Many people saw this scene and exchanged ears and talked about it on the side of the road.

"What's going on? So many people, could it be that something was given to which minister?"

"But there are too many things to give this reward, and it looks like calligraphy and painting, I have never heard of the emperor rewarding his courtiers, and he will reward so many calligraphy and paintings at once. ”

"Strange, this is really a strange thing!"

Because this movement was too big, it soon reached the ears of the kings of the capital and the high-ranking officials.

Shu Wangfu

Zhao Gonggong and his entourage were still halfway there, and the King of Shu had already asked people to inquire about everything clearly, and as a son, he quickly understood the emperor's thoughts.

He smiled and said to the staff sitting below: "My father, the emperor, is wise (cunning), and the marquis has always used the pretext of painting a thousand blessings as an excuse to communicate with officials, and now he has rewarded hundreds of calligraphy and paintings, no matter what, the research is enough." ”

"The Acting Marquis has no excuse now, I don't know what he will do?"

"What the prince said, unless he really stays at home obediently, otherwise, no matter how he acts, a hypocrisy can't escape. A staff member also answered with a smile: "But if Daihou really has no ambition and is dedicated to pure filial piety...... I don't believe it anyway. ”

This deputy marquis has paid a lot of attention along the way, and judging from this person's previous actions, everything is not something that an honest person can do.

The eyebrows and eyes of the King of Shu are said to look very similar to the emperor when he was young, so this is very favored, and he looks very easy-going at this time, and his expression is also a little approving.

"You're right, my good nephew is not an honest person, he is really an honest person, I'm afraid he won't be able to get to where he is today. ”

His good father, the emperor, was not because he thought of the crown prince, so he let Su Zi become a naturalized citizen and become Ji Zizong. It's not that Su Zi is available, it can be a chess piece, I'm afraid that I will die outside a long time ago.

Thinking of his nephew's expression when he received his father's reward, the King of Shu couldn't help but be curious, and he wanted to take a look at the scene, but unfortunately reason made him give up this idea, and just ordered people: "You go to the gate of the Daihou Mansion to see how the situation is." ”

"Yes!" the man withdrew, and another servant reported at this time: "Lord Wang, there is someone outside the palace who asks to see him, saying that he is from Ningguo in southern Xinjiang and wants to offer you a gift." ”

"Southern Xinjiang Ningguo?" The King of Shu was stunned when he heard this, and looked at several staff: "What kind of dealings has the mansion had with this Ning country in Southern Xinjiang?"

A staff member's eyes flashed with contempt: "Lord Wang, there are many small countries in southern Xinjiang, and they are damp and insect-like, how can people from such a place have dealings with the government?"

"And southern Xinjiang was originally reclaimed by the former Wei Dynasty, but it is a province, it is said that it was divided into twenty or thirty small countries, this Ning country, said to be a country, or just a tribe, in the end it is a barbarian, in the bitter land, where the palm is bigger, dare to be the king. ”

King Shu nodded: "I think so." ”

He didn't think that what this staff said was mean, such a small country is actually a person from a county, and for the King of Shu, even the ordinary people of Dazheng are not as good, in his opinion, they are all barbarians.

He was about to wave his hand to let the servant of this report retreat, but suddenly changed his attention and ordered: "Forget it, you go and let this messenger from southern Xinjiang come in, this king is a little curious, this night to give gifts, so I don't know the number of courtesies, what is the idea?" ”

Since I can't go to see the excitement of my nephew, let's take a different way to entertain myself.

"Yes!" the servant immediately replied, and went to let the man at the door in.

The king of Shu was in a good mood, and said to the staff present: "You don't have to retreat, you all stay and open your eyes, and see what this envoy from a small country looks like when he comes to give gifts." ”

In less than half a pillar of incense, the people who came to visit were led to the place where the king of Shu was deliberating, and with the cold reminder of the palace servant, a middle-aged man wearing animal skin, burly and powerful, and with a beard, walked in from outside.

As soon as he came in, he made a strange salute, and said in the half-baked Da Zheng official dialect: "I am Abra, the envoy of Ningguo, and I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Shu of Da Zheng!"

The hall that suddenly fell silent because of his entry seemed to be alive, and the people sitting on both sides whispered to each other, and the expressions on their faces when they looked at this envoy of the Ning Kingdom were also strange and sarcastic.

And the King of Shu, who was sitting in the top position, showed a trace of contempt.

Sure enough, as he expected, this southern Xinjiang is a barbarian land, and even the envoys who came to Dazheng are wearing animal skins.

It's ridiculous!

But he was also curious, he didn't know what this envoy of Ningguo came to visit him for suddenly, so he temporarily suppressed the ridicule and contempt, and asked in a deep voice: "Ah, it turned out to be the envoy of Ningguo, I don't know why you came to see this king so late?"

It is said to be an offering gift, what kind of gift can be given in such a barbarian land?

The envoy of Ningguo hurriedly said: "I am here to offer local products and princesses to His Royal Highness the King of Shu, we have a sincere desire to make friends with His Royal Highness the King of Shu, and send the princess to the palace to marry, according to the customs of our Ningguo, that is, after dusk, I don't know if it disturbed the noble Royal Highness of the King of Shu?"

"Excuse me, but I didn't bother. A trace of disgust flashed in the eyes of the King of Shu, and he frowned: "But your gift, whether the gift is satisfactory to the king, the king also needs to take a look at it first, don't you say?"

His last sentence was to the staff around him, and the staff members who were urging the narrow immediately answered with a smile: "Yes! This envoy of Ningguo, please hurry up and present a gift for our prince, so that we can feast our eyes on it! Presumably, the princess of your country must be as beautiful as a fairy?"

Most people also laughed, and it was obvious that the envoy of Ningguo from southern Xinjiang was simply a harlequin for their amusement in their eyes, and they didn't regard him as an envoy of a country at all.

Think about it, in a place like the Shu King's Mansion in the Zheng Dynasty, a "wild man" wearing animal skins suddenly came and told them that he was a messenger from Ningguo and wanted to offer gifts to the King of Shu on behalf of Ningguo, how funny is this.

But there were also one or two staff members who frowned slightly, although they also looked down on this kind of person from the barbarian land, but the behavior of the King of Shu to make fun of the other party still made them feel inappropriate.

However, these two did not come out because of this, they just remained silent and only watched from the sidelines.

Seeing that most of these people in the hall were smiling, the envoy of Ningguo suddenly felt relieved, and immediately said: "My Ningguo specialties and princesses are all outside the mansion gate, and they are guarded by a few warriors who came with me. Since the prince is willing to accept it, he just needs to let people tell them!"

"Go, invite the princess of Ningguo and the warriors to come in!" said the king of Shu with a smile to the servant standing outside the hall.

Immediately, there were servants who went to ask for someone, and after a while, I saw two men who were also wearing animal skins, carrying two baskets of things on their backs, and put these two large baskets on the ground, and tore off the red cloth covering them.

Originally, I thought that this local product was just a pretext for this messenger, synonymous with gold, silver or other things, but I didn't expect it to be really two baskets of specialties, how ridiculous is this?

He is the dignified King of Shu, can he still lack such a thing??

Even if it is a rare specialty, for the King of Shu, bringing it in such a crude basket will only make him feel insulted.

Fortunately, the girl who came in later made the King of Shu's eyes stay on her for a moment.