Chapter Seventy-Eight: Liaocheng Negotiations
When Su Chi took a boat from the Jialing River and changed carriages and horses, and finally arrived at the mansion of the former general of Liaocheng, she was so tired that she almost fell off her horse. The pen and fun pavilion www.biquge.info behind Wei Ming quickly helped her, Su Chi finally looked at Wei Ming once, on weekdays, he would mess things up without saying a word, and it was rare to be so clever now. Su Chi didn't know that because of the dislike he showed from time to time, Wei Ming was already frightened, so he was careful and thoughtful about Su Chi. For fear of being punished directly by the Duke of the State to Modi.
Su Chi dismounted, straightened his collar casually, and Wei Ming had already stepped forward to negotiate with the gatekeeper in front of the mansion. But in a moment, Su Chi's maid Si Fu followed Su Cen's close attendant Zhou Cong out, Si Fu was a little out of shape, and walked to her side in a few steps to take a good look: "The girl is fine, scared to death of the slave and maid, really scared to death of the slave and maid!" At this sight, it can be regarded as a stone falling to the ground.
Su Chi pulled her up, "Isn't it good for me? Su Chi didn't care much, turned around and asked Zhou Cong: "What about the eldest brother?" With Su Cen's concern for her, it was really unreasonable to only send Zhou Cong out. Thinking about the way all the way, Liaocheng is heavily guarded, and Su Chi already has a little speculation.
"The son was discussing with Su Duwei in the study, and the girl went to rest first. Zhou Fan led her into the door, although she was dressed as a flat-headed commoner, the servants on both sides still didn't even look up, which shows that Su Cen has made some arrangements.
"Deliberation?" Zhou Cong's attitude towards Su Chi is much better than Su Cen's other attendant, Zhou Fan, Su Cen's current person must be very important! The big prince's mess always needs to be cleaned up, and the Su family's trip is really not cost-effective!
"Girl, please come with me. Zhou Cong has always been low-browed and pleasing to the eyes.
Seeing that Zhou Cong meant this, he wanted to lead her to see Su Cen. Isn't Su Cen meeting guests, Su Chi frowned: "This is not a lot of etiquette, is it?"
Zhou Cong was a little surprised, the girl has never been a person who talks about etiquette, but his face has been paralyzed for a long time, so he silently wrote it down in his heart, planning to tell his son as a pastime another day. He looked at Su Chi with a respectful expression, and spoke with a straight look: "Childe has ordered." ”
Zhou Cong told Su Chi that in the study was Su Tingzhang, the commander of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and Su Tingzhang had been stationed outside Liaocheng, so the people of Liaocheng were also soldiers. Su Chi has done some research on Liaocheng, but he has never heard of this name.
Su Chi suppressed the doubts in his heart, "Where is the Duwei?" Beiwan and Yanguo County only have Taishou at the county level, and Duwei is a unique feature of Southern Qi. After the eldest prince left Jiankang for so many days, Nan Qi finally couldn't help but speak out? Is this Su Duwei an envoy?
Su Chi followed Zhou Cong into the cubicle of the study quietly, Zhou Cong reached out and took down the painting on the wall, and Su Chi noticed that the painting was just a block. When I took it off like this, I could see Su Cen sitting in the study, and the middle-aged man on the side was facing Su Cen sideways.
Su Chi looked at the man with a beard from the side, about forty or fifty years old, his face was not real, but he was sitting upright, and his gray-brown blue shirt had been washed and white, which was very different from ordinary officials. This person has a sword on his waist, looking like a general, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and there is an obvious Nanqi accent in his voice at this moment: "Didn't Su Gongzi say that the child is a flower? Although the old man is old, he can also get on the horse to kill the enemy, and dismount the horse and shoot the gun." Gongzi wants to take away the land of my Nanqi without spending a single soldier, don't think!" This person spoke in a full voice, he should be a practitioner, but didn't they come to discuss the matter of the eldest prince absconding back to China?
"Du Wei is angry, Su Cen is not talented, and he has no intention of Liaocheng. Taking 10,000 steps back, the ownership of this Liaocheng is not something that can be decided in the next white body. As soon as Su Tingzhang came, he indicated that he wanted to see Su Yuan, which shows that he didn't know the specific situation in Liaocheng. Su Yuan gave the order early in the morning, and the follow-up negotiation was undertaken by Su Cen alone, but Su Cen did not feel pressure, but was more surprised. The father rarely assigned tasks to his son, and he did not make any arrangements for his future in the past few years, which in the eyes of the discerning person was already a certain sense of exile and abandonment.
"Since Su Gongzi can't call the shots, then find someone who can call the shots! Could it be that you Beiwan doesn't even have a person who counts?" Su Tingzhang was not very polite to Su Cen, although at the moment Su Cen was a tacit negotiator between the two sides.
Su Chi had hardly heard anyone speak to Su Cen like this, and Su Tingzhang was not polite in his words because of his seniority and age. However, this matter was originally Beiwan Liqu, and Su Tingzhang's attitude was not difficult to understand, but he took pity on Su Cen, a pond fish. It has been a truth since ancient times to learn literary and martial arts, goods and emperors' families.
Su Cen was not angry at Su Tingzhang's words, but spoke slowly: "Then according to Su Duwei's opinion, how should this matter be good?" Su Cen squinted slightly, changed a cup of tea, and in Su Chi's eyes, he actually had a bit of Su Yuan's bearing.
"The old man has been living here for three days, but the son has avoided it. If it weren't for the fact that there were already 3,000 troops outside Liaocheng today, I'm afraid that Gongzi would still have to do something. Childe was reluctant to talk to the old man, could it be that he wanted to reason with those soldiers outside the city. Su Tingzhang snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and spoke quite majesticly.
Rao is Su Cen has a good temper, and he doesn't like to be threatened like this, so his voice at this moment is not as easy-going as Fang Cai: "Su Duwei deigned to discuss with his subordinates is indeed wronged, after all, the position of Du Lieutenant is the fifth grade, but Su Cen is just a white body, and the class is different, so naturally there are many differences between Du Lieutenant's words." It's better to be like this: Su Duwei, you are still staying here temporarily, and wait until the emperor sends envoys to discuss again?" Su Chi sighed, the eldest brother speaks straightforwardly on weekdays, but now he uses the "salute first and then soldier" that his father often says.
Su Tingzhang was speechless at first, staring at Su Cen, and then roared: "Back then, it was an alliance between the two countries for the prince of your country to enter my Southern Qi as a hostage, and now you have robbed the proton alive, what credibility does your country have at all? Not to mention that ten years ago, the emperor of your country personally repaired the book, and the two countries were reconciled in exchange for mutual quality, and our Southern Qi opened up trade with Beiwan, but you took this opportunity to occupy my Liaocheng? Such ungrateful, it is really a villain's act!"
Su Cen pondered slightly, and then got up: "Du Wei might as well say clearly, what do you want to bring back here?" Su Cen raised the corners of his mouth, looking indifferent, since the eldest prince had returned to Jinling, Su Tingzhang also knew that Beiwan would not have a second proton, so his eyes must be on Liaocheng.
Sure enough, I heard Su Tingzhang say: "If you want to calm things, you will exchange Liaocheng for the prince." exchanging my city of Nanqi for the prince of your Beiwan is the biggest concession of the old man. Childe doesn't have to play child's tricks anymore. Otherwise, the soldiers outside the city will be in chaos, and they don't know what will happen, so Childe had better see the overall situation. ”