[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Chapter 21 Second St. 07

Everyone was stunned when they saw the giant ship more than ten meters high.

Little fellows like Dalang and Erlang who have only seen small painted boats in the palace, when they saw such a huge battleship, they all put aside the prince's reserve, opened their mouths wide open, and couldn't regain their senses for a long time...

Wu Xu had seen the blueprints for the manufacture of these warships, but this was the first time he had seen the real ones...

Tianhou's wife also opened her mouth in a very groggy manner, and she was stunned for a long time before she let out a sinful and simple sigh: "It's so big..."

The well-trained guards had recovered their senses at this time, and they couldn't help but get black threads when they heard Tianhou's lady's exclamation.

"My lady, the situation is unknown. Please retreat with the two kings for a while..." Seeing that the huge ship had intercepted the unknown fleet from afar, the leading guard said to Wu Xu: "The other party's origin is unknown, look There are a lot of people here, and the subordinates may not be able to protect them well..." There are actually quite a few guards who came with Wu Xu and the two young gentlemen this time, and they are all martial arts masters, but given His Majesty's temper , these personal guards are very cautious, and they are not willing to let Wu Xu, mother and son take any risks.

Wu Xu wanted to be sympathetic to these logistics personnel, and knew their concerns, thinking that the two children had no fighting power, so she nodded and said: "Leave some people here to see what's going on, I will talk to the prince and Lu The king returns to the palace first."

All of a sudden, the guards led the three horses and escorted Wu Xu's mother and son back to the palace.

"Why did you come back so soon?" His Majesty Li Xiaojiu was still looking at some books you left behind in the Jincheng Palace, when he suddenly saw Wu Xu's mother and son returning in a hurry, he couldn't help being surprised.

Wu Xu didn't answer, just sat next to Li Zhi, poured a bowl of water and took a big gulp.

Li Hong and Li Xian bowed to His Majesty Li Xiaojiu before kneeling down on the couch below.

Seeing Father's question, His Royal Highness hastily explained in detail what he saw on the beach just now.

After all, it is the children's eyesight that is better. His Royal Highness has actually observed in a short period of time that the fleet that sailed to Jincheng Port consists of about forty ships. The color of the flag is also dominated by black...

black?

Hearing these words, Wu Xu and Li Zhi frowned at the same time.

In the previous dynasty, the five elements belonged to water and was still black, so most of the high-end uniforms and flags used were black.The small countries around the Sui Dynasty who knew little about Chinese culture also followed suit and used black dresses and flags as fashion.

When the Tang Dynasty was established, the five elements belonged to wood, and it was still blue.During the period of Emperor Gaozu, the flags of the Tang Dynasty were mostly indigo five-clawed golden dragon patterns. However, when His Majesty Li Er ascended the throne, the flags were mostly changed to bright yellow golden dragon flags.After that, His Majesty Li Er reformed the system of official positions and clothing colors in the court, ordering officials above the third rank to wear purple robes, those above the fifth rank to wear red robes, those above the seventh rank to wear green robes, and those above the ninth rank to wear green robes.As for the color of the emperor's own clothes, his Majesty Li Er likes light-colored regular clothes and red and black dresses, so His Majesty's ceremonial flags are mostly gold and red.

When Li Xiaojiu came to court, the flag of the emperor's guard of honor had changed a lot, basically being bright yellow.

Therefore, the ones with black flags appeared near the peninsula, either the Bohai State in the northeast, or the Wa State.The latter is very likely.

Sure enough, after a few people sat down for a long time, the guard who stayed there to inquire about the situation came back.

"Report to the Emperor and Queen of Heaven, the fleet that attempted to dock was sent by the Wa Kingdom, and there were hundreds of Baekje people on board..."

"Wa's fleet is carrying Baekje people, what's going on?" Wu Xu wondered.

The guard said: "My subordinate heard Liu Dudu ask the Japanese envoy, but he said that the Japanese sent a ship to Silla to pick up the Wa sent Tang envoys back to China, and those Baekje people came back by boat to join Datang..."

This statement sounds reasonable, but I always feel that there is something wrong...

Wu Xu frowned and thought about it, but couldn't find any flaws.

His Majesty Li Xiaojiu pondered for a moment, then said: "Do these people still want to see me?"

Hearing the words, the guard couldn't help but looked up at His Majesty Li Xiaojiu, and hurriedly said: "The sage is right, that Japanese man knows that you and your lady are in Jincheng, and even asks to see you..." This is really suspicious!

Even if everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew that the Emperor Tianhou was visiting the peninsula, how could their specific itinerary be found out by the Japanese country thousands of miles away? !

His ulterior motives are evident.

However, since he has come all the way, he can't see him, right?

Wu Xu was also a little curious about the intentions of those Baekje people.

It stands to reason that these people have stayed well in Wa country, so there is no need to run back.

"Go back and tell Dudu Liu to send a representative to have an audience..." Wu Xu was still worried about the conspiracy of the Japanese, so he said to the guard: "The number of people who have an audience is not allowed to exceed three, and all others are sent to other courtyards. Don't move around..."

The guard hurriedly responded, seeing that His Majesty Li Xiaojiu had no objection, he immediately went back to deliver the decree.

