Chapter 286: King Jin's invitation to show off his wealth
Beiyan people are not stupid in the end, they lost for two days in a row, from a few hundred taels of silver to 17,800 taels of silver in one go, and no one was willing to come to play with them and send money for a while, even if Yue Qianqiu instigated the little monkey to take the initiative to invite the battle, what he got was silence. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Wu Gou was even more keenly aware that He Wanxing, the official of the Autumn Hunting Division, looked at him with a look of resentment. At this moment, he suddenly felt extremely annoyed. He took the pair of mahjong that Yue Qianqiu gave him, but he came up with the idea to accompany someone to play mahjong, isn't it someone from the Autumn Hunting Division?
Yue Qianqiu was the happiest to give others a headache, but soon, his headache came.
In the evening of that day, the mission finally entered the first big city of Northern Yan that it had encountered along the way, and I don't know whether it was the Emperor of Northern Yan who had already ordered it, or simply showing off the prestige of the country and the army, or for other reasons, a noble Northern Yan who was crowned the king of Jin suddenly ordered someone to send an invitation card and set up a banquet to entertain the Wu Dynasty mission.
In addition to the two principal and deputy envoys of Lord Yue and Yan Xu, who were invited to the banquet, there was even him!
When staying at the post house and being rushed by Lord Yue to change clothes, Yue Qianqiu couldn't help but ask Yan Xu half-jokingly and half-seriously: "In addition to the eldest uncle and master, that King of Jin actually ordered me?" Am I so famous? ā
"Who told you that the six-rank official was originally from the Beiyan spy? I caught the one called Jin Aqi before, and when I went on an envoy this time, the emperor almost added another product to you, but this is still stopped by the old lady Yue, you look at the mission, except for your uncle and me, and you, where to find the third official above the sixth grade? ā
Yan Xu gave Yue Qianqiu a small shudder, and then thoughtfully touched his chin and asked with a smile: "Although there is a bit of an accident, since you went, why don't you bring a small gift?" ā
Yue Qianqiu has followed Yan Xu for so many years, where he didn't understand the temper of the master, and immediately realized: "The master is talking ......"
"Don't say it, it won't work!"
Yan Xu said, while making a look at the corner of the wall, signaling that someone might be eavesdropping, seeing Yue Qianqiu immediately understood, he secretly said that the baby apprentice is clever in the end, and when he saw that Yue Qianqiu's cyan official robe was already neatly dressed, and his gestures were quite stylish, he couldn't help but quip: "Speaking of which, your body is really rare, and last time I followed the old lady Yue to the court." ā
"It's not that I want to wear it, it's not that I was ordered by my uncle three times, I can't lose my country today?" Yue Qianqiu really hated this official uniform and hat that made people inconvenient, and after flicking his sleeves, he said to the gloating Yan Xu, "Anyway, Master, you can't see where you are wearing a red robe, just like a red quail." ā
"Phew, what you said let those old Confucians hear, I have to impeach you for talking nonsense!" Yan Xu's mouth fell, but when he turned around and walked out, he did feel that his every move was a little awkward. After all, it doesn't matter if you are in Jinling like this, but in an enemy country like Beiyan, which has to tense its nerves all the time, you can't bring a Mo knife, and you have to wear such a body, it's really embarrassing!
When the eldest lord Yue, who was neatly dressed early, saw Yan Xu and Yue Qianqiu coming together, he couldn't help but scrutinize them carefully with a rather critical gaze, and made sure that there was no problem in attending the formal occasion, so he walked ahead without saying a word.
After leaving the post house, he saw that the three sedan chairs were already waiting there, the sedan chair drivers were all burly men, and the guards and horses in the front and back were all majestic, but there was no familiar carriage, and several of the entourages he had already ordered to follow were actually blocked, and he couldn't help but change his face slightly.
This time, there was no need to speak strictly or Yue Qianqiu, and the eldest lord asked in a deep voice: "General Wu, the king of your country and Jin has a banquet, is it possible that I am not allowed to wait in my own car and bring my own entourage?" ā
Wu Gou was immediately speechless, and it took a long time before he simply said straightforwardly: "The palanquin and guards personally sent by His Royal Highness the King of Jin, not to mention your entourage, even me and my soldiers and horses were also turned away, and I couldn't follow." If you are dissatisfied, go directly to King Jin! ā
The eldest lord Yue's heart moved, and then he didn't say a word with a tiger face, and went straight to the first sedan chair. Although he didn't say anything, Yan Xu and Yue Qianqiu have always been bold people, and Yue Qianqiu shouted without thinking about it: "It doesn't matter if you don't bring people, but I have to order the few who stay, don't cause trouble for me, Master, you wait for me for a while!" ā
Seeing that Yue Qianqiu, who was obviously wearing a wide robe and big sleeves, and it should be very difficult to move, stuffed a box in his hand into Yan Xu's hand, and ran away with oil on the soles of his feet, Wu Gou couldn't help but be stunned, but Master Yue still took care of himself and got into the sedan chair, and he didn't scold this nephew and subordinate, what could he say?
