When Yue Shaoan first learned the news, he was shocked and inexplicable, but then after thinking about it carefully, he slowly sat back in his chair. He quietly picked up the tea that the attendant had just made from the side, lifted the lid of the cup, gently blew the floating tea, took a sip, and said slowly: "Duan Yiming is testing us." This old fox is not easy to deal with, does the intelligence say that they only captured Gao Chong? ”

Zhuo Yan thought for a moment and said, "That's the case, only Gao Chong's personal guard and himself have been detained. Deputy envoy Luo Hongmin was safe and sound, and Dali treated him politely. ”

Yue Shao'an tapped his fingers on the table, looked at Zhuo Yan with a calm face, thoughts flew in his mind, and after a while, he said, "That's it." You can send an order to Luo Hongmin and tell him that if Dali doesn't let him go, you might as well bombard him again! ”

"This ......" Zhuo Yan hesitated a little and said, "Wouldn't this go too far?" ”

"Oh?" Yue Shaoan glanced at Zhuo Yan and said, "If you don't say it, I almost forgot." Even you think so, and Luo Hongmin will have some scruples if you want to come. You wrote to him in reply, telling him that this was what I meant, that he had to do it, not to give him advice but to give him an order......"

Zhuo Yan looked at Yue Shao'an in surprise, and seeing that his eyes were firm, he didn't say anything more, nodded lightly, and didn't say anything more. After withdrawing, he hurried to deliver the message.

In Dali City, Luo Hongmin was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, walking back and forth in the house no less than a hundred times, and as soon as he got the news early in the morning, he hurriedly reported back. However, knowing that now, there is still no news.

Luo Hongmin is over fifty years old, his hair is gray, people in this era do not live long, and at the age of fifty, he is considered an old man. The old man was not in very good health, and he rarely moved on weekdays, but from morning to night today, he almost walked the rest of his life. It wasn't until the sun was sinking and the sky was getting late that news came from the Song Division.

The old man turned out the little strip of cloth, as if he had received a life-saving pill, and opened it impatiently, and at first glance, he stood on the spot. What is the emperor doing here? Lord Gao Chong is a student of the emperor's master, or is he bombarding himself to the labor, a deputy envoy of his own, and he is also the kind of person who has always been unknown, and if he goes to bombard again, he can't blow his head away?

Luo Hongmin held the secret letter in his hand, sweat seeping out and blurring the words on it, but he still couldn't make up his mind. Originally, he was able to come with Gao Chong this time, because he was calm and steady, and he never sought merit but no fault, which allowed him to assist Gao Chong, so that Gao Chong could not consider too comprehensively when facing problems.

However, Yue Shao'an's current order made him do that risky thing. This made him embarrassed, Luo Hongmin spread out the secret letter from time to time and looked at it a few times, still hesitating, silent for a long time, he reached out and wiped the sweat on his forehead, if he went, it would be unpredictable, if he didn't go, it would be disobedient. This made him in a dilemma, and he couldn't help muttering: "The emperor is persecuting honest people......" After that, he gritted his teeth suddenly, turned to his entourage and shouted, "Go, drag out the majestic cannon that the emperor brought to us......"

The entourage was startled, and in the early morning, Lord Gao Chong also shouted such a voice, and as a result, he moved over and bombed the Dali Palace. What is this Luo Lao going to do? He speculated in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "Lord Luo, it's getting late, why are we going?" ”

"Save Lord Gao Chong." Luo Hongmin went out, his gray beard swayed in the wind, fluttering up, and his wide sleeves were thrown out, full of momentum, and he had a desperate posture.

After hearing this, the entourage hurriedly stopped him and said, "My lord, our people have been negotiating with Dali for a whole day. It's almost time now, so let's wait! ”

Luo Hongmin turned his head to look at him, thinking to himself, didn't he want to wait? Isn't this the emperor who won't let him wait? Do you think I'm so old that I like to joke with my head? Although he was unhappy in his heart, his mouth was not easy to break, and he said stupidly: "Of course we can wait for wine and food here, but is Lord Gao Chong waiting?" The adults are still in prison, and if they are not rescued sooner, how can they survive? Go, let them be carried out quickly, and come with me to ask for someone. ”

The attendants did not understand how the old man, who had always been mild-mannered, suddenly had such a violent temper, as frightened as a cat whose tail had been stepped on, so he did not dare to say more, and hurried away to beckon the men, and dragged the majestic cannon out.

Luo Hongmin counted all the people and brought all the people he brought this time, leaving only a few people who were convenient for communication, and then came towards the Dali Palace.

In front of the palace gate, the palace gate that was clearly destroyed has been replaced with a new one, and although the new door is red in the evening, it is more beautiful because of the light of the torches. Luo Hongmin stood in front of the palace gate and shouted loudly: "Go and report to His Majesty the Emperor of Dali, we were ordered to come to the envoy, not only did you not treat each other politely, but also detained my envoy, which is obviously despising my emperor." Quickly release my family, otherwise, it will not do anyone any good if you tear the dough......"

After Luo Hongmin finished yelling in this voice, he felt that he still had a little sense of proportion, whether the other party would buy it or not, he would go to the palace to say goodbye first, once Duan Yiming was willing to see him, then he could reason with them. This bombardment of the palace gate, until now, he didn't want to stage it a second time, and in the face of something that might cause the anger of Dali's whole country, he really didn't have the courage to bombard it without saying a word.

The guards guarding the palace gate couldn't help but be startled when they saw this group of people menacing, and the noble shot in the early morning still made them remember it vividly. However, later the emperor strongly detained Gao Chong, which still made them a little more energetic, seeing an old man shouting there, although he immediately sent someone in to report it, but there was no good face for them, when he said: "Who dares to make noise in front of the palace gate, don't die?" ”

"We are the envoys of Song Shicheng, quickly inform your Emperor His Majesty, let him release my family, and we will leave naturally." Luo Hongmin raised his throat and replied.

The two gangs quarreled here, but the guards did not dare to do it first without receiving the order. For a moment there was a stalemate. The person who entered the palace to report Duan Yiming had already passed the word, Duan Yiming was talking to Gao Chong in the study at the moment, and Gao Chong's actions in the early morning had actually made Duan Yiming believe in his intentions, and as soon as the matter was over, he met him. However, Gao Chong was too rude after all, and Duan Yiming couldn't lose face, so the external propaganda arrested him.

At this moment, what Gao Chong should say has already been said, and Duan Yiming has never expressed his attitude, this time, Gao Chong's proposal to ask Dali for 200,000 loads of grain is considered compensation for the siege of Song Shicheng last time. Although 200,000 quintals of grain is a lot, but for Dali, it is still available, but Duan Yiming is still hesitating now, if he gives the grain to Yue Shao'an, he will admit that he betrayed him last time. In this way, you will lose money. He gave up his food, but he also lost his reason. This kind of thing is a bit more than worth the loss. Duan Yiming is very shrewd, and he can agree there.

The two had been talking about this matter for a day, and now they were tired, so they said some things about the customs and customs, easing the atmosphere, however, as soon as the atmosphere eased a little, someone outside hurriedly came to tell them that Luo Hongmin, the deputy envoy of Song Shicheng, had led people to make trouble in the palace again......