On the table in the center of the study, there are gold bars stacked neatly, forming a hill. Under the candlelight, it looks particularly dazzling. At first glance, Fan Xiaodao must have thought that it must be tens of thousands of taels.

I have dealt with so many people, but this is the first time I have seen so much gold.

Fan Xiaodao said seriously: "What does this mean?"

Tuoba Yida smiled and said, "This is our little thought."

Zhao Xingdao: "You want to bribe us?"

Tuoba Yidao shook his head slightly, "If I want to bribe you, I won't need one hundred thousand taels. These one hundred thousand taels of gold were prepared by His Highness the Crown Prince. He first came to the capital, so he must have many places to spend money. It's not convenient for us to visit, so we only have

Please, you two, as long as you agree to our conditions, all this gold will belong to His Highness."

One hundred thousand taels!

Fan Xiaodao thought that ten thousand taels was the limit. He didn't expect such a pile of gold to be as much as one hundred thousand taels. It seemed that poverty limited his imagination.

However, the other party is willing to pay, and spend a lot of money. It seems that the Northern Zhou Dynasty's desire to negotiate is by no means lower than that of the Ming Dynasty. It stands to reason that Phoenix Ridge is under their control. They have the time and capital to spend it?

Why is this?

Fan Xiaodao couldn't figure it out. There must be something wrong with it, but he didn't know it. He smiled and said: "Let me tell you, at our current level, the price in the killer market is only one hundred taels. Tuoba Shijun suddenly made such a

The amount of money confuses us, but if it is given to the prince, that is a different matter."

Tuoba Yida said: "We all know the current situation of His Highness the Crown Prince. As long as this is done, even if we both establish allies, if necessary in the future, we can also send troops to help create some situations."

When speaking, Tuoba Yidao was full of confidence and seemed to be thinking from the perspective of the prince, but in the end he still wanted to conclude the peace talks.

Fan Xiaodao decided to trick the other party, but Tuoba Yidao was a veteran and was very good at talking and doing things, so how could he be fooled? "But, what's the benefit of us helping you?"

Tuoba reached out with his knife, and the deputy took out a document and handed it over. Tuoba said with a knife, "This is some business of our Northern Zhou Dynasty after the mutual market. When the time comes, we will give you 20% of the dry shares for you to do.

If you hold on to it, it will cost you less than a hundred thousand taels of silver a year."

Fan Xiaodao sneered in his heart, trading? You haven't even written the horoscope yet, and you started drawing big cakes here. Are you using a blank paper to make a fool of the devil? However, he didn't tell the truth and asked, "What do you need us to do?"

Tuoba extended his four fingers with a knife, "As long as your court agrees to the four conditions, we will withdraw our troops immediately within one month!"

Fan Xiaodao said, "Negotiation, negotiation, is about you going back and forth and making concessions to each other. Not only do you not give in, but you also intensify your efforts. This is not negotiation. This is clearly extortion. Needless to say, the prince, even I don't agree with this."

I'm sorry to agree."

"Then what are your conditions?"

Fan Xiaodao said: "First, no troops are allowed to be stationed; second, both sides have equal tariffs; third, we return the prisoners of war; fourth, the annual tribute can be 12 million, but the change must be returned to us in the form of kickbacks.

.”

"two millions?"

"No, ten million."

The lieutenant general said: "The lion is really too open-minded. You know Princess Taiping..."

Before he finished speaking, Tuoba coughed. He quickly stopped, but Fan and Zhao Er listened in his heart. However, Fan Xiaodao also observed that after the deputy general finished speaking, the left corner of his mouth rose slightly, and he guessed the clue.

, they told him on purpose.

The deputy general changed his words and said, "Your court gave us 12 million, and you asked for 10 million. Is this tribute paid to you or to us? After working hard for half a year, I dare to earn a lot of loneliness."

Fan Xiaodao said: "Well, this is what you said. I will report it to the prince when I get back."

The deputy general became angry and pointed at Fan Xiaodao: "We have been pushed to the limit. Now Phoenix Ridge is still in our hands. If you don't show some sincerity, we will just sit on the donkey and read the songbook. We will see!"

At this time, someone outside the door reported: "Sir, there is an urgent military situation."

Tuoba Yida said, "I'll go and work for a while, you guys think about it." After that, he left with his lieutenants, leaving only the two of them in the study. Fan Xiaodao said to Zhao Xing, "This trip was not in vain."

Zhao Xingye said: "It seems that they are very eager for peace talks, otherwise they would not have spent so much gold and talked so much nonsense to us."

Fan Xiaodao was surprised: "Did you see it too?"

Zhao Xing said coldly, "I'm smarter than you."

"It's just that I don't understand why they feel more anxious than us?"

Zhao Xing smiled and said, "Maybe the answer lies in this study." He pointed to the desk. There were many files and documents on it. Zhao Xing came to the side. In addition to some official documents, there was also a locked box that should contain some documents.

For confidential documents purposes.

Fan Xiaodao said: "Isn't this appropriate?"

Zhao Xingdao: "If they didn't want to show us, they wouldn't have left us alone here, not even leaving anyone to serve tea. This is clearly written on their faces, come and take a peek? But the appearance is still there

I have to do something.”

