Soon after Tuoba Zhen left, the guest Cao Shangshu Feng Zhu really passed on Tuoba Hong's holy message, saying that a banquet would be held in the palace tomorrow to catch the wind and wash the dust.

"Tuoba Hongzun is the Son of Heaven, but there is no real power in his hands, and now the Northern Wei Dynasty is in power with the Empress Dowager Feng's family, today's dismount must also be Feng's meaning," Huan Ling sat in front of the coffee table, and took a sip of tea after speaking.

Xiao Zhen stood at the door, standing with his hands in his hands, looking outside, as if in thought, "That Tuoba Zhen seems to have two hearts," he said, and glanced back at Xie Zheng.

Xie Zheng also got up, walked to his side, and then said: "Tuoba Zhen is a wolf with ambitions, relying on the military power in his hands, and he has stayed in Pingcheng for many years, and he is called 'auxiliary government', but in fact, it is not for the imperial power? ”

"Sima Zhao's heart, passers-by know it," Huan Ling teased again as if watching a play.

Xie Zheng turned to look at Huan Ling and said with a smile: "That's why I deliberately said that he was acting on behalf of the family, that is, to that guest Cao Shangshu, his surname is Feng, and he is also a relative of the Feng family, Tuoba Zhen has two hearts, since he let him listen, he will definitely let the Feng family know that Tuoba Zhen is weak-hearted, so he will naturally go back and ask Tuoba Hong to meet us in person." ”

Xiao Zhen also turned his head, he glanced at Huan Ling, with a hint of a smile on his lips, and said: "Now that Gu knows that it is really not good to be alone without you," he said, and suddenly raised his arm and put it on Xie Zheng's shoulder.

Huan Ling saw Xiao Zheng hooking his shoulders and backs to Xie Zheng, and immediately became angry, he stood up, and wanted to go over and pull Xie Zheng away, but Xie Zheng himself broke free from Xiao Zheng first.

She said: "I was very tired and tired from the journey, so I went to rest first. ”

Xiao Zhen was slightly stunned, seeing Xie Zheng walking away, he clasped his hands, and always felt empty in his heart.

Huan Ling also glanced at him, and then followed Xie Zheng and left.

"I said a long time ago, the prince is like a wolf and a tiger, and now you look at him, it's true!"

Huan Ling strode behind Xie Zheng, Xie Zheng was very irritable and didn't want to pay attention to him, so he only said: "You don't worry about me anymore, don't you come with me now?" ”

"We met in Gaoping, and I wasn't by your side all the way from Jiankang to Gaoping."

Xie Zheng had already walked to the door of the house, and Huan Ling was still following, so she stopped, turned around and said, "Then according to the opinion of the county marquis, why don't we go back to Jiankang, and the six of us will go again?" ”

Huan Ling was gagged by her words, there was nothing to say, Xie Zheng hurriedly turned around, opened the door and entered the house, when Huan Ling wanted to follow in, she closed the door with a "bang", Huan Ling stood outside the house, quite frustrated, he raised his hand and wanted to knock on the door, but after thinking about it, he put it down, he only said: "I don't mean anything else, I'm just worried about your ......"

He sighed and turned to leave.

Xie Zheng leaned against the door and sighed, Yuzhi called her gently, she said: "He is my benefactor, I naturally don't want to make him sad and frustrated, but I admire Gu Langjun, and he also knows it, so why bother pestering me again now." ”

The next day, Tuoba Hong sent an ox cart to the post house to pick up the envoy into the palace for a banquet, only Xie Zheng went with Xiao Zhen, and Huan Ling stayed in the post house to wait.

At the age of sixteen or seventeen, Tuoba Hong was still a young man, speaking of which, he was no different from a puppet, and the ruling Empress Dowager Feng was not at the banquet.

When the two arrived at the banquet, Tuoba Hong sat on the throne of Jinluan, the ministers sat on either side, and the two guest seats on the left near the main seat were vacated.

Xiao Zhen and Xie Zheng bowed to Tuoba Hong together, but did not kneel down and bow their heads to court, Tuoba Hong was not annoyed, but just looked at Xie Zheng twice, and then said: "The envoy doesn't have to be polite, come to the seat." ”

The two of them took their seats, and Tuoba Hong looked at Xie Zheng again, he was like a stupid idiot, pointing at Xie Zheng and laughing: "Is there no one in Nanqi?" How do you send a woman to be a messenger? ”

"He is a chess player of my Daqi, and he is also a lonely strategist, and his intelligence is not inferior to that of a man, why can't he be a messenger?" Xiao Zhen retorted, and Xie Zheng also said: "The Empress Dowager of your country is also a woman, and she also makes everyone here surrender, does anyone dare to say that she has no talent and no virtue?" ”

Xie Zheng's words made Tuoba Hong speechless, and he insinuated that the princes and ministers of the Northern Wei Dynasty were not as capable of means as women.

Tuoba Hong sneered: "Articulate, it is really a piece of material for a messenger." ”

Xiao Zhen knew that Tuoba Hong was a puppet emperor, so he naturally disdained to talk to him too much, and he was about to talk about business at the moment, he raised his glass and toasted, and said: "Lone was ordered to envoy to your country this time, and he had important matters to discuss with your country, about ......"

