In the afternoon, the civil and military courtiers of the southern kingdom of Chu lined up in two long rows of high crowns and belts according to the grade of Chengtianmen, holding the jade wat solemnly and slowly entering, standing outside the Han jade bridge leading to the Jinluan Hall of the Qiantian Palace, holding the whip and standing on the stone steps, holding the yellow silk wax and shaking the whip to resound through the forbidden palace.

After the two classes of civil and military soldiers waited for the three rings of the whip, they crossed the bridge in turn, and under the Tongtian Danqi of the Qiantian Palace, on both sides of the stone steps were burly palace guards with tall armor and armor, and they stood tall and vigorous.

Zhao Jing wore a crown of twelve golden beams with nine dragons, and wore a robe of bright yellow and yellow gold silk embroidered nine dragons, sun, moon and stars, mountains and rivers, and a wide belt of red gold and jasper around his waist. The eyebrows are majestic and upright, sitting high on the throne of the golden platform carved by Huanghuali carved nine dragons inlaid with treasure above the Jinluan Palace.

The four red-clothed eunuchs of the master of ceremonies held the peacock feather brocade fan, the high bun and long curtain stood on the left and right sides of Zhao Jing's throne, and a red-clothed eunuch held the Huangluo embroidered dragon brocade umbrella cover and stood in the middle of the throne.

His Majesty Dan knelt left and right and sat two rows of palace musicians, beating the chimes and drums, the melodious music spread throughout the forbidden palace, and countless Yulin guards wore bright iron helmets and chain armor, holding red silk waist knife handles, standing on both sides of the Golden Palace.

The chief eunuch Li Zhaosheng was dressed in purple and with a red belt, standing high on the white marble gold steps under the throne, shaking the dust and shouting: "The emperor has a decree~~~ The envoy of the Baishan State Hu Lun. Turut and his retinue went to the temple to meet ~~~~~~~"

With one long passage after another, outside the forbidden palace, a group of men in Chinese clothes who were dressed very differently from Chu Nanguo strode on the Han jade stone steps, and under the leadership of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, they crossed the high threshold and strode into the golden hall.

The leader of the Turut clan was tall and burly, with a square face and a fierce expression, piercing eyes, and a thick beard. His hair was long and loose, and he wore a beaded headband made of gold beads and red coral. He wears a light brown purple satin robe with a purple silver beaded ribbon around his waist.

The four attendants behind him were also tall and strong, with long hair wrapped around red coral and silver bead headbands, one of them had a high nose and thin lips, deep eyebrows, and slightly amber brown eyes, but they were very similar to the man who broke into the Tibetan room late at night, except that he had a full beard on his face, slightly hanging his head, and his gloomy eyes peeped at Zhao Jing who was sitting on a Kowloon chair.

The Turut clan stood on the smooth mud brick floor in the hall, stood with his feet side by side, raised his right hand and put it on his chest and bowed, his voice was loud and the accent was difficult: "The Southern Privy Envoy Hu Lun under the command of the Emperor of the White Mountain Kingdom. Turut sees His Majesty the Emperor of the Southern Kingdom of Chu, may the Great Emperor be well! ”

Taifu Chen Ge Lao stepped forward and shouted: "You envoy is very rude, why don't you kneel and bow when you see my Great Chu Holy Emperor!" But do some savage gifts! ”

The civil and military forces on both sides immediately reprimanded, and the Turut clan raised his head and laughed: "You southern countries are the most cumbersome, and you have to bend your knees and bow your head at every turn. My Baishan man has 10,000 taels of gold on his knees, even if he sees my Hulun Emperor, he only needs to bow and salute, but there is no reason to kneel down at every turn! ”

"Bold! The barbarian land of Baishan, the number of rituals of drinking blood is sparse, my Great Chu Dynasty follows the ancient rites to worship the awe of heaven and earth, the saint is the Son of Heaven, what is wrong with kneeling to worship the true dragon of the Son of Heaven! It's ridiculous that barbarians don't know how to be polite, and they are still talking about it here!" Wu Yuanshan, the general of Dingguo, suddenly stared at him and shouted angrily.

Turut looked at the golden soft armor on Wu Yuanshan's body, and half of the purple robe was covered and sneered. Wu Yuanshan was originally a rude person, but when he saw his contemptuous eyes, he shouted angrily: "You barbarian envoy, you dare to laugh at this general!" When I lead the army into the White Mountain, I will teach you how powerful this barbarian is! ”

"This general is so majestic, my Baishan country is backed by a stretch of mountains, surrounded by a wide white river, warriors and horses are skilled and brave at fighting, and countless people and tribes support it. If you want to invade my Baishan country, I'm afraid it's not so easy! Needless to say, such a big talk. ”

A soft and deep voice sounded, and the words were round and round. But it was the amber-eyed young man on Turut's left, staring up and down Wu Yuanshan with gloomy eyes, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked with disdain.

