Chapter 118: Shocking Step by Step
As soon as Mahamu's voice fell, the melodious sound of the huqin in the hall stopped abruptly, and the nobles of the Yuan people who were gobbling up the ground on the opposite side also put down their knives and looked at the four of them with a solemn look.
Although there were quite a few people in the main hall, it suddenly fell silent, and there was no movement except for the crackling of charcoal fires in the fireplaces around the hall.
Bao Yuanqian got up indifferently, looked back at Ying Hao and the three of them, and said quietly: "No matter what their reaction is later, as long as I don't move, you must not move." Hold your breath and don't let it out! ”
The three of them saw Bao Yuanqian's eyes solemn, and they already understood what he meant.
Bao Yuanqian then deliberately raised his voice and said, "The two are superior, please order." ”
Ying Hao got up and took off the package, and presented a roll of ochre-yellow silk silk and Bao Yuanqian with both hands.
Zhang Shanduan and Kou Shicheng took off the token from their waists and placed it on Bao Yuanqian's table, Bao Yuanqian took a deep breath and slowly unfolded the ochre yellow, symbolizing the secret decree of supreme power.
"Warat radical, Mahamu listens to the order!"
Mahamu looked at this scroll of the decree, hurriedly descended the stairs and got up together with the nobles of the Warat tribes opposite the table, bowed his head to caress but did not kneel to listen to the decree.
"Fengtian carries the emperor, the edict says...."
Bao Yuanqian's face did not change, and he read out the contents of the secret decree endlessly.
And the first half of the secret decree was originally the handwriting of Kou Shicheng, and the content of ordering the Suzhou Guard to command Deng Ping to send people to escort Saren Yagui and Lin, and the second half was added by them two days ago.
Its content is probably mainly based on persuasion, painless words, no praise or depreciation, and there is no substantive reward and edict, taking a golden mean.
This is a matter that several of them discussed, after all, the four friends of the two countries are not experts, if they come up, they will wave their pens and reward them with a lot of imagination, and if they say too much, they will naturally arouse the suspicion of others, so they will retreat and seek justice.
Moreover, Mahamu was the first envoy to the Ming court to occupy the north of the country, so they did not say anything about the actual edict, but only exhorted the logic of the first diplomatic relations.
Fortunately, the inscription and seal of the secret decree are all at the end of the volume, leaving a lot of blank space for the four of them to add bricks and tiles, and they are like pretentiousness.
"Chin this!"
Bao Yuanqian finished reading it out freely, put the holy decree lightly on the table, and looked at Ma Hamu and other Warat nobles with his hands.
Unconsciously, a layer of sweat appeared in his palms. After all, all he is playing now is dancing on the tip of a knife, playing with life, and he is not nervous at all, that's.
Whether it is an edict or a trick into exchanging jade seals for Mahamu, no matter which one is the crime of the nine clans rejoicing, there is no carelessness.
"Damn, it seems that Lao Tzu was born to rebel against fate, and what he does is a life-saving job!" He couldn't help but curse in his heart.
The nobles of Warat gave three thank-you salutes and returned to their seats.
However, Ma Hamu took two steps forward, looked at the token and the holy decree on Bao Yuanqian's table, and said respectfully: "There is a reluctant request, and I hope that the angel will allow it." ”
Bao Yuanqian made a gesture of invitation, and Ma Hamu said: "Can I let the Tutun officials of my ministry take a look at the holy decree, so as to inspect and investigate so as not to make some mistakes, and if you are brave, the angel hopes to forgive me." ”
He said it extremely respectfully and humbly, but Bao Yuanqian could hear the meaning of his words. This is unavoidable, with Mahamu's prudence and such a major event as diplomatic relations between the two countries, how can he be so easily coaxed to pass, and he should have to pass the hurdle.
"Taishi, but it doesn't hurt to take it."
Bao Yuanqian made a sideways gesture, and with a wave of his hand, Ma Hamu walked out of the hall and several officials wearing cymbals and hats came over, still holding tools and rubbing paper in their hands.
Bao Yuanqian gave up his position and retreated to the rear to stand with the three of them.
I saw that the Tutun officials picked up the three waist cards and the holy decree carefully to touch and study, and then took the tools and measuring tools to carefully measure the jade seal seal, and carefully compared it with the jade seal rubbing on the paper scroll, and did not dare to make the slightest difference.
The four of Bao Yuanqian were all nervous to varying degrees, his heart was pounding, and he could even hear the heavy wheezing sound of Zhang Shanduan beside him.
Zhang Shanduan is only a hundred household officials in Suzhou, and he has never seen the Holy Decree compared to the other three, so it is normal to be nervous.
The two brocade guards also clenched their fingers with their hands, their nails embedded deep in the flesh before they knew it, they knew very well that even if it was a true holy decree, they knew better than anyone what it meant if there was a little horse's foot.
Bao Yuanqian looked at those Tutun studying the holy decree and waist card, but he had a little confidence in his heart.
This holy decree is not just an ordinary roll of ochre silk can be impersonated, the best material is only the most basic raw material of the holy decree, on this basis, its anti-counterfeiting process is the most difficult and difficult to imitate.
