The envoys of the Northern Wei Dynasty were ordered to send an envoy to Yecheng, Kyoto, of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The exchange of envoys between the two countries is the icing on the cake and the intention of mutual goodwill, so in order to promote their own prestige, the two countries will do their best to exaggerate their abilities, welcome etiquette, exchange gift lists, etc., everything must be in accordance with the established procedures, if there is a slight neglect, it is a matter that is harmful to the national body, how can we not be cautious?

It's just that this envoy meeting not only did not have a lively and festive atmosphere, but it was particularly solemn and indifferent......

Perhaps it was because the heavy snow on these cold days still could not hide the cold and murderous atmosphere of the hundreds of thousands of Northern Wei troops on the outskirts of Yecheng, or the nervous and bloodshot eyes of the countless Northern Qi soldiers on the walls of Yecheng who were already standing at the head of the city in battle armor with bows and arrows.

Today's heavy snow has stopped for the time being, but occasionally a cold wind blows over, which still makes this young envoy of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who was standing alone under the city of Yecheng, who was holding a festival and sent an envoy to the Northern Qi Dynasty, couldn't help but shiver.

The warm ears and this thick mink cloak seem to be difficult to resist this biting cold!

I couldn't help but sneeze, muttered, and then tightened my cloak to warm my cold hands a little, then shook my legs, which seemed to be a little stiff, found a safe position, and carefully got off the horse.

Just this insignificant movement caused a lot of uneasiness and commotion among the Northern Qi soldiers at the head of Yecheng City, and some of them couldn't help but pull the bowstring in their hands tighter......

I looked up at the black ground at the head of Yecheng City, and I couldn't help but shake my head helplessly.

There was no lively welcome ceremony, and it was just a matter of using an arrow array to greet me, an envoy of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was unprecedented and unprecedented, and the way of hospitality that had never come after me was also very grand for me.

Thinking about the hundreds of years of Northern Wei and Northern Qi fighting each other for many years, it is not uncommon for each other to send envoys to exchange ideas, but even so, probably no envoy can get the same treatment as I do now.

"Hey, I'm probably the most unlucky envoy to Yecheng!"

I couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Behind me, the only little guy who walked with me got off the horse, and slowly followed me after holding two brocade boxes in his arms, he was medium and thin, ordinary but very capable, expressionless but very focused, he was the shadow guard arranged by Wan'er to protect me by my side - Mei.

The Shadow Guard never shows his true face, and presumably, this face is not the true face of the ghost.

"If the son's trip is successful, the merit will be in the present and the benefits will be in the future, and it will be incomparable to other envoys!"

A quiet sentence is just right.

I didn't feel a slight smile, I didn't expect that even the Shadow Guards around Wan'er could have such knowledge, and the generals who surrounded her with the Yanyun Dragoon Guards were not ordinary people.

Yanyun Dragon Ride, the cornerstone of the country, the wings of protection, is really worthy of its name!

"When I meet those courtiers and sour Confucians of Northern Qi, I have to spend a lot of time, if I don't tell you, don't move, don't speak at will, everything is under my command. ”

"Whoa!"

Listening to what I said, Mei nodded in agreement.

I nodded in satisfaction, brushed the snow off my coat, took the reins of my horse, and walked slowly to the drawbridge over the moat outside the city gate, following me step by step, keeping three paces away from me.

The bells on the horse's ornament made a pleasant sound with the slow footsteps of their master, but on the other hand, the sergeants defending the city became more and more nervous and uneasy.

In order to promote this peace negotiation and reduce unnecessary misunderstandings, Mei and I rode alone to Yecheng, and the Northern Wei army was stationed ten miles away, but even so, the Northern Qi guards still did not dare to slack off, and they were deeply afraid that the envoys of the Northern Wei Dynasty would be deceitful.

Before the two envoys sent by the Northern Wei Dynasty approached the drawbridge, some soldiers were ordered by the commander not to allow the envoys to lead their horses across the bridge.

Hearing this, I didn't feel frowning slightly, the Northern Qi sergeant was so nervous, as if facing a great enemy, it seemed that he was going to enter this Yecheng today, and he would inevitably encounter some obstacles and difficulties.

Xiang Mei glanced at him, and the two of them immediately let go of the reins of the horses, leaving the horses in place, and the suspension bridge over the moat was slowly lowered.

After crossing the suspension bridge, the bridge deck was quickly pulled up by the Northern Qi soldiers, and I led Mei Ye slowly to the gate of Yecheng, but I saw that the soldiers guarding the city did not have the intention of opening the city gate to welcome guests.

