Ding Chengzong arrived in Bianliang, Tokyo, and was placed in the protocol first, Zhang Xun immediately entered the palace to see Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Guangyi had received Zhang Xun's report first, knowing that Xia Guo had sent someone to the capital, and there was something important to play with the Son of Heaven in person, but he didn't know the specific situation of this envoy, and when he asked Ding Chengzong's legs were crippled, he couldn't help laughing: "The so-called Xia Kingdom, it is really a barren land and sparsely populated, and even a cripple can be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, is there really no one in Xia Kingdom?" ”

Song Guo Xuanshi, don't say it's a cripple, even if the facial features are not good enough, you can't be an official, this official authority system always has to be talked about, and Xia Guo actually let a cripple occupy an important position, isn't this a shortage of talents?

Zhang Xun hurriedly explained: "Official, I heard that although this person is disabled. But he is very resourceful, and this person is Yang Hao's half-brother, and he is the person he trusts and relies on the most. In this peace talks, this Ding Chengzong is the person who is fully responsible for the Xia Kingdom, and he should not be underestimated because of his appearance. ”

"Half-brother, Ding Chengzong......, well, I remember, it seems to be ...... Was he a grain merchant in Bazhou before? ”

"Yes."

"Hehe, how good can a businessman be?" Zhao Guangyi smiled faintly and said: "Let him stay in the protocol courtyard, let him dry for a while, and then say, you have to calm down......"

"Official, that Ding Chengzong is here to ......" Zhang Xun was halfway through his words, then he stepped forward and whispered a few words to Zhao Guangyi, Lu Duoxun stood down, pricked up his ears and listened carefully, but he still didn't hear it, and he couldn't help but hate in his heart. This time, Zhang Xun returned to Beijing with the envoys of the Xia State, bypassing him directly to the official family, and the two of them were appointed by the emperor as the chief and deputy envoys of the peace talks, unless there had been significant progress in the matter, and he was bypassed for the purpose of inviting merit and reward. Otherwise, with Zhang Xun's xìng style of flattering Shangguan and patting horses, there is no reason to keep him in the dark. Lu Duoxun couldn't help but think: Could it be that Xia Guo has already agreed to all the conditions of the imperial court?

Zhao Guangyi just told Zhang Xun to calm down slowly, but as soon as he heard his words, his whole body shook suddenly, Huo Di stood up suddenly, his black and fat face turned red, his blazing eyes stared at Zhang Xun, and he breathed heavily: "What are you talking about?" Is this true? ”

When Zhang Xun saw Zhao Guangyi's moving face, he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, and hurriedly bowed his head and said: "What the minister said is true. ”

Zhao Guangyi was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Xuan, announce him immediately!" ”

"Obey."

Zhang Xun happily agreed, turned around and left, biting the root of Lu Duoxun's teeth with hatred on the side, but he still didn't know what to do.

"Wait, come back."

Zhang Xun just walked to the door of the hall in a hurry, Zhao Guangyi suddenly called him again, he really didn't expect that Yang Hao actually had the heirloom jade seal in his hand, and this treasure was of no use to others. The usefulness to him is self-evident, especially his long-standing ambition is to surpass the imperial brother, and his long-standing fear is that the throne is unstable, this treasure has not been obtained by Chai Rong, the British lord of the previous dynasty, and his eloquent eldest brother has not been obtained, but now he has the opportunity to fall into his hands, why not be happy?

But he immediately thought of the key point, why did Yang Hao willingly hand over this treasure? Naturally, it was in exchange for the court's concessions, but could Yang Hao's conditions be agreed? Jade seal, I yù also, Linfu two states, also I yù also. You can't have both, who will take it?

Zhao Guangyi couldn't make up his mind in his heart, and his eyes gradually showed a fierce light, and he said coldly: "Yang Hao has this treasure and doesn't know how to pay tribute, and he keeps saying that he has been wronged, who can believe him, if I drive the expedition in person, lead a heavy army to attack Xiazhou......"

