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Chapter 116
Less than half a month after the credentials were sent out, the envoys of Xili took the lead in arriving in Beijing. And this envoy, unexpectedly, is their old acquaintance-Xue Wuyi. Xue Wuyi was still the same, a fragile literati, even in February, wearing a thick fox fur cloak. The exposed cheeks are whiter than the paper, the color of the lips is also light, and only a pair of clear blue and white eyes are particularly vivid.
A banquet was held at Honglu Temple, and Xiao Zhige and an Changqing also attended the banquet out of respect. Xiao Zhige sat side by side with an Changqing, Xue Wuyi and the other two Xili took a guest seat, and the secretary of Honglu Temple accompanied him.
The banquet was nothing more than polite words, mostly talking about the customs and customs of the two countries. Xue Wuyi said less, while the other two envoys said more. After some conversation, they just learned that they had come to Beijing at the behest of the King of Xiyang, and even appointed Prime Minister Xue Wuyi to come.
They know a thing or two about the situation in Xi'an, even if it is as far away as Dazhou. For example, the Empress Dowager, together with some courtiers, has begun to force Xue to return to power without clothes; another example is that the 15-year-old King of Western Dung got married, and the Queen is his cousin and is still the daughter of the King of Buyang; or, for example, now in Xiyang, many oppressed people of the West Dung nationality have raised their anti-flags, and these people, who are regarded as inferior pariahs, have come together as a big force. Prime Minister Xue Wuyi did not know why he had not ordered the counter-insurgency for a long time. Because of this, Western officials have played an inaction to impeach the Prime Minister, and some officials joined forces with the royal family of Xiyi, including the King of Western Dung, to bring down Xue Wuyi.
The situation in Xiyang is rapidly changing, and at such a critical moment, the king of West dung sent Xue Wuyi as an envoy. Its purpose is clear. What is even more suspicious is that Xue Wuyi could not have come, but he did.
An Changqing unconsciously turned his eyes to Xue Wuyi and saw him sitting there with his back upright, drinking leisurely with drooping eyes, and his side still followed the unsmiling maid who was called Mi Xue. It's just that Shang que was not seen among the Western Guards on this trip.
The banquet went on for nearly two hours, and the other two envoys of the Western Emperor and the Minister of Honglu Temple seemed to be on good terms with each other, and they were very interested in the customs and customs of Dacheng, so they were accompanied by Honglu Temple and showed them around the bustling capital of Beijing. Only Xue Wuyi said he was not feeling well and had no peers.
Because he did not go, the two envoys of Simeon came first to confess their sins to him. An Changqing listened and found that although they acted respectfully, their words were full of sharp knives, guns and sticks. Obviously, they were not of one mind with Xue Wuyi.
An Changqing left with Xiao Zhige and asked in a low voice, "is the West Dung King trying to drag Xue Wuyi here?"
At today's banquet, the envoy of the West Dynasty talked a lot of gossip and wanted to have a look at the local conditions and customs, but he didn't say anything serious, so he looked like he had come to play.
"the West Dung King probably thinks he dragged Xue Wuyi here. But how does he know that Xue Wuyi didn't want to come on his own? " Xiao Zhige said a meaningful sentence.
They were happy to cooperate with Xue Wuyi several times ago, and Xiao Zhige was angered by the move that the Empress Dowager wanted to win over Anqing Emperor with the secret treasure of Xia, but now they are willing to cooperate with Xue Wuyi. After all, Xue Wuyi is a smart man, and it's always easier to be a neighbor with a smart guy.
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After the first day of the banquet, Xiao Zhige arranged for the Honglu Temple Qing to entertain the two people, taking them on a tour of Beijing, while Xue Wuyi did not come out in the post station. after five days, the Honglu Temple Minister delivered the message. said that the two envoys wanted to meet Xiao Zhige alone.
Xiao Zhige and an Changqing summoned two people together.
Since the trip was a secret interview, the time was set for the evening. The minister of Honglu Temple led the two to the partial hall of Chongzheng Hall to have an audience. When the two envoys saw an Changqing sitting next to the emperor, their faces were a little uncomfortable.
One of them asked in a strange mandarin: "our king has another letter to his Majesty. We must not let other unrelated people wait to see it."
This has nothing to do with people. think it is an Changqing.
Before an Changqing made a sound, he heard Xiao Zhige say angrily, "where are there people who have nothing to do with it?"
The two envoys looked at an Changqing, and with a cough from Honglu Temple, they hurriedly beat the circle and said, "the Wild Goose King is a word sealed by his Majesty side by side, with the same respect as his Majesty."
The two envoys looked resentful and dared not say any more, so they could only sue the crime and presented the credentials of the Western Dung King.
This letter is very long, and a lot of content has been written on it, but it can be summed up roughly as follows: Xili intends to establish mutual market and establish friendly relations with Dazhou. If Dazhu agrees, Xili is willing to provide a number of gold and silver oxen and horses every year. At the same time, it gave up the three cities adjacent to Dahang. After this generous profit, a sentence was added: Prime Minister Xue Wuyi monopolized the power because he coveted the secret treasure left by the Western dung ancestors with the intention of rebellion. In order to facilitate the smooth cooperation between the two countries in the future, he implored the son of Daji to help each other to kill the rebellious officials.
After scribbling, Xiao Zhige handed the credentials to an Changqing, looking unclear.
The two envoys could not figure out what he meant and said cautiously, "the king has shown his utmost sincerity."
"before the two countries are at war, it will be difficult for the prime minister of the West to send an envoy to Beijing, but if something happens in Beijing, it will be difficult to be thorough." Xiao Zhige put his hand on his knee, as if for.
