Late Tang

"My woman is in his hands?" Li Jing repeated, his eyes were cold.

"Yes, Your Highness." The messenger's voice was hoarse and trembling with a hint of fear.On his battered black chest leather, there was a black crow pattern under the dried blood stains.

Strictly speaking, that is not your woman, the one my daughter formally marries is your woman, General Wang Pu thought to himself.He took a sip of his wine, without saying a word, recalling this woman named Murong Xue, who was a female assassin who was originally ordered by Tian Lingzi to assassinate Li Jing, but ended up becoming Li Jing's woman instead.But in the end, this very tall woman left Li Jing's side.After so many years, I never thought that she would appear again.Moreover, as soon as it appeared, it fell into the hands of Li Keyong.

Li Jing's current generals and staff all quieted down, listening to Li Ke's messenger tell what happened.Under the cool shade of trees in the backyard of the county government office in Xiaoxian County, Xuzhou, there is only the rustling of leaves as the breeze blows.

After the Battle of Suzhou, Li Jing dispatched troops to the north without stopping, and surrounded Xuzhou, a heavy city.However, although Xuzhou has been surrounded by siege, it is not easy to fight.Huo Cun lived in the city of Xuzhou, and there were two brothers Zhang Guiba and Zhang Guimou who had fled from Suzhou to Xuzhou.The three grass bandit generals led the 1 Qi army, and there was also Liu Zhijun, one of Shi Pu's two generals, who now commands all the [-] probation troops attached to Xuzhou City.

Li Jing besieged the city with only 3 horses, but there were 4 in the city, so Li Jing was not dominant.However, Li Jing wanted to make a quick decision, take Xuzhou as soon as possible, and then go north as soon as possible.Previously, the Military Intelligence Bureau received news that Hebei has undergone major changes recently.

According to the information inquired by the Military Intelligence Bureau, when the Qin Army and the Huai Army were fighting in Huainan, Liu Yue, the commander of the Lulong Army in Hebei, was suddenly assassinated in Youzhou City.When he first received the news, Qin Jun still didn't quite believe it.After all, Liu Yue was the commander of the first army, how could he be assassinated so easily.What's more, I couldn't think of who would assassinate him for a while.After all, the Four Towns of Hebei are teaming up with Li Keyong, Khitan, etc. Who would assassinate Liu Yue except Qin Jun?

But the matter was soon confirmed, because of Liu Yue's incident, it quickly caused a chain reaction.

Liu Yue was assassinated and died, which first caused a competition among Lu Longjun for the position of commander.The main contenders are Liu Yue's younger brother Liu Yan, and Dingba's commander Liu Rengong.Liu Yan acted first, won the support of most of the military leaders, and ascended to the position of Lu Long commander first.Then Liu Yan suddenly ordered, claiming that Liu Yue was killed by an assassin sent by Liu Rengong, and ordered Liu Rengong to be arrested.

As a result, Liu Rengong didn't let him go. He secretly reached a secret agreement with Wang Jingchong, the Jiedu envoy of the Chengde Army, successfully obtained Wang Jingchong's support, and borrowed [-] elite soldiers.Then Liu Rengong counterattacked, and bought several officers in Youzhou City, cooperated with the inside and outside, captured Youzhou City in World War I, killed Liu Yan, and seized the position of Marshal Lu Long.

It's just that Liu Rengong was not happy for a long time. He had just captured Youzhou, and he was happy for three days. As a result, Li Quanzhong, the former general of the Lu Long Army and now the commander of the Yiwu Army, came with a praying mantis to catch the cicada, and the oriole was behind him. He also secretly colluded with the military officers in Youzhou City, and came up with a way to give back to him.Leading the army into Youzhou City, Liu Rengong was caught off guard and driven out of Youzhou City in embarrassment, and finally fled to Hedong, where he went to join Li Keyong, the Jiedu envoy of Yanmen.

The current situation in Hebei is very delicate. The original towns joined forces to fight against Qin, but now because of Liu Yue's death, the alliance has become chaotic on its own.Brothers Liu Yue and Liu Yan were killed one after another, and now Longlu Youzhou Town fell into the hands of Li Quanzhong. Li Quanzhong controlled Yiwu Town Yi and Ding, and Lulong Town You and Zhuozhou.General Lu Long Liu Rengong was forced out and defected to Li Keyong's men.

Now Li Keyong, Liu Rengong, and Wang Jingchong, who supported Liu Rengong before, are all dissatisfied with Li Quanzhong swallowing Lulong Town by himself.

This series of changes is a great thing for Li Jing.Li Jing and the others were still wondering which assassin was so kind to help them do such a good deed.Just today, a group of knights from the north came, saying that they were the messengers used by Li Ke, the king of Yanmen County, and that the assassins sent by Li Jing had fallen into his hands.

After some detailed explanations, all the Wenwu present basically understood what was going on.

Murong Xue, everyone immediately remembered the name of this terrific assassin.

Li Jing had mixed feelings in his heart at this time, he was slightly lost in thought, recalling the beautiful assassin in Chang'an City back then.It was a female killer with a glamorous and ice-like appearance.Seemingly unfeeling, but in fact passionate.The two didn't get along for a long time, but in the end they developed a relationship.In the end, it came suddenly and ended quickly, and she finally left. Li Jing didn't do much to keep her, but just met and forgot in the rivers and lakes.

He didn't expect that the woman who had decided to abandon everything in the past would finally come out of the mountain again.

He assassinated Liu Yue first, and then went to assassinate Li Keyong after he succeeded.However, in the end he missed and was captured.