Chen Ge frowned, lowered his face and said: "The envoy of the Baishan Kingdom is too rude, there is no respect above the Golden Palace, your envoys have not yet spoken, and an entourage dares to interject at will." ”

The man smiled slightly, and Turut had already said loudly: "You white-bearded old man has not yet made indiscriminate accusations, this Kulun, Lord Kulun is the deputy envoy sent by my Baishan Kingdom, you all interject and interject, don't he have the right to speak!" ”

"That's it, it's a guest from afar, Baishan Country is far away in a remote place on the border of our country, and it is inevitable that the etiquette is different." Zhao Jing sat on the dragon chair and watched the first dispute for a while, and said loudly: "Since the envoy has come from afar and carries the letter of state, he will present it." ”

Chen Ge Lao and Wu Yuanshan bowed down when they heard this, and retreated into the civil and military trains. Li Zhaosheng came down and walked to Turut, took the book in his hand, bowed down and walked up to the golden hall and knelt down to present it to Zhao Jing.

The book is thick and in block letters, but it is a standard Chunan script. Turut said loudly: "Our country's writing is exquisite and profound, I, the Emperor of Baishan, am afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will not be able to understand it, so I ordered the junior officials of the Academy of Literature to write it, so that no one in the southern country of Chu will know it." ”

Zhao Jingfeng's lips hooked slightly, and he glanced at the national letter and sneered: "Your envoy is really so daring, your king of Baishan declared war on my Great Chu Mingwen, and he dared to send you here, did you expect that I would not kill you!" ”

"Southerners have always been hypocritical and like to pay attention to etiquette. There is a saying that the two countries will not fight each other, and I don't think Your Majesty will do that. Zhao Jing raised his long eyebrows and stared at him a few times, his eyes moved away from his bearded face, and laughed loudly: "The deputy envoy of your country is well versed in this, since you are going to fight, then see it on the battlefield!"

Today you are guests from afar, and I will not only not embarrass you, but also set up a banquet to entertain you. When he became a prisoner, he couldn't see the scenery of my Dachu. ”

got up and waved his sleeves and ordered: "Retreat from the dynasty, bring the guests back to the official post to entertain them, two days later, the Hongming Hall will have a banquet, the noble envoys had better stay in the official post these days and don't walk around, the people of our country have long hated the Baishan people for violating my border, if there is anything wrong, it will be difficult to protect." ”

After saying that, he laughed, and Lord Guo of Honglu Temple came up and waved his hand at Turut and the others: "Envoys, please." Turut sneered with the envoy, bowed and strode out of the Golden Luan Palace.

Chen Ge Lao watched everyone leave, and came out to play respectfully: "The official family is free, and the old minister still has important things to tell him separately." There was a slight look of anxiety in his eyebrows, and Zhao Jing nodded: "Master Chen will go back to the outer study with me, and you will retreat first, and we will discuss it tomorrow morning." ”

Song Hao looked at the backs of Chen Ge Lao and Zhao Jing, his eyes rolled a few times, and he glanced at a red-clothed eunuch in the hall and quietly left the Jinluan Palace.

Zhao Jing and Chen Ge Lao entered the outer study and motioned to see the tea on the seat, sat on the chair and loosened their shoulders slightly, took a sip of tea: "Father-in-law, there are no outsiders here who don't need to be formal, I see that you look uneasy, but there is something wrong with that matter?" ”

"The official family, the black-clothed guard in the old minister's mansion reported today, the iron-blooded guard sent by the official family to the north to find the Meng Divine Doctor was killed in the deep mountains of Qingxian County, Pingzhou, and none of them were spared, and the whereabouts of the divine doctor are unknown.

The body was found by a hunter who went into the mountains to hunt in Qingxian County, and reported it to the county government of Qingxian County, and now the documents submitted by Qingxian County are still on the way. The official family, without Doctor Meng, I am only afraid of Miaorong's illness......" Chen Ge Lao shook his white beard and said to Zhao Jing with an anxious face.

"What! All five Predators killed? I felt strange, a few days ago, I was also sent a message by the flying pigeon, saying that I had found the miracle doctor on the way home, and then there was no news, and I sent several iron-blooded guards to answer, but before I arrived, Tie Biao and the others had all been killed! ”

Zhao Jing stood up from the chair suddenly, his long eyebrows furrowed and slapped the table heavily: "The matter of sending the Iron Blood Guard to find the divine doctor is very secretive, who intercepted it on the way when he learned the news!" Miao Rong is already sick, now I am sure that there must be a ghost, who is plotting against my queen! ”