On the outskirts of Bianliang City, Shaozai Yang Lin led the officials of Honglu Temple and the Protocol House to wait outside the city.

After a while, a group of people in the distance slowly drove in, they were riding in a carriage, the Khitan was founded fifty years earlier than the Great Song Dynasty, and it had developed well at this time, and it was not a rude and rude barbarian nation in the imagination.

Yang Lin greeted him from afar, and the Khitan sent their Han Lin Ying Feng Xiao Baoxian, who was proficient in Chinese, and the remaining envoys were also quite decent.

Yang Lin exchanged a few polite words with them, then took the delegation into Bianliang, and immediately lived in the protocol house, Yang Lin said with a smile: "Your envoy has come from afar, all the way hard, today and a day off, tomorrow morning the official will come to welcome the envoy into the palace." ”

Xiao Baoxian smiled: "So there is Lao Yang Shaozai." ”

"The official will first explain the matter of tomorrow's face to the envoy clearly, so as not to make mistakes in the busyness." Yang Lin said routinely.

"Shaozai, please."

Yang Lin coughed lightly and said: "Early tomorrow morning, this official will come to greet the Liao envoy, lead Xiao Hanlin through the Daqing Palace, and the envoy attaché will hold coins, jade and "Tingshi" tribute. The drums played in unison, and my emperor ascended to the throne, facing south and facing north, and received the noble envoy. ”

"Your envoy ascended the building to salute my emperor's head, I read out the book to the Ministry of Rites, announced the edict, and the Chinese book waiter led the history and others to hold the case in front of the envoy, and the envoy submitted the letter of state, and the waiter put the letter of state in the case and submitted it to the emperor."

The envoy then accepted the tribute and led his entourage to bow again. After the reception, the nobles and their attachés bowed and exited and returned to the Protocol House. The next day, my Great Song Dynasty held a banquet to entertain the Liao envoys, and we talked about business during the banquet. ”

Xiao Baoxian frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "In this case, if you want to discuss business, won't you have to wait until three days later?" ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Strictly speaking, it is two and a half days. ”

The Western Xia people in the border pass could no longer hold on, and Xia Chongzong sent countless treasures to the Liao State in order to persuade the Khitan people to persuade the Song people.

The Khitan named the clan daughter Yelu Nanxian as a princess and married Xia Chongzong and his relatives, no matter what aspect it is, they can't wait.

The war on the front line was in full swing, and the Song army continued to encroach on the territory of Western Xia, and there was a possibility of major changes one day later.

If the Song army captures a few more important towns, then the bargaining chips will undoubtedly be greater, Xiao Bao first came to the Great Song Dynasty with a mission, of course, he was not willing to go shopping in the bustling Bianliang for two days.

Xiao Bao first looked at this smiling Song official, and his hatred soared in his heart, and he said in a muffled voice: "If you deliberately delay, after our Great Liao Mission returns to the court, we will definitely inform the court as it is." ”

"Our Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette, of course, we must pay attention to etiquette, etiquette is the foundation of the Han people, and the etiquette of the face saint is not missing, as for how you report after you go back, the mouth grows on the body of the noble envoy, you are free."

After Yang Lin finished speaking, he turned around and left, Xiao Baoxian's arm tightened, and asked, "Who is this?" Why haven't I heard of this person in the Song court before? ”

Since Emperor Tianzuo ascended the throne of the Liao State, Wen Tianwu was no less than the Great Song Dynasty, and the domestic government was corrupt, the people's hearts were scattered, and the internal and external contradictions intensified.

Emperor Tianzuo also trusted Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Delidi and other ministers, blindly hunting, living a life of absurdity and luxury, ignoring national affairs, resulting in the intensification of the struggle between the clan and nobles, domestic uprisings one after another, and the leaders of various tribes also rose up against Liao, and the rule of Liao tended to collapse.

This kind of Khitan Dynasty, of course, did not have a perfect intelligence system to understand the situation of several major neighboring countries.

"Shaozai is an important official position in the Great Song Dynasty, this person is so young, he can become this Shaozai, is it after the powerful? Go and find out the origin of this person immediately, and come back to report it. ”

There is no restriction on the Khitan envoys on the streets, and it is very simple to inquire about Yang Lin's situation, after all, Yang Lin's deeds are widely praised in the streets and alleys.

After Yang Lin settled the Khitan mission, he led the crowd back to the Long Live camp and watched the construction of Genyue for a while.

Walking in the promenade and feeling the spring light of recovery, I have to say that Genyue is the pinnacle of garden architecture, not the Summer Palace and the like of later generations who blindly piled up rare and exotic grasses can be compared.

The elegance of nature pervades this artistic garden, and every bit of it hides its wonders when you look closely.

If the garden of the Ming and Qing dynasties is the gorgeous Oiran on the Qinhuai River, this Genyue Shoushan is the fairy who does not eat fireworks in the Yao Pond.

Since there is a normal way, let's finish it well, if you are lucky enough to survive the Jingkang catastrophe, and then control the Yellow River (Kaifeng Mansion was flooded by the Yellow River six times...). Maybe it will leave a top-notch resort for future generations.

After staying in Genyue for a while, the sky was close to dusk, and I checked the strange stones, rare birds, beasts, flowers and plants that the Yang family's carriage and horse company had recently transported to Bianliang... Yang Lin returned home at this time.

Yang Lin sat in the carriage, and behind the carriage were dozens of elite soldiers of the Banzai battalion, and the guards were not leaking.

After a while, Lu Qian stepped forward and whispered through the curtain: "Shaozai, it seems that someone is following us..."

Yang Lin's eyelids moved, and he said in a low voice: "I'll talk about it when I go home." ”

These people from salt dealers may be the most anti-tracking people in the Great Song Dynasty, and if they are not careful, they are in danger of dying, and those who are so-so are now dry bones on the side of the road.

You must know that smugglers must not only guard against the government's investigation, but also be vigilant against competition from their peers.

For a long time, these salt dealers were the most powerful in the world... Every troubled time is their stage, Huang Chao, Wang Xianzhi, Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen... These fierce men are all salt dealers.

Although the quality of the individual soldiers of the forbidden army is high and the ability of the battle array is great, when it comes to the detailed work of assassination tracking, it is too much worse than the Banzai battalion.

After Yang Lin returned home, he came to the study with his head down, and Lu Qian and Lu Wang followed closely.

As soon as the door closed, Su Xiang, who came in with tea, saw that his face was solemn, and he asked with favor: "Da Lang, what's wrong, why is your face so ugly?" ”

"You go out first, no one is allowed to come in without my summons."

Su Xianglian bit her lip, her heart was bitter, and she made up her mind to be coquettish and foolish in bed to find some time.

With a squeak, the door was closed, and Yang Lin said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" ”

Lu Qian hugged his fists and said: "There is a group of people who have been following us since this morning, watching their pace, a bit like the forbidden army." ”

Lu Wang nodded and said, "These people are not wearing ordinary products, and the bracers of cowhide are not equipped by the forbidden army. According to the eyes of subordinates and others, this must be a family general raised by the forbidden army, and we have fought with Pan Yi's family general, and the temperament is the same. Hehe, these fighters are not weak, but unfortunately they can't track them, and they are complete laymen. ”

"He is called a dog jumping off the wall in a hurry, and he doesn't even abide by the most basic rules of officialdom. Tomorrow we're going to do a game and lure them out, and this time I'm going to make Pan Yi completely finished. ”