Before Xiao Zhen finished speaking, Tuoba Hong interrupted him and said with a smile: "Don't talk about business at the banquet. ”

Xiao Zhen had already raised his glass, and when he took it back, his face was naturally gloomy, he was unwilling, and then said: "The situation is urgent, and there is no room for delay. ”

Unexpectedly, Tuoba Hong snatched his words again, and asked the ministers to himself: "No matter how urgent things are, they are not as important as eating, do you say?" ”

The ministers echoed again and again, Xiao Zhen was very annoyed, looked back at Xie Zheng, Xie Zheng gave him a look, signaling him not to be impulsive, so he had to withdraw his hand and put down the wine cup lightly.

After three rounds of drinking, Tuoba Hong spoke incoherently, and soon he fell drunk on the throne, and the inner eunuch who was standing aside to serve said: "Your Majesty is drunk, and you still need to rest, so you nobles should retreat first." ”

The ministers sighed, walking out in groups, Xiao Zhen couldn't bear it, and now he feels more and more that Tuoba Hong is playing with him and Xie Zheng as monkeys, he has a belly of fire but no place to make it, which is really annoying!

Now that all the ministers have retreated, Xie Zheng and Xiao Zhen glanced at each other, and they were about to go out, but the inner supervisor who served Tuoba Hong called: "The messenger stays!" ”

The two of them were stunned, and when they turned around, they saw Tuoba Hong standing upright on top of the main hall, not drunk, and the inner prison followed behind him.

Tuoba Hong stretched out his hand and pointed to the side hall and said, "Take a step to speak." ”

Xie Zheng and Xiao Zhen were slightly surprised, how could they have expected that Tuoba Hong was pretending to be drunk in front of the ministers.

A few people entered the side hall, and Tuoba Hong opened the skylight and said brightly: "There are many people at the banquet, and it is inconvenient to talk about official business, but now it is convenient, the two messengers, please speak up." ”

Hearing this, Xie Zheng knew that Tuoba Hong was not a useless stupid talent, but a shrewd person, and the "many people and miscellaneous mouths" in his mouth were talking about the chaotic Feng family's relatives, the young son of heaven in front of him was ambitious, but he was constrained by the Feng family everywhere, so he pretended to be stupid all day long.

Xie Zheng was deeply embarrassed when she thought that Shicai was still satirizing the Feng family at the banquet, and she laughed: "Fang Cai was rude in order to be quick to speak for a while. ”

"It's okay," Tuoba Hong was very kind, and Xiao Zhen also changed his tough attitude and said frankly: "Lone was ordered to envoy to your country this time, and he was on behalf of my great Qi, and I want to make friends with your country and work together to repel Xianbei." ”

"What's the resultant force method?"

Tuyuhun repeatedly violated the border, this time it was even more invaded in Liang, Hezhou, Tuoba Hong was also deeply disturbed, it was the time when he was unable to retreat from the enemy, the Southern Dynasty was willing to work together to retreat the enemy, and he naturally did not refuse.

Xiao Zhen said: "Tuyuhun capital city Fuluochuan, not far from the northwest border of your country, Tuyuhun attack on your country, undoubtedly want to expand the territory, at this time, your country can no longer only defend without attacking, if your country can be repelled on the basis of the Xianbei people, and then lead troops to attack Tuyuhun, go straight to the northwest, and take their old nest in Fuluochuan, is it once and for all?" ”

Tuoba Hong pondered for a while, and seemed to be a little embarrassed, Xie Zheng saw through his concerns, and said bluntly: "I know that your country has been fighting endlessly in recent years, and it is difficult for the troops on the northwest border to retreat from the enemy, so we are willing to transfer 10,000 soldiers and horses from Liang County to Hezhou to support, as for Liangzhou..." Xie Zheng suddenly laughed, and then said: "It is recommended that your country assign the king of Nan'an, who is idle in Pingcheng, to support." ”

It is not difficult to retreat from the enemy as long as there are troops, and in the war in Yizhou, Xiao Daocheng can also transfer troops from several neighboring states and counties.

But attacking Tuyuhun is not, the Xianbei people are belligerent, and attacking Fuluochuan can indeed bring them heavy losses, and they may be able to truce for decades, but there will be no victory or defeat in this battle, only two defeats, in other words, those sent to Liang and Hezhou are all dead!

Xie Zheng suggested that Tuoba Hong assign Tuoba Zhen to Liangzhou, both public and private.

Tuoba Zhen has different intentions, Tuoba Hong has long been aware of it, he has long wanted to transfer him out of Pingcheng, but this old thing has been using the excuse of weighing the power of Feng's relatives all day long, and refuses to go to the fiefdom, and now it is also an opportunity.

"Is there a condition?" Tuoba Hong knew that the Southern Dynasty would not be so generous, so he heard Xiao Zhen say: "All the prisoners and horses captured in the invasion of Tuyuhun belong to us, and your country can arrange it by itself, such as gold, silver and jewelry." ”

Captives can be turned into slaves and become the main laborers, and horses are worth more than human life in times of war and chaos, and as for gold, silver and jewelry, they don't need it.

Southern Chaoqi's wishful thinking is really fine!

The terrain of Liang and Hezhou is dangerous, and it is also a place where soldiers must fight, it is a pity to lose, and even opened the door to the northwest border of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

"I don't want horses, but prisoners, I have to share them with you."

Xie Zheng smiled but didn't smile, "It's okay to divide it evenly, and exchange your gold, silver and jewelry." ”

Tuoba Hong gritted his teeth, green tendons appeared on his forehead, although he was unwilling in his heart, but in the end he still compromised, and responded: "Okay! ”