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"Your Excellency Ambassador, this is the official road to enter Luodu, and continuing to travel ten miles north is where Luodu is located, so it is inconvenient for the lower officials to accompany you!"

It was a young general who spoke, he was ordered by Yang Jun to escort Ning Sui and go north to Luodu, and now that Luodu is close at hand, he can be regarded as having successfully completed the task.

"Excuse me!"

Ning followed all the way, and finally felt the respect he deserved as a general of Shu Han, which he had never enjoyed before.

Of course, although he knew that this trip would not necessarily achieve the task, but people respected me and I respected people, so he also solemnly saluted and expressed his gratitude.

When Ning Sui and his nearly 100 attendants approached Luodu, the unique armor and weapons of the Han army immediately attracted the attention of many people.

"Hey, this is not our army of the Great Jin, where did it come from, dare to swagger outside the city of Luodu?"

A passing businessman saw Ning and his party, and couldn't help but stop curiously and mutter.

"Look at this costume, I'm afraid that the Shu army from Xiangyang is here!"

An insightful ascetic scholar said so, but he was heard by some people, and it suddenly exploded.

"What? This is the one who came to discuss the exchange of soldiers, what? ”

"Ning Sui, General Ning!"

There was a lot of discussion around, and Ning Sui was quite proud in his heart, because in the past, the people of Wei looked down on the Han State the most, thinking that Shu Han was a poor and barbarian country, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers was low.

But at this time, many people looked at him, and in addition to curiosity and awe, they hurriedly took a few steps back and got out of the way.

In this way, Ning Sui was heard by the guards in the city a few miles outside Luodu, and the guards listened to the report and reported it non-stop.

When Ning Sui came to the city gate, the guards led many guards to line up to greet him, but without a reply from above, he didn't dare to let him go easily.

After that, Sima Yan, the regent, approved it, and ordered the ceremonial officer Ling Ning to follow him to the post house, and ascended to the court the next day.

Ning Sui also knew that this was just a cold reception given by the Jin Kingdom to Ning Sui, the messenger, he had expected it, and he was not in a hurry, so he waited in peace at the post house.

However, it was said that at this time, in the palace of the Jin Kingdom, a side hall, a small court meeting was going on, but the atmosphere was a little cold.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the envoy of Shu has arrived, what do you think about discussing the change of pawns?"

Sima Yan sat at the lower right of the upper head, and at the top left of him was an empty seat, which was the dragon chair of Emperor Sima Zhao of the Jin Dynasty.

Sima Yan's sharp gaze swept down, looking at Pei Xiu, Sima Liang and these ministers were all frowning and silent, and a feeling of irritability rose in their hearts.

"Ahem~"

A light cough came from the curtain behind Sima Yan, and none of the ministers below heard it, only Sima Yan heard it.

Sima Yan knew that this was Sima Zhao's voice, and when he thought of his restlessness just now, he suddenly trembled, and hurriedly sat upright.

"Your Royal Highness, this Liu Chen is clearly eating the quasi-Wu Dynasty, but he can't let him get his wish, let him eat deflated!"

It was Sima Liang who spoke, and he was Sima Yan's uncle, and it was up to him to start, and there was nothing wrong with it.

When Sima Liang said this, everyone frowned, and then Taiwei He Zeng got up and played:

"Your Highness, Lord Dazai, I once thought that this way of changing soldiers was feasible, my Jin Kingdom is now fighting on three sides, especially the shortage of soldiers, if you can exchange 20,000 soldiers and horses, it will reduce a lot of training time."

He Zeng has always been loyal to the Jin Dynasty, and everyone in the court has heard of it, so although Sima Liang knows that he has the intention of refuting himself, he is not too angry.

"Indeed, now that the Shu army is strong, it poses a threat to the southern part of the Jin Kingdom, and if it is not negotiated, it is inevitable that there will be accidents."

Sikong Pei Xiu also supports He Zeng's views, all from the perspective of the overall situation of the Jin Kingdom, and regards the Han Kingdom as a threat on the surface.

"It's just that this Liu Chen is quite treacherous, and it can be seen that he cleverly seized Xiangyang, I'm afraid it's not easy to get along!"

Xun Miao remembered the previous rumors, couldn't help but be a little frightened, a little jealous, and when he looked back and saw Sima Yan's gloomy expression, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly silenced.