The envoy looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and whispered, "your Majesty, please rest assured that we will not injustice your Majesty." As a matter of fact, the prime minister has always had stubborn diseases and has never been in good health. If you die of an acute illness, no one will notice. This will not affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries. "
Xiao Zhige seemed to have doubts and said, "if it is poisoned, will it not be possible to do an autopsy?" It's still not right. "
The envoy hesitated for a moment and took out a prescription from his sleeve: "this is the prescription given to me by the king before I set out. All I have to do is to prepare the medicine according to the prescription and add it to the prime minister's meal without anyone knowing it." even if you do an autopsy, you can only find out that you have an acute illness. "
Han Zhang took the prescription and took it up to Xiao Zhige to check. Xiao Zhige took a look and said with a smile: "it is really a good way to be flawless." But I still need to ask the royal doctor to verify this prescription. "
The envoy immediately understood and bowed and said, "your Majesty, just call for verification, and we are waiting for your Majesty's good news."
Xiao Zhige gave an unknown "um" and told the secretary of Honglu Temple to send people back to the post station and be sure to entertain them well.
The two envoys thought that he was moved by the heavy interests and thought that most of their tasks had been completed, so they left with Honglu Temple with a relaxed face. As soon as they left, Xiao Zhige threw the credentials and pharmacy to Han Zhang with disgust, and shook his head and said, "without Xue Wuyi, Xili will die."
An Changqing frowned and said, "I heard that Xue Wuyi is still the teacher of the West Dung King."
The king of Old Xi dung left him alone on his deathbed. Xue Wuyi has been his teacher since he was five years old. Today, the West Dung King is already a 15-year-old boy. After ten years of teacher-student relationship, they are not as close as father and son, and they should not have used such despicable means to murder him.
Xiao Zhige said: "No matter how close the teacher is, he can't kiss his mother."
Xue Wuyi is not only in order to stabilize the court, but also to prevent the Empress Dowager from interfering in politics. It has always been intended to crack down on the Yang Wang family of the cauldron, together with the suppression of other members of the royal family. Therefore, these people, headed by the Empress Dowager, simply hate Xue without clothes. On the other hand, the Western Dung King unexpectedly chose his biological mother between his biological mother and the prime minister.
An Changqing sighed, "didn't Xue have any action without clothes?"
Xiao Zhige said, "not before, but these two men secretly came to see us today. Xue without clothes should have dealt with it."
Xue Wuyi was more patient than they had imagined, and he seemed to be in no hurry about his situation and stayed behind closed doors. Since he was not in a hurry, Xiao Zhige didn't bother to worry about him and ordered someone to prepare an Changqing's birthday party instead.
An Changqing's birthday is on February 15. It is customary for people over the age of 50 to live their lives, and those under the age of 50 only have a "little birthday." It's not a big deal to celebrate my birthday only with my loved ones.
But even so, Xiao Zhige still wants to celebrate for him. Early asked Han Zhang to send someone to the Yanwangfu to prepare, when the family celebrated in the Wangfu.
However, although it is not a big deal, but in the current capacity of an Changqing, after the news spread, many people still prepared gifts to send to the door. Xiao Zhige was fair and aboveboard in the name of the birthday of the wild goose king, which was held on February 15. After the morning of February 14, he drove to the Wild Goose King's House.
They went back a day early, and the royal mansion was still busy, with people cleaning and dusting and building flowers and plants. Even Yu and an Xianyu are busy and have no time to greet them.
The people in the royal palace were coming and going, and the people were noisy. An Changqing thought it was noisy and could stay in the house and stared with Xiao Zhige: "I told you it would be the same as before, and you had to toss about." Now my mother is too busy to talk to me. "
Xiao Zhige smiled and pointed to a pile of gifts on the table: "well, if you find it boring, you might as well take it apart."
An Changqing wilted the ground and was reluctant to tear it down. These are all sent by his colleagues in bureaucracy or some people who are willing to please, but they are human exchanges, and he really doesn't have much interest. When he was bored, he listened to the word of an Fulai: "A Childe Xue has come to send a congratulatory gift."
"Master Xue?" An Changqing was stupefied, and there was only one Mr. Xue he knew, so he looked at Xiao Zhige questioningly: "Why is he here at this time?"
Xiao Zhige said, "just invite people in," and said to Anfu, "take the guests to the vestibule."
Anfu answered and went to ask for someone. An Changqing went to the vestibule with Xiao Zhige.
In the vestibule.
Xue Wuyi had been invited in. Seeing the two of them, he got up to see the ceremony, glanced over them, and said with emotion, "the relationship between your Majesty and your Majesty is really good."
He sounded a touch of frustration and envy.
An Changqing smiled and asked his servant to serve tea: "my humble house has been noisy these two days. Xue Cheng said goodbye to each other."
"I haven't seen anything like this for a long time." Xue Wuyi slightly shook his head and said, "I heard that Wang Yan will be born tomorrow. I have come to give you a gift today."
Xu Xue, who followed him, sent up the wooden box he was holding. An Changqing took it and thanked him politely. He was about to put away the gift when he heard Xue Wuyi say, "Wang Ye would not like to open it and have a look."
Hearing the speech, an Changqing had to open the box. In the long-striped mahogany box, there is a picture scroll. An Changqing took out the picture scroll and slowly unfolded it. In the middle of the picture, his face changed slightly, and he rolled it up and put it back. The picture clearly depicted the mackerel man who was very similar to him. It is the one that Xiao Zhige once showed him.
"what does Prime Minister Xue mean?"
"I once ordered someone to send an imitation to his Majesty. Now this painting given to Prince is the original. " Xue Wuyi punched his lips and coughed, and then continued, "it's not appropriate to talk about it in detail here. Can you take a step to talk about it?"
An Changqing exchanged a look with Xiao Zhige and got up to take him to the study.
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