The general manager got up from the ground.
Walk a few steps quickly, arrive in front of the courtyard door first, and reach out to push the courtyard door open.
After pushing it, I found that the courtyard door was bolted shut from the inside.
Instead, he knocked on the door knocker with his hand.
Wei Guogong and Funinghui were waiting outside the courtyard gate.
He always grabbed the knocker on the door and kept knocking on it. If someone inside didn't open the door, he wouldn't stop.
However, he was not kept waiting for long.
The people in the yard took down the wooden bolt and opened the door from the inside.
"The Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Funing are here to visit your Ambassador Hong. Why don't you ask your Ambassador Hong to come out to greet you." The general said to the people coming out of the courtyard.
The person who opened the door glanced outside.
He noticed Wei Guogong, Funing Hou and others standing behind him.
"Wait!"
After leaving those two words behind, he turned around and returned to the courtyard, not forgetting to close the courtyard door before leaving.
"If you go to call someone, you still have to close the door. There are so many things." The boss grumbled, then returned to Wei Guogong and Funing Hou, hunched over and said with a careful smile, "Young Master, Mr. Hou, I We’ve already gone in to deliver the message.”
However, Wei Guogong and Funing Hou ignored him at all.
Wei Guogong stepped directly up the stone steps in front of the courtyard door and reached out to push the courtyard door in front of him.
This time the courtyard door was not locked from the inside, so it was pushed open all at once.
Duke Guo of Wei immediately stepped in.
Funing Hou naturally followed him, crossed the threshold with his legs and entered the courtyard.
The two people just broke into the yard.
The boss who stayed outside was stunned for a moment.
"Are you in such a hurry?" He muttered in a low voice, but he didn't move slowly and hurriedly followed.
However, as soon as Wei Guogong and Funing Hou entered the courtyard, they were immediately blocked by the guards guarding the courtyard.
One after another, black fire cannons were pointed at them.
The general who came in behind hurriedly stepped forward and stood in front of Wei Guogong and Funing Hou. He yelled at the guards holding firecrackers in front of them and said, "Quickly put down the firecrackers. These two are Wei Guogong and Funing Hou." Hou, if you hurt them, even ten of your lives won’t be enough to compensate them.”
Unfortunately, these guards ignored the commander at all and kept pointing their guns at them.
At this time, Funing Hou said: "I and Wei Guogong are here to visit you, Ambassador Hong. Please go in and report."
Facing these guards with tiger-shaped flags in front of him, he did not show off his intention to appease Ninghou.
Because he knew that he, the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty, might not be effective in front of the people of the Tiger Character Banner.
"Wait here." One of the guards said.
Funing Hou had no choice but to wait here with Wei Guogong.
Fortunately, they were already standing in the yard, so they didn't need to wait too long.
Originally, he wanted to scold these tiger-character flag guards for their ignorance, but seeing that Wei Guogong and Funing Hou chose to wait where they were, they accompanied them obediently.
After a while, footsteps came from deep in the yard.
Soon, Hong Chengchou came up to him with a smile on his face and greeted him warmly: "My lord, my lord, I have kept you two waiting for a long time."
"It doesn't matter, I didn't wait long." Wei Guogong said, "Ambassador Hong should be able to guess the purpose of my visit, right?"
Hong Chengchou did not answer the question, but said, "Please, if you have anything to say, let's go to the house and talk."
Wei Guogong and Funing Hou followed Hong Chengchou to the backyard.
On the way from the front yard to the back yard, Wei Guogong and Funing Hou found that the people in the Tiger Flag had packed their things and were moving them to the carriage.
The boss who was following at the end looked surprised when he noticed this.
Although he was guarding the outside of the courtyard, he didn't know what was going on in the courtyard.
Now seeing the people in the Tiger Flag carrying things, he guessed that the reason why Duke Wei and Funing Hou came at the same time might have something to do with this incident.
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"Ambassador Hong has packed everything?" Hou Ning couldn't help but ask.
Hong Chengchou explained: "Pack it up in advance so that you don't have to be in a hurry when you leave."
"Actually, there is no need to leave in such a hurry." Hou Ning said meaningfully.
Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've been out, and things haven't been done. Why don't I go back early, eat and sleep here every day, and eat after I've slept. I've gained several pounds during this period."
"It's better to be fatter and richer." Hou Ning said.
When they came to the house, several people took their seats respectively.
"Everything has been put away, but I couldn't leave any tea leaves. Don't blame me." Hong Chengchou said apologetically.
Duke Guo of Wei looked at the young man sitting next to Hong Chengchou and said, "This must be Envoy Yang! He is indeed young and promising. You can tell he is a talented person at first glance."
"The Duke has given you too much praise." Yang Jiachen said politely.
Wei Guogong shook his head and said, "I am definitely not exaggerating on purpose. Envoy Yang can afford the words "young and talented."
This time Yang Jiachen simply smiled.
Duke Guo of Wei turned to look at Hong Chengchou and said, "Ambassador Hong should be able to guess the purpose of my visit, right?"
He once again mentioned his purpose.
Hong Chengchou hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"Since Ambassador Hong knows it, I will tell you straight away, you have to leave for the time being." Wei Guogong stared at Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou was the official envoy of the Tiger-Character Banner to the Ming Dynasty. He believed that as long as Hong Chengchou decided to stay, the other deputy envoy would not object.
Hong Chengchou shook his head.
Seeing this, Wei Guogong looked disappointed.
Hou Ning, who was on the side, said at this time: "If Ambassador Hong leaves because of the peace talks, why not stay for a few more days, maybe there will be a turn for the better."
"I'm afraid I don't even believe what the Marquis said!" Hong Chengchou looked at Funing Marquis with a smile.
Marquis Funing choked.
But he still firmly promised: "We will work together on the peace talks. I believe that we will be able to give Ambassador Hong a satisfactory result. The premise is that Ambassador Hong needs to stay."
"How can the Marquis convince so many officials in the DPRK and China who are opposed to peace talks with our Tiger-Character Banner? In addition, it is obvious to everyone how the people in the city view our Tiger-Character Banner. After these days of contact, to be honest, I am no longer optimistic about the peace talks." Hong Chengchou said with regret.
Duke Guo of Wei looked at Hong Chengchou and asked, "Is there really no room at all?"
Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "It's not that we don't leave room, but that the Ming Dynasty is unwilling to leave room for us. We are all Han people, but some people in the Ming court would rather associate with foreigners than deal with the Tiger Flag, who are also Han people. , in this case, why should I stay and be annoying, why not go back earlier, which can be regarded as winning the hearts of some people."
