Chapter 216
The hot air balloon slowly floated over the capital, and Meng Jinghan stood in the hanging basket, overlooking the capital at his feet.
The entire capital has become a microcosm of his feet, and his subjects have turned into small black dots, as if at this moment, this piece of land has all stepped under his feet. Shock! Great shock!
In my ears came the sound of kneeling and worshipping echoing in the capital, "Long live my emperor, long live!" ”
At this moment, Meng Jinghan's heart calmed down.
The person who got on the hanging basket together also knelt at his feet, and Chu Jiang suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't you go down first, this hot air balloon is the first time to test flight, and the stability is not guaranteed." Why don't you wait for the ministers to test all of them, and then the emperor will come to take a look at the scenery? ”
Meng Jinghan pondered for a moment, and when he turned his eyes, he saw that the guards under the mountain were clashing with a group of people. Meng Jinghan frowned, who was so bold at this time that he dared to collide with his forbidden army?
"Then let's go down first!"
"Yes." Chu Jiang promised to start adjusting the hot air balloon and return to Xishan.
At this time, the people on Xishan also knew what was happening at the foot of the mountain, and it turned out that the Northern Barbarian envoy saw the hot air balloon in the sky, and found out that the hot air balloon took off from Xishan, so he ran over to find out the news.
But without the emperor's permission, who dared to let them up, the Northern Barbarian envoys had always been arrogant, and if they disagreed, the two sides would start to fight.
According to the idea of the forbidden army, these arrogant guys must not let them go up. However, the Northern Barbarian envoys kept saying that they were here for peace talks, and it had been several days since they came to the capital, and the Great Qi Emperor still refused to summon them. When they heard that the Emperor of Great Qi was now on the mountain, they rushed over to ask for a meeting. The Praetorian Army stopped them. Is it to hinder the peace talks between Daqi and the Northern Barbarians?
They couldn't afford to buckle down such a big hat, so they hurriedly sent someone to the mountain to ask for an idea.
This is the forbidden army, the emperor's personal guard, who dares to open his mouth to command indiscriminately! Pushing back and forth, this question was pushed to Zhuang Shoufu, and at this time, the officials on the mountain were headed by Zhuang Shoufu, and everyone asked Zhuang Shoufu here; Second, the emperor is Zhuang Shoufu's grandson-in-law, even if he said the wrong thing. For the queen's sake. The emperor won't do anything to him.
Zhuang Shoufu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Why don't you ask the queen."
The ministers immediately looked at each other, and Zhuang Shoufu ordered Zhuang Minxing to go and ask for orders.
Zhuang Minhua really didn't have a good impression of these Northern Barbarian envoys when he heard this, and said, "Has the emperor invited them?" No. Visitors have always been as they please. They trespassed on their master's forbidden place as guests. That's not what it's like to be a guest. If you stop it, you stop it. I'm afraid they won't make it. ”
"If the emperor wants to see them, he will naturally summon them, and he will need them to break in and pay a visit? Sure enough, the Northern Barbarians are barbarian lands. Don't you know how to count? Besides, the whereabouts of our Great Qi Emperor are also something that one of their envoys can inquire about? ”
"That's right, let them go back to the inn and wait. Let's just say that in three days, we will pray for rain and invite them to watch the ceremony. Meng Jinghan came in from outside with his hands behind his back.
Zhuang Minhua smiled slightly, "It's down." ”
Meng Jinghan bowed his head at her, and said to Zhuang Minxing: "Tell the people below to be tough, and if they are broken, they deserve it." It was they who proposed peace talks, not Daqi, if they were not sincere, Daqi would not mind having a few more games with Beiman. ”
Zhuang Minxing's eyes lit up, it seemed that what Meng Jinghan said was also in line with his thoughts, the young man was so enthusiastic.
Zhuang Min got Meng Jinghan's words and personally went to the Northern Barbarian envoy to spread the word. The envoy of the Northern Barbarians was a bearded man, and after some words, Zi blushed and said bluntly: "The envoy thanks His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qi for the invitation, and he will be on time in three days and say goodbye." Take the others back with a gray face
The inn.
The Northern Barbarian envoy returned to the room of the post house, saw that someone was reading in the room, and drove the others out, and complained at the exit: "Jida, you still have the heart to read, what is so good about Daqi's books, it makes people dizzy." It's going to be a big deal, you know? ”
The person who read the book was a middle-aged scholar in a green shirt, who looked more like a Daqi person, and he smiled faintly, "Know yourself and know your opponent!" What's the big deal? ”
"Can't you hear the outside when you read a book? Do you know what's going on outside? ”
"It's also the sky of Daqi that turns the world upside down, what do you have to do with me."
"It's a pity that the sky of Daqi has turned upside down, and the sky of our Beiban will also be turned upside down. The emperors of Great Qi have all flown into the sky, what does this mean? It shows that he has divine powers. With such a person with divine power, do we Beiban still dare to offend? Will the war be fought in the future? The Northern Barbarian Emissary wiped his face.
Jida paused and put down the book in his hand, "This has nothing to do with us, our purpose this time is peace talks." As long as this thing is done, the other people above will speak. ”
"The Emperor of Daqi invited us to go and see him to pray for rain in three days, this Daqi has been dry for several months, and now I only remember to pray for rain, what did I do earlier."
"Yes! Daqi has been in drought for so long, and it should be time to take action, and relying on the emperor's private treasury subsidy alone does not seem to be the case. I heard that the Emperor of Great Qi opened a shop, which is his money bag, why don't we go and have a look? Jeddah suggested.
The Northern Barbarian envoy was surprised, "Where did you hear that?" If it's true, you really have to go and see it. By the way, do you want to see the prayer for rain three days later? ”
"Why not?" Gilda put the books on the table and went out with the Northern Barbarian envoys.
Similarly, Meng Jinghan told the ministers about asking for rain in the Temple of Heaven three days later, ignored their still fanatical mood, and took Zhuang Minhua back to the palace.
"Are you going to get into a hot air balloon and shoot those arrows with raindrop?" Zhuang Minhua returned to Hanzhang Hall and couldn't help asking.
"Of course not, I will go up today, one is to be the first to go up and experience; The second is that we are fast and secretive enough, and we do not give some people a chance to take advantage of it. And three days later, the whole of the people in the capital is there, and there are more operable ones. If a gentleman doesn't stand under the wall, I won't joke about my own safety, and I want to preside over the rain prayer, so I arranged someone else to release arrows in a hot air balloon. ”
As early as when Tang Feng proposed artificial rainfall, Meng Jinghan had a prototype plan in his heart. Now that it has been gradually improved, everything that should be arranged is almost done. Otherwise, I will test fly a hot air balloon today and pray for rain in three days, which is too hasty.
"Is the emperor really the son of heaven? He can go to heaven, will the mourning family still have to fight against him? Can you still get him down? Empress Dowager Zhang asked Mama Wu anxiously, since her power was greatly reduced, Empress Dowager Zhang's confidence has plummeted, if it weren't for Mama Wu on the side to cheer her up, she wouldn't have been able to muster up the courage to sing against Meng Jinghan.
Mama Wu restrained the shock in her heart, and was ruthless in her heart, even if it was a real son of heaven, she wanted him to touch his nose. "Niangniang, don't be presumptuous, don't forget, you are still the queen mother." (To be continued.) )
PS: Thank you for the peace charm that "Eldest Sun Ruoshui" personally rewarded, Mo Da, bear you, ╭(╯ε╰)╮