Chapter 621: Who is more cruel than who is

Li Qing's sword was obviously not a Shangfang sword, and there was no interest. As soon as Chen Ao finished speaking, he could no longer hold back. He slashed down with one knife, and blood flowed down along the sword, cutting Wanyan Zongjie's head. Chen Ao covered his nose with a silk scribble, unable to stand the heavy blood.

The entire State Guesthouse was in a mess. At this time, someone was escorting someone over. The *** yelled to mercy. He was extremely afraid. He knelt down at Shen Ao's feet and kowtowed, "I...I didn't see anything..."

Chen Ao recognized this person as the *** prince Wang An. The princes of various countries moved to the Honglu Temple one after another. Only Wang An was still here. The captain rushed in and killed him. He quietly took the guards to watch. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to help Wanyan Zongjie, but when he saw that the captain was so terrible, he didn't dare to speak loudly. Finally, he was brought over by the captain. His guards were also timid, and there was no one who sacrificed their own self-guard.

Chen Ao sneered at him, "But you have seen it. Look, we are doing such a secret thing, and you have seen it clean. Do you still want to live?"

Wang Anshou shuddered and thought to himself, "You are so full of fanfare, this is also called secret?" But he didn't dare to say this sentence, but he just begs for mercy in tears.

Chen Ao put the spur's feet on his head, felt the clattering teeth, and slowly said: "What did you say last time?"

“What…when…”

"When? What do you say when you escape from the threshold? By the way, did you ask me to remember that day? I remember, Brother Wang, where are you?"

Wang An said that before, thinking that he had leaned on Wanyan Zongjie's big tree. Who knew that Wanyan Zongjie was so useless, so how dare he say anything at this time. He slapped himself a few times, raised his red and swollen face and said, "I deserve to die, I deserve to die..."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Come on, help him up. He is still a prince. Who can I show you this way? I don't know, but I thought I bullied him, so I asked him to wash up and follow us later."

The lieutenants said in their minds, "Your Majesty, you are bullying him."

Time gradually passed, a dark cloud obscured Yue'er, and the fire at Chongli Gate had been controlled. When the Western Xia imperial guards reacted, they realized that something had happened at the State Guesthouse. Wanyan Zongjie was the future Xixia prince-consort and the most honorable guest of Xixia. There were no mistakes. So a team of Xixia imperial guards rushed here crazily. When they surrounded the State Guesthouse, someone had already carried Wanyan Zongjie's head with a knife and pulled out. Chen Ao took the lead, and a team of school captains were behind, and then they were Khitans.

"Who are you?" A *** shouted in the Western Xia imperial guards.

Chen Ao said loudly: "Penglai County Prince is here, the golden dog Wanyan Zongjie's dog head has been cut off, so get out of here quickly!"

The people of Xixia were upset and at a loss for a moment. Wanyan Zongjie died and the envoy of the Song Dynasty killed him. This matter was not something they could do, but they could not let go. So Chen Ao stepped forward and took a step forward. The people of Xixia took a step forward with their spears and took a step back. Slowly, more and more Xia troops came over, stacked up, but there was no edict and they could not take action. They could only be so stiff.

Chen Ao ignored them and just rode his horse towards the Xixia Palace City. The more than 200 riders were carrying Wanyan Zongjie's head, and as if no one was around, he just slowly controlled the war horses to move slowly. Although the people of Xixia were on guard, they could only take a step back when they took a step forward.

From the State Guesthouse to the Palace City, the speed was slow again. It was not until dawn that we arrived at the Palace City. There was a wide open space ahead. The arrogant horse team stopped. The Xixia people breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, and were still on guard.

It was the time to attend court, and all the officials of Xixia arrived one after another. Seeing this huge scene, they remembered the noisy sound last night. They didn't know what happened, but they all took a detour into the palace.

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Li Ganshun sat in front of the bronze mirror in the warm gaze. A little eunuch was combing his hair, tied his hair for him, putting a jade cone on him, putting on a warm hat, and looking at himself with white hair growing in the bronze mirror, Li Ganshun sighed.

