Gao Yu bowed to Zhao Ji, but he didn't sit down, and said in a low voice: "Gao Yu can have today, it is all saints who carry love, what captain, what palace marshal, that is, outsiders just talk about it." In front of you, I am still the long-term follower of the Juju in the Duanwang Mansion back then. ”

Zhao Ji took the hot hand towel presented by the internal supervisor, wiped his hands and put it aside, sat down on the chair on the side, and said with a smile: "Speaking of Keju, when Aiqing shows his skills again, you and I will have fun together!" ”

"The saint has intentions, and Gao Yu should serve himself!"

"Relax, relax!" Zhao Ji seemed to be in a good mood, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, I came to see the widow so early?" Didn't you get into another disaster? ”

When Gao Yu heard this, he said respectfully: "The saint really saw thousands of miles, Gao Yu should die, he didn't protect the envoys of the Jin people last night, so one of them was killed by the thugs!" After that, he made it clear last night when Xiao Sanduo and his companions went out to watch the corner, and saw that Hunt Xinxi was going to fight against him, but he was killed by Li Bao one by one, but the words intentionally or unintentionally alluded to Li Bao's suspicion of deliberately hurting people, and in the end, Gao Yu said in a deep voice: "Because of the suddenness of the incident, the murderer secretly had someone to answer, and he actually let him escape, Weichen has ordered a strict arrest, and asked the saint to punish the crime!" ”

"Li Bao? If I'm not mistaken, it's the effect of the one who threw Aiqing in the forbidden army back then, right? Zhao Ji smiled.

A layer of sweat suddenly appeared on Gao Yu's forehead, and he said continuously: "Sage, it's not that Weichen wants to take revenge for personal gain-"

"That's it!" Zhao Ji interrupted Gao Yu's discernment, what he meant was just to show his courtiers that he had insight into the subtleties and was far away, not for the innocence of an ordinary person: "I have also seen Li Bao's horn, he and people are fighting to make a living, why kill people?" Presumably, the Jin people were too anxious to force each other, and they accidentally injured the guy because they couldn't let it go, but this Xiao San was mostly a Jin envoy, but he lost his life in Tokyo, and he had to give an explanation to the gold owner. ”

Gao Yu hurriedly said: "The saint is wise! ”

Zhao Ji said: "Tell the Jin envoy that the thief has escaped, and after getting it, he will be punished as a pawn, and then he will be rewarded with two thousand yuan." As for Ma Kuo, who went with him, he will be fined for two months, he sent Liaodong to live and die, and when he encounters such a thing, he can't chill the hearts of his courtiers! ”

"The saint is so generous, he will definitely be able to obey himself from afar!" Gao Yu replied loudly, the purpose of his trip had basically been achieved, remembering the scene when Li Bao fell down, a cruel smile appeared on his face, and he secretly said in his heart: "It's not too late for the eldest husband to take revenge for ten years!" ”

"So be it!" Zhao Ji made a gesture to signal the other party to retreat, and said with a smile: "Gao Qing's family, the matter of juju will be on the new day of next month!" Speaking of which, he deftly made a mandarin duck crutch movement, as if he was on the Keju field.

Under the guidance of the small inner eunuch, Han Xiaoxuan came to the front of the palace, and with the melodious singing voice of the inner eunuch, Han Xiaoxuan elegantly bowed to Zhao Ji on the throne and saluted: "The minister's secretary Cheng, the head of the Zhizhao Wenguan is in charge of the living house, Han Xiaoxuan sees Your Majesty!" ”

"Aiqing, please get up!" Zhao Ji smiled and made a gesture to signal the other party to sit down, in fact, the person he wanted to see this morning was Han Xiaoxuan, but Gao Yu's sudden arrival prevaricated this announcement, and what he had just learned strengthened his determination to do what he wanted to do next.

"Wende!" Zhao Ji called Han Xiaoxuan's character to show his closeness to the other party: "If I am not mistaken, you advocate peace with Liao among the ministers, right?" ”

"Not bad!" Although he didn't understand why the sage suddenly mentioned this, Han Xiaoxuan immediately admitted his opinion, although he didn't understand why the sage still mentioned this when the Jin envoy had already arrived in Tokyo, anyway, it was too late to change his position at this time.

"Then would you like to make an envoy to Liao?"

"Envoy to Liao?" Han Xiaoxuan was stunned when he heard this, he was completely confused by Zhao Ji, after the Jin people arrived in Tokyo, they went out to play, and the Khitan spies in Tokyo were not deaf or blind, and they must have known that the Song people were going to ally with the Jin people. At this time, he went to Liao to make an envoy, so what's the point? ”

"Wende." Zhao Ji smiled and said: "Although I sent people to Liaodong to form an alliance with the Jinren, I also understand that your ideas also have your reasoning, if you can get the land of Yanyun without a fight, abolish the annual army fee, and achieve the grand wish of the ancestors, why do I have to attack the Liao State with the Jinren?" Aiqing, your envoy to the Liao State this time is to convey the meaning of the widow to the other party: as long as the Liao State is willing to abolish the annual army fee and return Yanyun, I will stop the alliance with the Jin people and continue the good of Song and Liao for a hundred years! ”

Han Xiaoxuan immediately understood what Zhao Ji meant: using the alliance with the Jin people as a bargaining chip in exchange for the sixteen states of Yanyun and the annual tribute, this sounds like it is feasible, but it is too wishful thinking after thinking about it a little. If the Liao State loses Youzhou and the annual tribute, even if it does not die, it will go to half a life, even if Song really keeps his promise and does not help each other, it will still be destroyed by Jin in the current situation, not to mention that Song may not keep that promise, it is better to simply cede all the land taken away by Jin to Jin, and then pay a large amount of annual tribute every year, and come back to defend Youzhou and pull it down. The most concession Liao can make is to stop asking for tribute, but the problem is that even if the Song Dynasty drags on and doesn't give money, Liao doesn't have enough troops to go south to beg, so why bother to go north, tear that face, and end up with a bad reputation of taking advantage of people's danger?

