This was the first time Zhuge Song enjoyed the feeling of interrogating a prisoner in the lobby. Although the prisoners in the hall are not the same as the prisoners in the ordinary sense, the feeling of sitting in the lobby still makes him feel very *.

Of course, there are comfortable and uncomfortable, and now Shamoko, who is tied up like a dumpling in the hall, is very uncomfortable. Like a wounded beast, he roared angrily and feebly under the twine-thick rope of his thumb.

Shamoke became even more angry when he saw Zhuge Song laughing, and he shouted at Zhuge Song viciously: "What are you laughing at!" Laugh again and I'll tear you to shreds! ”

His appearance was so vicious that even though Zhuge Song knew that he had no ability to break free, he was still a little afraid. He thinks it's time for me to do something about Shamoko, after all, he is the victorious side now, where can this defeated general be so presumptuous.

Zhuge Song smiled and said to Shamoke: "It seems that you are burning a little high now, and you haven't understood your current situation, come on!" Bring me a bucket of cold water! I want the kind that is freshly dug out of the well! ”

A soldier in the hall responded to the call, and after a while, he brought a wooden bucket of cold water over, Zhuge Song saw this and said: "Quickly give General Sha to go to the fire, from top to bottom, pour him down directly!" ”

Shamoke instantly turned into a soup chicken, looking at his embarrassed appearance, but what did he call a tough guy: "Happy!" Joyfully! Give Lao Tzu another bucket! "In the summer, the well water is cold, and even though the temperature is quite high now, it is not so pleasant to be poured from head to toe all at once.

So Zhuge Song's next words obviously made Shamoke not so "excited", Zhuge Song smiled and said to him: "How can a bucket be enough?" Someone! Carry ten more buckets of water to General Sha to go back and forth! ”

Ten more soldiers went down to the hall, and when ten buckets of water were brought in, Zhuge Song asked them to put the water behind Shamoke first, and Shamoke didn't shout, just stared at Zhuge Song in the hall with angry eyes.

Now Liu Bei wants to reject Cao Cao in the north on the one hand, and on the other hand, because of the occupation of Jingzhou, he and Sun Quan are very stiff, and Zhuge Song really doesn't want to provoke such a big enemy of the barbarians for him now. However, last time he released Shana, the barbarians did not give up, regardless of whether Shana really wanted to fulfill her promise but it didn't work, Zhuge Song didn't dare to guarantee that Shamoke would be released again this time, and Shamoke would be able to stop fighting if he was willing to stop fighting.

So Zhuge Song asked Shamoke: "If I let you go back this time, can you guarantee that your barbarians will never attack my Wuling County and live in peace with us?" ”

Although Shamoko is brave, it does not mean that he is a fool. As soon as he heard that Zhuge Song could let him go back, he immediately put away his previous fierce appearance, and began to quickly nod at Zhuge Song: "Okay, as long as you are willing to let me go back, I will go back and try my best to persuade my father to retreat!" ”

It's just that if he is not stupid, Zhuge Song is even less stupid, although Shamoke agreed happily and said it well, but there are too many variables in the word "best effort". Zhuge Song believed that Shana's words also counted, and she might try her best to persuade the barbarian king not to attack her, but what about the truth? The fact is that the barbarian prince led 100,000 barbarian soldiers straight to Zhuge Song's county town, which frightened him so much that he "abandoned the city and fled", and he could only work hard from guerrilla warfare.

Originally, all Zhuge Song's previous plans were to rely on one or two ambushes in the field to turn the situation around and repel the barbarians, but he didn't expect Zheng Liang's impatience and wisdom to let him directly arrest the future leader of the Wuxi barbarians. Zhuge Song felt that Shamoke's weight in the barbarian king's heart should be heavier than Shana's, so he restarted the idea of eliminating the war as soon as possible.

However, he also knew that this war would definitely not be avoided just by releasing Shamoke now, and he now needed a good messenger to negotiate with the barbarian king, and Zhuge Song had to get the barbarian king's exact guarantee of retreat before he could release Shamoke.

