The rout on the front line is known all over the city, and the guards can naturally think that if the Central Plains pursues the victory, even if Ma Siguo is desperately resisting, he will have no skills to return to the sky.

At this moment, the other party chooses peace talks, although I don't know what kind of excessive demands it will make, but this moment of respite or the opportunity to exchange for long-term peace is also what the people of Ma Si Country can't ask for.

The guards were talking in private, not understanding why the lord of the country would turn away the envoys from the peace talks, and even unwilling to listen to the other party's conditions first.

Therefore, the guard still asked the possible situation first, so as not to provoke the envoy of the peace talks, and the lord blamed him: "If they do not want to take it out, but have to come in and hand it over to the lord in person, shall we let it go?"

"If that's the case, just let them get out. ”

The guard took the order, went out of the palace, and conveyed the meaning of the lord to the official who gave the order, and of course, the last sentence of the lord of the state, he made some modifications: "If ...... If the envoy does not want to give you the letter, but insists on meeting the lord in person, let them go back first. ”

"Your Excellency...... Just let the envoys of the peace talks go back?" the herald was a little surprised.

The guard shook his head: "No way, what the lord of the country means, you just say what you say, just try to control your tone." ”

"Commanded. ”

Wen Zuyu and the other two rested and waited in the grass hut arranged for them outside the city.

One of them was full of displeasure: "This Beiyuan City doesn't take us seriously, we are obviously the superior side of the war, and we took the initiative to throw an olive branch to ask for peace talks, but they didn't say that they took the initiative to open the door to greet us, and actually sent us to this rotten grass hut to stay." ”

"Three lords," the herald stepped off his horse and bowed, "I'm really sorry, the lord of the kingdom is not well now, and it is inconvenient to meet the three of them, but the lord himself also hopes to be able to negotiate peace and fight this battle, and I heard that the lords have documents to be handed over to the lord, and the lord of the kingdom has specially ordered the officials to come and get them---I hope that the three of them can continue to stay outside the city for a while-"

Wen Zuyu returned the salute, and without saying a word, he took out Xufeng Chenhui's letter from his cuff and handed it to the herald: "I'll wait here for news." ”

Seeing that the other party did not look embarrassed or angry, the herald breathed a sigh of relief, quickly turned over and got on his horse, bowed again, and said, "Please forgive the three envoys, a little later!"

After speaking, he did not dare to delay, and quickly turned around and entered the city.

"Lord Wen, the prince just means that we can send the letter to the lord of the country of Ma Si, they are so tormented, why don't we just break into the palace and hand the letter to him?"

"Don't talk nonsense," Wen Zuyu sat down cross-legged in the grass hut again, closing his eyes and raising his mind, "The other party's willingness to accept the handwritten letter of the third prince has already saved us a lot of trouble. ”

"Hey, it's like we've been defeated and we're here to make peace, and we're on fire—"

The two envoys thumped their chests and sat down.

Although Wen Zuyu didn't look at what was written in Xufeng Chenhui's letter, he believed that since Xufeng Chenhui said that as long as the lord of the country of Ma Si saw the letter, he would agree to the peace talks, then it didn't matter if the three of them entered Beiyuan City or not.

Xufeng Chenhui's letter was delivered to the lord of the country non-stop, a total of only about fifty words, the lord of the country swept it at a glance, and put the letter on the table. He held his forehead, pondered for a moment, and ordered: "Let a few adults in the cabinet enter the palace quickly!"

"Your Majesty, the three envoys are still waiting outside the city......" the guard reminded.

"Don't worry, let them stay on, they won't leave until they get a reply," the lord remembered again, "by the way, call the prince too, and let him take his personal guards with him." ”

"Obey!"

After the guards were ordered to leave, the lord of the kingdom opened the letter and read it again, and then put it on the candle flame without thinking about it.

The sky was getting dark, and the night in this part of the Eastern Desert was surprisingly cold.

Wen Zuyu and the three of them were still staying in the grass hut, and it had been three hours.

"Master Wen, I don't know what year or month I will go if I wait like this," said an envoy, "I think I will give them an ultimatum, and we can be regarded as benevolent and righteous, and we will also have an explanation when we go back to the prince-"

As he spoke, a hurried sound of horses' hooves came from the city, and it was the herald, this time carrying a package in his hand.

"The three envoys have been waiting for a long time," the herald jumped down from above before the horse could stand firmly, "The lord of the kingdom has read the letter many times, and after consulting with all the lords, the lord of the kingdom agrees to the terms of the peace talks offered by His Royal Highness the Prince of the Central Plains, which is what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has requested, and the lord of the kingdom has prepared it, please ask the three to keep it for good life, and we will arrange the formal peace talks at a later date." ”

The lord of the country also felt that there was a lot of negligence this time, so he specially asked the lower officials to prepare horses for the three of them, and when the formal peace talks were held, they would definitely be treated as VIPs. ”

Wen Zuyu took the package handed by the herald: "Thank you, sir, the horses don't need it, I'll go back to my life later." ”

"The gesture is sufficient, and in the end it's not about peace talks—" The envoy laughed quietly.

**

It was in the Imperial Palace of Beiyuan City an hour ago.

The cabinet elders who were summoned were gossiping and arguing, but they fought for half a pillar of incense, but they didn't come up with a reason.

The head of the country was about to be bombed, but he still didn't say a word, and quietly listened to the old ministers in the hall express their opinions.

"At present, neither morale nor troops have the capital to confront the Central Plains again, at this time, the Central Plains throws out the opportunity for peace talks, no matter what the ultimate goal is, focusing on these conditions on the table, the old minister thinks it is completely feasible!"

"The elder of the pavilion said this is not bad! The first few points are not harmful, as far as the last point of the lord of the country is concerned, it must not be done," the other person denied, "if we do so, the outside world will definitely say that our Ma Si country has no faith and no virtue -- the Central Plains army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but negotiated peace, this move is undoubtedly to eat away at the hearts of the people, if we do what they want again, this battle will be completely lost." ”

"If we do not agree to the peace talks, then the Central Plains will definitely march, whether we win or lose in the end, we will definitely shake the foundation of the country, and we will not win the slightest reputation," said a slightly older minister, "We have just failed to damage General Wu Zhiyan, Tianluozhuang and Shaxinglou's surprise attack, and we have already lost more than half of our own losses. ”

"All right, the widow has a plan in his heart, so when you are done fighting, you should each step back. The lord of the kingdom got up, threw down a few old ministers, and one of them turned around and went to the back hall.

The prince and a few of his guards were already waiting there, and he listened to all the arguments in the front hall, and when he saw the lord of the country come in, he bowed casually, and then said with a smile: "The front hall is so lively, although there is no result in the fight, but I guess my brother already knows it in his heart, otherwise how would he let me bring personal guards." ”

The lord of the country asked the prince to sit down, rubbed his head, and said: "After listening to it for a while, I have a rough idea, ask your people to do it, do it cleanly, and directly hand over the things to the Central Plains people outside the city after the fact." ”

"Hey-" The prince sighed and waved his hand to a few of the guards under him, "Go ahead, half a pillar of incense time, don't be seen, if there is an eyewitness, no matter who it is, kill it." ”