Zhen Jian came out of the residence of Jiaozhi Kingdom, and took people to the residence of the envoy of Nanzhao, visited Ge Luohong, told him about the pilgrimage tomorrow morning, told him to get ready, and then left.
The next day, Zhen Jian took Chen Zaixian, the prince of Jiaozhi, Li Gongsheng, the prime minister of Jiaozhi, and Luo Hong, the victorious king of Nanzhao, to wait outside the palace gate early in the morning.
Zhen Jian rarely goes to the court, although he is qualified to participate in the court, he generally does not go, because he feels that he is like a trickster, he doesn't even have a line, from waiting outside the palace gate to dispersing the court, the whole process is nearly two hours, standing all the time, bored.
He doesn't go, and no one cares, after all, he's just a trickster, and it doesn't matter if there is one less, but he has to go today, because the emperor receives the foreign envoy, and he is the young secretary of Honglu Temple, responsible for the reception of the foreign envoy, and he has to personally take the foreign envoy to the palace.
Entering the palace, the ministers all entered the Wende Palace, and Zhen Jian could only take the envoys of the two countries to wait for the summons in the side hall, and after a while, the two envoys were summoned to the palace, and Zhen Jian also followed the hall.
After entering the palace, he saluted and greeted, Zhen Jian was included in the civil official queue, standing last, the emperor looked at the three foreign envoys in the heart of the palace, and said with a smile: "The three envoys came to my Dachu from thousands of miles away, tired all the way, and lived well in the capital?"
” Ge Luohong was the first to laugh and said: "Okay, very good, the food of Da Chu is really delicious, the bed is soft, you can sleep comfortably, the street is very lively, and the foreign minister likes it very much." ” This Ge Luohong is a rough man, not only is he tall and big, but he also has a loud voice, and when he speaks, the entire hall is his echo.
Next, Chen Zaixian, the prince of Jiaozhi, said: "Your Majesty, Da Chu is really outstanding, Kyoto is full of flowers, compared with our Jiaozhi country, it is like a fairyland." ” "Haha......"
The emperor let out a hearty laugh when he heard this, and the praise of the foreign envoy made him the most useful, and after laughing for a while, he asked, "Why did you come to visit Dachu this time?"
” This time, Chen Zaixian preemptively said: "Back to His Majesty the Emperor, the foreign minister wants to ask to marry a princess of Dachu, so he came to ask for marriage with a dowry and his father's letter of state." ” Li Gongsheng on the side held the national letter in both hands, and Liu Qing went down to take it and handed it to the emperor.
When the emperor was reading the letter of state, Ge Luohong said: "Back to His Majesty the Emperor, the foreign ministers also came to ask for marriage, and there is also a letter from King Nanzhao, which is to ask our prince Yimu to marry Princess Dachu, and Prince Yimu is the next king of Nanzhao set by the king." ” He said that he would personally present the letter of state, and Liu Qing came to receive the letter of state and forward it to the emperor.
After reading the national letters of the two countries, the emperor pretended to frown for a while, and said slowly: "Are they all here to marry the princess?"
That's difficult, I only have one princess who is of the right age to marry, how can this woman marry a second husband......"
Hearing this, Ge Luohong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the foreign minister's brother said that as long as Da Chu is willing to marry the princess to our Nanzhao, Nanzhao and Da Chu will be in-laws in the future, and they will definitely vigorously control the border wanderers and prevent them from attacking Da Chu." ” When the emperor heard this, he was secretly annoyed, he actually dared to say this kind of here, is this threatening him, everyone knows, those are not wanderers at all, they are the border rangers of Nanzhao, who come to the territory of Dachu every year to fight the autumn wind.
At this time, Chen Zaixian, the prince of Jiaozhi, said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the foreign minister has brought 5,000 taels of gold and many jewels, these are all dowry gifts, and in addition, the foreign minister is also willing to offer 10,000 catties of fine rice seeds as a dowry." ” "Rice seeds?"
The ministers of the palace were stunned for a while when they heard this, someone actually used rice seeds as a dowry, is this funny.
Chen Zaixian continued: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the rice of our Jiaozhi country has a yield of 300 catties per mu, and it can be planted for three seasons a year. ” As soon as this remark came out, the ministers were shocked, the yield of 300 catties per mu is already very remarkable, planting three seasons a year, what a concept!
