Early the next morning, Song Zheng called Zhu Yan and first inquired about the price situation in Chengdu, from grain and vegetables to horses, cattle and sheep, almost all walks of life asked about the latest chapter of the long road to rebirth. All the way from Fengjie, Song Zheng didn't have the time to do this, and now he is idle.

Zhu Yan wondered why Song Zheng was interested in these things, but he still answered honestly. Some of the servants who could not answer called for a few other servants.

After inquiring about it all over again, Song Zheng asked again where he could see the Shu Guodi newspaper, and learned that the Huixian Building in the center of Huailaiyi had the latest mansion newspaper for sale. Song Zheng was overjoyed, and immediately arranged for him to get all the newspapers he could buy, even if it was an old one.

Li Yan was even more surprised, no one read the Di Bao after the expiration date, what does this Qi envoy want to do with the old Di Bao? With a stomach full of questions, Li Yan went to Huixian Building.

How did he know that Song Zheng was now black-eyed, and what he lacked the most was intelligence, and everything was collected by himself. The change in prices can reflect the situation of a country's war preparedness, especially in a small country like Shu, where price fluctuations are particularly sensitive. In the event of war, the procurement of munitions can have a great impact on prices.

At present, prices in Shu are stable, and there have been no major fluctuations in the past two years. Song Zheng could naturally deduce that Shu had no intention of participating in the war in the north.

As for asking Zhu Yan to collect the old mansion newspaper, it was to grasp the direction of the government. Song Zheng believed that only by giving him three days of hard work, he would be able to understand the high-level personnel factions, political directions, and so on of Shu through the clues hidden in the Di Bao.

When it comes to collecting intelligence, I am afraid that there is no one like Song Zheng in this era who can deduce the evolution of the government through trivial information, which is completely derived from more than a thousand years of experience.

For Song Zheng, it is crucial to grasp the direction of the wind. This era was not as professional as the diplomacy of later generations. Although there are special diplomatic institutions between countries, such as Shu and Daqi, there are ceremonial rooms, but there is no restriction on the visit of envoys to non-diplomatic professionals. At the beginning, Wanyan Zhangzong visited Huang Yuandu in the Prime Minister's Mansion several times, and also went to the palace to visit Xiao Hui. In later generations, it is difficult to imagine that the foreign minister or ambassador of one country could visit the prime minister or chairman of the military commission of another country at will.

His plan is to first find out the tide of Shu, grasp the political propositions of high-ranking officials, and then focus on handover.

When Song Zheng was pondering how to carry out the operation, the escort sergeant came to report, and the envoy of the Jin State came to visit and sent a message of worship. Song Zheng was stunned for a moment, now that Jin Qi is tackling the key problems, how did the Jin envoy come to Shu?

When he saw the name on the prayer post, Song Zheng was overjoyed and hurriedly asked the sergeant to beckon the golden envoy to come in.

A moment later, the two golden envoys walked into the hall before and after. Both of them wore standard Jin Guo official uniforms. The former was twenty-six or seventeen years old, wearing a four-beam crown, a cross-collared robe, a three-inch embroidered red flower on his chest, and a goldfish bag at his belt. Although he is a little thin, he is polite and polite, giving people the impression of being full of poetry and books.

The person in the back was thirty years old, tall, wearing a golden flower head, a scarlet robe, silver shoulder pads, and a black rhino belt around his waist, and he was very heroic.

Song Zheng stood up with a smile and arched his hand, "Brother Yuzhi, don't come to harm?" ”

The golden envoy in front was stunned for a moment, looked Song Zheng up and down, and called out hesitantly, "Brother Song." ”

Song Zheng laughed, "Brother Yuan still recognizes me, the younger brother is really overjoyed, sit down." ”

The person who came turned out to be Song Zheng's friend Yuan Haowen when he was in Dajin. Song Zheng was really surprised and delighted to see Yuan Haowen in Chengdu, and Yuan Haowen's surprise was even greater than Song Zheng's. When Song Zheng was in Zhongdu, he always called himself Song Yu.

