The more the envoys of the Song Dynasty declined, the more persistent the nobles and princes of the Jin Dynasty became. It seems that under such circumstances, if anyone can invite two envoys from the Song Dynasty to a banquet, their face will be very bright. Many invitations are sent every day.

Da. Some people seemed to be cruel. After repeated invitations failed, they actually sent people to say harsh words, threatening the Song Dynasty envoy for not recognizing the promotion and so on.

Fang Zian laughed it off. He had been staying in the hotel for the past few days, waiting for an invitation from someone. He guessed that that person would definitely send an invitation to invite him.

On the morning of the 20th of the first lunar month, a carriage stopped at the entrance of the posthouse. An old man in Hanfu got out of the carriage and knocked on the door. Several fire brigade soldiers guarding the door were not surprised, and they probably came to invite them to the banquet again.

, so he took the post from the old man and sent it to the inner hall of the post.

In the small hall of the inner hall, Fang Zian and Shi Hao were sitting opposite each other drinking tea. The fire brigade soldier sent the post to Shi Hao, but Shi Hao threw it into the pile of invitations on the table without even looking at it.

"These people are really persevering. It was only 1:00 in the morning, and six more invitations were delivered. What are the princes and ministers of the Jin Kingdom doing when they have nothing to do? Can't they just drink and have banquets every day? They have to drag us there, it's really ridiculous," Shi Haodao said.

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Fang Zian smiled, reached for the invitation, opened it, and suddenly laughed out loud.

"Hahahaha, here it comes, here it comes. He is the one waiting for me. I really can't hold it anymore."

"Whose invitation is it?" Shi Hao asked in surprise.

Fang Zian handed over the invitation, and Shi Hao opened it and looked at it. He saw a line written on the invitation: Please invite the two masters of the Song Dynasty, Shi Fang, to come to the banquet at the beginning of the night. You must not refuse. The inviter at the signature.

They are: Prince of Xijing of the Great Jin Dynasty, commander-in-chief of the three provinces, Zuo Cheng, the Minister of the Great Jin Dynasty, the chief official of the Imperial Family of the Great Jin Dynasty, and Wanyan Gun, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

Shi Hao suddenly stood up and said in shock: "Wanyan Gun's invitation? He really came to invite you."

Fang Zian smiled and said: "This guy is a domineering and arrogant guy at first glance. Look at the invitation, which says, "We must not refuse." Isn't this the tone of an order? Look at the signature, there are a lot of official titles and titles, it's scary.

Dead man. Father-in-law, what kind of official position is this big deal? This is the first time I have heard of it."

Shi Hao said in a deep voice: "Dazong Zhengshi is the chief official of Da Zongzhengsi, and is filled by the person with the highest status and reputation among the royal family. As we all know, the royal family is different from ordinary officials and common people. They enjoy some privileges, so some things are outside the law.

, and has its own rules. Therefore, it is necessary to set up a Da Zongzhengsi for management. In addition to the emperor, various affairs in the royal family are managed and judged by Da Zongzhengsi. He is the first person to restrain and manage the royal family."

Fang Zian suddenly realized that there is of course a difference between the royal family and ordinary people. The saying "princes who commit crimes are as guilty as the common people" is just talk. Many times when the royal family commits crimes, the court laws cannot control and punish them, so so

A dual-track method of management and punishment must be implemented. Da Zongzhengsi was established to manage the huge royal family, royal relatives and other privileged people. It can be seen from this that Wanyan Gun's status is so high. Not only was he powerful in the Jin Dynasty court,

God, it is also second to none among the royal family.

"Zian, what should we do? This is obviously a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken, and it doesn't mean well. Should we go?" Shi Hao asked.

Fang Zian said: "Of course I went, how can I not give face to this big official, Wan Yanliang's brother, Zuo Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Jin? Even if we estimate that he is attacking me

We are the people behind the scenes, but we also want to go to this banquet. Let’s meet this Wanyan Gun and see what kind of person he is.”

Shi Hao frowned and said, "But, I'm afraid this is a trap for another attack."

Fang Zian thought for a while and said: "Even so, we have to go. If we don't go, we can only sit back and wait for death. Besides, my plan is to start with Prime Minister Zuo. Father-in-law, don't worry, I guess.

Wanyangun has many opportunities to deal with us, but he doesn't have to invite us to a banquet to do it. He did it so obviously, isn't he afraid that Xiao Yu will catch him? In fact, we are him now

Meat on the chopping board, if he desperately wants to kill us, he can send a large number of people to directly attack Guanyi."

Shi Hao nodded slowly and said, "That's right."

Fang Zian stood up and walked out of the back hall to the front door of the post office. The old man in Hanfu was still waiting for a reply. After seeing Fang Zian, the old man bowed his hands and said in the official Mandarin of the Central Plains of the Song Dynasty: "Master Fang,

The old Zhao Mu'an is the internal affairs manager of Prince Xijing's Mansion, Sir Fang, please be polite."

Fang Zian returned the courtesy and said with a smile: "Manager Zhao, please reply to Prime Minister Zuo and say that we are grateful for Prime Minister Zuo's hospitality and will go to the Prince of Qin's Mansion for the banquet on time tonight."

Zhao Mu'an quickly raised his hands and said with a smile: "That's great. I'm still worried that the two adults won't appreciate you, and I plan to persuade you."

Fang Zian smiled and said: "How dare you not give face to Prime Minister Zuo. Manager Zhao, your accent sounds like you are from the Song Dynasty. You speak such a smooth Central Plains dialect."

