"I see, a bunch of useless things! Get out of here! ”

The camp of the Liao State, the military tent of the leather room.

The Khitan fierce general under the command of Xiao Tzulin, the king of the Southern Courtyard, Hale Xiongtu, blasted everyone out after angrily reprimanding his subordinates.

At this time, Shangguan Xueming, who was sitting opposite him, smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "The general is angry, there is no need to be so hot." ”

Hale Xiongtu glanced at Shangguan Xueming sullenly, and said angrily: "I can't do this little thing well, do you want me to do it personally?" ”

"Hey, you can't show up!" Shangguan Xueming persuaded: "Didn't you listen to what they just said, it was Your Majesty who directly intervened." ”

Hallexiongtu smashed his fist on the felt mat, and his eyes widened in anger: "Lao Tzu just can't figure this out!" What's so good about that little white face named Zhao Liang? Why do you want to protect him like this?! The king once made a mountain and sea of war exploits for my Khitan, is it not worthy of this Han barbarian? ”

Shangguan Xue Ming said quietly: "General, you are an expert in war, but you don't know anything about politics. The Queen Mother is now planning to negotiate peace with the other side, as the nephew of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Liang must not make a mistake, even if he is the culprit who killed King Xiao and Prince Hengyi. ”

"I don't care!" Halxiongtu raised his hand: "I don't care whether I make peace or not!" The king has been so gracious to me that I cannot let his great revenge go unpunished. Don't say that Zhao Liang is by his side at this time, even if he hides to the ends of the earth, Lao Tzu will find the door and slash this thief! ”

"Of course, the revenge must be avenged, but a strategy must be taught," Shangguan Xueming's tone was very calm: "Didn't we say it before, this morning's drama is just to probe the details of the other party, and see who will stand up to protect Zhao Liang by the way." Of course, it's best to be able to kill him easily, even if you don't do it, at least you can find out his situation, right? ”

Halxiongtu nodded: "So, what are your plans?" ”

"I don't dare to be a clever plan, but it's really a bit of a calculation, and I have to ask the general to help me with all my strength when the time comes." Shangguan Xueming said with a smile.

"Good! As long as you can avenge the king, you can do whatever you say! Hale Xiongtu stared at each other with his eyes: "When you kid fled from the Song Kingdom and traveled thousands of miles to my Khitan to save your life, it was all because of the king's mercy that you were able to take you in and reuse." Right now, you're willing to avenge the king, and you have a bit of a conscience. But don't lie to me, or I'll let you die a miserable death!" ”

Although this day was a little uneven at the beginning, Zhao Liang and Xiaoya almost lost their lives at the hands of Xiao Tzurin's old department, but in the afternoon, the four people who were a little frightened immediately ushered in an improvement in treatment.

Not only did the tent take good care of their wounds, but they also moved out of the small tent where the prisoners of war were held and moved to a larger tent that was more spacious and bright, and was served with delicious food and wine. Looking at it like that, those who don't know will really think that these four people are distinguished guests invited by the Liao State.

Xiao Feng and Duan Yu were confused, and they both guessed whether it was because of the accident in the morning, and the Emperor of Liao felt sorry, so he made amends like this.

Zheng Luya was not as optimistic as the two of them, worried that this was some conspiracy of the Khitans.

Only Zhao Liang had a slight idea in his heart, guessing that such a delicious and delicious reception was related to the matter of peace.

Sure enough, after dark, Wang Jizhong, who had not seen him for a few days, came to visit. At noon, he had just rushed back to the camp of the Liao State from Lanzhou to report to the Empress Dowager Xiao and the Liao Shengzong on the success of the trip

Sure enough, he was busy with all the preparations for the peace talks for a long time, and then he finally took the time to talk to Zhao Liang.

After listening to him introduce the situation, except for Xiao Ya, who was slightly surprised, the other three people all had a natural expression. It's no wonder, Zhao Liang, Xiao Feng, Duan Yu, who doesn't know that the alliance of Lanyuan can be successful?

Although Wang Jizhong was a little puzzled by the reaction of these three, he couldn't think of crossing this after all, and he didn't care too much, so he only said: "Lin'an Hou, in this peace talks between the two countries, His Majesty asked you to serve as the deputy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, and negotiate with the Khitan with Cao Yong, which can be described as a heavy responsibility." Congratulations on the fact that you have finally overcome the difficulties in front of you and will soon be free again. ”

Zhao Liang nodded and asked, "What did the Queen Mother say?" What to do with my three companions? ”

"I have already thought of this for you before I went down," Wang Jizhong replied happily: "I am Xiang Xiang Empress Dowager Bingming, Commander Mu and these two brothers, as your entourage, to participate in the Song-Liao peace talks. This proposal has been approved by the Empress Dowager Xiao, and in this way, the three of them have also been released from detention. ”

Zhao Liang relieved himself about Xiaoya and their affairs, thanked Wang Jizhong again and again, and then asked, "Where are the peace talks held?" Is Cao Utilization here? ”

Wang Jizhong replied: "In order to show the respect of both sides for each other, the venue for the peace talks was not in the city or camp of either side, but in Songfeng Gang, which is the same distance from the military camps on both sides. At present, the Song and Liao countries each sent 100 soldiers to build simple houses there for later negotiations. After the houses were built, the soldiers remained at Songfeng Post to serve as the only defense force in the area during the peace talks. ”

As he spoke, he took out a hand-drawn sketch from his bosom, pointed to it and introduced, "This is Songfeng Gang." Early tomorrow morning, in your capacity as special envoys for the peace talks, you will set off with our representatives and join Cao Yi here. ”

Zhao Liang asked curiously: "Huh? Aren't you going? ”

