After meeting with Fan Ruoshui that day, Shi Wei secretly sent a secret letter to Dezhao, the second prince of Bianjing.

In the letter, Shi Wei suggested to Zhao Dezhao that he take the initiative to ask the Son of Heaven to serve as the commander of the conquest of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

When the Sui Dynasty was in charge of Pingnan Chen, Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian took his son Yang Guang as the commander of the three armies, and the governor was more than 500,000 troops.

In fact, Yang Guang himself was only the nominal commander, and the entire process of the war to destroy Chen was carried out according to the prior deployment of Emperor Wen of Sui, and Yang Guang only played a role in supervising the armies.

However, it was this dispensable position that enabled Yang Guang to gain unprecedented merit and prestige, and established a strong capital for him in the future battle for the crown prince.

Shi Wei believed that if Zhao Dezhao could also be the nominal commander of the Pingnan Tang Dynasty, then, after the end of this battle, the Son of Heaven would have enough reasons to make him the crown prince.

This was Shi Wei's plan.

The letter was sent to Bianjing, and more than a month later, Shi Wei received a reply from the second prince.

Zhao Dezhao was successfully persuaded by his letter, coupled with the persuasion of other aides, and decided to carry out a series of public relations activities, hoping to get this precious opportunity.

Shi Wei knew that it was still a while before he left the war, and at this time, the Son of Heaven was afraid that he had not yet decided on the commander in his mind.

And this matter will inevitably have Zhao Guangyi in the way, and he can't be in a hurry, so he can only wait patiently for news from the capital here.

Time passed, and before I knew it, it was winter and early spring.

More and more imperial doctors, together with a cart of medicinal materials used in the south, have arrived in Liyang from Bianjing one after another, and the scale of Shi Wei's medical group has gradually taken shape.

After Fan Ruoshui took over as the commander of Liyang County, he was also in full swing to make various preparations for the future bridge project.

After the spring, in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yu still refused to enter Bianjing to see him on the grounds of illness, but sent an embassy and offered a large number of tributes.

Although the Southern Tang Dynasty's contributions were several times greater than before, Li Yu's refusal to enter the court meant that he ignored the ultimatum of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Empire.

Surprisingly, the Song court did not express any dissatisfaction with Li Yu's refusal to enter the court, and the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, except for not being summoned by the Son of Heaven, everything else was as usual.

On the surface, the ultimatum of the Great Song Emperor seems to be just like the previous intimidation, and he did not intend to use force because of Li Yu's disobedience.

In the Great Song Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty, many subjects who did not know the inside story thought that the clouds of war between the two countries had dissipated again.

Only an insider like Shi Wei knew that the concealment of the Son of Heaven was just a ploy to paralyze Li Yu.

It's like the seemingly calm sea, but there is a turbulent undercurrent hidden below.

Shi Wei already smelled the smell of war.

It's just that just when Shi Wei was looking forward to the Song army going south, a sudden holy decree made Shi Wei feel a little surprised.

That decree was to appoint Shi Wei as an envoy of the Great Song Dynasty and let him go to the Southern Tang Dynasty to comfort Li Yu.

After the initial surprise, Shi Wei speculated about the holy will, when Zhao Kuangyin knew that he was an old minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty and was familiar with the ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty in Jinling City, this time he sent an envoy to let him explore the internal situation of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Since the holy order of the Son of Heaven, Shi Wei did not dare to disobey, so he and Guizhi said that they would go out of the gate and enter a batch of medicinal materials, and they left Liyang and went to Yangzhou.

Soon after Shi Wei arrived in Yangzhou, a fleet of envoys from Bianjing arrived, and Shi Wei got on the boat, pretending to come all the way from Bianjing, crossed the Yangtze River from Guazhou to Jinling, the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

................................................ "I didn't expect that I would come back so soon......"

Standing on the bow of the ship with his hands in his hands, looking at the towering Taicheng from afar, Shi Wei couldn't help but feel a little emotion in his heart.

"My lord, you offended that Li Yu at the beginning, and now you come back, will you risk yourself and re-enter the tiger's den?" Xiong Qingye on the side seemed to have concerns.

Shi Wei smiled disdainfully: "At the beginning, Li Yu obediently let me go with only Lu Duoxun's words, and now I am the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, even if I am Li Yu's father-killing enemy, how dare this straw bale emperor touch a hair of my hair." ”

Shi Wei's self-confidence not only comes from his current identity, but also from his deep understanding of Li Yu's cowardly surname.

Xiong Qingye is much more relieved.

As he spoke, the fleet was already nearing shore.

From afar, you can see that the dock trestle is already overcrowded, and they all come to greet him, the envoy of the Celestial Empire, and the Southern Tang Dynasty officials.

The boat line docked, and Shi Wei swaggered off the boat with the support of Xiong Qingye.

As he expected, many officials in the Southern Tang Dynasty, led by Xu Xian, had already respected here.

As soon as he saw Shi Wei get off the boat, Xu Xian hurriedly led the officials forward, bowed down and said: "The lower officials are hereby ordered by our lord to welcome the envoy." ”

Behind him, a large number of officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty followed one after another to salute, extremely humble.

Most of the officials in the Southern Tang Dynasty were sycophants, and Shi Wei was disdainful at the beginning, but now that his identity has changed, when he sees them again, he is even more dismissive.

