Chapter 233: Equal
Zhao Xu's solemn face also showed a hint of a smile: Your Highness is too modest in this statement, at least I myself like His Highness's self-humility and straightforwardness.
Yelu Yanxi smiled faintly, and did not answer, but turned back a little rudely, and used his fierce eyes to keep patrolling among the ministers of the Eastern Ban, as if a hungry tiger was choosing its prey. His eyes were so sharp that most of the ministers lowered their heads one after another.
Zhao Xu was talking to Yelu Yanxi, but he didn't want him to come to this trick, Zhao Xu was naturally full of dissatisfaction. After all, he was the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty in the Central Plains. The Great Song Dynasty has always been self-proclaimed China, which means the central country, that is, the center of the whole world. Although the Great Liao was stronger than the Great Song Dynasty in terms of military strength and size, they did not dare to admit it like this.
But today, the prince of the Liao Kingdom of Beiyi was so contemptuous of the Chinese emperor above the main hall, how could Zhao Xu not be angry. If it weren't for the fact that the Great Song Dynasty is now in an eventful season, it is not appropriate to have a grudge with the Liao State, and he would really have to turn his face. At this time, Zhao Xu suddenly appeared, what a correct thing Ouyang Shu did yesterday. Yelu Yanxi and others just can't let him do everything as he wants, otherwise he will be empty-sighted!
What is His Highness looking for? Although Zhao Xu knew that he must be looking for Ouyang Shu, he still pretended not to know and asked.
Yelu Yanxi didn't look back, and continued to look down one by one among the ministers. Xiao Ningnu next to him hurriedly bowed and replied for him: Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Kingdom, His Royal Highness the grandson of my family is looking for Ouyang Shu, the commander of Kaifeng County in your country!
Zhao Xu frowned, and said: Coincidentally, there is a supervising imperial history who is impeaching Ouyang Shu, saying that he offended the noble envoy once yesterday and snatched away the beautiful woman chosen by the noble envoy, is there such a thing?
Xiao Ningnu's face suddenly turned red. This time to envoy the Great Song Dynasty, his guards have always been to protect the imperial grandson, and they are the best of the guards in the imperial palace of Liao, but they don't want to be easily defeated by a domestic slave of the small county order, which is simply an unbearable shame. This has already made him severely reprimanded in front of Yelu Yanxi, and after returning to Liao, he doesn't know what kind of punishment he will encounter. This kind of thing, he naturally hopes that less people will know about it, but now that Zhao Xu has openly talked about it in the main hall, I am afraid that from tomorrow, this will definitely become a hot topic in the streets and alleys of the Great Song Dynasty. Hehe, the little county commander of the Great Song Dynasty beat the deputy envoy of the Liao State severely, is there anything more exciting than this?
Xiao Ningnu's greatest wish at this time was to step forward and sew Zhao Xu's hateful mouth shut, but he still had to bow down and answer: Yes!
As soon as this word came out, the hall became calmer, to the point where the leaves could be heard, but Xiao Ningnu clearly heard a burst of sarcastic laughter from everyone's heart. He gritted his teeth and said in as calm a tone as possible: Your Majesty, if there is a personal provocation between a foreign minister and a minister of your country, and if something happens to each other, no matter who wins or loses, it will not be handled by Your Majesty. Even if the minister ends up with a broken hand and a lame leg, it is just that the minister himself is incompetent, no wonder others. But yesterday, the beautiful man was the first to appear by the foreign minister, and invited him to Xingyuan as a guest first, and the Li County Order of your country did not count as blocking it, and also instructed the domestic slaves to hurt people, which is simply unforgivable. Besides, that beauty, the foreign minister did not invite for himself, but on behalf of His Royal Highness the grandson of my family. Regarding this point, the foreign minister made it clear to Li County Commander at that time. However, instead of listening to Li County's order, he intensified his efforts, and by doing so, he not only looked down on the foreign minister personally, but also looked down on His Royal Highness the Taisun of our country, and looked down on me with dignity! The foreign minister is here, and he hopes that His Majesty will return the foreign minister, return justice to our Daliao, and return the two countries to a broad road of diplomatic relations!
