Fenghou

Chapter 642 Bidding

Lin Jianqing was pushed hard against the partition wall. Li Toutuo rushed up like an angry leopard, grabbed his skirt, stared into his eyes and asked fiercely, "Say, why don't you go?"

Lin Jianqing only felt that his bones seemed to be knocked apart, and a huge fear enveloped his heart. He lowered his head and said timidly, "I'm not feeling well."

"fart!"

Li Toutuo scolded angrily: "You are timid, you are scared, aren't you?"

Lin Jianqing's face flushed immediately, and the anger after being humiliated went straight to his forehead. He broke free from Li Toutuo's hand, sat down at the table, and slammed his fist on the table.

"That's right! I'm afraid, I don't know anything at all, I... I can't even memorize "Mencius", what if the truth is revealed?"

Seeing that he was trembling with fear, Li Toutuo restrained his inner anger and said to Lin Jianqing: "There is no scripture test in the imperial examination this time. Will "Mencius" not affect your admission at all? Besides, Xuanfu envoy Many clerks and workers in the government office are former students of state studies in Qinzhou and Longzhou, so what can they do, how difficult is it?"

"I don't like to go to the government office to do things. I have to deal with documents all day long. I want to be a county magistrate, just like an emperor in the county."

Li Toutuo's anger was ignited again, and he cursed: "You idiot, I spent so much money and tried every means to praise you, so you were selected by the military department, and you flinched at the last moment, I am blind Eye."

"You don't know at all. I have studied in Jingzhao Mansion School. There are too many people who know my details. Hundreds of my classmates and professors of the mansion school don't know that Lin Jianqing is an ignorant bastard. Every time I took the exam, I was at the bottom of the exam, and I dropped out of school when I couldn't pass the exam, and now I am admitted to the imperial examination, isn't it a big joke in the world, if anyone reports me, I will be doomed!"

Li Toutuo looked at him looking like a broken jar, and secretly regretted in his heart, did he make a mistake in finding such a dou who couldn't help him?

But thinking that this person is Chen Qing's brother-in-law, Li Toutuo still thinks that he has a certain value.

"Don't worry, think about it, it's been five days since the list was released! No one has complained about you, why? Because everyone is not a fool, you are Chen Qing's brother-in-law, isn't it just a formality for you to take the imperial examination?" ? Everyone knows this, so no one will report you and make yourself miserable."

"Is that true?" Lin Jianqing was dubious.

"Of course that's the case, then you said why no one reported you?"

Lin Jianqing calmed down slowly, as if this was the case?If it was in the past, his classmates would have reported him long ago, but there has been no movement in the imperial examination so far, and they can only explain the reason for his special status, and everyone is too lazy to report himself.

"But... I don't like to do paperwork. I still want to be an official in a local area."

Li Toutuo clenched his fists, and then slowly loosened them. He held back his anger and said, "You can't be a county magistrate even if you go to other places now. At most, you can be the governor of Bohe county, but you will be in the Xuanfu envoy's office for two years before you go down." , then you have a chance to be the county magistrate, and I will pay to run it for you, so that you will be the county magistrate in two years' time."

Two years is not a long time, Lin Jianqing thought about it and agreed, "Okay! We have agreed that I will work in the military department for two years at most."

Wanyan Xiyin walked for three days in Guanzhong, and finally arrived at Jingzhao City. Sima Zhang Xiao was in charge of receiving him. This time, Zhang Xiao also bargained for Chen Qing and Wanyan Xiyin on behalf of Chen Qing.

As soon as Wanyan Xiyin moved in, he proposed to meet Wanyan Helisa and Wanyan Qi, and also to take a look at the more than [-] Jurchen prisoners of war who were captured. alive, then the negotiation is meaningless.

Zhang Xiao agreed to all these conditions, and even sent someone to accompany Wanyan Xiyin to the prison city of Jingzhao Mansion.

There are two prisons in Jingzhao City, one is the prison city of Chang’an County, which mainly detains ordinary criminals, and the other is the prison city of Jingzhao Prefecture, which mainly detains important prisoners, such as corrupt officials, enemy spies, and important enemy generals, etc. Wait.