Zhang Xun was taken aback, hurriedly bowed to the ground, and said in a loud voice: "Official, can't you do it." ”

Zhao Guangyi gritted his teeth and asked, "Can't you do it?" ”

Zhang Xun shook his hand in a hurry, and said one after another: "I can't help it, I can't help it." ”

Zhao Guangyi snorted heavily and asked, "How can I not do it, you say." ”

Zhang Xun swallowed his saliva and hurriedly said: "The official family, Yang Hao has moved all the powerful people in the DPRK and his own family to Xingzhou. Build a city there, build a new capital, and set up a new capital, why do you want Yang Hao to beg for peace, move the capital, and offer seals? ”

Zhang Xun was in a hurry, and said the word seal, and Lu Duoxun listened to it on the sidelines, and his heart moved: Xi? What seal? The seal used by Yang Hao as the emperor? What's so valuable?

The jade seal of the country has not appeared in the world for a long time, since the Later Jin Dynasty, no matter which emperor ascended the throne, he took great pains to secretly search, but he did not see his whereabouts.

Zhao Guangyi moved and asked, "Why did you come?" ”

Zhang Xun said: "From this, it can be seen that Yang Hao's ambition is only limited to a corner of Hexi. He abandoned Xiazhou, moved the capital west, and settled in Xingzhou for more than 800 miles of Hanhai, saying that he had no ambition for the Central Plains at all. Of course, my Central Plains is densely populated, and the country is rich. It's not something he can challenge at all, and Yang Hao can be regarded as self-aware in doing this.

However, it can also be seen from this that Yang Hao is satisfied as long as he has Hexi, the place where the Huhu in Hexi lives together, does not obey the indoctrination, and there is the barbarism of the Liao State to contain it, and the 800 miles of Hanhai are more dangerous than the Yangtze River moat in the south of the Yangtze River, all of the above are the reasons why we cannot win in a battle. Although the Xia State intends to surrender to the courtiers, the envoys of the Liao State are still in Xiazhou. The two sides have frequent contacts, if the imperial court is too pressing, once the Xia State uses the jade seal as a medium to serve the Liao State, then aren't we self-defeating?

Moreover, the ambition of the official family is in the sixteen states of Youyun, and if Xia Liao forms an alliance, it will make my Great Song Dynasty suffer from enemies on both sides, and it will be difficult to support it. If you pull him over, then I will increase the help of the Song Dynasty, and the Liao State will have one less hand and brother, and he will eliminate this long-term and long-term. The official family is rich all over the world, so why bother with the land of Linfu? ”

Zhang Xun had no hope at all that the imperial court would pacify Hexi in one fell swoop, so he was bent on promoting peace talks, and if he could successfully persuade Yang Hao to surrender, no one could take away his first credit. In the future, the Xichuan Rebellion will be quelled, and the cause will be traced, and this credit will still be indispensable to him. In the future, as long as the Northern Expedition to Youyan is successful, this credit will still not be able to run away from him, and he is naturally more eager for peace talks than anyone else.

What's more, what he said is indeed the truth, whether it is in terms of military strength or territory, Xia State is not comparable to the Northern Han Dynasty, the imperial court may not be able to take it down, the strength of Xia State is worthy of Liao's help, and cultivate a powerful force in the Western Regions that can contain the Central Plains, if Liao State intervenes again, it will be an impossible task.

Zhao Guangyi knew that what he said was the truth, the murderous intent that had just arisen because of greed slowly disappeared, and his face was slightly depressed, if he could get this heirloom jade seal, then it would be nothing to make him a prince, but ....... Will you return the two states of Linfu that have already arrived to him? That's not going to work, absolutely not! He is not as generous as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he married a princess, and married several states, and the culture, technology, and territory of the Han people were all sent out, and as a result, a bunch of white-eyed wolves were raised. His second uncle Zhao is a mouse, just pull it into the nest and let him send it out, isn't that cutting his flesh?

Zhao Guangyi tapped on the imperial case, and his face was uncertain for a long time, and then he said slowly: "That's it, Aiqing has been tired all the way, and she is really tired, so let's go back to the house and rest first." Ming rì ......, no, I still have to dry him, don't lou out of the urgency, just set it after the three rì, after the three rì, I will see him again. ”

Zhang Xun saw that Zhao Guangyi's face was completely calm, and he couldn't guess his mind for a while, this emperor was moody, and it was really not good to wait, which was like Tang Emperor Li Yu, who was full of joy and anger, and there was no city at all. Zhang Xun secretly felt angry, but he didn't dare to say more, so he had to retreat. ”

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"Second sister, I'm back."

