"Is this the Tianshan Snow Lotus you are talking about?"
Wang Xuance looked at the dry plant. If he hadn't known in advance that it was Tianshan Snow Lotus, he would have thought it was just a handful of dead grass.
Is there any trace of the holiness of the snow lotus here? It’s clearly a dried snow lotus!
And this plant is only a hundred years old at most, so it has no meaning in comparison with the thousand-year-old Tianshan Snow Lotus he saw at the beginning!
Sighing, he knew that he had taken it for granted. The one that the teacher got was accidentally obtained by his family, and he had never even heard of it before.
"What happened to your noble envoy? Isn't this Snow Lotus?"
Duanmei Sanbodhi said in confusion.
"Thank you for the gift, Master. However, this snow lotus is only a hundred years old and is still withered. This is not what our teacher wants."
Wang Xuance said that he also knew that he was being embarrassed here, and he braced himself and said, "But thank you, Master. It's because our brothers are greedy, and it makes things difficult for Master. What I said before is invalid, just pretend that we didn't say anything."
After saying that, he took the disappointed Ji Xiancheng and walked outside.
When Duanmei Sanbodhi reacted, she realized that Wang Xuance and others had already left.
"I didn't expect it was just a withered snow lotus, causing our joy to be in vain."
Wang Xuance smiled bitterly.
"Who says it's not the case? We can have as many snow lotuses as we want, but a thousand-year-old snow lotus is extremely difficult!"
Ji Xiancheng was also disappointed.
The two returned to the mission disappointed, but before they could enter the door, they suddenly saw Chai Zhewei running out with an aggrieved look, and hugged the two of them without saying a word.
"Oh my God, you are finally back. If Ludongzan has to beat me to death in a few days, look, look, this is the evidence that the bastard beat me. You must make the decision for us!"
As soon as they came back and heard this guy's complaint, Wang Xuance and the others were a little unsure of what was going on. They quickly asked, "Stand up and tell me what's going on? Although Lu Dongzan is not a good person, he is still the prime minister of a country. How can I hit you for no reason?"
"That's right, tell me why he hit you? If he really dares to hit you for no reason, we brothers will have to fight him!"
Seeing the footprints on his brother's chest, Chai Lingwu was even more furious. Their brother was bullied in Chang'an, but who would have thought that he could be bullied here?
No matter what you say this time, you can’t give up easily!
"Meet the two noble envoys!"
Just as they were talking, the official in charge of the mission, Lang Ri, who stopped Lu Dongzan that day, hurried over.
Wang Xuance took a look and asked directly: "What is going on? I went out for two days and when I came back, I saw the mission guard being beaten by your Prime Minister? What do you want to do? Declaring war on the Tang Dynasty?"
"And this is how you treat guests in Tubo? If you don't welcome me, just say so. We don't have to stay here. If you can't give me an explanation, then prepare to face the wrath of the Tang Dynasty. !」
"Oh, I forgot to tell you that the person you beat is the nephew of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. His mother is the eldest princess of our dynasty, and his father is the current military commander of Jiannan Road."
Langri was confused when he heard this, and immediately complained to Lu Dongzan. He didn't know why he was crazy that day.
"Your Majesty, please calm down, there is a reason for this..."
Then he told the two of them exactly what happened that day when Lu Dongzan was looking for them. He was impartial and restored what happened that day.
After listening, the two glanced at the embarrassed Chai Zhewei and were speechless.
This kid just needs to be beaten. It's not good to offend anyone. He must offend that guy Lu Dongzan?
Although Chai Zhewei brought the suspicion upon himself, he was one of his own after all, and the matter could not just go by like this.
But before he could speak, Langri said: "So that your envoy will know that the Prime Minister knows that he was impulsive. In order to appease your envoy's anger and compensate the young prince, he sent various treasures, about Wan Guan
This is to atone for his sins, so please be careful! "
Ji Xiancheng narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at Langri and said, "Are there really so many?"
"I don't dare to talk nonsense. If you don't believe me, you can ask your companions!"
Wang Xuance grabbed Ji Xiancheng, waved to Langri and said, "You go down first, you don't have anything to do here!"
"Yes, I will resign, villain!"
After Lang Ri left, Chai Zhewei smiled awkwardly at the two of them, but his smile looked like he was crying.
"Brother Wang, please listen to my explanation..."
But how could Wang Xuance and Ji Xiancheng listen to him? Without saying a word, he started to fight. Even Chai Lingwu, who had been fighting for his brother just now, was not idle and started beating him.
What a bastard. Doesn’t this bastard have any ambition?
