To The Land of Nevernight

Tang Shen was startled and thought about it.This is no ordinary place, this is the palace.Being able to avoid the guards' eyes and ears so smoothly and enter the Qinzheng Hall in the palace, this bearded man might really be Li Jingde.

Tang Shen nodded slightly.

"Then let me let go, stop shouting, I came in secretly."

Tang Shen nodded.

The bearded man let go, and Tang Shen immediately took a step back and bowed in salute: "Your Majesty Tang Shen, I have met General Li."

Li Jingde asked in surprise: "Is this believed?"

Tang Shen: "With the general's skills, if you want to subdue me, it's easy, there's no need to deliberately lie to me."

Li Jingde rubbed his nose: "That's right, I heard people say that Meng Lang entrusted you with the task of receiving the Liao envoy?"

Tang Shen glanced at Li Jingde quietly, but it was a pity that General Li had a beard on his face. Although he was very handsome with sword eyebrows and star eyes, don't try to see through his thick beard.Tang Shen said: "Yes."

Li Jingde: "This general came back to Beijing to monitor the Liao envoy. From now on, I will become a sixth-rank official and follow Master Tang. How about it?"

Tang Shen: "..."

Before Tang Shen could make a sound, he heard a sneer coming from behind the two of them.The two immediately looked back and saw Su Wenyun leaning against the wall at the corner of the flower corridor, listening to the corner blatantly.He lazily said: "General Li wants to infiltrate the civilian mission and find out the truth about the Liao people? Excuse me, but your appearance can't pass the test."

Li Jingde snorted disdainfully: "Isn't this Mr. Su? What's the matter, why can't this general's appearance pass the test? Could it be that all civil servants of the Great Song Dynasty must be like you?"

In the garden of Qinzheng Palace, Su Wenyun's eyes dimmed. He narrowed his eyes and stared dangerously at Li Jingde.

General Li didn't care, he had a big beard on his face, and he wanted to let the wind blow and rain, and look left and right as you like.

After a long time, a sneer appeared on the corner of Su Wenyun's mouth, and he said, "I don't mean that. It's just that Liao people know a lot about General Li. Once you sneak into the mission, you will be killed in the next moment with your god-like handsome appearance." It will be discovered by others, and it will drag us down for no reason, Mr. Tang."

Tang Shen looked at Su Wenyun: who is "Your Tang Master"?

Li Jingde was speechless.

What Su Wenyun said was not unreasonable. Li Jingde was personally appointed by the emperor as the marshal of Zhengxi. He lived in the northwest all year round and competed with the Liao army.His reputation in the Liao army is probably greater than Ji Weng Jidu, the left minister of the dynasty.If no one from the Liao people who came to Shengjing this time knows Li Jingde, then forget it.Once someone has met him, he can be recognized just by General Li's iconic beard.

Tang Shen also said: "General Li's return to Beijing this time is done in secret, in order to find out the purpose of the Liao envoy. But if he is recognized by the other party, it will not be worth the loss."

Li Jingde was stunned for a while, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said cruelly: "Isn't it just that people can't recognize it?"

Tang Shen looked at him in surprise, Su Wenyun was also taken aback for a moment, then as if he understood something, he showed a smile that was not a smile.

Tang Shen followed Li Jingde's words and waited for him in the garden of Qinzheng Hall.Half an hour later, I saw a tall man dressed in eunuch clothing approaching from a distance. He touched his bare chin while walking, and his brows were tightly frowned, as if he could kill flies.

Of course, Su Wenyun didn't have time to wait for anyone, so he left early, so Tang Shen was the only one who was shocked by General Li's appearance at this moment.

Tang Shen clearly knew that the person in front of him was the bearded man just now, but Tang Shen still stayed there for a while.

Li Jingde said in a rough voice: "Is this all right?"

Tang Shen: "...of course it is possible."

General Li, who had shaved his beard, completely lost the appearance of the rough guy just now!

He has a fair face, with deep and rigid features, not exactly like a Han Chinese, but has some Liao people's fortitude and broadness.A pair of handsome eyebrows are like sharp swords, and a pair of star eyes are piercing.Tang Shen heard that Li Jingde was 32 years old this year, but he looked like a 32-year-old, like a 23-year-old jade-faced general!

