The Military Intelligence Department of the Northern Expedition suffered heavy losses, and more than 1,000 Jianghu men were buried in the grassland, especially Jiang Jian's whereabouts are unknown, which made Huang Xi feel a pity. After receiving the order of the marshal, Huang Xi summoned Kang Qianfeng and others to arrange, using a common method used by secret guards, tracking and stalking, and officials above the fifth rank had a share, and Jiang Anyi naturally could not escape.

The peace talks reached an impasse, Chen Yinguang was worried, he had to be guided by Qi Dashuai, and realized that the Son of Heaven was eager to reach a negotiation and return to Beijing in dignity before the year.

The deputy envoy of the desert country, Kadoshi, often holds some literary meetings, elegant songs and songs, and invites Chen Yinguang, Jiang Anyi and others to participate, Chen Yinguang in order to have a good relationship with the desert envoy every time he gladly participates, and the dishes of the desert people have a unique flavor, especially the roasted whole sheep Chen Yinguang is not tired of eating. Since it is a poetry anthology, it is naturally indispensable to write, Jiang Anyi is perfunctory, and makes a few sentences at will, but Cardoshi regards it as a treasure, and the words of praise are springing.

Chen Yinguang has seen the poems written by Jiang Anyi, such poems can be made by Zheng Guo casually pulling a child, secretly holding his mouth and being indifferent to people is just vassal elegance, and he was intimidated by Jiang Anyi's fame, so he happily wrote a poem "Yongxue" and handed it to Kadoshi for tasting, who knew that Kadoshi didn't know the goods at all, and still wrapped around Jiang Anyi to ask for a new work, so angry that Chen Yinguang gnawed on an extra leg of mutton.

The Moguo mission lived in the northwest of the palace, a five-hall house, where more than 100 people lived, and the main house was inhabited by the Mo envoys Pusimo and Cardoshi. In the main house, Cardoshi took the Jiang Anyi poems collected these days, looked through them carefully, and asked Puximo puzzledly: "Master, what do you want this Zheng Ren character for?" ”

Master Karyu, who assumed the pseudonym of Kadoshi, said with a smile: "Lord Danghu, this Jiang Anyi is a trouble, and Liman Khan wants to design to get rid of him and collect his words for his own use. ”

Pu Ximo said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, I see that Zheng makes Chen Yinguang anxious to reach an agreement, and he should be able to force Zheng Guo to spit out more benefits." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, the more anxious Zheng people are, the less anxious we don't have to worry, talk slowly." Kalu put Jiang Anyi's words into his bag and said, "Send someone to Mr. Qu." ”

Mo Ying, Qu Reverse Dao unfolded the poems written by Jiang Anyi, glanced at them, and said with a smile: "This Jiang Zhuangyuan thinks that he hates the poetry meeting held by Master Kalu very much, these poems are simply scribbled, and they are not even at the level of a child, and no one will believe that they are made by the word immortals." ”

After looking at a few photos, Li Man said, "Master, what do you want these bullshit poems for?" I'm better than him in a few sentences. ”

Qu Zhidao carefully looked at Jiang Anyi's words, and commented: "The writing is good, strong and powerful, tall and handsome, it is the penmanship of Liu Zhenquan, and you should be able to imitate it after a few days of practice." ”

Li Man came to his senses and said with a smile: "The master is going to copy Jiang Anyi's handwriting, but who is he writing to in imitation of his handwriting?" Give Ti Zhu? Li Man knows that Qu is good at copying other people's handwriting, and with Jiang Anyi's poems, he should be able to imitate Jiang Anyi's handwriting soon.

"Stupid", Qu Zhidao scolded unceremoniously: "Who said that imitating Jiang Anyi's handwriting is to write a letter to people, this letter is just a handle for those who want to deal with Jiang Anyi." I heard that the Military Intelligence Department in Zhenbei City is investigating what leaked military information, if we get the military information that Jiang Anyi wrote to us, what do you think will be the result? ”

"Wonderful, Jiang

An Yi this time it was the yellow mud that fell into the pants, and it was not a matter of fact. Li Man came out with a Zheng Guo saying, smiling and complacent.

