In the Wende Palace, Zhao Zhen summoned Lu Yijian, Yan Shu and Du Yan to listen to the reports of Su Jin and Fu Bi on a small scale.

Originally, Su Jin and Fu Bi were just reporting to Zhao Zhen alone, but Zhao Zhen could not act arbitrarily on major matters in the imperial court, especially for such major events, it was natural to solicit the ideas of the heads of the three major departments.

Fu Bi 1510 truthfully reported the details of the contact with the Liao envoy in the past two days and the captured Western Xia dead soldiers, but added Tuoba Feng's name to the list of dead party members, Su Jin only said that after going back last night, Tuoba Feng died of excessive blood loss, and although Fu Bi felt strange, he did not ask.

The confession of Ye Qishi was passed from Zhao Zhen's hands to Lu Yijian's hands, and then to Yan Shu and Du Yan's hands, and then returned to Zhao Zhen's hands after a turn.

Zhao Zhen trembled his confession and said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have a plan for this matter?" ”

Everyone looked at Lu Yijian together, and if they wanted to speak, Lu Yijian said first, this is already the old rule.

Lu Yijian arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, this matter really shocked the old ministers, if the Liao envoy dies in my Bianliang City, the Liao people will definitely point the finger at my Great Song Dynasty; This time it is considered to be God's blessing of the Great Song Dynasty, and the rich man has an insight into the conspiracy of the Western Thief, which is really blessed by God's will; The old minister thought that it was necessary to immediately strengthen the protection of the Liao envoys, and there could be no mistakes; In addition, it is necessary for Lord Fu and Lord Su to negotiate with the Liao envoy as soon as possible, and the negotiations will be completed as soon as possible, and the Liao envoy will be sent back safely, so that we will have less to do with it; Out of the Great Song Dynasty, if the Liao envoy made a mistake, it would not be my fault of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slightly and said, "Fu Aiqing, Su Aiqing, can you arrange a negotiation period next?" The envoys of Liao have been in my Bianliang for a day, and they will have a little more worries. ”

Fu Bi said: "Your Majesty, Deputy Envoy Su has agreed with the Liao envoy that the formal meeting will begin this afternoon, and the ministers will speed up the steps to conclude this matter as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, and before he could speak, Du Yan said loudly: "Your Majesty, the old minister feels that the two negotiating envoys are suspected of dereliction of duty in this matter. ”

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "How do you say this?" ”

Du Yan said angrily: "The behavior of the two envoys is a little inappropriate, yesterday it was rumored in the market that the deputy envoy Su and the Liao envoy met without talking about the country's gambling in advance, which caused criticism, and the outside world has rumored that my envoy of the Great Song Dynasty behaved inappropriately, which damaged the prestige of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Zhen said unhappily: "I have already reprimanded Su Jin for this matter, but this matter was provoked by the Liao envoy, as far as I know, the Liao envoy provoked first, and Su Jin was forced to confront him; As for what is detrimental to the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that it is a bit serious. ”

Du Yan rolled his eyes, the boss in his heart was unhappy, the emperor didn't know what was going on recently, he tried his best to speak for this kid, I really don't know what he thinks in his heart.

"The old minister thought that if it weren't for Su Jin and the Liao envoy to gamble, how could they let the western thief find an opportunity? If Xiao Temo had not been careful, wouldn't he have been poisoned by the thieves? At that time, the Liao State will not care who provokes it first. ”

Su Jin was even more unhappy, why did he pinch me as soon as we met, he was discussing a big matter, but this Duhei fat man pointed the finger at himself again, Su Jin decided not to give him face today, and to teach him a good lesson.

"Du Shumi, you have a feeling that you want to add to the crime, how can you hear that you are forcibly committing crimes against me, may I ask where Su Jin offended you?" Su Jin frowned and asked straightforwardly, without going around in circles.

"Su Jin, be careful when you speak, how can you be so rude to Du Shumi?" Yan Shu hurriedly squeezed his eyes to remind.

