A few songs and dances. The merchants came forward one after another to offer gifts.

"Persian merchant Tang Tiger Deer, offering a pair of glass vases, ten Persian carpets, ten pearls and agate......"

"Maladin, the great food merchant, offers ten pieces of obsidian, ruby, and lapis lazuli each......"

"Jiro Kameda, a merchant from Toei, presented a pair of deep-sea red coral and three ...... of jade pearls...... As a generation of kings, the most desirable is the beautiful mountains and rivers, the most famous is the glory of all ages, and the most prosperous is the coming of all countries.

In the face of successive tributes and congratulations, Liao Heng also had pride on his face! Unexpectedly, the next sound:

"The envoy of the Hu tribe, Arhan, brings rare treasures and night lighting beads to congratulate the emperor and the queen on their new marriage!" I saw a bloated, dark-faced bearded man, striding to the front of the hall, followed by four servants, each holding a porcelain altar in their hands, the mouth of the altar was covered by oiled paper, I don't know why.

"Didn't you say there was a night light bead? Where is it? Someone asked. Arhan saluted first, pointed to the porcelain altar held by the servant behind him, and said: "The pearl is in these four altars, but before giving it to Your Majesty, the minister still has something to discuss with you, which is also the purpose of the Great Khan of my clan sending me to your country this time." Liao Heng frowned, and said softly:

"Say it." Arhan said: "Since your country returned Beiliang to our people last year, although the war between the two sides has been quelled, trade has also stopped, so many smuggling merchants have bred on the border, which seriously threatens the interests of our herdsmen; I have come to your country to meet His Majesty the Emperor in order to restart the trade between the two sides, and in order to facilitate the trade, my clan hopes that your country can lease the pastures on the north bank of the Lianghe River to our herdsmen for grazing. ”

"Lending? Why don't you just say you want to rob it! ”

"The Hu people are barbarians, how can this be reasonable! You are simply greedy and shameless! You have already obtained the land of Beiliang, and you dare to come and ask for pasture! ”

"Saye has been scattered into the palace, Your Majesty, this barbarian is really arrogant, please allow me to fight him alone!" For a while, Heng Mei was cold, and Qianfu pointed out.

Arhan was completely undaunted, and said proudly: "Your Majesty, I know that your country has not been peaceful this year, and you urgently need hard-armored war horses to expand your forces to resist the invasion of Dijon. If you can lease the north bank of the Lianghe River to us, the herdsmen can directly flow into your country after feeding the cattle, sheep and horses, which is a win-win situation! He lowered his voice and said in a threatening tone: "Since your country ceded Beiliang last year, you did not call off the army in accordance with the treaty, but provoked disputes everywhere in Xiliang Mansion and killed our herdsmen, for which the leaders of our tribes were very angry, and they clamored to wage war against your country, but the Great Khan of our tribe was a wise and benevolent king, so he sent me to your country to negotiate first; There is a saying in your country, "If you can fight without blood, why do you need to bury your bones", if you sacrifice a pasture, you will get peace in the northwest, why not? Liao Heng held the wine glass tightly, and there was already murder in his eyes.

"Your Majesty." Song Che called lightly and patted the back of Liao Heng's hand, giving him some comfort. Liao Heng frowned at this time.

"Bang bang." Song Che applauded and walked out of his seat,

"I thought that the Hu tribe only had barbarians, but I didn't expect that there would be a wise man like Arhan who could speak and argue." Arhan saluted Song Che and asked, "So, you are the wise man of the Great Liang Kingdom?" Song Che waved his hand, returned the salute, and said with a smile: "Song is not a wise man, just an ordinary businessman, just listened to Mr. Arhan's words, this time I sent to the Liang Dynasty, in essence, to do business, Song's favorite thing is to do business with people, so he also stood up." "Arhan is cold

"Oh" sounded,

"Since Boss Song is a businessman, it should be very clear that this business is indispensable for the Liang Kingdom and my Hu clan."

"I don't think so." Song Che raised his hand and pointed to the four servants and the porcelain altar behind Arhan, and said, "If this business has to be done, why did you come here with a problem?" He turned around and pointed at Liao Heng and said: "Mr. Arhan, the emperor you have seen is different from the emperor of the old dynasty, he is young and brave, he dares to fight, even in the face of Dijon's millions of iron hooves, he still leads the army and the people to defend his family and country, your Hu clan is in our eyes, but it is also a paper tiger!" "Win a piece of applause!

Arhan's face was solemn for a moment, and he suddenly laughed out loud and gave a thumbs up: "Boss Song, you must be a simple businessman!" ”

"Oops, you can see it!" Song Che spread his hands, raised his head and took a deep breath, and said proudly: "Yes, Song's intelligence, a thousand years before and after, is unparalleled in the world, what plan do you have, just use it." ”

"Good! It's refreshing enough! Alham stretched out three fingers and said to the king's ministers: "I have brought three difficult questions this time, and if your country can answer them all, the Hu people will give up starting a war; But if you can't answer, then you have to cede the pasture on the north bank of the Lianghe River to us, as I proposed earlier! Song Che cast a confident look at Liao Heng.

Liao Heng nodded and agreed to the gamble. Song Che made one

"Please" posture: "Let's get out of the question." ”

"The first question is the four jars in front of me." Arhan pointed to the four porcelain altars and said: "The rare treasures I promised to pay tribute to His Majesty the Emperor before, the night light bead is in one of these four altars, and the other three altars are all filled with the most poisonous snakes in the Western Regions, if they bite it, they will die within seven steps, and there is no cure," he looked at Song Che proudly: "If you can touch out the rare treasures with your bare hands without using tools, you will win this first question." ”

"Hey, it's a coincidence, I've been close to poisonous snakes since I was a child, and I even say that I can call them brothers, even if I put my hand in their mouth, they are reluctant to bite me...... But let me wash my hands first, lest Brother Viper fail to recognize me. After Song Che finished speaking, he pulled an attendant and ran outside the hall.

"Hey, Boss Song, why are you pulling me?" The attendant did not understand.

"Where's your dining room? Is there garlic in it? ”

"Naturally, there is a plan in the dining room."

"Good!" The world only knows that snakes are afraid of realgar, but in fact, snakes are not afraid of realgar, but do not like the pungent smell of realgar.

Garlic is more pungent than realgar, and if you mash it into juice and smear it on your arm, you will have to avoid even the smell of poisonous snakes.

A quarter of an hour later. Song Che returned to the front of the hall.

"I thought Boss Song was scared away." Arhan taunted.

"Brother Song, in fact, you don't have to take this risk, if the Hu clan wants to fight, then fight with them!" Liao Heng persuaded.

Song Che waved his hand, full of confidence, signaling not to say more, he folded his sleeves in front of Arhan, compared the back of his palm, and inserted it into the altar!

The ministers all stood up and craned their necks to look at the spectacle.

"Ouch!"

"My hands!"

"Woo ......" Song Che hurriedly pulled out his hand, shook it in front of Arhan, and said with a smile: "I did touch something soft, and I put my finger in its mouth, but it was reluctant to bite me." ”

"How is this possible!" Arhan was in disbelief, grabbed the porcelain jar and threw it to the ground,

"Zizi Zi ......", a square-headed poisonous snake should be brought back to life.

"What a snake!" The ministers were horrified and retreated. Jiang Yuntian crushed a wine glass, took a porcelain piece, and with a flick of one hand, he nailed the poisonous snake to the ground!