Chen Xiaotian twirled his beard and smiled as he watched Xiao Changshan take his seat, but secretly thought in his heart: "The Xiao family from Fengyun Village outside the Pass are also here. It may not be easy for Xin'er to conceal her marriage this time..."
Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sudden commotion below the main stand. Ma Desheng hurriedly ordered people to go down to investigate. Not long ago, the servant reported back that there was a group of people who claimed to be the envoys of the Southern Miao and shouted loudly asking to see the master.
After hearing this, Chen Xiaotian frowned and thought in his mind: "The Southern Barbarians have not set foot in the Central Plains for more than ten years since the defeat of the rebellion. If they suddenly send people here, they probably have bad intentions."
Although I thought so in my heart, I still said: "Let them come up!"
After a while, three men and one woman came up from the stage. They were tall and handsome. They were all dressed as people from the Miao land in the south. The leader, a red-faced man, stepped forward and said, "Who is Chen Xiaotian?"
Ma Desheng scolded from the side: "Who are you? How dare you call the general by his name so boldly?! Come on, get it for me!"
The guards on the left and right responded and wanted to take the person. Chen Xiaotian waved his hand and said: "Don't be rude, stand down!"
The guards obeyed the order and stood aside. The red-faced man saw this and asked, "Are you Chen Xiaotian?" Chen Xiaotian said, "You are the old man. What do you call me?"
The red-faced man said: "I am Jin Yugua, and these three people are Yin Yugua, Bronze Yugua and Baozhuhua. We are here to tell you on the order of King Chiyue that your daughters should not marry anyone else. We, Chi King Yueda’s son is not yet married, so it’s time to marry her back, and your two families can become close...close relatives..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Niantong next to him burst into laughter. Jin Yugua turned around and said angrily: "What are you laughing at, kid?!"
Zhao Niantong said: "Laughing at your names. If I guess correctly, your parents should all be farmers, right?"
At that time, most of the Miao fields were in hilly areas, with steep mountains and dangerous terrain. Transportation was inconvenient, so there was little integration with the civilization of the Central Plains, and productivity was low. Most people made a living by farming. Therefore, what Zhao Niantong said hit the mark, and Jin Yugua took a step back in shock and said: "Are you a wizard? How...how do you know?"
Zhao Niantong smiled and said: "Isn't this simple? You both have melons in your names. If your parents didn't farm and pick melons every day, why would they give you such a name?"
After hearing this, Chen Xiaotian thought to himself: "This girl is really fooling around. This melon character is the surname of the Miao people. Miao people often have reverse names, and gold, jade, and silver jade are their names instead. Fortunately, Nian Tong is young, and others She shouldn't be able to ridicule. It would be a good thing if she could rely on her careless words to dampen the opponent's spirit." Then he slowly sat back down and did not speak.
Sure enough, when Jin Yugua heard this, he was so angry that he stood up with thick eyebrows and said loudly: "What did you say? Our three brothers are all named Gua. What does this have to do with what our parents do?"
After hearing this, Zhao Niantong was stunned and thought: "These three people are indeed very similar in appearance. Could it be that they are all named Gua and are brothers?" He thought this in his heart, but said: "I still laugh at what you said, what do you mean? The good of close relatives? That's called the good of Qin and Jin! That is to say, in your barbarian land, living in caves and wild places, people only get close to each other if they are willing to be dirty. Our civilized land in the Central Plains has long abandoned this bad habit. If you want the good of close relatives, then hurry up Go back and let your son of King Poyue go find his sisters!"
After listening to this, everyone burst into laughter and felt that what Zhao Niantong said was rough and unreasonable. Others shouted, "Go back, go back quickly!" If you don't leave, do you still want us to follow the etiquette? !
Jin Yugua was not proficient in Chinese, but he was the oldest and the first of the four, so he stepped forward to talk. Unexpectedly, Zhao Niantong caught him when he made a mistake, causing himself and his companions to be laughed at. He originally had a reddish complexion, but when he saw everyone laughing at him, his face became even more angry and turned purple, like a roasted sweet potato. His eyes widened, he cursed a slang word, and reached out to grab Zhao Niantong.
Zhao Niantong saw that he was so angry that he had already expected that he would hurt someone, so he stepped back to avoid this move. Jin Yugua's move failed, but he didn't change his move. He suddenly stretched his arm forward and continued to catch Zhao Niantong.
Zhao Niantong was recovering from a serious injury and was short of energy. His body movements were inevitably slow and it was too late to avoid this move. Pan Suxuan, who was nearby, saw this and hurriedly raised his fingers, using offense instead of defense, to point at the "Patio Point" on Jin Yugua's arm.
In this way, even if he catches Zhao Niantong, the arm will be unable to exert force due to the acupuncture points being blocked. Jin Yugua had to change his tactics when he saw it, leaning forward, reaching out his arms to grab Zhao Niantong again.
Zhao Niantong knew that his arm would suddenly grow, so he did not dare to neglect it and took three steps back to avoid this move. Jin Yugua was still about to bully him, but he felt a cold air coming straight to his lower abdomen. He had no choice but to give up the pursuit, retreated back, and said to Pan Suxuan, "What are you doing? I'm arresting this kid, what are you doing here?"
Pan Suxuan smiled and said: "I have a deep love for him, and we have the same feelings as cooking porridge and burning beards. How can I see his fish swimming in the cauldron and not save him?" Pan Suxuan knew that Jin Yugua's knowledge of Chinese studies was limited, so he deliberately used rhetoric to make him Puzzled.
As expected, Jin Yugua was confused and said angrily: "What are you talking about? Are you going to fight for him? Come, come, come, come and fight me!"
Ma Desheng stepped forward and shouted: "Bold barbarians, how dare you run wild here?! If you want to use force, get over me first!" After saying that, he took out a pair of axes from his back and rushed forward.
When Jin Yugua saw it, he said loudly: "Okay, come here one by one, and watch me beat you all down!" After saying that, he turned around, took a long whip from Yin Yugua's hand, shook it with his hand, and snapped. Snap. Silver Jade Gua and Bronze Jade Gua also took their own weapons and stood on both sides, glaring at everyone. The guards surrounded the four people, and the two sides were at war with each other, about to take action...
At this moment, I heard a voice as sweet as a bell saying: "Everyone in the world says that the Central Plains is a land of etiquette. We have come thousands of miles away and are supposed to be guests, but we are treated with cynicism and sharp swords. It seems that the Han people's hospitality is not good. This is not the case, and the so-called heavenly kingdom is just a false name. In this case, senior brother, let's go! Go back and report to the king that the Han people are just uncivilized people, and there is no need for the young master to marry such a woman. .”
Everyone followed the voice and saw that the speaker was Bao Zhuhua, the only woman among the four. Chen Xiaotian thought to himself: "This person is quite familiar with Chinese culture. What she said is reasonable. Since they are here to recruit relatives, if we forcefully drive them away, the Miao people will think that we are arrogant and unreasonable. In fact, This is a bad idea." Thinking of this, he stood up, motioned for the left and right to step back, and said loudly: "Since you all came all the way to Jinling for my daughter's marriage, you might as well invite your young master to perform on the stage. If you can surpass my daughter's skills, If you can overcome the crowd, then this marriage will be easy to discuss. If not, I’m afraid I won’t be able to help, so I’ll have to ask you to return the way you came!”
