"Lord Shen, what's wrong?"

"Are you alright? Lord Shen. ”

Seeing Shen Weijing's extremely painful expression, Xu Yiyi and Xie Yongzi suddenly panicked, and the two approached Shen Weijing and asked about his condition.

Shi Lang sat where he was, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Shen Weijing's trick of pretending to be sick deceived others, but he couldn't fool Shi Lang's keen eyes, the reason why he has been messing around with Shen Weijing is because he has always remembered the instructions of the commander Luo Shiyin to him: "As long as Shen Weijing does not make an act of losing power and humiliating the country, although he is making trouble." ”

The above words were Shi Lang's instructions to him from the Ming army camp to Wang Jingyi and the former Luo Shiyin.

It was only at this time that Shi Lang understood the commander's far-reaching intention in saying this to himself. For a scoundrel like Shen Weijing, dealing with such a major event as the peace talks between the two countries is somewhat like rushing ducks to the shelves.

Especially without any authorization from the imperial court, what other tricks can Shen Weijing have to deal with it besides messing around?

Let's make trouble. Anyway, now the Japanese people are short of food. The further the negotiations dragged on, the more unstable the Japanese people became. The more beneficial it will be to the Ming Dynasty.

Shi Lang sat at the negotiation table, his head bowed, and he looked thoughtful.

"Lord Shen, what's wrong with you?" Governor Konishi got up and walked to Shen Weijing's side and asked with concern.

"Ouch! Stomach aches. It hurts me! Beads of sweat oozed from Shen Weijing's forehead.

"Do you want to see a doctor?" Governor Konishi looked at Shen Weijing's painful appearance and asked.

"Yes! Call a doctor immediately. If I die. You will not be able to eat and walk around. ”

"Alright. I think that's all for the negotiations. Xiao Xijun, you find someone to send Lord Shen back to his residence and find a doctor to take a look. Ishida Mitsunari was suspicious of Shen Weijing's sudden illness, and the negotiations ran aground again, and he was a little depressed.

Back at his residence, Governor Konishi placed Shen Weijing on the bed and lay down, and then ordered the military doctor who had already arrived to treat Shen Weijing.

"Ouch! Hurt! It hurts here, too! Ouch! Ouch! It still hurts! Every time the Japanese doctor pressed Shen Weijing's body, Shen Weijing would shout exaggeratedly. It made the doctor nervous.

"What the hell is wrong with him?" Yukicho Konishi asked the doctor.

"It may be that the cold last night caused gastrointestinal upset." The doctor couldn't figure out Shen Weijing's exact condition.

"Yes. I forgot to close the window last night. It's cold on the stomach. Ouch! It hurts! Shen Weijing could understand the doctor's words, and he hurriedly followed the doctor's words.

"Then prescribe some medicine for him. Let him rest well. Yukihiro Konishi said to the doctor.

"Okay, I'll open it."

After the doctor prescribed the medicine, President Konishi comforted Shen Weijing who was lying on the bed, and then got up and left with the rest of his entourage.

"Lord Shen, why don't you take some medicine and lie down and rest." After the Japanese people left, Shi Lang came to the window and said to Shen Weijing.

"What kind of medicine are you taking? Who knows if the medicine of these Japanese people is made of dog shit and cow dung. Shen Weijing lifted the quilt and sat up from the bed.

"Isn't Lord Shen in pain?" Shi Lang looked at Shen Weijing and couldn't help laughing.

"Brother Shi. Makes you smile. I know, brother, my clumsy performance can deceive the Japanese people, but I can't deceive your discerning eyes, brother. Hey. Shen Weijing stood up and poured Shi Lang a glass of water.

"Lord Shen's acting skills are superb, which makes me admire. You rest first, and I'll take my leave. Shi Lang was noncommittal about Shen Weijing's performance, he didn't take the water cup handed over by Shen Weijing, and turned to leave.

Shen Weijing stood in place, unable to understand Shi Lang's inner thoughts for a while.

