Chapter 782: The Power of Dismounting
"Bastard!"

Long Yu's words were undoubtedly a great insult to the Song Dynasty and the Han people.

Liu Xunyi and the others were all furious, and Feng Tianba's reaction was the strongest. His face was as red as blood, and veins on his forehead were bulging. He rushed to Long Yu and grabbed his collar without saying anything. He gritted his teeth and threatened, "Say it again if you dare!"

Looking at the furious Feng Tianba, Long Yu looked at him with contempt as if he was looking at a clown. Not only was there no fear at all, but there was full of provocation.

Long Yu waved his hand to stop Ya Kun and the Mongolian soldiers from approaching, and walked up to Feng Tianba with interest. The two were so close that their noses were almost touching, but neither of them was willing to back down.

"Whatever you want to do, just do it. You clearly heard it clearly, so why do you need me to say it again?" Long Yu licked his slightly dry lips with his scarlet tongue and grinned, "If you can only bluff and try to scare me off, then I advise you to give up this idea."

"What the hell..."

"stop!"

When Feng Tianba was about to punch Long Yu in the face desperately, Liu Xunyi suddenly noticed that Long Yu's right hand had silently reached for the dagger at his waist, so his eyes fixed and he stopped him.

Liu Xunyi had already figured out the situation in his mind, and knew that although Long Yu was in the wrong, Helin was the capital of Mongolia after all, and Long Yu's "base camp". If Feng Tianba did not take action, Long Yu would not take the initiative to take action out of consideration for Zhao Xin and Su He's feelings, and would only provoke him with words at most.

But if Feng Tianba takes the initiative, then his argument will become unreasonable, which is exactly what Long Yu wants.

Once the two sides started to quarrel, Long Yu would definitely kill them in the name of "suppressing the rebellion". With only a few people like Liu Xunyi, who were weak and alone, it was impossible for them to gain an advantage in the other party's territory.

By then, not only will it be difficult for Su He to mediate, but even if the matter is brought to Hu Lie... I'm afraid he won't get any justice at all.

Long Yu was clearly using the "provocation method", so how could Liu Xunyi be fooled?

"Feng Tianba, let him go."

Liu Xunyi pointed at Long Yu, his voice low and unquestionable.

"Lord Liu, they..."

"Let him go!"

"Yes……"

Faced with Liu Xunyi's harsh words, even though Feng Tianba was unwilling a thousand times, he had to let go of Long Yu at this moment.

Seeing this, a hint of disappointment suddenly flashed across Long Yu's eyes.

Liu Xunyi's eyes were like lightning, shooting straight at the treacherous Long Yu, and he asked word by word: "What you just said, is it what the Mongolian Khan meant?"

"What?" Long Yu sneered, "Do you want me to say it again?"

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi's eyelids twitched slightly, and he stared at Long Yu with cold eyes. Without turning his head, he ordered: "Feng Tianba, go and report to the princess immediately, saying that the Mongolian Khan broke his promise, tore up the marriage contract between the two countries without authorization, and humiliated the prestige of our Song Dynasty. This is intolerable! We Han people would rather be the souls of the battlefield than the slaves of a fallen country. Your humble servant Liu Xunyi dares to advise the princess that we should go back home immediately, recuperate, and prepare for a decisive battle with the Mongolian army!"

"As ordered..."

"and many more!"

Before Feng Tianba, who shared the same hatred with his enemies, could stride away, Su He hurried out to smooth things over. He first stopped the angry Feng Tianba, then bowed to the sullen-faced Liu Xunyi, and said earnestly: "Brother Liu, this matter concerns the war and peace plan. It concerns the life and death of billions of people. It is of great importance. You must not act on impulse!"

"Brother Su, you heard what Long Yu said just now. It's not that I am stubborn and I don't know how to appreciate your kindness. It's that the Mongolian Khan is bullying us too much. We can't stand it anymore." Liu Xunyi said righteously, every word was sonorous, "We are the people of the Song Dynasty in life and the ghosts of the Song Dynasty in death. We would rather die for our country than suffer such humiliation!"

"Brother Liu, please listen to me..."

"Brother Su, don't say more! This is about the honor and disgrace of the Song Dynasty and the dignity of the country. I would rather die than give in!" Liu Xunyi interrupted, "Since Long Yu is conveying the order of the Mongolian Khan, why should we stay here and humiliate ourselves? Brother Su, please forgive me for being blunt, but you only have two choices now. Either let us go south, which means Mongolia still has some sense of shame. Or go all out and kill us to silence us. It is absolutely impossible for us to endure the humiliation and keep the peace!"

"No, no, no!" Su He waved his hands quickly, "Brother Liu, please be patient. There must be a misunderstanding."

"Brother Su..."

"The Khan is certainly overbearing, but he will never make trouble out of nothing, let alone deliberately pick a fight. Su dares to guarantee with his life that although the Khan cannot meet you, the reason is definitely not as rude as Long Yu said. He must have taken your words out of context and made up stories."

"This……"

"Long Yu!" Before Liu Xunyi could respond, Su He suddenly turned around, staring at the frivolous Long Yu with a pair of angry tiger eyes, and asked, "Tell me honestly, what you just said... is it really the Khan's decree?"

"This..." When the "Khan" was mentioned, even if Long Yu had ulterior motives, he did not dare to falsely convey the imperial decree at this moment, so he rolled his eyes and said something else, "The Khan really does not want to see them, and only asked them to go to the prince's camp..."

