The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion - Chapter 938

[Chapter 927 Restlessness]

[These days are troubled again, and I take turns to go to the grave with my wife, adjust it, and double-check tomorrow. 】

Originally, Sun Shaozong was still thinking, and when the two sides negotiate, he will show his muscles in the face of the attack of the king and ministers of the later Jin Kingdom.

Who would have thought that for a few days, Wu Pu Duanheng would only summon Xu Furen alone, and would not let him accompany him into the palace, making the previous ideas completely useless.

Fortunately, before and after the New Year’s Day, Sun Shaozong had already established a great prestige in Jianzhou City, and with Xu Furen’s wily scheming, he alone was enough to play tricks and tricks.

Of course, when Xu Furen returned to the inn every day, he was unavoidable to recount the negotiation process between the two sides to Sun Shaozong briefly.

At present, it seems that the sincerity of the two sides in the peace talks is still there – at least for the time being – the major premise of breaking the military and making peace, and a consensus was reached on the first day.

However, on some additional conditions, the two sides have always been deadlocked.

For example, Da Zhou hoped that the two sides could exchange prisoners of war and release the detained people.

However, most of the Jurchens captured by Da Zhou have already been punished by the canon. This so-called exchange is just a good thing to say. In fact, he wants Houjin to unilaterally release all the Han slaves.

This is naturally unacceptable to the Jurchen.

For another example, Houjin hopes to establish several places for mutual market between the two sides in the vicinity of Xingcheng.

The mutual market was nothing, but Jurchen not only asked Dazhou not to restrict the import of iron products, but also asked Dazhou officials to come forward and purchase some special products in Liaodong at a premium to ensure that the two sides could reach a trade balance.

This is simply too much.

Although it is a plan to delay the army, in the face of a small country – the official has not even recognized it – to make such a degree of concessions, how can the people of Zhou, who have always publicly advertised the imperialism of the emperor, accept it?

In addition, there are things such as the demarcation of the boundaries between the two sides, the official names of each other, the number of courtesy, the relationship between Houjin and Tashi, etc…

In short, under the same general policy, there are not a few points of disagreement between the two sides.

On Zhou Guo’s side, he wanted to delay the time, and after the war in the south, he would free up his strength to attack Houjin.

Afterwards, Jin was unable to conduct large-scale military operations before the end of March because of heavy snow.

So I wasn’t in a hurry both times. It was a little bit of grinding back and forth like a saw, and after a few days, I didn’t see any progress.

It is estimated that a general context can be discussed in the first month, even if it is quite good.

It doesn’t matter to Sun Shaozong, he has a dynamic and still temperament. Apart from being a little unaccustomed to the food, he is idly in the post house every day, so he should be the cat winter to raise fat.

But the accompanying guards are rather restless masters.

A while ago, there were always unsightly Jurchens who came to make trouble, and every now and then, there was a lively look, but I didn’t think so.

But since the fifth day of the first year, everything has become calm, and there are even many girls who would rather take a detour than go through the gate of the inn.

When I was free, I felt uncomfortable.

A few days ago, that Harlu’s wife had a high-pitched voice, and the people who were scolding in front of the door were sulking, and then the people who shouted in the door were full of evil spirits.

I have already been a bachelor for more than a month. Once this anger comes up, how can I still hold back?

So in the past few days, firstly, Feng Xin came forward, and wanted to take a leave to go out to ‘hang out’. After being suppressed by Sun Shaozong, he tried to persuade him to get some women to come in and serve him.

Said to help with the laundry and cooking, but Sun Shaozong casually tested it, and the requirements of ‘well-balanced’ and ‘chest and hips’ filled his ears.

To put it bluntly, it’s not just about the lower body.

It stands to reason that in this place of suspicion, it is better to have less than one more thing, and Sun Shaozong should refuse.

But Sun Shaozong is not that unreasonable, and besides, he himself has not been able to lead by example, and it is even more difficult to refuse strictly.

Therefore, after careful consideration on this day, I thought about discussing with Xu Furen to see if I could ask Jurchen to get a few Korean women back.

…………

It’s evening.

After calculating the time, Xu Furen should have returned from the inner city, so Sun Shaozong ordered someone to put food on the kang table in the backyard, and then boiled a pot of aged wine, just waiting to chat with him over wine.

It is naturally impossible to bring a cook for this long distance, so the daily meals are really lackluster, and the only advantage is to eat enough.

But the wine is really good. The 40-year-old flower carvings in the old cellar were originally the trophies of a certain Jurchen noble, but in the bitter cold outside the customs, everyone is proud of drinking spirits.

It wasn’t until a few days ago that A Lin Qitu came to the door to talk about it, knowing that Sun Shaozong was good at it, so he specially asked for a gift.

After twisting the lid of the hand stove, it was temporarily used as a utensil for warming wine. After a short time, the rich and mellow wine aroma filled the room.

At this time, the door curtain was lifted, and Xu Furen, who was in a wide robe and big sleeves, came in from the outside, his nose twitched a few times, and he couldn’t help laughing and chanting: “Zhu Jiu and Jun Jun are generous, and human feelings are turned upside down like waves; Prime Minister Bai knows how to press his sword, Zhumen Xianda laughed and played the crown; the grass is full of drizzle and wet, and the flowers and branches are about to move in the spring wind and cold; what is the point of the world to ask, it is better to lie down and have a meal.”

