Jinyi Night Walk

On the second floor Ru Shangshu, Meng Shilang and Huang Yushi hurriedly stood up to greet them out of the pavilion, but when they stood still, they felt a little embarrassed.Diplomatic etiquette is related to the dignity of a country, and although it is a small detail, it should not be abrupt.Zhu Yunqi only wanted to make the special envoys of the two countries enter Beijing at the same time to make it more beautiful, but he did not expect the people below to handle things so rigidly. He said that he could grasp the speed and let the envoys of the two countries arrive in Beijing at the same time, and the people below would accurately time the two countries. The envoys rushed to the welcoming pavilion at the same time.

Who do you pick up first?

Huang Zhen glanced at Meng Yousheng, and whispered, "I said, Mr. Minister, which side shall we take first?"

Meng Shilang said: "Japan is big, Ryukyu is small."

Huang Zhendao: "But, the crown prince is a big official, but the shogunate's retainers are small."

As soon as Ru Shangshu heard that it was reasonable, he walked towards the Crown Prince of "The Kingdom Behind the Mountain". Meng Shilang and Huang Yushi saw it and quickly followed.

Standing in the guard team, Xia Xun also saw another team coming from the side. Looking at it from a distance, he felt that the clothes and hairstyle were very Japanese. He hurriedly looked away again.When he saw Huang Zhen among the three welcoming people, he couldn't help but secretly jump in his heart. Huang Zhen was very familiar with him. If he were to be the prince, it's hard to say that this old guy wouldn't see anything.

On the other hand, now, the eyes of several officials are fixed on He Tianyang, and they occasionally glance at the gorgeous Ping girl standing aside, whoever is willing to take a second look at him can't help but secretly rejoice.

"Aha, Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the Ming Dynasty Ru Chang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites Meng Fusheng, and Imperial Envoy Huang Zhen, under the order of the emperor of our country, welcome His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, who came from afar..."

"Wait a minute! Your Excellency, the three Ming officials, our Japanese envoys arrived at the same time as them. Why did you welcome them but ignore us? Is this the practice of the state of etiquette in China?"

Xia Xun took a closer look, and an official jumped out from the ranks of Japanese envoys. He wore a black shiny hat on his head. It was tall and black, with a black ribbon tied under his chin, and he was wearing a large-sleeved robe of azure yellow. He was very angry and very displeased.

Looking carefully, Xia Xun couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise. The Japanese official in front of him was short and stocky, only about 1.5 meters tall, with a mustache, and a beard under his jaw. The funny thing was his eyebrows. It was shaved, and two small ink dots were painted between the eyebrows. When he questioned in Chinese angrily, Xia Xun found that his teeth were also black.

Tetracycline teeth?No, there is no tetracycline at this time, and besides, tetracycline teeth are not the same color.

Xia Xun was staring at the Japanese official curiously, studying his unorthodox style. Meng Fusheng, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, had already brought a liaison officer to meet him. I don't know what Meng Fusheng explained to them. Another warrior jumped out, with a shaved Yuedai hairstyle on his head, bald and shiny, his eyebrows were also shaved and painted with two black spots, turning into "Temple eyebrows", wearing a moon-white warrior robe.

He roared loudly: "Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated. We are here, ordered by General Zheng Yi, to represent the country of Japan. What kind of mountain country, we have never heard of such a country in Ryukyu. Can a small country in the land of the Ming Dynasty enjoy higher courtesy than us? Your Excellency the minister of the Ming Dynasty, you are humiliating us."

"I said you fucking..."

He Tianyang was born as a pirate, except for his boss, there was no one he would obey. He Tianyang got annoyed when he heard those two little boys talking endlessly, so he jumped up and screamed.

"Huh? The king and prince behind the mountain not only speaks fluent Chinese, but also learns to swear very well?"

Ru Chang and Huang Zhen's eyes lit up, and they looked at him immediately. Ping Nu was startled, and hurriedly murmured a few words to He Tianyang in Ryukyu dialect, then turned to Ru Chang and Huang Zhen, and said with an apologetic smile: "Prince I have a bad temper, please don't blame the two angels."

Xia Xun thought in his heart: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen when I just arrived in Nanjing. I am the envoy of Yiwei. I must come forward at this time. What kind of face is lost to the country behind the mountain? It's a small matter. , but it is very bad for me to act. Besides, He Tianyang is not a person who can bear his temper, so don't ask him to cause trouble.

Thinking of this, Xia Xun flew out of the crowd of guards and jumped in front of the Japanese samurai. His movements were so fast that Huang Zhen didn't pay attention to him at all at first, but now he could only see his back.

Xia Xun pressed the knife and said in a deep voice: "Our country's envoy to Daming is our Royal Highness the Crown Prince behind Mount Ryukyu. Who are you, how dare you argue with our Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The samurai on the opposite side was unafraid, he took a wrong step, put on an attacking stance, pressed the sword, and said in a deep voice: "I am Ninagawa Shinemon, the executive officer of the Japanese National Temple, who are you?"

Who?

Xia Xun was dizzy for a while.Shinemon, is he Shinemon?

Xia Xun watched cartoons when he was a child, and Shinemon was a graceful and handsome man. The man in front of him... was only 1.6 meters long, and his head was shiny, and his eyebrows were shaved. Small black spots are fine, why...why are your teeth pitch black?