Qu Zhidao said thoughtfully: "Don't rush to make this move, and arrange it first." Li Man shuddered, the canal master was so careful to plan one thing, Jiang Anyi was like a sheep surrounded by wolves, and it was better to escape than to climb to the sky.

Entering December, the progress of the peace talks accelerated, Zheng Guo's New Year and Mo Guo's Bai Festival are one meaning, both sides intend to reach an agreement before the year, and then spend the New Year with peace of mind. On the tenth day of December, the content of the covenant was drafted: the first clause was a mutual market, without restrictions on commodities, and the Zheng people were to liberalize the control of grain, medicine, tea, iron and other items, while the Zheng people allowed the sale of horses, cattle and sheep; The second clause is to exchange prisoners of war on a one-to-two basis, and this Zheng people suffer a loss, but if you count the men, women, and children in the captured Moren tribe, it is not a loss; The third clause is that Zheng Guo and Mo Guo have formed a friendship relationship, and Zheng Guo will help Mo people with 2 million taels of silver, 500,000 stones of grain, 100,000 horses of silk, and 50,000 quintals of tea.

This covenant is a great joy for all, Zheng Guo has gained face, Mo Guo has benefited, as for the territorial dispute to put aside, everyone knows that the alliance is only temporary, and when the two sides have accumulated strength, another fight will inevitably occur. This covenant could only take effect after it was submitted to Emperor Zheng and the Holy Maiden for approval, but when the news came out, everyone in Zhenbei City, from Qi Xinwen to ordinary servants, was overjoyed, and they could finally take a break after fighting for so long.

Qi Xinwen held a banquet in the Shuaifu to entertain the Moguo mission, and made an exception to use the wine prepared by the Son of Heaven to celebrate the achievement. There was laughter and harmony in the hall, no one lamented for the dead soldiers, and the lives of ordinary people were nothing more than tools for those in power to show off their martial arts, exchange for power, and use them for trading. Some undeserved thoughts flashed in his mind, Jiang Anyi didn't know if it was the influence of the demon master on him, he felt that the laughter and the smell of wine in the lobby were a little stuffy, and quietly walked outside the lobby.

There is a moon tonight, and the moonlight is cold, and the reflection in the snow in the courtyard is getting colder. The outside of the house was extremely deserted, in stark contrast to the noise behind him, Jiang Anyi looked at the moon in a daze, and his heart was at a loss. Cardoshi's voice came from behind him: "Lord Jiang is looking for chapters and excerpts on a snowy night, I don't know what masterpieces there are, the old man is fortunate to have a look." ”

Jiang Anyi's brows furrowed slightly, and he turned around and responded: "Originally, I was the deputy envoy, why didn't I drink inside, I occasionally felt unwell, and I wanted to go back earlier." Saying that, Jiang Anyi arched his hand at Kadoshi and prepared to leave.

Cardoshi said in a deep voice: "Today, Zheng Mo signed the covenant, but Lord Jiang, who is the deputy envoy, has a unhappy face, the old man can roughly guess your mood, but the soldiers who died are not worth it, thinking that their deaths are meaningless, and this covenant stained with countless blood is not of much significance." ”

Jiang Anyi looked at Cardoshi in surprise, he didn't expect that this indifferent deputy envoy who was looked down on by him could actually penetrate his heart, and Cardoshi's eyes flashed with wisdom in the moonlight, how could he have a flattering appearance that he usually laughed and flattered. Jiang Anyi's heart moved, and he would ask for something when he was courteous, thinking of what Kadoshi did on weekdays, what the hell was he doing.

