Daqing Palace, whether it is Zhao Gou or today's saint Zhao Yan, or the left minister Wang Huai of the Great Song Dynasty, Tang Siwei of the right minister, Zhao Xuan of the letter king, and other ministers, are all standing in the palace of the Daqing Hall at this time, facing the three golden envoys on the dragon chair at the head of the hall and on both sides, and perform the courtier's courtiers.

Including the three envoys of the Xia Kingdom: Su Zhiyi, Han Daochong, and Ren Lei, they also stood in the main hall and saluted the three envoys of the Jin Kingdom: Shangshu Zuo Cheng Shi Liezhi, Hubu Shangshu Zhang Xuansu, and Yushi Dafu An Yanjing.

Although since the Longxing Peace Conference and Wei Qi's envoy to the Jin State, the Southern Song Dynasty no longer had to be a vassal to Jin, but changed to an uncle-nephew relationship between the Song and Jin emperors.

But even so, after the arrival of the Jin mission, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and others still need to salute and accept the decree to the three people who hold the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom and congratulate Yan Yong on the will of the Great Song Dynasty, so as to show their respect for the Jin people.

With the will of the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom held in his hands by Zhao Yan and handed it over to Wang Deqian next to him for safekeeping very carefully, the three hours of the Jin people slowly walked down from the Daqing Hall and sat down on the chair that had been prepared next to him.

After the three of them sat upright, Zhao Yan saluted again at this time, and then ascended to the dragon chair that symbolized his throne and had just been sat by the Jin envoys.

Wang Huai, Tang Siwei and other ministers stood on both sides of the Daqing Hall in two shifts, looking down at their toes one by one, no one could know what they were thinking in their hearts at the moment.

Shi Liezhi's gaze swept over the Great Song courtiers, and then looked at the three envoys of the Xia State who were also standing, with a sneer and smugness on his face, he pointed to the other three chairs next to him, and motioned for the Xia envoys to sit down, before he said to Zhao Yan on the dragon chair and Zhao Gou opposite him: "I must have heard that my Dajin envoy group lost five people when I changed to land at the Jiaxing Inn. ”

Zhao Gou was silent, his eyes swept over Zhao Yan on the dragon chair, and then swept over Shi Liezhi and others, and then transferred to the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and in his mind was the five clothes of three men and two women that Wang Lun took over from Ye Qing at Hening last night.

"May I also ask the envoy Lord Shi, I don't know who in your country is lost?" Wang Huai raised his head, forgetting Shi Liezhi and asked.

"Oh? You're asking a good question. Shi Liezhi glanced at Zhao Gou, who was silent, and continued: "These five people are the emperor's uncles of your country, and the emperor of my Dajin Kingdom gave you a congratulatory gift to the emperor, and after the first day, your prince got married, so my Dajin Emperor specially selected five strange people to express his congratulations, and I wanted to give my Dajin Emperor's virtuous nephew a surprise, but unfortunately, it was lost in Jiaxing, who do you say did this?" ”

As Shi Liezhi spoke, his eyes looked at Zhao Yan, who was a little pale, he was a virtuous nephew, not only Wang Huai and the others had extremely ugly faces, but also Zhao Gou, who had always been sophisticated in the city, and his face was also quite embarrassed at this time.

And Zhao Yan sat on the dragon chair, at this time there was no longer the majesty that he should have as an emperor on weekdays, the whole person looked the same as usual on the surface, but in his heart it was all kinds of tastes, sitting on the dragon chair was like sitting on the sword mountain and the sea of fire, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

"Your country itself has lost people, does this mean that your country's soldiers are incompetent, or does it mean that the so-called strange people are not willing to be used by your country?" Liang Kejia asked with a sneer.

In today's Daqing Palace, the face of the Great Song Dynasty has been completely lost, and the main battle faction like him and Wang Huai, in the face of the repeated humiliation of the Jin envoys, although in front of Zhao Gou and Zhao Yan, they dare not attack in public, but saying a few cold words will not cause any trouble.

"You're right, I'm afraid I don't want to be used by my big gold. However, my Dajin has always had enough incompetent soldiers for disobedient things, whether they are strange or not, whether there is any reason or not, and there are enough incompetent soldiers to make him honestly surrender. Although I lost it this time, I won't have such good luck next time, if I catch it, then don't blame me Dajin for being unkind to these disobedient things. Although Shi Liezhi was answering Liang Kejia's words, his eyes were wandering back and forth on Zhao Gou and Zhao Yan, and the threat and humiliation between the words were obvious.

"You ......."

The Liang Ke family didn't want Shi Liezhi to compare them and others to things, but when they were about to question, they saw Zhao Gou sitting on the chair waving his hand, and said in a calm tone: "Regardless of whether Lord Shi brought a congratulatory gift from the emperor of your country this time, I understand this intention." The matter of Jiaxing is just the loss of a few capable people, as long as Lord Shi and other distinguished guests are safe and sound, then I will rest assured. Lord Shi and others can rest assured, and when you return to your country, I promise you that such a thing will never happen again. ”

"Oh? So, you seem to know a lot about this? Shi Liezhi looked at Zhao Gou with a playful smile and asked.

Zhao Gou didn't look a little angry because of Shi Liezhi's rude questioning, and still said amicably: "Before the envoys arrived in Lin'an, Jiaxing Mansion had already reported to me urgently, so I naturally knew it very well in my heart. ”

Zhao Gou's words were ambiguous, and Shi Liezhi, who listened to it, began to be unsure in his heart for a while, whether this matter was secretly sent by the Great Song Dynasty.

