I..." Duan Ling didn't know where to start for a while.
"You've already fought against him, haven't you?" Yelu Zongzhen said, "and gave him a punch beautifully. I think he may remember the fiasco outside Yecheng for the rest of his life."
"That's the military exploits of Wu Du." Duan Ling replied, "It has nothing to do with me..."
Yelu Zongzhen pondered for a moment, Duan Ling spread out a piece of paper, put it in front of him, and brushed ink for him, but was stopped by Yelu Zongzhen and called the guards in.
"You shouldn't do this kind of thing in your capacity." Yelu Zongzhen said.
Duan Ling had to admire Yelu Zongzhen. From the moment we met tonight, no matter what he said, there were hidden words in his words, and he didn't force him to make any decisions until he reached it.
Yelu Zongzhen finished writing the order to leave the city and handed it to Duan Ling. It was already dawn, he was a little sleepy, and said, "I'll sleep for a while, you can do it yourself."
Duan Ling didn't want to go out for a while, so he stayed in the study, while Yelu Zongzhen leaned on the low couch behind the case and closed his eyes.
"Is he treating you well?" Yelu Zongzhen asked suddenly.
"Who?" Duan Ling was thinking about how to convince Wu Du, when Zong Zhen asked, he recovered and said subconsciously, "Very good, never violate me in everything."
"You are Li Jianhong's son." Yelu Zongzhen said, "No wonder when I first saw you, I thought you were unusual, like a beautiful jade. But you are not like him, not at all, Li Jianhong What to do, never ask others what they mean."
"What I want to do, I never ask others what they mean." Duan Ling replied, "But he is not someone else."
"He alone, compared with the people in this world, which is more important?" Yelu Zongzhen asked.
"Do you want to know?" Duan Ling laughed and said, "It's better not to know, otherwise people all over the world will scold me."
Yelu Zongzhen said: "When you say this, you look very much like Li Jianhong."
"You haven't seen my father." Duan Ling smiled lightly, "How do you know if we look alike?"
"I heard a lot of his deeds." Yelu Zongzhen said, "Although he is an enemy, it is already a legend. It stands to reason that I should settle accounts with you. Your father killed too many of us from Liao."
"You Liao people also killed many of our Han people." Duan Ling replied, "You killed them first."
"Earlier, you Han people killed many of our Liao people on the banks of the Xilamulun River, and almost wiped out our clan." Yelu Zongzhen said.
"Then you Liao people were earlier..." Duan Ling said in a trance.
"Also?" Yelu Zongzhen laughed.
Duan Ling couldn't remember. In the historical records, the content of the documents that appeared in the history of the Khitan people was the battle on the banks of the Xilamulun River.
"Duanling." Yelu Zongzhen suddenly said, "Do you have a sister?"
"No." Duan Ling replied, "There is only one cousin, but you wouldn't want to marry her."
He suddenly felt that when he talked to Yelu Zongzhen, there seemed to be a strange tacit understanding with each other. On the first day, when he met Zongzhen, he felt that he was not deceiving himself - they were a bit similar in some places.
Suddenly, there was a light noise outside, and the two turned their heads at the same time.
A figure passed by.
The guard shouted that there were assassins, and there were many people outside the door. They guarded the hall door in an instant. Duan Ling thought it was a martial artist and hurriedly said: "Don't do it!"
"Don't do it." Yelu Zongzhen laughed.
Suddenly another shadow passed by, and Duan Ling instinctively felt that it was Wu Du! Who was that previous figure? Is it Lang Junxia? !
The subordinates hurriedly entered and replied: "Someone was peeping outside, was discovered by the guards of the honored guest, and chased them out of the house."
Yelu Zongzhen frowned slightly, then speculated the inside story, and asked Duan Ling: "Is that the person who wanted to kill you on the street?"
"It should be." Duan Ling thought about it for a while, and felt uneasy in his heart. He wanted to chase him out, but he didn't know where Wu Du went and where should he chase him
"How does the assassin's skill compare to that person's?" Yelu Zongzhen asked.
Duan Ling pondered, and then replied, "There is no danger."
Yelu Zongzhen nodded and stopped talking about it. Duan Ling thought in his heart. Sure enough, Yelu Zong did not exaggerate. The Liao Emperor's subordinates still have some arrangements for counter-inspection. Otherwise, it is too absurd that even the king of a country can be assassinated by a single assassin.
"I'm thinking." Yelu Zongzhen continued what he said earlier, "It's better to marry anyone, but it's better to marry you. If you marry you, the world will be peaceful."
"Nonsense." Duan Ling laughed and laughed.
"When we were not called 'Liao' earlier, it wasn't that we never banned male queens." Yelu Zongzhen said jokingly, "In this world, you can take care of it, or I can take care of it, there won't be so many fights. I'm so happy that I don't have to worry about political affairs, just as you learn some poems, lyrics and tunes, it's romantic."
"What about the Yuan people?" Duan Ling said, "You still have to open three palaces and six courtyards, can you marry Batu?"
Yelu Zongzhen laughed loudly and replied, "The Buerchijin clan is a group of barbarians, and they are not a problem."
"It's so easy to say, why don't you marry me." Duan Ling smiled.
Yelu Zongzhen was wearing the black military uniform style of the Liao Emperor. He looked a little bigger than Duan Ling, but he felt that he was only a little bit bigger. He had the gentleness of a man, and when he talked, he was like a brother next door. Everyone felt at ease when he was by his side.
"If you can stop the war, what's the harm in marrying you?" Yelu Zongzhen said, "But it's unfair to your queen."
Duan Ling also laughed hahaha, but it was just a joke. He didn't have the same feeling for Zongzhen as Wu Du. He felt that he liked Zongzhen very much, but he didn't love him. He didn't have the feeling that he couldn't help but want to rely on Wu Du when he was facing Wu Du.
