Of course, Lin Qingwan trusted the Four Princes, but she believed in Shang Mingjie even more.

will be at the front, and the rear will naturally be handed over to someone she can fully trust.

And Min Shangshu and the others knew that Lin Qingwan was gambling with their lives, so naturally they would not object to her putting Shang Mingjie in the Li Fan Courtyard, which was also to appease her heart.

So without Lin Qingwan having to worry about it, Shang Mingjie smoothly entered the Li Fan Academy.

Lin Qingwan didn't care much about him, if he didn't have the ability to connect hands, then she didn't have to bother cultivating him anymore.

Lin Qingwan sealed four letters before leaving, invited Ren Shangshu and the four princes to witness, and handed them to Lu Shilang of the Ministry of Rites on the spot, "This is my suicide note, the content is exactly the same, one for Lin Xin in Jiangling, one for Lin You, one for Lin Run, the patriarch of the Lin family, and one for my nephew Lin County Lord." If I can't come back, I will ask Lu Shilang to pass it on my behalf, and by the way, the family property in my name will be divided according to the will. ”

He added: "I have already written the excerpt of the division of production, and Ren Shangshu will help me hand it over, if I can come back alive, you can return these things to me." ”

Lu Shilang had cold sweat on his forehead, but his heart was a little sour, and he completed the handover in front of the three bigwigs.

Both the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household have precedents for taking over officials, lords' estates, as long as a certain amount of money is paid in advance.

Lin Qingwan is the county lord, and it is reasonable for the Ministry of Rites to preside over the division of property, but it is rare to be as cautious as her, who is she guarding against?

Against whom?

Of course, it is the Fanglin clan, even if the two sides have cooperated happily over the years, and it looks like a family, but Lin Qingwan never goes back to live in the old house, except for bringing the younger generations, it can be seen that he almost does not discuss matters with the older generation.

She uses them more and works with them rather than being as close to them as family.

After explaining the aftermath, Lin Qingwan can wait for departure with peace of mind.

These four letters have been written by her over the years, and because of the tight time, she has also revised a few points in them, but fortunately, the four letters are exactly the same, and her private seal is stamped in the revised part, and they are all in her handwriting, which is not afraid of suspicion.

Lin Qingwan tried her best to be thorough, and she could only hope that the future would be foolproof.

It's a pity that Lin You went on a business trip, otherwise it would be better to meet him before leaving.

The fourth prince and Ren Shangshu were a little sad, looking at Lin Qingwan, they only felt that she couldn't come back if she went, but they also knew that they couldn't say frustrating words at this time, so even if they felt uncomfortable, their faces were full of smiles, and they also wished: "We are waiting for you to return triumphantly in the capital." ”

Lin Qingwan responded with a smile.

Early the next morning, the emperor retired from the dynasty and personally sent her out of Beijing, and Cui Zheng and others also followed.

Lin Qingwan stood beside the car and bowed deeply to Emperor Liang, "Your Majesty, the minister has gone!" ”

Emperor Liang nodded and said with a smile: "Go early and return early." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and nodded, her eyes swept over the four princes and others, and after bowing slightly, she turned around and got into the carriage.

Fifty guards got on their horses and hugged the two carriages and stayed away, except for the eight guards brought by Lin Qingwan, the remaining forty-two people were all sent by the emperor.

Two of them were secret guards who were specifically responsible for liaising with the Liao State, and the remaining forty were carefully selected guards from the forbidden army.

This time, they only have a three-tenth-percent chance of coming back alive.

Lin Qingwan opened the box that Cui Zhenggang handed over to her, and inside was the letterheads of the Cui family, the Wang family, and the Lu family, all of which were stamped with seals.

This is a token for her to stay in the Liaodi clan, Lin Qingwan didn't expect the three major clans to cooperate so much.

She picked her lips, closed the box and handed it to Yi Han, who was also in the car, and said, "You put it away, and I'll talk about it when you get to Youzhou." ”

"Grandma wants to negotiate in Youzhou?"

Lin Qingwan sighed and said, "No way, we have a request, and do you think Wendihan will come to Dingzhou?" ”

The mountain can't come to her, so she can only go to the mountain.

This is also the reason why the chance of them coming back alive is very small, it is Liao's territory, their power has been infinitely reduced, and once something happens, there is almost no possibility of getting out.

Yi Han's face was very heavy, but he had nothing to say, so he could only sit silently on the side.

In the middle of the ring, he put the box away, and was about to retreat after a salute, but Lin Qingwan stopped him with a smile and said, "It's just right, help me sort out the information sent by various departments, and we will integrate it." ”

Yi Han paused, then knelt down and opened the seat next to him, pulled out two boxes from below, and when he opened them, they were full of various papers.

There are also two boxes in the belly of the table next to it, both of which are information about Liao sent by the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, the Li Fan Yuan and Cui Zheng.

It's still filtered, and that's it, there's a lot of stuff, and it's messy.

Lin Qingwan and Wu Shilang had to read all of them on the road and memorize them by heart, and no one knew when these things would be used.

Yi Han helped her set up the table, and then lowered her head to turn over the paperwork in her hand, and gave it to her according to the two grades of light and heavy.

And the information about the current Liao royal family and Wen Dihan is particularly important and is deliberately put aside.

Lin Qingwan gathered her cloak and looked seriously at the light of the window.

This is a big torture for her, one is cold, the farther north it gets, the colder it gets, although the car is lit with a stove and she wears a lot of clothes, but the cold wind is still drilling into the bones.

The second is darkness, open the window, the cold wind is whistling, close the window, the light is dim again, this is a great torture for the eyes.

The third is shaking, she doesn't get sick in the carriage, but if she reads the text in the shaking car, she will be dizzy.

