A loud shout suddenly sounded in the hall, and an old man was listed among the hundred officials, his face was gloomy, and he was extremely unhappy with the behavior of the people in the mission not kneeling to the Chu Emperor.

Chen Chao frowned slightly, stretched out his hand to stop the people in the mission behind him, looked at the old man a few times, and asked, "Are you?"

The old man said confidently: "I am the book of the Ministry of Rites, He Shangming!" ”

"Oh-"

Chen Chao nodded and dragged out the long tail note, answered, and quickly said: "It turned out to be He Shangshu, look up for a long time." ”

Does he know me? Has my fame spread to the Epiki? …… He Shangming was overjoyed in his heart, and was about to ask clearly, but Chen Chao didn't give him this opportunity, and said: "He Shangshu is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he wants to know the word of etiquette the most?" ”

"Of course!"

He Shangming raised his head, he looked very proud, he was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and looked at the entire Chu State, and no one knew the word etiquette better than him.

Hearing this answer, Chen Chao nodded in satisfaction.

Then he suddenly stepped forward and said to Emperor Chu on the dragon chair: "Your Majesty, please cure He Shangshu for the crime of bullying the king!" ”

Hearing this, He Shangming was obviously stunned and looked at Chen Chao in surprise.

Not only He Shangming was surprised, but everyone in the hall was taken aback, even Emperor Chu was no exception, frowning, not understanding why Chen Chao said this?

"You....! How can this be reasonable, why do you say that this official deceives the king? ”

Chen Chao smiled slightly, looked at He Shangming and sneered:

"Just you, what about a book? I don't even know that I have deceived the king, what kind of face do I have to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites? ”

"Your Majesty!" Chen Chao looked at the emperor on the dragon chair, and said: "Your Majesty is the emperor of Chu State, and we are the courtiers of Daji, how can there be a reason for foreign ministers to kneel down to the emperor of other countries in this world?" What's more, if you really want to calculate it carefully, Your Majesty is not the monarch of our foreign ministers, Your Majesty is a Chu person, we are Ji people, we are equal in a sense, and calling Your Majesty is already the respect of our Daji Mission for Your Majesty. ”

He Shangming was stunned, what kind of crooked truth is this?

He was about to refute, but Chen Chao spoke again:

"Your Majesty, He Shangshu knows this truth, but he still asks us foreign ministers to bow down to you, isn't it bullying the king? Please also ask Your Majesty to cure He Shangshu for the crime of bullying the king! ”

"The crime of bullying the king should be beheaded according to the rules!"

Before Emperor Chu could speak, He Shangming was not lightly angered by Chen Chao's words, and pointed at Chen Chao's nose and scolded: "What a sharp-toothed person, since ancient times, the monarch is the king, the minister is the minister, and now the monarch is above, you are the minister, and you refuse to kneel, what is the reason?" ”

"Huh."

Chen Chao smiled, glared at He Shangming angrily, and did not back down half a step.

"Let me ask you, do you kneel your father?"

"Of course, kneeling, the king is the minister, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife, this is the most basic etiquette, and it is natural for the son to kneel to the father." He Shangming's words are reasonable.

The hundred officials wanted to see what else Chen Chao could say in his mouth.

"Then let me ask you again, do you kneel my father?" Chen Chao asked again.

"Why am I kneeling to your father?"

He Shangming blurted out, looking at Chen Chao puzzled.

Chen Chao smiled again, his gaze shifted from He Shangming's face to Emperor Chu's face, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, you can behead this person." ”

Emperor Chu sat upright on the dragon chair, still did not speak, and was savoring the conversation between Chen Chao and He Shangming just now.

After a few breaths, Emperor Chu raised his eyebrows, and the eyebrows of the hundred officials followed, and the faces of everyone in the mission were overjoyed.

He Shangming slowly understood, and was shocked.

He fell into the trap of the Chen Dynasty.

It is natural for a son to kneel to his father, but not to the father of others, and it is natural for a minister to kneel to the emperor of his own country, but not to the emperor of a foreign dynasty.

He Shangming hurriedly knelt in front of Emperor Chu and shouted that he was wronged: "Your Majesty, the old minister is wronged, the old minister is wronged, the old minister is wronged......"

At this time, there was a humane in the mission: "What is there to be wronged, you old puppet only kneels to your father, why do you ask us to kneel to the emperor of your Chu State?" ”

"Yes." Someone chimed in.

"Your Majesty, behead this old puppet who bullied the king."

Seeing that the situation was out of control, among the hundreds of officials, several elderly old men hurriedly came out of the Ministry of Rites to interrupt:

"Crooked, you guys are crooked!"

