After the envoys of Xiyan rested in the embassy for three days, Emperor Changtai held a state banquet for them, in order to give them wind and dust, and more to show the talents, richness and etiquette of the Dayong Dynasty, so it was very grand. All the officials of Jingzhao participated in this state banquet, and Shen Huashan, Shen Zejing, Shen Zeru and others were also among them.

After three rounds of drinking, Honglu Temple Zhengqing Qian Tongshi began to tell the history of friendship between Dayong and Xiyan, his moving mouth said that Dayong and Xiyan are closer than brothers, Xiyan and Dayong officials also feel the same way, and they toast to each other, and even Emperor Changtai also said that he welcomed them, so that they could enjoy this trip to Dayong.

Sima Zhen, the deputy envoy of the Western Yan Mission, was the eldest nephew of the Western Yan Emperor Sima Zheng, and at the age of forty, although he was extremely arrogant, he was extremely flexible and flexible. The reason why Xiyan sent him as an envoy was precisely because of this, if he came to see his face and play tricks, he could still be sent to play, as for the business of the mutual market, it was natural that there would be special people after the banquet to study and discuss the competition in private, and it was not an overnight thing.

I saw that after he finished enjoying Dayong's song and dance performance, he walked out of the banquet while clapping his hands, praising Dayong's singing and dancing is amazing, unparalleled in the world, I am very admired, and said that Xiyan is still inferior to Dayong in song and dance, and then said: "Take this opportunity, why don't our two countries try to compete?" Show your skills? It's also a show of the face of the country......"

Although the words are polite and sincere, but it is a posture that must be tried, I want to come to Xiyan is prepared, obviously not to say a few words "If a person has no ceremony, what is the "Book of Songs" even if it is a competition, Emperor Changtai listened, it was exactly what he wanted, and the officials of Jingzhao were here today, would you still be afraid that your small mission would not succeed?

So he happily agreed, taking advantage of the drunkenness during the banquet, the Xiyan Mission and the officials of Dayong all promoted this matter with a smile, and the lively atmosphere was fake to test their talents, so that the people of Xiyan could see that Dayong was full of talents, and they didn't know how to slap them in the face, lest they be too arrogant - this is the idea of a group of officials represented by Qian Tongshi, who came to other people's territory and took the initiative to fight with others, who is afraid of whom? If you don't teach a good lesson, you don't know how big the world is.

Even Shen Huashan and Shen Zejing thought so.

In order to show etiquette and respect, Dayong asked the Xiyan delegation to ask questions, and I saw a few of them muttering, and soon said what they meant. When the officials of Dayong heard Xiyan's topic clearly, they were immediately happy, especially the officials who lived in Jiangnan, and they couldn't hide their laughter. Couplet? That's what we have been in the Great Yong Dynasty since childhood, and you must know that there is "clouds to rain and snow to wind, and evening to clear sky......

It turned out that the first question of the competition proposed by Xiyan turned out to be a couplet, and it was also a long couplet, and I only heard the Xiyan envoy reading: "A few floors, supporting the east peak alone, unifying the water and the remote mountain, for Zhang to draw a score, gathering the snow of the green ridge, scattering the smoke of the white river, baking Dan Jingxia, and dyeing the fog of green clothes." Sometimes the poet hangs the ancients, and sometimes the warriors raise the edge. The most pitiful flower core is scattered, the spring boudoir mirror has been buried early, the loquat is lonely, and the green field incense tomb is empty. There are mixed feelings about this. Smiling butterflies, always greedy to get drunk in their dreams. Try to shout from the top: Ask, whose thing is this half of Jiangyue? ”

The envoy glanced defiantly at the east side of the palace—when the officials of the two countries sat down separately, and to the east, that was where the officials of Dayong were.

No one's thing will be yours...... An official muttered, Xiyan threw out this couplet really meant something, although the two countries are not fighting now, then Xiyan is also thinking about pressing Da Yong all the time, this couplet actually implies that Da Yong is like a boudoir woman, and implies that this half of Jiang Yue will be Xiyan's thing.

The officials present looked a little embarrassed for a while, this is too much of a slap in the face, I hate that this Xiyan came prepared, and I hate that this long association will be difficult to deal with for a while and a half, this feeling is really ...... It's really embarrassing, many officials covered their sleeves and drank wine, secretly scolded Xiyan for not being kind, and secretly asked for help.

The crown prince Shangguan Ruchu, the second prince Shangguan Chengyou, the third prince Shangguan Yongping, and the fifth prince Shangguan Changzhi are also under consideration, and their complexions are not much better. This time the state banquet, these adult princes all participated, among which Shangguan Changzhi was the deputy envoy of the reception mission, hearing the Shanglian of the Xiyan Mission, sighing that Xiyan was a capable person, but also angry why he didn't receive this news before, otherwise he wouldn't be at a loss - the princes are young and court-trained, but in this noisy occasion, in such a short period of time, it is really impossible to perform.

