"Let the nobles laugh!" The housekeeper replied: "This is what my lord found when he cleaned up the house once, and I don't know when it was built, presumably it was also to find a way to survive when the catastrophe came!" ”

Zhou Ping nodded, there is more than a mile in this tunnel, the tentacles on the walls on both sides are smooth and cold, it should be made of green bricks, I don't know how much manpower and material resources are spent just like this, not to mention that such a big project is done, it is difficult to avoid everyone's ears and eyes, and I don't know how many years ago which big man prepared an escape secret passage for himself, I can't imagine that it is cheap Li Chuwen now, this old fox doesn't know how many dark chess moves are left, I really can't look down on it.

After walking for more than a mile, Zhou Ping felt a cool breeze blowing on the opposite side, and then heard the housekeeper say: "Be careful not to hit your head, you have already come to an end!" Zhou Ping hurriedly bent down, and then saw a bright light in front of him, but it was a wooden ladder, and when he climbed up, he saw that there was a firewood house around.

"The two nobles stay here for a while, let the villain go and tell the master!" The housekeeper saluted Zhou, gestured twice to the old man in the interview, and went out. The old man sent hot water to the two, and Zhou Ping wanted to ask for some useful news from the old man, so he asked casually: "What is the spring and autumn of this year?" ”

"Ahh The old man screamed a few times, pointed to his mouth, and turned out to be a mute.

"What a Li Chuwen, I even thought of this!" Zhou Ping couldn't help but smile bitterly, he casually took out more than 20 yuan from his waist and threw it to the old man, which was supposed to be tea money. At this moment, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside. Then he saw Li Chuwen enter the door, bowed his hand and said, "Deputy Envoy Zhou, what is the matter with you coming to the Mansion so urgently?" ”

"But there is something to bother Men Li!" Zhou Ping smiled and got up to return the salute, he saw that Li Chuwen was followed by a man in brocade clothes who was similar to his youth, but there were six or seven points similar to Li Chuwen between his eyebrows, it should be Li Shaofu, who was rumored to have a leg with Xiao Puxian.

"The latter one is Ling Lang, Li Men!" Zhou Ping said with a smile.

"Yes, it's a dog!" Li Chuwen turned his head and said to him, "Xi'er." Don't bow to Deputy Envoy Zhou yet! ”

"The lower officials see the ambassador of the upper country!" Li Zheng sang a fat song to Zhou Ping. Zhou Ping returned the salute with a smile and said with a smile: "I heard that your son is young and promising, and he is already a young eunuch in the Shaofu, congratulations!" ”

"Your envoy praises it!" Li Chuwen casually said a few perfunctory words. Obviously, he didn't want to delay with Zhou Ping for too long at this time. After seeing this. Zhou Ping said straightforwardly: "A certain family is coming today." But he borrowed a hundred stones of salt from Li Men, and three hundred armor, and the bow and crossbow weapons were commensurate! ”

"Borrow salt and armor?" Li Chuwen was stunned. With a puzzled look on his face, he asked, "You have sent you to our country for the sake of reconciliation between the two countries, what do you want salt and weapons?" Besides, Li is not in a military position, so the salt is just that, where is this weapon armor. ”

"Really?" Zhou Ping smiled: "Ask your son, you will definitely be able to get armor and weapons!" ”

"Zhou Gui Envoy!" Compared with his father, Li Zheng's tone was much tougher: "I don't know what you mean, if there is nothing else, please go back, otherwise let outsiders see it, and it will not be good for you and my father!" ”

"Really?" Zhou Ping said with a smile: "Maybe it's not convenient to be seen privately with the envoys of the Southern Dynasty, but what is the private placement of warriors and gathering armor?" ”

The eight words "Private Placement Warriors, Gather Armor" were like a bombshell falling on the heads of Li Chuwen's father and son, and the faces of the two suddenly changed greatly, the difference was that Li Chuwen's face was pale, while Li Zheng became iron-blue, and reached out to touch the handle of the knife on his waist.

"Phew!" Li Cheng on the side shouted loudly when he saw this, stepped forward to block Zhou Ping behind him, and his right hand had already pulled the saber out of the sheath and half cut it off, and the atmosphere in this small firewood room suddenly tensed.

"Stop!" Li Chuwen turned around and pressed Li Zheng's arm, and when he turned around, his face had become calm.

"Deputy Envoy Zhou, it's not easy to talk here, let's go to the study to discuss it carefully, okay?"

"Then thank you Men Li!" Zhou Ping did not miss a trace, and pressed Li Cheng's saber back into the scabbard.

Everyone entered the study and sat down. Li Chuwen sighed and asked, "Deputy Envoy Zhou, in fact, is not a private placement warrior, gathering soldiers. The Great Liao is different from the Great Song Dynasty, and the Khitan and Xi princes and ministers have their own tribal armies, but more or less. The Son of Heaven has a lot of trust in our family, so there are many Khitan nobles who hold grudges, and now the Son of Heaven is sick in bed, and my son is doing this just to protect the family. ”

When Zhou Ping heard this, he knew that what Li Chuwen said was also a half-truth, and the Khitan nobles who had private soldiers and held a grudge against him were true, after all, he was a Hanchen but was in a high position, participated in confidential matters, and had a close relationship with Xiao Fengxian, a traitorous minister, not to mention that there was a company and a platoon in Yanjing City who wanted to kill him. But to say that it is just to protect the family, it is to coax the ghost, after all, his son Li Zheng is in control of the Praetorian Guards guarding the palace, and it may be a little worse to rebel, but it is enough to protect the family. Now the semi-open recruitment of such outlaws is clearly a bad intention.

