I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

He cried aggrievedly, it was obvious that he had been beaten badly.

"What about you?"

Hu Shifan looked at the weak guard and asked, "Why did you get beaten?"

The thin and weak guard cried: "Hizhi came to Nahonglu Temple later, before entering the gate, without saying a word, someone put a sack over his head, hung him on a tree, and beat him."

"They also let the humble rank sing, what is it called, conquer, if you don't sing, you will not let the humble rank come back!"

"Lord Hu, Lord Li, you are so humble that you almost got hanged on that crooked neck tree!"

Hu Shifan really wanted to ask: Then did you sing in the end?

But seeing the two of them like this, there is no need to ask, they must have sung to come back!

He looked at the two ugly guards who had been beaten, and his eyes burst into raging anger, which was about to explode.

Suddenly, he heard the bearded guard cry out, crying even worse.

While weeping, he complained:

"They, they even took off the humble pants and whipped the humble ass with thorns!"

"Master Hu! They are not slapping the bottom of a humble job, they are slapping your face!"

As soon as this word comes out.

The people who were watching the excitement couldn't bear it any longer, and burst out laughing.

Looking at the pedestrians pointing around.

Hu Shifan could no longer restrain the anger in his heart, stepped forward and kicked him to the ground: "Useless thing!"

aside.

Li Zheng looked at the two of them, not knowing what to say for a while.

It was the first time I heard of beating envoys, not to mention meeting them.

However, strictly speaking, these two are not envoys, but just guards in the mission.

And if you look deeper, it was one of them who kicked the gate of Honglu Temple first, so it's nothing to be beaten.

The issue is.

It is impossible for Honglu Temple not to know that the mission has arrived in Beijing recently.

Saying he didn't know was obviously pretending to be stupid.

What is their purpose in doing this?

Is it just to humiliate the mission?

Give the mission a slap in the face?

Aren't they afraid of Wu's cavalry?

Could it be that......

Did they already know about Yue?

Thinking of this, Li Zheng's face changed, and his mind turned rapidly, thinking about how to deal with it.

And the other side.

Hu Shifan couldn't help yelling:

"Barbarian!"

"It's just a barbarian!"

"Sooner or later, my great Wu iron cavalry will step down..."

Hearing this, Li Zheng woke up suddenly, took a step forward, covered Hu Shifan's mouth, and reminded: "Master Hu, misfortune comes from your mouth!"

Hu Shifan was covered with his mouth and was about to get angry when he suddenly saw!

Among the surrounding crowd, there are quite a few strong men staring at him!

As if he would come up at any moment, put a sack on him, and beat him up!

moment.

Hu Shifan woke up.

He took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, gritted his teeth and said, "Go back!"

The two returned to the carriage one after the other.

Just sit down.

Li Zheng said: "Lord Hu, the situation is not right. The man should have known about the war between the imperial court and the Yue country, otherwise he would not be so arrogant."

Hu Shifan is only grumpy, but his mind is still very quick.

Hearing this, he frowned slightly and said, "Then what should I do? Return to Beijing?"

Now that the war with Yue was exposed, no matter how stupid Prime Minister Qian was, it was impossible for him to compromise with Wu again.

There's no point in staying here.

Li Zhengfan asked: "If we just go back like this, how can I explain to His Majesty?"

Hu Shifan was silent when he heard this.

indeed.

In any case, they were all sent as missions to the country, and they didn't even see the people from Honglu Temple, so they went back in such a disgruntled manner, even if there were thousands of reasons, it would be difficult to explain to His Majesty.

Seeing that Hu Shifan didn't speak, Li Zheng said: "The meaning of the lower official is that we go to Honglu Temple first. If there is someone to receive him, we will stay first and see how the follow-up develops."

"If there is no reception, let's find a place to stay in Chang'an for one night, and then go to Honglu Temple the next day. If there is no reception, we will return to Beijing. In this way, the censors have nothing to say."

Hu Shifan thought for a while, waved his hands and said, "Just do as you say!"

After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes and meditated.

Li Zheng glanced at him and got out of the carriage without saying anything.

Seeing the two guards still crying there, he said angrily: "It's a shame! Isn't it just a beating, a man, what's the matter?"

The bearded guard cried: "They even spanked the humble ass!"

