I was Idle and Cool Chapter 83: The Huns

This is the first time that Lu Jinxi has met Emperor Xiao Che of Qing'an.

The black dragon robe is added to his body, and the five-clawed golden dragon pattern embroidered with gold thread adds a bit of dignity to him, and on his head is a majestic twelve-haired crown.

This emperor, who has been on the throne for thirteen years, is in his prime.

Long eyebrows pierce the temples, the eyes flash with wisdom, but there is a kind of kindness in the expression.

Under everyone's kneeling and worship, he strode to sit in front of the dragon chair placed in front of the hall, and only waved his hands peacefully: "All the ministers are flat, please take your seats."

So, the civil and military officials got up and took their seats.

The civil officer is on the left and the military officer is on the right. At first glance, they are two completely different styles.

When Lu Jinxi got up, he glanced over there from a distance, and found that Liu Jin was sitting at the forefront of the military officers; Gu Chengqian was the first among the civilian officers, followed by Wei Binggan.

As for Gu Juefei, he can only accompany him in the last seat.

The two of them, father and son, sat so far apart that they didn't even look at each other at all.

Lu Jinxi couldn't help but raised her eyebrows, got up and sat back.

After Princess Yongning stood up next to her, she took two steps in the direction of the civil and military officials, standing there watching not far or near.

The position of their spectators, on the side under the emperor, is higher than that of civil and military officials.

So, with the position of Princess Yongning at the moment, you can easily see the following situation clearly.

After the officials were seated, a team of honor guards came outside the palace gate.

Several guards of the Imperial Guards took the lead in clearing the way, and came meandering in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The man in the front was cold and stiff, and he went forward and knelt down on the long steps.

"Report to the emperor, the Huns negotiated peace envoys!"

"Announcement!"

Xiao Che's eyes suddenly brightened, and he said loudly.

Zhou Dequan, who was beside him, immediately raised his voice and lengthened his voice, so that the voice of the most honorable person in the Great Xia Dynasty echoed throughout the imperial palace.

"Xuan-Hun envoys meet!"

Therefore, the group of people who followed closely behind the guards of the Imperial Guard came out.

There are eight people in total, all of them young and strong men.

The dress is very different from the Central Plains. The thick cloth is basically inlaid with a few pieces of fur, and he wears a sturdy fur hat, with long agate strings hanging on his chest, and neat leather boots under his feet.

Typical nomadic dress.

They all look taller and more burly than people from the Central Plains.

Especially the one at the front.

He has a messy black beard on his chin, dark skin, a scar on his face, and a pair of eyes that are faintly sharp.

This is a martial artist.

Lu Jinxi glanced over and found a piece of silver chain hanging from the man's waist. This silver chain should be used to hang a knife on weekdays, but it is empty now.

It should be because I can't wear a sword when entering the palace, so I took it off.

The burly man stepped forward, put his left hand on his shoulder, and bowed deeply.

"Holden was ordered by Mao Zhi Shanyu to lead the Xiongnu embassy to meet the Daxia Emperor!"

The people behind him also saluted and bowed.

At this moment, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty swayed, and some of the civil servants who followed the old fashion couldn't hold back: "These Huns, they don't even kneel when they see the emperor? How unreasonable!"

"Hey, don't worry, the etiquette of the Xiongnu is different from my Daxia."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Che himself didn't mind, and he didn't even see a bit of surprise on his face, as if he had known this kind of thing for a long time.

He smiled and waved his hand: "General Holden was sent to negotiate peace by Lao Shanyu, which shows that the Huns are sincere. All envoys, please get up quickly."

The Huns named Holden straightened up.

Behind him, another thinner Hun official with a curly moustache took a step forward and held out a rolled up sheepskin scroll, which he held above his head with both hands.

Holden said: "Initiate the Daxia Emperor, this is the summation book written by me, the Xiongnu Mao Zhi Shanyu, and I also donate thousands of cattle and sheep, 300 mink furs and bear skins, and 10 dendrobiums of the best Dongzhu. May I pray for the Xiongnu Daxia, from now on friendship, the well-being of the people of the two countries, and never cross each other!"

