"It's nothing!" Zhou Ping shook his head and cleaned up his mood: "You ask Li Bao, if he is willing, he will say that he is a fellow villager of the two of us, a good martial artist, and he is recommended to Han Xianggong as a guard, as long as he goes out of the city, it will be easy to do." ”

"Will it be recognized by Han Xiang?"

"Han Xianggong is a scholarly family, how can he often go to see these things. Besides, he is only of medium stature, and he is frightened these days, and his description has changed greatly, changing his clothes and smearing some dust on his face, where can he recognize him. ”

"Ah Ping, you said the same!" Xue Liangyu nodded, it is true that after the events of that night, Li Bao didn't sleep well all night long, didn't eat well, and the whole person seemed to be ten years old all of a sudden.

"You go and talk to him, see if there is anything you need on the road, hurry up and buy it, I'll go to Han Xianggong to say goodbye!"

"Great!"

In the study of the Han Mansion, Han Xiaoxuan was sitting next to the bookcase, recalling the conversation with Zhao Liangsi in the afternoon. Because Zhao Liangsi was a fugitive from the Liao State, according to the agreement of Song Liao in the Tanyuan Alliance, neither side could recruit and submit from the other party's subjects, so although Emperor Daojun awarded him an official title, but in order to disclose his identity to the outside world, Zhao Liangsi himself also lived in a simple place, and he simply lived in the mansion of his benefactor Tong Guan, and his true identity was naturally only known to a few high-level officials. Originally, for this fugitive minister who abandoned the motherland and fled to the enemy country with his family, Han Xiaoxuan regarded him as the same as Tong Guan, thinking that they were all the villains who met with the lord and rejoiced in their achievements, and he also thought that the strategy of "attacking Liao with Jin" proposed by him was just an act of seeking profit by luck, and he did not believe that this Zhao Liangsi was like he himself said that he "returned to the holy land in the south" because of his "admiration for Yaofeng". But after an afternoon of conversation, Han Xiaoxuan had to admit that this fugitive from Liao may have misbehaved, but he had a very deep understanding of the situation in Liao at that time. When the snow is said today? ”

Just as Han Xiaoxuan was pondering in the study, two knocks on the door outside interrupted his thoughts. He looked up and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Qi Langjun, that Zhou Ping, who just came from Anyang, has something to see!"

"Zhou Ping?" Han Xiaoxuan was stunned for a moment, and then remembered who it was, and said casually: "Well, let him in!" ”

After a while, Zhou Ping pushed the door in and bowed to Han Xiaoxuan: "Han Xianggong, the villain has something to ask for, and please ask Xianggong to agree." ”

"What?"

"The villain met a fellow villager in Tokyo a few days ago, and when he heard about the villain's situation, he was very envious, and he also wanted to invest in Xianggongyu, Bo was born, and hoped that Xianggong would agree!" Speaking of this, Zhou Ping was afraid of Han Xiaoxuan's refusal, and hurriedly added: "This person is born with divine power, and he is especially good at the skill of horning, which is also counted in Anyang City, and it is a hundred times better than a villain!" ”

Han Xiaoxuan saw that Zhou Ping was doing things steadily, and it was good to say that he was also good at sending many capable people around him to Liao, so he replied casually: "Well, since you recommend it, let's stay!" ”

"Thank you for agreeing, that guy will definitely die to repay!" Zhou Ping leaned over and bowed, and was about to withdraw. Han Xiaoxuan's heart suddenly moved, and he said in a deep voice: "Wait, I have something to ask you." ”

Zhou Ping stopped, lowered his head and responded, "Xianggong, excuse me." ”

"Let me ask you: There are two families in the countryside, one surnamed Guo and the other surnamed Wang, who live next to each other. The Wang family fought for a lot of their own Dingkou and occupied a piece of the Guo family's property, and the two families fought several times over this property, but the Guo family was never able to regain the property. Now the Wang family has encountered bandits, and they are too busy to take care of themselves. So some people in the Guo family advocated uniting with the bandits in order to regain the land from the Wang family; Some people also say that they should help the Wang family and resist bandits together; Some people also say that they should not help each other, watch from the sidelines, and act when the opportunity arises. What do you think it should be? ”

As soon as Zhou Ping heard two sentences, he understood that what Han Xiaoxuan asked him was the question of how Song should face the Jinliao War at this time, but he just changed his name. He hesitated for a moment and replied in a deep voice: "If the villain didn't guess wrong, Xianggong should be asking about the affairs of the Song, Liao, and Jin Kingdoms, right?" That piece of land is the land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun? ”

"How do you know?"

"The villain has also gone out these days, the golden envoys are playing in Tokyo, and the teahouses and markets can be heard everywhere, and who doesn't know!"

