"Master, outside the door - a businessman from the mountain tribe who claims to be stingy is asking to see him."
Ugly
Shao Yun'an glanced at Wang Shijing beside him, and immediately said: "Please come in, go to the main hall, Lord Hou and I will go there immediately."
"yes."
Wang Shijing knew who Wu Sie was, and led Shao Yunan to stand up, saying: "Be careful, don't rush, go slowly, tell them to wait."
Shao Yun'an rolled his eyes for the nth time, shook off Wang Shijing's hand, and strode out resentfully. Wang Shijing hurriedly protected him, shouting to slow down.
Shao Yun'an's belly was already five months old, and she was already pregnant. Wang Shijing was nervous every day after he came back from Zhongyong Village. Especially after Shao Yun'an's belly got bigger, Shao Yun'an's step-by-step and cautious attitude made Shao Yun'an very annoying. He could completely understand the queen's feelings towards Emperor Yongming!
After Wu Zhen left the capital, there has been no news, and Wu Sie has never appeared again, and the swallow's nest of the Dashan tribe has also disappeared. Now people are popping up again, Baobuqi is because the king of the Dashan tribe has news, or the swallow's nest has finally been delivered.
Shao Yun'an, who was restrained by Wang Shijing and walked in small steps, finally came to the main hall with surprise in his eyes. There were dozens of baskets in the main hall. The people waiting in the hall immediately stood up and saluted, and a woman said with a smile on her face: "Wu Zhen heard that Zhengjun is happy, congratulations to Lord Hou, congratulations to Zhengjun."
"Thank you." On Wang Shijing's face was the joy of the father-to-be.
Seeing the other party's mental outlook, Shao Yun was relieved to have a score, and replied: "Princess Wuzhen, are you here all right?"
Unexpectedly, the other party suddenly knelt down on one knee: "Wu Zhen thank you Zhengjun for your kindness!"
"Princess, get up!"
Wu Zhen stood up, her movements before and after were full of heroism, and said gratefully: "If Wang Shaozhengjun hadn't come forward, my father would have already..." Suppressing his emotions, Wu Zhen said: "My father has begun to recover. Dare to forget Wang Shaozhengjun's entrustment to order the tribe to pick all the swallow's nests in the swallow caves of the Dashan tribe, all of them are here, please Wang Shaozhengjun to take a look."
"Princess Wu Zhen has a heart, you can send someone here at will, there is really no need to come here in person." Shao Yun'an really did not expect the other party to be so courteous.
Wu Zhen also said bluntly: "My father ordered me to send a mission to negotiate a peace, and I will not return to the tribe until King Luorong gets married. Wang Shaozheng entrusts Wu Zhen to do it himself."
The princess of the mountain tribe is not beautiful, but her words and deeds are as heroic as a man's. There is no rouge and gouache that my daughter likes to apply on her face. Shao Yun'an had seen her three times, and every time she was dressed in the traditional costume of the daughter of the Dashan tribe, but the colors were not bright, and there were not too many accessories on her body, in short, it was simple. There is always a machete pinned to her waist, and she looks like a martial artist.
Not all swallow's nests can be eaten as bird's nests, only the nests built with saliva secreted by several swifts and swiftlets can be eaten. Shao Yun'an didn't know if there were swifts or swiftlets here. He carefully checked the nests of swallows in each basket. Fortunately, he found edible bird's nests in three baskets.
When Shao Yunan checked, Wu Zhen was very nervous. After Shao Yunan finally confirmed that there was something edible, her tense face immediately burst into a relaxed smile. Wu Zhen saw which tribe the three baskets of swallow's nests came from, and kept it in mind.
Wu Zhen didn't stay long, she took away the inedible swallow's nests, and told Shao Yunan that the Dashan tribe would provide Shao Yunan with edible swallow's nests free of charge. Shao Yunan did not accept it, and he truthfully told Wu Zhen the benefits and potential value of edible bird's nest. The two parties quickly reached a cooperation agreement. The Dashan tribe will provide 300 bird's nests to the Dayan Kingdom Star Room for free every year, and Shao Yun'an will buy the rest at a price of one tael each. .
These bird's nests are freshly collected from the bird's nest, and must undergo multiple treatments before they can be eaten. Shao Yun'an was so busy that he was going to be moldy, so he sent someone to call Guo Zimu to deal with the bird's nest with him, and taught Guo Zimu how to sell the bird's nest for a high price. Of course, it is impossible for the two of them to handle so many bird's nests, so Wang Shijing asked Wang Shuping to assist his wife in handling this matter. The arrival of Wang Shuping and the others has indeed greatly relieved the pressure on Wang Shijing and Shao Yun'an's employment, and Zhao Yuande and Zhao Yuanqing's brothers will also come over soon.