"I'll find a way." Duan Ling got up and said.
"After this incident is over," Yelu Zongzhen replied, "Our two families will stop fighting from now on."
"I'm just the prefect of Hebei." Duan Ling replied, "I can't be the master."
"You will always go back." Yelu Zongzhen said, "The kid from the Cai family can't be your opponent, and Fei Hongde is by your side. Although your husband has a little temper, he can see that he is all about you. After I return safely, I will bring up some old things about the Cai family, and whether you need it or not, I will send it to Yecheng for you."
Duan Ling's heart moved, and he vaguely felt that it might be in the hands of Yelu Zongzhen, who had very important clues. The Cai family was an official in the south. The brothers Cai Wen and Cai Yan survived under the protection of Yelu Dashi to avoid being killed. , there should be records about the Cai family in the Liao State official office.
"Why do you think he did this?" Duan Ling asked.
"I don't know him." Yelu Zongzhen replied, "but what can be guessed is that he hates you Han people. It was your grandfather who killed the Cai family with a counter-attack, and Fei Hongde who came up with this scheme. Sir. It is very dangerous to let a person who has a blood feud with Chen Guo be the crown prince, and he may drag the whole world into a doom."
Duan Ling didn't speak, got up and left, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked, "On the day the capital city was broken, was my late father's sword in your hands?"
"Saber?" Yelu Zongzhen pondered, and then replied, "No, are you looking for it? I'll ask for you later."
Duan Ling knew that Yelu Zong really had no need to lie to him at this time, nodded and went out.
The sky was bright and the wind was blowing, and the whole city was much colder overnight. The cold wind from the south passed through, and Luoyan City bore the brunt of it. It was the earliest place in the Great Wall to enter winter. There was a thin layer of frost on the ground, and when Duan Ling stepped on it, the ice surface made a fine cracking sound.
Every step smashed the ice in the corridor, and when he reached the inner courtyard, he stopped.
Changliujun was eating in the courtyard, but Wu Du was not seen.
"Where's Wu Du?" Duan Ling asked.
"I went to kill Wuluohoumu." Lord Changliu said, "Why did Wuluohoumu come?"
Duan Ling handed him the order to leave the city and said, "I don't know, shouldn't you know better than me?"
Changliu-jun squinted his eyes behind the mask, and Duan Ling's smooth push-hand pushed back Changliu-jun's question, but he couldn't ask any more.
Why did Lang Junxia come? Duan Ling put it on Changliujun's head, meaning that what you are doing, only Changpin and Muxiang know best, maybe it is for Qian Qi.
"I just saw Ben Xiao in the backyard, why did Ben Xiao come back?" Changliu-jun asked again.
Duan Ling spread his hands, meaning how do I know
"I'm going out of town," said Changliu-jun, "I'm afraid that Mr. Long-term hire is in danger."
"If there is danger, it's too late for you to go now." Duan Ling said, "If you can catch Wuluohoumu, you might get useful information."
Changliu-jun hesitated for a moment, then jumped up, stepped onto the roof in two steps, and left the courtyard.
"Hey! Wait!" Duan Ling shouted.
He hadn't asked how Qian Qi was, but Changliu-jun clearly left his post without permission, and ran away in the blink of an eye. Duan Ling only felt a little dangerous for a while, but the Shadow Guard should not have followed Luoyan City all the way. In fact, from a month ago, the killer who was lying in ambush outside Ye City had not moved.
The only person who threatens him is Lang Junxia. Now that Wu Du goes after Lang Junxia, he will not be in danger.
Having said that, Duan Ling was still a little uneasy. After thinking for a while, Chao Wei said, "Please come in and sit with me for a while."
Of the two guards outside, one of them went to pass the message.
Duan Ling stretched out, it was too cold outside the courtyard, as if winter had suddenly come overnight. It must have been a strong wind for several days in Luoyan City.
After a while, a person came in. It was the "Shuluduan" he had rescued earlier. Duan Ling finally remembered this person. He was full of beards in the past, but now he has shaved for some reason. When he was in Beijing that year, this person was a warrior by Zongzhen's side. He was surnamed Shulu, and most of them were nobles of the Liao Kingdom. It was not uncommon for the children of nobles to serve as the emperor's personal guard.
"It's you." Duan Ling smiled, "Is it better?"
Shulu took a step forward, knelt down on one knee, and said to Duan Ling in Chinese, "I have recovered. Thank you Your Highness for saving your life."
"Don't call your Highness." Duan Ling felt a sudden shock in his heart, and his back was full of cold sweat. Fortunately, Lord Changliu was not there, otherwise Zongzhen would be a good laugh and would have sold himself casually.
Duan Ling asked a few people to come to protect him, but only a Shuluduan came. Since Zongzhen arranged it this way, he naturally had his intentions. The martial arts of this Liao warrior would not be low.
"Why did you go to the Yuan people's barracks that day?" Duan Ling was a little surprised, this man can speak Chinese.
"Reporting to the hall... Your lord." Shuluduan replied, "The last general and his colleagues pretended to be intercepted by the Yuan army as they escaped from the city, and went to spy on the military situation and observe the arrangement of the Yuan army for His Majesty. They escaped in the prison camp. At that time, in order to cover his colleagues, he was stabbed by Amugu."
Duan Ling nodded. He had met once in the past, but now he saved his life by accident. He also remembered the relationship between himself and the Liao Kingdom. He was always saving people, either saving this or that, saving the emperor, saving the emperor. 's subordinates, it is really fate.
"Where is your guard?" said Shuluduan, "but betrayed you?"
"No no." Duan Ling replied, "He... just went to do some errands and will be back soon."