After learning what happened, Su Jin was somewhat sympathetic to the plight of Xiao Temo and others.

After losing a large sum of money yesterday, he ran into trouble when he went back in the evening, and Xiao Temo suddenly found that his dinner was gone, and he had no choice but to loot the pitiful money from his entourage and ask him to go out to buy some food.

However, the Liao soldiers who went out to buy food came back empty-handed after a while, saying that the Song people in the taverns and food stalls on the street did not sell food to them at all, and when they were in a hurry, they asked for a price, and a cooking cake actually cost one or two silver; More than 100 people turned the bottom of their pockets over, but they only scraped together less than 20 yuan, and they couldn't buy 20 cooking cakes, how could they have enough for more than 100 people to eat.

Even if Xiao Temo was annoyed and brought someone to smash taverns and stalls on the street, Liu Liufu hurriedly stopped him and reminded him that this is the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, not his own Liao Kingdom, if it really makes trouble, it will be himself who suffers.

Although the Liao State is not afraid of the Song State, this move is absolutely not advisable, buying and selling freely, if you can't afford it, don't sell it, but go to make noise, this is not a reasonable reason.

Originally, the pavilion arranged for the cook of the Great Song Dynasty, Ma Fu and others to take care of the Liao envoy's daily life, but they blamed them for driving these people away yesterday, and the cooks gave them all the money for rice, grain, vegetables and meat in advance.

Xiao Te's last anger jumped straight to his feet, it was simply that everything was not going well, he almost took off his pants when he lost the gambling money, and he refused to accept the softening of his face, which caused the deputy envoy Su to sweep away all the silver in one go, and then the people of the Song Kingdom sold sky-high prices to eat, which was obviously going to force himself and others into a desperate situation.

But there are also benefits, when people are hungry, people's thinking is extraordinarily agile, and the two of them came to the conclusion that someone deliberately instructed them after a little speculation, and after considering all aspects, the spearhead was naturally pointed at Su Jin; So when the situation was still the same early this morning, Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu angrily inquired all the way with dozens of dizzy Liao soldiers, and actually let him really find Su Jin's residence.

Su Jin couldn't cry or laugh, it was nothing to be shot while lying down, but in this way, how could the Liao envoy sit down and negotiate well, but his own arrangements were disturbed by the invisible emergency, Su Jin was a little annoyed, and the plan for now is to quickly solve this ridiculous matter; The envoys of other countries starved to death in the Great Song Dynasty, how funny this thing sounded, and it didn't seem to have a long face.

"Dynasty, you take a few people to the street to check and see, see who is secretly manipulating, don't be alarmed after finding out the news, come back immediately and report it; In addition, you should go to the rich man's house and invite him here. ”

Wang Chao agreed, and went out with two nursing homes.

Su Jin arched his hand to Xiao Temo and said: "Master Xiao, you don't think that I did this, although I, Su Jin, dare not say that I am a righteous gentleman, but this kind of dirty thing will never be done, I have ordered someone to visit and see who is making trouble behind the scenes; The two of you will dissipate your anger first, and I will order someone to pack the food and drinks, so that you can eat well, and we will wait for the news. ”

Xiao Temo snorted and said: "The envoy will believe your words for the time being, but if I don't give an explanation for this matter, there is no need to talk about the negotiations between you and me, the envoy plans to leave for China tomorrow, and the rest of the matter will be decided by heaven." ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Don't be impatient, you and I are responsible for the good relations between the two countries, how can we make a hasty decision casually, I assure you, I didn't do this, and I will definitely give you an explanation, if I can't find out who did it, I will definitely report this matter to the imperial court for investigation; If you really want to make things out of control, I can't help it, I can only advise you to calm down. ”

Xiao Temo puffed out his mouth and pulled his messy beard with his hand to stop making a sound.

Su Jin got up and said to a servant: "Go to the neighboring water residence to book ten tables of banquets, and I will accompany your envoy to the banquet later." ”

The servant responded, and Rou Niang and Huan Niang also took out some pastries and dried fruits and other things to distribute, and asked the Liao soldiers to pad their stomachs first; The Liao soldiers were obviously hungry and ruthless, two small pockets of pastries and dried fruits were snatched up in the blink of an eye, and the two Liao soldiers almost fought each other for a handful of pastries, Liu Liufu hurriedly came forward to scold, and then stopped drinking.

Xiao Temo was ashamed and wanted to die, but he thought about it again, anyway, he was embarrassed and thrown home, why do he care so much?

Su Jin tried not to show disdain or shame on his face, and only poured tea for the two of them diligently, Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu drank several cups of tea, their stomachs rumbling louder, and the feeling of hunger was even worse.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Su Jin got up and said: "The wine and food are estimated to have been prepared, let's go to the restaurant to eat, people are iron and rice is steel, and we will talk about other things when we are full." ”

Xiao Temo said: "No wonder the envoy didn't remind you, along the way, all the restaurants don't let us in, and we may not be able to eat if we go." ”

Su Jin smiled: "No, they didn't give me face, so I copied their restaurant." ”

The group rushed to the 'Linshuiju' restaurant on the west side of the Desheng Bridge, Su Jin stepped through the door first, and the young man in the cloth hat greeted him with a smile and said, "Isn't this Su Xiaoguan?" You inside, please. ”

Su Jin smiled: "You are sharp-eyed." ”

The young man said: "That is, although you have only moved here this month, you have taken care of our business for three days and two ends, and the shopkeeper has specially ordered that you can not know anyone, and you must remember the dignified appearance of Su Xiaoguan." ”