"Awu, you are too careful..." Seeing that there were no outsiders, Li Xiaojiu couldn't help laughing and said, "I think those Baekje people must have heard about the preferential treatment I gave to the Fuyu family, so they returned to their homeland and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. It's..."

Wu Xu couldn't help giving him a blank look, and said, "Even if those Baekje people want to come back, I don't think the Japanese would let them go, let alone send them back to Baekje with good intentions!" There must be a conspiracy!

"You mean the Japanese?" The young man didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile, "I don't think they dare to offend Datang at this moment..." Don't forget that they are still waiting for the food from Datang to save their lives!

Thinking about it this way, it is not without reason that the Wa Kingdom sent dozens of ships to the peninsula to pick up the Tang envoys.

It's just that they didn't expect that Datang's relief food would not reach the peninsula so soon.

Seeing that the two parents had different attitudes towards the Japanese envoy, His Royal Highness also expressed his meaning: "My mother's concerns are not unreasonable..."

When Wu Xu heard this, she couldn't help but glance at Li Xiaojiu proudly, but the latter just smiled.

"However, it's okay to inquire about the other party's intentions when we meet each other." Little Li Hong's words were more inclined towards his father.

Erlang agreed with his brother as always.

Three of the four agreed, so Wu Xu didn't have much to say.

So, the Japanese envoy and two Baekje refugee representatives entered the Jincheng Palace to meet him.

Wu Xu and Li Xiaojiu sat on top, and Li Hong and Li Xian sat below them respectively.

The envoy of the Wa Kingdom is a 30-year-old Qingjun man. His original name was Duopinzhi. Because he avoided the name of His Majesty the Emperor Li Xiaojiu, he was changed to Duopinqian. He is a middle-level official in the Wa Kingdom. ...

As for the two Baekje people, according to Dopinqian, one is Fuyu Sunguang, the distant cousin of the former Baekje king Fuyu Yici, and the other is Zhenshalan, the son of the former Baekje minister Saheira.

Sure enough, as Li Xiaojiu said before, after the two met Shengjia, they said that they had heard that the family of the former Baekje king was treated preferentially in the Tang Dynasty, and that the people in the old land of Baekje lived and worked in peace and contentment under the governance of the Tang Dynasty... …

When the two fled to the Wa country, they took thousands of subjects with them. They both missed their homeland very much, and hoped that His Majesty would be magnanimous to accept them as overseas survivors.

The two young men spoke extremely emotionally, and they exchanged tears after a while.

"Since you are sincerely surrendering, I have no reason not to obey..." As an emperor known for his benevolence, His Majesty Li Xiaojiu of course agreed to the other party's request.In this era when the population is the main productive force, thousands of young and strong laborers are in vain under the governance area, that is a pie in the sky!

No matter how you look at it, Datang took advantage of it...

As for the country of Wa, they have just exhausted most of the young and strong people in the country in the battle of Baijiang Village. They cannot say that they are coveted by the labor force of Baekje, but the sudden disaster of locusts has made the whole country of Wa face the threat of jjj , if you choose between food and labor, Ge Chengwang must have to give up the people of Baekje...

Wu Xu thought so, and he could explain why the Japanese king was willing to let people go, and according to Fuyu Zenguang, because the Japanese country did not have enough ships, he only brought back more than 400 Baekje people this time, hoping to follow the emperor. Shengjia went back to Baekje together...

His Majesty Li Xiaojiu naturally had no objection.

That night, His Majesty Li Xiaojiu specially held a banquet in Jincheng Palace to entertain the Japanese envoy and Fuyu Shanguang and his party.

The Japanese envoy was obviously still depressed because he could not receive the relief food immediately, so he resigned after drinking a few cups casually.

Buyeo Sunkwang and other Baekje people were in high spirits and got up frequently to toast the emperor and empress.

Wu Xu's attention had been on the Japanese envoy Duo Pinqian, and he was relieved to see him leave the stage early.

At this time, an obscene Baekje man walked up to Zhen Shalan, handed him a two-foot-long box, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Zhen Shalan frowned, finally nodded helplessly, then greeted Fuyu Shanguang beside her, and walked towards His Majesty Li Xiaojiu.

"Dear Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, this is the map of my Baekje County. The villain's father ordered the villain to take it to the country of Wa. Now the villain is dedicating it to His Majesty the Emperor..." Zhen Shalan's father is Baekje Sahei, the minister of Baekje, is equivalent to the Sangong of the Tang Dynasty, and it is reasonable to have maps of Baekje's counties and counties in his collection.

Such things as maps are not commonly seen in this era, and belong to the highest level of confidential documents in the country, so people at that time regarded the offering of maps as an important sign of surrender.

But in Wu Xu's opinion, maps are useless, the land is ours, and it's not a matter of minutes to ask for a map.

Besides, offering a map or something always reminded her of a certain unlucky assassin...

Just thinking about it, Zhen Shalan over there has already opened the box with the help of that wretched Baekje man, took out the map, and is about to unfold it for His Majesty Li Xiaojiu to see...

He interrupted Zhen Shalan's movements with a loud voice, and was about to say, 'Don't read the map'" Wait... "Wu Xu suddenly, as a result, someone felt guilty, and dropped the scroll in his hand to the ground with a 'click' Now, a dagger with blue light falling out... The author has something to say: Is jj pumping again?I can’t even see your messages——one>one<)