Chapter 675: Father, Son, and Daughter

Li Sidi didn't know what was going on in Lu Duan's heart. He talked endlessly about the history of his journey to the west. Lu Duan was listening silently, he didn't want to continue listening, but he didn't know how to interrupt for a while. It wasn't until Li Sidi's attendant reminded him that he recovered from the endless 'story'. Looking at Lu Duan at the side, Li Sidi smiled embarrassedly, "I'm sorry I have wasted so much of your time, please come with me as your envoy."

Lu Duan replied politely, and followed Li Sidi to a side hall of the palace.

After entering the side hall, Li Sidi invited Lu Duan to sit down. After he sat down, he began to look at everything in the side hall. He saw that the interior of the palace was full of "carved beams and painted buildings". The main hall, and all kinds of reliefs and decorations, Lu Duan looked carefully, they were all decorated with gold juice and gold ornaments. Such extravagance made Lu Duan click his tongue, secretly surprised by the wealth of the Tang people. What's more, he walked and looked all the way, not just rich in one place, but rich everywhere. Whether it is in various cities or villages, every household is extremely wealthy, and there are so many livestock in the barn that Lu Duan is extremely moved when he sees it.

Not long after, an attendant brought tea and delicate pastries. Lu Duan didn't touch the pastries, but took a sip of hot tea from the delicate cups.

Not long after, Li Sidi, who had gone back and forth, walked into the side hall again and said to him: "Your Majesty has summoned you." After hearing this, Lu Duan put down the teacup in his hand, got up and straightened his clothes. You are the face of a country, but you dare not let your clothes be disheveled to make the Tang monarchs despise you. In other words, personal honor and disgrace is small, while national humiliation is great. When he finished tidying up everything, he signaled to Li Sidi, "Please lead the way!" The latter saw him tidying his clothes with his own eyes, with satisfaction and approval in his eyes, "No wonder our country's history records that China is a country of etiquette, and today we can see it. "

After Lu Duan heard this, his eyes were full of arrogance. He was wearing a robe, a hat on his head, and three strands of gray-white beard hanging down his chin. Against the background of a robe, he still looks extraordinary.

Afterwards, under the leadership of Li Sidi, Lu Duan walked towards the main hall, Peony Palace. There, it is not only the hall where the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty discussed state affairs and issued government orders, but also a place to entertain foreign guests. When he arrived at the Peony Palace, Lu Duan realized why the palace was called Peony. It was named after the peony flower. The relief decoration of the temple is full of peonies, and even the surroundings of the temple are planted with peonies. Lu Duan didn't know why the king of flowers from China was thousands of miles away, but being able to see the flowers he was familiar with was enough to ease Lu Duan's homesickness.

Under the guidance of Li Sidi, Lu Duan walked into the Peony Palace, and when he entered the palace gate, he saw at a glance the officials of Tang Dynasty standing on the left and right sides. The style of their robes is slightly the same as that of the Central Plains, only differing in some details. E-crown with big sleeves and extraordinary utensils, Lu Duan also found that among the standing officials, there were not only the faces of the Han family, but also some faces of the barbarians.

And on the golden throne at the top,

There was a young man sitting there, Lu Duan looked over, and could only vaguely see that he was very young, but he couldn't see the exact appearance. In addition, what shocked Lu Duan the most was the pair of golden eyes of the other party. Lu Duan had never seen such an imperial vision in his life.

He suppressed the curiosity in his heart, took a few steps forward, and bowed in obeisance, "Da Song visits Tang envoy Lu Duan, and pays homage to His Majesty the King!"

The young king held his hand slightly, and said with a smile, "When I was young, I saw the records of my Tang people's hometown in my father's mouth and grandfather's handwriting. Today, I am thousands of miles away by sea and land, and I can see my hometown again. My dear ones, I am extremely happy. Here, Gu first congratulates the reunification of China, and also hopes that our two countries will be as close as brothers, and we must not have any quarrels with each other."

