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Yan Huaishi, who had been listening intently, staggered one by one when he heard the last sentence. He Lianzheng just got up and fell down again.
The people in the South China Sea all said "ha", and the whirlwind caused by the air flow swept over the pier again.
At the South China Sea official's side, he raised his head and was dumbfounded, staring blankly at the Chief Chief Envoy who couldn't sit still in the middle for a long time, and his face was ashen.
I wanted to show them off, and wait until the imperial envoys are in the most embarrassing situation before showing up to see the jokes. I don't want them to be intimidated, and put them in an embarrassing situation with a few light words, and even the boat is about to sink. , I still need to use it for cooking, cooking is nothing more than cooking, and Master Zhou needs to light the fire!
You still have to burn it—His Royal Highness has already spread chopsticks, so what do you do if you set fire to it
What's more, it's such a high-sounding reason, you want to say that making things difficult is not enough, and more than ten thousand people are watching, they can cherish food for the people, but you can't even set fire to it? Aren't you going to set fire to that sinking wreck? You don't love the people!
Master Zhou's prestige and status in the hearts of the people for more than ten years will also be gone.
ruthless! How cruel!
Zhou Xizhong's face was ashen, and he never thought that the imperial envoy would come to such a trick. It was really ups and downs, and now he was the one who was forced to go to Liangshan. He broke the ship, and now he has to board the broken ship. , From now on, the chief envoy will follow him for the rest of his life.
The princes of the imperial capital and the officials of the frontiers all know a little bit about Ning Yi. Zhou Xizhong only knows about the romance of the Chu king. Ning Yi did not go straight to the stage for the events that happened in the court over the years. Zhou Xizhong, who is far away in the South China Sea, does not know the inside story. , and Wei Zhi, this kid, in his opinion, is just a jester who has gone straight to the top and gained a reputation. It is precisely because he treats the two of them lightly that he dares to instigate the people to petition and make trouble in private, not wanting to get caught in the dust.
Gu Nanyi on the big boat sent out an invitation, and without giving Zhou Xizhong any time to think about it, he pointed in his direction from afar and said, "Your Highness said, if Mr. Zhou has finished reading that book "Overseas Countries", please Hurry up and light the fire."
Zhou Xizhong subconsciously threw the book on the chair, and his staff hurriedly removed the book and the chair parasol.
"Go and call the ship repair team." Zhou Xizhong ordered the left and right counselors with a cold face, "The ship will sink in half an hour, tell them to send everyone into the water, and repair the ship for me within half an hour. No matter what method is used, at least Give me an hour to ensure that the ship will not sink, whoever let me fall into the water, I will let him fall!"
"yes!"
With a sneer, Zhou Xizhong straightened his clothes and raised his voice, "Zhou Xizhong, the chief envoy of the South China Sea, leads the subordinate officials of the South China Sea to greet Sheng'an and His Highness the King of Chu!"
The people of the South China Sea made way for the crowd, Zhou Xizhong took the lead in the center of the crowd, and the officials of the South China Sea all knelt down and bowed down to the big ship from afar.
Yan Huaishi evaded it, heaved a long sigh of relief, and almost burst into tears for a moment - he thought that today he would either be beaten by the crowd or sink into the water, and he didn't want to have such a result.
Ning Yi stood far away at the bow of the boat, his hand on the side of the boat, his face as usual, the moon white brocade robe was as elegant as bamboo, and the golden mandala on the dark black cloak was flamboyant and coquettish, dancing in the wind like waves, he looked over so lightly, Even though it was so far away, everyone felt that his deep and cold eyes were covering themselves.
"Your Majesty has given you a lesson from His Highness, and there is no place for fear." Zhou Xizhong continued, "I know that I have committed a serious crime, so please allow me to lead the officials of the fourth rank and above in the South China Sea to set fire to the Shangguan ship."
Feng Zhiwei, who had been choosing vegetables on the deck, raised her eyebrows.
It is too embarrassing for one person to go on a boat and start a fire in front of everyone, but it is not obvious to start a fire together, and it also seems that the government is of one mind, turning an embarrassing incident into a harmonious official show—a good idea.
With so many people here, the more people bully the less? Feng Zhi smiled.
No one answered him, Ning Yi turned around indifferently, only Young Master Gu stood on the side of the boat and waved firewood to Zhou Xizhong—come and light the fire!
Someone put down a few sampans, and the brilliant officials of Nankaido got on the boat and rowed over. The students of Qingming Academy lined up in two rows, expressing their infinite pride and humiliation to the Nanhai officials with their eyes. .
A lot of people on the shore left, but there were also many people who did not leave, looking around, not knowing what they were waiting for.
The officials boarded the boat, and Ning Cheng waited at the hatch, each handing out a handful of firewood.
"Your Highness said that you can skip the ceremony." Ning Cheng said, "The steamed fish is not hot enough, please hurry up, my lords."
Zhou Xizhong grabbed the handful of firewood, knowing that Ning Yifeng Zhiwei deliberately humiliated him and had to pick it up, his black face turned purple, some subordinates who were used to his usual majesty looked at him sideways, wanted to laugh but didn't dare Laugh, holding back hard.
Yan Huaishi took them to the galley on the ship. This ship was an official ship refitted with funds from the Yan family. Not afraid of hurting the deck, Yan Huaishi bowed to Zhou Xizhong happily, pointed at the stove, and said with a smile, "Please."
Zhou Xizhong looked at the bare stove, held back his breath and said, "Why isn't there even a chair?"
"My lord's words are really bad." Feng Zhiwei walked over holding a crab, and said with a smile, "I heard that your lord also came from a poor family, although a gentleman is far away from the kitchen, and now he is pampered, but you should also know that sitting on a chair is not an option. On fire."
"Master Wei." A councilor bowed to her, "Can you find a horse for our lord? The rest of us can just squat down."
Feng Zhiwei said seriously: "After the boat was hit just now, all the horses were used to block the hole, I'm really sorry."
The South China Sea officials were speechless in grief and indignation. After a while, Zhou Xizhong angrily lifted his robe, squatted down to set fire, and squatted in a long row behind his buttocks.
He squatted down to burn the fire and it was not finished. After lighting the fire for a long time, the firewood given by Young Master Gu was half-wet, thick smoke billowed everywhere, making a bunch of officials cough and choke, and their faces were blackened.
After finally starting the fire, Ning Cheng ran over and over again to remind him: "The chopsticks are ready... Is the fish steamed?"
"The bowl is ready...the crabs are not on the table yet?"