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Chapter 377 Trading
Stepping out of the dark cell, Yang Guo looked up at the sky, the strong light made tears flow from his old eyes.

Yang Guo was already old, so he didn't continue to look at the sky stubbornly, but just lowered his head and squinted his eyes, trying to adapt.

All the way out of the prison of the Hook Examination Bureau, a carriage was already waiting outside.

"Senior Yang, please."

Yang Guo only looked at the guards around, and knew that it was Shi Tianze.

"Shi Gong."

"Sit down and talk." Shi Tianze said indifferently, no longer asking about his health as before, and even turning a blind eye to the wounds on Yang Guo's body.

"Thank you Shi Gong for saving me." Yang Guo still saluted.

"I told Ah Lan that I ordered you to contact Li Fen." Shi Tianze said, his tone a little displeased.

"Wouldn't they doubt the historian?"

"Of course they will be suspicious. I can only say that... I have already noticed Li Fen's wolfish ambitions and asked you to test them out. I have already written a memorial to report to the Great Khan that Li Fen plotted something wrong." Shi Tianze said.

Yang Guo was stunned, she didn't expect Shi Tianze to take the blame on him like this.

"Having said that, I'm afraid Shi Gong will still cause countless suspicions, this..."

"This must be the case. Li Fen is an idiot, everyone knows Sima Zhaozhi's heart, do you still want me to test it?!" Shi Tianze became angry at this point, and shouted: "You... are simply stupid!"

Yang Guo felt ashamed and hurriedly asked to thank him for such a great kindness.

"Get up. Do you really want to save you? You are not forced." Shi Tianze said with a cold face.

Of course he can pretend to be loyal and generous, but it's not necessary.Yang Guo will know the whole story sooner or later, but now he is hypocritical, it seems that he is a villain.

It's better to put displeasure on his face to make him appear frank.

"Being forced?" Yang Guo asked in surprise.

Shi Tianze said: "Last month, when you persuaded me to have an incident with Li Fen, I told you that the timing was wrong. You refused to listen, and you have fallen to this point. You have to blame yourself. I didn't want to save you."

Yang Guo sighed deeply, with sadness 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 Shi Gong said." Yang Guo finally responded, "Now is not the best time..."

"Oh, you understand." Shi Tianze sneered.

Yang Guo stretched out his hand slowly, opened the curtain of the car and took a look, and saw that there were only Shi Jia's confidants outside.

In doing so, he pulled the wound on his body, and his face twitched.

"The timing that Shi Gong wants is for Brother Meng to fight Kublai Khan, and they will lose both... But, will such an opportunity really come? If it doesn't come, will it never happen?"

Shi Tianze remained silent.

Yang Guo said again: "I understand that with the historian's current status, even if he does nothing, he can keep the wealth and honor for generations, and his determination to do things is not firm..."

"Do nothing?" Shi Tianze sneered, "Do you know how I've been walking on thin ice these years? You must be extremely cautious about this matter."

Yang Guo smiled wryly and shook his head, saying: "I'm afraid that if you are cautious, if you are cautious, your whole life will pass like this."

"You've never been like this before."

"In the past, I never saw hope."

"What hope? Did the Zhao Song court defeat that idiot Wulianghetai? Every time Wulianghetai had a small victory, he was proud and underestimated the enemy. I had expected that he would lose. But what effect will it have on Mongolia's national power?" Shi Tianze said : "If there are fewer people like Wulianghetai and Adahu who can be appointed commander only by Mengge's trust, but are actually 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 dare not!"

"Over the years we have been telling him to 'do the Chinese way and be the master of China', constantly stimulating his ambition, and one day..."

"Shi Gong, it's impossible to achieve great things perfectly, you have to take some risks." Yang Guo said: "This time, Kublai Khan refuses to turn back. It is very likely that he will lose his authority and never have another chance."

"No, he won't."

"You want to hurt both sides." Yang Guo said: "Brother Meng intends to conscript himself. If he wants to call Shigong to go out, how can there be a better chance?"

"That's enough, we've had enough arguments. I'm not in the mood to persuade you again today."

Shi Tianze has already heard a lot from this conversation, such as "adventure" and so on, completely unlike Yang Guo's previous behavior, obviously deeply influenced by others.