After speaking, he took off his boots and sat cross-legged opposite Sun Shaozong.

Along the way, the two were already familiar with each other, so Sun Shaozong didn’t show much courtesy, just lifted the jug with one hand and poured a full glass for it.

At the same time, he said with a smile: “I’m afraid I will waste another day after listening to what Xu Lao means?”

“It’s wasted, but it’s not nothing.”

Although there has been little progress in the negotiations in the past few days, Xu Furen’s spirit is much stronger than on the road.

I saw that he was the old man talking about the juvenile madness and toasting to the bottom, and then he became serious, leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice: “You are undoubtedly the White Lotus Sect.”

Sun Shaozong immediately understood these words without thinking, he quickly put the jug back on the stove, straightened his back, and put on a posture of listening intently.

But it turned out that after arriving at the post house, Sun Shaozong vaguely noticed that in addition to the Jurchen spies, there seemed to be some unidentified people around, spying on the mission’s every move.

The Mongols were outside the city gate that day, and more than half of them were taken by Sun Shaozong. Even if they secretly returned to the city, most of them would not dare to appear near the Dazhou embassy—and even if they dared to look for them, they would be caught by Sun Shaozong. recognize.

So the two secretly discussed it, and inferred that there are other forces in this city, and most of them are hostile forces of Da Zhou.

Although Da Zhou has enemies on all sides, if you really want to count them, there are only a few forces.

Therefore, in the past few days, Xu Furen negotiated with Jurchen while inquiring about the news, but it was too startling, and there was no progress for a few days.

But today, he finally managed to figure out some details.

I heard Xu Furen stroke his beard and say: “Today I’m talking with the Tartars about the frontier army. When the old man mentioned the Shaanxi-Gansu area, he deliberately sold a flaw, and Wu Qizhi said it casually, which is obviously the deployment of the frontier army in Shaanxi and Gansu. quite understanding.”

“However, the scope of Jurchen’s current activities is far from reaching the Shaanxi-Gansu area – even the Mongolians in Tashi are now harassing in Shanxi and Hebei, so that they can become horns with the Jurchen.”

“The one who cares so much about the Shaanxi-Gansu frontier army and can clearly grasp its movements is undoubtedly the White Lotus Sect!”

Xu Furen’s speculation may not be 100% sure, but 60% or 70% is still there.

In his mind, Su Xingfang’s voice and smile flashed involuntarily, and Sun Shaozong said solemnly: “If it is really a person from the White Lotus Sect, when the Mongols attacked outside the city gate, most of them have nothing to do with them — these White Lotus rebels. , is best at fanning the flames and leveraging strength.”

Xu Furen nodded: “Compared to the Mongols, they are the least willing to dismiss the troops in Liaodong, and they will try their best to stop them, too…”

Talking about halfway through, Xu Furen’s eyes suddenly narrowed, and the opposite Sun Shaozong also had a serious look, and then the two blurted out in unison, “Could it be that the White Lotus Sect will [again] start an uprising in the near future?!”

This time, the court decided to send Xu Furen as an envoy to Houjin. At first, only a few important officials in the court knew about it, and it only took two or three days from the official order to the departure of the mission.

Speaking of such a short period of time, even if the White Lotus Sect far away in Shaanxi and Gansu could respond, it would be absolutely impossible to send someone to Jianzhou City to make waves.

In other words, the White Lotus Sect came to Liaodong for other purposes without knowing about it.

And to make the White Lotus Sect travel thousands of miles to contact Houjin in the wind and snow, I’m afraid it’s only a matter of ‘rebellion’!

After thinking of this, Xu Furen and Sun Shaozong immediately formulated countermeasures.

First of all, it is natural to send someone back to the customs to inform the court, so as to prevent problems before they happen.

Secondly, it is best to try to find out the Bailian rebels in the city, and to ask for information on the rudder of Shaanxi and Gansu.

This time is different from going to the capital to find the Holy Maiden. In order to join the Jurchen alliance, the person responsible for negotiating from the White Lotus Sect must come up with some significant ‘chips’.

If you can pry open the opponent’s mouth, it will definitely cause a huge blow to the White Lotus Sect.

Furthermore, the inn must be more strictly guarded.

The teacher who never forgets the past and the future, since the White Lotus Sect was damaged and split, its power has not been as strong as before, but the pervasive means of infiltration are the most troublesome for the court.

If the post house is also infiltrated by the White Lotus Sect, then the fun will be great.

Only in this way, the introduction of North Korean women will naturally come to an end.

Sun Shaozong came out of Xu Furen’s house and was thinking about how to appease the restless officers and soldiers, but suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He looked up and looked around, but couldn’t figure out what was wrong.

So I went back to my room in an uneasy mood. Just as I pushed open the door, I kicked in the door and kicked out the door, and a bright light suddenly appeared in my head:

Where is Feng Xin?

Isn’t that kid waiting for his reply?

According to his eager temperament, he should have stopped him long ago if he was leisurely wandering along the way.

[End of This Chapter]