"How can the gift of a monarch and a minister be confused with the gift of father and son."

Chen Chao was not afraid, and when he faced these old men, he thought...... In the past life, there was Zhuge Liang's tongue and the Confucianism, and now I have my Chen Dynasty's tongue and Chu State Rite Department, so I will talk about this ceremony.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Chao walked up to a few old men and asked them to let the horses come over, and if they had any tricks, they could use them.

Several old men glanced at each other, and one of them came out of the queue and said:

"And I ask, as a courtier, do you need to bow down when you see your majesty?"

Chen Chao replied: "Yes." But I'm different, I'm the prime minister of Daji, the son of heaven and the father, according to the etiquette system, I still need to bow down to my majesty. ”

The old man who spoke glanced at Chen Chao...... As far as you can?

Squirming black purple lips, the old man said:

"At the behest of Your Majesty, you came to me for a pilgrimage, according to what Chen Xiang said, in a sense, Chen Xiang is a Ji person, and the old man is a Chu person, and the two of us are equal, right?"

Chen Chao nodded.

A sly light flashed in the old man's eyes, and he hurriedly said:

"Since Chen Xiang and Lao Yu are equal, are you and I also equal?"

Chen Chao shook his head.

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then listened to Chen Chaodao:

"Your speech is dangerous, my lord...... You should all know that hundreds of years ago, we didn't split up, we all respected the Li royal family, at that time, the kings rebelled, which led to the situation of falling apart today, and your majesty was a king with a different surname at that time, according to the clan etiquette, is it to respect my Daji Li as the only emperor? ”

As soon as these words came out, the old man was speechless.

Emperor Chu's face was a little unbearable.

No matter how powerful the Chu State has been over the years, no matter what, it can't get around the improper position.

In the final analysis, Emperor Chu is just a king with a different surname, and it is already a cross to call the emperor emperor.

Speaking of which, Emperor Chu opened his mouth and waved his hand, "That's it, if you don't kneel, you won't kneel." ”

A few old men in the Ministry of Rites waved their hands and retreated.

In this game, it was Daji who won.

But He Shangming didn't agree, and the old man who was angry clenched his fists and rushed to Chen Chao, and asked loudly:

"Chen Chao ......!"

"It is a natural rule to enter the hall to bow down to Your Majesty, what are you doing so much? None of that! ”

Chen Chao's eyebrows sank, and he was really angry.

This old man has a habit of making trouble unreasonably, and if he doesn't give him some color, he will lose Daji's face.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Chao glared at He Shangming angrily: "It has nothing to do? Then I'll talk about something related. ”

Taking a step forward, Chen Chao glanced at the hundred officials and looked directly at the Chu Emperor:

"Today, my Daji mission came to Chu, why did you come, why did you come, I think you all know in your hearts that in the battle of Yunzhou, my Daji is the winning party, and the six princes of your Chu State were captured and reduced to prisoners."

"It was your Chu State that begged us to return your six princes...... We put forward the conditions of harmony, you agreed to make peace, and we have just come to your Chu country and Jinling! ”

"This is the purpose of our visit to Chu, since He Shangshu has to worry about whether our mission kneels or not, it is better to do this...... The matter of peace and kinship is suspended, and our mission will bring the six princes back and lock them in the prison, and when you quote the scriptures and discuss the question of whether our Daji mission should kneel or not, we will come again! ”

"Look at this answer, He Shangshu is still satisfied?"

"You're ......! Messing around, ...... "He Shangming gasped for breath angrily, his hair and beard were open.

"Am I messing around?" Chen Chao laughed, his laughter was terrible, "Who is messing around?" Is it me or He Shangshu? Since He Shangshu didn't want to promote the matter of harmony, it would be good to say no earlier, and there was no need to make such a big detour......"

"You're spewing blood!" He Shangming stretched out a finger, and his fingertips trembled and pointed at Chen Chao, or he was about to be fainted by Chen Chao in the next moment.

Things have come to this point.

Emperor Chu still had no intention of stopping it, and still sat on the dragon chair, looking at Chen Chao calmly on the surface.

Chen Chao couldn't manage so much, and some people stepped forward to give people heads, and they didn't accept it for nothing.

With a wave of his robe, Chen Chao stretched his neck and said angrily:

"He Shangshu doesn't want to promote peace and affection, it's obvious to all, since this is the case, then our Daji side might as well fulfill Shangshu's wish...... Come on, follow me to the Six Princes' Mansion, bring people back to Daji, and the matter of harmony will end! ”

"Yes!"

Everyone in the mission clasped their fists in unison, and after speaking, they were going to follow Chen Chao to the mansion to get people.