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Chapter 45: Celebrating the Spring Festival (Part 2) (VIP)

Songjiang, Boyan’s mansion, Boyan sat behind the patriarch’s case, with a pale face and no blood, as if he was dug out of the soil. No wonder, in the face of such fierce artillery fire, although he was lucky enough to escape his life, he was injured not only one left arm, but also his internal organs were shocked, and he could not recover in a short time.

Boyan looked at Yang Siwei, who was strode in under the leadership of his personal soldiers and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Yang Siwei smiled coldly, looked up at the sky, and ignored Boyan, as if he had not heard Boyan's words. The captain of the personal soldiers shouted, "Don't you hear the Prime Minister asking you?"

"Prime Minister, which prime minister?" Yang Siwei looked surprised. The Prime Minister Boyan was right in front of him. He didn't see it. The play was very impressive. He said, "I heard that Prime Minister Boyan yearned for my Chinese culture and always treated the envoys with great respect. You can't be Prime Minister Boyan, right? No, no, definitely not."

He was ridiculing Boyan. The captain of his personal soldiers changed color and was about to attack when he pressed the handle of the knife. Boyan waved his hand to stop him and said, "The envoy is right. The envoy will not be killed. Come on, let me see the envoy."

The personal soldiers brought a chair to Yang Siwei, and Yang Siwei thanked him, "Thank you Prime Minister." He sat down generously.

"Your instructor can answer my question now, right?" Boyan looked at Yang Siwei with a little curious question and asked.

This cannot be blamed on Boyan. It is really because Yang Siwei is so strange that he is lying on the bed to recuperate. The captain of the personal soldiers reported that Li Jun sent an envoy to give him a gift. No matter how smart Boyan is, he could not imagine why Li Jun gave him a gift under this situation. Maybe another Mongolian general was unlucky and killed the special forces and gave him a head.

Yang Siwei stood up and said with a solemn look on his face: "I am here to send a gift to the Prime Minister. The Emperor said: The Prime Minister has traveled thousands of miles to Jiangnan, and has worked hard all the way. He either has been injured or tripped or injured, and his arm has moved his tendons. The emperor empathizes with him and feels pity for An. When this is a good day for China to celebrate the Spring Festival, he will prepare a special gift and send Yang Siwei to An. If he doesn't respect him, please accept it."

This is a retelling of Li Jun's original words. Li Jun was very polite. At first glance, it seemed that friends were really caring for each other. Boyan was not the same as he heard it. Boyan was seriously injured. It was obviously planned by Li Jun. He was so angry that he could not do anything with a cannon. He actually said it was a trampling injury. He could think of it.

Boyan's face changed color, and the captain of the personal soldiers drew out the scimitar and pointed it at Yang Siwei. As long as Boyan gave him a command, Yang Siwei would splatter blood on the spot. Yang Siwei's mouth curled up, as if he had not seen a scimitar with a cold light, and his face was ridiculed, and he really looked at death.

Diplomats in Chinese history often encounter threats during their missions, and some even kill them. The one who touched the Chinese children the most was Su Wu's shepherds sheep, exiled the Huns to the extreme north for 19 years, but did not surrender. Yang Siwei also had an ancient style and did not take the Mongolian scimitar seriously. His face remained unchanged and looked at his personal soldiers.

"So brave!" Boyan couldn't help but praise, waved his hand, and the captain of his personal soldiers put away the scimitar. Boyan continued to say, "The noble man is extremely brave, he is a good man. What I, Boyan, respected most in his life, is a good man like you. Can the noble man serve my Great Yuan Dynasty? My Great Yuan Dynasty is strong and powerful, and I will squash the Southern Dynasty soon. If the noble man serves my Great Yuan Dynasty, you will be bound to be glorious and wealthy." He is luring surrender.

Yang Siwei did not answer his words, pointing at him and laughing to the sky. Boyan was extremely smart, and he didn't know why he laughed, and couldn't help but be stunned. After laughing, Yang Siwei said righteously: "Thank you for your kindness. Although Yang is not talented, he still knows shame. Even if he dies, he will not rebel against the court. He will not betray China and be the two thieves." After the tone of the conversation, his words became very sharp and he asked: "The Prime Minister thinks he is a strong general, and he is really shameless."

