A deserted lake 100 miles away from Shangjing.

The royal team from Canglan was stationed here, and the king of Canglan sat in the tent, looking at the gloomy weather outside, with a solemn face.

These days, it is getting colder and colder, and it is cloudy all day long, it looks like it is going to snow, and I don't know when the team will arrive in Shangjing, if it snows on the road, then this journey will be even more difficult to rush.

Just as he was thinking about it, someone outside the tent whispered: "Your Majesty! The carrier pigeon that the envoy contacted you has arrived. ”

"Bring it in." The king got up, straightened his clothes a little, and walked to the table.

The guard lifted the tent and went straight to the king, and presented the note in both hands.

Unfolded the note, which was routinely to say hello to Anhe, and there was no report on the situation in Beijing. The king put the note away, threw it into the pen holder beside him, and secretly wondered in his heart: since that day the envoy explained that he and Hua Li had failed to cooperate with the affinity, there was no other situation on the note.

Could it be that what difficulties did this envoy encounter in Shangjing? So much so that he couldn't report anything else to himself?

The king touched his chin and wondered to himself, a little unable to guess why the envoy did this.

When the maidservant on the side saw the king like this, she couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Why is the king bothered by things?" ”

This maid was brought out by the king from the palace of Canglan Kingdom, she is very smart and clever on weekdays, and she has always been able to solve the doubts in the king's heart, so she is very favored by the king, and even this long trip will take the other party with her, and she is very trusting.

The king did not answer directly, but waved his hand to let everyone else in the camp leave, and only after the two of them were left in the camp tent did he ask: "What is the movement of Shangjing, the envoy still refuses to say, thinking alone, did this envoy encounter any difficulties in Shangjing?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the servant girl burst out laughing.

Without waiting for the king to hold him accountable, the servant girl smiled and said, "The envoy is so smart, and he is an envoy sent by the king to Beijing, how can ordinary people be embarrassed?" The slave thought that maybe it was because he felt that he had failed the errand assigned by the king, so he didn't have the face to report to the king. ”

"There's some truth to that, too." King Canglan nodded slightly, feeling that what this maid said also made some sense.

No matter what, the envoy is also a person from Canglan Country, even if he makes a mistake, he has to wait for himself to go to Beijing to deal with it, and others will never dare to move, and they can't move.

Thinking of this, King Canglan's heart was much more settled, and he no longer paid attention to the affairs of the envoys, but got up and walked to the map of the camp, pointed to the location of Shangjing, and asked: "Now we are only a hundred miles away from Shangjing, and seeing that the weather is getting worse and worse, I don't know if we can reach Shangjing before the weather becomes worse." ”

"Back to the king, as long as we cross this road, then we can walk on the official road, as long as we walk on the official road of Donglan, the journey will be much faster." The handmaid attained it truthfully.

"Okay, then repair it today, and hurry up tomorrow, and arrive in Shangjing before the weather gets worse." King Canglan nodded, suddenly turned around suddenly when he remembered something, and ordered: "First send someone to Shangjing to deliver the news, and tell the emperor, saying that we are about to arrive, and by the way, I will pass the news to the envoys." ”

The maidservant bowed, "Yes, the slave will do it." ”

As the maidservant said, as long as you pass this deserted area and walk on the wide and smooth official road of Donglan, the rest of the road will be much easier, and with the order of the king of Canglan, the team will speed up the process, and it will really arrive at the gate of Shangjing five days later.

Because of the advance notice, many people came to the city gate early on this day to greet them.

Naturally, the leader is the current emperor, accompanied by several important ministers of the court, envoys and Hua Li and others also came, but they stood very far away, and there were several people in between, and they didn't even have a chance to talk to each other.

After waiting for a long time at the city gate, the team of the Canglan royal family came.

Unlike Donglan Kingdom, the Canglan Kingdom respects black, so when this team looks at it from a distance, it is black everywhere, and the largest and most luxurious carriage in the middle is protected by layers, and the one sitting in it is the King of Canglan.

After the procession slowly arrived at the gate of the city, King Canglan was helped down from the carriage by his subordinates and walked to the emperor to bow down.

After all, it is only a small country around Donglan, although it does not belong to the vassal country of Donglan, but after all, the country is small, and the king of Canglan is naturally low and small in front of the emperor.

"Get up." The emperor smiled and gave him a hand, and then said a few words, on the grounds that the weather outside was too cold, and asked people to take King Canglan to take the sedan chair prepared by the royal family and go all the way to the direction of the palace.

As for the envoy and Hua Li, neither of them was able to talk to King Canglan.

But after all, it was the envoy who was anxious for the wicked to sue first, so that the king thought that the failure of the peace was the reason for Huali, so he was very anxious, but the king had to stay in the palace for the next few days, and there were banquets every day, even if he could contact the king, but he had no chance to talk about private affairs with the other party.

