Chapter 134: Duanmu Jiyue
As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, and the leader of the guards quietly accepted the ingot and put it into his arms. The arrogant god on his face immediately disappeared completely.
He whispered a few words to a soldier beside him, who immediately turned around and ran towards the house.
After a short time, the soldier led a middle-aged fat man who looked like a butler to the door.
"Which one is Yang Gongzi from Dafu, please follow to serve tea in the lower hall, and my son-in-law will come over as soon as he changes his clothes." The middle-aged fat man came to the door, and as soon as Yang Yun and the others gave up, they immediately turned around and took Yang Yun and the others to the house.
Under the leadership of this middle-aged fat man, Yang Yun took Ju Yuanguang and Chi Mu'er. They came to the palace of the general of Zhenguo and sat down in a side hall used for reception.
Picking up the fragrant tea made by the servants, before he had time to take a few sips, he saw a very handsome young man in Chinese clothes walking in from outside the door.
This young man in gorgeous clothes looks very handsome, and his feet are very steady when he walks. Obviously a young man with good kung fu.
"At the lower end of Mu Aoyue! I don't know which one is Yang Gongzi from Dafu. I don't know you, but since you have come to the lower house, you will be named to find your friends below. "This young man in gorgeous clothes is obviously a very bold person.
Seeing this young man in Chinese clothes say this, Yang Yun and the other three couldn't help but widen their eyes. This young man in Chinese costume is not only in terms of figure, appearance, or style of conduct. How could there be a little bit of the shadow of Duanmu Aoyue that they knew in Liuyi back then.
"Zunjia is the Duanmu Aoyue son of Duanmu Mansion?" Yang Yun looked at this young man in Chinese clothes, it was definitely not the Duanmu Aoyue he knew, he asked puzzledly.
"It's Duanmu Aoyue below, I don't know Yang Gongzi, what's going on here?" Duanmu Aoyue saw that Yang Yun's words and deeds were extraordinary, and he should not be someone who deliberately came to entertain himself. So I sat down patiently and talked to Yang Yun.
After listening to Yang Yun and the others talk about what they had done with Duanmu Aoyue in Liuyi, this young man in Chinese clothes suddenly realized that he couldn't help laughing.
"What you are talking about is the sister-in-law, then Your Excellency must be the Thirteenth Highness of Da Fu! After the sister came back from the Ancient Prairie, she talked about His Royal Highness the Thirteen more than once. After listening to Yang Yun and others, the young man in Chinese clothes said with a smile.
"In the next place, Yang Yun, the thirteenth prince of Dafu. I didn't expect that the Duanmu Aoyue Gongzi we knew was actually a woman, and we were deceived by him. Yang Yun arched his hand to Duanmu Aoyue and said with a smile.
"Sister She's always been stubborn, and she has no intention of deceiving you, so I ask Your Highness for your understanding. In addition, the sister once said that His Royal Highness the Thirteenth has a life-saving grace with him. Here, Aoyue thanked His Highness the Thirteenth. Duanmu Aoyue said, left his place, and bowed to Yang Yun.
"Aoyue Gongzi is polite, when we were in Liuyi, Miss Duanmu also gave us a lot of help." Yang Yun hurriedly stepped forward and supported Duanmu Aoyue. He had a good impression of this young man who was born into an aristocratic family, but treated people very humbly.
Understood, after the whole thing has passed. Everyone sat in this side hall and chatted together over tea and chat. Yang Yun told Duanmu Aoyue about some of his experiences in Liuyi that day. And Duanmu Aoyue also introduced some of the information about Zheng Guo that they were interested in to Yang Yun.
"Oh, Lao Yang, it's really you! But it makes me so happy. At this time, a woman dressed in red suddenly pushed the door in, came directly to Yang Yun's side, grabbed Yang Yun's shoulder, and said happily.
"Haha, we'd love to see you, too! This is not? I came to look for you when I first arrived in Zheng Guo, but I didn't expect you to be a woman, you kid can deceive us miserably. Although the woman in red is wearing women's clothes now, Yang Yun can recognize it at a glance that this woman in red is the boy who was in Liuyi that day and called himself Duanmu Aoyue.
"That's the master's costume skills, and I blame Lao Yang for being too clumsy!" The woman in red did not look ashamed of deceiving people at all, but said proudly.
"Hmph, you stinky girl, haven't you seen your brother sitting here after coming here for so long?" At this time, Duanmu Aoyue, who was sitting opposite, said with a straight face.
Hearing Duanmu Aoyue's words, the woman in red reacted. Because he was too happy, he almost leaned his entire body on Yang Yun at this time.
For a while, the woman in red's face turned red, I don't know if it was the reflection of the clothes, or because of shyness. She immediately left Yang Yun, came to Duanmu Aoyue's side, and found a place to sit down.
After another conversation, Yang Yun understood. It turned out that the name of the woman in red was Duanmu Jiyue, and she was Duanmu Aoyue's only sister.
When I went to Liuyi to buy horses that day, I was supposed to go there in person from Duanmu Aoyue. However, due to Duanmu Aoyue's temporary illness, he couldn't go, so this Duanmu Jiyue disguised himself as a man and pretended to be his brother's identity and came to the Wangu Grassland.
Duanmu Jiyue, who has restored women's clothes, is very beautiful, with a round goose egg face, black eyes, red cheeks, a youthful and lively atmosphere around her body, her skin is brighter than snow, and her eyebrows are picturesque.
