At this moment, in the main hall of the Nanyan Palace, Qi Jingzhi is receiving envoys from various countries, different from yesterday's solemn and relaxed atmosphere, today's contest is the real competition between countries between conspiracies and power tricks, national strength and military strength.

As usual, at the beginning, Dongyue first presented the Dongyue Emperor's recital, which contained praise for Nanyan, and finally expressed the difficulties of the country a little, generally Qi Jingzhi would mean it, symbolically approving the red, and then there was the reward like flowing water, most of these rewards would flow into the imperial palace of Dongyue for the use of the Dongyue royal family, and a small part would be rewarded to the ministers of Dongyue through the Dongyue royal family to show the emperor's grace.

After Ouyang Zhongtian presented the recital, he bowed down and stood aside, waiting for Qi Jingzhi's reward, while thinking in his heart how much he could take out of the reward to fill his pocket.

In Western Liao and Nanzhao, most of the envoys to foreign countries have to risk their lives, so this job is not a good job, but in Dongyue, the envoy to Nanyan is a good position that everyone is vying for, if you ask the reason, it is naturally because Dongyue has been attached to Nanyan since ancient times, and there is no danger at all in sending Nanyan, on the contrary, if you can get the opportunity to send Nanyan, you can even make a windfall!

When Ouyang Zhongtian was in Dongyue, he spent a lot of effort to compete for the position of envoy, bribed the ministers of the court, and offered a lot of good treasures to the Dongyue Emperor, so as to win the emperor's favor and get this position, and now when he thought that the Nanyan Emperor would reward him with countless good treasures, he couldn't help but show a smug smile.

However, to his surprise, Qi Jingzhi lowered his eyes and looked at Dongyue's recital, hooked the corners of his lips, took a red pen on the recital, and sent the recital as it was, and turned to ask the envoys of Western Liao about the feelings of this mission.

Ouyang Zhongtian was confused by Qi Jingzhi's attitude, and seeing what Qi Jingzhi meant, he didn't plan to deal with him anymore, but this year's reward has not been given yet!

Seeing that Qi Jingzhi and the envoys of Western Liao talked more and more harmoniously, but ignored him, Ouyang Zhongtian's heart was as hot as putting it on the fire, and seeing that Qi Jingzhi was about to ask about the customs of Western Liao, he couldn't bear it anymore: "That, Your Majesty the Emperor, do you have nothing to say about Dongyue?" ”

Qi Jingzhi is like a mirror in his heart, this Ouyang Zhongtian is so uncontrollable, it is nothing more than Nanyan's reward, but who said that when Dongyue comes to the court, Nanyan must reward rich gifts? He's going to break this case this year!

Therefore, Qi Jingzhi smiled slightly at Ouyang Zhongtian: "Ah, Lord Ouyang didn't mention it, I really forgot, it is really not easy for the envoys of Dongyue to come all the way to worship, spread my will, and reward the monarch of Dongyue with a thousand taels of silver and a hundred horses of silk!" ”

Ouyang Zhongtian almost let Qi Jingzhi's reward be angry, a thousand taels of silver, a hundred horses of silk, and a flower child? In order to envoy Nanyan, he gave more than enough gifts to Emperor Dongfang Li! I remember that Emperor Nanyan used to reward Dongyue, as soon as he opened his mouth, he was tattooed with ten thousand taels of silver, not counting any other rare treasures. But what is this silver tael and a hundred silk horses enough for? There are also twenty or thirty people in the Dongyue royal family, and each person is divided into fifty taels of silver and three or four pieces of silk? I won't even survive for ten years!

The corners of his mouth were about to twitch, and he smiled reluctantly: "Your Majesty, are you joking with the minister?" A thousand taels of silver, a hundred pieces of silk, this, this is too ......."

"What's the matter, the envoys of the East Vietnam are too few?" Qi Jingzhi curled the corners of his lips, and his eyes suddenly became cold.

Ouyang Zhongtian was startled, and swallowed the words in his mouth, but he couldn't help but speak, if he didn't fight, he would really have to return to China with a thousand taels of silver and a hundred pieces of silk, and when Dongfang Li saw that his use of half a year had shrunk like this, wouldn't it kill him alive?

He could only laugh and say: "This, this, Your Majesty doesn't know, last summer Dongyue was suddenly hit by a strong wind, and the people were displaced and mourned...... Think again? ”

Qi Jingzhi raised his eyebrows and asked rhetorically: "Dongyue was suddenly attacked by strong winds, why is there no Jiangnan in my Nanyan?" ”

Ouyang Zhongtian was speechless, of course, he came here casually to deceive Nanyan's reward, but this casual nonsense naturally didn't think so much, he forgot that Dongyue, southwest, north and south are all Nanyan's land, once Dongyue suffers a disaster, the surrounding Nanyan will not be spared......

"This, this...... The wind may have only blown to Dongyue, and it stopped before it reached Nanyan......" A layer of fine sweat oozed from Ouyang Zhongtian's forehead, and he quickly wiped it with his sleeve.

