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Chapter 177 Liao Envoy Enters Beijing

He accompanied Sun Tu to several powder shops along the way. After getting the remaining 500 taels of silver, Yang Zhi's eyes became a little weird when he looked at the young man next to him. He was surprised and also brought a little admiration. He really didn't expect that a head of Kaifeng Mansion could easily take out such a large sum of silver, and the other party was not a descendant of a famous family. As a descendant of the Yang family, he was too ashamed.

After thinking for a while, he said politely: "Sanlang is really good at making money, and it really makes me more knowledgeable."

"It's just some tricks. It can't enrich the country or strengthen the army, and it's not worth mentioning." Sun Tu smiled disconcertedly and said, "Brother Yang, now the money has been handed over to you. What are you going to do next?"

"Since I believe that Sanlang can help me, I will naturally not spend all the money I have earned from hard work on Taiwei Gao for vain. I plan to rent a house in the city first and wait for your good news." Speaking of this, Yang Zhi asked curiously again: "I wonder who Sanlang, can you ask for help me?"

"Now, only Taiwei Tong from the Privy Council is left who is willing to help you with such a down-and-out military officer. However, if Brother Yang really wants to do something, he has to go to the army to fight against the Xixia or the Liao people. I wonder if you are willing to take this risk?" Sun Tu said and looked at the other party.

Yang Zhi was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "My Yang family has been proud of killing the enemy and serving the country for several generations. Although Yang Zhi was unfilial, he had this intention long ago. He wasted his time in the front office of the palace just because he had no choice but to serve the country. He was even sent to Jiangnan to escort Hua Shigang... If Sanlang, you can really help me achieve what I want, and you will be recreated to Yang Zhi!"

"That would be great. Brother Yang will wait for my news." Sun Tu also laughed.

The reason why he would spend so much money to help Yang Zhi was that he felt that the other party was a good man worthy of friendship. Just like Lin Chong, they never had the intention to become enemies. They were forced to slide down into the abyss step by step, and they could not reach their ambitions until they died. And Sun Tu wanted to make friends with such ambitions and capable army who are now in decline, and they were ready to take control of military power in the future.

After settling down Yang Zhi, who was deeply grateful, Sun Tu returned to the public security office with the sword he had to hand over to him. At this time, he had an idea, maybe he could use the sword-giving Tong Guan to open a passage to the army for Yang Zhi.

But just as he was thinking about when he would find a reason to visit Tong's Mansion, there was a chaotic movement outside, and then a subordinate hurriedly ran in: "Du Tou, the Liao people's mission has arrived."

"Oh?" Sun Tu immediately stood up from his seat when he heard this, walked out of the door in two steps, and rushed to the public security station. Sure enough, he saw the chaos in the street market ahead for a long time, and many pedestrians and vendors rushed to the side, emptying the entire street, and then a cavalry team rumbled from the east, full of murderous aura.

As early as two months ago, Sun Tu had already learned from the Kaifeng Prefecture's yamen that the Liao Kingdom would send an envoy to Tokyo, and the court had made preparations early in the morning.

The Song and Liao countries have been in constant war since the founding of Taizu. After dozens of wars between the two dynasties of Taizong Zhenzong, the two sides finally signed the Zeyuan alliance, and finally became brotherly countries that no longer attacked each other. It was peaceful for decades.

However, in fact, the conflicts on the border between the two countries did not stop, and the open and secret struggles between the two countries are well known. For example, in the past two years, Zhao Ji, the current official, has had the idea of ​​a northern expedition several times. If it were not for being blocked by the Chinese official group of the Korean government, I was afraid that the war had already spread, and Tong Guan, who was strongly committed to the war, might have led his army to the north.

As far as Sun Tu knows, after being dissuaded from the Northern Expedition by his ministers for various reasons, Zhao Ji did not give up this idea, but began to develop more secret strategies, such as sending special envoys to bypass the Liao Kingdom and joining the Jurchens between the white mountains and black waters, hoping to join forces with them to form a force of attacking the north and the south, thereby destroying the Liao Kingdom in one fell swoop.

Even the public has some rumors. Of course, many people think it is just a rumor. However, as a time traveler, Sun Tu is not familiar with history, but he knows that it is true. At this critical moment, the Liao Kingdom suddenly sent a mission to Tokyo, which makes people think about some other intentions.

While thinking, the team of more than 300 people had already arrived near the public security station. When they saw these steed horses wearing Liao costumes and riding a head higher than the Song horses. The tall and rough Liao knights stepped on the baskets of fruits and other things left by the people on the ground when they ran and fled, Sun Tu's eyebrows suddenly jumped, and he couldn't help but look at the man as tall as an iron tower among them.

