The Kyu's peace mission stayed at the post house for ten days, and finally waited for the invitation from the Ministry of Rites on the eleventh day.

Qiguan Qiu led the other six people to the appointment, and there was a long way from the outer city to the inner city, and when they arrived, Lu Chengxiu and Lu Guitang were already waiting inside.

Several people didn't understand the etiquette of Dazhen, but fortunately, they realized that they had come to the court to ask for help, so they all gave Gui's gift to the two princes.

Lu Chengxiu and Lu Guitang both accepted it with peace of mind, and then invited someone to sit down, and they entered the topic.

Lu Chengxiu put the compensation list on the table, his face was not very happy, and he only asked: "There are a lot of gift lists you have sent, but this king has been carefully considering it for a few days, but he feels that it is a little unsatisfactory." ”

Lu Chengxiu was worried that the peace envoys wouldn't understand at first, but he didn't think that the person named Qi Guanqiu was quite clever, so he immediately asked: "I am sincere in negotiating peace, and naturally I will offer all the treasures we can see, I don't know where your dynasty is dissatisfied?" ”

Lu Guitang stared at everyone's expressions on the side, and saw that the six envoys looked honest, and two of them didn't seem to understand Chinese, so they had to be explained to them by the people next to them. Only the official Qiu is shrewd, not only speaks a good Chinese language, but is also quite alert.

Lu Guitang chuckled, reached out and took the gift list that Lu Chengxiu held on the table, and said as he turned it over: "Every year from now on, your Gui clan will pay me a tribute of 1,000 cows, raising, and horses, which is quite sincere." ”

The envoys of the Nagui clan had just smiled, but suddenly heard Lu Guitang's words and turned sharply.

"But, the Communist Party just gave such a little bit of silver, it's a little too much, right?"

Lu Guitang spread out the gift list again, stretched out his hand and pointed at one of the places on it.

Everyone looked in, and saw a string of words on his finger: one million taels of silver.

Lu Chengxiu followed Lu Guitang's words and said sarcastically: "According to this king, your sincerity is not enough, you have invaded my Dazhen border over the years, and caused the people of our dynasty to live in poverty, and the imperial court alone allocated no less than this amount of grain and grass to the army, not to mention the pension of the soldiers and the comfort money of the people at the border pass." Your Gui clan has six tribes, so you can't even get this silver, right? ”

As Lu Chengxiu spoke, he stretched out his hand and wrote a "six" character on the table beside him.

The next person may not understand, a six-character, these Gui envoys can see it, and at that moment, a burly man stood up angrily and theorized, and his broken Chinese language sounded very harsh: "How can it be, we have already shown our sincerity by giving you a million taels of silver, you Dazhen people, why are you so greedy!" ”

"Una!" The burly man was about to say more, but was interrupted by the official Qiu's words.

I can't complain that this person is the chief envoy, it can be seen that he has a lot of weight in talking among these people, and the burly man who called Una heard Qi Guan Qiu's scolding, and he really stopped saying at the moment, but only went to the chair angrily, waiting to hear what Qi Guan Qiu said.

Qiguan Qiu smiled, and actually brought a little warmth, and said to Lu Chengxiu: "Your dynasty said that my dynasty is not sincere enough, but I think that your dynasty is too greedy." As we all know, my Gui clan's manpower, material resources, land, and water sources are not as good as your Dazhen, and there are not a few silver ingots in the whole court, and you still want the lion to open his mouth and want to raise the silver to six times as much as before? ”

What Qi Guanqiu said was true, the Gui clan is located in the northwest of Dazhen, close to the yellow sand border, the soil is poor, the water source is limited, and it is true that they can't take out too much silver, if not, they will not attack Dazhen for several years and refuse to let go.

Only, that's not the reason.

Lu Guitang snorted coldly when he heard this, and there was already some anger in his words: "What you said is light, and you want to make this matter a big deal small without paying a single word?" As everyone knows, what is the innocent of the soldiers who have guarded the border in the past few years, and what is the innocent soul who died under the sword of Er? I have an old saying, called debt repayment, murder to pay for life, now I don't need you to wait for your life, why, can't even the silver come out? ”

It was about the aggressiveness of his series of words that the envoys of the Gui clan did not react, only the man named Una who had been unhappy before got up again and slapped the table:

"Don't bully us, you great people, we have to reason with your Emperor Majesty!"

Lu Guitang raised his eyebrows, and his words were full of indifference: "No one told you before you came, who is the person who negotiated peace with you today?" ”

Una was stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Who is it?" ”

Lu Guitang and Lu Chengxiu didn't say anything, but they all looked at Qi Guanqiu, it was not surprising that others didn't know their identities, but he was so shrewd, if he still said that he didn't know, he couldn't say anything.

Sure enough, seeing that Qi Guanqiu's face darkened, he stretched out his hand again to stop Una.

He smiled again: "The two highnesses, King Xian and King Shu, personally entertained us and others, and it is a great honor for us to wait. ”

Hearing this, the other six people were no longer bright, and they also knew that the two people in front of them were the two sons of Emperor Dazhen.

At that moment, Una looked at Qi Guanqiu, and there was a bit of complaint in his eyes, but he just suppressed the grievances in his heart and did not complain in his heart.

Qiguan Qiu sighed, stretched out his finger and knocked on the table a few times, pondering for a while before he said: "Six million taels of silver is not a small amount, although we are the peace envoy, but they are all under the orders of our king of Gui, we can't be the master of this matter, and we have to wait for a few more days, and we will discuss it after I have asked my king." ”

Lu Guitang pursed his lips and smiled lazily: "It is your Gui clan who is seeking peace, and I am naturally not in a hurry." ”

When Qi Guanqiu and the others heard this, their faces turned black again, but they still didn't say anything more, and several people went out of the Ministry of Rites indignantly, and then sent back to the post house by the carriage of the Ministry of Rites.

After the people left, only Lu Chengxiu and Lu Gui's cousins were left in the house.

Lu Chengxiu turned his head sideways and asked, "Fourth brother thinks this Gui clan's peace mission ......?"

Lu Guitang was lazy in the chair, and raised his eyelids quite reluctantly, but replied with a smile: "It's a big head......"

Seeing this, Lu Chengxiu got up, knowing that Lu Guitang was unwilling to say much to him, so he instructed: "In this case, if my brother wants to enter the palace to explain my father's peace today, can the fourth brother go with him?" ”

The words fell, but he didn't hear a response for a long time, and when Lu Chengxiu went to look again, he saw Lu Guitang lazy in the chair with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

He took a breath and paced out of the Rite Department.