The setting sun shines on the gravel road near the Dazhen Pass, stretching the figures on the horse's back slanted and lengthening. Looking at the long black shadows, it seemed that even the knife and spear in their hands seemed a little majestic.

As the guard of Dazhen Pass, Li Xiao looked at the vast and leisurely Song army, who was like a merchant exhausted to rush to travel, stood at the high gate of the gate. With a wave of his hand, the huge stone below slowly opened.

It was closed only at night, but he closed it every day for several days. After the merchants who were traveling with Xia and Song Lai were refused to come and go, it was like a copycat, and he became the mountain king here. Everything was decided by him, and everything depends on his mood.

"Who is here? Let's sign up." As an arrow flashed through a cold light, it was inserted into the gravel-paved road surface, blocking Ye Qing and others' steps. Li Xiao, who was standing in the attic above the tall closed door, shouted loudly.

"Where is Ye Qing, this is the pass-through document." Ye Qing sneered, looking at Li Xiao above the door, facing the setting sun, hanging the document on the crossbow handed over by Jia She. Then he raised his arm and the sound of breaking through the air sounded. The arrows on the crossbow, with the document, were steadily nailed to the pillar not far away next to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao couldn't help but look cold, and his eyes looked at Ye Qing with a little anger in an instant: "What a rampant Song people."

"We are each other, let alone you are just a small guard at the gate. Have you even forgotten the etiquette that Daxia Kingdom should have? Or..." Ye Qing raised his head slightly and said arrogantly: "Aren't you afraid that I will sue you in the prime minister of your country? Or do you think that my personal relationship with Renla Gongji is pretty good?"

The more Ye Qing showed his toughness, Li Xiao became more at ease with Ye Qing's actions. After all, no one could dare to be so arrogant after entering the wolf's den, right?

So I just casually glanced at the document in my hand, and then threw it to Ye Qingma with the arrows drawn again: "Come in, I will stamp you with the clearance seal after the meal."

After saying that, Li Xiao hummed again disdainfully, and did not look at how many soldiers and horses were behind Ye Qing, so he walked down the top of the closing door without looking back.

As Li Xiao's figure disappeared, Ye Qing nodded at Jia She, and then the group began to pass the Great Zhen Pass in a mighty manner.

The reason why Dazhen Pass is called the first important pass is entirely due to its easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack terrain, which is just above the flat bottom between the two valleys. With a river flowing through the middle, Dazhen Pass has completely formed a military camp that can be self-sufficient without relying on external forces for a long time.

It is precisely because of the terrain advantage of the Great Zhen Pass that although Gu Pass is the first level of Xia Kingdom, its role has become increasingly prominent and important because of the Great Zhen Pass, and it becomes optional and is not valued. Therefore, this has also fulfilled the key to Ye Qing's ability to capture so easily.

As they entered the camp one after another, naturally someone was assigned by Li Xiao to settle Ye Qing and others. Jia She followed Ye Qing and the Xia soldiers and walked towards the room where Li Xiao was. The other soldiers began to hand over the war horses to the Xia people not far from the stable, and they led them into the natural stable.

Li Ren from Guguan and Li Xiao from Dazhen Pass were two brothers. This was what Ye Qing had learned when he planned to walk Guanshan into Jingzhao Mansion Road. Compared to Li Ren's gloomy and indifference, Li Xiao seemed much more careless. In addition, because of his long-term guard at Dazhen Pass, he had enough opportunities to exploit all kinds of strange goods from merchants.

Entering the hall, there were all kinds of decorations everywhere. Looking at those styles, they included both traditional Central Plains craftsmanship and bold style. Even some Poli utensils were placed in conspicuous positions by Li Xiao, as if they were afraid that Ye Qing didn't know how rich he was.

He walked to Ye Qing with his fat belly, and looked at Ye Qing slowly looking at the furnishings in the room, and couldn't help but say proudly: "I have been here for many years, and most of the merchants come and go to the world to admire their reputation and respect them, so they unknowingly accumulated these things that made Lord Ye laugh. Oh, by the way, if Lord Ye likes it, you might as well pick two of them and take them back."

He said this, but his eyes were flashing with a vicious light. Of course he knew that even if he was giving Ye Qing, he would not be able to bring all these things back to the Song Dynasty. After all, after passing Anrong Pass, he was a flatter Fu Hanping. At Laoye Ridge or in front of Malu Pass, it was his burial place for Ye Qing. So even if Ye Qing took it, he could only take them to Laoye Ridge, which would be cheaper for other passers-guarding generals.

