Chapter 520: The Wine Jar and the Golden Armor
In the backyard, Li Qi checked all the guests' cars and horses, and none of his cars were missing, but he didn't find anything wrong.
But Li Qi didn't dare to take it lightly, these cars and horses had been coming in for a while, and there were few people in the backyard, so they didn't pay attention to it before.
Because they were all staring at those people, the guards of the General's Mansion didn't feel the need to stare at the empty carriages and horses.
Although all the carriages and horses will be inspected by the guards of the General's Mansion before entering the General's Mansion, it is not easy to detect if the master hides under the car or hangs on the roof of the car, and then covers it with something.
Yuemai said that those killers of Feiyundu, they have all kinds of magical martial arts, which are unguardable.
Thinking of this, Li Qi suddenly returned to the place where the carriage and horses were parked, opened the car door, and sure enough, he saw a wine jar on one of the carriages.
This wine jar is not small, and it is not a problem to hold 30 catties of wine, but normally speaking, it is impossible to accommodate a person, and it is impossible for people to enter the mouth of the wine jar.
Li Qi cautiously went over, found something to overturn the wine jar, the wine jar rolled down from the carriage and shattered, it was empty.
But Li Qi did not breathe a sigh of relief, precisely because the wine jar was empty, so he was even more suspicious.
The empty jars of wine were immediately placed in the guests' cars, which in itself seemed a little unreasonable.
If a person likes to drink, it is not an exaggeration to keep the car with alcohol for a long time, but how can it be so coincidental that it is still empty.
Li Qi squatted down and checked the wine jar, smelled it, and there was no smell of wine, which was even more wrong.
He got up again and looked into the carriage, and saw the seal of the wine jar in the corner, and speculated that the wine jar had been sealed before.
But this seal is a cloth, which must have been covered on the wine jar before, and the reason why the cloth is used is for fear of suffocating the people in the wine jar.
"Find out whose carriage this is."
Li Qi commanded, and then pointed to the other chariots and horses: "Let's see if there are any such things like this kind of wine jar, or other altars and jars." ”
His people immediately dispersed to check, and at this time the twenty or so carriages and horses parked in the courtyard were mostly those of the envoys of small countries.
"Got it."
The guards of the General's Mansion ran over and said to Li Qi: "This is the carriage and horse of the envoys of the Qiuzi Kingdom, and their coachman is resting in the wing room over there. ”
Li Qi immediately said, "Bring people over." ”
The guards of the General's Mansion had already received military orders, and Li Qi's orders were to be listened to, so they immediately ran to the backyard wing.
Not only did they bring back the coachmen of the Qiuzi Kingdom, but the coachmen of the envoys of other countries brought all of them here.
The coachman of this Qiuzi country was a man from the Western Regions in his fifties, and he looked a little panicked, as if he didn't know what was going on, and his eyes were still a little dazed.
"What's going on with the wine jar in your car?"
Li Qi asked.
The coachman also spoke in the original language, and hurriedly replied: "That wine was given by General Umbrella Ding, the envoy of the Uli country, early this morning, and every adult has it." ”
An entourage next to him said: "Yes, we also have it in the carriage and horse, and they are all gifts from General Ding of the National Umbrella in the morning." ”
Li Qi frowned slightly: "Why did you give you wine?" ”
The attendant replied, "Last night, General Umbrella Ding suddenly sent someone to invite the envoys of various countries, saying that he was to entertain you on behalf of the new emperor of the Uli Kingdom. ”
After looking at Li Qi's face, he continued: "Such a big thing just happened in the Maoli Kingdom a while ago, and the new emperor ascended the throne, and there is no official contact with the countries. ”
"So last night, General Umbrella Ding suddenly invited all the adults, and the adults couldn't refuse, so they got together."
General Umbrella Ding also said that if they all met at his residence, it would inevitably lead to misunderstanding, so they placed it in the courtyard
Dinner. ”
"During this period, General Umbrella Ding only said that he represented His Majesty the Emperor of the Maoli Kingdom, and met with all the envoys and said hello."
"It is also said that he brought hundreds of jars of fine wine from the country of Maoli, half of which were dedicated to the general of Tantai as a birthday gift, and the other half was distributed to the lords."
"He also said that there is something waiting for him to go back to deal with in the country, and he will rush back after attending the birthday banquet of General Yutai today, so this wine will be distributed in the morning.
After Li Qi heard the entourage finish speaking in one breath, he immediately asked: "Did you bring this wine into the car yourself, or did they send it to the car?" ”
The attendant replied, "They were sent at the gate of the official post, and they were all carried by their men, but I also moved them, and they were quite heavy." ”
Li Qi looked back at his people, and his own soldiers ran over and said, "All the wine jars are empty, and there is no wine and nothing else. ”
Hearing this, the attendant paused for a moment, and said to himself: "Impossible, the wine jar is heavy, and I have moved ......."
Li Qi asked again: "In addition to wine, did you send anything else?" ”
The attendant shook his head and said, "We only have one jar of wine here, and I can't tell if the other envoys have anything else." ”
Li Qi instructed his subordinates: "Carefully turn over the backyard, and don't miss anything in any place." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and ran towards the front yard.
At the same time, in the front yard, the envoy of the Uli Kingdom, Umbrella Ding, bowed down to the general.
"General, I also brought hundreds of jars of unique wine from our country of Maoli this time, all of which are aged to celebrate the general's birthday, and the guests can drink it freely, and please ask the general to smile."
Yu Taiqi smiled politely and said, "Thank you, you also have a heart." ”
As soon as the umbrella man waved his hand, his people brought the wine over, and piled it up in the courtyard, one jar after another, and it seemed that there could indeed be hundreds of jars, or even more.
