Chapter 39: Summoning the Special Envoy
Because the residents of the old town of the ancient city are basically rich and noble, the hotels and restaurants built in this area are not only complete with all kinds of eating, drinking and playing, but also the most luxurious and famous part of the many hotels and restaurants in the ancient city.
There is also a very special hotel restaurant in the old town of the ancient city, it is located in a hidden area away from the main street, and the entrance and exit are guarded by the royal palace, except for the high-ranking officials of the ancient land and foreign officials and messengers with certificates, ordinary people are not allowed to enter, this is the so-called diplomatic hotel that is only known in the ancient city.
The main building of this diplomatic inn is a three-storey house, the appearance of the house is very ordinary and there is no advertising plaster, but this particular inn occupies a large area and is enclosed by a high wall on all sides. In addition to the large garden meadows within the walls, there is also a small artificial lake, the water of which is brought in from the moat, and there is a viewing pavilion in the middle of the lake.
The ground floor of the diplomatic hotel is a tavern restaurant, and the upper two floors are hotels, which are occupied by diplomatic envoys and entourages of various countries, as well as officials and messengers of various countries who travel to and from the ancient land on official business.
With the fall of the Xidi Kingdom, only the three southern states of Xizhou and the Linhai Kingdom live here, as well as the diplomatic envoys of the Qizhou Empire in the ancient city and their retinue. Although the five envoys were different in height, shortness, fat and thinness, they had one thing in common: they were all veteran diplomats in their sixties.
The reason for this is obvious, because the Ancient Land Kingdom is the most powerful kingdom in the Xizhou Continent in terms of comprehensive strength, and the Ancient Land King's ambition to dominate the Western Continent is expanding day by day, so other kingdoms, including the Qizhou Empire, are terrified. The envoys they sent to the King of the Ancient Land were the eyes and ears of the King of the Ancient City, and every move of the King of the Ancient City was related to the survival or destruction of other kingdoms.
The king's envoys to the ancient city must not only be eloquent and socially competent, but also high-ranking officials who have been tried and tested and can be trusted absolutely. Because the families of diplomatic envoys were traditionally left in the country to be closely guarded by the king, the envoys lived alone in a foreign country all the year round, and only the old and wise could endure this loneliness, and would not betray the interests of their kingdom because of fame and fortune.
Early this morning, the unusual movement from the direction of the palace spread throughout the old city by the morning breeze, and the five diplomatic envoys who lived only a few hundred meters away from the palace woke up from their dreams.
The five envoys were shocked and puzzled by the description of the east gate of the palace brought back by their cronies, who, though they were all sophisticated diplomats, were shocked and puzzled by the fact that the gate of the palace and the walls on both sides of the palace had been knocked down by unknown foreign ships and vehicles, and that the roof of the palace had been shelled.
The restaurant of the Diplomatic Hotel is open to the public for guests of the hotel only, where you can enjoy different flavors of wine and food from various countries in Chizhou and Xizhou. This restaurant is not only a place for envoys from various countries to exchange information with each other, but also a place for envoys of various countries to feast on the magnates of the ancient land and obtain information from them.
It was breakfast time, and the five envoys had come to the restaurant with their own mysteries, and breakfast was rarely entertained, and almost all of the hotel's regulars dined here, so the huge dining room seemed very calm.
In the absence of other official activities, the five envoys have traditionally sat at the same table and exchanged information while eating, their entourage sat at several other tables, and the waiters in the restaurant were always enthusiastic about these regular customers, because they were the parents of food and clothing.
The five envoys arrived at the restaurant almost at the same time today and took their seats, talked for a few minutes, and found that the information they had received was much the same.
Where did that unknown boat come from? Why break into the royal palace? Why did the two sides fight for a while and then get along? No one can say a single reason for these problems.
The envoys of the three southern kingdoms were attentive to all the details of the incident, as the three kingdoms were joining forces to fight the Ancients, and they were undoubtedly very concerned about the unknown object that crashed into the palace of the Ancients and the identity of its owner. Perhaps, the sudden unexpected event this morning will change the situation of the entire Xizhou war.
Just as they were eating and talking in a low voice, a man hurriedly walked in from outside the door of the restaurant, and his arrival immediately silenced everyone in the restaurant, and the restaurant fell silent.
When the five old envoys saw who was coming, they all stood up and greeted each other with a smile on their faces.
"Yikes! Why did the treasurer come here so early in the morning? A special envoy asked politely on behalf of the crowd.
The person who came to be called the treasurer was the young minister who had just been exempted from the death penalty by the king of Gudi, his face was green, and he did not directly answer the envoy's question, but solemnly said to the five envoys: "Please follow me into the palace immediately to meet my majesty, and all the entourage will be exempted, and there will be a carriage waiting outside the door!" Please! ”
Although the guest was polite, it was clear from his tone and face that he was giving an order.
The bizarre incident that had just happened and the fact that it was summoned by the King of the Ancient Land, how dare the envoys of the three southern countries slack off, and they immediately followed the treasurer out of the restaurant.
