The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 267 Between Messengers

Since he didn't come for the first time, Changsun Ji didn't come to the banquet with the envoys tonight, so he didn't wait for the soldier who went to invite the envoys to come back. The etiquette of "three invitations" is over and it's over.

Not long after the soldier was sent out this time, the soldier who was originally sent out had already returned, and the result was still the same. Changsun Ji didn't care about it anymore, and just waved his hand to let the soldier go down.

Then, Changsun Ji led the crowd to wait for a while, and the soldier who was sent finally came back, and the result was still the same.

Changsun Ji nodded, indicating that he understood.Then he turned to the generals and said, "I won't see the envoys today, so you should leave first."

The generals took orders and left the room one after another.

At the same time, at the mansion arranged by Changsun Ji for the envoys.The envoy of the envoy, Xing Bo, and the two deputy envoys, Wei Xuan and Zhang Guan, were sitting in the same room.

"Xing Zhengshi, General Changsun has sent people to invite him three times, and you refused him every time. Didn't you completely offend him to death?" the deputy envoy, Eunuch Zhang, said with a bitter face.

"Hmph, he just won a battle, and the grain army has not been wiped out by him, so what right does he have to invite me to the banquet. At that time, I was not in the capital, otherwise the position of leading the army It's not his turn either." Xing Bo snorted coldly and said arrogantly.

"That's right, his invitation is his freedom, and whether we go or not is our freedom. As the envoys for His Majesty to announce the decree, don't we even have the freedom to go to the banquet or not?" Wei Xuan continued Xing Bo's words. .

Director Zhang curled his lips secretly. Regarding the words of the two of them, he couldn't even think of refuting them. The other party had already made up his mind to offend Changsun Ji, so whatever he said was fine.

He felt that he was really a disaster for no reason. Originally, it was a fat job to reward the generals who went out to fight. Even if he was not a full-time envoy, he could get a lot of benefits from it.

But this has not yet entered the city, which makes Xing Bo confront the biggest hero this time.From his point of view, he didn't think that what Changsun Ji did was inconsiderate.

As the son of Lord Hou, the other party was also the leader of the suppression of the grain army this time. Going out to greet them in person gave enough face to their envoys, and they sent people to invite them three times for the reception banquet.

As a result, he did everything he could and didn't give Changsun Ji any room to maneuver. Wouldn't this mean that he would completely offend Changsun Ji to death?

As the godson of Chief Executive Gao, he has some status in the palace, so he naturally knows who is on the same side.Needless to say, the eldest grandson Ji married the prince's younger sister and has already become the prince's faction.

And Xing Bo's younger sister married the eighth prince. Although the eighth prince is young now, he has a capable queen mother and a father-in-law of a doctor censor.Slowly, the Eighth Prince also gained momentum in the court and formed a faction.

After all, although Emperor Yan is old now, he is still in good health. He acts vigorously and has no plans to abdicate. Who knows that Emperor Yan will not last until the eighth prince grows up?

As for Wei Xuan, who was also his vice envoy, he would not even bother to talk to him in his capacity.Although he is just a slave, he is also a slave in the palace.

It's just that in recent years, Wei Xuan's father, Commander Bus, has gained the attention of the third prince, so Wei Xuan has a seat in the envoy group.

To put it bluntly, the conflict between the envoys and Changsun Ji was actually a struggle between the three princes behind them.But what does this have to do with him?He just wanted to declare a decree and make some extra money by the way. As for the fight between these three people, he didn't want to participate, and he didn't want to offend anyone.

However, in this envoy, he is only a deputy envoy. Although his words are useful, they can't play a decisive role. His words can only be automatically ignored on matters that both the envoy and the deputy envoy agree on.

"The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say more. Then when will we issue an order to General Zhangsun?" Eunuch Zhang shook the dust, and stopped talking about the topic of going to the banquet, and directly referred to the issue of the order. .

"In my opinion, it's better to issue the decree tomorrow. It's always frightening to be unable to complete it in one day because of the emperor's order. I'm afraid I'll miss something and lose the emperor's favor."

"Eunuch Zhang, don't worry, why are you panicking about this matter, we are exhausted all the way, but we have just arrived here, and we haven't had time to catch our breath, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the Holy Majesty to announce the decree so hastily." Wei Xuan glanced at Zhang The father-in-law said with some yin and yang.

"Vice Envoy Wei, this meal can be eaten indiscriminately, but you can't say that nonsense. What did you mean by that? Our family has served the Holy Majesty, Empresses, Concubines, and sons and grandsons in the palace for more than ten years. Yes, you are always conscientious and conscientious. Why don’t you respect what your majesty said. Even if there are more than 30 imperial decrees and oral instructions, in terms of experience, they are much richer than you.”

"According to what Deputy Envoy Wei said, if the imperial decree sent by the Holy Majesty to the officials in the capital is not respected for a certain period of time, it will be disrespectful to the Holy Majesty. Director Gao will not be the first to spare you. If you miss the matter of the Holy Majesty , not to mention you, even your father's bus commander can't afford it." Eunuch Zhang snorted coldly.

Although he didn't want to offend any of the three parties, it didn't mean he couldn't offend them.Nor is he a man without a background.

As an old man in the palace, if he didn't have some means to get to this position, he might have died long ago.The experience in the palace made him understand that when someone provoked him, he had to refute it fiercely, otherwise the other party would definitely get worse.

"You...you..." Wei Xuan didn't expect such a sharp rebuttal from Eunuch Zhang for a while, and he blushed directly, unable to say anything.

Xing Bo cast a contemptuous glance at Wei Xuan who was so angry that he couldn't say anything.For this guy, he looked down on him from the very beginning, but he got into the envoy group and became a deputy envoy only because of the third prince. He himself has no ability, but he still looks great all day long, a typical villain who succeeds.

Even if Eunuch Zhang didn't say anything, he still had to find time to beat him, so as not to show off and dangle in front of him all day long, and not disgust himself enough.

Although they are considered to be on the same line when it comes to dealing with Changsun Ji, Xing Bo does not agree with Wei Xuan in his heart. He has his own pride, and he is ashamed to be with him.He didn't even want to use him, he felt that he would get his hands dirty.

(End of this chapter)