I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 259 The envoy frightened by Chen Luo

Outside Yiyang City.

The Han army was stationed near the Luoshui River, and the camp was well organized. A group of more than ten soldiers who were out logging came from the mountains on the northeast side carrying logs that were as thick as their waists and nearly five feet long.After the wood enters the camp, it is transported to the southwest side for processing and polished into planks of format and specifications.Then, under the command of the craftsmen, the shaped wooden boards were assembled in an orderly manner by the soldiers to build a ship that could be launched into the water.

At this time, a gust of autumn wind blew by, brushing away the sweat drops on the soldiers' faces, and the wet short shirts clinging to their backs exuded the slightest hint of coolness.

This kind of weather, which is neither hot nor extremely cold, is the most suitable time period for body temperature. It only lasts for two or three months a year. During this period, even if they are working hard outdoors, they will not feel too hard. , just need to replenish water in time.

"The angel came all the way from Chang'an. It's been really hard work. Drinking is not allowed in the army, but I have prepared some delicacies from the mountains. Please come and taste them together."

At the northeast gate of the Han army's camp, Chen Luo was followed by the generals in the army, and he came forward with a smile on his face.

When it comes to welcoming messengers, I am very familiar with it.

In the past, Xiang Yu could not understand so many people and sophistication, but each of the envoys sent by Xiong Xin had a lot of twists and turns. He was the only one in the entire Chu army who could handle them properly.

After returning the gift, the envoy asked his accompanying subordinates to get a silk book with the decree written on it and stamped with the seal.

It's just that he didn't have a serious look on his face, but a smile on his face and said: "Yang Xiahou, you are really too polite. I am just a messenger conveying your will. It really makes me ashamed that you hosted the banquet so solemnly. .”

Chen Luo narrowed his eyes and replied with the same smile: "What you have in your hands is the Queen's will. If I neglect you, wouldn't I be rude to the Queen?
In that case, I should be the one who should be ashamed.

Now let's go to the camp first. How about you formally read out the decree there? "

The Mo family's flying pigeon preceded the messenger and arrived at the camp two days ago.

Therefore, Chen Luo knew about the decision made by Chang'an long ago, and they agreed to go south to join forces with Liu Bang to attack the South Vietnam Kingdom.

Of course, the reason why I did not immediately send troops and race against time to build more ships so that the transportation capacity would be sufficient and have a surplus was on the one hand.

The more important point is that the nominal will must still be obtained.

On the way to the big tent, Chen Luo was chatting and laughing with the envoy, constantly using his words to insinuate the other person's identity information.

In the end, he determined that the person next to him was not an ordinary envoy. The other party had been under Lu Ze's subordinates since the War of the Fall of Qin. After the establishment of the Great Han, he entered the civil service system, but he had the obvious brand of Lu's faction on his body.

Lu Pheasant must have other motives for sending such a person here. No wonder he thinks too much about it.

Before the envoy showed his true intentions, Chen Luo was right to be polite to him.

Everyone supported Chen Luo and the envoy into the tent and sat down according to their order.

The envoy drank less than half a glass of water, cleared his throat, stood up and said, "Marquis Yangxia accepts the order."

As his words fell, everyone in the tent stood up with respectful expressions.

The envoy said loudly: "South Vietnam invades the border, and the people are not at peace. The Marquis of Chayang Xia has returned from attacking the Huns from the north. He is the best choice to go south to assist His Majesty, so I have an edict... I hope the Marquis of Yang Xia will lead the army to victory, and the edict will be fulfilled here."

The wording of this decree was quite satisfactory, and there was nothing special about it. It simply stated one thing and assigned Chen Luo's next responsibilities.

There are no side issues, which is actually the best situation. On the contrary, there are eight hundred tricks in the edict, which makes people feel extremely troubled.

After receiving the edict, Chen Luo greeted with a smile: "I accept the decree and will lead the troops southward in the coming day to defeat the South Vietnamese barbarians. Angel, we are a military camp here. We don't need to pay attention to too many complicated etiquette. Let's sit down together. Just enjoy your meal.”

"Yang Xiahou is the one who formulated the "Rituals". I don't dare to be too reckless." The envoy obviously lowered his guard and made a little joke.

