July is hot and the weather in Kyoto is getting cooler.
Everyone in the palace was preparing for Mo Xiangbin's forty-fifth birthday and the visit of envoys from various countries.
The East Palace was the first to bear the brunt. Ever since he was assigned the task of receiving the envoys, Mo Junyu, the crown prince, began to spin like a top, never having a moment of leisure.
After finally arranging everything, a servant hurriedly came to report: "The envoys led by Prince Yelu of Liang Kingdom have arrived in Kyoto, and they beat up a passing commoner as soon as they entered the city. Mr. Fu from the Ministry of Rites went to mediate. But the people in the Liang Kingdom are unwilling to go to the embassy, and they want the common people who are "blocking the way" to apologize, which arouses public outrage and is now making a fuss at the gate of Beicheng.
The situation is serious. Mr. Fu, please ask His Highness to go there in person, which may be able to appease him. "
Mo Junyu's heart was filled with anger after hearing this, and he said to himself: The people from Liang State have made it clear that they have nothing to do to make trouble, so if they go to him now, aren't they asking him to be used as a punching bag for others
But even if he complained all kinds of things in his heart, at this moment, he had no choice but to reply: "Go and tell Mr. Fu that he must stabilize the Liang envoy, and Gu will be here soon."
After thinking about it, he sent Zhou Ji to Prince Rui's Mansion to invite Mo Junyang.
At the gate of the North City, more than a dozen four-wheeled carriages of Liang Kingdom envoys were walking side by side, taking up more than half of the entire main city road. In the past, there were always small vendors setting up stalls on both sides of the road, and they were too crowded to do anything. Do business again.
But the people of Liang State did not realize that they were disturbing the people at all. Instead, they stopped in the middle of the road with great fanfare, blocked the city gate, and held on to a civilian who wanted to leave the city.
The man looked to be in his thirties, with a tall build and square eyebrows. The few bloody whip marks on his face made him look embarrassed but fierce, especially the unyielding look in his piercing eyes. Even more frightening.
Wu Yalei, the envoy of the Liang Kingdom, was arrogantly reprimanding the dog for blocking the way for his prince, but he was so stared at by the other party that he winced and stammered in his words of reprimand, "What are you looking at? You bumped into our prince, You, a bitch slave, can't even afford to pay for ten miserable lives, so why don't you kowtow to our prince and admit your mistake? Maybe the prince will forgive you if he's in a good mood!"
The man's surname is Zhong, and his name is a new character.
Zhong Sheng looked disdainfully at Yelu Anchen, the second prince of Liang Kingdom, who was above him, "I am just a village man in the mountains, and I also know the etiquette of first come, first served. I was obviously the first to walk on this road. Even if the king of heaven comes, I can't Just ask me to get out of the way!"
"How presumptuous!" Wu Yalei yelled angrily, and asked the guards to whip Zhong Sheng's body, causing his skin and flesh to rip open, but Zhong Sheng was held tightly by the other two guards and could not move.
He was also a tough guy. He refused to cry out in pain after being whipped like this. He couldn't even hear apologies and begging for mercy from his mouth. He spit blood on the ground and said, "Dog of Liang Kingdom, you bully me, Mo Shanhe, kill me." I am a commoner, but you still want me to kneel down for you, but there is no way!"
Yelu Anchen has just turned thirty this year. He is the younger brother of the Emperor Yelu Beichen of the Liang Kingdom and the second prince of the Liang Kingdom. He is arrogant and arrogant, and he cannot bear to hear anyone say anything bad about him.
Immediately, he fiercely grabbed the riding crop from the guard's hand and swung it hard at Zhong Sheng. The two guards nearby saw that the person who made the move was their master, and they had the foresight to let go of their hands, allowing Zhong Sheng to be beaten to the ground by the whip, with blood flowing out.
Wu Yalei was still flattering him, "My lord, you are so strong. You can withstand several blows from our Liang warriors at once. I am so impressed that I am so impressed!"
Yelu Anchen smiled so proudly that he said arrogantly: "Of course, I can whip him with a whip and his soul will return to the west. These little bugs are trying to provoke me, it's simply court death!"
As he spoke, another whip was struck, and blood dripped.
No matter how strong Zhong Sheng was, he was still tortured to the point of losing consciousness.
The common people passing by couldn't bear to see this and began to plead for Zhong Sheng: "Even if this guy shouldn't be blocking the road, he won't have to be beaten to death, right?"
"That's right, the two sides are just passing by. It's fine if everyone gives in to each other. Why do we have to make it so miserable!"
"You don't know something about this. Didn't you see the sign on the carriage? These are people from the Liang Kingdom. They have always been overbearing. How can they care about the life and death of our people?"
"Tsk, it's actually a dog from the Liang Kingdom! Didn't he just lose to our Shi family army not long ago? He actually has the nerve to come to our Kyoto and act recklessly!"
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The quarrels among the passers-by became louder and louder, and in the end they all expressed disdain for the envoys of the Liang Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom.
Yelu Anchen was so proud that he had never heard of such 'humiliation' before. He was so angry that he rushed into his mind. He whipped his whip at the crowd and cursed: "You fools, I am the second prince of Liang Kingdom. How can I You can comment at will. Shut up, or I will beat you to death!"
The tail of the whip just now swept several innocent people, but he still didn't want to help, so he raised the whip again.
