Holy is also a good means.
Xue Yuan wanted to take care of Gu Yuanbai as his sweetheart, there was nothing wrong with it, but Gu Yuanbai didn't have the temperament to be loved by another man with such a strong sense of aggression. Xue Yuan's strength just aroused the nerves under Gu Yuanbaiwen's face that were full of desire to win and conquer. He directly told Xue Yuan with his actions that here, I don't need your love, but you It looks like it is indispensable to my pet.
Gu Yuanbai's heart softened for a moment when he saw the blood on the bed.
There is no denying it, the facts are in front of you.
This soft-hearted doesn't have to be emotionally soft-hearted, and it doesn't mean that Gu Yuanbai is attracted to Xue Yuan, just seeing the blood, thinking of what Xue Yuan said, thinking of the good night's sleep last night. So suddenly, and quickly passed away.
Gu Yuanbai didn't even know the origin of this soft-heartedness.
Poor Xue Jiuyao? He doesn't need pity.
Gu Yuanbai didn't know, but he was in no hurry to know.
He just thought about it, and then changed his mind to think about whether Xue Yuan was treating him as a woman.
Is it because of Gu Yuanbai's masculine and feminine face
Thinking of this, Gu Yuanbai sneered.
No matter how beautiful he looks, no matter how sick he is, if Xue Yuan really doesn't think of him as a man, then Gu Yuanbai will chop him to pieces.
Carrier pigeons have long been used for military purposes in the Han Dynasty. In Daheng's post stations, border gates, government offices, inns, and the capital and important towns, there are troop of carrier pigeons specially used to deliver messages. 1
These pigeons have been specially bred to be very homely and sensitive to the earth's magnetic field. However, when the northern locusts were rampant, the use of pigeons to send messages would only make the hungry people or birds of prey consider it as a Chinese meal. Therefore, General Xue gave up the method of using pigeons to send messages. The disadvantages are also obvious.
However, on the way from the capital to the inn, it is much faster to use carrier pigeons than to speed up.
When Xue Yuan was still rushing on the road, the will of the sage was passed from the previous station to the next station, one by one, without interruption.
Financial resources, material resources, everything that makes people willing to surrender, are vividly displayed in Gu Yuanbai's body.
The most important thing is that he doesn't care about these things. He has enough confidence to give anyone special treatment. When a pile of majestic things falls, the gods can be dizzy.
Xue Yuan was not stunned by these things, but he was stunned by the domineering behind these things.
All the way dizzy, drunk generally unconscious. The saint is a good means. In this way, Xue Yuan was completely relieved, and he willingly became the "delicate concubine" who was cared for by the emperor.
Okay, that's it. Since Gu Yuanbai said "I can't bear the pain" in the cave, Xue Yuan wrapped a chain around himself, and then desperately wanted to send the chain to Gu Yuanbai's hands.
Thinking of him, he felt like he was in a volcano, his emotions were like lava, and he was always hot and excited by the barbecue.
Xue Yuan rode his horse and wanted to laugh when he thought of Gu Yuanbai. As long as he was sure that Gu Yuanbai didn't have a concubine, he was in a good mood and wanted to sing loudly when he passed through the mountains and jungles. Occasionally, the palm of the hand brushed the horse's mane, only to feel an itch that seemed to brush across the chest of the saint.
Whenever this happens, my thoughts will be interrupted, and my nose will start to itch.
Such a strong saint, there is also a fan.
cute.
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Gu Yuanbai never knew that Xue Yuan dared to call him cute in his heart.
He took people back to the palace, deliberately sent Chu Wei to the door of Chu Mansion, and asked implicitly: "I heard that Chu Qing has been getting closer to the envoy of Xixia recently?"
Chu Wei didn't dare to look at the saint, but when he heard the words, he raised his head suddenly, his face was frosty, and the haze between his eyebrows and eyes covered him.
In Gu Yuanbai's eyes, he has always looked like a gentleman of Duanfang, a modest and modest white jade, and he has the beauty of a gentleman of the era without losing the solemnity. Looking beautiful, capable, and arrogant.
