Just as the envoys of the Northern Sui Dynasty arrived in Chang'an, Luoyang also got this important information in time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the palace, Duan Da was reporting to Wang Shichong the news he had just gotten.

"Wechen received news from several big merchants that the Sui army was moving people from the three counties of Mayi, Yanmen and Loufu into Hebei on a large scale, and I heard that the Great Wall on the other side of the Purple River had also been restored."

"What does that mean?" Wang Shichong sat on the dragon couch covered with white tiger skin and asked coldly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen believes that this means that the Turkic army is likely to invade south, and the Sui army is actively preparing for war."

"So is this the reason why Zhang Xuan sent Pei Ju to Chang'an? I want to join hands with the Don Army to resist the invasion of the Turks. ”

"This should be the reason, but Weichen believes that Zhang Xuan is afraid that the Tang army will attack them from behind, so he must appease the Tang army first."

Wang Shichong snorted coldly, "It should be Li Yuan who is afraid, the Turks are killed, Zhang Xuan's army retreats to Hebei, and Taiyuan will bear the brunt, I don't understand, why didn't the Tang envoy go to Zhongdu?" ”

Duan Da sighed secretly, Zhang Xuan fought against the Turks independently to gain fame in the world, but his lord couldn't understand that this was the difference in the height of the two sides, Duan Da didn't dare to explain, so as not to attract Wang Shichong's anger.

But Wang Shichong did not care about the Turkic invasion, the Turkic invasion was too far away from him, he was more concerned about the armistice agreement that the Sui and Tang countries would reach, Wang Shichong had personal experience, the last time was because the Sui army attacked Goguryeo, the Sui and Tang countries reached an armistice agreement, the Tang army had no worries, began a large-scale attack on Nanxiang Road, and almost forced himself to death.

If an armistice is reached again this time, and the Sui army resists the Turks with all its might, will the Tang army take the opportunity to attack itself? The more Wang Shichong thinks about it, the more likely it is.

He walked back and forth on the main hall with his hands in his hands, and suddenly stopped and asked, "Does Duan Xiangguo think that the Sui and Tang dynasties will sacrifice us to reach a compromise?" ”

Duan Da was stunned, "Weichen doesn't quite understand what His Majesty means? ”

"It's the Tang army attacking Luoyang, Zhang Xuan pretending to be deaf and dumb, will it?"

"This ...... Wechen felt ......"

Duan Da's mind turned extremely quickly, and before the anger on Wang Shichong's face appeared, he finally thought of an excuse, "It is possible to use Xiao Mo as a sacrifice, but Luoyang.... Isn't the concession a little too big. ”

Wang Shichong is extremely stubborn and self-serving, once he determines something, it is difficult to listen to other people's opinions, his face is very ugly, he looked outside the hall and gritted his teeth and said to himself: "Do you think that I, Wang Shichong, am a fish on the chopping board?" If you want to slaughter, I am afraid that you will be the first to slaughter. ”

He immediately ordered: "Let the prince come to see me immediately!" ”

Duan Da's face changed greatly, Mrs. Wang is Wang Shichong's nephew, in charge of intelligence in Chang'an and Zhongdu, Wang Shichong summoned Mrs. Wang, he must be going to make a move, I'm afraid something big will happen.

Duan Da was anxious, but he didn't dare to persuade Wang Shichong, he knew that Wang Shichong had made up his mind, and no one could persuade him.

.......

In Chang'an West City, there is a shop that sells color satin, called Zuo's color cloth and satin shop, it is quite famous in Chang'an, the store covers an area of about three acres, and other shops in the West Market, except for a small storefront, the others are mainly warehouses, in the words of later generations, most of the shops in the West Market do wholesale business, bulk goods into bulk goods out, just for the convenience of the people of Chang'an, only to open up a façade for retail, but for them, the warehouse is the first important.

This silk shop also has another identity, that is, Wang Shichong's intelligence point in Chang'an, Wang Shichong has not established a special agency such as the Intelligence Bureau, but it does not mean that he does not care about intelligence, and he also spares no effort to collect information from Chang'an and Zhongdu.

The leader of the intelligence point is the shopkeeper of this silk shop, named Zuo Huaide, more than thirty years old, very shrewd and capable, he claims to be related to the owner of this shop, but his real identity is a pro-soldier captain under Wang Shichong's account, and he has been the head of the intelligence station for a year.

There are a total of fourteen members of the intelligence station, including Zuo Huaide, who are all shop guys who usually use various channels to collect information about Chang'an and the Tang Army.

However, since ten days ago, the intelligence point has increased twenty warriors with high martial arts, and the purpose of increasing these warriors is not to deal with the envoys of the Northern Sui, at that time the envoys of the Northern Sui have not yet appeared, and the real reason for the increase of these twenty warriors is that Wang Shichong was inspired by the assassination of Dugu Huai'en, and wanted to organize a team in Chang'an that could perform special tasks, including assassination, kidnapping, threats, etc., to play an unexpected role at a critical moment.

