The north wind is bleak and the snow is clear.

Liu Wenjing was wearing a cotton coat and riding a tall white horse at the head of the queue, and the snowflakes scattered all over the sky had already spread a thick layer on his cotton coat.

Liu Wenjing has not had a good time recently, the battle of Shallow Water Plains was defeated, as the temporary commander, he and Chai Shao were heavily punished, but Chai Shao is Li Yuan's son-in-law after all, although he was removed from his official position, he still follows Li Shimin to the front line to make meritorious contributions.

And he himself was swept to the end, not to mention losing the official position of Xiangguo, and now he has to travel thousands of miles in the snow to Jiangdu to save the prince Li Jiancheng and his gritted enemy Pei Lian.

What's more, Li Yuan gave him a death order, he must rescue the crown prince and Pei Lin at the lowest cost, otherwise, he will not come back.

Even more anxious than Liu Wenjing was the deputy envoy Feng Deyi, who did everything possible to prevaricate after receiving Li Yuan's appointment in Chang'an. But Li Yuan ignored his intentions at all, and ordered him to set off for Jiangdu with four holy decrees.

The king's fate was difficult to disobey, and Feng Deyi had no choice but to set off. However, he didn't think much along the way, and wanted to sneak away several times in a row, but Liu Wenjing saw through it, so he could only follow him obediently.

Seeing that Jiangdu City was getting closer and closer, Feng Deyi could only pray silently in his heart, hoping that Yang Gao would follow the etiquette system and let himself live.

In this way, the group came to Jiangdu City with their own thoughts.

At the gate of the city, Xiao Yu of Xiangguo and Yang Lin, the king of the backer, stood solemnly, quietly waiting for the arrival of the envoy of the Tang Dynasty.

Yang Gao also knew that the current Li Yuan was actually the representative of the entire Guanlong aristocracy, and he was strong. If you really keep fighting him, it will definitely not be beneficial, so it is better to take advantage of this peace negotiation to obtain rich benefits, gain time to destroy Li Mi in the Central Plains, and develop your own strength.

Liu Wenjing saw Yang Lin and Xiao Yu waiting at the city gate from a distance, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, one is the prince of the clan, and the other is the prime minister of the dynasty, with these two people welcoming each other, it seems that Yang Gao should also have the sincerity of peace talks.

Confirming this, Liu Wenjing's half-mentioned heart relaxed a little, he came to the city gate with his crotch mount, smiled slightly, and arched his hand towards Xiao Yu and Yang Lin: "Xiao Xiangguo, the king of the backer, Liu Wenjing is polite!" ”

"Feng Deyi, you traitor is finally here, come, take it for me!"

Yang Lin ignored Liu Wenjing at all, waved his big hand, and pointed at Feng Deyi behind Liu Wenjing, and more than a dozen wolf-like soldiers rushed out behind him, dragged Feng Deyi off the horse, pushed him to the ground, and tied him up.

Feng Deyi was terrified in his heart, he was pressed to the ground, and shouted in his mouth: "Old thief Yang Lin, what are you going to do, the two countries will not fight each other." Old horseman, if you behave like this, aren't you afraid of being drowned by the literati and writers of the world with spittle? ”

"You traitor who kills kings and plots rebellion will also accompany you!"

Yang Lin was furious when he heard this, and rushed forward and kicked Feng Deyi's round face, kicking his two front teeth.

Liu Wenjing's face turned red when he saw this, but he didn't dare to reason with Yang Lin, but turned his head to look at Xiao Yu, and said quite indignantly: "Lord Xiao, I waited all the way from Chang'an to Jiangdu, is this your hospitality?" ”

Xiao Yu smiled faintly and said: "Lord Liu doesn't have to be angry, Feng Deyi is the first major offender in my dynasty, and the whole court is eager to eat him and eat him, and the king of the backer is also indignant." Besides, didn't we have contact with the envoy of your country at the beginning, and Your Majesty once said that you would seal Deyi's head, and you didn't bring him to Jiang today to dedicate it to Your Majesty? ”

Xiao Yu's voice was very loud, obviously deliberate, in order to make the entire Tang Dynasty mission hear it clearly. Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Yu's words fell, the Tang Dynasty envoys were in an uproar, and many people had a look of righteous indignation on their faces.

"Humph!"

Liu Wenjing snorted angrily all her life, and no longer paid attention to Xiao Yu, whipped her horsewhip hatefully, and entered Jiangdu City by herself.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu did not stop him, smiled slightly, and also returned to Jiangdu City.

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Half an hour later, Xiao Yu came to Yang Gao's imperial study, recounted the past, and said with some concern: "Your Majesty, will the backer king do this too much." Feng Deyi was also an envoy of the Tang Dynasty no matter what he said, so he was arrested at the gate of the city, isn't that just a slap in the face of Li Yuan. In case he is annoyed and angry, he is afraid... ”

Yang Gao laughed and said: "Xiao Aiqing is too worried, even if Li Yuan is annoyed and angry, he can only endure it in his heart, now that he is surrounded by enemies, where will he get the strength to get him back face?" ”

After a pause, Yang Gao said again: "What's more, now that Li Yuan has come to sue for peace, we naturally have to make a look of indifference, otherwise how to knock Li Yuan hard." And Aiqing thinks that if I seek peace today, will Aiqing go to Chang'an and Li Yuan will treat you preferentially? In the battle of troubled times, the strong are respected, and the hard fist is the king. ”

Xiao Yu arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty Shengming, it's just that Weichen doesn't know what to talk about, where is Your Majesty's bottom line?" ”

Yang Gao frowned and thought for a while, and said: "I have two bottom lines, first, peace talks must be completed, because I also need time to calm the Central Plains and develop my strength. Second, the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Pei Lin returned it to them, staying in me is also a waste of food, as for ransom them, it doesn't matter if the food, gold and silver, the key to me is the horse! ”

"Horses?" Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment and asked, "What does Your Majesty want is a war horse?" ”

"No, I want a mare!"

Yang Gao shook his head and said: "There is a shortage of war horses in the south, although our army still has tens of thousands of cavalry, but these are all matched by the Xiaoguo army when my father and emperor toured the river capital in the south, there will always be a day when I get old, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish, I want to build a pasture in the south to cultivate war horses for my Great Sui!" ”

Xiao Yu had an epiphany, bowed down and said, "Weichen understands! ”

Xiao Yu retreated and left, and not long after, Yu Yunwen and Fang Xuanling entered the palace together to face the saint.

"Why did the two Aiqing come?"

Yang Gao knew that Yu Yunwen and Fang Xuanling were both pragmatic people, and they would not enter the palace for some trivial things, so he immediately announced that the two of them entered the palace, and asked with a smile.

Yu Yunwen smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, Weichen and Xuan Ling have already thought of a clever plan to deal with Li Mi, and they have come to play Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Gao was overjoyed when he heard this, stretched out his hand and said, "The two Aiqing are coming quickly!" ”

Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the key to implementing this clever plan lies in one person!" ”

"Who?" Yang Gao hurriedly asked.

Fang Xuanling said with a yin smile: "It's Liu Wenjing, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty who just arrived in Jiangdu today!" ”