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Chapter 387 Undercurrent surging (2)

Yelu Sibuda returned to his mansion with an unhappy expression. The trusted and manager of the family hurried forward to report: "Master, Li Xunxin has just arrived and is waiting in the inner hall."

"Why is he here?" Yelu Sibuda frowned even deeper, because Li Xunxin is a Han official and a guy who is not at a high level. He only knows how to cling to him and others. He looks down on such a backbone guy the most. However, although he despises this person in his heart, Li Xunxin is still smart and has indeed helped him a lot in some things, so he still plans to meet the other party.

When he arrived in front of the inner hall, Li Xunxin, who was sitting there, immediately stood up and greeted him with a smile: "I have met Xuan Hui Envoy." The nodding and bowing look was that there was no dignity of an official and a scholar.

Sibuda frowned again, but did not rush to pay attention to him. Instead, he walked to the main seat in front and sat down. After looking at the other party for a while, he asked, "What are you doing when you come to see me now? Don't go around any circle with me, just say it." He was very impatient to deal with the thoughtful Han people.

Li Xun smiled bitterly and said hurriedly: "The Xiaguan is here to make plans for the Xuanhui envoy. I heard that there was a lot of chaos in Nanjing today, and King Xiongge seems to have the intention of calming down the situation. This is a great opportunity for Xuanhui to get what you want."

"What do you mean?" Even Sibuda, after hearing these words from the other party, his expression tightened, leaned forward, and his eyes were filled with vigilance.

"You can still see some of the thoughts of Xuanhui Envoy. You actually had the idea of ​​taking Yelu Xiongge and replacing him. You just endured it until today because you couldn't find a suitable opportunity." Since the other party wanted to make it clear by himself, Li Xunxin simply stopped hiding it and directly told the key secrets.

As soon as this was said, Yelu Sibuda's hand was pressed on the hilt of the knife at his waist: "Li Xunxin, this is not something you, a Han official, can say casually. I have always had a good relationship with Xiongge..."

But this time he failed to scare Li Xunxin. He only saw him looking at him with a smile and said, "Xiaoguan doesn't think so. In the past few years, Xuanhui envoys have always advocated taking the initiative to use troops against the State of Song, but the King Xiongge always suppressed the matter and was not allowed to move troops. You are already dissatisfied with this? Although Xiaguan has not entered the central center of Nanjing, some things can be seen more clearly as bystanders."

This time, Sibuda did not deny it anymore. As a typical Khitan general, he did have the character of daring to act and take responsibility. Even if the incident would be a lot of trouble when it spread, he didn't want to deny it anymore. After a while of silence, he said, "So what do you want to say?"

"In the past, Xuanhui made you reluctant to let go because you were afraid of King Xiongge's army, and it was difficult to explain it to the court afterwards. But this time, it was different. The envoy of Song State was the best target to shirk. Afterwards, as long as you kill Xiongge and others, the anger of the Great Liao Dynasty would only be vented on the head of Song State. In this way, even the Xuanhui's wishes for many years could be fulfilled." Although Li Xunxin's voice was not loud, every sentence fell into Yelu Sibuda's ears, which made him stunned on the spot, and he didn't know how to respond.

Until he saw him coming back a little, Li Xunxin said again: "As for the fact that the troops that Xuan Hui Envoy was worried about were not enough to control the overall situation, there was a way now. Xiao Shumi always attached importance to his two young masters, but today they were so humiliated by the Song people, and almost lost their lives. However, the King Xiongge did not want to stand up for them, which would naturally anger Xiao Shumi. As long as Xuan Hui Envoy sent a letter and joined forces with him, Nanjing would be in the control of both of you. Even if the King Xiongge was still there, it would be difficult to have a chance to turn things around."

His advice did solve two problems for Yelu Sibuda, and it made him really feel ready to move. This was indeed a great opportunity to take Yelu Xiongge and replace him. As long as he grasped it properly, he would not only not be blamed by the court, but would instead take the opportunity to send troops to attack the State of Song. By then, he would wipe out the south and become a hero of the Great Liao... Thinking of this, he was a little excited.

Although the Great Liao has been established for more than a hundred years and is fully committed to the sinicization of the rule, its characteristics as nomadic people have not completely disappeared. For example, the northern officials and Shangjing still retain their own national characteristics; for example, the struggles in their court are sometimes more direct and bloody...

Sometimes there are many conflicts between the two tribes and the forces between the two sides. Even the emperor of the Liao Kingdom could not let them stop fighting. According to the rules inherited by the Khitan tribe, the winner could get everything and the court would not pursue it more afterwards. This is one of the reasons why the Liao Dynasty was obviously much stronger than the Song Dynasty in the past century, but still could not truly destroy the Song Dynasty. They did not complete the true unification within them.

