While Zhang Shou was marveling, he saw the young man put the last tile in his hand on the roof and then jumped directly from the roof to the ground.
At this height, most people would probably break their legs, but he seemed to be as light as a feather when he landed, and not even a speck of dust was stirred up. This shocked Zhang Shou even more. He didn't expect that the envoys of Jingyuan's mission were not only so young, but also had good martial arts skills.
As Shao Xi walked this way, he raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his face. As a result, the dust on his face was wiped into pieces by him, making him look even more funny.
Walking up to Zhang Shou, he bowed his hand to Zhang Shou. Before he could return the favor, Shao Xi turned around, picked up the kettle next to him, and poured water into the spout of the pot. Zhang Shou was stunned and thought, is this still an official of the imperial court? He behaves so boldly and boldly, almost like a figure in the world.
After filling up the water and putting down the kettle, Shao Xi smiled at Zhang Shou and said, "I made Mr. Zhang laugh. I have been really busy these two days. I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to come unexpectedly. Please forgive me for my lack of etiquette."
Zhang Shou quickly raised his hands and said: "Master Shao, you're welcome. This is not above the court, and you and I don't have to be polite. I just came here to discuss the matters of the past few days with Master Shao."
"What happened a few days ago? What happened a few days ago?"
With that said, Shao Xi turned to look at Tao Qingyun.
Tao Qingyun quickly replied: "My lord, have you forgotten in a hurry? A few days ago, we detained the chief of the Nanzhao reception group. You also said that this person crossed the border privately into our country, Jingyuan, to spy on the military situation. He must be Those who are severely punished will not be punished!"
"What? Is that man still alive? He hasn't chopped off his head yet? How did you do it?"
Tao Qingyun quickly bowed and cupped his hands, lowered his head, suppressed a smile and did not dare to look up.
When Zhang Shou heard this, he was like, what a guy! It turned out that they were not only detaining, but also beheading their leader. The envoy acted boldly, without any regard for the consequences!
But then I thought about it, maybe this was a warning from the other party to tell myself that they were not that easy to talk to. If they didn't sincerely apologize now, they would not let this matter go so easily. It seemed that this Jing Yuanguo's The young envoy is indeed a difficult figure.
Before leaving, Zhao Hongjin had instructed that the other party should also condemn the detention of officials and ask the other party to apologize. But now it seems that things are not that easy. The other party does not feel that there is anything wrong with him, but he feels confident.
"Master Shao, I think there must be some misunderstanding. As far as I know, our manager Wang was invited by Master Shao to come to the governor's mansion of Nanshui County. He only said that he had something to discuss, but he didn't know Why was he detained when he got here? Should Mr. Shao give us an explanation for this?"
Shao Xi looked at Zhang Shou with a smile and said cheerfully: "Explanation? What explanation? Who was your chief invited by? I don't know! I only know that he crossed the border privately and entered Jingyuan's country. You said he was Come to see me? But I have never seen him! How can you say he was invited by me? If I invited him, how could I never meet him? Master Zhang just listened to his subordinates I'm afraid it would be unfair to say something so arbitrary, right?"
After Zhang Shou heard this, he began to curse in his heart. This was obviously a hooligan!
Obviously you sent someone to call the principal over, but now you say you don't know anything and completely shirk the responsibility. But the terrible thing is that there is no evidence at all, but people cross the border and enter Jingyuan Kingdom. It's a fact.
This was clearly like knocking out Nan Zhao's teeth and then forcing Nan Zhao to swallow it himself. This was a very rogue approach, but there was nothing anyone could do to them.
Zhang Shou suddenly felt that the young man in front of him was very thoughtful and cunning, and he was by no means as harmless as he seemed on the surface.
This young man must not be underestimated. On the surface, he looks like a young junior, but in fact he is mature and calm in his heart, and his methods are flexible and sophisticated. He is not half worse than the old fritters in the officialdom. He may not even be his. opponent.
"Master Shao, what you said is wrong. If our officials were not invited by you and others, how could they enter your country privately? It is a customary agreement on the border that officials from both sides will cross the border to attend the appointment when invited. How can we do it now? Is it the case that Chief Wang secretly crossed the border to spy on Jingyuan’s military situation? The previous issue of the official rank of the leader of the reception team was indeed improperly arranged by our Southern Zhao and not well thought out. But if we detain our officials as a threat because of this matter, is it right? Aren’t you going a little too far?”
Shao Xi saw that the other party had started to bring up the topic, so he deliberately put on a serious look and said: "How can this matter be related to the official rank of the leader of the reception team? Our Jingyuan Empire is a majestic Central Plains country. How can a big country care about these trivial matters with a small border country? Even if you send an unworthy official to receive us, it will not change the fact that Nan Zhao is just a small country in a corner. Why do we need to fight with a small country in the corner of the country? Is a small country so concerned about superficial matters? The king’s private crossing of the border involves military affairs, so it’s no small matter! Please don’t change the subject, Mr. Zhang, and make a big thing a trivial matter.”
Zhang Shou was speechless for a moment when Shao Xi said it. He thought to himself, why are you taking it so seriously? It was obviously because of the official rank of the leader of the reception team that he was detained as a threat. Why did he make it seem like he wanted to use the reception team to cover up Chief Wang's cross-border espionage of military intelligence? Why does it seem that the more we talk, the more detrimental it is to me?
