why didn’t the box be locked, I secretly lit a candle to look at it, but I didn’t expect that its eyes and nostrils were red with blood, and it was very viscous, just like human brains!”

Jue Yun's face was pale, although he stood firmly on the spot, his fingers clenched even tighter.

Pei Jiqing frowned and said, "Is it true that the size of the Guanyin statue cannot pass through the transom?"

"Yes." The soldier nodded and said, "There is a lotus seat under the statue of Guanyin, and it is absolutely impossible to get out of the transom. That's how I thought, so I dared to sneak out. Who would have thought..."

Pei Jiqing was silent for a moment, then grabbed Jueyun's hand abruptly, and quickly pulled him out of the Jinzhou Prison. Jueyun didn't know what he meant, and said in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

"Go back to the General's Mansion quickly, and let Xia Chengxi lead someone to watch Lin He!" Pei Jiqing led the carriage, "Lin He is in danger, Xiao Yixian will definitely attack him tonight!"

Jue Yun asked anxiously: "Why?"

"Avalokitesvara seems to be burned." Pei Jiqing leaned down and said in a low voice: "Avalokitesvara's mouth and nose are bleeding because it is made of wax, and the wax melts when it is heated. Even if it is burned, the wax in the box will melt away. That's why Xiao Yixian sent people to carry them away. Lin He is near the Scripture-Custration Pavilion because he was poisoned and forced to go through the air window and set fire to it, so go!"

Jue Yun was startled, and quickly ran through the cause and effect in his mind. He untied the white horse from the carriage, and asked eagerly, "Then where are you going?"

"I went to the Sutra Pavilion to have a look. After all, when I found Lin He, he had nothing in his hand." Pei Jiqing said in a deep voice, "It was just my guess before, but the Guanyin statue can be burned, and the emerald jade in his hand Jingping can't, there will be evidence in the Sutra Pavilion."

Jue Yun stepped onto the white horse and said loudly: "I know!"

26

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer in April, it was warm and slightly cool. Jue Yun was speeding forward on his horseback. The night wind and the fragrance of summer flowers brushed his cheeks, and Jue Yun's mood was much better than before.Although Pei Jiqing didn't apologize, this was the first time he ordered him to do something, and it was very important.With the General's Mansion close at hand, Jue Yun straddled the horse and reined in the reins, as if he had found some sense of "His Royal Highness".

"Master Lang."

In front of the general's mansion, the servant held the reins for Jue Yun, who jumped off his horse and asked, "Where is General Xia?"

"General Xia is resting! Hey!"

Before the boy could finish his sentence, Jue Yun ran into the mansion with his whip in his arms, and rushed directly to Xia Chengxi's bedroom.

Xia Chengxi didn't fall asleep either. He sat in front of the bed with his clothes on and looked at the sleeping Tang Wei. He casually flipped through Tang Wei's Three Kingdoms book on the corner of the bed. He was still thinking about what happened today. If you want to fight with Da Zhou, you can just let the horse come over. There is no need to use such a low-level strategy; what's more, the country of Liao is uncertain, just like Soochow at the end of the Three Kingdoms. It was the end of the Three Kingdoms returning to Jin Dynasty again.

But what Pei Jiqing said was not completely unreasonable. Could it be that Xiao Yi did this first to create a rope for Yeluqiong to lead him in the direction he wanted.

But why did Xiao Yixian do this?Could it be that Xiao Yi first pretended to surrender, the master he supported, and the one supported by Yeluqiong were not the same person at all?

There was a sound, Xia Chengxi stood up suddenly and raised his sword, but it was Jueyun who rushed into the room, and the night wind rushed into the room along the narrow gap, extinguishing half of the candles in the room in shock, Xia Chengxi didn't see Pei Jiqing, and hurriedly said: "Why? Sample?"

Jueyun stood on the spot, panting, and told Xia Chengxi about Pei Jiqing's conjecture, and that Pei Jiqing was inspecting the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple at the moment. Xia Chengxi was startled, but did not show any panic. Jueyun followed closely Behind him, he found that he was not in a hurry to see Lin He, so he asked, "Where are you going?"

"Lin He is really suspicious, so I will keep him in the general's mansion. I tapped his acupoints, and he won't be poisoned for the time being." Xia Chengxi said in a deep voice: "If Rong Luan agrees, when they kill Lin He, they will kill Lin He. They will be caught by us, I am afraid that they have ambushed in the city, now I am going to arrange military affairs, you must not go out."

"Yes." Jue Yun nodded and said, "Then I'll go and see Lin He."

"it is good."

Xia Chengxi agreed, but suddenly felt a shock in his heart, he turned around and knelt down on one knee, and said softly: "Your Highness, please be careful and always put yourself first."

Seeing him kneeling down, Jue Yun took a step back in fear, but nodded solemnly.

At this time, Yeluqiong woke up in the maroon gold-painted bed curtain of Deyue Tower. He quickly touched the saber, but there was nothing beside him. A sword edge suddenly struck, directly on his collarbone.

Yeluqiong returned to his senses, looked at the half-clothed woman in front of him, and asked in surprise, "Xiang Ji?"

The dancer Xiang Ji was silent, Xiao Yi pushed the door open first, holding a small gold seal in his hand, Yeluqiong instantly understood, he looked at Xiao Yixian, and sneered, "How dare you steal my military seal?"

"I'm not stealing, I'm passing on the military order of the young prince." Xiao Yixian said: "I said earlier that we must fight the Han people. Guanyin seems to be a very good excuse, so we can't waste it."

