Chapter 374: The Guests Gather to Entertain the Envoys
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However, the locals relocated to the land, and many people took care of their family business and had no way to leave, so they simply put aside their worries and continued to live.
Of course, although the city is still lively, everyone is in a hurry, and there is a strange vigilance in the bustle, which can easily make people feel oppressed.
The stone city imitates the Han system, but the city wall is not too tall, due to disrepair, quite a bit desolate and simple, because the climate of Dali is mild and humid, the mottled city wall is covered with green moss and creepers, as if the cold winter forgot this place.
The envoys stopped at the post house about ten miles away from Shicheng to rest for a while, and the accompanying envoy from Dali also sent Honglu officials to receive the envoys.
Dali has always been obedient to the Song Dynasty, and the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty are for them to mediate the war, so these Dali officials can be said to be meticulous to the envoys, and they set up a banquet that night to catch the wind and wash the dust, and all kinds of delicacies full of Dali characteristics are also on the battlefield in turn, and take into account the taste of the envoys of the Song Dynasty, and set up a banquet for the envoys to choose.
After the banquet, these officials even sent more than a dozen stunning women to serve the daily life of the envoys, of course, Zhao Jingyin and others are not anxious people, in order to show the demeanor of a great country, what to do and what not to do, they also know in their hearts.
This is just a simple reception for the first meeting, and when I was about to arrive in Shicheng, I met the escort, and the treatment can be imagined.
Yang Jing was thinking about the information dug up from the thief's mouth, and he didn't have much thought about food and women, so he went back to the room early to rest, and Liu Han and the others seized the time to recuperate.
By the next day, Zhao Jingyin had already changed into a distinguished official uniform, and the think tank was also equipped early, and the forbidden soldiers unloaded their armor bags from their horses, took off their light armor, and put on heavy armor.
Dali's companion envoy Gao Hechao led many Dali officials early, waited outside the post house, met with Zhao Jingyin first, and chatted with each other warmly and happily, and then led the envoy group, swaggering and knocking and opening into the stone city.
As a deputy envoy, Yang Jing also had a face-to-face with this companion, Gao Hechao was already in his fifties, obese, red-faced, shy with a big belly, but also steady, next to him was Gao Hongyi, the county guard of Shicheng.
Although he didn't know anything about these two people, and Yang Jing's ability to observe words and emotions was not as good as Ge Changgeng and Zong Yun, but from the surnames of the two, Yang Jing could see a lot of things.
Although this Dali country was founded by the Duan family, but in the middle of a period of time has been usurped by the Yang family and the Gao family, at this time the Dali country should be called Houli, although the throne returned to the hands of the Duan family, but the real power is actually the Gao family, and the current confrontation against the Mongols is also the power of the Gao family.
If according to historical records, after the Mongols conquered Dali, they returned the real power to the Duan clan and made Duan the governor of Dali, of course, these are all later words.
The county guard and the accompanying envoy are all members of the Gao family, which shows that the Gao family is still in control of the entire Dali, and knowing this is actually very important to Yang Jing.
Under the leadership of Gao He Dynasty and Gao Hongyi, the envoy group entered the stone city in a very high-profile manner, and Dali arranged this way, I am afraid that it is also to cheer up the people of Dali and cheer up the people.
And Zhao Jingyin had already planned, in order to show the prestige of the country, the honor guard of the envoy group was also majestic, which can be said to have a long face.
It's a pity that Yang Jing, the deputy envoy, doesn't have too many feelings, whether it is the accompanying envoy Gao Hechao or the county guard Gao Hongyi, they all revolve around Zhao Jingyin, and they don't pay too much attention to Yang Jing, the deputy envoy who exists in name only.
After arriving at the Gui Hotel in Shicheng, Gao He Chao and Gao Hongyi made great efforts, not only gathered all the officials in Shicheng, but also invited the local Tu leaders, as well as some army commanders, as well as local squires and celebrities, to hold an extremely grand reception banquet.
This kind of specification is not comparable to the reception banquet of the post house at that time, whether it is Zhao Jingyin or Yang Jing, at this time they all feel the strong national strength of Dali, a small border country!
Dali has very few foreign troubles, the Western Xia was destroyed by the Mongols, Tubo was also surrendered by the Mongols, the Great Song Dynasty itself is difficult to protect, from the beginning of the Taizu Dynasty, it has not paid attention to the place of Dali, so the people of Dali can recuperate, coupled with the mild climate, rich in products, and prosperous trade, so that Dali is very prosperous.
Zhao Jingyin still found Yang Jing in advance, let him see more exotic scenery, have fun in time, and feel the customs here, in fact, it is nothing more than to say, there is nothing to do with you Yang Jing here, you should eat, drink, sleep, have a good time, if it goes well, you will go back to receive the reward, if it doesn't go well, you will come out of the top tank and carry the black pot.
Yang Jing has long been mentally prepared, and he is too lazy to compete with Zhao Jingyin, since he entered this era, he has not had a good time, and the newly built house in Baling has not lived for a few days, and it is all taken care of by the summer solstice girl, giving Chen Chao and others a good day.
In the past half a year, he has been running around for most of the year, and he has suffered enough, and the scars on his body can circle the earth twice, and his body is still covered with a thin dragon scale Gu to this day, although he does not scream or shout on weekdays, but only Lu Baiyu knows that every time in the dead of night, Yang Jing just meditates and rarely lies down, because the dragon scale Gu on his body is constantly repairing wounds, and every moment is a kind of torture, just like countless ants gnawing on his body.