Zhao Mu'an smiled and said: "I'm not from the Song Dynasty. I'm from the Liao Kingdom. The language and customs of the Liao Kingdom are similar to those of the Song Dynasty."

Fang Zian nodded and said with a smile: "I see, Fang talked too much and just asked casually. In this case, please ask Manager Zhao to reply to Prime Minister Wanyan."

Zhao Mu'an said: "I will report it myself. By the way, the palace will send someone to borrow the two adults in the evening. The two adults do not need to bring extra chariots and horses to protect them. My prince's palace will send guards to protect the two adults."

Fang Zian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Okay, that's even better."

Zhao Muan smiled, gave another salute, turned around, got in the car and left.

Fang Zian watched Zhao Muan's carriage leave, turned around and entered the door, only to find Thunder Tiger Zhao Gang and more than a dozen fire brigade brothers standing behind him, looking at him blankly.

"What's wrong? Are you brothers okay?" Fang Zian asked.

"Sir, we have all heard that we must not go to tonight's banquet. This must be a trick, a trick to trap and kill the two adults. Sir, you must not take risks." Zhao Gang said in a deep voice.

"Yes, I heard it. That person said that you should not bring more guards. Isn't this clear that you want to harm people? You must not go to die. We will never agree to you to die." Lei Hu also said solemnly.

"Yes, sir, you must not go. You are going to die." All the soldiers also said one after another.

Fang Zian sighed, reached out and patted Lei Hu on the shoulder and said: "I understand the worries of the brothers, but we have to go tonight. Don't worry, there will be no danger tonight. Then Wanyan

Gon is just testing our courage. How can we, the people of the Song Dynasty, let the Jin people scare us? They deliberately told us not to bring more people, didn't they just scare us on purpose? Who would want to kill others and still give up in advance?

The other party is alert? So, there is absolutely no danger tonight

Even if there is danger, so what? Are we going to be cowards here forever? As long as there are thousands of people besieging this hotel, it is not a place that can be defended. So, you don’t have to worry. It will be the same tonight.

, we are only going with thirty brothers. Leihu, you stay behind to protect Mr. Shi, while brothers Zhao Gang and Feng take thirty brothers with me to the banquet."

Lei Hu shouted: "No, why should I always stay behind? I'm going to go tonight, Zhao Gang will stay."

Zhao Gang said: "No, Brother Lei, Mr. Fang has already decided. Why are you still disobeying Mr. Fang's order? You stay, I will go."

Lei Hu said: "Zhao Gang, if you fight with me again, I will get angry. How about we have a fight and whoever wins gets to go. Can you beat me? What if we are attacked tonight? Of course he is a powerful person.

Follow me to protect me. I will discuss it with you now. If you don't give me face, I will not discuss it with you."

Fang Zian smiled bitterly and was speechless, waving his hands and saying: "That's it, Zhao Gang, you can stay here tonight and let brother Lei go, so as not to make him angry. Lei Hu, you can follow, but you are not allowed to do anything wrong. Otherwise, I will not comply."

Lei Hu smiled happily and said: "Of course, I don't dare to disobey military orders."

Zhao Gang rolled his eyes and said, "You still don't dare? You just disobeyed me."

Lei Hu waved his hand and said: "It's none of your business, just stay here and don't talk."

Zhao Gang curled his lips and stopped talking. In fact, Zhao Gang knew in his heart that Lei Hu did this for his own benefit. After the last attack, when Lei Hu and Zhao Gang chatted in private, Lei Hu said that the next time he would take such a dangerous trip

He had to go because he, Lei Hu, was a bachelor with no father or mother. He only had an uncle in Lin'an and had no worries. Zhao Gang had parents, brothers and sisters. If he really wanted to die, he, Lei Hu, could die, but Zhao Gang could not.

Lei Hu's status and qualifications in the Yuan Fang Yu Army are much higher than Zhao Gang's, and he is one year older than Zhao Gang. Naturally, Zhao Gang cannot compete with him. But in fact, this kind of brotherly friendship still makes Zhao Gang very fond of him.

Touched. It’s just that Zhao Gang understands better than Lei Hu. What chance of survival does this trip have? So if you die first, you will die, and there is nothing to fight for.

Fang Zian returned to the inner hall, but Shi Hao had not yet returned to the room. Fang Zian thought for a while and then said: "Father-in-law, for tonight's banquet, it's better for my father-in-law to pretend to be sick and refuse to go. Anyway, this is what we used in the past few days.

Wanyangun has nothing to say to excuse others."

Shi Hao looked at Fang Zian for a long time and sighed: "Well, I have no interest in going to any banquet. If something happens when I go there, I will become a burden to you. I won't be a burden. I will be there tonight

Guanyi is waiting for your safe return."

Fang Zian quickly handed over his hands and said: "Father-in-law, please don't think like this. This will make your son-in-law deal with himself. I'm just not sure that I can protect my father-in-law well. If something goes wrong with my father-in-law, my son-in-law will regret it. Besides,

Tonight is the occasion that my father-in-law doesn’t like the most. I’m afraid that my father-in-law won’t be able to see the domineering and arrogant appearance of the other party, and he won’t be able to help but get angry, so...then..."

"It ruined your plan, right? I understand, I'm not complaining. You're right, I don't want to be arrogant and arrogant with a person like Wan Yangun. I can't bear this face. You act carefully, I'll be fine

." Shi Hao smiled.
Chapter completed!