I saw a middle-bearded Han man under the tent step forward and said: "Lord, the Han man is scheming." A few days ago, our army defeated the patriotic army under the city gate, at that time the defenders did not sue for peace, and in the past few days, the defenders have used tricks to harm our army to have some casualties, and a lot of morale has been restored. Therefore, they are rash to seek peace at this moment, only afraid that there is a chance that they have other plans. ”

I heard a fox general say: "The guards are weak, what can they do to us." It's just that at most, a month from now, it will be the cold winter season, and if we can't return to the desert in time, I'm afraid we will have to return in vain. According to the general, it is better to agree to negotiate peace as soon as possible, not only to get the goods, but also to make the guards afraid of us, so as not to have many dreams at night. ”

Lord Zhai thought about it, looked at everyone again, and then said: "What the two of you said is reasonable, time is becoming more and more unfavorable to us, it is better to take power and agree to the conditions of the defenders, and see what tricks they want to play to deal with it again." ”

The bearded man said: "The lord of the country is wise, it is better to hold a banquet tonight to entertain the two envoys of the country, and see if you can find out some truth from their mouths, than everyone guessing here." ”

Lord Zhai nodded and said, "Jin Ming, this matter is up to you, if you can see through the treacherous plans of the guards, you will be considered a great merit, if there is nothing else, go back and do your own thing." ”

That night, Jin Ming set up a banquet to entertain Shi Xiong and Liu Qi, and the case was full of delicacies and wine that Zhai people had snatched from all over the country, and after a while, there were more than a dozen young women who had been taken captive, and their posture was not bad, and they came in to cheer them up.

Liu Qi was originally a straightforward person, and when he saw that the entertaining Jin Ming and the singer were all Han Chinese, he couldn't help but look at him angrily and shouted: "Since you are Han people, why do you want to help the people abuse and use them for the Zhai people?" Isn't there a little bit of shame? As he spoke, with a wave of his big hand, the table turned upside down, and the wine and food fell to the ground, and he was about to drive them all out of the tent.

The guards outside heard the strange noise and broke in one after another, and when they saw this, they wanted to hand over Shi Xiong and Liu Qi to Lord Zhai for disposal.

Quartz hurriedly stepped forward and said, "If you have something to say, why bother making a big fuss?" ”

Who knows, in the middle of the dispute, Jin Ming's forehead was grazed by the wine glass, and suddenly, he was furious, and said to the guard: "Take him down and take good care of him for me." If something goes wrong, I'm just asking you. ”

The guards followed his words and escorted Liu Qi away.

Someone went to catch Shi Xiong again, but saw him clinging to Jin Ming's long sleeves and said, "Please listen to my explanation!" ”

Jin Ming flicked his sleeves, almost flipped to the ground, and said angrily: "What else is there to say!" ”

Shi Xiong winked at him and motioned for the guards to retreat first.

Jin Ming is also a clever person, and he can see from his words that this person seems to have another mystery, so he waved his hand and asked everyone in the tent to retreat first, and then turned his back and said: "Now it's okay, just say what you have to say!" ”

Shi Xiong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, calmed his breath for a while, and said word by word: "Discussion... And... Be... False... Target! ”

Jin Ming couldn't help but turn around, and looked at him in disbelief: "What did you say?" ”

Shi Xiong smiled slightly and said, "They only negotiate peace to delay your time, and they have no intention of making peace at all." ”

Jin Ming narrowed his eyes in surprise and said, "What do you mean, do you want to tease me?" ”

Shi Xiong hurriedly said: "I don't dare to joke with my own life!" As he spoke, he took out a certain amount of gold from his sleeve, handed it over secretly, and said, "Please also ask my brother to introduce you to Lord Zhai on your behalf, and after the matter is completed, there will be a heavy reward!" ”

Only then did Jin Ming realize that what he stuffed into his hand was a yellow and clear ingot of gold, and his face changed. You know, this was a lot of money at that time, so I quietly put away the gold, looked at him, and said, "You come with me!" ”

The Shi family can be said to be a famous family with extreme power in the country, and such a little gold is naturally not taken into account. Shi Xiong was overjoyed when he heard this, but he cautiously followed him out. I thought: It should also be a wish of God, otherwise how could there be such an opportunity?

