The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 198

I didn't reply to Yuan Ji why I knew about yoga, but turned to Wen Tianxiang and said, "This man in black probably wasn't sent by the Miao people."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I think so too."

"Don't talk about the man in black, Song Rui, you continue."

After a short rest, the three stepped onto the horse again.Seeing that Wen Zhang was injured, Wen Tianxiang had no choice but to slow down and drive towards the Miao Village even though it was past noon.

The name of Miao Village is Dehang, which means "beautiful canyon".

At half past noon, the three came to the gate of Deben Village.

Wen Tianxiang felt a little unhappy when he saw the door was closed tightly.Lan Yu reined in the reins and said loudly, "Master Tian Jingtian, the imperial envoy Mr. Wen is here as promised, please open the door."

The owner of the village, Tian Jing, and a young man in his early twenties were standing on the archery tower on the left inside the gate of the village. Hearing Lan Yu's voice, he knew that it was an imperial envoy.Seeing that the imperial envoy only brought two guards, Tian Jing also admired Wen Tianxiang's courage. He thought for a while and said, "The appointment time between my Miao village and the imperial envoy is at noon. Credibility, I heard that Imperial Envoy Wen is also a very trustworthy person, could it be that you came here under fake names?"

Lan Yu was furious, regardless of Wen Tianxiang's official position, as an imperial envoy, he represented the emperor, it was disrespectful to the emperor to treat Tian Jing like this, it was too shameful.

Seeing that Lan Yu was about to get angry, Wen Tianxiang remembered my warning before leaving, but calmed down, and stretched out his hand to signal Lan Yu not to move rashly.

"It is said that the Miao people are bold, and you, Tian Jingtian Dazhai Lord, are a hero in this area. I didn't expect to treat guests like this. Could it be that you are afraid of me waiting for the three of you?" Wen Tianxiang immediately stepped forward.

"Afraid? Who has my Tian been afraid of? What a joke."

"Since you're not afraid, why don't you dare to open the door to welcome guests?"

"Tian has never met the imperial envoy, but he made an appointment with the imperial envoy to meet at noon. Now that the time has passed, who knows if you are pretending?"

"Haha." Wen Tianxiang laughed loudly, "Tian Jing, you privately sent someone to stop me in front of the Aizhai, so I was half an hour late, and now you dare not open the door to welcome me and the three of you, aren't you afraid? ?”

Tian Jing was taken aback: "When will I send someone to stop you?"

"Look at the blood on this officer's shirt. Fortunately, this officer is lucky, otherwise it would have been as you wished."

The young man next to Tian Jing said: "Father, it's really blood."

Wen Tianxiang continued: "Even if I'm not an imperial envoy, there are only three of us waiting. There are thousands of people in your Miao village, and you still keep the gates closed. Isn't this afraid? Or maybe this is your hospitality at all." According to the way, it seems that rumors from the outside world that the Miao people are hospitable are not true."

Old Tian Jing blushed and said, "Open the door."

The architecture and clothing of the Miao people are different from those of the Han people, and they are distinctive and easy to identify.

The young people around Tian Jing saw the imperial envoy's token handed over by Lan Yu in front of the gate of the village, and solemnly saluted him, "I'm drunk in Xia Tian, ​​I've heard about Mr. Wen's name for a long time. Just now, I have offended many people in Debang Village. Please forgive me, my lord, but my lord did not send anyone to ambush you halfway, please believe me. Please, my lord, my father is waiting for you in the hall of the village."

Tian Zuiyan was well educated and reasonable, knowing that attacking an imperial envoy was a capital offense, and it was a crime of extermination, so she hurriedly explained.

Wen Tianxiang saw that Tian Zuiyan's words were quite decent, nodded and said: "Let's not mention this matter for now. Mr. Tian, ​​it seems that you are also a scholar."

"My lord, I am the Juren of the first year of Jingding."

"Really, then, later, did you go to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination?"

"My lord, I didn't go to Beijing for reference after I won the exam."

"Why is this?"

"My lord, I traveled and studied all over the world after my high school exam. The so-called traveling thousands of miles is better than reading a hundred times. The world is too big to be covered by books. So I spent five years studying abroad and only recently returned to my hometown. .”

Wen Tianxiang praised: "Well, Mr. Tian said well."

The hall of the Miao Village is very large. Although it is not very high, it is the most magnificent building in the whole Miao Village.

As soon as I entered the hall, I saw a dozen or so shirtless Miao men standing on both sides of the hall. These people held bright knives in their hands and stared fiercely at Wen Tianxiang and the other three. Tian Jing, who was supposed to be sitting on the main seat, not there.

Tian Zuiyan frowned slightly, and said: "Nonsense, how can you treat the imperial envoy like this."

Wen Tianxiang saw that Tian Zuiyan didn't seem to be pretentious, and said loudly: "Young Master Tian, ​​it's okay, it seems that Village Master Tian gave me a grand banquet. But, this array really confirmed the timidity in your heart, Village Master Tian. Master Tian Dazhai, is what I said right?"

