Song Yi

Chapter 441 Negotiations
After drinking, Xue Fei'er said: "Ke Yao, the master treats you best on weekdays, shouldn't you toast to the master today?"

Ke Yao didn't know why, but he swayed for a while, Lian'er quickly supported her, and said, "Fei'er, don't let Ke Yao drink, she is really drunk."

Xue Fei'er ignored him, and helped Ke Yao to walk in front of Du Wenhao: "Master, Ke Yao is here to toast you." After speaking, she smiled strangely at Du Wenhao, then walked away and returned to her seat.

Ke Yao's heart was thumping, she smelled the smell of that night again, it was the smell of a man, she was a little dazed, raised her glass with one hand, and put one hand on Lin Qingdai's shoulder, in order not to let herself fall, she Asking the maid to fill the glass with wine, she knew that Du Wenhao was looking at her, but she didn't dare to look at her. Dozens of people in the yard were all looking at her, and she felt a little guilty.

"Come on, let's drink!" Ke Yao said with his head down.

Xue Fei'er jokingly said: "Ke Yao, when did you stop calling your brother?"

Pang Yuqin smiled and glared at Xue Feier, who also smiled.

Ke Yao heheed twice, but did not speak. Du Wenhao said softly, "I accept your wish. I will drink this glass of wine, so don't drink it." Drink, grab her hand quickly, time seems to freeze at this moment, stop, after a long time, Du Wenhao let go, said: "Be obedient, if you don't let you drink, you won't drink well!"

Ke Yao saw that Du Wenhao's hand was taken away from her wrist, but the warmth of the handshake was still there. She looked up at Du Wenhao, with resentment, love, and more unclear things in her eyes.

Du Wenhao coughed dryly, while Xue Feier said: "Master, Madam said earlier that our Ke Yao will be a big girl after this year, and since we have come back, you should also think about finding a suitable husband for our Ke Yao." home."

When Ke Yao heard this, he shook his hand holding the cup, and poured all the wine on Du Wenhao's robe. When Lian'er saw it, he complained, "Ke Yao, why did you pour it all on the master?" ?”

Ke Yao finally came to his senses, he let out a cry, and quickly threw away the cup and took out a champagne to wipe it for Du Wenhao, but the place was wrong, Du Wenhao quickly took Ke Yao's hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, you Let's continue to eat, don't drink, I will come back to the room and change clothes."

Du Wenhao understood in his heart why Ke Yao lost his composure. Xue Fei'er's provocations from time to time today should have seen something, or because of her personality, she is not such an aggressive woman.

Du Wenhao asked Lin Qingdai to support Ke Yao to sit down, and then asked everyone to continue eating. Lian'er got up and said, "Master, shall I go with you?" After speaking, she got up.

Lin Qingdai said suddenly: "Although Ke Yao is the birthday star today, she is the one who soiled her brother's clothes after all. Lian Er, you can just sit and eat and let Ke Yao go with the master."

Pang Yuqin: "This is inappropriate, today is Ke Yao's birthday."

Lin Qingdai said: "It's okay, let them go."

Ke Yao also stood up and said, "I'd better accompany...brother."

Du Wenhao didn't think that Ke Yao would say that, and it was inappropriate no matter how he thought about it, but he didn't know why, he didn't speak, and he left the table without waiting for Ke Yao.

Leaving the front yard, Du Wenhao walked quickly through an arch, and then stood behind the arch. At this moment, he heard a burst of small steps approaching from far to near. As soon as he walked through the arch, Du Wenhao pulled Ke Yao over, and the two of them They hugged each other.

After a while, Du Wenhao let go of Ke Yao, looked down and saw Ke Yao looking at him shyly, he felt itchy in his heart, and wanted to bite that ruddy mouth and take a good sip, it must be very sweet.

"Silly girl, what are you doing hiding from me?" Du Wenhao led Ke Yao to a rockery, and the two found a place to sit down. Du Wenhao asked softly.

Ke Yao bit his lip lightly and remained silent for a while.

Du Wenhao was in a hurry, knowing that everyone in the front yard was waiting for them, and he would send someone to call him soon, so he said, "I'm asking you!"

Ke Yao murmured, "I don't... I don't hide from you, but I'm just afraid that you'll get drunk and go crazy again."

Du Wenhao smiled and said, "Really? Then do you think I'm drunk now?"

At this moment, two maidservants approached not far away, Du Wenhao had sharp eyes, and quickly helped Ke Yao up, and the two maidservants stepped forward to salute.

"Master, Madam said that everyone is waiting in the front yard. Do you think you should continue eating and drinking, or leave?"

Du Wenhao glanced at Ke Yao, and said, "It's rare for everyone to get together, don't break up so early, make food when you run out, buy wine when you run out, everyone should have fun."

The two maidservants were delighted to hear this, and bowed and retreated.

Ke Yao had already turned around and went down the porch, out of the yard to the front hall.

Du Wenhao felt very uncomfortable, and slowly returned to the front hall with his hands behind his back, and saw Ke Yao drinking with everyone again, laughing like silver bells.