The dog jumped up and down to the tent, turned his head to see that there was no one in the store, and immediately came to the side of Ji Ziyu, and said in a low voice: "Fifth son, there are people over there." ”

"Well, do your own thing, and don't ask any questions." The eight winds of the fold did not move, and an abacus in his hand was ticking, crisp and pleasant.

The dog whispered: "It's Lord Ding who came, Lord Ding personally went to Beijing for peace talks, I'm afraid that he will soon propose to the imperial court the conditions for the release of the family of the fifth prince."

The fold of Yu Xian's fingers trembled, and the beads on the abacus were messed up. When I raised my head, I saw that the dog had a narrow smile on his face, and made a grimace at her: "Lord Ding lives in the concierge house, which is heavily guarded, but with my skills, if you want to enter the concierge house at night without anyone knowing, it may not be impossible, if someone is willing to ask me, I will help her inquire about the situation tonight." ”

It was difficult for the emperor to suppress his excitement, Ding Chengzong went to Beijing in person, and the peace talks must have reached the most critical juncture, his family was kept in captivity in the capital, waiting for the prince to succeed to the throne in a few decades, or the emperor and grandson to succeed to the throne and then open the mercy and pardon, and release a group of descendants of the Zhen family who have completely lost their ability to survive because of isolation from the world.

Ding Chengzong entered Beijing for peace talks, and his reliance must be ......, and Zhen Ziyu's heartstrings trembled suddenly: Yang ...... Brother Hao, did you really hand over the jade seal? He...... It's also an emperor...... in his heart, I ...... After all, I have regained the glory and dignity of the emperor......

Excerpt Ziyu's heart was agitated, and two bright stars bloomed in his charming eyes.

The dog grimaced at her and said with a smile: "The fifth prince is a big beauty, if he cries and has a face, it won't look good." Don't worry, I'll sneak into the concierge tonight and help you find out how it is. ”

"Don't!" Excerpt Ziyu refused, she sniffed, blinked the tears in her eyes, raised her eyes to look at the dog, and said: "The strong have their own strong players, don't think that there is no one in the Song court, and a careless and violent identity, but you will lose everything." Negotiation is Lord Ding's business, no matter what the result is, we can't get started, just wait for the outcome. ”

The dog grabbed her arm and said softly: "Fifth son, I know that you are anxious, and you often look like you are not giving up, don't worry, I will be careful." ”

"Nope." Excerpt Yu Zheng said: "Xiao Yi, why did your uncle send you and Zhu Yun, the two masters, to Bianliang so early?" In order to allow you to lurk, not a trace of the trace, and when the Tokyo chaos and the forbidden army are in the Nine Cities, no one will suspect us people who have already settled in Bianliang for the first time. When the time comes, even if we strive for an extra hour, it will have a great impact on the success or failure of the matter, so we must do our duty to lurk now, and we can't spoil your uncle's big thing, you know? ”

The dog spat out the tip of his pink tongue and responded: "I know, people don't drag the uncle's hind legs." ”

Ziyu said with a smile: "This is good." ”

She pinched the dog's pink little face, and said with a smile: "Zhu Yun has already started to arrange today's exit from Beijing exercise, this time, it is a night audition, you follow the action together, familiarize yourself with the retreat route, the environment along the way, the response after leaving the city, and the response to accidents." Now we can miss, and when the time comes to take action, we can't miss it, otherwise we will be in a place of no return, so ...... You have to fight the jīng god and treat it as a real escape, so that you can be confident. ”

"Hmm!" The dog nodded heavily: "Fifth son, rest assured, even if Xiao Yi is broken, he will not live up to his uncle's expectations." ”

Zhen Ziyu's eyes softened, gently stroked the top of her head, and said softly: "In the future, call me Sister Ziyu." ”

"Oh......" The dog stood up, touched his hair while walking to the back room, and thought in confusion: "The fifth prince asked me to call her sister, no, my name is Uncle Yang Hao, if you call her sister, then she will call my uncle uncle?" Uncle likes the fifth son, so he wants to marry her. If you call my uncle uncle, it's ...... Can I marry him? ”

It seemed to run from the foot of Mount Hua to the top of the mountain in one breath, and the dog's breath immediately became short, and under the undulation of a pair of buds in front of his chest, there was a small drum in it......

