The night in the northwest is heavier than splashing ink.

Before dawn, the eagle flapped its wings and swept across the sky, and saw the old soldiers playing the Qiang flute on the castle tower.

If you complain like admiration, if you cry like a complaint, it will make the long night cold and lonely.

In the Gobi Desert in the sky, there seems to be an army marching at night, and people have a horse's bell, but it urges the rolling yellow sand, winding without end.

It hovered and stopped at the City Lord's Mansion.

The sun is rising.

Xue Zhimei wore a Daqi official robe and sat in the hall.

Xiao Tingchen still sat behind him as a translator, eating tea quietly.

Today, the pact between the two countries will be formally signed.

Opposite the officials of Daqi, the Beiliang delegation lined up, also sitting in a precarious position, just waiting for their king to arrive.

A quarter of an hour later, Jin Shixing came with Xu Nuanyue in his arms.

The man sat down in his robe and glanced at the civil official.

The civil official spoke the original dialect very fluently, and said solemnly: "Lord Xue, the king of my family read the covenant you submitted yesterday, but he is very dissatisfied with some of the conditions. ”

"I don't know what the conditions are?" Xue Zhimeile hehe, "The covenant is only the first draft, and it can be changed later, but it doesn't hurt for you to say it." ”

Civil official Zhengse: "First, Daqi is willing to cede the Hexi area to Beiliang, which is inappropriate. Hexi has already been occupied by my Beiliang, so how can I cut it? My king thinks that it is appropriate to divide the three great cities of Hexi, Boyuan, and Liangzhou into the territory of my Northern Liang. Second, Daqi and Beiliang are about brotherly countries, and they pay tribute to Beiliang every year with 500,000 taels of gold, 2 million taels of silver, and 10,000 catties of tea and 100,000 horses of silk. Our king believes that it is insincere to seek peace in Daqi, at least double the annual tribute, and then compensate all the military salaries of my Beiliang expedition this time, so as to sincerely seek peace. ”

He closed his notebook, "What does Master Xue think?" ”

Cold sweat broke out on Xue Zhimei's forehead.

Although he had long expected Bei Liang to be demanding, the conditions he offered were already quite generous, but he didn't expect Bei Liang's appetite to be so big, and he actually opened his mouth to ask for the three major cities!

Bo Yuan said, as for doubling the annual tribute, it is easy to solve, wouldn't it be better to directly share it on the people's taxes?

But Liangzhou......

Yuan Meng's old bone must be unwilling to let go.

He looked at Jin Shixing with a smiling face, "Other conditions are easy to say, but Liangzhou has been my Great Qi land for thousands of years, I'm afraid it can't be as the king wants......"

Jin Shixing's face was expressionless.

The big palm stroked Xu Nuanyue's waist, he admired the girl's stunning face, and didn't seem to take Xue Zhimei in his eyes at all.

At this moment, half of his head poked out from the side of the fan.

Su Jiu took the tender green paper kite and raised it towards Xu Nuanyue.

Xu Nuanyue looked slightly stunned.

She pulled the placket of Jin Shixing's clothes, the man raised his eyes to see Su Jiu, and then looked at the slightly yearning look of the girl in his arms, and finally let go of his hand.

Stroking Xu Nuanyue's sideburns, he whispered, "Come back early." ”

The girl got up and stepped out under the curious gaze of the whole room.

Su Jiu took her hand, glanced at the inseparable Beiliang maids, and said softly: "It's early spring, I see that no one in Boyuan City has put paper kites yet, and I made one last night." Warm moon, it's inconvenient for us to wear this dress, why don't we go to the bedroom to change the dress? ”

Xu Nuanyue didn't know what she had in mind.

Pursing her lips, she nodded.

The spring breeze is light.

She was held by Su Jiu and walked all the way through the long verandah.

She never asked Su Jiu what she planned to do, but being able to run in the wind with her former sisters holding hands, her heart, which had been dead for too long, seemed to come back to life.

