Snow-white tablecloths, bright candlelight, serious expressions, tense atmosphere.

There is almost no shortage of all the factors that should exist in diplomatic negotiations, but when the secretaries and subordinates of both sides have finished sorting out, holding pens and waiting for the two sides to argue with each other, there is a dead silence in their ears.

Su Jin played with the wrench on his finger, just looked at the other party and smiled, Su Jin didn't speak, and Fu Bi didn't speak.

Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu thought that the Song Dynasty would definitely have a rebuttal to the four demands put forward by their country, and there would be a fierce war of words at the beginning of the negotiations.

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"Two adults, let's get started." Xiao Temo really couldn't consume the other party, so he spoke first.

"Isn't this already happening?" Su Jin said with a smile.

Xiao Temo rolled his eyes, chose to ignore Su Jin, and turned his head to Fu Bi, at the negotiation table, he still talked to the other party's envoy to appear to be equal, and the lazy deputy envoy Su was not equal to his identity. Besides, this rich envoy seems to be a more generous person, and to put it bluntly, he is easier to bully at the negotiation table.

"Rich envoy, regarding the four things mentioned by my Great Liao Emperor in his letter to His Majesty the Emperor of your country, on behalf of His Majesty the Great Liao Emperor, this envoy formally makes a request to your country, and these four things are the necessary conditions for the two countries to continue to live in friendship between the Liao and Song dynasties, and this envoy requires that your country must unconditionally agree to these four demands, so as to remove the obstacles that have hindered the friendship between the Liao and Song dynasties for generations."

Before Fu Bi could answer, Su Jin burst out laughing, which immediately attracted everyone's attention; Xiao Temo said unhappily: "Deputy Envoy Su, you should be dignified and solemn on such an occasion, laughing loudly, and your identity does not match the occasion." ”

Su Jin couldn't help but smile and said, "I'm really sorry, I feel funny for no reason when I look at your serious appearance." ”

Xiao Temo frowned and said: "The more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes, what's so ridiculous about the way the envoy speaks?" Besides, the national events that this envoy is talking about are not here to make you laugh. ”

Su Jin smiled: "I'm sorry, I really can't help it; Your serious appearance looks very serious, and your person seems much more majestic, but it is ridiculous that you can justify such an impertinent request. ”

Xiao Temo said angrily: "This is a reasonable request, and it is naturally righteous and strict; Deputy Envoy Su, this envoy is not trying to refute your face, look at Deputy Envoy Liu beside me, when the chief envoy speaks, the deputy envoy should listen attentively, instead of interjecting indiscriminately; The rich envoy hasn't spoken yet, but you are more and more buds, which is not appropriate. ”

Su Jin scratched his head and said: "It turns out that this kind of occasion is to talk about ranking and seniority, right?" Okay, you two lords talk to your lords, and you don't say anything. ”

Xiao Te's heart was proud when he saw Su Jin's softness, and he taught the other party to be soft as soon as he first clashed, which seems to be a good sign today.

"For what the envoy said, dare to ask the rich envoy what he said?"

Fu Bi looked at Su Jin, saw that Su Jin was tilting his head and staring at the door of the tent, followed his gaze, and saw Su Jin's personal maid Xiao Sui'er standing at the door pinching the corner of her clothes; Fu Bi's head was big for a while, not that this little spike had pulled herself off the horse and smashed her butt of horse manure, but because on an occasion like today, Su Jin also deliberately brought a maid to join in the fun, obviously because he didn't want to talk about it.

"Hmm...... This envoy thinks that the four-point requirements put forward by your country really teach me that it is difficult for the Great Song Dynasty to accept. Fu Bi calmed down and put his mind back on the negotiation table.

"I, the Song and Liao countries as early as the previous dynasty signed the alliance of Lanzhou, the two sides have been at peace for decades, and agreed to be a brotherly country, your country blatantly disregards the covenant between the two countries, and re-raises the four-point requirements that are far from the covenant of Lanzhou, which is taking advantage of the fire to rob, and my Great Song Dynasty must not agree."

