Chapter 31: Protecting You for a While
The brief confrontation between Liu Ye and An Lu came to an end quickly, and because of this confrontation, the Jieyan envoy threw meaningful glances at me from time to time. Oh, there is only one messenger sent by Jieyan to take photos, and she is still a woman with a little heroic spirit between her eyebrows.
Under the same roof, the total number of envoys from the Three Kingdoms is only five, except for the woman from Jieyan, two people came from Beiming, and two more are me and An Lu.
After Liu Ye said that, he walked away with a smile, sat down at the table alone, and took a sip of tea.
An Lu didn't like Liu Ye, so he pulled me out of the door, found an uninhabited well, and said to me: "You have a period with the envoy of the Northern Underworld?" ā
An Lu has always been straightforward, this question makes me think of the scene when I first saw Liu Ye, my face was unconsciously hot, and then I thought of Bi Qiao's tragic death, and suddenly felt unbearable grief and indignation, I said: "He owes me a life." ā
An Lu said earnestly this time, and said: "Now you can't fight him." ā
"I know that in the few encounters with him, I have never had the upper hand, and every time he has been played around, he looks down on me as if he is standing on a high vantage point. Even so, I can't back down. An Lu, you know my experience, and you know the blood feud behind me, if I don't even dare to face him, how can I have the courage to subvert a northern underworld? ā
"Why are you pushing yourself so hard?"
I don't want to answer An Lu's question, my eyes looked past An Lu to the building behind him, as if he was stuck in memories and as if he was organizing language, for a long time, he smiled: "You are a little different today, you are extraordinarily sentimental, and you have become extraordinarily kind, which is very different from the poisonous tongue you used to be." ā
Seeing that I changed the topic, An Lu was a little annoyed, but he couldn't force me, so he said: "Son, I have a compassionate heart and good intentions to enlighten you, I didn't want to be a dog to bite Lu Dongbin who doesn't know the hearts of good people, and you are so stubborn." I have always disapproved of Qi Mo and you using each other, but one of you is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. Power harms people a lot, this is the reason why I would rather be idle than get involved in political affairs, just like you and Qi Mo, you have to hold on to the little bit of bad things in your hearts, and you are worried about yourself. ā
"An Lu, is there something in your heart that you can't let go?"
"My son can afford to put it down, how can it be like you are calculating."
I smiled and said, "That's it, when you experience feelings, whether it's family affection or love, you know that their traces are a thorn in the heart, piercing deeper and deeper until they take root." I will never forget the tragic death they died before me, and I dreamed every night that they came to me and told me how miserable they were..."
An Lu interrupted me, suddenly took my hand, stretched out his hand to check my pulse, I looked at him, only to see his expression becoming more and more solemn, he said: "Lan Mu, don't say it, your heart is a little hot, you need to keep your heart calm from time to time, the ups and downs of your feelings should not be too big, otherwise the demon in your heart is small, and the death is big." ā
I withdrew my hand and smiled indifferently, "As long as I live to witness the fall of the Northern Underworld, I will be satisfied." ā
I don't think there's anything wrong with my words, this is my true thought in my heart, but An Lu was so angry that I walked away. Of course, the so-called 'brushing up on my sleeves' is just making a move, standing in a different place, and pretending to ignore me.
The more I get along with An Lu, the more I know that he is a disgusting and kind person. Regarding his friendship with Shi Mo, as far as Shi Mo and I are concerned, he should be on Shi Mo's side no matter what, but he didn't, he just judged me and Shi Mo from his point of view, and made no secret of his concern for me, which made me feel warm.
Knowing that he cared about me, I knew that I should take the initiative to show favor at this time, so I walked up to him and said, "Thank you." ā
It seems that people don't often say this word to An Lu, I saw An Lu's ears start to redden, he didn't look at me, just said: "That's it, since I am entrusted by Qi Mo, I can protect you for a while, I will protect you for a while." ā
An Lu's words were true, but they gave me a feeling of excuse, I chuckled and didn't answer.
This episode came to an end, An Lu and I were thinking about our own things at this well, and from time to time we also took a sentence or two, and when we came back to our senses, we felt that time had flown by, and in a blink of an eye, someone from the palace came to look for us and told us that we could go to the dinner venue.
An Lu and I were placed at the second table on the right-hand side, next to me was the Jieyan Envoy, and opposite was Liu Ye. In addition to the envoys of various countries, there were also ministers of the court, concubines of the harem and several sons of Emperor Wen.
After Emperor Wen sat down, the dinner officially began, singing and dancing, and everyone raised their glasses to the emperor.
Who said during the banquet: "I heard that the Jieyan envoy can be civil and martial, can you dance for a while to open the eyes of those present?" ā
This mention yƬ is actually a pleasure to say that it is harmless; To put it mildly, it is disrespectful, even if the Jieyan envoy is a woman, it is also an envoy of a country, representing a country, asking the envoy of a country to dance for fun, isn't this a slap in the face? Lin Liang is bright and martial, how can these literati have a high opinion of themselves.
Looking at the stiff expression of the Jieyan envoy, I knew that she also thought of the second layer.
She said: "Jieyan woman is bloody, she would rather go into battle to kill the enemy than show off her dancing posture, and she is disappointed to teach this adult." ā
As if she didn't expect her to refuse so directly, the face of the person who mentioned yƬ was a little unkind. At this time, another person stood up, it was the man sitting on the left hand side of Emperor Wen, judging from the clothes, it should be a prince.
He said: "Although I worship martial arts, I also attach great importance to Wen Tao, why don't you ask my father to ask questions today and test everyone present?" ā
Emperor Wen agreed with this prince's suggestion, so he nodded in agreement and asked, "This mention is good, what do you think the envoys think?" ā
The first to answer him was Liu Ye, who said, "Very good." ā
Now that Beiming has already responded, Yue Qiu and Jieyan naturally will not flinch, and they also nodded one after another.
Emperor Wen stroked the beard on his chin, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Everyone knows that Weiguo was once a great power in the Qiyun Continent, and then it was divided into the four kingdoms of Linzhao, Beiming, Yueqiu and Jieyan. ā
As soon as this question came out, one of the courtiers of Linzhao had already stood up, he first saluted Emperor Wen, and then said: "Your Majesty, this question can be answered by the ministers." According to historical records, the last monarch of the Wei Guo was greedy for beauties, abandoned the government, led the decline of the Wei Guo, and then perished! ā
This courtier's answer is indeed the standard answer in the historical records, and at this time he looks confident, which makes everyone even more remorseful, thinking about why he didn't stand up for such a simple question in the first place.
Just when everyone felt that the answer was out, An Lu laughed out loud out of place, and he said, "I didn't think about it, this adult has a good book by heart." ā
The courtier, who was waiting for Emperor Wen's praise, did not expect to wait for An Lu's ridicule, how could he swallow this breath in front of everyone, and said: "I heard that Yueqiu respects Wen, since An Lu Gongzi has different opinions, you might as well say it for everyone's reference." ā
After saying this, the courtier also raised his eyebrows at An Lu defiantly.
An Lu lowered his voice and said to me, "Do you know the answer to this question?" ā
I thought about it for a moment and replied, "You can give it a try." ā
After receiving my answer, An Lu said to the courtier: "Let Lan Mu, the disciple of the green fan, answer this question." ā