As a newcomer, the Lingzhou people have never had direct contact with the Khitans, but this does not hinder the understanding of the Khitans.

When he was still in Lingzhou a month ago, whether it was Antiano or anyone in the personal guard, he had heard of and even met the Khitans through different channels.

The Khitans that Antiano had seen were either merchants who traveled from place to place like all merchants, or they were outcast in the battle of the steppe. In his eyes, there is no difference between the so-called Khitan people and the Song people and the Dangxiang people, except for the difference in language.

And different from the tangled feelings of his own generals and the Song people, in Antiano's heart, this Song country is the place where he wants to buy grain, as for the entanglement between the Song people and the Khitans, what does it have to do with him?

Therefore, Guo Yaoting's blurted out the three words 'Khitan' which attracted the attention of all the Song people present, but he, the deputy envoy of the Lingzhou Mission, did not feel the slightest feeling.

Turning his head to look at a few 'Khitans' who still had some remaining spirits, Antiano pursed his lips, too lazy to look at the entanglement on He Shouqing's face, turned around again, stared at Guo Yaoting who was sitting on the ground and asked, "Guo Yuanwai?" That's right...... Please also look up and look around, how are you winning or losing? Do you need to fight again? ”

Guo Yaoting was stunned suddenly, then raised his hand to cover the back of his neck and grinned around, just a slight sweep, then completely silent, and then glanced at the good brother "Shi Kun" beside him, and saw that this guy was sitting on the ground shaking his head as if he was about to fall at any time, and hurriedly raised his left hand that was still intact to hold it, "Brother, how do you feel?" ”

"Brother, don't touch me, I'm dizzy! Straight lady thief, this Lingzhou Hu people's fists are so hard! Shi Kun replied angrily.

Guo Yaoting smiled helplessly, "Brother, Deputy Envoy An is asking us if we are still fighting?" ”

"What? Brother don't speak, I want to sleep, wake up and fight! Shi Kun's eyes were completely devoid of the fierce flame they had before, and the only thing left was confusion.

Knowing that his brother was just hard-mouthed, Guo Yaoting had no choice but to arch his hand at Antiano, "Deputy Envoy An, this competition ...... We admit defeat, but we have something to say, and we do everything! ”

Antiano pondered for a moment before he understood the meaning of the Chinese words of the head of the Guo family, and couldn't help but confirm, "Is this true?" ”

"How can it be fake?" As he spoke, Guo Yaoting gritted his teeth and stood up - he was definitely hard enough to be thrown by Qi Glass before, if it weren't for the fact that he also had a sheepskin jacket on his body, and he tried his best to be as group as he was when he landed, he would break his neck.

Antiano found that although the other party's face was not good, there was no tendency to lose and admit it, so he stood still and watched the other party's performance.

Guo Yaoting really didn't want to repay the debt - none of his subordinates have died so far, which means that they have left their hands, and they want to play like those literati, do you really think that Lingzhou people will not kill people? The corpses lying on the ground that have something to do with the Khitans are proof of this.

Therefore, after he stood up, he didn't deliberately take a tone, and shouted straight to the dejected generals around him: "Mother, Guo Shi's two families, stand up for me, don't paralyze on the ground and pretend to be dead!" We lost this competition, don't let the people of Lingzhou think that we can't afford to lose! ”

What he said was good, but not everyone could understand it, most people simply turned a deaf ear, and sat on the cold snow in a daze, and the hard-tempered Shi family said: "Guo Da (Guo Yaoting's family), there are a total of forty-six of us, and we lost to twelve people, do you still have a face?" Come on, cut me down! ”

Others who were not convinced quibbled: "Shi Manzi, you admit defeat, I don't admit it, and the twelve people in full armor only have a simple knife and a stick in our hands, I am not convinced!" I have the ability to pull the forbidden army and compare it again! Ay...... Who the threw it! ”

The self-proclaimed Pi Er was smashed into a mud ball made of mud and frozen snow on his face, and the mud ball smashed on him just to burst, plus the dirt that was stained before, this guy was so embarrassed that it was no different from a beggar on the street.

"I'm smashing!" The other Shi family stood up with a limp and trembling, "Pi Er, you are a miscellaneous billet, if you dare to talk nonsense, you will smash your broken head!" ”

"Who? Fourteen Lang ...... "Pi Er shrunk his neck, although this Fourteen Lang is a branch of the Shi family's branch, it is a rare combination of civil and military, and he can't afford to provoke his son."

"Twelve people have dealt with nearly four times the number of us, and it is already merciful for them to be injured and not killed, so what else?" The lame Shishiro asked, and then he didn't pay attention to the following, let the weapon be thrown on the ground and turned to Shi Kun's side empty-handed, reached into the latter's armpit with both hands, and supported it hard, setting up Shi Kun stunned.

The dizzy Shi Kun snorted and cursed: "Don't move, fourteen, you rough embryo, brother, I am dizzy......"

"I'm holding you, brother, you're standing up, you lost the fight, do you admit it?" Shishilang put one arm of Shi Kun on his shoulder, and the other hand held the latter's head, and asked in a rough and unabashed voice.

Maybe it's because it feels better to be put up, or maybe it's because he knows that the younger brother of the family around him can't do things and is quite stable, Shi Kun's state is better, he shook his head gently, looked around left and right, and saw the sluggish family general, he stiffened his neck and said: "Stand up, the Shi family can afford to win and lose, this competition, we admit defeat...... Wu Na man, you punched me and elbowed, and I will come back to you again! ”

Of course, it was Shi Kun who stared at the array, this martial idiot was born with a cold temperament, even colder than Luo Kaixian's wooden face, in the face of Shi Kun's call, this cold face didn't hum, just glanced at it and turned his head to guard again.