The man seemed to feel this gaze, so he looked over and actually met Sun Tu's four eyes. They were two fierce eyes like a vicious wolf hunting, which made Sun Tu's heart shock, but he did not avoid it, but just looked at him with a smile, and even nodded to the other party to indicate.

This made the Liao man look a strange smile on his face. After sweeping the sign in front of the security office where Sun Tu was located, he bent down and asked a guide to the Song Dynasty official following them. After a while, he grinned at Sun Tu meaningfully, thrust the horse under his crotch, and led the team to gallop forward in a faster and more arrogant state.

"This time, the Liao Dynasty mission is not good." Cui Lue Shang muttered in a low voice with some sigh. Sun Tu heard it, so he turned to look at him: "How do you say this?"

"Du Tou, the little one is just talking casually, and I hope Du Tou Tou Tou will forgive his crime." Cui Lushang subconsciously admitted his mistake first, until he found that Sun Tu was staring at him with serious eyes, and then he smiled bitterly: "This is just a little bit of a humble opinion of a humble official. In fact, a few years ago, a Liao delegation came to Bianjing, but neither the number nor the elite level was as good as this.

"In the past few years, the Liao Kingdom has sent few missions to our Song Dynasty, and I am the same as the Song Dynasty. And I heard that the Liao people are not as martial as before. It should not be easy to gather this strong and elite cavalry team."

Only then did Sun Tu understand: "What you mean is that the Liao people realized that my Song Dynasty was hostile to them, so they sent an envoy to suppress my dynasty?"

"It should be that." Cui Lue Shang scratched his head and said in a little uncertain.

Sun Tu smiled, "Is that just that? Why do I think they have other meanings?"

No matter what intention the Liao delegation was in coming to Tokyo, it had nothing to do with a small official like Sun Tu. The only thing that was related to him was that the burden on his body suddenly became three heavier, because shortly after the Liao delegation entered the city, the government office sent someone to summon him and announced his new responsibilities to him.

Today, he still has his direct superior Xue Yuanpeng. Recently, Xue Tong was in a good mood. The previous case of Fan Yanzi also gave him a lot of benefits. As long as he can pass through this year, he will be able to get a high-quality assessment at the end of the year, and he may be promoted. More importantly, Sun Tu, who has always been a headache for him these days, finally calmed down, and the security in the east of the city is good, which invisibly gave him more capital for promotion.

So when he saw Sun Tu and other subordinate officials, Xue Yuanpeng was quite kind and smiled: "Today I summoned you here just to give me one thing. The Liao delegation had just arrived in Tokyo, and as usual, it was impossible for Your Majesty to summon them immediately, and it would take at least five or six days. During this period, they naturally could not stay in the embassy in peace, and would often go out to wander around our Tokyo.

"I also know that many people in the Song Dynasty have been hostile to the Liao Kingdom recently. Now that Liao people appear in my Tokyo city, some people may have thoughts. But the two countries have not killed the envoys, let alone the friendly countries between the Song and Liao Kingdom, and their envoys cannot be lost in my Tokyo. Therefore, I want you to fight your spirits these days and must restrain the people, especially those in the martial arts world or gangs. Don't let them have any trouble, let alone let them really hurt the envoys of the Liao Kingdom."

The head-in-chief of the capital was all excited and responded with one hand: "Here!" This was a more solemn statement than just holding his fists to take the order.

Of course, Sun Tu would not make a special case in it, but he had a question in his mind - if it was a Liao envoy causing trouble in my Tokyo city, how should he deal with it? However, he did not ask this sentence after all, because he knew very well that once he asked, his superior's answer would be to calm down.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the attitude of the Chinese people towards people from other countries has not changed a thousand years ago, and they are always used to following others. For example, he had heard people mention that there were Liao people or even Xixia who came to do something wrong in the Song Dynasty, but the government had no choice but to criticize them and was let go. However, the people of the Song Dynasty, once they had conflicts with these foreigners, they would inevitably be severely punished, so many families were destroyed. This is why the people of the Song Dynasty are deeply hostile to the Liao people and Xixia people today.

As for what will happen a thousand years later, there has been bullying since the decline of the Chinese nation in modern times. Even in the new era, Chinese people are still second-class citizens compared to foreigners...

However, the city under his jurisdiction is more than ten miles away from the embassy, ​​and half a city of Tokyo is separated by the city of Tokyo. I believe that even if the Liao people make trouble, they will not run to the East City to show off their power.
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