The next day, Shen Weijing still pretended to be sick.

Negotiations could not take place.

In the evening, Shi Lang received a secret letter from Luo Shiyin from Fang Shan. Shi Lang closed the door and opened the secret letter.

In the secret letter, Luo Shiyin gave Shi Lang the following instructions: Inform Shen Weijing that if the negotiations are deadlocked, both sides can take a step back. The Japanese army withdrew all the forces in Wangjing City to the coast around Pusan, and the other Japanese troops retreated along the way. The Ming army withdrew to the border with the Ming Dynasty to rest and recuperate. Other conditions will be discussed at a later date.

After reading the secret letter, Shi Lang hurriedly called Shen Weijing to his room and informed Shen Weijing of the contents of the secret letter.

After learning the content of the secret letter, Shen Weijing suddenly felt a sense of relief. To be honest, blindly pretending to be sick is definitely not a long-term solution. Once this trick is seen by the Japanese people, it may make the Japanese lose patience. Your life will be even more difficult. Shen Weijing knew very well that his life was still in the hands of the ninjas of the Japanese Kingdom.

Now, this compromise plan proposed by the Ming Dynasty, Shen Weijing firmly believes that the Japanese people will definitely agree. Don't forget, if the negotiations drag on again and again, the hundreds of thousands of mouths waiting to eat in Wangjing City may be left with nothing to eat.

After listening to Shi Lang's instructions, Shen Weijing briefly talked to Shi Lang and got up to leave.

Shen Weijing returned to his room briskly, collapsed on the bed, and waited for Michiko Kato to come and bring him the antidote.

This compromise plan was a decision made by Luo Shiyin after consulting with Li Rusong after learning of the negotiation conditions of the Japanese people. As soon as he saw the peace conditions of the Japanese people transferred by Fang Shan, Luo Shiyin immediately concluded that the negotiations would reach an impasse.

The conditions put forward by the Japanese are clearly taking advantage of the opportunity to extort. Da Ming will not agree to it no matter what. However, if the negotiations reach an impasse and the two sides do not give in to each other, the final result will be to continue fighting, which is not in line with the holy will of the Holy Lord's secret letter to him in which he was instructed to facilitate peace talks.

Luo Shiyin found Li Rusong to negotiate a countermeasure. Li Rusong put forward a compromise plan for each of the above sides to take a step back.

The reason why Li Rusong advocated that the two sides withdraw their troops for the time being was also a helpless move made after fully considering the current situation of the Ming army stationed in Korea.

Since the Ming army entered the North Ellipse, it has been rainy in Korea. The humid climate led to an outbreak of horse plague within the Ming army. At the beginning of the dynasty, Li Rusong's troops had nearly 30,000 war horses. In the Battle of Pyongyang, the Ming army lost a small number of horses.

But since entering the North Ellipse, the spread of the horse plague has caused a large number of Ming army's war horses to die in a short period of time.

The army led by Li Rusong was mainly composed of his Liaodong iron cavalry. Without the war horses, the combat power of the army under his command was greatly reduced.

Once the negotiations between the Ming and Japanese sides broke down and the two sides fought each other, it is difficult to say whether the Ming army would be sure to win.

If the army could be withdrawn to the border of the Ming Dynasty near Liaodong to rest for a period of time, the restored Ming army could completely deter the Japanese invaders again.

Based on the above factors, Li Rusongcai and Luo Shiyin discussed a compromise plan for each side of the Ming and Japanese sides. Since this compromise plan only involved the advance and retreat of the armies of the two sides, Li Rusong, as the commander of the Ming army aiding Korea, still had the right to decide.

This compromise plan immediately relieved Shen Weijing, who was in a difficult situation, and he fell on the bed alone and hummed a little song leisurely.

With a soft sound from the window lattice, Michiko Kato delivered the antidote to Shen Weijing's room on time.

