Because of an assassination, the originally prosperous and peaceful Shangjing suddenly became panic-stricken and full of crises.

The assassination of that group was unsuccessful, and I don't know if there will be a second time, but for Bao Zheng's comfort, Zhan Zhao, Chao Mahan and others protect him day and night.

The next day, Bao Zheng and Hua Lang entered the court hall of the Liao Kingdom with the imperial decree of Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Great Song Dynasty.

Today's Liao Xingzong is not young, but he looks very heroic and extraordinary. After Bao Zheng and Hua Lang saluted according to the rules, they explained the meaning of Zhao Zhen, the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Song Dynasty has never wanted war, what they want more is peaceful development, although Song Dynasty is not afraid of the soldiers of Liao Kingdom, but when Liao Kingdom wants peace talks, they still send envoys, and there is no reason He, Da Song just wants peace.

These words were neither humble nor overbearing. After being read by Bao Zheng, Liao Xingzong was very happy and accepted them, and asked Bao Zheng to discuss the specific details with their Minister of Rites, Hu Weiqing.

Today's Liao Kingdom is seriously injured, and it is extremely necessary to conduct trade with the Song Dynasty to restore its vitality. Therefore, as long as they are not too harsh on some of the requirements of the Song Dynasty, they will accept them.

After talking about these things, the question finally involved Bao Zheng's assassination yesterday, and the first one raised was Hua Lang who was beside Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng was assassinated, Hwarang stood up, he demanded that the Liao Kingdom must thoroughly investigate the matter, and must give them a satisfactory answer, in addition, must also send someone to protect Bao Zheng.

Hwarang stood up and said that these demands were not for friends, but for Song Dynasty. Since Bao Zheng is an envoy of Song Dynasty, he represents Song Dynasty. Bao Zheng was assassinated , if no one stands up to press for questioning and accountability, then it will only make people think that Da Song is weak and deceitful.

Therefore, someone must stand up.

And when Hwarang stood up, the originally peaceful court suddenly became lively. Some people thought that this matter must be severely punished, while others felt that it was too much to make a fuss about.

Liao Xingzong showed hesitation on his face, and finally cast his eyes on a minister's expression, and asked, "Yelujin, what do you think should be done."

The man named Yelujin was more than 60 years old, and he was already showing signs of aging. After listening to Liao Xingzong's inquiry, he quickly saluted and replied: "Back to the emperor, the old minister feels that since this happened in my Daliao , it must be investigated by me, Daliao, otherwise I will not be able to explain to the world."

After Yelujin said a word, those who originally wanted to object all avoided speaking. From this, it can be seen that Yelujin's status and influence are not low.

Liao Xingzong nodded slightly after listening to Yelujin's words, and then ordered: "Song envoy was almost assassinated in our Liao country, this matter must be investigated thoroughly, Hu Weiqing, I will leave this to you, I know You belong to the Ministry of Rites, but I believe in your strength."

Hu Weiqing's expression changed slightly, but he finally nodded his head.

Bao Zheng, Hua Lang and the others stood aside and watched these changes in the court, and they more or less saw a clue. In the court of the Liao Kingdom, because of the implementation of "one country, two systems", both the Liao people and the Han people were represented. Among them, the representative of the Liao people is that Yelujin, and the representative of the Han people is Hu Weiqing. Among those who asked for a thorough investigation of this matter just now, most of them are Han people. Those who say anything more are probably Liao people.

After seeing this, Hwarang smiled slightly. It turned out that the so-called court disputes were inevitable in that era and that country.

After retiring from the court, Hu Weiqing, Bao Zheng and Hua Lang went directly to the post house. After sitting down in the post house, Hu Weiqing said: "Master Bao was almost assassinated yesterday. I was negligent. Please forgive Master Bao."

Bao Zheng shook his head slightly, and said: "It's okay, I'm not injured, but those thieves are obviously premeditated, if they are not all caught and brought to justice, I'm afraid there will be no way to proceed with the peace talks between Song and Liao. .”

Bao Zheng's meaning is very clear, if the assassination is not investigated clearly, there will be no peace talks, Bao Zheng represents the entire Song Dynasty, so he must fight for it, just like what Hua Lang fought for in the court today.

After Bao Zheng said these words, Hu Weiqing smiled lightly: "Of course the investigation is necessary, and I will definitely give Mr. Bao a satisfactory answer. It's just that I want to ask Mr. Bao a question. I don't know if it is possible."

"Master Hu, please tell me."

"Lord Bao thinks that the assassin's assassination of you is due to enmity with you, or is there some other purpose."

Bao Zheng had just come to the Liao Kingdom, who would be offended there? After Hu Weiqing finished speaking, Bao Zheng immediately understood that when he came back, the purpose of the assassin's assassination could not be simpler and clearer, that is to prevent the Song and Liao The peace talks between the two countries even triggered a war between the two countries, and if they really did not talk about peace, wouldn't it be in the hands of the assassins? In this way, even if the assassins did not really kill Bao Zheng, they still achieved their goal purpose.

Naturally, Bao Zheng had thought of this a long time ago, but he never thought that Hu Weiqing could use this to eliminate his pursuit and persecution of the Liao Kingdom.

Bao Zheng was a little embarrassed, and glanced at Hualang, who smiled lightly, and then said to Hu Weiqing: "Master Hu is really very clever, but if those assassins don't solve it for a day, we, Master Bao, may be able to solve it in a day." If there is no sense of security, how will the peace talks continue? I think Mr. Hu should understand that the peace talks were proposed by your Liao Kingdom. For us, the Song Dynasty, the peace talks are dispensable, and whether our two countries can have peace talks , it depends on Master Hu’s sincerity.”

The sincerity in Hua Lang's mouth is very simple, referring to whether Hu Weiqing can investigate the assassin's matter clearly. If he doesn't even investigate, or if the investigation is so-so and not hard enough, how can Bao Zheng agree to negotiate peace with them? .

It has always been a weak country without diplomacy. Because of the battle with Xixia, the Great Song Dynasty has already shocked both Xixia and Liao. After all, being able to lead tens of thousands of horses to the capital palace of other countries is different from destroying a country.

Hwarang let other countries see the power of the Song Dynasty, so they have the right to say what they just said. After hearing what Hwarang said, Hu Weiqing's face changed slightly, and then he bowed to Hwarang and said: " What Mr. Hua said, I have written it down, well, then I will first investigate the origins of those assassins, and after the investigation is clear, I will hold peace talks with the Song envoy."

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