The emperor listened to Tuoba Cheng's words, thought for a while, and said to Li Chong: "Li Shangshu belongs to the south, what do you have to say?" ”

"The major affairs of the country are only worship and Rong. This matter cannot be taken lightly. The southern envoy will return today, and his majesty will come to resign in a moment, and His Majesty can announce his face-to-face inquiry. ”

The Emperor nodded and said, "Good! Looking at Zhang Mao standing at the bottom of the stairs, he said: "The reprimands will go to the car gate, and when the southern envoy arrives, he will take them to the Huangxin Hall to wait." ”

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Originally, the emperor planned to meet Pei Zhaoming and his party in the Taihua Palace, but now it seems that he is going to Huangxing Hall, Taihua Hall is the main hall of the palace, and Huangxing Hall is just an ordinary residence hall, of course, it is not as good as Taihua Palace.

About three quarters of an hour later, the messenger sent to wait at the gate of the train came to report and had already led the southern envoy to the Huangxing Hall.

The emperor announced the temporary suspension of the court meeting, and asked the Taiguan to order Zhang Cheng to order the Taiguan Xia to bring porridge and food, and all the courtiers who participated in the court meeting could temporarily go to rest and eat porridge, and after meeting the southern envoy, the court meeting continued.

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Besides, Pei Zhaoming and the deputy envoy Xie Jun and his entourage arrived outside the door of the car, and they met the middle palace counselor, saying that the emperor was going to see them in the Huangxin Hall, and they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts. In the past, the envoys sent by the Southern Dynasty were mostly in the main hall, and he came to see the emperor of the Northern Dynasty a few days ago in the Taihe Hall of the non-main hall.

Could it be that something is wrong! Or is there a side general who is provoking at the same time?

No, if that's the case, I'm afraid that what I saw today was the Yulin Army surrounding the hotel, and they would also be imprisoned in the hotel.

With some doubts, he walked with Xie Jun to the outside of the Imperial Letter Hall. The confessor who had just picked them up took his leave and left the two of them outside the Imperial Letter Hall.

Pei Zhaoming looked at the palace people standing around, and said to Xie Jun in Wu language: "Today, during the Northern Dynasty Dynasty Meeting, I saw the official carriages and horses coming to the palace to attend the court meeting in the early morning. Is there something big about it? ”

Xie Jun shook his head and said: "I am waiting in this Pingcheng place, like a blind man, what they know is also what they are willing to let us know, and now that we have come to the forbidden place of the palace, we can only watch them." ”

The two chatted in Wu and waited for a quarter of an hour before they saw the emperor of the Northern Dynasty and his relatives walking over.

Tuoba Shen, who had walked for a quarter of an hour, looked at the main gate of the Huangxin Hall, which was less than 100 meters away, and secretly touched his knees, and only then did he feel that his legs were back.

Just in the hall for half an hour of kneeling and sitting made him miserable, kneeling and sitting this kind of sitting style is not unprecedented, but it is a short time, this sitting method is a formal occasion of sitting, he is young, he has not participated in the formal occasion throughout the year, there is no such a long time, the legs and knees feel that it is not his, when he sits on the table, because the blood is not clear, he almost fell down because of the blood barrier, he almost fell down, but fortunately caught the table in time, almost made a big ugly.

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Entering the Imperial Letter Hall, the guests and ministers sat down, and the emperor looked at Pei Zhaoming and said: "The southern envoy returned to the country today, and I was supposed to meet you in the Taihua Palace, but I suddenly encountered something else, so I met the second envoy here."

Pei Zhaoming and Xie Jun glanced at each other, and said in their hearts: Did something really happen?

"Before and after the foreign minister's trip, all the king's orders were presented to His Majesty, I don't know what else happened? Your Majesty, please speak up. ”

The emperor pointed to the king of Rencheng and said: "This uncle is the king of Rencheng, and the southern envoy has never seen it." ”

Pei Zhaoming followed the emperor's guidance and saw that it was a young man with a square face. Before he came to Pingcheng, of course, he learned about the high-level magnates and officials of the Northern Dynasty, and naturally knew who the king of Rencheng was, and knew that this king of Rencheng had been serving as the assassin of Liangzhou in recent years.

Could it be that there was an accident in Liang (Qin) Prefecture?

