The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 509

Yelu Yanxi, who was the emperor, had gone out, so naturally it was not good for the ministers to stay in the tent alone.Therefore, Xiao Feng first made an invitation gesture outward, and then said to Chai Jin and Yan Qing, "Please, please, Your Majesty is a bit forgetful, so don't worry about it!"

Chai Jin suppressed the smile in his heart, and while walking out with several people, he replied, "What about Mr. Xiao, the behavior of Lord Liao shows his true temperament, which is really enviable."

Xiao Feng made a haha ​​first, and said a few perfunctory words casually.

While talking, several people came to the outside of the tent, but saw that the servants had found the lamb, and Yelu Yanxi was letting go of the hounds, allowing them to chase and bite.

"That's right, what a dog!" Yelu Yanxi clapped his hands while laughing, seeing Xiao Fengxian and the others coming out, he asked Chai Jin impatiently, "Does this dog have a name?"

"For Your Majesty, the name of the male dog is Tietou, and the name of the female dog is Tiebei."

"Iron head, iron back..." Yelu Yanxi nodded in satisfaction after muttering a few times, and then said, "Tell me, your general sent the two of you here to give me such a desirable gift, isn't it? Is it really just to exchange horses with me?"

Chai Jin and Yan Qing looked at each other, then looked around, and then said, "Your Majesty, this is not the place to talk."

But Yelu Yanxi said, "It doesn't matter, here are all my confidantes, if you have something to say, just say it."

Having said that, he actually dismissed all his subordinates, leaving only Xiao Fengxian, Yelu Dashi, and King Qin Yeluding.

After several people returned to the tent and sat down again, Chai Jin went straight to the point and said, "My envoy sent me here. Apart from business, he also wants to discuss with your country and deal with the Jin country together?"

"Hey, isn't the master of the Ni family Song Chen? Why do you have such thoughts?"

"My envoy once said that the Jurchens are ambitious, brutal, and unfaithful. If they cooperate with them, they will come back to them after a long time." But Yan Qing said suddenly.

What the Liao people said was very appetizing, and several people nodded their heads involuntarily. Only Yelu Dashi asked with a cold face,
"Your family's lord is not only a Song official, but also the son-in-law of the Song Dynasty. When the Song Dynasty is about to form an alliance with the Jin people, how can we trust your sincerity?"

Yan Qing smiled and said, "It's not easy. A few days ago, Jin Guo sent Wanyan Zongbi's son Wanyan Bodie to Yunzhou to cooperate with us to attack your affairs. Not only was this proposal flatly rejected by my envoy, Also because Wanyan Bodie violated the criminal law, he was beaten with a hundred army sticks. So, may it prove our sincerity?"

"Then how do you want to cooperate? Wouldn't it be just verbal support, but unwilling to send a soldier?" Yelu Dashi asked persistently.

Chai Jin explained with a smile, "My envoy is a Song official after all, so naturally he can't do things without scruples."

"That's what I'm saying. You're just talking about it, and you want to push our country and the Jurchens to go all out. How can there be such a cheap thing in the world?"

When Yelu Dashi said this, Yelu Yanxi and the others showed displeasure on their faces, obviously thinking that Mu Xu was a white wolf.

Fortunately, when the two of Chai Jin came, they had thought of the Liao people's reaction in advance, so they had their own words, so they heard Chai Jin say,

"This statement is wrong. If you say a thousand words and ten thousand, Jin Guo's immediate target is your side. My family envoy is willing to lend a helping hand at this time. We can provide all the food, grass and military equipment we need, isn’t that enough?”

Chai Jin's words hit the other side's weak spot right away. Since losing its former territory, the Liao Kingdom has relied on buying all the military supplies from the tribes on the grassland.

But the problem is that these nomads are not engaged in production at all, and most of the materials they can provide are beef and mutton, such as salt, tea, ironware and other necessities, but there are almost none.

Therefore, when they heard Chai Jin's condition, several people were a little moved, even Yelu Dashi had nothing to say.

After a few people made eye contact, Xiao Fengxian asked, "Then I wonder if the things you provide are free, or do we need our country to barter, or are there additional conditions?"

Chai Jin replied, "Please forgive me, we are not too rich, so naturally we cannot provide aid for free, and you need to exchange horses for what Xiao Ke said.

As for the condition, there is only one condition, that is, your country must make a guarantee not to invade Yundi at will.In return, my envoy also said that if your country is at the end of its rope in the future, we can provide asylum for people from your country. "

If the previous conditions only touched Yelu Yanxi a little, then the latter one just hit his itching spot.

