Chapter Ninety-Six, Xiao Pays Me

Wang Jue's Guogong Mansion is on Tongxing Street in the east of the city, close to Lijing Gate, not too far from the Xu Family Security Hall located outside the Vermilion Bird Gate, and it doesn't take an hour to come and go.

Wang Jue sat on a special chair, silently touching the sandalwood rosary in his hand, according to his estimate, this Li Dang should have received his own order, and he should have arrived at his mansion a long time ago.

Could it be that Li Kang or the servant had some accident, Wang Qi looked towards a Taishi chair on the west side of the living room, where sat a Khitan young man wearing a robe with a flat rust pattern and a veil on his head.

The young man was calmly sipping the fragrant tea in his cup.

He is the envoy of the Liao State to the Song Dynasty this time, and the king of Lanling County and the commander of the horse Xiao paid me.

Xiao Yu I am very young, only in my early twenties, but he is already a famous figure in the Liao Kingdom.

At the age of fourteen, he learned an outstanding riding and archery kung fu and won the champion of martial arts that year; At the age of sixteen, he went to the west with the army, killed countless enemies, and was named the king of Lanling County; At the age of eighteen, he married the princess of Liao and became the captain of the horse.

At the age of 20, Xiao Yu was lucky to defeat Yelu Xiongfei, the king of the Khitan North Courtyard, one of the top three archers in Liao, in the traditional activity of the Dragon Boat Festival every year of the Liao people, and his fame soared, and he was already the leader of the younger generation of the descendants of Xiao in Liao.

Regarding the incident of Fan Lou last night, Xiao Yu I actually only know a rough idea, and I don't know that the cause of the incident is that his two subordinates beat Qin Guan first, he is rebellious by nature, and he feels that the Liao people were beaten in Bianjing, which is a great shame, and he will care about the origin of the matter.

Zheng Hongtu and Xiao Dagui also knew Xiao Yu's temperament, so they didn't report the story in detail, but just said that they were called "Liao Dog" by others, so they got up angrily and questioned.

"Liao dog! These lowly and cowardly Song people actually called us Liao dogs, and you failed to punish them! ”

Xiao Yu and I were furious, slapped each of them in the face, and left the post house and went straight to Wang Qi's mansion.

Xiao Yu gathered a few soldiers, ran to Wang Qi's mansion in a rage, and said to Wang Qi: "This Zheng and Xiao are both my big Liao pillars, and this time I went to the state of brothers with this king, but I didn't expect to be harmed by the crumbs, so that I couldn't afford to get sick. If your country cannot punish the murderer, I am afraid that in the future, it will be difficult for us to guarantee the safety of your envoys in Shangjing. ”

"The king of the county is calm and don't be impatient, please let Benxiang find out the truth of the matter first."

Wang Qi painstakingly listened to Xiao Hui's Song Dynasty official dialect, which was not fluent, and his tone of reply was neither humble nor arrogant, and he was obviously dissatisfied with Xiao Hui's threatening tone.

"What is there to investigate, Wang Xianggong should send someone to arrest those suspected murderers as soon as possible."

Xiao paid me to Wang Jue's house this time to force Wang Jue to admit his mistake and apologize, of course, it was not just how simple it was to be angry for his two subordinates, he wanted Wang Jue to let him spend more copper money to eliminate the disaster. Therefore, as soon as he spoke, he accused the Song Dynasty of poor protection, which led to the personal injury suffered by the members of his own mission.

After all, Wang Qi is an old man, and while taking the word "drag" and perfunctory to Xiao Reward, he sent someone to invite Li Dang to come over, wanting him to confront Xiao Reward. How do you know that Li Dang was annoyed that Wang Jue fooled him last time, and he was reluctant to come to Wang Jue's mansion.

"According to this king, Zheng and Xiao are seriously injured and have a huge amount of medical treatment, and this cost should be paid by your country anyway."

Xiao Yu I began to get straight to the point, he went to the Song Dynasty this time, nominally to congratulate the Song Dynasty emperor on the New Year, but in fact he came to collect the New Year's coins.

At this time, the Song Dynasty, the annual payment to the Liao State has increased to 200,000 pieces of money, 300,000 horses of silk, these money usually Zhao and Song Dynasty will be shortly after the Lantern Festival, send people to arrive in the Nanjing Mansion of the Liao State on time, but this year because Zhao Laoda is seriously ill, it has not been shipped out.

Xiao Fu and I have repeatedly negotiated with the officials of the Song Dynasty and asked for the payment of the New Year's coins as soon as possible, but I have never received a clear answer.

It wasn't until Boss Zhao's condition improved some time ago that there was the final news, saying that the New Year's coin had been prepared, and when Xiao Paid's mission returned to Liao, he could send soldiers to escort the New Year's Coin back with Xiao Paid.

Xiao paid me to stay in Bianjing City for two more months this time, so I was a little unwilling to go back with 200,000 yuan, he wanted to use this envoy's injury incident to make a fuss, so that the Song Dynasty would have some blood.

"There are many famous doctors in my Bianjing City, and the illness of the two adults, the king of the county can rest assured, and the prime minister will send someone to diagnose it. But last night's incident, we still have to find out clearly. ”

Wang Qi still didn't give an inch, he didn't believe that as Xiao Yu described, Li Dang would beat the Liao people out of thin air for no reason.

Without waiting for Li Kang, Gao Yu took Wang Jue's servants to Wang Jue's mansion first.

Wang Jue asked his subordinates to lead Gao Yu to the side hall, he himself was on crutches, and saw Gao Yu in a hobbling manner, as soon as he heard that Li Dang was unwilling to come to his house to see the Liao, Wang Jue instantly petrified.

Although he knew that Li Dang still resented himself because of the last attack, but now that the people of the Liao Kingdom have bullied him, he is bothering to block him, this Li Dang is unwilling to come to his mansion, not to mention how annoyed Wang Qi is in his heart.

"Go and tell your master, if he insists on not coming, this Liao people's matter, the true appearance will be gone!" Wang Jue said to Gao Yu.

Wang Qi is obviously angry, as the prime minister, he has an unshirkable responsibility for this diplomatic dispute, and it is not appropriate to shirk it. However, if Li Dare really doesn't come today, he will lose face. If this matter spreads, he doesn't know where his old face can go in the future.

If it weren't for the Liao man Xiao Yu and I was still sitting in my living room, Wang Qi couldn't help but go to the Xu family's security hall in person.

Gao Yu hurriedly kowtowed to Wang Qi and said yes, he also disagreed with Li Dang's disobedience to Wang Qi's instructions, he felt that although Li Dang was talented, but after all, he was young and vigorous, and his edge was exposed.

Gao Yu turned around and left, he dared to go out of the gate, thinking about how to persuade Li Kang to go back, so that Li Kang could come to see Wang Jue, and when he looked up, he said in surprise: "Childe, Childe, you are here!" ”

Li Dang and Qin Guan were right in front of Gao Yu's eyes.

"Quick, go and tell the prince that my son-in-law has come." Gao Yu said to the subordinates of Wang Jue's mansion beside him.

Wang Jue didn't come out to greet him, but just called the servant he had just sent to come out to see Li Kang.

"Where's Liaogou?" Li Dang asked angrily.

"Liaogou?" The servant looked frightened, looked in the direction of the living room and said, "Wang Zheng of Lanling County of Liao State is in the living room with Wang Xianggong. ”

"The King of Lanling?"

Li Dang was stunned, he didn't expect that what he wanted to see was actually the prince of Liao.

"Yes, his name is Xiao Hui, and he is not much older than the Taiyi Adult." The servant added.