Chapter 5: Night Talk
The people in single clothes in the August night in Weizhou have felt the slightest coolness, the noisy military camp has gradually calmed down, the long war has made everyone's vigilance not diminished but increased, the patrol troops and scouts riding in and out of the horse show a tense atmosphere, the soldiers who have been busy for a day can finally rest for a while, occasionally the scolding of the dialect of the northwest region has relieved everyone a little bit of psychological pressure, the lights in the big tent of the Chinese army are bright, and the anxiety in the hearts of people who keep moving can be seen outside.
Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi in the big tent of the Chinese army plus Pang Ji read the national letter of the Western Xia for an afternoon, Shaanxi Jingluo appeased Xia Zhu did not know that he ran there to be happy, as the deputy envoy Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan were embarrassed, more than 20 pages of the book, no matter how unreasonable, are all state-level documents, no matter which courtier is on the street, it must be handed over to the central government, but such things are handed over, believe it or not, the emperor and the prime minister will line up one by one to cut you with an axe?
Lao Fan looked at the two who bowed their heads and thought hard and said, "How to do it, you have to come up with a way quickly!" If you delay it, it will eventually be a dead end, and if you hand it over, you may be exiled, and if you don't pay it, you will only have one result, that is, you will be beheaded. ”
Han Qi and Pang Ji also understood that Fan Zhongyan was not scaring them, not making changes, what Fan Zhongyan said was light, they really didn't have much to do, Han Qi didn't know why he thought of that cunning young man, as if he must have some way to solve the helpless matter of the three of them, he opened his mouth and said, "Go and call the young man named Lu Zifei at noon today." ”
Hearing Han Qi say this, Fan Zhongyan was a little uncomfortable, "Zhigui thinks too much, he is a little clever at most, what can he do about this kind of thing." ”
Pang Ji's eyes lit up and said: "Brother Xiwen, anyway, now that a dead horse is a live horse doctor, maybe he has a good way?" ”
Fan Zhongyan didn't expect that the two of them had the same opinion, it didn't matter, it was for nothing to come, there was no need to refuse them for such a trivial matter, with a shout at the door, the captain at noon walked in, Fan Zhongyan said to him, "Li Feng, you go and call the young man at noon today." ”
The lieutenant is also holding back the fire in his belly, today let that nameless boy Lu Zifei collide, thinking of the bad smile on his face, he couldn't help but want to beat him, he didn't eat at noon, but several adults discussed the matter until now, and the ministers didn't eat, you dare to go as a personal guard? He was a young man, hungry fast, and he hadn't eaten for most of the day, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, there was still a distance of two kilometers between the soldiers and the regular army, and he came to Lu Zifei's tent with tired steps, he smelled a tempting fragrance, he swore that he had never smelled such a fragrant smell of rice in his life, and he was often a frequent visitor to Fanlou in Kaifeng, which was completely different from the taste of Fanlou, and it was a very strong fragrance.
Entering the tent, I saw Lu Zifei sitting on a small horse, there were two dishes on the table, and he ate soup cakes with chopsticks for one night, whether it was soup cakes or not, he knew the baked cakes in the bowl, and then there was an embarrassing sound, and the captain blushed, because it was the gurgling sound of his stomach.
Lu Zifei was also stunned, this person has not knocked on the door for the second time to enter his tent, the important thing is that people have seized the evidence of their own small stove, one is embarrassed, one is afraid of the east window incident, Lu Zifei put down the chopsticks in his hand and made a gesture of please, the captain also felt that the world was big, and it was too big to eat and sleep by himself, the two people did not speak, only the sound of chewing and chopsticks grabbing vegetables on the plate was left in the tent, and finally the last piece of meat ended the battle with entering the captain's mouth.
After sacrificing the Five Organs Temple, the school captain remembered the matter, and said to Lu Zifei in a panic: "Master Fan called you over"
No, we only separated at noon today, and Lao Fan didn't mean to let himself apprentice, this would call him over, then only business remained, and the Great Sage couldn't solve anything, and he needed to be a big soldier himself. After thinking about it, I still asked the captain, "Hey, rice bucket, is there anything Fan Xianggong looking for me?" ”
"If you call me a rice bucket again, I'll be anxious with you, I just haven't eaten for a day, your food here is similar to Fan Lou and pig food, and my name is Li Lin, don't feed it."
Lu Zifei smiled, I just watched you quietly pretending to be forced, Li Lin was embarrassed, and said: "It's much better than pig food, okay?" If you have the opportunity to go to Kaifeng City, I will invite you to have a big meal in Fan Lou, which is interesting enough, but I will eat at your place during the time you are here, so I decided so happily, let's go, Lord Fan is still waiting? ”
I didn't see that this was still a self-cooked, just to find out, "Don't worry, what is Lord Fan looking for me, do you know it." ”
Li Lin got a little closer to Lu Zifei and said: "It's that at noon today, the Xixia envoy sent a letter of state, and the three adults studied in the tent for a whole afternoon, and from time to time there were words scolding the mother, and now I haven't even eaten, so that you should have something to do with this in the past, you just know it in your heart, don't say that I said it." ”
This is the precursor of the Qingli Peace Conference! It is estimated that the content of the national letter is a bit unsightly, and it really makes Lu Zifei guess eight or nine, it seems that he can go home early, go and see it first.
