"The envoy came suddenly, and we weren't ready."

"Why not?" Zhang Cong said, "It's very decent, the cook's skills are also good, and even the Maihime Leki has been transferred, this is a place to live and entertain...... Isn't it exhaustive? ”

"Your Excellency said yes, but your Excellency, apart from these......"

"This official doesn't understand, what else is needed besides these? The money has already been allocated to you, isn't it so quickly gone? Zhang Cong sighed, already a little impatient.

"No, no," the ambassador said, "everything is almost ready, only one interpreter is missing, and there is no interpreter in the Huaiyuan Post of Xiaguan who understands Burmese, so how can he communicate with foreign guests?" ”

When Zhang Cong heard this, although he was a little embarrassed, he didn't think it was a big problem: "What about this translation...... It's a huge capital, and you can't find a few people who know Burmese? You send someone to find it first, and then it doesn't work, the Burmese prime minister doesn't understand my Chinese, just talk to him. ”

After solving this matter, Zhang Cong thought that he had solved the reason why the ambassador was uneasy, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of contempt in his heart: This group of sub-officials, no matter how calm they are, isn't it because if he doesn't go to the official to ask for instructions, once he neglects the foreign guests, it will be his responsibility? Okay, now that you're done, it's time to ......

Why are you still looking sad?

"In addition to what you said, what else, you quickly said it together." Zhang Cong was impatient and had a bad breath.

"Yes, yes," the ambassador said in a tight voice, wiping the sweat from his forehead, "mainly for the backyard dwellings, and there used to be more than a dozen houses, but now there are a few rooms full of ...... Piled up ......"

"What's piled up?" Zhang Cong asked.

"Pile full of manure ......"

"What?" Zhang Cong was discolored, fertilizer? It's not just taking up space, it's dirty, the key is smelly, not to mention living in people, it's not even good to hit the side.

"How did you get that filthy thing to Huaiyuanyi! Who gave this order? It's just ......" Zhang Cong asked angrily, as soon as the words came out, he felt that it was wrong, even if this place was idle for a long time, it was also an institution belonging to the Honglu Temple, and it was managed by the Ministry of Rites......

"Who's giving the order?" Zhang Cong softened his tone and asked again.

"Yes, it's Mr. Ning."

Zhang Cong was stunned for a moment, and asked urgently, "Who is Mr. Ning?" As he asked, he recalled in his mind that there was a guest secretary or a Confucian surnamed Ning in Beijing......

"Mr. Ning is, a gardener from Yongning Mansion......"

It is unreasonable for a gardener to be called Mr. by the ambassador of Huaiyuanyi, and he can use the place where Huaiyuanyi lives as a fermentation tank.

But Zhang Cong did not lose his mind, because Shicai's words mentioned three words "Yongning Mansion", since it involved the eldest princess of Yongning, Zhang Cong rolled his eyes and said, "You wait first." Then he gave a command to the person around him, and the man had to be ordered to go, and after a short time, he went and returned.

A few steps away, there was Dongfang Yi in a light robe with a slow pace, and a small guy followed him step by step, obviously with a round bun face, but it was so tight that he couldn't see a single fold.

"Master Zhang, is there anything you can't wait to talk about?" Dongfang Yi's expression was indifferent and not positive, "My lord, you will never go back, now even I will come out on the pretext, only Hou Ye is left at the table, you are not afraid of ......"

"That's right, the official has to go back quickly," Zhang Cong took off his official robe, then ran inside, and turned back to the ambassador in his busy schedule and said, "What I said to the official first, and then I will say it to Lord Dongfang as it is, and I will come up with a way to deal with it properly." Before the words fell, the figure was far away.

Dongfang Yi's heart is down, Zhang Cong has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites for many years, and he pays the most attention to those "false courtesies", when has he had such a gaffe, it seems that what the ambassador wants to say is not an easy lawsuit to conclude.

Even if he expected that things would be bad, after the ambassador finished talking about the cause and effect, Dongfang Yi was still angry in his heart, and asked in a deep voice: "A gardener is so domineering?" Who gave the guts? ”

The ambassador glanced at him puzzled: "Mr. Ning is the ...... of the princess's mansion."

"So what?"

How is it? How is it?

That's the eldest princess, don't talk about petty officials like us, don't even you have to ......

The ambassador tried to stabilize his expression and explained: "Do you know, that Mr. Ning is the king of flowers of this Yuzhou Flower Festival, and the king flower he offered is also a representative of the chrysanthemum appreciation meeting in September, a representative of folk treasures......

"So what?"

The ambassador's face fell, the chrysanthemum appreciation party is an errand for your Taichang Temple, can you have a snack?

"Her Royal Highness the eldest princess knows that the queen mother likes the king flower, and she has written poems to praise her, so she has prepared an ingenious idea, planning to let Mr. Ning set up a flower garden at the chrysanthemum appreciation party, and decorate the poems with poppies of different shades, showing the ...... of the queen mother" The ambassador talked eloquently, and was about to scold Fang Xuan, when he heard Dongfang Yi say coldly: "So you want to use Huaiyuanyi as a septic tank?" ”

"Mr. Ning said that this batch of poppies is newly planted, fresh and delicate, not to mention that the weather is cold, and the fertilizer and water have to keep up, otherwise the flowers will not be bright." The more the ambassador spoke, the quieter he became, and by the end the words were almost inaudible.

Dongfang Yi stood in place, not saying anything or moving, but the aura that emanated faintly forced people to retreat, the ambassador shrank for a moment, and suddenly there was a flower in front of him, and Dongfang Yi returned to his previous indifferent look, as if the sharp edge just now was just the illusion of the ambassador.

The ambassador shook his head and cautiously begged: "What should I do now?" ”

"Don't neglect the envoy," Dongfang Yi said thoughtfully, "You go and talk to Lord Zhang, doesn't the Prime Minister want to browse the scenery of Yongjing?" After the meal, he was invited to go around a few representative places nearby, and take advantage of the absence of the group to remove all the fertilizer. ”

When he said this, he found that the ambassador was just submissive, but he didn't dare to call it a good one, and frowned and said, "As for Ning Huafa's side, just find someone to say hello." ”

As soon as these words came out, he seemed to have fallen into the arms of the ambassador, and raised his eyes to look at Dongfang Yi brightly, as if he was waiting for him to be the master.

Dongfang Yi smiled coldly, didn't ask anymore and didn't say any more, Jiang Li behind him stepped forward and shouted: "According to what you mean, do you want our eldest prince to go and say hello in person?" But a gardener is not afraid to fold his blessings. ”

Seeing that Dongfang Yi's face was not good, he didn't dare to say "yes" to the big event, but he didn't dare to say "no", and said: "The key is not, this gardener is leading the eldest princess's errand, and this errand is also to show the eldest princess's filial piety to the queen mother, if something happens, who can afford such a responsibility?" (To be continued.) )