Fan Xiaodao glanced at the box. This ability to unlock is a required skill in Heifeng Village. "This is not a problem for me!" He took a piece of iron wire and inserted it for a long time, but there was no movement at all. Zhao Xing took it and took it.

Look, with a slight pull, the lock opened, but it wasn't locked at all.

Opening the box, there were more than a dozen letters inside. Zhao Xingdao said, "Go and guard the door."

"Why didn't you go?"

Zhao Xingdao, "You also have a photographic memory?"

This sentence left Fan Xiaodao speechless. He obediently went to guard the door and listened carefully. As expected, the other party did not arrange any manpower around. After drinking tea, Zhao Xing locked the box, put it back where it was, and whispered, "Unexpectedly,

They are still colluding with Princess Taiping."

Fan Xiaodao asked: "What's in it?"

"In the past few months, the Northern Zhou Dynasty mission has been in private contact with many ministers in the DPRK and China, and even had financial exchanges. No wonder my father's negotiations are not progressing smoothly, especially in the court. There are many objections, even not long ago

, Princess Taiping also framed us and wanted my father to step down. It turns out that they all colluded."

Fan Xiaodao was shocked: "If the imperial court knew about this, it would be a crime of collaborating with the enemy. But, they deliberately revealed these things to us, what good would it do to them?"

You must know that important ministers of the DPRK must obtain the approval of the court to meet with people from the embassy. Meetings and money exchanges like these in confidential information should be extremely secretive, especially in places like the study. Let alone them, they are in the embassy.

People like this will never come in easily.

Zhao Xingdao: "What if all or part of this information is false? Have you ever heard of Jiang Qian stealing books?"

Although Fan Xiaodao was uneducated and incompetent, he had also listened to storytellers in the teahouse and had some understanding of this plot in the Three Kingdoms. Thinking of this, he nodded, "An counterintuitive plan? Deliberately alienating the ministers of the DPRK and China, his intentions are to be punished.

!This matter is a bit strange to begin with, so let’s just pretend we haven’t seen it before.”

Suddenly, a letter on the desk caught Fan Xiaodao's attention, "On the seventh day of October, I caught wind and cold and had no food."

This letter had no beginning or end and looked unremarkable. However, Fan Xiaodao noticed that the paper used for this letter was actually the same as the paper that Sun Mengwu swallowed the cipher text on. This kind of paper

, it has excellent toughness, and the writing will not be blurred when soaked in water.

It is now the end of October, only half a month after this letter was sent.

Zhao Xing also noticed the problem, "This is a piece of paper used by the Dingbei Army to convey military information. Why is it here?"

The two realized the seriousness of the situation. Although the Northern Zhou Dynasty's spy network in the capital had been defeated, their spies in the Dingbei Army were still active, and if they could get this special paper, their identities would definitely be unknown.

Low. Thinking of this, Fan Xiaodao secretly hid the letter in his arms.

There were footsteps outside the door.

The two of them returned to their seats. Tuoba Yidao was obviously in a good mood and apologized, saying: "I had something important to do just now, so I neglected you two. I just made a suggestion. I wonder how you two have considered it?"

Fan Xiaodao raised his head and said, "What's the suggestion? I just drank too much and I can't remember it now."

The lieutenant said: "I am being pretended to be stupid!"

Fan Xiaodao said coldly, "You have no place to speak here, Master Tuoba. Speaking of proposals, we do have one. Not long ago, we met a man named Qinghu and invited him to the prison of Jin Yiwei.

, I guess you should have some impression of this person, right?"

Tuoba's expression remained unchanged, "I don't know him."

"Originally, the food at Jin Yiwei's place is good. I changed every dish, just because I was afraid that he would accidentally eat too much and say something unpleasant when his mouth is bald. Since he doesn't know him, let's forget it."

He was also reminding the other party in disguise that Qing Hu, one of the two leaders of their spy network, had been caught. Even if he received rigorous training and used the methods of Jin Yiwei to pry out some confidential information from him, it was not impossible.

.

Tuoba Yida didn't say anything, but the deputy general next to him had an evil look in his eyes.

Fan Xiaodao pretended not to notice, "Since there is nothing to talk about and it's getting late, we should go back."

Tuoba Yida suddenly said, "It's windy outside. You two should be careful when walking."

When they came to the front yard, Zhao Laoqi was still waiting at the door. When he saw the two coming out, he came over.

"Where are those people?"

"I have already eaten and drank enough and left the embassy. Before leaving, I told the younger ones to thank you two on their behalf."

Fan Xiaodao smiled and said: "It seems that the food in Northern Zhou Dynasty is quite good."

The three of them went out. Zhao Laoqi said with a hint of flattery, "Captain Fan, Captor Zhao, what happened last time was my fault. I was blinded by lard. Now I know I was wrong. Now I can't survive in the capital."

, you have to support the little one, from now on he will be a cow and a horse, and he can be used as he pleases!"

Zhao Laoqi's clothes were covered with patches and he was in a very embarrassed state. It was obvious that he had not been doing well recently. He was responsible for blocking the door before. He must have been abandoned by Master Yu and was desperate.

, went to the labor market to become a foreman, and now he had the opportunity to establish a relationship with the two of them, how could he let this relationship go?
To be continued...