In the afternoon, the sky turned cloudy; When Su Jin woke up from a nap, a light rain had already fallen in the sky.

This is the first rain of the year, it is spring in February, although the spring cold is still steep, but the air can already smell the smell of spring, coupled with the drizzle of cow hair fluttering down, it is even more refreshing.

Su Jin stood under the eaves with his hands in his hands, looking at the green grass buds in the flower beds in the house, and the mist-like yellow willows by the Bianshui River shrouded in smoke and rain in the distance, but the expression on his face was a little melancholy.

Originally, Zhao and Fang had already been informed to prepare everything in the East School Field, and they were going to leave immediately to start formal negotiations with Fu Bi and Liao envoy Xiao Temo, but this spring rain might disrupt their arrangements.

The rain sprinkled coolly on his face, and Su Jin heard a sound behind him, and then a pair of white jade-like hands went around his neck and gently helped him tie a cloak.

Su Jin stretched out his hand to hold the little hand and smiled, "Let me guess who it is?" ”

The little hands twitched, but they didn't break free, Su Jin smiled: "Soft and boneless, warm and delicate, it must be Huanniang." ”

After saying that, he turned around, and sure enough, Huanniang was standing behind him shyly, with a red face and a silent voice; However, there was another person standing there angrily with a small mouth and a hat in his hand, it was Xiao Sui'er.

Su Jin smiled: "Sui'er, who are you angry about?" If you have a pouting mouth, you can hang the oil bottle again. ”

Xiao Sui'er said angrily: "How dare the little maid be angry with herself, the little maid doesn't have soft and boneless little hands, how dare she be angry with others." ”

Huanniang reached out and grabbed Xiao Sui'er's arm and whispered, "Sui'er......"

Su Jin touched her nose and was speechless, this girl seemed to be jealous, so she stepped forward and pinched her nose and said, "The children are angry for no reason." ”

Xiao Sui'er said: "The little maid stretched out her hand, and the prince will definitely not be able to touch me." ”

Su Jin laughed and said, "Who said that you are really a fortune teller when I am a fortune teller?" I just saw the jeweled bracelet on Huanniang's wrist; Huanniang's is a light cyan fluorite, Rou Niang's is a pink and white hibiscus stone, and your hand is an emerald green demantoid garnet. ”

Huanniang and Xiao Sui'er were stunned, it turned out that the prince didn't particularly like anyone, others were smelling the fragrance and knowing people, and the prince was smelling the gem bracelet and knowing people.

"That's it, you go back and put on your cloak and hat, I haven't taken you out for a long time, I'll take you to see the scene today."

Xiao Sui'er's eyes lit up, and she suddenly said excitedly: "Really? What world do you take your little maid to see? Visiting Sangkokuji Temple? ”

Su Jin pinched her little nose and said, "Shopping is also called seeing the world?" The master took you to negotiate with the bearded man of the Liao State, so that you could see what the Liao people looked like? ”

Xiao Sui'er cheered and slipped into the house, and after a while, a full set of rain gear rushed out, Su Jin had already put on a coat and hat under the service of Huanniang, and when he saw Xiao Sui'er coming out, Su Jin waved his hand and went out with Zhao Hu and others.

Huanniang looked at the people who disappeared in the rain and mist, and felt slightly lost in her heart, but she quickly adjusted her mood and kept herself from showing it. Huanniang understands that she still has a place in Su Jin's heart, which is not even comparable to her sister Rou Niang, and Xiao Sui'er seems to be just a little girl, and she can't be compared with her sisters.

Huanniang clearly knows that what the prince likes is his quiet character, saying less and doing more; The prince is already a very noisy character, and when he calms down, he naturally doesn't want to be annoyed by someone chattering next to him.

Huanniang is glad that she understands this, and she doesn't plan to share it with others, but there are also disadvantages about the princess who likes to stay with him too much, and that is the things that are difficult to talk about; Gongzi always has to accompany himself when he is interested, what Huanniang can't bear is not Gongziye's interest in that matter, nor the impact force that goes straight to the soul that makes people die, but some special hobbies of Gongzi.

For example, he likes to pose all kinds of embarrassing poses by himself, and some postures make Huanniang feel ashamed, which can only be used by dogs and cats, how can people be like this? And he prefers to let himself kiss him there with his mouth; It's not that Huanniang can't accept such behavior, she has already dedicated all her body and mind, and she won't have a strong rejection of it, Huanniang is just a little troubled, how does the son know these shameful answers and behaviors?

Huanniang secretly asked Rou Niang, and she vaguely raised her worries to Rou Niang, that is, the prince must have visited the brothel of the Qinglou and was damaged by those bad women.

