Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 353 The Backbone

Lin Feng glanced at Li Xinyan's hand holding the knife handle, which was white and delicate.

It is even more certain that this girl is the child of an official family. She is probably being naughty and comes here to stand guard for fun.

He nodded and said, "I'm here to welcome the Silver State delegation. How about taking me in for a drink?"

Li Xinyan's bright black eyes rolled around.

"Tell me your name. I need to go in and make an announcement."

"Lin Feng."

These two words made Li Xinyan feel a little confused for a moment.

After a moment, she took a step back and looked Lin Feng up and down again.

"Lin Feng? Are you really Lin Feng?"

Lin Feng smiled and said, "What else?"

"Viscount Shimizu?"

Lin Feng nodded.

"I...I am...Li..."

Zhang Hu saw that she was about to reveal her secret and shouted at her.

"Why don't you go in and inform everyone that General Lin has arrived?"

Li Xinyan was completely confused, her mind was blank and her expression was dazed.

"Lin...Feng, I know...you are here..."

Lin Feng was very confused. Why would the Western Xia delegation send such a girl to stand here?

"Can I come in?"

Zhang Hu immediately replied, "General Lin, please come in. She has just joined the army and doesn't know the rules. Please don't blame her, General Lin."

"Okay, continue with your mission."

Lin Feng said lightly, smiled and nodded at Li Xinyan, then turned and walked into the door.

No one would frown in front of such a lovely girl.

Li Xinyan still looked at Lin Feng's figure in confusion until he disappeared at the gate of the courtyard.

Zhang Hu took a step forward, grabbed her arm and shook it.

"Hey, my lady, what are you trying to do?"

Li Xinyan's eyes were still looking in the direction where Lin Feng disappeared.

"I, I didn't know he was Lin Feng."

"You know, I don't know, but it's better not to stand guard like you, right?"

Zhang Hu felt that something bad was going to happen and that his whereabouts might be exposed this time.

Unexpectedly, Li Xinyan had already woken up from her confusion at this time, with her hands on her chest and a look of excitement on her face.

"Ha, Lin Feng, I knew he would be like this..."

She ignored Zhang Hu's nervous expression and kept muttering to herself.

"I'd rather be a centurion than a scholar...but he looks like a scholar."

Zhang Hu sighed helplessly. What could he do when he met such a silly kid?

"It's bad. I haven't even reported it yet, and you've messed it up."

Zhang Hu screamed and ran to the yard.

Li Xinyan had long forgotten about standing guard and followed Zhang Hu into the yard.

She wanted to see Lin Feng again.

Lin Feng had already sat down in the first seat, picked up the wine glass, and was chatting and laughing with Lord Zhang Enyi.

When Li Xinyan ran to the door of the living room, she was stopped by Wen Jian.

"Hey, little girl, you can't go in here."

Zhang Hu was also stopped by Lin Feng's other guards. Seeing Li Xinyan following in, he said anxiously.

"Little...boy, why did you come in here too?"

Li Xinyan smiled and said, "Lin Feng just talked to me. I still have something to say to him. He doesn't even know who I am yet."

Wen Jian saw her naiveté and smiled.

"You didn't tell me when the general asked you just now, so you can't tell me now. Wait until the general asks you again."

Li Xinyan was a little anxious.

"But...but..."

Wen Jian looked at her and shook his head gently but firmly.

Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Zhang Hu had no choice but to drag Li Xinyan out.

"Let's go, let's go back to stand guard."

When the two returned to the gate of the inn, Zhang Long was already standing there.

He was ordered by Captain Ning Zhen to replace Li Xinyan.

However, Li Xinyan refused to leave no matter what. She wanted to wait for Lin Feng to come out and talk to him.

Even just one sentence will do.

If she missed this opportunity, she would never forgive herself in her life.

Because of her status, the brothers Zhang Long and Zhang Hu were unable to force her in, so they could only stand at the door and wait with her.

Lin Feng and the officials of the Xixia Yinzhou delegation drank a glass of wine together, exchanged a few words, and then stood up to say goodbye.

