After some provocation by the envoys, King Canglan was really angry and immediately sent someone to Wei Mansion to bring Huali. Before Hua Li arrived at the post house, the envoy said a lot of words to add fuel and vinegar, which made the king of Canglan angry, and he was already eager to execute Hua Li on the spot.

Therefore, when Hua Li arrived at the room of the king of the post house, he had just entered the door, and before he had time to bow and salute, he was frightened by the angry reprimand of the king of Canglan and hurriedly knelt down.

"Holley, are you guilty?" King Canglan sat on top of the soft collapse, looking down at Huali under the hall, both powerful and angry.

Hua Li came prepared, and knew that the envoy would definitely fan the flames before he arrived, so he seemed much calmer in the face of the king's questioning. I saw Hua Li saluting, bowing his head, and his voice was low: "The minister doesn't know what the minister's crime is." ”

Before the king could speak, the envoy on the side couldn't stand still, he pointed at Hua Li and shouted: "Bold! Licentious! ”

Hua Li looked up unhurriedly and looked at the envoy with a displeased expression, his gaze seemed to be a sharp sword, and under Hua Li's burning gaze, the sword almost pierced the envoy's throat.

The envoy immediately lowered his head and turned to face King Canglan, "Your Majesty, things have come to this point, but Hua Li still refuses to admit his guilt, and wants to put all the blame on the minister, it is enough to see Hua Li's——"

Before she finished speaking, the maidservant standing beside the king suddenly laughed, and only heard her say slowly: "Envoy, this Hua Li has not spoken yet, how do you know that he wants to put all the blame on you?" Well? ”

"Minister... The minister is ......" so that the minister could not cope for a while.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little strange, and Hua Li, who was kneeling in the hall, was straight, not at all like a person with a weak heart, but the envoys were flustered, and they couldn't stand steadily, the contrast was obvious, and the first glance made the king, who had been silent for a long time, suspicious.

He coughed lightly, interrupted the silence in the room, and said in a deep voice: "Hua Li, do you know why Donglan canceled the peace relationship?" ”

"Your Majesty, your minister—" The minister was impatient to speak.

But after only saying a few words, he was interrupted by Wang Shang's raised hand, glanced at it a little impatiently, and said coldly: "Envoy, I'm asking Hua Li, what kind of mouth do you have?" ”

As soon as he heard the king's tone, the string in the minister's heart was suddenly broken, and he hurriedly knelt down, resting his head on the floor tiles, trembling and not daring to speak again.

Then, the king looked at Holley again and asked, "Holley, do you know?" ”

"If you go back to the king, the minister will naturally know about it." Hua Li's face did not change, he looked at the king fearlessly, and said: "The emperor suddenly canceled the harmony, all because the envoy drafted the terms of the contract without authorization, and forced the Su shopkeeper of the Manrou Garment Workshop to sign, which provoked the husband of the Su shopkeeper, Donglan's grandfather Lu Li, and reported the matter to the emperor, which made the emperor angry and canceled the peace in a fit of anger. ”

Hua Li practiced these words for a long time when he was in the Wei Mansion, just so that he could say them in one breath when he met the king, so as to relieve the sullenness in his heart these days!

Because he had practiced countless times, he naturally guessed the various reactions of the king.

Now, for example, the king did not get angry and did not question the envoys, but went on to ask Huali, "Since you said that the contract was drawn up by the envoys without authorization, what evidence do you have?" Also, how did you know all this? ”

"Back to the king, the minister wanted to sign a contract with Shopkeeper Su, but there were other shops to negotiate, so the time was delayed. In addition, the envoy said that the most important thing for us to come this time is to be close, so the cooperation can be postponed, and take advantage of this time to investigate carefully, so as not to be deceived. ”

Huali was neither humble nor arrogant, and said in an orderly manner: "The minister thought that what the envoy said was also reasonable, so he listened to the envoy's words and did not rush to discuss with the shopkeeper Su." But the envoy took advantage of this time to draw up an unreasonable contract without authorization and forced the shopkeeper Su to sign it. If the minister hadn't discovered it in time, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been as simple as the emperor canceling the harmony. ”

"What do you mean?" The king frowned, a little puzzled.

"The king doesn't know that the husband of this Su shopkeeper, that is, the Duke of Zhenguo, was an invincible general in Donglan before, and he just pacified the barbarians in the north a few years ago, and maintained peace on the border between Donglan and the barbarians for decades." After saying this, Hua Li's heart sank, and he continued to say boldly: "What's more, our Canglan army is nothing compared to the barbarians, and the king doesn't like war, this Canglan is known to the whole country, but if it really angers the grandfather of the country because of this matter, let him make a statement to the emperor to attack Canglan, then the consequences ......."

Hua Li didn't finish speaking, but the king already knew what the other party meant.

The room was completely silent, the envoys were still kneeling on the ground and trembling, Hua Li still maintained a kneeling posture, and the king sat on the soft floor, his eyes lowered and looked at the ground, not knowing what he was thinking.