Su Jin said: "This is the case, and the feeling to the lower officials is that the lower officials have to give advice to Du Shumi every time they do something, and I heard that it was Du Shumi who recommended me to be the deputy envoy of the negotiation, which is really strange." ”

Du Yan said with a cold mask: "Master Su, are you suspecting that the old man has another purpose for you?" You have to come up with conclusive evidence when you say this, otherwise the old man will not allow you to be so humiliated. ”

Su Jin sneered: "Only you know best whether there is a purpose, how dare the lower officials speculate, but as far as this matter is concerned, the negotiation between the two countries is an act of mutual competition, and what you do is completely in accordance with the emperor's instructions, but you beat you to death with a stick, saying that your behavior is inappropriate, is what the emperor said wrong?" ”

Du Yan was stunned and said: "The emperor instructed you to gamble and fight with the Liao people? ”

Zhao Zhen also said blankly: "When did I order you to fight with the Liao envoy for gambling money?" ”

Lu Yijian said slowly: "Master Su, you will be punished for talking nonsense. ”

Su Jin spread his hands and said, "Who is talking nonsense?" I remember it clearly, Lord Fu was also present at the time, and the emperor can't speak and not recognize it. ”

Zhao Zhen asked interestingly: "Tell me, when and where did I say such a thing?" ”

Su Jin arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, you clearly told the minister that you must adhere to the principle of reasonableness, profitability and moderation in negotiations with the Liao people, and the minister is doing it in accordance with these three principles." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "I said it, but I didn't ask you to gamble with the Liao envoy." ”

Su Jin said: "The Liao envoy was arrogant, and he made provocative words, saying that my Great Song soldiers were not the opponents of the warriors under his account, and he was about to fight with Weichen's subordinates, and said that if the minister did not dare to accept the recruitment, he would need to shout in the street market 'The Great Liao warriors are invincible in the world', do you say that the minister can not accept the recruitment?" ”

Zhao Zhen said: "The Liao people are unreasonable, so naturally they can't show weakness." ”

Su Jin said: "Yes, the emperor, you all know that the Liao people are unreasonable, that is to say, the ministers are reasonable, isn't this first article occupied?" Obviously, the minister entrusted the saint Hongfu and defeated the Liao envoy in one fell swoop, which not only won the respect of the Liao people for our Song soldiers, but also really won him a large amount of real money, isn't this beneficial? ”

Lu Yijian snorted coldly: "You used the negotiation opportunity to win money for yourself, of course, it is beneficial for you, but for the Great Song Dynasty, what is the benefit of angering the Liao envoy and making the subsequent negotiations difficult?" ”

Su Jinqi said: "This batch of silver, I told the emperor early in the next morning, I will donate all the money into the treasury, what benefit do I have?" Besides, Lu Xiang said that he angered the Liao envoy in Xiaping, could it be that he would lose tens of thousands of taels of silver to them in order to please the Liao envoy, and then shout three times in the Bianliang market according to the requirements of the Liao envoy, 'The Great Liao warriors are invincible in the world'? ”

Lu Yijian snorted and stopped talking, he was just helping Du Yan with his words, and if he wanted him to argue with Su Jin, Lu Yijian absolutely disdained it.

"Besides, the Liao envoy is not as angry as he imagined, although Xiao Temo is arrogant and rude, he is also a character, willing to gamble and lose, simply very; Moreover, according to the emperor's instructions of 'having a knot', he informed the Liao envoy Xiao Temo that he would return the silver taels to him before leaving, so that he could return to China happily. ”

Du Yan said lightly: "One will say that the silver will be handed over to the treasury, and the other will say that it will be returned to the Liao envoy, is your words still credible?" ”

Su Jin Zhengse said: "That's the case, if the negotiation goes smoothly and a satisfactory result is reached on both sides, the silver will be returned to the Liao envoy, if the matter is not harmonious, the Liao people insist on the four terms that insult my Great Song Dynasty and do not let go, the negotiation broke down, these tens of thousands of taels of silver will be used as military salaries, and play some role in the upcoming war, is there any contradiction in this?" ”