Not to mention whether the envoys of the Liao Kingdom in the posthouse knew him, even the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom who had fought with Li Jingde on the battlefield, looking at him now, they couldn't recognize him.

Without the beard, Li Jingde was a little uncomfortable, feeling extremely overwhelmed.He said: "Since this is the case, then tomorrow the Japanese general will follow Mr. Tang to meet those envoys from the Liao Kingdom?"

Li Jingde is a second rank general, Tang Shen is only a fourth rank civil servant.Tang Shen couldn't refuse, he could only salute and said, "I will accept your orders."

In the early morning of the next day, after the morning court, Tang Shen returned to the Palace of Qinzheng, as expected, Li Jingde had already changed into the clothes of a sixth-rank civil servant, and had been waiting in the garden for a long time.

Tang Shen thought to himself, he didn't know where he got so many other people's clothes to wear.

Meng Lang handed over the errand to Tang Shen, so it was naturally impossible for Tang Shen to face more than 30 Liao envoys alone.After Tang Shen handled today's official duties, he took his people and set off to the posthouse.He hadn't walked out of Qinzheng Hall, and was walking on the flower corridor, when he bumped into Wang Qin head-on.

Wang Qin also just came back from the morning court, he was still holding the jade wat and wearing court clothes.Seeing Tang Shen, he stopped in his tracks. Suddenly, he raised his eyes and looked at Li Jingde who was behind Tang Shen.

General Li cursed secretly when he saw Wang Qin, and secretly hid behind other officials.

But soon, Wang Qin withdrew his gaze.He looked down at Tang Shen and said with a smile, "Master Tang is going to meet the envoys of the Liao Kingdom?"

Tang Shen said: "If you go back to Wang Xianggong, the next official will definitely go."

Wang Qin asked softly, "Are there enough people?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Shen knew that Wang Zifeng had already discovered Li Jingde.He muttered in his heart, "Then Li Jingde has become like that, and Wang Zifeng can still recognize him?" Tang Shen looked solemn and said, "It should be enough, thank you for your concern."

Wang Qin: "I guess it should be enough. If it's not enough, it's like washing clothes for a woman who washes yarn. She rubs and squeezes a few times, and it's always enough."

The others were completely confused when they heard this, but Tang Shen's eyes lit up and he looked up at Wang Qin.

The eyes of the two senior brothers met, at this moment Tang Shen suddenly understood what Wang Qin meant: Meng Lang wants you to squeeze me, little junior brother, you have the most suitable candidate to be squeezed right in front of you.General Li has been sent to the front of his eyes, and it would be a waste of money if he didn't make good use of it.

If you can cheat outsiders, of course you can't cheat your own family.

Tang Shen said happily: "Your official understands."

Li Jingde in the crowd was stunned: Do you understand?What do you understand?What did Wang Zifeng, who doesn't speak human words, say?

Everyone left Qinzheng Hall and came to the post house.

Tang Shen asked the posthouse officials to report, and after waiting for half an hour, the sixth-rank official in charge of receiving the envoys came back.He looked ugly, and said: "My lord, the next official went to report that it was my envoy from the Song Dynasty who came. However, the Liao envoy said that the third prince has not woken up yet. When will he wake up and when will he wake up?" Come out to see you."

As soon as these words fell to the ground, all the officials discussed.

Tang Shen came to the posthouse today to receive the Liao envoy. He not only represented himself, but also the emperor of Song Dynasty.Even if Yeluhan is the third prince of the Liao Kingdom, he can't be negligent now!

Li Jingde was also grieving, but Tang Shen was very calm.He comforted his ministers and said: "My lords, my Great Song Dynasty is comfortable and stable, with water and soil to support people. Others who come to Great Song Dynasty are dazzled by the dazzling array of Shengjing City. Shengjing has things that cannot be seen in Liao Kingdom; The Liao Kingdom cannot rest well, but in Shengjing, it is safe to sleep. It is rare for His Highness the Third Highness to have a good night's sleep, and it is difficult to wake up at night, so why bother me to disturb people's dreams?"

Not far away, when a Liao envoy heard this, his face darkened, and he turned and entered the house.

