When Tao Gan saw that all the lamas were surrounded, his face suddenly became ugly and he said: "Prince Feng, these masters are also our distinguished guests in Daqi. Please give me some face and don't embarrass them. What do you have to say? You can say it nicely but don’t take action.”
Prince Feng sneered and said: "I have given them the opportunity to open the package and let us check it, but they are disobedient."
The lama in the middle said to Tao Gan: "Master Tao, it's not us who are causing trouble. They have made things difficult for us many times and started fighting. It's not our fault." With a low roar, several lamas around him immediately turned their bodies into a hexagonal shape. His hands are clasped together, his legs are slightly bent, and his red robe is billowing.
Tao Gan said anxiously: "Master Gongzhaxi, please don't take action. Everything is easy to talk about."
Although Qi Feng didn't have much favorable impressions of these lamas, he was very disgusted with Prince Feng and his group. He couldn't help but sneered: "The people of the Northern Han Dynasty have always bullied the few by bullying them. They look domineering wherever they go. , It’s a pity that if we really have to take action, not many people can fight.”
His voice was not loud, but just enough for Prince Feng and others to hear.
Prince Feng immediately turned around, raised his hand and pointed at Qi Feng, asking: "What did you say?"
Qi Feng was about to speak, but Qi Ning raised his hand to block it and said with a faint smile: "Prince Feng, don't you have good ears? Still don't want to hear what we have to say?"
Prince Feng said angrily: "Do you have the ability to tell me this again?"
"Don't say it once, it doesn't matter ten times." Qin Ning sneered: "Beitang Feng, I think you are in the wrong place. This is not the Northern Han Dynasty, but in Qi State. You are running wild on the ground of Qi State. Where do you put Master Tao? Where do you put Qi State?" He raised his finger and pointed at the gate of the post house, "This is the post house of Qi State. What qualifications do you have to stop others from entering and exiting? Your Northern Han army has not fought yet. Come here, it seems like it’s not your turn to make the decision here?”
Prince Feng's expression changed slightly, and he said sternly: "Qi, what did you say?" He reached for his waistband and grasped the hilt of the sword.
Hundreds of people from the Chu State's envoy were present. They had long disliked the Northern Han people. When they saw Prince Feng grabbing the hilt of his sword, how could they allow him to be so arrogant? A group of soldiers had already rushed forward and surrounded Prince Feng and his party. Among them.
At this time, the lamas were surrounded by more than ten people from Prince Feng, and dozens of people from Qin Ning surrounded Prince Feng and his party. Seeing that something was wrong, Tao Gan said loudly: "If you want to fight, leave me At the border of Daqi, no matter how you fight, we will not ask any questions, but this is my post house in Daqi after all. If things get big, it will be hard for the emperor to explain. You all come here to have a big fight with me. Qi is a good friend, how can your current actions make me, Da Qi, feel that you have good intentions?"
At this moment, I heard a voice saying in a deep voice: "Stop it!" I saw only one person coming out of the post house in a hurry. He was in his fifties, dressed in brown brocade clothes, wearing a high crown, and followed by several followers. His expression looked very serious. When Tao Gan saw the person coming, he seemed to be relieved and greeted him: "Prince Yu!"
Prince Na Yu had already bowed his hands to Tao Qian and said, "Master Tao, I'm sorry for being rude. Don't take offense." He glanced at Qi Ning and was startled for a moment. He didn't look away. He looked up and down and walked slowly up. He raised his hand and said, "Is this...?"
Tao Qian immediately introduced: "Prince Yu, this is the Marquis of Jinyi of the Kingdom of Chu!"
"Jin Yi Hou?" Prince Yu was startled for a moment, his eyes never leaving Qi Ning's face, but Qin Ning heard Tao Qian introduce: "Jin Yi Hou, this is Prince Yu of the Northern Han Dynasty, and he is the emperor's uncle of the Northern Han Dynasty!"
Qi Ning cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have met Prince Yu!"
Prince Yu had already handed over his hand and said: "It turns out to be Jin Yihou, a young man is awesome, a young man is terrible." He glanced to the side, frowned and said, "This again?"
Qi Ning smiled and said: "It's just a misunderstanding." He ordered: "Qi Feng, withdraw!"
After hearing Qi Ning's order, everyone moved away. Prince Feng was quite unconvinced. Prince Yu only glanced at him and seemed to understand something. He said in a deep voice: "What trouble are you causing again? The emperor has given instructions. When you arrive in Qi State, , everything must abide by the laws of Qi State." He shouted: "Don't withdraw yet."
The people under Prince Feng were obviously very wary of the emperor's uncle, and had already withdrawn without waiting for Prince Feng's orders.
Prince Yu stepped forward, raised his hands to Gongzashi and other lamas and said, "Masters, I have offended you a lot. Please forgive me."
Gongzhaxi and others still looked ugly, and ignored them, heading straight into the post house.
Prince Feng looked unkind, glanced at Qining, sneered, turned around and left. Prince Yu frowned and said, "Where are you going again?"
Prince Feng didn't look back and said, "Let's go out for a walk. Don't worry, uncle, you won't cause trouble." He led his men and left quickly.
Prince Yu shook his head, and then smiled at Qining and said: "Jin Yihou, I have offended you so much. Don't be offended. When you turn around, you should prepare a generous gift to apologize."
Qi Ning smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you're welcome. It's just a small misunderstanding. It's no big deal."
