In late autumn, the leaves are all over the ground, the wooden wheels run over from the stone road, making a burst of "zaza" sound, a pair of leather boots accompany the wheels on both sides, and a team of horses' hooves are staggered, densely stepping on the stone slabs.

A group of three carriages drove in the middle of the road, and the big Song foot soldiers wearing Fan Yang's red tasseled hats were guarding both sides of the horse convoy with nervous expressions, vigilantly watching the golden people leaning on the left and right sides, riding tall horses, and their hands holding knives and guns were sweating. Those leather-armored golden soldiers who sat calmly on their horses, one by one, were fierce and vicious, like man-eating wolves, and from time to time they screamed strangely, and galloped on their horses, which shocked the Song soldiers as if they were facing a great enemy, shrank up and raised their shields, and then caused the golden soldiers to laugh wildly.

In the face of unbridled provocations, the occasional Song soldier who couldn't bear it was angry, gritting his teeth to go up to theorize, and the people next to him would grab him, firmly gather him in the team, and whispered "The enemy territory here, don't spoil the court's plan to seek peace, don't make a mistake!" "Come and warn.

Witnessing the cowardice of the Song soldiers, the laughter of the Jin people became louder and louder, the horses came and went, extremely arrogant, the Song soldiers dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, only cautious and cautious hurried slowly, escorting the carriage under the leadership of the Jin soldiers in front, all the way forward.

Among the three carriages, the one in the center gently lifted the curtain, half-revealing a tired face.

"Lord Xu, do you remember this area?" The owner of the face looked out the window and asked the people in the car.

Another face leaned over, blinked and looked outside, then shook his head: "I remember, but ...... It looks like it's changed. ”

"When this was still the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, I also had dinner here, at that time there was a restaurant here, which was three stories high, people came and went, and it was very lively, but now it has become a white land." The first person sighed and lowered the curtain: "Things are not people!" ”

He sat upright, holding a wooden box firmly.

The box is square, black lacquered, and the size of a watermelon, just enough to hold a head.

Sitting across from him and calling Master Xu was also holding a black-faced box, and the two boxes were exactly the same.

"Lord Wang, you and I don't have to sigh, let's think about it quickly, and wait until we meet the prime minister of Jinren, how to speak." Lord Xu showed a flustered look on his face, and kept blinking his eyes, like a prisoner who was about to pass the hall: "We also brought the heads of Han Xiang and Su Shumi, will the Jin people put forward other conditions?" If we can't negotiate peace, you and I don't have to go back. ”

"Lord Xu is in a panic, the Jin people are still talking about it, Prime Minister Wanyan has promised to go down last time, as long as he hands over the head of Han Yuxuan, the culprit of the Northern Expedition, and then presents the New Year's coin, three million taels of gold and silver from the labor army and the documents of the Great Song Dynasty with nephew gold, there will be no problem in negotiating peace." The first person replied provocatively: "Once they receive these things, they will immediately withdraw from Lianghuai and return the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and the two countries will have a truce, and there will be no more war." ”

"Really...... I hope so, I hope so. Song Ting's living room and Tong Xie made Xu Yi's hanging heart relax slightly, but he still moved his buttocks on the silk cushion restlessly, and looked at the wooden box in his hand with a disgusted expression: "Han Yu is so happy that he has made a vain move, and now he has annoyed the Jin people and lost his life in vain, but he has caused us to be involved in the envoy to the Jin country, this person really deserves to die!" ”

He raised his head, looked at the wooden box in the hand of the person opposite, and showed a cruel smile: "As the so-called crime deserves, Su Shidan is not a good person, he has gained a lot of benefits from Han Yuxuan, and now the two of them are ambushed together, which is very happy!" Right? Lord Wang. ”

Lieutenant Song Haimen and Deputy Envoy Wang Zheng lowered their heads and didn't say anything, just stared at the floor, staring at the floor with their eyes and pursing their lips.

Xu Yi looked at him strangely and shouted, "Lord Wang, Lord Wang? ”

Wang Zheng closed his eyes, and after a long time, he raised his neck and exhaled at the roof of the car, which was almost a fist away from his head, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were already red.

"Lord Xu...... What we are holding is the head of the Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty and the Privy Council...... It's the head of the Great Song Dynasty under one person and above ten thousand people! He suppressed his voice in pain and roared: "Now I want to send them to the enemy country in exchange for a peace treaty, a great shame, a great shame!" It's a shame comparable to the shame of Jingkang! ”

Xu Yi looked at Wang Zheng dumbfounded, it was the first time he saw the other party's angry appearance, he opened his mouth, but he was speechless.

"If there is a choice, I will definitely not come to be the envoy of this peace conference, and I will not come to kill my head!" Wang Zheng gritted his teeth and almost squeezed out the words from between his teeth: "But there is no choice, if I don't come, no one will dare to come, even Lord Xu, you must be helpless to be a thank you, right?" Although my Wang Zheng is humble in his position, he has a passion and is not afraid of death! Those conditions were negotiated by me last time when I was desperate alone, the Jin people were greedy, they wanted more, they put a knife on my neck, they didn't give me food for three days, and they promised them more things, but I swore to die, so I forced them to back down and get today's second mission. ”

"But no matter whether today's peace talks are concluded or not, your and my names will be engraved in the list of criminals from now on, and we will never be able to turn over!" Wang Ji's face twitched a few times abruptly, his expression was sad and angry, and finally he drooped down weakly, and said in a low voice: "Just holding Han Xiang's head in humiliation to sue for peace is enough to leave a stench for 10,000 years." ”

The air in the carriage seemed to have stopped flowing at this moment, extremely depressed, Xu Yi looked at the wooden box in his hand in fear, and almost had the urge to throw it out of the window, but he finally held back, trembling and said, "Those conditions ...... Including the killing of Han Xiang and Su Chengzhi, it was the result of the court discussion of the important ministers of the DPRK and China, and the emperor also agreed, so it fell on the two of us...... No way? ”

Wang Zheng leaned on the carriage, looked up at the sky, and stopped talking in a daze.

The carriage continued to gallop forward, stumbling along the stone road, and the towering walls of Bianliang City had appeared on the horizon in the distance.

The autumn wind swept through the yellow earth, startling the sky with smoke and dust.

This is the autumn of the first year of the Southern Song Dynasty.