Luo Furen planned to let Chen Li study in the academy all the time, and after finishing his studies, he would teach in the academy until he died here. Hearing that Ma Du wanted him to go to Goryeo to study and investigate the political culture of Goryeo in the next 100 years, he was silent for a long time before saying that Goryeo was a good place, and he also counted on his mind, and found a few books for Ma Du to give to Chen Li.

Luo Furen knew that Lao Zhu's idea, no one could change it, and going to Goryeo without having to live under Lao Zhu's nose was a happy thing for both Chen Li and Mingsheng, and the disguised parting sorrow on his face could not hide the excitement in his eyes.

"Sir, when are the two of us going to Goryeo?" The younger Mingsheng was already a little impatient.

"What's the hurry, so many years have passed, can't you wait for a few days?" Ma Du beckoned to the two of them, "Get in the car, I'm just going to see the envoy of the Goryeo Kingdom and introduce you, and they will have to take care of you along the way." ”

"Then trouble sir!"

As soon as the two got into the car, Chen Li suddenly patted his head and said, "The two of us didn't bring any gifts, so let's go before we go to the intersection in front of us to buy some things." ”

"It's really not appropriate to be empty-handed, but you don't need to buy anything expensive, just buy some pork belly at the vegetable market, they love it!"

Mingsheng and Chen Li were emperors in the end, and they felt that they couldn't handle a few catties of pork belly, so they simply bought half a pork fan and put it on the wheel, and the three of them went straight to Honglu Temple in a carriage.

The director of Honglu Temple knew that Ma Du was ordered to come, and hurriedly led him to the residence of the Goryeo envoy, but when he arrived at the door, he stopped and said: "Uncle Guo stays, and the lower official will call the Goryeo envoy to come to greet him." ”

Ma Du smiled: "Isn't this okay? ”

"These small people of Fanbang, Uncle Guo has already given face when he sees them, not to mention that you are here by order, then it can be regarded as a messenger, so naturally they should come to see you."

The agency entered the courtyard, and after a while, he saw him leading a group of people out, looking at the clothes and military clothes, in the end, they were subject to the country, and their official uniforms were similar to the official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty.

The leader was a middle-aged man, who took the lead and bowed down and said: "Goryeo Guoli Cao Counselor Park Sung-shin has seen the Marquis of the Shang Dynasty!" ”

The Goryeo envoy spoke an authentic Chinese dialect, but it was obviously a Hebei accent, after all, a few years ago, they were still a vassal state of Mengyuan. Judge Cao is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Rites, whether it is in the Ming Dynasty or Goryeo, they are all noble and prominent officials, Ma Du is not good at taking the big, without waiting for the other party to kowtow, he helped him up, "Ben Hou did not put on a guard of honor, Cao Shen Judge does not need such a lot of courtesy." ”

Pu Chengxin arched his hand and said: "Marquis Ma came here on the order of the emperor, and this is the due gift of the lower officials." ”

Xu has been around the big country for a long time, this Korean people are used to small things and big things, but their mentality is quite right, their words and deeds are cautious, and they are much more deferential than the Japanese people, no wonder Lao Zhu does not hate the king of Goryeo at all.

Ma Du pointed to Chen Li and Mingsheng who followed behind him, "These two are my Ming Dynasty's Guide Hou and Guiyi Hou, and it is the two of them who went to Goryeo to study this time." ”

Pu Chengxin was slightly stunned when he heard this, as if he didn't expect Ma Du to bring these two people over, but in a blink of an eye, he came back to his senses and said, "Xiaguan has seen two Hou masters!" ”

In the future, I may not be able to eat according to other people's faces, Chen Li and Mingsheng dare not take a polite return gift regardless of their identity, "I came in a hurry, I saw someone selling pig meat on the side of the road, so I bought one, please smile." ”

Lao Zhu is a real person, he is not so hypocritical as Li Tang and does not let people eat pork, that is, he kills pigs and eats meat in front of him, and he is not taboo, and the Zhu brothers are not ambiguous at all when they eat braised pork in the academy. On the contrary, the officials of the imperial court, especially the close ministers of the Son of Heaven, will consciously call pork pork as a way of avoidance.

"Pork belly Smecta! Let the two marquis waste money, hurry, hurry up to the hall and please. When he saw the pig's head on Zhang Wuliu's shoulder, Park Chengxin showed joy on his face and immediately became much more enthusiastic.

This appearance made Chen Li and Mingsheng worry in their hearts, a fan of pork just made a high-ranking official happy like this, and he was very worried that he would eat bran after he went.

Everyone sat down in the hall, Pu Chengxin asked people to serve tea, the tea was not as good as the tea drunk by the grandson of the porter of Ma Du's family, there were only so many subject countries, and it was not easy for everyone to come once, and they didn't get some good tea, which shows Lao Zhu's slamming the door.

Park Sung-shin only left one person to accompany him, that person was sturdy, with a yellow face and short beard, and the typical small eyes of Koreans, but he was very attentive, and his eyes were faintly full of evil.

