Chapter 168: The Feast of Worship

"Could it be that Wen Jue came here today just for this matter?" ?an ?e?n ?ena'com The clay man is also angry, not to mention that he is still facing a junior, and he is also a junior who is very likely to become his uncle, which makes Zhou Zong really angry in his heart.

"Don't misunderstand Zhou officials, this is just a private matter between us, in fact, this lord came today with the emperor's order." Wen smiled slightly.

"Wen Jue's words and deeds seem to be against the emperor's order!" Zhou Zong said ill-intentionedly.

"Then do the officials of Zhou want Benjue to carry out the emperor's order? Or is it against the emperor's orders? Wen said meaningfully.

"........" suddenly heard such bold words, and Zhou Zong was a little at a loss for a while. Is the imperial mandate also debatable? For the emperor's orders, it has always been understood to be implemented, and if they are not understood, they must be implemented, how can bargaining be allowed.

"Wen Jue, be cautious!" Tao Gu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. This is too much to work with Wen. If this kind of nonsense is reported to the emperor, then he will definitely be implicated. But if you don't report it, once the emperor learns about it, you will lose the emperor's trust even with yourself. What future can an official who has lost the trust of the emperor have.

"It's just a joke, two officials, why take it seriously." Seeing that the two of them were already in a cold sweat on their nervous foreheads, they laughed.

"........" is this kind of thing a joke too! Tao Gu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Wenjue, it's not too early now, let's get down to business first, there are still many envoys waiting for us to visit!" ”

"It's fine." Wen nodded in response, then looked at Xie Lingyun, who was standing outside the hall, and said, "Lingyun, bring in the gift we prepared for Zhou Guanren." ”

Xie Lingyun, who was standing outside the hall door, heard Wen's command, so he walked into the hall with a smile and a few gifts. After placing the gift on the floor in the middle of the hall, he did not leave, but stood directly behind Wen.

........Seeing that Xie Lingyun did not leave, but stood behind him, he raised his hand and touched his nose speechlessly, but smiled bitterly in his heart. This Xie Lingyun and Tan Fengyi are really worthy of being sisters, how can they have such a problem. But now that it is no longer good to speak out, he has no choice but to let it go.

Hearing this, he said: "Zhou Guanren, although Your Majesty's reward this year is a little different from previous years, Your Majesty's intention is the same. These rewards are some rare things that have been very popular in Jingshi recently, and they can be described as worth a thousand gold. ”

In previous years, the rewards given to the envoys were nothing more than cloth, jade, and even beauties. This year, only soap and soap were given, as well as tea and spirits, which must be explained, otherwise these envoys would have seen these things for the first time. If you think it's worthless, it's a bad dish. If after going back, he spread rumors and made trouble, saying that the Song court did not have the sincerity to coexist peacefully with him, wouldn't it be a loss to his wife and a soldier.

"Thank you Your Majesty Song Ting for your kindness, but why are there two copies of this reward?" Zhou Zong looked at the gifts on the floor that were divided into two piles by Xie Lingyun and said.

"Oh, that's right, one of them is a reward from His Majesty to Zhou Guanren, and the other is a gift from this lord to Emperor Zhou E." Wen explained.

"........" This is simply too shameless! If it weren't for the lack of self-cultivation, Zhou Zong would have gone berserk on the spot.

"Wenjue, what do you mean by this?" Seeing Zhou Zong's gloomy face, Tao Gu was afraid that there would be a conflict between the two, so he hurriedly played a round road.

"Didn't Wenjue just say that he didn't look down on my eldest daughter?" Zhou Zong answered with a dark face.

"Two officials, don't get me wrong." Wen Hao said for a while.

"........" has already begun to give gifts to the woman, if you don't get me wrong, be someone else a fool, or an idiot!

"Wenjue, if you don't have a reasonable explanation, this official will definitely tell Your Majesty about this matter." Tao Gu said with a gloomy expression. This news is really ignorant of what to do, and he actually did such a shameless thing in front of himself, which not only did not give face to Li Tang's envoys, but also did not give himself face as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites.

"Wenjue, I want you an explanation." Zhou Zong said with a dark face. Now that the matter has happened, if this matter reaches the ears of Prince Li Tang in the future, Emperor Zhou E will inevitably be affected. This smell is really damaging, this is simply sowing discord!