Su Jin laughed and said, "What a clever mouth, can the banquet that my young man order be ready?" ”

The young man bowed down and smiled: "Look at what you said, can your banquet be properly prepared?" What kind of guests are you going to entertain? There are so many banquets. ”

Su Jin smiled, turned around and pointed to the door and said, "It's those distinguished guests." ”

The young man squinted his eyes and looked out, his face immediately changed, and he hesitated: "Are they from Liao?" ”

Su Jin said: "I can't see it, your eyesight is quite good, and you can recognize it at a glance." ”

The young man was not lightly frightened, and said: "Su Xiaoguan, I'm afraid this won't work, our shopkeeper has ordered that the Liao people can't be allowed to enter our restaurant." ”

Su Jin frowned and said, "Why?" This is my treat. ”

The young man cried and said, "How do I know, the shopkeeper's orders, do I dare not listen?" Su Guanren, you are good, don't embarrass me, either pack the wine and food for you and send it home, or you can go to another home. ”

Su Jin glared and said, "What's the matter?" Don't give face to the master, right? I'm going to eat right here today. ”

The young man smacked his lips and frowned, scratching his head anxiously; Su Jin didn't care about that, waved his hand and said to the door: "Come in to eat, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu will keep an eye on me, if anyone dares to stop it, they will open this restaurant; Is the master's silver stained with horse manure? You dare not sell me food. ”

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu stood by the door viciously, like two door gods guarding the door, Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu rushed into the restaurant with their soldiers, and the banquet was placed in the lobby downstairs.

Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu began to care about their identities, and Mance ate and drank in an orderly manner, but when they saw that the speed of the disappearance of the wine and food was amazing, and they would suffer a big loss if they put on the score, so they quickly sped up and chewed on it regardless of the image.

Su Jin smiled and looked at a group of hungry wolf-like Liao soldiers, and said in his heart: If you are hungry for two more meals, this group of people will definitely make trouble, and it will be out of control at that time, and I don't know who is so brainless and makes such a bad idea.

Seeing that he couldn't stop it, the young man who lived next to the water hurriedly stomped his feet and hurriedly went up to the second floor to drag down the shopkeeper who was accompanying the private seat to eat.

As soon as the shopkeeper heard the young man's advice, he stumbled downstairs in a hurry, almost rolled down like a meat ball, ran to Su Jin's side out of breath, and said again and again: "Su Xiaoguan, you are asking for our lives." ”

Su Jinqi said: "What's wrong with me?" Aren't you happy to have a bunch of guests here? I don't pay for food or what? ”

The meat on the shopkeeper's anxious cheeks shook and said: "Su Xiaoguan, you misunderstood, if you come here a hundred times a day, Xiao Lao'er will not be able to ask for it, but these Liao people are a disaster, why are you still here with this gang of troubles, Xiao Lao'er's restaurant is about to close." ”

Su Jinqi said: "This is strange, why can't I understand it." The Liao people are guests, and it is against the way of hospitality to do so. ”

The shopkeeper's sigh continued, pulling Su Jin aside and saying, "We people can't figure out the affairs of the government; Xiao Lao'er opened the door to do business, and what he asked for was wealth, no matter whether his visitors were Liao or Han. ”

Su Jin said: "Yes, then why don't you let the family come in for dinner." ”

The shopkeeper said: "It's not a secret, yesterday afternoon Xiao Lao'er was warned by the government, saying that the Liao people were not allowed to enter the restaurant to eat, and those who disobeyed were punished for collaborating with the enemy. ”

Su Jin was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "You mean the government warns?" Did the government put up a notice? ”

The shopkeeper shook his head with a sad face and said: "It's not a notice, but the official messenger personally came to order, more than a dozen officials came all the way along the street to greet him, and he also held the official notice covered with a cinnabar seal, and the entire restaurant and snack stall on the left side of the second compartment have said hello, do you say that the order of the government and our people dare to say a word?" Widow Li, who sells tofu flowers on the front street, said a few words, and was almost lifted by those officials; We don't know what they think, we little people just do it, where can we manage so much? ”

Su Jin thought in his heart, the official office took the notice to greet door to door, how did this matter sound strange, it seemed that he had to wait for the dynasty to come back to see if he could find any deeper clues.

At that moment, he said to the shopkeeper: "Don't worry, I am an official, and I will bear this matter for you, and keep you safe; If someone really comes to speak, you will say that it is the main thing that Su Jin, the deputy envoy of the imperial court, is the deputy negotiator, and asks them to reason with me, and it will not affect you. ”

The shopkeeper pointed at Su Jin and said, "You...... Are you Su Jin? ”

Su Jin said: "What? ”

"Are you the Lord Su who gambled with the Liao people yesterday and won the Liao people and almost took off his pants?"

Su Jin sighed and said, "Don't let those Liao people hear it, this is pouring salt on their wounds." ”

The shopkeeper turned his worries into joy and said: "It turns out that it is really Lord Su, this is good, Lord Su comes forward, and the little old man has nothing to worry about, you can rest assured, you will serve well, and you can't lose your share to Lord Su." ”

Su Jin nodded and smiled: "Thank you so much." ”

The shopkeeper turned around to leave, and suddenly turned around and whispered mysteriously: "Master Su, are you going to rectify them again, do you want to put some croton in the soup?" ”

Su Jin stumbled and almost fell headlong.