Chapter 251 The Emperor’s Heart is Always Cold
Inside the Khitan Imperial Palace, King Yelu Hongji paced back and forth in the imperial study, his face full of solemnity and hesitation.
Just now he heard from his servants that Master Lu from the State of Song wanted to see him.
Of course he had heard of Lu Sen, and had someone investigate him specifically. He even disliked him a little.
The reason why Xiao Shen has his current power is because the 'Iron Certificate of Heaven' that Lu Sen accidentally discarded fell into Xiao Shen's hands.
And he hasn't taken it back yet.
Yelu Hongji didn't quite believe that he couldn't get his things back. After all, he was a half-immortal, and it should be easy for him to get his things back without anyone noticing.
In other words... the Iron Certificate of Heaven fell into Xiao Shen's hands, and it might be intentional on the other party's part.
Why do this?
Yelu Hongji thought of many possibilities, but he felt that the most correct answer should be that the other party wanted to consume the internal energy of Khitan, which would be beneficial to the Song Dynasty.
Although it made no sense to come to this conclusion, his intuition told him that this was the most likely possibility.
Do you want to go see Lu Sen?
Yelu Hongji thought about it for a long time. He felt that if Lu Sen really wanted to cause internal strife in Khitan, he would most likely help him. After all, if he was killed by Xiao Shen too quickly, he would not achieve the purpose of internal strife.
Logically, he shouldn't go.
But when he thought that Xiao Shen had already stationed 100,000 troops in Zhongjing, and that Shangjing was less than 200 miles away, he felt his head swelling.
If the front line can no longer hold out, Linhuang City will have to face the disaster of war.
Looks like I have to go.
"Is this what they call oppression by force of power, what they call an open conspiracy?" Yelu Hongji was so angry that his teeth were itching, but there was nothing he could do.
Finally, he had no choice but to say, "Take a thousand guards and march to Xiao Mansion outside the city."
The imperial palace was not far from the Xiao residence and they arrived there quickly.
He got off the dragon chariot and saw the Xiao Mansion in front of him. However, the heavy snow was falling all over the sky, limiting his vision and the house in front was vaguely visible.
"Take people to explore the way ahead." Yelu Hongji pointed ahead.
The two eunuchs immediately bent down and led their men forward.
Not long after, the two of them came back, and one of them said cautiously, "Your Majesty, Empress Xiao and Master Lu are already waiting for you in the courtyard of the Xiao Mansion."
"Are there any others?"
“There are only three people.” The eunuch’s expression became strange: “But it’s a little weird. I don’t know how to describe it.”
"Master Lu is a person with great supernatural powers, so it's not surprising that he appears miraculously."
Yelu Hongji took a deep breath. This time, whether he was going to fall into the tiger's mouth or try to get grains from the fire, it all depended on Master Lu's mood.
But thinking of the impending disaster at the hands of the Xiao family, Yelu Hongji could not help but grit his teeth and walked forward.
He entered the Xiao Mansion and walked more than ten meters in the heavy snow. He vaguely saw a bright light coming through the flying snow. He was stunned for a moment, then walked a few more steps, and his vision suddenly became clear.
A square garden surrounded by a golden wooden fence, with flowers blooming and butterflies flying.
The heavy snow and wind were blocked out.
In the middle, there were three people sitting, one of whom was the person beside him, Queen Xiao Guanyin.
There was also a young man and a beautiful young woman with great spirit.
The young woman sat next to the young man, and the two seemed to have a very close relationship.
Before entering the Xiao Mansion, Yelu Hongji had imagined many situations, such as an immortal trap, ghost shadows, brilliant immortal light, thousands of miles of Mianze and so on.
But he never expected that the situation before him would be so simple.
It is a small world, a small world free from the disturbance of the world.
But it is also something that is simple, in fact, the more powerful it is.
For example, Yelu Hongji has a square, black, and dull stone in his hand. It is not conspicuous at all, but it is the most precious of all his stones.
It is made of meteorite iron from outer space.
In order to polish it into a square shape, the hands of at least fifteen craftsmen were worn out.
He saw Xiao Guanyin chatting enthusiastically with the unfamiliar young woman and smiling happily.
The young man sat and slowly sipped the tea.
At this time, Xiao Guanyin saw Yelu Hongji out of the corner of her eye. She quickly stood up and bowed to the latter.
The other two people shifted their gazes over.
Lu Sen smiled and made a gesture of invitation.
The matter has come to an end, and there is no time to retreat. Yelu Hongji took a deep breath and walked forward.
There was a wooden door right in front of him. After opening it gently, Yelu Hongji walked in.
As soon as he entered, he felt extremely warm. There was a whistling wind outside, but there was not even a trace of cold wind inside. There was even a butterfly circling in front of him.