At this time, a eunuch came in and whispered: "Your Majesty..."

Li Ganshun said in a calm tone: "I heard that the oil depot caught fire last night?"

The eunuch said in a trembling voice: "It's not just this."

Li Ganshun's eyes flashed, and he looked at himself in the bronze mirror and said, "Is there something wrong?"

The eunuch said: "Wanyan Zongjie is dead. The Prince of Penglai of the Song Dynasty picked up his head and was outside the palace."

Li Ganshun stood up suddenly, and he pushed the teacup on the small table in front of the mirror. With a clang, the teacup fell into several petals.

The little eunuch who was combing his hair immediately knelt down and did not dare to show his anger.

"How dare he..." Li Ganshun pointed to the direction of the palace gate with a gloomy face and shouted: "It's outrageous! This is not Da Song, but Da Xia!"

After roaring, Li Ganshun held his hands and said gloomyly: "I understand, go down."

There was already a lot of discussion in Chongwen Palace. Many people exchanged news and found out that Wanyan Zongjie was cut off by Chen Ao, and his head was outside the palace city. There were also several old ministers who were so scared that they were out of the palace. Just now, they saw someone carrying something black. The fog was thick at that time, and they couldn't see what it was. They didn't pay attention. At this time, they remembered that it was not who Wanyan Zongjie was?

At this time, standing in the Chongwen Hall, I recall the sometimes arrogant and sometimes elegant envoy of the Song Dynasty, the suave young man, who talked about the meaning of the scriptures and calligraphy and paintings with everyone. No one of the officials at that time had thought that this young man was so cruel.

Now when I think back to the youth who was as calm as spring breeze, raised my hands and feet, everyone couldn't help but have a cold war. This person was too cruel. They saw many cruel people. The Khitans were cruel enough, and the Jin people were cruel enough, but that kind of cruelty was a bit more bluffing. Chen Ao was very strange. There was a kind of fear that made people feel from the bottom of their hearts, just like a person who just made tea with you to discuss the truth, which made you admire him. The next moment he asked someone to put them on a steamer and opened it, but there was a living person inside. Then this person politely invited you to taste it. What would you do at this time? I'm afraid that even the courage to escape in the panic is gone.

Chongwen Palace was silent for a while, and everyone stopped talking.

At this time, Li Ganshun wore a crown robe and climbed to the Golden Palace, still shouting long live, and the ministers were still exempted from courtesy, but the atmosphere was different. However, Li Ganshun did not show anything. When asked about government affairs, the ministers below also answered frightenedly.

Half an hour passed, and after today's political discussions were sorted out, Li Ganshun stood up as if nothing had happened and left the court.

The ministers were about to disperse, and an eunuch said, "Secretary of Rites Yang Zhen, please stay. Your Majesty has something to ask."

Yang Zhen is Li Ganshun's heart and humerus, and no one was surprised. Except for Yang Zhen, the rest of the people were all dispersed.

Yang Zhen arrived at the warm pavilion and saluted Li Ganshun, who was drinking tea. Li Ganshun said gently: "Come on, sit down and talk."

Yang Zhen did not refuse, and when the eunuch moved Jindun, he bowed and sat down.

Li Ganshun said quietly: "Have Yang Aiqing heard about what happened last night?" He sat on the couch, looking extremely tired, leaning against the cushion behind him, lying tilted, closing his eyes, as if he was closing his eyes to rest.

Yang Zhen said: "Your Majesty, I have heard some news."

Li Ganshun nodded: "Okay, let's talk about it, what should I do now?"

At this time, it is useless to say more. The most important thing is how to deal with it. Originally, the princess wanted to marry Wanyan Zongjie, but now Wanyan Zongjie is dead and all the followers were killed. Wanyan Zongjie is Wanyan Aguda's favorite son. Now that he is killed, the Jin Kingdom will definitely take his anger on the Western Xia. At that time, he offended the Khitan, Song Dynasty, and Tubo Xixia. When facing the Jin people, wherever they go, the most important issue is that the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed, so there must be no mistakes.