Soon, a man dressed as a civil official at the head of the city showed a round fat head, and his eyes were almost narrowed into a slit with a smile, and he shouted with his mouth pulled:

"Please also ask the envoy to forgive the sin, the next official is Yecheng Jingzhao Yin Yao Xu, who was ordered by the emperor to come to meet the envoy of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but now the two countries are at war, the war is scorching, Yao Zhen has the heavy responsibility of defending the city, and the emperor does not dare to open the city gate at will, so he will not be able to open the city to meet the envoy. ”

Hearing this, I didn't feel the corners of my mouth twitch, this is the hospitality of Northern Qi?

It just doesn't make sense!

I only heard that Yao Zhen sneered and continued;

"If the envoy does not give up, Yao Zhen has prepared a basket for the envoy, so he has to be wronged to make the gentleman and the attendant sit in the basket, Yao Zhen is careful to pull the envoy up!"

What? Sitting in a basket and letting people pull up this Yecheng City Tower more than ten feet high?!

Just looking at the height of this wall, I don't feel a little dizzy, and the fear of heights doesn't seem to have improved much.

Soon, Yao Zhen asked people to put down a large basket, in order to prove that the basket was strong and safe, and when he put it down, he also sent two soldiers down by the way, which was very intimate.

When the two soldiers came out of the basket, they stood respectfully and saluted me with their fists folded, and invited me into the basket with a pleading.

My face turned slightly pale, clenched my fists, took a deep breath, and pretended to be calm into the basket, no matter how I said I was an envoy of the Northern Wei Dynasty, no matter how he swords, mountains and fires, he had no hesitation, and he must not lose the face of the Northern Wei people!

Mei followed me into the basket and stood beside me, watching her surroundings with a wary expression.

When the basket was slowly lifted, my heart also hung tightly, and my hands clenched the edge of the basket a little nervously, and my eyes tried not to look out of the basket.

Mei noticed my strange appearance, and didn't seem to expect me to be afraid of heights, and couldn't help but cast a concerned look at me.

I shook my head slightly, and only whispered, saying:

"When it's time to mention me. ”

Seeing my increasingly pale face, he still took the initiative to reach out and pinch the Hegu acupoint at my tiger's mouth, secretly breathing, but after a while, I felt a lot more refreshed.

When his hand touched my tiger's mouth, I was slightly surprised, not only because it was the first time that Mei was so arrogant, but also because of the touch between the skin that made me feel different from Mei.

Although he could feel the calluses of martial arts practitioners between his fingers, his fingers were slender and soft, would a man have such hands?

With doubts, I couldn't help but look at Mei slightly stunned.

Mei felt a strange gaze, and when she saw that my state was improving, she hurriedly let go of her hand, respectfully stepped aside and bowed to me slightly, and said:

"It's the charm that has trespassed. ”

Although faces and voices can be disguised, some truths cannot be concealed.

I didn't feel a faint smile, and my heart suddenly understood, but I didn't break it immediately, shook my head, and said:

"It's okay, thank you!"

Just like this, before he knew it, he had arrived at the city tower safely, and his toes had just touched the ground, and Yin Yao Xu, the Jingzhao of the Northern Qi Dynasty, immediately greeted him with his subordinates, bowed and saluted, with a smile on his face, and said:

"It's really hard to make you work all the way!"

Because of this guy's embarrassment, even if Yao Zhen has a lovely smile on his face, I don't have a good impression of him at all, not to mention, his smile is also extremely hypocritical.

I arched my hand and said with a smile:

"Although there are many inconveniences, Gao Chen does not feel embarrassed, but feels embarrassed for the state pastor, this kind of hospitality is also unprecedented, very unique, Gao Chen has been taught!"

Yao Zhen accompanied the smiling face on the side and said:

"The king has been condemned!"

I waved my hand and said jokingly:

"It's a pity that the state pastor has not opened a small door next to the city gate to let Gao Chen enter the city, otherwise, Gao Chen will have the opportunity to learn from Yan Zi to make Chu, and mock the state pastor with a sentence of 'make the dog country enter through the dog gate', and take the opportunity to embarrass the state pastor!"

"Haha, the envoy is still a funny person!"

After saying that, the two of us laughed out loud like old friends for many years.

Yao Zhen made a letter of invitation, and the surrounding sergeants pointed to Bing Ge to automatically make way for a passage, and he led the way in front of us, leading us in the direction of the imperial city.

Seeing that the Qi army did not take off their armor and horses did not unsaddle along the way, and the whole army was in a state of readiness, crowded but orderly, I knew that although Yecheng was besieged for several days, the morale of the Qi army was still the same, and if the Northern Wei Dynasty attacked at this time, it would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Yao Zhen inspected this Northern Wei envoy all the way, and saw that this person was young but his face did not change when he walked among the soldiers in full gear and with sharp blades in his hands, he knew that this Northern Wei Dynasty master was also a very courageous person, but he didn't know if this courage was pretended or really something.