"It's rare that General Li is so generous." Ye Qing smiled, and then reached out to touch the wine pot made by Poli. Yu Guang looked at Li Xiao's cheek and twitched. Ye Qing then consciously put it back to the original place, turned around and said, "No wonder General Li of Guguan said that after the Great Zhen Pass, if there are any strange gadgets, you might as well take it out for General Li Xiao to see. By the way, I dare to ask General Li Xiao what is the relationship with General Li Ren in Guguan?"

"It's just my brother." Li Xiao smiled with a fat and big eared face. The flesh on his face seemed to tremble at the same time. He reached out and invited Ye Qing to sit down on the chair next to him, then waved his hand and took the Xia Bing who came from Ye Qing and walked out. When Jia She saw Ye Qing nodding, he also followed him out.

Seeing that there were only two of them in the room, Li Xiao suddenly mysteriously put his fat face in front of Ye Qing, and then said, "It is said that Lord Ye helped the Liao people fight against the Khwarezm people this time, but he has gained a lot of benefits?"

Ye Qing shrugged frankly and said with a proud look: "I can't say a lot, but...even filling your house shouldn't be a problem... Oh, by the way, I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

"How do you say this?" When Li Xiao heard this, he felt as if the money tied to his ribs was pulled off. Since Ye Qing said it in front of him, it means that Ye Qing definitely means to be filial to him, but he disappointed him? What does this mean?

"How many troops are there in General Li's Great Earthquake Pass now?" Ye Qing asked with a mysterious expression.

"There were less than four thousand people, and there were nearly seven thousand people, but these days... what does Lord Ye mean?" Li Xiao's fat face instantly became extremely cold, and he asked coldly with great vigilance.

Ye Qing looked as usual and said with a smile: "General Li misunderstood. Ye was just asking, and he had no intention of exploring the truth and reality of Guan. What's more, Ye was the country that entered from Guanlong Road and was so familiar with the Prime Minister of the Hot Gongji of the Kingdom. How could the two countries start to fight?

"Why did Lord Ye suddenly ask this?" Li Xiao continued to hold on to the question.

"Because I have to calculate, I need to give General Li a few rare treasures I have obtained from the Khwarezm people." Ye Qingsi said without feeling embarrassed at all: "After all, I need to pass through the six passes along the way, and I have to take the liberty to disturb General Li here tonight. This ceremony naturally cannot be light. As for... General Li, you are disappointed, because General Li has not finished choosing yet. I am afraid that if you want to choose, you, General Li, will have to be early tomorrow morning."

Listening to Ye Qing's words, Li Xiao's eyes lit up first, and then he grabbed the key point and said, "Is it all left by that kid Li Ren? You... are you so relieved? Are you not afraid that he will leave it all for you?"

"General Li, don't be anxious." Ye Qing reached out and made a gesture of restlessness in the air and pressed down. He watched the fat Li Xiao continue to hang in the chair and formed a lump and said with a smile: "Most of Ye's troops are still in Guguan, so I feel at ease with them to look at me. Besides, I am also very at ease with General Li Ren. In addition, General Li and General Li Ren are brothers, I think General Li Ren will take care of your level."

When Ye Qing was speaking, Li Xiao had already started to get distracted. He just subconsciously responded to Ye Qing's words in his mouth, and his mind was already thinking whether he should take this opportunity to leave all the treasures that Ye Qing had plundered from the Khwarezmian people in his hands at Dazhen Pass?

After all, according to Ye Qing, he would give gifts of varying importance according to the number of people in the camp, so why should he take advantage of others?

Over the years, the ones I plundered were often leftovers from Malu, Laoyeling, Fu Hanping and Anrong Pass. Even the merchants who entered the Song Dynasty from Xia were mostly plundered by their younger brothers before it was their turn.

So over the years, I have never eaten a first meal. What's more, Ye Qing in front of me, who won the victory after fighting Khwarezm and returned to Song. The oil and water on him were completely unparalleled compared to the merchants who came and went. If he could monopolize all of Ye Qing's treasures this time, it would be much more than he had exploited from merchants in recent years.

Ye Qing will die sooner or later, but if all or most of the treasures fall into the hands of other generals, he will not be able to sleep at night and will not let him go in his sleep.

So Li Xiao couldn't help but start to think boldly, if he designed to capture Ye Qing tonight and ban all his more than a thousand men, and then when the people behind them arrived, Ye Qing would be threatened by him, would he be afraid that those Song people who only like to make peace would not surrender to him?

