Chang Huanxi

All the dignitaries present here have never seen such a battle before, the hall that had just quieted down suddenly exploded, and the whispers in twos and threes intensified and gradually turned into loud noises.

Envoy Di Jing laughed, and kowtowed again: "My lords, don't panic! That box contains a newly hunted young deer. I, Di Jing, rely on the heavens for food, but I have to sacrifice to the gods for everything important. of!"

King Liang coughed heavily on the dragon chair. Seeing this, the ministers knew that he had lost his composure, and hurriedly toasted each other to cover up their embarrassment.

Liang Wang said: "Then invite the envoy to start."

The Di Jing envoy responded respectfully, turned around and waved his hand, and immediately six young people wearing Di Jing's feather clothes got out of the box placed in the center of the hall, and they followed the drummer behind them. Beating and dancing, the body easily folded into various complex poses, shaking the body in an almost barbaric way.

Di Jing deserves to be a country that advocates strength, so the original way is indeed very impactful. Many dignitaries are used to the soft and beautiful beam music, and when they see this kind of scene, they are immediately captured.

Qi Yuan's attention was always on the box in the center, and the blood was still oozing out intermittently, which added a bit of weirdness to the dancer's bewitching posture.

Su Lan and the others are just in a position where they can have a panoramic view of the scene in the center of the hall. His brushstrokes did not stop for a moment, and he only faithfully depicted the grand scene on the rice paper, but he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. More and more people stayed on the unopened box, frowning deeper and deeper, and the tip of the pen touched cinnabar, leaving mottled red marks on the floor of the golden hall in the painting.

Therefore, cultural differences are indeed a very troublesome thing, and everyone watched it with relish for a long time before they realized that it was such a story.

A long time ago, people in the mountains would choose a young and beautiful girl every three years as the bride of the mountain god and send them to the god's well in the mountains. Her cheeks are ruddy, her skin is as soft and tender as a cloud, her voice is like a clear spring in an empty valley, and her delicate red lips seem to have kissed the most beautiful flowers in the world...

The young man in the wedding party fell in love with her, and he didn't want to throw this beautiful girl into the well.

So in a silent night, the young man raised his sickle and killed the other people in the accompanying procession, and took the girl away under the cover of night.

They did have a happy time, with happy smiles on the dancers' faces, but the good times didn't last long, the drums became more intense, and the beating of the drums made people panic.

The anger of the mountain god finally burned on them. The girl was deprived of her youthful face, and her face became old and terrifying. At first, the man comforted her carefully, but finally got tired of her face. He killed her in a dilapidated thatched hut during his days of work, and soon found a new love.

At this moment, the sound of the music suddenly became shrill, and everyone present couldn't help but raised their hearts to their throats.

Sitting in the middle and weeping, the dead woman suddenly let out another sob. As the voice became louder and louder, it finally turned into a distorted laughter. She found the man, peeled off the skin of her new lover and put it on her face. on, asking in a voice, "Am I good-looking? Do I look good?"

The man flees, but the woman's soul follows her everywhere, every time a man finds a new girl, she will cut off the most beautiful part of the girl, hold it in front of the man and ask him, "Does it look good?"

Although the dancers only performed in a subconscious way, everyone couldn't help but feel nauseous. The second prince was so scared that his face turned pale from fright so long ago that the empress was very amused to watch while sitting in the hall and eating melon seeds.

The performance draws to a close, when the soul of the woman raises a long knife and stabs the man's heart and lungs to sacrifice him to the mountain god.According to Di Jing's envoy's intention, the sacrifice was the young deer in the box.

The moment the box was opened, the female dancer covered her mouth and screamed and fell to the ground. The long knife in her hand fell to the ground with a bang. climb up.

But no one else was much better off than she was, and no one cared about her faux pas.All the guests left the table one after another, but hesitated and didn't know how to react.

The cup in Qi Yuan's hand shattered on the ground, he lifted the table and went straight to the center of the hall, stretched out his hands to seal the acupuncture points all over Shen Yanhuan's body to stop the continuous bleeding, and then tested his breath with trembling hands.

Fortunately, although his breath was weak, he was still alive.

Qi Yuan wanted to hug him, but Linyan was like a long nail, firmly nailing his body to the bottom of the box, as long as he exerted force, the wound would be pulled even bigger.

"Calm down!" Qi Mo pressed his shoulders, don't say anything serious in front of so many people, it's not like you're falling into the enemy's tricks.

Qi Yuan took a deep breath. The courtiers with eyesight had already trotted all the way to invite the imperial physician. He stood up, raised his hand, and the small and inconspicuous branch was inserted straight into the table in front of Di Jing's envoy. .

He sneered and said, "I didn't know that the people you Di Jing used to sacrifice to the gods were actually people from Daliang?"