Ma Du has seen a lot of people with such eyes, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Li Wenzhong have them, and you don't need to guess to know that this is also a military general. Without waiting for Ma Du to speak, Park Chengxin introduced: "This is my deputy envoy of Goryeo, Li Chenggui, who specially escorted the two marquis to Goryeo. ”

"Oh? Li Chenggui! Ma Du was silent on his face, but he was secretly surprised in his heart, in his impression, Li Chenggui should be a powerful minister like Cao Cao, how could he come to Daming with dignity and dignity, and be a small deputy envoy?

Ma Du asked tentatively: "Seeing that Your Excellency is mighty, you must be a fierce general on the battlefield." ”

Li Chenggui arched his hand and smiled: "I don't deserve to be called Hou Ye like this, Xia Guan has indeed fought a few small battles, and he has won one or two times by luck." "He doesn't speak well in Chinese, with a strong accent.

"Deputy Envoy Li fought not a small battle, he once chased Meng Yuan's army across the Yalu River and fought all the way to Liaoyang." Park Sung-shin's words and demeanor were very flattering to this Li Sung-gye.

Hearing him say this, Ma Du could almost conclude that this Li Chenggui was the Joseon Taizu. There was Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in the past, and now there is Li Chenggui, do these big men like to hide in the envoys?

"Oh, with a battlefield warrior like General Li to escort them, the two students of Benhou must be safe and worry-free, haha......"

"The two Marquis of the Ming Dynasty went to our country to study, and the king of my family naturally did not dare to be negligent, so he sent his subordinates to escort him." Li Chenggui arched his hand at Chen Li and Mingsheng, "Along the way, if you don't greet well, please ask the two Duoduo Haihan." ”

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Several people greeted each other politely, and talked nonsense that had been useless for a long time, and Li Chenggui secretly glanced at Park Chengxin frequently, as if he wanted to separate Chen Li and Mingsheng, and wanted to talk to Ma Du alone.

Park Chengxin received the signal, got up and said to Chen Li and Mingsheng: "I'm afraid that the two of you will live in our country for a long time in the future, and I don't know if I'm not used to the eating habits of Goryeo. ”

Chen Li and Mingsheng looked at Ma Du together, and Ma Du nodded and said, "Go ahead, especially if you want to taste Goryeo's kimchi." ”

"Oh, Ma Hou also knows about the kimchi of our country? This time, I also specially brought a few jars of the king's favorite radish pickles, ready to be presented to His Majesty the Ming Emperor. If you like it, I have a gift for you here. ”

"Then Hou Ke will be born, hahaha......"

Ma Du accepted it unceremoniously, ready to take it home to feed the pigs, the kimchi that the king of Goryeo gave to Lao Zhu every year was treated like this, poor Chen Li and Ming Sheng were afraid that they would have an indissoluble bond with kimchi for the rest of their lives.

There were only two people left in the hall, Ma Du and Li Chenggui, and Ma Du said straight to the point: "Now General Li has something to say!" ”

"Huh...... Xiaguan was born in a martial artist, he doesn't know how to twist and turn, if he has something to say, he can say it directly, if there is anything wrong, please bear with Master Hou! ”

Ma Du nodded and said, "Well, please speak!" ”

Li Chenggui pondered for a moment before saying: "The identity of these two people, the king of my family also knows, I don't know what to do after I arrive in our country." ”

This question was completely within Ma Du's expectations, the identities of Chen Li and Myeongsheng were too sensitive, and the king of Goryeo inevitably suspected that Lao Zhu was going to borrow his hand to clean up Chenli and Myeongsheng, no matter who took over, he would have this question.

It's not easy to answer this question if you change someone else, maybe you may have to ask Lao Zhu for instructions, only Ma Du knows that Lao Zhu has no intention of killing Chen Li and Mingsheng in his heart.

"These two people were still young when they ascended to the pole, and they were also forced to have yellow robes, and when the king came, he was able to lead the people to surrender, which can be regarded as conforming to the mandate of heaven. My Emperor Ming is an immortal Emperor of the Holy Ming who rules the world with benevolence and righteousness, and has promised in public that they will not be punished, if they have an accident in Goryeo, will not trap our emperor in injustice! After Ma Du finished speaking, he bowed his hand in the direction of the palace.

Li Chenggui is the same, "It is also my luck to have the Holy Monarch of Great Ming Benevolence and Righteousness!" ”

"Haha......" Ma Du laughed, "Please General Li to play the role of King of Goryeo, and be sure to treat the two of them well." By the way, my Emperor Ming planned for their safety, and he was also ready to send another 2,000 guards to accompany him. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chenggui directly squirted out a sip of tea, and then coughed incessantly, choking and reddening, and it took a long time to ease up, obviously frightened by Ma Du's proposal, he did not refuse directly but asked: "Dare to ask who will pay for the military needs of these two thousand guards?" ”

Ma Du blinked his innocent eyes, "Of course it's the king of Goryeo, is it possible that the Ming Dynasty will send it over with thousands of mountains and rivers?" ”

Li Chenggui said with a bitter face: "My Goryeo King's personal army guards can barely make up a thousand people!" ”

"Oh, it's a little less, not the identity of the lord of the United Kingdom, if the king of Goryeo doesn't mind, these two thousand guards can also help him protect Miyagi."