Shi Kun, who was surging with blood, sat down on the ground again, glared at Glass's back fiercely, and then turned his head stiffly to look at Guo Yaoting and said, "Brother, you're right, we can't lose and lose." ”

Guo Yaoting didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

Qiang Zi cheered up, but he no longer had the pride of calling himself "Sprinkle Family" before, Shi Kun said in a deep voice to Antiano: "Deputy Envoy An, in this competition, I Shi family admits defeat, how to deal with the future, please speak up!" ”

"Refreshing!" After praising it, Antiano said calmly: "As I said before, a total of sixty-three people were captured last night, and after review, there are sixteen people from the Shi family and twelve people from the Guo family, I don't know if this number is right?" ”

"Sixteen indeed!" "Deputy Envoy An's ...... Mingcha" Shi Kun and Guo Yaoting replied separately, but their faces were not so good-looking.

Antiano still remained calm, and said calmly: "I Lingzhou is not a murderer, according to the law formulated by the lord of my family, once the robber is caught, he can be punished with hard labor in the mine for ten years at most, if there is a human life involved, they will be executed, the two of you should be glad that no one died on our side last night!" ”

Shi Kun and Guo Yaoting did breathe a sigh of relief, and after glancing at each other, they did not speak, and the two of them had a little more understanding of the Lingzhou people in front of them.

Antianus was not verbose, and continued directly: "Without further ado, it is useless for us to keep the people of the two families...... Don't laugh at the two of you, it's easy to let us go, just ask the two of you to redeem it......"

Hearing the other side loosen their mouths, the two of them were overjoyed, especially Shi Kun couldn't hold back his emotions anymore, and asked urgently: "Dare to ask what the ransom is?" ”

Isn't it just money, the people who will be the door are now difficult to fight for the right to speak in the government, so they open the door to do business, and they have a lot of businessmen to rely on, so there is no shortage of wealth.

Antiano has never seen such a hearty promise to redeem people, those nobles in the various countries of Europa themselves live a glorious life, who really takes his subordinates seriously?

So when he was interrupted, he not only didn't get annoyed, but asked with a hint of surprise: "Aren't you worried that the ransom is too high?" ”

Shi Kun really didn't worry about Antiano's lion opening his mouth, because in addition to the power in the court, the Shi family may not lack money. So he didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "If your brother and family are captured, what will you do?" ”

Antiano didn't care about the so-called disrespect, but after a moment's thought, he said, "It couldn't be better...... It's just that there is no shortage of gold and silver in Lingzhou, please replace it with grain, wheat, millet and rice, the price is the code...... A hundred times the weight of each person, not negotiable! ”

Shi Kun and Guo Yaoting grew their mouths and were stunned.

Because of the bumper harvest in autumn, the grain prices around Bianjing this year were extremely low, so that those scholars in the court had to come up with the practice of setting up a regular closing position. But even so, each bucket of grain always costs dozens of dollars, how much should it be for the grain that the Hu people in Lingzhou said are 100 times the weight? How can two guys from the gate figure figure it out?

Of course, even if they don't know it, they can vaguely guess that the Lingzhou people will definitely not suffer a loss because of this ransom method, and a total of 28 people from the two families are detained in the hands of the Lingzhou people, a hundred times, it is 2,800 people, how much is the total weight of 2,800 people?

Even if the guys who are detained are skinny monkeys, that's a lot.

Leaving time for Shi Guo and the two to think, when Antiano turned around, he found that He Shouqing, a local dignitary, was staring at him with red eyes.

"He Shouqing is sentenced, this is ......"

He Shou cleaned up his robe and bowed respectfully to Antiano, "He Mou thanks Deputy Envoy An for saving his life!" ”

"A life-saving grace?" Antiano was a little confused for a moment.

"Not bad......" He Shouqing did not hesitate at all, and directly pointed to the 'Khitans' who were detained on the ground and explained: "Even if these people are not Khitans, they must be involved with the Khitans. Even if the person they want to attack is not He, but also a virtuous person here, at that time, even if He survives, he will not be able to escape the responsibility of negligence, and he will still die after all......"

Antiano was not in the mood to listen to other people's words of gratitude, let alone the Oriental dialect, it was already rare for him to be able to say a few words, and if he continued, this morning would really be wasted.

"He Tong may as well say bluntly if there is something important, if there is nothing important, please go and get busy, forgive me for the inconvenience of accompaniment!" As he spoke, Antiano turned around to arrange the finishing touches.

"Deputy Envoy An, slow ......" He Shouqing paused his throat and said quickly: "Your envoy came to Bianjing from afar, nothing more than to make a good alliance with our dynasty, this time your envoy quickly exterminated the potential Khitans, so that the place is free from military disasters, if it can be conveyed to the court, it will definitely help your envoy's mission......"

Antiano understood that the officials in this place in front of him wanted to take advantage of this matter to repay the credit upwards, but this was beneficial to himself, so he nodded and said: "He Tong's judgment can be reported to Shangguan, and when the officials of your Honglu Temple ask, this envoy will cooperate!" ”

"Thank you, Deputy Envoy An!" He Shouqing sang another fat promise, and then asked tentatively: "I don't know the deputy envoy of An...... Can the captured Khitans be handed over to this official for disposal? so that people can witness ......"

Antiano was a little annoyed, how could this Song official in front of him be endless, this 'Khitan' was captured by his own side, how could he allow others to interfere? Even if the Song people and the Khitan people are inseparable, what does it have to do with themselves?

couldn't say anything ruthlessly, he flicked his sleeves and wanted to ignore this sticky He Tong's sentence again.

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