Step by step as he walked out of the dark cell, Yang Guo raised his head and glanced at the sky. The bright light made his old eyes shed tears.
Yang Guo was already old and did not continue to look at the sky stubbornly. He just lowered his head, squinted his eyes, and tried to adapt.
All the way out of the prison of Goukao Bureau, a carriage was waiting outside.
"Counsellor Yang, please."
Yang Guo only looked at the guards around him and knew that it was Shi Tianze who was coming.
"Shi Gong."
"Sit down and talk." Shi Tianze said calmly. He was no longer as polite as before, and even turned a blind eye to the wounds all over Yang Guo's body...
"Thank you, Mr. Shi, for saving me." Yang Guo still saluted.
"I told Alan Da'er that it was my order for you to contact Li Fen." Shi Tianze said, with a bit of displeasure in his tone.
"Wouldn't they doubt the historian?"
"Of course they will be suspicious. I can only say that... I have noticed Li Fen's ambition a long time ago and asked you to test it. Since Li Fen is planning something evil, I have already written a memorial to report to the Great Khan." Shi Tianze said.
Yang Guo was stunned, not expecting that Shi Tianze would take the blame on himself like this.
"Having said that, I'm afraid that Shi Gong will still arouse countless suspicions. This..."
"This must be the case. Li Fen is an idiot and everyone knows Sima Zhao's intentions. Do you still want me to test him?!" Shi Tianze was already angry at this point and shouted: "You... are simply stupid!"
Yang Guo felt guilty and quickly asked to thank him for such a great favor.
"Get up. Do you think I really want to save you? I'm not forced to do so." Shi Tianze said with a cold face.
Of course he could pretend to be loyal and benevolent to Yang Guo, but there is no need. Yang Guo will know the whole story sooner or later, and now he is pretending to be a villain.
It's better to show his displeasure on his face and make him look magnanimous.
"Forced?" Yang Guo asked in surprise.
Shi Tianze said: "Last month, when you persuaded me to have trouble with Li Fen, I told you that the time was not right, but you refused to listen and ended up like this. It's your own fault. I didn't want to save you."
Yang Guo sighed deeply, with a sad look in his eyes.
Shi Tianze continued to scold: "You have lived to this age and you can't even understand the situation?"
"I understand what Mr. Shi said." Yang Guo finally responded: "Now is not the best time..."
"Ha, you understand." Shi Tianze sneered.
Yang Guo slowly stretched out his hand, opened the curtain and took a look, seeing only the Shi family's confidants outside.
While doing this action, he touched the wounds on his body and his face twitched.
"The opportunity that Shi Gong wants is for Meng Ge and Kublai Khan to fight, with both sides losing... But will such an opportunity really come? If it doesn't come, will he never take action?"
Shi Tianze remained silent.
Yang Guo added: "I understand that with the historian's current status, even if he does nothing, he can still maintain wealth for generations, and he is not determined to do anything..."
"Do nothing?" Shi Tianze sneered: "Do you know how I have been walking on thin ice these years? You must be extremely cautious in this matter."
Yang Guo smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "I'm afraid that if you be cautious, be cautious, your whole life will go by like this."
"You were never like this before."
"In the past, I never saw hope."
"What hope? Did the small court of Zhao and Song Dynasty defeat that idiot Wu Liang Hetai? Every time Wu Liang Hetai had a small victory, he was proud and underestimated the enemy. I had expected that he would lose. But what impact does it have on Mongolia's national power?" Shi Tianze said
: "With less unruly gangsters, people like Atahu who are appointed commanders just because of Meng Ge's trust, but whose abilities are mediocre, Mongolia will only be stronger!"
"It is undeniable that the Song army can contain Mongolia."
"not enough."
"When will it be enough? Does Kublai Khan really dare to rebel? He doesn't dare!"
"Over the years we have been telling him to 'walk the Chinese way and be the master of China', constantly stimulating his ambitions, and one day..."
"Master Shi, it is impossible to achieve great things perfectly. You have to take some risks." Yang Guo said: "If Kublai Khan does not resist this test, it is very likely that he will lose his power and never have another chance."
"No, he won't."
"You want to lose both sides, let alone lose." Yang Guo said: "The Mongolian army intends to personally conquer. If Shi Gong is summoned to go on an expedition, is there any better chance?"
"That's enough, we've argued enough. I'm not in the mood to persuade you old fool today."
Shi Tianze had already heard a lot of things from this conversation, such as "adventure" and so on. It was completely unlike Yang Guo's past behavior. He was obviously deeply influenced by others.
"Li Xia has arrived in Kaifeng again." Shi Tianze leaned against the car wall and said it lightly.
