Mi Han

If possible, Mi Yang really wanted to raise the Qingming Sword in Zhang Wen's hand and stab him.

Zhang Wen did a good job following orders, but now Zhang Wen is just like the envoy Sun Quan sent to Guan Yu to ask for his marriage, and he is the carrier of a conspiracy that Sun Quan wanted to realize.

Originally, with Guan Yu's example first, Mi Yang could scold Sun Quan just like him to strengthen his position.

But the problem is that the current situation is fundamentally different from what Guan Yu encountered back then.

At that time, Sun Quan hired Guan Yu's second daughter as his wife for his eldest son, Sun Deng. At least on the surface, Sun Quan put himself in the same position as Guan Yu.

But now that Sun Quan is serving the sword and giving his daughter as a concubine, this attitude is too low in terms of his status. How can Mi Yang scold him?
A concubine was not regarded as a person at all in ancient times, but an object.

In order to please Mi Yang, Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong, gave his eldest daughter as an object to Mi Yang in order to "admit his mistake".

As a result, his humble and sincere attitude attracted a burst of scolding from Mi Yang.

From then on, on the day when Mi Yang takes charge of the state affairs after Liu Bei's death, Sun Quan will definitely betray the big man with the reason of "fear in his heart".

And his reason will get the sympathy of the world and cause Mi Yang to suffer a huge criticism.

Sun Quan's political talent is very high, which is the biggest reason why he can protect Jiangdong.

Maybe other people can't see Liu Bei's arrangement for Mi Yang, but with his political sense, he must have noticed something, which is why he sent Zhang Wen to show his favor to Mi Yang today.

Only now did Mi Yang fully realize how sinister Sun Quan's intentions were.

Guan Yan and even Mi Yang's own judgment before had underestimated Sun Quan's political skill too much.

Sun Quan is not for the present, but for the future!

But this can't be blamed on Mi Yang, after all, who in the world would have thought that Sun Quan would pay such a high price to achieve his goal?

Based on Mi Yang's original thinking, no matter what conditions Sun Quan proposed to show his favor, he only needs to gently refuse in public, but now Mi Yang finds that he is in a situation where he cannot refuse.

The most troublesome thing now is that Zhang Wen tied Sun Quan's gift of the sword and the gift of his daughter together through words, and Mi Yang either accepted them all or rejected them all.

There is no other way.

Unless he can come up with a reason that everyone in the world agrees with.

Because he will be the assistant minister of the big man in the future, his attitude represents the attitude of the big man to a certain extent.

But Mi Yang couldn't accept it.

Otherwise, once the in-law status is determined today, Mi Yang's status will become very embarrassing when it comes to Jiangdong in the past.

Sun Luban is a good concubine, but since the Three Kingdoms, too many famous people in the world have abolished their wives and fathers because of their concubines.

With so many examples, the world cannot help but have doubts about Mi Yang's future position.

With complicated emotions in his arms, Mi Yang came to Zhang Wen.

At this time, Zhang Wen still maintained the posture of bowing down with Qingming in his hands.

At this time, on the steps outside the banquet, an old man wearing Liu's crown slowly appeared.

He is Liu Bei who came uninvited.

When Liu Bei came to the door of the banquet, he did not choose to go in directly, and he promptly stopped a group of Han troops who wanted to report inside with the majesty of the emperor.

Liu Bei just stood quietly outside the door, listening to the movement in the arena.

And when Liu Bei learned of Zhang Wen's words just now under the report of the Han army outside the door, his face suddenly became better.

There are accidents, fears, but more teasing.

Although he has not entered, Liu Bei can probably guess what Mi Yang is thinking now.

Thinking of this, the teasing look on Liu Bei's face became even more serious.

After all, Zisheng still underestimated Sun Quan.

But that's good too, what happened today is enough to teach Zisheng a lesson.

With this thought in mind, Liu Bei's slender body couldn't help moving closer to the door. He wanted to hear how Mi Yang would deal with the changes in the field.

Mi Yang didn't know that Liu Bei was outside the door, he just slowly stretched out his hand to the Qingming sword raised by Zhang Wen under the gaze of everyone in the arena.

Seeing Mi Yang's action, all the officials on the big man's side in the field became nervous.

Those big Han officials who wanted to be good for Mi Yang almost spoke out directly to stop them.

In fact, of course it also includes Guan Yan.

It's just that the words stopped by those big Han officials came to their lips, but they swallowed them.

It's easy to say no, but hard to justify.

At least the big Han officials present in the field have never thought of a reason that is acceptable to the world.

When Zhang Wen, who bowed down, noticed that Mi Yang's hand was reaching out to him, some joy appeared on his face.

Supreme, Wen finally fulfilled his mission.

The joy on Zhang Wen's face was noticed by Mi Yang who had been observing him.

But Mi Yang didn't care.

Because while pacing just now, Mi Yang recalled an event several years ago in his mind.