As an emperor, Yelu Hongji also had self-respect. He wanted to pretend that he didn't care, but it was his first time experiencing such a situation, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a while.
Xiao Guanyin was standing by and when she saw Yelu Hongji distracted, she smiled knowingly.
Just over an hour ago, she looked like this.
It is rumored that Master Lu has the art of creating a cave that can separate heaven and earth and create a world of its own.
But that was just a simple explanation without any sense of reality.
In their opinion, it should be similar to lighting a charcoal stove in a room and feeling warm as spring.
But I didn’t expect…it’s really spring here.
"Your Majesty, please sit down first." Xiao Rongrong whispered from the side.
Yelu Hongji reacted, nodded slightly, and sat opposite Lu Sen.
After Yelu Hongji took his seat, Xiao Rongrong also sat down.
Lu Sen had been looking at Yelu Hongji.
Yelu Hongji is still a young man now. He has been on the throne for less than four years and is still a young man.
Moreover, unlike other Khitans, Yelu Hongji's appearance and even his demeanor were very similar to those of people from the Central Plains.
If he didn't know the other person's identity, Lu Sen would even suspect that the man in front of him was a young master from a noble family in Central Plains.
Actually, this is not surprising.
Yelu Hongji received Han education since he was born.
His teachers were all Han Chinese. They read Han classics and wrote in Chinese characters.
From a cultural perspective, he is a member of the Han family and a contender for the Han kingdom.
This is also the reason why many scholars who went to serve as officials in Khitan were at most ridiculed but not despised.
When Lu Sen saw him sitting down, he clasped his fists and said, "It's the second time we meet, King of Khitan."
"I have indeed seen you. You appeared in the Xiao Mansion last year." Yelu Hongji turned his head to look at Xiao Guanyin beside him, and then said: "Of course Rongrong said that you have great magical powers and are an immortal, but I didn't dare to believe it."
As an emperor, Yelu Hongji would naturally not believe in these magical things so easily, he is not a member of the Zhao family!
"I was looking for someone at the time, and then I had something urgent to do, so I didn't meet and chat with the king."
Lu Sen smiled and explained why he flew away immediately after appearing from the whale's illusion.
Of course, this is just an excuse, and everyone knows it .
Yelu Hongji certainly understood this, so he didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he asked, "I heard from my servants that Master Lu wants to see me?"
"Indeed." Lu Sen smiled and said, "The King should have heard of Xiao Shen."
Hearing this name, Yelu Hongji felt his blood pressure rise. He suppressed his anger with great difficulty and asked, "I heard that Master Lu gave him a magical item, the Heavenly Dao Iron Certificate!"
"I didn't give it to him, he picked it up himself." Lu Sen waved his hand and chuckled.
Of course, this could not be admitted. Besides, it was indeed not Lu Sen who sent it. He just asked someone to "carry" the Heavenly Iron Certificate to the Khitan territory. Lu Sen really had no control over who got that thing.
"Master Lu, don't you have any plans to take it back?" Yelu Hongji couldn't help but frown and said, "This thing has turned our Khitan country upside down."
The whole world knew that Xiao Shen held the Iron Certificate of Heaven in his hand, and his capture of Zhongjing shocked the world, so there was no need to cover it up.
Lu Sen smiled and said, "It can't be recycled."
"Why?"
"The Heavenly Iron Certificate is a divine object. I am just holding it, but I don't know who its real owner is. Only those who can activate its use can be considered its owner. The affairs of the Khitan Kingdom have nothing to do with me. If I really want to seize the Heavenly Iron Certificate, it will only backfire. I dare not do this. And if the king really wants to blame someone, he should blame the thief who stole the things from my cave."
Lu Sen explained with a smile, looking innocent.
Yelu Hongji was extremely angry and wanted to kill someone, but he had to pretend to be calm on the surface.
He knew that during a negotiation, whoever got angry first would be at a disadvantage.
After standing still for several breaths, he suppressed his emotions and said calmly, "No matter what, my Khitan affairs are inseparable from Master Lu."
Lu Sen looked at Yelu Hongji's expression of being in a state of panic, and immediately said with a smile: "If you insist, there is indeed an indirect reason. After all, it was my Lu family who did not keep our things properly, and someone stole them for no reason."
"Then Master Lu came here this time to compensate our Khitan country?"
"That's true." Lu Sen said with a smile, "I heard that Xiao Shen has already conquered Zhongjing."
Yelu Hongji raised his thick eyebrows, suppressed his anger and smiled: "Indeed, Master Lu is really well-informed."