Cardoshi pointed to the pavilion in the courtyard and said, "Lord Jiang, there is air and air, and the old man has a few private words to talk to your lord."

Listen. ”

…………

On the roof of the lobby, two men from the Military Intelligence Department whispered to each other, "What should I do?" Let's steal to the top of the pavilion? ”

"Phew, you are better than Hua Shengwei? Hua Shengwei was defeated in his hands, can you go to the pavilion without being discovered by Jiang Anyi, if you are seen by him, what to say? ”

The one snorted unconvinced: "We are ordered to act, we are afraid that he will do something, will he dare to kill us." ”

"Hey, yes, he doesn't dare to kill you, so go ahead."

The roof was quiet, and the two silently watched Jiang Anyi and Kadoshi walk into the pavilion, the two talked and laughed, and the unconvinced self-explanatory: "The pavilion is not blocked, but I can see it clearly, but unfortunately I can't hear what they say." ”

…………

In the pavilion, Cardoshi said: "The old man likes the culture of the Central Plains, especially good at reading history. Throughout the development history of the Central Plains for thousands of years, it is similar to the desert, which is nothing more than the law of the jungle. You and I all know that this covenant is only temporary, and after Zheng Guo or Mo Guo becomes strong, the role of this covenant will come to an end. ”

Jiang Anyi was silent for a moment and sighed: "The world is in dispute, and the people are innocent. ”

Cardoshi laughed and said, "Lord Jiang has a compassionate heart, why is it ruthless to kill my desert warriors on the battlefield, how hypocritical. You must know that this campaign was caused by your invasion of our desert territory, and it was an unjust war. ”

Jiang Anyi was silent again, and only said after a while: "Each is his master, and he can't help himself." ”

Cardoshi smoothed his beard that was blown by the wind and said: "Lord Jiang's words are out of his heart, and he expresses the helplessness of his courtiers and people, I hope that the peace of the covenant will last a long time, and the people of Zheng and Mo can enjoy peace." ”

Jiang Anyi smiled bitterly and whispered in his mouth: "I hope." ”

Cardoshi took out a short knife from his arms and handed it to Jiang Anyi, saying, "Does Lord Jiang know this knife?" ”

The knife was only seven inches long, and the sheath was wrapped with gold wire and inlaid with precious stones, Jiang Anyi pulled out the knife, and the cold air hit people, reflecting on the moonlight that slanted into the pavilion, making the eyes of the two people on the roof of the lobby widen.

"This is Tizhu's waist knife?" Jiang Anyi looked familiar, and suddenly remembered that he found such a knife from her waist when he captured Tizhu, and later gave it to her when he ate venison, and heard Tizhu say that this knife was given to her by Liman.

Cardob said with a smile: "Yes, Lord Jiang still knows this knife, and the Holy Maiden of Tizhu often plays with this waist knife, thinking that it is to see things and think about people, and she will never forget Lord Jiang." Knowing that the old man was going to come to Zhenbeicheng to negotiate, the saint gave me the knife and asked me to find an opportunity to hand it over to Lord Jiang, so that Lord Jiang would not forget the old friendship, and when Zheng Mo was peaceful, he would gather in the royal court, and the saint should be the friend of the landlord. ”

Jiang Anyi's hand holding the knife froze in the air, and finally put the knife into his arms. Seeing the knife being sent out, Kadoshi bowed and said, "Lord Jiang, the words have been brought, and the old man has taken his leave." Seeing Cardoshi leave, Jiang Anyi didn't see the sly smile on his face, Ti Zhu's knife was given by Li Man, and there were several knives of the same style, Li Man, this one was not owned by Ti Zhu, but hidden by Li Man.

That night, a spy report arrived on Huang Xi's desk, "Jiang Anyi, the senator of the army, and Kadoxi, the deputy envoy of the desert, had a private meeting in the pavilion of the marshal's mansion, and they talked very happily, and Jiang Anyi received a gift from Kadoxi. ”