Chapter 458 Catch the wind and wash the dust
Finally, under the majesty of Gao Wei's emperor, the court of Qi decided that no matter whether Xiao Yao came to Yecheng to negotiate with Qi this time with the permission of Emperor Chen, whether the court of Chen would recognize this peace treaty, they would sign an armistice peace treaty with Xiao Yao!
However, because Xiao Yao came to Yecheng suddenly, Gao Wei and all the ministers were caught off guard, so now they can only settle the peace negotiation team led by Xiao Yao first, and then prepare various materials for the peace talks.
As for Xiao Yao, he took his twenty-man guards and lived in a courtyard in the palace of Qi with a high-sounding sound!
Originally, when Xiao Yao asked his personal guard to follow him into the palace of Qi State at the beginning, it once again attracted strong opposition from the ministers of Qi State!
Because letting Xiao Yao live alone in the sacred palace, the ministers also felt that it was not a big deal, but now Xiao Yao actually asked these more than 20 people to carry those powerful muskets, all of them were murderous, and the heavily armed guards also lived in the palace together, which was a great threat to Gao Wei and the harem concubines who also lived in the palace! If Xiao Yao had bad intentions and led this guard to kill in the palace, it would definitely threaten Gao Wei's safety!
As a result, Xiao Yao didn't hesitate to go back: "A gentleman is frank, a dirty person always thinks about dirty things!" If I were to assassinate His Majesty in the palace, how could I take these twenty or so men, even with these muskets, to withstand the encirclement of tens of thousands of forbidden troops? King Lanling also has a lot of research on muskets, and he also knows that no matter how powerful the muskets are, there will be a time when they run out of ammunition and food, and when the time comes, these 20 or so people of mine have not been chopped into meat by tens of thousands of forbidden soldiers, so why do I want to do these stupid things like suicide? ”
Sure enough, after listening to Xiao Yao's explanation, Emperor Gao Wei severely reprimanded these ministers who were too worried about Gao Wei's safety, and then once again allowed Xiao Yao to live in the palace with his personal guard!
Let those ministers who wanted to let Xiao Yao live alone in the palace and instigated Gao Wei to put Xiao Yao under house arrest once again failed in their minds!
On the royal banquet held by Gao Wei for Xiao Yao, the absurd Gao Wei had already regarded Xiao Yao, who brought peace to him, as a very reliable and friendly friend, so he didn't care too much about etiquette taboos, and even let his current favorite Queen Mu and some other concubines come out to the banquet to accompany him, which surprised Xiao Yao!
Gao Wei's face was already flushed from drinking, and he still said to Xiao Yao very excitedly: "Shiro, thank you for accepting my invitation and personally coming to Yecheng to negotiate a truce and peace with me, such courage really makes me admire it very much!" Come, I'll give you another drink! ”
"Haha, Shiro also thanks Your Majesty! Shiro was born in a poor family, a martial artist, and he actually got a letter written by His Majesty himself, inviting Shiro to come to Yecheng, which made Shiro feel infinitely honored! Therefore, even if it is the Longtan Tiger's Den, the Sword Mountain and the Sea of Fire here in Yecheng, Shiro naturally has to come and meet His Majesty in person! Xiao Yao also echoed Gao Wei and said.
"Yecheng is the capital of our Great Qi, with me, this will only be a paradise on earth, a very safe place, how can it be Longtan Tiger's Den, a sword mountain and a sea of fire! However, Shiro, you came too suddenly this time, and you actually followed Han Messenger to Yecheng, which made me startled! I thought that after you received the letter, you would reply to me first, and then determine a specific time, so that I could arrange how to receive you ceremoniously, and there would never be anything like the bad things that happened just now! Gao Wei said a little complainingly.
"Alas, Shiro is in such a hurry to come to Yecheng to meet His Majesty, in fact, Shiro also decided after careful consideration! First, Shiro did hide from our Majesty, leading the peace negotiation mission to Yecheng secretly, if the time drags on for a long time, this matter is known to our Majesty, he must not allow me to come to Yecheng, in this way, will not live up to Your Majesty's sincere invitation to Shiro? Xiao Yao pretended to be sincerely frightened and said.
