Liu Fan said with a smile: "Lord Liu is talking about Ben Hou killing horses and bloodletting?" Hehe, Ben Hou thinks this is a proud work of life, raise the national prestige of my Great Chu, and grow the spirit of my people, and the court should reward Ben Hou. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Liu Qiaode said: "Hou Ye Mo takes this matter too simply, the old man knows that you have a grudge with the right prime minister, he is waiting to take your handle, the killing of the horse yesterday can still be turned around, but why do you still bleed in front of the Turkic envoy?" It's not ...... Alas! Isn't that asking for trouble for yourself? ”

Liu Fan sneered: "Lord Liu, the Turks have repeatedly invaded the border, killed and plundered people in the territory of my Chu Dynasty, did all kinds of evil, and did whatever they wanted, and Ben Hou just humiliated them in front of them once, what?" The court is so big, there are more than 100 civil and military officials, but no one is willing to offend such a 'friend'? Do we have to lie on the ground and bow down to obey orders in order to be considered loyal and good citizens? In this way, such a loyal minister, don't do it! ”

Liu Qiaode also seemed to be aroused, and when he heard this, he smiled and said: "Shouting Hou said this very kind, why bother with those ghosts and ghosts in the court!" Shouting Hou is young but has such an unyielding backbone, the old man is not talented, and he is willing to go with you! As he spoke, he grabbed Liu Fan's hand and shook it vigorously.

Chu Yi also added a hand to come in, and said coolly: "And me." ”

Liu Fan looked at the three big hands that overlapped together, couldn't help but shiver, quickly withdrew his hand, rubbed the back of his hand covered with goosebumps, and said dissatisfiedly: "Hey, what's wrong with you ancient people?" Just talk well, why do you have nothing to do with holding other people's hands? ”

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“……”

Liu Fan and the others didn't have to wait long before the envoy from the Khitan came.

There were only about 100 of them, and they were all riding horses, but the speed was not fast, and when they reached the section of the official road sprinkled with horse blood, the old man at the head saw a striking wooden sign standing on the side of the road, on which were written the four big characters "Hu people dismount".

The old man was stunned, stopped his horse, and then carefully stared at the dark red official road that still floated with blood under his feet, thoughtfully. Then he smiled silently, turned over and dismounted calmly, and more than 100 people behind him dismounted when they saw the old man, and without saying a word, they also got off the horse one after another, and followed the old man to honestly lead the horse towards Liu Fan and others.

Liu Fan couldn't help frowning, and whispered to Liu Qiaode and Chu Yi: "This old thing is not simple...... Seeing Liu Qiaode glaring at him dissatisfied, Liu Fan hurriedly changed his words: "This old man is not simple, when negotiating with him, we have to fight with 120,000 points, otherwise we will lose our money......

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man had already led the Khitans to them.

Liu Fan smiled all over his face, stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Ah! Welcome, welcome! Have you eaten all the way? Haven't eaten yet, have you? Let's go into town and have some food...... Lord Lu, Lu Dingwen! Damn, where did this guy go? Who will translate for me? ”

Who knew that the old man smiled slightly, and replied in fluent Chu language: "There is Master Lao waiting, I will come all the way, and I haven't eaten lunch yet......"

Liu Fan smiled: "Let's go!" Let's go to Chuyue Tower, Ben Hou has a treat...... Hey? Do you speak Chu? ”

The old man smiled and said: "When the old man was young, he traveled and studied in your country, and he admired the Central Plains culture very much, and he also knew a little about the Chu language. ”

Liu Fanxi said: "That's good, there is less translation among us, and it is much more convenient to communicate." ”

So Liu Fan introduced Liu Qiaode and Chu Yi to the old man, and after introducing each other, Liu Fan knew that this old man was not small, his identity was the Khitan national teacher, named Shulu, and he was the most relied on arm of Yelu Khan, and his status was second only to Yelu Khan, and he had a high prestige among the Khitan tribes.

Liu Fan's mind kept turning, Yelu Khan even sent out his No. 1 think tank, which shows how much he attaches importance to this negotiation, it is certain that their bottom line must be very low, and when the time comes, Lord Hou and I will open their mouths and ask for hundreds or tens of millions of taels of silver, I'm afraid it's not impossible.

