Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Ma Yuanju knew that the other party was arrogant, and there was humility and even charity in his words, but he was not in a hurry or annoyed. He still praised with a smile on his face: "The Tubo country really has the essence of our Han culture, and it also understands it." The principle of 'whatever the guest wants'."

Ma Yuanju just said a few words, just like Taijiquan with softness to overcome rigidity, easily turning the arrogance of the Tubo people into invisible, and turned it into a common sense.

Before Dardanelle could react, he hurriedly took out a piece of letter paper from his sleeve pocket, handed it to Dardanelle, and said, "My lord envoy, this is the content of the remaining two games formulated by our side, please read it over! If there are any deficiencies, or if there is any embarrassment on the Tubo side, feel free to bring it up and we can discuss it later."

"Haha." Dardanelle took Ma Yuanju's letterhead and smiled vigorously, "Where can we have any difficulties? Let your country formulate, of course everything follows your country's rules. Let me see, hehe, what's left What exactly do you want to compete in the next two rounds..."

As he spoke, he carefully examined the contents of the letter.

Xiao Shen who was beside Ma Yuanju was not willing to be lonely, stood up Weiwei, and leaned his face to see what happened, so as to inform Changlefang as soon as possible.

about a little while,

Dardanelle's face was a bit ugly, he put down the letter in his hand, stared at Ma Yuanju with weird eyes, and asked in surprise:

"You are sure that there are two remaining games, do you really want to compete with these?"

Ma Yuanju sat upright, straightened his back and nodded confidently, and continued to say with a warm smile: "Of course, this is exactly the content of the competition proposed by our side! What? Is there something wrong with Tubo? If it doesn't work, We can still improve and repair it. Although the guest can do whatever he wants, and even if the words are thrown out, he is a guest from afar, so we can’t embarrass you noble guests from Tubo, can we?”

Ma Yuanju said this very lightly, with a slight contempt.

Invisibly, with a slight wave of hands, passivity has turned into initiative!

Chapter 467 King Jiangxia's wishful thinking

Ma Yuanju sang and danced, and in a few words, he turned passive into active, and his hardened steel turned into soft fingers, directly forcing Dardanelle into a dilemma, speechless.

Let Ma Yuanju talk about this matter, no matter how angry Dardanelle is in his heart, he can't really raise an objection to Ma Yuanju.

After all, it was the Tubo people who entrusted them to speak up and let Datang customize the remaining two games.

At this time, if he wants to repent again, even if Dardanelle can afford to lose this old face, he still has to think about it for Zamp Songtsan Gampo and Prince Dochiluo.

It is small for a person to be ashamed, but if a king, or even a country, goes back on his word, it is not just as simple as being ashamed.

At this time, Dardanelle seemed to have swallowed Coptis chinensis raw, he couldn't tell what he was suffering, and secretly blamed the little prince Dochiluo, for thinking the Han people were so upright and gentlemen.

Reluctantly, Dardanelle nodded heavily with displeasure on his face, and snorted, "Just do what your country says, and my country of Tubo will follow what it says. How could it easily tear up the promise?"

After expressing his attitude, Dardanelle stood up abruptly, made a slight bow with his right hand on his lower abdomen, and said to the two of them: "You two, please go easy, I still have some urgent matters to deal with, so I won't accompany you !"

After all, he walked away in a hurry.

Ma Yuanju guessed that the envoy should have rushed to find the little prince Duochiluo to discuss remedial measures.

Seeing Dardanelle leave, Xiao Shen, who hadn't spoken to him for a long time, looked normal, but after reading the content of Ma Yuanju's letter, his heart was still agitated.

It's no wonder that this man surnamed Ma has been running around in the past few years, he is really scheming and cunning, and he secretly put together the Tubo people early on.

In this way, it is really uncertain who will win and who will win the dog fighting match between the calligraphy class and the little Tubo prince.

Damn Tubo people, how could they trust Da Ruosi to let the surname Ma catch such a big mistake?

Xiao Shen secretly reminded himself that he must inform Jiangxia King Li Daozong of today's sudden change as soon as possible, and prepare countermeasures as soon as possible.

Immediately, he shifted his eyes to Ma Yuanju's face, and reproached rather displeasedly: "Ma Sheren, the Tubo envoys came from Tubo not far away, and they are guests from far away! As the host, we should show more enthusiasm and enthusiasm. How could the majestic attitude of the great kingdom of the Celestial Dynasty make the envoys of Tubo angry?"

After Ma Yuanju heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched, he glanced at Xiao Shen from the corner of his eye, and said with a sneer, "May I ask Mr. Xiao, which country's court official are you? Whose royal rations do you eat, whose salary do you get? What I need to pledge allegiance to is His Majesty the Emperor of Tang, not the kings of other countries!"

The implication is that Xiao Shen's stance is not clear, but as an official of the Tang Dynasty, he turned his elbows outward, helping Tubo to forget where his butt was sitting.