In fact, this was because Xia Xun didn't know much about Japan at that time. Japanese people were originally relatively short, and because of the perverted killing order, it was almost impossible for people to eat meat, so although there were occasional tall people , but Chinese people are generally not tall, like Oda Nobunaga is about 1.6 meters tall, which is already a very tall figure, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is 1.4 meters tall, Ikeda Teruma, Yamagata Masaki and others are only 1.3 meters tall. Chuan Gangji is only 1.2 meters five.

So, you should be able to understand why Minamoto Yoshitsune, the great beauty of the Heian period in Japan, and the husband Minamoto Yoshitsune, rode a donkey into battle?

Speaking of the beauties in Japanese history, fortunately Xia Xun didn't see them, otherwise his beautiful fantasy would suffer another heavy blow.Because Japanese high society women at that time also had to do similar beauty treatments. They had to blacken their teeth, apply white powder on their faces, paint their lips with vermilion, shave their eyebrows, and paint two black spots on the place where the eyebrows should be than men's eyebrows. Large black spots twice as large in diameter.

Imagine, a group of girls with an average height of less than 1.4 meters surround you, with fluttering sleeves, long hair and pale faces. They smile at you and slightly raise the two dark spots above the eyes that should be a pair of willow eyebrows. After the cherry lips are slightly opened, the two red dots in the middle of the mouth still remain motionless in their original positions, like a little red on the top of a birthday peach. What will you do?

All I know is that if it were me, I would scream in agony and grief, "Don't touch me, let me die!"

Xia Xun hurriedly mourned Shinemon, the beautiful boy in Dongying, and then said: "My official Shan Hou Kuncheng Nao, Yiwei Guan Xunxia!"

He bent his waist, looked down at the Japanese samurai who was two heads lower than himself, and said in a deep voice, "How are you doing?"

"Clang!" With a sound, Shinyouemon responded with his movements. He showed a unique skill that Xia Xun would never be able to do. He pulled out the sword that was longer than his height.

"Crack!"

Without saying a word, Xia Xun also pulled out the broad knife from his waist, and the sword was on the verge of firing.

"Two envoys, two envoys, have something to say, have something to say!"

Meng Shilang was like a Taibai Jinxing who was in charge of recruiting safety. He threw off his sleeves and ran over, and inserted himself between them: "You two are guests from afar, and they are all guests of my Daming. If you fight, don't you think that I am in the sky? Your Majesty is very happy to hear that you have come from afar to make a pilgrimage. The two honored guests must not hurt your friendship because of some trivial matter, and make His Majesty unhappy. "

Meng Shilang smiled and said: "In this way, I will be responsible for receiving the envoys from the Shanhou Kingdom, and Huang Yushi will be responsible for welcoming the Japanese envoys. Then, please invite us, Minister Ru, to lead the two noble envoys to Beijing together, how about it?"

"Humph!"

Shinyouemon once again performed a unique trick that Xia Xun would never be able to do. He inserted back the sword that was longer than his height.

Xia Xun also put on a fierce and rude appearance, raised his nostrils defiantly and snorted coldly, and inserted his broadsword back.

A turmoil was satisfactorily resolved under the mediation of Meng Shilang, so the three adults who went to welcome them divided into three groups. Chang was happy to be at leisure, and after they finished a whole set of welcoming ceremonies, they rode on the Taiping horse and led the way.

"Master Shi Lang, when I went ashore in Fuzhou, I heard that a prince in your country has rebelled and is fighting fiercely. But I see that in this capital, Wufu is full of people, and it is very peaceful and happy. Could it be... Are the rumors wrong?"

As soon as the envoys of the two countries entered Beijing, they attracted the attention of the people in the capital, and many people followed along to watch the excitement.Ru Chang, Meng Fusheng and Huang Zhen deeply understood the holy will, and they intended to show off their national prestige, so they walked in a leisurely manner, allowing people to watch and not letting the guards drive them away.Xia Xun was used to walking this street, he was too lazy to look around like those Dongying people, as if a countryman had entered the city, he took a chance, approached Meng Shilang, and took the opportunity to ask.

Although Meng Fusheng knew that his official position was not very high, he was a guest from afar after all, so he was very polite to him, and replied with a smile: "Your envoy does not know that there was indeed a vassal rebellion in the north of our country. A few days ago, he I also took advantage of it a little bit. But my emperor is so rich in the world, and he only has millions of soldiers in his hands. That vassal king can be proud for a while, but he will be wiped out by my army of rebels in one fell swoop. hang your teeth."

Xia Xun smiled slightly, tightened the reins slightly, and moved away from him again.He had carefully observed Meng Shilang's expression, no matter what Meng Shilang thought of Yan Fan, of course he could only say that to foreign envoys, but if he said something insincere, Xia Xun could still tell.Xia Xun had just observed carefully and found that Meng Fusheng's words were indeed sincere.

That is to say, although King Yan defeated the imperial court's hundreds of thousands of troops twice, a considerable number of court officials are still very optimistic.No wonder the King of Yan did not hesitate to spend several months under the city of Jinan, always wanting to bring it down. If his power cannot invade the south, he will only circle around Beiping. people.

Based on Meng Fusheng's attitude, after making this judgment, Xia Xun set the tone for his trip to Jinling: "Since most officials still have full confidence in the imperial court, it is not appropriate to carry out large-scale rebellion at this time. The main focus should be spying on intelligence, and if you want to instigate rebellion, you should also focus on those who have been squeezed and suppressed by the court."

Xia Xun was secretly planning, when the envoys passed by the Gongyuan, they saw countless Confucian scholars, surrounded by three red-clad scholars, riding a red-clad horse, coming towards them...! ~!