"The crusade against the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is an internal matter for you Song people. What does it have to do with our Kingdom of Jin?"
"You actually asked us for horses and luggage. We, the Kingdom of Jin, don't owe you anything!"
"If you really want to get the assistance of our Jin Kingdom to conquer the Song Dynasty, unless you Xu Xian surrenders to us, or becomes a vassal of our Jin Kingdom like the Northern Han Dynasty did with Khitan, then you Xu Xian will not only get horses and baggage, but also surrender to us.
Even the army, our Dajin Kingdom can support you!"
Of course Zhang Hao knew what Xu Xian was thinking.
"All right!"
"Since your Kingdom of Jin cannot provide us with horses, if we spend money to buy them from you, will you be willing to sell them?"
Xu Xian asked again.
"We in the Great Jin Kingdom can sell you war horses and the like, but as long as you pay a high price, and there is a limit on the number of war horses we can sell to you!"
Zhang Hao responded.
"Quantitative restrictions?"
"Could it be that you are still guarding against us?"
"Then how many war horses can you sell to us in a year?"
Of course, what Xu Xian lacks most now is war horses.
"We can sell you five thousand war horses first, but you have to send the money and deliver the goods!"
Zhang Hao certainly knew that Xu Xian had obtained a lot of property in Bianjing.
"good!"
"Then let's settle it like this!"
Xu Xian agreed.
"Prince Xu, this is the covenant book!"
"As for whether to sign or not, it's up to you!"
Zhang Hao ordered his people to bring the alliance letter that had been drawn up just now.
"But Prime Minister, you want me to sign this...!"
"Oh no!"
"The Prime Minister is in trouble!"
"Something big happened!"
"Something big happened!"
Suddenly, a general hurried over and interrupted Xu Xian's words.
"presumptuous!"
"Don't you see that the truth is secretly discussing important matters with Prince Xu?"
"Who let you in?"
Zhang Hao immediately became angry when he saw the visitor.
"Prime Minister, it...it is the general in charge of guarding the prison!"
"It was because something happened in the prison that I let him in!"
At this time, a manager from the nearby government office quickly came over and explained.
"What?"
"Something happened in the prison?"
"What happened?"
"Say it!"
Zhang Hao's expression was obviously a bit off at this moment.
"Return to the Prime Minister!"
"That... that female assassin in the prison has disappeared!"
"Just...just now the cell leader went to deliver food and discovered that the female assassin in the cell was missing. After our search, we found no trace of her escape!"
"We have been closely guarding the big... big prison, even a mouse...!"
"nonsense!"
"What's the use of talking nonsense when people are already lost?"
"Why don't you hurry up and search... search!"
"If we can't find the female assassin, none of you will survive!"
"Go away... go away!"
After Zhang Hao heard half of what he was saying, he interrupted the general.
After the general left, Zhang Hao returned and sat down in front of Xu Xian.
"What's wrong with Prime Minister Zhang?"
"Did something big happen?"
Of course Xu Xian had already heard the conversation between the few people just now.
The female assassin was rescued?
Who saved my wife?
What's going on?
In fact, Xu Xian was a little panicked at this time, because Xu Xian knew that the female assassin the general mentioned just now must be his wife Bai Suzhen.
"Nothing!"
"Prince Xu, please continue signing!"
Zhang Hao ordered someone to bring over the covenant book again.
Xu Xian took the covenant letter, checked it out, and found that the covenant document basically satisfied the results of the negotiations between himself and the Jin people, so he signed it himself.
Afterwards, Xu Xian and the others left Zhang Hao's house after seeing him off.
"General Yue, help me find out what's going on in the Jinren Prison!"
After walking far away, Xu Xian first gave instructions to Yue Lin next to him.
"good!"
"I'll go now!"
Afterwards, Yue Lin left.
So Xu Xian took Yang Polu out of Daming Mansion first and hurried back to the wooden house.
After all, Xu Xian had always suspected that Han Xiang'er might have saved his wife, so he was eager to leave the city and come back to find her.
However, after entering the wooden house, Xu Xian discovered that Han Xiang'er was no longer in the wooden house.
So Xu Xian motioned to Yang Polu to join him and started looking for people everywhere.
However, we searched until late at night and found no trace of Han Xiang'er.
Just then Yue Lin came back.
"General Yue!"
"What happened in the Jinguo Prison?"
Xu Xian quickly asked him.
"Back to my lord!"
"A female assassin who was tightly held in the prison of the Kingdom of Jin suddenly disappeared!"
"And I heard from the cell bosses that no one had ever entered the prison at that time!"
"But before, the cell bosses saw a village girl holding a flower basket who seemed a little suspicious and asked them who was in the prison, but the village girl behind them disappeared!"
"Now the entire Daming Mansion is searching for the assassin and the suspicious village girl at the same time!"
Yue Lin reported to Xu Xian.
"Village girl?"
"Could it be Xiang'er?"
"That village girl must be none other than Xiang'er!"
"Did Xiang'er pretend to be a village girl and help me save my wife?"
"Other than Xiang'er, who can quietly rescue my wife from prison?"
"But after Xiang'er saved my wife, why didn't you notify me?"
"Where did they go?"
Xu Xian couldn't help but talk to himself at this time.
"Lord!"
"Do you mean that Miss Xiang'er disguised herself as a village girl and rescued Madam?"
"But since Miss Xiang'er saved Madam, shouldn't she come back here and wait for us?"
Yang Polu said at this time.
"yes!"
"We usually meet Miss Xiang'er here, but until now we haven't seen her come back with her wife!"
"Did something happen to Miss Xiang'er?"
After hearing Xu Xian's analysis, Yue Lin also began to worry.
"With Miss Xiang'er's ability, no one in this world except her master can do anything to her!"
"Moreover, hasn't there been any news about the discovery of the assassin and the village girl in the city now?"
"So maybe we don't have to worry so much about Miss Xiang'er's safety for the time being!"
Xu Xian gradually calmed down at this time.
"In that case!"
"Lord, let's leave this Daming Mansion quickly!"
"Otherwise, when those Tatars change their minds, we will be in danger!"
Yue Lin reminded Xu Xian.
"yes!"
"Let's leave this place as soon as possible!"
Yang Polu also reminded.
“It’s unlikely that the Tatars will change their mind!”
"After all, the Tatars still want to use us to deal with the Song Dynasty and let them enjoy the benefits of being a fisherman!"
"After all, this place is not a place to stay for a long time. Maybe Xiang'er is already waiting for us in Yuejia Village!"
"We'd better go back to Yuejia Village first and leave the place where the Tatars are heavily garrisoned!"
Xu Xian agreed.
So Xu Xian and his party passed through the many passes of Jinbing and returned to Yuejia Village, which is twenty miles away from Daming Mansion.