On the afternoon of the second day of the Sui and Tang negotiations, a man hurriedly walked into the backyard of the silk shop and delivered an urgent eagle letter to the shopkeeper Zuo Huaide, who had just been sent from Luoyang.

Zuo Huaide opened the eagle letter on the table, and there was only one sentence on it, 'Edict: Assassinate the Sui envoy'.

Zuo Huaide was stunned for a moment, this turned out to be the order of the Son of Heaven Wang Shichong, they received a similar order a few days ago, the order at that time was to monitor the Sui envoy, but now it has become the assassination of the Sui envoy, which gave Zuo Huaide great pressure.

Zuo Huaide paced back and forth in the room, thinking hard about how to assassinate the Sui envoy.

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The negotiations between the Sui and Tang dynasties had entered the second day, and the negotiations on the second day were between the deputy envoys, but there was still no progress, and it was almost a repetition of the afternoon of the first day.

This kind of cold field is a common state in negotiations, and in fact it is a test of the willpower of both sides, depending on who can't support it first and shows signs of concession.

However, although the negotiation did not go well, the Tang Dynasty's etiquette was very good, and an additional 500 troops were sent to participate in the protection of the Gui Inn, while the inner courtyard was protected by the Sui Dynasty's own guards, and the Tang soldiers were not allowed to enter the inner courtyard.

The entry and exit of the envoys were heavily guarded, and Pei Ju issued a strict order, except for negotiations, no member of the mission was allowed to leave the hotel, of course, Wen Yanbo was an exception, and some necessary diplomatic activities were done by him.

That night, a Sui army guard came to Wen Yanbo's courtyard gate with a food box and reported: "Wen Yuanjun, this is a fine porridge sent from the kitchen, and it is said that the envoy is in a hurry." ”

Wen Yanbo, who was reading a book, was stunned when he wanted to have a fine porridge, but he understood it as soon as he thought about it, and said with a smile: "It's what I want, give it to me." ”

The guard hesitated, "I haven't tested it yet, please allow us to send it to the squire after we have checked it." ”

"Not this time, give it to me! We'll test it ourselves. ”

The guards were still a little hesitant, this was also a strict order from Pei Ju, all food and drinking must be strictly inspected, otherwise there would be an accident, but Wen Yanbo had already ordered his subordinates to take over the food box, and the guards had no choice but to hand over the silver needles for inspection to their subordinates and leave.

Wen Yanbo opened the food box and checked it, there could be no abnormality in the porridge, it was easy to be found by the guards, he carefully checked the food box, and finally found a note at the bottom of the food box.

Gao Jin had told him that the people from the Intelligence Agency had entered the kitchen, so Wen Yanbo guessed that the Intelligence Agency must have told him something.

He opened the note, looked at it under the lamp, and then burned it, and the note told him a very important news.

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Early the next morning, Wen Yanbo dressed neatly, got into a carriage and went to the imperial city for the third day of negotiations, last night Pei Ju instructed him that today he could make a slight concession on the water transportation of the Yangtze River, that is, to allow the copper and iron produced in Jiangxia to go to Bashu through the Yangtze River waterway, and the Sui army and sailors will no longer intercept it.

This is the goodwill made by the Sui side, so in response, the Tang army must also release the corresponding goodwill, so that the negotiations can continue to be promoted, and finally the two sides reach an agreement.

Two carriages slowly traveled north on Suzaku Street, the carriage in front was Wen Yanbo's ride, the carriage was wide, which was convenient for him to work in the carriage, and the back carriage was ridden by three retinues, and there were fifty Sui cavalry guards on the front and right, and the guard was very strict.

Suzaku Street is wide enough to accommodate fifty horse-drawn carriages running side by side, and is lined with trees with tall walls behind them.

There are a lot of pedestrians on the street, people come and go, especially lively, five Tang cavalry in the front side by side, for the back of the carriage to open the way, people see the carriage coming, have to the two sides of the flash, standing on both sides to watch the convoy, everyone knows that the carriage is the Sui Dynasty messenger, people have a little respect.

When the convoy passed by a makeshift market, the carriage slowed down due to the large number of people buying and selling vegetables, and suddenly, someone next to him cried, "What a mistake! The lord calls the shots for us! ”

The three shouters rushed towards the carriage headed by them, and they came very suddenly, and the cavalrymen guarding in front of the carriage were startled, and instinctively drew their swords and rushed towards the shouters, "Don't get close!" ”

But at the moment when the shield guard left the carriage, a dense stream of crossbow arrows shot out of the crowd on the left at the same time, and twenty crossbow arrows shimmered with a blue sheen, and pierced the wall of the carriage with great force, and shot into the carriage at the head. (To be continued.) )