"Good!"

Xiao Che burst into laughter immediately. He was sitting high on the throne of the emperor, looking down at the civil and military officials, and also at the Xiongnu envoys below, and there was a bit of pride in his chest.

"Zhou Dequan, took the Xiongnu and the book and read it to Baiguan."

"Yes."

Zhou Dequan is thinner than his apprentice Sun Jiu, and his wrinkled face is full of smiles, which is called "Honey Knife" by the people in the palace.

But when he walked up to take the book from the bearded Hun envoy, he was sincere.

He slowly opened the Heshu scroll with some care, cleared his throat secretly, stood beside Xiao Che, and read the Heshu aloud.

"Emperor Daxia reveres me, the Xiongnu have lived outside Hanshan Pass since ancient times.

The matter involves the major issue of the peace talks between the two countries, which is naturally written in great detail in the book.

It was only after Lu Jinxi heard a few words that she felt a little strange in her heart, and she could not help frowning slightly.

Princess Yongning didn't care about the peace book written by the Xiongnu. She just saw that several military attachés in the court, including Liu Jin, didn't have any drastic reactions, and her heart was relieved.

She turned around and walked back, and saw Lu Jinxi's expression.

"What's the matter with you?"

"No, my niece is fine, it's just an accident."

Lu Jinxi shook his head, but his eyes swept across the body of Zhou De, the **** chief executive who read the book, and then fell on Holden, the envoy of the Huns, with unabated doubts in his eyes.

"I have only heard that the Xiongnu in Daxia have been at war for a long time, and the customs of the two countries are very different, but it is probably because the niece is ignorant and does not know that the Xiongnu Shanyu knows much about Daxia. , which is quite similar to my Daxia's document."

"It turns out you're weird about this."

Princess Yongning smiled, but did not show any strange expression.

"The story of the Xiongnu is so far away, I don't blame you for not knowing it. It is said in the book that it was written by the Xiongnu Shanyu himself, but Maozhi is over 60 years old this year, and he is a soldier and only knows the words and can write. That's all. This and the book were not made by him."

"No?"

Lu Jinxi was surprised.

Princess Yongning said: "It is rumored that Lao Shanyu has five sons and one daughter. Since his eldest son, Prince Yikun, died on the battlefield, the other princes have not been able to support him. On the contrary, his youngest daughter, Princess Lanqu, is wise, intelligent and courageous. I am resolute, and I am quite interested in my Daxia Sinology. I don't know what I will learn later, but reading this book, it is probably the work of this princess."

Princess Lanqu?

So it is.

Lu Jinxi nodded, understood, and said, "That's a nice name."

"She also changed the name herself later. Where did the Xiongnu come from such an elegant saying?"

Princess Yongning didn't take it seriously, she was more concerned about the situation on the Xiongnu side.

"The brothers can't help me very much, but this little girl is very powerful. Now that the Huns are negotiating peace, I don't know if it has something to do with this situation."

There must be some relationship.

However, even if there are various external causes, peace is the general trend in the world, and wars will not last long.

A long-term relationship must be divided, and a long-term relationship must be combined. This is the truth.

Lu Jinxi didn't have as many questions as Princess Yongning. After that little question was answered patiently by Princess Yongning, she continued to listen quietly.

Soon, the letter of peace from the Xiongnu was read out.

So Daxia also took out the peace book that was drafted by the officials of the Ministry of Rites earlier, read it out again, and also rewarded a lot of gold, silver, cloth and silk to express their feelings.

During the entire process, the front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was silent except for the sound of the reading.

Gu Chengqian at the top left listened, his face extremely gray.

Every time Zhou Dequan recited a sentence of the Japanese book, a blood-stained image flashed before his eyes, and a loud drum horn sounded in his ears.

The flag painting is dark with snow, and the wind is full of drums.