Before I got down to the city tower, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd of onlookers on the periphery, and soon, a big man with unkempt hair, dressed in tattered and coarse clothes, and with black characters on his face, broke out of the crowd and rushed straight to my side.

Yao Zhen walked ahead, he had already noticed such a strange appearance, first he was shocked and exclaimed, and then his short and fat body was able to react quickly, and he turned around neatly to avoid the big man's attack, and I was not so lucky to follow him a few steps away.

Seeing the unkempt man coming straight to me, I didn't feel slightly stunned, and when I reacted, the man's hand grabbed the corner of my clothes, and after seeing the man's hands, I restrained myself and wanted to push the man's * away immediately, and shouted in a low and powerful voice, saying:

"Don't move!"

Behind him, Mei's figure froze in place.

My hand was firmly on the man's collar, for he was menacing, forcing me to take a step back to keep him from falling forward.

The Fu Jie, which I held in my arms, represented the envoys of the Northern Wei Dynasty, also fell to the ground, and the Fu Jies landed, representing the majesty of a country and the humiliation of the country!

The people around were stunned by this sudden change and froze in place, but Yao Zhen did not move, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he turned to a panicked face, and shouted loudly:

"Come on, take down this assassin quickly!"

When the surrounding guards heard the order, they immediately surrounded him, wanting to take down the big man.

"Slow!"

I stopped it sharply, hurriedly picked up the reckless man who was almost on his knees, and defended to Yao Xu:

"This man is not an assassin, and the governor should not embarrass him. ”

The big man had barely stood firm, and the guards who surrounded him immediately subdued him, and after a few moments he was pinned to the ground.

The man couldn't help but look at him angrily, Sudoku struggled but was suppressed, his face was full of unwilling anger, but his mouth could only whine and shout, and he couldn't tell a word clearly.

He's still a mute?!

I was slightly surprised, and I couldn't help but feel a little pity for this man in my heart.

I had thought that this man was an assassin, and that he had a tattoo on his face, which was obviously a guilty person, but when I saw the hands he had grabbed at me, I was sure that he was not an assassin, so I immediately stopped the ghost behind me.

And it turned out to be as I expected, I was safe, and he didn't do anything to hurt me.

Seeing that this man was subdued, Yao Zhen hurriedly walked over, wiping the beads of sweat on his forehead and said:

"The king is frightened, where do these stubborn and outlaws know the righteousness of the country, and the peace between the two countries is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and these stubborn people do not know the severity, and they try in vain to assassinate the envoy and obstruct the peace between the two countries, which is really a great crime, come, immediately behead this person on the spot, in order to make an example of the future!"

Yao Zhen determined the nature of the case in a few words, and it was decided very cleanly, and the guards were soon ready to drag the man aside and show it to the public.

"Zhou Mu, you are Yecheng Jing Zhaoyin, the governor of a state, the parent official of the people of Yecheng, although he is in charge of the criminal administration of Yecheng, you can judge people's life and death according to the law, but you can't cut people's lives so carelessly!

Hearing me say this, everyone noticed that all ten of this man's fingers had already been cut off, and looking at this situation, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and the crowd of onlookers couldn't help but cause a burst of whispering......

Yao Zhen looked forward to it, and saw that this was really the case, but he didn't mean to pity this big man, and said to me:

Even if he is not an assassin, but he just collided with the king, so that the king's runes fell to the ground, humiliating the country and humiliating the king, making the king an unloyal minister, and punishing him for several crimes, it is enough to put this stubborn people to death and behead the whole house!"

Yao Chen's words are particularly harsh, but it is also a fact, the runes are more important than the lives of the envoys, the runes are on the ground, humiliating the country and the king, and the ministers will not be redeemed!

I couldn't help but look solemn, slowly walked to Fu Jie, solemnly faced the west side of the robe and knelt down, bowed three times, Mei also knelt on the ground behind me, only to see my solemn expression, very sincere and sincere:

"Gao Chen's mistake for a while, so that the Fu Festival landed, humiliated the country and humiliated the king, the crime is unforgivable, to complete this peace task, Gao Chen will be bound to go back to Beijing in person to ask for the law, but I am the Empress Dowager of the Northern Wei Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor is respectful, and the ministers dare not serve their lives?"

After the first salute, he respectfully held the rune with both hands, carefully brushed away the snow particles with his sleeves, and then took the rune back into his arms, and then stood upright, and the charm behind him also stood up, and never left my side.

My act of being so reasonable, prudent and solemn made people who originally had the intention of ridicule also be shocked by my loyal and patriotic feelings, and they all became in awe.