Di Jing's envoy and the ministers around him were frightened when the box was opened. At this moment, they knelt down quickly and kowtowed several times to King Liang: "This... this, we are really waiting for you!" I don’t know! The ones that were put into the box yesterday were indeed newly hunted fawns, the manager of the hunting ground and Master Zhao who inspected them can all testify! I really don’t know how this happened!”

King Liang pressed his twitching eyelids and said: "This kind of thing happened today, all my dear friends, let's go away first! Don't talk too much outside, this is related to the future of Di Jing and our two countries, I think everyone It's all clear."

The grown-ups were eager to leave as soon as possible, they hurriedly agreed, and retreated one after another, leaving in a short while, only Su Lan stayed behind.

The queen also asked the maid to help the pale Qi Yu back to his own palace first. Seeing this, Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui did not dare to stay here to cause trouble, so they reported a crime to King Liang and went back to the harem.

There were only a few of them left in the bustling hall. Envoy Di Jing knelt on the hall and did not dare to breathe aloud, for fear that King Liang would blame him.

God knows how terrified they were. They originally wanted to do something, but they didn't want to do it at this stall. Who did it, and who was in the box?

The cold sweat dripping from his forehead formed a small puddle in front of him, and no one in the hall wanted to speak.

Qi Yuan half-kneeled in front of the wooden box, holding Shen Yanhuan's hand to send him internal energy, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.Qi Mo and Su Lan looked at each other, and they both saw horror in each other's eyes.

"Kowtow to Your Majesty!" Doctor Zhang was not very flexible in his legs and feet, but he trotted all the way to the main hall after receiving the news.

The arrival of the imperial physician broke the suffocating silence, Liang Wang avoided the kneeling ceremony of the imperial physician Zhang, and asked him to step forward to check Shen Yanhuan's injury.

"The imperial doctor has a lot of inconvenience in this hall, why not take him to the nearest East Palace first." The prince stepped forward and said.

The queen also said that this statement was justified. Such a long sword pierced through the shoulder bone, and it hurts just looking at it. How could such a young child bear it.

Qi Yuan didn't make unnecessary excuses, he closed his eyes after thanking his elder brother, and simply and neatly pulled Lin Yan off his body and threw it aside.Shen Yanhuan snorted, curled up her fingers unconsciously, as if struggling to wake up.

Qi Mo was not worried about his younger brother, he was always calm and self-restraining, but this time he was in a mess, so he followed the prince and others to the East Palace together with Su Lan.

"What's your opinion on this matter... the messenger?" King Liang asked quietly, taking a sip of tea until he could no longer see their leaving figures.Di Jing, who was kneeling on the ground, was shocked. He had been waiting for King Liang to speak.

Envoy Di Jing kowtowed again and said, "Your Majesty is clear! We are here to make friends with Daliang, how could we do such a thing! This is the end of the matter, we don't have to hide some things from Your Majesty anymore, yes, we are Di Prince Jing’s faction, His Highness the Crown Prince has always advocated harmony in dealing with Daliang, and has always had a rift with the Xianwang faction who is leading the battle. If your majesty doesn’t believe it, you can go to Di Jing to investigate! This matter is definitely not the work of our Crown Prince’s faction!”

This has the meaning of putting the shit basin on the head of the virtuous king.

Seeing that King Liang's cup was empty for a long time and he was still drinking it there, the queen couldn't help filling it up for him.

Liang Wang suddenly woke up, reached out and touched the exquisite hollow carving on the dragon chair, and said for a long time: "I know, the modern envoys are going to the post house to rest. I will naturally find out the truth about this matter, but before I find out, please ask The envoy should stay in the posthouse and not move around, otherwise it is inevitable that someone with a heart will make a fuss."

Although Di Jing's envoy was aggrieved, he couldn't find a reason to refute it. Now that the competition between the prince's faction and the virtuous king's faction is intensifying, King Di Jing's spirit is not as good as before, and he can't make up his mind. Sooner or later, troubles will arise between the two factions, Daliang This party is what the crown prince is trying to get, but we can't let this matter be ruined by them.

So he nodded and said yes, obediently followed the guards and retreated.

The hall was in a mess, Liang Wangchang let out a sigh of relief, as if his bones had been unloaded, and sat crookedly on the dragon chair.

"Sorrow, you said that everyone can sit down calmly and have a drink, eat some side dishes and listen to a little song, why don't you mess around with these moths all day long."

The queen peeled chestnuts for him to eat, "If everyone thinks like you, then the world will not be peaceful. A prosperous world is difficult to stand. You come here at this time, probably because of your destiny. You, just bear it." !"

"Okay, let's go see what's going on with your daughter-in-law." Liang Wang stretched his waist, and took the Queen's little hand to find his sons.