Just at the stone screen outside the main gate, a series of family crests on the carriage parked in front of the whole row of bluestone tethered horse piles are piled up, which can be used as most of the Xie family's mansion to defend the country, the morning light is faint overhead, the sky is just bright, the air still has a wisp of cold and damp smell in the night, and at the branches, there is already a crisp birdsong sounding, announcing the arrival of a new day.

In the hall, which is specially used for daily hospitality, it can be regarded as a temporary court meeting, and the forces of all parties are elected together, not only in the court, but also in this meeting as the spokesperson of the big men who have not slept all night, at this moment they are all sitting on chairs, quietly closing their eyes and recuperating, no one has spoken, after all, they are all old people who have buried half of their bodies in the soil, and every once in a while, they must also drink some tonic medicine sent by the servants of the Xie family to refresh their minds and make up for the loss of vitality lost by staying up late.

"Wow!"

Quietly, only the birdsong was heard, and there was no human voice outside the house, suddenly there was a very small footsteps, although the people who came had tried very hard to control themselves, and did not want to make too much noise, but in this environment where the needles could be heard, it was still extremely obvious, and the people in the room who were only silently recuperating and not really asleep opened their eyes almost instantly, and then turned their heads together, looked out of the door, and looked at the person who was walking towards them.

Zhang Wei put his hands on his sleeves, buried his head deeply, bent over, and walked in slowly, that humble and respectful look was exactly the same as when he entered the palace at the beginning of the year, I have to say that the pressure brought to him by these people together was much greater than that of the young prince before.

This is not to say that Gu Xuan is inferior to them, but because the first two countries are at war, it is a rule that has existed since ancient times if they do not cut it, not to mention that this is a negotiation that the other party took the initiative to request, as long as he doesn't talk nonsense, it is impossible for the other party to do anything to him, plus he is completely unfamiliar with Gu Xuan, but he knows that these people in it are all the real power faction of the country, big shots, which of these people is not a fierce man killed from the pile of thousands of dead people, when it comes to the ability to play tricks and scheming, even himself, a close attendant in the palace, has learned it for so many years, but in front of their gang, they can only be regarded as children of grandchildren, not worth mentioning。

He stood respectfully outside the threshold of the gate, not even daring to step in without permission, because he understood that there were two worlds outside of here, he first bowed deeply, and bowed very respectfully to the adults sitting inside。。。。。。 ”

Before the words of greeting were finished, Da Situ Xie Shi, who was sitting in the second position on the left, couldn't help but wave his hand, interrupted him, and said, "Father-in-law Zhang, don't waste time, come in quickly, we have waited all night, and we are all tired, so you can directly tell you what you have seen and heard on this trip." ”

"Obey the orders of the Great Situ!"

Xie Shi spoke, where did he Zhang Wei dare to say anything else about a eunuch in the palace, he quickly bowed again, and then quickly crossed the threshold and came to the house, after clearing his throat, he opened his mouth and told the whole process in great detail, from how he got to the other party's camp, what he said in the middle, what he saw, how he left later, how he came back, except for the matter of sending his henchmen to Anle Fang to summon the news, he didn't say anything else, and the others were probably talked about once, and he was not afraid of procrastination in the middle, but he was afraid that he didn't say it all.

There's not much to hide from this, and besides, he believes that these people will only blame themselves for not saying everything, and they will never dislike themselves for talking for too long, they are all calm people, and they are very good at listening.

After he had finished everything he had to say in one breath, he closed his mouth, lowered his head, held his hands, and stood quietly in the middle of the room, waiting, until after a while, someone finally said quietly, "You shouldn't have gone to see them." ”

The "they" that the other party is talking about here naturally refer to those Second Ancestor captives.

With the sensitivity of a person like Zhang Wei, who has been working in the palace all year round, he has already reacted the moment he heard this sentence.

He didn't think much about it at the time, he just felt that the matter was too big, and in order to avoid being held accountable when he came back, he had to confirm the safety of these second ancestors first, so he went, but now that he thinks about it, because the conversation between him and those second ancestors was not deliberately covered up, the people outside must have heard it.

This is tantamount to directly exposing the other party's thoughts and bottom line, which is a very stupid behavior in the negotiation.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wei, who had already been shocked into a cold sweat, was about to quickly kneel down and kowtow to the people in the house to apologize, but he didn't expect that at this time, someone would take the initiative to help him excuse him and say: "Since we dare to take the initiative to send someone to contact at this time, then we still need to guess, so even if the king of Hedong County is young, unless he is a real fool, how can he not think of it?"

This is also true, after all, if they really don't want to save it, then they will definitely ignore the other party's proposal to negotiate privately, and even say that if Duanmu Shuofeng is still there, in order to show their loyalty, then maybe they will take the initiative to provoke and force Gu Xuan to kill the prisoners, since they are willing to accept this proposal and send someone to contact the other party, it means that they want to save those prisoners.

There is no way, after all, the involvement behind these thousands of people is too great, they can climb to today's position, and their influence is so great that they can easily decide the lives of tens of thousands of people, then there is definitely no nothingness behind them, behind them, there are major forces, and the network of interests is intertwined, if those people don't want to see their own family die, they must find a way.