Boyan was dissatisfied with this and argued: "Isn't this obvious? What's the result of our two countries fighting for more than 40 years? Didn't you lose a large tract of territory? I have led my army to Jiangnan, and your destruction is only in the middle of your guard."

Yang Siwei laughed again and said, "The Prime Minister is not blushing when he lied. The Prime Minister came to Lin'an with more than 500,000 troops. What is the result? The Prime Minister was defeated Lin'an and defeated more than 300,000 troops. Not to mention this, just say that the Prime Minister himself was also seriously injured in the army of our army?"

This is Boyan's pain point. No matter how good Boyan's temper is, he can't help but change his color. Yang Siwei seemed not to see it, and then said, "The Prime Minister dares not accept the emperor's gifts. Let's talk about him with all his cares? If the Prime Minister has any concerns, the Emperor will have a letter to the Prime Minister." He took out Li Jun's handwritten letter from his arms and handed it to Boyan, and said, "Prime Minister, please check it out."

As Yang Siwei said, Boyan really dared not accept Li Jun's gift. Tianzhi, a person who had no idea, would give him something to say, so he found some words to distract him. Unexpectedly, he retorted Yang Siwei, but instead humiliated himself, which made it very boring. He took the opportunity to step down. He took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, and opened it and read it.

Li Jun's letter said: "Boyan An's reply to Taijian: I was shocked to hear that An's horse was shocked and accidentally fell. I was worried. An's stay away from my hometown and had many inconveniences in medicine. I specially sent Yang Siwei to An's send ten mates of musk, deer antler, bear gall, bird's nest, and ginseng to An's reply to danger. Please don't judge a gentleman's abdomen by the heart of a villain and accept it with a smile. Chang Yu is a good doctor in the palace, a priest of healing hands, and personally matched five patches of broken tendons and bone paste. It is very effective. An's answer can be applied to the wound and will be as intact as soon as possible."

Li Jun is really a genus. Musk, deer antler, bear gall, bird's nest, and ginseng are big tonics. After Boyan was seriously injured, he was just handy. It is reasonable to give him. It is wrong to have a broken tendon and bone cream. One of Boyan's left arm has long been gone. Can he still apply it? Can he still be intact?

After reading Li Jun's letter, Boyan felt amused and crying. Fortunately, Boyan was also a master. He laughed and said, "Since that's the case, I'll bear it. Please bring An Da's gift."

Yang Siwei clapped his hands, and the two eunuchs came in with gift boxes. The captain of the personal soldiers looked at them vigilantly. Under Yang Siwei's command, the eunuch placed the gift on the table, each with ten pairs of musk, deer antler, bear gall, bird's nest, and ginseng, both of which were not too much or too little.

Looking at these gifts, Boyan laughed, stood up from the chair, walked to the table, picked up a bear gall, and praised: "No, not bad, really big. This bear gall was killed when the bear was furious, otherwise it would not be so big. Well, these are all." If you kill the bear to get the gall, you must first irritate the bear. The more angry the bear, the greater the courage, the higher the value of the bear gall. There are many bears on the grassland, and Boyan is an expert, and you can see it at a glance.

Yang Siwei knew that Boyan was trying to relieve his embarrassment, so he deliberately asked for something to say, ignored him, took out a mud gold invitation and said, "Prime Minister, the emperor said that during this festival, it will be a good time to turn swords into jade and silk. I will send an invitation to the Prime Minister, please do not refuse."

"Andai is really kind and kind, and Boyan is deeply moved." Boyan smiled and took the invitation. He opened it and saw that it read: "I can't enjoy the good night of the Spring Festival. I especially chatted at Fengbo Pavilion to prepare a small wine. I would like to invite Boyan Anda to come. The ancients could be called heroes when cooking wine, and Anda and I could also imitate the ancients, a cup of clear tea, a pot of light wine, and a wine to taste tea and wine, discuss the heroes of ancient and modern times, and I am sure that life is happy! I have been waiting for Anda at Fengbo Pavilion, looking forward to it, and I will not say no.