The situation here in Nanjing is somewhat similar now. Once Yelu Sibuda can really find the right opportunity to join forces with Xiao Jinde to get rid of Yelu Xiongge, and the Song people will take the blame, the Liao court can only admit everything and let him become the new king of the Nanyuan.

But soon, Sibuda calmed down a little and stared at Li Xunxin with a strange look: "You are from a Han family, why should you instigate me to do these things? And according to your wishes, I hope I will lead a large army to attack Song State?"

"After all, I can't hide it from the eyes of Xuanhui envoy." Li Xun smiled bitterly: "It's true that the subordinates did all this just to avenge my grandfather. Although my Li family was born in Han, they had already returned to the Great Liao a hundred years ago, and so they had such a result. They were also forced by Song. So although I am a Han Chinese, I have never regarded the Southern Song Dynasty as my mother country. Only the Great Liao is my family and country, so I hope that one day the Great Liao will send troops to completely destroy the Song Dynasty... Isn't this exactly what Xuanhui envoys you have always wish?"

Yelu Sibuda really began to examine the Han official in front of him for the first time. He didn't expect that the other party had such great courage and ambitions. However, what made him even more interested was that this strategy was indeed quite sure to make himself the new king of the South Court, so that he could get what he wanted.

After a while of silence, he spoke: "This matter is too serious. I am not sure that I can make up my mind now. You should go back first. Remember, there must be no word of what I said today, otherwise..."

"The officials know, how dare you disclose this matter?" Li Xunxin agreed with a smile, without saying anything more, and slowly withdrew from the inner hall. This matter must be grasped. Just stir up the ambitions and desires in the other party's heart. If you say too much, it will backfire. He believes that with Yelu Sibuda's reckless nature, his usual ambitions and hostility towards Yelu Xiongge, there will be 70% or 80% chance of taking risks this time.

After he left the mansion of Xuanhui envoy and boarded the wide carriage that was always ridiculed, the humble smile on Li Xunxin's face disappeared completely, and he changed into a sinister look like a wise bead holding. In his car, there was still someone waiting for him, a middle-aged man who stopped some people from attacking Sun Tu and the others during the day.

When the man saw him get in the car, he asked in a low voice: "How?"

"It's been mostly halfway. As long as the opportunity is right, Yelu Sibuda will take action. And I believe that tonight, he will secretly send someone to contact Xiao Jinde. As long as these two people join forces, neither Yelu Xiongge nor the envoys of Song State will escape death!" Li Xunxin said with a deep expression: "The only thing that needs to be cared about now is Yelu Dashi. He has a special identity. If something happens here, I'm afraid the Liao court will investigate it deeply. So unless it is absolutely necessary, he can't be implicated."

"In any case, as long as Song and Liao really break up and start a war completely, I, Dabai Gao Kingdom, have an opportunity to take advantage of it. Isn't this the purpose of our long-term lurking in Liao Kingdom?" The man opposite also said with an excited look on his face.

The claim of the Xixia Kingdom, the Dangxiang people, was established by the Dangxiang people, was given this title because of their nationality and people. No one would have thought that Li Xunxin, an official from the Liao Kingdom who appeared to be a Han Chinese, was actually a secret spy in the Western Xia Dynasty, and he was a secret spy who had already been invaded into the Liao Dynasty as a Han survivor a hundred years ago!

Originally, it was just a conflict and struggle between the Song and Liao countries. As this force fiddled with it, everything would be galloping towards an increasingly unknowable situation.

Shortly after their carriage left the Xuanhui envoy's mansion, Yelu Xiongge had sent someone to send the news of the invitation of Song envoy to the city to hunt tomorrow to Yelu Sibuda, but he wanted him to accompany him at that time.

When he saw this order, Sibuda, who had been hesitating, finally made up his mind quickly: "Xiongge, you handed the knife to my hand. In this way, if you are not in Nanjing, it will be much easier to kill you! Come..."

A confidant quickly appeared in front of him. Sibuda did not hesitate at all and immediately handed over a token: "You go out of the city now and find Shumi Xiao and tell him that Xiongge is unwilling to stand up for his two sons. I am willing. I want him to help me send troops to eliminate all the envoys of Song State and Yelu Xiongge!"

After a moment of silence, the confidant had already taken the token, saluted solemnly, and quickly withdrew. After a while, he rode a fast horse and left the mansion, breaking through the tranquility of the night.

Neither the Liao officials and civilians in Youzhou City nor the Song embassy would have thought that Sun Tu's actions today would actually lead to a major change in the power of Nanjing City or even the entire Liao Dynasty!
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