[Red Mansion] Today is also not a person in Jia's house

Most of the manors in the suburbs belonged to the dignitaries of the capital as private gardens. Although they were in the suburbs, they were still luxurious.The envoy of the small barbarian country in the southwest stayed in the manor for two days, enjoying the treatment of the prince, and he was a little bit reluctant to leave. When he saw Prince Zhongshun on the third day, he was still a little dissatisfied.

It would be great if I could stay for a few more days. The capital is really prosperous, and ordinary manors are even more luxurious than the Southwest Palace.

Reluctantly touching the pillow made of silk behind him, the messenger pretended to be annoyed.

"My lord, I came here on horseback from the southwest. Is this how you treat guests? If you don't come, I will go back today."

Prince Zhongshun had a calm demeanor, as if he didn't hear the threat in his words, he sat on the head with his robe lightly supported.

"The envoy doesn't need to be angry. The king is busy with things. Didn't he find time to come here? I think the envoy already knows my purpose, so there is no need to waste time."

So confident, it seems that he is not actively seeking cooperation, but Southwest begging him for alms.

Such aloofness made the southwestern envoy grit his teeth with hatred, but he didn't dare to tear up the agreement easily, so he had to smile kindly.

"Of course, it's just that the prince didn't do what he promised us last time. Why should I trust you this time? It's better for the prince to give me a guarantee."

"Even if I didn't do it last time, so what? Messenger, you came all the way here to show your urgency, and you have already lost."

Prince Zhongshun stroked his beard, his eyes were full of arrogance and contempt.

"The plague has not been completely eradicated in the Southwest, and it will recur when the food rots in summer. You are the ones who are anxious, not me. If the envoys are unwilling to cooperate, the king will not force it."

After speaking, he really stood up and wanted to go out.

The envoy gritted his teeth with hatred, but he had to admit that he was right.

He rushed from the southwest to the capital at the fastest speed, not because of this so-called prince, but because of the plague that has not been eradicated, and the secret recipe that he failed to get.

"Wait a minute, my lord. I offended you. Please forgive me. We sincerely want to cooperate, but according to the terms of our cooperation, you want to hand over the formula to me. Can you really do it?"

"Why not? It was just my king's carelessness last time. I didn't expect His Majesty to refuse. But now the formula must be hidden in the Imperial Hospital. As long as I do some tricks, I can get it."

Stretching out his palm and slowly clenching it into a fist, a stern look flashed in Prince Zhongshun's eyes.

If it weren't for their miscalculation, how could they have fallen into such a situation?This time, I will be ashamed!

"My lord said that, of course I believe it, but I don't know what the lord wants me to do for you. You refused to say it clearly in the letter and insisted on asking me to enter the capital. Is there something you can't see?"

He is not a fool to be sent to a foreign country as an envoy.In the past two days, although he was entertained with delicious food, he was not allowed to go out, and even those who escorted him into the capital were not allowed in, which shows that the matter is important.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Prince Zhongshun turned around and came back to sit down, with a gratified expression on his face.

"The envoy is indeed wise. This king's request is very simple. You only need to drive your old, weak, sick and disabled suffering from the plague to Yunnan to cause panic, and then send troops to harass you. But you can rest assured that the people who are leading the troops in the southwest now It is my prince's beloved son, and I can assure you that I will never harm the soldiers you send."

"what?"

I have seen people who are eager to win and start wars, but I have never seen people who make trouble for themselves.If he really did what he said, wouldn't Southwest be in chaos again?Although they did have the idea of ​​re-entering the country, it was definitely not at this time, but after they got the secret recipe.

After pondering for a while, the messenger cupped his hands with doubts in his eyes.

"It's really hard for people to accept what the prince said. If you want me to believe it, you have to give me a reason to believe it?"

"The matter is important, and you can understand if you have doubts. But as long as you are willing to cooperate with me, you can live in the manor all the time, and bring the formula back when something happens in the southwest. This king will never break his promise."

The two looked at each other, and the southwestern envoy was moved.

Those suffering from the plague were mostly old, weak, sick and disabled, and it would cost a lot to treat them. Driving them to the Yunnan border would not only save a batch of medicinal materials, but also cause trouble for the other party.It's just that those harassing soldiers cannot be dispatched casually.

"How does the prince ensure the safety of our soldiers?"

"Isn't there someone outside waiting to escort you back? You and I will write a letter and give it to them to bring back. At that time, my son will have a private conversation with your border generals. What's the problem?"

Prince Zhongshun was full of confidence.The so-called mountains are high and the emperor is far away, let alone in the southwest?

The two hit it off immediately, and immediately ordered someone to take out a pen and paper, and each wrote a letter, exchanging and leaving a mark on each other's letter paper, and sealed it.

"When they come back to pick me up, tell them to send the letter back. I'll wait for good news from the prince in the manor."

Being able to continue to enjoy in the manor brings joy from the heart.

There was a flash of disdain in Prince Zhongshun's eyes, but he said otherwise.

"I should be waiting for your good news. As soon as the news of the Southwest victory comes, I will give you the formula immediately and arrange someone to escort you back."

After the discussion was over, Prince Zhongshun ordered someone to serve him carefully, and ordered that he must read the letter carefully before going back to the palace.

In the evening, the two men appeared as agreed, but they did not see the messenger, and their brows were tightly furrowed.

"Where's the messenger? Our task is to escort him back safely, call him out quickly!"

The boy at the door pouted.

"Wait!"

