The next morning, as soon as Chu Tianya came out of the room, he saw Zhu'er standing at the door waiting for her, looking happy with a red face.

"Did you sleep well yesterday?" Chu Tianya asked with a smile.

"Good, it's never been this good." Zhu'er smiled, and the girl's clear eyes flashed with joy and joy, and said, "Are you going to meet Shi Liai today?" ”

"That's right." Chu Tianya responded, and saw Anu not far away looking at him expressionlessly, but his eyes seemed to have something to say.

"Then I'll go with you!" Zhu'er said happily, "I'm angry with that gloomy and sympathetic Shi Liai, so that he always yells at me!" ”

"Nonsense. On the occasion of diplomatic relations between the two countries, what is your business? Stay here obediently, don't go out, don't give me any extraneous branches. Chu Tianya walked into the courtyard, and when he passed by Anu, he asked, "Is there something wrong with you?" ”

"My lord, my subordinates have something to report."

"Speak."

"Before going down the mountain, Old Man He had an order to his subordinates, if this demon girl came to defect, and the lord accepted her again, let his subordinates take her to the Heavenly Pivot Peak together." Anu said.

"Oh?" Chu Tianya felt a little surprised, and pondered for a while, but he didn't feel surprised. What kind of person is the old man, I'm afraid I can't hide this bit of from his eyes.

"Then you go!" Chu Tianya said.

Zhu'er immediately panicked, "No, I just came, you have to drive me away, and you have to go to the Heavenly Pivot Peak - isn't it just to send me to death?" ”

"If you don't go, I will kill you right now, even if I risk being executed by my lord." Anu said without the slightest emotion.

"So fierce! ......" Zhu'er was a little afraid of Anu, and hid behind Chu Tianya and said timidly, "Why don't I go up to Tianshu Peak, he wants to kill me?" ”

Chu Tianya said with a smile: "This is what the old man meant, for the sake of my safety, you just do it, it will be fine." Maybe his old man wants to test you personally to make sure that you really came to defect, so that he can rest assured that you will stay by my side. Otherwise, even if I believe you, they will never trust you. It's like handing over a letter of surrender to prove whether you are sincere or not. ”

"Of course I'm sincere, do you need to ask?" Zhu'er said urgently.

"Then you come with me, right away!" Anu was a little impatient, "Unless you can come down from the Pivot Peak alive, otherwise, you will always be a thin one!" ”

"Okay......" Zhu'er took a deep breath helplessly and exhaled a long breath, walked up to Chu Tianya, looked up at him, and said softly, "Then I'll go, you have to be careful." Shi Liai is very cunning, don't fall for him. ”

"Yes."

"If I don't make it to the top of Tianshu Peak alive...... Will you miss me? ”

Chu Tianya smiled slightly, "What stupid things are you talking about?" The old man has always been the most measured in doing things, don't mess around, you have nothing to do. ”

"Unless you have a ghost in your heart, you don't have to be afraid." Anu snorted coldly, bent down and stroked his chest and saluted Chu Tianya, "Lord, can my subordinates go?" ”

"Let's go!"

"Lord, and Xiaofei are also going with him, this is also what Old Man He meant." Anu said.

Xiao Fei, who was standing on the side, was full of excitement, "I, I'm going too?" My kung fu is very bad, so I didn't die on Tianshu Peak? ”

"If you want to go, you'll go, I'm afraid of a fart! Maybe the old man will pass on a few stunts to you and make you a top master? Chu Tianya smiled, "Anyway, you are also the head of the crotch covering faction, how can you be so timid?" ”

Xiao Fei's expression was suddenly embarrassed, and he looked at Anu's cold expression, so he had to nod resignedly, "Go, I'll go." ”

After a while, the group of three people left in a carriage.

Chu Tianya thought to himself, Uncle He is really well-intentioned, I have to test the people around me one by one, even people like Xiaofei who have been following me for a long time will not let go. It seems that he has a long-term vision, and he hopes that I will have someone who can be trusted and able to use me for decades to come.

After thinking about it carefully, He Bo is the one who has followed Fang La. Fang La also once ruled that one side was the king of the party, and his generals had advisers, and there must be loyal and unfaithful among these people. But no matter whether he was loyal or not, it was impossible for him to stay by Fang La's side all the time to serve him wholeheartedly, or share some privacy and secrets that were not enough for outsiders.

This is why the imperial palace needs eunuchs to serve, and the Ming Dynasty will have brocade guards.

Thinking of this, Chu Tianya secretly laughed, Uncle He is serving me as an emperor and prince! Whatever he wants, it doesn't hurt to have more capable people around him anyway.

