"Lieutenant Envoy Li, your people have injured me, you must give us an explanation!" In the tent, a Khitan man with a beard on his face yelled at Li Zhang with an angry face.

"Shut up, it's clear that your people did it first, and I want you to give me an explanation!" Li Zhang also slapped the table angrily at this time and shouted, the guy in front of him is named Yelu Zuoya, and he is the Liao official who is responsible for receiving them and escorting them to the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, but he didn't expect that today, Yelu Zuoya's people and the people of the mission had a conflict, obviously it was the Khitan people who made the first move, but this guy bit back, obviously looking at Li Zhang's youth, thinking that he was a bully.

"What do you mean, Lieutenant Li, are you trying to shield the people of your mission?" Seeing that Li Zhang was so tough, Yelu Zuoya also asked with a threatening look in his eyes at the moment.

"Hmph, you are the first to lose, and you dare to ask me for someone, believe it or not, I will go to your emperor to sue you!" Li Zhang yelled again without showing weakness, these Khitan people are quite unreasonable, this kind of person Li Zhang has seen a lot in his previous life, and there is only one way to deal with this kind of person, that is, his voice is louder than the other party, and his waist is harder than the other party, and he must be more unreasonable than the other party, so that he will not suffer.

"Good, good! Don't regret it! Yelu Zuoya also roared like thunder at this time, if Li Zhang was not an envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, maybe he would really do it, but although his temper was short-tempered, he also knew the serious consequences of beating an envoy of a country, so he also had no way to take Li Zhang, and left angrily after speaking.

Looking at the back of Yelu's left tooth leaving, Li Zhang also snorted coldly, and then asked the wild dog behind him, "What's the matter, why did you do it?" ”

It was no one else who started to beat people, it was the wild dog behind Li Zhang, but even if it was not a wild dog, Li Zhang would never hand over someone, after all, this time it was the Khitan people who did it first, no matter what the reason, the other party would be the first to do it.

"I don't know, at that time, Fu Bi and a Khitan were arguing about something, but the Khitan man suddenly made a move, so I stepped forward to help, only breaking the other party's hand and leg, just that guy is so horizontal, do you want me to cut off his head at night?" The wild dog first shook his head and explained, and then asked Li Zhang again that it was easier for him to kill people than to drink water.

"Forget it, let's keep a low profile on the territory of the Khitans, you go and invite Fu Bi!" Li Zhang also said calmly at this time, most of his anger just now was pretended, in order to overwhelm the other party in momentum, but he was also a little strange at this time, Fu Bi is a very calm person, why would he conflict with the other party?

The wild dog agreed, and soon invited Fu Bi in, but at this time, I saw that the corners of Fu Bi's eyes were blue, obviously suffering a loss, if it wasn't for the wild dog, maybe he would really be beaten by the earth.

"The subordinate has caused trouble for the mission, please punish the captain!" Fu Bi was very calm, and when he saw Li Zhang, he immediately pleaded guilty.

"You don't have to be polite Yanguo, but I'm curious, how could you have a conflict with the Khitans?" Li Zhang immediately asked again, it is not yet the second watch, and just now when he was having dinner, Fu Bi clashed with the Khitans, and Li Zhang didn't have time to understand it in detail, and then the Yelu Zuoya ran over to ask for the guilt, but was forced by Li Zhang.

Hearing Li Zhang's question about the cause of the conflict, Fu Bi's face once again showed a little annoyed, and then he told the story of the conflict, and then Li Zhang knew that the conflict with Fu Bi was not a Khitan, but a Han person, to be precise, a Han living in Liao.

Although the Liao State was established by the Khitans, because of the annexation of a large area of Han land, there are also a large number of Han people living in the territory, in order to manage these Han people, the Liao State even divided into northern officials and southern officials, of which the north officials govern the palace tents, tribes, and the politics of the subject country, and the south officials govern the Han people's prefectures and counties, rents, and military horses, simply put, "the system of the clan governs the Khitan, and the Han system treats the Han people."

It is also under the system of Han to control Han, so there are also a large number of Han officials in the Liao court, such as Han Derang, the lover of Empress Xiao, is the most representative Han official, of course, people like Han Derang are a minority after all, Liao State In most of the period, Han officials are in a subordinate position, even if they can participate in the core of the court, they must be controlled everywhere, after all, the Liao State is dominated by the Khitans, even if the Han people are officials, they must be controlled by the Khitans.

However, even if the status of Han officials is not as good as that of Khitan officials, the Khitan people's strategy of controlling Han with Han is very successful, especially after so many years of rule, the Han people of Liao have long regarded the Great Song Dynasty as an enemy country, and even the scholars of the Liao State still think that the Liao State is the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, and the Great Song Dynasty stole the land of the Liao State, the reason is that the Liao State is much earlier than the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also the country that was taken over from Li Tang, so they are orthodox.

