Northern Dynasties

In front of a small temple in the east of Jiangling City, many armored city guards stood surrounding the temple.

In front of the temple, there were several warriors wearing hakama pleats standing facing the armored soldiers outside the temple with swords in hand. There was no fear on their faces, and there was even a hint of sarcasm on their faces. No one in the temple could leave, and the armored soldiers outside the temple did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool. The confrontation between them had been going on for quite some time.

At this time, more and more scholars and people gathered around the temple to watch, and various discussions came from time to time. The general leading the team outside the temple also gradually showed a look of shame and impatience, and immediately ordered: "Speak to the people in the temple again." Disciple, if you still refuse to surrender your weapons and go out, don’t blame the sword for being ruthless!”

"you dare!"

Before the general finished speaking, another group of officials walked quickly here. The leader was Hu Changyi, the son of the leading general Hu Senyou and the regular attendant of the cavalry.

Hu Changyi's voice had not yet arrived, but he raised his halberd and pointed at the general who was leading the troops and shouted angrily: "Do the thieves know who is in the temple? If they offend the distinguished guests and become disabled, even if they kill you and other soldiers, it will be difficult to pay for it." !”

After hearing this, all the city guards lowered their heads and did not dare to speak again. Hu Changyi led a group of followers through the encirclement, all the way to the gate of the temple, and said to the warrior guarding the gate: "I would like to invite you to greet the distinguished guest at the door. A certain Hu Changyi, a regular attendant of Sanqi, once went to Rangcheng and Domon General Li is very kind and considerate of you. I am here to greet our distinguished guest by order of our Lord. I apologize for my previous rudeness and ask your distinguished guest to be gracious and tolerant.

In addition, the apostle who offended your distinguished guest before has been punished by our Lord and has the head of the criminal. You should know that our Lord's intention to eliminate the misunderstanding is sincere, and the former did not intend to offend! "

As he spoke, he ordered an attendant to bring the head of the envoy who had just been beheaded by His Majesty's order to the door with both hands.

When several warriors guarding the gate saw this scene, they were quite surprised for a moment and did not dare to deal with it privately. They signaled Hu Changyi and others to wait for a moment while one of them went in to ask for instructions.

Li Miao in the temple was a little surprised when he heard this, and looked at Liu Guangde aside. Liu Guangde sneered and said: "Emperor Liang had a harsh and violent temperament. He was originally mean, but he pretended to be elegant and romantic. After he became powerful, he became even more so. Seeing his true nature, the disciples will be punished with death if they disobey him. He will not dare to cross the enemy's army, so he kills the envoys to apologize, and is arrogant at first and respectful later, fearing that there is still some evil intention to hide. It is better to temporarily allow a few people to enter the temple. , maybe you can find out a little bit about the inside story.”

Li Miao nodded after hearing this. He also knew that he couldn't just leave like this, and he still had to do the communication that needed to be done. Previously, this reaction was just because Liang envoy had a weird attitude and was worried about harboring evil intentions. But now it seems that so many Liang soldiers are surrounded and they dare not really launch an attack. It can be seen that even if they have some small thoughts, it is not very dangerous. Don't be too nervous.

Liu Guangde walked to the door and saw the bloody head placed in the wooden box at a glance.

He knew that this person was just a poor culpable lamb, so he looked away as soon as he touched it, and then looked at Hu Changyi and others opposite him and said: "Before I went to the official position, I lived in Rangcheng, and went to Jiangling with the distinguished guests from Mianbei. The distinguished guests in the temple are not ordinary envoys. They are close relatives of General Li's clan. General Li sent him to the south to greet him. He was very affectionate, but he was treated unfairly. This is unbearable! After much persuasion, Li Houcai in the temple was grateful for the old friendship between the two parties and agreed to accept the apostle into the temple to explain."

Hu Changyi and others outside also knew Liu Guangde and were aware of his situation in Mianbei. After thinking for a while, Hu Changyi took the initiative to step forward and said: "It turns out that General Li's clan came here. Thinking of the courtesy he received in Mianbei in the past year, This rudeness will inevitably make people even more embarrassed. It is better for me to go into the temple and apologize in person. I hope Li Hou can forgive me!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward and walked into the temple. When the crowd outside the temple could no longer see what was going on, he whispered to Liu Guangde: "The Qi envoy arrived in Jiangling via Yingzhou the day before yesterday. Liu Lang and others knew about it today. Could it be that Are the rumors true? The Wei State intends to send troops to Jiangling, and has already secretly stored troops in Wuning and other places? Otherwise, why would the governor respond so quickly? Although Liu Lang was lucky enough to be in Mianbei, he also grew up in this hometown and could not bear to see the two sides fighting each other. , The soldiers and the people will be devastated by war again?"

Liu Guangde also knew that Jiangling had been communicating with Northern Qi through messengers, which was not considered a secret in the first place. It can be heard that Hu Changyi misunderstood that they came because of the Qi envoy. Obviously, in his opinion, the exchange between the two sides deserves more attention from the Western Wei Dynasty.

