() The negotiation venue moved to the inner hall of the Lushi Yamen. The charcoal fire was blazing and it was as warm as spring. A small red clay hot pot was cooking a pot of mutton. Su Jin and Zhang Yuan were sitting cross-legged like old friends with their backs on cotton pillows and opposite each other.
Sitting down, two jars of fine wine brought from Bianliang were patted open, and two beautiful maids were helping to pour the wine and serve it.
Zhang Yuan secretly envied Su Jin for knowing how to enjoy. Not to mention the splendid furnishings in the room, the dishes and utensils used were either gold or silver. Several pots of red coral and jade cabbage bonsai were randomly placed in the corner of the room. They were so priceless.
The things were abandoned on the ground; what people envied most were the two maids, one was gentle, quiet, pretty and lovely, the other was delicate and pretty and had quick hands and feet. Both of them looked at Su Jin with affection in their eyes. It was obviously Su.
Playthings in Jin's room.
Compared to his own home in Daxia, the furnishings were shabby, and the wives, concubines, and maids at home all seemed to have their heads and faces smashed with nail boards. It wasn't that he didn't want to play with beautiful women, but that Li Yuanhao often
He really didn't dare to have a beautiful woman in his home when he came in and out. Everyone in Xia knew that Li Yuanhao was very seductive. No matter who he was, even if it was the wives and daughters of courtiers, the late emperor's concubines, or even his own daughter-in-law, he would fall in love with him.
It was inevitable, so Zhang Yuan simply recruited a group of ugly girls to serve him at home in order to avoid these humiliations...
At this moment, compared with Su Jinyi, his life was really boring. Zhang Yuan could only comfort himself: after blowing out the candles, he was the same as his mother.
The two exchanged cups and drank in a lively manner. At the same time, they reached several peace agreements. For example, the two sides exchanged captured civilians and generals who had been looted, and each side unconditionally repatriated those who escaped from each other. These were all insignificant terms.
Su Jin naturally wouldn't waste any time on this.
However, Su Jin resolutely refused to agree to the request to open up the border market. He only said that he would let it go depending on Xia Guo's performance. Zhang Yuan was so angry that he blew his beard while drinking and glared. Su Jin saw the point and agreed to give away 10,000 yuan for free every year.
He gave Xia a catty of tea leaves and a hundred thousand pieces of cloth, which calmed Zhang Yuan's anger.
Zhang Yuan originally thought that the Song people would definitely get nothing this time, but he didn't expect that they still made some money. Ten thousand catties of tea and one hundred thousand pieces of cloth were not a small amount. As for the Song people who did not agree to the request to open up the market, Zhang Yuan
It doesn't matter, private businessmen between the two countries were extremely active during the war, let alone after the peace agreement was reached. If the government does not trade, how can it stop the private businessmen from going over the mountains and ridges to persevere?
Su Jin also had his own concerns. The reason why he agreed to send some sweet things to Xia Guo was just to express his sincerity. Moreover, Su Jin had already made plans. Anyway, he did not mention the grade of the tea leaves or the quality of the cloth, so the tea leaves were too old for them to chew.
For old tea and cloth, they were given dozens of coins for a piece of coarse cloth, silk brocade, etc. They didn't even think about it; these things were not worth much money, so they treated them like beggars.
The two of them drank until the evening, finishing the two jars of good wine. Zhang Yuan was also a greedy person, and Su Jin was unwilling to go against Su Jin's repeated toasts. Finally, he fell drunk and fell asleep on the kang.
stand up.
Zhang Yuan finally woke up in the middle of the night. When he moved, he found that his legs were pressed tightly by Su Jin. He looked up and saw Su Jin's red and handsome face, smelling of alcohol, sleeping soundly across his body. There were candles in the room.
It was bright, incense sticks were burning in the incense burner, and several pots of charcoal fire were burning brightly in the corner of the room, but there was no one there.
Zhang Yuan was about to get up when he suddenly heard slight footsteps outside the house. Zhang Yuan hurriedly buried his head and pretended to be asleep, but then he heard two gentle knocks on the window, and someone outside whispered: "Master Lu, Master Lu!"
Su Jin was snoring so loudly that he couldn't hear it at all. The man seemed very anxious and kept screaming. Zhang Yuan couldn't stand it any longer. He slowly took out his foot and kicked Su Jin on the cheek. Su Jin suddenly stood up and said: "Who?"
Zhang Yuan relieved himself, closed his eyes and snored, pretending to sleep. Su Jin looked around blankly and didn't know why, but at the same time he heard a knock on the door outside, and asked in a low voice: "Who is outside?"
The outsider replied: "Master Lu, it's me, Pan Jiang!"
Su and others said: "It turns out to be Commander Pan. What's wrong? Why are you here in the middle of the night?"
Pan Jiangdao: "Fan Shuai's letter, the army has already..."
