The negotiations between Song and Liao dragged on again and again, and the Liao envoy Xiao Temo and the deputy envoy Liu Liufu did not hesitate to give up the four-point demands of the Liao State as the bottom line, urged Su Jin and others to consult with them several times, and sent people to the Privy Council Chambers and other places to submit letters of protest several times.

Under the several words of the prime minister Lü Yijian and the privy envoy Du Yan, Zhao Zhen summoned Fu Bi and Su Jin and ordered them to reach a compromise with the Liao envoy as soon as possible.

Su Jin also felt that the heat was almost over, and on February 17 of the second year of Qingli, the day before the Liao envoy returned to China, the two sides reached an agreement on the four requirements put forward by the Liao lord and the content and terms of the covenant of Lanzhou.

In order to get out in a hurry, Xiao Temo and others gave in again and again, and finally agreed to the Song Dynasty's interpretation of the four requirements of the Liao State.

Su Jin and Fu Bi's reply to the first point raised by the Liao side that 'Zhou Shizong should not seize the ten counties south of Waqiao Pass' was that the terms of the alliance between the two sides in the first year of Jingde had already been clearly stated: "All the previous things were salty and uncompromising", and the Liao side once again proposed that the matter before the founding of the Great Song Dynasty was groundless.

Regarding the accusation of the second point, 'Taizong raised troops to the north to invade the Liao State on three routes, attacked Yan Ji, and the division was unknown', Su Jin and others responded: Taizong's attack on Yan Ji was caused by Liao's aid to the Northern Han Dynasty and obstruction of the unification of our Great Song Dynasty, and the song was not in the Song Dynasty.

The third and fourth accusations are responded to as follows: The ten counties in the south of Waqiao Guannan are already a matter of different generations, so they should not be mentioned again, for the same reason as Article 1, the covenant of Lanzhou has long said that the old things are not mentioned. The matter of the western thief Yuan Hao was believed by the Great Song Dynasty that Yuan Hao had already "given the surname to be a vassal and received Lu Shuo" since his ancestors, and now he was disturbing the border by the name, and he should be eliminated, and he had heard about it in Liao.

Regarding the Liao Dynasty's accusation that the Song Dynasty "prepared the pass road and collected soldiers", it was considered that this was "the usual duty of the border ministers". It means that building cities and fortifications on the border and setting up fortifications is the duty of the border guards, and it is also an internal affair, and the Liao side must not interfere.

In the end, Su Jin proposed that the two sides should order "each side to guard the border, and ask for nothing except folding the book", which completely blocked the Liao envoys Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu who wanted to retreat and seek other benefits.

Xiao Temo had no intention of fighting, he had already smelled the tough attitude of Su Jin and Fu Bi in the negotiation, and Su Jin's unintentional words made him feel that it was useless to entangle any longer.

At the end of the negotiation that day, when the deputy envoy Liu Liufu still wanted to ask for some additional benefits, Su Jin actually said half-jokingly: "We are about to play the imperial court recently, and I want to re-examine the rationality of the alliance of Lanzhou. What Song Liao is a country of brothers, Song is a brother Liao is a brother, and what is the result? The younger brother is still old or young, and he comes to trouble his brother, what is the use of such a younger brother? It has to be punished. ”

Xiao Temo's body was in a cold sweat, and there seemed to be a hint of wanting to abolish the covenant of Shanzhou; The abolition of the treaty was an armistice between the two countries, indicating that the Song State had no intention of living in peace with the Liao State; With the current strength of the Song Kingdom, how can they have the confidence to do this? There is only one answer, and that is that the new firearms of the Song Kingdom gave them strong confidence.

Shaw made a decisive decision and decisively brought the negotiation to an end, and he came empty-handed, and it was not a big deal to return empty-handed; If you lose even the only benefits, you have to be cut down by the emperor when you go back; Moreover, the firearms manufacturing drawings in his arms had to be sent back to China for manufacturing equipment as soon as possible; Once the Song Kingdom really tears the dough, this thing can also counteract the Song Kingdom.

In this atmosphere, the two sides reached a memorandum of understanding.

That night, Su Jin wrote the content of the negotiation into a post Chen entered the palace to face the saint, and Zhao Zhen couldn't believe his eyes; At the beginning of the negotiations between Su Jin and Fu Bi and the Liao envoys, although Su Jin patted his chest and said that he would never give in to half an inch in this negotiation, and the money, land, and reason would be occupied.

The bottom line in Zhao Zhen's heart is that except for the non-cession of land, everything else is negotiable; Lu Yijian, Du Yan and Yan Shu also expressed the same meaning, that is, it is a big deal to give some benefits to the Liao State, the annual coin was originally given 100,000, but now it is increased by 100,200,000, and the annual silk is also increased by 100,200,000, don't the Liao people just want to take advantage of the fire to rob? Let them knock on a bamboo bargain, and Da Song will exchange time for all his strength to deal with the Western Thief, and this deal is worth it.

