Chapter 138: No Flowers, No Prosperity
"As a queen, are you still afraid of fighting and blood? Besides, when you see our mission, you are blindfolded, and this etiquette is not very good. He pursed his lips, looking arrogant as a "small country and widow".
The national teacher grinded his teeth, these barbarians, injured the guards, and then I didn't know how distressed the queen would be.
Cheng Yin watched coldly from the sidelines and didn't speak, after all, he was Han, and if he spoke for the queen, he would cause the other party to laugh at the fact that there was no one in the Jade Fuling Kingdom.
However, the queen often glanced at him secretly with a pleading eye, and he also replied with silent advice, which still made the other party see.
The arrogant entourage picked up the horn cup and said to Chengyin: "I said why a small country can be governed in an orderly manner, it turns out that there is a Han people's think tank, what do you call it?" ”
"Wandering travelers only......"
"He's Mr. Chengyin."
Chengyin was about to keep a low profile, but the queen replied negatively, and the pride in her tone was undisguised.
Cheng Yin sighed, this girl is still too young, and she can't hold her breath for such a trivial matter.
The national teacher also glared at the queen, how could he be provoked by others and be impetuous.
"Oh...... I have heard your merchants mention it, and I have admired it for a long time. He toasted to Chengyin, and Chengyin toasted him back.
After that, I saw that they had been changing ways to toast to Cheng Yin, Cheng Yin remained silent, smiled and replied to the novel[y][b][d][u]ying, while drinking, he used words to test, he faintly felt that the arrogant casual, identity is not ordinary.
As the sun went down, the messenger began to turn the conversation to business.
The khanates in the west wanted the Jade Fuling State to be a vassal and make offerings every quarter, so as to provide the Jade Fuling State with a protected caravan route, and between the words, the strength of the country was mentioned several times, and the threat was obvious.
The national teacher received Cheng Yin's guidance in advance and began to play Tai Chi with the envoy, and every proposal was euphemistically blocked.
How could the Turks stand such a soft knife? When it comes to anger, he directly slaps the table and says: "How can a small country survive without being dependent on a big country?" Three hundred miles to the west, the more than 1,000 cavalry troops escorting us are still on standby on the border, if the queen of your country is indecisive, it is better to go and see for yourself, what is the ironclad heavenly soldier! ”
These barbarians!
The national teacher endured a sigh of relief, and he peeked at Cheng Yin.
Cheng Yin smiled slightly, whether it is the national teacher or the queen, they are still too young and have never seen the world, although they study hard under their own teaching, they will still be confused in the face of opponents whose strength is too different.
He put his hands on his knees and said slowly: "Between your country and the Jade Fuling Kingdom, as well as my Datang's Western Regions Protectorate, if you use swords and soldiers in the cracks, Datang will not sit idly by...... More than 1,000 iron horsemen, I don't know how the Shence Army is bigger than me? ”
The Divine Army?
The Great Khan's envoys were all silent.
Ge Shuhan placed the Shence army in Mohuanchuan in Taozhou to guard against Tubo, and the Jade Fuling Kingdom was located in the gap between the Tang Dynasty Western Regions Protectorate and the northern frontier of Tubo.
Not to mention the Mo Dao soldiers of Datang......
The messenger sweated coldly.
"Small countries do not want to get involved in the game of big countries, they just want to settle down, even if they want to be attached, they must be attached to the strong...... Why don't you compete with Datang? The victor, the Jade Fuling Kingdom should be regarded as the kingdom of the whole country. Cheng Yin said to the messenger gently as if talking and laughing.
-- He is Han Chinese, and his identity is unknown.
The envoy exchanged glances with the arrogant entourage, and said with a smile: "That's right, I'm too anxious, I just think that your country is similar to ours in sound and language, and it should be a family, haha, I've been taught." ”
Cheng Yin bowed slightly, seeing that he would not mention this matter again at the table, so he retired in advance.
His room was in the far corner of the palace complex, because he was Han Chinese, and he couldn't get too close to the core area, so he had to avoid suspicion.
Cheng Yin lifted the heavy curtain, and from his small cabinet, opened a mezzanine, in which there was a pile of old clothes, and inside the clothes, a nameplate was wrapped, and the beast's head was gilded, cold and heavy.
Looking at the nameplate in his hand, Cheng Yin frowned, hesitated, and put it in his clothes.
The moon here is brighter than in Chang'an, probably because of the high terrain, and the nights are always cold.
There is no flower in the eastern capital and no prosperity in Chang'an.
Only the moon in the sky, the sand on the earth, the vastness in front of you, and the sound of the wind in your ears.
There is also the little stupid monarch who always runs and jumps into his arms with his skirt and can't listen to anything.
"Mr. Chengyin! Mr. Chengyin! A maid came in a hurry.
Cheng Yin turned her head and looked at her calmly, she hurriedly saluted, bowed and said, "Please hurry back to the banquet!" The messenger of the Great Khan borrowed wine to make a bet to make the queen take off her veil! ”
"Bet? What to bet on? Cheng Yin asked as he walked.
