Fisherman's Song Dynasty

Xu Zizhen guessed right, the old fox Xia Chongzong is now facing an extremely difficult situation.

Xixia was originally subject to the Liao Kingdom, but with the decline of the Daliao and the rise of the Jin Kingdom, the direction of Xixia has slowly turned. Chongzong has always appeared in the face of an old and foolish emperor in these years. Falling into the hands of the Xiao family, this idea of ​​submitting to the Kingdom of Jin was naturally promoted by Grand Master Xiao.

Chongzong did not object, but fell obediently to the Kingdom of Jin, because now the time had not come, and he could only bear with it, but what happened next was beyond his expectation. The envoys came to Xixia and asked Xixia to send troops to the border of the Song Dynasty, because Song and Liao had an alliance agreement, so that they could restrict the Song Dynasty from taking action.

It’s just that Jin Guo’s intention was to contain Song’s army, but he didn’t expect Xiao Taishi to directly order to attack Lanzhou. Jin Guo didn’t mind this, anyway, their goal was only Daliao, and Song Xia would fight with them whether they fought or not. Unrelated, but it has a completely different meaning to Chongzong.

It is conceivable that Xixia wants to assist Jin Guo to go north to attack Daliao, while being distracted from attacking Da Song. At the same time, he must be careful not to lose too much, so as not to hurt the country's vitality in the future and be occupied by Jin Guo or Da Song Cheap.

This is only a part of the crisis on the surface, but there is another greater difficulty for Chongzong, that is the Xiao family.

Another point that Xu Zizhen guessed right was that the death of the prince of Xixia was like a fuse that quickly ignited the beginning of disputes in the Xixia Palace, because Empress Xiao did have a son. With the support of the huge Xiao family, the position of the new eldest son is unquestionable, even if her son is only four years old.

There are some things that even Yu Qi doesn't know, such as Li Luoyan's current safety issue, the Xiao family is going all out to fight for the position of the son, how can they have time to take care of her, the wild princess who has been away from home for many years?

It's not surprising that Emperor Chongzong would ask for peace and a truce, but why didn't even the Xiao family object this time?Could it be for Xiao Xuan that trash?Xu Zizhen would not believe it was so simple anyway.

Just thinking of this, the second prince of Xixia put two scrolls made of yellow silk on the table, smiled slightly and said: "If your country agrees, this armistice agreement will take effect immediately."

They are already so straightforward, so there is no reason for Wen Chengyan not to agree, but having said that, he has never seen such a simple peace negotiation in his memory, especially since Xixia did not suffer a substantial defeat this time, and has not yet To the point where the mountains and rivers run out.

The two parties signed the agreement together, and each held a copy and kept it away. Since the silver and horses involved a lot, it was too late to exchange that day, so they agreed to meet here again at noon tomorrow, and the Song side returned the three captives. Xixia handed over the silver and two horses, and then the two will be settled.

Everything went very smoothly, the second prince got up to salute and was about to say goodbye, Wen Chengyan was about to send him off with a smile, when Xu Zizhen behind him suddenly coughed and said, "Lord Xiao, wait a minute."

Xiao Ye, the servant of Xi Xia's Ministry of War, was getting up slowly, ready to leave with the second prince, when he was told to turn his head slowly, squinting his eyes at Xu Zizhen, he said: "What's the matter, little brother? "

Wen Chengyan didn't expect Xu Zizhen to interrupt, logically speaking he was not qualified to speak in such a scene, although he was the number one contributor to the victory, but after all he had no official position, he and the teacher looked at each other, but they didn't say anything after all. They wanted to see what Xu Zizhen had to say.

Xu Zizhen took out a crumpled piece of paper from the armband, opened it and showed it in front of Xiao Ye: "My son still owes me 500 taels of silver. Since you are going to pick him up, I have to settle the bill."

A few lines of words were clearly written on the paper: I owe Mr. Xu Zizhen of Lanzhou 500 taels of Wenyin, with a weekly interest of three cents!The signature is Xiao Xuan.

owe money?Everyone present was stunned for a moment, Xiao Xuan was captured, and he was directly thrown into prison as soon as he entered Lanzhou City, how could he have any chance to owe Xu Zizhen money?Not to mention the 500 taels, the interest rate is too exaggerated. The weekly interest rate is three cents, which means that if you don’t pay back the 500 taels in a week, it will become 650 taels. This is not usury, it is robbery.

Seeing the doubts on everyone's faces, Xu Zizhen stuffed the note back into the armband, and said indifferently: "The past two days I had nothing to do and played a few games with Brother Xiao, but he was unlucky and lost repeatedly. Accidentally owed me so much."

Hiss...Accidentally?Wen Chengyan and Zhong Shizhong were dumbfounded, Xu Zizhen could gamble?And still bet with the captured Xiao Xuan?This is obviously cheating him, right?

The same thought was also expressed on Xiao Ye's face, but he didn't say anything, he didn't even move his eyebrows, he just said lightly: "It's only natural to pay back the debt, I will bring it together tomorrow."

A gleam of joy flashed in Xu Zizhen's eyes, just like the look of a rascal who took advantage of it. Xiao Ye looked old and dim-sighted, but he saw this scene clearly.

At the end of the peace talks, the two sides retreated separately. Wen Chengyan didn't ask any questions on the way from outside the pass to the city. With Xu Zizhen's temper, it was impossible to force a captive to gamble in the prison, and let him owe such a high-interest debt, but What is his purpose in doing this?

Xu Zizhen didn't explain anything to Wen Chengyan. After returning to the mansion, he said goodbye and went back to his residence. The peace talks were over, and tomorrow he had to pay back the prisoners, including his owed money. This was just the first part of his plan. Step, and don't know if it can be done.

The old man Xiao Ye looked like he was not alive, but since he could represent the Xiao family to participate in this peace talk, it must not be that simple. I hope he can understand his performance today.

After returning to the room, Xu Zizhen fell headfirst on the bed, lying there without taking off his clothes, staring at the beams with wide eyes.

The second prince spoke and behaved very well. Even though he came to ask for peace, he was neither humble nor overbearing. He would neither annoy his opponent nor lose his identity. It seems that the old man Chongzong taught his son quite well. , I just don’t know if the next Xixia Emperor will have his drama, and the key issue is that he came with the Xiao family for this peace talk, that is to say, he is not on the same boat as the Xiao family.

Xu Zizhen re-examined his plan in his heart. The first step was to pretend that he was greedy for money, and the next step was to make an excuse in public tomorrow. As long as Mr. Wen scolded him, it would be a logical contradiction. The old man Xiao Ye is smart enough, so he will come to win him over as soon as possible.

Xiao family, I don’t believe how many of you can use it. You can bring a God of War back with just money. Will you not do this business?

In the Xixia camp, Xiao Ye held a cup of tea in his hand and smiled coldly: "Boy from the Xu family, do you want to deceive the old man just like this?"