Prince Yu smiled and nodded, and went over to whisper a few words to Tao Qian. Then he handed over to Qining again, turned around and walked into the post house. He walked a few steps, looked back at Qining again, just smiled, and left.
Tao Qian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, Prince Yu is sensible, otherwise Prince Feng would really cause trouble."
Qi Ning smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Tao. Mr. Tao, from the looks of them, it seems that Beitang Feng has something to do with Gongzhaxi's group?"
Tao Gan sighed: "It's not a big festival. The Northern Han Dynasty delegation just arrived the day before yesterday, and they also arrived in front of this post house. They happened to meet Master Gongzhaxi and others going out. Originally, the two sides were on the same page. It’s no big deal, but Prince Feng doesn’t know what’s going on, so he insists that Master Gongzhaxi take the banxia from his head to show him.” He shook his head and sighed: “Prince Feng may think it’s nothing, but this pair For Master Gongzhaxi, it was a huge insult and he ignored it, so Prince Feng wanted to have it robbed. Fortunately, Prince Yu stopped him in time so that the matter did not become a big deal."
Qining nodded slightly, thinking that the two sides had indeed had a feud for a long time, and asked: "Is Master Gongzhaxi from Qinghai-Tibet?"
"Yes." Tao Gan nodded and said: "They are from the Qinghai-Tibet Ancient Elephant Kingdom. This Master Gongzhaxi has a high status in the Ancient Elephant Kingdom. He traveled around with his disciples. After they came to Daqi, the emperor invited them They have been here for more than ten days to teach the Dharma and entertain the guests, and they will leave tomorrow."
The Eastern Qi Posthouse is actually not big, nor can it be considered exquisite and luxurious. After all, over the years, the exchanges between the three countries have been infrequent, and the Posthouse for entertaining envoys has also been empty for a long time. This time, the envoys of the Northern Han and Southern Chu Coming at the same time is something that has never happened since the founding of Dong Qi. Dong Qi obviously got the news a long time ago, so it also repaired the post house in advance.
The house to the east of the post house has been occupied by the Northern Han people who arrived first. There are only a small number of lamas in the ancient Xiang Kingdom and they live in the back garden of the post house. The Chu State delegation is arranged in the west garden of the post house. There are There are dozens of houses, small bridges and pavilions, and there are more than 200 people staying there, so it is actually not too crowded.
After the luggage and goods were moved into Xiyuan, Wu Dalin immediately arranged for people to set up defenses around Xiyuan.
In the post house, there are not only people from the Northern Han Dynasty, but also the weird Ancient Elephant Lama, and it is in the territory of the Eastern Qi people. Naturally, they have to be careful and not make any negligence.
Qi Ning even issued an order. Without his permission, no one was allowed to leave Xiyuan, let alone go near Dongyuan.
When everything was tidied up and the sky had darkened, Tao Gan had arranged for people to deliver meals to the post house. He also explained to Qining that there were still things to discuss in the court, and neither the king nor the prince of Eastern Qi could escape. We will wait for two days before we can receive you. Please be patient and calm.
Qi Ning knew very well that King Taishan's rebellion was not a trivial matter. Although King Taishan was dead, the matter was not over yet. Dong Qi must handle the subsequent matters properly. If he could not find time to receive the envoy, then It is also a reasonable thing.
However, even though Dong Qi is a small country, he still has to do things for the sake of honor. The meals he arranges are very particular. Not to mention Qining's meals, even the soldiers accompanying the regiment have very rich meals.
Qi Ning invited Wu Dalin and Qi Feng to have a meal together. Since they left Chu State to build the capital city of Ye, in order to ensure the safety on the way, everyone had not touched any alcohol. Now that they have arrived in Dong Qi, although they cannot take it lightly, in order to understand the situation on the way Although they were tired, everyone still drank some wine.
"Master Marquis, are the people from the Northern Han Dynasty here also here to seek marriage?" Wu Dalin said softly: "Beitang Yu is also here, which is not a good thing."
"Beitang Yu is the brother of the Emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty?"
Wu Dalin nodded and said: "The emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty has three brothers, Beitang Yu ranks second, and Changling Marquis Beitang Qing is the youngest. However, Beitang Yu's reputation is far less than that of Beitang Qing, but I have heard about Beitang Qing. An incident from Tang Yu’s past, if it is true, this person must not be simple.”
"Past events?" Qi Ning was very interested: "What past events?"
Wu Dalin said: "When Beitang Yu was young, the Northern Han Dynasty once issued a recruitment order to seek talents from all directions. As long as they were scholars, regardless of their origins, they could enter the recruitment hall at that time to collect examination papers, answer the questions on the spot, and after answering the questions, the examination papers It was sealed up, and ten officials finally selected the outstanding talents. Beitang Yu was disguised as a scholar and entered the recruitment hall. He also received the examination paper and answered the questions. He randomly picked a name and marked it on the examination paper. , I want to see what I can do...!"
"What happened next?"
Wu Dalin said: "Later, ten officials selected thirty people and announced the imperial list. The test paper Beitang Yu answered ranked first."
Qi Ning smiled and said: "If this matter is true and there is nothing fishy in it, Beitang Yu is really amazing."
Wu Dalin said: "The Northern Han Dynasty sent Beitang Yu here. Lord Marquis, we must be careful. Beitang Feng seems to be just a mediocre person, but with Beitang Yu around, it will be difficult to deal with it. "
"Success or failure, we will do our best." Qining said: "By the way, look at those Qinghai-Tibet Lamas, do you think there is anything weird about them?"