After eating, the speed of walking was much faster, and after a while, Lu Zifei came to the handsome tent of Lao Fan of the Chinese Army under the leadership of Li Lin, Li Lin went in to report, Lu Zifei just wanted to find a place to sit, he was in a bit of a hurry just now, his stomach was a little uncomfortable, and a voice came from the tent that did not give him this opportunity, and Li Lin, who came out, gave him a reassuring look, and after entering, the eyes of the three people fell on him, and Lu Zifei felt that Lao Fan's gaze stayed for the longest time.
Lu Zifei politely greeted the three adults first, and Han Qi didn't give him a chance to speak, and he said something like a fold in his hand. "I'll talk about it after reading it." This should be the letter sent by the envoy of Western Xia. There is no problem with literacy and writing after the fusion of the memories of the two people, especially writing, when you get to the barracks, you have time to practice well, because the Song Dynasty still uses traditional characters, and a reader doesn't know words, then you will make a big joke.
Lu Zifei, who read it silently, felt that this was a letter of demonstration written with the attitude of a victor, but it was a little unsightly in the dynasty where the imperial power was supreme, and the emperor was probably irritated to go crazy when he read it. Lu Zifei understood the meaning of the three ministers, pondered for a while, and said: "This matter is not difficult to solve, but the difficult thing is the follow-up matters." ”
Fan Zhongyan didn't expect that he really had a way, and said to Lu Zifei, "Let's talk about your method first"
Lu Zifei was not verbose, and said to the three of them: "The solution is to remove the first twenty pages and re-polish the remaining pages, so that the emperor's face will be saved, and it will be difficult to say about the three ministers." ”
Han Qi said to Lu Zifei, "This is a national letter, if you tear it up, you will commit the crime of defrauding the king, have you thought about this?" ”
"I've thought about it! Although our Great Song Dynasty is to rule the world with scholars, but the three ministers do not change at all to show the emperor, even if the head is saved, I think it is completely possible to fish in Lingnan for a lifetime, you have changed, the emperor's face has been saved, the emperor remembers your goodness, even if you are demoted, it is temporary, once the limelight passes, the emperor will still transfer you back, is this the truth, risks and opportunities coexist, it depends on how the three ministers choose. ”
That's true, Pang Ji thought in his heart, but he is not qualified to do this, the most qualified person is not there, the rest depends on whether Xiwen or Zhigui takes the lead, the saint must have the temperament of a saint, Lao Fan has done this serious thing, how can this thing make him retreat, called the Xixia envoy overnight, burned the unsightly twenty pages in front of him, and asked him to go back and tell Li Yuanhao that the Song Dynasty also had a bottom line, after the man left, he picked up the pen and polished the rest one by one, completely changing the color of this national letter, You can face the emperor.
He blocked Han Qi, who was about to speak, with his hand, and said: "I have reached the age of ancient rarity, Zhigui, you are still young, I will do this matter, that is, I have an accident, the party and you are still stopping, both of us have an accident, those people in the court may give up passing through Shaanxi, so what face do we have to face the ancestors and ancestors, hurry up and send it to Kaifeng." ”
Lu Zifei felt the frozen atmosphere of the room, he withdrew from the tent, this kind of thing is not in any dynasty of the Song Dynasty, what several of them do today is to be beheaded, Fan Zhongyan is called the only saint in the three hundred years of the Great Song Dynasty for a reason, his national beliefs and national integrity are worth learning from anyone, in the world of money in the future, you can't meet such a person who can shock your heart, he can dedicate everything to this country and the nation, including his life.
Lu Zifei was dragged back to his residence by Li Lin, Li Lin still wanted to eat delicious, and when he came in, he found that there were already two people sitting in the tent, they were not only eating delicious food, but also drinking, both of them knew each other, one was Cao Ran, who was also the queen's younger brother, the deputy commander of the guard's pro-army Ma Jun who knew the dynasty, Cao Feng was his father, Cao Feng was his good friend, and Cao Ran was similar to the elders, Cao Ran looked at Li Lin who came in with Lu Zifei and smiled, "It's Xiao Linzi!" You know Xiucai. At this time, Lu Zifei also relieved his breath, "Commander, Brother Zhang, you are here." ”
Zhang Qi and Lu Zifei were very familiar with each other, and said to Lu Zifei and Li Lin: "Everyone sits together, they are all from Jiangmen, and there is not so much etiquette. Only Li Lin was a little restless.
Cao Ran said to him, "Since you are here, sit down." ”
Cao Ran continued, "Zifei, thank you very much, I really don't dare to go to the battlefield anymore after Huang Dehe, the commander of the infantry army, was beheaded, it wasn't for you to tell me that Song and Xia couldn't fight, I would have missed this opportunity, Jiangmen has been suppressed too much over the years, the forbidden army is no longer the original forbidden army, and Uncle Cao really asked you for advice when he followed General Zhang tonight." ”
Cao Ran's attitude was so low, Lu Zifei himself was a little flattered, not to mention the two people next to him.