At the post station 30 miles away from the suburbs of Beijing, Dai Zhanxiao, who "escorted" the mission of the Huhar Kingdom, suppressed the excitement of seeing his relatives soon, and closely monitored the delegation. Huhar Kingdom sent a mission of 500 people this time, led by King Keqin, the younger brother of the King of Huhar Kingdom. Regarding Huhar Kingdom's mission this time, Dai Zhanxiao agreed with his father and uncle, and the other party was not kind.
In the previous war, Dayan Kingdom barely resisted Huhar Kingdom's invasion. However, years of wars and the political darkness of Emperor Kang Sheng's later period made the border security of Dayan Kingdom precarious. Dayan Kingdom had been repeatedly captured by the Huhar Kingdom, if not for this, the Dai family would not have been able to survive that political struggle. But Dai Zhanxiao didn't think it was a lucky thing. If it weren't for the sudden death of the Khan of the Huhar Kingdom, it would be hard to say what the outcome of the war would be, but Dai Zhanxiao had long been like his father, doing Ready to die on the battlefield.
But things seemed to turn around. After Jiang Kangning came back from the border, supplies arrived at the border one after another. Dai Zhanxiao was not in the capital, but the changes in the capital also reached his ears. Dai Zhanxiao placed his hopes on this, hoping that the emperor could restore the prestige of the Great Yan State, so that the people at the border would no longer suffer from the war.
Hu Guo's mission brought a large number of people. Although the other side concealed their identities, the general Dai Mingjun still found out the real identity of the other side. The 500 warriors of the Hu Kingdom must not just enter the capital in such a swaggering manner. Hu Guo's mission protested against Dai Zhanxiao's order to repair at the post station, and Dai Zhanxiao's power fell on deaf ears. If he allowed these people to enter the capital, he would be disregarding the emperor's safety,
"General, the Hu thieves are clamoring to see you again, and they want to go to Beijing immediately." Dai Zhanxiao's deputy came to report again.
Dai Zhanxiao snorted coldly: "This is Dayan, so we can't tolerate their arrogance. They said that they would not be able to enter the capital without receiving the emperor's order."
"yes!"
Dai Zhanxiao was indeed waiting for the emperor's order. How to arrange these five hundred people and who to send to monitor them all needs to be ordered by the emperor himself.
A group of people and horses came out from the capital and rushed to the post station at high speed. The person in charge had a dark complexion. This person was none other than Wang Shijing, who was supposed to take care of his "beautiful" wife at home. Dai Zhanxiao waited for the emperor's order, and Emperor Yongming sent Wang Shijing out of Beijing to announce the decree and pick him up by the way. To face the barbarians, and to leave Shao Yun'an for two days, Wang Shijing's mood will definitely not get better. He has nothing but hatred for the barbarians.
Dai Zhanxiao did not expect that the person who came would be Wang Shijing. Facing Wang Shijing, Dai Zhanxiao's heart was as complicated as his father's. Wang Shijing used to be his subordinate, and Dai Zhanxiao knew Wang Shijing's ability and character well. Regardless of Wang Shijing's current status, Dai Zhanxiao was still very happy to see his former subordinate, but when this subordinate became After losing his "sister-in-law", he couldn't be happier.
"Hou Ye." Regardless of whether he was happy or not, Dai Zhanxiao still performed due etiquette.
"General." Seeing Dai Zhanxiao, Wang Shijing was very happy, but his mood was also very subtle. His former immediate boss is now his eldest brother-in-law, and the two parties have not met formally, so they address Wang Shijing instead of elder brother directly. Wang Shijing was several years older than Dai Zhanxiao.
Dai Zhanxiao asked kindly: "The emperor sent Lord Hou here, what instructions do you have?"
"Missions from various countries have already settled in the capital, and Chitose is pregnant again. In order to avoid trouble, the emperor ordered the missions of the Huhar Kingdom to station in the palace defense camp in Kyoto. Only fifty people are allowed to enter Beijing."
It is definitely not a reassuring thing for five hundred Huhar warriors to pour into the capital. Emperor Yongming's will was to let these people stay in the official defense camp stationed on the outskirts of Beijing, and be directly monitored (guarded) by the official defense Cao. Allowing fifty people to enter Beijing was the bottom line of Emperor Yongming. The Hu State mission was extremely dissatisfied with this, and they asked the five hundred people to go to Beijing together.
