Seeing the envoy of the Ming court coming, and Ning finished my report that the envoy to the Ming Kingdom successfully completed the peace negotiation, Huang Taiji was very happy, and let people greet him from the west gate of Shenyang, and went straight to the Shengjing Imperial Palace.

Then, he ordered, as last time, to hold a banquet on his favorite phoenix tower to entertain the two envoys of the Ming Kingdom.

In order to reflect the importance of the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, he let the Manchurian clan magnates such as Daishan, Dolgon, Duoduo, and Haoge, as well as Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanme, Gao Hongzhong, Bao Chengxian, and the newly surrendered Hong Chengchou and other traitorous ministers come to the Phoenix Tower as a companion.

Langzhong Ma Shaoyu and General Li Yulan walked all the way through the pavilion and hall, and when they came up to the Phoenix Tower, they immediately saw that a big fat man wearing a big furry satin platform was a pearl spider pre-crown, wearing a five-clawed yellow dragon coat embroidered with two-color gold and gold skin and mink, with a gold belt with a belt and a hanging belt around his waist, and a green satin felt soap boot on his feet.

The two immediately understood in their hearts that this person was Emperor Chongde of the Qing Dynasty at this time, Huang Taiji.

The two of them also noticed that on the right side of the side, there were five or six Manchurian dignitaries dressed in dark blue dragon robes and wearing Dongzhu red tasseled hats, while on the left side were a long line of Qing court and Han officials dressed in various colors.

Seeing this situation, both of them were shocked, but they didn't expect that the Qing court attached such importance to themselves and the reception standards were so high, which greatly surprised them.

Soon, the two quickly noticed that Hong Chengchou, the former governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty, had already shaved his hair and changed his clothes, and was also wearing the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty, with a cautious smirk, and accompanied Wenchen at the last table.

When Ma and Li and Hong Chengchou looked at each other from afar, the eyes of both sides were very complicated, as if there were endless words in them, but they couldn't say a word.

Thinking of Hong Chengchou, who was originally a hot figure in the Ming Dynasty, after the defeat and surrender in the Battle of Songjin, and now in the Qing Dynasty, such a shy face without integrity seeks to survive, Ma Li and the others have an inexplicable sense of desolation and sadness in their hearts.

The two sighed and walked a few steps forward, and saw that the position of the dragon chair facing Huang Taiji was a guest seat, where a long wine table and two chairs were placed, and two pairs of dishes and chopsticks and some wine and food were placed on the table, which were vacant at this time, and Ma Shaoyu and Li Yulan understood in their hearts that this was the place where they were sitting.

In the central open space surrounded by all the seats, there was a roaring fire, on which were four fat sheep, four mountain deer, and two wild boars, and under the grill, the burning firewood crackled, making the building a little warm.

Ma and Li saw that these eight animals had all been roasted to a brown and crispy rotten, dripping with oil and water, and the meat was fragrant, which made people feel their index fingers move when they heard it.

The two of them understood in their hearts that in addition to the wine dishes on the wine table, these roast sheep, roast deer, and roast pig were the staple food.

Seeing the two of them come in, Huang Taiji waved his hand, and said aloud while motioning for them to sit down immediately; "Two distinguished guests of the Ming Kingdom, thousands of miles away to come to my Qing Dynasty, the road has been hard. Today, I specially prepared a thin seat, one for the envoys of the Ming State to wash the dust, and the other for the Ming and Qing Dynasties to reach a peace agreement and congratulate. Please take your seat quickly. ”

After the two of them sat down, Huang Taiji replied to them, briefly introduced the Manchurian magnates and various traitors and ministers next to them, and after each of them greeted each other, Huang Taiji smiled and said to the two: "Two envoys, the last time the Ming Kingdom sent two envoys Chen Zilong and Zhou Yuanzhong to come, I also treated them like this, and they ate very well, which made me praise in my heart. But I don't know, when the two of you were in the Ming Kingdom before, did you eat wild meat like this? “

Ma Shaoyu and Li Yulan saw that although Huang Taiji was enthusiastic on the surface, he secretly immediately used words to suppress himself, and his heart was unaware.

Ma Shaoyu's eyes rolled, and he replied hurriedly: "The emperor has warmly renovated a lot of game, it must taste very good, Ma has never had the opportunity to taste it, but today it is rare to have a quick meal." “

After Ma Shaoyu said this, he saw a gloating expression on the faces of the Qingzhou magnates, and the faces of the traitors and ministers all had strange and complicated expressions.

He couldn't help muttering in his heart, what's wrong, isn't it just eating meat, is there anything else that can't be famous?