"When the younger brother first came to Dajin, he had important things to do, so he had to use Song Yu's pseudonym to intersect with Brother Yuan, and I hope Brother Yuan will forgive me!" Song Zheng smiled and apologized first.

Yuan Hao asked and smiled bitterly, "I said, with Brother Song's talent, how could there be no news for several years, it turns out that Brother Song is Song Xiaolang, who is famous all over the world today." The double champion of civil and military affairs, a small man in ancient times. ”

"Brother Lao Yuan is worried." Song Zheng said apologetically, "I really had unspeakable hardships at the beginning. ”

Yuan Haowen waved his hand, "Whether it's Song Yu or Song Zheng, you and my brother can get together in Chengdu, and it's not a shallow fate." It's not easy to meet old acquaintances in other places! ”

said that Yuan Hao asked and laughed, very happy. Song Zheng was also open-minded. Originally, he was going to spend a period of bitterness in Shu, but he didn't expect to meet his old friend the next day, which was really unexpected.

After laughing, Yuan Haowen hurriedly introduced another person, "This one is General Otunba, my deputy envoy of Dajin." ”

Song Zheng hurriedly beckoned Otunba to sit down, but saw that he was still standing in the hall in a daze, as if he had encountered something difficult. Song Zheng was feeling strange, and Otunba suddenly fell to his knees, "Minister Otunba pays a visit to His Royal Highness King Yi." ”

Yuan Hao was shocked, and as soon as his butt touched the chair, he bounced up and read the whole Spirit Realm Pavilion.

Song Zheng sat down for a long time, "I am now a Qi envoy, not a king of great golden righteousness." You and my brother can just talk about it. ”

"Otunba doesn't dare!" He prostrated again.

Song Zheng said with a smile, "What happened back then, Brother Yusheng had already made an order, and it was not appropriate to publicize it. You don't need to be polite, today there are only envoys of Qi and Jin, only about friendship, and don't talk about anything else. ”

"This ...... Be! Otumba hesitated for a moment before standing up.

Yuan Haowen was already stunned, and pointed at Song Zheng with his finger, "You...... You ......" but couldn't say half a sentence.

Song Zheng said with a smile, "At the beginning, in Dajin, the saint of your country had not yet ascended the throne, and we knew each other as well as you and me, and we were called brothers. Song Zheng didn't want to talk more, so he could only explain simply.

Yuan Hao asked Mu Ran nodded, but he was thinking in his heart, even if he was a friend of the saint back then, there was no reason to be crowned a king. And looking at Song Zheng's casual energy, it doesn't seem to be a big deal. This is even more strange, being a brother to the emperor, and being so light and light, how big is this?

Song Zheng inquired about Otunba's origin, and then he understood why he knew it. Otun Ba is the brother of Otunlu, the capital of the current Dajin Forbidden Army, and his wife is the daughter of Wanyan Zhangzong. At the beginning, Song Zheng was in the Dajin Palace, saving Wan Yan Zhangshou, Zhang Zong's brothers, as well as Wan Yan Jing, Concubine Wei and other royal personnel, and helped Yan Yusheng to the throne with one hand. It can be said that without Song Zheng, there would be no today's Dajin Dynasty. Otumba apparently knew about it.

At this point, the scene seemed a little embarrassing, but fortunately, Song Zheng talked and laughed, and after a long while, Yuan Haowen returned to normal.

After some conversation, Song Zheng learned that Yuan Haowen and Otunba had come to Chengdu three months ago, but the task was very simple, nothing more than to express friendship to the Emperor of Shu on behalf of Wanyan Yusheng.

Song Zheng knew that things were not so simple, Dajin was far away from Shu, and he didn't send any envoys when he was idle. Even if it was a faction, why did it rush two months before the outbreak of war in the north? And Yuan Haowen has not been in Chengdu for a few months, and there must be other plans.

This involves national secrets, and Song Zheng is inconvenient to inquire, so Yuan Hao naturally won't say it. At the same time, the two avoided mentioning state affairs, and both focused on talking about poetry and the customs of the Shu Kingdom.

