In the afternoon, the sky turned into February. Although the smell of the sky and the drizzle of rain falling down, it made people feel extra fresh and refreshing.
Su Jin stood under the eaves with his hands folded, looking at the green grass buds in the flower bed in the house and the mist-like yellow wicker beside the Bianshui River shrouded in mist and rain in the distance, with a somewhat melancholy expression on his face.
Zhao had already been notified, and both Fang and Fang were preparing everything at the East Campus. They were about to leave immediately to meet Fu Bi and start formal negotiations with Liao envoy Xiao Temo, but this spring rain might disrupt their plans.
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The cool rain fell on her face, and Su Jin heard a rustling sound behind her, and then a pair of small white jade-like hands went around her neck and gently tied a cloak on herself.
Su Jin reached out and held the little hand and smiled: "Let me guess who it is?"
The small hands twitched but did not break away. Su Jin smiled and said: "Speed and boneless, warm and delicate, she must be Huan Niang."
After saying that, I turned around and saw that Huan Niang was standing behind her timidly, with a red face and silent. However, there was another person standing there angrily with a small mouth and a coir raincoat and bamboo hat in hand, that was Xiao Sui'er.
Su Jin smiled and said: "Sui'er, who are you angry with? You have such a pout that you can hang a bottle of oil on it."
Xiao Sui'er said angrily: "How dare you, little maid, be angry with yourself? How dare you be angry with others if you don't have weak and boneless hands?"
Huan Niang reached out and took Xiao Sui'er's arm and whispered: "Sui'er..."
Su Jin touched her nose and was speechless. This girl seemed to be jealous, so she stepped forward and pinched her nose and said, "Children get angry for no reason."
Xiao Sui'er said: "Young master, I'm sure I can't tell you it's me if I reach over."
Su Jin laughed and said, "Who said that? Do you really think I am a fortune-telling fortune teller? I just saw the gemstone bracelet on Huan Niang's wrist; Huan Niang's is light blue fluorite.
Rou Niang's hand is made of pink and white hibiscus stone, and your hand is made of emerald green demantoid garnet. No matter who you are, I guarantee that there will be no mistake."
Huan Niang and Xiao Sui'er were both shocked. It turned out that the young master didn't like anyone in particular. Others knew people by smelling their fragrances, and the young master only recognized people by smelling the gem bracelets.
"Well, you go back and put on your coir raincoat and bamboo hat. I haven't taken you out for a long time, so I'm going to show you the scene today."
Xiao Sui'er's eyes lit up and she immediately jumped up and said, "Really? What kind of world are you taking my little maid to see? To visit Xiangguo Temple?"
Su Jin pinched her little nose and said, "Shopping is also called seeing the world? I will take you to negotiate with the bearded men of Liao. Do you want to see what the people of Liao look like?"
Xiao Sui'er cheered and rushed into the house. After a while, she rushed out with all the rain gear. Su Jin had already put on his coir raincoat and bamboo hat under Huan Niang's service. When he saw Xiao Sui'er coming out, Su Jin waved his hand and took it with him.
Zhao Hu of the Dynasty and others went out.
Huan Niang looked at the people disappearing in the rain and mist, and felt a little disappointed in her heart. However, she quickly adjusted her mood and told herself not to show it. Huan Niang understood that she still had a place in Su Jin's heart, and even her sister Rou Niang
It can't be compared to her, and Young Master Xiao Sui'er seems to just think of her as a little girl and cannot be compared with her sisters.
Huan Niang knew clearly that what the young master likes is her quiet personality, talking less and doing more; the young master already has a very noisy personality, so when he is quiet, he naturally does not want to be bothered by anyone chattering next to him.
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Huan Niang was glad that she understood this, and she had no intention of sharing it with others. However, the disadvantages of the young master liking to stay with her too much were the things that were difficult to talk about; the young master always did as he pleased.
Wanting to accompany her by herself, what Huan Niang couldn't bear was not the young master's interest in that matter, nor the impact that hit the soul and made people almost die, but some of the special hobbies of the young master.
For example, he likes to put himself into various embarrassing postures. Some postures make Huan Niang feel ashamed. They are only used by dogs and cats. How can people do this? And he prefers to kiss him with his mouth.
It's not that Huan Niang can't accept such behavior. She has already dedicated all her body and mind to it, and she won't have strong rejection of it. Huan Niang is just a little troubled. How did the young master know these shameful people?
What about expressions and behaviors?
Huan Niang secretly asked Rou Niang, and she vaguely expressed her worries to Rou Niang, that is, the young master must have visited a brothel and been led astray by those bad women.
Rou Niang is a bit funny. She will not be jealous if her sister is favored by the young master. Rou Niang is also aware of all these hobbies of the young master. Rou Niang is older than Huan Niang and understands that men in this world are always a bit confusing in that regard.