Li Keyong thought that Murong Xue was sent by him, but Li Jing knew that he and Murong Xue had been separated for several years.He also believed that this was not a game, and it was impossible for Murong Xue and Li Ke to join forces to plot against him.

He even guessed that Murong Xue's assassination of Liu Yue and Li Keyong was definitely not for money.Murong Xue made a move, most likely to help herself.Although this kind of thinking is a bit too narcissistic, he thinks it is very possible.

"How is this possible?" The Eleventh Disciple Li Rang asked, "How is it possible? Since Murong Xue is a powerful assassin, why did she want to assassinate Liu Yue and Li Keyong? What was she thinking?"

How could it be impossible?Wang Pu sat aside and thought.Although, as the father of Mrs. Li Jing, he didn't want to hear about his son-in-law being with other women outside.The more women Li Jing had, the more favors his daughter was given away.But then, he had to admit that Li Jing was indeed very attractive to women.Li Rang has never met Murong Xue, but he has.He knew what kind of female killer Murong Xue was. She originally wanted to kill Li Jing, but in the end she not only dedicated herself to Li Jing, but also protected Li Jing.Now it is not surprising that this woman assassinated Liu Yue and Li Keyong for Li Jing.This is an infatuated woman. Although Li Rang is shrewd in financial management, he is obviously not smart enough in this regard.

"It would be the same for me." Gongsun Lan replied at the side, women always know women's hearts best. "You guys can't understand a woman's mind, especially Li Qilang. You haven't met Murong Xue before. You don't know that this is a woman who loves His Highness very much. She can block the knife with her body for His Highness. I heard that after parting with His Highness that year. Now that the Khitan has ended its civil strife, it has defeated Tatar and Xi successively, and joined hands with the Four Towns of Hebei and Li Keyong to take advantage of the unstable situation in our southward movement to deal with us. Murong Xue must have heard With this news, this silly woman came back out of the rivers and lakes to assassinate Liu Yue and Li Keyong at the risk of her own life. Murong Xue is an assassin, so she behaves according to her way of being an assassin. It seems that if Liu Yue and other leaders of the anti-Qin alliance are killed, all the towns will inevitably be in chaos, and this will be a big favor for His Highness."

"Facts have proved that what she did did have an immediate effect." Jing Xiang nodded and said, "Liu Yue's death eventually led to civil strife in the Lulong Army, and involved the three towns of Yiwu Town, Chengde Town, and Yanmen Town. Come in. The original alliance has already existed in name only, and a conflict between the towns is about to break out. If not for this accident, the original towns have already launched an attack on us."

Li Jing called Li Keyong's messenger in again, "What is Li Keyong's request?" His face was like a stone sculpture, without showing any emotion. "Li Keyong grabbed my woman, what kind of deal do you want to make with me?"

Li Jing turned to stare at the messenger, Liu Xun saw a golden light flash in Master's pupils, but he couldn't tell whether it was approval or disgust.Li Jing kept silent at the meeting, and usually listened to other people's opinions before speaking, and spoke at the end.Liu Xun has always wanted to imitate this habit, and it is very unusual for Li Jing to be so calm at this time. The more calm he is on the surface, Liu Xun knows clearly, the more restless he must be inside.

"How much ransom does Li Keyong want?" Li Rang asked.

The visitor shook his head wearily. "The king of Yanmen County doesn't want a ransom. The king of the county is a majestic king. How can you compare him with kidnappers and bandits? On the contrary, His Royal Highness King Qin, the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, but in the end he sent A generation of women sneaked into Yanmen to assassinate. Could it be that there is no man in the majestic Northeast Road?"

Guo Shunli was wearing a silver and purple burqa with anger on his face: "Bold, presumptuous!"

"Just tell me your conditions!" Li Jing said lightly, but there was a trace of passion in his eyes, the messenger finally lowered his posture a little bit in fear when he met Li Jing's eyes.

"The king of Yanmen County has only one request. Use this beautiful female assassin of His Royal Highness King Qin in exchange for Gai Yu, the rebel general of Shatuo."

As soon as these words came out, Gai Yu's expression changed when he was sitting in the hall, and he almost cursed.He was captured when Shatuo was defeated, and finally surrendered to Li Jing.In the past few years, following Li Jing has been doing well, it should be said that it is a hundred times better than before.Now he is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in Daxingtai, the head of the six departments, and he is also involved in politics, belonging to one of the decision-making levels.The real power is in the hands of Li Jing's core officials.Compared with when he was under Li Keyong, he didn't know how many times he benefited.

Besides, now that Li Keyong wants to replace him, it is definitely not to reuse him, it will definitely kill him.

Li Jing waved his hand at the messenger, and immediately a guard stepped forward to take the guard away.

Gongsun Lan looked at Li Jing and asked, "Li Keyong made this request that we obviously cannot agree to. What does he want to do?"

Li Zhen said on the side: "The most urgent thing now is not what Li Keyong wants to do, but what should we do next?"

At this moment, Li Jing's mind was full of Murong Xue's shadow, this woman actually did such a thing, it was beyond his expectation, and it also touched and warmed his heart.Now, she has fallen into Li Keyong's hands, no matter what, he must rescue her.

At this moment, Li Jing interrupted the quarreling crowd, and suddenly got up, "My woman is now in Li Ke's hands!" He repeated, his voice piercing through the din of the crowd, like Hong Zhong Dalu. "Gongsun stays, Gai Yu and Jing Xiang also stay together, and everyone else retires." (To be continued.)