Emperor Changtai saw that his subordinates were not yet right, the atmosphere was also a little dignified, and his face was uncertain, and he was about to speak, when he suddenly heard someone read: "A thousand years of things, repeatedly changing the Xichuan Bureau, doing the best to make a huge production, pretending to be a hero, jumping over the post on the dragon, martyrdom before the slope of the phoenix, lying down the tiger, and the frog at the bottom of the well." Suddenly, the iron horse Jinge, suddenly the silver sheng jade flute, it is better to have a long song and a short fu, throwing away and writing hatred and sorrow; The curved sill corridor withstands the wind and rain. Groaning and crouching, there is no return from all over the world. jumped to death, and finally fell into the Qiankun set. Let's attach my head to the dangerous building: Look, that cloud is my sky? ”

It turned out that someone came out of the next link, and then listened carefully to the content of the next link, and slapped Xiyan in the face: Mingwa at the bottom of the well, jump away from the monkey, the world is not even a cloud is yours, where did you come from, hurry up and go back, what kind of majesty! Looking at it again, the man also followed the example of Xiyan's envoy, glanced at the west side of the palace provocatively, and said very politely: "Xiao Ji'er, admit it." "His face is modest and calm, and he is a gentleman.

With a "coax", the Dayong official laughed, and he humiliated himself. Even Emperor Changtai was quite happy, and hurriedly said humbly that the talent competition was also for the atmosphere, and Xiyan's face looked better. Shen Huashan also smiled, and was very satisfied with the performance of Shen Zeru's nephew, and the officials of the Guozijian also had a smug face: It seems that the Guozijian can really train people - it turns out that the person who came out of the next link is Shen Zeru, the chief bookkeeper of the Guozijian.

Seeing this, Sima Zhen didn't say anything, knowing that this couplet could only embarrass Dayong, and he didn't think too much about it, so he said: "Dayong is materialized and abundant, and our mission has come all the way, and our knowledge has also increased a lot." However, our Xiyan is not inferior, and there are many unique things, and this trip also brought a lot of dedication to the emperor. ”

Anyway, let people carry an object, saying that this is one of the gifts from Xiyan to Dayong, and ask the officials to guess what the name of this thing is and what its function is, even if it is the second question of the competition between the two countries. When the Dayong official looked at it, he saw that the object was shaped like a juju, but its face was covered with scales and hard thorns, and there was a smell of cat feces when it smelled carefully.

What is this? This is a question from a number of Dayong officials, who have never seen or even heard of such a thing before. Among the Dayong officials present, many of them have also traveled to Xiyan, and even some officials have been in Xiyan for more than ten years, although they are not familiar with the products of Xiyan, they have also heard and seen a lot, but now, no one knows this thing.

Seeing that the officials of Dayong looked at each other, but couldn't answer, Sima Zhen smiled slightly, and had the feeling that he had finally won back a game, it seems that Dayong's so-called well-informed is nothing more than that.

"The name of this object is durian, and it is one of the newly discovered fruits of my Dayan craftsman." He smiled and explained the confusion of the officials of Dayong, and said that this object smells smelly, but the flesh tastes very delicious, and the scaly peel also has medicinal effects, so it is dedicated to Dayong to show the friendship between the two countries.

Who would want to eat this stinky thing. This is the idea of most Dayong officials, they don't know what this object is, and it doesn't matter, isn't there another competition. At the thought of this, their faces became calm again. When they heard the third game of Xiyan's competition with them, their peaceful faces immediately turned green, isn't this a trick?

The third competition proposed by Xiyan was a test of riding. Because of the geographical location, but also because of the horse breed, Dayong in riding, has always been inferior to Xiyan, although over the years Dayong development pasture, animal husbandry, but has always been a little worse than Xiyan, this is the consensus of the two people, now Xiyan proposed this competition, is not it just to pull Dayong's shortcomings?

Although the two countries do not care about winning or losing on this point, if they really lose, their faces will not look good, and they will not be so confident in discussing the mutual market in the future.

Emperor Changtai was also worried, but in the spirit of not losing too ugly, he was about to ask Jin Wuwei to lead the army to test his riding skills, when he heard a voice saying: "Father, please allow your sons and Xiyan to learn from each other." The voice was very gentle but very firm, it turned out that the fifth prince Shangguan Changzhi was asking for a competition.

The martial arts of the princes are also specially taught by officials, and the princes have also participated in the spring and winter hunts of the Dayong Dynasty every year, but can the competition be done? Several other princes listened to Shangguan Changzhi's request, but they all had different reactions. The crown prince Shangguan Ruchu didn't say anything, he was free and weak, and he didn't dare to be interested in these at all, and the second prince and the third prince thought a little more: if the fifth brother wins, it will be more than worth the loss, so they all said that it is appropriate to let Jing Thorn go to the competition, in case the fifth brother is injured and loses, it will not look good, etc.

However, Shangguan Changzhi was still extremely resolute, and said that he would never disappoint his father, waiting for Emperor Changtai's decision. I don't know what considerations Emperor Changtai had, but he still agreed to let Shangguan Changzhi go to the competition, and also exhorted that safety is the first thing to win or lose.

The result was unexpected by the Dayong officials, and even Xiyan's delegation couldn't believe it at once, it was Shangguan Changzhi who won. I don't see how vigorous Shangguan Changzhi is, the crotch is just an ordinary Dayong military horse, Shangguan Changzhi is galloping the horse, the military horse of Xiyan is also running hard, the tall body looks not tired, but it can't catch up with Guan Changzhi's horses, although it is only a little bit, but it is still earlier than Xiyan's people and horses to reach the end, although the Dayong officials are puzzled, but they also burst out into a cheer, can compare Xiyan in riding, it is a very happy thing.

Shangguan Changzhi looked at the satisfied smiles of the officials and Emperor Changtai, his face was still warm, and he secretly thought in his heart: Sure enough, it is right to put a few more mares in the embassy, this method of thinking twice is really good.

Note: This is a pair of long couplets, from Chengdu Chongli Pavilion, copied to use a use, admired.