Liu Fan smiled and stretched out his hand to invite, and entered the city side by side with Shulu, the whole greeting process was very harmonious and cordial, just like old friends meeting for many years, on the surface, it seems that the meeting of brothers is nothing more than that.

Liu Fan and Shu Lu exchanged pleasantries while walking, Shu Lu hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Lord Hou, the old man just saw a sign standing next to the official road, I don't know this ......"

Liu Fan pretended to think for a while, and then suddenly said: "Oh-you said that, alas! National teacher, don't get me wrong, we Chu people have no intention of racial discrimination, and Ben Hou really wants to ask, you say, you are all grassland people, but why is there such a big difference in quality? Ben Hou wondered......"

Then Liu Fan added fuel to yesterday's events, and finally he said: "National teacher, that Itam is really too much, and later he saw that he was in trouble, and he wanted to quibble, saying that he was a messenger sent by Yelu Khan. Ben Hou thought about it carefully, no, Yelu Khan was notoriously gentle and polite, and the envoy he sent would definitely not be as arrogant as Itamu......

Liu Fan saw that although Shulu listened with a smile and didn't say a word, but there was obvious disbelief in his eyes, Liu Fan thought to himself, this old man is not stupid, it is a little difficult to fool him, and there may be some hope for adulteration of falsehoods in the truth.

So Liu Fan continued: "Speaking of that Itamu's forbearance kung fu is really good, yesterday Ben Hou ordered someone to kill their horse, and also put horse blood in front of them, but Itamu laughed, saying that he is to convince people with virtue, it doesn't matter if Ben Hou wants to kill his horse, just kill, kill until Ben Hou serves......"

When Shu Lu's expression finally changed when he heard this, he hesitated: "Itamu, the old man knows something, he is a wise and brave man under Ashina Khan, and he has a strong temper and is short-tempered, how can he let Lord Hou kill his horse?" ”

Liu Fan said with a smile: "This Ben Hou doesn't know, anyway, he told Ben Hou at the time that the warriors under the command of Ashina Khan are as broad-minded as the grassland, and like an eagle or something, and they will never be as small as Yelu Khan, and he is calculating, and he also said that an alliance with them Turkic is the best choice for my Chu Dynasty, just like the goshawk chose the blue sky, and the cattle and sheep chose the fat grass or something...... You prairie people have too many metaphors, and I don't understand them very well, so that's probably what it means. ”

Shu Lu's eyes flashed with a hint of anger, and his pupils shrank to the size of a pintip, but his tone was still the same as usual, and he asked, "Did Itamu really say that?" ”

Liu Fan nodded and said, "Why did Ben Hou lie to you?" Yesterday, so many of us were present, we all saw it with our own eyes and heard it with our own ears, hey, national teacher, let's hit it off at first sight, don't you don't like to hear what Benhou said to outsiders, for the sake of those pastures on the grassland, is it necessary to make you die? They are all steppe people, how good it is to be harmonious, and now that they have a feud, everyone is uneasy, -- don't you know that Itamu scolded your Yelu Khan yesterday, and the scolding is so ugly that Benhou can't listen to such an outsider......"

Liu Fan was exerting his eloquence, and he was excited to stir up discord, and Shu Lu suddenly burst out of his teeth with two words: "Piff!" ”

Liu Fan was stunned: "What?" ”

Shu Lu came back to his senses and hurriedly apologized: "I'm really sorry, Lord Hou, the old man is not scolding you, he is scolding Itamu...... When he was on the battlefield before, the old man thought he was a brave wolf, but he didn't expect that he was just a low-level mongrel dog who could bark! ”

Liu Fan breathed a sigh of relief, after consuming so much saliva, he finally achieved the effect of losing it.

Of course, it was impossible for the penniless Marquis Liu to really invite the Khitan national teacher to dinner, and after settling the Khitan envoys, Liu Fan led Liu Qiaode and Chu Yi to say goodbye to Shulu and leave.

Old man Liu asked as he walked, "Master Hou, when will you negotiate, have you decided?" ”

Liu Fan said with a smile: "Lord Liu, don't worry, let the two of them have a good time in our Luoyang City for a few days, have a good time, sing, dance, call Miss, they can do whatever they want, hehe, let's continue to live our days, and don't delay." ”