It can be said that since fleeing to Jiashan, Yelu Yanxi has never stopped worrying about the Jurchens chasing troops, and even woke up from a dream several times.

In the dream, he was captured by the Jurchen, and fell at the feet of his former courtier Wanyan Aguda. Not to mention the humiliation and torture, even if he begged hard at the end, he ended up dead without a whole body.

Hearing the conditions offered by Mu Xu at this time, Yelu Yanxi couldn't bear it anymore, and regardless of Yelu Dashi's repeated winks, he asked anxiously, "Is this really true? Where to stay?"

Chai Jin said categorically, "It's natural. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, we can make an alliance in blood and make a written agreement on this matter."

Seeing Yelu Yanxi's attitude of agreeing, Yelu Dashi became anxious immediately, and hurriedly said, "I just said that your lord is a Song official, and he is the son-in-law of the Song Dynasty. If the emperor of the Song Dynasty forces your lord to leave My Majesty, who can guarantee that you will not break your promise and become fat?"

Yan Qing argued, "The reason why my envoy accepted Da Song Zhao'an, and even married the princess, was just an expedient measure. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Why should Lin Ya Dashi hold on to this point?"

Yelu Dashi was stunned, and couldn't help asking, "Do you know your envoy?"

"That's right, when Lin Ya was trapped in Langoudian, I was there."

While the two were talking, no one noticed the strange look on Yelu Yanxi's face when Yan Qing said that Mu Xu had no choice but to marry the princess of the Song Dynasty, and interrupted the two of them.

"Forget it, let's stop here today, I have to think about it again! Ding'er, you and Dashi will entertain the two envoys for me, and Prime Minister Xiao will stay a while to speak."

Yeluding stood up and responded, and then asked Chai Jin and the two to go out to rest, while Yelu Dashi wanted to stay, and wanted to persuade Yelu Yanxi to ask for more benefits even if he agreed to cooperate with Mu Xu.

He didn't want to be kicked out by Yelu Yanxi without any explanation before he opened his mouth. Seeing this, Yelu Dashi could only secretly scold the concubine for his inadequacy and conspiracy, and then left unhappy.

When only Xiao Fengxian and himself were left in the tent, Yelu Yanxi finally expressed his plan, "Prime Minister, just now I heard what Mu Xu's envoy said, and suddenly came up with an idea, please ask the Prime Minister to discuss it."

"Your Majesty, please speak clearly, and I will listen with all my ears!"

"I want to marry Mu Xu, what does the prime minister think?"

"This..." It was not surprising that Xiao Fengxian had such thoughts about his own emperor, but what made him hesitate was the candidate for marriage.

Excluding the premature death, Yelu Yanxi had a total of six princesses, and among them, the eldest second princess, Yelu Gu, wanted to marry, so she was not included in the marriage.

Among the remaining five princesses, four are underage and don't even have an official title. After counting, only Princess Yelu Yuliyan of the Kingdom of Shu is suitable.

However, this Yelu Yu Liyan's identity is somewhat special, she is the daughter of Concubine Wen Xiao Sesel, the younger sister of King Yelu Aoluwo of Jin Dynasty, and she has a deep hatred with Xiao Fengxian.

This has to make Xiao Fengxian worry, if he marries Mu Xu, will he use the hands of his future husband to seek revenge on him.

As for whether Yelu Yu Liyan will be favored by Mu Xu, Xiao Fengxian has no doubts. Whoever made this princess of the Kingdom of Shu resemble her mother is a well-known beauty in their Liao Dynasty.

If she hadn't been dragged down by her mother and brother, this seventeen-year-old princess would have attracted a group of important officials from the Liao Kingdom to propose marriage for her nephew.

Just as Xiao Fengxian expected, Yelu Yanxi's preferred candidate was indeed the Princess of Shu, Yelu Yu Liyan. It is Mu Xu's father-in-law, if he has nowhere to escape in the future, he can take shelter under his wings, so as not to fall into the hands of the golden man."

"The third princess is a very suitable candidate, but Your Majesty must not forget Concubine Wen and King Jin. If the princess holds a grudge, wouldn't that be counterproductive?"

Xiao Fengxian felt that this reason was very sufficient and would definitely impress Yelu Yanxi, but this time he miscalculated.

But in the heart of the emperor Yelu Yanxi, the king and his ministers have to die. Although the concubine and his son are family members, they are also his ministers. To die for him, the emperor, is a matter of course. There is nothing to complain about. ?

