As an important minister of the Liao State, Liu Liufu has always maintained a sober mind. Because of this, he became more and more worried, this time he took the initiative to ask for the Great Song Dynasty to raise the New Year's coin, he just wanted to take this opportunity to see the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty towards them, so that he really knew it.

But obviously, this time the envoy to the Great Song Dynasty was not so smooth, and his request to raise the annual coin has not received a clear answer until now.

The burning knives he asked for were also pushed again and again by the officials of Honglu Temple on the grounds that the quantity was limited and the items were not under their control.

Seeing that the New Year is approaching, the helpless Liu Liufu can only come to Su Shi, he wants to use this as a breakthrough, as long as he can convince Su Shi first, he is equivalent to holding a certain initiative, at that time he will see what these officials of Honglu Temple can say.

The last time in Meixiang Academy, Liu Liufu saw Su Shi once, which was very unpleasant. If possible, he really didn't want to see this teenager who dared to do anything if he didn't agree with him.

It's just that in comparison, no matter how difficult Su Shi is, can he be more difficult to deal with than those old officials of Honglu Temple?

Liu Liufu firmly believes that as long as he says something good and lifts the other party high, he will not be afraid that Su Shi will not be hit by the trick and will not be used by himself.

Thinking about it, he realized that he seemed to have been waiting here for half an hour, thinking that it had been so long, and the main owner had not yet appeared, his face immediately showed displeasure, and he looked at the housekeeper standing on the side and asked, "What?" Did your young master finish eating? ”

"Yes." Zhou Quan replied in a state of cherishing words like gold. looked at Zhou Quan standing there like a zombie, and there was no change in the expression on his face when answering questions.

Liu Liufu only felt that he had punched the cotton, which was very uncomfortable.

"You go, ask again, when will your young master finish breakfast." Liu Liufu said that, but Zhou Quan stood there motionless, as if he hadn't heard it.

"Huh? Didn't you hear what I said? Liu Liufu couldn't help but say a little angrily. Finally, Zhou Quan, who heard this, raised his eyelids and said, "My young master already knows about the arrival of the nobles, and he hasn't come here yet, so he must have not finished breakfast yet." As for urging, as a subordinate, the small one doesn't dare. ”

"You're looking for death." A Liao State guard finally couldn't help but reach out and draw his sword. It's just that the knife has just been drawn halfway, and twenty guards who are also holding knives jumped out of the main hall, and they are staring at the Liao State guard, their eyes are full of banter, a picture, come, you draw the knife and show us.

These guards are all carefully selected by Su Shi, and all of them are extraordinary. In addition to receiving a handsome monthly salary, Su Shi also assured them that there would be an additional reward if they needed to do it.

No one is going to have trouble with money, and they wish they could have a chance to do it. Not to mention, the target of this attack is still the Liao people, and they will be even more polite.

Compared with some people above the court who are afraid of the Liao people, among the people, especially in the rivers and lakes, bloody men are not afraid of the Liao people, on the contrary, they hate them.

As soon as the knife was drawn here, twenty sword-wielding guards jumped out over there, and the Liao State guard stood there awkwardly, the knife was not drawn, nor was it not pulled.

"Put the knife away and stand back." Fortunately, Liu Liufu still stood up and relieved his subordinates.

He also wanted to give Su Shi a powerful look, because even in the Liao Kingdom, no one dared to make him wait so long.

But he didn't dare. Even if he is an envoy of the Liao State, he can take the lead in Song Chen's house, then the Song people have the right to fight back.

As for the result, there is no need to think about it at all, it must be that your own guards will suffer, and the good tiger can't stand the wolves.

When the time comes, if you lose the fight, or even get hurt, you will still lose face. This trip was a complete failure.

All kinds of consequences are not what Liu Liufu wants to see and is willing to bear, so he can only reprimand his subordinates and restrain them.

After the Liao State guard was reprimanded, he retreated with a reluctant look, as if to show that he was not afraid.

But followed by a mocking snort from the side, his face would only be more ugly. This cold snort was deliberately made.

He seemed to be saying that if he didn't have the ability to use a knife, he might as well pretend to be honest, so it was better to stand there honestly and wait.

This cold snort was heard in Liu Liufu's ears, and his face instantly turned blue. He wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he still suppressed the anger in his heart, and if he couldn't bear it, he would make a big plan.

Liu Liufu, who had a request for help, had to continue to wait in the main hall, and this wait was half an hour, until half of the morning passed, and Su Shi, who was in a wheelchair, finally appeared.