Turning around and looking directly at Yao Xu, I said in a daze:

"Governor, please forgive this innocent man, the root of punishment is to punish the evil and promote the good, so that the people have a law to follow, and the action is stopped. Although he is a body of sin, but he has been punished to atone for his sins, and he can no longer look at him differently because he has been punished with a disgraceful face; not to mention that this person's reckless behavior is also an unintentional mistake, as the so-called ignorant is not guilty, and the rune is on the ground, it is Gao Chen's fault as a minister, in my Northern Wei Dynasty, the rune can not fall for the envoys and courtiers, but can fall for the people of the world. If there are no people and all the people, how can we come to the country and the world? Human lives are at stake, and the state pastor is asked to be cautious and important!"

After saying that, I bowed down and was extremely serious!

Yao Zhen was dumbfounded for a while, but the faces of the surrounding onlookers couldn't help but be moved.

"Since the envoy interceded for him, it was an unintentional mistake to forgive him this time and send him away!"

Yao Zhen hurriedly waved his hand and asked the guards to drive the reckless man away.

Seeing that the reckless man was able to get away with leaving a life, this was something that had never happened after the Qi lord ascended the throne as the emperor, just because after the Qi lord Yu Wenyi ascended the throne, he raised severe punishment and cruel laws, wantonly brutalized the loyal and innocent people, and the officials of the various prefectures were mostly people who tended to be inflammatory, helping to abuse, and not doing anything for the officials, and for those who refused to be attached, they would rather kill a thousand wrong than let go of one, so that in Yecheng, everyone was in danger, and the people were also in fear.

Now that this reckless man has survived, how can this not surprise and jubilant, and soon some people in the crowd can't help but cheer.

Yao Zhen glared angrily at the place where the cheers came, and was about to open his mouth to rebuke such lawlessness.

And I took the opportunity to cry out:

"In the Northern Wei Dynasty when the horse governor Gao Chen, the Northern Wei Dynasty army supervised the festival, now by the order of the Empress Dowager of our dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor, concurrently served as an envoy to the State of Qi, today to envoy Yecheng for three days, only for the two countries to negotiate peace, not for war, only to stop fighting, but also the people of the two countries are too peaceful, Gao Chen hereby promises, as long as Gao Chen is in Yecheng for a day, the Northern Wei army shall not attack Yecheng, until Gao Chen successfully completes this important task of peace and security, hope that the people of Yecheng should not panic, good neighborliness!"

These words quickly spread among the crowd, people were worried and uneasy about the arrival of this Northern Wei envoy, and they all felt a little relieved at this moment, no matter what this Northern Wei Dynasty said was true or false, at least one sentence everyone understood, as long as the Northern Wei Dynasty's big horse was still in Yecheng, the Northern Wei army would never dare to rashly attack Yecheng, this is the top priority that the Northern Qi military and civilians are most concerned about!

Yao Zhen didn't expect that the pace he had set for a long time would be disrupted by the actions and words of this seemingly loyal and innocent young nobleman, and without paying attention, this young man began to use words to incite the people and the soldiers and civilians defending the city, and if it continued like this, the impact would be extremely bad, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Envoy, the regent has been waiting for the envoy for a long time, and I ask the envoy to go to the palace as soon as possible with his subordinates. ”

Yao Zhen hurriedly greeted me, so anxious that he reached out and grabbed my sleeve, and almost dragged me forward.

I couldn't help but smile faintly, brushed away Yao Xu's hand, and said:

"Hey, don't be in a hurry, Gao Chen is going with the state pastor. ”

Yao Cheng hurriedly asked people to open the way in front and try to disperse the onlookers as much as possible.

Seeing this sudden change, Yao Zhen couldn't help but stretch out his sleeves to wipe away the cold sweat on his forehead, only to feel that the young man behind him was not as simple as he began to look like, originally thought that he was the son of a gentleman family, but when he was pulled up from the basket to the city tower, he looked at his helpless appearance, and thought it was a soft persimmon that could be handled at will, but he didn't expect that he would not open his mouth, and he would cause himself such a big trouble as soon as he opened his mouth.

While walking, Yao Zhen couldn't help but whisper:

"I didn't expect that Jun Jun would have such a method at such a young age, which really opened Yao Chen's eyes!"

Hearing this, I sneered and responded:

"This is just the beginning, I hope that in the next three days, the courtiers of Northern Qi will not make Gao Chen feel too boring!"

Yao Zhen lowered his head and whispered, saying:

"I hope this trip will not disappoint the envoy!"

Following behind Yao Chen, the corners of my mouth unconsciously showed a wicked smile...... 166 Reading Network