Silence again.

After a long time, after confirming that this was indeed the letter written by the young master Lu Zhang, he smoothed out the folds on the number of familiar announcements that were fiercely grasped by his right hand, folded them, and put them on the table beside him.

"You...... Are you really sure? ”

Lu Yihe didn't believe that his words were rejected so easily, in his opinion, this rhetoric is really not good, and even a little high-minded, but you are a broken household with no more than 10,000 soldiers, no one wants food and no food, and you can have a chance to live, shouldn't you seize it?

...... Don't look at what you are now!

With the strength of my Lu family, as soon as Your Majesty's heavenly soldiers arrive, if you don't take refuge in us, there is only a dead end!

Out of caution about the treacherous and despicable comment in the young master's mouth, Lu Yihe asked again with some difficulty, he felt that he had heard it wrong, but there was a faint pleasure in his heart.

- Yes, I heard it right! This guy is looking for his own death!

If because he refuses, the Lu family loses a vassal who is not too powerful but has a strong symbolic meaning, this must be a loss that the head of the family does not want to see, but ....... Your Majesty may be pleased?

What are the gains and losses, who can say?

But in short, Lu Yihe asked that sentence.

Xie Shence smiled and said, "Yes, I'm sure, I'm sure of refusal, all the conditions of the Lu family." ”

This time, Lu Yihe confirmed that he really listened correctly.

So a big stone in my heart fell to the ground.

If you go back with failure, you will definitely accept the anger and punishment from the head of the family, and the consequences will be extremely serious without thinking about it.

But at this time, when the Lu family was employed, the commander of the imperial military force appointed by His Majesty, Lu Yihe was not worried about what kind of blame he would receive.

Yes, everything is as it is written in that letter from Huaiyangdao, and this negotiation, whatever the outcome, will be good for him.

In terms of identity, Lu Yihe undoubtedly desperately hopes that the family can have such an ally, but since there seems to be no way to persuade Xie Shence to accept the alliance under the city, it seems that ...... It's not a pity.

Of course, if Xie Shence was willing to talk, Lu Yihe would probably just have some faint regrets, rejoicing and so on, he wouldn't even think about it.

However, who let Wei Liao say it?

So Lu Yihe thought more.

Lu Yihe felt that his opportunity had come.

It's not that he's sick, who wants to be a supporting actor for a thousand years and 20,000 years?

Love Whom Who......

Although the chance is very small, and it can even be said that there is little hope, since it has appeared, Lu Yihe believes that if he doesn't try to seize it, he will definitely not be able to live up to the arrogant blood of the descendants of the Lu family in his bones, and he will definitely not have the face to meet his ancestors after death.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Lu Yihe, whose face was pale, finally walked out of the house.

After all, he was completely rejected by Xie Shence.

Soon after, Guo Fei, Ren Zhongxing, and Lao Ru asked to meet, and Xie Shence met in the side hall.

Everyone drank tea quietly, although it was already certain that Xie Shence decisively rejected the Lu family's intention to come, but no one was willing to be the first to speak.

Xie Shence watched them drink tea, and said in his heart Such a simple matter, since it was everyone's consensus earlier, what else is there to discuss? It's just that I can't calm the uneasiness that can't be hidden in my heart, and I just want to find comfort here. In that case, what should not be said?

Besides, I've already drunk a lot of tea in the afternoon, don't you feel bloated and panicked?

After a second cup of hot water, someone finally started to stop doing it.

“...... Seriously...... Leave no room for error? ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on the old man, and he said in his heart, your old man still dares to speak out, tall and mighty.

Xie Shence looked at the old man who was originally a member of the Qinghe County Wang clan and said, "Leave no room for improvement." Because of this matter, there is nothing to think about in itself. Since there is no room for reversal by those who are completely at odds with us, why be ambiguous? ”

Maybe the refusal is certain, but it doesn't have to be at this time, just say it so deadly, and cooperate with the Lu family, you will inevitably tear your face in the end, but with the help of the Lu family's strength to get some benefits, such as food, such as ordnance, etc., it may not be impossible.

That's pretty much what everyone here thinks.

Even Guo Fei had a cold face, and seemed to feel that Xie Shence had rejected it too early.

The old man Ximen of Qinghe County said: "In the future, it will inevitably be opposite, but it is even more disadvantageous to us to make the other party wary of it so early." ”

Xie Shence looked around and saw that everyone had no objections, so he asked a nonsense: "You all think so?" ”

Old Man Simon sighed, and the side hall was quiet.

Xie Shence waited for a few breaths, and after confirming that everyone really thought so, he said, "How much profit can you make by cooperating with the Lu family?" I have seen the conditions of the Lu family, excluding some of them, the real core conditions, we may be able to win some, and even if we are optimistic, we can also gain a certain initiative and obtain considerable benefits at present, such as grain and grass, such as ordnance, and even a small part of the war horses......."

"But what is it?"

