Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

However, his face was calm, and he stretched out his hand to ask: "What's the problem, Your Highness Princess?"

Princess Rajasili asked: "Emissary Guo Tang, I want to ask you, you know that going to Tianzhu will be full of hardships and dangers, and you will surely die if you enter the palace for a banquet today, so why do you still insist on going forward? Is your Don’t you have a word of fear in your heart?”

"afraid?"

Guo Ye smiled brightly, and said loudly: "What's there to be afraid of? Envoys from other countries may be afraid, but Guo Ye, as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, has absolutely no reason to be afraid."

Princess Rajashili asked, "Why is this? Is there any difference?"

At this time, King Jieri and his two sons couldn't help but fix their eyes on Guo Ye's face, wondering why he was so confident.

Guo Ye lightly dusted off the dust on his sleeves, and replied confidently and proudly: "The difference is huge, but it's also very simple, because behind me stands a mighty empire like a giant - Datang !"

Chapter 953 bite the hook

"Because behind me stands a mighty empire like a giant - Datang."

When these words were uttered from Guo Ye's mouth, whether it was King Jie Ri, his two useless sons, or even the veiled Princess Ragashuri, they could truly feel a powerful Incomparable self-confidence exudes from Guo Ye.

Everyone present knows that his self-confidence comes from the fact that he has a strong country as his backing.

Rather than saying this is a kind of self-confidence, it is better to say that it is a kind of pride, a kind of pride of being a person of the heavenly kingdom.

At this time, King Jieri felt a little sour, alas, if one day my people from Tianzhu mention the word Tianzhu when they are in a foreign country, and they can feel proud like this Tang envoy, then this king will really die without regrets, no regrets He has ruled the country for decades in vain.

"Cough cough..."

King Jie Ri found that his family was a little distracted, and he secretly scolded his two useless sons for being shameless and hopeless, then woke them up with two clear coughs, and then waved his hands and said: "You two go back first!" Go down, I want to have a detailed chat with Guo Tang envoy."

Apparently, the words of King Jie Ri carried great weight in the hearts of the two sons. As soon as he said a word, the eldest prince Ajalye took the lead to leave the meeting, and the second prince Singer also left.

When Princess Rajasri was about to get up and leave, suddenly, the king of Harasa stopped her and said, "Rajasri, my daughter, you can sit here quietly and there is no need to leave."

King Jie Ri's words surprised Guo Ye slightly, and even made the two princes stunned on the spot.

Guo Ye was surprised that in this kind of state affairs, why King Jieri would let his daughter, Princess Rajasili, stay on the spot, but expelled the two princes who might be the heirs to the throne in name.

Could it be that in King Jieri's mind, Princess Lagashuri's status is more important than her two sons?

The reason why Ajaliye and Singer were stunned on the spot was also because of their elder sister, Her Royal Highness Princess Rajasili.The father did not allow the two brothers to participate in political affairs, but let his sister stay to listen in. Doesn't this make the two brothers unable to step down in public and lose face?

"Well?"

King Jie Ri's face darkened, and he urged the two brothers: "Why are Ni Lin still here? Get back!"

The two brothers Ajaliye and Singer looked at each other. In their eyes, there was me in you, and you in me. They both wrote two words, bad luck!

Because King Jieri has accumulated prestige in the hearts of the two sons for a long time, and the prestige of the tiger still exists, so even so, the two brothers endured the bad luck and responded helplessly: "Yes, father!"

Afterwards, the elder brother of the two brothers walked in front, and the second child followed behind, and left the place slowly.

Guo Ye watched the little farce between father and son wisely, and then took a meaningful look at Princess Rajashri, who had always maintained the image of a good girl in front of King Jieri, feeling a little something in his heart.

"Guo Envoy, please sit down!"

King Jieri extended his hand and solemnly invited Guo Ye, saying: "Come on, the food on the blanket is specially prepared for the envoy Guo. Please enjoy it to your heart's content. Let's chat while eating."

Guo Ye is not hypocritical, he knows that the invitation of the King of Jieri means that he has accepted his trick of "to fight against the outside world, we must first settle the inside", and he was also persuaded by the gimmick of the King of Tianzhu that he mentioned just now. heart.

In short, the Lord of the Rings bit the bait a bit.