It doesn't matter if someone beats you up, the worst thing you can do is give him an explanation when the time comes. You must know that what they represent now is the face of Datang. When members of the mission were beaten, this was a slap in the face of the Tang Dynasty, and a slap in the face of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
But how did this person do it? After being beaten, they actually accepted gifts from others. How could they find Lu Dongzan?
Now the embarrassment has been brought to my grandma's house. What if Princess Pingyang or the Prince Consort of Chai, who always prefers to bend over, find out about this matter?
I'm afraid that the princess will be so angry that she comes to Tibet.
"Stop fighting, don't fight, I know it's wrong, I really know it's wrong..."
Chai Zhewei, who was beaten by the crowd and howled like a ghost, had to quickly beg for mercy. But this plea for mercy made the three of them even more angry. This coward, no wonder he was bullied in Chang'an. He is a group of cowards who have no brains. If you don't bully, who will you bully?
It was okay if he didn't beg for mercy. Once he begged for mercy, the three of them beat him even harder. They didn't stop until they were tired!
Looking at Chai Zhewei, whose head looked like a pig's, Wang Xuance breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Where are the things?"
"What?"
Chai Zhewei was a little confused, but when he saw another move, he came to his senses and said quickly: "Here, there, they are all in the yard, I didn't move a single thing!"
Wang Xuance ignored him when he heard this. When he came to the yard, he saw several boxes of things in the distance.
"Open!"
He glared at Chai Zhewei and said.
"Yes, yes, open it now, open it now!"
This thing quickly ran over and opened it, and saw a box of golden light reflected in everyone's eyes. Other boxes were also opened one after another. Although they were not gold, they also contained some valuable jade and agate, which were rare and rare items in Chang'an.
Wang Xuance and Ji Xiancheng's faces twitched as they watched, Wan Guan? This is deceiving a fool!
As long as these things are brought to Chang'an, there will be tens of thousands of money at least. How dare you accept these things directly? In other words, behind this boy are the princess and the prince-consort. If it were anyone else, he would have to be tricked to death!
Accepting money from foreign countries, regardless of whether you seek benefits for them or not, this alone is enough for him to drink a pot.
"Send the things back to Lu Dongzan. If he doesn't accept them, you can go back to Chang'an immediately. Otherwise, you can pray for the rest of the day! Humph!"
After saying that, he ignored him and walked directly into his room.
Only the two brothers who stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes were left!
"Xiancheng, this is the old guy's apology to me. If I accept it, it's nothing, right? Why should I send it back?"
Ji Xiancheng rolled his eyes, come on, this guy hasn't figured out what's going on yet, so he still wants to do big things with his brain? If he doesn't get tricked to death, he will be lucky.
I originally wanted to explain it, but when I saw him like this, I lost my temper!
"I'll send you back if I ask you to. Where's all the nonsense? Lingwu!"
Chai Lingwu hurriedly said: "You are in jail for me and I want to send him back without any loss. If he dares to do anything embarrassing, you will beat him up on our behalf. Do you hear me?"
After all, Chai Lingwu still had some brains. At this time, he also thought of a terrible thing. He glanced at his brother sympathetically and said, "Don't worry, I will watch."
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After Ji Xiancheng also left, Chai Zhewei, who was wearing a pig's head, approached his brother and whispered: "What on earth is going on? Why can't I accept it? This is an apology given to me, why should I not accept it?"
Chai Lingwu looked at his brothers with pity and sighed: "What do you think our status is now?"
"Envoy from the Tang Dynasty!"
"Then who do we represent?"
"Is it Tang...is it...your majesty?"
At this time, no matter how stupid Chai Zhewei was, he understood. He suddenly turned pale and said, "Quick, quick, loosen the thing back quickly. Why don't you give it back if I don't take it back?"
He also figured it out at this time. This was humiliating Datang and bringing a black eye to his uncle's face!
If this was reported back, his mother would beat him half to death without His Majesty doing anything to them. Maybe his dad is still shouting "Come on!"
In the room, Wang Xuance raised his forehead and said, "Teacher, are you really going to hand over this bastard to us? If some people find out about this, why don't you smear me to death? The road is so far away today, who cares? What’s the truth about your matter? A rumor is enough for us to eat a pot.”
"Okay, okay, you can calm down about this. It's not like you don't know about the relationship between the teacher and the princess? Not to mention the teacher, the princess has been kind to us over the years, so let's return the favor then!"
When Ji Xiancheng saw Wang Xuance like this, he could only console him.
"Besides, this matter is not as serious as you think. Send a letter directly to the teacher and ask him to tell the princess and let her have a headache!"
Wang Xuance nodded numbly and sighed. That’s all it can do!
But he still said: "This incident reveals something strange. Do you think Lu Dongzan came to us for some urgent matter? And he beat him up? This is not like his past style!"