Jin Ming led Shi Xiong into Lord Zhai's tent, hurriedly took out the gold and handed it over, and said to him: "Lord Qi, this person wants to use gold to buy the minister, but the minister heard him say that there is something important, so he took it upon himself to bring him over, and asked the lord of the country to forgive him!" ”

Lord Zhai nodded appreciatively and said, "Since it is a piece of kindness from others, then you can accept it!" His eyes swept over Shi Xiong and said, "I heard that you have something important to talk to Gu about, I don't know what it is, just say it's to listen!" ”

Shi Xiong looked at the left center of the tent, but he didn't speak.

Seeing his concerns, Lord Zhai smiled slightly, and said, "Don't worry, the people here are all lonely henchmen!" ”

Shi Xiong nodded, and said: "I was originally the brother of Quartz, an important minister of the Wei Dynasty, but Sima was cold and jealous of Xian, and he actually killed my brother in front of everyone on the city wall. Such a bold and reckless act, and how to make me feel at ease, is the last resort. ”

Lord Zhai looked keenly into his eyes and said, "Do you want to take revenge?" ”

Shi Xiong said proudly: "Revenge is my heart's desire, but I want to make a deal with Lord Zhai even more!" ”

Jin Ming couldn't help but interject: "Why are you negotiating a deal with the lord of the country?" ”

Shi Nan smiled and said, "We can tell the truth about the defense situation of the entire Patriotic Nation and fully cooperate with you." If you can, you can open the city gate and let the Zhai army enter the city, and you can't do it! ”

Lord Zhai smiled indifferently and said, "If you say it, will we believe it?" ”

Jin Ming seemed to remember something, and said: "Lord of the country, that day we attacked the west gate of Chaoge, and the minister heard that he had seen two fights on the city wall, and then it was even more chaotic, and I thought that something did happen." ”

Shi Xiong glanced at him approvingly and said, "Yes, if we hadn't deliberately delayed the time to open the city gate that day, how could there have been that fiasco?" That's why Sima Lengjun killed my brother. ”

Lord Zhai nodded and said, "I see, in this way, we do have the possibility of trading." So how do you get us to trust you completely and make sure you do what you just said? ”

Shi Xiong said confidently: "This matter is not difficult, if Lord Zhai is willing to trade with us, we will arrange the internal response, and then I can personally lead a thousand elite troops of Zhai people to occupy the west city gate, and the city gate will be opened, and the army of Zhai people can go straight to the court." If Lord Zhai feels that this matter is too dangerous, he can send Shi's head back to the city. After speaking, he had a strong momentum, although he said it confidently, but he was still a little puzzled about whether the other party would agree.

Lord Zhai smiled lightly and said, "You are willing to take such a risk, it seems that the plan is not small!" ”

Shi Xiong said calmly: "That's natural, if it happens, all the goods in Chaoge City will belong to Lord Zhai, and we will send another 600 beauties, but Lord Zhai must promise us to execute the monarch of Weiguo, Xiangguo, Sima and a cadre of ministers!" ”

Lord Zhai was slightly stunned and said, "You want to replace him!" I thought: These people are really not ordinary people's ruthless hearts, and they will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. When I thought about it, I believed too much of what he said. After thinking about it again, he said: "This matter is very important, and it must be considered thoroughly, you can rest here tonight, and I will give you an answer tomorrow." So saying, he ordered him to be taken away. Then he looked at the people under the tent and asked them to tell them what they thought.

I heard the fox general say: "The lord of the country, the minister is willing to lead a thousand elites to guard the city gate, as long as the army enters the city, the guards are not at our disposal!" If the situation is different, the minister will be the first to kill him on the spot. ”

Jin Ming said suspiciously: "There are eight or nine points of truth in this matter, the reason why Zhou Tianzi moved east was because of the civil strife between the DPRK and China, and someone led the Rong people into Beijing and occupied Haojing, so he had to move east." ”

Lord Zhai nodded when he heard this, and said, "This matter has long been known to Lone, but they can't imagine that once we enter the court, how can we leave so easily?" Could it be that they have something else to hide, deliberately not to bring it up? Didn't he rely on the invincible Han peerless master who easily defeated the first warrior of the Zhai people in the battle of the West City Gate that day? ”

Jin Ming thought for a moment and said: "It is also possible that this matter is also possible, or it may be that they hate someone very much and want to die with the other party, but they are not the opponents of the other party, so they will make this decision." ”

Lord Zhai thought so, and sighed: "No matter how powerful a person is, he can't change anything, since this is the case, this matter can be tried!" ”

At this time, everyone knelt down and said, "Long live the lord of the country!" ”

At that moment, he sent someone to reply to Shi Xiong, and to their surprise, this person had already fallen asleep, as if he didn't take it seriously at all, if he was not completely sure, or he didn't take it to heart at all. However, this is related to the rise and fall of a family, how can it be a trivial matter, he did it on purpose, just so that Zhai people can't figure out their details, let alone know what they do.

