After becoming the king of the subjugated country

Those two words became a pain in Xia Ye's heart, it hurt when poked, and uncomfortable when thinking about it.

Unable to bear it any longer, he simply found a time to copy the characters of the Emperor of Yue, found a scholar who was preparing to take the exam, spent another 3000 taels of silver, and asked him what the characters were.

The scholar glanced at him, and blurted out to Xia Ye, "Shit!"

Xia Ye changed his face on the spot and almost drew his sword. This was the first time someone scolded him in person like this!

The scholar quickly waved his hands, "No, no, I didn't mean your shit, I meant it."

Seeing that Xia Ye's face became more and more ugly, the scholar explained without tears: "I'm not saying it's shit, I mean the two words written on it are shit."

Damn, these Xia people won't beat him, will they?

Xia Ye: "..."

He was almost angered and hurt internally, so the only two words that the emperor of the Yue Kingdom gave to his courtiers was to swear at people and shit?

Seeing that the situation was not good, Envoy Feng quickly arranged for someone to send the scholar away, half intimidating and half threatening, telling him not to go out and talk nonsense, and just keep the money.

The scholar shivered, feeling that the silver was too hot, and he didn't dare to receive it in his arms.

Xia Ye would naturally suspect that these memorials were put together like this on purpose, so he quietly sent his men to follow Pan Xia from the Geisha.

As a result, an hour passed, and the five people sent did not come back. Xia Ye felt something was wrong, so he sent another ten people, but they still didn't come back. Xia Ye finally fell silent and gathered all the people.

On the second day, Jing Zhaoyin's people came to the door, and they were very polite. Behind him was a total of fifteen black-clothed men, all of them tied tightly, with cloth stuffed in their mouths.

Jing Zhaoyin showed a subtle smile, "I was dealing with daily affairs yesterday, but I found these sneaky people hiding in the street after the curfew, so I arrested them, but they still dared to talk To the distinguished guests of Xia Kingdom. If not, I’ll just pull them all over and confront you on the spot.”

Facing Xia Ye's cold eyes, Jing Zhaoyin said: "King Xian, do you know these people?"

Xia Ye's eyes swept over them, and said coldly: "I don't know."

Jing Zhaoyin said bluntly: "Since the virtuous king said he didn't know each other, then it is true, listen to the orders from left and right, and kill these thieves who slandered the noble envoys immediately!"

Before Xia Ye could speak, the yamen servants standing behind the men in black took up their long knives and chopped off their necks. Some men in black struggled desperately and ran towards Xia Ye, only to be dragged back and chopped head.

Blood flowed all over the floor, and the corpses of fifteen people were completely separated. Some people in Xia Guo's envoy group were familiar with these people, and their eyes turned red.

Xia Ye suddenly turned gloomy, "What is this for?"

Jing Zhaoyin laughed, "Naturally, I am making amends to King Xian. They have slandered you, and they will pay with their lives."

Looking at the tense, fearful or thoughtful eyes of the people behind Xia Ye, Jing Zhaoyin smiled triumphantly and walked away.

The master next to him stepped forward and complimented: "Your Excellency's move can be said to be a knock on the mountain."

Jing Zhaoyin sneered, "This way is nothing, the main reason is that the virtuous king is obviously too young, he didn't react, and he didn't protect these people. Those who obey the virtuous king's order will die and be sacrificed by him. Then, there will not be so many people who are willing to work for him, after all, they have to think about whether the King Xian is willing to help them when it is critical."

After more than ten years in the officialdom, there is a lot of knowledge about how to behave and do things.

Sitting in the palace, Ji Chen received pieces of information.

Qin Sheng and You Han have already gone to the Baiyi tribe, and the trip went smoothly, and they have already started to return; Ji Pei and Bi Xuan plunged into the weapon manufacturing workshop, and completed [-] large guns the day before yesterday, and they have been distributed to the soldiers for trial use. appropriate.

Ning Wenzheng finished building half of the village, and started to build roads again. By the way, he arranged the design of the carriage, which was bound to unblock the traffic in the entire capital. Tang Qian went to General Qiao to ask about the art of war, but Ji Shao ran to General Qiao every day, and the frontier The generals from all over the country mingled together, and the martial arts field was in full swing.

"It's almost time." Bai Qi said.

Ji Chen closed the memorial, "Okay, you can go."

In mid-September, Ji Chen formally summoned Xia Guolai's envoys, invited Xia Guo's envoys team into the palace with great momentum, held a large banquet, and invited all civil and military officials to go together.

This is also the only official meeting between Xia and Yue in the past 50 years.

Jiang Zilin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, led a group of officials from the Ministry of Rites to welcome Xia Guo's team into the palace at the inn, "It's rare to meet you today, it's really disappointing to welcome you."

Xia Ye naturally sat at the first place and invited the group to drink tea.

He is the younger brother of the Emperor Xia, a virtuous king proclaimed by the late Emperor, and he also helped the Emperor Xia ascend the throne. Regardless of his family background or ability, he is considered superior to others. At this moment, he laughed, "It's really rare, I have come here for about ten years Holy shit, this is the first time I saw Jiang Shangshu today. However, Prime Minister Qin didn’t come today, which surprised me. I heard that Prime Minister Qin is sick now. , otherwise, if the State of Yue is incapable of saving Prime Minister Qin, he can be sent to our State of Xia."

Jiang Zilin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, said with a smile: "Unfortunately, Prime Minister Qin has recovered from his illness recently, and the imperial doctor said that it will not be a problem to live another seven or eight years."

Xia Ye raised his eyebrows, "Really? How did I hear that Prime Minister Qin was so angry with the emperor of your country that he vomited blood several times? If this continues, Prime Minister Qin will be buried."