After a while, Liao went out of the house and called Tang Shen and others inside.

As soon as Tang Shen just entered the room, before he could see the furnishings clearly, he heard a sarcastic voice: "Who is your highness? I'm just a little Song person. Lord Yelu, as Hanersi, you often meet with those in the Southern Privy Council The Han people are involved, have you ever seen this weak Song official?"

In the main hall of the house, a young man with braids and a proud face sat on the upper seat, looking at Tang Shen and the others with arrogance.He pointed at Tang Shen who was standing in front of all the officials.

Standing beside Yeluhan, the third prince of the Liao Kingdom, was a middle-aged man with a sinister appearance. He cast a gloomy look at Tang Shen and said, "Reporting to Your Highness, I naturally don't know a fourth-rank official."

Yeluhan suddenly burst into flames: "Fourth rank? But, in my Daliao, the kind that is not worthy of carrying shoes for my highness?"

Tang Shen suddenly laughed, and Yeluhan turned to look at him.

Tang Shen made a bow, and said: "Your Highness, I don't know, the customs of the people in my Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty are different, and the way of being an official is also different. In the Song Dynasty, officials of each rank do the things of each rank. But let's talk carefully. , in fact, the gap is not too big. For example, Master Haner Si Yeluqin, he was like a second-rank official in our Song Dynasty, so he represented the Liao Emperor, and came to the Song Dynasty with Your Highness to meet the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. In the Liao Kingdom, fourth-rank officials carry shoes for you, and it’s actually the same in Song Dynasty. The lower officials are low-ranking fourth-rank officials, so they can only be sent here to receive you.”

Yeluhan's eyes widened, but he was still not angry.

Tang Shen immediately answered, "Come carry your shoes."

Yeluhan turned off the ignition immediately, he was a little dazed.In fact, he doesn't speak Chinese very well, and there is no problem in ordinary communication, but once he plays the trick, he can't understand the mystery.What does Song Guan mean?Are you belittling him, or do you really want to lift his shoes?

Yeluhan gave Yeluqin a look and asked him what to do next.

Yeluqin sighed, he knew that the third prince Kong Wu was powerful, but he had no brains.Originally, Emperor Liao wanted to send the wise and resourceful second prince to envoy Song, but Yeluhan's mother and concubine sent Yeluhan here because of some pillow wind.Forget it, it would be easier to let Yeluhan go to fight Song Guan than to let him shoot the tiger.

Yeluqin looked at Tang Shen, and said coldly, "My Daliao Mission has arrived in Shengjing, why didn't Song Chen receive it?"

A Song official said: "Master Yelu's words are wrong. I will come here today?"

Behind Yeluqin, a Liao official said: "My third prince of Daliao is here, and such a weak and incompetent official, dare to say welcome?"

As soon as these words landed, Tang Shen suddenly said: "Weak and incompetent?"

The Liao officer who spoke was stunned, he didn't understand why Tang Shen couldn't let go of the word "him".He thought for a while, and said: "I, Da Liao Erlang, is a general of the grassland. I ride a horse and hunt. How can you compare with the officials of the Song Dynasty. Aren't you weak and incompetent?"

Tang Shen smiled: "So that's how it is. The lord's incompetence is not belittling our Song Dynasty officials, but he is saying that my Song Dynasty is not as good as the Liao Kingdom when it comes to horseback riding and archery?"

Although the Liao official really wants to say, what I'm scolding is that your whole Song Dynasty is completely incompetent.But he definitely couldn't say that on the surface, so he said: "Yes."

Yeluqin frowned, noticing something was wrong.

Tang Shen let out a soft drink, turned his body sideways, and revealed a tall figure: "Who said that my Song officials are weak and incompetent? It's just hunting on horseback. In my Song Dynasty, just a sixth-rank official can kill a tiger. Under the knife, capture the hungry wolf with both fists. Master Li, am I right?"

Li Jingde thought to himself: Slay the tiger, capture the hungry wolf?How dare you play for me!

But there is nothing wrong with blowing.

Unexpectedly, Tang Shen is still a good guy, and Li Jingde has a good impression of him.General Li said confidently: "Of course you are right!"