Ayan Lianshan touched his waist and gritted his teeth secretly. This damn dog had taken his token away again.
Zhao Xiu took the token, slipped it into his arms, and said kindly, "I know that the general will be more cautious after the incident at Liuhe Temple, but since we've all come here, why bother with unnecessary probing and suspicion?"
Then he took off the small bag on his back, took out the double carp letter and said to him, "This is the letter from the prince to General Guo. There is also an important token given by the prince himself. I need to deliver it to the general personally. I hope that Deputy General Di will be accommodating."
Di Zhao stared at the token in his hand and said, "The general has ordered that all tokens be handed over to me."
Zhao Xiu glanced at A Yan Lian Shan, took a half step away, and said helplessly: "Since the general has given the order, then Lieutenant General Lao Di will convey it on his behalf."
As he said that, he threw the bag to Di Zhao.
Seeing this, Ayan Lianshan quickly snatched the bag away and glared at Zhao Xiu angrily, "Which side are you from?"
"Neither." Having gotten rid of the hot potato, Zhao Xiu retreated, quickly dodging to the side and adding fuel to Di Zhao's fire, "You saw it too. This matter is not up to me to decide."
Di Zhao looked at Ayan Lianshan, "What do you think?"
A Yan Lianshan asked in response, "I was wondering what your general wants to do. Since you accepted my letter and came here to meet me, why are you being so coy and timid now? How can you be so timid and shy?"
Then he continued to provoke: "You Beiting people are just so brave. You have the intention but not the courage. I have misjudged Guo Yuanzhen."
Di Zhao kept a sullen face and said nothing. Ayan Lianshan's words really hit his sore spot.
He was quite annoyed when he saw Guo Yuanzhen's indecision and hesitation.
He agreed with what Lu Changshi had said. Things had come to this, and they had no choice but to rebel. If they were going to rebel, why would they care about the overall situation in the northwest, or their reputation for loyalty? If they couldn't even survive themselves, why would they care about the lives of the people?
Thinking of this, he began to feel a little resentful. If Guo Yuanzhen had made the decision earlier, Beiting might have become their own kingdom.
What do you mean by colluding with the nobles and ministers of the capital, and treason is treason, but it is not treason if it has a legitimate reason?
What's more, those spineless people who only care about money and power but not people can't even protect themselves now. What hope is there for them?
Although these Turkic barbarians have bad intentions now, we will not be lenient in killing them after they succeed. I don't know why the general is so stubborn.
"In that case, I advise your general to return to the capital as soon as possible to confess his crime and beg for mercy. Perhaps your emperor will spare his life." A Yan Lianshan rolled the token around his body and said to Zhao Xiu, "You weakling, let's go!"
The word "weakling" irritated Di Zhao so much that he immediately shouted, "Stop."
A Yanlianshan looked back at him. His expression changed again and again. Finally, he called a captain and ordered, "Go and tell the general that the man's identity has been verified and the information is correct. Please come over to discuss it."
"Yes." The captain turned his horse around and quickly disappeared at the end of the valley.
Zhao Xiu whispered to A Yan Lian Shan, "With Guo Yuan Zhen here, I'm afraid my life will be in danger. I have nothing to do here, so I won't hold you back. You can talk about the rest later. I'll go upstairs and wait for you."
After saying that, he wanted to climb up along the path.
Ayan Lianshan immediately grabbed him and said, "Want to run? No way!"
Zhao Xiu cursed inwardly and said gently, "I didn't mean to run away, but it's useless for me to stay. If something goes wrong, I might end up dragging you down."
Then he pointed at the crossbows on both sides of the valley and said, "Besides, you have so many people here, how can I escape? If each of you gives me an arrow, it will be enough to make me into a sieve."
But no matter how sweet his words were, Ayan Lianshan refused to let go. "You said it yourself, we are grasshoppers on the same rope, living and dying together, advancing and retreating together. Now that the time has come, you want to run away? Do you believe that I will have people shoot you into a sieve?"
"One situation has changed." Zhao Xiu laughed dryly. "One must learn to adapt."
A Yan Lianshan nodded, "You are right. This is a different time. Now you are in my hands, so you have no choice but to listen to me."
You damn barbarian, how come you are so smart?
Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Zhao Xiu threatened, "Are you going to let him go or not? If not, I'll tell Di Zhao that this was a trap set by you and Wei Chifei to lure Guo Yuanzhen to his death. No one will benefit from it!"
"You dare!"
"Is there anything that I, Zhao Xiu, dare not do?" Zhao Xiu opened his mouth to shout at Di Zhao.
A Yan Lianshan quickly covered his mouth and gritted his teeth, "Get up here!" Then he warned, "If you dare to run, don't blame me for being ruthless."
As soon as he loosened his grip, Zhao Xiu climbed up the river bank using both his hands and feet.
Ayan Lianshan gestured to his subordinates on the river bank, and they reached out and pulled Zhao Xiu up.
"Thank you, thank you." After Zhao Xiu squeezed forward, he moved behind the crowd. The two Turks also stepped back, watching him from the left and right.
Zhao Xiu suppressed her violent heartbeat, told herself to stay calm, then smiled at the two of them and sat down.
When the two men saw him sit down, they relaxed their vigilance and continued to stare at the river with their crossbows.
When the sky was just beginning to light up, the darkness fell like a veil, covering the entire valley so that no human figures could be seen. Then a group of people came out of the darkness holding torches.
Zhao Xiu squeezed to the edge of the valley and looked at the group of people. In the light of their torches, he recognized that the leader was Guo Yuanzhen.
A huge stone fell from his heart. He then put his hands together to his mouth and shouted to Ayan Lianshan: "Turkic barbarian, the person coming is Guo Yuanzhen!"
He shouted so loudly that the crossbowman and Ayan Lianshan beside him were startled.
Seeing that he didn't run away, Ayan Lianshan thought to himself: This dead dog is smart. Then he ordered all crossbowmen to be on high alert and be fully prepared to deal with Guo Yuanzhen.
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