Jiang Zilin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, shook his head helplessly, "The news about the sage king is out of date. This is about the late emperor and the first prince, not your majesty. But how does the sage king know this? Could it be that he went down to meet them?"

The two sides quarreled for a round, and finally broke up. The Minister of Rites Jiang Zilin dryly read His Majesty's will, saying that the banquet will be held at noon today, and left without even finishing a cup of tea on the table.

When the people left, Envoy Feng cupped his hands and said, "They are too hard-spoken. Let me see, it might be a show of force."

Xia Ye was extremely annoyed, "Like the emperor of Yue, I don't know what these courtiers are insisting on!"

Envoy Feng poured a cup of tea for Xia Ye, "My lord, don't worry, Prime Minister Qin is over 70 now, and old general Qiao is over [-]. They won't live for a few years. When they die, the civil and military leaders will die at the same time. Of course it won't work."

"But I don't want to wait." Xia Ye's eyes were burning with a fiery light.

Shen Hong, the general standing by, said, "I am willing to die for Xia Guo."

During the noon banquet, the officials of the Ministry of Rites passed the news again and again, leading a group of more than one hundred Xia Guo envoys to enter.

The opening was a song and dance troupe with more than [-] people, all from Jiaofangsi. Gorgeously dressed dancers twirled and jumped on the stage, and the drums of the musicians became more and more impassioned.

Xia Ye simply formed the team into a phalanx, and he was also wearing armor, leading a group of majestic soldiers and civil servants through the passage, but his smile gradually disappeared. He looked at the luxury everywhere and sneered in his heart.

After entering Suideng Pavilion, Xia Ye was almost blinded by the golden eyes everywhere.

I saw a one-meter-wide golden lotus shining brightly in the center of the pavilion.The surrounding layout is also full of splendor, extravagant and extravagant, with lights and festoons all the way.

It was rare for Ji Chen to change into a decent attire, but he showed a bit of majesty and bearing, "Everyone has come from a long way, but it's hard work. King Xia Guoxian is really handsome, and all the envoys have their own merits."

Xia Ye was a little puzzled, did he only have a good appearance? ?

This emperor can't speak too much, he is a prince, what is important is that face!

Xia Ye didn't really want to talk to the emperor who only put Xs on memorials, but at any rate they were envoys, so they couldn't be too much, so he said politely: "Seeing is better than hearing a hundred times, Your Majesty is also very dignified."

The two sides were seated in east and west, Prime Minister Qin led the civil servants, Old General Qiao led the military officials, and Xia Ye was surrounded by the civil servants and generals of the Xia Kingdom.

Envoy Feng was the first to ask, "I heard that Empress Song of the late emperor and his wife were deeply in love with each other. I wonder where the empress dowager of your country is now?"

Ji Pei, who was sitting in the front row, raised his head suddenly, pressed the firing mechanism on his hand, and a sharp arrow was shot out in front of everyone, hitting the brim of Envoy Feng's hat with a click, and Shen Hong only had time to swing the scabbard to shoot the arrow. The arrow missed, but the arrow still took the hat and flew out. The arrow had enough strength to fly straight to the wall, and finally stopped after three points into the wood.

People around screamed and dodged away.

Shen Hong's face was ugly, the huge force from the scabbard just now was much stronger than ordinary crossbow | arrows.

Envoy Feng froze for a moment, stroked his hair, realized what had happened, stepped back in embarrassment, and fixed his eyes on Ji Pei.

Ji Chen only felt that this group of people was full and panicked, "Why isn't the queen mother of your country here? Why don't you go and invite the queen mother of Xia country, and I will also invite Madam Qiao to let them exchange feelings? "

Envoy Feng said: "How can this be the same! Who is Mrs. Qiao? How can she compare with the queen mother of our country? Besides, who is the archer? How can she use force at the banquet at will?"

Ji Chen said perfunctorily: "My brother, he is young, he accidentally pressed the wrong place when he was playing with the bow | crossbow, and then he shot it. Are you all right? Don't worry about it like my brother."

Old General Qiao also stood up abruptly, "Empress Song and the first emperor have a deep relationship, and they are praying in the temple now. Mrs. Qiao is my daughter, you have an opinion!"

General Qiao's figure was not considered majestic, but it was the long-term shadow of the Xia people. Envoy Feng cursed secretly that he was simply a group of barbaric peasants who were unreasonable.

Xia Ye finally said earnestly: "It's rare to come to Yue country. Is there any young talents in Yue country who can compete with us?"

In order to enter the palace this time, he also brought a lot of people, how could he not practice his skills.

At the same time, Xia Ye also specifically emphasized that he is a young talent.

It's not the old general Joe who is over 70.

Ji Chen glanced at the crowd, and before he had time to speak, he saw Ji Shao excitedly stand up, "Second Brother...Emperor Brother, I would like to try it."

Old General Qiao nodded to Ji Chen, indicating that it was possible.Upon seeing this, Prime Minister Qin gestured to the others not to speak and to obey His Majesty's orders.

Except for a few people, no one knew that during the period when Ji Shao went to the frontier, she also gave up her identity, mixed into the barracks for a period of time, and honed herself on the battlefield.

Only a very few people know that the first batch of weapons produced by Ji Pei were all armed to the [-] Royal Forest Army that was drawn out, and these people are currently handed over to Ji Shao.

Xia Ye sneered, "Your Majesty of the Yue Kingdom, don't the men of your country feel ashamed for letting a weak woman stand out?"

"That's not necessary," Ji Chen said seriously: "If you lose to the weak woman you said later, do you feel ashamed?"