Volume 1 Chapter 15
That night, Timur, who had returned the transfer, came to invite Lin Long and Wei Dubai to join the meeting of the Terrier and Bo Dun of the Yi Palace.
The palace is in the center of Luo Bu Naoer, the highest and widest, surrounded by soldiers with swords and archers. The meaning of worship clothes is rich and generous, of course, the palace is made of gold and copper, the lanterns are colorful, the palace hall is set of small halls, the depth is like a labyrinth, there are warriors with tigers and ape arms everywhere, and the maids with graceful grace, like a side of Elysium.
The Terrier Bodun Dinner was held at the Muyong Hall in the center of the Baiyi Palace.
The royal seat of the Great Khan faces south, and twenty tables are placed on each side, radiating around the square in the middle of the palace, and only two people sit at each table. Wei Mubai and his entourage came early, so they took their seats in advance, he and Lin Long sat in the penultimate seat, he knew in his heart that the closer to the central throne, the higher the authority in the Dawan Kingdom, and the old man Timur and Ziya sat in the third seat, which is enough to prove the importance of the president of the Chamber of Commerce to Dawan.
In addition to the tribal leaders, the meeting was attended by the president of the chamber of commerce and the three wealthy chaebols in the chamber of commerce. And the people of the other two families also arrived one after another, full of energy and pride, all smiling and timur hugging and saluting, they are all gentry who control part of the economic lifeline of the Great Wan Kingdom, of course, they cannot escape the monitoring and rule of the Great Khan.
After the people of the Chamber of Commerce came, the popularity of the hall gradually warmed up, and twelve singing and dancing girls began to come up in the center of the square, dressed up to attend the meeting, the costumes were all deep clothes and red skirts, wearing pearl small horn hats, combing long braids hanging down the knees, singing and dancing for a while, and the dancing posture taught people to be dizzy.
After Wei mute and babbling nonsense for a while, the leaders of the four tribes appeared on the stage, all of them were about forty or fifty years old, and unlike the Chamber of Commerce that brought their families into the room, they all came alone, and the guards who followed the left and right were only guards. Lin Long just looked at the four serious tribal leaders, and was about to talk to Wei Mubai, but found that Wei Mubai had already gotten up and walked to a pillar to talk to the maidservant, how could the maid stop Wei Mubai from flirting, and immediately covered his mouth and smiled, Lin Long wanted to have a seizure, but recalling the inexplicable anger during the day, he couldn't help but be shy and stunned, what qualifications do I have to discipline him?
After Wei Dubai came back, Lin Long asked angrily, "What were you doing just now?"
"I inquired, in previous years, the tribal leaders would bring their wives to the meeting, but this year is different. β
"What's the matter with you?"
βWhat everγ Wei mute white spread his hands and sang English.
Immediately after, the bell rang again.
"Dang!"
Kabuhime's light steps immediately became chaotic, and she panicked and immediately stopped waiting for punishment. The four commanders were still talking to each other when they were seated, and they immediately silenced their eyes, looking at the palace gate like a peer salute, and the warrior at the door shouted a Dawan ancient saying, and His Highness was silent.
Surrounded by four samurai with swords, Zhangxiong Dunzhu, who had met during the day, and Nantianba, who was in power, walked into the hall proudly.
His huge head was round in front and in the back, which was very peculiar. Several strings of agate pearls and jade hung down, even if the explosive black whiskers could not be covered, if it hadn't been seen during the day, at this moment, Wei Dubai almost thought that this was Dawan Khan, faintly the power of the lord of a country.
Lin Long only cared about the samurai with swords who followed him, the rogue man who spoke viciously during the day. He still remembered Lin Long, when they met again, with a profane smile in the corner of his eyes, and a very impolite whistle with a crooked mouth, Wei Dubai was extremely disgusted in his heart, and immediately wanted to stand up, but Lin Long was calm, held Wei Dubai's hand tightly, and said softly: "Heroes don't suffer immediate losses." β
Wei dumb white glared at the warrior, the warrior became more and more arrogant, but Zhangxiong Dunzhu noticed it, waved his hand at him, signaling not to make trouble, he nodded slightly, and stood behind Nan Tianba, who was already seated.
As soon as Zhangxiong Dunzhu arrived, the atmosphere quietly played weird, the air seemed to be extracted most of it, everyone was like a fish in the throat, did not dare to look directly at Nan Tianba, and did not dare to whisper in private, only Timur President looked a little natural, and talked to him in the ethnic language, Zhangxiong Dunzhu's voice was like thunder, and he spoke powerfully, and at the same time the momentum was compelling, and only Timur such a well-informed person could have a comfortable conversation.
Suddenly, I heard the music in the hall again, a row of short-clothed palace maids entered to add lights, and the entire Muyong Hall was even brighter, at this time, everyone present stood up one after another, bent down towards the palace door and saluted, Wei Dubai knew that Galdan Khan was about to appear, and also ordered Lin Long to do so. When he slanted at Nan Tianba, his giant elephant-like figure also leaned forward slightly, his eyes were like electricity, and he wanted to see the temple gate collapse, but he didn't know if he was like this by nature, or if he had other calculations in his heart.