"Robbing while it's hot?" Xiao Temo said angrily: "The four demands put forward by the country are reasonable and well-founded, the alliance of Lanzhou was agreed by the two emperors, and at that time, it was the intention of the first emperor of our Great Liao to reconcile, so he agreed to conclude this treaty, but it is not said that the conclusion of this alliance will erase all past grievances between the two countries; Now, decades later, there is a loud cry from all over our court to resolve the unresolved entanglements between the two countries. ”

Fu Bi frowned and said: "The sages once said that people don't know what to do without faith, as a big country in the north, if they go back on their word, how can they teach the world to be convinced." Regardless of whether the four demands you put forward are reasonable or not, if any covenant can be reached in this negotiation, who can guarantee that you will not change your mind in a year or two? If there is no faith, there will be no standing, this is the view that the people of the Great Song Dynasty generally agree on. ”

Xiao Temo raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "The rich master is saying that I don't talk about credit? If I don't talk about trustworthiness, I have already waved my army south to smash Bianliang forty years ago, and now my Daliao is showing goodwill, but you say that I am not keeping my promises, even so, what else is there to talk about? ”

Fu Bi Tie blushed and said: "Please pay attention to the words of Master Xiao, what is going straight to Bianliang?" You are an envoy who came to envoy on behalf of the Liao State, and you must speak in proportion and in line with your identity. ”

Xiao Temo laughed and said: "The envoy has already saved face for you, and my Emperor Daliao has also saved face for your Song Dynasty, otherwise this envoy would not need to come here to rub shoulders with you this time." ”

Fu Bi's face turned red, and he shouted angrily: "You...... Don't deceive people too much. ”

Xiao Temo straightened his chest and folded his belly, looked arrogant and arrogant, and said coldly: "You only said whether you agree to these four conditions or not, if you don't agree, today's negotiations will be stopped, and we will each go to the errand, which will save how to hurt the peace; To be honest, Xiao has a good impression of you two adults; Even if one day you and I meet each other, this envoy will definitely find a way to spare the lives of the two of them. ”

Fu Bi's arm trembled, and he pointed at Xiao Temo and said hatefully: "Deceive people too much, insult me too much, you are insincere, I can see it." ”

Xiao Temo became more and more proud, crossed his arms and said, "So what? Our Da Liao people have never spoken like you Song people squirming and pinching to hide it, we can smash a pit on the ground with our spit, if the rich master can't call the shots, please ask the emperor of your country to send someone who can be the master. ”

Fu Bi's eyes were about to erupt with fire, and he didn't know how to refute it, so Xiucai couldn't explain it when he met Bing; If a person like Xiao Temo wasn't lazy and difficult, how could the Emperor of Liao send him as an envoy? This incident was originally provoked by Liao Guosheng, so naturally it took some strong words to justify itself; Only a blindly confident person like Xiao Temo sent an envoy to the Song State to be able to be justified in front of the monarchs and ministers of the Song State for no reason, and what he had to use was his skill of lacking heart.

Xiao Temo smiled proudly, Liu Liufu also laughed hehe, the two Liao envoys were overjoyed, and they didn't pay attention to Su Jin, Fu Bi and a cadre of Song officials.

"Smack!" A slap slammed on the table, and everyone in the tent was shocked, Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu's laughter stopped abruptly, only to see Su Jin slowly stand up and maintain the posture of slapping the table.