After everyone was amazed, they all looked at the emperor to see how the emperor decided.
According to the previous situation, the emperor would consult the opinions of his ministers, but this time he didn't, because he and Zhen Jian had already planned, he seemed to be distressed for a moment, and suddenly said: "In this way, I feel that both countries are very sincere, and I don't want to favor anyone, for the sake of fairness, I set up a competition, and you two countries will select people from their respective envoys to participate in the competition, which country wins, and which country is the princess allowed to match, how about it?"
” Ge Luohong was overjoyed when he heard this, and said proudly: "The foreign minister has no objection, the foreign minister is the first warrior of Nanzhao, and he has never lost a fight!"
After saying that, he looked at Chen Zaixian contemptuously, his face full of provocation.
The emperor waved his hand and said: "Fighting and killing is too hurtful and infuriating, and it is insulting, the competition I set up this time is a literary test, and let's see how much the two countries can know about the education of my Great Chu." ” "Literary exam?"
Ge Luohong frowned when he heard this, to be honest, in addition to speaking the language of Chu, he really didn't know much about the culture of Chu, and he didn't even know a few words of Great Chu.
When Chen Zaixian heard this, he suddenly remembered the poem Zhen Jian had given him, and then he knew Zhen Jian's intentions, and he was ecstatic in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The foreign minister has no objection!"
” Ge Luohong suddenly thought that there seemed to be a Chu person in their envoy group, and he had also passed the examination of the Great Chu people, who was quite literate, but he could try but failed many times, and that person was near Nanzhao, and after repeatedly failing to try, he went to Nanzhao to develop, but he didn't expect that the cultural people in Nanzhao were easy to mix, and now he has become the foreign minister of Nanzhao, and the official residence is five grades, because the position is not enough, this time he failed to go to the palace.
The emperor also said just now that as long as one person is selected from their respective envoy groups to participate in the competition, he felt that the Chu man was a scholar of the Chu State after all, and he should be able to defeat Chen Zaixian, so he said loudly: "Okay, the foreign minister has no objection!"
” The emperor was secretly overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Since you have all agreed, then it is decided, three days later, you will compete in the Linzheng Palace, and then I and the envoy of the Hanlin Academy will personally arbitrate for you." ” "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The envoys of the two countries bowed in unison.
Zhen Jian showed a satisfied smile in the rear, everything was going according to his plan, and at the same time he was thinking in his heart, I don't know how King Qi's side is going, but nothing can go wrong.
King Qi didn't go wrong, he had successfully received the princess, and then according to the address given to him by Zhen Jian, he came to the Longden Inn and entered the Tianzi No. 1 room.
Zhen Jian originally planned to make a joint point in his restaurant, but he was afraid that he would be affected when he found out about this matter, so he picked an inn at random.
Entering the room, I saw three people standing in the room, all three of them were dressed in civilian clothes, and their appearance was ordinary, and the person at the head was Zhao De, the helmsman of the Hangzhou rudder of the beggar gang, and the other two were his son Zhao Qing and his apprentice Li Yan.
"Meet His Royal Highness King Qi, meet Her Royal Highness the Princess."
The three of them saluted in unison.
King Qi looked at the three of them and asked, "You are the people arranged by Zhen Jian?"
” "Back to His Royal Highness King Qi, yes."
Zhao De said and took out Zhen Jian's handwritten letter from his arms and handed it to King Qi.
King Qi took it apart and saw three words written on it: "Believe him."
"That dog gnaws the same bad words, it is Zhen Jian's exclusive property, and ordinary people can't imitate it.
King Qi nodded, confirming that this was Zhen Jian's handiwork.
Zhao Dedao: "Zhen Jian said, this letter will be destroyed after reading." ” King Qi immediately walked to the yarn lamp, uncovered the lampshade, burned the letter, then turned his head to look at Zhao De and asked, "Where are you going to take the princess?"
” Zhao Dedao: "I'm sorry, His Royal Highness King Qi, Zhen Jian said it, I can't tell anyone, including His Royal Highness King Qi." ” "What?"
King Qi frowned when he heard this, "Can't even this king know?"
What should I do if this king wants to see the royal sister in the future?
” Zhao Dedao: "Zhen Jian is afraid that His Royal Highness can't help but visit the princess and reveal the whereabouts of the princess, he said that he will tell His Highness in person when the rumor passes." ” "Okay."
