The Qiu Du Eunuch laughed twice: "Han Zuoshi went to Liao State, and he seemed to be a different person, and he was bent on advocating the destruction of Liao by Lianjin, and he also sent the two of you over to see the East and West Fang, and he dared to be a pacification envoy!" When Zhou Ping heard this, he already felt that there was something wrong with the words of the Autumn Metropolitan Eunuch, as if he was a little dissatisfied with Han Xiaoxuan. It turned out that after Han Xiaoxuan returned from the Liao envoy, he felt that Liao's domestic and foreign troubles and the Great Song Dynasty had an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he immediately changed his position and advocated it in his recital to Emperor Daojun. This autumn capital eunuch is an internal chamberlain, and he has some eyeliner in the palace, so he naturally has heard of it. When this person was in the palace, he was waiting for Zheng Guifei, and naturally he was in the same party as Zheng Guifei's self-proclaimed brother, Dazai Zheng Juzhong, who was in the Privy Council, and this Zheng Juzhong was originally a party with Cai Jing, but because of the struggle for power, he turned against each other, so he held one side with Cai Jing and Tong Guan in the matter of conquering Liao. Han Xiaoxuan turned his head to support Zhengliao, he was a traitor of that faction, and he naturally looked at it quite unpleasantly.

Zhou Pingzheng was worried that the Qiu Du Eunuch was deliberately embarrassed, but he heard the Qiu Du Eunuch laugh twice, and said: "No matter what, whether it is to conquer Liao, or whether it is not to be levied, it is all for the sake of the saint, and a certain family is just a household dog, just doing some official business!" Come on, take two strong men to have a look in the workshop! Then he turned and departed.

Zhou Ping couldn't help but be overjoyed, he didn't know why this autumn capital prison suddenly let them in, he didn't expect it to be so easy to enter the most advanced weapon workshop at that time, as a traverser, although he has more than nearly a thousand years of scientific knowledge in his mind, but theory is one thing, reality is another, if you can take a closer look, go back and compare it, you will definitely gain something. And the prisoner of the autumn capital was originally a eunuch, and there was nothing to do. Although he is in the same party as Zheng Juzhong, it is only for the sake of colluding with foreign officials for profit, and the faction that sent troops to recruit Liao is getting stronger and stronger in the court, so he naturally will not hold on to Zheng Juzhong's thigh. Anyway, this matter is just a trivial matter for him, so why should he offend Han Xiaoxuan and cut off a way back for himself?

When Zhou Xue and the others entered the East and West Workshops, they saw workshops on both sides of the road, with clothes and armor making, bows and crossbows, and fire oil making, and the craftsmen in the room were busy in full swing. It turned out that the disadvantages of the five generations of the Song Dynasty, the founding emperor was most afraid of the martial arts rebellion, so he carried out the policy of "strong cadres and weak branches", concentrating the world's strong soldiers in Beijing and looking at the Quartet. This weapon is also general, the world's famous craftsman's workshop, is also concentrated in the Beijing division of Bianliang, the treasury stored in the arsenal of weapons and armor accumulated like a mountain, the result in Jingkang after the difficulty, all for the Jin people to plunder. After Jingkang, the Jin army was famous for its strong soldiers.

The one who led the way was a small chamberlain, with a slightly impatient look on his face, and asked in a cold voice: "Two, this weapon is made of two squares and fifty-one works, and it will not be able to finish it in a few days and nights, where are you two going?" ”

Zhou Ping hurriedly took out a cloth bag from his arms, stuffed it into the little waiter, and said with a smile: "I'm tired of the little master leading the two of us, guilty of sin, this little thing will let you go to have a cup of tea." I just want to see the clothes and armor and swords and guns, and I hope the little master will agree. ”

The little chamberlain took the cloth bag, turned sideways and opened it to see, but it was a full two pieces of money, the little chamberlain was of a low grade, and a month's worth of money was only one or two, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly turned around and smiled: "It's easy to say, I'll take the two of you wherever you want to go!" ”

