Luan Yi's refusal to summon Yeonpi for a while made Yeonpi, who was Goguryeo, confused, and did not know the great pope's attitude towards Goguryeo.

If it is really a matter of official business, if the opposite is just an excuse for refusing to meet with him, then the matter is serious, which means that the emperor in front of him is expanding his territory in all directions, and he has a strong hostility towards his motherland, Goguryeo.

He could hardly imagine the consequences of Goguryeo becoming enemies of the Holy Chinese Empire. Historically, Goguryeo was just a county under the Western Han Dynasty regime of Youzhou Xuansu County, and it was only in the Eastern Han Dynasty that it took the opportunity of Wang Mang's rebellion to become independent, and after Emperor Ling returned to heaven, he took advantage of the chaos in the world to expand with the assistance of Gongsun Du, and became a kingdom on the Liaodong Peninsula that could compete with Baekje and Sanhan.

With the power of one county against the Great Chinese Empire, the consequences can be imagined.

Thinking of this, he was scared. He felt more and more that it was not possible to wait like this, so he changed into official clothes overnight and rushed to the Pope's palace to wait, and threatened that if the Pope did not see him, he would always wait outside the palace.

In fact, the reason why Luan Yi didn't see him was not because he was busy, nor was he hostile to Goguryeo. He was deliberately hanging Yeonpi to give him enough time to understand how small Goguryeo was in front of the empire, and to figure out what position Goguryeo should be in in the future with the empire.

So, after learning that Yeonpi was so anxious to ask to see him, he knew that this Goguryeo envoy had figured it out.

He summoned Yan Pi in the early morning of the second day, and in order to show that he was really busy with official business, he also specially asked people to move a large table and put it on his desk. These notes had actually been reviewed a few days earlier.

He pretended to write and draw on the white rice paper, until he saw Yeonpi stepping into the main hall and kneeling down to greet him, he put down the wolf and said expressionlessly: "Goguryeo envoy, are you guilty?" ”

has been ruling the Quartet for a long time, and Luan Yi has inadvertently cultivated a unique majesty of being in a superior position. This majesty was accompanied by the murderous aura of his southern and northern battles, which radiated through his energetic voice, giving people a sense of horror.

Yan Pi knelt on the ground and broke out in a cold sweat. He knew that as an envoy now, he represented the whole of Goguryeo. In order to protect the face of the kingdom, he swallowed the horror in his heart, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "I don't know what sin there is. ”

"Not guilty?" Luan Yi snorted coldly and said, "Last year, when the Xianbei people invaded the Xiongnu, a subject country of our empire, the small country of Goguryeo actually fought for the tiger and sent 30,000 soldiers and horses to fight together. Isn't it a sin to be an enemy of a subject of the Holy Chinese Empire to be an enemy of the Holy Chinese Empire? ”

"Your Majesty, there is a misunderstanding in this matter." Yan Pi reacted quickly, quickly grasped the temporal logic trap deliberately created by Luan Yi, and said: "As far as I know, when the Xianbei criminal minister Kebi was able to coerce our country to send troops to the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu were not a subject country of your country. Therefore, we did not hesitate to go with him. There is not the slightest intention of being an enemy of your country. Your Majesty, please be clear. ”

Yan Pi's answer was neither humble nor arrogant, and it was justified and in line with the facts. When Xianbei sent troops to the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu did not receive the coronation of the Holy Chinese Empire, which means that the Chinese Empire did not announce to the world that the Xiongnu were his subjects. Goguryeo's use of troops against him did not violate the majesty of the Chinese Empire. In this way, it can be launched, and Luan Yi's accusations before are not valid.

Luan Yi secretly praised Yan Pi's answer in his heart, and still maintained an arrogant expression that did not smile on the surface, "Strong words." When the Xianbei ancestor Tanshi Huai was alive, the small country of Ru Goguryeo knocked on the border of Youzhou with the Xianbei people three times, how can this be explained? ”

As soon as he heard this, Yan Pi's cold sweat kept dripping, and he said secretly: Could it be that the Pope wants to settle accounts with Goguryeo? "Your Majesty atoned for your sins, Goguryeo was indeed at fault in this matter, but it was also forced to be helpless. Xianbei and Goguryeo are next to each other, the Xianbei people are strong and strong, but if I resist Goguryeo, they will be killed by illness. I, Goguryeo, claim that I am not his opponent, and I can only be coerced by it to use troops against the Han Dynasty. Your Majesty, please be clear. ”

"Then why didn't you ask the big man at that time for help?"

"It's not that I haven't asked for help, at first the Han court ignored our help, and then the Han Dynasty fell into civil strife, and even more so that we couldn't take care of a small border country like us, so we could only be coerced by the Xianbei people to use troops against the Han Dynasty." Yan Pi thought for a moment and added: "In addition, the vast majority of the wealth plundered from the Han Dynasty was occupied by the Xianbei people, but we Goguryeo people have not taken a penny!" ”

"I'm afraid it's not that you don't want to take it, it's that the Xianbei people won't give it to you!" Luan Yi was sarcastic, but secretly sighed in his heart: Yes! Everyone is like Goguryeo is a wall grass, when the Han Dynasty was in its heyday, he came to climb the Han Dynasty, and when the Han Dynasty fell and Xianbei rose, he turned to Xianbei. But who thought about the hardships of Goguryeo. The country of projectiles survives in the gap between the great powers, and the Han Dynasty, as the suzerain, usually recruits and calls, but when the other party encounters a threat to survival, it does not send troops to rescue. In order to survive, Goguryeo was torn between Xianbei and Dahan, and it was Dahan himself who finally pushed Goguryeo into the arms of the Xianbei people.