Mi Yang took the Qingming sword from Zhang Wen's hand, and pulled the Qingming sword's body out of the scabbard in front of everyone.

Looking at the sword body that radiated cold light repeatedly, his face showed a very "loving" look.

Although it is said that due to the different levels of economic development in the current world, the overall forging technology in the north is better than that in Jiangdong, but that is on the whole.

If we only talk about the forging of one or two swords, Jiangdong's sword casting technology can be said to have a long history, and it has always been unique in the world.

Seeing the love for Qing Mingjian on Mi Yang's face, everyone felt that Mi Yang wanted to accept Sun Quan's overture.

It's just that Mi Yang suddenly asked Zhang Wen at this moment: "Does Huishu know the allusion about Ji Zha's gift of the sword?"

The story of Ji Zha presenting the sword is about:

When Ji Zha passed by the state of Xu on his mission, the king of Xu State liked the sword worn by Ji Zha very much, but he didn't dare to say it.

Ji Zha knew in his heart what King Xu meant, but he didn't offer the sword to King Xu right away because he had to go on an envoy to other countries in the Central Plains.

Later, Jizha passed by the state of Xu after returning from a mission, and the king of Xu state was dead, so Jizha took off his sword, hung it on the tree in front of the tomb of the king of Xu state, and left.

In this allusion, it is the dialogue between Jizha and his entourage that later generations yearn for and talk about most.

Jizha's entourage asked him: "Mr. Xu is dead, who else should I give the sword to?"

Ji Zha replied, "That's not the case. I had already decided in my heart that I would give him the sword. How could I break my promise just because he died?"

It is precisely because of this question and answer that it reflects the noble morality of Jizha to keep his promise, and this kind of character was extremely respected during the Qin and Han Dynasties.

This further reflects that the sword has the meaning of loyalty and loyalty in the hearts of scholars in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Many scholars have only one personal saber in their life.

Hearing Mi Yang mention this allusion, some of the many people here may not know it, but Zhang Wen, who is from Wu, must know it.

Ji Zha was the clan of the Wu Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because of his noble style of abdicating the throne and his witty performance of envoys to various countries, he was highly evaluated in the history books.

Ji Zha is also a sage respected by the sage Confucius.

No one would be proud of such a sage in his family and country in ancient times, and take it as an example, especially for the Wu people who have always been degraded as barbarians by the world.

So when Mi Yang mentioned this story, Zhang Wen showed an unconcealable pride on his face, and he replied: "Wen dare not forget the deeds of the sages in his hometown."

It's just that after Zhang Wen finished answering, a puzzled look appeared on his face.

Why did Mi Yang suddenly bring up this matter for no reason? Could it be that Mi Yang was implying that the Wu people would not fulfill their promise to send Sun Luban here?

Not only Zhang Wen was puzzled by Mi Yang's question, but everyone present was also puzzled by it.

But Mi Yang didn't puzzle them for too long. After Zhang Wen finished answering him, seeing the puzzled look on Zhang Wen's face, Mi Yang showed a smile on his face.

Master Zhang, I'm afraid you don't know about this.

He inserted the Qingming sword in his hand into the scabbard heavily, and then returned the Qingming sword with the scabbard to Zhang Wen's hand. He refused categorically:
"I can't accept this sword."

When Mi Yang said these words, the expressions of Zhang Wen and all the Jiangdong missions became extremely ugly.

Shen Zi, who was more irritable, took a step forward and asked Mi Yang sternly: "My lord's posture is already like this, but General Zuo still refuses, is he looking down on me and the Wu people?"

Under the guidance of Shen Zi's words, he naturally extended Mi Yang's refusal to Mi Yang's position of looking down on Wu people.

Shen Zi's response was so fast, apart from his own eloquence, he must have received some advice from Sun Quan before coming here.

Under Shen Zi's words, the faces of all the Jiangdong envoys became even more ugly, even many Han officials in the field frowned tightly.

Facing Shen Zi's stern questioning, Mi Yang didn't even bother to answer him.

Zhang Wen is the envoy representing Sun Quan, basically equal to Mi Yang in identity, but what is Shen Zi?
Mi Yang glanced at Shen Zi indifferently and coldly, and it was this glance that made Shen Zi back away in fright.

After Shen Zi retreated, Mi Yang just explained to Zhang Wen: "In life, promises are the most important thing, just like Ji Zi back then."

"Hui Shu and the Taiwei don't know something, but before I left my post in Chengdu and went north, I visited Prime Minister Zhuge Gong.

During that visit, Duke Zhuge intended to accept me as an apprentice, and promised that if I could pass his test, he would give me his personal saber as a token. "

"The sword is a thing of loyalty, and with the sword as a token, one should only have it once in a lifetime."

"I am ashamed to say that Yang has not passed Zhuge Gong's test for several years, so he has never received Zhuge Gong's sword.