"It's not a question of whether you mind or not, it's me who can't afford it!" Li Chenggui spread his hands helplessly and said: "In the past few decades, there have been Mengyuan raids in the north and Japanese raids in the south.

In recent years, there have been maritime merchants from the Ming Dynasty dumping soap, glass, and matches, and there has been a lot of loss of money and grain, and the national strength has gradually weakened. ”

Hearing Li Chenggui say that Gao Li was so miserable, Ma Du looked stunned, after all, he had a share of the credit.

Most of what Li Chenggui said was true, but he didn't say the most important reason for Goryeo's weakness, that is, the local wealthy clans, these people controlled a lot of land in Goryeo, had money, food and many guards, and took up too many resources, and Li Chenggui himself was one of them.

There are more guards of the two dead kings than a reigning king, it is indeed a bit inappropriate, and it is a big deal to send a little less, but after discussing it for a long time, Li Chenggui did not agree, I don't know if he saw through Ma Du's bad intentions.

Ma Du simply changed the subject, "I saw just now that Counselor Park was very respectful to General Li, you shouldn't be as simple as a deputy envoy." ”

"Master Hou has good eyesight, but Xia Guan is indeed a deputy envoy, a secret deputy envoy!" Li Chenggui was quite proud in his words, after all, he was the vice minister of national defense and had proud capital. Now he is very favored by the king of Goryeo because of several victories, but it is far from the point where Ma Du imagined that he would cover the sky with one hand.

"That's Ben Hou disrespectful! However, Li Shumi did not stay in China to deal with the important affairs of the military aircraft, but came to the initial Ming Dynasty, which was really a bit overkill. ”

"Huh...... It's all loyal to the country, I have been waiting for Yingtian for a few days, but I don't know when I will be able to see Long Yan. ”

"The emperor's affairs of Chen Li and Mingsheng are fully entrusted to Benhou, if Li Shumi still has any questions, ask Benhou."

Li Chenggui shook his head and said: "There is nothing I don't understand, I just want to meet the Son of Heaven as soon as possible to show my sincere respect, and I also hope that the Hou Ye can say a few more good words in front of the emperor." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and went to the inner room, took out a brocade box, and when he opened it, it turned out to be two ginsengs, "These are two hundred-year-old Korean ginseng, which can regulate qi and blood, replenish essence and aphrodisiac, and ask Hou Ye to smile." ”

"Well, Ben Hou took it!" Ma Du copied the brocade box in his hand, "If you have anything to say to Ben Hou, it is the same, Ben Hou will play the emperor for you!" ”

"There's really nothing to do, Xia Guan just wants to see Long Yan, I'm afraid I won't have a chance after missing this time, and I ask Master Hou to do it!"

Li Chenggui is really an old fox, no matter how Ma Du asks, he just doesn't open his mouth, which is much more difficult to deal with than the little fox of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

The matter is only half done, and in the afternoon, it is indispensable to go to the palace to report the situation to Lao Zhu, as for whether to see this Li Chenggui or not, Lao Zhu has to decide for himself.

"Thank you for the pickles judged by Judge Park, Ben Hou is welcome."

"What's it worth, Xiaguan will tell Hou Ye a secret recipe again, cooking sauerkraut and pork belly together is a supreme delicacy, and Gui Dehou and Gui Yi Hou ate it very much just now."

Chen Li and Mingsheng nodded again and again, "It's indeed a rare delicacy, well, it's not too early, let's go home first, and come back to visit Judge Park another day." ”

The two of them fled for their lives and squeezed into the carriage, and Ma Du handed the kimchi jar in his hand to the two of them, "If you haven't enjoyed it, I still have a lot here!" ”

Mingsheng said with a bitter face: "Sir, don't laugh at the two of us, their kimchi doesn't know how long it has been placed, they all have white hairs and are about to grow maggots, which is far worse than the kimchi in my Shu." If I eat this kind of food in the future, I really don't want to go to Goryeo. ”

Chen Li took his arm and clubbed him, "What nonsense, when you arrive in Goryeo, you and I don't have to provoke the emperor's jealousy, my heart is comfortable, what does it matter if I eat well or not." But before we have to have a good time, today the students are the east, let's go to Yixian Building to have a big meal! ”

Yixian Lou eats the best restaurants in Beijing, although it is not like Qinhuai River with beauties, but the dishes are first-class, and the dignitaries and nobles in Beijing often entertain guests here.

The three of them immediately rushed to Yixian Tower in the carriage, stopped in front of the door and got off the carriage one by one, and went inside.

"Who the hell is this who dares to smash Lao Tzu!"

I only heard a familiar voice upstairs, and said with a smile: "It's me who smashed it, what do you want!" ”