Chapter 170: Old and New, Ineffective Negotiations
The Haili recommended by Gu Qingfeng is the darkest and most bottomless supervisor of the Mingjian Division, and Meng Yan deliberately skipped him when he was knighted this time, and only gave him the qualification of a shadow seal, whether this person can be used is worth considering.
Gu Yanfeng agreed to take over this matter without any hesitation, but he was also skeptical about the use of Haili, and he would even rather use Qu Hao, who was still in prison, than Haili, which showed his disgust for him.
Speaking of Qu Hao is also an unlucky person, close to the founding of the country, he could at least be rewarded as an earl, but after a drunken encounter with another supervisor Fang Cheng, the two fought in the Mingjian Division Yamen, originally a fight was sent to the Internal Affairs Institute to punish at most, but if people are unlucky, there is no way at all, Fang Cheng died not long after he went back, although it was not Qu Hao's intention, but after all, it was a human life, for this matter, the Internal Affairs Yuan, the Supervision Yuan, the Criminal Department and the three Taiwan studied for a long time, In the end, the matter was left to the People's Intelligence Bureau to decide.
So the People's Institute made the first decision after the founding of the country, imprisoned for ten years, fortunately, the facts are clear, and Fang Cheng's family doesn't have much to say, but in order to appease Fang Cheng's family, Meng Yan specially brought Fang Cheng's only son Fang Dingchuan into Bai Ze's internal guard, which can be regarded as a solution to this dispute that should not arise.
However, there are also smooth, when Lu Wanyu's letter arrived in Xijing, Ye Bohuai had not yet left to return, Quan Bo immediately invited Ye Bohuai into the palace after seeing the letter, and finally the two sides reached an agreement very happily.
The small lonely mountain villa is the place where the former Baizhang Zen master stopped, and later the war broke out in this place was occupied by the Jiang family of Xizhou Wang, and changed to a villa, when Zhong Roulan first occupied Xizhou, Jiang gave this villa to Zhong Roulan as a separate courtyard, Xiao Yu did not confiscate after taking over, nominally it is still Zhong Roulan's private place.
The choice here is considered, the mid-level villa is just divided into three areas, each area occupies a small hill, when it was originally planned to enjoy the scenery, but now for the commander, this is indeed a natural easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the three areas have a road down the mountain, leading to three directions, as a place for negotiation is too suitable.
Da Xuan chose a place close to the four lakes to facilitate Huo You's illness to respond in time if something went wrong, what Quartz didn't know was that the place he chose would be the end of the negotiation, and it saved the decision of the Da Xuan mission.
"Xue Xiang, Yan Lingjun, Huo Youji's kid sent someone to bring food, do you want us to go down and eat now?" Quartz was as excited as if he had just come out of the cage, and automatically took over the daily work of taking care of the mission.
"Yingshuai, don't worry, today I saw a person who seems to be a little similar to Gu Xiang, isn't he?" Yan Lan said with a smile, but who knew that he was the second head of the White Clothes Temple.
Xue Zhen has seen Gu Yingfeng, as the team of Meng Yan, Xue Zhen has been diligent for so many years, but he roughly knows Xu Yu's identity, but he remembers that it seems that after catching Gu Yingfeng, he was taken away by Zhong Roulan, and now he is the prince of Wujiang County, Daning, and he is still a little curious about the ins and outs of this matter, so Xue Zhen's eyes also turned to Quartz.
"It's him, Xue Xiang, you should know more about what happened back then than I do." Quartz responded crisply.
Xue Zhen stroked his beard and said: "The old man doesn't know, after Gu Yingfeng assassinated His Majesty and was captured by Ye Shuai, he handed it over to Empress Chu for disposal, I really don't know much about how he got to Daning, I thought Ying Shuai knew something." ”
"We all know that Duanmuyang, the envoy of Ningguo, and Yu Qingwu, the deputy envoy, are quite familiar, but this Xu Yu may be a variable; We don't have much to do with Song Jian, the envoy of Chu State, we only know that he is the Minister of Chu State, and his status is very high, and we are familiar with Zhong Qian and Murong, so we have to think about how to talk about it. Yan Lan said thoughtfully, and then he suddenly found that the eyes of both of them were looking at him.
