After hearing Soren's fierce and evil words and feeling the coldness of the sharp waist knife pressing on his neck, Zhou Yuanzhong's face was not afraid. He rolled his eyes and suddenly burst into laughter, laughing wildly and ferociously.

"Blind guy, why are you fucking laughing!"

Soren shouted angrily, and added strength to his right hand. The sharp blade of the waist cut open the skin on Zhou Yuanzhong's neck, and immediately there was a thin stream of blood flowing, crawling out.

"Shi Le Zhou!"

Chen Zilong and others, who were also threatened by a group of guards, were angry when they saw Zhou Yuanzhong's miserable situation.

The guards had already touched the knife handle, their eyes were red, and their cheeks were pounding. Just after Chen Zilong gave the order, they fought to the death with the Qing guards. Unexpectedly, Chen Zilong's eyes flashed, but they were hinting that they were not impulsive.

After all, when things start suddenly, there must be heresy. If you take action like this impulse, even if you fight to kill several guards, you will die in battle, and you will misunderstand the peace and the revival of the Ming Dynasty. Wouldn't it be an eternal regret?

"Dog Tartar, if you want to kill me, just do it here! What else did you get to the Ministry of Justice? Bah, if I shouted "Pain" and it would be your father!"

Zhou Yuanzhong, whose blood had been stained with clothes, roared loudly at the direction of Soren. His hideous and terrifying appearance made Soren, who was used to killing, subconsciously took a step back and loosened the knife in his hand.

The muscles on Sauron's face were trembling, and he felt a complex feeling of admiration and hatred for this blind man.

He was used to seeing those Han people as weak as pigs and sheep, begging for mercy under his sharp blade. In front of him, this seemingly thin and ordinary blind man was so tough that he could cut his waist and his neck and blood stained his collar, but he was still so stubborn and hard.

Damn! If all the Han people were as tough and difficult to tame as this blind man, our Manchu rule in Liaodong would be difficult to maintain stability.

Thinking of this, Soren suddenly became interested in killing.

Since you are going to be tough, don’t blame me for killing you now!

"You are a fool, don't you want to die? I will fulfill your wish now!"

Sauron shouted loudly, waved his bloody waist knife, raised it high, exerted force in his hand, and slashed towards Zhou Yuanzhong's neck.

"stop!"

A sharp shout came from the palace gate. Soren subconsciously stopped swinging the knife. He twisted and looked at it, but Fan Wencheng frowned and walked over from the palace gate with an angry look on his face.

"Soren, let's retreat first."

Fan Wencheng said coldly, Sauron hesitated for a moment before snorting coldly, putting his knife into the sheath, and then retreating with the guards.

"Fan Wencheng, you have made this carefully rehearsed example for me, the Ming envoy, and it seems that the effect is not very good."

Zhou Yuanzhong, who was still bleeding from his neck, sat upright and sneered at Fan Wencheng.

"Master Zhou, you have misunderstood just now. Because the Emperor of Qing went out and was unable to discipline his subordinates, such a slave privately showed off his power, the Master Zhou and all the envoys were frightened. The emperor said that it was too late today, so you will go to the inn to rest for a night, and you can arrange for the envoys to meet you early tomorrow morning."

Fan Wencheng had an apology smile on his face and bowed to Zhou Yuanzhong, Chen Zilong and others to show his apology.

After Fan Wencheng pretended to look at Zhou Yuanzhong's injuries, pretending to be concerned and said, "Zhou Master, Fan just saw the wound. Although he had a lot of bleeding, he was not deep in the flesh. It would be okay to bandage and recuperate. After you wait for you to enter the inn, I will send a medical officer to treat Zhou Master. I hope Zhou Master will be relieved."

Zhou Yuanzhong laughed a few times and sighed, "You have a good intention and sang well. Let's not do it. For the sake of your emperor's agreement to meet, you have sent this matter. See you tomorrow."

Fan Wencheng squeezed a smile on his face: "Master Zhou is broad-minded and calm, and Fan admires him. Then let's wait until the morning court is over tomorrow. I will send someone to attract you to meet the Emperor of Qing."

Fan Wencheng then asked Zhou Yuanzhong, Chen Zilong and others to take him to rest first, and arranged for someone to find a doctor for Zhou Yuanzhong to treat him. Fang Fu returned to Chongzheng Palace and went to see Huang Taiji.

At this time, the chief guard Sauron had already finished telling Huang Taiji about the performance of the envoy of the Ming Kingdom just now. Huang Taiji, Daishan and Dorgon on the side, both looked surprised.