Later, Chu Tianya arrived at the yamen of the Taiyuan prefect, and Zhang Xiaochun had been waiting for him for a long time. After the two had breakfast together, Zhang Xiaochun took the outfit that Chu Tianya wanted.

All the equipment of the middle-level officers and commanders of the military capital in the Song Dynasty army, armor and battle robes and swords.

"I have to be wronged by the general, so I have to do this drape." Zhang Xiaochun said with a smile, "Today, the lower official called the generals above the commander of the Hedong Xuanfu Division to participate in the discussion, and the general invited him to blend in with them and go together." ”

"Good, good." Chu Tianya said with a smile, "When I was in charge of the Taiyuan military patrol, I also served as the commander of the military capital of the Xiang army, and this drape made me feel very kind!" ”

Later, the generals of the Xuanfu Division came, and when they saw Chu Tianya wearing this body and standing with them, they didn't dare to breathe.

This is like a commander-in-chief of a military district with the rank of lieutenant general or above wearing the rank of major and blending into a group of battalion and company commanders. Although Chu Tianya is not a real general, he is still a ringing horse who should be afraid of the official army, but his reputation in the Taiyuan area of Hedong is too loud, and it is difficult for these generals not to be nervous.

"It's not good, you'll be recognized at a glance." Chu Tianya smiled, "Brothers, take it easy!" ”

Everyone laughed awkwardly for a while, and finally barely met Chu Tianya's requirements.

Later, Zhang Xiaochun took the lead, took a cadre of officials from the Taiyuan prefect's yamen and these generals to the Xuanfu Division, and then sent people to invite the envoys of the Jin State to come to the meeting.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Jin people had not yet arrived, Chu Tianya told Zhang Xiaochun a few things, and Zhang Xiaochun wrote them down one by one, which was nothing more than some countermeasures to deal with Shi Liai.

Soon the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin came, and there were not many people, twelve or thirteen. Walking in the center is a capable and refreshing middle-aged scribe, who is introverted and has a bit of a taste of Xuanxuan, dressed as a Han person.

This person is the envoy of the Jin State, the confidant of Wanyan Zonghan, and the mastermind of the Western Court of the Jin Kingdom.

Seeing him dressed like this, the ministers of the Song Dynasty sneered one after another-since he was a Han man, he originally belonged to the Liao State, and now he has joined the Jin State, but he still has the face to wear a Han costume, especially on such a formal diplomatic occasion!

Shi Liai glanced around at everyone present without revealing his wit, walked forward with a slight smile, and greeted Zhang Xiaochun first.

After a few polite exchanges and announcements, the principal personnel of the two sides took their seats and began to discuss state affairs.

Chu Tianya and a group of military attachés stood beside him, quietly observing Shi Liai. Unexpectedly, Shi Liai glanced at him at a glance, and the eyes of the two collided.

In an instant, Chu Tianya felt like a sharp dagger flew towards him, and directly inserted it into his heart through the pupils of his eyes. But he didn't avoid it, but kept looking at Shi Liai like this, and he didn't make any expression on his face.

Shi Liai stared at Chu Tianya for two seconds, smiled slightly, naturally turned his eyes away, and went to talk to Zhang Xiaochun.

After just a glance of contact, Chu Tianya clearly felt that the seemingly weak scholar in front of him was indeed a difficult and powerful character.

On the other side, Zhang Xiaochun and Shi Liai have already talked about the topic.

Shi Liai said: "The prince of the mansion is graceful. When the envoy was leaving, the wolf lord said to me that as early as the early spring of this year, the officials of your country had issued a holy decree that they were willing to cede the three prefectures of Taiyuan, Hejian, and Zhongshan to me the Dajin Kingdom. Today, most of the prefectures and counties in Hejian and Zhongshan have been included in the territory of the Dajin Kingdom and are governed by officials sent by our dynasty. However, not a single state or county in Taiyuan has been submitted to me, and this is already a betrayal of the former alliance. Therefore, the wolf lord sent the envoy to ask, when can Taiyuan be surrendered? ”

Zhang Xiaochun smiled in a full official tone, "Your envoy is really good at picking time." Seeing that the autumn harvest has passed, the city of Taiyuan has been rebuilt, and the wandering people in all directions have been settled, you will come to collect the prefectures and counties. The government is very curious, why didn't your country send officials to co-opt earlier? ”

"Why does Governor Zhang knowingly ask?" Shi Liai said with a smile, "After your country's officials issued an order, there were rebels in Taiyuan who refused to obey the decree and stubbornly resisted by force. In order not to hurt the harmony between the two countries, the wolf lord temporarily withdrew the matter. It's been a long time since then, and I'm sure it's long overdue for your country to clean up the portal. Ben envoy, this is coming. ”

As soon as Shi Liai said this, many officials and generals of the Song Dynasty at the scene were angry in their hearts - they dared to say that Wang Yu and others, who were guarding Taiyuan at the beginning, were "traitorous generals"! There are many people here who participated in the original Battle of Taiyuan!