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"Where did you get this heirloom jade seal?"

Ding Chengzong said: "My lord Yang Hao yù cut down the Hexi Prefectures, because the Tubo people in Suzhou have always had a close relationship with the Tubo people in Longyou, and I was worried that the Tubo people in Longyou would go out of Xiao Guan to cut off my retreat when the army marched west, so I sent a secret probe into Longyou to monitor the actions of Shang Boqian, the head of Longyou Tubo, and Shang Boqian took out the jade seal to show ......off to his son after being drunk."

The real reason why Zhu Yun went to Longyou was actually that Yang Hao noticed that the rapid rise of Longyou Tubo was due to the support of the Song State, which caused him to feel that the Song Dynasty supported Longyou Tubo was a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, so he took precautions and sent someone to find out the truth, of course, this reason was inconvenient to say to Zhao Guangyi, so he automatically replaced it with an equally credible reason.

Zhao Guangyi looked at Ding Chengzong coldly, and he didn't see any flaws in his expression and demeanor.

Ding Chengzong was brought into the palace, and when he first entered the Wende Palace, he was already a sè stubble, a rich man who farmed land in the countryside, what world had he seen? At the foot of this Son of Heaven, in the palace and in the place where the law is strict, how can he not be terrified?

When Zhao Guangyi put on a disdainful posture towards the jade seal of the country, the last trace of reliance on the rich man who was born as a grain seller disappeared, and his disguised composure was completely gone, and he began to cramp under his forced gaze and questioning, Zhao Guangyi noticed that when he answered his inquiry, he made several slips of the tongue, according to Zhang Xun, this person can speak well, and his eloquence is quite good, and his stuttering at this time is obviously caused by panic.

After Ding Chengzong finished speaking, he quietly raised his eyes and glanced at Zhao Guangyi, his eyes matched him, and he couldn't help but be clever, as if he had been stung, and quickly lowered his head again. Zhao Guangyi tapped on the imperial case and fell into deep thought.

With Yang Hao's original background, this jade seal cannot be his original treasure, there must be a source, and the source that Ding Chengzong explained is not like a lie, and if it is a lie, it is very easy to debunk. According to what he said, after stealing this heirloom jade seal from Shang Boqian's hands at that time, Shang Boqian had sent thousands of troops and horses to chase after him, and the momentum was quite large. If this is true, then Shang Boqian ......

Zhao Guangyi's heart sank, Shang Boqian carried the jade seal of the country, and kept it secret, what did it mean? Hexi Longyou, how similar? How similar is Shang Boqian in today's rì and Yang Hao in dangrì? The imperial court wanted to support Yang Hao in Hexi and weaken the power of the three feudatories, but Yang Hao supported it, but because of this, he was dragged away from the imperial court and became a more powerful local force than the three feudatories...... Do you have to repeat the story? No! For the same mistake, it is enough to make it once. Longyou, there must not be a second Yang Hao.

Zhao Guangyi suddenly remembered Li Jiyun and Ye Luofu, Li Jiyun did not listen to his mercy, refused to send troops to Yinzhou to lead his line, but wanted to fish in troubled waters and go straight to Xiazhou, but the result was a failure, with the remnants of the defeated general retreated to Longyou, Zhao Guangyi was quite dissatisfied with this, Li Jiyun arrived in Longyou several times to the court, begging for help from him, but he was put aside and ignored. Now Li Jiyun is a small general, although he has recruited many party members after revealing his identity, but he lacks both clothes and armor, and lacks food and grass, so he can only be governed by Shang Boqian, waving the flag and shouting for him, and being a pawn.

There is also Ganzhou Yeluo, there was no contact with the imperial court before, since the imperial court supported Shang Boqian, he had no intention of supporting a local chieftain, and Shang Boqian was also quite wary of Yeluoqian, and has been preventing him from migrating to Qinghai Lake.