Everyone thought about it, and they all felt that they couldn't offend Liu Chen at this juncture, their primary opponent was still Remnant Wei, after all, this was the enemy of life and death.

"Okay, since everyone agrees to talks, let's talk about how much benefit Gu Dang will give in order to get back all the soldiers and horses?"

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The next day, Ning Sui got up early in the morning to wash, tidy up the silkworm robe and clothes, and the battle armor that went into battle was put away by him.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, I am going to your palace to discuss matters!"

Sure enough, at three o'clock, there was an edict from Sima Zhao brought by the palace attendants to welcome Ning Sui to participate in the court meeting.

Ning Sui nodded, prepared Liu Chen's royal book and other preparations, and then followed him into the palace in a car.

At this time, in the main hall, Sima Zhao sat firmly on the luxurious dragon couch, and behind him was the dragon mantle tent.

At this time, Sima Zhao was not as strong as he was a month ago, with half a hundred sideburns and wrinkles, as if he had aged dozens of years in vain.

But he had a calm face, listening carefully to the many reports of the crown prince Sima Yan, and his cloudy eyes flashed from time to time, indicating that he was still sane at this time.

"Report, the envoy of Shu has come to see you!"

Suddenly, Hou Li's guards outside announced loudly, and then the voice was transmitted layer by layer, and finally the inner attendant announced it in the court.

"Announce him in!"

A deep but majestic voice floated out of Sima Zhao's mouth.

"The envoy of the Xuanshu Kingdom goes to the palace!"

The voice of the announcement came out layer by layer, and the officials all looked out of the door, as if they all wanted to see what kind of person Shu Han had sent.

But there was no one for a long time, Sima Zhao's face sank, and when Sima Yan saw this, he hurriedly signaled his personal attendant to go out to investigate.

Soon, the chamberlain came back and whispered a few times in Sima Yan's ear, but it aroused everyone's curiosity, and many officials whispered in a low voice, guessing the problem.

"Above the court, why can't you be just and bright, say it quickly!"

Hearing Sima Zhao's words with a hint of anger, the chamberlain was shocked, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in a loud voice:

"Your Majesty, the envoy said that he was an envoy of the Han Kingdom, not an envoy of the Shu Kingdom, so he was not announced to go to the palace......"

When Sima Zhao heard this, he couldn't help but be a little angry, glared at Sima Yan fiercely, and said:

"Re-proclaim!"

Sure enough, after announcing it, soon Ning Sui's rather sturdy figure appeared in front of the hundred officials.

"The envoy of the Great Han Kingdom, Ning Sui, has seen His Majesty the Jin Kingdom!"

Ning Sui bowed slightly, his tone was neither humble nor arrogant, nor was it like the mountains and grasses, which made people who had many guesses before disappointed.

Indeed, Shu Han is notoriously lacking in talent in the Three Kingdoms, and there are only a handful of civil and military personnel who have been established so far.

Hearing that Liu Chen sent an unknown general, everyone thought he was a reckless man, if this was the case, then there was a chance.

But this Ning Sui doesn't look like a wise general, but the previous hand, as well as the current performance, show that this person is not easy to fool.

"Your envoy is exempt from the courtesy, give me a seat!"

Ning Sui knelt down in the prepared position before he spoke:

"Ning Sui is no more than a general, and he has the important task of the King of Qi to discuss this change of pawn with His Majesty of the Jin Kingdom, I don't know if Your Majesty can decide?"

Ning Sui said so bluntly, but saved some unnecessary politeness, Sima Zhao became old and refined, and said:

"The Han and Jin dynasties are friendly neighbors to each other, and there is no injustice or hatred when the country is founded, and now the king of Qi suddenly invaded the southern counties of the Great Jin Dynasty, invaded many cities and counties, and exchanged grain for pawns, did the noble envoy give Lone an explanation first?"

Liu Chen had already explained this question, and Ning Sui was also in his chest, and said with a slight smile when he heard this:

"His Majesty of the Jin State is right, but before the King of Qi entered Jingbei, Zhong Sima of Wei had already promised that if the Han army attacked Nanyang, he would promise the three counties of Jingbei, and the King of Qi would just act according to the agreement.

The affairs of the Wei and Jin dynasties are inconvenient to talk about, so is Your Majesty satisfied? ”

"Bold! What a bell will count! ”

It was Sima Yan who spoke, he really didn't have much of a good impression of Zhong Hui, and now he had become a mortal enemy, so he scolded angrily when he heard the words.