But it was the first time Gu Yuanbai saw Chu Wei's expression like this. Even when he was tied to the dragon bed, Chu Wei seemed at least calm.
Gu Yuanbai thought to himself, this kind of expression is indeed disgusting the Xixia prince to the extreme.
Chu Wei's eyebrows were surging, but he calmed down. His eyes were not biased, and he looked straight at the sage: "The sage's Mingjian, the ministers and the envoys of Xixia, but they are at odds with each other."
"I know who you are," Gu Yuanbai reassured, "These days have been hard work for Chu Qing, and tomorrow I will summon the envoy of Xixia. Chu Qing has had several contacts with the envoy of Xixia recently, so let's come together tomorrow too. ."
Chu Wei respectfully replied: "The minister follows the order."
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On the second day, Xuanzheng Hall.
The ministers stood on both sides, and the eunuch announced the Xixia messenger from the outside and entered the hall.
Prince Xixia led the envoys into the hall with their heads bowed to salute, while Gu Yuanbai sat in a high position and looked at them. Those ten days of etiquette learning is still useful, at least now, the actions are very well-behaved, and there is nothing wrong with it.
After the ceremony, the Prince of Xixia said: "Li Angshun, the foreign minister, and his envoys from Xixia see the Holy One, and invite the Holy One, Wanfu Jinan."
The high-ranking officials looked at them with a smile, and most of them received more or less gifts from Xixia. When the Western Xia messenger saw them, their faces twitched, and they were already scolding these old guys in their hearts.
How can I receive gifts from others and not ask them what they are giving gifts for? The Western Xia messengers have really seen through the hypocrisy of these Daheng officials these days.
Don't they all say that Daheng is a country of etiquette, and everyone regards humility as beauty? When the Xixia messenger gave gifts to these people, they were too embarrassed to say it directly. As a result, these people really accepted the gift, but after receiving the gift, they were as if they could not understand the hints in the words of the Xixia messenger. Understand, forcibly let the Xixia messenger give gifts again and again for nothing.
The anxiety and inability to go further in these days made the arrogance on the face of the Xixia messenger long gone, replaced by the tension and haggard left after hitting the wall in many places.
It can be seen that it was tossed miserably.
However, His Majesty the Emperor of Daheng is also a master of bad taste. Gu Yuanbai leaned over and asked with concern: "Why is the face of the envoy of Xixia like dyed vegetables?"
The ridicule in these words could not be hidden. Prince Xixia's face was pulled, but when he looked up at the saint, the anger in his heart was suppressed again, but he said solemnly: "It should be because of the environment and the uneasy sleep. some."
Gu Yuanbai smiled slightly, turned the jade wrench on his hand, and after a few polite words with him, he asked the Minister of the Ministry of Commerce to come forward and talk to him about the affairs of the two countries.
Today's Xixia is still inseparable from the resources of Daheng. Because the price of green salt in Xixia is cheaper than that of official salt, it has always been the main source of domestic private salt.
The green salt alone has brought huge profits to Xixia. Xixia is not afraid of Gu Yuanbai's drastic ban on salt, because as long as the people have a choice, they will buy cheaper private salt, and if there is a market, there will be supply and demand. If Gu Yuanbai is tough, it will be counterproductive. But Xixia was afraid that Gu Yuanbai would intervene, give him a way to survive, and then toss half to death. Such a method would make Xixia's Qingyan encounter a lot of ups and downs.
Relying on the confidence of his own country, the Minister of the Household took out the style of a big country. As soon as he opened his mouth, he added 50% of the interests of the market to the previous conditions, and then waited for Xixia's counter-offer.
The face of the Xixia messenger turned black.
Naturally, these people are not the only ones in the huge golden hall. The people from Honglu Temple were also there, as were the servants and officials of the Ministry of Household, and the people in the Zhengshitang smiled, and from time to time they added a few words after the words of the Minister of Housing.
In addition, there are also historians holding books, which are always recorded in the book.
So many people surrounded the envoys of Xixia, as if a group of foxes surrounded a few young chickens, eyeing them.