"The foreign envoy has seen His Highness!" Pei Zhaoming bowed his hand

King Ren Cheng returned the salute and said: "Cheng Wai Ren Liangzhou, and your country's Liang Qin Thorn Shi Yin Zhibo is a neighbor, and he has written with Yin Thorn Shi several times, but he didn't get a while. Today, the southern envoy is here, and Cheng has a word or two to ask. ”

"Your Highness, please"

"Cheng because of His Majesty's trust, entrusted to Liangzhou, at the beginning of the past to Liangzhou, it was originally to protect the territory and the people, and Cui Qingxu was still able to live in harmony with my Great Wei. In April of this year, Yin Zhibo of your country was transferred to Liang Qin, and in July this year, he counted the civil engineering work, from Baishui to the city to solidify forty-seven fires, and looked at each other day and night. He also increased his troops with Baima and other generals, and Cheng was responsible for the heavy responsibility of Liangzhou, ruling hundreds of thousands of people, and the award was not shallow, so he had to ask about his doubts. ”

Pei Zhaoming thought about it, this kind of thing is common, and for an envoy like him who travels between the two countries, it is not surprising to encounter this kind of mutual suspicion caused by mutual distrust, and they naturally have their own words to deal with.

"The foreign envoy does not know the details of this matter, and His Royal Highness said that it is necessary for the foreign envoy to return to his country before he can ······"

"Nan Envoy's words are too deceitful!" Tuoba Cheng listened to Pei Zhaoming's words, his chest was on fire, and his voice was much higher.

"Why is Your Highness so angry, Liang Qin is located in a remote place, thousands of miles away from Jiankang, and it takes two months to come and go, how can the foreign envoy know what is reported."

"Moreover, Your Highness should also know that Liangzhou is mostly hoarded by Qiang, and this generation has always been treacherous, that is, attached to your country, and also called Jingyi a vassal. Whenever there is a famine, they go out of the mountains to rob, rob and kill merchants, and even attack counties, so that a city of scholars and heroines are poisoned. The name of the Northern Liang is the land, it is actually a puppet country, scattered by the Qiang tribes, and my court is the territory of Ning, according to the example of the Yang family's Northern Qinzhou Thorn History, the king of Wudu. ”

"I've been trapped by the Yang family for a long time! Although the border army overhauled its armaments, it was not aimed at your country, but it was really a place where it was difficult to find it in the deep mountains and forests, so this dynasty could not build more cities and towns to guard against it. The foreign envoy came here, with the intention of being friendly and profound, if he wanted to raise an army and provoke, why did he need to come here. I hope that Your Majesty will investigate this situation deeply. He saluted the emperor.

"The remnants of the Yang family's original Qiu Chi were destroyed in the Song Dynasty, and then your country took the Liu family's Qiu Chi. The remnants of it had no choice but to accept Liu's seal again, but they did not listen to the fate of the dynasty. Later, your country attacked and killed Yang Wenhong, and helped Yang Guangxiang in Yinping. If your country can join forces with our dynasty to attack it. It can be described as a blessing for both countries. ”

The emperor knew that Pei Zhaoming was changing the subject, but what he said also made sense. The Yang clan survived by relying on the contradictions of Wei Qi, that is, he did not sincerely submit to the Southern Dynasty and did not sincerely serve the imperial court, but it was impossible to say that he would attack the Yang clan with the Southern Dynasty. If the Yang clan is eliminated, Wei Qi will lose a buffer in Liangyi, and now Wei Qi is only suspicious and distrustful of each other, after eliminating the Yang clan, I am afraid it will not be suspicion but an exchange of troops.

For Pei Zhaoming, what he just said was not out of hypocrisy or simply changing the subject. Although the Yang family swayed between the two countries and did not really submit to the Northern Dynasty, the land occupied by the Yang family was just sandwiched between Liang and Qin and Yizhou in this dynasty, and the disaster was mainly in this dynasty, compared to this dynasty, the Yang family was more afraid of the Northern Dynasty, if it could really hit the Yang family hard, it would be greatly beneficial to the country. If the Northern Dynasty can agree to attack the Yang family, even if the imperial court does not plan to eliminate the Yang family in the end, it can also secretly win over the Yang family to completely submit to the imperial court, which is a win-win strategy.