Chapter 684: Secret Meeting in Langyuan (Part )

"This……"

Zhao Xie looked at the letter in Liu Xunyi's hand with a serious expression, but was reluctant to take it.

"Little prince..."

"No, no, no!"

Suddenly, Zhao Yu made up his mind and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "You asked me to help you deliver a letter to Sister Xin, this is absolutely not possible!"

"I don't even want to see Xin'er, but can't I even write her a letter?"

"Master, you..." Zhao Yu's face was filled with sorrow, his eyes full of entanglement. "To put it bluntly, aren't you harming me? I have already promised my father that I will never interfere in anything related to Sister Xin. Now you want me to help you secretly communicate letters, isn't that a violation of my promise to my father? Moreover, if there is any mistake in this matter, my uncle and father will definitely not let me off easily. You know, the marriage with Mongolia is the top priority of the court at the moment. Whoever dares to obstruct it will be the first sinner of the Song Dynasty. No, no! I can't bear this guilt. Even if I don't consider the consequences for myself, I should consider my father's reputation."

"Little prince..."

"Master, please stop talking!" Zhao Yu seemed to be afraid to look directly into Liu Xunyi's eyes full of desire. He turned his head away and said stubbornly, "I can promise you anything, but this matter... I'm sorry I can't do anything about it."

Seeing this, Liu Xunyi's expression darkened and he collapsed to the ground like a deflated ball, not speaking again for a long time.

"master."

After an unknown amount of silence, Zhao Yu could no longer suppress his inner anxiety. He personally helped Liu Xunyi up and advised her earnestly, "I understand your feelings. I also know that you and Sister Xin misunderstood each other in this matter and suffered the bitter fruit that you should not have borne. Now, you want to tell Sister Xin the truth and let her know that she has been blaming you wrongly. This is understandable and human nature. But... you have to understand that Sister Xin is not the daughter of an ordinary family, and it is not just three or five people who are blocking you now, but the entire Song Dynasty. Therefore, even if you let Sister Xin know the truth, what can it do? In addition to giving her greater pain, what can it change? Do you think that with just the will of the two of you, you can convince the emperor's uncle and the civil and military officials of the court to give up the marriage plan? Even if the emperor's uncle agrees, how can the Mongols agree? We made an engagement first and then broke it. We played with the Mongols like monkeys. How can they let it go?"

After hearing what Zhao Yu said, Liu Xunyi's eyes trembled slightly, and he whispered, "Who taught the young prince these words? The impassioned speech just now doesn't sound like something the young prince would say."

"Yes." Zhao Yu said frankly, "My father told me this. Because I also tried to save Sister Xin from the sea of ​​suffering like you. Although I was to be a princess, who would be willing to marry into a completely unfamiliar place?"

"Yes!" Liu Xunyi murmured to himself, "Xin'er must be very panicked and scared now..."

"Let me make it clear. Sister Xin is indeed being greatly wronged, and you have also been greatly unfairly treated. But the marriage is a done deal, and no one can go against fate, let alone change it in the slightest." Zhao He said righteously, "Therefore, the more you do now, the more mistakes you will make. In the end, not only will you not be able to save your relationship with Sister Xin, but you will cause more and more people to fall into this vortex, until the entire Song Dynasty will suffer with you."

"hiss!"

Zhao Yu's words were like a sharp knife, stabbing into Liu Xunyi's heart, causing him to take a deep breath and become more and more anxious.

"Now, the entire Song Dynasty feels guilty towards you and Sister Xin. But once you make a big deal out of this, everything will turn upside down. Then, it will be you and Sister Xin who feel guilty towards the entire Song Dynasty." Zhao Yu continued, "Master, wake up! Don't make the same mistake over and over again. Sister Xin is already the princess of Mongolia, and you and she will never be together again in this life. Now, as long as you do nothing, you can save the Song Dynasty from its misfortune and avoid the disaster of national extinction. Isn't this reason... enough to convince you? I remember you once taught me the principle of sacrificing one's life for justice. Why do you become confused and hesitant when things happen to you?"

"This……"

"I promise you! I promise you as the young prince!" Zhao Yu said word by word, "As long as you can give up Sister Xin, after the marriage is completed, I will beg my uncle and father to promote you and give you a high rank and reward! I can even beg my uncle to choose another princess to marry you..."

"Young Prince, you... have misunderstood me again!" Before Zhao Yu finished speaking, Liu Xunyi's miserable voice rang out quietly, "Do you think I told Xin'er everything in this letter? Do you think I want to tell her the truth of the matter?"

Zhao Yu frowned and hesitated, "Isn't it?"

"If you don't mind, you may open the letter and read it."

"Isn't this...perhaps inappropriate?"

"If you don't open it and take a look, how can you know whether what I just said is true or not?"

"This……"

Zhao Xie hesitated again and again, but finally took the letter and slowly opened the envelope with a doubtful and uneasy mood.

However, when Zhao Xie opened the letter and pulled out the bamboo paper inside, the scene before him left him stunned.

The paper was completely empty, without a single word or sentence, just like a blank sheet of paper.