Since in the Liao State, duels between rivals in love were allowed. If the losing side is injured in a duel and uses this as an excuse to sue the government, the government will not pay attention to it, and the people will look down on the person who complained. Although there was no real jealousy between Ouyang Shu and Xiao Ningnu yesterday, let alone a duel, if he used this to blackmail Zhao Xu to deal with Ouyang Shu, he would still be looked down upon by the Liao. Therefore, Xiao Ningnu's chosen strategy is to put aside personal grievances while exaggerating the impact of this matter.
His intention is very simple, that is, he hopes that Zhao Xu can sentence Xiaozhu to Yelu Yanxi, so that he can be regarded as atoning for his crimes, and Yelu Yanxi is happy, not only will he probably not care about the previous things anymore, but he may be more pampered than before. If that were the case, his sacrifice yesterday would be nothing.
When Zhao Xu heard this, his face sank, and he was about to speak. Seeing the opportunity, Lu Yihao hurriedly came out again and said: Your Majesty, what the Liao envoy said is very reasonable, my Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and everything that is reasonable and forgets the righteousness must not be tolerated! The minister asks Your Majesty to strictly investigate this matter, and after finding out, severely punish the relevant responsible persons!
Zhao Xu nodded slightly, and shouted in a deep voice: Ouyang Shu, what else do you have to say!
Ouyang Shu finally walked out slowly.
That Yelu Yanxi's eyes had been wandering through the crowd just now, just to find Ouyang Shu. Although he didn't know Ouyang Shu, he was confident, and under his domineering eyes, people with ghosts in their hearts would lower their heads and dare not make eye contact with him. But his gaze was so domineering that almost all the ministers did not dare to make eye contact with him. He was a little discouraged, but when Zhao Xu personally called Ouyang Shu out, his fighting spirit also returned, and he glared at Ouyang Shu fiercely, as if he wanted to eat Ouyang Shu.
Ouyang Shu was not like an ordinary Wenchen, he chose to ignore Yelu Yanxi's fierce eyes, and when he passed by Yelu Yanxi's side, he didn't seem to see this person at all, so he crossed over. Yelu Yanxi was already a grumpy person, if it weren't for the Zichen Hall of the Great Song Dynasty, he could have rushed up and strangled Ouyang Shu. He tried hard to suppress it for a long time, and finally suppressed this impulse, and secretly said in his heart: Hmph, wait until I will ask my beauty to come over through your emperor first! As for you, I don't believe that with the many masters I brought this time, I can't let you die on the streets! Thinking about it like this, he calmed down a little, and when he looked at Ouyang Shu again, his eyes were no longer so ruthless, but with a little disdain.
Ouyang Shu said: Your Majesty! He turned around and said to the ministers in the hall: "Colleagues, we have been fighting here for so long, and in the final analysis, it is all for a woman. However, when we talk about it now, we don't even ask who the woman is and what kind of business she is engaged in, and as for whether the woman is willing to go with the Liao envoy, we don't ask clearly, is this appropriate?
After a pause, Ouyang Shu chuckled softly again, and said: This is probably nothing for Da Liao, there is a fight between the various departments of Da Liao, and after the wife and daughter of the defeated party become prisoners of other families, it is common for them to have children for the sake of killing their husbands and enemies, but this is my Da Song. The women of the Great Song Dynasty, don't say that those free bodies who have not signed the deed of sale are the maids of the big family, and if the master wants to give her to someone else, they should also talk to the maid in advance, right? Although this is not the law, it is also a human favor! But yesterday, the woman, she clearly signed the deed of sale, and she did not want to go with the Liao envoy to be a guest, what right do you have to forcibly take her away? If you have the right to take her away, do you also have the right to take any woman walking on the street? Do you also have the right to take any woman in the house you break into?
Zhao Xu nodded again and again when he heard this, and the ministers gradually felt the same way. They are all powerful people in the court, and there are a few beautiful wives and concubines in the general family, think about it, if the Liao envoy breaks into his home and wants to take away his beautiful wife and concubine, it is indeed unacceptable.
After Ouyang Shu finished speaking, Zhao Xu sighed and said: In this way, Aiqing knows that woman?