"Bet on riding and shooting! They humiliated the national teacher, saying that the national teacher was too young to know how to govern the country and the army, and asked the national teacher to admit defeat, or let the queen take off the veil and let them see the real face, so that they could go back and report to the Great Khan. The waitress helped her crooked felt hat and ran to keep up with Chengyin.
Cheng Yin didn't expect that he would walk away for a while, and he actually made the arrogant entourage go crazy with the intention of drinking.
He rushed to the main hall, the cups and plates were messy, the waitress was cleaning up, and everyone moved outside the platform.
No sooner had he reached the back of the guards than a piece of jade flew from under the platform, grazing the Queen's ear and breaking off the veil that covered his face.
There was a whistle, and the men of the mission below shouted, "Long live the beauty." ”
The queen was so angry that her face turned red, these barbarians were unscrupulous in her palace, and they humiliated her friend Ernar, who learned how to govern the people's livelihood all day long, and how to compare with these barbarians in riding and shooting!
The guards all had angry looks on their faces, and under the platform, there were thousands of onlookers.
Cheng Yin saw that the two children on his side were blushing angrily, turned around and took the bow and arrow from the shoulder of one of the guards, and drew another arrow from the quiver.
“…… Brother Chengyin, you-" The queen looked at Chengyin beside her in surprise.
"Shh......h Don't make a sound, don't cry, don't laugh. Cheng Yin spoke.
The queen pursed her lips and held back the tears that were about to overflow.
It's okay not to cry, but not to laugh? Where can Lone still laugh now?
There are few horses in the Yufuling Kingdom, mainly camels, yaks, mules, donkeys, etc., so there are not many people who are good at riding and shooting, and no matter how smart and capable Hena Er is, he is only a young man who has just been weak and crowned, and he is ridiculed for his title of national teacher, and he is angry and fights with others.
I didn't expect that the entourage's riding and archery skills were so exquisite, and he took off the jade string in his hand casually, which could be used as a dart.
The national teacher looked up at the bullied queen, but saw Chengyin standing beside the queen, bending his bow and arrows.
No way! If you shoot the other party, it won't cause a war!
He was about to stop it, when he saw Cheng Yin's arrows shooting towards the arrogant entourage like meteors!
Because of the noisy voices around him, the dozens of people brought by the mission were all coaxing, and the arrow flew to his side, and the entourage heard the wind behind his head, and before he could shrink his head, he felt his felt hat shake violently.
The long feather on the front of the felt hat was broken by the barricade and fell to the ground in a flutter.
He was stunned, and the people around him were silent for a moment.
Everyone looked in the direction where the arrow was flying, and Cheng Yin was bending his bow to take the second arrow.
The eyes of the attendant narrowed, and he roared, "You dare to use a weapon against the messenger of the Great Khan?!" ”
Cheng Yin listened but did not listen, and the second arrow still hit a hundred times, breaking the feathers of the felt hat on his head.
The soldiers and people of the surrounding Jade Fuling Kingdom shouted "Yaxia", and the envoy and his entourage were so angry that their faces turned pale, and he pointed at the stone platform with his horsewhip and said, "Are you ready to go to war when you use weapons on the envoys?" The iron cavalry of our Great Khan is three hundred miles away, are you ready to die in the country! ”
Cheng Yin looked leisurely, smiled and returned the bow and arrows to the guards, arched his hand and said: "Envoy, please look at the arrows on the ground, your country also calls a wooden branch a weapon?" That's powerful enough. ”
The attendants pulled up the arrows that had sunk into the sand, and the clusters of the two arrows had been cut diagonally, leaving only the branches and tails, which could not hurt anyone at all.
He was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "Very good, very good, I have long admired the prestige of the Tang Army, but I didn't expect that a Han like you is also a warrior." ”
"Whether you are a warrior or not depends on whether you have the belief in living and dying with the country, not on the number of muscles and muscles...... Although our national teacher is young, for the well-being of the people, he works hard and diligently, and to the people, he is a warrior. Cheng Yin nodded at the national teacher.
He turned around again and looked at the arrogant attendant below: "Strong and strong in martial arts, but only for a moment; The wise man is the public, sleeps at night, and protects the peace of a country and a lifetime...... Who is the brave? Judgment, you say? ”
Hearing this, the national teacher raised his chin and snorted at the envoy, dismounted and walked over, and saluted: "Lord envoy, I've had enough of the game, it's getting late, why don't I send you back to the outpost post to rest?" Tomorrow there will be a banquet for you to come and gather. ”
The envoy frowned and said, "The outpost post is about a hundred miles away from here, and you want us to go back and forth?" ”
"According to our country's regulations, outsiders are not allowed to stay overnight in the city, so we don't have a post station in the city, so we can only trouble you." The national teacher said humbly.
Chengyin's words just now made him feel that his waist was a lot straighter.
Just as he was about to refute, the arrogant entourage spoke: "Eh, we are guests, of course we have to follow the customs, since there is no place to live in the city, go back, go back, a hundred miles only, our fast horse, we can run without waiting for the milk tea to get cold, just take it as the punishment for me to knock off the queen's veil just now!" ”
He smiled and turned to look at the queen on the platform, "yes, little beauty." ”
The Queen's veil hung over her ears, and her eyes were covered with white veils, and she snorted softly, as if she had not heard the frivolous question.