Listening to Sauron's fierce words, feeling the cold air of the sharp waist knife on his neck, Zhou Yuanzhong's face was not afraid, he rolled a pair of white eyes, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing crazy and hideous. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Stinky blind man, what the fuck are you laughing at!"

Sauron shouted angrily, and his right hand was strengthened, and the sharp blade of the waist knife cut the skin on Zhou Yuanzhong's neck at once, and immediately there was a thin flow of blood, and it crawled out.

"Zhou Le Shi 。。。。。。"

Chen Zilong and others, who were also threatened by a group of guards with knives, saw Zhou Yuanzhong's tragic situation, and their hearts were full of anger.

Those guards had already touched the handle of the knife with their hands, their eyes were blood-red, and their cheeks were clenched and bulging, just waiting for Chen Zilong's order, they fought to the death with a group of Qing guards, who knew that Chen Zilong's eyes flashed, but he was hinting that they should not be impulsive.

After all, if things happen suddenly, there must be heresy, if you shoot so impulsively, you will die and kill several guards, but you will die and your reputation will be ruined, and you will miss the discussion and major events, and you will miss the Ming Dynasty, which is not a hatred for the ages.

"Dog Tartar, if you want to kill Lao Tzu, do it here! What kind of punishment did you get, phew, if Lao Tzu screams in pain, it's not your father! ”

Zhou Yuanzhong, whose blood had stained his clothes, roared in the direction of Sauron, his hideous and terrifying appearance made Sauron, who was used to killing, subconsciously take a step back, and the waist knife in his hand was also loosened.

The muscles on Sauron's face trembled, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings of admiration and hatred for this blind man.

He was accustomed to seeing those Han people who were as weak as pigs and sheep, begging for mercy under his sharp blade, and in front of him, this seemingly thin and ordinary blind man was so stubborn that he let his waist knife cut his neck and stain his chest with blood, but he was still so stubborn to the end.

Exercise! If all the Han people are as tough and untamable as this blind man, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us Manchus to rule in Liaodong.

Thinking of this, Sauron suddenly became murderous.

Since you want to be tough to the end, then don't blame Lao Tzu for killing you now!

"You blind bird, don't you want to die, Lao Tzu will fulfill you now!"

Sauron shouted, waved his blood-stained waist knife, raised it high, and slashed at Zhou Yuanzhong's neck with the force of his hand.

"Stop!"

There was a loud shout from the palace gate, Sauron subconsciously stopped waving his knife, he twisted his look, but it was Fan Wencheng who walked over from the palace gate with a frown and an angry face.

"Sauron, let's stand down first."

Fan Wencheng said coldly, Sauron hesitated for a moment, then snorted coldly, put the knife into the sheath, and retreated with the guards.

"Fan Wencheng, you gave me the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, and it seems that the effect of this well-rehearsed dismount is not very good."

Zhou Yuanzhong, who was still bleeding from his neck, sat upright and said to Fan Wencheng with a sneer.

"Master Zhou, look at what you said, you really misunderstood. Because my Emperor of the Qing Dynasty went out and neglected to discipline his subordinates, such a slave acted in private, which frightened the envoys of Zhou and the envoys. The emperor said, it is late today, you should go to the pavilion to rest overnight, and tomorrow morning, you can arrange for the envoys to meet you. ”

Fan Wencheng had an apologetic smile on his face, and threw his hands to Zhou Yuanzhong, Chen Zilong and others again and again to show his apologies.

Then Fan Wencheng pretended to look at Zhou Yuanzhong's injury, and pretended to be concerned: "Master Zhou, Fan Moufang just looked at the wound, although there is a lot of bleeding, but it is not deep in the flesh, it should not hurt to bandage and recuperate." After you stay in the pavilion, I will send a medical officer to diagnose and treat the envoy Zhou, and I hope that the envoy will be relieved. ”

Zhou Yuanzhong laughed a few times, and then sighed: "You have good intentions, sing a good double reed, and besides, for the sake of your emperor's consent to meet, this matter has been sent, so see you tomorrow." “

Fan Wencheng squeezed out a smile on his face: "Lord Zhou is broad-minded and calm, Fan Moushi admires him, then when the dynasty is finished tomorrow morning, I will send someone to lead you and others to meet my Qing Emperor." “

Fan Wencheng then asked Zhou Yuanzhong, Chen Zilong and others to go to the post house to rest first, and arranged for someone to find a doctor for Zhou Yuanzhong to diagnose and treat, and then returned to Chongzheng Hall to see Huang Taiji.