Du Wenhao was about to sit down when the porter rushed over and bowed to report: "My lord, Mr. Cai Jingcai, governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, is here to visit!"

Du Wenhao cleared his mind, this treacherous official finally came back!Negotiating with the Xixia envoys is a big deal, and I didn't care about anything else. I patted Pang Yuqin on the shoulder: "You guys drink first, I have urgent business to deal with, maybe the time will not be too short, don't get drunk Yes, especially Ke Yao, life is a happy thing, but the next day is uncomfortable when drunk."

Ke Yao smiled and said: "It's hard to be drunk or not. Brother, don't worry, I'm fine! Go and get busy!——Come on, Fei'er, don't you want to bet with me on who gets drunk and lies in the ditch? How about we drink together?"

"Okay! Who's afraid of you!"

"Okay!" Lin Qingdai said, "Are you two crazy? Drinking each other, it's not the way to drink if you want to get drunk. You are drunk, we haven't drunk enough yet, don't be so selfish!"

Ke Yao said: "That's right! My sister is right! All right! Don't drink against each other, let's enforce the drinking order!"

Pang Yuqin clapped her hands and said, "That's a good idea! Executing the drinking order! ——Young Master, go and do your work. With me here, I won't let Ke Yao get drunk."

Ke Yao stared and said: "That's not okay, if you don't get drunk tonight, this birthday will be in vain. Brother, go get busy, I'm fine, they want to get me drunk, I'm afraid they don't have the ability! Come on, okay Drinking order! I am good at this..."

Du Wenhao chuckled, told Yingzi to take care of her, and then quickly left the courtyard and came to the main hall.

Seeing that Cai Jing was alone, Du Wenhao was taken aback for a moment, Cai Jing stepped forward and bowed to salute: "See Du Zaizhi for humble positions!"

"Well," Du Wenhao looked around and lowered his voice, "Where are the envoys from Xixia?"

"In a humble residence."

"Okay, let's go then. The Empress Dowager has agreed to negotiate with them and has authorized me to be in charge of the negotiations."

"Great!" Cai Jingxi said, "I was still worried just now. There are often people coming and going at home, and the place is small. I was worried that people would see my true colors, so I wanted to find a place to transfer the envoy. But the transfer is good. After a while, I didn't find a suitable one."

"You don't need to look for it, you can let him go back after talking."

"Yeah, I didn't expect it to be so fast, hehe."

Due to the need to deceive others, this time Du Wenhao did not ride a horse, but took a sedan chair to Cai Jing's mansion.

Cai Jing placed the Xixia secret envoy in a wing room next to his master bedroom. After entering the door, he saw a short and fat old man standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking out in a daze.Hearing footsteps, he turned around.

Cai Jing hurriedly introduced to the man: "Master Wei, this is the new Zaizhi of the Great Song Dynasty, and the three government offices inspected Mr. Du Wenhao. ——Du Zaizhi, this is the secret envoy sent by Emperor Huizong of Xixia Wei, whose name is Shanli Gongma (abbreviated as Weima), is a close friend of Emperor Huizong."

Wei Ma looked Du Wenhao up and down, cupped his hands and said, "Wei Ma is polite!"

This man spoke quite well, and Du Wenhao bowed his hand to return the salute, and sat on the high chair beside him, signaling Wei Ma to sit down too.

Du Wenhao said: "Is Master Wei here on behalf of Emperor Huizong?"

"Yes!" Wei Ma took out a small golden scroll from his arms, and handed it to Du Wenhao with both hands: "This is the authorization document of Emperor Huizong."

Du Wenhao took it, unfolded it, and found that it was indeed the imperial decree of the Xixia Kingdom, stamped with the Great Seal of Jade Seal.Authorize Wei Ma to discuss "important matters between the two countries" with Song Dynasty.

The imperial decree is vague, but that's all it can be. It seems that Emperor Huizong is still very cautious.

Du Wenhao returned the imperial decree to him and said, "My lord Wei, let me tell you what you want first."

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point. Now that the emperor's power has fallen into the hands of the Empress Dowager Liang, the emperor wants to ask Da Song to help regain the imperial power, and there must be a big thank you."

"Well, how exactly do you want us to help Emperor Huizong regain the imperial power?"

"It is reported that the Empress Dowager Liang will inspect the border between Song and Xia in the near future. At that time, our people will tell you her whereabouts. You can send an elite soldier to sneak into an ambush and kill her!"

Du Wenhao smiled: "The Empress Dowager Liang will definitely be on guard against this, right? I'm afraid there will be no elite guards around. If you want to go deep into the territory to ambush, the risk is very high."

"This is for sure. For my emperor, I can only succeed in one fell swoop, so I will choose the most suitable time to inform you. As long as the two parties reach this intention, that is, you are willing to assist my emperor to kill the Queen Mother Liang and regain the imperial power. The details of the specific actions will be discussed further. How?"

"I have been authorized to work with you to kill the Queen Mother Liang and help you regain the imperial power. The premise is that the exchange terms you propose can satisfy us."