There is also a forbidden courtyard in the prison city of Jingzhao Mansion, which is regarded as a place where prisoners are placed under house arrest. It covers an area of ​​about ten acres. One courtyard is composed of twelve small courtyards, surrounded by high walls, with sharp spikes inserted on the top of the walls, and high whistles. tower.

The twelve small courtyards are places of house arrest. Although they lose their freedom as well, they are much better than the gloomy and moldy cells.

Wanyan Helisa was placed under house arrest in the largest courtyard, covering an area of ​​about one mu, with seven rooms and a large courtyard. There was also a tree in the courtyard, and two other Jurchen women served him. He was treated well.

What Wanyan Xiyin is anxious to see is also Wanyan Lisa. The support of Wanyan Lisa's family faction is the key to Wanyanchang's stability as prime minister. I heard that Wanyan Helisa is still alive. Immediately sent Yanxi Yinnan down.

"Have you started the negotiation?" Wanyan asked impatiently as soon as he sat down in the room.

Wanyan Xiyin shook his head, "I just arrived in Jingzhao today. I need to confirm that you and Wanyan Qi are still alive. I also need to go and see the [-] Jurchen soldiers. After confirming all these are correct, we can start negotiating."

"no!"

Wanyan Drinking Lisa punched the table so hard that the tea bowl jumped up and overturned, and a whole table of tea flowed out. Wanyan Xiyin was stunned by the other party's gaffe.

Wanyan Lisa gritted his teeth and said, "I live here like a year, and you still have to visit soldiers and prisoners of war. When will the negotiations be delayed?"

Wanyan Xiyin felt a little disdainful, if he didn't come, wouldn't he be locked up here as well?Once again, the days seem like years, and we have to live on.

He beckoned the woman to clean up the table, and after the woman left, he said slowly: "How about it! Prisoners of war must be seen, but I can ask the deputy envoy Xiao Hongquan to visit and make sure, and I will stay in Jingzhao for negotiations. .”

"You can divide the negotiation into two parts. The prisoner of war is asking for money, but Wanyan Qi and I are not. First redeem Wanyan Qi and me, and then you can slowly negotiate the redemption of the prisoner of war."

"To redeem you and Wanyan Qi, what conditions does Chen Qing want?"

Wanyan Heli suddenly realized that he had slipped his tongue. Isn't this an admission that he had negotiated with Chen Qing?
"How do I know what Chen Qing wants? I just heard him tell the people next to him that it's a pity that important people like us are exchanged for supplies. If you want to change, you can change important people."

After hearing these words, Wanyan Xiyin immediately became vigilant, who would Song Jun want to replace with Ye Lisa and Wanyan Qi?

Early the next morning, Zhang Xiao and Wanyan Xiyin held the first redemption negotiation in the expensive hotel. It should be said that the attitudes of both parties are not bad. One is willing to redeem in good faith, and the other expresses that it can be released. The two parties first reached an agreement in a general direction. agreed.

But the key is the redemption conditions. If Jin Guo can meet the price offered by the Western Army, then everything is easy to talk about, but what if it can't?
Zhang Xiao said that the [-] prisoners of war could be redeemed with property. The reason why they were not exchanged for the slaves captured by the Jin State was because there was a big loophole in it. The Jin State could capture a batch of them in Hebei and Central Plains at will. The Han people came to exchange, but none of the Han slaves who were actually in the Kingdom of Jin could be exchanged.

As for the two Jurchen royal families, Wanyan Helisa and Wanyan Xiyin, Zhang Xiao proposed to exchange the two for the former prince Zhao Chen. Zhao Chen was the eldest son of the former emperor Zhao Huan and the son of Song Qinzong. He was taken away by Jin soldiers when he was young, and he is now twenty years old.

Such an important figure, of course Jin Guo would not let him die, he has been imprisoned in the Five Kingdoms City.

However, Wanyan Xiyin flatly refused Song Jun's request without any room for negotiation.

(End of this chapter)