Section 93 Meeting the Visitor (3)
Zeng Yixing came quickly, and his pomp was much larger than that of the Tubo people, in addition to the more than 30 guards waiting outside, there were four people who brought into the living room of Luo Kaixian, the lord.
Or that the previous conversation with Bian Ba still had a lingering rhyme, plus the idea of not directly resisting Zhao Song for the time being, looking at the five people who were led by the guards, Luo Kai frowned first, but still stood up and said loudly to Zeng Yixing at the front: "Luo Mou has seen a distinguished guest, Brother Zeng, please sit down!" ”
Zeng Yixing is a middle-aged scholar with a white face and few beards and some gray hair, although he is a high-ranking transfer envoy, he did not show his pride and reserve in front of Luo Kaixian, but he was kind and arched his hand, "Zeng has seen General Luo!" ”
As soon as the words fell, and he was about to sit down, a young attendant behind him shouted, "Wait! Lord Wang is going to lose the face of my Song officials! Someone in the Unaro, who is only a few people in the poor countryside, dares to call himself a general? Visitors are not welcomed, guests are not worshipped, guests are not respectful, how rude, are you humiliating us? ”
Luo Kaixian's originally peaceful face sank instantly, his eyes narrowed, and he didn't pay attention to the clamoring person at all, but instead turned his gaze at Zeng Yixing, "Brother Zeng, this is your political enemy sent to frame you?" Or do you want to humiliate Luo? ”
Zeng Yixing's face also changed, and he quickly turned around and shouted to the few people who followed him: "Hongming sealed his mouth!" Wang Nuo, you'd better not move! ”
With his words, a strong man who was obviously in the role of a pro-guard took a wrong step, raised his hand and twisted the arm of the shouting young man, and while the other party was bending over, the other big hand firmly covered the young man's mouth!
The young man who was still talking a few seconds ago was completely controlled when he said two words, "You dare to ......", and his tongue and hands and feet were completely controlled.
Another strong man called Wang Nuo was obviously the young man's guard, and after a little movement, he stopped because of Hongming's actions, his hands spread out to the sides, his face was full of helplessness and unwillingness, but he didn't dare to move rashly, obviously, he didn't have the confidence to rescue people in Hongming's hands.
Luo Kaixian stood in place, his eyes fixed on the silent farce in front of him without saying a word, and with the same expression as him, Nuralman, who was standing behind him as a clerk, and in the direction of the door, Antiano's right hand was already pressed on the hilt of the knife.
For the people around Luo, there are too many dangerous scenes along the way, three or five outsiders are not worth blinking an eyelid at such a move, Nuralman, the weakest brad in battle, doesn't care, Antiano just raised a knife and didn't step forward, because visitors are not allowed to carry weapons inside the Lingzhou camp, and before entering this hall, they were searched, and they wanted to take advantage of the main Luo Kaixian's body unarmed?
There are more than 100,000 people in the camp of Nuo Da Lingzhou, and no one will have this confidence.
The guards who were called Hongming by Zeng Yixing were very neat and clean, and with a few flips of his hand, he untied a thin hemp rope from his wrist and tied the young man's hands upside down, and then withdrew a silk handkerchief from the young man's body, and strangled the mouth that sprayed feces horizontally.
And stopped moving, Wang Nuo stood in place, and the young man who was strangled didn't even dare to struggle.
After staring at everything, Zeng Yixing turned around slowly, and explained to Luo Kaixian with embarrassment on his face: "General Luo, don't misunderstand, Zeng has never had the idea of humiliating the general, as for this person, it is called the general, this is not Zeng's entourage, but Wang Chen, the son of Wang Miao, the governor of Weizhou." ”
This seems to only exist in a scene in a bad novel or movie in the later generations actually happened in front of him, Luo Kaixian's feeling is - very ridiculous and strange, the first reaction to being abused is of course anger, but the reaction of several people on the other side made him hesitate, because all this is too much like acting, and at the moment when Zeng Yixing apologized on the other side, he even felt that the other party's very modest face revealed indescribable hypocrisy.
It's just that after a little thought, Luo Kai first decided to wait and see what happened, if the other party was acting, he wanted to see how the other party proceeded, if not, then this high-ranking official surnamed Zeng who gave a generous gift to congratulate him always had to give himself an explanation.
He cleared his throat, stared at Zeng Yixing, who still had an embarrassed expression, and said, "Brother Zeng, this attendant is very skillful, but it's just ...... Such an idiot who doesn't know the practice is actually the son of Zhizhou? Still in Great-Brother's Acolyte? ”
Facing Luo Kaixian's questioning, Zeng Yixing's face became more and more depressed, "General Luo, please forgive this Wang Chen's young and vain words, Zeng will escort this junior who does not know the current affairs out, this matter is ...... Zeng will definitely give the general an explanation! ”
"Confession?" Luo Kaixian squinted his eyes again, "It's okay, when Ben is going to get married, he doesn't see blood." Brother Zeng is a distinguished guest, and it is the first time I have met, and Luo is the master and the guest. ”
"General Xie's good intentions!" Hearing Luo Kaixian's words, Zeng Yixing finally breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed deeply.