Rou Niang is a little funny, her sister will not be jealous when she is favored by the princess, and these hobbies of the princess Rou Niang also know all about it, Rou Niang is older than Huanniang, and understands that men in this world always have some confusing needs in that regard, she thinks it is normal; Rou Niang Zhengse warned Huanniang: "You can do whatever you like, as for where you learned these tricks, only others will take care of him in the future, and it will not be your sister's turn to worry." ”

Huanniang remembered her sister's words, and was immediately relieved, and suddenly remembered that the sachet she had helped Su Jinxiu to prevent illness in the spring had not yet been completed, so she hurriedly went back to the house to pick up the work, and rusted on the soft couch.

……

The East Gate Campus is far outside the Wangchun Gate of Dongcheng, and it can be reached directly along the East Cross Street to the east, and there are four or five white felt tents in the corner of the wide school field, which is where the negotiations arranged by Su Jin.

Su Jin didn't arrive for a long time, and Fu Bi was already upset with Liao envoy Xiao Temo and others.

Xiao Temo paced back and forth, one would run to the tent to look, and the other would run to Fu Bi, who was sitting on the side of the desk, and said over and over again: "This deputy envoy of Su is bigger than you, the envoy, I don't think we need to wait for him, let's start; With him or not, it's not all the same. ”

Fu Bi said with a smile: "Wait a minute, I don't care about this time, it must be difficult to ride a horse on a rainy day, and it took some time to come by car." ”

Deputy envoy Liu Liufu said: "Then you still choose the school field outside the city gate?" I said that I had arranged a quiet place to discuss, but I came here to set up a few tents, what is this? ”

Xiao Temo was also angry and said: "Exactly, this is an insult to my Great Liao envoy, let's write down this account first." ”

Fu Bi was not even accompanied, and he had nothing to worry about, and a soldier reported outside the tent: "Qi Qi rich envoy, Master Su has brought someone here." ”

Fu Bi was relieved, and hurriedly greeted him outside the tent, and saw Su Jin wearing a robe, and a group of people were hurrying over; The two teams of soldiers and horses followed Su Jin a hundred steps behind and dispersed to the south side of the school field.

Su Jin entered the tent, took off his coat and hat, shook the water droplets on his body, and said with a smile: "Chief Envoy Xiao and Deputy Envoy Liu, your heart is anxious." ”

Xiao Temo rolled his eyes and said: "Vice Envoy Su is such a big leader, the two countries are discussing military affairs, but you are late, this attitude is really chilling; Since you are not sincere about this negotiation, I don't think we will be able to talk about it today. ”

Su Jin smiled: "Where do you start with this, who said that we are not sincere?" The matter of friendship between the two countries is a matter of concern to the whole country in the Song Dynasty, and Chief Envoy Xiao actually said that we were not sincere and wronged me. ”

Xiao Temo said angrily: "The meeting place is arranged in such a remote place, just two simple tents, which is also called sincerity?" The appointment was about to start, but you were late, so we waited for nearly an hour in vain, which is also sincerity? ”

Su Jin lifted his robe and sat on the side of Changji, and said with a smile: "Your envoy misunderstood, it is precisely because of the importance that he arranged it here, and it was also because of this matter that he came late." ”

Xiao Temo sneered: "Is it interesting to open your eyes and talk nonsense? ”

Su Jin smiled: "Your envoy never trusts people, how can you get along with people when you are so suspicious?" The reason why it is arranged here is for the safety of your envoys; In the morning, after some consideration, we thought that the thieves might have sent more than one group of men to assassinate the envoy and his party, and that several groups of assassins might have infiltrated the city; For the sake of your life's safety, the negotiation site was set on the school ground, because thousands of soldiers from our Great Song Dynasty were stationed around the school ground, which was enough to ensure the smooth progress of the negotiation. In addition, I was late, also because I went to communicate with the personnel to deploy troops in case someone broke in and disrupted the negotiations, but I didn't deliberately neglect your envoys. ”

Xiao Temo was stunned and said, "You mean, the Xixia dog is still coming to assassinate me?" And it's not just the team that was captured last night? Are there any clues? ”

Su Jin nodded and said: "There are no clues, but after we played this matter to the court, the emperor and all the ministers, including the privy envoy and the three envoys, all agreed with my opinion; Even if that weren't possible, I think it's always better to be a little more careful than if you came back alive and bloody. ”

Xiao Temo felt a stirring in his heart, although he still felt that this was Su Jin's excuse, but this Su Jin was right, in short, he was careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, in case there were really a few groups of people staring at his head, but he was in the dark, it was really a death and he didn't know how to die.

Seeing that Xiao Temo's anger was gradually disappearing, Fu Bi hurriedly smiled and slapped his hands and said: "Now it has been clarified, and Master Xiao also understands the reason; I think we should hurry up and take a seat, and the personnel of both sides can come in and sit down to participate in the discussion and discussion record. ”

"That's how it should be." Xiao Temo and Lu Liufu agreed; The participants from both sides all rushed in, sat on both sides of the long desk, and were busy preparing.

The negotiations between Shen Shizheng and Song Liao officially began.