Wang Xuance felt that this was wrong as soon as he thought about it. How could he not know Chai Zhewei's identity after staying in Chang'an for a long time, but still beat him up for a trivial matter. According to other guards, if the official named Lang hadn't tried his best to stop him just now, maybe he wouldn't have been beaten.
This bastard Chai Zhewei should be blamed for this. He just said that the person was not here. If he had to play tricks on others, wouldn't he be looking for a beating?
"I don't want to think about it anymore. There is definitely something wrong with Lu Dongzan, and it's not a big deal. Just watch, he will definitely come here again soon."
Ji Xiancheng found the tea cup and said directly.
"That's right. I just don't know what happened to make him lose his temper like this?"
The two of them thought about it for a long time, but they never thought that Lu Dongzan could do anything to them. The two of them simply didn't think about it anymore. Tomorrow was the day when they were going to meet the Lord of Tubo and they had to be prepared, so they went to bed early.
Look here again.
When Lu Dongzan came back and saw the Chai Zhewei brothers and several big boxes in front of the mansion, he was a little confused. In the past few days, his mind had been filled with Zanpu's treatment and Zizhu Temple, and he had long forgotten about it.
"Eh? Isn't this my young master? What happened? Who beat you like this?"
Seeing the pig-headed Chai Zhewei, Lu Dongzan said doubtfully.
"Huh, isn't it because of you?" Chai Zhewei said angrily.
"Me? What happened to me? Isn't what happened that day in the past? I also apologized, what? If the young master still dislikes me, how about doubling it?"
"Then I'll spare you the trouble, Prime Minister. This matter is also my brother's fault. I can't accept this gift at any cost. No, we heard about it just after we came back. Ambassador Wang and Deputy Envoy Ji were extremely angry about this matter. I taught him a lesson when I came back."
"And ordered people to return the things to the Prime Minister, otherwise, he will have no choice but to be driven back to the Tang Dynasty. I hope the Prime Minister can understand!"
After saying that, he cupped his fists and saluted, put down his things and turned around to leave, leaving only Lu Dongzan alone.
"Haha! You really deserve to be a disciple of whoever you are, and everything is done flawlessly. I'm really looking forward to it..."
After saying that, he ordered everyone to put the things away. Since giving gifts brings trouble to others, I won't give them away. There will always be something that can impress them.
Although Tubo was in decline, it had a vast territory and a lot of good things. I heard Duanmei Sanbodhi say that they have a special liking for the Tianshan Snow Lotus of the same vintage. Maybe they can start from this aspect?
On the second day, after Wang Xuance and others had finished packing, someone came over to guide them.
The two of them brought some prepared gifts and accompanied the visitor to the meeting hall.
In the Red Palace, Songtsen Gampo did not look sick at all at this time. He looked at the people in the hall with a majestic look and said: "This time the envoys of the Tang Dynasty passed by me from Tibet, and today is the day to receive them. When they come, you must not be rude. This time, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty and I, Tubo, have no barriers at all, so we must not offend them. As long as we give them gifts, we will be fine."
"Do you understand?"
Everyone in the hall looked at me and I looked at you. Although they were unwilling to do so, they had no choice but to obey Zan Pu's words. After looking at the indifferent Prime Minister, they also understood that this matter should have been discussed between Zanpu and the Prime Minister.
This was a good time for Tubo to accumulate power, and it would be good for them not to offend the Tang Dynasty without offending them.
"I'll understand later!"
Songtsen Gampo nodded and said to Lu Dongtsen beside him: "Invite them to the temple!"
"Invite the envoy of the Tang Dynasty to come to the palace!"
Everyone, who looked a little loose just now, suddenly sat upright and looked towards the entrance of the hall, wanting to see what the envoy of the Tang Dynasty looked like.
Wang Xuance and Ji Xiancheng were dressed in Tang Dynasty robes and brocade cloaks. Their exquisite and luxurious costumes immediately made the people in Tibet, who had always been withered, shine with envy!
As the saying goes, a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle. The two people who are originally the best among men put on decent clothes and received strict teachings from childhood. Whether it is etiquette or temperament, they are all eye-catching. Songtsan Gampo can see it. I have to praise this talented person.
"The envoy of the Tang Dynasty, the young minister of Honglu Temple, the Marquis of Yingchuan County, Wang Xuance, have met the Crown Prince of Tubo!"
"The envoy from the Tang Dynasty, the head of the Ministry of Etiquette, Qishan Bo, Ji Xiancheng, have met His Majesty the Crown Prince of Tubo!"
The two of them have achieved the ultimate in etiquette, which is to say: the beauty of clothes is called China, and the great etiquette is called Xia.
Such a style immediately made everyone in the hall lively, and it was pleasing to the eye even to look at it. It had to be admired!