After speaking, he turned around and went in, and came out after a quarter of an hour or so, with a contemptuous attitude.

"The envoy told you to go in. You didn't disturb other people on the way here, so you weren't found?"

"You can rest assured that we all came out of the frontier battlefield. Even if you take your head off, you can leave safely."

After speaking, he opened his mouth to reveal his white teeth.

The boy was terrified.

Another man next to him hurriedly stopped him.

"My brother is impatient, so you should be careful what you say in the future."

Frightened by the sudden ferocity, they were stunned for a moment, and when the boy came back to his senses, the two had swaggered into the manor, and immediately became angry.

"The mud-legged titan, who only knows how to wield knives and guns, will never get on the stage in his life, and will die on the battlefield sooner or later, bah!"

Muttering and cursing, he chased after him and shouted.

"The envoy is here, don't wander around in it!"

Banzhu □□husband and his wife came out from inside, with empty hands, they walked slowly towards the city gate.

A few feet away behind them, a few sneaky people gathered together.

"This is to send the letter, we can go and return to the prince."

"Are they trustworthy?"

"This is the person sent by our son, what's so untrustworthy? The prince is still waiting, go back quickly."

Several people muttered, turned and went back.

But they didn't know that after the two people left the city gate, they handed the letter to the old man selling tea by the side of the road, and after leisurely eating two bowls of tea, they rode their horses to the southwest.

Half an hour later, the letter appeared in the royal study of the palace.

The emperor stared at the letter paper, looking at every word on it in detail, and his breath seemed to be chilled.

Standing below, Lin Ruhai and Cheng Qian's nephew and uncle looked at each other with an uneasy expression on the emperor's face, and quickly lowered their eyes again.

After a while, the emperor slapped the letter paper on the desk with one palm.

"Okay, you are indeed Prince Zhongshun! When you first told me, I still didn't believe it. I didn't expect him to do such a thing. He disregarded the life and death of the people for personal gain. I treated him too leniently."

The two nephews and uncles still had no one to answer, and they stood obediently below.Until the emperor spoke again.

"It is said that the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment has an audience, and that Prince Zhongshun has colluded with foreign enemies, intending to trap the border in trouble, and he will be severely punished!"

"Emperor Shengming."

Lin Ruhai finally said four words, not even half a word more.

The emperor glared at him, but now was not the time to argue with him.

"The envoys from the Southwest came to Beijing. They are guests. How could they be so disrespectful? Lin Aiqing, thank you for your hospitality. Besides, since they want the formula, Cheng Aiqing, do you understand what I mean?"

"The minister obeys the order."

The nephew and uncle agreed in unison, and turned to leave.

The emperor was left to grit his teeth in the imperial study.

"Old and young are not good things!"

The emperor wants to deal with the prince, and the foreign ministers are not easy to speak. If they say something right, they will provoke the relationship between the monarch and his ministers. If they say something wrong, they will be hated by both sides.Apart from being scolded secretly by the emperor, Silence has no other loss. After all, none of them wanted to climb up by flattering.

After coming out of the palace, the two performed their own duties. Lin Ruhai led the Southwest envoy to the post house to rest with drums and gongs. Cheng Qian raised the price of the original medicine by [-]% and sent it to the envoy, making it clear.

"I didn't know that the envoy came from afar. I really feel disappointed. I heard that you want to buy medicine. The next official is the official in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. I will discuss related matters with you."

The sudden change made the envoy's face pale, and he came to his senses thinking that he was betrayed, and cursed loudly.

"You treacherous villains, you tricked me here just to tease me. We are definitely not easy to bully. We want to start a war with you!"

He was full of clamor, but Cheng Qian's persuasion had no effect, so he ordered Wei Ruolan and Liu Xianglian to be invited here.

The messenger immediately changed his words.

"The borders of the two countries are neighbors, and they should help each other. I am here to seek your help."

The speed at which the faces change is eye-opening.

Wei Ruolan was teasing her daughter at home, when she was suddenly invited to the household department, she didn't say a word before being invited back.Confounded for no reason, he went back and complained to Tanchun.

On the other side, Lin Ruhai was temporarily free after mediation, and went home to take a rest, but Lin Daiyu came with a letter sent back by Cheng Jie.

"Big brother said that they encountered continuous rain not long after they disembarked. Although it was delayed for a few days, it would not miss the auspicious time. Counting the delivery time, they should arrive in Fujian now."

From the first ten days of April to June, it is more than enough to travel from Beijing to Fujian. It is precisely to prevent accidents that we set off early. Sure enough, it is rainy in spring.

Lin Ruhai nodded.

"I will receive the letter next time. It should be after your sister gets married. Things are about to happen in the capital. If we can make it in time, we will go back to our hometown in summer. We will send letters back and forth in three to five days."

"Then I'll pack it up and take away all my sister's things, so she can go home and live if we get closer."

There are no sisters in the capital to joke around, so what else is there to worry about?Lin Daiyu chatted with Lin Ruhai for a while, and after dinner, he ordered people to pack up the leftover things in Lin Yun's yard and put them in cages, and when he got home, he dressed up and left.

However, their father and daughter thought well, but the reality is not so easy.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment was ordered by the emperor to go to Zhongshun Palace to arrest people, but he refused to plead guilty when he was caught in prison.

"Although this king has no real power, he is still a prince. How dare you interrogate this king. Who gave you the courage? And who is so bold as to slander this king? I want to meet His Majesty!"

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