The day after Su Chen left the Lu Mansion, Deng Wang Li Congyi once again brought people to the mansion, nominally to visit the old general Lu Jiang's condition, but in fact to inquire whether Lu Jiang had learned any inside stories after communicating with Su Chen.

Li Congyi came to Lu Jiang's room. After a brief conversation, he asked straight to the point: "General Lu, how was your conversation with Su Chen? Have you ever detected any signs of treason or collaborating with the enemy in him?"

Lu Jiang sat up, looked calm, and said: "Lu has already talked with Su Chen. He did not hide the letter written to him by the Song Dynasty Emperor Zhao Kuangyin and the supervisor Ding Deyu. He told the truth. He just accepted it.

When I received the letter, I did not write a reply. There is no such thing as "treason". The city gate guards can testify to this. They did not see General Su sending the letter. Moreover, given the character of Su Lang of Jiangzuo, his behavior

Frankly, as long as he speaks sincerely and solemnly expresses his position, Lu believes that he is innocent."

Li Congyi was a little stunned. He didn't expect that Lu Jiang would trust Su Chen so much after what she said.

He looked at Lu Jiang and asked, "Does General Lu trust Su Chen so much? He said no, so you believe it so much, don't you have any doubts?"

Lu Jiang replied: "Trust comes from character. No one will doubt Jiangzuo Sulang's talent and character. King Deng is from Jinling and is a member of the royal family. King Deng should hear more about him than Lu

There is more. He also saved the queen and the prince. Since he told the truth, I think it is not appropriate to go into details in order to destroy the morale of the generals. Moreover, Su Chen suspected that this was the envoy of the Song Dynasty.

plan."

King Deng asked suspiciously: "Are these letters a strategy of the Song Dynasty?"

Lu Jiang said: "Yes, this should be the envoy of the Song Dynasty's plan to alienate the relationship between the commander-in-chief of our army and the court. Once there is a crack, and the court becomes suspicious, it will have a great impact on our army and cause our army to

Suspicion, this will destroy morale. If we misunderstand and remove the coach by mistake, it will cause greater danger. That's why it is said that this is a alienation plan. It may not only target Su Chen alone, but also Lin Renzhao.

The court has to guard against it."

Prince Deng fell into deep thought and nodded slightly, because this was indeed the case with Lin Renzhao.

Since Lu Jiang has such trust, Li Congyi cannot forcefully coerce him. He must stand on his side. This matter needs to be re-evaluated.

Now that Deng Wang Li Congyi did not get the answer he wanted from Lu Jiang's house, he planned to temporarily appease the old general and then investigate secretly. If Su Chen really did not have an affair with the empire, he could feel more at ease, and it would not necessarily be a slander.

Su Chen can't.

After all, both Su Chen and Lin Renzhao were crucial to the Tang Dynasty.

If the removal of these two people leads to a complete collapse, then the Tang Kingdom will be gone, and his identity as a prince will be gone. Therefore, when the court is in crisis, Prince Deng, as a royal nobleman, cares more about whether the Tang Kingdom can survive.

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The reason why Li Congyi was so angry before he came was that he was worried that someone as talented as Su Chen would really be involved with the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, or even surrender to the enemy and treason. To the court, this would be tantamount to a betrayal, betrayal of the royal family and the Tang Dynasty.

After all, the imperial court valued Su Chen so much. If Su Chen did something like that, he would be extremely angry, so when he came here, he had a mean and suspicious heart.

But after talking with General Lu, he also realized that if this was a conspiracy of the Song Dynasty, then he should be cautious and not really destroy the Great Wall. The unjust accusation of Su Chen would be of no benefit to the royal family and the country.

He still has this bit of brains.

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Half a month later, Cheng Dexuan led the envoy to Yangzhou, and the news of the envoy's mission had already reached Jinling City.

Jinling City Imperial Palace, above the Jinluan Hall.

Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, the atmosphere is depressing, because it has been more than three months since the Song army attacked Tang Dynasty, from April in late spring to hot July, and there is still no sign of retreat, and the two front armies are always at a disadvantage, starting from Jizhou in the south

, Fuzhou and Xinzhou have only a few tens of thousands of soldiers and horses assembled, and they have not arrived yet.

Han Xizai was the first to mention the recruitment of soldiers and horses, the mobilization of grain and grass, and how to form alliances with Shu, Northwest Zhefu, Northern Han and other matters. The ministers discussed it for a long time, but there was no good solution at the moment.

At this time, You Jianyan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, stood up, cupped his hands and said, "I would like to report to the official family, I have something to report."

Li Yu saw that the Minister of Rites stood up to speak, so he asked: "You Qing, what do you want to report?"

You Jianyan said: "Back at the official residence, the Song Dynasty sent an envoy, who is about to cross the Yangtze River and come to Jinling. This time they are here to discuss peace, and their credentials have been delivered."

"Negotiating peace?" Li Yu was a little surprised. It would be a good thing if Song State negotiated peace and withdrew its troops!

When the other ministers heard the news, they were also shocked, and then they were happy, happy, and whispering.

"The Song Dynasty wants to negotiate peace and will withdraw its troops soon."

"So, our Tang state can be saved."

"The fighting is going to stop."

The ministers discussed it as if a pot had exploded.

Li Yu felt a little excited and said to the Minister of Rites: "When was the letter of credence delivered?"

You Jianyan said: "Back to the official's house, it was delivered yesterday afternoon, but I didn't see it until the official office. At that time, the palace door was closed. It was inconvenient to enter the palace at night and disturb the official's rest. It was convenient to go to the palace today to present the envoys from the Song Dynasty to the country.

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"Okay, submit it." Li Yu couldn't wait.

An eunuch in the chamber stepped forward, took the letter of credence from the envoy, and handed it to Li Yu.

After Li Yu took it over, he saw the letter of state stating that the Song Dynasty sent an envoy south to Jinling and would arrive in three days to negotiate a peace and truce. In addition to asking for some tribute, Li Yu also included

He personally requested Jiangzuo Surang as a condition for armistice, allowing the Tang court to discuss and make decisions in advance.

"Ask for Su Chen?" Li Yu was a little stunned when he saw this. This condition was completely unexpected to him.

At this time, You Jianyan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: "This time the Song Dynasty envoy arrived at Jinling City three days later. They want to discuss the peace and truce with the Tang Dynasty court. In addition to our sending gold, silver, jewelry, silk and other tributes,

, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty specifically asked for Su Chen. It is said that Zhao Kuangyin cherished talents and liked Jiangzuo Sulang's talent and poetry very much. He planned to ask for Su Chen to go to the capital to serve as an escort and lecturer for the prince in the Bianjing court. If he agreed, the Song army could

Armistice and peace!”

After he said this, the ministers in the court were even more surprised.

"Ask for Su Chen?"

"Could this be some conspiracy?"

"Su Chen is the most talented person in our Tang Dynasty. He is talented in literature and martial arts, and he also knows how to conduct business. He is too valuable to be handed over to the Song Dynasty!"

"Yes, that will make Song State stronger."

Most of the officials felt that it was inappropriate to hand over Su Chen.

However, some courtiers felt that it was worthwhile to exchange Su Chen for the safety of Tang State. After all, Runzhou was in danger. Once the city was defeated, Su Chen would not be able to escape the fate of being captured and killed. Instead of waiting to be passive at that time, it would be better to surrender directly.

Give it to Song State in exchange for a chance to negotiate a peace truce.

Han Xizai's face looked a little serious at this time. He realized that the Song Dynasty seemed to cherish talents, but in fact he had no good intentions!

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