It was Zhang Shou's unlucky fate to meet such a bastard like Shao Xi. Now this logic could not be justified anyway, so it seemed that the only way to do this was to plead for mercy. Although he was unwilling to do so, Zhang Shou really couldn't find any other way to solve the matter at the moment.
"Master Shao, since your Holy Majesty sent Master Shao to our Southern Zhao country as an envoy, he must have wanted to establish friendly relations with our Southern Zhao country instead of making each other hostile. Therefore, I feel that there is no need to argue over this matter. Right and wrong. In short, our arrangements in the Southern Zhao Kingdom were not thorough enough before, and some things were indeed ill-considered. Sir Shao, please don’t mind me. As for the matter of the king’s affairs, it must be a misunderstanding. I will speak for me here. The Holy Lord of Southern Zhao expressed his apology to Master Shao, and I, the Prime Minister of Southern Zhao, even wrote a letter to show my sincerity and asked Master Shao to read it."
With that said, Zhang Shou took out the letter written by Han Zeng to Shao Xi from his arms and handed it to Shao Xi.
Shao Xi took it and read it. The letter contained a long and eloquent letter. In fact, the meaning was very simple. Everything before was just a misunderstanding. Please don't mind Shao Xi. Southern Zhao still welcomes Jing Yuanguo's mission. From Southern Zhao. This time, Zhang Shou, the Minister of Rites, was specially sent to be responsible for the reception. I hope that this mission can continue smoothly and create a good environment for border trade for the people of the two countries. It is also a blessing to the people of the two countries, and so on...
There is only one central idea: everything that happened before is over, the mission of the mission continues, and everything that follows is easy to talk about.
Shao Xi curled his lips and said to Tao Qingyun on the side: "Isn't this just looking for trouble for yourself? If it had been like this, nothing would have happened? Now we have to make the emperor and the prime minister have to worry about this kind of thing, isn't it? Aren't you asking for trouble? Mr. Tao, you have to remember that an official should share the worries of the king, not cause trouble for his own emperor. From now on, you must remember to be rigorous in doing things, and don't let the emperor worry about you."
Tao Qingyun quickly bowed and cupped his hands and replied: "Xiaguan, please remember Master Shao's teachings. Nothing like this will ever happen to Xiaguan. Although we in Nanshui County are not rich, we can still be self-sufficient and will never give anything to you." Your Majesty will not cause any trouble, and will never let His Majesty be distracted by trivial matters like ours. As a minister, if you can't even do this, wouldn't you be a minister in vain? Why don't you resign and return home!"
Let's just say that these two people sing and harmonize, how much harm do they have to do? All the words seemed to be said to each other, but even a fool could tell that the words were meant for Zhang Shou. Such a conversation has made the officials of Southern Zhao worthless. They are obviously a bunch of trash. This is more insulting than directly cursing people.
Zhang Shou felt uncomfortable sitting aside!
He knew that the other party was mocking him and the Southern Zhao officials, but there was no evidence.
What does one's own superior say to his subordinates? If he expresses any dissatisfaction, wouldn't he be stepping on that thunder? When people say he has a glass heart, he will have to bear with it. How uncomfortable does it feel to know that the other person is scolding you, but there is no way to prove that the other person is scolding you?
At this time, Zhang Shou could only comfort himself. After all, it was his fault before, and he didn't blame others for offending others, but now he had to listen to what others said? The overall situation is the most important thing in everything. Don’t screw up the mission assigned by the Holy Lord. It is better than anything else. As long as you can make Jing Yuanguo’s envoy go to Nanzhao smoothly and bring them into the capital to meet with the Holy Lord, you will feel a little wronged. Just feel a little wronged!
In fact, what Shao Xi said is right. If an official cannot relieve the emperor of his worries and only causes trouble for his own emperor, it is better to resign and go home.
Thinking of this, Zhang Shou seemed to feel better, so he hurriedly took out the gift he had prepared before and handed it to Shao Xi.
"Master Shao, this is a small gift that I personally prepared. I give it to Master Shao to express my apology. I hope that Master Shao will accept it without disdain and give me some face."
"Oh? I wonder what kind of gift Master Zhang gave me?"
Zhang Shou quickly opened the box and introduced to Shao Xi: "This is our specialty of Southern Zhao. They are deep-sea clam pearls from the South China Sea. Every year, many clams lose their lives in order to salvage these pearls and clams. It can be said that people exchange pearls for pearls." , very rare and precious.”
Shao Xi wiped his hands on his clothes, took the huge clam bead in the box in his hand, looked at it carefully, and muttered something in his mouth. He didn't know if he was talking to Zhang Shou or to himself. .
"It's big enough! The color is pretty enough! I wonder how many human lives it took to get this bead? Such a bead stained with human blood, no matter how beautiful the color is, is still blood red in my eyes. It's something that was exchanged for human lives." I still feel uneasy because I’m afraid that I might hear the cries of an innocent soul when I fall asleep in the middle of the night.”
After speaking, Shao Xi raised his hand and threw the priceless bead to Tao Qingyun.
"Your horoscope should be relatively strong, so I'll give it to you. You can keep it!"
Zhang Shou: "..."
Tao Qingyun: "..."
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