I saw Yan Lan smiling, and shook his head helplessly, why not on his side, Xue Zhen and Quartz have probably been thoroughly studied by them a long time ago, but he is a variable, and he has been guarding Chengdu like a watchdog all these years, not to mention Ning and Chu, even Xuanguo's own impression of Yan Lan only stays on the Chengdu Order.
"Yan Lingjun, Your Majesty has explained that the results of the negotiations are secondary, the main purpose of our visit this time is to explore the minds of the two countries, Your Majesty means that you don't want to turn your face with the two countries for the time being, and you can make some concessions when necessary." Xue Zhen said solemnly.
"It is impossible to make concessions, every inch of land in the Great Xuan Dynasty is soaked with the blood of countless soldiers, I prefer Zhong Fan to send troops to occupy Furong Town as soon as possible, and give themselves a gap to the north." Yan Lan's voice gradually became gloomy, he came to provoke a fight between the two sides, and the Chu State could only develop in two directions if it wanted to develop northward, one was the water division out of Chaisang, and the soldiers pointed to Jiangxia; The second is to occupy Furong Town, go north to Xizhou, and it is impossible to lose Chaisangkou, so they can only go to Furong Town.
The three of them were speechless for a while, or quartz was simple, he couldn't think of and didn't like such a twisting thing, he preferred to go straight on the battlefield, and most of his hatred for Qingwu came from Qingwu's style of playing without martial arts.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little heavy, Quartz got up and said, "Two, let's go down, don't live up to Huo Youji's kindness, it just so happens that the county lord of Changsha has something for me to bring him." ”
mentioned Lu Wanyu and the two got up immediately, who didn't know Lu Wanyu's status, saying that it was the county lord, it was only because her father was a prince, but her status in the palace was even the princess of Baoqing to be afraid of three points, Huo Youjian is the future Changsha County horse, people took the initiative to show goodwill, and they didn't hurry up to continue, this is human sophistication, quartz has just learned a few years, but for the other two old foxes, this kind of overture must be continued, if it is replaced by Xuansong, the two are estimated to avoid suspicion, who makes Xuansong not a royal family?
thanked Huo Youzhi in front of the people he sent, and by the way, he also conveyed Lu Wanyu's meaning with a thousand instructions, and then the three of them praised the lake fresh sent by Huo Youzhi peacefully, although Xue Zhen's stomach was already difficult to accept such a gift.
On the first day of negotiations, which began as scheduled, the three parties took their seats and stated their expectations for the negotiations and the means of resolving the dispute.
Sure enough, the first day was unpleasant, especially between the three military generals Yu Qingwu, Zhong Qian and Quartz, who were even more tense, and blood would be splashed on the spot if they were not careful.
"Xue Xiang! Why are you holding me back?! A villain like Xu Yu should beat him up! ”
"Handsome! Pay attention to your attitude! You are not a general on the battlefield now, but the deputy envoy of my Great Xuan Dynasty! Xue Zhen was very angry that Quartz couldn't control his temper, and the negotiation might have gone into a dead end because of his behavior.
"Xue Xiang, Yingshuai, let's dissipate my anger first, in fact, it's nothing to get angry, at least let Chu Chao see hope over there." Yan Lan has a different view.
"Yan Lingjun has something to say." Xue Zhen said with a dissatisfied face.
"Xue Xiang, when Yingshuai and Xu Yu were arguing today, Murong came to me and said something, he meant that we can talk privately." Yan Lan didn't want to cause internal conflict, so he tried to calm his tone as much as possible.
Xue Zhen frowned, private contact was not conventional, but what Yan Lan said was right, this was indeed a good opportunity, but how to meet in private was worth discussing.
"Yan Lingjun, Xue lost his words, please don't blame Lingjun," apologized first to avoid estrangement, and then continued: "Let's not contact, how about letting Huaihou contact?" ”
This was a bold idea, Xuan Song's main credit was on the Chu Dynasty, and it was almost impossible for him to come into contact with Zhong Fan or Tang Yuan.