Zhao Ji saw Han Xiaoxuan's expression and said with a smile: "Han Aiqing, you don't have to worry, you don't have to reach an agreement this time, even if you want to know more about the situation in Yandi, it's good to marry Haojie for his own use!" ”

He now understands what Zhao Ji meant, and his feelings are not only for negotiations, but also for the task of spying on the inside of the Liao people, but this is also the meaning of the topic, and the envoys on both sides for more than a hundred years have more or less had this task. The Great Song Dynasty is now out of the way, while forming an alliance with the Jin people, while exploring the internal affairs of the Liao people, and standing by in the future, this is a good idea. In the past, no matter what faction he was in, he was a meritorious man. Thinking of this, Han Xiaoxuan stood up and said in a deep voice: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

"Wende, go to Zhao Aiqing's place before leaving, it will be of great help to you on this trip!"

"Obey the order!"

When Han Xiaoxuan came out of the Rui Si Palace, his mood was very complicated and delicate, he was both happy for the saint's favor and worried about the danger and complexity of the mission he was about to perform. Han Xiaoxuan knew in his heart that this visit to Liao and the past mutual visits between the two countries were completely different things, and the peace between the two countries for more than 100 years had already turned this mutual envoy into a ceremonial routine, and the envoys on both sides were well-educated scholars and doctors who had a deep understanding of various etiquette and precedents, and their main task was to skillfully take the lead for their country in the details of the ceremony. But. Now that everything has changed, the veil of warmth and affection that has been covering the relationship between the two countries has begun to gradually fall, revealing the hideous minions inside, and what he has to do is to tear off the prelude to the next big show, and let the bow and spear do the talking. Han Xiaoxuan, who has a family background, is undoubtedly very competent for the former kind of envoy, but he is not confident in the latter.

"Zhao Aiqing." Han Xiaoxuan repeated these three words in his mouth, as the national surname of the Great Song Dynasty, there are too many people with this surname in Tokyo. But Han Xiaoxuan knew that the three words that Emperor Daojun said just now only represented one person, that is, Li Lianghe, the former Liao Guangluqing who defected from the Liao State three years ago, and Zhao Liangsi, who was later given the surname Zhao in the secret pavilion to be edicted, it can be said that this person instigated the move of the Son of Heaven to attack Liao, and he should have been the person in his hostile camp, but since the Son of Heaven has made it so clear to himself, then his choice could not be simpler.

"A gentleman should move when the time comes, and follow the trend!" Han Xiaoxuan's face showed a smug smile, and he instructed the long-term entourage who had been waiting for him outside the palace gate: "Go to the Tong Privy Mansion!" ”

It should be said that Han Xiaoxuan's treatment of Zhou Ping and Xue Liangyu is still very good, as the two guards who have just entered the mansion, the two of them occupy a small courtyard with their own door, which also provides convenience for them to hide Li Bao. After dinner that day, just as Guo Liangyu was asking Li Bao for advice, there was a hurried knock on the door, Li Bao hurriedly hid in the room, Zhou Ping saw that he had cleaned up, and then shouted: "Don't knock, it's coming!" ”

As soon as the door opened, it was the steward of the Han Mansion who stood at the door, and he didn't see the imaginary servant, Zhou Ping couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and asked: "I just cleaned up my things in the house with my companions, so I made you wait for a long time, forgive me!" ”

"Good, good, clean up!" The steward's answer made Zhou Ping a little confused, but the next words surprised him even more: "Xianggong has just returned home, let me tell the two of you, hurry up and pack your luggage, you will be sent to Liao in a few days, if you have anything to use on the road, buy it quickly, so as not to be in time!" After finishing speaking, the steward turned around and left, stopped halfway and turned back and shouted: "Just report the name of Han Fu in the shop and keep the account, and someone will naturally settle the account at the end of the month." ”

"Envoy to Liao? Isn't it already that the envoy of the Golden People has already arrived in Tokyo? Has history changed? Zhou Ping stood at the door, looking dazed.

"Ah Ping, what's the matter?" Xue Liangyu walked over lightly: "Could it be Brother Li Bao's matter?" ”

"It's not!" Zhou Ping shook his head slowly, with a solemn expression: "Han Xianggong asked us to prepare, he is going to envoy to Liao!" ”

"Then I'm relieved!" Xue Liangyu suddenly looked relieved, he looked at Zhou Ping and said with a smile: "Ah Ping, you finally guessed something wrong, otherwise I would have thought you were the fox fairy in the temple behind our village!" Zhou Ping sighed and didn't answer, Xue Liangyu looked at him like this, smiled and comforted: "Ah Ping, how can you be accurate every time?" You should think about how to arrange Brother Li Bao, if we leave with Han Xianggong, he won't be able to stay here! ”