She thought it was normal to have unreasonable demands; Rou Niang warned Huan Niang sternly: "Just do whatever I like. As for where did I learn it from?"
With these tricks, only others will take care of him in the future, and it will not be his sister's turn to prevent diseases. The sachet has not yet been completed, so he hurried back to the house to pick up his work, and it started to rust on the soft couch. Outside the door
, it can be reached directly by going east along East Cross Street. There are four or five white felt tents set up in one corner of the large school grounds. This is where Su Jin arranged the negotiations.
Su Jin did not arrive for a long time, and Fu Bi was already upset with Liao envoy Xiao Temo and others.
Xiao Temo paced back and forth, running to the entrance of the tent to look around, then running to Fu Bi who was sitting at the table, saying over and over again: "This Deputy Ambassador Su is more powerful than you, the Chief Ambassador. I think
We don’t need to wait for him, this is the beginning; it won’t be the same with or without him.”
Fu Bi smiled apologetically and said, "Wait a minute. I don't care at this moment. It must be rainy and it's difficult to ride a horse. Coming by car took some time."
Deputy envoy Liu Liufu said: "Then you still chose the school grounds outside the city gate? We agreed to arrange a quiet place to discuss, but you came here to set up a few tents. What does this mean?"
Xiao Temo was also very angry and said: "Exactly, this is an insult to my envoy of Daliao. Let's write down this account first."
Fu Bi was not with him, so there was nothing to worry about. A soldier reported outside the tent: "To inform the rich envoy, Mr. Su has arrived with his people."
Fu Bi felt relieved and hurried out of the tent to see Su Jin wearing a raincoat and leading a group of people hurriedly over. Two large groups of soldiers followed Su Jin a hundred steps behind and dispersed towards the south side of the school ground.
Su Jin entered the tent, took off his coir raincoat and bamboo hat, shook the water droplets off his body, smiled and said with cupped hands, "Mr. Xiao, Deputy Envoy Liu, we are anxious to wait."
Xiao Temo rolled his eyes and said: "Deputy Envoy Su is so impressive. The two countries are discussing military and national affairs, but you are late. This attitude is really chilling. Since you are not sincere about this negotiation, I think we are here today."
It’s bound to be nothing famous.”
Su Jin smiled and said: "Where do you start with this? Who said we are not sincere? Matters related to the good relations between the two countries are matters of concern to the whole country of the Song Dynasty. Commander Xiao actually said that we are not sincere, and he has unjustly accused me to death.
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Xiao Temo said angrily: "The meeting place is arranged in such a remote place, with just two simple tents. How can this be called sincerity? We were just about to start the appointment, but you came late and made us wait in vain for nearly an hour.
,Is this also sincerity?."
Su Jin lifted up his robe and sat on the side of the table. He smiled and said: "Your envoy has misunderstood. It is because of your importance that we arranged it here. It is also because of this that I came a little late."
Xiao Temo sneered: "Is it interesting to tell lies with open eyes?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "Your envoy never trusts people, how can he get along with others if he is so suspicious? The reason why we are arranged here is for the safety of your envoy. After thinking about it this morning, we thought that there may be more than 100 Western thieves.
A group of people were sent to assassinate your envoy and his entourage. Several groups of assassins may have infiltrated into the city. In consideration of the safety of your envoy's life, the negotiation location was set on the school ground, because thousands of our Song Dynasty soldiers were stationed around the school ground.
Soldiers are enough to ensure that this negotiation goes smoothly. In addition, I am late because I went to communicate with people to deploy troops to prevent someone from breaking in and disrupting the negotiation. I did not deliberately neglect your envoy."
Xiao Temo said in shock: "You mean, Xixia dogs are coming to assassinate me? And it's not just the team captured last night? Are there any clues?"
Su Jin nodded and said: "There are no clues, but after we reported this matter to the court, the emperor and all the ministers, including the Privy Council, the Third Secretary and other important officials in the court all agreed with my point of view; even if there is no such possibility, I would like to add more
It's always good to be careful, it's better than coming here alive and going back in a bloody state."
Xiao Temo felt excited in his heart. Although he still thought this was Su Jin's excuse, Su Jin was right. In short, he had to sail the boat carefully, just in case there were still a few groups of people staring at him eagerly.
His head was kept in the dark. It would be really hard for him to die without even knowing how he died.
Seeing Xiao Temo's anger gradually disappearing, Fu Bi quickly smiled and clapped his hands and said: "Now everything is clarified, and Ambassador Xiao also understands the reason; I think we can take our seats without further delay. People from both sides can come in and take seats to participate in the meeting."
Discussion record."
"That's how it should be." Xiao Temo and Lu Liufu agreed; businessmen from both sides filed in, sat on both sides of the long table, and each was busy getting ready.
At Shen Shizheng, the Song-Liao negotiations officially began.