With Mieko Kato's indifference to herself at the negotiation site, after seeing Michiko Kato come in, Shen Weijing deliberately put on an angry look, sat on the edge of the bed, and ignored Michiko Kato, who walked to the side.

"Yo, angry? Who is this with? Michiko Kato came to Shen Weijing's eyes, stared at Shen Weijing's gloomy face and asked.

"With you."

"How did I provoke you?" Michiko Kato sat down next to Shen Weijing and asked puzzled.

"During the negotiation yesterday, didn't I just make a few jokes, you are good, you will kill me with a knife. If it weren't for our people protecting me, I'm afraid my head would have been cut off by you, and you would have been too ruthless! ”

"Oh, that's what it is. You've misidentified the wrong person. The person at the negotiation site was not me. She's my sister. ”

"Then you two look ...... Twins! It's exactly the same. No wonder I think she's you. ”

"Not angry?"

"Hehe, don't be angry."

"I heard you're not feeling well. Is it better? ”

"Much better."

"Here, take the antidote."

Shen Weijing took the antidote, picked up the water cup on the table, and took the antidote.

"I can tell you, my sister had a very bad impression of you, and when she returned that night, she was so angry with you that she didn't sleep all night. She hates to kill you right away. I warn you, don't provoke her again. She doesn't have the good temper I have. If you really want to provoke her, she will really slash you. ”

"Remembered, remembered. I knew it wasn't you, and I wouldn't tease her. Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. ”

"Also, we're not happy with your performance in the past two days. You have to be careful. If you mess us up, no one will send you an antidote. ”

"I can't help it! You also saw that the brocade guard named Shi Lang was always staring at me, I dare to come nonsense! ”

"We don't care about that. In short, you must remember that your life is in the palm of our hands. ”

"Okay, anyway, I'm going to have a rotten life, forget it if I'm dead, let's see who will give you your life!"

"Alright, don't be childish. Cheer up. There will always be opportunities. ”

"Then don't leave tonight, stay with me."

"I just said don't play with children. You don't look at when or where this is. How many pairs of eyes are there here and outside? Another day, I'll come to you if I have the chance. Well, get some rest. I'm leaving. ”

"Then let me kiss you."

"Nasty."

The next day. Negotiations between the two sides continued.

"Lord Shen, how is your health?" In order to alleviate the impact of the unpleasantness between the two sides on the current negotiations during the previous two negotiations, after the representatives of the two sides took their seats, President Konishi asked Shen Weijing with concern.

"Not to mention, the medicine prescribed by you Japanese people really works. No, after eating it, it doesn't hurt. Shen Weijing, who had a bottom in his heart, was in good spirits.

"So are we going to start negotiations in earnest today?" It seems that Ishida Mitsunari still has doubts about whether Shen Weijing is concentrating on negotiations.

"Talk, talk. Let's all have a good talk today. Shen Weijing is full of confidence in today's negotiations.

"Then our conditions ......" Ishida Mitsunari glared at Shen Weijing.

"I don't think it's good. Let's relax our conditions a little. You don't have to withdraw your troops and go back to the country, as long as you withdraw all your troops to the coastal area of Busan, and then we can continue to talk, okay? As for the two Korean princes, we can continue to negotiate their return in subsequent negotiations. Shen Weijing did not tell Luo Shiyin and Li Rusong's plans in full.

"How's that going to work! If we withdraw our troops unilaterally, doesn't it seem that we are timid and afraid. Besides, how can we give up the territory we have worked so hard to give up so easily. It's so unfair! As soon as Shen Weijing finished speaking, Yoshitaka Otani took the lead in objecting.

"Don't forget. In your current royal capital, there is a lack of food and clothing. Rather than barely holding on, it is better to take this opportunity to retreat. Xu said consistently.

"That is, if the soldiers run out of food to eat, they will have a mess. At that time, my Da Ming Xiong will be killed. I'm afraid it's too late to regret it. Xie Yongzi continued Xu Zheng's words.

