In mid-September, the envoy led by Yelu Bizha, the son of the leader of the Khitan tribal alliance, the envoy led by Bai Ye Zhiyi, the son of the tribal leader of the Murwei (Xianbei Rouran lineage, one of the distant ancestors of Mongolia, living in Mongolia and the northeast), the envoy led by Yuwen Zhuo, the leader of the Xi tribe (another branch of the Xianbei Yuwen Department), the envoy led by Yabugele, a large tribe in the eastern region of the Eastern Turkic, led the envoy composed of militia leaders and tribal elders, and the special envoy of the Silla king Kim Famin, and the Silla envoy led by his younger brother Jin Facun should be the king of Yan of the Tang Dynasty. Fan Yang Festival envoy Li Yongzhi invited, one after another to Youzhou, to attend the celebration of the thirtieth birthday of King Yan's favorite side concubine "Concubine Zhen", all in the Yanwang Mansion Hotel. When Yan Susu learned that the envoy of the king of Silla had come to Youju, he immediately began to investigate, and soon found out the collapse of the Jin Fa Cun. Yan Susu's henchmen waited day and night around the Yanwang Mansion, monitoring every move of the Silla envoys.

The first thing Jin Facun did when he came to Youzhou was to pay a visit to Li Yong, the king of Yan, who was polite to Jin Facun's visit and received him warmly and thoughtfully, but he sent a large number of masters to protect Jin Facun, which was called protection, but was actually surveillance, and forbade the Silla envoys to visit the civil and military officials of Fanyang.

This is because in recent years, the Silla Dynasty has maintained friendly tributary relations with the Tang Dynasty on the surface, secretly expanded its military warfare, supported the rebellion against the Tang Dynasty carried out by the exiled royal clans of Goguryeo and Baekje, as well as ethnic radicals and careerists who had been wiped out by the Tang Dynasty, and partially took over the areas occupied by the Tang Dynasty's Andong Protectorate but were unable to control and took the initiative to retreat. The relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Silla Dynasty was at a turning point from good to bad. Before the central court of the Tang Dynasty tore its face with the Silla Dynasty, Li Yong's association with the Silla Dynasty did not violate national law. Li Yong risked the displeasure of the Tang Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian, and interacted with Silla, also with multiple friends and multiple paths, in case the hostile relationship with Wu Zetian became public one day, he could also form an ally with Silla and resist Wu Zetian. Of course, Li Yong, as the feudal official of the Tang Dynasty, privately befriended the vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, Silla, and the minority ethnic minorities of the Tang Dynasty, the Eastern Turkic, Khitan, Murwei and Xi people, I am afraid that it will arouse the suspicion of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, and will also cause the courtiers to criticize. The five feudal states and ethnic minorities of the Xi nationality sent envoys to Youzhou to attend the birthday banquet of "Concubine Zhen".

Li Yong is Li Zhi's half-brother, Li Zhi trusts Li Yong very much, and among the royal family, Li Yong is one of the few people who can fight against Wu Zetian's dictatorship. Li Zhi naturally wanted to give Li Yong this face, and he did not hesitate to play.

Wu Zetian keenly felt that Li Yong's pomp and circumstance was probably not as simple as celebrating the birthday of one of his side concubines, but if Li Yong tried to collude with the feudal states and ethnic minorities to rebel, there was no evidence. If the five feudal states and ethnic minorities of Silla, Eastern Turk, Khitan, Murwei, and Xi are each strong, if they are identified by the Tang Dynasty as colluding with the King of Yan to rebel against the rebellion, they will also go on the opposite road. If Li Yong and these five feudal states united against the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would be very dangerous. The rebellion in the western border area of the Tang Dynasty in Tubo has not yet subsided, the western * Turk * Turk crisscrossed the Western Regions, the vitality was almost restored, the pressure of the Tang Dynasty's east and west fronts was very great, unless Tang Taizong was resurrected and Qin Shi Huang was reincarnated, no one could guarantee that the enemy army would not fight to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Wu Zetian also played accurately.

Jin Facun did not forget his secret mission to visit Tang, pretending to go out to a brothel with a dozen of his subordinates, escaping the nominal protection of the master of Yanwangfu, and actually surveillance, sneaked into Mei Yong's bedroom according to the map of Mei Mansion that he was familiar with, poked through the window paper, and saw a couple of men and women sleeping on the bed, similar in appearance to the portrait provided by the Silla intelligence agency, and the age was roughly consistent with the information provided by the Silla intelligence agency, and felt that he had found the right person.

Jin Facun didn't expect to see Mei Yong so much, he thought that he could be as easy as his predecessor's envoy, and openly asked to see Mei Yong with the code agreed with Mei Yong in advance, and he was proud of his success in infiltrating Mei's mansion. However, Jin Facun was not a native of the rivers and lakes, and he was inexperienced in the rivers and lakes, so he stayed outside the window for too long, which attracted the attention of the samurai on night patrol in Meifu. A samurai quietly approached Jin Facun and asked, "Who are you?" I don't think I've seen you before. ”

Jin Facun was taken aback, and said, "I am, I am ......" Suddenly slammed his palm at the warrior, the warrior instinctively flashed, and Jin Facun took the opportunity to slip away. The warrior hurriedly shouted, "There are assassins—" and scrambled to chase after Jin Facun. Mei Yong woke up in shock, figured out what was going on, put on his clothes afterwards, and chased after Jin Facun with his sword.