"You traitor." Yeluqiong sneered, but his palms were already cold, "Your master is dead, even if you betray the second prince, it's useless."

"Who said he's dead." Xiao Yi forgot Xiang Ji's glance first, and said softly: "The little prince is not dead at all. The little prince is the only His Majesty in Daliao. It won't hurt me to give you your military seal. Liao's army, go and kill the rebels."

Yeluqiong looked at Xiao Yixian in disbelief, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets, Xiangji's sword edge approached step by step, blood slowly flowed down, Yeluqiong couldn't help but his legs went weak, he looked at Xiao Yixian, and said softly: "Xiao Yixian General, since the little prince is still alive, I am willing to help you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the sword edge was firmly inserted into his neck, Yeluqiong's body twisted rapidly, he stretched out his hand to hold the sword edge tightly, the palm of his hand was cut by the sword, and thick blood continued to flow out.

With a turn of Xiangji's sword, Yeluqiong's blood gushed out like a fountain, and his tall body suddenly fell to the ground. Xiao Yi first wiped off the blood splashed on his body, then turned and walked out of Deyue Tower. How does the little prince order?"

"My lord, he was killed by the Han people." Xiao Yixian held up the general order, and said in a low voice, "Go and send the signal, set off from the south of the city, lead troops into the city, and attack Jinzhou at night."

The front of Wanfo Temple was quiet. It was originally located in the outskirts of the city, backed by barren hills, and a fire had just started. Therefore, except for guarding officers, soldiers and monks, no one else lived.

Pei Jiqing was wearing plain cloth, and the hem of his clothes was wet with dew. He reached out and lifted the hem of his clothes, and took out the badge of the General's Mansion from his pocket. The sergeant in front of the door recognized it and let Pei Jiqing in.

Pei Jiqing's hemp cloth shoes stepped on the dark floor of the Buddhist scriptures pavilion, and the edges were covered with a layer of black debris. He slowly stood at the place where the Avalokitesvara statue was originally placed and looked up, as if the speculation in his heart was also slowly Slowly confirmed: The Guanyin statue was placed in the Sutra Pavilion, Lin He was poisoned, and was found nearby, and the Sutra Pavilion was filled with thousands of volumes of Buddhist scriptures, if set on fire, it would indeed ignite in a moment It is difficult to even enter the door, not to mention rushing into the inner room to get things in the first place.

Pei Jiqing bent down and dug up the layers of dark debris, wanting to see where Lin He hid the jade bottle.A bunch of fireworks flashed quickly in the night sky, and the black as ink-stained night sky suddenly exploded brightly, and then quickly recovered. Standing in the Sutra Pavilion, Pei Jiqing asked the soldiers at the door: "What happened just now?"

"It's okay." The soldier dozed off and said impatiently: "Someone set off fireworks, you have to watch it quickly, after watching we are going to change the guard and rest, the place has been burned down, I really don't know what to watch..."

Before the soldier finished speaking, a white-feathered arrow pierced the air and hit the soldier's chest. Seeing that the soldier stopped talking, Pei Jiqing turned around and looked out. A flurry of arrows swept by. Many soldiers and horses fell to the ground one after another, and a pool of black blood flowed on the ground.

Pei Jiqing was still standing behind the bookshelf of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and did not make a sound for a long time. Suddenly, the sound of shouting and killing suddenly resounded in the night sky——

"Liao soldiers have entered the city!"

Jue Yun also woke up in an instant. He was still standing in front of Lin He's bed, but fell asleep uncontrollably. Lin He's face was pale, he kept babbling, and layers of cold sweat broke out on his forehead. The doctor walked away with the medicine bowl Go, although Lin He was unconscious, but with great strength, he raised his hand and knocked the medicine bowl to the ground.

He had a thin face, high nose and deep eyes. Jue Yun didn't know what kind of poison Lin He had been poisoned, but seeing Lin He's pained look at this time, he inexplicably thought of the embarrassment he had when he escaped from the palace. After being separated from his mother, he seemed to be insane like this, and he was really like a wolf dog, biting people when he saw them.

Looking at the dark night, Jue Yun suddenly recalled the first time he met Pei Jiqing. The man had a lame leg and a thin and sharp face. Most of the time he was bitter and mean, but sometimes he was inexplicably gentle.

Jue Yun turned his head again, and couldn't help but think of Lin He's phrase "The color is like a spring flower, and the softness is like a boneless". Much softer.

I heard that Rong Luan is the son of a family, but he always looks like an old lady for some reason, probably because he has been a high official for a long time, and he can't get over his temper for a while, so he likes to call people around.

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside the door, and everyone rushed out of the door, discussing something unknown.Jue Yun glanced at Lin He, and immediately raised his sword and went out, surrounded by the maids and servants of the General's Mansion, all panicked.

"What are you panicking about!" Lian Shuo stood up abruptly and said loudly, "You have been serving the general's mansion for so long, can it be that the general still can't deal with the little Liao dog, get out of here!"

"Even the guards!"

Before Lian Shuo could finish his sentence, a soldier came running in. He looked at Lian Shuo and said loudly: "Lian Shuo, the Liao soldiers have internal response in the city, and the general has led people to chase him from outside the city. He told you Take people quickly, and get rid of the ones in the city first."

"Okay." Lian Shuo nodded ahead, and said, "Where is the ambush in the city?"

The soldier quickly said: "Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple."

"Liao soldiers ambushed... Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple... Pei Qi went to Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple!"

Standing at the door of the room, Jue Yun felt that the hairs all over his body were standing on end, and a chill rushed to his forehead.