Compared with Chi Li, Duanmu Jiyue has a different beauty from her. If Chi Li is a white lotus that comes out of the mud and is not stained, then Duanmu Jiyue is more like a red peony that blooms in the wind.
"I knew that you wouldn't come to me without anything." Hearing Yang Yun and tell their origins, Duanmu Jiyue said with some resentment.
"You have wronged Your Highness, he often thinks of you and Tuobada. No, as soon as I arrived in Zheng Guo, I came to you first. Ju Yuanguang said with a smile on the side.
"Since you are my sister's friends, I will definitely help you with this. You will rest in your lodgings for a few days, and I will send someone to contact you when there is news. Hearing Yang Yun and the others say the purpose of this trip, Duanmu Aoyue said very happily.
Things went so smoothly, this was completely unexpected, Yang Yun and Ju Yuanguang's expectations.
This time he paid a private visit to Zheng Guo, in order to avoid being known to the people of Chu about their intentions. Therefore, he did not send an official document to inform Zheng Guo in advance, thinking that it would take a lot of twists and turns to meet Emperor Zheng Guo, but he did not expect to have an eyebrow soon.
Things went smoothly, and Yang Yun's mood became happy, so under the leadership of Duanmu Jiyue, he went to Lingxing City to take a look at the customs here.
It can be seen that the Dragon Boat Festival is also very happy. He took Yang Yun to visit many streets, and he didn't feel tired at all, and he also enjoyed a lot of Zheng Guo, unique snacks, such as meat dumplings, rice noodles, and shrimp cakes......
Yang Yun looked at Duanmu Jiyue opposite in surprise, and stuffed a large amount of food into his stomach. made Yang Yun couldn't help but worry, this slender girl, would her stomach be broken by these foods?
Looking at Yang Yun, who had been looking at herself, Duanmu Jiyue, who had always been very aggressive, actually had a hint of blush on her face.
"I've been locked up in the house by my dad and my brother all day, and it's hard to get out and walk around today, so of course I want to taste all these delicacies." Duanmu Aoyue hiccuped and said happily.
On this day, Duanmu Jiyue had a lot of fun, until dusk. He was reluctant to say goodbye to Yang Yun, and under the protection of his subordinates, he returned to the Zhenyuan General's Mansion.
In the next few days, Duanmu Jiyue came to Yang Yun at every opportunity. The two of them almost toured the scenic spots in Lingxing City.
Duanmu Aoyue's work efficiency is still quite high, and he quickly passed on Yang Yun and their desire to meet Emperor Zheng Guo Yu Wenshan to the palace through his connections.
In a quiet small courtyard outside the palace of Chen Guo, Yang Yun met Emperor Yu Wenshan of Zheng Guo, an emperor who was about the same age as Yang Yun, had no arrogance at all, and was very polite to Yang Yun and others.
However, regarding Yang Yun's proposal for an alliance between the two countries, Yu Wenshan did not say no, saying that he would return to the palace and make a decision after consulting with the ministers in the palace.
But what Yang Yun and the others didn't expect was that after Yu Wenshan returned to the palace, there was no news.
After waiting for more than ten days, Yang Yun had no other way but to find Duanmu Aoyue again and ask him to help him go to the palace to find out the news.
After a few more days of waiting, Duanmu Aoyue finally delivered the news from the palace.
It turned out that Emperor Yu Wenshan of Zheng State and several ministers of the court believed that although for so many years, Chu State always liked to point fingers at Zheng State's state affairs, and Chu State fought abroad, and often asked Zheng State to send troops. In addition, Zheng Guo was also required to pay them a large amount of grain and silver taels every year.
These silver taels and grain paid every year brought great pressure to Zheng State, and many soldiers would die if they sent troops to help Chu State fight.
However, as long as Zheng Guo paid these silver taels and grain on time and in full, and obeyed Chu Guo's words, Chu State would not launch an attack on Zheng State.
Therefore, Emperor Zheng Yu Wenshan and some important ministers in the court thought that Zheng Guo should ally with Dafu. If they provoked the powerful Chu State, the Zheng State would suffer a catastrophe, so they were reluctant to risk an alliance with Da Fu.
But at the same time, Dafu is also a big country with strong soldiers, and it is not something that they Zheng Guo can afford to offend. Therefore, Emperor Yu Wenshan of Zheng State had a difficult time making a decision, and was reluctant to inform Yang Yun's people of the results of their deliberations.
Yu Wenshan's hesitation gave Yang Yun a headache. He also delivered news to the palace of Zheng Guo many times. I hope to meet Emperor Zheng Guo Yu Wenshan again. However, there was no news in the palace that Yu Wenshan would meet them again.
More than ten days have passed, and in the blink of an eye, it has been nearly a month since Yang Yun and the others came to Lingxing City, and there is still no eyebrow on this matter.
During this month, Yang Yun visited several important ministers of the Zheng dynasty, although these ministers warmly received Yang Yun and his party.
But when it comes to the matter of the alliance between the two countries. The ministers were vague and said they could not do anything about it.
Even Duanmu Jiyue's father, Duanmu Xiong, a high-ranking and powerful minister in Zheng State, said that he could not help Yang Yun.
This time put Yang Yun and others in a dilemma. I want to promote an alliance between the two countries, but I can't find any way. I wanted to go back to my home and go back to Wu County, but I felt very unwilling.