Northern Dynasties

An event that was supposed to be serious and heroic turned out to have an unusual relationship between the two parties, causing the atmosphere to suddenly become weird and develop into a farce.

The Northern Qi envoy suddenly launched an attack. The Nanliang sergeants who stayed here rushed to respond, and suffered dozens of casualties in a very short period of time.

Hu Sengyou, the leader who stayed here, was naturally embarrassed, but he also knew that His Majesty the Emperor hoped to gain benefits through various diplomatic balancing methods between the two countries, and did not want to completely offend either party.

Therefore, even though Hu Sengyou was full of resentment, he did not dare to launch a serious siege. When he heard Li Miao shouting for mercy, he ordered the sergeants to surround the Qi people in front of the temple and no longer ordered an attack. .

The Qi envoys were originally full of heroism, but after the fight, they discovered that they had misjudged the situation. There were actually so many armored soldiers stationed in this seemingly small temple.

Now that the operation has been exposed, and the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, continuing to fight will only be a meaningless sacrifice. Especially after seeing that the Nanliang sergeant has no intention of killing them all, this last reason to fight is gone. , so they all abandoned their weapons.

Li Miao looked at Cui Zhan in the crowd outside the door and hesitated to say anything. It was a joy to meet an old friend in a foreign country, but if it was a scene like this, it would be better not to see him. There was no joy at all.

The occasion was obviously not suitable for reminiscing and talking, so Li Miao raised his hand and made a slight gesture to Cui Zhan, then withdrew and retreated into the temple to avoid further embarrassment from looking at each other like this.

In the Jiangling Palace, Emperor Xiao Yi was still discussing with a group of important ministers how to appease the Wei envoys and how to respond to the Qi envoys tomorrow, but he did not expect that his idea of ​​trying to have both sides would be in vain. The envoys from both sides had already started working together. .

When the envoy sent by Hu Sengyou reported the incident, Xiao Yi's face suddenly turned livid, his one eye with flashing anger was as wide as a small light bulb, he slapped the table and roared: "It's too much to bully someone, it's really too much to bully someone! Wei Envoy You are so arrogant that you want to force me to break off our relationship, and your envoys are so arrogant that they commit murder in my city! They all deserve to die, all of them deserve to die! Our Liang family temple is not a paradise for these thugs!"

The sudden change suddenly exploded the squeezing anger in his heart. The reason why he worked so hard to negotiate and mediate between the two parties was indeed due to selfish considerations, but could it not be out of consideration for the common people of the world?

Once all parties rashly start a war, no matter the outcome, the people who bear the price will not be the decision-makers in the temples, but the soldiers in the army and the people in the countryside. Once the war spreads, the people will be in dire straits. After several years of hard work, he finally put down the rebellion in the country, but what he faced was a dilapidated and dilapidated society. He really couldn't bear to spread the disaster of war to the world again!
It's hateful that the apostles of both sides are more arrogant and unruly than the last, and more ignorant than the last. They all think they can do it by committing crimes and dangers, and they don't understand the benevolence of his king at all!
Feeling extremely angry, Xiao Yi did not intend to let this matter go easily.

After pondering for a while, he said: "Immediately escort the Qi envoy and his party to the state capital and imprison them. No orders are given, and no food or drink is allowed! How did the Qi envoy and his party arrive at Dongcheng Temple, and where did they obtain the armored staff and equipment? Investigate everything thoroughly! The city guards who will be patrolling the streets this night are all envoys to the boarding houses, and no one is allowed to let go!"

However, as soon as he finished the order, someone next to him reminded him in a low voice: "The envoy from Qi came to the city to stay in the Marquis of Yuning's house."

The Marquis of Yuning is Pei Zhiheng, and this title also reflects the beautiful vision of their Nanliang monarchs to a certain extent. Unfortunately, they have no say in Yuning's unrest now.