Fortunately, after a while, Yue Qianqiu came out calmly. It's not so much to tell others, it's better to let Qing Fengnian be optimistic about Zhen Rong and the little monkey, he doesn't want the latter two to provoke any moths.
Wu Hook has been physically and mentally exhausted by the mahjong turmoil in the previous two days, and he didn't bother to care about what Yue Qianqiu ordered at this time, and saw that too many masters and apprentices in this famous hall got on the sedan chair, and a large number of people escorted the three sedan chairs away, and his calm expression in front of the three of them just disappeared.
This banquet came suddenly, and He Wanxing, the official of the Autumn Hunting Division, had already personally brought people to ask to see the King of Jin, but he didn't know if he could see anyone, let alone ask about the purpose of the hospitality.
How could this powerful man who was from a prominent background but was notoriously powerful and brutal, who had just been crowned from the king of Lanling County to the king of Jin, suddenly adjust his guard to this place? How could he suddenly be interested in the Wu Dynasty mission?
Sitting in the swaying sedan chair, Yue Qianqiu unconsciously remembered the scene of sitting in the small sedan chair of the old lady Yue before, and unconsciously squinted his eyes and put his hands in his sleeves.
This is a bad habit learned from the old man, but as long as he does such an action, he seems to be able to calm his mood easily.
Before leaving, he was forced by the old man to do a lot of homework, so at this time, he was rummaging through his memory to find the origin of the King of Jin.
The Northern Yan has always been called the Great Yan among the native population, and the Wu Dynasty in the south is mostly called the Southern Dynasty, or the Southern Wu. Like the Wu Dynasty, the Northern Yan also took advantage of the war in the last years of the Wei Dynasty to establish the country, dominating the north, and its royal family can be traced back to the Sui Dynasty to unify the northeast. Although it is from a different race, because it occupies a lot of the former northern patriotic land, there are also many Han officials.
Moreover, unlike the Wu Dynasty, where almost all the kings were royal, the kings of Northern Yan can be said to be eclectic. If the title of King Jin is placed in the south, everyone knows that it is the top royal family, but if it is placed in Beiyan, then it will have to be pondered.
Beiyan removed the prince, the royal brother, the imperial nephew, the descendant magnates, the patriarchal magnates, and the heroes...... All of them can be crowned kings, and there are a lot of various princes. Among them, the prince has a one-word king, a one-word king, and a two-character king, however, the title of Jin is still quite special. Because according to the knowledge of popular science given to him by the old lady Yue, the prince's titles are large, second, and third, and the king of Jin belongs to the first class.
But the problem is that among the materials that he made up before he left, there were sixteen or seventeen kings such as Qin, Zhao, and Yan, but he had never heard that there was a king of Jin in Northern Yan at the moment!
So the intelligence work is not done well, what a cheat!
Although Yue Qianqiu has always been a curious baby, he didn't bother to open the curtains at this time to observe the surrounding road, anyway, it was the same when the mission was escorted by soldiers and horses along the way.
The only thing he didn't feel at ease was the special carriage of the eldest princess of Dongyang placed in the post house, even if he specially ordered Qing Fengnian to help watch it before leaving. At least, the Mo knife and other gadgets hidden in the car, the sooner they are exposed, maybe when they will come in handy?
I don't know how long it took, he finally felt that the sedan chair was gently lowered, followed by a very calm voice: "Yue Jiu Gongzi, please get off the sedan chair." ā
Do you really know who I am......
Yue Qianqiu bowed his head and walked out of the sedan chair, and then couldn't help but squint his eyes, because it was dark outside, and there was a thick curtain hanging in the sedan chair, which was naturally dim, but this place was not the gate of the mansion he imagined, but it was a high hall with bright lights and countless palace lamps.
Even though it was night, a sense of opulence and luxury greeted him, as if to remind him of something.
This King of Jin doesn't say anything else, at least he is a local tyrant! Even the rich palace of the Wu Dynasty is not lit up like this, should he sigh and not show off his wealth so much?
Not only him, but also Master Yue and Yan Xu got down from the sedan chair, and at this moment, they were all shocked by the brightly lit scene in the night. Yan Xu even muttered in a low voice when Yue Qianqiu rushed over to stand side by side with him: "What a loser! ā
Immediately after, the group of three immediately faced a scene that made them even more stunned.
I saw two rows of young and jade-looking maids rushing out, and they spread a long red carpet from the high hall directly down the steps to the soles of their feet, and then knelt respectfully on their sides, revealing the beautiful and white back of their necks, and shouted in unison in the neat official dialect of the Wu Dynasty: "On the orders of the King of Jin, welcome the distinguished guests!" ā