On the third day after arriving in Wusu Kingdom, it was chen hour in the morning.
Song Che came to the palace with the tribute caravan of the Posas Kingdom as promised.
As expected, they were stopped by the guards.
"The king is ill and no one is around. You'd better come back!"
"At least our batch of tribute gifts must be sent in, right?"
Song Che pointed to the dozen boxes of goods carried on the carriage behind him. He opened another box in front of the guards, took out the silk and fire cloth and said: "These are all top-quality silk and fire cloth, worth as much as gold." Wait, your country can't let us transport it back."
The guard guarding the door was in trouble for a while.
At this time, Hadir also appeared as promised. He pretended to walk out of the palace by chance and asked:
"What happened? Why do so many people gather at the entrance of the palace? I wonder if my father is recovering from illness?"
When the guard saw that it was the prince, he explained the reason for Song Che's visit.
"Idiot! Daliang is from the upper dynasty. The envoy traveled thousands of miles to visit, but you turned him away!" Hadir angrily scolded the guards.
"His Royal Highness, it is the National Preceptor who has told me——"
"So what if we have explained it? Could it be that if my father is ill, the country will stop functioning? If the envoys are turned away, which country will respect Wusu in the future?" Hadir shouted: "Everyone, get out of my way! If the Imperial Master blames you, just say it was me who gave the order!"
The guard did not dare to disobey and bowed his head to get out of the way.
"I also ask for your forgiveness, two envoys. My father is not in good health recently and he really can't see guests. I am the prince of this country, Hadir, and I will receive you. Please." Hadir made a gesture of invitation.
"May the king recover as soon as possible." Song Che returned the gift, waved slightly, and led the caravan into the palace.
The guards wanted to follow, but Hadir scolded: "What? There are just a dozen or so unarmed businessmen, are you still afraid that they will cause trouble in the palace? Get back all of them!"
The guard hesitated for a moment, then bowed and retreated.
Hadir brought the caravan into the tribute courtyard and closed the door before he dared to ask: "Teacher, you saw it just now. Those guards are all under the orders of the imperial guards. You only lead these dozen people and you have no weapons. How can you kill them?" Is that a national thief?"
However, Song Che walked over, reopened the gate of the Gongyuan, and smiled calmly: "Your Highness, don't worry, every piece of silk I shipped is of the highest quality. I guarantee that the Imperial Master will not be able to put it down after seeing it."
"Teacher!" Hadir gritted his teeth, came to a big tree in the courtyard, and pulled out the sword from the hole of the tree. "Look, I have been prepared for a long time!"
"You idiot!" Nangong Yue hurriedly took Hadir's sword and stuffed it back into the tree hole. "Since my boss has promised, he is fully confident. You close the door and hold the sword at the same time, for fear that others will not know what you want." What for?"
Hadir was a little confused, "This..."
"Okay, Your Highness, now take our documents and invite the Imperial Master in. Remember, you must act realistically and don't look panicked." Song Che took out two documents from his sleeves. The ultimatum was handed to Hadir and warned.
Hadir nodded solemnly, took the document and walked out of the Gongyuan, but he didn't go out for a while and hurriedly came back:
"Old...teacher, the Imperial Master is here, and he brings twenty or thirty guards with him!"
Song Che quickly winked at him, "Don't look back, don't panic, just pretend like nothing happened, go quickly!"
Hadir took a deep breath and turned around again to walk outside the Gongyuan. After a while, there was a conversation outside the courtyard:
"Your Highness, I heard that you received two caravans from other countries. Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?"
"When does this prince need to report to you, the Imperial Preceptor? Please get out of the way, the Imperial Preceptor. I am about to take the document to my father to have it stamped."
"Your Highness, you are too immature. The king is lying in bed, so how can you get the national seal? Leave these two ultimatums to me for correction."
Master Xinjue dodged the document and walked proudly into the Gongyuan with his guards regardless of Hadir's expression.
He stood at the door, opened the documents one by one, and after confirming that they were correct, he walked into the courtyard with a smile, saluted Song Che and Bea, informed him of his identity as the Imperial Master, and said some words of thanks for the reception. Say "I am the manager of this country."
"Daliang hasn't been to Wusu country for a long time. Your sudden visit is just to give gifts, right?" Master Xinjue asked.
Song Che said with a smile: "They say eminent monks are wise, and it turns out that it is so when I see it today. Yes, this year Hu State has reopened the Hexi Corridor. The purpose of my coming to Wusu State this time is to reopen the Silk Road. Wusu State is the Western Region. If a powerful country can establish friendship and trade with each other, it will definitely bring huge wealth to the people of the two countries."
"Hey, for this kind of cooperation, the Daliang envoy can do it himself. Why do he need to bring so many gifts? For those who don't know, they think that our Wusu country is a superior state, hehehe..."
It seemed that the bald donkey really thought of himself as King Wusu. He smiled and wanted to open the box to see the silk, but Song Che stood in front of the goods and said with a smile:
"Master, this batch of goods is very valuable. In my opinion, it is better to wait until the king recovers from his illness before ordering it in person? Otherwise, you can let the prime ministers of your country do it for you."
This statement is undoubtedly sarcastic.
Master Xinjue's face twitched and he forced a smile: "The envoy may not know that His Majesty the King is not in good health. He asked me to take care of the country's affairs. If I am not qualified to inspect the goods, then no one in the entire Wusu Kingdom will dare to do it."
"So that's it?" Song Che apologized, "In our Daliang Dynasty, the national advisor was usually only responsible for fortune telling and organizing sacrifices. I didn't expect to be in charge of power in Wusu."
After that, he moved away.
Master Xinjue snorted softly, slowly opened a cargo box, faced a box full of silk, took out one and touched it so much that he couldn't put it down: "It is said that silk is comparable to gold. I thought it was an exaggeration at first, but today I touched the real thing. , it’s really extraordinary…”
"There is something even more extraordinary!"
"Bah!"
The gate of Gongyuan was instantly closed by Nangong Yue, who had detoured past.
Master Xinjue suddenly felt something was wrong: "What are you doing?"
At this time, he heard a voice coming from the cargo box in front of him: "Of course it's time to close the door and beat the dog!"
"Stab it!"
A sharp sword cut through the cloth, Lu Jingxiang got out of the box, and the sword blade pierced Master Xinjue's throat!
"Bang bang bang..." Other cargo boxes were opened at the same time, and the female swordsmen hidden under the cloth jumped out and killed the guards!