Since the Xiangzhou rebellion of Wang Lin's generals, Xiao Yi also realized that he needed to pay attention to the way he interacted with his subordinate generals, and no longer hit, scold and punish them as often as in previous years.

The Pei family in Hedong was not an old member of Jiangling. After the Hou Jing Rebellion, Huainan was gradually captured by the Northern Qi Dynasty. Pei Zhigao had no one to follow, so he led his tribe to Jiangling to obey orders. Although Pei Zhigao has died of illness, his younger brothers and disciples are all in their prime, and they have tens of thousands of followers. They are also a famous family in the country that need to be treated with caution.

Xiao Yi's expression froze when he heard this. It wasn't that he didn't know about it, but when he was so angry, he only thought about accountability and anger, but ignored this issue.

At this time, in full public view, he was naturally reluctant to go back on his word, so he snorted coldly: "What about Pei? Duke Pei is brave and resolute and does not conspire with the Qi people, but it is difficult to prevent his servants from secretly communicating with the Qi envoys and disrupting my laws!"

As he spoke, he ordered Wang Sengbian's son and attendant Wang Yi to take his order and lead a brigade of imperial guards to Pei Zhiheng's house to strictly check whether the slaves in the house could collude with the Qi people to commit crimes.

After the relevant personnel arrangements for the Qi envoy are completed, the Wei envoy cannot be ignored.

Although the Wei envoy started to make trouble after entering the city, he was still on the victim side in this incident. Therefore, after thinking about it, Xiao Yi looked at Wang Bao and said: "I ask my servant to go and ask the Wei envoy on my behalf. And please temporarily invite the Wei envoy to stay in Pushe's residence. Tomorrow, we will gather all our colleagues at the residence to hold a banquet to calm the Wei envoy's shock. I will give it in the application ban."

When such a situation occurs, it is actually better for him to come forward to appease envoy Wei, but he does not know what envoy Wei is feeling and thinking at the moment. If he holds a banquet in the banquet but the other party refuses to attend, this will undoubtedly make him It would be a huge loss of face, so it would be safer to let Wang Bao come forward on his behalf to cast stones first. After hearing the words, Wang Bao stood up and bowed his head. He immediately exited the hall and led his entourage and a group of forbidden troops to the temple in the east of the city.

At this time, outside the temple, a group of Qi people who had abandoned their weapons had been led to the state capital by the envoys who arrived earlier. The leader Hu Sengyou still stayed here and did not dare to slack off.

It was not until Wang Bao arrived with the emperor's order that Hu Senyou breathed a sigh of relief and finally got the hot potato out. Immediately, he entered with Wang Bao and advised Li Miao not to be willful and stubborn.

What happened was beyond Li Miao's expectation. After discussing with Liu Guangde, he finally nodded and agreed to leave the temple and follow Wang Bao to his home to stay temporarily.

Wang Bao knew that Li Miao had a special relationship with General Li, so he treated him very well. Apart from other things, except for the land given by Emperor Xiao Yi, his family home in Jiangling received many gifts from Mianbei, including the renovation of the halls and the food expenses for the family in the house. Coupled with Mu Qiang's thoughts in his heart, even if the emperor did not express his intention to reimburse public funds, he must make General Li's cousin feel at home!
After receiving this warm reception, it was already late at night when Li Miao got on the bed and fell asleep in Wang Bao's guest house. Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened during the rest of the night, and Li Miao was able to sleep until dawn, feeling very refreshed.

As soon as he got up, the servants of the Wang family who had been waiting outside hurriedly went to inform the master. Wang Bao also got up early in the morning and was instructing his servants to distribute invitations as requested by His Majesty the Emperor, inviting the noble courtiers in the city to come here as guests. When he learned that Li Miao had gotten up, Wang Bao hurried over to greet him and accompanied Li Miao to have breakfast with him, which was a very polite gesture.