"And Shiro really doesn't want to fight with your Qi country anymore, Shiro was originally a soft-hearted and bodhisattva-hearted person, but now because he killed so many soldiers of your Qi country, he is regarded as a god-killing demon by your Qi people, this is really a misunderstanding of Shiro! Therefore, after our Chen Guo's army took the Huaibei area, which originally belonged to our southern country, Shiro immediately withdrew his troops and stopped attacking Qi State! This cup is made amends by His Majesty Shiro! Xiao Yao raised his glass to Gao Wei and said.
"In fact, when I heard that your Chen army took back Huainan and Huaibei, I did feel a little sad and sad at that time, after all, these are the lands that the emperor gave to me, but after some enlightenment and persuasion from the Han Qing family and the Mu Qing family, I was relieved, after all, those are the places in your southern country, and after Taizu captured these places, he promised them that he would exempt them from paying taxes for ten years, so over the years, they have not paid any taxes to our Daqi court. And it also has to be garrisoned by the imperial court, so even if it is lost now, there is no loss to our Great Qi! Gao Wei said with emotion.
"Now that our Chen State has recaptured Huaibei, and the goal of the Northern Expedition has been achieved, we should not be at war with your Qi State in the future! The most important thing we have to do now is to immediately recuperate, exchange trade, and make the strength of both countries strong, so that we can have the strength to fight against the Zhou State in the west! Shiro once went to the Zhou Kingdom, and also assisted that Yuwen Yong to eradicate the Yuwen household, so that he could regain the power to rule the Zhou Kingdom, so he also has a certain understanding of him! This Yuwen Yong is a person with great ambitions, he doesn't think about breaking Luoyang and Jinyang all the time, and then he can drive straight into Yecheng and kill here! Xiao Yao said contradictoryly.
"Their Yuwen Clan's Taizu and our Gao's Taizu have been fighting each other since they were under the command of General Er Zhurong of the previous dynasty, making our two families a feud, so our Great Qi and their Zhou Kingdom are indeed the same as fire and water, and they are incompatible! Back then, Taizu also led a large army and took the initiative to attack their Zhou State, and almost shot their Taizu on the battlefield! It's a pity, I am the Son of Heaven, and I can't lead my troops into battle against the Zhou army in person, otherwise with the blood of these Taizu in my body, I will definitely be able to lead our army of Daqi, defeat the Zhou army, and fulfill the long-cherished wish that Taizu has always regretted! Gao Wei said with deep regret.
"Your Majesty has such ambitions, Shiro is deeply admired! In fact, it is not difficult to fight! Your Majesty looks at me Xiao Shilang, a small blacksmith born in the rivers and lakes, and he doesn't know a few words, and now he can command tens of thousands of troops to go into battle to kill the enemy! In fact, this is all due to the fact that when Shiro is usually a scoundrel, he always imagines the result in his mind and then leading the troops to fight! "Xiao Yao is talking serious nonsense!
"The reason why Shiro was able to fight invincible and conquer everything, and killed the high and long feats that were regarded as the god of war by the soldiers and fled, actually relied on his usual imagination?" Gao Wei said in surprise, and at the same time showed that the reason why he wanted to lead the troops into battle just now was completely because of his jealousy of Gao Changgong!
"Of course, after all, Shiro followed his master to the north and south, and he saw a lot of veterans who came back from the battlefield, and they all told Shiro how to fight when they were fighting, so Shiro listened a lot, and naturally he was also interested in these things about fighting, so the picture of the war kept appearing in his mind, so that Shiro could have a deep understanding of how to march and deploy the army in battle!" Xiao Yao said matter-of-factly.
"Can Shiro talk to me too? Let me hear how you beat that Gao Changgong to the ground and escaped? Gao Wei said excitedly, completely intoxicated with the joy brought by Gao Changgong's defeat, completely forgetting that Gao Changgong was actually his courtier, and Xiao Yao defeated his army!