The next day, early in the morning, Lord Zhai sent someone to send the two envoys of the peace talks back to Chaoge, as for Liu Qi, although he is upright, but whether to kill him or not is a trivial matter for Zhai people, just so that the agreement with the Shi family can be carried out smoothly, but it does not arouse everyone's suspicion, and naturally keeps his life.

When Shi Xiong and Liu Qi returned to Chaoge, they told everyone about the agreement they had reached with the Zhai people, and as a condition for the Zhai people to withdraw from the army, the guards paid them 2,000 taels of gold, 5,000 pieces of cloth, and 300 beauties.

When the news came out, a few families were happy and a few were sad. However, in this way, the guard had a sharp sword hanging over his head, and he finally put it down temporarily. Although the price is very large, and the country is a small country, it is not an unbearable burden. No matter how you say it, firstly, there is no need to fight and die, and secondly, if the Zhai people capture the city, all the goods will be swept away.

For a while, the chickens and dogs jumped in the song city, especially those with beautiful women at home, and people were even more panicked and couldn't live all day.

And Yun Zhonglong, because the tailor shop owner had waited for him for several days to deliver the Coke Bear to him, couldn't help but look at him differently, so he put all the credit for the scarecrow's plan on his head.

Sima Leng was overjoyed afterwards, and the reward for meritorious deeds was naturally favored by him, not only gave him a large bounty, but also wanted to give him an official to do, but he shirked it.

This time, after the news of the peace talks, the price of all the fabrics rose at the same time, and he did not plan to make a fortune for a long time, but he also requisitioned the fabrics that had been backlogged for several years at the market price, which was also regarded as a small fortune, and won a good reputation praised by everyone, coupled with the care of today's Sima, since then, his business has been even more prosperous.

At this moment, Shi Xiong, he still doesn't know the secrets of the Shi family, he has already been insightful, and he has arranged a lot of eyes and ears in the west gate of Chaoge and the Shi family's mansion under his jurisdiction.

Xiangguo Shangfu, Sima Lengjun's face praised Shi Xiong and Liu Qi as usual, and comforted them, and everyone also sincerely admired the two, daring to go to the Zhai people's military camp and successfully completing the task of peace, this courage and ability is really not easy.

As soon as the two left, everyone dispersed, leaving only Xiangguo Shangfu and Sima Lengjun, and Yun Zhonglong appeared.

Sima said coldly: "They may have negotiated with Zhai Ren now, should we do it?" ”

Shang Fu also said worriedly: "Yes, if they are allowed to take the lead, everything will be over!" ”

Yun Zhonglong knew the concerns of the two, and said: "If they reach an agreement, they will inevitably choose to enter the city at night, so as to achieve the goal of taking them by surprise and attacking them unprepared, or call Liu Qi over to understand the details of the time, plus a large amount of information from the informant, you can make a preliminary judgment." Besides, as long as they are in the city, I am afraid that they will not be able to fly. ”

Sima said coldly and suspiciously: "That's what I said, but if there is a case, wouldn't it be the end of defending the country?" ”

The three of them called Liu Qi over, and listened to him talk in detail about the conflict with the Zhai people at that time, and Shi Xiong tried his best to dissuade him, but in the end he was driven out first.

Shang Fu sent Liu Qi, who was confused, away, and said cautiously: "In this way, something must be done." ”

Yun Zhonglong couldn't help but say: "I don't think it's time yet, this matter was only heard by the two of us that night, and there is no other evidence, if the Shi family is determined, what can they do?" ”

Sima said coldly: "Could it be that only by waiting for them to introduce the Zhai army into the city and then deal with them can it be grounded; Besides, I don't believe that everyone in the Shi clan is copper-skinned and iron-clad, and they are not even afraid of death? ”

Shang Fu also nodded and said: "This kind of matter is very important, even if you would rather kill a hundred by mistake than lose a big one because of a small one!" ”

The dragon in the cloud was stunned, it is exactly like this, there are always people who believe that some things are more important than human life, I don't know how many people died on it, the most famous in history is the Song Dynasty's famous anti-gold general Yue Fei was unjustly killed on trumped-up charges. But for Shi, who has no good impression of the Shi family, although his means are not above board, he thinks that he is not a gentleman, and he will not feel guilty. It's like a sword is not good or bad, it's just who is using the sword. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say angrily and funny to the two of them: "Aren't you bent into a trick and disregard human life?" ”

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