The lord of the country Li Jing summoned, and the core figures of the Southern Tang Dynasty entered the palace.

Li Congjia came in a hurry, and after sitting down, he was still yawning and rubbing his eyes, as if he was very tired.

Li Jing saw it in his eyes, frowned, and asked, "Congjia, what did you do last night?" ”

"My father forgave his sins and didn't do anything, just visited Zhongshan with a few friends, sang poems, and drank more wine." Li Congjia hurriedly pleaded guilty.

"And what happened last night, do you know everything? What do you think? ”

"What?" Li Congjia looked dazed.

"You don't know? Emperor E didn't sue you, or did you ignore it? Li Jing's brows furrowed deeper, and his face became more gloomy, as if he hated iron but not steel.

Li Congjia said: "Father's forgiveness, the banquet was too late last night, and the sons stayed in the Zhongshan Palace and never returned to the palace. Today, my father summoned him and went directly to the palace. ”

"Congjia, this is an extraordinary period, you have to know which is more important." Li Jing was about to get angry, but when he saw his younger brother Li Jingda, the king of Qi, and Zhong Mo, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, arriving together, he couldn't help it.

"Yes!" Li Congjia responded, but he was still confused. What does it have to do with his wife, what the hell is going on?

Many ministers came, these people were the core figures of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Jingda, Zhong Mo, Han Xizai naturally needless to say, Xiao Yan in the door, and even his younger brother Li Congshan also came. Seeing this situation, Li Congjia was even more curious and vaguely uneasy.

Huangfu Jixun had the same question in his heart, he entered the palace to report Zhao Zheng's identity, but when he stepped into the palace gate, he found that the atmosphere was a little wrong. I can't say what's wrong, because I care about my nephew's injury and plan how to retaliate against Zhao Zheng, but I haven't noticed the rumors.

"Your Majesty, the minister has found out some information about the Song envoy Zhao Zheng, and I have come to report it."

Li Jing frowned, and said lightly: "Really? Let's talk about it! ”

"This person was originally a monk in the Dingli Academy of Bianliang......" Huang Fuhui gushed endlessly, relaying the news he got from the hunchbacked Han Wei to Li Jing and the noble ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty word for word.

Everyone listened carefully, no one expected that Zhao Zheng's experience would be so legendary, and he would be a monk, thinking of his short hair, Li Congjia and Han Xizai suddenly realized.

After hearing that he protected Zhao Kuangyin's family in the Chenqiao Mutiny, he was sure that he was a close confidant of the Zhao family, maybe he was still an imperial prince, or he had something to do with Zhao Pu, a privy councillor in the Song Dynasty.

The suspicion was not over yet, and when he learned that Zhao Zheng was at ease in Luzhou, he played Li Yun and Liu Jun, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, on the applause, and was even more amazed. It seems that he underestimated this young envoy, so it seems that it is not unreasonable for Zhao Kuangyin to send him here.

When everyone came back from the shock, they all had a question, where did Huangfu Jixun get the news? Is the message true?

Li Jing's tone was particularly stern, and he asked in a deep voice, "Where did you get this news?" Really? ”

"It is the eyes and ears of the minister in Huainan...... Detected messages...... That's right! ”

Before Huangfu Jixun finished speaking, Li Jing was furious: "Bastard, to be honest, where did the news come from?" ”

Everyone has the same question, Han Xizai is responsible for finding out the details of Zhao Zheng, even if Huangfu Jixun has the intention to act on his behalf, it will not be so fast. Especially when his nephew had just clashed with Zhao Zheng the night before, he made the other party clear the next day.

If he really knew that Zhao Zheng was fine, there would not have been such a strict conflict last night, so there must be something strange in this.

"Your Majesty Xià ......" Huangfu Jixun clearly felt the strange atmosphere in the hall, and it seemed that the lord of the country seemed to know something, so he asked this question. Maybe someone found the hunchback at the door last night? The emperor sent people to spy on his courtiers, and this kind of thing has been around since ancient times.

Beads of sweat rolled down from his forehead, where does Huangfu Jixun still care about the credit of reporting important news, if he says the wrong thing at this moment, it is the crime of bullying the king.

"Your Majesty, last night there was a hunchback into my house, claiming to have a grudge against Zhao Zheng to kill his father, and he was followed by Bianliang to Luzhou, and now he has come to Jinling. This person is very familiar with Zhao Zheng, and these are all things he sued me. "How dare Huangfu Jixun mention that Li Chongjin behind Han Wei has colluded with the enemy's border generals, no matter what the purpose, the emperor will not tolerate it, he will not be stupid enough to kill himself.

In this way, Li Jing and the ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty present all believed a little, and it was obvious that they had a plan to kill people with a knife! Only Li Jingda, the king of Qi, frowned slightly, and a trace of suspicion flashed in his eyes.

"What about the hunchback?" Li Jing asked in a deep voice.

Huangfu Jixun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, it is all to blame the ministers for being clever, and they should have been detained." But I wondered if he had accomplices, and it was best to catch them all, so I let him out of the house and sent someone to follow him, but I accidentally lost my ......"