After everyone's plates were brought up, it proved that what Chen Luo said before was indeed true. He had put in the effort to entertain the envoy.

Wild pheasants, wild hares, hares and fungi, many rare mountain delicacies that are rare in later generations, were not so rare in the Han Dynasty. Even if they lack condiments, they still have a different kind of deliciousness. In addition to being difficult to obtain, there is no What shortcomings.

Because they didn't drink alcohol, the meal was not eaten slowly. It only took half an hour, and most people's faces showed the drowsiness after a full meal.

After officially announcing the end of the banquet, Chen Luo found that the envoy still wanted to stay in the tent, so he turned aside quietly and started chatting with the envoy.

When the people in the tent were almost gone, Chen Luo made a gesture to say goodbye and leave, but he was called out.

"Marquis Yangxia, I have another letter here that I need to give to you."

Turning around with a slightly confused look on his face, Chen Luo asked in a puzzled tone: "Didn't you already send me your decree? Why is there a new letter?"

The messenger rubbed his chin and lowered his voice and said, "This letter was sent to you by the Queen. As for the specific content, I don't know. Just accept it and I will complete this task."

He knew that he was arranged as an envoy by Lu Pheasant mainly to deliver this secret message.

Otherwise, there would be more people in Chang'an City who are more qualified to be envoys than him, but he belongs to the Lu family, so Lu Zhi felt more at ease when he sent this secret letter.

Seeing Chen Luo's confused expression, he couldn't help but add: "Does Marquis Yang Xia still have any doubts?"

"Are you saying this letter was sent by the Queen, not the Prime Minister?" Chen Luo asked, scratching his head.

The envoy nodded, glanced around, and found that the nearest attendant was also two feet away, so he replied with confidence: "That's right. Marquis Yang Xia, you should know that some things are not convenient to convey directly through the decree, and everyone will know about it.

Therefore, the queen gave this letter to me and asked me to deliver it to you privately. "

In fact, he didn't want to get involved in such a high-level struggle. He just looked at Chen Luo's confused look in front of him and had no choice but to speak more clearly.

"Oh?" Chen Luo had a look of surprise on his face, and nodded quickly, "I see, thank you Angel for clarifying the confusion."

He then reached out to take the secret letter and opened it directly in front of the other party.

This made the envoy nervous.

He was not at all curious about the content of the letter, and he couldn't understand Yang Xiahou's method at all.

After a while, Chen Luo raised his head and said: "I will write a letter to the Queen and the Prime Minister later, and ask you to take it back when you return to Chang'an. I think the things mentioned in the Queen's letter are very reasonable. , but there are a few requirements that are inconsistent with military affairs, and I must point them out.

Alas, this is a troublesome matter, it is really nerve-wracking. If the wording is inappropriate and the queen misunderstands my attitude, it will be terrible.

Therefore, I will have to think carefully later and refine my words so that the queen will not misinterpret the meaning of my letter.

What do you think?Why don't you come and give me a reference? "

"I don't understand the matter of the military formation. Besides, it's a major matter of the country. People like me should not interfere." The envoy waved his hands, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Chen Luo patted the document with a serious look on his face: "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. This is...well, the words of the sages, I very much agree with it.

Ordinary people are equally involved in national affairs. Faced with the crisis of the country and the crisis of the country, we should put forward our own opinions and make suggestions.

Besides, you once served under General Lu and are no stranger to military affairs. You can discuss with me how to write this letter well so that the queen can understand the truth. "

Saying this, he spread out the letter from Lu Pheasant in his hand and handed it to the messenger.

"No, no need..." The messenger quickly turned his head away, not daring to look at the letter.

"Yang Xiahou, people's talents are different. Just like if you let a farmer who is good at farming go to do business, he will definitely mess up. I have not been in the army many times, and I am only good at escorting. Letter, so asking me to discuss national affairs is really not the right choice. Forgive me for not being able to provide you with more suggestions." This forced him to become wise in a hurry and his eloquence improved by leaps and bounds.

Regarding the important court affairs of the rise and fall of the world, the aftermath of the negotiation between Yang Xiahou and the queen was enough to make him lose his head.

He really couldn't get involved in this kind of thing.