Lu Duan's bowed body was supported by an invisible gentle force, which shocked him extremely. After hearing the words of the king of the Tang Dynasty, Lu Duan replied, "It is a great blessing that our monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty have a country of relatives thousands of miles away. The people of Anxi in the prosperous Tang Dynasty were able to establish a country freely again after hundreds of years When I, Song Dynasty, found out about it, I was extremely happy in my heart. As His Majesty the King said, the foreign ministers hereby wish that your two countries can be as close as Qin and Jin in the past."

"Oh? Qin and Jin are so good?" The young king smiled, "After hearing what your envoy said, could it be that Song Guo is willing to marry a princess from afar and come here to marry our country?"

In fact, Lu Duan was just an example. He never thought that the monarch of the Wanli Tang Kingdom would know the goodness of Qin and Jin in Chinese history. Now that the words have been uttered, the present listens to the meaning of this country, and it seems that they want to marry their Da Song. If this is the case, Da Song must marry a daughter and come here. This was something he hadn't ordered before he came, and he just said it casually. And how can you choose a husband-in-law for the official family? Therefore, Lu Duan could only shirk, "Your Majesty was joking, the matter of marriage between the two countries is a matter of great importance, and foreign ministers cannot make decisions. If Your Majesty wants to, you should follow my Chinese customs and send someone to my Song Dynasty to ask for marriage."

"Hehe, let's talk about this later!"

After hearing this, Lu Duan breathed a sigh of relief, and then he took out the credentials and the certificate from his sleeve, and his attendant took the certificate and the certificate from him and handed it to the king. This is the letter of credence written by the emperor of Song Dynasty and the accompanying national gift!" The young king took the letter of credence and the national gift and looked at it.

Most of the words in the credential are some scene words, nothing more than scene words such as diplomatic relations between the two countries, mutual assistance and friendship. However, there are many things written on the national ceremony, all kinds of silk cloth, gold and silver jewellery, books and documents, and some rare specialties. The quantity is so large that even the young king who is used to wealth can't help but be speechless.

He laughed and said, "Song State gave such a rich national gift, how can Gu not return the gift?" He thought for a while, and then said: "Well, Gu will give back ten thousand good horses, stone honey, spices, and jewels. When the noble envoy returns to the country, he will bring it back with him, and he will also bring the orphan to greet your majesty."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Duan was extremely excited to be able to get 10,000 war horses for nothing, not to mention that he had seen these war horses with his own eyes, and they were all tall horses, not much worse than the Khitan people's war horses. It's just that those dead things are fine, how to get the ten thousand horses is a problem for him. After seeing the king on the throne, he asked with concern, "But is there any difficulty?"

Lu Duan hesitated for a while, and then said, "Your Majesty's gifts are so rich, and I am very moved." He said hesitantly: "It's just that those dead things are easy to deal with, but the huge number of war horses is really difficult to deal with, let alone taking them out." Send it to Huaxia safely?"

After hearing this, the young king laughed and said, "This matter is very easy to handle. When the noble envoy returns to the country, I will send you alone in the 'Ark'. The 10,000 horses will ensure your safe transport back to the country."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Duan was overjoyed after hearing this. Although he didn't know what an ark was, the king's assurance reassured him. When coming and going through the Red Sea, there is a piece of land blocking the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. But when he was puzzled, he felt dizzy for a while, and when everything got better, he found that the huge fleet had crossed the Red Sea and arrived in the Mediterranean. Such an incredible thing shocked Lu Duan at the time.

In this way, the guarantee of the young and shameless king on the throne must have a way in his opinion. After thanking Lu Duan, he said again: "Your Majesty, can you allow foreign ministers to stay in your country for a little longer?"