Wang Shijing and Dai Zhanxiao sat in front of King Keqin, listening to the other side's fierce protest. Dai Zhanxiao endured the murderous intent to wield his knife. If Yan Kingdom could not go to war, Dai Zhanxiao would have killed King Keqin when he entered Dayan territory, and he would only hate Hu Thief even more. But what surprised him was that Wang Shijing also had an unfriendly expression, even with obvious disgust and impatience. Wang Shijing is now a loyal and brave Marquis, and he came with a holy order. His current actions must be considered out of the current temporary peace between the two countries. His behavior will only intensify the conflict between the two sides, and will not be conducive to the future Dai Zhanxiao couldn't figure out the emperor's intention to send Wang Shijing here, so he didn't care about this peace negotiation? Or is Wang Shijing not worth much? Dai Zhanxiao suspected the latter.
Dai Zhanxiao didn't know that Wang Shijing had already restrained himself very much. After the captain of King Keqin finished his rant, Wang Shijing said without hesitation: "Fifty people, one more will not do. If your country's mission cannot accept it, then you can go back. This time the peace talks between the two countries are It is not that I, Dayan, begged you for what you Huhar Kingdom proposed. However, it is really hard for me to see your sincerity because of your current situation. "
King Keqin opened his mouth and said with a weird accent: "Master Hou, my Huhar mission came to seek the possibility of peace talks with the emperor of Yan Kingdom with full sincerity. But your attitude, Lord Hou, made us The sincerity of negotiating peace is like falling into an ice cave, such a consequence, but Hou Ye, can you bear it?"
However, Wang Shijing sneered: "Since King Keqin thinks that you are negotiating peace with a sincere heart, it is better to start from this step. Huhar Kingdom seeks peace with Dayan Kingdom, and King Keqin Why don't you set an example first? If you can't make the decision, why not send someone back to ask your Great Khan if you want to accept our request?"
"You!" King Keqin stood up angrily.
Wang Shijing also stood up: "Fifty people, one more will not work."
King Keqin gritted his teeth: "This king has learned from Zhongyonghou's 'bravery'."
"Thank you for your compliment."
"snort!"
King Keqin left angrily, and the four subordinates who got up with him gave Wang Shijing a vicious look, and then left. Dai Zhanxiao looked at Wang Shijing, hoping he could explain. But Wang Shijing only said: "We will never live in peace with Huhar Kingdom."
What does it mean? Could it be... this is not a good place to ask, Dai Zhanxiao held back his doubts.
Wang Shijing—not backing down, the negotiation (protest) was fruitless, and King Keqin reluctantly singled out 50 people to follow Wang Shijing and Dai Zhanxiao to Beijing. The remaining 450 people were sent to the official defense battalion first.
This also delayed for two days, and there was no rest on the road afterwards. The fifty Imperial Guards brought by Wang Shijing, the five hundred Winged Tiger Army brought by Dai Zhanxiao, and a mighty group of fifty Huhar people Enter the capital. Their arrival quickly attracted the crowds of the people in the capital. Wang Shijing brought the delegation of the Hu State Mission to the prepared mission hall. Now the missions from the Dasi Kingdom, the Xianlu Kingdom and the Dashan Tribe have all arrived in the capital, and the missions of each country are not together. The embassies of the three countries all stated that they would not return until King Luo Rong got married, so they would stay in the capital for a long time. Hu Guo has not yet proposed whether to attend King Luo Rong's wedding.
After the Hu State mission settled in the embassy, Wang Shijing and Dai Zhanxiao were going to return to the palace. The emperor will not receive the Hu mission until the specific time is determined by the emperor. After the two left, King Keqin's captain said bitterly: "My lord, the emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom is really deceiving people too much!"
King Ke Qin said with a gloomy expression: "Let them be arrogant. As for the loyal and brave Marquis, it depends on whether he can still laugh."
East Lindian, after Dai Zhanxiao truthfully told the situation of the Hu State Mission, Wang Shijing reported his confrontation with the Hu State Mission to Emperor Yongming. Emperor Yongming just nodded after hearing this, and then said: "Old Weng Ge will not be able to return to Beijing in four days. When Elder Weng Ge returns to Beijing, he will host a banquet for the four kingdoms' missions in the palace. General Hussars, the Queen wants to see you, you go Bar."
"yes."
When Dai Zhanxiao left, he also knew that he had guessed wrong. Judging by the emperor's attitude, what Wang Shijing did to the Hu mission was probably ordered by the emperor.