"That's not what I'm asking!" Su He interrupted in a deep voice, "Didn't the Khan say in person that the Song Dynasty is not worthy of establishing diplomatic relations with us and is only worthy of being our vassal state?" "This..." Long Yu frowned and became more vague, "Although he didn't say it explicitly, the Khan's meaning..."

"Nonsense!" Su He shouted angrily, "This is about the marriage between the Mongols and the Song Dynasty, and the war and peace plan. How can you make up stories out of thin air?"

"I……"

"Long Yu, if your nonsense brings shame to the Khan, causes the prince to lose his princess, and thus destroys the peace between the two countries, or even causes a war, even if you die ten thousand times, it will not be enough to make up for your sin!"

Su He was rarely angry, and he scolded Long Yu, who had always been fighting with him openly and secretly, without any reservation. On the one hand, he was angry at Long Yu for "falsifying the imperial edict", and on the other hand, he wanted to appease Liu Xunyi and others who were "angry and humiliated".

Su He is a Mongolian after all. No matter how close his relationship with Liu Xunyi is, he dare not hope to turn hostility into friendship based on personal relationship alone in the face of national honor and disgrace.

Moreover, Liu Xunyi and Zhao Xin had an unusual relationship, and he was unwilling to let Zhao Xin stay in Helin. In this case, if Su He did not show more strength, anger, and righteousness, Liu Xunyi would most likely take advantage of the situation, use public power for personal gain, and take the opportunity to bring Zhao Xin back to the Central Plains.

Although Su He felt guilty and thought he shouldn't judge others by his own standards, at this critical moment, he had to treat others as villains first and then gentlemen.

All this is done to ensure that the peace and harmony between the two countries will be foolproof.

"Su He, who are you? What qualifications do you have to tell me what to do?" Long Yu didn't know the inside story, so of course he wouldn't swallow his anger, so he refuted on the spot, "I told the Khan's order clearly, but it was Liu Xunyi who pretended to be confused and pressed me with questions, so I..."

"Even so, you shouldn't speak nonsense!"

"you……"

"Stop arguing!"

During the argument, Zhao Xin slowly approached. Her appearance immediately quieted the noisy and chaotic scene.

"Princess..." At this moment, Liu Xunyi looked at Zhao Xin with a look that was both close and distant, and very complicated.

"I heard your quarrel just now." Zhao Xin's calm eyes slowly swept over everyone, only skipping Liu Xunyi, and finally landing on Feng Tianba, and said calmly, "Long Yu was wrong in this matter, and you were also wrong. Long Yu was wrong in guessing the will of heaven, and you were wrong in being paranoid."

"Princess, you are wise!" Zhao Xin's pertinent words made Su He feel relieved and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Princess, we have come from afar, but the Mongolian Khan has ignored us..."

"The Mongolian Khan has his reasons for not wanting to see us." Zhao Xin interrupted Feng Tianba's explanation calmly and said seriously, "Maybe the Mongolian Khan has more important things to do, maybe he is meeting more important people, maybe the military situation is urgent and he cannot be distracted, maybe he is ill and cannot see guests... In short, the Mongolian Khan has thousands of reasons for not wanting to see us. Why did you get so angry based on Long Yu's one-sided statement, insisting that Mongolia tore up the engagement, and even threatened to go home without regard for your dignity? Acting so rashly without understanding the situation, is this the demeanor and tolerance that a minister of the Song Dynasty should have?"

Feng Tianba muttered unwillingly: "Long Yu is a Mongolian and a close confidant of the Mongolian Khan. If we don't listen to him, who else should we listen to..."

"Su He is also a Mongolian, and he was the one chosen by the Mongolian Khan to go to Lin'an to pick up the bride. Why don't you listen to his explanation?" Zhao Xin showed anger on her face and her tone was quite accusatory.

"us……"

"Princess, you are right. I know I am wrong!" Liu Xunyi apologized before Feng Tianba. Even though he was extremely upset, he did not dare to show it at all.

Hearing Liu Xunyi's voice, Zhao Xin's expression froze for a moment, but she still refused to look back at him, still calm and nonchalant: "As the saying goes, 'the guest should follow the host's wishes'. Since we have arrived in Helin, we should obey the arrangements of the Mongolian Khan. You only blame others for not knowing how to entertain guests. Ask yourself, you guys are making a fuss in someone else's territory, how can you be a guest?"

"This……"

"We are not happy about being turned away, but we cannot be unreasonable. We should get everything clear." Zhao Xin said seriously, "Now not only are you angry, I am also confused. When we meet Hu Lie, we will ask him clearly. If things are really as Long Yu said, we will leave immediately and will not stay here to be humiliated. But if it is not the case..."

Having said that, Zhao Xin's seemingly calm eyes quietly cast towards the suspicious Long Yu, and said with a smile: "General Long, please give me and my family a reasonable explanation in front of the prince."

Just these one sentence made Long Yu's face turn extremely ugly in an instant, and there was even a hint of fear in the depths of his eyes.

Zhao Xin's move not only surprised Long Yu, but also surprised Su He and others.

Especially Liu Xunyi, he had never seen Zhao Xin's secretive side. On the surface, she was gentle and submissive, but in fact, she was cunning. In a few words, she not only turned the conflict between the two sides into nothingness, but also pushed the evil-minded Long Yu into a dilemma of suffering the consequences.

Overnight, Zhao Xin seemed to have become a different person.

Could it be that what she said when she and Liu Xunyi said goodbye in tears at Crescent Lake really came true?
The former Zhao Xin had died last night. From today on, 'Zhao Xin' is still 'Zhao Xin', but the princess of Mongolia...is no longer a princess of the Song Dynasty.

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(End of this chapter)