The three envoys soon arrived at the palace compound in the carriage prepared for them by the treasurer, where they witnessed the legendary unidentified object, and the toppled palace gate and the two large pieces of the palace roof were also noticed by their sharp eyes.
After getting out of the carriage, the three of them followed the treasurer into the chamber of the King of the Ancient Land.
Looking around, they quickly noticed an unusual scene: the King of the Ancient Land sitting on the throne looked like he had just fallen ill, his demeanor was completely devoid of his former domineering, and his ministers were sitting listlessly one by one, and several seats were empty.
There was a smell of gunpowder in the hall, and there were blood stains on the ground, and it was clear that there had just been a bloody battle that was unknown to the outside world, and it was not difficult to judge from the demeanor of the King of the Ancient Land and his ministers that they were the defeated side.
Walking to the front of the council chamber, the three envoys immediately noticed two men they had never seen sitting at the head of the throne under the throne, and behind them stood four burly red-faced men wearing helmets.
The three envoys were led by the treasurer to sit down on the three empty seats at the end of the other side of the platform.
The two strangers sitting across from them looked at them with smiles, and at this moment, the eyes of the three envoys were all attracted by the red-faced man sitting opposite.
However, they were not allowed to carefully observe the voice and smile of the red-faced man, and the king of the ancient land began to speak:
"Three envoys, this king will introduce you to the two distinguished guests sitting opposite you," the king of the ancient land forced a happy face, and his voice was completely devoid of the domineering spirit of the past, "They are the prince's envoy and his military advisor on the eastern shore of the ocean, please let the three envoys introduce themselves to the guests of the prairie first." ”
After the King of the Ancient Land finished speaking, the several unsolved mysteries in the hearts of the three old envoys were suddenly reduced by half, but at the same time, several new mysteries were generated, but now was not the time to ask questions.
The old envoy who sat at the head of the envoy stood up, he was the shortest and fattest of the three old envoys, but from the seat he sat and the fact that he was the first to speak, he was the most authoritative of the envoys of the three southern countries.
He bowed politely to Kapok Zi and Jiesheng, and said respectfully: "Xia Poor is the plenipotentiary envoy of the Nandi Kingdom in the ancient city, please ask the envoy of the prince of the prairie and the military advisor to give more advice in the future." ”
Kapok felt as if he had heard the name Xia Poor a long time ago, but after taking a closer look at the old green-faced dwarf, he concluded that he had never seen this person in Qizhou before. But why does the name sound familiar? Kapok couldn't figure it out for a while.
Afterwards, the envoys of Ming Haiguo and Shen Haiguo respectively made brief introductions to themselves.
After introducing himself, the King of the Ancient Land immediately cut to the topic: "The three envoys, the envoy of the prince of the prairie, have brought an amazing news to the people of Xizhou, the people of the sea have made a kind of genetic people who can survive on land and under the sea at the same time, and there are already 50,000 people, and their military equipment and weapons are much better than our people of Xizhou.
The information obtained by the prince's envoy is that the genetics will attack our Xizhou continent at any time, and no country will be spared, so the prince's envoy asks us Xizhou people to immediately stop the civil war and form an alliance against the genetists. The king has expressed his willingness to make an immediate truce to the prince's envoy, but war is the act of both sides, so you three countries must also immediately cease fighting and withdraw all your invading legions from the borders of our ancient land. ”
The envoys of the three southern kingdoms looked at each other, and the few words of the ancient land king had already solved most of the mysteries in their hearts.
The three of them exchanged glances, and the envoy of the Nandi Kingdom stood up and said respectfully to Kapok Zi and Jiesheng: "The prince's envoy, military advisor, the cause of this civil war in Xizhou is because the Gudi Kingdom sent troops to occupy the Xidi Kingdom, which seriously threatens the peace and stability of the Xizhou continent.
As for the invasion of Xizhou by the undersea human gene man, can the prince's envoy and military advisor be more detailed, and we will report to our respective kings truthfully, and our kings will make a final decision accordingly. ”
The old envoy sat down.
Kapok Zi gave Jiesheng a look, and Jiesheng stood up and smiled at the three envoys opposite: "Three envoys, you should have seen it just now, because the situation is urgent, so our prince's envoy had to drive a chariot directly into here, and then report to His Majesty the King of the Ancient Land that the undersea gene people are about to invade Xizhou." When Jiesheng said this, his face sank and he continued: "So you and your Majesty the King have no reason to have any doubts about this information, if you want the people of the Xizhou Continent not to be killed by the genetic people, you four countries must immediately stop the civil war..."
At this moment, a person hurriedly walked in from outside the door of the council hall without notice, and the ministers couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamation when they saw him.
Jiesheng reacted quickly, he immediately stopped talking, and turned his head to see a military general with a helmet and armor walking straight to the front of the king and saying loudly: "Father, the big thing is not good, the undersea man has made a move!" They have already taken the West Sky Island! ”
The general's words caused an uproar in the hall.