Zhou Ping and the two walked around for a while, gained a lot, and returned to the residence at dinnertime, and heard an old man at the door saying: "Ah Ping go back quickly, there is a Tai Lieutenant (Song often called the officer Tai Lieutenant) wants to see you, only to say that there is a letter to come, is waiting inside." ”

Zhou Ping was stunned, he didn't have any relatives in this world, where did anyone write a letter to himself? Could it be that something happened to Anyang? He hurriedly thanked the old man and walked to his yard. More than ten steps away, I saw a young man sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard with his back to him, his back straight, and the one standing and talking on the side was the orphan Luo She'er who had brought back from Yan. Perhaps hearing the footsteps, the young man stood up, turned around and looked Zhou Ping up and down twice, and asked, "But Xiangzhou Anyang Zhou Ping?" ”

"Yes, right down!" Zhou Ping arched his hand, he had already recognized the person opposite at this time, it was the young officer who accompanied the Jin envoy on the second floor that night, after the Jin envoy was strangled by Li Bao, it was this person who led the government service sergeants to hunt down Li Bao. He came to himself, didn't he find a clue and chase him here? Thinking of this, Zhou Ping couldn't help but panic in his heart, and his eyes wandered away to find an escape route waiting for the meeting.

"It's you." The young man smiled, took out a letter from his arms and presented it, suddenly he turned his right hand, grabbed Zhou Ping's right arm, Zhou Ping, who had already been on guard, grabbed the other party's hand, and as soon as his forearm flipped over, he was about to break the other party's hand, and the two suddenly twisted together. Xue Liangyu behind Zhou Ping hadn't reacted yet, Luo She'er on the side had already picked up the pole leaning against the wall, and slammed it on the inside of Ma Kuo's knee, hitting him with a bend of his right leg, but Ma Kuo reacted very quickly, and lifted Luo She'er to the ground with a mandarin duck crutch on his right leg, and broke free from Zhou Ping's arms with a shake of his arms, jumped two steps back, and said with a smile: "Under the surname Ma Mingkuo, there is no malice, this time I am on the order of my father, bring a letter to you." ”

"Letters?" Zhou Ping stretched out his hand to stop Xue Liangyu, who was about to pounce, and asked, "Then what were you doing just now?" ”

"It's just a try!" Ma Kuo said with a smile: "Jia Yan is an old friend of the Zhishan Zen Master, and this letter is handed over by the Zhishan Zen Master to Jia Yan." If Brother Tai doesn't believe it, you will know at a glance! ”

Zhou Ping picked up the letter that fell on the ground suspiciously, opened it and saw that it was indeed the best handwriting, so he believed a few points. He put the letter in his bosom and asked, "Where is the Zen master now?" And how do you know I'm here? ”

Ma Kuo saw Zhou Ping's expression, knowing that the other party was still quite suspicious of him, so he met Zhishan and Ma Zheng and his party in Dengzhou, and went to Liaodong together. In the end, Ma Kuo gave Zhou Ping a deep look and said: "Jiayan sent someone to Xiangzhou to deliver a letter, and the people in Guizhuang said that the two went to the Han Mansion in Tokyo, and asked the Han Mansion and said that the two went to the Liao State with the Han Zuo Envoy, and they were only delivered today." The best Zen master called Brother Zhou a rare strange man in the world in front of Jia Yan, and he was a little competitive when he heard it, so he tried to do it, and please forgive me for the offense! ”

"I see!" Zhou Ping nodded, he was not a fool, in connection with what he saw that night, he could guess that the young man in front of him was at least involved in the secret diplomatic operation of the Song and Jin Dynasty to form a maritime alliance, and even had a high status in the mission, otherwise he would not have been allowed to take on the task of accompanying the Jin envoys. Whether it is to obtain first-hand information about the Jin people, or to pave an extra road in the future, it is very necessary to have a good relationship with the young officer named Ma Kuo in front of him.

