Chapter 332: The Jade Burns
In the middle hall, Ning Yugao sat on the dragon chair, in front of him was full of dishes and wine, and at the bottom were Xue Guan and Huang Dian.
In fact, Xue Guan and Huang Dian were also a little inexplicable, after they arrived in Nanjing, they were not received at the first time, and it was not until today that Song Enming, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was invited to the middle hall and was received by Ning Yu.
Speaking of an interview, in fact, there was no practical thing to talk about, especially since Xue Guan and Huang Dian belonged to two major forces, and it was even more impossible to talk about anything together, and everyone was just acting on the spot, and they drank until the evening.
Ning Yu has been saying something that is not salty or light, but Xue Guan and Huang Dian both have their own hearts, so they have to patiently agree, but they are also guessing in their hearts what Ning Yu's purpose is.
"In today's world, I think it's nothing more than you and me dividing up the Qing court, and I, Ning Chu, naturally hope to be able to fully control the south, I don't know what the two of you want?"
Just when everyone was drinking and feasting, they didn't expect Ning Yu to say such a thing through the wine, as if he was drunk but not drunk, and it seemed to be true and false, but even so it made Xue Guan and Huang Dian more than excited, their purpose this time was nothing more than to share the world with Ning Chu, and now when they heard Ning Yu take the initiative to mention it, they were a little moved at the moment.
"Your Majesty, now that the Qing court is deaf and rotten, the insiders' minds have changed, and the army is even more vulnerable.
Xue Guan's words were nothing more than a secret expression of the Great Righteous Army's desire to plot against Guanzhong, but it made the Great Chu courtiers on the side frown, you dare to worry about Guanzhong? On the contrary, Ning Yu kept smiling and looking at everyone, and he didn't seem to be the slightest bit unpleasant.
Huang Dian on the side had been observing everyone's expressions, and when he saw this rare opportunity, he knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, the king of my family is willing to be a minister of Chu, but I also ask Your Majesty to give me a piece of land that can accommodate our army......"
Cui Wancai stood up and bowed his hand and said, "The two envoys sit down quickly, I, Ning Chu, have already canceled the kneeling salute, so I don't have to be so polite....... It's just that what the two of you said is definitely not something that can be decided for a while, and there is no need to talk about it at today's banquet. ”
Hearing what Cui Wancai said, the atmosphere suddenly became a little cold, Xue Guan and Huang Dian glanced at each other, and a sense of tacit understanding arose. It's just that just as they were about to continue speaking, Ning Yu stood up and waved his hand: "I'm a little tired today, so let's just leave it at that, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”
Xue Guan and Huang Dian had no choice but to be silent when they saw this, and they retreated one after another, and then took the carriage all the way back to the mission, but it was a coincidence that the two missions were not far apart, and there happened to be a section of the road that went the same way, so Xue Guan's carriage was neck and neck with Huang Dian's carriage, and they talked happily all the way.
As it was getting late, the convoy was gradually sparsely populated, Xue Guan was just a Wenchen, and he didn't find anything abnormal, but Huang Dian was born in the army after all, this scene made him secretly a little vigilant in his heart, although he knew that in Nanjing City, there would be no danger, but the life and death struggle for many years still made him smell a trace of danger.
"Stop!"
Although Huang Dian didn't find anything abnormal, the caution in his heart still made him choose to order a stop, but just as he finished speaking, a long arrow with a ball of fire fell from the sky and nailed to the wall of the car, and the tail feathers shook out a phantom in the violent impact.
Xue Guan's eyes shrank, and he immediately realized that it was not good, and immediately shouted that there was an assassin, and asked the soldiers who were escorting him to wait in formation, and also sent several guards to the rear in order to ask for help from the Fu Han army.
Just as the guards had just run back three or four steps, they were shot by several long arrows in the distance, nailed to the ground and unable to move, and let out a miserable wail, only to see a round of arrows shot out again in the darkness, killing several people directly on the spot, and blood flowed out of the ground.
His Royal Highness Huang subconsciously thought that this was the enemy who had found his head, and said angrily at the moment: "Form a formation, hold a musket, kill!" ”
Compared with Xue Guan, the soldiers under Huang Dian were all from the elite of the Ming army, and they had fought a lot of battles, especially in terms of muskets, and had always had a very unique set of opinions, so in the face of this surprise attack, although he was furious in his heart, he was not so nervous.
Soon a group of black-clothed people came out from afar, holding short bows in their hands, trotting all the way to quickly approach the mission, and from time to time they also shot a round of arrows out, but Xue Guan and Huang Dian's envoys suffered heavy casualties.
It's just that after the soldiers under Huang Dian's men finished forming a formation, the power of the muskets began to show, and with the sound of a row of guns, six black-clothed people fell in an instant, and the other black-clothed people saw this situation, and immediately led people to pounce fiercely, and fought with the people in the mission.
The terrain was originally relatively narrow, so the two sides fought together, shouting and killing, and the casualties of each other were extremely heavy, and after a short battle, the corpses fell to the ground.
Xue Guan and Huang Dian looked gloomy, looking at the fight in front of them, but they began to have a little suspicion in their hearts, they suspected that Ning Yu did it - but as an envoy, whenever something happened in Nanjing, the Fu Han army could not escape the blame, the other party had no reason to assassinate them, and if they really wanted to kill, they could kill them openly.
"Qing Court Mission ......"
Xue Guan's face was a little gloomy, he looked at the fighting scene in front of him and said word by word, judging from the current situation, only the Qing army's mission is the largest, and only when they are all dead, Ning Chu will consider peace talks with the Qing army.
Hearing Xue Guan say this, Huang Dian quickly guessed the reason, and sneered: "The current Great Chu Emperor really has a good calculation, I'm afraid that our traces have already been leaked to the Qing court, otherwise how can we explain today's assassination?" ”
Xue Guan also sighed, "Maybe that Your Majesty, what you want to see most now is the mutual attack between us and the Qing court, but looking at today's situation, I'm afraid that someone has already entered the army......"
It's just that just when Xue Guan and Huang Dian were speculating, they heard a rush of footsteps in the distance, dense as rain, and immediately understood, presumably the soldiers of the Fu Han Army had arrived, and then looked at the man in black who was fighting, his face changed greatly, and he began to seek to get out and leave, but at this time he was entangled by the embassy guards, where is the opportunity?
At this time, there were already more than twenty corpses of black-clothed people lying on the ground, and more than ten black-clothed people were dragged on the battlefield, their faces became more and more desperate, and some people had even begun to ignore life and death, and adopted the method of burning jade.