After finishing speaking, Wen Tianxiang laughed loudly and walked through the knife array.Where the three of them passed by, the big men with knives on both sides seemed to be driven by some force, and they couldn't help but retreated three or five steps before they regained their stability.The Miao people in the hall didn't see any movements of the three Han people, they just looked at each other in shock.The Miao people worship heroes and believe in gods. Seeing this scene, they immediately felt reverence.

Tian Jing knew that there must be a master among the three of Wen Tianxiang, but he didn't expect it to be so brilliant.Tian Jing came out in embarrassment and said: "I didn't know that the imperial envoy arrived, and Tian was far away to welcome me. Forgive my sin."

Wen Tianxiang looked at the insincere Tian Jing and said, "Why do I feel that it is more difficult to meet the village owner Tian than to meet the emperor?"

Previously, Tian Jing saw that Wen Tianxiang dared to come to the Miao village with only two guards. As a civil servant, he was covered in blood but showed no signs of timidity. Now he walked in with a smile in front of the knife formation, and felt that he was very different from other Han officials.Tian Jing thought that since Wen Tianxiang was an imperial envoy, he must have been responding first and second. When the team came, he wanted to take the lead in terms of momentum so that he could gain the same status as Wang Kang in front of the imperial envoy, but he did not expect that his guess was completely wrong. In terms of momentum, it has been completely defeated.

Tian Jing couldn't answer, so he could only smile smugly and said, "Your Excellency, you are joking, and you are joking."

Wen Tianxiang gave Tian Jing a cold look, then sat directly on the central seat, and said seriously, "Tian Jing, are you guilty?"

"My lord, what is Tian's crime?"

"Tian Jing, you gathered a crowd to surround the county government, is there such a thing?"

"My lord, this matter..."

Wen Tianxiang didn't wait for Tian Jing to distinguish, and continued: "Not only that, but also wounded the yamen servant and forcibly took Tian Fang away. Is there such a thing?"

"My lord, there is such a thing, but..."

Wen Tianxiang snorted and interrupted: "Let's not mention the matter of my official being attacked on the way, you are even more obstructing my entry. My official is ordered to be an imperial envoy, which means representing the emperor. What does your behavior have to do with deceiving the emperor?" Different? Even if you call yourself a hero, you shouldn’t be concerned about thousands of lives in your Miao village.”

According to the law, bullying the emperor is a serious crime, and killing the family is not an exaggeration.

Tian Jing didn't think about rebellion, and at this moment, his momentum was exhausted, and Wen Tianxiang put on a bully hat again, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "My lord, I, I am guilty."

Tian Zuiyan at the side also hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "My lord, there is a reason for this matter, please listen and explain in detail."

"Well, Mr. Tian, ​​you have a reputation, get up and speak."

"Thank you sir."

After getting up, Tian Zuiyan explained the incident clearly, and finally said: "My lord, my father did not think carefully about this matter and violated the laws of our court, but it was Wang Kang, the magistrate, who was unfair first, so please judge the crime according to your discretion. "

After hearing this, Wen Tianxiang stared at the two of them for a long time, until they felt uncomfortable before saying: "Mr. Tian, ​​village master Tian, ​​please listen to me first. You should also know that this is not a big deal. Why did the emperor send me to come here in person?"

Tian Zuiyan shook her head and said: "My lord, I am stupid, please advise me."

"The current emperor is a sage, and he is actually a wise emperor through the ages. The emperor said specifically for this matter that the Miao and Han races belong to China, and they are both citizens of the Great Song Dynasty. They should be as close as brothers and live in harmony. This time, the emperor wanted to come to visit everyone in person. It's just that the emperor has not been on the throne for a long time, and the state affairs are heavy, so I appointed this official as an imperial envoy to visit all the Miao brothers."

"The emperor wanted to visit me?" Tian Jing said excitedly.

You must know that the emperors of all dynasties were wary of the Miao people, but Wen Tianxiang's words clearly told Tian Jing that the current emperor regards the Miao people as a brother nation, which has never happened since ancient times.

"Master Tian, ​​get up too."

"Master Xie Qin."

"For the ethnic groups in our dynasty, regardless of Han and Miao, or others, the emperor clearly instructed that they are all equal as long as they do not violate the laws of our dynasty. Even if there are clauses of ethnic discrimination in the laws, they must be revised."

"Your majesty is wise." Tian Jing praised loudly, and Tian Zuiyan nodded thoughtfully in agreement.

Hearing this, I am quite satisfied with Wen Tianxiang's performance, perhaps because of my influence, Wen Tianxiang's way of doing things has more or less my style.As the future dean of the Government Affairs Council, I will of course require him to fully understand my instructions so that he can fully implement them.

Once things get here, things get easier.

Tian Jing expressed his unconditional obedience to Wen Tianxiang's ruling, and said that he would go west to other Miao villages after the matter was over, and tell them the emperor's views on the issues of various ethnic groups, and finally he would become brothers with Wen Tianxiang.

"Ah, sworn brotherhood?"

I recalled the Yi-Han alliance during the Long March. General Liu Bocheng and Xiaoyedan, the leader of the Yi nationality, did not know each other, and finally became brothers, which became a legend.History is strikingly similar, but in chronological order, this time the history repeats itself upside down.