The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 283 Shocking
The peace talks continued, and the people of Song Dynasty didn't seem to notice what happened in the Liao Kingdom at all.

In the scorching summer, no one seemed to be interested in what happened in Liao.

Wei Wangfu.

A spy handed a letter to King Wei. After reading it, King Wei's expression became slightly condensed: "Does anyone else know about this?"

"Returning to the prince, no one else will know."

King Wei nodded, then suddenly drew his knife and killed the guard in the study.

The bloody smell of the corpse quickly attracted flies, King Wei slapped his palm, and someone immediately disposed of the corpse.

The letter was wrinkled by the king of Wei, and then he put it on the fire and burned it.

Because the Song Dynasty did not trade with the Liao Kingdom, it is impossible for the merchants of the Song Dynasty to know about the severe drought in the Liao Kingdom, but this does not mean that the Song Dynasty did not plant spies in the Liao Kingdom.

The Privy Council placed no less than 50 spies in the Liao Kingdom, so King Wei quickly got everything that happened in the Liao Kingdom.

But when King Wei read the letter, he decided to conceal the matter. For him, the more chaotic the border, the better for him. As long as there is a war between the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty, his chance will come, right?
After Liu Wei left the posthouse, he immediately went to the palace. After several days of discussions, he finally settled all the peace talks with Li Yin and the others. It is beneficial to their Da Song contract.

After Zhao Kuangyin read the contract, he nodded and said, "Liu Aiqing has done a good job. Now the people of Liao have signed a contract with Da Song and promised not to interfere with the affairs of Da Song and Bei Han. Troops are dispatched."

Liu Wei is not a person who likes to fight, but Zhao Kuangyin wants to use troops against the Northern Han Dynasty, so he can't do anything about it. He just asked: "When does the Holy One want to use troops against the Northern Han Dynasty?"

"Let's wait until the Liao mission returns to Liao."

Liu Wei frowned slightly, and said: "My lord, I suggest that after the spring of next year."

"Oh, why is that?"

"First of all, Liao people are very fickle. Even if there is a contract, they may not be willing to abide by the contract. Moreover, it is already midsummer. When our soldiers and horses arrive at the border of the Northern Han Dynasty, it may be late autumn. It's a desolate place, so it's fine if we can fight quickly, but if we can't attack for a while, it will be very bad for our troops in winter."

Hearing Liu Wei's words, Zhao Kuangyin was slightly taken aback. Of course, he didn't care about the coldness of the Northern Han Dynasty. What he really cared about was the attitude of the Liao Kingdom. Han, undoubtedly wrong.

Although the contract has been decided, they need to find out the real attitude of Liao.

"Liu Aiqing is right. If that's the case, then wait a little longer."

After the two monarchs and ministers finished talking about the Northern Han Dynasty, they began to talk about doing business with the Liao people.

"It's a good thing to do business with Liao people, and many conditions in this contract are beneficial to Song Dynasty." Zhao Kuangyin said after reading those contracts.

Liu Wei nodded: "That's true. My Da Song can exchange cloth and grain for Liao people's horses, cattle and sheep. This is definitely a good thing for my Da Song, but..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that the place for trade is not very good. Your Majesty, please take a look. This place is at the junction of the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom and the Northern Han Dynasty. The borders of the three countries are prone to friction!"

Zhao Kuangyin frowned after watching it, but quickly said: "It's okay, wait until I send an army to protect my Da Song merchants, and see who dares to cause trouble there."

Liu Wei smiled wryly and said nothing.
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In midsummer, the heat in Bianjing is unbearable, and the cicadas sometimes don't bother to make noise.

The Liao Mission had been away for five days, and Liu Wei found that after the Liao Mission left, he suddenly became more relaxed.

Chaozhong has nothing to do recently, and there are people to help take care of businesses such as the winery and the beauty shop. What Liu Wei does is just stay at the house every day to pass the boring time.

And in this boring time, a major event happened in Bianjing, the capital city.

An assassin assassinated King Jin in the street, but committed suicide after failing.

It is unbelievable that someone wants to assassinate King Jin.

After hearing the news, Liu Wei immediately went to Prince Jin's Mansion.

There were quite a few guests in Prince Jin's mansion, all of whom came to visit Prince Jin. Prince Jin only suffered a slight injury to his arm, but it was not a serious problem.

The person in charge of receiving the court officials was Su Another Kan. He didn't hide too much about King Jin's injury, but he didn't take it as a big deal either. He only said that Kaifeng Mansion would step up its investigation.

After dealing with all the officials, Su Tongkan finally went to his room with Liu Wei.

The room that Su looked at was not rich, except for some books, most of it was wine. He liked drinking very much. The Liu family winery would bring him a carload of wine every month, sometimes it was night wine, sometimes it was strong wine. , wine, of course, this season is the most beer.

But Su also saw that he only drank beer when he was very hot and thirsty, because besides quenching his thirst, he couldn't feel the aroma of wine.

