XXXIII: Duke Lyon
"Your Excellency Duke Qiqi, King Ning and the princess from the Cloud Kingdom have been brought to ......"
Yun Xingyan followed the gaze of the servants, and saw the Duke of Lyon, wearing an open coat without buttons, sitting on a garden bench with his back to them, soaking up the sun alone, and a Shiba Inu crawling at his feet, also with his eyes closed, enjoying the peace of the afternoon......
"Oh? Got guests? Please sit down! ”
The Duke of Leon agreed, slowly stood up, pointed to the stone bench not far away, motioned for the two to sit down, Yun Xingyan and Twilight Rushuang glanced at each other, and the two were not restrained, after all, the two of them were noble and represented by the great clouds to come here as an envoy, there was no need to be like a courtier, after the two of them sat down dignifiedly, the servant served them a drink, Leon generously picked up the kettle, poured a glass for the two, and said: "Your Excellency King Ning, Your Excellency the Princess, this is our self-brewed mare's milk wine, you two taste it"
Yun Xingyan looked at Twilight Rushuang in surprise, Twilight Rushuang was translating for it, and then Yun Xingyan picked up the wine and tasted it gently, and said, "It's a little light, to be honest, I've never been very cold to dairy food......
Twilight Rushuang translated as usual, and politely praised the customs of the Rakshasa country, Leon looked happy and said, "It seems that Her Excellency the princess likes our country very much?" ”
Twilight Rushuang responded with a smile and said: "I am more interested in all new things, not only your country, I heard that there is a country called France on the other side of the ocean, and the customs and customs there also make me fascinated, as well as your neighbor Byzantine Empire, the city-state called Athens is said to be the place where the sun rises, I must go and enjoy ......it in my lifetime."
Diplomacy is like playing Tai Chi, after Twilight Rushuang and the Duke of Lyon have been talking for about a while, they slowly introduced the topic to the issue of marriage between the two countries, only to see Twilight Rushuang ask: "Your Excellency Leon, in fact, we came today to discuss the marriage contract between our princess and your king Peter, after all, the previous king Peter II has agreed to this family affair, and the letters of state of the two countries have all been exchanged, I don't know when your country will be able to fulfill the marriage contract, so that we can return to Yunguo as soon as possible!" ”
"Are you in such a hurry? It must be known that my king is newly mourned, and His Royal Highness the Third is still young and not enough to govern, not to mention ...... The marriage is small, and the army is big, so the Northern Wolf Country and my Rakshasa Country have not violated the river water for many years, even though the old monarch has spoken first, but at this time and that time, if we rashly send troops, I am afraid that it will cause discord among friends and bring disaster to the country......"
Leon Xu made Twilight Rushuang very unhappy with the attitude of the snake's tail, but he didn't show it, and after a few people had a few greetings, he saw the butler step forward and said, "Master, it's time for you to take medicine!" ”
"Oh, okay, several, the old man is not feeling well, so I won't accompany him, and the two of you will sit here for a while...... Who is that, take King Ning and Princess Ning around in my mansion ......" Leon was not only unwilling to answer the question of sending troops head-on, but also gave an order to expel guests in disguise, so Yun Xingyan and Twilight Rushuang did not do more useless work here, and prepared to return to the post house, but unexpectedly heard that the eldest son of the Duke of Leon met with a foreign state from the Northern Wolf Country in a restaurant, Yun Xingyan's teeth itched, and said: "Why don't you want to send troops, I think this old man just wants to break the covenant, really, that Peter II will not die sooner or later, But when we came here, we had braids, which was really inflammatory! ”
Twilight Rushuang persuaded: "Okay, husband, it's useless for us to be angry at this point, why don't we go back to the post house first and see what the people of the Northern Wolf Country are having...... "Now that the two of them are in a foreign land, their every move symbolizes the national body, so they have to retreat for the time being......
In the evening, after Leon finished eating at home, it happened that his eldest son, Morgan, returned, and Leon asked, "How?" What did the people of the Northern Wolf Kingdom tell you? ”
Morgan said: "Father, the son of the Great Khan of the Northern Wolf Kingdom gave us 5,000 horses, more than 4,000 cattle and sheep, and asked us not to agree to anything the envoys ......of the Yun Kingdom said."
"Oh, so?"