This involves the Ming court's top secret embroidery dark pattern process, the palace of the amazing embroidery craftsmen according to the unique dark pattern thread, with gold thread as the main material embroidered a dark pattern that is difficult to counterfeit, and these lines are the key to the holy decree anti-counterfeiting.
And the jade seal is one in ten thousand, only this one.
Any jade seal has its own unique size and special missing mark marks, want to imitate... It's just a fool's dream, and it's a thousand miles away!
Anything that is fraudulent in this world has horses and obstacles, and it cannot withstand scrutiny.
But what if someone comes up and lies to you with the real thing?
Test a lie with a lie, and you can only get a lie. If you test the real thing with the real thing, you can only get an unassailable real thing.
Whether it is the holy decree or the waist card, it is genuine "real gold", and there is no fear of this fire refining.
This is where Bao Yuanqian's confidence lies, if it is fake, it will inevitably be exposed, but everything that Lao Tzu gave you, including the three people behind him, is real, you... How to test?
Sure enough, those Tutun looked at it for a long time, and then they nodded one after another, they had all seen the holy decree of the Hongwu era, and it had only been three or four years since Jianwen ascended the throne, and there was almost no letter from Saibei.
Even if there may be some discrepancies in the holy decree of Jianwen, it coincides with Zhu Di's accession to the throne and the restoration of the Hongwu system, so the genuine goods of the Hongwu era have the weight of a word and are almost impeccable.
The right time, place and people are in their hands, and there is no reason to show the stuffing.
One of them respectfully walked up to Mahamu and whispered a few words, and then led the people back.
Ma Hamu stepped forward and squinted his wolf eyes and laughed, "Rude and rude, it's really rude, the angel quickly take a seat, quickly take a seat." ”
Bao Yuanqian's four of them all breathed a sigh of relief, and the four hearts that mentioned their throats fell down again, fortunately, it was night at this time, even if the lights were constantly lit around, it was difficult to find that the four of them had a lot of dense sweat on their foreheads.
Mahamu climbed the stairs and fell into his seat.
A strong man with a knife walked straight in, walked up the steps and knelt down on one knee and whispered to Mahamu a few times, Mahamu nodded and laughed lightly, caressed his back lovingly, and waved the man away with two words of advice.
Tuhuan looked at his father Khan's actions towards the man, and his face was cold and frosty, and he looked jealous.
The strong man passed by Tuhuan, who glanced at the man contemptuously, and didn't look at him with a disdainful sneer in his mouth.
This series of movements was captured by Bao Yuanqian, who didn't know who the man who entered the house was, but it seemed that Mahamu trusted him very much, and Tuhuan seemed to be no less hostile to him than his own group.
Ma Hamu suddenly got up and clapped his palms, looked around at the people who cast their eyes, and said with a hearty smile: "Today, the angels of the Ming Kingdom are coming, and our department should treat each other with the top nine white banquets, and we must not lose the etiquette of my Warat." ”
He looked at Bao Yuanqian's chin and bowed, and Bao Yuanqian returned the salute.
Ma Hamu raised his hands and said, "Then the feast will be held, and then the rhythm and dance will continue!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the sound of the huqin flute around him resounded deafeningly again, dispelling the tense atmosphere in the Wan'an Palace.
For a while, the murderous atmosphere was diluted, and the sound of obscurity lingered, and the nobles of Warat ate and drank again, and got carried away.
It's just that under the sound of pleasure in this staggered search, Bao Yuanqian broke out in a cold sweat from his spine.
Because of him.... Heard the faint sound of the collision of the nail leaves and the sound of the scabbard closing, from near to far, although it was extremely imperceptible in this hall where the sound of bamboo wind music was endless, but Bao Yuanqian was born as a whistle, and a pair of ears were more sensitive and easy to use than eyes.
He could hear the sound of feathered arrows more than a hundred paces away, and he could sense the sound of horses' hooves thousands of paces away, but how could he not hear the sound of swords and soldiers within dozens of paces?
However, he remained silent, and glanced at the three people sitting next to him, as if they did not react, obviously muffled by the sound of wind music.
Bao Yuanqian's heart was agitated, it can be regarded as another big pass, this Mahamu is really a honey-bellied sword, on the surface he is respectful to you, but he has already been covered with swords and axes outside the surrounding halls, if there is only the slightest difference, the four of them are afraid that together with the Ming army in Helin City, they will immediately turn into meat sauce and powder, and be crushed and scattered.
Perhaps the strong man who came in just now was also asking about Ma Hamu's intentions, and was waiting for his order to remove the sword and axe men outside the hall and dispose of the men and horses on the Helin side.
The three people next to them couldn't hear the movement of the knife and axe hand, so it was naturally difficult to sort these things together, and they spliced together the fragmented clues before they broke out in a cold sweat.
Between life and death, there is a difference between a thought.
Mahamu is good at showing humility and courtesy, but the city is very deep, and he can cover everything between talking and laughing, which is a few levels stronger than today's slightly immature and high-spirited dejoy.
Today, if there is no true holy decree of Ying Hao and Kou Shicheng, the two true brocade guards, I am afraid that Ma Hamu will really detect the clues.
He drank the liquor in the cup, looked at Ha Razhang who looked at him again on the other side with a smile, and sneered in his heart, today's chess is high, and the machine is still hidden by the master and gone across the sea!
Now that Mahamu's tricks have been played, it's time for his turn.....