Well...... now it seems that Shang Boqian is not very capable of holding it, but this power of the Longyou Tubo people cannot be without, not only to use it, but also to be able to control it, lest it become a wild horse dragging the reins, it seems to ...... Li Jiyun and Ye Luoyun are still somewhat useful, if the imperial court reduces its aid to Shang Boqian, supports Li Jiyun, and then puts pressure on Shang Boqian, so that Ye Luoqian can rush to Qinghai Lake to grow stronger, then Shang Boqian, Ye Luosu, and Li Jiyun all have to rely on the imperial court, and they can't dominate alone, and Longyou can be firmly controlled by the imperial court.

The Son of Heaven does not have a thousand hands and a thousand eyes, and it is impossible to personally control the entire world, so he must rely on the power of the minister, and the power of the minister is too large, it is possible to backfire on his king. Back then, if the imperial brother hadn't brought down Zhao Pu, how could I dare to do it easily? Thinking of this, Zhao Guangyi's eyes couldn't help but flash a cold and smug light.

This light seemed to be seen by Ding Chengzong, he quietly raised his sleeves, gently wiped a drop of sweat from his sideburns, and swallowed his saliva hard, Zhao Guangyi saw it in his eyes, and a slight contemptuous sneer bloomed at the corner of his mouth: "It's just a businessman, but it's so ......."

He suddenly slapped the imperial case and shouted: "Bold Ding Chengzong, what evil intentions does Yang Hao harbor, he is recruited from the truth!" ”

Ding Chengzong was so frightened that he was clever, looking like that, if he didn't have legs, he would have jumped up in fright: "Foreign minister...... The foreign minister is terrified, I ...... What evil intentions does my Lord harbor? Ding Chengzong had a blank expression.

Zhao Guangyi sneered and said, "Don't harbor evil intentions? Then I came to ask you, since you said that Yang Hao still has his heart to the court and has no objection, why is he unwilling to accept the post of the envoy? He waved his army to rebel, it was a great crime to destroy the nine clans, I did not pursue it, but let him reinstate his official office, this is a great grace, why does he refuse to accept it? ”

Ding Chengzong said hesitantly: "Back to Your Majesty, in fact, ...... In fact, it doesn't matter if you are called a king, or you can still be a general who is difficult to do, but it is just ...... It's just that the name is different in size, and the power position is also ...... It wasn't any different. It's just that...... It's just that there are many factions in the army under my lord's command, and the routes are complicated, including the Qiang people of Hengshan, the Dingyan army, the Tubo people of Liangzhou, the Hui people of Ganzhou, the Yanqi people of Suzhou, and the Han people of Guasha Prefecture, which are not easy to discipline.

Some of their old lords were once khans and some were kings, and now our lord has them under his command, and if our lord still reverts to his duties, it will be ...... Inevitably, they will be despised by them, and besides, many of the generals who voted for my lord, the original official rank is the official position that has reached the peak of the military generals, if my lord reinstates the difficulty of the festival degree, these generals will not only not be promoted, but will also be demoted by several ranks, this ...... This one...... Most of these people are brave and ruthless, and they are mercenary, and they will inevitably cause great disasters at that time, so they ...... Hence ......"

Zhao Guangyi remembered that when Yang Hao led his troops to participate in the battle against the Northern Han Dynasty, the miscellaneous troops under his command, Yang Hao had more than ten generals to translate every time he gave an order, and he knew that what Ding Chengzong said was true, and he couldn't help but laugh in his heart. He thought maliciously: "If I resolutely refuse to give in, I will definitely force him to make it difficult to make his post, won't Hexi be in chaos?" Immediately remembered that Yang Hao still had the second choice of Liaoguo, and this idea had to be abandoned.

He sighed, so he said generously: "That's it, in the past, when the Li family was hereditary to make the military position of the difficult army, there was already a title of King Xichuan, if Yang Hao sincerely attached himself to the imperial court, why should I be stingy to give him a prince." But ......"

Zhao Guangyi leaned over slightly, and said: "Since Yang Hao is willing to surrender, re-serve Song Zhi, and be my courtier, then...... He is still not satisfied with the eighteen states of Hexi, and he insists on asking me to take the two states of Linfu, what does it mean, huh?! ”