Yang Guo was a little surprised and asked, "What is he doing here?"
"Come to save you, force me to save you, and I won't hesitate to capture Erlang for this."
Yang Guo was stunned for a while, then pouted. His mood became extremely complicated at this moment.
Shi Tianze pondered for a while and said: "Li Xia will definitely come to see you. And I have two ways, kill him, or meet his request and let him release Erlang..."
Before Shi Tianze could speak, Yang Guo had already said: "Don't worry, Mr. Shi, Li Xia is not an unreasonable person. I will let him let Erlang go. I will never harm Erlang's life."
Shi Tianze nodded, closed his eyes, and said no more.
The carriage drove all the way to Yang Mansion. When Yang Guo got out of the car and took a look, he saw many soldiers from the Gou Kao Bureau and the Shi Family surrounding him.
He sighed and staggered through the door. His family members and servants gathered around him, telling them their worries and the joy of surviving the disaster.
Yang Guo managed to chat with them for a while, then walked into the study alone and closed the door.
"Come out." He said slowly.
However, the study was silent and no one answered.
This made Yang Guo seem to go back to the scene when he was looking for Li Xia in Zhishi Garden last year.
But he didn't give up and said again: "Boy, come out..."
Over there, Shi Tianze returned to the mansion by car, and the concierge quickly stepped forward and reported: "Alang, someone has sent a greeting card."
Shi Tianze took it and opened it, only to see four words inside.
"Kaibao Temple Pagoda."
When Zhang Hongdao was searching for Li Xia last year, Li Xia had stayed at the Kaibao Temple Pagoda.
But this time, the Kaibao Temple Tower has a different function. Li Xia only needs to find someone to look out at the top of the tower. If Shi Tianze had sent someone to search for him, he would have escaped long ago.
Shi Tianze was too lazy to do such useless things and walked to the open space under the tower alone.
He waited for a long time before a tall figure came from a distance and stood twenty steps away from Shi Tianze.
"Are you Li Xia?"
"Yes." Li Xia said, "Young Master is in my hands. If I have any shortcomings, he will definitely die."
"Stop chatting and ask for your request." Shi Tianze stood with his hands behind his hands, showing an air of magnanimity.
In comparison, Li Xia's caution and testing seemed a bit naive.
"Please ask Mr. Shi to send Mr. Yang and his family to the Song Dynasty safely. I will release your son when the time comes."
"You are so sentimental, Yang Guo doesn't want to go south with you." Shi Tianze said: "He is a Jin man, and he looks down on Zhao Song in his heart."
"I know." Li Xia said, "So, I didn't go to him. I came to talk to you directly. I want you to get him out of here."
"anything else?"
"No more." Li Xia said, "I came here this time just for this reason."
"Why should I trust you?"
"Promise." Li Xia said: "I came to Kaifeng for the first time because I promised to complete this errand. I also promised Mr. Yang that I would make good use of the information he gave me and save the lives of his family, old and young, so I once again promised
coming."
Shi Tianze sneered.
He really found it ridiculous that the young man in front of him had made promises in front of senior officials twice after entering the country.
The ancients valued promises, but today's people value profit. This world is no longer the Warring States period when promises were more important than life. He read history books and could not imagine why Nie Zheng could enter Korea alone with a sword just for a promise...
"It's just child's play."
"You can only trust me, can't you?" Li Xia said.
"I don't need this son." Shi Tianze said, "I have many sons."
"But you only take Shi Zhang with you, and you like this second son the most."
"Ah."
"You have always paid great attention to raising your children and nephews. In fact, with your status, a good death is not a problem. Everything you plan is for the future of the historian. You are worried that after the Mongols dominate the world, they will attack your descendants, and the rabbit will die and the dog will be cooked."
Li Xia said, paused, and then said: "This deal is not harmful to you, it's just a farewell to Yang Guo's family. It's a good time to get together, and we will have opportunities to cooperate in the future."
Shi Tianze asked back: "Do you think it's easy for me to explain in front of the Khan?"
"I've never been a dog before, so I don't know if it's difficult."
"Little beast, aren't you afraid of death?"
"It doesn't matter whether I die or not. If you reject me, it will only be more difficult for you."
Li Xia took a step forward, which actually made Shi Tianze feel the pressure.
"If you don't agree, I will not only kill Shi Zhang, but also continue to frame you. As far as I know, Liu Taiping is already very suspicious of you... I did it."
"You also know Liu Taiping."
"I understand Mongolian and I try my best when doing things. It is not difficult to understand. We have also fought twice, so you can understand what I am capable of."
"I've never been threatened by anyone."
Li Xia said: "This is not a threat, but to tell you that Mr. Yang is valuable to me. It is worth it for you to let us go..."
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