"There is a story that the farmer picked up a frozen snake and was about to kill it, so he took out the snake oil and peeled off the snake's skin, but before he did it, the snake said to the farmer, "Don't kill me now, because the effect of freezing snake oil will be greatly reduced, and the snake's skin will be more likely to break, and you won't get much benefit from killing me." But if you kill me when I'm a little warmer and able to move freely, then my snake oil will be better anti-cracking, and the gloves made of snake skin will be warmer. ”

The farmer believed the snake, so he made a fire to keep the snake warm, and when the snake regained his strength and was ready to bite it back, he reached out and chopped off the snake's head. Sure enough, warm snake oil and snake skin are much better than cold and stiff. ”

Guo Fei and the old Confucian students looked at each other.

This story is far from the original version of the story of the farmer and the snake that the weeping children in the city like, and even deviates from the meaning of the original version, but everyone still understands the meaning without any obstacles.

"Naturally, we are not farmers, so we are snakes. And the snake will not have the strength to change its fate just because the farmer gives it a chance to breathe. In fact, the farmer was heating the fire at the same time, and perhaps even needed the fire to wield his knife more than the snake. Therefore, I don't think that trading with the Lu family or even the imperial court will be of much help in the future. Moreover, it is unknown whether we need them more or whether they need us more. ”

"But...... The vanguard of the Northern Expeditionary Army has already arrived at the Yellow River, and it is impossible to say that they have already begun to take over the defense at this time, and they may not need time to buffer at this time, and how much do they need our strength to do......"

Xie Shence thought for a while and said: "We are asking for freedom, we want to divide the land, and we want to defeat the gentry like you used to be, Old Man Ximen, in essence, it is impossible for us to coexist with them, so there is nothing to be false and wrongful." ”

"Besides, His Majesty the Emperor, maybe he really doesn't have time to do anything to us."

After talking for a while, gradually someone spoke.

"However, the Yan people are pressing, we have not rejected the Yan people but categorically refused to cooperate with the imperial court, will it make people think that it is ......?"

"Nothing, do you care about fame? What we have to do is not expected to be understood by the vast majority of people in the world......"

"So sure you can't get along, do you want to ....... those people"

"No, it's okay to talk about some things, it's okay to make a statement, there's no need to really do it. Hey, old man, I didn't see that you were kind and vicious......"

"Feng's words are reasonable. The Lu family is uneasy and kind, and they also fired the conditions, which is really hateful, in this case, why don't we take Lu Yihe as a hostage and take the opportunity to extort some property for convenience? ”

"Don't, you all know that Lu Yihe is very capable of fighting, right? Leave him at this time, and those people in Shandong Dao will really be red-eyed. It's really blackmail, that is to slap His Majesty the Emperor in the face, there are few of us, and we will suffer a loss if we really fight immediately......"

After talking like this, it was about completely dark, and there was a little fire in Huaxia City, and everyone gave up.

From beginning to end, no one mentioned what kind of conditions the Lu family proposed, and how many of these conditions might be accepted. Even if Xie Shence said that the conditions of the Lu family were on the table next door, no one cared.

When everyone dispersed, a middle-aged woman holding a lamp led Xie Shence to the backyard, and when he passed by the main hall, Xie Shence glanced inside, and then looked at the dark night sky.

Thousands of miles together Chanjuan......

Go to your horse's conditions, so that Lao Tzu will not hand over his daughter-in-law and daughter in exchange for the so-called glory.

......

In the night, when the screams of killing completely drowned out the screams, the terrible siege made the whole land seem to tremble. The huge trebuchet roared and threw dozens of pounds of stone projectiles, and the rockets illuminated the building cars. In each of the covered cowhide cars, there were dozens of topless Han slaves, stepping on the pedals and pushing the huge building cars forward, under the ferocious shooting of the eight bull crossbows in the city, perhaps in a certain moment, the entire building car fell, and dozens of people died.

This is not the first time that such a night has appeared in the northwest.

Qi Yan wiped the sweat on his face, shouted loudly, and ordered them to go down one by one, distribute them on the city wall, and there will also be heralds running to the city, in short, when the Xianbei people attack the city, he will always stand on the city wall to boost morale.

An arrow emerged from the darkness, and the cluster of arrows burrowed into the gap in the armor, and Qi Yan slammed backwards, and with a negligible light sound on the city wall, Qi Yan grabbed a spear and threw it down into the city with a loud roar, followed by an even louder roar.

"Archers! Shoot from the back ......"

The fields outside the city and the barracks dozens of miles away are clear, not skilled infantry auxiliaries are not coordinated, and the way the deceased slaves fight is not very clever, and even counterproductive at some times, but at this time, the siege of the city in the middle of the night is actually a great improvement compared to the daytime a few days ago.

This is not a good phenomenon, as far as Qi Yan's line of sight can see, it is already black and red, but he pushed away the support of his own soldiers and continued to roar.

Soon after, Jiang Qi, who was about to leave the Iron Gate, received an urgent military message.

Huangsha Pass has fallen.