The brothers and sisters who followed him were also very hard, experienced dangers, and saw that they were about to face the highlight of the mission, before that, Yang Jing didn't have so many worries, so Feng Ruochen and Liu Han and others sat over, and they didn't make peace with Zhao Jingyin and others, and hid in the corner alone, and a group of people ate and drank like starving ghosts.
Although the image was a little ruined, neither Dali nor the envoys took Yang Jing, the deputy envoy, to heart, so he went.
Even so, the county guard Gao Hongyi is also a person who will come to things, after all, he is the host, and he also sent a lot of beautiful women, on the side of Yang Jing and others, dancing, and even throwing himself into his arms, doing his best to save things.
However, Lu Baiyu and Feng Ruochen are by his side, Liu Han is a reckless man who does not understand amorous customs, 6 Chang'an is a cautious character, and Yang Jing did not dare to stir up the wind and waves.
Those Dali beauties are all interracial beauties, they are carefully selected, with a bold style, wearing national costumes, ** hands and feet, that is, Zheng Zhuoqun in the Ministry of Rites, they all only swallowed saliva, while scolding the bad customs, staring straight at it, holding their legs awkwardly, and even having to be careful when they toasted back, for fear that the official uniform would be propped up by the little brother, and it was really embarrassing.
Yang Jing was unblessed, although he hid in the corner, he did not stop observing, and he had been paying close attention to every move at the banquet.
Under the leadership of Gao Hechao, representatives from all walks of life also toasted Zhao Jingyin and others, these people are celebrities, advocating the culture of the Great Song Dynasty, and are also familiar with the official dialect of the Great Song Dynasty.
And Yang Jing has noticed that the commanders of those military are actually in a similar situation to Yang Jing's side, they are all hiding in the corner, frowning, looking very anxious, but they can only stare dryly.
Those local leaders of different races are also just drinking stuffy wine, but those squires and celebrities and big businessmen talk happily with Zhao Jingyin and others, and even wave on the spot, chanting poems against each other, so happy!
The stage was opened up in the middle of the banquet, on the exquisite carpet, the beauties played and sang lightly, and sometimes danced unrestrainedly, Zhao Jingyin and the character of the head of the head, the beauty secretly sent the autumn waves, which made people have an illusion, as if Dali did not have a war at all, and Zhao Jingyin did not come to mediate the war, but to do cultural exchanges.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the atmosphere of the banquet has gradually reached its peak, everyone is red-faced, smiling and smiling, and is no longer restrained, that is, Zheng Zhuoqun, a young man in the Ministry of Rites, all of whom held a fourteen-five-year-old girl in their arms, secretly put their hands on their hands, so unhappy.
As for the people in Dali, they have already been dissolute, and the poems have gradually changed their taste, and they are all concentrated on the women, and one of them even touched the woman in his arms while making obscene songs!
Instead of feeling unseemly, Zhao Jingyin mingled with these people, and accompanied Gao Hechao and Gao Hongyi, the county guard, to look at each other and smile, smiling playfully and proudly.
At this moment, a young guest dressed as a Confucian stood up and said to the county keeper Gao Hongyi.
"Su asked the lady of the Jun Jade Lion Er was born in the country of red flowers, graceful and colorful, the colorful bird dance is even more amazing, I don't know if we are lucky enough to be able to see the beauty tonight, if we can see the light song and dance of Mrs. Jade Lion, we are waiting for ten years of life, and it is also worth it, what do you think?"
As soon as this person's voice fell, everyone echoed and applauded, Zhao Jingyin also seemed to be quite curious, and whispered to Gao Hechao, but there was a playful smile in his eyes.
Yang Jing heard the name of Jade Shi'er, and also sat up straight, gently picked up the wine glass, and focused his eyes on this side.
Because when Shen Dingshi left, he once mentioned him, saying that the county guard's wife loves gold, silver and jewelry, and is a person who can have some relationships, and this county guard's wife is the jade lion!
If you are a person from the Central Plains, someone asks your wife to come out and dance for your brother on the spot, and the host's family will definitely be thunderous.
It is the wild and uninhibited first few dynasties, and the people who come out to dance are all concubines, and the main wife is a polite and legal status, so it is impossible to come out to dance, not to mention that the current Great Song Dynasty is already an era of science.
But Dali is different, this is a multi-ethnic integration of the country, ethnic minorities are open-minded, and there are these self-proclaimed so-called Confucian scholars, which makes this atmosphere a bit nondescript.
Earlier, Yang Jing had heard Shen Dingshi say that this jade lion was not a Dali clan, but a top-brand Oiran in the Red Mansion and the Green Building.
If you are in the Great Song Dynasty, it is easy for the top Oiran to be a concubine, but it is difficult to be a wife, after all, the background is obvious, but everything is so natural here in Dali.
What is surprising is that Gao Hongyi didn't think it was wrong, and even very proud, not humble, clapped his hands, and asked the maid next to him to invite the jade lion out!
When the county keeper's wife walked out surrounded by maids, all the men's eyes straightened!
It is full of eyes, and the parts that should not be straight are also shamefully straight, even Yang Jing, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, until Feng Ruochen pinched his waist and eyes, he came back to his senses and wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth!