The two waited in the Buddhist cave until dusk, and Ayan Lianshan's men finally appeared at the intersection.
Zhao Xiuchao bowed to the monk, and then went with Ayan Lianshan to meet up with those people.
There were six people coming. When they saw Ayan Lianshan, they all saluted with their chests, and then started talking to Ayan Lianshan in a chattering manner, looking very excited.
Zhao Xiu asked Ayan Lianshan, "What did they say?"
"When they heard that I was attacked in Fuqiang, they thought I was dead."
"If I weren't there, wouldn't you be dead?"
A Turkic man asked in Chinese: "Master Eagle, who is this person?"
Ayan Lianshan asked back, "Don't you know him?"
The Turkic man looked Zhao Xiu over and murmured with the others. Finally, he said to Ayan Lianshan, "He looks familiar. He looks like the wanted criminal posted in the city."
Zhao Xiu praised, "You have a good eye." Then he asked, "When did they start issuing a wanted notice for me?"
"Five days ago." The Turkic man asked Ayan Lianshan, "Why is Eagle Master with the wanted criminal?"
Zhao Xiu said, "Without me as a wanted criminal, your Eagle Master would have gone to see the Wolf God."
Several Turks looked at Ayan Lianshan in confusion. Ayan Lianshan said, "It was he who saved me in Fuqiang."
Upon hearing this, several Turks saluted Zhao Xiu.
Zhao Xiu said to Ayan Lianshan, "Your subordinates are more grateful and polite than you."
"I'll deliver the token and save your life, and we'll be even." After reuniting with his own people, A Yan Lianshan became much more assertive. "But I warn you, if you dare to play tricks, I will..."
"Just kill me." Zhao Xiu put her hands on her hips and sighed, "The situation is reversed now. You're holding me in your hands. What tricks can I play?"
That's true.
"Stop talking so much." Zhao Xiu asked the Turks, "What's the situation like in Xizhou City lately?"
Several people looked at A Yan Lianshan, and after getting his approval, they said to Zhao Xiu, "The situation in the city is very tense. Not only are the entrances and exits strictly guarded, but outsiders and merchants are also frequently checked. They have seized several strongholds of Beiting spies. If we hadn't run fast, we would have been caught several times."
Ayan Lianshan thought to himself, it seems that the situation between Beiting and Anxi is indeed very tense.
Zhao Xiu knew that these Turks were able to evade the search because someone had deliberately made concessions. He asked again, "Do you know the base of the Beiting spies?"
"I know, but there are only a few strongholds left in Xizhou City."
"Then could you please send them a message for me, saying that Zhao Xiu has arrived in Xizhou?"
The Turkic man looked at Ayan Lianshan and said, "We only follow the orders of the Eagle Lord."
A Yan Lianshan said, "Do as he says."
The Turkic people accepted the order and said, "Yes."
Zhao Xiu asked Ayan Lianshan, "How many people do you have in Xizhou City?"
A Yan Lianshan asked cautiously, "Why are you asking about this?"
"Let's see if you and I can protect ourselves from Guo Yuanzhen and Lou Yunchun."
"Don't worry." Ayan Lianshan sneered, "After the mission is completed, someone will come to pick you up and will definitely not let you escape."
Zhao Xiu smiled stiffly. This man was becoming more and more shrewd.
The Turkic man beside him suddenly asked, "Is the Lou Yunchun you are talking about the envoy sent to Beiting?"
"Emissary?" Zhao Xiu thought quickly and knew what Lou Yunchun had done. He nodded and said, "That should be him."
"He was detained by Guo Yuanzhen. Because of him, Wei Chifei sent a lot of troops to Xizhou, Yizhou and other towns bordering Beiting. We received news two days ago that Wei Chifei was also heading to Xizhou, probably to force Guo Yuanzhen to release him."
"It was confiscated?" Zhao Xiu laughed heartily. "Serves him right! He deserves this."
A Yan Lianshan scoffed, "Don't be too happy too soon. Even if he's detained, it won't delay the arrest warrant for you."
Zhao Xiu suppressed her smile and rolled her eyes at him twice, then thought, "Now that you mention it, I understand why he wants me wanted."
"Why?"
"They wanted to use me to lure Guo Yuanzhen to his death."
Ayan Lianshan was stunned, "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that Lou Yunchun deliberately stayed in Beiting." Zhao Xiu's eyes were as black as obsidian. "He went to Beiting as an envoy, and he must have found some way to force Guo Yuanzhen to detain him. But if he were to detain him, Xiao Gu and Wei Chifei would definitely put pressure on Guo Yuanzhen. Guo Yuanzhen is currently cut off from the capital, unaware of the situation, and dare not act rashly to cooperate with you Turks. He must be in a state of panic right now. If he leaks information about me at this time, what do you think Guo Yuanzhen will do?"
"He'll try to find you to inquire about the situation in the capital," Ayan Lianshan reasoned. "And now you're wanted, so you can't go to Beiting. The only way is to lure him to you, and then take the opportunity to kill him."
Zhao Xiu shook his finger. "You're half right. Guo Yuanzhen is no fool. He won't take the risk himself for a target like me. At most, he'll send his deputy, who knows me, to contact me."
A Yanlianshan frowned, "If he can't kill Guo Yuanzhen, then isn't all this work for nothing?"
Zhao Xiu looked at him with a hint of pity for people with congenital deficiencies. "How difficult is it for Xiao Gu and Wei Chifei to surround and kill Guo Yuanzhen? The difficult part is to eliminate the internal troubles in the court."
Ayan Lianshan resisted the urge to hit him and listened to him patiently.
"By then, Lou Yunchun only needs to expose Guo Yuanzhen's deputy envoy and me, and the Prince of Ying and the nobles in the capital will be convicted of treason. Moreover, now that a Turkic barbarian like you has been dragged into this, treason and collaborating with the enemy, the power of the Prince of Ying and the nobles will surely be eradicated."
Zhao Xiu cleared his throat and continued, "Once this tactic is used, Guo Yuanzhen will no longer have any support in the capital, and the emperor will naturally no longer be wary of him. Xiao Gu and Wei Chifei can then openly attack Guo Yuanzhen, branding him a traitor. With the Anxi and Hexi armies attacking him from both sides, even if Guo Yuanzhen had three heads and six arms, he wouldn't be able to defeat him."
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