Besides, why is there such a situation today, the first is the person whose surname is Xie, and the second is that the people of the Wei Chi family, the first family of our country, lost the battle, and those people will become prisoners, the fault of the two of you will not let us bear the consequences, there is no such reason in the world, so Xie Shi, the temporary representative of the will of the imperial court, took such a big risk and took the initiative to stand up, saying that he would send someone over to contact and negotiate, and they immediately agreed, which is what he owes these people.

"Grandpa Zhang, what did you just say。。。。。。 Someone suddenly spoke, and after a slight pause, he continued, "The battle on the front line is unfavorable?"

He changed Zhang Wei's previous words, not saying that he was defeated, but that the war was unfavorable, so he left a line, in fact, it was just to prevent that little possibility, they can get to this day, and the most relied on is actually the word "cautious", it can be said that if they don't see rabbits and eagles, there is no exact statement about everything, they will not speak easily, and even if they do, they will try to be very vague.

Zhang Wei understood the doorway, but he didn't dare to admit it directly, and he was afraid that something would go wrong in the future, so he could only explain: "Hey, the villain listened to what the sons said, and the villain didn't know what the specific situation was." ”

As soon as his words fell, someone immediately wondered: "That's a little strange, according to what you said, except for the king of Hedong County and a man dressed as a strategist, the others are all those in the western desert, well, those aliens, right?"

Zhang Wei hurriedly arched his hand, bent over, considered his tone, and said cautiously: "The other party's camp is very large, and there must be a lot of people under him, but the villain only sees a small number of people, and because it is at night, he can't see it clearly, and the little one is not sure that the others are those aliens." ”

The conversation went on here, and in a short time, no one spoke again, because everyone at the moment was quietly digesting this information, and there was no need to say anything more for the time being, all the people present were human spirits, although they were old, but their brains were much better than those of young people, as long as they mentioned it a little, others would naturally understand what he meant, and if there was only one person in the field who didn't understand, it was him Zhang Wei himself.

After a while, someone finally spoke, and he said in a rhetorical tone, "Can you not save it?"

After a brief silence to express their positions, someone else said, "If Your Majesty 。。。。。。 ”

The advantage of chatting with smart people is that you don't have to finish the words, and you don't have to struggle to explain anything, what is the specific situation, what do you mean, people will understand it as soon as they hear it, but if a stupid person is in it, then it will naturally be covered by clouds and fog, and they will not understand anything.

The first person means that saving people must be saved, after all, there are so many people, and the involvement is too wide, and the second person means that now they don't know what the situation is on the front line, if Duanmu Shuofeng comes back, then what are they, fornicating with foreign enemies, or betraying the country for their lives?

Especially the second ancestors who revealed the important news of the defeat of the front, as the elders of these people, they know better than anyone what these people are, they will not believe these words, at least they will not believe them all, especially when they learn from Zhang Wei that the other party's subordinates are all Rakshasa clans, and there are no Terran soldiers, this is even more suspicious.

Someone immediately proposed: "Why don't you delay it first? Since we all have our own purposes, let's delay it for a while and see if the little prince will choose to compromise." ”

Someone shook his head and sighed, "Hey, why delay? He just wants to enter the city, and everything else is meaningless to him." ”

Someone looked at the rest of the people and said in a deep voice: "But if he kills someone, then the matter will become irreparable, and then we would rather fight to the death than open the door, and he understands this truth, doesn't he? Therefore, he will not kill unless it is absolutely necessary, as long as we keep showing that we are willing to negotiate, we can guarantee their safety." ”

Someone suddenly raised his voice and suggested, "Then I don't think it's better to let him return some of us as sincerity first, and we can provide him with some grain and grass, otherwise what should these people under him eat?"

Although this method will also fall into the mouth of the tongue and become a handle afterwards, it is true that there is no better way than this for the time being, so everyone, including Xie Shi, also nodded unanimously: "What you said is reasonable, it is good to send someone to probe his tone." ”

There are so many people outside who have a lot to eat every day, and it is not easy to say that it is not easy to loot for a living, after all, the Weiguo side has been fortified and cleared early, but the major families in the capital still have a grain reserve, these are all tacit public secrets of each other, and even Duanmu Shuofeng cannot take the initiative to move their last bottom line.

Take out the grain and grass, go and change some people back first, and they are not afraid that he will not agree, after all, in their opinion, the other party is not very old, even if there is a strategist on the side to give advice, it may not be able to calm down.

When a soldier is hungry and wants to eat, it is a matter of course, and after a long time, he cannot afford to delay, so he must choose to compromise.

And once he really can't help but kill the captives, it will completely anger these wealthy lords, but they will have less concern, and they can concentrate on playing with you, anyway, there is enough food, and they can afford to spend a few years with you, this truth, they think that the other party understands, so as long as they don't put on an attitude of not wanting to negotiate, the other party will be forced to keep these second ancestors.

Negotiation is a matter of asking for a price and paying back the money on the spot, where can the result be so fast, both sides must slowly find out the bottom line of the other party, when to make concessions, when to go further, it depends on the follow-up process.