Before leaving, he solemnly promised to talk with full sincerity and make every effort to promote bilateral trade.

Zhang Enyi and others respectfully saw Lin Feng off, and a group of people arrived at the gate of the posthouse.

Lin Feng waved his hand to ask them to stay, then turned and stepped out of the door.

Cheng Liang, Wen Jian and other guards surrounded him as they walked along.

Li Xinyan finally waited for Lin Feng. She held her hands to her chest and looked at Lin Feng with hope.

While waiting for Lin Feng to look at her again, she gave her name.

Unexpectedly, Lin Feng strode over the threshold and left without looking back.

He didn't even look at Li Xinyan again.

Li Xinyan, who was about to open her mouth to speak, stared blankly at Lin Feng's back as he gradually disappeared under the dim street lights.

I stood there for a moment, not knowing why.

Until Zhang Long gently tugged at her sleeve.

"Hey, Miss, everyone has left. Let's go back."

Li Xinyan turned her head to look at Zhang Long stupidly.

"Zhang Long, do you think he knows who I am?"

Zhang Long quickly shook his head: "Miss, we dare not let them know. They have seen it and said it. Let's go back quietly, okay?"

Originally, brothers Zhang Long and Zhang Hu were two strong and brave men.

But facing such a delicate young lady, he could only soften his voice and persuade her patiently.

Regardless of her identity, who would want to speak badly to a soft and cute little girl?

Li Xinyan knew that it was pointless to stay here.

I had no choice but to turn around and follow Zhang Long back to the accommodation.

Lin Feng was very busy and had no time to pay attention to a naughty child standing guard.

As long as there is no malicious intent to disrupt the peace talks, there is no need to worry about it.

The report from the border town has been delivered.

The Qin side also stated in the intelligence that Du Lisheng had told the truth and had indeed conspired with Su Qian to frame General Qin.

Plan to seize control of the government army.

However, Du Lisheng really didn't know what happened to General Qin afterwards.

Lin Feng thought for a moment and said to Bai Jing.

"Write a letter to Qin Fang, asking him to prioritize the overall situation and spare Du Lisheng's life for now, and settle the matter with Su Qian and others later."

Bai Jing asked in confusion.

"Brother, do you really want to keep Du Lisheng?"

"Well, he's more valuable alive than dead."

Bai Jing pondered for a moment, then lowered her voice.

"Brother, are you planning the position of the great clan court?"

Lin Feng was a little surprised by Bai Jing's sensitivity and looked up and glanced at her.

"You're quite insightful indeed. As the saying goes, those who don't plan for the future will inevitably have immediate worries. The Dazong court is currently in turmoil. They lack a pillar of support. The emperor is incompetent and has been driven to ruin by Prince Fu."

Bai Jing smiled slyly and said, "I know, brother wants to be the pillar."

Lin Feng tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers and squinted his eyes at the sand table.

After a while, he said calmly, "Why not?"

Bai Jing nodded: "Looking at the entire sect, I'm afraid that only my brother can hold up this sky that is about to collapse."

"You've exaggerated me."

"No, I'm just too narrow-minded."

The two looked at each other, smiled and said nothing.

The next day, formal negotiations with the Western Xia Yinzhou delegation began.

Lin Feng received detailed information on the negotiation progress every half a day.

The merchants from the Yinzhou delegation took a fancy to Zhenxi's advanced products such as coke, steel, lime, red bricks, cloth, etc.

Of course, there is also the more important ultra-advanced process technology.

Lin Tong was very excited. These things could be sold to Xixia at a high price.

The profits will be shockingly high.

Of course, except for process technology.

What Yinzhou can supply to Zhenxi are nothing more than the original few major categories such as medicinal materials, grains, furs, timber, iron ore, etc.

These things have been traded before, and no new products have appeared.

Lin Feng also disagreed. Bilateral trade was just a formality. The main purpose was to form an alliance with Western Xia to make the border more stable.

The negotiations began with a tug-of-war over price, with both sides arguing until their faces were red and their necks were thick.

Just when the negotiations reached a stalemate, a soldier rushed eight hundred miles to deliver a reward from the imperial court.