As the saying goes, choose the least of two evils and the most important of two benefits. In contrast, the matter of the alliance of the countries in the Western Regions has probably been left behind by him.

I saw Guo Ye nodded slightly with a smile on his face, and thanked: "Thank you King Jie Ri for the invitation!"

Afterwards, he took off his leather boots, walked onto the cashmere blanket, and sat down cross-legged in the position of the second prince Singer just now.

As soon as Guo Ye sat down, King Jieri signaled to the servants in the court to push the food to Guo Ye so that he could have a taste or two.

King Jie Ri introduced it more affectionately: "Envoy Guo, you must try our Tianzhu curry. You are welcome to grab it."

Grasp?

Only then did Guo Ye realize that, your sister, the tableware in front of him is only gold and silver utensils, and there are no knives, forks and chopsticks at all.

Suddenly, he remembered that Tianzhu people seem to have a traditional habit of grabbing food with their hands, and they must use their right hand, not their left hand, or both hands.

Because in the tradition of the Indians, the right hand eats food, and the left hand is only suitable for doing unclean things.

In Tianzhu, if you eat with your left hand or grab rice with your left hand for others, it is a great insult.

This is the same as when we shake hands with people, we usually only extend our right hand to shake hands to show respect, unless the left hand is broken, otherwise no one will extend the left hand to shake hands with people.

Looking at the yellow-stained curry in the silver bowl, and trying to grab it with his hands, Guo Ye couldn't help feeling uncomfortable for a while, and felt a little nauseous.

He secretly complained about King Jieri, your sister, the post officials all know to prepare a pair of chopsticks for us Central Plains people, wouldn't you?Prepare an extra pair of chopsticks, can I eat poor you?

Even if he does as the Romans do, Guo Ye really can't adapt to being asked to grab food with his left hand, making his hand muddy and dirty.

Suddenly, he smiled lightly, waved his hands slightly, and declined politely: "Thank you King Jie Ri for your hospitality, but Mr. Guo is not hungry now. Let's talk about business first? As for the delicious food from Tianzhu, don't you have a chance to enjoy it in the future?"

Princess Rajashili obviously also noticed the subtle abnormality of Guo Ye, guessed the reason in her heart, hurriedly smoothed things over for Guo Ye, and persuaded King Jieri: "Yes, father, what Guo Envoy said is very true. .”

King Jieri nodded, and no longer wondered whether Guo Ye should use his hands to grab food, and said directly: "Well, if this is the case, let Guo Tang envoy talk about the business first. If I remember correctly , Just now you said that after the emperor of your country asked you to go to South Tianzhu and the three kingdoms of South Tianzhu. And whether you go to South Tianzhu or not depends entirely on the attitude of the king, right? "

Guo Ye nodded, heaved a sigh of relief secretly, and thought, damn it, finally stop grabbing curry with your hands.

King Jieri asked again: "So, the emperor of your country means that if the king refuses the help of Tang Dynasty, then the emperor of your country will turn to help South Tianzhu to annex my North Tianzhu?"

Guo Ye nodded again, and said, "Of course!"

King Jie Ri's face became very ugly, and he said in a low voice: "It seems that this king really has no choice?"

Guo Ye replied wisely: "It's still the same sentence, it all depends on your own wishes, King Jie Ri, no one can force you on this matter, right? Besides, the world has not forced others to accept my help thing?"

"Ha ha……"

King Jieri sneered twice with his eyes narrowed, and then asked in a concentrated voice: "Then I would like to ask Guo Tang envoy, if this king agrees to the kindness of the emperor of your country, how can he help me to unify Tianzhu? "

Guo Ye said decisively: "Conquer by force and destroy South Tianzhu!"

King Jieri raised his eyebrows, and asked back: "You mean, Datang is willing to send troops to help me conquer southern Tianzhu?"

Guo Ye nodded and said, "Exactly!"

"Hahaha……"

King Jieri suddenly laughed, and said sarcastically with disdain: "Envoy Guo Tang, I know that the Tang army is stronger than our Tianzhu in terms of weapons and fighting power, but the emperor of your country will not be so naive as to think that he sent you to bring three thousand Tang troops. , can you help me wipe out the Three Kingdoms of South Tianzhu? Even if the three thousand Tang troops you brought here are the best of the best and the best of the best, it is impossible for me to help me wipe out the Three Kingdoms of South Tianzhu, right?"