Shi Liezhi looked at Zhao Gou and showed a playful smile again, and then continued to ask quietly, "So...... How can you guarantee that this won't happen again on our way back to Dajin? ”

Zhao Yan, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was still quite nervous at this time, and he was afraid that the Jin envoy would suddenly attack Zhao Gou, after all, he knew better than anyone else in his heart what the surprise that Jin Shi Liezhi said to him was, and he also knew better how those surprises were lost and who stole them.

So at this moment, he was more grateful and admired for Zhao Gou in his heart.

When Zhao Gou wanted to take charge of the Imperial City Division himself, although he didn't say anything on the surface, he was still a little unhappy with Zhao Gou, reaching out to this yamen, which had lost its great role.

At that time, although he also knew what Zhao Gou was going to take charge of the Imperial City Division for, Zhao Yan never thought that the Jin people would bring the Zhao Song clan from the north to Lin'an twice in a row in such a short period of time.

Of course, he didn't expect that the Imperial City Division, which had been in charge of his father Emperor Zhao Gou for only a few months, had undergone qualitative changes in a short period of time.

And whether it is a trip to Sizhou or a trip to Jiaxing, the Imperial City Division has done two errands to the point of being perfect to the point of being impeccable, so that the Jin people can't find even the slightest flaw.

Zhao Yan, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was full of admiration for Zhao Gou's vision and city government at this time, and for the Imperial City Division under Zhao Gou's hands, he was able to silently and effectively resolve the humiliation of the Jin people, and also had a trace of curiosity and impulse to explore.

Of course, for the young commander of the Imperial City Division, he was able to master the entire Imperial City Division in a short period of time, and he knew all the actions of the Jin people well, which made his heart naturally more full of interest and curiosity, and he really wanted to meet Ye Qing, who had a relationship with each other in Deoksugung Palace last time, what kind of young man he was.

Just when he was thinking about his thoughts, Zhao Gou in the main hall faced Shi Liezhi's question, and replied calmly: "When your country returns, in order to avoid this incident from happening again, I naturally plan to send heavy troops to protect you all the way back to the other side of the Huai River, so I dare to guarantee it like this." ”

Shi Liezhi looked at the calm Zhao Gou and laughed, with a hint of disbelief and helplessness in his laughter.

Zhao Gou was obviously secretly insinuating that he knew everything about this matter, but helplessly, Shi Liezhi and the others did not even have the slightest handle or flaw, and Zhao Gou's answer completely covered up the true meaning of his sentence that when the Jin delegation returned, he would guarantee that it would not happen again.

This made Shi Liezhi feel quite helpless and angry in his heart, and he had a feeling that he had nowhere to vent.

The Xia envoys watched Zhao Gou and Shi Liezhi talk throughout the whole process, and never spoke, at this time, seeing Shi Liezhi's eyes glancing over, he immediately got up and said proudly: "The Great Song Emperor shouldn't be too favoritistic, right?" Since when the envoys of the Shangguo Kingdom returned, you sent heavy troops to escort you, what happened to my Xia people? Isn't it worthy of your Great Song Dynasty to send heavy troops to escort you? ”

"Why, Great Xia has always been known for its strong soldiers and strong horses, are you afraid of encountering something unexpected on the road? Or did you lose something on the way here? Wang Huai spoke again.

Zhao Gou on the side smiled at Shi Liezhi and said nothing, as if he hadn't heard the words of the Xia envoy.

Shi Liezhi also looked at Zhao Gou with a smile on his face, and the mockery in his eyes became more and more intense.

"Is it strong and strong, doesn't the king know? The Great Song Dynasty and my Great Xia are at war, and there are fewer wins and more losses, right? In that case, aren't your heavy troops like waste in the eyes of the envoys of the kingdom? What is it for? My Great Xia is not rare. Ren Lei, the envoy of the Xia people, said with a sneer.

He is the courtier of the Xia people who specially named the Jin State and asked him to send an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Xia State, as a subject state of the Jin State, was just closed by the Jin people a few days ago.

Because in the eyes of the Jin people, the Xia people always use those useless jewels in exchange for their silk cotton and other items, which is equivalent to exchanging useless things for their useful things, so in a fit of anger, they closed the two major towns of Security and Lanzhou, so that now Xia Guo has jewelry in his hand, but he can't exchange it for what the royal family wants.

And the reason why he Ren Lei was named by the Jin people and followed the other two to the Great Song Dynasty was because the Jin people wanted to use him to spy on the other two envoys of the Xia Kingdom, so as not to take this opportunity for the Xia Kingdom to secretly reach some deals with the Great Song Dynasty.

"It's naturally the best if it's not rare, but I don't know if your father is respectful, and now he is okay in Xia Kingdom? Is your sister okay? Wang Huai sneered and continued to ask.

And Ren Lei's face changed instantly, but he quickly returned to normal, looked at Wang Huai and hummed: "There is King Lao in his arms, and my father's body is very tough and strong." Concubine Ren's matter, naturally, you don't need to worry about it. ”

Looking at Wang Huai's somewhat sarcastic smile, Ren Lei's face became more and more ugly.

Ren Lei's father Ren Dejing, when the Great Song Dynasty did not cross to the south, the original Great Song Dynasty Xi'an Prefecture was judged, when the Xia people cooperated with the Jin people who went south and contained the Song people's forces in the northwest, Ren Dejing dedicated the city and offered his daughter, so as to take refuge in the Xia people and serve as the defense envoy of Jingzhou, and now he has been in the Xia State and was appointed as the Minister of State by the Xia Emperor Li Renxiao.