Su Jin quickly hissed and said softly: "Shut up! There is someone in my room, let's go out and talk."
After saying that, he tiptoed off the bed, opened the door and walked out. Zhang Yuan listened with open ears and was shocked. Although he had no clue, seeing the two of them acting so sneakily, they must have an ulterior motive, so He quickly got up and got out of bed and went to the door to listen carefully, but the voices of the two people outside were extremely low and could not be heard clearly. Zhang Yuan simply opened the door slowly and quietly walked into the corridor.
The sound came from a room next door. Zhang Yuan squatted under the window and listened carefully. In the quiet night, there was no sound. Although the voices of Su Jin and others were low, they came clearly.
"Fan Shuai is taking action?" Su Jin asked.
"Exactly, Fan Shuai sent someone to deliver a message overnight. One hundred thousand troops from Yanyan and Huanqing have already set off. They are expected to arrive fifty miles south of Youzhou in three days. Food and grass siege equipment will also accompany the army. They only need to cooperate with Weizhou. Action, the two armies will advance together to defeat Huizhou and Youzhou, then join forces to capture Xingqing Mansion before heading north, and drive Li Yuanhao into the snow to eat the northwest wind." This was Pan Jiang's excited voice.
Su Jin clapped his chin and said: "Very good, now we can finally feel proud. The Xia people are suffering from hunger and cold. What can they do to resist my two armies? It's ridiculous that the Xia people are serious about negotiating peace with us. I deliberately asked them to Even if they cancel the condition of the emperor's title to me as the vassal of the Song Dynasty, they won't agree to it. In fact, I don't want to negotiate with them at all."
Pan Jiang chuckled and said, "Is he the guy lying on your bed? It's really funny."
Su Jin scolded: "I drank too much and actually slept with him. I don't know if I let him hear any of my sleep talk. If he learns about our actions, he will agree to my peace proposal once he makes up his mind." Suggestion, then it’s just like Wu Ming, damn, I was careless.”
Pan Jiangdao: "Kill him with one knife and forget it!"
Su Jin thought for a while and said: "No, the two armies are fighting without killing the envoys. Although we do not intend to negotiate with them, we cannot do anything that will be reviled by others. I will test him again tomorrow."
Pan Jiang suddenly said: "Maybe he is eavesdropping outside the window right now."
Zhang Yuan was startled and quickly shrank down when he heard a crash and the window was pushed open. Su Jin stuck his head out and looked around, spat and closed the window and said: "No one is there, that guy is like a dead pig. I'm so drunk that I'm still fast asleep."
Pan Jiang said: "I'm going to prepare now. When will we send out troops tomorrow?"
Su Jindao: "According to the agreed time, we will set off overnight tomorrow night. The army will march to the border in two days. Remember to notify Fan Shuai and attack at the same time, so that he can't take care of the east."
Pan Jiang promised softly and turned around to go out. Zhang Yuan was so frightened that he quickly ran into the house and climbed on the kang to pretend to sleep. Only then did he realize that his hands and feet were cold. After squatting outside for a while in the cold night, his body was almost freezing.
Stiff.
But the cold in his body was still bearable, but his heart was so cold that it sunk to the bottom of the cold pool. This Su Jin was too sinister. He had no sincerity in making peace at all. He was just a liar to hide his identity behind his back after hanging around with him for so many days.
But they have already joined forces with Fan Zhongyan to plan to attack Yuzhou and Huizhou at the same time. This is incredible. What should we do?
Su Jin's footsteps sounded outside, Zhang Yuan quickly snored evenly, Su Jin put his head in and called out twice: "Master Zhang, Master Zhang?"
Zhang Yuan pretended to be asleep and didn't answer. Su Jin sneered and closed the door. After a while, everything was quiet outside, and the sound of the door being bolted could be heard in the distance. It was obvious that Su Jin was afraid of leaking the news and went to sleep in another room.
Already.
Zhang Yuan was thinking over and over again, and he didn't sleep at all for the rest of the night. He got up quickly at dawn, looked for the servants who got up early, and asked them to tell them his apology and gratitude for staying drunk last night, and hurriedly left the Yamen.
In Huan Niang's room, Su Jin stood at the window with her clothes on, looking at Zhang Yuan's leaving figure with a sneer. Her mood was extremely happy. Huan Niang stood up on the bed and whispered: "Sir, don't freeze in the cold weather.
With."
Su Jin turned around with a smile, threw off her clothes and got into the warm bed. She reached into Huan Niang's half-open chest, squeezed the two soft balls, fiddled with the two bumps and said with a smile: "Come and spend the morning with me.
time movement.”
Huan Niang's body was sore and weak, she pressed against Su Jin's big hand and gasped: "Last night...didn't I want it last night? The slave family can't bear it."
Su Jin didn't answer, but moved his hands down to the wet area and gently fiddled with it. When the water started to flow more and more, he just pushed it out and hit the ground with ease.