Xiao Temo came back to his senses and said angrily: "Master Su, what are you doing? Do you intimidate me? ”

Su Jin took a sip and said: "The place where the two countries' military affairs will be discussed should be dignified and solemn, but the two of them are laughing non-stop, don't you take our Great Song Dynasty seriously, or don't you take this meeting seriously?" ”

Xiao Temo said with a smile: "Deputy Envoy Su is quite resentful, just now the envoy just said this to you, you immediately returned it to the envoy, it seems that you are also a person who will repay you." ”

Su Jin shouted: "You are right, the master is the one who will repay and compare, whoever makes the master unhappy for a day, the master will make him unhappy for a lifetime." ”

Liu Liufu said: "Deputy Envoy Su has a big breath, anyone can say this, but it's just talking." ”

Su Jin smiled, stretched out his hand to grab the pen and paper of the recorder next to him, and wrote two words on the paper brow: IOU, and then pushed along the case, and the paper slid flutteringly in front of Xiao Temo and was fixed.

"Chief Envoy Xiao, we can't talk about state affairs today, it's better to take this opportunity to give my personal affairs, I owe me 10,000 taels of silver, forgive you and don't have the money to return it, it's better to make an IOU."

Xiao Temo was stunned and said: "Deputy Envoy Su, this is when the two countries are talking about national affairs, private affairs are private affairs, how can there be no distinction between public and private, you are too unreasonable." ”

Su Jin glared and said, "What national affairs are you talking about?" What kind of mercy do you talk to the wolf? The master is in charge, let's not talk about it, you just go back to report, and say that the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty don't urinate on your Liao State pot at all; If you want to fight, we'll accompany you. But before that, write me an IOU first, if you don't pay back the money, you don't want to leave, you don't owe money to pay the bills all over the world. ”

Xiao Temo said angrily: "Deputy Envoy Su, do your words really count? This envoy can remind you that my Great Liao Kingdom is not a casual remark this time, and the border troops are ......."

Su Jin waved his hand and shouted: "Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense here, who wants to listen to you show off here, hurry up and write a good note, and then get out." ”

Xiao Te's lungs were about to explode, and even if he was about to have a seizure, Liu Liufu hurriedly said in his ear: "Lord Envoy, this is in someone else's territory, didn't you listen to him?" Thousands of Song troops were stationed around the school grounds. ”

Xiao Temo scolded secretly: It turns out that this thief has already made arrangements, and it is better for a good man not to suffer immediate losses, so it is better to endure for the time being. At the moment, he grabbed a pen and paper without saying a word, wrote down that he owed Su Jin 10,000 taels of silver to the Song Dynasty today, set this as a basis, and signed his name below, threw the pen after writing, turned his head and beckoned the people of Liao State to participate in the negotiations: "Let's go, go back to the pavilion and immediately pack up, and leave to return to China overnight." ”

Fu Bi looked at Su Jin in a daze, although Su Jin's sudden outburst was relieved, but in this way, things were out of control. But seeing Su Jin winking at him with a smile, he seemed to be confident, and his heart was a little settled at the moment.

Xiao Temo walked to the door of the big tent and was about to step out of the tent, only to hear Su Jin's voice behind him come coldly: "Master Xiao, do you want to leave?" ”

Xiao Temo turned his head and shouted, "How are you doing?" Is it possible to detain the envoy? ”

Su Jin got up from his seat, raised the note in his hand and sneered: "I won't detain you, but the envoy suddenly remembered something, so you need to help me settle this matter before I can return to China." ”

Xiao Temo said angrily: "You and I have nothing to say, so I will leave." ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "It's strange that you go out without my order, don't worry, I just suddenly can't trust your Liao people's character, you said that I took your IOU of 10,000 taels, and in the future, the two countries will fight each other, and the war will be in chaos, who will I ask for debts?" If one of you accidentally dies on the battlefield, won't this money become a bad debt? So after thinking about it, I still want Master Xiao to pay off this debt before leaving. ”

Xiao Temo almost vomited blood in anger, this person is already purely finding fault with nothing, knowing that he is penniless, he will chase his ass and ask for debts, and he has lost his proper demeanor.

However, there is nothing wrong with paying off debts, the question is, where do you get the money to pay off your debts?

Others sent envoys to the Great Song Dynasty, and they were all sent to be honored as guests, but when they got to themselves, they made this step of the field, which is really more popular than people.