Most of the officials in the DPRK and China are angry, don't blame others, regardless of whether there is such a thing as an agreement, from the perspective of the Jin State, Liu Chen is suspected of cheating.

"Prince, step aside!"

Sima Yan's city mansion is not enough, Sima Zhao is not a good stubble, although he is angry, he just drinks Sima Yan back in a cold voice.

"Okay, let's put this matter aside for the time being, now that you are willing to redeem Jingbei City County, can you call the shots?"

is as powerful as Sima Zhao, as soon as he came, he avoided the change of pawns and didn't talk about it, but he always controlled the right to speak in his hands, and let Ning follow him.

"The king of Qi has explained that the Han Kingdom will try his best to preserve the lost land, and as for the matter of changing places, there is no need to say it again."

Ning Sui also knew that Sima Zhao just wanted to control the momentum of the negotiation, so that Ning Sui would lose his square inch first, and the subsequent negotiations would be beneficial to the Jin Kingdom.

However, Ning Sui is not an ordinary person, Jiang Wei controls the power of Shu Han's soldiers and horses, but he alone makes him a deputy general, which shows his talent.

Seeing that Ning Sui was still calm and composed, and did not see any weakness, Sima Zhao immediately frowned, and then spoke:

"Well, since King Qi took the initiative to exchange food for pawns, then the specific generals should be counted, but how many are there?"

As soon as these words came out, Pei Xiuhe Zeng and several people nodded again and again, Sima Zhao is worthy of being a generation of heroes, let's not talk about the specific values, first look at how many generals there are, but to see if Liu Chen has hidden cats.

Ning Sui frowned, Liu Chen had explained before that the brave people and the local soldiers and horses in Jingbei could not be exchanged, and there were only 6,000 soldiers from the original 20,000 soldiers.

He also guessed the meaning of Sima Zhao's words, and still said according to his words:

"Taking into account the personal wishes of the soldiers, the total number of soldiers exchanged for your country is now six thousand."

"What?"

Many people were surprised, but they didn't expect this data, according to their guesses, no matter what Liu Chen did, he had to come up with at least 10,000 soldiers, and now this data is really unexpected.

"Noble envoy, if Liang remembers correctly, in this battle of Jingbei, at least 20,000 soldiers of my Jin Kingdom will be captured, why are there only 6,000 soldiers now?"

It was Sima Liang who spoke, and he had already gotten specific data from Yang Jun to ask this question.

Ning Sui was a little impatient and said:

"As I have already said, the change of pawns is considered by the personal wishes of the soldiers, but unfortunately, except for the six thousand soldiers and generals in Jingbei, the rest of the soldiers are unwilling to return to the Jin Kingdom."

"Six thousand, obviously there are more than 10,000 ......"

A Wenchen still wanted to argue, but Ning Sui's face turned cold, and he said strongly:

"It is our Han army that has changed its pawns, and how much it has to be changed is the business of our Han country, and whether it is changed or not is your country's business!"

Wow!

"Bold!"

Suddenly, the hall roared in surprise, indeed, Ning Sui's words were too polite, but he didn't know that he was in someone else's court at this time, this was a naked slap in the face, so how could the hundred officials not be angry?

These words made Sima Zhao angry, his expression was gloomy, but there was a moment of paleness, and then he recovered, and everyone didn't notice it.

"Your envoy is so insincere, then let's not talk about it, come here, send off guests!"

After speaking, he was about to wave his hand and retreat, but Ning Sui was still calm and composed, and slowly said:

"Before the King of Qi left, there was a word for him to tell him, I wonder if His Majesty the Jin Kingdom is interested?"

These words were not loud, but they really attracted everyone's attention, and Sima Zhao also turned around to look at Ning Sui, with a compelling light in his cloudy eyes.

Although Ning Sui was timid, he held on, because he believed in a sentence:

The two countries are at war, and they don't cut it!

"Say, Lone is very interested!"

After a long time, seeing that Ning Sui had sweat on his forehead, Sima Zhao retracted his gaze and said flatly, with a trace of fatigue in his voice.

"The words of King Qi Rang Sui are: His Majesty the Jin State will definitely be interested in this discussion, otherwise, Presumably His Majesty the Wei State will also be interested!"

Surprisingly, as soon as these words came out, hundreds of people in the court fell into an astonishing dead silence, without even a trace of inhalation.

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