"Without your help, I would be really in trouble." Chen Luo sighed, and then said, "In that case, I hope you can deliver the letter safely and smoothly. If the queen has any doubts about the content of the letter, she will also I hope you can explain it to me. After all, my wife is clumsy and she can’t explain military things well, so I have to leave it to you."

After hearing this, the envoy nodded repeatedly and agreed to Chen Luo's request. He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chen Luo roll up the open silk book and take it back.

I was really scared.

When Chen Luo took the initiative to open the letter in front of him, he understood that the other party's previous performance was all a disguise.

He said how could Yang Xiahou be so ignorant and that he needed to figure it out by himself. Daqing was letting him let down his guard.

Sure enough, all the high-ranking people in the court are old foxes, and if they enter this circle by themselves, they are pure and innocent little white rabbits, and they will only be fooled around.

Chen Luo's words after that were not aggressive, but they put heavy pressure on himself in terms of details. They were dimensionality reduction strikes at another level, completely blocking his way.

He had to agree to Chen Luo's request.

When he returns to Chang'an, he will have to say a few good words for Chen Luo in front of Empress Lu.

Otherwise, this time he would say "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", and next time he might point at himself in the court and say "it is this traitor who brought harm to the country."

What's more, if you want to say bad things and sow discord between Yang Xiahou and the Queen, it will also not work.

Just now, Yang Xiahou secretly mentioned his wife, who is the current eldest princess and can come and go in the palace relatively freely.

If you try to instigate a relationship between someone else's husband and your own mother, you may die ten thousand times without even knowing how you died.

Seeing the flustered look of the envoy, Chen Luo patted the messenger on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to be so flustered. I am a censor, and I will never wrongly accuse a good person.

You are a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty and you only need to fulfill your duties. Am I going to target and embarrass you?

Then you can report me to His Majesty and the Queen. "

Looking at the smiling Chen Luo, the envoy felt even more threatened by his words.

Yushi doctor, supervising all officials.

This is even more hinting to me!

If I go back and do something, he will directly impeach himself when he comes back.

Now that General Lu has not recovered from his injury and has not left the mansion for many days, not to mention that General Lu is here, then Yang Xiahou will send his gang of mad dog-like censors. It is also very likely that he, oh no, will definitely be dismissed from office and go home...

If Chen Luo could listen to his heart and know what the other person was thinking now, he would probably smile helplessly.

The previous words he said were more or less hints to the other party, asking him to send a letter back and not to add any unnecessary extravagance when he saw Lu Pheasant. However, the following sentence about the censor doctor was just a casual mention, really comforting the other party, but it had the opposite effect.

"Don't dare, don't dare." The messenger waved his hands repeatedly, "If you, Marquis Yang Xia, have written the letter and sent someone over to call me, I will come and get it."

Chen Luo smiled and said, "You help me deliver the letter. Why do I have the nerve to trouble you to come over? When the time comes, I will write the letter and deliver it to your account in person."

"Okay, okay, I'd like to trouble Marquis Yang Xia." Now the messenger lowered his posture and thought about it in his mind.

Yang Xiahou is going to hand the letter into my hands. Then he has the intention to warn me not to peek?
Yes, today he took the initiative to open the Queen's letter in front of me and handed it to me. He was probably observing the look in my eyes at that time.

Fortunately, I didn't have the idea of ​​getting involved in this matter. Otherwise, would I be able to go back intact this time?
That's probably very confusing.

The envoy took a deep breath, asked Chen Luo to leave, and went out of the tent. When he was blown by the wind outside, he realized that his back was cold and completely soaked with sweat. He was even more sweaty than the soldiers who were carrying the wood.

The next day, Chen Luo delivered the letter to the envoy's tent, and the envoy took it with fear. Then he ate a quick lunch and took the envoy back the same way, not daring to stay in the military camp for a moment longer.

When bidding farewell to the envoy, Chen Luo couldn't help but feel suspicious when he saw that he was restless and his eyes were swollen as if he had been up all night due to insomnia.

My attitude yesterday was quite gentle and I didn't threaten her. Why did I scare the child like this?
However, Chen Luo did not have any doubts in this regard. After all, time waited for no one and he had to command the army to set off south without any delay.

Just after the third to last group of soldiers boarded the ship, another new guest arrived at the Han army station.

(End of this chapter)