Chapter Ninety-Eight: Let's Make a Bet

"How dare you nod?" Zhu Yingtai's father looked incredulous: "I wish my family a hundred years of hope, and I dare not say that I have seen the treasures of the world, and you dare to blow this atmosphere as a wild monk?" ”

"Come on, since that's the case, I'll expose your tricks for Lord Taishou," Zhu Yingtai's father looked at Cheng Nuo: "Also save some time for Lord Taishou." ”

Cheng Nuo looked at Zhu Yingtai's father, this comrade was about to arrest himself directly just now, but at this moment, he changed his mind and was bent on fighting fakes first. To be honest, Zhu Yingtai's father's performance made Cheng Nuo more confident.

Because Cheng Nuo understands that the reason why Zhu Yingtai's father has this change is because of his possible status as an envoy. If you don't rule this out, the family is as big as the Zhu family, and you don't want to tear it apart so bluntly.

But want to uncover your identity? How can it be so easy?!

"Easy!" Zhu Yingtai's father liked the slow and even sentence structure very much, and shouted: "Didn't you say that you brought a treasure of the world?" Take it out and let me see, if it's really a treasure of the world, it's okay, if not, slow down to say that your messenger is fake, even if you are real, you will be punished with a king's crime! I can't tolerate a little sand in my eyes! ”

Cheng Nuo heard Zhu Yingtai's father's words. If it is a false envoy, needless to say, even if it is true, it will not be able to produce a weighty treasure, which proves the weakness of the national strength, and such a small country is not worth taking seriously.

Cheng Nuo thought he was upright before, but now he seems to be quite scheming. However, his scheming is based on the premise that Cheng Nuo can't take out the treasure, but Cheng Nuo has a dressing mirror in his hand, how can he not take it out?

Cheng Nuo looked at Zhu Yingtai's father and paused for a while.

"What? Don't dare to take it out? Zhu Yingtai's father looked back at Cheng Nuo and sneered.

Cheng Nuo paused again and looked at Zhu Yingtai's father seriously: "It's not that I don't dare, I'm afraid that I will make you ugly when I take it out." ”

Zhu Yingtai's father narrowed his eyes.

"Really," Cheng Nuo's attitude was very sincere: "The things we brought are absolutely rare, not to mention that you have never seen it in a hundred years, and if you give it to you for another hundred years, you will not see it." ”

Cheng Nuo is not very sure about the process of the birth of glass, but it is guaranteed to come for one or two hundred years.

A trace of green gas flashed on Zhu Yingtai's father's face, but Cheng Nuo's words left room for him sounded with obvious sarcasm: "The tone is not small! Can you tell me what this magic is? ”

Cheng Nuo didn't hide it, and gave the answer directly: "Mirror." ”

Cheng Nuo's voice was not small, not only Zhu Yingtai's father, but also many people around him could hear it clearly.

Zhu Yingtai's father looked stunned, as if he couldn't believe it, and looked at Cheng Nuo, and his tone was a little strange: "You mean the mirror?" ”

Cheng Nuo nodded.

Zhu Yingtai's father laughed loudly: "Sure enough, as I expected! Just a mirror, do you dare to say that it is a treasure? ”

Cheng Nuo was about to speak, there was another sound of horses' hooves on the street, and everyone looked at it, two horses galloped over, the first person was dressed in official uniforms, and the previous city gate official followed.

Needless to say, the person who started this must be the one who guards the mansion.

Zhu Yingtai's father saw that he was also familiar with the person who came, and greeted him. After a few people shuddered for a while, the person in official uniform turned to Cheng Nuo, with obvious curiosity in his eyes: "This official is too guarded by the envoy of the palace, may I ask how many of them are the envoys of the Roman Kingdom?" ”

From the attitude of this envoy, it can be seen that the Celestial Empire really attaches great importance to foreign visitors.

Cheng Nuo was about to answer, but Zhu Yingtai's father took a step forward: "Lord Chen doesn't have to be so polite to them, the old man has already experienced it just now, these people are liars." ”

Chen Zuo was stunned.

Zhu Yingtai's father glanced at Cheng Nuo with disdain, and then pouted: "Presumably Lord Chen has also heard about it, these people say that they want to sacrifice the treasures of the world to our emperor, but does Lord Chen know what they are offering?" ”

Chen Zuo was a little dazed.

"Mirror! What they brought was a mirror! Zhu Yingtai's father exclaimed: "You actually take a mirror as a gift, Lord Chen, what are you saying they are not liars?" ”

Chen Zuo also frowned when he heard this.

"The bronze mirror is indeed valuable to those civilians, but for us..."Zhu Yingtai's father snorted lightly, and made a conclusion in the most familiar sentence: "Slow to say that they can't be envoys, even if they are envoys, they want to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven with a mirror, how different is it from bullying the king!" ”

Chen Zuo's eyes flashed.

The corners of Zhu Yingtai's father's mouth flickered, and he continued: "Presumably, these Hu people heard elsewhere that I was kind to friends, so they thought of using this method to cheat rewards, which is really audacious!" Fortunately, these Hu people have never seen the world, and they turned a mirror into a treasure, which revealed the flaws... Otherwise, I really want to send them as foreign envoys to meet the Son of Heaven... Won't spreading it make other people laugh off their big teeth? ”

Zhu Yingtai's father's words are very in place, the long-standing habit of the Celestial Empire is that people respect me for a foot, and I respect people, which is especially obvious in foreign exchanges, in order to reflect the generosity of our Celestial Empire, no matter which country as long as it pays tribute, the reward will often be several times that of the tribute.

In fact, it is not the first time that this situation has been used, and it has been discovered in advance, but the vast majority of it is discovered after the fact, although those situations that are discovered after the fact can only be swallowed in the stomach by breaking teeth in order to save face, but it is inevitable that the person concerned will become a laughing stock and a victim.

The trade city is not considered a coast, and it is far from the north, so to be honest, it is the first time to see a visiting envoy.

Cheng Nuo's estimation is indeed very accurate, the Celestial Empire does attach great importance to foreign tribute, especially when the north is occupied by the Hu people, there are still people who yearn for the Celestial Empire is undoubtedly a symbol of the orthodoxy of the Han family, and it is definitely face-saving to say it. This is also the reason why Ma Taishou knew that Zhu Yingtai was hiding inside, but he still sent a big man over.

If this comes true, Matthew's political achievements will be one more money.

Of course, if he is really a liar, Matthew Shou who submitted it will also be disgraced, and Matthew Shou will be disgraced, what good life will his subordinates have?

Chen Zuo's gaze at Cheng Nuo immediately became more unkind. There was even a hint of ruthlessness in the eyes of the city gate official, after all, he was the first person to take over, and the responsibility was naturally there.

Cheng Nuo didn't notice the gazes of the people on the other side, but he really felt that it didn't matter.

Of course, the identity of his foreign envoy is fake, but it is impossible to expose it.

Cheng Nuo turned his eyes to look at Zhu Yingtai's father.

"See what?" Zhu Yingtai's father's disdainful expression became more and more obvious: "What the old man said is not right? ”

"Make a bet?" Cheng Nuo's tone was light.

If anyone is familiar with Cheng Nuo's experience, they will hear that whenever Cheng Nuo proposes to make a bet, it is when he wants to harm others.