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King Qi nodded helplessly, he also knew that Zhen Jian was acting cautiously, after all, this was a big deal, as long as there was a little mistake, it would be bad.
Zhao Dedao: "Time is pressing, the palace may find the princess missing at any time, once discovered, all the city gates will be closed, so we must take the princess out of the city as soon as possible now." ” King Qi and the princess glanced at each other, and King Qi reluctantly took Princess Qiluo's hand and said, "Sister Huang, when the wind passes, I will definitely ask Zhen Jian to take me to you." ” The princess's eyes were red, and she nodded: "You have always liked to mess around, and your father and emperor are all up to you, but you have grown up, and you can't mess around anymore in the future......"
As she spoke, tears flowed down involuntarily.
The two sisters and brothers held hands and wept, in the end, the sister and brother were in deep love, and Zhao De couldn't bear to interrupt, so he watched quietly from the side.
Fortunately, the two of them were quite sensible, and soon, they both wiped away their tears, and the princess looked at Zhao De and said, "This gentleman, take me out of the city." ” Zhao De nodded, turned his head to Zhao Qing and Li Yan and said, "You take the princess out of the city, after arriving at the pick-up point, ride a fast horse, leave as fast as possible, away from the capital, in case someone investigates, and then act according to the original plan." ” "Yes!"
Zhao Qing and Li Yan both nodded, and then said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, please!"
” The princess followed behind them, opened the door and walked out, after a while, King Qi and Zhao De also walked out of the room, Zhao De put on a big hat to cover his face before leaving the door, and when he got to the first floor, Zhao De went out directly, and King Qi stayed to settle the bill.
The emperor ended the early dynasty and was going to Xinxiang Pavilion to see Princess Qiluo, after all, his daughter was about to marry in another country, and there would be fewer opportunities to meet in the future.
However, after entering the Xinxiang Pavilion, there were no maids and attendants shouting in the courtyard, the emperor felt a little strange, entered the pavilion, only to see six or seven people lying neatly on the ground, it seemed that someone had deliberately placed here, all of them were the maids and eunuchs of Princess Qiluo, the emperor was shocked, and Liu Qing shouted: "Escort!"
Many of the guards outside rushed in.
"What kind of driver!"
The Emperor shouted angrily, "Look for it!
Princess!
” Only then did everyone realize that the main owner of the Xinxiang Pavilion was not here, so everyone began to look around in the Xinxiang Pavilion.
Xinxiang Pavilion is not big, and it was quickly finished, and everyone's report was not found.
The emperor's heart was suddenly half cold, and he hurriedly ordered someone to bring well water to wake up the group of maidservants and attendants on the ground.
The guards brought several buckets of cold water and poured them on the group, and all of them woke up, and when they woke up and saw the emperor, they all fell to their knees in fright.
"Where's the princess!"
The Emperor asked aloud, "Where has the princess gone?"
” A maid trembled when she heard this: "Maid......
The slave doesn't know!
” "So what do you know, what do you know!"
The emperor was so furious that he was about to cut people.
The maid trembled and said, "Your Majesty, the maidservants have been asleep for some reason since they ate breakfast, and they really don't know anything. ” The emperor was stunned when he heard this, his brain turned rapidly, he knew that this group of people must have been drugged, as for the person who drugged them, it is estimated that it is Princess Qiluo, but even if Princess Qiluo drugged these people and stunned them, there are so many guards outside, how can they get out, so he shouted: "Where are the guards of Xinxiang Pavilion!"
” "Humble Tang Dayong to meet the emperor!"
The guards of the Fragrance Pavilion were immediately kneeling on one knee and saluting.
The emperor glared at him and asked, "I ask you, do you see the princess go out?"
” Fine beads of sweat oozed from Tang Dayong's forehead, and he replied: "Back to the emperor, didn't you see the princess go out?"
” The emperor thought for a moment, and then asked, "Then who has come to see the princess today?"
” Tang Dayong said: "His Royal Highness King Qi will come to see the princess early in the morning. ” "Li'er?"
The emperor was shocked when he heard this, and immediately thought of a possibility, and immediately shouted, "Come here, spread my orders, immediately block all the city gates, without my hand, only enter, not out, and immediately order someone to summon King Qi to come to Xinxiang Pavilion to see me!"
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