In front of a small temple in the east of Gangneung City, there are many city guards in armor, surrounding this temple.

In front of the temple gate, several samurai wearing hakama stood facing the armored soldiers outside the temple with swords, their faces were completely fearless, and even faintly sneered. The people in the temple could not be guarded, and the armored soldiers outside the temple did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, and there had been such a confrontation between each other for a long time.

At this time, the crowd of onlookers gathered around the temple gradually increased, and all kinds of discussions were not short, and the general who led the team outside the temple gradually showed a look of shame and impatience, and even ordered: "Tell the disciples in the temple again, if they still refuse to disarm and go out, Hugh blames the sword for being ruthless!" ”

"You dare!"

Before the general's words fell, another group of officials walked here quickly, led by Hu Changyi, the son of the leading general Hu Shengyou and a regular attendant of the loose cavalry.

Hu Changyi had not yet arrived, but the voice reached first, and he raised his halberd to point at the general who led the troops and reprimanded angrily: "Do the thieves know who is in the temple?" If you offend your guests and get maimed, you and other camp guards will not be able to pay for this crime! ”

When the city guards heard this, they lowered their heads one after another, not daring to speak again. Hu Changyi led a group of retinues through this encirclement, all the way to the temple gate, and said to the warriors guarding the gate: "Please enter the distinguished guests in the gate, a certain is a free cavalry attendant Hu Changyi, who used to go to the city and was courteously taken care of by General Li. I have come to greet you at the command of my lord, apologize for the rudeness, and ask for your graceful tolerance.

There are also apostles who have offended your guests before, who have been punished by our lord's head, and have the head of the sinners here, and you should know that our lord's intention to dispel misunderstandings is sincere, and the former is not intended to offend! ”

As he spoke, he ordered an attaché to bring the head of the envoy who had just been beheaded by order of His Majesty the Emperor to the door with both hands.

When several warriors guarding the door saw this scene, they were also quite surprised for a while, and they didn't dare to deal with it privately, signaling Hu Changyi and the others to wait for a while, and they separated one person to go in and ask for instructions.

Li Tuan in the temple was also a little surprised when he heard this, so he looked at Liu Guangde on the side, and Liu Guangde sneered: "Emperor Liang has a strict and violent temperament, which is originally mean, but he is pretentious and elegant. He will not dare to hand over to the evil army, so he will kill and apologize, and he will be respectful, for fear that there will still be some evil intentions to hide. It is better to temporarily allow a few people to enter the temple, or you can inquire about one or two inside information. ”

Li Tuan nodded when he heard this, he also knew that he couldn't just leave, and the communication that should be done still had to be done. This reaction was only because Liang Envoy had a strange attitude and was worried about harboring evil intentions, but now it seems that so many Liang soldiers are besieged outside and dare not really attack, so it can be seen that even if there is any caution, it is not much dangerous, but there is no need to be too nervous.

Liu Guangde walked to the door and saw the bloody head in the wooden box at a glance.

He knew that this person was just a poor lamb with sin, and his gaze was withdrawn as soon as he touched it, and then he looked at Hu Changyi and the others on the opposite side and said: "Xiaguan lived in Qicheng before and went to Jiangling with the distinguished guests of Chubei. The distinguished guests in the temple are not ordinary envoys, but the blood relatives of the same clan of General Li, General Li sent south to greet him, with affection is not deep, but the result is indecent treatment, is tolerable and unbearable! The lower officials persuaded hard, and Li Hou in the temple was grateful for the old relationship between the two parties, and was willing to accept the apostle into the temple to explain. ”

Outside, Hu Changyi and others also knew Liu Guangde and knew his situation in northern Hubei, and after a little muttering, Hu Changyi took the initiative to step forward and said: "It turned out that General Li was a relative of the clan who entered here, thinking about the courtesy he received in northern Cangbei in the old years, and this faux pas will inevitably make people even more ashamed." It is still up to me to apologize in person when I enter the temple, and I hope Li Hou can forgive! ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward and walked into the temple, and when the people outside the temple could not see the situation, he whispered to Liu Guangde: "The envoy of Qi only arrived in Jiangling through Yingzhou the day before yesterday, Liu Lang and the others will know today, could it be that the rumors are true?" The Wei State intends to use troops in Jiangling, and has already secretly stored armor in Wuning and other places? Otherwise, why would the governor be so responsive? Although Liu Lang was fortunate to be in the north, he also grew up in this township, and he couldn't bear to see the soldiers on both sides meet each other, and the people were devastated by the war again? ”

Liu Guangde also knew that Jiangling had been communicating with the Northern Qi messengers, which was not a secret. It can be heard that Hu Changyi meant that he misunderstood that they came because of the Qi envoy, and it was obvious that in his opinion, the matter of this exchange between the two sides was worthy of more attention from the Western Wei side.

It's not good to be too familiar with each other, and if you are directly vigilant, the result is that you don't recruit yourself.