In the chant of the Dawan language, the Haidu lineage, which leads the tribes, finally appeared, the dark color of the robe, deliberately made into a time-honored, torn and ragged effect, the shoulders are decorated with fur, the animal skin armor below is open and the belly is exposed, and the toned muscles are in strong contrast with the sluggishness of the robe. When I looked at my face, my hair was all combed back, my long bun was swaying up and down, and my dark copper-colored cheeks were not angry and arrogant, but they were slightly depressed, as if I was not in a good mood. If you want to say such an image, I feel that Xiangxiong Dunzhu is more suitable for the royal insult Dawan has nothing to do, and the Westerners dare not shepherd the reputation of the long river.
Zhangxiong Dunzhu and Galdan arrived one after the other, only a tea hour apart, and the atmosphere on the field was already tight, and in the midst of the chant, the squire who was originally forced by Nan Tianba to dare not raise his head also began to flatter the Great Khan. All the guests were seated, and the twenty tables were full. However, there was one more person at the table of Wei Mubai, and when they met, they greeted Wei Mubai and the two, and explained in fluent Chinese that he was a messenger specially found by Timur, although the participants could not speak Chinese less than half of the people, but some etiquette taboos still needed him to remind him, so as not to cause accidents due to communication errors.
Wei Dubai saw that he was fluent in Chinese, and asked casually: "What do you call your brother, is he from the Central Plains?" The envoy hurriedly returned the salute: "Brother is called Wan Wan, the little one is called Kunwu, just a servant and scrivener, since he was a child, he accompanied Xuan Gongzi around, was born in the Central Plains, grew up in the Central Plains, Xuan Gongzi came to Dawan, and after becoming the secretary of the Great Khan, the Great Khan rewarded an envoy on an errand. β
At this time, the ceremonial official had already spoken loudly, and Kun Wu lowered his voice very low: "This time, I think it is because of your special identity Boss Wei, I will first arrange the topic of exchanging business with you, and then Kun Wu will take the two of them to visit outside the palace." "With such an arrangement, Wei Mubai will not be able to smell the country's important feelings.
After the official praised, the old man with two long beards in the fifth seat in the east leaned over and asked a few words in the ancient language of Dawan, and asked Wei Mubai in a grunt, his eyes full of puzzlement and doubt. Wei Mubai glanced at Kunwu, Kunwu understood at the moment, and translated it: "Master Zantu has been with the Central Plains for decades of economic and trade exchanges all the year round, but he has never seen a person from the Central Plains who is dressed like this by Boss Wei, so he is suspicious. I also care about how Boss Wei and the two came to Dawan, and I hope Boss Wei can tell you one or two. β
After a few words, Wei Dubai has already decided that this praise picture is an old fox, his eyes are old and spicy, and his scheming is not shallow, if he can't do it, then he can debunk the diorama can be regarded as a big achievement, if Wei Dubai can justify himself, it is convincing, and he can also push the boat down the river to praise each other for a few words, and they are all happy. Wei Mubai is not a general person in this world, and it is not difficult to deal with the police questioning and hooligans in three days. He straightened his throat and shouted in Chinese: "The big boss of Zantu has been a guest in the Central Plains for many years, and he must have been to a lot of places, and naturally he also knows the truth that China is rich in land and rich in humanities, but no matter how wide the land is, there are inevitably poor places, and it is not a secret that the place where I was born is very remote and remote, and I didn't have the money to buy enough and good enough clothes when I was young. Poverty and humility cannot be moved', poverty and humility cannot change people's strong character, and when I grow up, I run around and dare not forget each other. He paused at this point, thinking that he had told Alimu before that he had encountered horse thieves, and presumably the Great Khan and Timur had also heard about it, and continued: "But I didn't expect that my wife and I took a team of people and horses to Dawan for sightseeing, and by the way, we wanted to communicate with you, but we were raided by horse thieves in the desert, and we really fell back to our poor nature. β
After listening to Kunwu's translation, Zantu was still a little suspicious, and Tuo Kunwu asked again: "Who is the horse thief who robbed you?"
Wei Mubai laughed, and said loudly: "This is also strange, I was attacked in your realm, but I was asked who did it." Isn't it time for me to ask the Great Khan for justice, you must know that being hit by a horse thief is the line between life and death, I know the rules, if you close your eyes and let others rob you still have a chance of survival, if you accidentally bump into the appearance of a horse thief, forcing that group of outlaws to kill people and kill people, then it is really difficult to save your life. I'm not a master of things, I'm really cowardly, and my life is important. β
A few words are not leaky, when Zantu heard that the people from the foreign lands were robbed by horse thieves in this realm, his old face was slightly red, and he was a little reluctant, Kun Wu conveyed on his behalf: "It must be the gang of bandits from the 'Xiaowan Kingdom', which died down for a while in the past few years, and this year there is a momentum of resurgence." β
"Xiaowan country?" Wei Mubai knows the history of ancient and modern times, and knows that there was indeed a country of Xiaowan in ancient times, but it has become a group of bandits and horse thieves here, but it is really a little incredible that Dawan can endure a group of bandits to claim the country. Naturally, this is not easy to say, so he only said: "I don't dare to ask the bandits to be angry, I just want to return to the Central Plains safely, and then I am not in a hurry on the road of wealth and nobility in Dawan." These words are a euphemism to dismiss Dawan's request to cooperate with him, so as not to miss the horse's feet.