Zhang Xiaochun is one of them.

It is also thanks to Zhang Xiaochun that he is an old politician who has been in officialdom for many years, and at this time he still looked at Shi Liai with a smile, and said easily as if chatting with an old friend: "Your envoy will really pick the opportunity, that's right, now there is no civil strife in Taiyuan, only living and working in peace and contentment." Even the Yellow Dragon Valley has become a smooth road, and it is absolutely impossible to see anyone abandon their armor and flee! ”

"Hahaha!" The Great Song officials and generals present all laughed, very proud of themselves.

On the other hand, on the Jin Guo side, except for Shi Liai, the others seem to have green faces.

Shi Liai was still smiling lightly and indifferently, and said: "That's right, this envoy also made a special trip to the hometown of Huanglong Valley a few days ago to revisit, which used to be a good place for ambushes and interceptions, but now it is a thoroughfare. Not only that, but there are also many new meritorious inscriptions to record the original battle. This envoy has seen it all, the writing is brilliant, the knife work is exquisite, and it is very good! ”

Zhang Xiaochun and the others stopped laughing.

Shi Liai's calmness and open-mindedness surprised them a little.

Chu Tianya couldn't help but smile slightly, and dared to go to Huanglong Valley again, and personally read those stone tablets carved by the Song people, which showed that Shi Liai had enough heart to face the past failures.

Sometimes, a hundred victories do not fail to gain more lessons and gain more experience. For people like Shi Liai, failure will make him stronger!

At this moment, Shi Liai glanced at Chu Tianya again and saw the weird smile on his face.

Shi Liai also smiled, and nodded lightly to Chu Tianya.

Chu Tianya's heart flicked slightly: This guy recognized me? I didn't move, I didn't say a word, so where did he see me, or my portrait or something?

"In fact, the government can't do such a major event as the delivery of states and counties." Zhang Xiaochun had already diverted the topic, and once again played an official tone, he said: "Therefore, this government has already been sent to Tokyo as soon as possible, and I will ask the official court to make a decision. Tokyo is thousands of miles away, and the imperial court will need to discuss it for a while. It is estimated that it will be difficult to give a clear answer in a short period of time. ”

"Why should Governor Zhang be perfunctory to me?" Shi Liai stroked the slender flowing beard under his chin, and said indifferently, "There has already been a holy order issued by the officials of your country to prove that Taiyuan has long belonged to the Dajin Kingdom. What the prefect has to do is to lead the Taiyuan army and people to submit to our dynasty and become the people of Dajin from then on. All money, grain, treasury, land, cattle and sheep shall be delivered. The original class is retained. The wolf lord has already made a promise, and the officials under the command of Taiyuan Mansion will all be retained in the original class, and the officials will be promoted by one level, and they will not be treated badly. ”

"How can we generalize about this time and that time?" Zhang Xiaochun replied calmly, "At the beginning, the official family had decreed that Taiyuan would be ceded to your country, but Wanyan Zonghan abandoned it and didn't want to leave by himself, leaving Taiyuan a mess, and I tried my best to rebuild it. Now that I see that Taiyuan has regained its vitality, is it reasonable for your country to ask for it again? ”

"When did the wolf lord say no?" Shi Liai said lightly, "It's just that I saw that there was a civil strife in your country, and there were a cadre of people who occupied the city and stood on their own." In order not to hurt the harmony between the two countries, the wolf lord did not want to interfere in the housework of your country, so he left. Now that the turmoil has passed, shouldn't your country fulfill the covenant it made and deliver the city? China has always had a reputation as a country of courtesy, but this time, is it to destroy the preface and betray its promise? ”

Hearing this, the officials and generals of the Song Dynasty were really annoyed. At that moment, a military commander couldn't hold back, and said angrily: "Your envoy is confused! At the beginning, the official family gave Taiyuan to you, whether you take it or not, and whether you have the ability to take it is your business. Since we didn't take it, it's no wonder that we did. It's not that we don't keep our promises, it's that you give up and don't want it! After many days, today's Taiyuan is no longer yesterday's Taiyuan, but you are salivating to ask for it! It's like, I owe you an egg, and when you give it back you you say no; After a while, they came to me to ask for a hundred chickens - how can there be such a reason in the world, how can there be such a helpless person with such a salivating face! ”

"That's it!" A group of hot-tempered military attaches shouted.