Compared with other mercenary currents in Jiangling, Hu Changyi is still a bit of a bottom line, although he is willing to live in peace with Chubei in his heart, but he still stands on Jiangling's position inside. After all, his father was in the position of leading the army, and he served as a courtier like a free cavalry attendant, so he had no intention of betraying Jiangling, so after meeting, he wanted to persuade Liu Guangde first.

Liu Guangde and his entourage encountered an accident when they entered the city, and they had no time to communicate with the time flow in the city, and before they could figure out the internal situation, they said in a deep voice after hearing the words: "Hu Sanqi also went to the north in person, and he should know what kind of person General Li is." Rumors such as the so-called Wuning Jujia are themselves ill-intentioned.

Or Wang Lin and other greedy people suffer from having nowhere to stay, so they make people spread rumors in the market, and make evil friends to boast about their martial arts. It was precisely because the intention of reconciliation was still sincere that General Li sent his relatives and disciples to visit. As a result, Gangneung treated each other like this, which was really chilling! ”

"Xiangzhou is not far away, and the Lord will never put Wang Lin, a combative and lustful person, nearby. No matter how much he tried to drill the camp, it was only in vain. The country has been in turmoil for a long time, and neither the government nor the opposition wants the war to rise again. Liu Lang should also know this well, and it is appropriate to report this to General Li. ”

Hu Changyi didn't know that Liu Guangde was deceiving each other with words, after all, the Liu family in Nanyang had countless old stories in the city, and there were not too many ways to find out what secrets, so he also advised Liu Guangde: "Qi people are greedy and cunning, and there is more than one thing that is untrustworthy and unrighteous, so this time I will not be able to conspire." Even if you can't wait, the princes of the DPRK and China will have to veto this matter, but now it is inevitable that there will be another dispute over personnel claims. I only hope that Liu Lang can take care of your hometown, mediate more from the middle, and don't make the two sides lose harmony. ”

Liu Guangde nodded in agreement, and then motioned for Hu Changyi to wait outside the corridor for a while, and he went in to announce. After meeting Li Lian, he reported the information he heard from Hu Changyi and his own speculation and judgment to Li Lian.

Li Lian didn't expect that he would encounter such a complicated triangular relationship on his first mission to a foreign country, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he asked Li Tai for some guidelines before leaving.

After a little muttering, he signaled that Liu Guangde could bring people in, and he had his own plan to deal with it.

After Hu Changyi entered the hall and apologized, Li Lian waved his hand directly and said: "Hu Sanqi doesn't need to be polite, this trip is an informal envoy to ask, and it is inevitable that the hospitality will not be thoughtful, and I have no intention of disturbing your country's courtiers, just to recall the apprentices who were here before recalling." ”

Hu Changyi heard that Li Lian did not say anything about the envoy of Qi State, first breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with some suspicion: "This is just a trivial matter, just send a letter, and my country will definitely send all the students back to the north of the country. Besides, since Li Hou has entered the city, if our country does not add hospitality, will it not snub the distinguished guests? ”

After hearing this, Li Wei sneered: "The road is difficult and dangerous, and it is always not reassuring to be unprotected. What's more, I am neither strong nor violent, neither treacherous nor evil, and I am afraid that it is not in line with the tradition of your country. Emperor Liang is good at playing with jackals, although it is interesting and strange, but as a foreign guest envoy, it is difficult for me to persuade me, nothing more than to tell the general, do not have affectionate fellowship in this country that will be chaotic, otherwise it will inevitably harm our country! ”

Hu Changyi saw that Li Quan's demeanor and demeanor were elegant and good, and he spoke slowly and logically, thinking that he should be a good person to deal with, but he didn't want the other party to carry a gun and a stick, which revealed that he wanted to break off relations with Nanliang directly.

"Li Hou must not be impulsive, please be calm and not impatient, Rong will return to the Lord, and then send a virtuous person to comfort and apologize, and be sure to let Li Hou mustard be exhausted!"

He hurriedly stood up from the seat and said to Li Lian with a panicked face. It's not okay to panic, the guy who didn't do a good job on the previous errand has moved his head, if he talks about breaking off with Chubei here, it is estimated that the end will not be better, or quickly withdraw and retreat, don't collapse here!

Li Lian saw that Hu Changyi was panicked, but his heart was even more determined, and he said: "I advise Hu Sanqi not to waste his lips and tongues, although he is not talented, he is not righteous to live in the same city with Qi Envoy!" Today I will enter the city and summon my apprentices, and I will borrow a place outside the city for a while, and tomorrow I will leave the north of the city, and we will spend one day with each other. If you meet, you will be in front of the sword and killed behind! ”

After Hu Changyi heard this, there was more cold sweat on his forehead, and he hurriedly retreated after a little response.

Li Lian was still using this to intimidate Hu Changyi, but he didn't expect it to be a prophecy, and the envoy of Qi was also thinking like him, and he was already sharpening his knife.