Han Xiaoxuan looked at the young man in front of him again with a new gaze, and asked, "Then what do you say about how to deal with it?" ”

Zhou Ping thought for a while, and replied in a deep voice: "The villain thinks that no matter what strategy is adopted, the first important thing is to prepare for your own home, select generals to train troops, accumulate grain and grass, and if you are strong, you will not suffer any loss no matter which one you stand with." For example, if the fruit on the tree is ripe, if you don't wear a soft hat on your head, the fruit will fall to the ground and fall, and if you hit your head and break your head, it will be miserable. ”

After Zhou Ping finished speaking, there was silence in the room, and Han Xiaoxuan's laughter broke the silence after half a sound: "Good, good, good!" This analogy is well played, well played! He stood up and paced back and forth in the study a few times, then suddenly stopped and looked at Zhou Ping and said, "It seems that I have found a rare talent when I came back from Anyang this time!" ”

"Xiang Gong praised it falsely, the villain didn't dare to be!"

"This time I went to Liaoguo to make a good living, and when I come back, I will naturally help you find a good send!"

"Thank you!"

Coming out of the study, Zhou Ping felt a cold piece on his back, full of sweat. At this time, he had a wry smile on his face, and muttered to himself: "I have done what I can do, and it is not my responsibility to do anything in the future!" ”

Unlike the previous missions to Liao, the scale of the mission to Liao this time was small and the speed of writing was also very fast. A few days later, Han Xiaoxuan led the delegation out of Tokyo City, crossed the Yellow River all the way north, and went to Xiongzhou. When you arrive in Xiongzhou, you will cross the boundary river Baigou between Song and Liao to the north. At the prescribed ferry on the riverside, they boarded the ferry sent by the Liao side and went straight to the opposite bank. There, the reception staff of the Liao side greeted them, and after inspecting the documents, Han Xiaoxuan and his party were welcomed to the hotel to rest.

Inside the hotel, Zhou Ping looked curiously at this strange building, which was used for the envoys of the two countries to rest, stay, and pay a visit. But the strange thing is that the whole hotel is surrounded by a high wall that is more than two zhang high, and the only exit is also guarded by several Liao soldiers, and any attempt to go out has been rejected by the guards at the door in a very polite but very resolute tone, they claim: All this is to protect the safety of the envoys of your country, and they are contacting the front station section by section to arrange the reception matters, arrange the accommodation itinerary, please rest in peace, and wait until the contact is properly completed, and they will be informed of the time of departure.

A day later, Zhou Ping was finally able to leave this gorgeous prison, but he immediately found that waiting for them were several special carriages, which had a special name - Yiche. It is also for the Liao State to receive the envoys of the Song Dynasty for them to ride. The degree of magnificence and sophistication varies according to the status of the passengers and the friendly relationship between the Liao and Song dynasties at that time. But all of these cars have one thing in common - except for a large sunroof, there is only a small window opening in the left and right walls, which is also tightly blocked by a thick curtain.

"Ah Ping, why is this car like this?" Xue Liangyu complained that as a teenager who was only seventeen years old, he was already about to be stuffy.

"This is a car, the purpose is to prevent us from seeing the scene outside, so as not to leak the news!" An attaché in his fifties replied: "This car will not go straight either, lest we should write down the distance from the border to a certain city." ”

"Huh?" Xue Liangyu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is this the case over there in the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"That's nature!" The attaché sneered, "You two haven't participated in this kind of mission before, have you?" I don't even know about this! ”

Zhou Ping and Xue Liangyu glanced at each other, and arched their hands: "Gong Wen, both of us are the first time, please mention what you have not done well." ”

The attaché hummed, and continued to close his eyes and doze, he is an old official of the main and guest department of the Ministry of Rites, surnamed Wen Mingcheng, who has been in the public gate for decades, and has participated in more than 20 missions to the Liao State alone, and his experience can be described as extremely rich, but unfortunately he does not have a strong background, and when he is old, he is just a general from the ninth grade, and he is just napping in the car during the whole day, and he looks like he is about to be old. Zhou Ping thought that he would experience a lot of risks on this trip, but he didn't expect to be able to make money by driving to Youzhou safely and quietly, but for some reason, there was a faint disappointment in his heart.

But that changed when it came to the new town. In the post house in the new city, the guards of the Liao side are much more relaxed, and there are only a few napping old soldiers at the door, and around the post house, there are all kinds of people, some of these people just want to see the prestige of the Han officials who came from the south, so that they can boast to the neighbors after going back; And there are some people with ulterior motives who take the initiative to come to see, wanting to seek all kinds of benefits from it, compared with Zhao Liangsi's five years of political peace in the south, today's situation has become more and more unfavorable to Liao, and it doesn't take much amazing courage to make this kind of advance investment. Many readers think that the name is not good, in fact, the word shogunate is originally from China, and they also cut the content of the book, asked the editor, and it is a big taboo to change the name of the book. So be it!

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