Facing the roar of a group of bloody men, Shi Liai smiled.

"I don't know why you're laughing?" Zhang Xiaochun asked.

Shi Li caressed his fine hair and said leisurely: "According to this general, this envoy is not here to ask for a hundred chickens. Give me back that egg, and that's it. ”

Zhang Xiaochun and the generals all changed their faces, and they were really angry!

-- Could it be that the current Taiyuan City was demolished again, and the newly built homes of the people were destroyed, and it was turned into the mess it was after the war, and then handed over to the Jin State?

This is clearly impossible, pure sophistry!

However, Shi Liai also beat the snake and used the way of others to govern others, which made Zhang Xiaochun and others have no excuse for a while.

Chu Tianya was funny in his heart, if he wanted to deal with someone like Shi Liai, he really couldn't quarrel with him, this was his absolute strength. The impulsive commander is obviously not in time to make love in case of eloquence and thinking. No, he was grabbed by someone and fell behind. Attack the strengths of the other with your own shortcomings, and it is difficult not to lose! - Have you learned the art of war in vain?

"This general, you have not moved or said a word, I don't know how to feel?" Shi Liai suddenly asked Chu Tianya.

Zhang Xiaochun and others couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts: Could it be that he found out?

Chu Tianya quietly hugged his fist, "The last general has no feelings. ”

"Then why do you look disdainful and sneer?" Shi Liai asked unrelentingly.

Chu Tianya glanced at him twice, then glanced at the several Jurchen guards standing behind him, and grinned, "Because the bearded guard standing behind your envoy is too ugly." It simply undermines the dignity of diplomatic relations between the two countries! ”

"Haha!" Zhang Xiaochun and the others laughed.

Those Jurchen guards were so angry that their eyes were green, and they couldn't wait to come forward to meet Chu Tianya's sword soldiers on the spot, fighting to the death.

Shi Liai was still smiling indifferently, and glanced back at the bearded guard, and nodded thoughtfully, "I forgot that the southerners are so extravagant, like gentleness, and take yin and cowardice as beauty." This bearded commander is a first-class beautiful man among the Jurchens, but in the eyes of the southerners, he is ugly - well, you step aside! With your countenance, Hugh will frighten the generals of the friendly countries. Their courage is even smaller than that of the women of our Dajin Kingdom. ”

The bearded man didn't say a word, bent down to touch his chest, bowed, and strode out.

The smell of gunpowder in the venue was unprecedentedly strong.

Shi Liai looked at Chu Tianya with a smile on his face and said, "Dare to ask the general's surname?" ”

"Song." Chu Tianya replied.

Shi Liai smiled, "Really? ”

Chu Tianya looked at him-for-tat, "Your envoy thinks that if the last general is not surnamed Song, then what should be his surname?" ”

"I'm sorry, but I didn't mean to offend the general." Shi Liai smiled indifferently, and hugged Chu Tianya, "Then General Song, the envoy wants to ask you a question." Is it convenient for you to answer? ”

"Your Excellency, please speak."

Shi Liai said with a smile: "The envoy wants to ask, if the war breaks out in Taiyuan again, are you generals sure that you will hold the city again?" ”

The faces of Zhang Xiaochun and the generals suddenly changed - this is simply a naked provocation! How would Chu Tianya answer?

"Nope." Chu Tianya replied calmly with two words.

Zhang Xiaochun and the others' eyes widened on the spot!

"Oh?" Shi Liai seemed to be a little surprised by Chu Tianya's answer. Originally, in such a diplomatic situation, everyone should be able to say a few diplomatic words. Chu Tianya should have answered such a question impassionedly and with awe-inspiring justice, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he relented.

"Interesting." Shi Liai looked at Chu Tianya with interest and continued, "Since General Song has no confidence in his army? ”

"It's one thing to have confidence or not, it's another thing to be able to fight." Chu Tianya replied indifferently, "The last general replied 'no' because the last general clearly knew the military strength comparison between the Xuanfu Division of Hedong and the Western Imperial Court of the Jin Kingdom, which was quite a disparity. Therefore, the most objective and sober answer is - no. ”

Shi Liai's eyes are bright and bright!

Zhang Xiaochun and others were also quite surprised and lifted their spirits.

"Then General Song, what is the answer that is not objective and unclear?" Shi Liai continued to ask.

Chu Tianya smiled slightly, and stared straight into Shi Liai's eyes, "In the end, you can get an empty city full of corpses." At least half of the corpses are your own! ”