Leon said: "In the past few days, whether it is the envoy of the Cloud Country or the Northern Wolf Country, no matter who looks for you, you will see it, don't neglect them, you will accept what they give you, as for whether to send troops or not, we still need to see, after all, no matter which side you help, it will inevitably be related to the national fortune of the other side in the past 10 years or so, by the way, how about His Majesty the Emperor?" Have you ever asked about state affairs? ”
Morgan said, "No, he prayed all day in church and nothing happened!" ”
Leon: "What about those old things in the court?" What did you say? Do you mean that our Ivan family is dictatorial and autocratic, and Si Chen? ”
Morgan: "Yes, father, especially that old thing Charles, wanted to enter the palace to see His Majesty the Emperor, but was stopped by our people!" ”
Leon: "Good job, but you can't take it lightly, besides, the envoys of the Cloud Kingdom must be aware of the deal between us and the Northern Wolf Kingdom, you must keep an eye on them, I don't want to see a fight happen, whether it is the son of the Great Khan of the Northern Wolf or the king of the Cloud Kingdom, it is not reasonable to explain to the outside world if you die in our Rakshasa Kingdom!" 22 Literary Network
"Knowing my father, don't worry!"
Morgan hurriedly exited the room, on the other side of the post station, Yun Xingyan was practicing in the bedroom, suddenly the candlestick on the table was extinguished, only to see a few black shadows shuttling out of the room, Twilight Rushuang noticed something unusual, and said: "Husband, someone has broken in!" ”
"Well, you stay in the room obediently and don't go out, and leave the rest to me!"
Yun Xingyan said that he picked up the long sword and walked out, only to see a few strangely dressed killers rushing towards Yun Yan'er's room, and after entering, he slashed at the bed without saying anything, but there was no blood flowing out of the bed, just when several killers were stunned, it was Yun Xingyan's long sword that greeted them!
"Dragon's Voice!"
In the dark night, a golden sword aura flashed, Yun Xingyan swept with his sword, and sealed the throat of the three black-clothed killers in the room with a sword, but a sound was heard next to the window, and a black shadow quickly escaped from the window, Yun Xingyan chased him out, and said, "Don't want to run!" ”
"Catch the Assassin !!"
The movement here has already shocked the guards of the post house, but it has not found anything, so Yun Xingyan has already noticed it, and asked Yun Yan'er to change rooms with his subordinates, otherwise the protagonist of Heqin will die, and the covenant to send troops will naturally be yellow......
Afterwards, Foreign Minister Johnny came over overnight to apologize to Yun Xingyan and said, "Due to our negligence, the noble envoy was frightened, is she okay, princess?" ”
Yun Xingyan snorted coldly and said, "Do you want her to be okay or okay?" ”
Johnny: "Oh, my esteemed friend, I don't understand what you're talking about? ”
Yun Xingyan didn't bother to pay attention to him, and Du Rushuang said: "Your Excellency Johnny, King Ning is very suspicious of the safety of your post house for the envoys, and I hope your country can give us an explanation, how did the killer enter the embassy and assassinate us?" ”
Johnny: "Please calm your anger, and I'll send someone to check ......"
After a stick of incense, Johnny took the results of the investigation and said, "Your Excellency, please see, there is no abnormality in our entry and exit records here, you ......"
"Enough!"
Yun Xingyan didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and immediately tugged on his collar and said: "Johnny, I don't have time to give you tai chi here, we have a saying in Middle Earth called Chaoqin and Twilight, your country accepted our gift money but did not fulfill the marriage contract, signed an alliance but did not send troops, nominally protecting us, but in fact colluding with the Northern Wolf Country!" Tell Leon to come over and ask him to explain it to me himself! ”
Yun Xingyan was really angry, Johnny saw that he couldn't hold back, so he sent someone to invite Leon overnight, but it was Leon's son Morgan who came, and the other party came up to say some polite words that didn't hurt, and his posture was very low, but in fact, it couldn't solve any problems!
Morgan: "Your Excellency King Ning, I'm sorry that something like this happened today, it's our negligence......"
"Don't you understand what I mean? Ask Leon to come and talk to me, or call your third emperor to come over and send a few of you little fish and shrimp to play Tai Chi with me? What have you done, Lord? I tell you, there is a limit to my patience, our Yun country has a vast territory, from the Liaodong Sea to the north, the ship to your sea Vladivostok is only a snap of a finger, think clearly, who is your friend, who is your enemy! ”