Chapter 23: Piercing the Beads
Hearing the announcement of the Yellow Gate Order, the first competition was to wear beads, and everyone laughed.
Although she is not a woman, it is not difficult to thread a silk thread through the pearl, at most she is faster than anyone else.
But when the envoys heard what the translator said, their hearts were shocked.
It turned out that it was not who could wear it faster, but who could pass the silk thread through the hole in the middle of the pearl.
After listening carefully, I knew that the bead as big as the dragon's eye has a particular, called Jiuqu Pearl, the bead hole on the top is not crossed, but a hole on the left, a hole on the right, the hole in the middle is curved, and it is not easy to pass a soft silk thread through the bead hole.
Seeing that the envoys of the vassal states tried and tried not to thread the silk thread through, scratching their ears and cheeks, Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "This is a child's game in our Tang Dynasty, and before girls learn needlework, they must first use this method to try whose hands are dexterous." After all, all the envoys are men, so it's not surprising that you don't know. The Son of Heaven has decreed that as long as you don't leave the palace, you can think of ideas as much as you can, and within two hours, before you come here, whoever passes the silk thread through the bead hole first, this one will win. ”
The games that children play, they can't fix it, it's too embarrassing.
So the envoys looked for needles, for those who bent gold wires, for those who pondered in bright places, and so on.
After thinking about it for a long time and not coming up with a way, Lu Dongzan simply walked out of the hall with the nine-song pearl, behind him, in addition to the two small yellow doors holding copper kettles dripping timers, followed by the two deputy envoys who accompanied him to Datang to propose marriage, Tumi Sambuza and Zhi. Serugonton.
Seeing Lu Dongzan walk out of the main hall, walk slowly under the tree in the courtyard, and did not continue to study the nine-song pearl, Gong Dun said dissatisfiedly: "Seeing that the sun is passing by little by little, there is not much time left, how can Daxiang still have the leisure to take a walk?" ”
Lu Dongzan glanced at him and said lightly: "You are also one of the envoys, you feel anxious, you can figure out your own way." ”
Gongdun is the deputy prime minister of the Tubo Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty, he is the faction that disapproves of the opinion, hearing Lu Dongzan's answer, dissatisfied said: "It is not me who boasted in front of Zampu, and the main envoy this time is not me, such a woman's thing makes me think, am I the prime minister?" ”
The implication is that even if Lu Dongzan comes up with it, it is just a woman's ability.
Lu Dongzan's expression changed, but his voice did not fluctuate, and even the speed of his speech did not change, but his words were as sharp as a knife, "Since you know that I am the prime minister, and you can't think of any way, just don't speak quietly on the side, otherwise although you are old, I will not give you affection." ”
Gonton clenched his fist, "You ......"
Sambuza stopped him and said in a low voice: "Vice Minister Gongton, this is on the territory of the Tang Dynasty, don't let people see our Tubo jokes." ”
Gong Dun stood aside with his hands folded indignantly, and muttered in a low voice: "Didn't you always say that he was witty and fickle? I don't think it's Er'er, this time we go to Datang, I'm afraid we will go back empty-handed! ”
Lu Dongzan ignored him, just walked around the tree over and over again, and his eyes accidentally touched the ants shuttling back and forth on the trunk, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
He stepped forward, gently pinched a small ant, and then motioned to Sambuza for him to hand him the thread.
Tie one end of the silk thread around the ant's waist, and then put the ant in front of a hole in the Jiuqu Pearl, blow hard, and the ant will crawl out from the other end.
Lu Dongzan untied the ants, tied a knot at both ends of the silk thread, lifted the pearl with the silk thread in his hand, looked at the little yellow door and said, "It's done." ”
When they returned to the main hall, they found that the envoys of Tianzhu and Bai Da Hoer had also dressed the pearl, and Bai Da Hoer took no time to distinguish between Tubo and Tubo, and Tianzhu was a moment faster than them. As for the envoys of Da Shi, Lin Yi and Gesa, they are still busy tossing and turning there.
When the envoys explained the method of wearing beads, everyone suddenly understood.
Tianzhu is tied with a silk thread with magnetic beads smaller than the bead hole and rolled over. In the case of Baidahor, Prince Rahman folded a thin gold wire in half, threaded the thread into the folded gold wire, and hooked the thread through the pearl with the gold wire.
Tang Taizong laughed: "It seems that Bai Da Hall's deputy envoy has learned needlework before, and the method used is actually the needlework of our Tang Dynasty women's envoys." Tianzhu Buddhism is prosperous, no wonder you can come up with such a wonderful trick as magnetic beads, Tubo is also good, know how to use ants...... Tomorrow, I hope you can make it through. ”