"Sure enough, it's self-inflicted!" Li Jing knew that the hunchback killed Zhao Zheng, and Huangfu Jixun was afraid that he would applaud. But so what? Is it really because of this selfishness? As long as the key issues ...... Li Jing said coldly: "The rumors in the city that reversed black and white were also spread by you?" ”

"What rumors?" Huangfu Jixun was confused.

"It's really not you?" Li Jing was still a little unconvinced, but after carefully explaining, Huangfu Jixun still denied it with trepidation.

"Your Majesty, the little nephew was drunk last night and offended Zhou Situ's daughter, and he deserves death. Although they had apologized to Mrs. Zhou and Princess Zheng, the Chen family was still deeply frightened and apologetic. Huangfu Jixun touched the sweat on his forehead and said, "The minister entered the palace today to ask His Majesty and His Royal Highness King Zheng for guilt. ”

Seeing this scene, Li Jing's expression was restored, and it seemed that Huangfu Jixun did not seem to be lying. He didn't have the courage and courage to be so confused.

Li Congjia frowned, why was his wife also involved? It's right to defend my sister, but didn't this also help the arrogant Song envoy Zhao Zheng? If the courtiers thought that they had close contacts with the Song envoys, or even colluded with each other, they would be in trouble. Especially when such a big incident happened, Zheng Wangfu was implicated, and there was some displeasure and trouble in his heart.

Han Xizai also said: "Your Majesty, General Huangfu is not so confused, it looks like that hunchback...... It's just that he is not familiar with life, why does he have such a means to fill the city with wind and rain overnight? ”

Li Jing said: "This matter is quickly investigated, and the person with ill intentions must be found." ”

Han Xizai received the order and asked at the same time: "Your Majesty, how should the protests and demands of the Song envoys be answered?" ”

When it came to this matter, Li Jing and several ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty did not look very good, this was a very simple question, but it was quite troublesome to deal with, and the opinions were not the same.

Li Jingda, the king of Qi, took the lead and said: "Brother Huang, Zhao Zheng is also arrogant, since he wants to leave, just let him go, is it possible that our Tang Kingdom is still afraid of the Song Kingdom?" I heard that there are many people in the north who oppose Zhao Kuangyin, why don't we take this opportunity to gather people's hearts, send troops to the Northern Expedition, and recover the 14 states in Jiangbei? ”

Li Jing didn't think about it, and didn't even hesitate, so he waved his hand and said: "Don't think about these nonsense, think about how to explain to the Song envoy, and the key is to lose the dignity of my Tang Kingdom." ”

Break with the Song State and recover the fourteen states of Jiangbei? Are you kidding? Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope, the defeat of Huainan was unbearable, Li Jing did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past, he no longer had the courage and courage. The younger brother Li Jingsui and the eldest son Li Hongji competed, and their successive deaths dealt a great blow to him and the political situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Now that his health is deteriorating, he has begun to think about the inheritance of the country, internal and external peace is the most important, and it is really unwise to start a war lightly.

Li Jingda was inevitably a little disappointed, seeing the resolute expression of his imperial brother Li Jing, he opened his mouth, and finally stopped talking.

Huangfu Jixun sighed in his heart, as expected, no wonder he didn't dare to come to see the lord. Since the lord of the country has a clear attitude, it is better not to mention this matter, and just concentrate on dealing with Zhao Zheng.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that he could apologize to the Song envoy, and then promised to investigate."

Li Jing remained silent and muttered, of course he wanted to calm things down, but Song Envoy apologized for such a threat, isn't it that Nantang is weak and loses face? How could Zhao Zheng give up lightly?

Huangfu Jixun said: "Your Majesty, in fact, this move is to retreat into advance. My country took the initiative to apologize and appeared modest and generous, and if the Song envoy was arrogant and rude, he would have the best share and bearing. Anyway, this matter has been boiling, and the notoriety of the Song envoy has been well known, and they apologized in private, but they didn't publicize it much, and they were still ashamed. As for the tracking, whether fast or slow, just have a gesture. ”

Not to mention, when these words came to Li Jing's heart, Han Xizai also agreed: "Take retreat as advance, let Song Envoy suffer a dumb loss!" ”

"Hey, hey!" Huangfu Jixun added: "In addition, there are other means that can be used to frustrate Zhao Zheng's spirit. His Majesty can find an excuse to cancel the welcome banquet, and if he is not seen before his birthday, he will be left to dry first. At the same time, find his weaknesses again, prescribe the right medicine, make him ugly, and suppress his sharpness, what does His Majesty think? ”

"Okay, let's do it!" Li Jing was surprised that the always impulsive Huangfu Jixun was so delicate. is so good at not losing his bearing and face, and can "appease" the Song envoy, which can be regarded as the best of both worlds.

"Yes!"

Li Jing instructed: "I won't see him anymore, Congjia, Congshan, you greet me, as for ceremonial activities, as long as it is not too excessive, you can arrange it at will." ”

Huangfu Jixun was happy in his heart, even if there was no danger today, he also successfully won the attention of the lord of the country. And the last sentence, which is so important that it is equivalent to being ordered to find fault.

Hum! Zhao Zheng, you wait, you look good!