Therefore, Yelu Yanxi didn't care that his daughter would hold grudges against him at all. He took it for granted that with the dual identities of king and father, Yelu Yuliyan would only respect himself as before and obey his orders.

"Prime Minister, don't worry. Yu Liyan has always been well-behaved and sensible. She will definitely understand my painstaking efforts. Besides, there are no wrong parents in the world. How can she, a little girl, do such a rebellious thing?"

Then, without waiting for Xiao Fengxian to object again, Yelu Yanxi decided arbitrarily and said, "That's the matter. I will discuss it with Mu Xu's envoy tomorrow. As long as the marriage can be achieved, everything else is easy to discuss."

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Mu Xu, who was far away in the cloud, didn't know that someone would do everything possible to be his father-in-law. At this time, he just came back from his inspection tour in various states. He was about to return home, but was held back by one incident.

It turned out that after Ma Kuo and the others were captured by Lu Junyi and taken to Yunzhou, Ma Kuo strongly demanded to meet Mu Xu. In order to achieve this goal, he went on a hunger strike to protest.

Because Mu Xu had explained in advance that he had to treat Ma Kuo with courtesy, so that the people below were all wary. In the end, Zhu Wu personally informed Ma Kuo of Mu Xu's absence in Yunzhou, and promised him that as long as Mu Xu came back, he would be happy. Arranging a meeting between the two at the first time, finally let Ma Kuo calm down.

After listening to Wang Dingliu's report, Mu Xu was not angry, but smiled and said, "Since he is so anxious to see me, then take him to the study outside my house and wait. I will meet him later."

"Yes, I'll do it when I'm young."

Wang Dingliu responded, and was about to follow the instructions immediately, but was stopped by Mu Xu, and he said again, "Wait, bring Ma Zhi along, I'm also interested in this person."

About an hour later, Ma Kuo and Ma Kuo, who had been waiting for a long time, finally saw Mu Xu who had changed into ordinary clothes.

Ma Zhi didn't dare to offend Mu Xu, so he immediately got up and saluted solemnly, but Ma Kuo got up unhurriedly, after tidying up his appearance, he cupped his hands casually, and then asked loudly,

"Lord Mu, as a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty and the son-in-law of the emperor, why did you attack the court envoys? Are you worthy of the official's love for you?"

Mu Xu's rudeness to Ma Kuo didn't take it to heart at all. He walked to the main seat with a smile and sat down. He raised his hand and said, "Master Ma, please sit down and talk."

Then, he ordered the guards at the door to serve tea.

Ma Kuo originally wanted to take advantage of Mu Xu's loss and force him to let them go, but unexpectedly he got a soft nail, so he had to change his strategy and change the way of saying it.

"Lord Mu, because you helped the imperial court recover Yanshan Mansion, how many people of the Han family regard you as a great hero, but they don't know why you did such a sneaky move?"

Mu Xu took a sip of hot tea from his teacup, glanced at the two of them, and finally rested his eyes on Ma Zhi's face, and said softly, "Before answering Ma Zengren's question, I still have something unclear, and I need to ask Ma Zhi for advice." Master Zhi!"

Ma Zhi was looked at by Mu Xuruo with deep meaning, and his heart suddenly jumped, and he pretended to be calm and said, "Your Excellency, just ask, I will definitely know everything, and I will say everything."

"That's good. I heard that the alliance between Song and Jin this time was facilitated by your uncle and nephew. I wonder if there is such a thing?"

"Your Excellency is serious. The lower officials are no more than minor officials. How can they decide the important affairs of the court? They are only responsible for beating the side drums..."

"Don't talk about him left and right, just answer the official yes or no!"

Ma Zhi's words were interrupted, and seeing Mu Xu frowned again, he became more and more uncertain, but he still replied honestly, "Yes, this official is in favor of an alliance between the two countries to deal with the Liao people together."

"Okay, just admit it! Then I will ask you again, what is your reason?"

"The lower official believes that the Liao Kingdom is my great enemy in the Song Dynasty. Now, taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I want to beat the dog in the water and shame it for a hundred years."

"It's a reason, but as far as I know, Master Ma and Uncle Li Chuwen have been officials in the Liao Kingdom for many years, and the Liao Kingdom has kindness to you. Why do you do this kind of favor and revenge?"

"Although the Liao Kingdom treated me well, the lower officials are Han people. In the face of national justice, what are such small favors and small favors?"

Seeing Ma Zhi's awe-inspiring righteousness, Mu Xu clapped his hands, and praised meaningfully, "Okay, what a master Ma who understands righteousness!"

(End of this chapter)