"There is some truth to what you say." Luan Yi got up and paced a few steps, and said to Yan Pi, who was still kneeling on the ground: "Flatten!" ”

Yan Pi knew that his answer had successfully weakened Luan Yi's hostility towards Goguryeo, so he stood up according to Luan Yi's intentions and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, "Your Majesty! ”

"Say it! What is the important thing to come to see me in Danshi Mountain this time? ”

"Back to Your Majesty. When His Majesty ascended the throne, my king deeply regretted that he could not go to Luoyang to present a congratulatory gift due to a serious illness, and at the same time felt that it was too rude. Now I heard that His Majesty went to the grassland in person, so he sent his next generation to come and offer 100 mountain ginseng, 50 mink skins, 100 cattle and sheep, and the right to make up for it. I hope Your Majesty smiles. ”

Topping up the gift? Luan Yi sneered in his heart, when the previous turn was not extinguished, you didn't say that you came to congratulate. Now that the backer has fallen, I think of the supplement. This new king of Goguryeo has a thick skin.

"I accepted the gift. The messenger can go back. Luan Yi waved his hand impatiently.

"Your Majesty! There's one more thing down there. ”

"What?"

Yan Pi swallowed his saliva and hesitated for a long time before speaking, "This time, my king sent me to meet Your Majesty in the hope that I will reach an agreement with Your Majesty to establish friendly relations between our country and your country and create a friendly alliance. ”

"Friendly alliances. Haha......" Luan Yi looked up to the sky and laughed as if he had discovered something interesting.

"Why is Your Majesty laughing?"

Luan Yi's face froze, "The land of Goguryeo projectiles is also worthy of an alliance with the Holy Huaxia Empire. Forget it! The Empire doesn't need weak allies, so let your new king put an end to this thought! ”

"This ......" Yan Pi was enraged by Luan Yi's arrogant words. But knowing that the Chinese Empire was strong, he didn't dare to attack, so he could only forcibly suppress his anger, "Then dare to ask Your Majesty, how can Goguryeo show its sincerity and be good-neighborly and friendly with your country for a hundred years?" ”

"Want to be a good neighbor?" Luan Yi paused, took out a yellow cloth from the drawer, picked up the wolf pen and wrote down a few characters, and took the jade seal to stamp the red seal, and asked the attendant Dian Wei to transfer it to Yan Pi. "This is the imperial letter to Goguryeo. As long as Goguryeo did what the above article was in, the empire would be friendly with Goguryeo forever. ”

"National Letters?" Yan Pi was stunned at first. Secret Dao Luan Yi prepared his credentials early in the morning, which proved that he was ready to meet with him a long time ago. The reason why I refused to see him before was to leave him aside and make him anxious. Thinking of this, the anger in his heart rose again.

But after reading the national letter, he began to feel that he was the father of a villain and a gentleman. The credentials in front of him were not specially prepared for him, but were applicable to all vassal states.

The letter was printed by printing, which means that there is more than one copy of the letter, and the content is exactly the same, except for a blank space in the upper left corner, which is used to fill in the name of the vassal state.

Just like the national letter in front of me, the articles in it are all in a fixed printing format, only the three words "Goguryeo" have just been written by Luan Yi, and the ink has not yet dried up.

As for the content, there are generally the following articles: first, the kings of Goguryeo must be crowned by the Holy Pope of the Chinese Empire and send the crown prince to Luoyang for education; 2. The Holy Chinese Empire will establish a consulate in the capital city of Goguryeo Maru, and send imperial officials in the consulate to supervise the operation of all Goguryeo rights and supervise Goguryeo's payment of part of the tax revenue to the empire; 3. The Holy Chinese Empire was to garrison troops in Goguryeo; 4. Goguryeo shall not in any way hinder the missionary mission of the Notre Dame Church in Goguryeo; 5. When the Holy Chinese Empire declared war on the outside world, Goguryeo was required to send troops to assist in the war according to the requirements of the empire.

As long as Goguryeo agreed to the above five programs, the Holy Chinese Empire would not endanger Goguryeo's security, and at the same time, when Goguryeo encountered invasion by other countries, or natural and man-made disasters, the Holy Chinese Empire would provide full support to help Goguryeo tide over the difficulties. In addition, if Goguryeo needed it, the empire could send skilled craftsmen and agricultural personnel to Goguryeo to guide production.

After reading the so-called national letter of more than 3,000 words from beginning to end, Yan Pi was shocked, where is this Allied national letter, it is clearly a table of surrender drafted in place of Goguryeo! Once signed, Goguryeo ceased to be an independent kingdom, but a vassal of the Holy Chinese Empire.

"Your Majesty's Atonement...... This matter is a big matter, and the villain can't do it. This credential needs to be brought back to the country by the villain and handed over to His Majesty the King for adjudication. Yan Pi let out a long breath and said.

"Then you can take it back!" Luan Yi stopped Yan Pi, who was getting up to leave, "There is one thing that needs to be notified to you in advance." At the beginning of next spring, I want to use troops against Baekje Silla, and I will need to borrow from Goguryeo at that time. If, by then, your new king has not signed this credential, I would not mind destroying him along the way. ”

"Huh?" Yan Pi was taken aback, "Your Majesty Xie reminded. I will plead with my King to make a decision sooner rather than later. ”