Indeed, as Holley said. Compared with the barbarians, Canglan's strength is not worth mentioning at all, but since the grandfather of that country can repel the barbarians, he can naturally defeat Canglan. Moreover, it can also be seen from this incident that the grandfather of this country cherishes his wife very much, if it is really only because of this incident that the prince of the country is unhappy, it can be said that the gain outweighs the loss.

What the envoy said and what Hua Li said were roughly the same, but they were different in their most critical places, although the king didn't know who said it was true, but now looking at the attitude of the two, it was also very clear.

Therefore, the king got up and said in an indifferent voice: "This matter is over, don't mention it again in the future, the most important thing at the moment is to make peace with Donglan." As for the cooperation with the store, Holley, you can make your own decision, you are not involved, and you must not let people who don't want to do it interfere. ”

After speaking, the king gave a look to the maidservant beside him, and the other party understood, leaned over and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the king is tired of feasting with the emperor in the past few days, and now he needs to have a good rest, so you should retreat first." ”

Neither punishing the envoys, nor saying who was right and who was wrong in this matter, Holley didn't expect this ending, and was a little confused.

As soon as he heard the maidservant say that he would wait for him to retreat, Hua Li had no choice but to respond, and immediately got up and exited the king's room. Now that the king has returned, it is no longer convenient for him to go to the Wei Mansion to live, but as for the result of the king's handling of this matter today, he should also find a way to let Wei Xiuyuan and others know.

"Lord Huali!"

Just when Hua Li was worried about how to inform Lu Li and the others about this, a male voice suddenly came from behind him, Hua Li turned around, and happened to see Mao Zhiyuan running towards him.

The answer he had been struggling with for a long time suddenly had a solution, and Hua Li couldn't help but smile.

Mao Zhiyuan ran to Hua Li, handed over the package in his hand, wiped the sweat beads on his face with a smile, and said: "Just now, the people of King Canglan went to Wei Mansion to bring Lord Hua Li back, and they also took away your package by the way, but I didn't want another package to be left behind, so Wei Chen specially sent it for you." ”

"Thank you, Lord Mao." Hua Li smiled, and then used this excuse to tell the other party what happened in the room of King Canglan just now.

After listening, Mao Zhiyuan was a little surprised, "King Canglan didn't say anything about disposing of the envoys?" Didn't say anything else? ”

"Exactly, this is what surprised me, but who can guess the king's thoughts." Speaking of this, Huali sighed, quite indignant.

After all, it was a selfish envoy who made a big mistake, how could the king not punish him at all?

Looking at Hua Li's sad appearance, Mao Zhiyuan patted the other party's shoulder and persuaded: "Lord Hua Li, don't worry, didn't King Canglan say it?" Let you be careful of outsiders interfering in the matter of cooperation, this can be regarded as a reminder of the envoys, right? Presumably, the king should also be dissatisfied with the envoys, but now that he is in Donglan, it is not easy to deal with it, so don't worry about this matter anymore. ”

"That's right." Huali raised his lips and smiled, finally a little brisk.

There are more people in this post house, in order to prevent anyone from being suspicious, and to prevent the envoys from making a fuss about this, the two dispersed after a brief conversation. Hua Li went straight back to his room, and Mao Zhiyuan, after dealing with trivial matters such as the post house, rode his horse in the direction of Wei Mansion.

Since Holley deliberately said this, it must be to let Lu Li and Wei Xiuyuan know.

All the way to Wei Mansion, because of the diligence that came to Wei Mansion during this time, the little guy at the door was also familiar with Mao Zhiyuan, and he took people in after Tongbing.

At that time, Wei Xiuyuan was discussing the competition with Xia Wanrou, Lu Li and his wife, and Jiang Qiming in the study of the Wei Mansion, when they heard that Mao Zhiyuan was coming, they hurriedly asked people to come in, and Xiaoman, Wanrou and others retreated behind the screen on the side.

Jiang Qiming also had to stand behind the screen with Xiaoman and others because of his identity.

"Sister Wanrou, who is this Mao Zhiyuan?" Xiao Man asked curiously.

Not long after she, Lu Li and the others came to Wei Mansion, they didn't know that Huali was forcibly taken away, so they had this problem.

Xia Wanrou lowered her voice, leaned close to Xiao Man's ear, and roughly said about Huali being forcibly taken away, and then said: "This Mao Zhiyuan is responsible for receiving Canglan Guo and others this time, and he is responsible for all the affairs in the post house. ”

After listening, Xiao Man nodded as if he didn't understand, and was about to ask again, but it happened that Mao Zhiyuan also came in, she was busy silencing, and sat upright behind the screen and stopped talking.

Outside the screen.

Mao Zhiyuan didn't care about greetings, and hurriedly said what Fang Caili said word for word, and then said anxiously: "This Canglan King can't really doubt Huali, right?" He had been living in your mansion before, and with the envoy sowing discord and fanning the flames, it was hard to guarantee that King Canglan would not think so. ”

"Don't worry, I don't think it's that complicated this time." Lu Li said in a deep voice.

Wei Xiuyuan turned sideways and frowned slightly: "Then according to what you mean, what does this Canglan King mean?" ”