"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fan Polo also knew that it was a bit fantastical to let Liu Yong send troops to help the south destroy Zhenla, but it was also good to get Shu Han's mediation from the second.

But Fan Polo didn't know that Liu Yong's envoy was going to send someone to find out the truth, and maybe he would take the opportunity to fan the flames, so how could he have the leisure to conclude peace for these two countries.

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As we enter November, the slaughter of midwinter has turned the land white, and the northern sky is covered with goose-feather snow.

Runan City

In a warehouse full of old straw in the west of the city, a young man in his twenties, wearing a torn cotton jacket and a coarse cloth towel on his head, sat by the fire, holding a volume of "Sima The Art of War" and reading it with relish.

The door outside the courtyard gate creaked and swayed, and the cold wind whined, and he had no idea that an uninvited guest had come to this small warehouse that had been unattended for many years.

Wu Dayong wrapped his fur tightly and looked at the dusty, dilapidated warehouse. The wood of the eaves and pillars was bad, and the paint peeled off, revealing the rotten wood inside; On the ground, the floor tiles are also broken, and it is difficult to see a neat one.

Such a dilapidated and decayed place, the Deng Ai that His Majesty asked me to look for is here?

Wu Dayong was a little skeptical.

Entering the hall lightly, Wu Dayong looked left and right, and in the empty warehouse, there was no one else except the rustic shabby young man in front of him. The youth group sat in front of a fire pit with a tin canister hanging from it, but strangely enough, there was no fire in the fire pit.

Presumably, this young man is the goal of his trip.

"I'm sorry, may I ask your Excellency, but is Deng Ai Deng Shizai?"

The young man clasped his arms together, staring at the book of war with his head down, as if he had entered the realm of selflessness. Wu Dayong came in, and he didn't notice it.

There was no reply, and after Wu Dayong stood silently for a moment, he spoke again.

"Stepping down, I have come here today because I have been entrusted by your nobles. Therefore, I would like to ask for your advice. ”

After another moment, Deng Ai slowly raised his head, and as soon as he noticed Wu Dayong, he hurriedly got up. patted the dust on his body, bowed his hand and said, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty...... Be...... Are you looking for Ai? ”

Wu Dayong was stunned, this Deng Ai still has a stutter!

Deng Ai saw that although Wu Dayong had an ugly face and a short stature, he was wearing a brocade robe and fur fur, and he looked at the retinue and horses outside the gate of the courtyard. Determined that the person in front of him was by no means an ordinary person, so he arched his hand and said, "No... Indeed... Deng...... Ai, unknown...... Your Majesty Unknown...... What do you have to say? ”

Runan County, more than 20 years old, a small official guarding straw, named Deng Ai.

Wu Dayong felt that the person he was looking for was this poor boy.

"In the winter, it's cold, it's in the hole, it's in the fire...... Why, didn't you make a fire? Wu Dayong squeezed out a few smiles on his dry face, and changed the topic first.

"The family is poor, and there is no money...... No money...... Buy carbon. Deng Ai's expression did not change, and he stammered and replied.

"Oh." Wu Dayong nodded in understanding. Immediately, Wu Dayong pulled his throat and yelled outside: "Little four! Little Four! ”

"Huh!" Someone outside the courtyard gate agreed, and a young and clever guy rushed in, and said to Wu Dayong: "Lord, you call me." ”

Wu Dayong stretched out a hand, reached into several layers of thick clothes and groped for a while, took out a string of copper coins, shook it into Xiao Si's hand, and said arrogantly: "Go!" Buy a pound of charcoal, cut two pounds of beef, and boil a pot of hot wine. ”

"Today, I'm going to be here and talk to Deng Jun!" In the previous sentence, Wu Dayong ordered Xiao Si in a commanding tone, and when he turned to the second sentence, he said it to Deng Ai, his smile appeared, and his tone softened at the same time.

Two quarters of an hour passed......

The fire was lit up, the warm light of the fire dispelled the bitter cold of winter, and the hot water rumbled in the tin can.

Wu Dayong also asked people to take down a few cases from the carriage and put hot wine, wine buds, and cooked beef.

Regardless of the dust and smoke on the ground, he sat on the ground with Deng Ai, and on the side, Xiao Si poured wine and waited.

During the whole process, Deng Ai neither showed joy nor rejection, his expression was calm and he didn't say a word.

Wu Dayong and Deng Ai drank a cup of hot wine from each other, and when the wine was hot, it was hot from the tongue to the chest, and then jumped to the lower abdomen, and the whole body suddenly relaxed.

Over there, Deng Ai drank a sip, then filled himself with another skull, swallowed it with his neck up, and let out a pleasant roar in his throat.

"What kind of book is Deng Jun looking at?" Wu Dayonghao didn't mind, and laughed.

"The Book of War, Sima Sui Tho's Art of War." It was rare for Deng Ai not to stutter.

Book of Soldiers!

Wu Dayong was slightly surprised, people can't be good-looking, this poor boy is still reading Sima Sui's masterpiece.

"Then, Deng Jun, can you borrow it for the next view?"

Deng Ai hesitated, closed the bamboo slip in his hand, and handed it to Wu Dayong with both hands. He is incredible, watching Wu Dayong travel in clothes that is either rich or expensive, listening to his elegant accent, not a northerner, everything about him is mysterious.

Why would such a person suddenly visit him? Still put on an affectionate, familiar posture?

Deng Ai was puzzled.

Wu Dayong took Deng Ai's military book, the bamboo pieces were very smooth, without any roughness, obviously this bamboo slip has been some years. In addition, most of the beef tendons that tie the bamboo pieces have been broken, and some of the bamboo pieces are still connected with hemp rope.

After looking at Deng Ai's military book, Wu Dayong returned it to Deng Ai, "Deng Jun is cool and likes the military book?" ”

"By living... Place... Loved. Seeing that Wu Dayong never mentioned his intentions, Deng Ai's scrutinizing gaze was projected on Wu Dayong's face: "Ai ...... Mugwort...... If you can't speak, can you ...... Use Writing ...... Pen to talk? ”

Wu Dayong was stunned for a moment and replied, "Please." ”

So Deng Ai took out a brush and bamboo slips, and wrote: "Ai and Gongsu have not been alive, but the public visits but does not explain the intention for a long time, so ...... Ai would like to ask the public a few questions. ”

"Listening to the male accent, the male is not from the north, it seems to be ...... Southerners? ”

"Yes, yes, so-and-so did go north from the south."

"Runan City, in previous years, there had never been a Shu brocade caravan from Western Shu passing through, but recently I heard that a caravan carrying Shu brocade had arrived in Runan. This thing...... Does the public know? ”

"This ...... I know. ”

Deng Ai glanced at Wu Dayong playfully, at this moment Wu Dayong's eyes flickered and dodged, a little restless, obviously guessing what Deng Ai might say. So he continued to write: "The public admits that he is a person from the south, and there is no person from the Eastern Wu side in Runan City recently...... Be part of that caravan! Shu people! ”

At first glance, Wu Dayong's expression changed suddenly, this Deng Ai ...... It's not easy!

Wu Dayong wants to recruit Deng Ai to return to Shu, and his identity will naturally be disclosed to Deng Ai, but how and when this will be made public is another matter, and maintaining a mysterious identity will help him occupy an advantageous position in the conversation to persuade Deng Ai to enter Shu.

Unexpectedly, Deng Ai Liao Liao revealed his identity in a few words, and turned passive into active!