Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 426 The Soldier Without Fighting

Shen Cha's wind and cold were completely cured after drinking three sets of medicines. Although he looked a little lazy, he seemed to be in good spirits.However, in order to prevent the possibility of relapse, Jin Jing forbade her to go out and forbid her to be too distracted, and told the people around her not to disturb her rest if there was no particularly important news.

In the few days before the funeral of King Xian Liao, Linhuang Mansion was calm. After all, during the national funeral, places that are relatively easy to cause trouble, such as opera gardens, gambling houses, and Qinlou Chuguan, were closed. The dandies who have nothing to do can only hang out in various restaurants, eating, drinking tea and the like, they can't even drink alcohol, and it is even more impossible to use alcohol to fight.

Yelulan and Yelunan received the news from the shopkeeper of the inn, knowing that Shen Cha fell ill due to the cold on the night of the palace banquet, and they were very anxious, but they really couldn't get away, so they asked Qi Zhifeng to represent them Come to visit the doctor, and tell Shen Cha some outside jokes by the way.

"In order to relieve my boredom, they asked you to come and talk with me? Are you not busy?"

Shen Cha asked Mei Zhu to serve Qi Zhifeng a bowl of smoked bean tea. Nowadays, few young people like to drink this tea, and only the elderly people like it, such as her master and Yan Bo. Qi Zhifeng did not expect This young little guy is also very fond of it. Every time he comes, he clamors to drink this.This time when she came to Huang Mansion, she specially brought two large clay pots of smoked bean tea, and sent them to Qi Mansion along with other gifts.

"I'm not busy at all. Although I'm with Anan, it's better for me not to get involved in certain matters of Yelu's family, especially the thankless things like funerals. You don't know, some people in their family, I don't have any skills, and I'm always willing to pick on others." Qi Zhifeng took the bowl of smoked bean tea, took a deep breath, "It smells so good!"

"Is there anyone in the Yelu family who opposes you?" Seeing Qi Zhifeng holding the tea bowl with an aggrieved expression on his face, Shen Cha sighed, "Young Master Nan, why don't you say anything?"

"Sister Xiaocha, what is Anan going to do with her mouth growing on her body? You can't sew their mouths shut, can you?" Qi Zhifeng drank more than half a bowl of tea, and then ate two pieces of tea snacks, "Don't talk about those things. It's a terrible thing, you haven't gone out for the past two days, and you don't know what's going on outside, let me tell you about it."

"Oh? What's the big deal? Who is acting like a demon again?"

"It's not a big deal!" Qi Zhifeng waved his hand. "It's a joke. You can make sister Xiaocha laugh. The first joke was contributed by our Tubo envoys. You should know about the fire in the posthouse, right?"

"I know." Jin Jing nodded, and called Meizhu to get a charcoal basin, threw the raw chestnuts that the shopkeeper sent in the morning into it, and poked back and forth with the long tongs, "It's been rumored outside all this time. The Tubo people set the fire, why, have you found conclusive evidence?"

"Not yet, but if you search hard, you can still find it. Anan sent people to clean up the mess on the surface, but in fact they wanted to find some tricks on the Tibetans. They knew it in their hearts, and they were very honest these two days. However, the inn burned down, and they had nowhere to live, Anan gave them two choices." Qi Zhifeng stretched out two fingers, "The first choice is to rent an inn in Linhuang Mansion and settle down at your own expense. The second option is to set up camp five miles outside the city, where soldiers from other counties will station when they come to Beijing."

"The Tubo people will definitely not choose the second one. This is worse than the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin." Shen Cha took two cushions and put them behind him, "But let them pay for the money by themselves, definitely not Yes."

"No, they don't agree. They think it's not polite. How can envoys pay for their own accommodation?" Qi Zhifeng kept his eyes on the charcoal basin. He had never seen chestnuts roasted like this before. No, Anan said that he had to pay for it himself, or compensate for the loss of the posthouse.”

"The Tubo people are stern and gentle. They appear to be very domineering, but they are actually very guilty." Jin Jing sneered, "They are worried that they will find out some clues, and after weighing the pros and cons, gains and losses, they will agree to this request. It's just... ..." He raised his head to look at Qi Zhifeng, then at Shen Cha, "I've already torn my face, why don't you simply leave and leave completely, so as not to suffer this grievance?"

"Brother Xiaojing is right, I want to know too." Qi Zhifeng shifted his gaze from the roasted chestnuts to Shen Cha, "Why?"

"Whether it is rudeness at the palace banquet or arson in the post house, it is the personal behavior of the Tubo envoys and accompanying warriors. It is what they want to do, not the intention of the Tubo king. Think about it The king of Tubo loves the princess he married so much, what would he think if he heard that his courtiers had misbehaved in his sweetheart's natal family and ruined his reputation? What would he do to these people? In addition, if they don't Go back early after the funeral is over..." Shen Cha showed a faint smile, "They know in their hearts that waiting for them will range from dismissal from office to death, and may even implicate their family members. In summary, no matter how reluctant they are, Will stay until the funeral is over."

"Let me just say, they are not the kind of masters who keep low and be petty. There must be a reason for agreeing to such a condition." Qi Zhifeng nodded, "But people are not as good as God, even we Unexpectedly, all the inns in the city would not allow the Tibetan mission to stay, no matter how high the price they paid, none of them would accept them. The innkeepers and shopkeepers were worried that the Tibetan mission would do something like burn down the inn. People, if they do not entertain well and offend the Tubo envoys, the inn they rely on for survival may be destroyed, and they cannot risk their family's livelihood."

"Harming others and harming oneself!" Shen Cha took the medicine bowl that Mei Zhu handed her, took a deep breath, drank it all, then returned the medicine bowl to Mei Zhu, rinsed his mouth with white water , and continued, "Rejected by all the inns, they just hit us with ideas?"

"Sister Xiaocha is wise, that's exactly the case." Qi Zhifeng frowned, seeing that she drank up all the dark medicinal soup, he couldn't help shivering, "It's just that they just proposed to talk to Daxia Missions living under the same roof were flatly rejected."

"Aren't they happy? They will say that the Liao people favor one another and don't take them seriously."

"That's not it!" Qi Zhifeng slapped his hands, "It's just that the official in charge of receiving them asked them a word. After the question, they completely gave up the idea and went to camp outside the city obediently."

"Oh?" Smelling the scent of chestnuts, Jin Jing carefully picked one up and put it on a plate to cool, "What words are so useful?"

"He asked the Tubo envoy if he really wanted to live in the same inn as the Daxia envoy? I heard that General Zhen Guo practiced martial arts every day. Are you really not worried that you are sent to your door to be beaten? You really don't worry about yourself. Is it possible to leave Linhuang Mansion completely?" Qi Zhifeng smirked at Shen Cha, "Sister Xiaocha, isn't this what it says in the Art of War, that you can defeat others without fighting?"

"..."

After hearing Qi Zhifeng's words, Shen Cha didn't know whether she should laugh or cry, so she was such an image in the hearts of this group of people!

(End of this chapter)