Fortunately, this banquet is not held every day, and King Canglan will not always live in the palace, on the sixth day after King Canglan arrived in Beijing, the emperor specially allowed King Canglan to go back to the post house to rest because he was unwell.

After the envoy in the post house got the news, he couldn't sit still for a long time, and waited outside the post house early, and sent his personal guards to meet him, just because he was afraid that Na Huali would get in the way and rob him of the opportunity to reverse the black and white of the facts.

"Da Da Da-"

The sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and finally calmed the increasingly restless envoy, who craned his neck and looked vigorously to the east, and finally saw the carriage of the king of Canglan.

The envoy was busy to meet him, personally helped the king of Canglan to get out of the carriage, bowed all the way to the room that had been prepared in the post house, and personally poured tea for the king.

Seeing this, the king couldn't help but glance at the maidservants beside him, and both of them saw a little surprise in each other's eyes, and even more from the envoy's overly unusual hospitality. As a result, the king couldn't help but laugh and joked, "Envoy, these days when you came to Donglan, your temperament has completely changed." ”

"The king laughed." The envoy wiped the sweat from his forehead and sneered.

The king knew that something was wrong, but he didn't want to break it so quickly, but took a sip of the teacup, and then asked some things, so that the anxious envoy could speak for himself.

Sure enough, as expected by King Canglan, after a quarter of an hour passed, the envoy really couldn't sit still, he looked east and west for a while, got up and sat down for a while, and the whole person fell into an indescribable anxiety and uneasiness, not to mention the king, even his personal guards felt a little embarrassed.

However, the king still didn't plan to break it, but continued to talk about some things that were not, "I heard that the food in Chunxi Building in Shangjing is very delicious, envoy, you have been living in Shangjing these days, I don't know if there is-"

"Your Majesty." The envoy suddenly interrupted the other party's words, and immediately got up and bowed, burying his head low, "Forgive the minister for being rude, but the minister feels that this matter has to be said, and it must be said earlier, otherwise the minister will always be at peace in his heart and can't sleep at night!" And ask the king to allow his ministers to tell all this! ”

As he spoke, the envoy fell to his knees and slammed his head on the ground with a dull thud.

Before the king could speak, the personal guards of the envoys also knelt down with them, and did not dare to speak out with their heads bowed.

Seeing this, the king coughed lightly and raised his hand casually, "Don't kneel down to say anything about anything, get up." ”

"The minister is guilty, and the minister doesn't dare to get up." The envoy was still kneeling, the floor tiles of the room were extremely hard, and the pain of the envoy was unbearable, and his shoulders couldn't help but tremble slightly, but he didn't dare to get up, after all, after telling everything about it, he didn't know how angry the king would be.

Seeing the envoy's stubborn appearance, the king did not force it anymore, but nodded, "Okay, you can say it directly." ”

The envoy responded, "The minister and Huali have been ordered by the king to come to Donglan to seek peace and cooperation. There is a Manrou garment shop in Shangjing, which has a very good reputation, and Lord Holley wants to cooperate with the other party. But because the time was too tight, Lord Holley begged me to help him draw up a contract, and the minister agreed, but because the minister didn't know anything about it, the contract was not in line with the shopkeeper Su's wishes, so it was rejected. ”

After saying that, he cautiously raised his head and glanced at the king's face.

After noticing that the other party was not angry, the envoy swallowed his saliva carefully and continued to report: "As everyone knows, the shopkeeper Su is the wife of the grandfather of Donglan Kingdom, and the grandfather of the country saw that his wife was wronged, so he reported the matter to the emperor in a fit of anger, and the emperor was furious, so he canceled the harmony. ”

"What?" King Canglan stood up suddenly, his face pale: "You mean, the reason why Heqin was canceled was because Hua Liyang begged you to write a contract?" ”

Although the envoy had already mentioned this matter to him in the Flying Pigeon Biography, because the note was too short and the content was too small, King Canglan did not expect that this would be the case.

I want that Huali to look upright and decent, but I don't want to be such a person. The more King Canglan thought about it, the more angry he became, and in the end, he didn't bother to listen to the words of the envoy anymore, and directly ordered: "What about Huali? Bring people to me, and I'll ask for my guilt myself!" ”

"Your Majesty, since the cancellation of the peace of mind, Lord Huali and I had a big quarrel, and then moved out of the post house and have been living in the Wei Mansion." The envoy added oil and vinegar.

The king suppressed his anger, "It seems that the relationship between this Huali and Donglan's courtiers is very good!" ”

The atmosphere in the room became extremely gloomy, the ministers and guards still bowed their heads, and the maidservants looked at the two people kneeling on the ground with cold eyes, their lips pursed and silent, waiting for the king's orders.

"Bring Huali back to me from the Wei Mansion!" The king said in a low voice, displeased: "And his bags, bring them back too!" ”