Xu Zizhen guessed correctly, the old fox Xia Chongzong is now facing an extremely difficult situation.

Western Xia was originally subordinated to the Liao State, but with the decline of the Great Liao and the rise of the Jin State, the wind direction of the Western Xia has slowly turned, Chongzong has been appearing as an old foolish and faint monarch in these years, and the power in the court has fallen into the hands of the Xiao family, and the idea of returning to the Jin State is naturally promoted by Xiao Taishi.

Chongzong did not object, but fell to the Jin State very obediently, because now the time has not come, he can only endure, but the next thing is a little unexpected to him, the Jin State sent an envoy to the Western Xia when declaring war on the Great Liao, and asked the Western Xia to send troops to the Great Song border, because the Song Liao has an alliance covenant, so that the Great Song can be restrained from making a move.

It's just that Jin Guo's meaning was originally just to contain the Song army, but he didn't expect Xiao Taishi to directly order to attack Lanzhou, Jin Guo didn't mind this, anyway, their goal was only Da Liao, and it had nothing to do with them whether Song Xia fought or not, but it was a completely different meaning for Chongzong.

It is conceivable that the Western Xia had to assist the Jin State to attack the Great Liao in the north, and on the other hand, they had to be distracted from attacking the Great Song Dynasty, and at the same time, they had to be careful not to lose too much, so as not to be greatly damaged in the future and be taken advantage of by the Jin State or the Great Song Dynasty.

This is only a part of the crisis on the surface, and there is an even greater difficulty for Chongzong, that is, the Xiao family.

Xu Zizhen is not wrong about one point, the death of the prince of the Western Xia Dynasty is like a fuse, which quickly ignited the beginning of the dispute in the Xixia Palace, because Empress Xiao does have a son, with her means and status, and the support of the entire huge Xiao family, this new son is undoubtedly contested, even if her son is only four years old.

There are some things that even Yu Qi doesn't know, such as Li Luoyan's current safety problem, the Xiao family is going all out to compete for the position of the prince, how can she have time to care about her, the princess of Yeluzi who has been away from home for many years?

It's not surprising that Chongzong will ask for a truce, but why didn't even the Xiao family oppose it this time? Could it be true that Xiao Xuan's waste? Xu Zizhen wouldn't believe it was that simple anyway.

Thinking of this, the second prince of Western Xia put two scrolls made of yellow silk on the table, and said with a slight smile: "If your country agrees, this armistice agreement will take effect on the same day." ”

People are already so direct, Wen Chengyan has no reason not to agree, but then again, he has never seen such a simple negotiation of peace in his impression, especially since Xixia has not been a substantial defeat this time, and it has not yet reached the point of exhaustion.

The two sides settled the money together on the agreement, each holding a copy and collecting it, because the silver two horses were involved, it was too late to exchange that day, so it was agreed to meet here at noon tomorrow, the Song side returned the three captives, and the Western Xia handed over the silver two horses, and the two were cleared.

Everything went extremely smoothly, the second prince got up to salute and was about to leave, Wen Chengyan smiled and was about to send him off, but Xu Zizhen behind him suddenly coughed and said, "Lord Xiao, slow down." ”

Xiao Xiao, the soldier of Western Xia, was also getting up slowly, preparing to leave with the second prince, when he heard him turn around slowly, squinted at Xu Zizhen, and then said, "What's the matter with this little brother?" ”

Wen Chengyan didn't expect Xu Zizhen to interject, it stands to reason that he is not qualified to speak in this kind of scene, although he is the first hero of this victory, but after all, he has no meritorious official position, he and the seed master glanced at each other, but they didn't say anything after all, they wanted to see what Xu Zizhen had to say.

Xu Zizhen took out a crumpled piece of paper from his sleeve, opened it and displayed it in front of Xiao Ye: "Ling Langshang still owes me five hundred taels of silver, since you are going to take people back, then I also have to settle the account." ”

A few lines are clearly written on the paper: I owe Lanzhou Xu Zizhen Gongzi five hundred taels of silver, and three cents of interest per week! The payment is Xiao Xuan.

Owed silver? Everyone present was stunned for a moment, Xiao Xuan was captured, and as soon as he entered Lanzhou City, he was thrown directly into the prison, how could he have any chance to owe Xu Zizhen the silver? And not to mention that there are five hundred taels, this interest is too exaggerated, three cents per week, that is, if you don't repay five hundred taels a week, it will become six hundred and fifty taels, this is not usury, it is simply a robbery.

Xu Zizhen saw the confusion on everyone's faces, stuffed the note back into his sleeve, and said indifferently: "I played a few games with Brother Xiao two days ago, but he had bad luck, lost in a row, and accidentally owed me so much." ”

Hiss...... Accidentally? Wen Chengyan and the seed master were dumbfounded, Xu Zizhen actually gambled money? And is it still to find the captured Xiao Xuan to gamble money? This is a clear pit for him, right?

The same thought was also expressed on Xiao Ye's face, but he didn't say anything, didn't even move his eyebrows, just said lightly: "It's natural to repay debts, and I'll bring them tomorrow." ”

A hint of joy flashed in Xu Zizhen's eyes, just like the kind of rogue who took advantage of the advantage and got the benefits, Xiao Ye was old and dizzy on the surface, but he saw this scene really.

At the end of the peace talks, the two sides retreated, Wen Chengyan didn't ask anything on the way from outside the gate to the city, with Xu Zizhen's temperament, it was impossible to go to prison to force a captive to gamble, and let him owe such a high interest debt, but what was the purpose of his doing this?

Xu Zizhen didn't explain anything to Wen Chengyan, and after returning to the mansion, he directly said goodbye and went back to his residence, the peace talks are over, and he will have to return the prisoner to collect the money tomorrow, including his share of the arrears, this is only the first step in his plan, and I don't know if it can be done.

Xiao Ye's old man looked like he was not dead or alive, but since he could represent the Xiao family to participate in this peace talks, it must not be so simple, I hope he can understand his performance today.

After returning to the room, Xu Zizhen fell on the bed, and lay down without taking off his clothes, looking at the beams with wide eyes.

The second prince talks and behaves very decently, although he is here to seek peace, but he is neither humble nor arrogant, he will not annoy his opponent, and he will not lose his identity and face, it seems that the old man Chongzong's teaching of his son is still very good, but I don't know if the next emperor of Western Xia will have his play, in addition...... The key issue is that he came to this peace talk with the Xiao family, which means that he is not standing in the Xiao family's boat.

Xu Zizhen once again reviewed his plan in his heart, the first step of greed for money is to pretend to be out, and the next step is to make a pretext in public tomorrow, as long as Lord Wen scolds himself, it is a logical contradiction, if Xiao Ye is smart enough, he will come to win himself over as soon as possible.

Xiao family, Lao Tzu doesn't believe how many of you can use it, as long as you spend money, you can bring a god of war back, will you not do this business?

In the Xixia camp, Xiao Ye was holding a cup of tea in his hand and smiled coldly: "Xu family boy, do you want to cheat the old man just like this?" ”