This kind of etiquette can't be taken lightly, Luo Kaixian didn't want to be really rude, so he directly stepped forward and held the other party's elbow sideways to stop the other party's big salute, and said: "Brother Zeng, don't be like this!" It's just that Brother Zeng wants to send someone to be optimistic about this prince of Zhizhou, if the matter of this hall is spread today, the general's soldiers will not act rashly, but the people under him may not be able to spare this person. ”
Wang Chen, the young man who was escorted and couldn't speak, could have stood still, but after hearing Luo Kaixian's words, his body trembled violently, if he hadn't been grabbed by the back of his neck, he would have been weak and cowered to the ground.
And Zeng Yixing, who was supposed to make a decision, stood in place as if he was stunned by Luo Kaixian's words, unable to say anything.
The performance of everyone in the entire hall was reflected in Luo Kaixian's eyes, and he didn't bother to care about this kind of boring plot that happened in front of him. Obviously, this is a boring infighting in the officialdom of Zhao and Song Dynasty, and this prince Wang Chen is obviously an idiot with unsound eyes, and the wrong person is involved in the wrong place, and this Zeng Yixing is either a hypocrite who is hidden deeply, or a master who uses his strength to fight, it is obvious that a person who can transfer a high position in one place will never be a fool.
Thinking of this, Luo Kaixian said categorically: "Antiano, send this noble son out!" Brother Zeng, do you still have something to say to Luo? Great-brother? ”
Antiano, who was a head taller than several Song people, strode forward, raised his hand and gestured to the guard known as Hongming, who grabbed the paralyzed noble son Wang Chen and began to walk out, and Wang Chen never dared to move, and the guard called Wang Nuo also walked towards the door under Hongming's gaze.
As if waking up from a dream, Zeng Yixing stumbled a little and said, "Student...... The official ...... Zeng is a guest, since he is a guest, General Luo, Zeng still has something to discuss with the general...... Please also ask the general to spare Wang Chen's life......"
Is this to play the role of a scholar and encounter a soldier? Luo Kaixian muttered in his heart, but his face was still unmoving: "His life is in his own hands, Brother Zeng!" Please sit down, for General Ben, you are an uninvited guest, please express your intentions directly! ”
was swept away by a farce that swept away the good mood of the previous talks with the Tubo people, Luo Kaixian felt that it was already the greatest kindness that he did not kill or expel everyone, and he was no longer too lazy to play with this scholar-like high-ranking official of the Zhao and Song dynasties, and straightforwardly put on the military practices he was used to.
Zeng Yixing, who had completely lost the initiative, sat on the high-backed chair opposite Luo Kaixian with his only remaining adviser retinue, and was silent for a while before he said with a calm expression: "I apologize to General Luo again, I learned that the general was settled in Lingzhou a month ago, and I heard about the general's wedding half a month ago, and when it was time to set off, Wang Miao of Zhizhou ordered his son Wang Chen to accompany him......"
Luo Kai raised his hand first and stopped the other party's complaint, "Brother Zeng, don't mention that clown, he has nothing to do with Luo!" Just say that Brother Zeng, you yourself, came to congratulate Luo for his wedding, Brother Zeng is the mission of the emperor of your country? ”
"Ah, no!" Luo Kaixian's mention of Emperor Song in his words was like telling an ordinary person, but Zeng Yixing didn't care about this at all, but simply denied it and explained: "Coming to Lingzhou is Zeng someone's intention, and it has nothing to do with my emperor...... Actually...... General Luo, please forgive Zeng for saying bluntly, two months ago, when Zeng first arrived in Weizhou, he heard the transit merchant mention the battle of tens of thousands of people in Bozhou, thousands of miles away, and the merchant counted the bravery of the general's command...... There is also a big ball flying car that can float in the air, Zeng longed for it, so he germinated this idea and begged the general to allow him to take a look...... If it can be sold with a certain one, Zeng will not hesitate to bankrupt his family! ”
Luo Kai made a mistake first.
All the previous assumptions were wrong, the high-ranking official of Zhao and Song in front of him was neither a hidden hypocrite, nor a cunning master of fame and fortune, but a technical guy who was obsessed with novelties!
I wanted to refuse, but I thought that I had received more than 100 horses of silk and satin, dozens of catties of tea and 20 sets of exquisite porcelain from the other party, especially the first one, which was deeply delighted by Li Ji. The so-called short hands of people, this kind of refusal is really difficult to speak.
Wanting to agree to the other party, Luo Kaixian was worried that the diffusion of technology would bring pressure to the future, as he knows, Zhao Song is not short of skilled craftsmen nowadays, and the floating car is really not a wonderful invincible artifact.
What's more, the floating car is a simple appliance, but the derivative effect is difficult to grasp. The floating car first broke people's perception of the sky at this time, and it also contains many technologies, such as the bonding process of fur, the material value of oil, the manufacturing process of oil storage tanks, and the structural process of leather rope nodes...... Any one of them has the potential to change the industry standard of this era.
This is not a simple question.
Luo Kaixian's thoughts were crazy, there is the Song generation, there are many literati and doctors, and technical officials are rare, what is the origin of this guy in front of him?