Three days later, the Qing court envoys Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I, accompanied by a group of guards, arrived in Haicheng.

To their great frustration, their group of people waved the banner of the envoy high, and all the way seemed to come to Haicheng unimpeded, but dozens of miles outside the north gate of Haicheng, they were stopped by a group of patrolling sentry horses of the Tang army.

A Tang Army Commander who looked arrogant slowly stepped forward, looked Fan Wencheng Ning and the others up and down with interest, and then shouted angrily: "You and other people, come to my Haicheng realm, but what are you doing, do you have a pass token?!" “

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan glanced at each other, and their faces showed embarrassment.

At this time, Ning Wan and I hurriedly stepped forward, accompanied by a smile and said to the Tang army commander: "This military master, we are the envoys of the Qing Dynasty peace talks, and we came on the order of the right regent Dolgon, and I specially want to ...... with your army."

"you! What kind of dog-in-law envoy of the Great Qing Dynasty, what kind of dog-in-the-right regent, in the eyes of your grandfather, he might as well be a soak of shit! Commander Tang Jun interrupted him with a sneer: "There is no order from above, saying that there is a Qing envoy coming, who knows what you birds are?" Come! Take them all down for me! “

"Obey!"

A group of Tang army sentry horses with bright armor roared and scattered, forming an irregular circle, pointing guns and knives across the ground, quickly surrounding Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and the others.

"Master Jun, Master Jun, don't be like this! You can't do that! ”

Ning Wan was so anxious that a cold sweat broke out on his face, and he hurriedly called: "Master Jun, we are indeed envoys of the Qing court, and we are here to negotiate peace with your army. In the early stage, I had already sent a letter to the King of Pingliao in the Qing Dynasty, presumably because the King of Pingliao was busy with military affairs, and he had not yet had time to talk about this matter in detail with the military masters. You see, we are now flying the banner of envoys, and we are indeed serious envoys of the Qing court. If you still don't believe me, you can take me into Haicheng to meet the King of Pingliao, and I believe that the King of Pingliao will definitely treat us with courtesy. ”

"Courtesy? You guys of unknown origin, and you still want courtesy? Commander Tang Jun sneered: "Don't talk nonsense, take it all down for me and send it to Haicheng!" ”

"Order!"

This group of tiger and wolf-like Tang army sentry riders immediately rode forward, detained Fan Wencheng Ning and me, as well as several guards, tied them up without saying anything, and then marched towards Haicheng.

Okay, the dignified envoys of the Qing court were ordered to come to the peace talks, but they didn't expect that they didn't get any courtesy, but they were tied up like prisoners and escorted all the way to Haicheng.

It's just that now since I entered the boundary of Haicheng City, I have been a man-made sword, and I am a fish and meat, where can I dare to resist at all, and I am very lucky not to give my life in vain under the swords of this arrogant and rude Tang Army.

After traveling for more than an hour, the group finally came to the north gate of Haicheng.

Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and others are all civil officials, how have they ever suffered so much, they have walked more than ten miles on foot, they are already tired and out of breath, their legs are as heavy as lead, and they look very embarrassed.

The commander of the Tang Army's sentry cavalry immediately entered the city to report, and after a short time, he came out of the city and ordered his subordinates to take Fan Wencheng Ning Wan and others into the city.

When the group entered the city, the Qing army mission was quickly transferred to a group of guards, and all of them were imprisoned in an abandoned barracks full of musty smell, and the smell of the filthy air in it almost stunned people.

"Hey, you can't do this to us! We are envoys of the Qing court, and we are specially sent by Dolgon, the regent of the right regent of the Qing Dynasty, to negotiate with your army. “

Through the window lattice full of cobwebs, Ning Wan, who was suffocated, shouted at the guards outside the window.

He shouted more than ten times before the guard turned back lazily and shouted, "Enter your mother!" What is your dog tartar called! What is the relationship between the two countries, it has to do with me! If there is any arrangement above, you should wait patiently. No matter how noisy it is, Lao Tzu cut off your dog's tongue and went to drink! ”

I was about to shout, but was stopped by Fan Wencheng on the side.

"Shifu, stop screaming. In Fan's opinion, if it weren't for the fact that these Tang soldiers really didn't get notice, that is, Li Xiao, the king of Pingliao, was deliberately giving us small shoes to wear, and he wanted to deliberately make us ugly and humiliated. ”

"Why would they do it? Don't they know that two countries are fighting each other, and they are not dishonored? We are just a negotiation envoy, but Li Xiao treats us as prisoners, first tied up one by one, trekked all the way here, and then locked up in this dirty and moldy black room, what is the reason? As the commander of the Tang Army, he used us to humiliate and be angry, which is really punishable! "Ning finished, I looked aggrieved.