"Prince Yelu, please calm down, Prince Yelu, please calm down!" Mr. Fu Jianfu, the Minister of Rites, called Yelu Anchen tremblingly with cold sweat on his head, "His Majesty the Emperor of our country has prepared the embassy and invites Prince Yelu to stay."
Wu Yalei raised his eyebrows coldly and snorted: "You little official, can't you see that our second prince is being humiliated by the ignorant people of your country? Do you officials have to stand by and watch? This is your Mo country. Hospitality?"
Three questions in succession made Fu Jian unable to say a word.
While wiping the sweat on his forehead with his wide sleeves, he only said kind words, "Mr. Wu is joking. People who come from afar are welcome. Da Mo is a hospitable country, how can he be so slow to treat You Bin?"
"Oh? What are you going to do with these dogs blocking the way?" Wu Yalei was aggressive, as if he could not highlight the importance of their noble Second Prince of Liang Kingdom without sacrificing several lives.
Fu Jian had long known that people in Liang State liked to find trouble, but he didn't expect that they would be so difficult to deal with!
He reluctantly dealt with it, complaining in his heart, "Please calm down, this time our emperor asked the crown prince of our country to receive all the envoys. Although you arrived in Kyoto in advance, His Highness the prince will come back to greet you later. Please don't worry about the case. impatient."
Now he could only place his hope of saving his life on Mo Junyu.
During this conversation, Mo Junyu had arrived in Beicheng, but he never showed up.
Because Mo Junyang, whom he had been waiting for, did not arrive, but Qu Yuebai came.
The prince was angry, "Didn't Mo Junyang promise to Gu to settle the troubles caused by the envoys from various countries? Now Gu invited him to come, but what does it mean that he sent you here?"
"Your Highness, please calm down!" Qu Yuebai laughed, trying to get over this matter, "Your Majesty, he has been busy recently, and he is just a defeated general. It is not worth your Highness's troubles. Just let him go!"
Mo Junyu was smiling, grinding his teeth, "Busy? I think he is busy indulging in the gentle countryside!"
Qu Yuebai just smiled and said nothing, sighing helplessly in his heart: Mo Junyang's important matters to Shi Qingxue are not a matter of a day or two, because it is normal for Shi Qingxue to stop coming if he can't say a word, and there is really nothing to say.
Mo Junyu also knew the answer, so he didn't bother to ask any more questions. He just snorted: "If I want to see if I want to see him, I'll send you here. You can send him away casually as you like!"
Qu Yuebai smiled gently, pointed to the equally elegant carriage, and said gently: "The Crown Prince said that for such a small role, you don't need to come forward. You just need to sit in the carriage and watch the show."
"So simple?" Mo Junyu raised his eyebrows, not believing that the Prince of Liang, whose eyes were higher than the sky, would give up easily.
"Then let's see what kind of tricks you can pull off!"
Qu Yuebai waited for Mo Junyu to get on the carriage he drove over, then walked to the scene of the dispute. After pretending to be unaware of the situation, he asked Fu Jian about the situation, then frowned and said with disapproval: "Master Fu , this is your fault."
Mr. Fu was sweating coldly and speechless, thinking that he was going to suffer this time. It seemed that His Highness the Crown Prince planned to sacrifice him to please the people of Liang Kingdom, but he would not take the blame if he could, especially when the person coming was someone he had never met before. of scribes.
Fu Jian wiped the sweat from his head, as if he didn't understand Qu Yuebai's words, "I wonder what this gentleman means? I just came to greet the distinguished guest in the name of the prince. Now that the distinguished guest has arrived, I wonder where your highness is now." ?”
"That's right! We have already arrived at the door of your house, but you can't even see a single person. You must not take our Liang Kingdom delegation seriously!" Wu Yalei then said something else, His anger was directed at Qu Yuebai.
Qu Yuebai's expression remained unchanged, and she said with a slight smile: "We welcome distinguished guests from afar. Your Highness has already prepared fine wines and delicacies at the embassy, and you are all invited to come and taste them one by one."
Yelu Anchen didn't buy Qu Yuebai's blame. He raised his chin and hummed: "The matter of my king being offended has not been settled yet. You just said a few words and it was like brushing it off. How can it be so cheap?"
"This..." Qu Yuebai glanced at the carriage behind him in embarrassment. The people inside did not move at all. He turned to look at Yelu Anchen and whispered: "Your Highness has a distinguished status and has never been a foothold in the market. Staying for a long time, as the saying goes, if you stay in a fish house for a long time, you won’t smell its smell; if you stay in an orchid room for a long time, you won’t smell its fragrance. I don’t know that the prince is here... "
Although Yelu Anchen doesn't like reading, he still knows the meaning of these two famous sayings.
Of course, he could hear that Qu Yuebai was sarcastically saying that if he often argued with small businessmen and hawkers, he would become the same person as the small businessmen and hawkers. Even if he knew that Qu Yuebai's incident was irritating him, the problem was... he couldn't resist this method of irritation. ah!
Yelu Anchen bared his teeth and glared angrily, "What do you mean by this? Do you mean that I am only qualified to argue with these small traders?"
Of course, Qu Yuebai shook his head and said with sincerity that he had no such intention, "It's just the fragrance of the orchid room. His Highness the Prince invites you to come to the embassy to enjoy it."
"Okay! I will go with you to see how good the so-called embassy is!" Yelu Anchen made a decision with a wave of his hand.
Wu Yalei was anxious and said hurriedly: "Then these people have humiliated our prince, is it possible to let it go?"
He couldn't let the handle he just grabbed fly away like this!