"Li Xia has arrived in Kaifeng again." Shi Tianze leaned against the wall of the car and said something lightly.

Yang Guo was a little surprised and asked, "What is he here for?"

"Come to save you, force me to save you, and I did not hesitate to arrest Erlang for this."

Yang Guo was dazed for a while, then smacked her mouth, her 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 options, kill him, or satisfy his request and let him release Erlang..."

Before Shi Tianze could speak, Yang Guo said, "Don't worry Shi Gong, Li Xia is not a man without measure. I will let him let Erlang go. I will never hurt Erlang's life."

Shi Tianze nodded, closed his eyes, and said no more.

~~
The carriage drove all the way to Yang's Mansion, Yang Guo got out of the car and took a look, and saw many soldiers from the Gou Kao Bureau and the Shi Family surrounded outside.

With a sigh, he staggered into the door, and his family members and servants had surrounded him, expressing his worries and the joy of the rest of his life.

Yang Guo tried his best to chat with them for a while, then walked into the study alone and closed the door.

"Come out." He said slowly.

However, there was silence in the study, and no one answered.

This made Yang Guo seem to have returned to the scene when he was looking for Li Xia in Zhishi Garden last year.

But he still didn't give up, and said again: "Boy, come out..."

~~
When Shi Tianze returned to the mansion by car, the concierge quickly stepped forward and reported: "Ah Lang, someone sent a greeting card."

Shi Tianze took it and opened it, only to find that there were only four words inside.

"Kaibao Temple Pagoda."

When Zhang Hongdao arrested Li Xia last year, Li Xia had stayed in Kaibao Temple Pagoda.

But this time, the Kaibao Temple Pagoda has a different function. Li Xia only needs to find someone to watch the wind from the top of the pagoda. If Shi Tianze sends people to search for him, he can escape early.

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 and straight figure came from a distance and stood still twenty steps away from Shi Tianze.

"You are Li Xia?"

"Yes." Li Xia said: "Your son is in my hands, if I do anything wrong, he will definitely die."

"Let's gossip, let's make your request." Shi Tianze stood with his hands behind his back, with a magnanimity of his own.

In comparison, Li Xia's cautiousness and probing seemed a bit naive.

"Please send Duke Yang and his family to Song Dynasty safely, and I will let you go."

"Being affectionate, Yang Guo doesn't want to go south with you." Shi Tianze said: "He is a golden man, and he looks down on Zhao Song in his bones."

"I know." Li Xia said: "So, I didn't go to him, I came directly to talk to you, I want you to drive him out of here."

"anything else?"

"No more." Li Xia said, "I'm here this time only for this purpose."

"Why should I trust you?"

"Promise." Li Xia said: "I came to Kaifeng for the first time because I promised to do this errand well. I also promised Yang Gong that I would make good use of the information he gave me and save the lives of his family, young and old, so I again 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 both times.

The ancients valued promises, but today's people value profits.This world is no longer the Warring States Period where promises were more important than lives.He reads history books, and he can no longer imagine why Nie Zheng entered Korea alone with a sword 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, you like the second son the most."

"Ah."

"You have always paid great attention to cultivating your nephews. In fact, with your status, a good death is not a problem. Everything you plan is for the future of historians. You are worried that your descendants will be attacked after Mongolia ruled the world. You will die like a dog."

Li Xia said, paused, and said: "This transaction is not harmful to you, but it's just sending Yang Guo's family away. It's good to get together and break up, and we will have opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Shi Tianze asked back: "You think it's easy for me to explain in front of Dahan?"

"I've never been a dog before, so I don't know if it's difficult or not."

"Little beast, aren't you afraid of death?"

"It doesn't matter if I die or not, if you reject me, it will only be harder for you."

Li Xia took a step forward, which 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 has already suspected you... I did it."

"You still know Liu Taiping."

"I understand Mongolian, and I work hard. It's not difficult to understand. We've played against each other twice. You can understand my ability."

"I've never been threatened."

Li Xia said: "This is not a threat, but to tell you that Mr. Yang is valuable to me, and it is worth it for you to let us go..."

(End of this chapter)