For some reason, the moment he saw Su Shi, Liu Liufu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then his face changed, and a smiling face with sincerity appeared in front of Su Shi.

Liu Liufu actually looked at himself and laughed again. Su Shi was somewhat surprised, shouldn't he hate himself?

Shouldn't you rant to vent your frustration? What's going on with this laugh? There was some curiosity in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, Su Shi, who also showed a smile, wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's stomach.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, come here, serve tea." didn't explain why it took so long to eat a meal, and Liu Liufu was smart not to ask why, the two sat face to face like this, Qu Dong'er served tea, and she even wore the clothes she wore that day in Meixiangyuan.

Looking at all this, Liu Liufu smiled again, but this time it was a bitter smile. How could he not see that this was Su Shi's use to remind himself of what had happened that day?

A poem scolding the emperor, even if he is scolding Jiang Tai, why not insinuate him, after all, he is also a Han man who has learned the Eight Classics, and his ancestors have been for generations.

Rencha was placed in front of him, although it was not the first time he had drunk it, Liu Liufu couldn't help but sigh and said,

"Good tea, good tea. It's just a pity that the quantity is too small, and I wanted to buy some to bring back to Shangjing with a lot of money, but unfortunately I couldn't buy it. As he spoke, Liu Liufu also looked at Su Shi with hopeful eyes, he was throwing stones to ask for directions.

Su Shi understood, but said in a tone that he didn't understand,

"But I don't know what happened to Envoy Liu's coming to the mansion of me, a powerless little man?" Without stubble, Liu Liufu felt that this was a bad signal.

But even when everyone is coming, there are still things that must be said.

"Oh, that's right, I was lucky enough to drink the burning knife before, and it was really amazing. The intensity of this wine is suitable for the more northern Liao, so this time when I came to Bianjing, I thought I could bring some back, which is also the meaning of my Emperor Daliao, and those warlike generals are also drunk, when I came, they even joked that if I can't bring back the burning knife this time, they will bring the army to get it, hahaha. "Threats, naked, naked threats.

After saying this, Liu Liufu looked at Su Shi with a smile, looking like he wanted to see how he responded. But he didn't want to, Su Shi didn't even raise his eyelids during the whole process, and continued to sip the tea lightly, looking like he was enjoying it, without the slightest fear or other emotions because he said that he couldn't buy a burning knife, and Da Liao might use the army.

This kind of performance fell into Liu Liufu's eyes, he didn't think that Su Shi would not be afraid, but he just pretended to be calm.

After all, after all, he is only a fourteen-year-old boy, even if he is more mature than others, can he still be stronger than those foxes in the Great Song Dynasty?

Thinking about those important ministers, when did they hear that Da Liao was going to use swords, wasn't they panicked and couldn't live all day?

At that time, once they put forward any requirements, they will often be invincible. When Liu Liufu thought about these with a confident face, how did he know that Su Shi was really not afraid.

Not to mention that he is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, he is just a loose official, or a petty official who has not even recognized Sanshu Province, Da Liao's action against Da Song should not be something he should worry about.

Let's just say that the two sides are so far apart that they can really call, and it will take time. With this time, Su Shi is afraid that he has already run away, how can he still honestly wait for you to arrest him?

Besides, will Da Liao really use swords? The current Da Liao is not the Khitan that had just been founded a hundred years ago, the murderous and the poor were left with only one rotten life, and they could fight with others for food.

The so-called Da Liao, who is full of warmth and lust, eats well and wears warmly, now has a lot of internal problems, and it is not much stronger than the Great Song Dynasty.

Dispatch troops? It's not just something that Da Song doesn't want to face, but it's something Da Liao doesn't want to do. Otherwise, why could the militarily weak Song survive for so long in history?

Speaking of which, isn't it because when there was the Song Dynasty, there were no strong countries around. The Liao, like the Song, had more and more internal problems, so much so that they were finally wiped out by the Mongols.

The Western Xia had a stronger military force, but their territory was too small, and their economic foundation was very poor, so they had to rest for a while to fight a war, otherwise the logistics materials would not be able to be supplied at all.

The most direct embodiment is that during local wars, the Western Xia are often the victors, but as long as the war lasts for a long time, they are the first to hold on.

In order not to expand the war, Western Xia had to pay tribute to Song and Liao again and again. Although everyone knows that this kind of title is just a superficial thing, it is because the comprehensive national strength of Western Xia is not good, and it needs to recuperate and prepare materials to fight a battle.

But at this time, the Song and Liao were a little weak militarily, and it was difficult to clean up the Western Xia.