Thinking of this, he glanced at Li Yulan on the side with complicated eyes, and both of them saw an inexplicable worry in each other's eyes.

Huang Taiji on the dragon chair, as if he could see through their true thoughts at a glance, although he was smiling, his heart was a cold snort.

However, he still maintained a warm smile on his face, and said to the two: "Two envoys, I know that you Han people pay attention to eating and not getting tired of being fine, the meat must be cut correctly, the vegetables must be stacked, in short, there are many rules. It's just that we Manchurians don't have so much attention, they are directly baked, and then they are cut and eaten with a knife, just to eat a happy and comfortable meal. ”

Ma Shaoyu's heart sank, and he didn't feel that he was secretly complaining.

He secretly thought hatefully, this Huang Taiji's words must be pretending to be magnanimous and tentative, and he wanted to see if his envoys had the delicate habits of the cowardly Han people, so as to facilitate the secret investigation of the level of his own peace envoy who came on behalf of the Ming Dynasty.

Ma Shaoyu can conclude that if he shows stage fright, or even weakness, these Tartars with a beast's heart will definitely forcibly add oppressive clauses to the Ming Dynasty in the peace negotiations that have been basically negotiated.

If this is the case, this great face will be lost by himself.

So, when he thought of this, he arched his hand and smiled: "Thank you for the emperor's care, there is no need to change the table, I wait for the guests to do as the host wants, but I also feel that this way of eating is both heroic and convenient, presumably it must be delicious and tight." ”

Li Yulan next to her also hurriedly added: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be so polite, we can rest assured when we come, it's good to eat like this, I'm going to taste it." “

Huang Taiji squinted, but the cold light flashed in his eyes, he quickly looked at Ma and Li, and felt that although these two people seemed to be the same as the original Chen Zilong and Zhou Yuanzhong, trying their best to make a look of indifference, but he saw people very deeply, from their evasive and hesitant eyes, Huang Taiji guessed that these two people must be pretending to be hard-headed, just holding on the surface, it is hard to believe.

Thinking of this, he smiled indifferently and replied: "If there is any resistance in your courtier's heart, it is better not to be duplicitous, there is no need to be so reluctant." ”

Seeing that Huang Taiji saw through himself like a candle, Ma Shaoyu and Li Yulan both felt that their faces were unusually shy, but they didn't say much, and the two stood on their knots, very embarrassed.

At this time, Dai Shan on the side interjected, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty, these two envoys of the Ming Dynasty are rare guests from afar, and it is also a good thing to let them taste my Manchurian food first." Now that the barbecue is fully cooked, it is the time to make people salivate, and the emperor ordered it to be cut quickly, so that I can wait to relieve the hunger in my stomach. “

Listening to Dai Shan's words, Huang Taiji laughed when he heard this, and waved his hand to the eunuch on the side.

The eunuch understood, so he took out a small knife from the imperial table, and first cut it on the roasted wild boar meat in front of him, but it was the fattest tenderloin, cut it into two pieces, and carefully put it into the bowls of Ma Shaoyu and Li Yulan.

After that, the eunuchs cut the meat into the bowls of the people, and put a thick piece in each of the bowls.

Huang Taiji's voice came from the dragon chair again: "Two distinguished guests, please use it, and taste my Manchurian flavor." After the banquet, we Manchurians want to invite the guests to eat the first piece of the fattest meat, this is our Manchurian hospitality rules, don't be polite. ”

Listening to Huang Taiji's words, Ma Shaoyu and Li Yulan subconsciously hesitated to look at each other.

Then the two of them made a promise to the emperor and began to eat meat.

At this time, there was silence in the entire Phoenix Building, and people such as Daishan Dolgon did not eat, but wanted to see with great interest how these two people made a fool of themselves.

Among the ministers, Fan Wencheng Ningwan and the others were expressionless, only Hong Chengchou, who had recently surrendered, looked at the cramped and restless two people sitting in the guest seat, and the expression on his face was very complicated.

In the silence, Ma Shaoyu picked up the barbecue meat in the bowl, put it in his mouth and chewed it vigorously, his brows were furrowed, but his heart was inexplicably nauseated.

It turns out that the Manchurians because of the difficult living conditions, the nature is coarse, and they never add salt to the meat, whether it is white meat boiled in soup or such barbecue, they are all roasted and cooked directly after the skin is peeled, and they are eaten when cooked.

At that moment, Ma Shaoyu was holding the meat in his mouth, he only felt greasy and unpalatable, his throat was constricted, and he was very resistant to eating this tasteless and huge piece of meat, and the expression on his face was very painful.