Zhao Zhen saw that the two were fighting, waved his hand and said: "Today I want you to analyze the matter of the western thief making an obstruction, but I don't want you to quarrel endlessly; When the envoys of the two countries talked, they were fighting everywhere and competing with each other for the top; The Liao people provoked, how could Su Jin not accept the invitation, wouldn't that make the Liao envoy look down on my Great Song Dynasty? Su Jin is not wrong in this matter, Du Shumi doesn't need to say much, and how to deal with the current matter. ”

Du Yan saw that Zhao Zhen had made a statement, he didn't dare to say much, swallowed the sullen in his heart, and tried his best to calm down and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of the western thief making an obstacle, the minister thought that there was no need to make a fuss, the confession provided by the two envoys said that the party had seven dead soldiers, and now four people have been captured, and the remaining three are still on the run, and the minister thinks that these three people will show up after taking poison, and they only need to capture these three people again to thwart the conspiracy." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "That's right, they have no way to survive when they go back, they can only fight again, Lu Aiqing is right, the security of the Liao envoy needs to send more people, and the personnel should also be selected by Fu Aiqing and Su Aiqing themselves, and they will see it personally, the West Thief is good at disguise, but don't let them take advantage of the loophole." ”

Everyone gave up their promises, Zhao Zhen saw Su Jin's absent-minded appearance, his heart moved, and asked, "Su Aiqing seems to have something to say." ”

Su Jin thought for a while and said, "Chen always feels that this matter is a little strange, and it always feels weird. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Xu is a big errand, you two are worried in your heart, you can rest assured, you go to the errand with all your heart, as long as you do your best, you will be ruined, and I will not blame you." ”

Su Jin shook his head and said: "It's not what the emperor said, Weichen's food affairs are not small, but he has never been afraid; It's just that the minister just felt some strange feelings that couldn't be explained. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "What's the blame?" ”

Su Jin scratched his head and frowned, and couldn't speak for a while, so he heard Yan Shu, who had been silent, suddenly say: "Lord Su thinks that these people are too easy to catch, and it seems to be too child's play." ”

Su Jin slapped his hand and said: "Yes, that's how it feels, Yan Sansi said in one word, I've always had this feeling, do you feel this way, Lord Fu?" ”

Fu Bi frowned and thought about it: "That's true, just last night, after we got the confession, we were still laughing at the stupidity of the West Thief, and we actually came up with such a pus-filled plan to send these pus-filled people, think about the fact that although the West Thief Yuan Hao is a capricious villain, he is not stupid enough to send these few wrecks to do such an important thing, isn't this looking for death?" ”

Zhao Zhen said suspiciously: "Are you too worried, why do I think you are suspicious and suspicious." ”

Su Jin said: "Your Majesty, you have not experienced this matter, so naturally you don't have a strong feeling of the ministers; The minister was wondering how many dead soldiers did the thief leader Yuan Hao send into Bianliang? If there was no connection between the dead soldiers, perhaps even they themselves did not know how many people came to assassinate the Liao envoy together. The minister has reason to suspect that the seven people in front of them are just a false shot, success is better, and defeat is okay, as long as we have the illusion that we have already seen the tricks of the western thief, so as to relax our vigilance, their opportunity will come. ”

Zhao Zhen shrugged and asked, "You mean, they will have another group of people to assassinate us while we are letting our guard down?" ”

Su Jin said thoughtfully: "Maybe it's not one, but two, three, or even more; If this were the case, the next few waves of Assassins would certainly not be mediocre. ”

Lu Yijian and Du Yan also secretly calmed down, and after carefully recalling the whole course of the incident, the two had to admit that Su Jin's worries were not superfluous, but very necessary; The two of them had some feelings that something was not quite right just now, but they just didn't think about it deeply, and as soon as Su Jin said it this time, it made people feel that there were many doubts in it.

Lu Yijian and Du Yan looked at Su Jin's gaze a little differently, and there was a slight hint of admiration from the disdain they had always had.