Umbrella Ding smiled: "These wines, are all in the cellar of the palace of my Maoli country, less than ten years, more than ten years, Your Majesty said, only for the general's birthday, these wines can be regarded as having a real use, and only such a fine wine can barely be worthy of the status of a general." ”
At this moment, the next Tantai pressure saw Li Qi running over in a hurry, and he hurriedly went over to ask what was going on.
After listening to Li Qi's words, the face of the Tai Suppression changed slightly, if there was a killer hidden in this wine jar, it was indeed impossible to prevent it.
Once the feast begins, these jars are distributed everywhere, and God knows how much of a mess it will be.
"Wait a minute."
He walked up to the umbrella and said with a smile: "Since this wine is all old wine, why don't we taste it first?" ”
He looked at the face of the umbrella ding, the umbrella ding seemed to hesitate for a moment, but quickly nodded and said, "Of course it's good, I'll get wine for the young general." ”
"No, I'll do it myself."
He stepped over, did not take the wine on the periphery, but moved a few jars and brought out a jar of wine from the inside.
He walked back with the jar of wine, pretending to stumble under his feet, and the jar was thrown out by him, and fell to the ground with a thud and shattered.
As soon as the jar shattered, the wine spilled out, and the amber wine flowed to the ground, and the aroma of the wine was immediately released.
At this moment, the platform was stunned, and Li Qi's brows were slightly wrinkled.
Yu Taiqi pretended to be displeased and said: "Why are you so frizzy, you dropped the wine of Lord Ding Ding, and it is also a good intention to break others." ”
"I'm sorry father, it's true that I'm frizzy, I'll go get a jar of wine back."
Come. ”
After speaking, he turned around and returned to the place where the wine was placed, this time he chose the wine jar closer to the inside, and when he lifted it, he felt that the amount of wine was about the same as the jar just now, so he put it down again.
In this way, he picked up a jar, put it down when he felt that the weight was almost the same, and then brought up something else, again and again......
At this moment, Pang Tedi, the envoy of the Yue Clan, came over from the other side and said with a smile: "General, look here, His Majesty the Emperor of the Yue Clan Country still has a heavy gift, let me be sure to hand it over to the general on the general's birthday, this heavy gift is not in the previous gift list." ”
The Yue Clan was once the most powerful empire in the Western Regions, and it almost unified the entire Western Regions, and at that time, it was a behemoth comparable to the Black Martial Empire.
At that time, the Central Plains was the Great Zhou Dynasty, and its strength was also extremely strong.
No enemy in the Western Regions was able to defeat the Yue Clan, but the Yue Clan was destroyed by civil strife.
The Yueshi country is divided into three, one of which is the current Maoli country, and there is also a country called Pushen, and the last one is the Yueshi country, which still uses the country name.
These three kingdoms are now quite powerful, but before, the Yue clan inherited the original capital and also inherited a large number of troops, so it was the strongest at that time.
It was only later that several unsuccessful emperors came out one after another, and they were belligerent, and launched wars against the other two countries in succession, and most of them ended in fiasco.
As a result, the national strength of the Yue Clan has also been greatly reduced.
Prior to this, the predecessor of the Uli Kingdom was Feidingtan, and the old emperor of Feidingtan was named Takri, who was gentle by nature and treated people with leniency.
However, the Yue clan thought that the old emperor could be bullied, and constantly provoked, and the two countries fought fourteen or five times in the past 20 years, each with its own victory and defeat.
The relationship between the Yue clan and Fei Ding Tan is the most stiff.
Now Fei Ding Tan has been destroyed, the old emperor is dead, the prince fled, and after Qi Huali usurped the throne, Fei Ding Tan was renamed Mao Liguo.
Pang Tedi, the envoy of the Yue Clan, clapped his hands, and then someone from his subordinates came up carrying something.
In the sunlight, the thing shone brightly, and it looked like a suit of armor made of pure gold.
This thing is not to say that it is not worn, but its value cannot be estimated.
This set of gold armor is a set of full-coverage armor, and there is also face armor on the helmet, although the golden light flashes, the armor has a simple shape, not like it is newly made.
Ponte Di said proudly: "This is the armor of His Majesty the Ancient Holy Emperor of my Yue Clan, which has been enshrined in the Golden Palace, and has been for nearly a thousand years. ”
Everyone was a little surprised to see this golden armor, if this set of armor was really the golden armor of the emperor of the Yue Clan who had almost dominated the Western Regions, then its value would be even more incalculable.
Being able to offer this set of golden armor is not only a matter of respect, but also a matter of surrender, even the golden armor of the former emperor can be sacrificed, and the attitude can be described as clear.
Ponte said: "Bring the Ancient Saint Armor closer and ask the general to take a look." ”
Four of his attendants carried the wooden frame, which showed how heavy the weight of this set of gold armor was, not only was the gold armor complete, but there was also a scimitar inlaid with precious stones hanging from the wooden frame.
Ponte Di said with a smile: "This scimitar is also the saber of His Majesty the Ancient Saint Emperor of my Yue Clan, the Ancient Saint Emperor was wearing this set of divine armor back then, and he used this divine knife to command millions of male soldiers of the Yue Clan Country, and he was invincible." ”
He bowed down: "Such a heavy treasure is dedicated to the general, first, to pray for long-term harmony between the two countries, and second, to pray for the general's good health and victory in a hundred battles." ”
At this moment, when the Zhantai Pressure Realm, who was standing next to the wine jar, saw that his father was about to step forward to see the golden armor, his face changed.
"Father, I'll show you."
The platform shouted and left quickly.
At this moment, a wine jar next to him suddenly moved.