Yan Lan shook his head and said, "Huaihou and Chu Chao have too deep grievances, I think Hu Shuai is a good choice." ”
"Tiger Handsome?!" Xue Zhen and Quartz blurted out at the same time, no one thought about Yu Geng, the reason why he is called Tiger Shuai in everyone's eyes is not only because he is the commander of the Tiger Army, but also because he has a temperament like a tiger and is jealous and hateful.
Yan Lan first threw his hand at Quartz, caught Quartz off guard, and only heard him say: "Yingshuai, you have been in charge of the Shuai Mansion all the year round, and Hu Shuai has left since the establishment of the Tiger Shuai Mansion?" ”
Quartz only then reacted to the meaning of Yan Lan's hand, and it was impossible to avoid the problem of quartz when it came to the Shuai Mansion, Quartz smiled helplessly and recognized Yan Lan's hand, and said after adjusting his mentality: "Hu Shuai fought in the south and the north, and he was always in charge of the Shuai Mansion in the east and west, and he really never left the army." ”
"With the wisdom of His Majesty, will he not understand the temper of the tiger handsome? But His Majesty has never made too many adjustments to the Tiger Army, what do you think of the Tiger Marshal? Yanlan said bluntly that this kind of speech will offend many people, but it is indeed something that many people do not pay attention to.
Yu Geng's rudeness is known to the entire Central Plains, although there are not many major wars, but the key thing is that Yu Geng has not tasted defeat since the commander of the army, and he can be said to be the only general in the Xuan Dynasty with zero defeat, even if the gods such as Ye Bohuai or Chen Zhiqing have also had a situation of defeat and then victory.
"I think what Ling Jun said makes sense, my wife once said that the tiger is handsome and has an inner show, and I am still not convinced, but now I think it is my fault." Quartz was a little upset, but he also admitted that it was true.
Seeing Quartz's attitude, Yan Lan gave him a praising look, and Quartz also responded to him with a wry smile, Yan Lan then understood why this deputy envoy chose Quartz, and now he understands that although this guy is small, he is better than daring to act, just by virtue of this, the marshal of the Condor Marshal Mansion should also be him, and he can't help but admire Meng Yan even more in his heart.
"In that case, Yan Lingjun will trouble you to inform Hu Shuai, and I will write to Your Majesty." Xue Zhen also agreed with this decision.
The next day, Xue Zhen and Yan Lan suddenly fell ill, and Quartz was left alone on the side of the Xuan Dynasty Mission, everyone knew that Quartz was just a military general, and this negotiation could not continue, Song Jian gave a suggestion, and stopped for three days, and continued after Xue and Yan recovered.
What no one knew was that on the third day after the first round of negotiations through the channel of the White Clothes Temple, Meng Yan and Yu Geng both received a letter from Xiao Gushan.
Meng Yan approved the suggestion of the trio of Xiaogushan, and at the same time Feige passed the book to Yu Geng, asking Yu Geng to make contact with the Chu Dynasty in Hengyang.
After three days of rest, Xue Zhen was even more sick and couldn't get up, when the Ning Dynasty was suspicious, Song Jian of the Chu Dynasty was also sick, and then many people in the mission, including the Ning Dynasty, had different symptoms, and the three parties hurriedly transferred military doctors over, and then they all decided that there was a problem with the water in Xiaogushan, which made Duanmuyang breathe a sigh of relief.
"Girl, how much medicine have you got?" Quartz also covered her stomach in a cold sweat and said to Meng Wanshu, who was dressed as a maid.
"It's not a lot, it may also be a momentary miss, hehe, anyway, the goal is achieved." Meng Wanshu's quirky appearance.
"Look at the two families you gave to Huo Huo on the other side, Murong Changfeng is like this, and then suddenly said with a smile: "This medicine will give you Uncle Shi a little bit?" ”
Meng Wanshu walked up to Quartz with a smile and suddenly said, "Don't give it!" ”