At this time, Sauron, the chief of the guard, had already finished telling Huang Taiji about the performance of the envoys of the Ming Kingdom, and Huang Taiji and Dai Shan and Dolgon on the side were all surprised.

"It's rare, it's rare, these Ming envoys are so backbone, and they are not at all frightened by Sauron's ferocity, which I really never expected." Huang Taiji sighed.

"Yes, the main envoy Zhou Yuanzhong is a blind musician, who is so fierce and tough and fierce, but this king has opened his eyes today." Dai Shan also sighed lightly.

"Brother Huang, if these Han people are so fearless of punishment and must be carefully selected by the Ming Kingdom, it can also be seen from this that the Ming Kingdom's determination to negotiate peace, from the perspective of the ministers, the imperial brother should have a detailed discussion with them, and test the bottom line of their negotiations." The haughty look on Dolgon's face was long gone, replaced by a thoughtful and solemn expression.

At this time, Huang Taiji saw Fan Wencheng entering the palace, so he asked him: "Xian Dou, from your point of view, can I see these Ming people?" “

Fan Wencheng bowed down: "Your Majesty, from the perspective of the ministers, these envoys of the Ming Kingdom are very backbone and bloody, and the envoys sent by Yuan Chonghuan a few times ago are judged to be like clouds and mud, from which it can be seen that the Ming Kingdom wants to reach a peace with my Qing Dynasty. Therefore, the ministers had the courage to privately accept them for the emperor, so that they could enter the palace tomorrow to meet the emperor. ”

Huang Taiji nodded, but he didn't blame Fan Wencheng for making a good advocacy, but said slowly: "Okay, just like the proposal of the Xiandou, and tomorrow, I will be in the Phoenix Tower, see them, I will have my own arrangements when I arrive." ”

After the court was finished the next morning, Huang Taiji asked Fan Wencheng to bring Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong, two envoys of the Ming Kingdom, into the palace for an audience.

As for the four guards, someone brought wine and meat to the inn and invited them to eat and drink on the spot.

Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong stood still outside the palace gate, and a eunuch came out and shouted in Chinese: "The envoys of Xuanming State are here!" ”

After the eunuch finished drinking, he ordered Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong to follow him, enter the palace complex from outside the Great South Gate, and then follow him around the tall Chongzheng Palace, and then walk to a rather chic two-story building on the west side of the side.

This small building is the Phoenix Tower.

Because the Manchurians have lived in this bitter cold place in eastern Liaodong for a long time, in order to prevent rheumatism and bone pain, they all like to live in buildings to avoid the invasion of dampness and cold. Therefore, in this Shenyang palace complex, except for a limited number of halls, most of them are two- or three-story pavilions.

This Phoenix Tower is Huang Taiji's favorite place to stay, with good lighting, warm in winter and cool in summer. And unlike those halls covered with yellow tiles and yellow bricks, this phoenix floor is to imitate the southern pavilion building of the Ming Dynasty, carefully built, green tile cornices, carved railings and color arches, beautiful and small, this phoenix building is in these halls in the community, although the appearance is not big, but it is extremely conspicuous and eye-catching, and Huang Taiji is also very happy to work in the building, and where there are any distinguished guests and ministers and the like, always set up a banquet in this building.

Zhou Yuanzhong, Chen Zilong and others, Fang Xing walked to the Phoenix Tower, and smelled a strong aroma of wine and meat.

It turned out that Huang Taiji had asked people to set up a banquet here to entertain the two envoys sent by the Ming Kingdom.

Yesterday it was still so fierce and coercive, but today it is very soft and close, and Huang Taiji's imperial technique is very skillful.

Chen Zilong came up to the second floor, and immediately saw a big fat strong man wearing a big hairy mink satin platform with a pearl spider pre-crown, wearing a five-clawed yellow dragon coat embroidered with two-color gold face Tianma skin gold and mink skin, with a gold belt with a belt around his waist, and a green satin felt soap boot on his feet, sitting on the dragon chair.

On the side, there is a young prince who looks quite Xiao Huang Taiji, this person is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, Prince Su Haoge, who is sitting on the side chair as a companion.

Opposite Haoge, there was Fan Wencheng, the most trusted Han strategist of Huang Taiji, who was smiling, looking at Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong, who had come upstairs.

Facing the position of the dragon chair of Huang Taiji, it is the next seat, a long wine table and two chairs, two sets of dishes and chopsticks and some wine and food are placed on the table, which is empty at this time, Chen Zilong understands in his heart that this is the position for himself and Zhou Yuanzhong to sit.