And Li Yulan next to him, although this person is a military general, but he is obviously the kind of general who is more inclined to civilian work, in this rough and tasteless giant meat, he is also unblessed, his face pretends to be calm, chewing this tasteless and tasteless fat meat vigorously and repeatedly, constantly stretching his neck, trying to chew it more and then swallow it, the whole appearance looks very funny and ridiculous.

Seeing that the two of them were eating so painfully and resisting, the faces of the Manchurian magnates were full of contempt, and there were even secretly eating and laughing.

Among the ministers, Fan Wencheng and the others tried to maintain a calm look, only Hong Chengchou watched these two make a fool of themselves in public here, with a very sympathetic and helpless expression on his face.

After eating nearly half a column of incense, the two of them barely ate these two pieces of cooked meat, and both of them were sweating profusely, and the expressions on their faces were very embarrassed and painful.

They took a breath, and Duoduo on the table next to them immediately shouted in a straight voice: "Two envoys, does this meat taste good?" Come on, come on, where is this, and then serve venison to the two distinguished guests, and you must let the two Ming envoys eat well. ”

Listening to Duoduo's words, a burst of happy laughter broke out among the Manchurian magnates, and everyone looked at the embarrassed and ashamed Ma Shaoyu and Li Yulan proudly with a playful and sadistic look, as if they were watching two circus animals.

Among the ministers, there was also the sound of eating and laughing, like Bao Chengxian and Gao Hongzhong, both of whom were teasing, but Hong Chengchou sighed lightly, lowered his head, and didn't look at the two again.

At this time, Huang Taiji, although he tried to keep his face calm, but the contempt on his face was faintly revealed, he snorted, preventing the little eunuch from continuing to serve meat on Ma and Li, but ordered them to change to Han dishes.

Seeing that Huang Taiji finally changed the dishes for himself, Ma Shaoyu and Li Yulan both breathed a sigh of relief, but the two of them also quickly realized that maybe at this moment, the face of the Ming Dynasty was afraid that it had been wiped out by themselves.

Seeing that both of them lowered their heads and looked uneasy, Huang Taiji shook his head, and said loudly: "Two envoys, it is really normal for you to not get used to my Manchurian flavor, so you don't need to worry so much." Thinking about the previous envoys, only Chen Zilong and Zhou Yuanzhong performed well, and the rest of the people were similar to you, although they also gritted their teeth and ate it, but they looked miserable, perhaps, your Han body is indeed too delicate. ”

Huang Taiji's seemingly comforting, but in fact sarcastic words, made the two even more ashamed, the two of them were like two children who did something wrong and were reprimanded by their parents, bowing their heads and not saying a word.

And the more pitiful they became, the more interested the Manchurian magnates looked at them, and the eyes of the current Daishan Dolgon Hauge and others were not only full of ridicule, but also full of contempt.

At this time, Nathor cried out again, "Ahem! You Nikanhans, you're fucking useless! You can't fight, let's not talk about it, it's so hard to even eat a piece of meat, it's hypocritical, will eating meat eat the dead? Nikan like you, my Qing Dynasty could have swallowed up the entire Ming Dynasty in one go, how could I surrender my identity like this to negotiate peace with your weak and useless Ming court, this king really feels aggrieved. ”

As soon as Duoduo's words came out, among the Manchurian magnates, there were many people who nodded their supporters, and among the Wenchen, Ning Wanme and Bao Chengxian, who had served as the chief and deputy envoys of the Qing Dynasty envoys, all changed their faces unconsciously.

What do you mean?

Do Duoduo and the others want to overturn the terms that the emperor agreed to approve? Or do they want to take the opportunity to oppress and humiliate the envoys in order to cram in more oppressive treaties?

And at this time, hearing Duoduo's unbridled and ridiculous words, Ma Shaoyu, who was sitting with his head down, suddenly felt extremely humiliated in his heart, and the anger in his heart exploded at this moment, and the bloody nature that had disappeared for an unknown amount of time seemed to be violently filling his originally weak body and mind at this time. And all the cowardice and reluctance have disappeared at this important moment that concerns the face of the country.

Ma Shaoyu raised his head, his face was very hideous, his bloodshot eyes stared at Duoduo with a smug face in the distance, and shouted: "Phew! What's so great about your Qing Dynasty?! If you really have the ability, how can I let Li Xiao, the king of Liao in the Ming Dynasty, cut off all your dragon veins, and completely destroyed Hetuala, the land of your prosperity, into a white land, and the people of the whole city were buried alive, your Qing Dynasty is so shameful and useless, are you embarrassed to say us?! Before you laugh at the messenger, you don't pee and take a picture first, and see what kind of pickled person you are! ”