In the Tang Rite Department Pavilion, several people wearing white or black Shaomin wearing ring-shaped headscarves are sitting on the ground. Fortunately, the wooden floor here was spotlessly clean, and a middle-aged man with his hands behind his back sighed with a comfortable face: "Chang'an is really big, and this house is also big." The person who spoke was none other than Zhang Jiancheng.

Next to him, an older old man with a white beard was holding a ruby the size of a bird's egg shining in the lamp, staring at it for a long time, then putting it in the box and taking out another one to knock. After a while, the old man said: "We gave a gift from the Jin Palace, and now it seems that we have earned it." ”

Zhang Jiancheng sneered: "I ran thousands of miles, and I went through several twists and turns just to earn this little thing?" ”

The old man said expressionlessly: "If you count the road expenses, you should lose money." ”

Zhang Jiancheng glanced at him, frowned, and said: "When I saw Princess Taiping in the palace that day, I had said it well at the beginning, but the King of Jin stood up and said that he wanted to discuss it with the emperor, and it seems that this matter will not be so smooth." ”

Sitting together, another person interjected: "The current emperor uses a bird, I have long heard that it is a marionette, and everything is decided by Princess Taiping's family." ”

Zhang Jiancheng said: "Then it goes without saying, what did their mother and son do as soon as they sang and did everything, and what happened to the emperor?" ”

The white-bearded old man still didn't have any expression of joy or sorrow, and said straightforwardly: "King Jin is wary of us, and he can't pass his level. ”

"Nonsense, isn't it obvious?" Zhang Jiancheng's tone was a little irritable, "Why else would he give us these things?" Who is not greedy for money in Chang'an? ”

One of them said: "Actually, the head man (Pirog) is too worried, our land of six edicts is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, can they manage it?" Destroy the river barbarians first, and then talk about the good ones on the table, and most of the court will push the boat down the river to seal the land of the river barbarians to us. ”

The other said: "If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, according to the rules, we can't just encroach on the places of other edicts, and when the rules are broken, Tang Bing Xingshi will ask for guilt, can we beat Tang Bing?" Isn't stealing chickens a handful of rice? ”

The man who spoke just now smiled and said: "Now is not the situation of Taizong, the Tang army has no way to take the Tubo people, it has long passed the time of the Quartet expedition, don't you see that there are troops everywhere to defend the town?" The river barbarians had already hooked up with the Tubo people, and we didn't say that they betrayed the Tang Dynasty, and it was absolutely impossible for the Tang soldiers to raise troops to ask for guilt. Besides, they have a lot of problems of their own, and they are still looking forward to our Nanzhao to contain the Tubo people, I really don't see any reason for the Tang people to get along with us. ”

Zhang Jiancheng said coldly: "What's the use of saying this, what did the head man send us for?" If there is no need to do this, let's go all the way to Chang'an to see the excitement?!"

Zhang Jiancheng said again: "What we should do now is to find a way to complete our mission, pack up our things and go home, and go back with our heads if we don't live up to our mission!" ”

At this time, the old man who was looking at the gem said expressionlessly: "Let's try it with the big barbarians and the small barbarians first, and use the good iron on the blade, the key to this matter is to pass the level with the King of Jin, and it's time to use them." ”

Zhang Jiancheng thought about it cautiously and said, "It seems that this is the only way." ”

The envoy of Nanzhao went to the prince of Jin's kingdom, and it happened that Xue Chongxun was checking the progress of the law change inside, and he heard that Zhang Jiancheng's visit was not easy to excuse, after all, people came from thousands of miles away, according to the Confucian "friends from afar are happy", and it is okay to see them.

So he changed into a purple robe, went to the upper seat on the upper floor of the wind, and asked for the envoy to be invited in to meet him. According to the grade on the surface, the chief of Nanzhao was originally the county king who had just been crowned by the assassin Shi, and his rank was obviously lower than that of the prince, and the strategist Zhang Jiancheng sent was even lower, so Xue Chongxun sat on it in a big way to receive their salutes; If calculated according to the actual strength, Xue Chongxun holds half of the Tang Empire in his hands, and what Pi Luoge Zhang Jiancheng is even more scum, which is completely incomparable.

When he met Zhang Jiancheng and others, Xue Chongxun had already thought about it, and the responsibility for destroying Nanzhao's abacus could not be recognized on himself. Xue Chongxun was naturally not afraid of them, but felt that it was completely boring to attract people to hold grudges. Originally, the diplomatic policy was a public affair for the sake of the entire Tang Dynasty, and it was not he Xue Chongxun who benefited, so why should he carry this black pot by himself?

Anyway, the decision-making and operation process within the Tang Dynasty had nowhere to be known to these young people, and they couldn't determine who was advocating it inside. Therefore, Xue Chongxun planned to pretend to be innocent and push the responsibility onto the entire imperial court. Although he stood up to remind his mother in Zichen Hall that day, a light sentence could not explain anything; And Zhang Jiancheng didn't know himself, it was the first time they met. At that time, there were so many people in the temple who were talking, and he probably didn't pay attention to who it was.

Xue Chongxun is not particularly good at acting, but fortunately, he doesn't need to act for a long time. And when he first started performing, the appearance of Brother Li Shouli appeared in his mind, haha, it happened to be a faint gentleman who he had seen with his own eyes to study, and it would be easier to pretend to have a reference. So when Xue Chongxun and the envoy met, he deliberately hunched his back, and occasionally made some meaningless strange movements with his hands, which seemed not very stable, which was not too much and could achieve a certain suggestive effect, which was just right. Seeing this, the staff next to him had already guessed eight points in his heart, and couldn't help but quietly show a funny expression.