When he heard Wang Bao talk about the afternoon banquet arrangements, Li Miao didn't say much. Yesterday he said he was leaving the city today, but that was also a deliberate show. Without knowing what Nan Liang and Northern Qi were plotting, of course he would not leave. Especially last night, he encountered an assassination attempt by the Qi envoy for no reason. Among the assassins was Cui Zhan, a person who could be called a close friend. All these things also need to wait for a result.

When it comes to going into battle to kill the enemy or being involved in government affairs, the scholars in Nanliang may still shirk it, but when it comes to activities such as eating, drinking and banquets, they are open to all comers, especially when entertaining big benefactors from Mianbei, so naturally Even more happy.

Although the banquet was arranged in the afternoon, guests came to visit in the morning. After all, many court officials were present when the emperor ordered Wang Bao last night, but today they came uninvited.

Wang Bao didn't know what Li Miao's interests were, but he judged from his attitude since he entered the city yesterday that he was not an easy person to get along with, so he did not turn away these guests who came to him on his own initiative, but kept them all. , I hope someone among them can compliment and entertain Li Miao well.

By the afternoon, the living room of Wang Bao's family was already full of guests. Seeing so many guests arriving, he couldn't help but worry that Li Miao would find it a little noisy, so he nervously invited Li Miao to sit down in the hall and secretly watched him chatting and laughing happily. Yan Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Miao is not a withdrawn and introverted person. On the contrary, he is very good at interpersonal communication and has a good memory. He is not just outstanding in appearance and style. His posture yesterday was for a reason. Today, he does not need to continue to show off his face, but should show more. He showed his friendly side, thus contrasting with the wanton envoys of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Therefore, with everyone on both sides being on good terms, the atmosphere of today's banquet was also very good. Regardless of whether Li Miao's performance today was in contrast to that of his cousin Cui Zhan, it was quite a contrast to himself yesterday. Perhaps because of previous impressions, Li Miao's polite attitude today was doubly amiable in the eyes of everyone in Nanliang, making people feel like a spring breeze. His demeanor also won unanimous praise from everyone in the room.

Taking advantage of the good atmosphere of the banquet, Li Miao also took the opportunity to ask Liu Xiang to introduce Yao Sengyuan to him at the scene. His words inevitably touched on the fact that General Li would have an heir, so he received unanimous congratulations from the people in the hall.

But now Yao Sengyuan is not in vain in Jiangling. Although Liang Emperor Xiao Yi often kills and punishes his subordinates, he is still very responsible for his own health. Soon after the doctor Yao Sengyuan arrived in Jiangling, he was appointed as a great doctor and a regular attendant. He was close to the attendant garden and could not leave the country at will.

The emperor Xiao Yi in the inner garden has also been paying attention, and soon learned about this request made by Li Miao. His tense heartstrings could not help but relax slightly, and he couldn't help but said with a smile: "Since I have something to ask for, I, there is still hope for the situation. Li Boshan married into the family of his country's Zhenbing, so he became the heir of the famous clan and took charge of the soldiers of the six towns. This heir must be very important to him, so he invited famous foreign doctors with generous gifts. If I use this to make plans for the towns in Xiakou, I wonder how he should respond?"

"Your Majesty, this plan is absolutely unacceptable! Even if Yao Sanqi is not sent to the north, it cannot be used as a threat. Even if Yao Sanqi fails, it will not prevent Li Boshan from getting an heir. But if I threaten him based on this, there will be deep resentment. Same as the addition of weapons!"

Zhang Wan, the right servant of Shangshu who stayed in Zhichao, heard Xiao Yi's plan and hurriedly spoke to persuade him.

After hearing this, Xiao Yi replied sarcastically: "It's just a joke. Whether our country is golden or not, how can we threaten a small thing in a person's womb to gain safety? It's just that the envoy of Wei is too arrogant, which makes me unhappy, how can we lightly use Yao San?" ride!"

Xiao Yizheng was worried about not knowing how to comfort the Wei envoy who was almost assassinated. When he learned that the other party had such a need, he thought of using this to counter the other party and regain the dominance of the dialogue.