In the study, Li Xia and Yang Guo were still talking, talking about everything along the way.
Yang Guo had already heard part of it, but still listened patiently.
Suddenly, an announcement sounded outside.
"Alang, we have a visitor."
Yang Guo's hand shook, and he turned around and asked, "Who?"
"Yes..." Yang Fu outside the study did not answer and hesitated for a moment.
"Just tell me, it doesn't matter."
"It's the gentleman from Yidu."
Yang Guo seemed to be relieved, stood up and said, "I'll go see him."
Li Xia heard this and raised the long sword in his hand.
If Yang Guo didn't protect him, he would have to hold Yang Guo hostage if he wanted to escape. Therefore, Li Xia was unwilling to let the old man go away easily.
Yang Guo seemed not to have seen the tip of the sword, and slowly walked up to him and said: "The person here is one of our own, let me go and see him... To cooperate, there must be sincerity, and I will always be honest with you tonight.
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"good."
"If you are brave, Afu, serve him tea."
"yes……"
Yang Guo crossed the courtyard with his hands behind his back and arrived at the hall, where he saw Wang Xun sitting there.
"Mr. Yang."
Yang Guo got straight to the point and said: "I went to Zhishi Garden tonight, Zhang Hongdao must have known about it."
Wang Xin smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Yang...please take a look at this."
He took out Zhang Hongdao's letter of alliance from his sleeve and handed it over.
Yang Guo looked at it, nodded, and said: "That's good, that's good. Fortunately, only Zhang Hongdao knows about it."
"If he doesn't cooperate with us, it would be the same to kill him."
"Let him withdraw his troops. This is the end of the matter. We can't let it get any bigger."
"I'm afraid this won't work." Wang Xing said: "Zhang Wulang wants Li Xia's head. Only after he gets it, will he persuade Zhang Rou to join forces."
Yang Guo didn't answer, but glanced at Wang Zhu, asking for his explanation.
Wang Xindao: "Logically speaking, since Zhang Wulang joined, he should cooperate and give the information to Zhao Song. But he must want Li Xia to die. If you let me guess the reason, Li Xia offended the Zhang family severely. If he let him go,
Where is the face of the Zhang family? Furthermore, Li Xia may have some information about the Zhang family.
However, killing Li Xia is also the right thing to do. Tonight on the Double Ninth Festival, there is no one to watch the fire. Zhang Wulang can't explain it. This incident not only alarmed the Quanzhen Sect, but also Brother Sian. If he doesn't stop it, if he is
If it is found out, it will be detrimental to us and Li Xia is too troublesome, so we should kill him."
Yang Guodao: "But if Zhao and Song did not contain the Mongolian army, and without Zhao and Song's financial and material support, how could the incident be accomplished?"
Wang Xun sighed and said: "Mr. Yang also knows that Marshal Li's father died at the hands of Zhao Kui. Marshal Li and Song Dynasty have sworn hatred, but for the sake of important things, he still ignored the past and agreed to join forces with Song Dynasty. We
But contact Zhao Kui to handle this matter, because I want to take revenge for killing my father."
"Yes. Li Fen... can be said to be majestic and majestic."
"Where's Zhao Song? After such a long time, what's the point of sending three or two unknown people here? Using the information we risked our lives to deliver as a bargaining chip in the court's struggle for power? Treating us as pawns in their strife with each other? Get out of here.
!”
This "Go away" was loud and clear, but Wang Xun was still not satisfied. He spat on the ground again, and then continued: "The little broken imperial court deserves to die for its inadequacy and conspiracy! What we are doing is not to restore the country for his Zhao Guan family.
, do you think we are idiots like Yu Wenxuzhong?!"
Yang Guo was silent for a long time, closing his old eyes as if sleeping.
Wang Xun continued: "How much effort has been spent to win over the Zhang family? Isn't the Zhang family more reliable than the wavering Zhao Song? Why is it not worthwhile to kill an unknown person for this? What is Mr. Yang worried about? Does he cherish his talents?