"It's rare, rare, these Ming envoys were so backbone that they were not scared by Soren's ferocity. It was something I had never expected." Huang Taiji sighed.

"Yes, the lord Zhou Yuanzhong is a blind musician. He is so fierce and fearless and tough, but this king opened his eyes today." Dai Shan also stroked his beard and sighed lightly.

"Emperor, if these Han people were so unafraid of the power of the Han people, they must have been selected by Ming Dynasty. From this, we can see that the Ming Dynasty's determination to reach peace talks. Judging from the ministers and brothers, the emperor should have a detailed discussion with him and test the bottom line of his negotiations. "Dorgon's face had long disappeared, and replaced it with a serious and thoughtful expression.

At this time, Huang Taiji saw Fan Wencheng coming to the palace and asked him: "Xian Dou, from your perspective, can I see these wise people?"

Fan Wencheng bowed and bowed: "Report to the emperor, from the ministers, these envoys of the Ming Kingdom have a very strong and bloody nature. They are completely different from those sent by Yuan Chonghuan before. It can be seen from this. The Ming Kingdom wants to reach peace with our Qing Dynasty. Therefore, I dared to agree to them privately for the emperor, so that they can enter the palace to meet the emperor tomorrow."

Huang Taiji nodded, but did not blame Fan Wencheng for making his own arguments, but said slowly: "Well, it's just like the Xian Dou proposal. Let's wait for tomorrow, I will be in Phoenix Tower. When you see them, I will make arrangements at that time."

The next morning after the court was over, Huang Taiji asked Fan Wencheng to bring Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong two envoys of the Ming Kingdom to the palace to meet.

As for the four guards, someone sent wine and meat to the inn and invited them to have a drink on the spot.

Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong stood outside the palace gate, and a eunuch came out and shouted in Chinese: "The envoys of Xuanming Kingdom met!"

After the eunuch drank, he ordered Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong to follow him, enter the palace group from outside the Danan Gate, and then followed him around the tall Chongzheng Hall, and walked to a rather unique two-story building on the west side.

This small building is Phoenix Tower.

Because Manchus lived in this bitter and cold place in Liaodong for a long time, in order to prevent rheumatism and bone pain, they all liked to live in houses to avoid the invasion of dampness and cold energy. Therefore, in the Shenyang palace community, except for a limited number of halls, most of them were pavilions with two or three floors.

This Phoenix Tower is Huang Taiji's favorite place to stay. It is beautiful and has good lighting, warm in winter and cool in summer. Unlike the main halls covered with yellow tiles and yellow bricks, this Phoenix Tower is carefully built in the southern Ming Dynasty pavilions, with green tiles and eaves, carved railings and colorful arches, and beautiful and small. This Phoenix Tower is located in these hall communities. Although the appearance is not big, it is extremely conspicuous and eye-catching. Huang Taiji also likes to work in the building, and whenever there are any distinguished guests and envoys coming, they always hold banquets and entertaining this building.

Zhou Yuanzhong, Chen Zilong and others walked to the Phoenix Tower and smelled a strong aroma of wine and meat.

It turned out that Huang Taiji had sent a banquet here to entertain the two envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty.

I was still so fierce and powerful yesterday, but today I showed my tenderness and closeness. Huang Taiji's imperial skills are very skillful.

Chen Zilong came up the second floor and immediately saw a big fat man wearing a large-haired, natural marten satin table, a pre-crowned bead spider, an embroidered two-color gold-faced Tianma leather and marten fur five-clawed yellow dragon jacket, a gold-haired strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap strap straps on the second floor, and a big fat man wearing a big hairy marten satin felt soap boots on the dragon chaise. This person was the Emperor Chongde of the Qing Dynasty and Huang Taiji at this time.

On the side, there was a young prince with a very pretty appearance in Huang Taiji. This person was Huang Taiji's eldest son, Prince Su Haoge, who was sitting on the side chair as a accompanying seat.

Opposite Haoge, there was Fan Wencheng, a Han strategist who Huang Taiji was the most trustworthy. He was smiling and looking at Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong who were coming upstairs.

The seat of Huang Taiji's dragon chair was facing the lower mat, and there was a long wine table and two chairs. The table was placed with two pairs of bowls and chopsticks and some wine and dishes. It was empty at this time. Chen Zilong knew in his heart that this was the seat where he and Zhou Yuanzhong were sitting.

In the central open space surrounded by all seats, a raging fire was growing, and a fat sheep, a mountain deer, and a wild boar were roasted. The three things were roasted to pieces, and the oil and water were dripping, and the meat was fragrant, which made people feel loud and sensation.