After Dai Zhanxiao left, Emperor Yongming asked Wang Shijing: "What do you think is the purpose of Hu's visit here?"
Wang Shijing frowned and said: "That King Keqin's attitude is very tough. He insisted that all five hundred people go to Beijing. If they really wanted to seek peace as they said, wouldn't their actions be inconsistent? Your Majesty, your minister I don’t understand this, but Yun’an once said to his ministers, ‘If you are not of my race, your heart must be different’. It’s not that Hu Guo never asked for peace with me, Dayan, it was when they were weak, and once they were strong If you get up, you will definitely attack me, Dayan. This time the Hu State Mission came, I don’t think they are sincerely asking for peace, or it’s just a temporary plan; or, it’s for Xianshui.”
Emperor Yongming squinted his eyes and tapped his finger on the table. He is not of my race, so his heart must be different...
The queen has not seen Dai Zhanxiao for six years, and it is rare for him to come back, so the queen is very happy. The elders in the family were not there, so the queen left Zhan Xiao to eat in the palace. Although Dai Zhanxiao wanted to see his little father and younger brother very much, he could only temporarily suppress his longing and some anxiety. Emperor Yongming didn't come over at noon, and the empress and Dai Zhanxiao ate together. The contemporary Zhanxiao knew that the sumptuous dishes on the table were made by his younger brother, but he, a little general who never shed blood or tears, did not. Can control eye redness.
At this time, the layout of Zhongyonghou Mansion is new. The masters who stayed in the capital on behalf of the family are all here. Everyone ate lunch absently and waited anxiously. At that moment, people informed that Hushi General was coming, and the gate of Zhongyonghou's mansion was opened. Even Shao Yun'an, who has always been calm about confessing relatives, couldn't restrain his excitement. Dai Zhanxiao imagined many scenes of meeting his younger brother, but when he actually saw it, he found that all the fantasies, all the assumptions he had made when meeting him were useless.
His younger brother, when he met again, was already a wife, with a bulging abdomen. Today, more than ten years later, when he saw the young man standing in front of him with a still youthful appearance, the appearance of his once immature face was different. Gradually coincide. When the contemporary Zhan Xiao came to his senses, he had already hugged his younger brother tightly, his throat choked up.
Dai Zhanxiao's tears welled up, but the iron-blooded man was full of tears at this time. In my ears are my younger brother's bold words when he was a child: "Brother, when I grow up, I will become a general like grandpa, uncle and father, and kill the barbarians!"
"good!"
His younger brother did not become a general, but became someone else's man's wife and conceived a child for him.
I don't know if he was pregnant or he was infected by the atmosphere caused by Dai Zhanxiao, Shao Yun'an couldn't hold back his tears. Wang Shijing and Su Chenyi hurriedly persuaded him, and after a long time, the two brothers separated. Only then did Dai Zhanxiao look at his younger brother carefully, and Shao Yun'an also observed him carefully. Dai Zhanxiao was two years older than him, but at this moment he looked about the same age as Wang Shijing. In the bitter cold place of the border all the year round, the food and clothing are very poor, so how can Dai Zhanxiao be so fresh. Dai Zhanxiao has a darker complexion, a pair of big eyes similar to Shao Yun'an's piercing eyes, and he has the unique aura of a warrior, which is the tempered aura that has been tempered in the battlefield, and the blood-stained aura. The two brothers entered the main hall hand in hand, and then Dai Zhanxiao went to greet his younger father, aunt and others.
The reason why the whole family gathered in Zhongyonghou's mansion was that Shao Yun'an was pregnant, and everyone treated him like a rare animal; secondly, it was to let Dai Zhanxiao see Shao Yun'an's life and reassure him. Su Chenyi was very sorry that her husband was not able to come back together, but he was also very happy that the eldest son came back, he felt distressed and excited. Dai Zhanxiao was not as dull as Shao Yunan thought, on the contrary, he was very active. What he said about the border is only interesting, and there is no hardship or danger at all. Shao Yun'an soon fell in love with this brother sincerely.
Dai Zhanxiao brought gifts to everyone in his family, because he was escorting the mission of the Hu State, he didn't have much time to choose, all he brought were some small things he usually collected, and some special things from the Hu Haer Kingdom , but he still brought a big gift for Shao Yun'an, which was a whole fox fur from Zihu. He didn't know that Shao Yun'an was pregnant, so he took off the saber from his waist on the spot without preparing a gift for his little nephew (female). On behalf of the family, both men and women can practice martial arts, so this saber is perfectly suitable as a gift.