"Of course it is possible!" The young king agreed, and Lu Duan thanked him. He wanted to stay in the Tang Kingdom for a few more days, so he naturally wanted to travel all over the Tang Dynasty, inspect everything here, and record it in his "Tang Yaolue". When he was in the country, he could make the emperor and ministers of the Song Dynasty a reference, and it was considered a business trip. Can't wait for the monarch and ministers to inquire, and ask three questions, or deal with it with nonsense? Lu Duan couldn't do this, so he begged to stay for some time to do more research and records, so that his hard work would not be meaningless, and secondly, he would be on a mission with the king.

After getting the exact answer from the Tang emperor, Lu Duan was very grateful. Afterwards, a luxurious banquet began, and the officials of the Tang Dynasty entertained the envoys of the Song Dynasty who came from afar. At the banquet, the extremely young king in Lu Duan's eyes asked him about the land of China, and Lu Duan answered them one by one.

In the days that followed, Lu Duan asked the officials of the Tang Dynasty what kind of boat was the ark? When he got the answer, he was stunned in astonishment, and said that there is such an ingenious achievement in the world to make such a rare big ship? Afterwards, Lu Duan went to see it on the spot, and walked into the interior of the ark himself, and found that it was like a cave, and there was nothing inside, let alone 10,000 war horses, even if there were many war horses, it could be put down. Later, Lu Duan sold all the goods brought with the ship at a high price except for the national gift from the Tang Dynasty, and then bought a lot of war horses and sent them to the ark. It will not lose too much fat during sea transportation. After finishing these tasks, Lu Duan started his own journey to travel all over the Tang Dynasty, and wrote a far-reaching epic record in his "Tang Yaolue"!

And in the garden of the imperial palace, in a beautiful garden with green forests, streams and hills, two men and a woman sat on soft stools and looked at the beautiful scenery not far away. One of the men was wearing a black robe with a strange pendant on his chest, and a gorgeous palace lantern was placed on the table beside him. And the other two, a man and a woman who looked younger, were constantly looking at the palace lantern on the table. The emerald color that was constantly flickering like breathing, every flicker made the two of them extremely excited.

At this time, another younger monarch dressed in king's clothes hurried over, stood beside the three of them, and said to the man in black robe who was sitting on a soft stool looking at the scenery not far away: "My lord grandfather, what did you tell me?" Grandson has already settled the matter. He gave the envoy of the Song Dynasty 10,000 war horses and sent him back to the country in an ark. After the envoy of the Song Dynasty saw the ark, he sold all the silk, porcelain and other things that came with the ship at a high price. It was used to buy war horses and fodder, and after calculation, he bought no less than 60,000 war horses and countless fodder!"

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"Father, why do we give preferential treatment to these so-called relatives who have no blood relationship with us?" The young man who looked carefully at the palace lantern looked at the indifferent young man in black with his golden eyes. people. The latter said: "Ajert, you don't understand that doing so can keep the emotion called 'humanity' in my heart alive."

"Father, what's the matter with you?" Hearing this, the luxuriously dressed woman looked at him nervously with silver eyes.

"It's nothing, but I've experienced a lot of things and I'm used to a lot of things. I'm afraid that if things go on like this, I won't be a human anymore. When my humanity is still there, I can keep my humanity and not become ruthless." Following him ** and the essence of the soul began to change, and he felt more and more that his humanity was slowly fading, and more and more of that thing called 'divinity'. At present, apart from the family members who maintain his humanity and are worthy of his concern, more and more people are like dead objects and ants in his eyes. He didn't want to let himself be like this, becoming a high-ranking god, but wanted to be a god with flesh and blood and feelings. He could get angry recklessly for a trivial matter, and he could also laugh it off. But he can't take it lightly. His original intention, the original intention when he embarked on this road, is still clearly remembered. Pursue eternity for enjoyment, pursue eternal and endless enjoyment.

I don't want to end up turning myself into a person or god who is indifferent and indifferent to everything. For this reason, when he was interested in women, he became like so many playboys, looking for charming and hot women to have sex. When he was interested in being the king of a country, he established his own country and enjoyed the special pleasure of building a country, a little bit of growth and prosperity. Everything he does follows his own interest, which is his driving force and pursuit.