"I'm really embarrassed to bother Brother Ma to run a few times, prepare a little thin wine, and talk about my heart!" Zhou Ping stretched out his right hand, invited Ma Kuo to sit down on the stone bench, and asked Rochelle to go outside to buy some wine and food. Ma Kuo didn't shirk either, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll be free anyway, so I'll stay and have a drink with Brother Zhou." ”

Zhou, Ma, and Xue sat down on the stone bench, and soon after, Luo She'er came back with some wine and food, and laid them out on the stone table. The three of them were drinking and chatting, Ma Kuo learned that Zhou and Xue both already had official bodies, and they also escorted Han Xiaoxuan to the Liao State as an envoy, so he hurriedly got up and saluted: "I don't know that the two of you are already envoys, please forgive me for the rudeness of the younger brother!" ”

Zhou Ping hurriedly smiled: "It's just a Chengxinlang from the ninth grade, an official the size of a sesame mung bean, Brother Ma laughed!" ”

Ma Kuo said solemnly: "Brother Zhou's words are bad, this is a famous weapon of the imperial court, at least despise it?" Besides, from the ninth grade, he has entered the official body, and the military exploits of this dynasty have changed very quickly. If a certain family is not bad as expected, the two of you will definitely overmove the Liao State this time, and it is not impossible to be Bao Yilang and Cong Yilang! Speaking of this, Ma Kuo's face became a little softer, and he said with a smile: "Since both of them are envoys, and they are envoys to Liao with Han Zuoshi, I don't have to hide some things from you, and there is one more thing to thank you for a certain family!" ”

"Thank you?"

"Yes, let's tell you the truth, this time Jia Yan went to Liaodong, not to buy horses, but to make an alliance with the Jin people to attack the Liao State and restore Yanyun. Now that the Jin envoy has come to Tokyo, the imperial court has not heard back for a long time, obviously because of the war between Korea and China and the dispute between the two factions. A few days ago, news came that the imperial court was preparing to send envoys to Liaodong, and I heard that Han Zuoshi was the main conquest of Liao in front of the sage, and the two were also powerful. ”

"I see!" Zhou Ping nodded and asked, "If that's the case, it's not so simple for the Supreme Zen Master to stay in Liaodong, right?" ”

Ma Kuo showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and replied: "Yes, the Zen master volunteered to stay with Jin Ren as a hostage, this matter is quite confidential, and I don't know the identities of the two below, so I didn't say it." ”

"Stay as a hostage?" Zhou Ping was stunned when he heard this, and then sighed: "The Zen master is always like this, forgetting his body for the sake of the people of the world, I don't know if he is okay now?" ”

"As far as I can see, the Jin people are very simple, they have a bitter enmity with the Liao State, and they are quite sincere in their alliance with our Great Song Dynasty, but-" Speaking of this, Ma Kuo sighed: "The DPRK and China have been indecided, and they have delayed for a long time, but I am afraid that there will be many dreams at night!" At this point, he had already looked up to the northeast.

"Delayed?" Zhou Ping was stunned for a moment and asked rhetorically: "Why is this?" ”

Ma Kuo hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "A few days ago, a Liao official document came from Zhixiong Prefecture and Xian, which said that the Liao people were negotiating peace with the Jin people, so the Son of Heaven recalled the envoys, just to send the Jin envoys back to Liaodong. ”

"I'm afraid this is the Liao people's annihilation plan!" Zhou Ping said in a low voice: "Peter knew that I was in alliance with the Jinren, so he sent the false news to make a divisive plan!" "I am very happy to see a lot of book friends who have given tips and recommended tickets! Whether it is the old book friends of "The World Festival" and "The Iron and Steel Century of Xinshun", or the new book friends who came to the starting point to know, they are very grateful, after all, the code word writing book is inseparable from everyone's support, and one person can't go on!

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