But who is this man? Zhuge Song thought as he looked at Ma Yan. He looked at Ma Tan and thought about it, but he still shook his head, from a historical point of view, although Ma Tan is good as a staff officer, he has never shown his talent in diplomacy, plus he is now at a young and vigorous age, if he goes to the barbarian king, he will be stiffened, and he will be cut by the barbarian king, and he will lose too much.

At this moment, a voice sounded on Zhuge Song's right hand: "My lord, I don't think we can easily let him go back, in case he can't let the barbarian king retreat after he goes back, we will lose an excellent bargaining chip." ”

Zhuge Song looked to the right, and it was Xie Xian who made this sound. He moved in his heart and asked him: "Then what should I do with the opinion of the county order?" ”

Xie Xian replied: "According to the opinion of my subordinates, we should send someone to the barbarian king's camp and explain to him that it is very powerful, so that the barbarian king personally makes a guarantee to withdraw his troops, and it is not too late to let Shamoke go!" ”

Xie Xian's statement can be said to be in line with Zhuge Song's intentions, Zhuge Song also guessed that Xie Xian might want to recommend himself as this messenger, but this errand is really dangerous, he doesn't understand why Xie Xian is so active, looking at his age, he doesn't look like a greedy person, otherwise with the talent he showed when defending the city, he would not be a county commander at this age.

Zhuge Song asked hypocritically: "Then in your opinion, who is better to be this messenger?" ”

Xie Xian replied: "According to the opinion of his subordinates, the body of the adult's daughter cannot go, and those who can do this in the city are only old!" ”

Zhuge Song was secretly happy in his heart, although he didn't know if Xie Xian would definitely be able to move the barbarian king to withdraw when he went as a messenger, but at the moment Xie Xian was indeed the best person he could think of. Just as he was about to say a few polite words to Xie Xian and say something like being more careful when going to danger, he let him set off, but he heard "Hmph!" With a bang, Ma Tan actually stood up from the chair listening in the hall and walked to Zhuge Song and arched his hand: "My lord, although I am not talented, I can also do this thing of retreating from the enemy camp in depth, I beg my lord to let me go!" After speaking, he glanced at Xie Xian with some dissatisfaction.

Zhuge Song didn't expect Xie Xian's sentence "Among the people in the city, there are only old people who can do this!" "It actually stimulated Ma Tan, but now he lacks a think tank around him, Ma Tan can be regarded as one of his arms, whether the barbarian king will withdraw from the army is still unforeseeable, and Zhuge Song at this time must not lose Ma Tan. So he had no choice but to appease Ma Jian and said: "You can definitely succeed if you go often, but there are still a lot of things that need you around me now, so this time I should bother Xie County Commander to make a trip!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Xie Xian respectfully took the order and left, and did not look at Ma Jian from beginning to end, thinking that he was afraid that Ma Jian would be more impulsive, Zhuge Song also nodded secretly, satisfied with his stability, and had more confidence in the success of his trip.

Although Ma Jian is still a little stubborn, since Zhuge Song has decided that he can only step aside. In this way, the matter was settled, and Shamoke was escorted into a separate cell in the county government prison, in addition to the original cell in charge of the prison, Zhuge Song specially sent a team of ten people to guard it.

After waiting in Hanshou City for two days, Xie Xiancai brought back the good news of the barbarian king's retreat, Xie Xian came back and said to Zhuge Song that the barbarian king had agreed to his own conditions for retreating, and now he had retreated from the county town for a hundred miles, as long as Zhuge Song put Shamoke here, they would return to their settlement.

Zhuge Song was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that it would be great that such a big crisis could be solved in such a bloodless way.

Unexpectedly, Xie Xian, the old man, took advantage of his happiness and said to Zhuge Song a little cowardly, in addition to the above, he also privately agreed to a condition for Zhuge Song. Zhuge Song was in a good mood at this time, thinking that the barbarian wanted him to give some money as compensation, so he asked him to say it quickly, so he wanted to respond by the way. But after Xie Xian told Zhuge Song the conditions he agreed, Zhuge Song was stunned there for a long time, and he became worried again.