Wang Jizhong shook his head: "Alas, Lin'anhou is laughing." How can you participate in the peace negotiations? When I get there, who should I speak for? The Great Song Dynasty will think that I am turning my elbow outward, and I am betraying the country for personal gain; And Da Liao will feel that my heart is towards my homeland and secretly harms the interests of the Khitan. In order to avoid the embarrassment of being in the city, Empress Dowager Xiao chose another candidate. ”

Zhao Liang bowed his head slightly when he heard this, expressing his understanding of this, only to hear Wang Jizhong say again: "This time on behalf of Da Liao, it is a member of the Khitan royal family, Prince An Yelu Ning. He was His Majesty's cousin, and in his early years, he traveled all over the Central Plains for a period of time, visiting famous teachers to study and practice martial arts, and at the same time doing some north-south trade as a Hu merchant, so he was very familiar with the situation of the Great Song Dynasty. I've dealt with him twice, and I feel that he is very shrewd and very difficult to deal with. ”

Zhao Liang knew that Wang Jizhong was kindly reminding himself that he should pay attention to this guy Yelu Ning when negotiating, and he could be regarded as trying to serve his homeland as much as possible, so he said gratefully: "I have remembered your words, and this peace talk will definitely live up to its mission." ”

Zheng Luya suddenly thought of something and asked Wang Jizhong: "I don't know what the terrain of Songfeng Gang is, can each side send a hundred soldiers and horses to play the role of guard?" ”

"Hey, that's just decoration," Wang Jizhong smiled and shook his head: "Since the emperors on both sides have the intention to stop fighting, it is impossible to really fight again." Although the representatives of both sides are important, they are not significant key players in their respective camps, so there is no need to strictly protect them. Besides, everyone is there to negotiate, even if they can't get along for a while

At most, it will be a war of words, and it will take a lot of saliva to make it happen. ”

Xiaoya nodded wordlessly and didn't say anything more. Wang Jizhong saw that it was late, and Zhao Liang and they would have to set off with Yelu Ning early tomorrow morning, and his identity was quite sensitive, and it was not suitable to get along with the people of the Song Dynasty for too long, so he got up and said goodbye.

Zhao Liang sent Wang Jizhong out of the tent, and said to each other again, so they said goodbye and went back to rest.

The next day, Zhao Liang and the others got up early, and after a little freshening, they were led by the officers of the palace tent army to report to Prince An Yelu Ning.

Yelu Ning, one of the twelve princes of Khitan, is tall and thin, with a delicate face, and his speech and demeanor are like ordinary scholars in the Central Plains, and he does not have the unique fierce spirit of the grassland people.

As soon as he saw Zhao Liang, he smiled and bowed, and opened his mouth with a pure Great Song Bianliang accent, if it weren't for the armor and precious leather with Liao characteristics, no one would believe that this guy was actually a Khitan royal family.

Zhao Liang didn't dare to underestimate this Prince An in his heart, so he hurriedly greeted politely, and at the same time used his spiritual sense to secretly probe the other party's thoughts.

With a few snaps of his fingers, Zhao Liang read Ye Luning's inner activities, which made him not expect that the other party also attached great importance to himself, and even regarded him Zhao Liang as the real representative of the Great Song Dynasty in this negotiation.

I only heard Yelu Ning hum in his heart: What kind of bullshit envoy is the right Pandian? However, a small official of the ninth grade, even if he is on an errand by the emperor's side, he is still a small person who does not enter the stream. The Song Dynasty sent Cao to negotiate, which was clearly to deceive my Da Liao! But the Marquis of Lin'an in front of him, I heard that he is the son of Zhao Defang, the king of the Eight Sages, and his identity is passable, plus he has been serving in front of the army, and he has repeatedly made great contributions to the Song Dynasty, so he doesn't have to think about it to know that the Han people want to come to the Ming Dynasty to repair the plank road and secretly Chen Cang's move, it is clear that Cao is using the main talk, but in fact, this Zhao Liang is taking the idea behind his back!

Zhao Liang saw through Yelu Ning's mind and couldn't help but secretly laugh. As he said, being smart was mistaken by being smart, this thing relied on his many years of experience in the Central Plains, and thought he knew everything about the Great Song Dynasty, so he firmly thought that Cao was just a disguise, but he didn't know that he had gone in the wrong direction.

Prince An saved this idea, and the negotiations after the guarantee were not completed, and there was a flaw.

However, Zhao Liang was also happy to see the other party's jokes, so he laughed and gossiped, followed Yelu Ning's unified instructions, took Xiaoya and them on horseback, and went straight to Songfeng Gang with the Liao State peace delegation.

In less than two hours, they came to the venue of the Song Liao peace talks. At this time, the Song Dynasty negotiation team headed by the Great Song Dynasty's right Bandian and the Gemen envoy Cao Yu also happened to arrive here.

The envoys of the two sides, surrounded by the guards of the 100 Song Army and the 100 Liao Army, turned over and dismounted at the same time and walked in the opposite direction. When they got closer, Yelunin and Cao used the two to greet each other, exchange greetings, and then introduce their respective entourage.

At this time, there was no need for Zhao Liang to follow behind Prince An of the Khitan. He, Xiao Ya, Xiao Feng, and Duan Yu naturally entered the ranks of the representatives of the Song Dynasty together.

Cao Yu deliberately conveyed Song Zhenzong's dictation to Zhao Liang in front of the Khitans, first praising them for their loyal and courageous service and promoting peace talks, and then appointed Zhao Liang as a deputy envoy to participate in the next Song-Liao negotiations.

After all the standardized diplomatic procedures were completed, the representatives of the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Liao walked hand in hand into the makeshift conference hall, and finally began the peace between the two countries that would affect the next hundred years.