And I can also pretend to agree to Ye Qing first that as long as the baby is obtained, I can let them go. At that time, I will find a reason to pay off their weapons. Will it all depend on my mood if I want to kill or cut them?

If you don’t have to do it well, Su Dao and others from Malu Pass will take action. You can kill Ye Qing on the spot. Then you still don’t believe that the Prime Minister will blame him, and you may even be promoted to him because of this!

Yu Guang swept over Li Xiao with an uncertain expression, and the smile on Ye Qing's mouth became more and more sincere. In the tavern in the Hara City of Liao Kingdom, Qi Shilie's Gods slaves reminded him that he had discovered the merchants in the Song court. Although they had nothing to do with the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, he still learned from them about Li Xiao's greed and liking to exploit merchants.

For example, Poli, who made Li Xiao crazy, has a lot to do with those merchants who went to find the merchants in Hara City. It is hard to say that even the Poli vessels placed were given to Li Xiao by those merchants.

"These are not top-quality. I am a Song Dynasty man, and I have studied these things more than General Li. Besides, General Li said that when it comes to studying rare products, gold, silver and jewelry, whether it is your country or Jin, they are far inferior to our Song Dynasty man. This time, there are several treasures in Khwarezm, which can be regarded as rare treasures even in our Song Dynasty royal family. Ye will open your eyes tomorrow." Ye Qing ignored Li Xiao and asked what kind of treasure it was. Instead, he smiled mysteriously and continued to say, "General Li will know tomorrow morning, but then again, it depends on whether General Li is sincere in entertaining Ye tonight. If he is sincere, everything is easy to say. If he is not sincere, then he will be sorry to General Li."

"Sincerity?" Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ye Qing raising his head and drinking, and immediately understood, so he shouted to the door: "Tonight, kill chickens and cows to prepare a banquet for Lord Ye, go and buy it."

"Ye knew that Wei Ming Asan in Longcheng, Wei Ming Linggong in Malu, Chahan in Laoyeling, and Cao Guang in Fu Hanping were very fond of some jewelry related to Poli. And when Ye entered Guanshan from Jingzhaofu Road, they mentioned..." Ye Qing said the names of the generals at each pass at Guanlong Road, just as he knew, to see if he had been replaced by Hot Gongji in the last battle.

Li Xiao’s mind is now full of blank checks written by Ye Qing for him, so he said without thinking: “Hmph, compared to these people, you should be careful of Noriyou at the next pass. As for Cao Guang in the future, Chahan, you don’t have to worry, because they are already gathered at the Malu at this time and will not make things difficult for you.”

"Malu, what did they all go to Malu for?" Ye Qing asked with great interest.

Li Xiao saw that he couldn't hide it anymore, and he once again missed it. But this time, there was a blank check that Ye Qing had given him, so his eyes turned: "An Rong Pass has always been a big pass. His guardian Ye Riyou is extremely mean, but because of his extremely bravery, he is neither greedy nor lustful, so he has always been the most troublesome character to both merchants."

"So that's it. No wonder when Ye entered Xia, he didn't even see his figure. By the way, what did the other guards go to Malu for?" Ye Qingming asked knowingly.

Now everything is clear. The hot Gongji is very afraid of alerting the enemy. Not only did he give up Guguan, but he even gave up the Great Zhenguan. Instead, he put the hope of chasing and blocking himself from behind and put the hope of Ye Liyou, which is the next gate.

So it can be judged now that Ye Riyou will not make things difficult for him, but once he enters Anrong Pass, Ye Riyou will definitely follow him closely. Fu Hanping's guard Cao Guang and Laoyeling guard Chahan are no longer at the two passes, and they are obviously borrowed to Malu Pass to stop him.

Now, there are only Noriyu and Li Xiao in front of him who may be behind him. More than 3,000 soldiers at the entrance of Li Xiao Pass were lent to him. So would it be lent to Noriyu or to Malu Pass?

"What else can they do?" Li Xiao began to avoid his eyes, and hesitated and quickly thought about the excuse: "Neliyu doesn't like gambling, I'm too far from Malu, so they Fu Hanping and Laoyeling often gambling in Malu. I guess, I'm afraid they're going to gamble again."

Ye Qing said oh, then suddenly said with a smile: "General Li should thank Ye Riyu for being. If he hadn't also liked gambling, wouldn't there be four or five unguarded places in these six levels? And General Li, wouldn't you have to take responsibility for the detention center's checkpoints at that time?"
Chapter completed!