During the chat, Yuan Hao asked and suddenly said, "Brother Song, I heard that the envoy of the Western Xia Dynasty will also arrive in Chengdu in the near future, and there is a lively scene now." ”

"Is there such a thing?" Song Zheng secretly said that the party members finally couldn't sit still, and began to send people to ask for reinforcements, and Xing Xu Lang Zhengchun hid in Qingcheng Mountain, which had a lot to do with the gathering of envoys from various countries.

"The people who came this time may have something to do with Brother Song." Yuan Haowen looked at Song Zheng meaningfully.

"Oh? Which one is coming? Song Zheng secretly said that there are not many Western Xia people he knows, except for Li Yongxi and Li Yuanzhen, there is only that one Lord Liang.

"Liang Yiyue, the old uncle of Western Xia!" Yuan Haowen knew that Song Zheng was hired as a Western Xia guard, and Song Zheng was in the courtyard of his house at the time.

"That's it!" Song Zheng said with a smile, "Indeed, there is a lot of excitement this time." By the way, Brother Yuan, can you introduce what the people of Shu think about you and me working together to tackle the key problems, and whether there are any plans to send troops out of Hanzhong? ”

"Everything. Some advocated ignoring it, while others advocated aiding Western Xia, but there were different opinions on the form of aid. Some said that they would only aid money and food, while others said that they would send troops directly. Some said to help Li Yuanqing, while others just wanted to help Li Renzhi. Anyway, there is everything to say, but Shu has no plans to send troops recently. This time, Liang Yi came more and more, presumably for this matter. ”

"Which side does Liang Yiyue belong to now?"

"Li Yuanqing's side."

"Li Yuanqing?" Song Zheng secretly screamed in his heart. Li Yuanqing occupied the Chang'an region, and where to get to Shu, he had to pass through the Dasan Pass and then go south into Hanzhong. To the west of Dasanguan and Hanzhong, that was Li Renzhi's territory, and Li Xi, the general of the clan, was the de facto ruler of this territory. Since Li Xi allowed Liang Yiyue to pass, he must have plans to unite with Li Yuanqing. If Li Xibing goes out of the Great Dispersion Pass to help Li Yuanqing, then Daqi will be even more troublesome.

Yuan Hao asked what Song Zheng was worried about, and hesitated for a moment and said, "Li Yuanqing is not only like fire and water with Li Yuankui in the north, but also not on good terms with Li Xi. After Li Yuanqing ascended the throne in Chang'an, because Li Xi supported Li Renzhi, Li Xi's family in Chang'an was killed, and only the two sons who followed him were saved. ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Hao stopped and took a cup of tea.

Song Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. Since Li Xi asked Liang Yiyue to run to Shu for help, he must have another plan. Even if Li Xi asked for Shu assistance for the "great plan" of the party members, he would never let Li Yuanqing go easily.

"Thank you, Brother Yu." Song Zheng sincerely thanked him.

"Brother Song will know these things sooner or later, what is there to be thankful for." Yuan Haowen snorted, "Brother Song, today I came to ask you for advice on poetry, calligraphy and painting, come on, here are some poems below, you can help comment on them." ”

"I'm going to have to read it down next." Song Zheng knew that Yuan Hao didn't want to talk about it, so he also changed his mind and began to look through this book "Long and Short Sentences of the Lost Mountain".

Turning the first page, it was Yuan Haowen's famous work "Touching the Fish, Yanqiu Ci", and Song Zheng was very excited. In the original historical memory, Yuan Haowen made this phrase at the age of sixteen. In this life, when Song Zheng met him in Dajin, he had not seen this word, which shows that history has been very different.

In Song Zheng's mind, there are two "love words" that make me cry every time I read them, one is Su Shi's "Jiangchengzi: Ten Years of Life and Death", and the other is this "Touching the Fish".

"Ask what the world is like, the direct religion promises life and death, the south and the north are double flyers, and the old wings are cold and summer several times......"

(At this point, I memorized the two poems on the paper again, and I almost wanted to cry.) Alas, it's ridiculous that the old man is still a little sentimental. ）