Several years of war, food and grass deployment. The soldiers led the expedition and sprinkled blood on the frozen and cracked land at the border, dyeing the snow that fell and the flags flying red.

Gu Chengqian couldn't help but think of Xue Kuang.

I think of the solemnity and awe when he first took over the tiger talisman from the young emperor, the vaguely smiling eyes he looked at the soldiers when he returned to the court in triumph, and the last When he was on an expedition, the back he saw from the tower...

The cloak is high, and the armor is light and cold.

A thousand years of work.

They are no match for the thin scroll and book in Zhou Dequan's hand at this moment.

The voice of Zhou Dequan's reading continues.

But Gu Chengqian only felt that although those words were familiar, they turned into meaningless strokes when they passed by his ears.

He clenched his hands and finally closed his eyes slowly.

Gu Juefei watched from behind.

Although he couldn't see Gu Chengqian's face, he could only see the back, but he knew that this old confused thought of Xue Kuang again.

Although the tremor was slight, he could see it too clearly.

So, when the whole country was celebrating and no one would notice, Gu Juefei's lips had a bit of a mocking sneer.

In the end, didn't he still win?

To the fullest.

Xue Kuang, the former general of Wuwei who shook the country, will be buried under this paper and book from now on. People who remember him will slowly forget, because people's memory is not good. And his time is still very long, very long...

On the blue sky, it is rare to find a cloud, it is very clean.

Bright sunlight shines on the glazed tiles covering every palace in the Forbidden City, a dazzling golden light, magnificent.

In front of the palace gate.

Fang Shaoxing sat casually on the ground with his back against the palace wall. I could still hear the loud voice from the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but my eyes were raised, looking at the sky that was completely different from the border gate, with a dazed expression.

The gun was obviously not the silver gun that Jin Wuwei was equipped with. It was leaning on the side at this moment, and it seemed that it was going to fall at any moment.

He put one hand on his knee, while the other held a small wine jar.

I don't know what I thought, so I suddenly laughed, raised the wine jar, and took a sip of wine.

Jin Wuwei, who was guarding the palace gate beside him, looked at him curiously, listening to the sound of reading and writing inside, but he finally didn't hold back and asked with some caution.

"Lord Fang, I heard that among the envoys who came to negotiate peace with the Huns this time, the one who led the envoy was also a general, what was called Holden, who also fought on the battlefield at the beginning. My brothers said before, it seems that I played against you!"

Holden?

Fang Shaoxing raised his eyebrows, turned his eyes away, and glanced at Jin Wuwei, his eyes full of evil for a while.

"How dare you call yourself a general if you only have one wine bag and rice bag?"

They did fight each other back then.

Only, there is no winner.

Because at that time he was only a junior under Xue Kuang, and he was about to win, but the call to retreat came.

That's why Fang Shaoxing doesn't like Xue Kuang at all.

A battle is fought heartily, and that battle is not impossible to win. But the general chose to withdraw first and then attack in a roundabout way.

That's why Holden was able to pick up a dog's life from him.

Thinking of this, Fang Shaoxing sneered.

Just this idiot, I just hit the palace gate and I didn't recognize him. But it's okay, when the Hun envoy he brought with him left, he just gave a "surprise".

"Gudu..."

The small wine jar was raised again, and the mellow aroma of wine overflowed, with a particularly cool taste.

The Jin Wuwei, who was standing upright next to him, couldn't help but swallow his saliva when he heard it.

But he knows that Fang Shaoxing is a person who doesn't respond to anyone and acts willfully, and is still guarding the palace gate now. Even if he lends him ten more courage, he doesn't dare to take a sip of wine.

However, when it comes to guarding the palace gate...

Then Jin Wuwei is a little strange: "Speaking of which, isn't Mr. Fang used to guard the palace gate? Today, the Lord is here, is it arranged by the commander?"

Fang Shao was leaning against the palace wall, and the scar under the corner of his eye was particularly conspicuous under the sunlight.

Hooking the wine jar, he smiled freely and arbitrarily, only narrowed his eyes and said, "Guess."