After delivering the gift, Dai Zhanxiao took a special stone and put it on the table next to Shao Yun'an, and said, "Qiantui asked me to find a jade mine, and I followed the rough stone you gave me. No, my soldiers said that there are similar stones in their hometown, I sent someone to look for it, do you think it is this thing?"
Shao Yun'an could tell at a glance that this stone was a rough stone, but he still had to cut it out. I didn't expect my brother to be so concerned about this matter. Shao Yunan put the stone aside and said, "Thank you brother. I will send someone to cut it in a while. If it is, brother just tell me where it was produced."
"good!"
Dai Zhanxiao hoped that it would be the kind of rough stone his younger brother wanted.
At this time, Wang Shuping came in: "Zhengjun, Princess Wuzhen is waiting outside the door."
"Please."
Wang Shuping went to invite the other party in, Shao Yun'an said to Dai Zhanxiao: "Brother, Princess Wu Zhen is the daughter of the great king of the Dashan tribe, and also the head of the Dashan tribe's mission."
Dai Zhanxiao nodded.
Soon, Princess Wu Zhen arrived, followed by her two personal guards. Every time Shao Yun'an saw Princess Wu Zhen, those two were there. Princess Wuzhen first saluted Shao Yun'an when she came, and then looked at Dai Zhanxiao. Dai Zhanxiao stared at the opponent as soon as he appeared.
"Princess Wuzhen, this is my elder brother, my Hussar General of Dayan."
"Little General Dai, I've heard it for a long time." Wu Zhen cupped her fists.
"Princess of the Mountain Tribe, I have long admired you." Dai Zhanxiao cupped his fists.
The eyes of the two met in the air for a moment, and they separated at the same time. Princess Wu Zhen looked at Shao Yun'an: "Your Majesty, I'm here to tell you something."
Su Chenyi, Shen Bing, Dai Yingxiang and others left immediately, leaving only Wang Shijing, Shao Yun'an and Dai Zhanxiao behind. The door of the main hall was closed, and Wu Zhen's expression was serious: "Mr. Zheng, I saw the mission of the Hu State when they came to Beijing, and one of them had been to our Dashan tribe many years ago. I was still young at the time, but I have a deep memory of that person. That person came to my Dashan Tribe to challenge our warriors. That man was skilled, but his methods were fierce and brutal. He once killed dozens of warriors of our tribe. Later, my father ordered him to be hunted down. He disappeared, but he didn’t think He turned out to be from the Hu country, or he may have defected to the Hu country."
"What's that man's name, who is he?" Dai Zhanxiao asked immediately.
Princess Wuzhen said: "I can't remember the name, but I will never forget the appearance of that person. It was the one with the long beard and the cross scar on the face who walked in the front of the Hu State Mission. Man. When that man came to my mountain tribe, he had the cross scar on his face, so I remember it very clearly."
Dai Zhanxiao said: "The people accompanying the mission of the Hu Kingdom are all warriors from the Hu Kingdom. That person should be from the Hu Kingdom. If he is really skilled, it is normal for him to serve the superior. Besides The barbarian is a murderous villain."
Princess Wuzhen shook her head, and said: "That man in our mountain tribe can be said to have done a lot of evil, especially lustful. My father and king ordered him to be hunted down not only because he killed the warriors of our tribe, but also because he raped and murdered in my mountain tribe. A beautiful boy and girl. He is now in the mission of the Hu State, and I am afraid that he will use his status as a member of the mission to do evil in the capital, but you will have nothing to do with him."
Dai Zhanxiao understood what Princess Wuzhen meant. He couldn't help guessing the intention of King Keqin bringing such a person by his side. Shao Yunan said: "Thank you princess for coming to tell us. This is Dayan. If that guy thinks he is a member of the mission, we have nothing to do with him. He can do evil in my Dayan land, then I can only say that he Too stupid and naive, no matter how good the martial arts is, he is afraid of kitchen knives. If he can't control himself, then he will save his life. But brother Jing, you still have to tell the emperor, take precautions, and don't let those thieves harm us. people."
Wang Shijing stood up: "I will enter the palace right away." Then he saluted Princess Wu Zhen: "Thank you for reminding me, Princess."
"My Dashan tribe also hates the barbarians. If they dare to be presumptuous, my Dashan tribe will definitely not stand by."
"Princess righteousness!"
Wang Shijing immediately entered the palace, but Dai Zhanxiao did not follow.