"Alas, people are under the eaves, and they don't bow their heads. It is indeed difficult to know what the Tang army plans to do now, and we will wait patiently, and it will be of great benefit to deal with such a small man. Fan Wencheng let out a long sigh and shook his head helplessly.

In this musty room, everyone stayed for more than half an hour before a civil official in a white shirt and scarf slowly came to the outside of the room, and ordered the guard outside the door to open the door and let him in.

This civil official is Jiang Yueguang, he actually caught a glimpse from the window, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I who were tied up like dumplings in the room, and a trace of imperceptible smile suddenly flashed on his face.

"Yo, these two, but what the letter said, Bachelor Fan and Bachelor Ning of the Qing Dynasty Neiwen Pavilion, right? The student is Jiang Yueguang, who is a subordinate of Master Li, and he was only reported just now, so he has come to receive you now, which is really unwelcome. “

As soon as the door opened, Jiang Yueguang pretended to be surprised and apologetic, and walked up quickly.

Ning Wan looked annoyed, and said hatefully: "Jiang Zanhua, the contemptible person is Ning Wan me." What is the reason why we waited for us to come from afar to negotiate in your place, but we were humiliated and treated coldly like this?! “

"Alas, it turned out to be Master Ning. Rude and rude, this matter is really busy with our army's affairs, and there are many omissions in the under-the-top for a while, so that you have suffered some small grievances, and I hope that the two bachelors will not be held responsible. Jiang Yueguang smirked and apologized again and again.

Fan Wencheng next to him smiled bitterly: "Alas, Jiang Zanhua, the past matters, don't mention it again." Now, please hurry up and loosen the tie for us, and then take me to see Lord Li, the king of Pingliao. ”

Jiang Yueguang pretended to be too late to react, and said continuously: "This is natural, the student will go to the king of Pingliao to report the news that you have come to my Haicheng." It's just that everyone has worked hard from afar, and they must all be hungry, so you don't have to rush to see King Pingliao first, or go to our army's canteen to eat something casually and talk about quenching your hunger and thirst. ”

After Jiang Yueguang finished speaking, he ordered several guards to quickly untie the ropes on Fan Wencheng and the others.

After Fan Wencheng Ning finished waiting for me and the others, after the ropes on his body were untied, Jiang Yueguang ordered the guards to go to the Tang Army's soldiers' canteen to eat, and he himself pretended to report to Li Xiao.

The hospitality and food of the Qing army envoy did not have any preferential treatment, and it was completely the same as the ordinary low-level soldiers of the Tang army. It was a large iron bowl filled with three taels of wheat rice, four slices of steamed pork, two pieces of fried fish, and several green cabbage leaves, on which a scoop full of thick soup was poured on top.

Although this kind of meal is enough to eat, to be honest, for Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, two people who are already accustomed to brocade clothes and jade food, it is really too simple and sloppy. It's just that they are hungry now, where do they care so much, and everyone eats it quickly. Especially the Qing army guards, they devoured a bowl of food and ate it cleanly, and there was not a single grain of rice left.

Not long after, Jiang Yueguang came in from outside, and when he saw that everyone was eating so hard, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart. But he held back, sat upside down, and smiled at the sight of them all eaten.

After Fan Wencheng finished eating and the others finished eating, Jiang Yueguang arranged for the guards to go to an empty room to rest, and then he took Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and me alone to Li Xiao's mansion to meet Li Xiao.

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan followed Jiang Yueguang all the way, they walked on the streets of Haicheng, looking around to watch the scene of Haicheng. When I saw that the entire Haicheng was basically devoid of residents, but all of them had become a huge barracks, I couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

Well, the Tang army actually transported all the people in the city to other places. Then, Haicheng is like this, and the people in Yingkou and other places must have also been transported away by the Tang army.

In this way, even if the Qing Dynasty can get back these two cities, there will only be two useless empty cities, which is undoubtedly another huge blow to the Qing court, which is eager to replenish the national capital with manpower.

The two of them had complicated thoughts, but they didn't dare to say much, and followed Jiang Yueguang through the streets and alleys all the way, and finally came to the Haicheng Government Office, which is now Li Xiao's mansion.

Jiang Yueguang took the two to the living room, and as soon as they entered the door, the two saw at a glance that Li Xiao, who was sitting on a tiger head chair, wearing a Jiangya sea red silk python robe and a precious emerald inlaid purple and gold crown, was holding a small porcelain blue and white cup, and was leisurely drinking tea.

