For the sake of safety, the people around Zhao Fuling were all stopped outside, and she only brought the commander in.

Shantuo is not large, and it covers an area equivalent to about a county town in later generations, and it is divided into several small cities. The royal city was even smaller, and the distance from outside the city to the royal palace could be reached in less than a tea time on horseback.

Zhao and Ling were brought into the palace and met King Shantuo in the garden pavilion.

The other party was tall and long-legged, and he was actually a young man. Looking at the facial features, it should be a mixed race of Han and Hu, and he is also fluent in Chinese.

Seeing that Zhao Fuling was a girl, she was also stunned for a moment, and then sat down slowly and asked, "His Royal Highness the Seventh Highness sent the commander of the Beifu Army to come, but there is something important?" ”

After Zhao Fuling clasped her fists and saluted, she said slowly: "Shangjing and Anxi have a war, and now they are lining up on the edge of the Chen River. ”

When King Shantuo heard this, his deep eyes looked at Zhao Fuling intently for a long time before he grinned and asked, "I heard that there are no women in the camp of the Seventh Highness, what is your relationship with the Seventh Highness?" ”

Zhao Fuling didn't expect this young Shantuo King to be so keen.

But she didn't want to say much, she only raised her eyebrows and said: "In the past, there were no women in the camp, and since then, there will be one." ”

I don't know what laughter this touched the other party, and the king of Shantuo actually began to laugh.

After laughing, Guang Sleeve waved and said: "The land of the widow is not for His Highness to enter and exit. It's just a way, and you don't need to be informed. ”

That being said, the irony in the words is extremely strong!

Zhao Fuling sensed this hostility towards Li Jingmo, and possibly hostility towards the entire Great Qi, her eyes flashed slightly, and she said kindly: "Not only to take the way, His Royal Highness wants to borrow two thousand elite soldiers from the king." ”

King Shantuo's smile immediately froze on his face, and after a while, it dissipated little by little, revealing a slight gloom.

"Borrowed soldiers?" He lowered his brows, and asked with a smile, "There are many soldiers in the Beifu army, all of them are elite, and His Royal Highness the Seventh can use them to borrow troops from my small country?" ”

Zhao Fuling clenched her fists and complimented her twice: "Shantuo Iron Cavalry is famous for his bravery, and the king is too humble. ”

King Shantuo's eyes deepened, and the corners of his lips also hooked up a curvature: "What does His Highness want is two thousand iron horses?" Interesting, really interesting! In that case, what can His Highness give to the widow? The widow can't give it away for nothing, right? ”

Zhao Fuling straightened her back, looked at the king of Shantuo and said, "If this thing is successful, Shantuo will not pay tribute for ten years." If Dijon's army comes to attack, I will send troops to support it. ”

These words made King Shantuo's eyebrows skip a beat.

I have to say that the two conditions of not paying tribute for ten years and sending troops to support are indeed quite tempting.

But......

King Shantuo lifted his eyelids, looked at Zhao Lingling and said coldly: "Can you make the decision for your Highness?" ”

As soon as Zhao Fuling nodded, the commander beside her said bluntly: "This is our Seventh Imperial Concubine, and what she said is naturally what our Royal Highness meant." ”

"The Seventh Imperial Princess?" King Shantuo finally became a little interested, and his eyes lingered on Zhao Fuling's face for a moment.

Xu is commander felt a little offended, frowned and took half a step forward, but was stopped by Zhao Fuling.

She looked at King Shantuo calmly and asked, "What does the king think?" ”

King Shantuo laughed, got up and put his hands behind his back, and then said meaningfully: "Since the Seventh Imperial Concubine came to talk in person, wouldn't it seem unkind if the widow refused." It's just that there are no 2,000 iron horses, so the princess will take 1,000 people away? ”

Zhao Fuling raised her eyebrows lightly, and nodded very simply: "It's okay." ”

The king of Shantuo was not in a hurry to send troops, but asked someone to bring paper and pencil to sign a treaty with Zhao Fuling.

The content of the treaty is the two things that Zhao Fuling said above, and there are also trade conditions added by the king of Shantuo himself. When Zhao Fuling saw it, she nodded her finger and said with a smile: "The king is shrewd. ”

King Shantuo didn't care that she could see that he was being cautious, he only raised his eyebrows and said, "Where is it?" There are not many other mountains in my mountain, but jade is the most abundant. The nobles of Daqi like our country's jade the most, and whether this treaty is signed or not, in fact, there is not much difference for you. ”

After finishing speaking, he motioned to the palace people who were waiting to hand the pen to Zhao Fuling.

Zhao Fuling didn't answer, but only said: "A thousand iron horsemen in exchange for so many benefits, this is a loss-making deal for us." ”

"How so? After all, you still have to go through Guanzhou. He actually took out what Zhao Lingling said and prevaricated.

Zhao Fuling had a smile on her face, and said softly: "Then I will ask more than I offended, the Shantuo King City is stable, why is the border city withered and desolate?" Not even a guard to defend the city? But what has happened to the country? ”

As soon as these words came out, King Shantuo's face changed directly.

He seemed to have been stepped on by someone, and his expression when he looked at Zhao Fuling became unkind.

Zhao Fuling also stopped detouring, and went straight to the point: "The king knows that if we really want to forcibly take the road, we can't stop you from coming to your small country in Shantuo." Only His Highness respects the King, so he specially ordered us to come. If the king has no intention of cooperating, then we will not bother. ”

With that, she arched her hand and gestured to leave.

King Shantuo was so angry by the phrase "small country" that his face turned pale, and he shouted: "Stop!" ”

Zhao Fuling stopped, and King Shantuo said in a deep voice: "This is the attitude of your Highness?" Did you come to the royal city to humiliate the widow? ”

When he was angry, the guards of the surrounding royal city surrounded him.

The commander's face also changed, and he hurriedly protected Zhao Fuling behind him.

Zhao Fuling said calmly: "If the king has sincerity to talk, let's sit down and talk about it." ”

Her attitude of not entering the oil and salt, like punching cotton, really made the king of Shantuo angry. But the conditions that Zhao Fuling said were indeed beneficial to himself, so that King Shantuo couldn't refuse.

After a pause, King Shantuo threw up his sleeves and sat down again, and said with a cold face: "Talk!" ”

Zhao Fuling laughed at this time and sat down opposite.

The two of them tugged back and forth for a while, and it took most of the time to talk about it, and finally the treaty was settled.

After the two sides pressed their handprints, King Shantuo looked at Zhao Fuling and smiled meaningfully: "She is worthy of being a woman of the Seventh Highness, and her means and tongue are extraordinary!" ”

Zhao Fuling arched his hand at him and said politely: "The king praises it!" ”

King Shantuo raised his eyebrows again and said, "The Seventh Imperial Concubine stays for dinner?" ”

"Nope." Zhao Fuling got up and said goodbye to him, "The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, His Royal Highness is in Chenhe, I want to lead troops to support." ”

King Shantuo was just pretending to be polite, and when he saw this, he waved his hand and asked someone to send them off.

Before leaving, he confessed: "The Seventh Imperial Concubine can wait outside the city for a quarter of an hour, and the two thousand cavalry will arrive immediately." ”

Zhao Fuling clenched her fists and nodded: "Thank you, King." ”

The palace people sent them out, and after getting back the silver spear, the commander lowered his voice and asked, "Girl, my subordinates remember that King Shantuo is an old man, why is it a young man I saw today?" ”

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