"This……"

Looking at the "Wordless Book" in his hand, Zhao Yu was so surprised that he couldn't recover for a long time. He wanted to ask the reason, but he didn't know how to start.

"My young prince knows now?" Liu Xunyi laughed bitterly, "The letter I sent to Xin'er did not contain the content you are worried about. Even if this letter falls into the hands of others, it is not a handle, and it cannot be used to punish my young prince."

"Why?" Zhao Yu looked at Liu Xunyi in confusion, and asked curiously, "Why did the master send a blank letter to Sister Xin?"

"If this book has words, would you help me deliver it, young prince?"

"This..." Zhao Yu hesitated, "I mean... since there is not a single word written, how can it be called a letter? Isn't it meaningless for you to give this letter to Sister Xin?"

"I can't write all I want to say in ten thousand letters." Liu Xunyi smiled bitterly, "Although this letter doesn't have a single word in it, it's full of thousands of words."

"A thousand words?" Zhao Yu turned the bamboo paper over and over, and said seriously, "Is there any trick in this letter? I heard from my father that some letters seem to have no words, but the words will appear after being heated or soaked in water. Will this letter..."

"Your Highness, you are worrying too much." Liu Xunyi shook his head and said, "This letter does not have any tricks. I will guarantee this with my life!" "Oh!" After turning the letter over and over for a long time, Zhao Yu still could not see any clues. Then he put the letter on the table with little interest and said jokingly, "If it is a blank letter like this, I can help you deliver it to the palace."

"Really?" Liu Xunyi's eyes lit up.

"But you have to promise me!" Zhao Yu deliberately kept it a secret, "This is the only letter, this time only, and I will never try to get Sister Xin again."

"This……"

"Master, although this is a letter without words, the risks are still not small." Seeing Liu Xunyi's face in deep thought, Zhao Yu took the initiative to explain, "I am helping you out of the relationship between master and disciple, plus my feelings for Sister Xin. I also don't want your relationship to end in vain. Although this letter cannot explain anything, it is at least... an explanation to each other."

"My Lord, you are so kind-hearted. I am very grateful!" Liu Xunyi promised, "I cannot promise you to give up Xin'er completely now, but I can promise you that after this incident, I will never bother you again because of Xin'er's affairs."

"This……"

Zhao Xie frowned, as if he was weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

Liu Xunyi remained silent, staring at the hesitant Zhao Xie with nervous eyes.

After a long silence, Zhao Xie suddenly sighed, then carefully put the letter away and compromised, "Well! Considering the friendship between the three of us who have been friends since childhood, I will risk my life to help you one last time!"

"Thank you, little prince!"

Zhao Yu put the letter in his arms, then picked up the wine bowl and said jokingly, "This wine is yours."

"No problem at all……"

"Little prince! Little prince!"

Before Liu Xunyi raised his glass to express his gratitude, a burst of urgent shouting suddenly came from the stairs. Then, two thin young men with pointed faces and monkey cheeks ran upstairs in a panic.

Liu Xunyi recognized them. They were Zhao Xie's study companions and also his followers who spent all day eating, drinking, playing and hanging out with Zhao Xie.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Yu asked unhappily, "Didn't I tell you to wait downstairs?"

"Young Prince, something is not right downstairs!" an attendant said nervously, "I don't know when a group of gangsters appeared downstairs. We didn't pay much attention to them at first, but they kept gathering. Now there are 20 to 30 of them..."

"And there are quite a few people rushing here, with great momentum and in an endless stream..." another follower interrupted.

"what?"

Zhao Yu was horrified and ran to the window to look downstairs. Just as the two followers said, the restaurant, which was originally deserted, was now gathering more and more vicious and ferocious people with knives and swords.

Just now, Liu Xunyi and Zhao Xie's minds were all on this wordless letter, and the people in the martial arts world below were acting cautiously, so Liu Xunyi did not notice it.

“How could this happen?” Zhao Yu cast a panicked look at the silent Liu Xunyi and exclaimed, “Master, they seem to be coming for you…”

"You two, take the little prince away from here quickly!"

Before Zhao Yu walked back to the table, Liu Xunyi suddenly waved his hand to stop him, and at the same time ordered the two followers: "From now on, don't say another word to me, leave immediately!"

"But Master, you..."

"I have my own way to get out of this situation, little prince, hurry up!"

Under Liu Xunyi's unquestionable urging, Zhao Xie no longer hesitated and called his two trembling followers to rush to the stairs.

However, just as Zhao He led his men to the stairs, a dozen burly men armed with knives and swords rushed up the stairs with murderous intent and almost collided with Zhao He and his two companions who were in a panic.

"Who are you? You are blind!"

"We...we are drinking..." Faced with the questioning of the vicious man, an attendant answered timidly.

"Liu Xunyi is there!" A sharp-eyed man pointed his knife at the corner of the second floor and said loudly, "Brother, don't get entangled with them, it's important to catch Liu Xunyi!"

"roll!"

The leading man spat at Zhao He and the other two viciously, then pushed the trembling Zhao He away violently and led his men to the second floor at great strides.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Xie and the other two, who were at a loss, hunched over, pressed against the wall, and fled away from the restaurant in the crowd that kept pouring in.

……

(End of this chapter)