"Well, let's go next door and talk about it. I'll get back to you later. Ishida Mitsunari said.

"Good. We wait. Shen Weijing said.

Ishida Mitsunari led the others involved in the negotiations on the Wakoku side to get up and leave their seats and walk to the next room.

"Lord Shen. Do you think the Japanese will agree to our conditions? After the Japanese people left, Xie Yongzi asked Shen Weijing in a low voice.

"Well, voila. More than 100,000 people have nothing to eat. You say they won't say yes. Shen Weijing was full of confidence.

"Will they make any demands on us?" Xu said consistently.

"Just mention it. Let's talk about it. Shen Weijing said nonchalantly.

About two quarters of an hour passed. The Japanese representatives returned to the negotiating table.

"Lord Shen. You think it's good. We agree with your request to withdraw our forces to the coastal area of Busan. In the spirit of reciprocity, your armies are to retreat as well. It is best to retreat to the border between North Korea and Myongyang, west of Pyongyang. Ishida said after sitting down.

"This ...... Yes. I promise you. Shen Weijing deliberately thought for a while and agreed.

"Also, when we withdraw, your army cannot take the opportunity to attack us. In order to ensure that this item can be implemented, the three envoys of Youlao retreated south with the army in our Wangjing City. Didn't you just say that we still have to continue negotiations, and in doing so, it will also make it easier for us to carry out follow-up negotiations at any time. Ishida Mitsunari said.

"What's going to do then? We will retreat south with you, and we will not be taking us hostage. Xie Yongzi was the first to object.

"That is, we are here to negotiate, not to be a hostage to you." Xu also did not agree to retreat south with the Japanese army.

"Rest assured. We have no intention of harming you. Ishida Mitsunari said.

"Okay, isn't it just to follow them south? Yes. I agree. Shen Weijing raised his hand to stop Xu Yiyi and Xie Yongzi, who wanted to continue talking, and agreed to Ishida Sancheng's request.

Shen Weijing made such a statement based on the following considerations:

First, judging from Ishida Mitsunari's attitude, the Japanese side was very resolute in asking the three envoys to retreat south with them, and if they did not agree, the negotiations would be at an impasse again.

Second, his net worth and life are still in the hands of the Japanese ninjas, and he still has to try to agree to the Japanese people's requests that are not too excessive;

Third, following the Japanese people to the south, at least in the eyes of outsiders, is quite a bit of a sacrifice for the country, if this is transmitted back to China, for themselves, it is an excellent opportunity to improve their image.

"Good. When the time comes, I will go with you. Shi Lang was a little moved by Shen Weijing's decision, and he opened his mouth to say to Shen Weijing.

"That's not going to work. We only hope that the three envoys will retreat south with us. No one else is allowed to accompany you. ”

Through these negotiations, the cunning Ishida Mitsunari found that the reason why Shen Weijing, who had been controlled by the Japanese side, behaved so unsatisfactorily was probably related to the fact that there was a brocade guard by his side to monitor him. Therefore, as soon as Shi Lang spoke, Ishida Mitsunari immediately resolutely objected.

"Lord Shi. I appreciate your kindness. I'm a rotten man. It's a big deal to sacrifice your life for the country. I won't bother you to go with me and set foot in dangerous places. "Shen Weijing, like the Japanese people, doesn't want Shi Lang to follow him. He knew very well in his heart that Shi Lang following him could only hinder his actions.

"Good. Then we can count as a preliminary agreement today. As for the specific time of the withdrawal, we will discuss it with the military when we go back, and we will be able to reply to you tomorrow. That's all for today. Good no good? Seeing that Shi Lang still wanted to speak, Ishida Sancheng took the lead and said.

"Good. Happy working together! Shen Wei stood up respectfully and shook hands with Ishida Sansei, who also stood up.

Shen Weijing and Ishida Sancheng teamed up to successfully throw off the stumbling block of Shi Lang, and the two of them looked at each other and knew each other tacitly.