However, no matter how dizzy she was, she had to suppress the stuffiness in her chest, carefully read the information, and then close her eyes when she couldn't stand it, and slowly recall the information she had just seen in her mind.

Yi Han's face was very ugly, and he pursed his lips but didn't say anything.

After the lunch break, Lu Shilang also changed to their carriage and struggled with Lin Qingwan.

In order to reduce the weight of the carriage, Lin Qingwan let the contents of the carriage be transferred to Lu Shilang's car, and Yi Han asked people to modify it again, replacing it with a three-horse carriage, and the speed did not slow down.

By the time the group arrived in Dingzhou, the Liao army had already begun to attack the city, and the two sides had been fighting for two days.

The Liao army consumed more than one day outside the city, so as soon as the army was assembled, they launched an attack, and Lin Qingwan and they were a step late.

When she got out of the carriage, her whole body was shaking, her face was pale, and she lost a lot of weight.

Su Zhangying, who got the news one step in advance, came out, and couldn't help frowning when he saw them, the emperor sent Lin Qingwan at this time, isn't this messing around?

Is it possible for Daliang to negotiate peace with Liao?

It's a fantasy.

And it's still a county lord who came!

"Lord Lin," Su Zhang paused before stepping forward, and hurriedly saluted: "The Liao army has already attacked the city, Dingzhou is in danger, you better go back." ”

Lin Qingwan looked up at the city wall not far away, listened with her ears pricked up and asked, "Now they don't attack?" ”

"It's just the next wave, and it is estimated that there will be another wave in the afternoon."

Now Dingzhou has enough grain and grass, and the troops are also sufficient, and the Liao army will not be able to attack it for a while and a half, but they are fierce, and there are many soldiers and horses, if it is not for the Liao army not being good at attacking the city, they will not be so easy now.

Before Lin Qingwan came, they had already fought the Liao army twice outside the city, and they were defeated, although the casualties were not particularly heavy, but they did not dare to go out of the city at will to try.

The Liao people are good at riding and shooting, and the horses are strong and numerous, and the cavalry has absolute lethality to the infantry, so they can only avoid its edge.

"Lord Lin will go to the Thorn Mansion to rest first, and then go back to Beijing as soon as possible."

Lin Qingwan didn't move, but asked, "Where is General Xu?" ”

Su Zhang frowned and said, "General Xu is in Hengzhou. ”

"Then General Su, can you explain to me the current battle situation?"

If it weren't for the fact that he had a good relationship with Lin Jiang and a good relationship with the Lin family, Su Zhang almost couldn't hold back his temper, and now that he was fighting in front of him, how could he have time to serve them?

He didn't understand why His Majesty, who had always been reliable, suddenly became unreliable, and sent a county lord to discuss the peace talks.

Wu Shilang didn't dare to underestimate Lin Qingwan, the past few days of getting along made him convinced of Lin Qingwan a lot, seeing that General Su's face was tired, and his eyebrows were a little impatient, he stepped forward and said: "If General Su is not busy, just tell us, we are here with the expectation of the Manchu Dynasty, and it is impossible to return without doing anything." ”

Lin Qingwan bowed her head, looked at Su Zhang softly but tenaciously and said, "The war has just begun, and there is the possibility of peace talks in the middle of the war, let alone now?" The sooner we act, the less we lose the girders. ”

Su Zhangyuan is at the border pass, and he hasn't returned to Beijing for many years, and Zhong Ruying's dispatch of troops to Chu hasn't reached here, and he doesn't even know that Xishu and Chu are fighting.

This time the Liao army was menacing, and he and Xu Lian had already written to ask for help, so they still wanted to transfer reinforcements from Lu Zhen, Zhong Ruying and Cui Zheng, but they didn't expect that the emperor would send someone to negotiate peace at this time.

What kind of peace is discussed, not to mention that Liao is unwilling to negotiate peace, even if they are willing and he is unwilling.

Those Liao people have milk is their mother, they took benefits from them, turned around and turned their faces after spending it, the Central Plains is rich, they can't wait for all the Han people to be slaves for them, waiting for them to enjoy, how can they make peace with them?

So when he entered the Assassin's Mansion, Su Zhang couldn't help but widen his eyes after learning about the current situation of Daliang from Lin Qingwan.

Lin Qingwan looked at him in disbelief and said, "The imperial court didn't announce the news in order to prevent the soldiers from panicking, but you and General Xu must know these things, and now General Xu should also receive the will of the capital." ”

"We have no way out," Lin Qingwan said: "Daliang can't draw reinforcements to you, so this peace talk will work, and if it doesn't work, it will work." ”

Wu Shilang nodded, "At the very least, we have to delay a little longer so that Min Shangshu and them can transfer troops." ”

Now there are no soldiers to be transferred, but it is just a conscription order and another conscription.

But that was the last thing Lin Qingwan wanted to see, these people were untrained, and pulling them directly to the battlefield was tantamount to death.

And Daliang is really not good to recruit again, and then compulsory conscription, I'm afraid that there will be chaos inside.

Suppressing the discomfort in her heart, she looked at Su Zhang and said, "I know what General Su is suspicious of, but since Your Majesty and Min Shangshu are willing to send me, it is their ability to believe in me, and I also hope that you can believe in me." ”

She said: "This is in Dingzhou, it is a border pass, and it is also the territory of the Northeast Army, I need your help, our goal is the same, we all want to quell this war, isn't it?" ”

Su Zhang's face was gloomy, and he asked half-loudly, "Will the county lord cut the soil?" ”

"No," Lin Qingwan said solemnly: "This is also my bottom line, any conditions can be negotiated, but not by cutting the land." ”

Su Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "The county lord will come with me." ”