Soon the entire Mei Mansion was alarmed, Jin Facun was blocked by several secret sentinels in front of his escape road, Jin Facun took out an iron bullet from the hidden weapon bag and threw it at the blocker, the blocker was shot and fell to the ground, Jin Facun continued to rush forward, blocked the way by a samurai with a sword, he was the elite warrior "Iron and Stone Warrior" who had been painstakingly trained by the Mei family for many years, and swung his knife to attack Jin Facun after avoiding the hidden weapon.

Jin Facun used more than ten moves to force the "Iron and Stone Warrior" down, but with these two blocks, more than a dozen Meifu warriors chased after him. After a hard fight, Jin Facun was finally captured because he was outnumbered, and the veil was lifted. The samurai were amazed to see how young and handsome the masked man was. At this time, Mei Yong chased after him. When Jin Facun saw Mei Yong, it was like seeing a savior, and said to Mei Yong: "Rouge in the north, the world is stunning." This is the code that the Silla intelligence officers agreed with Mei Yong.

Mei Yong immediately became alert, waved his subordinates back, and asked Jin Facun: "I don't know how old your Excellency is (how much it means), where is Xianxiang (the polite way of saying it in my hometown)?" Mei Yong asked in code, age is not asking age, but position, Xianxiang is not asking address, but asking which department. Kim Facun replied in a low voice: "I am the special envoy of His Majesty the King of Silla, the younger brother of the king, Kim Facun, who was sent to the Tang Dynasty on the orders of His Majesty the King of Silla. King of Pyeongse-gun (King Kim Fa-min of Silla gave Mei Yong's secret title the year before last, and his father Mei Congyun's secret title was King Pyeongse), do you believe me now? ”

Mei Yong had received the news of Jin Facun's visit to Tang, but he had never met with Jin Facun, Jin Facun knew the secret words, and his appearance and temperament were commensurate with his identity, so he believed Jin Facun's words and said respectfully: "It turned out that the envoy was coming, I don't know what the envoy ordered?" Shall we go into the house and talk? ”

Jin Facun said: "No need, my actions are being monitored, or to make a long story short, Your Majesty asked you to exert the influence of the Mei family, try to persuade King Yan, and let him pass the word to the Tang Emperor and Empress, so that they believe that Silla is very loyal to the Tang Dynasty and has no ambition for the land and people of Goguryeo and Baekje, we just don't want to see Goguryeo and Baekje fall into anarchic chaos after the Tang army retreats, and temporarily manage the people of Goguryeo and Baekje on behalf of the Tang army. After a pause, he continued: "Of course, on the surface, we say some nice things to the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers, but in fact, the rebellion against the Tang Dynasty in Goguryeo and Baekje cannot be stopped, nor can it be weakened, but will only intensify. Therefore, after the Tang army withdrew from Goguryeo and Baekje, it would never return to defend Goguryeo and Baekje at the cost of huge casualties and ruling. ”

Mei Yong said: "I've always done this, but with little effect. ”

Jin Facun said: "Your Majesty knows your loyalty, I know that it is difficult to convince the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers to believe that we are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but no matter how difficult it is, you have to work hard." According to His Majesty's instructions, you should do the following things as soon as possible: 1) Use your sister 'Concubine Zhen' to blow the wind on Li Yong's pillow; 2) Win over officials who advocate friendship with Silla, crack down on officials who advocate crusade against Silla, including assassination, and strive to win over centrists who neither advocate friendship with Silla nor advocate revenge for Silla, and use all means to win their support with money and beautiful women; 3. It is necessary to unify Fanyang Wulin as soon as possible, and use your younger brother as the chief of the cavalry guard in the Yanwang Mansion to place your cronies in the key departments of the army, so that if necessary, you can join forces with our army to capture Fanyang.

In view of the fact that there were not a few people in the Tang Dynasty who advocated a crusade against Silla, the Tang Dynasty might invade our country. If our side captures the intention of the Tang Dynasty to invade our country, our side will preemptively attack the border areas of the Tang Dynasty, fully recover Goguryeo and Baekje, and occupy the Tang Dynasty's Liaodong Province, so as to prevent the Tang army from attacking our country by land and water, so that our country will be attacked by the enemy. As long as you do these three things well, you will be a hero of Silla, Your Majesty will not forget you, Your Majesty said that after conquering Fanyang, he will crown you as the king of Fanyang, and the people of Fanyang will be governed by your family on behalf of Your Majesty. ”

Mei Yong was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace!" ”

Jin Facun said: "Okay, I'll talk to you so much tonight, maybe this is the only time I meet you on this trip." If I have the opportunity, I would like to discuss the details with you. ”

Mei Yong said: "I look forward to listening to the envoy's teachings again. ”

Jin Facun said: "The king of the county is polite, so let's do it, I really haven't been here for long, and we will see you in the old place of the 'ghost house' in Ping'an Lane tomorrow night." ”

Mei Yong said: "Okay." ”

Jin Facun said: "I'm leaving." "Let's leave.

"Congratulations to the envoy." Mei Yong said, until Jin Facun disappeared into the darkness before retracting his gaze and turning back to his room.

Jin Facun returned to the brothel, joined his men, and returned to the Yanwangfu Hotel together.