In other words, the Liao State looked at the Great Song Dynasty just like the Great Song Dynasty looked at Dali, coupled with the strong military strength of the Liao State, and occupied the sixteen states of Yanyun, and could go south at any time, it can be said that the Liao State can fight if it wants to, and withdraw if it wants to, and the Great Song Dynasty has no way to take the Liao State at all, plus the Great Song Dynasty's war against the Liao State is also more lost and won less, which makes the Liao State occupy a psychological advantage, it can be said that the Liao State has always been quite contemptuous of the Song State.

And the reason why Fu Bi clashed with the Han official of the Liao State this time is because of the above reasons, the Han official's name is Xu Song, a scholar, and he is also Yelu Zuoya's deputy, this time he assisted Yelu Zuoya to receive the Great Song Dynasty's mission, but although this Xu Song is a Han, he hates the Great Song Dynasty more than the Khitans, and Fu Bi, as a deputy envoy, also needs to be in frequent contact with Xu Song, and as a result, he has been ridiculed by the other party many times.

Originally, Fu Bi wanted to focus on the overall situation, and he didn't want to have too much conflict with Xu Song, and he usually hid from him, and he didn't want to find the other party until he had to, but he didn't expect this Xu Song to take the initiative to find Fu Bi today.

In fact, Li Zhang, they rested at the foot of the Great Wall, and tomorrow they will pass through the Great Wall, but unfortunately this line of defense used to prevent nomads fell into the hands of the Liao State, and it has long been ineffective, and the Liao State is also lazy to repair, so this section of the Great Wall has also been dilapidated.

That Xu Song found Fu Bi, nominally asking for teaching, Fu Bi could only deal with it mentally, but he didn't expect that while talking, Xu Song actually pointed to the Great Wall in front of him, and used the Great Wall to satirize the Great Song Dynasty, Fu Bi was really angry at the time, so he replied a few words, he was born in Jinshi, although Xu Song was also a scholar, but the literary style of the Liao State was not prosperous, so Xu Song's knowledge was far worse than him, and he was soon speechless by Fu Bi.

It's just that Fu Bi didn't expect that this Xu Song had lived with the Khitans for many years, and he was also contaminated with a barbaric temperament, and after arguing with him, he was so angry that he moved and punched him in the eye socket, he didn't notice it for a while, and naturally suffered a loss, but fortunately, the wild dog saw it, which injured Xu Song and saved him.

"What a Liao country!" Li Zhang also slapped the table angrily after hearing this, what he hates most is this kind of traitor, it seems that there is no shortage of this kind of person in any era, speaking of which Xu Song he has also met a few times, but he has never dealt with him, he didn't expect the other party's character to be so unbearable, even if you are an official of the Liao State, there is no need to be so hostile to the Great Song Dynasty.

"Duwei, I am willing to apologize to that Xu Song, after all, we represent the Great Song Dynasty, and the two countries still have to value peace!" At this time, Fu Bi spoke again, he also regretted it a little now, if he could restrain himself before and not argue with Xu Song, there would be no future.

"No need, that Yelu Zuoya came to ask for the guilt just now, and I scolded him back, this matter is not our fault in the first place, why should I apologize to them?" Li Zhang waved his hand and said, he is not a soft mud to be handled by the other party, not to mention that this time they are reasonable, even if they are not reasonable, they must be tough to the end, a barbarian like Khitan is originally a bully and afraid of hard, the more you apologize, the more you are underestimated by the other party.

Seeing Li Zhang so tough, Fu Bi was both moved and a little worried, after all, they were in the territory of Liao, although Liaoguo should not do anything to kill envoys, but it might make things difficult for them in some things, after all, this is their territory.

Li Zhang also saw Fu Bi's worry, and said with a calm smile: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I have my own plans, go back and sleep well, and let's continue to rush tomorrow!" ”

Hearing Li Zhang say this, Fu Bi could only nod, and then discussed the mission with him, and then turned to leave, but when he left, Li Zhang gave him some ointment to reduce swelling, he was also half a doctor, and the medicine box never left his body.

After sending Fu Bi away, Li Zhang showed a contemplative expression, in fact, since entering the Liao State, he has also been observing the internal situation of the Liao State, Xijin Mansion was originally a Han land, and there were a large number of Han people living in the territory, compared to the Great Song Dynasty, the Han people on the Liao side lived a more difficult life, and they also had to bear heavy taxes, I am afraid that they would not even be able to eat a full meal all year round, at least most of the lower-class Han people Li Zhang saw were noodles with vegetables.

Compared with the poor Han people, Xu Song, the bureaucrats among the Han people, lived in luxury, they were actually the agents elected by the Khitan people to rule the Han people, equivalent to the big compradors of later generations, the Khitans borrowed their hands to suck blood from the Han people, and at the same time fattened these upper-class Han people.

And in order to maintain their own lives, these upper-class Han people naturally hated the Great Song Dynasty, on the one hand, they could curry favor with the Khitans, on the other hand, they had the right to speak, and used various different arguments to split the relationship between the Han people of Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty, so if the Great Song Dynasty wanted to recover Yanyun in the future, I am afraid that these upper-class Han people would be crazy against it.