In Luzhou, Hedong, a general hurried into the military mansion and said at the door: "Report to the lord, the envoy has passed Zezhou, and he may arrive tomorrow!"

The envoy said that the officials sent to Tokyo to spread the imperial edict. Li Yun had already known in advance what the imperial edict was... The imperial edict was read in front of thousands of people in the imperial city and was issued to various yamen. Li Yun didn't even know it. At this time, he was squatting in the upper position, and he said without raising his head, "I understand, you go down."

"Here." When the general clasped his fists, he stretched his head and looked here. Maybe he was curious about what the two people above were doing.

Li Yun squatted, and there was an old man in a robe opposite, who was also his aide. There was a copper basin in the middle, with a lot of wooden ash inside. The old man picked up a brush and swept it carefully for a while, and then he saw a burned turtle shell.

"This thing works?" Li Yun asked with a frown.

The staff said: "In ancient times, the Shang Dynasty used to make divination with tortoise shells. This has been like this for hundreds of years, and there must be something credible."

Li Yun stared at the cracks on the tortoise shell with a questioning look on his face and asked, "Then show it, it's bad or good."

The staff looked there for a long time, pondered and searched the books, and said after a long time: "It is not advisable to act rashly, otherwise it will be extremely dangerous."

Li Yun shook his head and said, "I still think this thing is ridiculous."

The staff member stroked his gray beard and said calmly: "Is it absurd? The lord should know it in his heart."

"Oh?" Li Yun looked at the staff's face with interest, "You are saying something that is not absurd. What does this turtle shell have to do with me?"

"It's related." said the staff, "The lord is the one who takes the choice of shells, charcoal, and ignition by himself, right?"

"So what?" Li Yun shook his head and said.

The staff member said: "I took a lot of turtle shells before. The lord chose which piece, how much charcoal was placed, where to ignite the charcoal fire, and any difference would make the cracks into different textures. But the turtle shell looked like this in the end, and that was the destined fate."

Li Yun shook his head: "I didn't intend to get along with Mr. Zhong, but your mysterious statement really couldn't convince me... You didn't tell me how could this turtle shell have something to do with me?"

The staff member was not angry and asked calmly: "Why is the water flowing down?"

Li Yun was stunned.

The staff asked again: "Why do the sun, moon and stars rise in rotation?"

Li Yun: “…”

The staff member stroked his beard: "The world is full of things everywhere." He turned his head, pushed a stool with his hand, and fell down with a "clang", and said, "The stool fell is the result, the cause is me pushing it. Buddhism even more mysteriously. The sufferings of this life are caused by evil in the previous life... These are not right. I watched the star signs at night and pondered for many days, believing that all things in this world are not related to cause and effect. From the sun, moon, stars, to the smallest, this turtle shell, are closely related; so I have read the books of sages and still want to use the turtle shell to divine."

Li Yun was confused and felt something was reasonable, but he seemed to be talking nonsense and asked casually: "Even if you are right, there is indeed something to do... But how do you know what kind of relationship it is?"

"Forget it." The staff member said calmly, "A sincere heart will make you feel."

At this moment, a young man walked to the door and said, "Son greets my father."

Li Yun turned around and asked, "What's the matter?" But when he saw Li Shoujie not answering, he reached out and waved. Seeing this, the staff stood up and bowed, "Let's leave first."

Li Shoujie walked up and whispered in Li Yun's ear: "Han Chongyun asked for a meeting."

"Take him to the inner room." Li Yun stood up, no longer caring about the basins and turtle shells on the ground, and walked straight into the door beside the wall. Soon, Han Chongyun came in to pay a visit.

After the greetings, Han Chongyun couldn't wait to ask: "Blacksmith Guo has blatantly usurped the throne and proclaimed emperor. When will Mr. Li not raise an army at this time?"

Li Jun pondered endlessly.

Han Chongyun said anxiously: "I just heard that Guo Blacksmith wanted to let Mr. Li go to Hebei. This was a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Besides, the place was east of the sea and surrounded by important towns on three sides. When Mr. Li really went there, he couldn't perform it, and there were no reinforcements nearby. What should Guo Blacksmith do if he dealt with Mr. Li? Brother Zhao sent a letter to you and gave you an idea. As soon as someone from Tokyo came, Mr. Li set up Taizu's spiritual position and cried to tell the kindness of Taizu back then. Everyone in the world praised Mr. Li for his loyalty and righteousness!"

Li Yun said: "But Guo Shao recognized the Emperor Taizu. Isn't it a bit far-fetched to cry like this?"

"Not far-fetched!" Han Chongyun said seriously, "Taizu made the final decision in front of his bed (Chai Rong). The late emperor passed on his throne and his son. Who is Guo Blacksmith?"

Li Yun said with a sad face: "I just invited a master to use a turtle back to take a hexagram... It is a bad hexagram. The master advises me, but I cannot act rashly now."

After hearing this, Han Chongyun's face twitched: "Mr. Li's heroic life, do you believe that thing? I know you are afraid of the strength of the imperial guards and hesitated..."

"Don't provoke me." Li Yun said calmly.

Han Chongyun said: "Don't worry, if you join forces, the Northern Han army will go south to reinforce Li Gong in the name of allies; not only that, the Liao Kingdom will also win the battle to attack Hebei to support Li Gong. Major events can be taken!"

"Can the Liao Kingdom send troops now?" Li Yun sneered.

Han Chongyun said: "It is said that the king of Liao is incompetent, but the king of Youzhou South Court held a bear soldier and was willing to go south to help. If Mr. Li didn't believe it, he would immediately send someone to Hebei to investigate and investigate. At this time, the Liao army should have been dispatched!"

...Twenty miles west of Dingzhou City, Hebei, countless Liao cavalry appeared on the banks of the Juma River.

Many floating bridges were built on the river surface, and the cavalry ran across the south of Henan, and the Liao army spread across the river like a flood. On the plain on the north bank, there were not only Liao cavalry, but also many infantry formations. Those were the servants of the Liao army, mainly the Xi people, and some Jurchen slaves were also used as miscellaneous soldiers.

The Liao army drove across the river, but encountered no resistance at all.

A general wearing a cloak and a fur hat rushed to the river, rushing to the back and forth. He looked at the countless people on the river bank, then looked east, and asked in Khitan, "There is no movement in Dingzhou City yet?"

The general said: "I just retaliated for a horse. Sun Xingyou, the governor of Dingzhou, hugged in the city and was strengthening the city defense. He dared not come out to fight."

The general stretched out his finger, smiled and twisted the "beautiful" beard under his nose, and shouted: "Even if he comes out, the heroic Khitan warriors can defeat him!"

The general echoed: "The Khitans are wolves, who live in the snow forest for a long time but have not come out. They are also brothers' fierce wild wolves; the man is a sheep, and he can only hide in the sheep pen and tremble."
Chapter completed!