It is also not good to be too familiar with each other. If you are directly wary of being full, the result will be self-inflicted.

Compared with other profit-seeking people in Jiangling, Hu Changyi still has a certain bottom line. Although he is willing to live in peace with Mianbei in his heart, he still stands on Jiangling's position. After all, his father was in a leading position, and he was a courtier such as the Changshi of Sanqi. He had no intention of betraying Jiangling, so after meeting him, he wanted to persuade Liu Guangde first. Liu Guangde and his party encountered changes when they entered the city. They had no time to communicate with the people in the city and had not figured out the situation inside. After hearing this, he said in a deep voice: "Hu Sanqi also went to Mianbei in person. He should know what kind of person General Li is. So-called Rumors such as Wuning Jujia are inherently ulterior.

Or Wang Lin and other greedy and violent people have no place to stay, so they spread rumors in the market and make bad relations with others to praise their usefulness as warriors. It was precisely because the intention of reconciliation was still sincere that General Li sent his relatives and disciples to visit. As a result, Jiangling treated him like this, which is really chilling! "

"The chaos in Xiangzhou is not far away. Your Majesty will never let a combative and lustful person like Wang Lin get close to him. No matter how hard he tries to infiltrate the camp, it will be in vain. The country will be in chaos for a long time, and neither the government nor the opposition wants to fight again. . Liu Lang should also be aware of this situation and should report this to General Li."

Hu Changyi didn't know that Liu Guangde was cheating with words. After all, the Liu family in Nanyang had many old friends in the city, and there were not many ways to find out the secrets. Therefore, he mainly tried to persuade Liu Guangde: "Qi people are greedy, cunning, and dishonest. There is more than one thing, so the conspiracy will not work. Even if you can't wait, the princes in the court will veto the matter, but today there will inevitably be another dispute over personnel matters. I only hope that you, Liu Lang, can take care of it. Nostalgia, let the mediators mediate, so as not to cause discord between the two parties."

Liu Guangde nodded in agreement, and immediately signaled Hu Changyi to wait outside the corridor while he went inside to make announcements. After meeting Li Miao, he reported to Li Miao the information he heard from Hu Changyi and his own guesses and judgments.

Li Miao did not expect that he would encounter such a complicated triangular relationship on his first mission to a foreign country. He couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that he asked Li Tai for instructions on the rules of conduct before leaving. Although he encountered changes at this time, he was still Don't feel panicked or at a loss.

After pondering for a while, he signaled to Liu Guangde that he could bring people in, and he had his own plan to deal with it.

After Hu Changyi came into the hall and apologized, Li Miao waved his hand directly and said: "Hu Sanqi doesn't need to be polite. This is an informal envoy invitation. It is inevitable that the reception will not be good, and I have no intention of causing nuisance." The court officials from your country came here just to recall the apprentices who were sent here before."

When Hu Changyi heard that Li Ming did not say anything about the envoy from Qi, he was slightly relieved at first, but then he became a little suspicious and said: "This is just a small matter. As long as you send a letter, our country will definitely send all the students back to Mian as a gift." North, why don't you visit Marquis Li personally? Besides, since Marquis Li has entered the city, if our country does not extend hospitality, won't we be neglecting our distinguished guests?"

After hearing this, Li Miao sneered and said: "The road is difficult and dangerous, and it is always difficult to make people feel at ease without guidance. What's more, I am neither strong nor violent, nor evil nor evil. I am afraid that it does not conform to the customs of your country. Hello Emperor Liang Although it is interesting to play with jackals, as a foreign guest, I can't even give advice. I can only tell the general, don't have affectionate friendship with this country that is bound to be in chaos, otherwise it will inevitably bring disaster to our country!"

Hu Changyi saw that Li Ming was elegant in demeanor and spoke slowly and leisurely. He thought he was an easy person to deal with, but he didn't expect that Li Ming's words revealed that he wanted to have direct relations with Nanliang. The meaning of breakup.

"Marquis Li, please don't be impulsive, please be patient and don't be impatient, let me return to the Lord, and then send talented people to comfort and apologize. I must let Marquis Li's grudge be cleared up!"

He hurriedly stood up from the table and said to Li Miao in a panic. It’s no use not to panic. The head of the guy who didn’t do the job well before has moved. If he continues to talk about breaking off the relationship with Mianbei, the end will probably not be better. It’s better to retreat quickly or the talks will collapse. Don't collapse here!

Li Miao saw that Hu Changyi was panicking, but he became more confident in his heart. He immediately said: "I advise Hu Sanqi not to waste his words anymore. Although I am not talented, I will not live in the same city with Qi Envoy! I will come to the city today to summon my apprentice. We will temporarily borrow a place outside the city and leave the city north tomorrow. We will spend a day apart from each other. If we meet, we will definitely have swords in front and kill in the back!"

After hearing this, Hu Changyi sweated more on his forehead. After a brief response, he hurriedly withdrew.

Li Miao was still intimidating Hu Changyi here, but he didn't expect that his words were also true to his prophecy. The Qi envoy also had the same idea as him, and he was already sharpening his sword.