However, since Zhuge Gong and Yang have a promise, and Yang has worked hard all his life to make the agreement, how can he be half-hearted, don't take other people's swords as tokens, and think of them as personal swords? "

"It's not that I don't love Qingming, everything has its own sequence, and my heart has promised Duke Zhuge.

It is a deception to transfer to Qingming today.If Ai Jian breaks his promise, Yang will definitely not do it. "

When Mi Yang finished his last sentence, Zhang Wen suddenly raised his head and looked at Mi Yang with disbelief.

Facing Zhang Wen's disbelieving gaze, Mi Yang slightly raised his shoulders, expressing his "helplessness".

He wanted to accept Sun Quan's remorseful overtures, but Sun Quan's repentance over his overtures was too slow, and he can't be blamed for that, he is a hot commodity.

And as Zhang Wen looked at Mi Yang in disbelief, the faces of Jiangdong's other envoys showed great astonishment.

when did it happen?
If this is true, is their behavior today a joke?

They visited Mi Yang under the slogan of coming to show their goodwill, but in fact their goodwill would make Mi Yang lose his promise.

If this gets out, the image of the Wu people in the hearts of the people in the world will be lowered even more!

As for whether what Mi Yang said is true, it is impossible for Mi Yang to use Zhuge Gong's reputation to deceive the world, and Zhuge Gong's reputation contains gold, so do we need to talk about it?
Unlike the astonished expressions of Zhang Wen and other Jiangdong officials, the faces of the Han officials showed joy, and then bursts of hearty laughter came from the mouths of all the Han officials.

As for the Hanchens under Yuan Cong's and Mi Yang's command, it was even more extreme. They laughed and clapped their hands at the same time.

When the laughter of the Han officials reached the ears of the Jiangdong envoys, the faces of Zhang Wen and others became even uglier.

They are now like clowns in the limelight.

By now, everyone has realized Sun Quan's wolf ambition, and everyone was secretly worried about Mi Yang just now.

I'm afraid that if he doesn't respond well, Sun Quan's plot will succeed, and the image of the newly established big man in the hearts of the world will be hit.

But now with Mi Yang's explanation, their worries have dissipated.

Didn't Sun Quan like to tie the act of gifting a sword with a gift of a daughter?

Don't the Wu people regard Ji Zha as a role model to learn from?
Now under Mi Yang's explanation, if Zhang Wen and the others want Mi Yang to accept the Qingming Sword, it would be to let him lose faith in Zhuge Liang.

In other words, they are singing against the good style of their ancestors. This kind of behavior is despised by the people of the world.

Are they here to show their goodwill, or are they here to fight?

And once the act of donating the sword was not feasible, then of course the matter of taking Sun Luban as a concubine was rejected together.

Sun Quan wanted to tie the two things together so that Mi Yang couldn't refuse, but unexpectedly he shot himself in the foot, which is really ironic.

The more ironic they felt, and seeing the bewildered look on the faces of Zhang Wen and the others, the greater the joy in the hearts of all the Hanchens.

There are many kinds of victories, and diplomatic victories are one of them.

Of course, among all the Hanchens, Guan Yan is now most pleased.

Because of the nervousness in her heart, her hands that were tightly gripping the hem of the skirt began to slowly spread out. She wanted to raise her little hands and applaud like Zhou Tai and others, but thinking of her own identity, she shrunk her snow-white neck again, Shengsheng suppressed this thought in his heart.

She glanced at Mi Yang's figure with guilty eyes, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief when no one else noticed.

She is not a jealous person, but she doesn't want to passively accept Mi Yang's concubine in a sudden situation.

This is her small thought, but it is also her right as Mi Yang's wife.

But after Liu Bei who was outside listened to Mi Yang's words, a look of surprise first appeared on his face.

He didn't know that there was a master-student agreement between Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang.

This Kong Ming, why did he hide this from him!
At this time, Zhuge Liang's calm appearance appeared in Liu Bei's mind, but a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Mi Yang's words today will surely spread throughout the world through everyone present.

And because of Mi Yang's trustworthy character displayed today, the agreement between Zhuge Liang and him will definitely become a good story in the world.

It's just that once Kong Ming knew about this, he, who has always kept a low profile, would feel very stunned.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei's smile grew wider and wider.

However, as the smile on his face grew stronger, Liu Bei also strode into the banquet from outside the door.

The sooner you know about Jingzhou, the sooner you can go back to Yizhou to see Kong Ming.

When Liu Bei's figure appeared at the banquet, all eyes in the venue were focused on him.

Almost instantly, everyone left their seats and bowed in Liu Bei's direction.

When the sound of people's worship sounded, Liu Bei's joyful laughter also spread throughout the banquet.

"Xu Tuzi won't forget his past, and he will give up his Qingming sword and become the state shepherd."

This is the emperor Liu Bei's appreciation and affirmation of Mi Yang's actions just now, and it is also his reward for Mi Yang's passing the test.

Just one chapter today.