In the hearts of Du Yan and Lu Yijian, this move is also just an excuse to ask Su Jin, no matter what kind of concessions are made, they will be instructed by Lu Yijian and Du Yan to participate in the performance of Su Jin, Fubi and others lose power and humiliate the country, and there are many people with great strength; When everyone came to accuse, without Lu Yijian and Du Yan coming forward in person, the emperor had to punish the two appropriately to calm the anger.

But the current result is simply unimaginable, I really don't know why the Liao envoy started to provoke, but he quickly compromised, and came to such a thing in vain, which is really incomprehensible.

Zhao Zhen soon wrote a letter in his own name, listing these replies.

Of course, with Zhao Zhen's character, he still has to say some good things, count the history of friendship between the two countries, talk about the benefits of friendship between the two countries, and finally have a fight with Liaoxing Sect Yelu Sect who really calls him a brother haha, and then he stamped the big seal and handed it over to Fu Bi for safekeeping.

Early the next morning, Zhao Zhen met with the Liao envoy on the top of the main hall and ordered Fu Bi to hand over the handwritten letter to Xiao Temo and hand it over to Yelu Zongzhen; In order to appease the Liao envoy who returned empty-handed, Zhao Zhen rewarded some money and goods, and prepared a generous gift for Xiao Temo to pass on to the Liao lord, and earnestly retained the Liao envoy to stay in Bianliang for a few more days to see the scenery.

Xiao Te's heart was like an arrow, how could he still have the leisure to wander around Bianliang City, and immediately proposed to resign and return to China; Zhao Zhen then specially ordered Fu Bi and Su Jin to set up a banquet to bid farewell to the Liao envoy Yunyun.

On the afternoon of the 18th, the Liao envoys returned to China, Su Jin and Fu Bi set up a banquet to bid farewell to the fifteen-mile long pavilion outside the north gate, the guest of honor moved the heavens and the earth, Su Jin even impromptu a poem to send to the Liao envoy Xiao Temo, and Xiao Temo also sang a desolate tune on the grassland of the Liao State on the table to express the meaning of parting.

Those who know the inside story understand that these people have been intriguing with each other and even insulting each other for more than ten days, and they have done everything they can. People who don't know the inside story think that the envoys of Song and Liao have true feelings for each other, and the brotherhood between them is beyond words, which is enough to make people cry.

When the banquet was over, when Xiao Temo and the others were about to go, a dramatic scene appeared, Su Jin ordered seven or eight bald prisoners to be taken out, saying that they would give them to Xiao Temo to take back to Liao.

Xiao Temo was surprised, Fu Bi took out a large stack of confessions from the hands of the little officials and handed them to Xiao Temo, and the Liao envoy realized that since the last assassination, the reason why he was quiet and comfortable in the pavilion was that the other group of assassins sent by Yuan Hao had all been rounded up and captured by Su Jin and others, and the confessions had been recorded.

Xiao Temo was really moved, Su Jin, this kid is not too bad, at least his safety has always been under his protection, from the tangled muscles and unruly eyes of those party members, he can see that these people are not mediocre; If it weren't for the blessing of the Song people, it was really not certain whether he would be able to return safely.

At the end of the climax, Su Jin ordered a big box on the stage, which contained 10,000 taels of silver, plus his own IOU of 10,000 taels of silver; At this time, Xiao Temo actually had a sour nose and almost shed tears.

Liu Liufu too, when he saw that the jade pendant left to him by his deceased father was also among them, he almost hugged Su Jin and cried.

"Your envoy has come from afar, and we have not taken good care of the reception, so forgive me! If it weren't for the noble envoy's busy official business, the rich envoy and I would really like to make friends with the two of you privately and have a good relationship. Su Jin's heart hurt very much, if it weren't for Zhao Zhen's strict order that he must return the money, he wouldn't have returned a single cent, this was all won back by himself.

"Rich envoy, deputy envoy Su, how can I wait? Xiao was ashamed of himself, he didn't say it, we have made friends like you two, if he is destined in the future, you come to my Daliao country, and I will serve the two people who are ready to wait. ”

Su Jin laughed and arched his hand: "There must be a chance, the road is long and the water is long, there will be a period in the future." ”

Everyone parted one after another, Xiao Temo carried the treasure map and the silver and regained it, and the debts of the ass were cleaned up cleanly, and the natural ambition was complete; , Although this trip seems to have been a failure, and no benefits have been gained, in Xiao Temo's opinion, this trip has made a lot of money.