At that moment, he just nodded slightly, and smiled at Xu Xian: "I said Master Xu, I called you when I was in Bianjing last time, and now it is your turn to call me so soon, you and I are really fateful." ”

Xu Xian's old face immediately passed a little embarrassed.

Obviously, after returning to Jinling from the Great Song Dynasty, in order to save face, this important minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty did not tell his colleagues how Shi Wei teased him when he was in Bianjing.

Therefore, no one in the Southern Tang Dynasty knew how the little imperial doctor in the past had disgraced the elders of the two dynasties.

At this time, Shi Wei's old matter was brought up again, and Xu Xian was naturally a little panicked.

Shi Wei had already guessed that this would be the case, so as soon as Fang met, he said this, and gave Xu Xian a dismount on the spot.

Xu Xian was afraid that the scandal would leak out, so he was busy laughing and said: "It is really Xu's honor to be able to see the envoy again." The envoy has worked hard all the way, and he must be tired, so the lower official will send the envoy to the pavilion to rest. ”

Shi Wei waved his hand and said: "There is no need to rest, the envoy has the emperor's order, and I want to see you Li Guozhu as soon as possible." ”

Xu Xian paused, he didn't dare to disobey, and was busy sending someone to report to Li Yu while accompanying Shi Wei to the palace in the north of Jinling City.

The convoy drove mightily to Jinling City, and went north through Yujie.

Looking at the familiar street, Shi Wei gradually felt like he was returning home.

When the carriage passed in front of his former house, Shi Wei was surprised to find that the plaque of "Peace Hall" was still hanging there.

"Lord Xu, what's going on with this Peace Hall?" Shi Wei became curious, so he called Xu Xian to ask.

Xu Xian hurriedly smiled and said: "Since the envoy left our country, the lord of our country regretted that he could not keep such a virtuous envoy as the envoy, and the lord of the country thought about the envoy, so he ordered the former residence of the envoy to be protected, and no one was allowed to trespass. ”

"I see, it's rare to see Lord Li's heart, and I'm really a little moved."

Shi Wei was moved on his face, but his heart was more and more disdainful.

Thinking that Li Yu wanted to cut himself with a thousand knives, if he wanted to say that he regretted it, he must also regret that he couldn't kill Lu Duosun in advance before he made a move.

At present, Li Yu deliberately protected his former residence in the Ping'an Hall, and it was not because he heard that he was going to the Southern Tang Dynasty that he had to make this superficial article in order to win his favor with Shi Wei.

Even if he is the lord of a weak country, he should have the ambition to kill and not be humiliated, it seems that Li Yu's servile approach is really contemptuous to Shi Wei.

At the time of irony, the carriage and horses had already entered the palace.

After getting off the carriage, Shi Wei, accompanied by Xu Xian, went straight to the palace.

This Southern Tang Imperial Palace, he has been back and forth many times, and all kinds of buildings have long been familiar with it.

Looking around all the way, I saw that the owl kiss symbolizing the emperor's residence on the temple had been removed, and the rest of the yellow-related objects had also been changed to purple.

After a while, the palace was already in front of him, and a man in purple was seen waiting for His Highness from a distance.

When he was about to get closer, Shi Wei saw the man's face clearly, it was Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

When Li Yu saw Shi Wei, his expression couldn't help but pass a little uncomfortable, but he forcibly suppressed it, and tried his best to come forward with a respectful smile.

"Yu has seen the envoy of the Heavenly Empire." Li Yu bowed his hand slightly, and his tone was quite polite.

Seeing Li Yu again, all kinds of old things came to mind, and Shi Wei did not have fear of the king of a country, but a kind of sympathy and contempt.

"Shi has seen Lord Li." Shi Wei replied with an indifferent expression, but did not reveal his inner thoughts.

Li Yuyuan thought that Shi Wei might embarrass him because of hatred, but Shi Wei's current attitude made him feel a lot more at ease.

He enthusiastically invited Shi Wei into the palace, and a wine feast had already been prepared here.

What delicacies from the mountains and seas, what wine and delicacies, extremely luxurious, just to please Shi Wei, the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty.

Shi Wei was also not polite, he should eat and drink, and enjoyed the emperor's imperial banquet to the fullest.

After the banquet, Shi Wei read out the consolation decree of the Great Song Emperor to Li Yu, which did not blame Li Yu for refusing to meet him.

Li Yu saw that the holy decree did not punish him, so he also did not mention the matter of the court meeting, and the two sides seemed to have a tacit agreement to avoid talking about this sensitive matter.

After the polite discussion was completed, it was almost dusk, and Li Yu wanted to send Shi Wei to the pavilion to rest.

At this time, Shi Wei made a request that surprised and embarrassed Li Yu.

Shi Wei wanted to visit Xiao Zhouhou.

If there is anything else to worry about in the entire Southern Tang Kingdom, I am afraid that there will be only one person left after Xiao Zhou.

At this time, he has returned to his old place, and he has such an identity that Li Yu fears, how can he not take the opportunity to take a look at his old friend.

However, this is a request that makes Li Yu extremely faceless.

"Well...... Zhou's body has been a little unwell recently, and I am afraid it is inconvenient to meet the envoy in person. Li Yu was embarrassed, so he didn't think much about it, and just hurriedly made up such an excuse.

His excuse was right in Shi Wei's arms.

Shi Wei then said happily: "The lord of the country must not forget, this envoy is proficient in medical skills, since the princess is unwell, this envoy can treat her." ”

(To be continued)