"Oh? It turns out that this 'strong wind' has not been blowing from the territory of Dongyue all the way to Nanyan? Then it seems that this wind is not very strong, this little disaster is just Dongyue himself to provide disaster relief, what do you want me to do? If I interfere indiscriminately, won't people laugh at the fact that the treasury of Dongyue is purely a decoration? Qi Jingzhi narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"Huh? This, this, this, how can the money in the treasury be stirred? Ouyang Zhongtian was also too nervous and anxious, and began to speak incoherently.

"Oh, the silver in the treasury of Dongyue is a treasure that cannot be moved, and the silver in the treasury of Nanyan is a piece of soil that can be spent casually? Lord Ouyang, what do you mean by this! Qi Jingzhi's face sank, and he deliberately lengthened his voice, and the tone of the last sentence sank slightly, and Ouyang Zhongtian was scared into a cold sweat.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the minister loves the people and talks nonsense for a while, please forgive me, forgive me...... But the weight of this reward seems to be ...... than in previous years. Quite a bit thinner? The minister was terrified, and he didn't know what this meant. Ouyang Zhongtian's heart was horizontal, and he simply broke the jar and broke it, telling the truth.

Qi Jingzhi looked at him for a long time, squinted his eyes and smiled, seeing Ouyang Zhongtian like a thorn in his back, and his whole body was uncomfortable.

On the other side, Nan Mi glanced at Ouyang Zhongtian, who was at a loss, bent the corners of his lips and smiled, turned his head and whispered softly in Zagu's ear: "I don't know whether to live or die." ”

Zagu bowed respectfully to show his gratitude to Nan Mi for his condescending and whispering to him, Fu laughed again, and whispered in Western Liao: "This Ouyang Zhongtian is a person with a very bad heart, he himself offended Emperor Nanyan, but he still expects Emperor Nanyan to give him a rich reward, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" His dreams are so beautiful! ”

Sure enough, the smile on Qi Jingzhi's lips deepened, and he raised his eyebrows and said indifferently: "I naturally have a reason for doing this, in previous years, I looked at the Dongyue envoys quite shabbyly, and I only thought that the land in Dongyue was barren and the life was poor, so I used the name of reward to receive help, but after the performance of Dongyue talented women this year, I suddenly felt that the life in Dongyue was no longer as I imagined, if Dongyue was still hungry more than ten years ago, How can you have extra time and energy to cultivate a talented woman? It is said that Shibei should be impressed by each other for three days, and my impression of Dongyue has always stayed ten years ago, which is really too much to sit in the well and watch the sky. ”

Ouyang Zhongtian let out an "ah", and then shook his head desperately: "No, no, no, Your Majesty the Emperor, this is your misunderstanding, Dongyue is not doing well, these talented women are all from very rich families, this is all kinds of talents, not everyone in Dongyue has such a ability......"

"Lord Ouyang, don't be modest, I heard it on the top at the beginning, the butterfly incense of Princess Jinlan of your country is very precious, since the royal family of Dongyue can use the incomparably precious butterfly incense, then the financial resources of your country can naturally be imagined, but I have been rewarded a lot in the past, but there is a suspicion of adding to the snake, and please explain to the monarch of Dongyue after Lord Ouyang goes back, I did not mean to offend, and I will definitely not take the liberty of this in the future." Qi Jingzhi blinked his eyes and smiled extraordinarily sincerely.

Nan Li watched Qi Jingzhi and Ouyang Zhongtian Xuan and the Snake from the side, and couldn't help but lean over and whisper to Nan Mi: "This Emperor Nanyan is really a hypocrite, old fox!" ”

Nan Mi curled the corners of his lips slightly, raised his eyebrows, and replied in Western Liao: "This Emperor Nanyan is very interesting, but you still don't mess with him, a hypocrite is not a gentleman after all, although he can barely maintain the image of a gentleman in front of people, but if there is no one around, it is not certain what he will do, the gentleman is cautious, but the hypocrite may not be......"

Nanli was stunned for a moment, and replied a little lost: "Really? That's a shame, I thought he was funny and wanted to tease him. ”

"There are a lot of interesting people in the world, but you can't provoke every one, just like this Emperor Nanyan, we stand on other people's territory, we have to listen to others, and one day we return to our own land, even if you turn the sky up, you don't have to do anything with us covering everything."

General Nanli nodded suspiciously, and then looked at Ouyang Zhongtian, who was speechless in the middle of the hall, thought thoughtfully for a while, and said with a smile: "I probably understand a little, that is, people are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads, if they raise their heads, their heads will be broken and bleeding, isn't that what they mean?" ”

Nan Mi smiled and nodded, and looked at Nanli again: "You have to be careful in everything, even if you are not weak in kung fu, it is better to show softness at this time, don't push yourself into the bottomless abyss for a momentary pleasure, you look at this Ouyang Zhongtian, he is a living example, like him, he pretends to be smart, and makes a lot of talented women from Dongyue to compete with Nanyan, and openly argues with Nanyue as a vassal country, who is not angry when he is the emperor of Nanyan?" If it weren't for Ouyang Zhongtian's own mistakes, would Emperor Nanyan withhold his reward because he was idle and bored? ”

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