"Li Men is serious!" Zhou Ping smiled slightly: "There are no outsiders in this study today anyway, so I will open the skylight and say something." I want these salts and armor weapons not for anything else, but to recruit heroes in the north for emergencies, and now the two armies are facing each other on Baigou, and they can't be transported, so I have to find Li Menxia! ”

"Huh!" Li Zheng sneered: "Deputy Envoy Zhou is joking." You just do these shady things, and you want my father to do something for you, Vice Zhou makes you too bullying! ”

"Brother Li, don't worry, it's not too late to listen to me before drawing conclusions!" Zhou Ping said with a smile: "Your Majesty, among the seven states under the jurisdiction of Youzhou Road at the moment, I'm afraid that in addition to Yanjing, there are only Yizhou, Zhuozhou, and Shunzhou, right?" ”

"Not bad!" Li Chuwen nodded, Zhou Ping asked very knowledgeable, Yanjing, Danzhou, Shunzhou, Jingzhou, Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Jizhou, among the seven states, Yizhou and Zhuozhou are the southern gates of Yanjing, and if you want to resist the attack of the Southern Dynasty, you must control these two states. Therefore, Yeluchun placed his main military forces in these two states, and Shunzhou was very close to Yanjing. Although the rest of the states and counties still nominally obey Yanjing's orders, they have recruited troops to store food, Ye Luchun is still alive, and as soon as Ye Luchun leaves, it may be uncertain.

"Anyway, I won't engage in anything in this Yanjing City, maybe I can distract Xiao Gan and them a little, if my Great Song Dynasty enters this Yanjing City in the future, this hundred stone salt and three hundred armor soldiers under the Li Sect will be the proof of great achievement. Men Li, you shouldn't be reluctant to give up this bit of salt and weapons, right? ”

With Li Chuwen's cunning and cunning, he immediately understood what Zhou Ping meant. Obviously, the most resolute main battle faction in Yanjing City is the Khitan and Xi nobles and the army they control, for them, both the Song and Jin people are their mortal enemies. The Yandi family represented by the Han bureaucrats is the role of the grass on the wall, and they don't care whether the future owner of Yandi is a Song or a Jin, as long as that party is able and willing to protect their interests, as long as it is not a Khitan. Because of the distrust of the Han people, so once the Southern Dynasty sent troops, then the Khitan nobles led by Xiao Gan must personally lead the troops outside, then the center will definitely be controlled by the Han bureaucrats headed by Li Chuwen, in this case, if Ye Luchun dies, then the more chaotic the outside of Yanjing City, the better, the more chaotic Xiao Gan and others will have no leisure to deal with Li Chuwen in the city, and when Li Chuwen controls the Yanjing City, he can hide in the high city wall and laugh at the wind and clouds, and wait until the outside kills a result and then waits for the price to sell, Find the best buyer to sell. Li Chuwen's most fearful situation was to be surrounded by the Song or Jin kingdoms in the city, and to be dragged and burned by those Khitans. So he quickly made up his mind.

"There is no problem with salt, it's just that there are only two hundred sets of weapons and armor, these are all militaristic weapons, they are usually managed by the Privy Council, and they are the territory of the Khitans, and I am afraid that I can't say anything more in front of the two Majesies!"

"Okay, more crossbows and arrows!"

"Good!" Li Chuwen nodded briskly: "But Deputy Envoy Zhou also has to promise the old man a condition!" ”

"Promise you one condition?" Zhou Ping was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "It's not just what?" ”

"Hello!" Li Chuwen turned around and whispered a few words to his son, Li Zheng looked at his father in surprise, but finally turned around and left. After half a cup of tea, he came back with a seven or eight-year-old boy behind him. Li Chuwen stretched out his hand and took the child over, touched the top of his head lovingly, and said with a smile: "The old man has a total of nine sons and five daughters, this is the youngest child, and it is also my favorite one, named Li Sheng." Speaking of this, he sighed, suddenly pushed Li Sheng forward, and said, "Deputy Envoy Zhou, I will entrust this child to you!" ”

"Your Majesty Li, you are-" Zhou Ping had just said half of his words, and he understood what Li Chuwen meant, obviously the other party knew that the future of Yanjing City was uncertain, so he handed over one of his children to his side and let him take him to the safety of the Southern Dynasty, so that he could be used as a hostage to show his determination; Second, in case of failure, a piece of incense can also flow. Thinking of this, Zhou Ping couldn't help but be moved by the old man's painstaking efforts, and solemnly bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty Li, please rest assured, a certain family will definitely tell you about your matter, if it doesn't work out, Zhou has no brothers, he is Zhou's younger brother!" ”

"Okay, then the old man will thank Brother Juncheng!" At this time, Li Chuwen also changed his title to Zhou Ping, and made a deep bow to the other party, and Zhou Ping did not shy away from it, and accepted his gift. (To be continued......)