Zhang Jiancheng greeted him, his faint gaze swept over the faces of the staff on the side of the upper seat, and he hugged his fists and said: "I have heard the name of the prince for a long time, and today I can finally see the jade tree of the prince, which is really a blessing for three lives." ”

Xue Chongxun smiled: "It's serious, it's serious, haha...... By the way, the gems I sent back to you are beautiful, right? ”

Zhang Jiancheng was stunned, this was the first time he had dealt with Xue Chongxun, and he was a little uncomfortable with Xue Chongxun's "straightforward" style, and he was at a loss for a while.

Xue Chongxun said: "Come and don't be rude, I don't dare to take advantage of you, when the court was discussing, I was not very satisfied with Nanzhao's invitation, and I was naturally ashamed of not helping." Next time you come to Chang'an to bring some souvenirs, too valuable things are suspected of bribery, don't you say? ”

Zhang Jiancheng's eyes widened when he heard this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. Xue Chongxun was a little happy when he saw his expression, and he blocked this guy's mouth in one sentence, and when the words are clear, you can hurry up and finish the nonsense.

After a while, Zhang Jiancheng said: "What the prince said is very true, but I didn't think it through, and I didn't take into account that the prince is famous all over the world and is a person who cares about his name." In fact, we just pay respect, and have no other plans, the prince is really careful. ”

Xue Chongxun was full of smiles, and he didn't bother to talk to him, so he just smiled and said, "I'll accept my heart, just don't send money." ”

"The prince doesn't love money, only local products, a really elegant person, disrespectful and disrespectful. It just so happens that we have brought some local products with us, and this is dedicated to you, please smile. Zhang Jiancheng clapped his hands and turned around and shouted, "Ask someone to carry it up." ”

After a while, I saw a few people carrying two large boxes to the main hall, and looking at the appearance of those Lifu, I could see that the contents of the box were still a little heavy. Xue Chongxun looked at it curiously, not knowing what it was...... It can't contain two boxes of stones from Nanzhao, right? He didn't think it was a stone, maybe it was gold and silver jewelry: a box of not moving, give Lao Tzu two boxes?

"Open." Zhang Jiancheng gave an order, and the entourage opened a box.

At this time, I saw a beautiful girl in a tight black dress standing up inside! Xue Chongxun was also unexpectedly stunned, and the people around him were also attracted to look at the girl who was in the box curiously.

Although the girl is also an Oriental with yellow skin, black eyes and black hair, it can be seen at a glance that her appearance is different from that of the Han people, and she has an exotic taste. The costume is also different from that of the Han people, wearing a black long robe that drags the ground, which is about the Shaomin costume of the "Wuman" woman, and the hair is not combed into some exquisite hairstyles like the Han women, but naturally hangs down on the shoulders, and the hair ornaments without carving are somewhat modern.

Xue Chongxun was also lewd when he saw this, and he was quite tempted, obviously Zhang Jiancheng had grasped his lustful preferences...... But it is obviously not much hope for him to influence the direction of the government because of his beauty, and he wants as many good-looking women as he wants, so why bother?

"The other one is also open." Zhang Jiancheng said.

So the attendant opened the box in the back as well...... Everyone was just an accident just now, but now they are already a little amazed!

It turns out that there is another beautiful girl inside......

Obviously, this alone can't amaze the staff, they are amazed that the second girl looks exactly like the girl in black, and there is no difference at all, the only difference is that the latter is wearing a short white dress. Everyone thought to themselves: it must be twins. Twins who are both beautiful and identical are indeed rare things that are hard to find.

The short white skirt worn by the girl in white was very short, no longer than the knee, and I heard that the "white barbarian" women wore it like this. Xue Chongxun was a little puzzled that women in this era wore so revealing clothes and exposed their bare legs without worrying about danger? Although there are women in Chang'an who also dress with open breasts, exposed breasts, but only for noble ladies and courtesans, ordinary women are not allowed to dress like that at all. The Tang Dynasty was a relatively civilized place and was very stable, and the noblewomen and courtesans naturally didn't have to worry too much about dressing like that, just to please men.

The black-clothed girl came out of the box, but the long clothes were tight and narrow, and she was unable to move, and when she stepped out of the box, she stood unsteadily and saw that she was about to fall, and the Nanzhao entourage on the side was quick to grab her hand, and the girl finally stood firm with the place where she borrowed strength.

At this moment, Zhang Jiancheng suddenly pulled out a scimitar from his arms, and everyone was shocked when the knife flashed. However, Xue Chongxun was naturally not in any danger when he sat on it, even so, Sanniang on the side also took two steps forward and stretched out her hand to put it on the handle of the short sword on her waist.

Then they heard a scream, and when everyone looked at it, they saw that the wrist of the girl in black was bleeding, and a severed hand fell to the floor.

Xue Chongxun slapped the armrest and said angrily: "Bold! How dare you draw a sword and hurt someone in the lonely temple! ”

After an angry shout, a clangling metal scraper was heard, and a group of guards in armor rushed in with weapons.

Zhang Jiancheng was steady, and said without changing his face: "The prince forgives the sin, and if the man touches the hand of the 'big barbarian', it should be cut off." This is a gift for the prince, how can you let others touch it? ”G