Prologue II Negotiations

No one can say exactly how the Mao people appeared

In the mythology of the Middle-earth, the god of the Mao people was defeated in the ancient war thousands of years ago, and the ancestors of the Mao people fled to the south, and since then they have lived in the deep mountains and have not been in contact with people

The mythology of the Mao people themselves emphasizes that the ancestors of the Mao people were the gods of the heavenly court, and for some reason they were punished to the mortal world, and the Mao people were born

Of course, myths are just memories of the past, and myths seem to have been passed down only by the stories told by grandmothers when they put their grandchildren to bed

But there is no doubt that the history of the Mao people is very long

In the earliest history books of the Middle-earth people, the information of the Mao people has been recorded, and every time the name of the Mao people appears, it is associated with gods, ghosts, spells, and rare and exotic beasts

The sages of the Middle-earth people clearly recorded in the books of various schools of thought that they had asked the wise men of the Mao people for knowledge, but the official doctrine founded by this sage, which was called "Guozang" by later generations, regarded the Mao people as representatives of strange forces and gods.

However, this did not have a major impact

In fact, in all dynasties prior to Taisho, the main body of the Zhongmao people lived in isolation, trying to avoid too much contact with the expanding Middle-earthers.

The Mao people who broke away from the Mao tribe mostly took fortune tellers as a living profession among the people of Middle-earth, whether it was official history books or wild histories, these fortune tellers were recorded, most of them were liars who mixed rice and ate, and only a few people were accurate, and these accurate people were described as strange people with extraordinary abilities

The legends about the Mao people have been circulating in Middle-earth

But there was nothing wrong with it before Taisho was established,

If a Mao man is willing to integrate into the society of the Middle-earthers, he will not encounter much resistance

In all previous dynasties, there are records of Mao people as officials

Most of the people of Middle-earth have a sense of awe for the Maos who appear around

It's like revering the Venerable One of the Great Awakening Sects

However, everything changed after the establishment of the Taisho Dynasty

The persecution of the Mao people began after Emperor Taisho Gaozu put an end to the chaos of the collapse of the previous dynasty and re-established order in the world of the Middle-earth people

At the beginning, the scholars of the academy in the national collection were supportive, after all, the sages taught that the world should seek to learn the good way, be the emperor's teacher, practice the way of the sages, and do not say anything strange and confuse the gods

But gradually, this action became the operation of the emperor alone, and no one supported it anymore

Because the emperor wants to destroy the Mao people,

Not a single one left,

Let the Mao people only exist in the history books

Moreover, this activity has lasted for eight generations of emperors for two hundred years from the founding of the country to the present

During this period, I don't know how many ministers lost their heads because of the emperor's request to stop using troops against the Mao people

Until now, the current emperor has finally forced the Mao people to death, and only a light push can make the Mao people fall off the cliff and break their bones

And it was the hereditary Beizhen commander who carried out this task, Yongning Houlan Thousand Array

The messenger of the Mao people, escorted by the night patrol soldiers, hurriedly walked to the big tent of the Chinese army with a suitcase

"My lord! The Mao messenger asks to see! The guard said

After waiting for a while, a bell-like order came from the tent: "Messenger of the Mao people!" ”

The guard snorted at the leader Mao, signaling for him to enter, but when his companion tried to follow along, he was stopped by the guards and the soldiers escorting him

"You're the only one to go in"

"Master Jun, this is a gift to your general."

"The box is, the person is not, move the box in, move it one by one, and the people come out after moving. Lao Tzu said, only you are allowed to go in, and everyone else is waiting outside! ”

The leader looked at the vicious guard, sighed helplessly, and waited for his people to take the box. The Maomen had not eaten for several days, and the soldiers had only let the first two people in the platoon move, and by the time the last box was moved in, the two Maomen had collapsed on the ground.

When the leader saw that the boxes had been moved, he looked at the guards, and after obtaining permission to enter the door, he straightened up the rags on his body again, tied his hair in a bun again, and said to the group behind him, who were trembling with fright:

"Don't be afraid, these things given by the patriarch must be able to move this general, and we can all go back. We'll be able to get out in no time, don't be afraid. ”

Looking at the haggard but hopeful eyes of the group, the leader nodded heavily and walked into the big tent

I was going to have a thousand words, but as soon as I entered the tent, all my thoughts were occupied by one thought

"Chicken legs!" The thoughts in the leader's head were even faster than the image of a chicken leg could enter the eyeball

Lan Qianzhen was sitting behind several cases facing Maoren at the moment, there was a chicken in the casserole on the case, Lan Qianzhen tore off a chicken leg in his hand and sniffed and sniffed, playing with it repeatedly

His younger brother Lan Qianjun sat on the chair on his left hand side, took a bite of some unknown fruit, and immediately spit it on the ground

Lan Qianjun shouted loudly

"What the hell, no one can eat the fruit here? They all smell like! ”

The Mao man standing under the tent looked at such a bad food, the expression on his face was distressed and helpless, and he couldn't help but swallow several mouthfuls of spit

Lan Qianzhen glanced at the other party's face, let out a cold snort, and then slowly tore off a piece of chicken thigh, chewing it slowly,

While eating, he muttered slowly:

"I don't like to eat this chicken; But if I stay up late at night, I have to eat some supper, and it just so happens that the chef in the army stewed a chicken for me today. Hiss~ Why don't you eat it for me? ”

As soon as he said that, he threw the chicken leg at the feet of the Mao envoy

The Mao envoy watched the Lan family brothers feasting, and he was already hungry and panicked, and at this time, when he saw the chicken leg thrown in front of his heel, he was about to lose his master, and it took a lot of effort to hold back the urge to fall to the ground and pick up the chicken leg

The Mao envoy gasped, his face turned pale, and he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth

"The saint has clouds, and the incorruptible are not subject to food!"