Yang Zhen said: "I heard that some time ago, Tong Guan, the eunuch guarding the three borders, led a 100,000 army to perform martial arts in the border town. Although the Khitans resisted the Jin people in the north, they also held 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers on the border of the Western Xia, and more than 10,000 people were eyeing each other..."

He paused and said, "I heard that Chen Ao is the most beloved minister of the Emperor of Song. If His Majesty punishes him, the three sides of the Song Dynasty can immediately draw 300,000 people to retaliate. I also heard that the Song Dynasty was training troops and resting in military preparations. Sometimes, the thousand cavalry brought by Chen Ao is a clear proof. If the country attacks, and then uses Xixia and Tubo to highlight their views, what should Xixia do?"

He sighed and continued, "Wanyan Zongjie is the candidate for the crown prince of the Great Jin Kingdom. Now he is dead inexplicably. Even if he kills Chen Ao and sends an envoy to apologize, the king of Jin Kingdom may not relieve his hatred. If he leads his army to take revenge, how can I resist it?"

A series of problems have revealed Yang Zhen's attitude. The shock caused by Wanyan Zongjie's death is extraordinary. There is actually only one way out. I believe this is also the reason why Chen Ao dared to kill people in Longxing Mansion. However, this killing forced the entire Xixia Kingdom to a cliff and had no way out.

Li Ganshun naturally understood Yang Zhen’s thoughts and sighed, “I already know how to do it now?” Then his face became even more gloomy: “I heard that Chen Ao took people to the street last night, and he actually knew the curfew order at night. There is another way, that is, the oil depot has always been a heavily guarded place. Why didn’t it catch fire at other times? It caught fire at a remote night?”

Yang Zhen was silent for a moment and said, "Maybe there may not be spies from Song State in this city."

Li Ganshun snorted coldly and said, "Not only that, the oil depot is the guard of the imperial guards, and they are all trusted children of the country. Could it be that the spy of the Song State, even the children of our country have won over?"

The so-called nationality is the Dangxiang people. Li Ganshun said nothing wrong. The imperial guards are all children of the Dangxiang people. These people may be negligent, but they will never be spies for the Song people. But since they are not spies from the Song people, who have listened to their instructions?

Who has such great energy?

Yang Zhen felt a sudden heart and said nervously: "Your Majesty... This matter cannot be thoroughly investigated. It will affect the whole body with one blow. Now the matter is already very difficult. If many people are brought out, it will be afraid that it will shake the foundation of the country."

Li Ganshun snorted coldly and said with a faint look: "A dog-like person is my brother. For his own selfish desires, he actually hooked up with the Song people. It's hopelessly stupid."

Without giving a name to this, Yang Zhen also heard some clues, but at this time he pretended not to know anything.

Li Ganshun continued: "This matter will be postponed and then made a decision. Yang Aiqing, go to the palace gate and invite Chen Ao, the king of Penglai County of Song Dynasty, to come to the palace to meet. Also, let all the imperial guards outside the palace disperse. Don't worry, such a few people can't cause any trouble."

Yang Zhen bowed and bowed, then left the warm pavilion, and all the way to the palace gate, whispered a few words to the leader of the imperial guards on the city tower. The leader of the imperial guards nodded and then went down to give orders.

The Western Xia imperial guards faded like a tide, and at this time someone in the palace came out: "The imperial edict: summon the prince of Penglai, Song State, to meet Chen Ao."

Chen Ao waited here for an hour, and saw that Li Ganshun finally reacted, he smiled and said to Li Qing: "You are here to take care of him, don't worry, I will come when I go."

After saying that, Chen Ao got off his horse and walked into the Xixia Forbidden Palace.

This is the second time that Chen Ao has come in. When he first came in, he clearly saw the people he met along the way with explicit disdain and even contempt for him, especially those Xixia warriors who are responsible for the responsibilities of the imperial guards, who wrote this emotion on his face.
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