The officials of Daheng are dressed in courteous official robes, but the words that come out with a smile on their faces are a pitfall. Kong Yilin was also standing beside him, feeling greatly encouraged and learned a lot from the confrontation between the officials of the two countries.
It suddenly dawned on me that it was possible to fool people like this.
The Xixia messenger's face is really pale now. The Xixia prince clearly knows that there are pitfalls in these people's words, but his head can't keep up with the brains of these famous officials no matter how fast he turns. Among the envoys of Xixia, there are officials who are specially responsible for negotiation. At this time, they can't bear it anymore, and said indignantly: "You are deceiving people too much!"
"Too much deceiving?" Can Zhizheng smiled helplessly, "Dare to ask the envoys, how did I deceive others?"
When Daheng is really polite to the outside world, they feel that Daheng is useless. But now, after the people hidden under the ceremonial skin have really become unreasonable, they will realize how good it is for the rest of the countries that a big country can humbly give comity to neighboring countries.
The Western Xia messengers were too stereotyped about Daheng, as if they thought that as long as they spoke, Daheng would agree to everything.
But the current Daheng is no longer the Daheng it used to be.
Li Angshun responded quickly, stepped forward and apologized: "In a hurry, the wording is fierce and not rigorous, please don't bother with me."
When two countries compete for their own interests, fierce rhetoric is a trivial matter, and psychological warfare and deliberate oppression and bullying are all to make the other side back down. Daheng officials pressed hard step by step, saying that it was too much to deceive people, but the people of Xixia were chaotic and barking.
This apology from Prince Xixia was accepted by Daheng officials, and he generously expressed that he did not care.
The more generous they were, the more exasperated Xixia was.
At this point, today's discussion is over. In the next two days, the tug-of-war between you and me in the Xuanzheng Hall was long and slow, and the matter was gradually detailed. As the negotiation progressed step by step, both parties finally settled on acceptable conditions.
After waiting for the final decision, the matter of the dispute between Daheng and Xixia was finally settled. Xixia still gave up those benefits and promised to supply Daheng with a fixed number of transactions of at least 3,000 horses every year.
In the market, Daheng merchants can occupy 60% of them, tax and tooth money are 30% higher than before, and there are other scattered trivial matters. In short, the harvest is quite good.
After agreeing to these things, the Xixia envoy's face was not very good-looking. Li Angshun also had a cold face, and the perfunctory smile on his face had froze.
Gu Yuanbai's eyes were half-closed, and his complexion was a little pale. There was a smile on the corners of his lips. Although he didn't move, his brain was still running at a high speed, and it was a little uncomfortable.
But it was well hidden, and no one saw it.
The sun was clear and it was noon. The dishes in the imperial dining room are placed one by one. Today is a state banquet for Xixia, so it is natural to put a lot of effort into it. After the dishes and drinks were placed, the expression of the Xixia messenger finally eased a little in the toasts and jokes of the officials.
It was also at this time that Li Angshun realized that Chu Wei was also here.
The Daheng Emperor had previously guarded Chu Wei to get into the carriage, and had given him a scolding for this. From this point of view, Chu Wei and Emperor Daheng seem to have a good relationship.
Li Angshun glanced at Chu Wei and drank a glass of wine. Inexplicably, he glanced at the aloof emperor again, and drank another glass of wine.
After several times, his sanity was a little fuzzy. Li Ang stood up abruptly, took the wine glass and walked in front of Chu Wei, dragging Chu Wei's arm to the Sage involuntarily.
The guards behind Gu Yuanbai's eyes were fixed on Prince Xixia.
The prince of Xixia was drunk and said with a big tongue: "Foreign minister, I want to ask to marry your official."
Gu Yuanbai looked at him blankly.
Prince Xixia tugged on Chu Wei, but kept his eyes fixed on the emperor, "The foreign minister has taken so many steps back, and he likes him, Emperor Daheng, you, do you agree?"
Chu Wei's face was cold and his anger was deep. He was about to shake off Prince Xixia's hand when he glanced from the corner of his eye, but stopped.
He turned his head and looked at Li Angshun deeply.
If you really like me, why do you keep staring at the saint