Ma Yuanju taunted and sarcastically, Xiao Shen could hear it, his face suddenly became gloomy, and angrily pointed at Ma Yuanju, saying: "You, you..."

You waited for a long time, but you couldn't say a word in a daze, and when you became angry, you walked away and walked out of the room.

Ma Yuanju looked at Xiao Shen's leaving figure with disdain, shook his head and smiled wryly: "No wonder Guo Ye and Xiao's brothers can fight each other, as this kid said, this Xiao Zhuangyuan has a whole body of knowledge, and he is in vain as a disciple of the Son of Heaven. But it is indeed not a good bird!"

After all, without stopping any longer, he quietly left the door, left the Hongbin Building, and went to the venue of the dog fighting competition to supervise the work.

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About half an hour later, Xiao Shen came to Jiangxia Palace in the imperial city alone.

Li Daozong heard that Xiao Shen came over, knew that Xiao Shen was in charge of receiving the Tubo mission, there should be some latest news, he did not neglect him, and immediately summoned him in the study.

Entering the study of Prince Jiangxia's Mansion, Xiao Shen didn't even bother to drink tea, so he truthfully told Li Daozong what happened in the Hongbin Building.

Li Daozong pricked up his ears and listened quietly to Xiao Shen's confession, his face was extremely surprised, and he said to himself: "No wonder, no wonder, why did my storytelling class dare to bet heavily on myself to win alone? Take restaurants and shops as bets and mortgages. It turns out that there is something to rely on? Hehe, it's interesting!"

"My lord, how can you still laugh?"

Seeing Li Daozong laughing, Xiao Shen said anxiously: "If this is the case, the probability of winning the calligraphy class will be very high!"

Li Daozong sat down and said to Xiao Shen: "Please tell me the content of those two matches again!"

Xiao Shen groaned, and said: "Except for the first fight, which is scheduled by the Tubo people, the remaining two are all customized by our side. They are fighting fast and fighting wits respectively. The so-called fast fighting is about running. Speed; and the battle of wits is the ability to train dogs, hide the meat in a hidden place, let the dogs of both sides find it, and whoever finds it first wins."

"Oh--"

Li Daozong pondered, and said: "The first fight was called fighting fiercely; the second was the speed of the dog race, so it was called fighting fast; the third was searching for hidden objects, it was a battle of wits. Haha, it was quite interesting. The first In the round, the Snow Mountain Lion is the overlord among dogs, known for its fierceness and combativeness, and it is sure to win."

After a pause, he continued: "However, the Snow Mountain Lion has a strong body and powerful impact, but its running speed is a bit slow. As long as you find a sensitive dog, you will be able to win easily. This book school is really planning! The calligraphy class should have a chance of winning in one round, but in a battle of wits, the Snow Mountain Lion is certainly stupid, but the Tubo people train them all day, so it shouldn’t be difficult to find hidden objects. This third round should be about fifty or five?"

The implication is, at best, one win, one loss and one draw.

Thinking of this, Li Daozong said to Xiao Shen: "Two wins in three rounds. Wouldn't it be better if we tied? We can earn more. Don't forget, although the money won by the betting school class alone is more There are many, but there are more people who bet on the Tibetans to win alone. As long as the two sides are tied, we will be profitable, right? Hahahaha... After all calculations, it is still cheaper for you and me!"

When Xiao Shen heard Li Daozong's analysis, he also nodded secretly, that's right, if it's a tie, we still make money, what the fuck?

However, he still remembered that Feng Manlou was humiliated that day, and he remembered that his younger brother Xiao Ting was bullied by the calligraphy class in the Imperial College. If the calligraphy class was tied, wouldn't it be impossible to get revenge?

Damn, it's really cheap for these bastards!

Seeing Xiao Shen's uncertain face, Li Daozong roughly guessed what Xiao Shen was thinking, and secretly thought, these Xiao family brothers are all gangsters, they are not good for business.

Then he persuaded: "Nephew, let's sit in the dealership and open the gambling market in order to make money. Everything other than money is just floating clouds, understand? Don't compete with money, and don't make trouble with money."

Although Xiao Shen felt aggrieved in his heart, he still lowered his head and cupped his hands and replied: "King Jiang Xia taught you the lesson in time, I understand!"

"Haha, a child can be taught!" Seeing Xiao Shen's understanding of current affairs, King Jiang Xia praised him, "You are a real man if you can hold it and let it go! You are much better than your younger brother. Let's go, my king is in a good mood today." That's right, you can stay at my house for dinner and have a drink or two with the king."

As he said that, he took Xiao Shen's arm and walked out of the study, saying: "A few days ago, a merchant from the Western Regions brought me several large wooden barrels of wine from the Western Regions. Let's go, let you have a taste today~ "

Xiao Shen was overwhelmed by the flattery, and echoed again and again: "It's better to obey than to be respectful, the prince please first."

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