In the Bietou Village, Du Zhongxiao said to Wang Kai and Zhang Ji: "The Khitans have arrived, and we are going to greet them, which is also a hospitality."

Wang Kai said: "Whether the officials of the Khitan Pacification Envoy were coming, or the Zhijun went to greet him. We belonged to the Military and Horse Office, so it is difficult to participate in this matter. The people on both sides are here, and if you have something to know, we will discuss it together."

"Okay." Du Zhongxiao didn't force himself, and got up and left the city to welcome Yelu Gao's servants and his party.

The border conflict was negotiated with the reciprocal negotiations between the two countries' appeasement envoys, which was also Zheng Jian's intention to express the intention of Du Zhongxiao as the judge of the Pacification Department of the Risk. The name of the yamen was pacified, which meant that peace was the main purpose, and the purpose was to maintain the status quo. The Risk Department, as the name suggests, was mainly for pioneering and enterprising. Although the borders of the Song Dynasty were now integrated with two yamen and hang two signs, they had to use different identities when facing different things.

Border conflicts are usually negotiated by joint negotiations between the Pacification Envoy and the local officials. Now Du Zhongxiao has two identities in one. Du Zhongxiao noticed that among the people coming from the Khitan, there were no officials from Shuozhou, only the Pacification Envoy and Xijing Road, and they mainly focus on harmony.

After leaving the village city, Du Zhongxiao and his entourage traveled northward. Ten miles away, they received Yelu Gao's family slave and Yelu Buhua. After the salute, they checked the documents with each other and returned to the village city together.

Looking at the evening, Du Zhongxiao said to Yelu Gao's slaves: "It's getting late. I prepared a banquet in the city to welcome the envoys. I will talk about the misunderstandings on the border tomorrow. The envoys come far away and are staying in the city for more days."

Gao Jianu said: "This time the matter is very serious. The tutor of the comforting officer is waiting for me to go back and hand over his life. It will not be too long."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's not a few days apart. It's because the matter is not small that we have to discuss it carefully."

As he spoke, he entered the city, and the officials in the village were already welcomed outside the village hall.

After entering the village hall and taking a tea, Du Zhongxiao said with great effort, asked Gao Jianu politely about the scene along the way, and sat and chatted.

In the room next to him, Wang Kai and Zhang Ke sat opposite each other, sitting and drinking in a plate of mutton. Looking at the window of nearly a hundred Khitans, each of them was busy, Wang Kai said: "There are many Khitans coming. It seems that they really attach great importance to the defeat of the North."

Zhang Ke smiled and said, "There were nearly a thousand people in one battle, and they didn't even fight. How could they not pay attention to it!"

Wang Kai smiled and nodded: "If this kind of thing happened to me, I really don't know how to deal with it. It's fine for the foreign troops, but the three hundred Khitan soldiers are hard to explain. Speaking of which, Du Zhijun ordered the Khitans who died of starvation along the way to let them be there and we don't clean up. After these days, I don't know how much left is left by tigers and wolves."

Zhang Ke said: "The Zhijun means to let the Khitans see it themselves. Their people starve to death on the road, which is not our business. After they see this scene, it will be beneficial to our dynasty if they talk about it."

Wang Kai thought Du Zhongxiao's aftermath of this matter was quite interesting. When the Khitans were deeply involved in the Song territory, the Song army did not take the initiative to attack and kept them back so that they would not be in a hurry to jump over the wall. The routes that might be fed up were blocked and they could die. After the entire army was wiped out, the Song army did not know and let the Khitans remain the same. Now that the Khitans were negotiating, they just took a lot of time to collect the corpse. I wonder if Du Zhongxiao would collect a sum of money to burn and bury the silver, Wang Kai shook his head.

The back yamen prepared a banquet, and Du Zhongxiao invited Yelu Gao’s slaves and Yelu Buhua to the banquet.

The guest and host took a seat, and Du Zhongxiao raised his glass: "I have worked hard for the envoy to come from afar, so drink a cup."

Putting down the wine glass, Gao Jianu's face calmed down and said, "It's cold and cold. Drinking a glass of strong wine will make your body feel much warmer. There have been strong wines sold in the past two years, but they are always not as mellow and delicious as those from the Southern Dynasty."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Since that's the case, the envoy drinks two more cups."

The technology of steaming white wine in wine lees is not complicated and cannot be kept confidential. It was spread to the Khitan two years ago. However, Khitan rice is rare, mainly millet and sorghum. Steaming white wine is not easy, which restricts their production.

After drinking for three rounds, Gao's slave couldn't help but ask about the robbery incident in Ningbian Prefecture two months ago. Due to the annihilation of the entire army, the information of the Khitans was very messy and they have not yet fully understood the matter.

Du Zhongxiao said: "From my official to the Volcano Army, there have been rumors that the soldiers and horses of your country nearby would cross the river and rob the river after the Yellow River was frozen. Because the two countries had a good relationship, they made an appointment with brothers. At that time, they did not agree with this and just regarded it as a rumor. Unexpectedly, after the Yellow River was frozen, about a thousand people came from somewhere to attack Tanglong Town. The troops stationed in Tanglong Town were unknown, and they defeated the siege of the city. These people left Tanglong Town and came all the way south. Because they found that it seemed to be the soldiers and horses of your country, our army had been cautious and cautious, but escorted them from afar and did not attack them. It was just cold and the ground was frozen. These people suffered a lot on the way back to the north, and they didn't know what to do in the end."

When Gao's slave heard this, his face was gloomy and gloomy. Du Zhongxiao said that the Song army was unaware of what Du Zhongxiao said, and he did not take the initiative to attack. He did not believe a word. However, it was defeated and the destruction of the army and horses in the Song Dynasty was the truth, so the Song people could only say it. From Du Zhongxiao's words and previous information, Gao's slave roughly outlined the story of the matter. It was nothing more than that the Shi family slave robbed everywhere in winter, but in the end he did not understand the enemy situation and was frustrated when attacking Tanglong Town. From then on, he was out of control and died in a bad life.

After a moment of silence, Gao Family Nu said, "So many northerners have died in the southern border, I wonder where the corpse is now?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Therefore, the matter is too strange. In addition to the weather being severe, the village is short of staff. Except for the bodies near the city, we have been properly buried, the rest are still on the road. I don't want to collect them, but there is really no one. I will forgive me."

Gao's slave was stunned and said anxiously: "What the judge means, these people are still not buried?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "They are all walking on the mountain path. In this season, where can anyone take them to bury them? When the envoy comes, everything will be easy. You can lead your subordinates to take care of their funeral along the way. If I can help, just speak."

The Gao family slave looked at Du Zhongxiao and didn't know what to say for a moment. Since the Shi family slave was frustrated in attacking Tanglong Town, the Song army has been watching, and they walked into the gate of hell step by step. When they died, they didn't even touch their bodies. The Gao family slave felt a chill in his heart with this determination.

After a long silence, the Gao family nodded slowly: "The judge said it is right. Death is the most important thing, and collecting the morgue is the first priority."

Du Zhongxiao said yes, and this is the effect he wanted. On one hand, the Khitans took the initiative to attack, and on the other hand, there was a covenant that neither country wanted to destroy. Those Khitans who entered the Song realm felt troublesome when they got involved. Don’t think that burying those people was a trivial matter. Hundreds of miles along the way were all deserted places, and they cost a lot of money and food. And he also wanted to let the Khitans see what the consequences would be to attack the Song realm.
Chapter completed!