Lan Qianjun chewed the fruit and looked at the Maoren envoy standing under the tent, with a hint of approval in his eyes

Lan Qianzhen stared at the envoy and laughed loudly:

"I've been hungry for a month, and I can still say this kind of thing, and I respect you as a man. I just don't know if all of your people are as backbone as you. ”

After hearing this, the Maoren envoy took a few deep breaths, closed his eyes and calmed down, and said:

"Why does the general have a swollen face and a fat man, Linan is the outermost city southwest of Dazheng, even if you are stationed in the city, you may not have enough food and grass, let alone in this rainforest three hundred miles away from the city? I'm guessing you're running out of food, right? ”

Lan Qianjun's left hand twitched slightly, and the sneer on Lan Qianzhen's face also retreated, and he changed to a solemn face

"There is not enough grain and grass in Linan, and the entire Tianfu Road, if the grain and grass in Tianfu is not enough, it will be transported from the plank road, do you think the imperial court will lack these things?"

"General, as the saying goes, far water can't quench your thirst."

Lan Qianzhen stared at the Mao envoy viciously, and said word by word:

"You Southern Barbarians, haven't you heard of my name? Although it has only been two years since I inherited the title of ancestor at the age of sixteen, no one in the entire Taizheng Dynasty knows that I have fought more than a hundred battles in large and small battle formations? Know how I survived being trapped in the Gobi Desert? I won by cutting and eating the flesh of the dead next to me. Don't say that our army has enough food and grass, even if you are half hungry, I will win it for you! ”

The Mao envoy seemed to have regained his confidence at this time, and met Lan Qianzhen's gaze without fear, and said slowly:

"Even if you are an iron-clad man, but the people under your command are not able to eat soil to survive, if the general really does not care about the cost, why did you and your team just follow our tribe this month instead of taking the initiative to attack? If you want to fight us, you won't be able to fight back. ”

Lan Qianzhen leaned back in the chair as he listened, crossed his hands in front of his chest, kept knocking his arms with his ten fingers, and raised one eyebrow, just staring at the Mao envoy

The Mao messenger smiled, walked over to a box, and while opening the box, said:

"Our patriarch knows the general's hardship, so we hereby give a small gift, and ask the general to smile."

As soon as the words fell, the box was opened, and the golden light flashed under the light, and it turned out that the big box was full of gold

Even if Lan Qianjun was used to seeing the big scene, he was still startled, obediently, where did he get so much gold?

Seeing the Lan family brothers staring at the gold with their eyes, the Mao envoy smiled slightly and said:

"This is the money for the road, one thousand taels of gold per box, a total of sixteen chests, and ask the general to raise his noble hand. This is already the border of Taisho, and if we go further south, we Mao people will walk out of Taisho, and I swear that we will never come back, and there will never be any more walking Mao people in Middle Earth. ”

Lan Qianzhen retracted his eyes and exchanged glances with his younger brother, who spoke:

"The emperor wants you to die, if we let you go, how can we explain to the emperor? Besides, if any of you who are not afraid of death return to Taishin in the future, our brothers and the whole family will have to hide. ”

Seeing that there was hope, the messenger of the Mao people hurriedly said:

"The general has already chased this part, as long as he goes back to explain to the emperor that the food and grass are insufficient, the Mao people are desperate, and they are trapped in the barren mountains and mountains, no one will doubt it, I promise that there will never be Mao people in Middle-earth in the future."

"It's a slippery routine!" Lan Qianzhen interjected, "I guess the Xiangjun wolf soldiers were stunned by your rhetoric before, right?" ”

The face of the Mao messenger was red and white,

After Lan Qianzhen finished speaking, he took a sip of water, and the Mao envoy couldn't figure out which play this was singing

"Triple as much!" Lan Qianzhen drank, "Give me another thirty-two boxes." ”

The Mao envoy let out a sigh of relief and said:

"It's all negotiable, as long as it's ......"

"And a thousand captives!" Lan Qianzhen continued

The Mao envoy was stunned when he heard this, Lan Qianzhen didn't give the other party a chance to interject, and continued:

"Money buys life, and I will bring people back to pay for it."

"General, I can't accept your request......"

"Of course, so tomorrow I will go and talk directly to your patriarch. After all, you have paid a deposit, and in order to show your sincerity that my men will withdraw from the camp tomorrow, I will go to your station alone without any weapons. ”

The Mao envoy was at a loss for what to do when he heard this, and he was completely confused

Lan Qianjun wanted to say something, but Lan Qianzhen stretched out his hand to stop it and said:

"Don't be afraid of their tricks, if I have three long and two short, they will have a blood sacrifice; In the same way, if they have three long and two short, I will not be able to save my life. How's that, fair, right? ”

The Mao envoy tried to say something, but in the end he couldn't come out and only dropped a sentence

"How do you have to do what we say?"

"No problem. Oh, by the way, bring this chicken back to your patriarch, gentlemen are still courteous. “

The Mao envoy looked at Lan Qianzhen, sighed "sigh", picked up the chicken leg on the ground, picked up the casserole and walked out of the battle

Estimating that the group walked away, Lan Qianzhen immediately handed his younger brother a look

Lan Qianjun said:

"Camp Hayabusa has followed!"

"Excellent! Hurry up and ask the military to make the fish father-in-law! “

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