The thin and weak guard said in pain: "They still let the humble job sing conquest!"

"..."

Li Zheng was completely speechless to them, and ordered the other guards: "Drag them to the car!"

The other guards held back their laughter, cupped their hands and said, "Yes, my lord!"

After dragging the beaten two guards into the carriage.

Li Zheng also returned to the carriage.

A group of people continued to set off, heading for Honglu Temple.

With lessons learned from the past, along the way, the guards of the mission were tense, for fear that a group of big men would rush out and snatch Hu Shifan away.

Fortunately.

Nothing went wrong until Honglu Temple.

Unsurprisingly.

Arrived at Honglu Temple.

The only thing Li Zheng saw was the little official who opened the door.

No matter how you say it, the little official only replied two sentences.

"The lord of the yamen has something to do, so I can't see you."

"I haven't heard that Wu Guo sent a mission. You are not fake, are you?"

Seeing that the petty official wanted to report to the officials, he arrested the group of "fake Wu missions".

Li Zheng had no choice but to leave with the mission.

At this time, the sky was almost dark.

The mission group could only find a restaurant in Chang'an City to stay.

evening.

sunset.

It's a busy time in the restaurant.

Hu Shifan sat on the chair, looked at the food and drink in front of him, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he gritted his teeth and said:

"The land of the barbarians is unbearably vulgar. Sooner or later, my great Wu cavalry will conquer Qianguo!"

Chapter 40

aside.

Hearing this, Li Zheng sighed in his heart, and said, "Master Hu, you plan to destroy the fertile land, and it is human nature for the Prime Minister of Qianguo to hold grudges.

It's just that the lower officials couldn't figure it out, the Yue Kingdom invaded less than half a month, even many people in the capital didn't know about it, how did the people of the Qian Kingdom know about it. "

The capital here refers to the capital of the Great Wu Kingdom, Gusu City.

Hu Shifan picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and said casually: "Why can't you figure this out, it must have been told by the merchant who escaped from Yue!"

Li Zheng's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Yes!

After the war between Wu and Yue, Wu merchants who used to do business in the Yue country went to the Qian country to do business. Those who are interested will definitely find out the clues!

"As expected of Mr. Hu! The seven orifices are exquisite, and you can understand them just by thinking about them!"

Li Zheng looked at Hu Shifan and complimented him.

Hu Shifan ignored him, just held the wine glass and continued to drink, looking at the stage.

Several dancers with enchanting figures, accompanied by the music, showed their graceful dancing postures.

At this time.

Li Zheng suddenly thought of something, looked at Hu Shifan, and asked, "Since Mr. Hu guessed that the news of Yue's invasion may have been leaked, why don't you persuade His Majesty and Mr. Shoufu to give up the mission?"

Hu Shifan picked up the quickie, picked up a piece of chicken, chewed and said, "So what if the news leaked out, the prime minister of Qianguo would sign an agreement on compensation if he won a battle in the past, let alone no war before."

When Li Zheng heard it, it made sense, he sighed, and said: "I don't know what kind of madness the prime minister of Qianguo is going to have. He insisted on targeting me, Great Wu. If it wasn't for the intense war in the south, I would definitely invite Your Majesty to conquer Qianguo."

He said this to Hu Shifan.

It means: The war in the south is still going on, Mr. Hu, please don't cause trouble, and it won't be too late to talk about it when you return to Beijing.

I thought Hu Shifan would respond, but found that he didn't say a word.

Li Zheng was a little puzzled, and looked up at Hu Shifan, only to realize that his attention was all on the dancing girl on the stage.

See Hu Shifan's eyes.

Li Zheng's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: With the temperament of this yamen, I'm afraid he wants to let these dancing girls sleep!

really!

In the next second, I heard Hu Shifan say: "Master Li, these dry dancers are quite interesting. I will give you 500 taels of silver. Go and tell the shopkeeper of the restaurant to let them stay."

Li Zheng showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and said: "Master Hu, this is not a brothel, those are all girls from good families who are performing arts..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Hu Shifan.

"A girl from a good family is good! A girl from a good family is good to me!"

When Hu Shifan spoke, he inexplicably raised his voice, and he seemed extremely excited!

at this time.

If you observe carefully.