The surrounding scenery seems to be alive and bright.

There is no reblooming day for flowers, and there is no youth for people.

The road she is going to take leads to the underworld, and in the future, there will probably be no chance to play with Su Su and Baojin, right?

At this time, the hall.

The staff brought by Xue Zhimei did not agree to cede Liangzhou, but Beiliang insisted on getting Liangzhou, and the two parties were at a stalemate for a while, falling into a strange silence.

Xue Zhimei is also full of scriptures, but she has never seen this kind of scene.

Seeing that the Beiliang men on the opposite side were gradually getting impatient, and some had even put their hands on the hilt of their knives, he swallowed his saliva in horror, "Liangzhou is barren, because it is an important border town, not only can it not be taxed to support Chang'an every year, but it even needs Chang'an to allocate a large amount of military salaries, which is really a burden." Since the king wants it, then I am willing to cede the land and sue for peace. With such sincerity, the king should have no opinions, right? ”

Jin Shixing chuckled.

He took in Xue Zhimei's timidity and cowardice, and even clearly saw his legs trembling.

He withdrew his gaze and nonchalantly drank the wine.

What alliance, what to sue for, is just a game.

He wants to get Liangzhou, then tear up the covenant and attack Daqi!

It's a pity that that man is no longer the emperor of Great Qi, otherwise, he would definitely not have sent such a stupid and cowardly man to negotiate.

He put down the wine cup and motioned to the civil servants to draw up the covenant with little interest.

The civil official of Beiliang drafted the document on the spot, and Xue Zhimei almost signed the document with an impatient attitude!

Pressing the seal, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Jin Shixing teased: "Lord Xue is really fast...... Is it really on behalf of Daqi? ”

Xue Zhimei was not lacking in pride, "The emperor sent me to be fully responsible for this negotiation, and I naturally represent Daqi!" ”

When the words landed, the people in the room laughed.

Xue Zhimei reacted in hindsight, they were actually mocking Qi Guo!

He blushed, but he didn't dare to refute half a word.

"I think, Lord Xue may not be able to represent Daqi, right?"

A clear voice suddenly sounded.

Jin Shixing looked up suddenly.

Xiao Tingchen got up, slowly tore off the beard on his cheeks, and raised his sleeves to wipe off the fat powder.

He is wearing a azure Confucian shirt today, standing there with a long body and jade, elegant and gentle, but the aura exuded in his bones is clearly fierce and bloodthirsty.

The cinnabar color is gorgeous, the word stealing is evil, and he smiles warmly at everyone, and he is full of demonic spirit.

He stepped over to the table and picked up the two papers and played with them.

Xue Zhimei couldn't believe it, "Xiao Tingchen?!" How could it be you?! You, what do you want to do?! You're just a blacksmith exiled to the frontier, and you have to mess around with this kind of family and country affairs! ”

"The rise and fall of the family and the country is the responsibility of the husband. You Dali Temple Qing Xue Zhimei can afford to talk about state affairs, I'm a blacksmith, why can't I talk about it?! ”

Xiao Tingchen smiled wickedly, and in front of the envoys of Beiliang and Daqi, he arrogantly tore up all the documents!

Xue Zhimei couldn't believe it, "Xiao Tingchen, you, you are rebellious!" When I return to Chang'an, I will report you to the emperor! Come on, arrest him for this officer! ”

The Great Qi envoys, the Chang'an Praetorian Guards, and even the guards of the Xue family all stood motionless.

They can't do it.

That kind of covenant is simply an insult to Daqi!

They can't wait to applaud Xiao Tingchen!

"You ......" Xue Zhimei panicked, "Are you going to do the opposite?!" ”

Xiao Tingchen chuckled.

The pair of peach blossom eyes were arrogant and yin, he paused word by word: "It's the opposite, what?!" ”

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Explain the reason for the more 4,000 words in the past two days,

Because the vegetable is lazy and sick,