Chen Zilong thought to himself that it seemed that besides the wine and food on the wine table, these three roasted lamb, roasted deer and roasted pig were the staple foods.

Seeing the two of them coming in, Huang Taiji waved his hand and signaled them to sit down, saying loudly, "The two distinguished guests of the Ming Kingdom have been negligent yesterday. I hope to forgive me. Today I specially prepared a small seat, one for the Ming Kingdom envoys, and the other for the two to suppress the shock. Please come to the seat quickly."

After saying that, an eunuch came over and helped Zhou Yuanzhong into the table, while Chen Zilong sat on the other side of him.

After the two sat down, Huang Taiji Fu introduced them to Haoge and Fan Wencheng. After giving each other a courtesy, he smiled and said to them: "Did you two messengers eat wild game like this when they were in the Ming Dynasty? I know that you Han people are more particular about food, more fine meat, more precise meat, and more regular vegetables. In short, there are many rules. However, we Manchus do not have so many specialties. They cooked them directly, so they cut them with a knife to eat them, just to eat them happily. If the noble people are not used to it, I will send someone to remediate them."

Chen Zilong felt a sudden heart, and he had already guessed that Huang Taiji's words must have been a pretentious and tentative word, trying to see if these envoys had the delicate habit of being timid and weak Han people, so as to facilitate the measures taken in the following negotiations. So he bowed and smiled and said, "Thank you for your care, there is no need to change the table. I also think that eating this way is both generous and convenient. I think it must be delicious and delicious."

Huang Taiji narrowed his eyes, but there was a cold light flashing in his eyes. He quickly looked at the smiling Chen Zilong, feeling that although this person was not as difficult as the messenger sent by Yuan Chonghuan, his expression and conversation were hard to believe. Thinking of this, he smiled indifferently and said, "If there is any resistance in the heart of the noble minister, it is better not to speak out, and there is no need to force him."

At this time, Zhou Yuanzhong, who was standing beside him, also spoke, and he shouted: "The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, we are all straightforward people, why don't we push back? Such barbecue is really mouth-watering. Please cut it quickly and let me wait and taste the food."

Huang Taiji laughed and waved to the eunuch beside him. The eunuch knew it and took out a flower-cut knife from the imperial table, first cut the wild boar that was roasted in front of him, but it was the most plump tenderloin, divided into two pieces, and carefully placed it into the bowls of Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong.

Huang Taiji's voice came from the dragon throne again: "Two distinguished guests are welcome. After the meal, they will invite guests to eat the first piece of fattest meat. This is the hospitality rules of our Manchus, don't be polite."

After hearing what he said, Chen Zilong stopped refusing. He grabbed the barbecue with a weight of seven or eight taels in the bowl and chewed it in his mouth, but he felt inexplicably nauseated.

It turns out that Manchus are harsh in nature because of their hard living conditions and are sparse in nature, they never add salt to meat. Whether it is white meat cooked in soup or barbecue like this, they are all peeled and roasted directly, and they are eaten when they are cooked. Although the meat is fragrant, the taste is really not satisfactory.

At that moment, Chen Zilong held the meat in his mouth, and felt it was hard to swallow. His throat tightened, and he was very resistant to eating this tasteless and huge tenderloin.

However, Chen Zilong thought that he was representing the Ming Dynasty of the Heavenly Kingdom, but he could not be embarrassed in front of Huang Taiji anyway. He had to pretend to be calm on his face, barely chew it, then stretched his neck, and exerted his throat, and tried hard to eat the meat.

Compared to Chen Zilong's barely finishing the meal, Zhou Yuanzhong, who was beside him, seemed to be eating a rare and delicious food. He bit his mouth so hard that he drank oily. In the blink of an eye, he swallowed all the meat.

Seeing that both of them had eaten the big piece of meat, Huang Taiji clapped and laughed: "Very good! The two Ming envoys performed quite well. I think the Ming envoys in the past, although some people gritted their teeth and ate them, they looked very painful, but they were not as happy as you two."

When Huang Taiji said this, he snorted coldly, "Those people are so pretentious. Will eating meat kill people? The two envoys are so relaxed and able to eat. I am really happy. Come on, let's drink a few sips of wine first and then continue eating meat."

Afterwards, Huang Taiji greeted Haoge and Fan Wencheng on the side to have a drink together.

Chen Zilong noticed that Fan Wencheng on the left had a smile on his face and had a great time eating and drinking, while Haoge on the right had no appetite and his face was full of unhappiness and gloomy.

Chen Zilong thought to himself, could this Prince Su Haoge, who was dissatisfied with Huang Taiji's warm hospitality, so he deliberately gave us a look like this?
Chapter completed!