After the two sat down in the room, Liu Wei quickly asked: "Mr. Su, what's going on, why would someone want to assassinate the prince?"

Su Tong looked at his eyebrows and said, "I don't know about that. We investigated the assassin inside and out, but we didn't find anything that could reveal his identity."

Liu Wei nodded, if there is nothing on that person, it can only mean that that person has long thought of dying.

dead man.

Anyone who dares to assassinate King Jin must be a dead soldier.

"Has this matter been reported to the Holy Majesty?"

"I have already sent people there. Your Majesty has given the prince a few days off to let him recover from his illness." At this point, Su Tiaoshi hesitated to speak, but in the end he did not say anything.

Liu Wei didn't notice the situation that Su looked at, so he only comforted: "It's good for the prince to recuperate at home, and Mr. Su can take care of the Kaifeng mansion."

After talking to Su Jiaokan like this, Liu Wei was about to leave, and just as he was about to leave, Chai Feng came to him suddenly.

At this time, Chai Feng was wearing a white dress, which set off her face, giving people an indescribable beauty.

After seeing Liu Wei, Chai Feng suddenly pulled Liu Wei to a place where no one was around: "I want to find out who wants to assassinate my father."

Although Chai Feng was a member of the royal family of the Later Zhou Dynasty, King Jin loved her very much, and she naturally had a deep affection for King Jin as a father and daughter.

"I'm afraid it's not easy to investigate." Liu Wei looked at Chai Feng, there was nothing left on the assassin, so it shouldn't be easy to find out.

But Chai Feng shook her head: "I have someone to suspect."

Liu Wei was a little surprised: "Do you have someone to suspect?"

Chai Feng nodded: "Wei Wang."

"King Wei?"

Liu Wei seemed to feel that he had understood a little bit. According to the system of Da Song's brothers and sisters, the only obstacle that could stop King Wei from becoming emperor was King Jin. If King Jin died, then after Zhao Kuangyin a hundred years later, the throne would belong to King Wei.

It's just that if the assassins were really sent by King Wei, it would be a bit difficult for them to investigate.

King Wei's power in the capital is not weak, and this matter is so secretive, with King Wei's intelligence, he must have already made a complete arrangement.

Chai Feng nodded: "That's right, it must be King Wei. He has always had conflicts with my father, and he always targets my father. Now that the Holy One has weakened King Wei's strength in the Privy Council, do you think he will worry about me?" Father suppressed him and sent someone to assassinate my father?"

After Chai Feng finished speaking, he looked at Liu Wei. Liu Wei didn't expect Chai Feng, a woman, to know about these court battles, but he felt that Chai Feng's understanding was not very reasonable. Zhao Kuangyin weakened King Wei's power in the Privy Council , But even so, King Wei didn't need King Jin at this time, because it would be very unfavorable for King Wei to assassinate King Jin.

From the events of the past few days, it is not difficult to see that the Holy One intends to make fun of the system of brothers and sisters. If the Holy One really meant this, King Wei should cooperate with King Jin. How could he send someone to assassinate King Jin? If King Jin If he was assassinated, he would not be able to cause any disturbance by himself.

While Liu Wei was chatting with Chai Feng like this, Su Tong saw that he had arrived at King Jin's study.

The injury on King Jin's arm was not very serious, at least one arm was still able to write. Seeing that Su was looking at him, he said, "Sent away?"

Su looked at him and nodded: "They're all gone."

King Jin smiled: "In the future, I will pass on my order and thank guests behind closed doors."

Su Tongjian didn't ask too much, because he knew what King Jin meant. Before the matter became clear, they should try to meet as few guests as possible, because they didn't understand whose conspiracy it was.

The most important thing is that there are more guests, which will easily arouse Zhao Kuangyin's fear.

Just after Su Another glanced and nodded, King Jin suddenly asked, "Is Liu Wei here too?"

"Exactly."

"Did he say anything?"

Su Another Kan shook his head: "He seems to be very puzzled about this matter, but his subordinates think that this matter is probably caused by King Wei."

"King Wei?" King Jin frowned. King Wei did have a reason to want him dead, but King Jin shook his head: "It won't be his. Although he doesn't like my brother, he hasn't come to kill him yet." What good can he do if he gets to my point and kills him?"

"Then who does the prince think it will be?"

There was a sneer at the corner of King Jin's mouth: "I'm not sure who the person who wants to kill me is, but even though we can't be sure, it's not impossible for us to take advantage of this matter, Mr. Su, don't you think so?"

Su Tong looked slightly taken aback, for a moment he couldn't understand what King Jin meant.

"Your Highness, do you want to?"

King Jin asked Su to look at Fu Er, and then whispered something in his ear. After saying this, he said, "Do you understand, sir?"

Su Tong saw a trace of surprise on his face, but after a long time, he still nodded his head: "This subordinate understands, I will leave this matter to my subordinates, and I will definitely live up to the prince's entrustment."

King Jin nodded: "Since we are going to do it, we must make it more beautiful."

(End of this chapter)