"Xiao Shen can be so brave only because of the luck given to him by the Heavenly Dao Iron Certificate." Lu Sen smiled and said, "But it is very difficult to weaken his luck."
Yelu Hongji couldn't help but ask, "How can Master Lu help me? Besides, that kid Xiao Shen has a magic weapon in his hand. It seems to be called something like King's Waterfall. It's really a weird name. I don't understand its meaning. I don't know what it means. I wonder if Master Lu has heard of this magic weapon?"
It is indeed an unpleasant name. Why "Emperor's Fall" was translated into "King's Waterfall" is also an unsolved mystery for Lu Sen.
From what Yelu Hongji said, he already suspected that the magic weapons were sent by Lu Sen.
His suspicions and intuition were correct, but Lu Sen couldn't admit it.
“I’ve never heard of such a strange magic weapon as the King’s Waterfall.” Lu Sen laughed and said, “The Heavenly Dao Iron Certificate only activated a trace of Xiao Shen’s dragon vein. After all, he is not a real dragon. It stands to reason that he cannot conquer such a large territory.”
Yelu Hongji leaned forward slightly and said, "Master Lu, do you mean that the magic weapon in his hand has the same effect?"
"I don't know if it has the same effect, but at least it helps to activate my own dragon energy." Lu Sen said with a smile: "If we want to beat Xiao Shen back to Xijing, we must first suppress the magic weapon in his hand."
Yelu Hongji knew that the real drama was about to begin, so he asked, "Master Lu, do you have any ideas?"
"I don't have such a powerful magic weapon, but I do have some treasures." Lu Sen took out a wooden armor from the system backpack and placed it on the table: "This is the treasure I want to give to the king."
Wooden armor? Only the upper body, without arm armor or helmet.
Yelu Hongji asked: "How to use this magical object?"
At this time, Bilian stood up and said to Xiao Rongrong beside her: "Sister Rongrong, put on this wooden armor and stand aside."
Xiao Rongrong looked at the somewhat "ugly" wooden armor, and then turned her gaze to Yelu Hongji.
Yelu Hongji nodded and said, "Put it on."
Xiao Rongrong grabbed the wooden armor and put it on, then followed obediently.
Lord Yelu watched carefully.
At this time, Bilian flipped her palm, and a dagger slipped out from her sleeve and went straight to Xiao Rongrong's forehead.
Xiao Rongrong screamed in fear and closed her eyes, thinking that my life is over!
But I only heard a crisp "ding" sound and a slight itch on my forehead, as if something touched me. Apart from that, I felt no pain.
The dagger was flicked aside and fell to the ground, spinning rapidly.
Yelu Hongji stood up suddenly, his eyes wide open.
He saw it clearly just now. The dagger had pierced Xiao Rongrong's forehead, but was bounced to the side.
Did Xiao Rongrong practice some magical skill to protect her body?
Of course this was impossible. There was only one answer: the wooden armor she was wearing worked.
Lu Sen blew the leaves floating in the teacup, then took a sip and said, "As long as I have this wooden armor on my body, no matter where I am attacked, I will not be hurt until the spiritual energy attached to the wooden armor is consumed."
"Is it the same everywhere on your body that is not protected by armor?"
Lu Sen nodded.
Yelu Hongji stood up suddenly, walked to the side, picked up the dagger on the ground, walked in front of Xiao Rongrong, with a cold face, and stabbed Xiao Rongrong's neck without hesitation.
Xiao Rongrong suddenly screamed in fright again.
After a ding sound, the dagger in Yelu Hongji's hand stopped on the skin of Xiao Rongrong's neck. It was obvious that if it was moved forward only half an inch, Xiao Rongrong would be injured, but the weapon in Yelu Hongji's hand had no power at all.
"real!"
Yelu Hongji's face was filled with ecstasy, then he raised the dagger and stabbed Xiao Rongrong continuously.
Face, eyes, neck, thighs and more!
He wanted to try stabbing any place that was not protected by the wooden armor.
Xiao Rongrong was so frightened that she screamed and kept running and dodging in the garden. Although she knew that she would not be hurt because of the wooden armor on her body, she was still afraid when she saw a sharp weapon stabbing at her.
In this way, Yelu Hongji chased Xiao Rongrong hard and stabbed her with a dagger continuously.
Xiao Rongrong kept running. After a while, she stopped and let Yelu Hongji's dagger poke at her body.
But there were more tears in her eyes.
And Zhao Bilian's expression also became strange.
She really wanted to say that Yelu Hongji was worse than for treating his wife like this, but thinking that she had just used Xiao Rongrong to test her knife, she could only sigh.
After swinging the sword at least thirty times, Yelu Hongji felt a little tired. He turned around and asked, panting, "How many of these wooden armors does Master Lu have?"