Li Xiao was very engaged in drinking tea, as if he didn't look at it at all, and Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, who cowered and walked in.

"Two, this is my family, the King of Pingliao." Jiang Yueguang reminded in a whisper on the side.

When Fan Wencheng and Ning heard this, they immediately patted their sleeves and knelt down.

"Minister, Fan Wencheng, a bachelor of the Inner Literature Museum, is sincerely afraid, and I will meet the King of Pingliao."

"Minister, the scholar of the Inner Literature Pavilion will finish me, trembling, and meet the King of Pingliao."

Li Xiao glanced at Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, who were worshipping underground, and for a while, his heart was full of emotion.

Okay, these two very famous traitor literati in the Qing court, these two traitors to the Ming Dynasty who aided and abused the Ming Dynasty in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and now they are kneeling in front of themselves so humbly, how can they not make people feel emotional.

In an instant, Li Xiao suddenly had an urge to cut the corpses of these two people into meat sauce, and to use the flesh and blood of these two famous traitors to avenge the deaths of thousands of Manchu Tatar butchers.

It's just that soon his reason took control of his emotions.

He knew that under the general trend of the prosperity and decline of the enemy, these two traitorous literati actually had no ability to make waves now. They are just grasshoppers after autumn, and they won't be able to bounce for long. When the time comes, it is not too late to find an opportunity to get rid of these two traitors together.

When Li Xiao sighed in his heart, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, who bowed to the ground with a respectful face, were also full of emotion.

What a pity! Li Xiao, a broken hunter in Liaodong, this guy from an extremely humble background, is now a great fortune in five people and six places, and has become the king of Pingliao in the Ming Dynasty. His subordinates have a large number of generals, and they also have a vast area such as Shandong, Taiwan, Philippine, Australia, and Manchuria. In the Ming Dynasty, he and the Tang army under him were like independent feudal towns. And now, the power is getting stronger and stronger, and it is a powerful force that can overwhelm the Qing Dynasty.

In just over ten years, Li Xiao, a broken hunter and a martial artist, has been able to develop and grow to such a point and achieve such a grand feat, how can it not be emotional.

"You two are even, watch and sit."

Li Xiao coldly dropped a sentence, drank tea slowly, and didn't look at the two of them at all.

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I both got up with a sneer, and then sat down diagonally on the chair next to them, and they didn't dare to hold up the cup of tea on the table.

Seeing that these two people were so cautious and cautious in front of him, so flattering, Li Xiao despised these two traitors more and more, but his heart was inexplicably happy. He forcibly controlled himself, and did not show his true thoughts on his face.

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I looked at each other, and obviously felt Li Xiao's indifference and unkindness, both of them were very embarrassed, and they didn't know how to speak for a while. The whole living room was silent.

"Why, did Dolgon send you two to negotiate with our army?" In the end, it was Li Xiao who spoke first, and he slowly threw down a sentence.

"Exactly, exactly." Ning Wan smiled at me, and then replied: "The king of Pingliao is right, it was the right regent Dolgon who sent the two of us as peace envoys to negotiate peace with your army. ”

"Oh, is it? Dolgon's fight, the abacus is good, he can't defeat our army, so he thinks about coming to peace talks, just thinking about stinging for the time being, in order to make a comeback in the future. He, Prince Rui, is quick to become random, and he can really afford this Rui word. Li Xiao said with a sneer.

Li Xiao's sarcastic words made Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan very embarrassed, Fan Wencheng guessed Li Xiao's intentions, and asked carefully: "Dare to ask, Lord Li has any conditions or opinions on the negotiation between the Tang and Qing Dynasties?" ”

Li Xiao smiled slightly, and said slowly: "Two, you are all smart people, and this king doesn't want to talk useless nonsense with you and others, so let's get straight to the point and tell you directly, now it is your Qing court that asks my Tang Army to conduct peace talks, and it is definitely not my Tang Army who asked you back." So, as the one who asks for someone, you should always have some suitable expression. ”

"Oh, but I don't know what the right expression Master Li wants, but what is it?" Fan Wencheng's voice was low.

Li Xiao put down the teacup, looked directly at Fan Wencheng's gaze as sharp as a knife, and said in a deep voice: "What this king wants is that your Qing court will cede all the cities and ports of Lushun to my Tang Army. Only if this condition is fulfilled, then the king will agree, and then I will make the next specific negotiations with you. ”

As soon as Li Xiao finished saying this, Fan Wencheng Ning finished the two of us, and his face suddenly turned pale.