"It's only been two days. Could it be that your Song emperor has changed his mind?"
Zhang Hao saw Tang Si retreating and asked first.
"Yes!"
"Our Holy Majesty ordered Fei Ge to pass the letter, and we have agreed to all your conditions, Prime Minister!"
Tang Sihui responded quickly.
"That's it!"
"It seems that your Song emperor is still wise!"
Zhang Hao was also very surprised at this time.
"Of course our Lord is wise!"
"But our Holy One has a request, which is to take the prisoner Bai Suzhen back to Lin'an!"
Of course Tang Sihui was lying.
"Yeah?"
"It seems that your Holy One is also such a windy person!"
"A Bai Suzhen, no problem, no problem!"
"Please ask Ambassador Tang to sign this contract first!"
After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he ordered someone to bring two copies of the contract and placed them in front of Tang Situi.
"Isn't it... that we agreed to use the Huaihe River as the boundary?"
"Why does this treaty require us, the Song Dynasty, to secede Xiangyang and Chuzhou?"
"And why do we, the Song Dynasty, need to send troops first?"
Tang Sidui was originally ordered by Zhao Gou to negotiate with the Jin people. The bottom line was that the Huaihe River was the boundary. Now that there were two more strategic places, Xiangyang and Chuzhou, he was naturally unhappy.
After all, Xiangyang is an important defensive center in the middle of the Song Dynasty. If Xiangyang is lost, the Jin Kingdom can move down the Han River without any hindrance, and the Song Dynasty will be in danger of losing half of its country at any time.
Chuzhou was an important defensive area in the east of Huaibei during the Song Dynasty. If the Jin soldiers occupied Chuzhou and moved down the canal, they could threaten Jiankang and Lin'an at any time.
"These two places are requested by our Majesty. If you Song people are not willing, then this cooperation is unnecessary!"
"As for whether you Song people want to send troops first, it is also our Majesty's request. If you Song people don't want to, you can leave at any time!"
Zhang Hao's attitude was very arrogant at this time.
"well!"
"Then can I report this matter to our Holy Master?"
"After all, this is a big deal, and I... I, Tang Situi, can't make the decision!"
Tang Sihui didn't dare to sign casually.
After all, when Tang Situi returned, Zhao Gou ordered that the Huaihe River be used as the boundary, which was also in line with the requirements of the Jin Kingdom. As for the annual offerings to the Jin Kingdom as usual, Tang Situi would not be worried even if he signed it.
But after seeing that the Jin Kingdom demanded Haizhou and Xiangyang, Tang Situi knew that Zhao Gou would never agree. After all, if these two places were lost, the Song Dynasty would face threats from the Jin people at any time.
If he had signed this treaty, I am afraid that Tang Si Tui would not have any good fruits to eat after he returns.
"Can!"
"Then I'll be waiting for good news from Messenger Tang in two days!"
Zhang Hao is naturally not in a hurry.
"As for the White Snake matter, can Prime Minister Zhang be accommodating?"
Of course Tang Situi knew that the biggest purpose of coming to see her this time was to save the White Snake and enable her to detoxify him.
"This white lady is a felon appointed by our Majesty, and will be escorted back to Yanjing!"
"Unless you can sign the contract, I can plead with Your Majesty to let him go back to your Song Dynasty with you!"
"Otherwise I can't make the decision!"
Zhang Hao rejected Tang Situi.
"Lord!"
"Weizhou is not far ahead. The Tatars have occupied the land north of the Yellow River and even sent troops to block the Weizhou ferry. I'm afraid it won't be that easy for us to cross the river from Weizhou!"
"Why don't we continue eastward and cross the river from Zhengzhou? The Tatar defense over there is temporarily weaker!"
Yue Lin reported to Xu Xian.
"But I want to go to Bianjing on the way. It's too far to cross the river from Zhengzhou!"
"Polu, can you go ahead and explore the way for me?"
Because Xu Xian left in a hurry last time to attack Luoyang, Xu Xian still had many treasures left in Bianjing, so of course he wanted to pick them up along the way.
"good!"
"I...I...I'm going now!"
"Going right now!"
Yang Polu obviously seemed to have something on his mind.
"Polu, come back first!"
"return!"
"Polu, why do you think you were so depressed along the way?"
"Did something happen?"
Xu Xian naturally saw that something was wrong with Yang Polu, so he called him back for questioning.
"Lord!"
"This...there are some things I...I don't know whether I should say or not!"
Yang Polu was hesitant in his words.
"Commander Yang!"
"Could it be...could something happen to White Snake?"
Han Xiang'er came out and asked at this moment.
"What?"
"Something happened to my wife?"
"what happened?"
"Yang Polu!"
"How is this going?"
"Say it!"
"Tell me, what's wrong with my wife?"
When Xu Xian heard Han Xiang'er's inquiry, he immediately became excited.
"Lord...!"
"I assassinated the Song Dynasty envoy Tang Situi that day, and then...!"
Yang Polu said, telling Xu Xian the day he passed by.
"You...why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"It seems something must have happened to my wife!"
"I have to go back to save her, I have to go back!"
Xu Xian said, turned around and headed towards Daming Mansion.
Yue Lin, Yang Polu and others had no choice but to follow.
Although Xu Xian knew that his wife was not an ordinary person, it was difficult for anyone to deal with her in front of thousands of troops across the country, not to mention that his wife was the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Jin who was being held hostage.
So Xu Xian rode his horse and ran all the way, hoping to rush back as soon as possible to save his wife.
But when Xu Xian rushed back to Yuejia Village again, he discovered that the road here had been blocked by Jin soldiers, and there was no way to pass.
After some inquiries with nearby people, I found out that the Kingdom of Jin had captured a female assassin who assassinated Prime Minister Jin. In order to capture the female assassin's accomplices, the entire area around Daming Mansion is now being closely guarded.
Just at this time, Yue Lin, Yang Polu and others also followed.
"Lord, since my wife was captured by the Jin people to save me, I should be the one to rescue her!"
Yang Polu took the initiative to ask for instructions at this time.
"But now Daming Mansion is guarded by golden soldiers, and we have no idea of the situation, and we don't have enough manpower. If we rush to rescue Madam, I'm afraid the gain will outweigh the loss!"
"So my lord, please calm down!"
"Commander Yang, you also need to calm down!"
"We must take a long-term approach!"
Yue Lin dissuaded the two of them.
"yes!"
"I just heard Commander Yang say that didn't your wife, Mrs. Bai, use snake venom on the Song Dynasty envoy Tang Sihui to control it?"
"Now that Tang Sidei is an agent sent by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, maybe Tang Sidei has a way to rescue the White Snake?"
Han Xiang'er also got off his horse and said.
"correct!"
"Then Tang Sihui was poisoned by my wife's snake venom, let's go find her!"
"If you find it, there will be a way to rescue my wife!"
After Xu Xian calmed down at this moment, he felt that what Han Xiang'er said was reasonable.
"But now the Tatars are guarding the road to Damingfu. How can we, hundreds of people, get through?"