And in the central open space surrounded by all the seats, there is a roaring fire, on which a fat sheep, a mountain deer, and a wild boar are roasted, all three of which are roasted to a brown and crispy crisp, dripping with oil and water, and the smell of meat is fragrant, which makes people feel the appetite of the fingers.

Chen Zilong secretly thought in his heart, it seems that in addition to the wine dishes on the wine table, these three roast sheep, roast deer, and roast pig are the staple food.

Seeing the two of them come in, Huang Taiji waved his hand, and said loudly while motioning for them to sit down; "Two distinguished guests of the Ming Kingdom, yesterday there were many negligence and inconsiderate places, and I hope to forgive me, today I specially prepared a thin seat, one for the Ming State envoys to wash the dust, and the other for the two to suppress the shock. Please take your seat quickly. ”

After speaking, a eunuch came over and helped Zhou Yuanzhong into the table, while Chen Zilong sat on his other side.

After the two of them sat down, Huang Taiji introduced Hao Ge and Fan Wencheng to them, and after saluting each other, he said to the two with a smile: "Two envoys, have you ever eaten wild meat like this when you were in the Ming Kingdom before?" I know that you Han people pay attention to not getting tired of eating, not getting tired of fine, meat must be cut correctly, 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. ”

Chen Zilong's heart sank, and he had already guessed that Huang Taiji's words must be pretending to be magnanimous and tentative, wanting to see if his envoys had the delicate habits of the cowardly Han people, so as to facilitate what means to adopt in the next negotiations. So, he smiled and said: "Emperor Xie takes care of it, there is no need to change the table, we also feel that this way of eating is both heroic and convenient, it must be delicious and tight." ”

Huang Taiji squinted, but the cold light flashed in his eyes, he quickly looked at the smiling Chen Zilong, and felt that although this person was not as embarrassed as the messenger sent by Yuan Chonghuan, his demeanor was finally unbelievable. 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." ”

At this time, Zhou Yuanzhong on the side also spoke, and he said loudly: "Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, we are all outspoken people, why not push and delay, such barbecue is indeed mouthwatering, please cut it quickly, let me wait for a taste of the food." “

Huang Taiji laughed when he heard this, so he waved his hand to the eunuch on the side, and the eunuch understood, so he took out a small knife from the imperial table, and first cut a knife 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 bowl of Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong.

Huang Taiji's voice came from the dragon chair again: "Two distinguished guests, please use, after the banquet, you must invite the guests to eat the first piece of the fattest meat, this is our Manchurian hospitality rules, don't be polite." ”

When Chen Zilong heard him say this, he no longer shirked, picked up the barbecue meat in the bowl, put it in his mouth and chewed it, 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, Chen Zilong was holding the meat in his mouth, and he only felt greasy and unpalatable, his throat was constricted, and he was very resistant to eating this tasteless and huge tenderloin.

It's just that Chen Zilong thought that he was coming on behalf of the Heavenly Empire, but he couldn't lose face in front of this Emperor Taiji no matter what, so he had to pretend to be calm on his face, and after barely chewing it, he stretched his neck and throat hard, and tried hard to eat the meat.

Compared with Chen Zilong, who barely finished eating, Zhou Yuanzhong on the side seemed to be eating a rare delicacy, he took a big bite and ate it all with oil, and swallowed all this piece of meat in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that the two of them had already eaten this big piece of meat, Huang Taiji clapped his hands and laughed: "Very good! The performance of the two envoys is quite good, thinking that the previous envoys, although some people gritted their teeth and ate them, they had a painful face, but they were not as happy as the two of you. ”

When Huang Taiji said this, he snorted coldly and said, "Those people, who are hypocritical, will they eat the dead if they eat meat?" The two envoys are so open and can eat, I am really happy in my heart, come on, let's drink two sips of wine first, and then continue to eat meat. ”

Afterwards, Huang Taiji beckoned Hao Ge and Fan Wencheng on the side to eat and drink together.

Chen Zilong noticed that Fan Wencheng on the left was smiling and eating and drinking, while Haoge on the right was looking completely unappetizing, and his face was full of unhappiness and gloom.

Chen Zilong thought to himself, could it be that this Prince Su Haoge was dissatisfied with Huang Taiji's warm reception of us, so he deliberately gave us such a look?

It's just that Chen Zilong's guess is completely wrong, he doesn't know that the reason why Haoge is angry and angry is not because Huang Taiji entertained them, but for another reason.