Wen snorted lightly and said, "Two officials, don't think that this lord is greedy for Emperor Zhou'e's beauty." Take a closer look, what does this beauty behind Benjue look like? Zhou Guanren, can you say it fairly, will her beauty lose to your eldest daughter? ”

"........" Zhou Zong just snorted lightly, but did not speak.

Hearing this, his expression was stunned, and he continued: "Don't hide it from the two officials, the reason why this lord gave a gift to Emperor Zhou E is not because he likes Emperor Zhou E's beauty, but for a respected elder. If it weren't for his face, Benjue wouldn't care about the life or death of Emperor Zhou E. ”

"What is respectable? It's nothing short of shameless. Zhou Zong said angrily.

"For thousands of years in China, there are very few people or families who can be respected by Benjue, but this old gentleman's family is the one that Benjue respects the most. Since his old man came forward to intercede for him, then Benjue would protect Emperor Zhou E from death no matter what. "Wen Zhengse.

"Alarmist! The eldest daughter of my family is the dignified Li Tang Crown Princess, how could she die for no reason. Zhou Zong snorted.

Wen Yin said predictively: "Hmph, this is really not this lord's alarmism, you are noble these days, you think you are noble, and you regard your own face as higher than the sky." If someone tarnishes your face, you don't have to ask what will happen to that person.

But this is only for those of you who can fish on you, once you lose face, you cannot fight against it, then in order to save face, you will inevitably become angry and weak. If you, Li Tang, can't refuse my Song Ting's request in the end, then what will you do in order to keep Li Tang's country?

I'm afraid there is only one way to dedicate Emperor Zhou E!

But in this way, you will think that you have lost face, and in order to be able to save face, you must do everything you can! But it's a pity that you won't have the courage to resist, and the only possibility is to extinguish the source of humiliation, and this source is Emperor Zhou E, who made you lose face.

Let me guess what you noble people will do in order to save your face?

Zhou Guanren, tell me, Emperor Zhou E, will all of a sudden, he be infected and die of illness! Or maybe she couldn't bear this humiliation and committed suicide!

Zhou Guanren, do you think there is such a possibility! ”

"........" Wen's analysis made Tao Gu shocked, and Zhou Zong was already sweating profusely.

"So Zhou Guanren, you must bring a message to Lord Li Tang, if Emperor Zhou E has any accident, and Xiang Xiaoyu will die. Benjure didn't care why she died.

Benjue now swears to the sky that he will lead the army to raze Li Tang. You'd better pray that Emperor Zhou E will live a long life. Wen snorted softly.

“........ His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty would not agree to Wen Jue leading an army to attack Li Tang. Zhou Zong said with difficulty.

"Why the marriage between the Song and Tang dynasties, and why did my majesty put forward such harsh conditions, everyone must know it. If Benjue can guarantee that he will take Li Tang within the tenth of the month, do Zhou officials think that His Majesty will agree to Benjue's suggestion? Wen teased.

"Our dynasty covers a vast area, and there are more than a dozen fortified cities, and there are millions of good generals in the country, and there are millions of elite armor soldiers. If Wen Jue wants to take down me Li Tang in the middle of the month, it will be too whimsical. Zhou Zong bluffed.

Wen laughed and said: "Haha~~~ Jiancheng!" Is the strong city in the mouth of Zhou officials stronger than Zezhou and Yangzhou? As for any good generals, with millions of soldiers, in front of Benjue, they are just chickens and dogs. ”

"........." In the face of absolute strength, everything is a paper tiger, which Zhou Zong actually understands very well, otherwise why all countries sent envoys to Zhao Song is actually just to be able to get close to him and have a more intuitive understanding of him. But hearing the insolent posture now, it still made Zhou Zong very uncomfortable in his heart.

"After Zhou Guanren goes back, he must tell Li Guozhu that he wants a country or a beauty, and he must think about it carefully. You can't be too greedy, otherwise I'm afraid that in the end, the bamboo basket will be empty! Wen warned.

Zhou Zong eased his emotions a little and said, "Can Wen Jue tell the lower officials who has such a big face that can make Wen Jue so dedicated to protecting the little girl." ”

"His surname is Yan!" Wen stared at Zhou Zong's expression, and said with a slight smile.

"Hey, I see!" Zhou Zong sighed lightly.

Seeing Zhou Zong's current look, he shouted wildly in his heart: If there is really gossip, is it good!