"
Yang Guodao: "Since Zhang Hongdao has accepted the letter of surrender, is he still afraid that Zhang Rou will not be willing to collude in big things? His request may not be fulfilled."
"I promised him, and this is the due faith." Wang Xin said: "We are planning this big thing. If we don't keep faith, how can we talk about sincere cooperation?"
"Faith?" Yang Guo murmured to himself: "In these troubled times, do you still have faith?"
Yang Guo's eyes seemed to be in the distance, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"If we don't talk about benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust, how are we different from the barbarians? What about clothes and etiquette? What about restoring the country?" Wang Xun said: "What's more, if we must have an alliance with Zhao and Song, who should we talk about instead of talking about it? Kill one of them. What does little Li Xia mean? It’s worth it, so worth it, to win over the Zhang family.”
"Let me think about it..."
"Mr. Yang, from October last year to April this year, Zhao Song had too many opportunities to send people north. Now, after three months, what else can be said about this matter? Give me Li Xia's head. , One is to win over the Zhang family; the other is to end these troubles and make everyone feel at ease. There are so many good things, so there is no need to think about it anymore."
Yang Guo was still thinking, twisting his beard and saying nothing.
Wang Xun said again: "The chaos is too big. Mr. Yang, just look at the fire tonight. We are also at risk of being exposed, so we will let Zhang Wulang hang Li Xia's head on the city wall and let everything be calm, okay?" "
Yang Guo asked: "You didn't tell that person, did you?"
"No."
"What to do with the copied information?"
"How about continuing to leave it in the Zhishi Garden? If Zhao and Song send people of sufficient importance to come, let's talk about it. If they don't come, just ignore the imperial court."
Yang Guo asked again: "Who killed Zhao Xin?"
"I don't know. I thought he had fled back to the Song Dynasty. Didn't you know that Yang Gong has been in Kaifeng all the time?"
“I don’t even know who Zhao Xin was killed by, how can everything be so peaceful?”
"More than three months have passed and nothing has happened. Even if Zhao Xin is really killed by someone, the other party obviously has no intention of exposing us." Wang Xun said: "Mr. Yang, don't hesitate, kill Li Xia, don't let him escape again. "
"All right."
Yang Guo sighed, stood up slowly, and said, "Mu Qiao will wait here for a moment. I'll come back when I go... Ah Fu, let's go."
"Why should Mr. Yang go there in person? That little thief is in danger."
"The classics in the study are all my life's work and are more valuable than life. It was Li Xia who was dangerous and burned down the Chongyang Temple, so I had to lure him outside the study and kill him again."
In the study, Li Xia was still sitting there, not using the tea on the table.
Yang Guo came back and sat down on the Taishi's chair. His eyes fell on the volumes of "Xi'an Collection" written by him on the bookshelf, seeming to be deep in thought.
"It doesn't matter, someone who is working with me is here. Seeing the chaos in the city tonight, I came to ask a few questions."
"yes."
Yang Guodao: "Because you promised Nie Zhongyu, you have gone through all kinds of difficulties and dangers to get here. A promise is more important than Mount Tai, but you have no power or position, how can you make a promise to me?"
Li Xia looked at Yang Guo's old eyes, and suddenly remembered what he said to Nie Zhongyou at the beginning of his rebirth, "You give me a chance to live, and I will sell my life for you."
And now, he decided to make another promise, a heavier promise, which meant that he would definitely fulfill it.
"We were betrayed by the Song court along the way, hunted by the Zhang family, and our companions died one after another. We were disheartened by the court, but we still came.
Song Ting does not believe that this information is useful, but I do. I came because I believe in my judgment and will never give up.
In these troubled times, it is difficult to survive, so what is easy? If you don’t have the perseverance to persevere, what can you do to achieve success?
You are looking for a ministerial envoy from the Song Dynasty who can make the decision, but with a high official position, will what you say will be useful?
Mr. Xi'an, do you want a promise from a high-ranking official of the Song Dynasty, or a promise that can be truly fulfilled?"