"Great! I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of my emperor. As for the terms of exchange, what my emperor means is that as long as the imperial power is regained, my Xixia is willing to form a brotherly alliance with your country forever, and I will never use swords. At the same time, I am willing to give the land of Yongle However, I hope that you can return the forts in Hengshan and south of Lanzhou that you occupied before, and return the Jialu, Mizhi, Futu, An Xinjiang and the four frontiers were ceded to our country. The Sui Ci can still be implemented according to the previous agreement between the two parties."

Du Wenhao's eyes widened. Although the negotiations between the two countries would certainly necessitate a bargain, he never imagined that Xixia would offer such a condition, and he smiled angrily: "You mean, we helped your emperor regain the imperial power. , we still have to cede land to you for compensation? And you just released our captors?"

"Is such that."

Du Wenhao tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, chose words that were not too impulsive, and said slowly: "Master Wei, don't you think the conditions you offered are simply too absurd?"

"Master Zaizhi, if you can listen to my explanation carefully, you won't find it ridiculous."

"Okay, let's talk about it."

"Hengshan and the Zhaibao in the south of Lanzhou are the territory of our country that you invaded, and they should be returned. There is no doubt about it. Does the governor have any objections?"

Du Wenhao didn't know if there was such a thing, so he turned his head and glanced at Cai Jing with doubts in his eyes.Cai Jing nodded slowly.Du Wenhao thought to himself that the Song army was so weak that it actually occupied the land of Xixia. It was really unexpected, but on the surface he did not back down, saying: "Go ahead."

"You invaded our country and failed in the first battle of Yongle City. We captured more than [-] people from your side. Now they are used to exchange Jialu, Mizhi, Futu, and Anjiang. You still took advantage of it."

Du Wenhao's lungs were about to explode, and he said slowly: "When the war is over, the prisoners of war should be released unconditionally. This is justified, how can it be used as an exchange condition?"

Wei Ma was stunned and said, "Release unconditionally? My lord, please don't make such jokes."

"Who made a joke with you, isn't it always like this."

Du Wenhao used modern thinking to think about ancient things. There was no reason for the unconditional release of ancient prisoners of war. Due to the shortage of population, prisoners of war were generally used as official slaves or forced labor in the army. At most, the two sides could exchange each other.Therefore, Wei Ma felt incomprehensible to Du Wenhao's unconditional release of prisoners of war.He shook his head and said, "My lord's words are unimaginable, please forgive my country for not being able to follow my orders."

Cai Jing leaned over and said in a low voice: "Lord Zaizhi, Jialu and other Sisai are not very big, and it is very cost-effective to call back [-] prisoners of war..."

Du Wenhao slapped the armrest heavily: "It's worth it? Dare this land is not your back garden! Of course you don't know how distressed you are! Tell you two, Da Song wants to cede the land and pay compensation, and you want me to nod unless my head is cut off!"

Du Wenhao suddenly lost his temper, startled Cai Jing, and hurriedly bowed and claimed yes.Wei Ma also didn't expect Du Wenhao to react like this, and couldn't help shrinking his neck back.

Du Wenhao remembered that this was a negotiation, and it would be very beneficial if it was done well. It was discussed during the negotiation, and he had to control his emotions. He picked up the teacup and drank it dry in one gulp, wiped his mouth, cupped his hands and said, "Sorry, the voice is a bit louder, You go on."

"I... I've already finished." Wei Ma said.

"Finish?" Du Wenhao became angry, and said coldly: "We helped your emperor kill the Queen Mother Liang and regain the imperial power. In exchange, we got 4 people? And it was in exchange for land cession and compensation! You really know how to do it." Business!"

"Lord Zaizhi, we also promised to form a brotherly alliance with your country and never resort to swordsmanship. Isn't this the most desired result of your country?"

"Hey, you expected us to be afraid of you. Once we heard that the two sides stopped fighting, we would definitely agree in a hurry, right?"

Wei Ma didn't answer, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, which obviously meant that.In his opinion, this is the most favorable condition offered by Xixia, and Song, who has been defeated repeatedly, will definitely agree.

He never imagined that what he was facing was a cynical youth who had traveled from modern times and had the pain of humiliating modern history for more than 100 years. He was originally aggrieved by the issue of old coins between Song and Xia. , In exchange for only the prisoners of war that should have been released and the peace that both sides desire.For Du Wenhao, this is no longer an alliance negotiation, but a shame.

So Du Wenhao broke out, he stood up abruptly, and said coldly: "Okay, go back and tell your puppet emperor, I will send him a word, remember!"

"What?" Wei Ma asked subconsciously.

"Tell him to die!"

Wei Ma's complexion changed, and he stood up: "Master Zai Zhi, why do you speak so badly?" Stay! "

Du Wenhao turned around brazenly: "What are you doing?"

"My lord, everything is easy to discuss. Don't get angry. If your lord thinks the conditions we raised are unacceptable, you can propose conditions that you can accept. If I can decide, I will decide immediately. If I can't decide, go back and report to the emperor. My lord The heart of the alliance with the Song Dynasty comes from sincerity. There is absolutely no disrespect. If you offend the general, please return to Haihan!" After finishing speaking, he bowed again.

(End of this chapter)