After Boyan read the invitation, a trace of anger flashed across his face, and he wished he could tear the sincere invitation to pieces. As we all know, there was an earth-shaking unjust case at Fengbo Pavilion. Yue Fei, the famous anti-Jin hero, was killed at Fengbo Pavilion. Li Jun specially chose to talk about heroes with Boyan, with a very obvious intention. This is telling Boyan that the tragedy of history will not happen again. He is not Zhao Gou, and will not kill the meritorious ministers again, but will use them to expel the Mongols from the territory of the Song Dynasty. From another perspective, this is tantamount to a declaration, telling Boyan that there are heroes like Yue Fei, such as Liao Shenggong, Gundam, Zhang Shijie, Li Tingzhi, Zhang Jue, and others. Your good days will not last long.

Boyan is a very smart person, and he will not not understand the intention. His face turned pale, his chest fluctuated rapidly, and he was breathing. After a while, he calmed down his excitement and said, "You go back and say to An Da, thank you for An Da's kindness. Boyan is very grateful. But Boyan accidentally fell and injured his arm when he was riding a horse the day before yesterday. He was resting and could not attend the meeting. It is a pity. Please forgive me."

As Liao Shenggong expected, Boyan did not have the courage to go to the banquet. No matter how brave Boyan was, he would not dare to go to Lin'an to attend the banquet, let alone Fengboting, the place that made the old surname Lin'an angry. If he got there, even if Li Jun did not make things difficult for him, as long as the news leaked, the people of Lin'an would not have been torn and eaten? You must know that the Mongolians were burning, killing, looting, and committing countless crimes. The people of Lin'an had long hated him to the core. Once Boyan arrived in Lin'an, he would definitely not be able to come back.

Besides, who would not be moved by a strategic goal with great value like Boyan? If Li Jun had a knife to kill someone, he would have to protect his guards from having loopholes such as "work mistakes", wouldn't it be a piece of cake to kill him? It was precisely based on this consideration that Boyan had to find a very sarcastic excuse for riding a horse and hurting his arm.

Yang Siwei suppressed the funny joke and said, "The Prime Minister was unfortunate and was seriously injured. The emperor felt very sorry and wanted to bring a banquet to the Prime Minister." With a wave of his hand, the two eunuchs took out the food from the food box and placed it on the table.

China's food culture is well-known all over the world and has always been exquisite. Looking at this table of fragrant food, Boyan really has a little appetite. Since Kublai Khan established his capital in Beijing, many Han chefs have been used, and the minister Boyan has also eaten a lot of delicious food in the palace. However, the food in the Yuan Dynasty is not as beautiful as the Southern Song Dynasty. No matter how Boyan, a minister with extraordinary knowledge, has to be moved.

Yang Siwei seemed to understand Boyan's concerns and said, "The emperor said that the banquet is not poisonous, so he specially wanted to test the poison in front of the Prime Minister." Without waiting for Boyan to speak, he picked up the silver chopsticks, picked up a chopstick in each dish and put it in his mouth to eat. He put down the plate and said, "The Prime Minister can eat it with confidence."

Boyan laughed and said, "Andai is open and honest, and will never poison food. With Andai's character, he wants to take my life on the battlefield or use special forces to assassinate me. This is a one-off." He picked up chopsticks and picked up a piece of dried meat and put it in his mouth. His face changed immediately. The captain of the personal soldiers thought he was poisoned, so he drew out a scimitar and pointed it at Yang Siwei.

Boyan's face only changed for a moment, and immediately returned to normal. He waved his personal captain, chewed it up, and said, "It's delicious, delicious. Our Mongolian beef jerky made for your imperial chef, but the taste is a hundred times more beautiful. Is this horse milk wine?" Without waiting for Yang Siwei to speak, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, praising, "Good wine, good wine. This is a high-quality refined sugar, sour and sweet, with a unique flavor, which is really amazing."

This jerky is the seized Mongolian jerky, and the wine is also the seized horse milk wine. After being cooked by the imperial chef, it is even more beautiful. Boyan has been used to eating beef jerky and horse milk wine since he was a child, and he tasted it immediately as soon as he was put on the mouth. His heart was as clear as a mirror. This was Li Jun ridiculed him again. He was angry at first, and then he thought that he could not be so bad. Why not imitate Sima Yi and put on the woman's clothes sent by Zhuge Liang in front of the messenger, and then came to this performance.

Although the performance is full of ingredients, Boyan's belly is really big. If someone changes, he will definitely kill Yang Siwei's head in anger. Yang Siwei has to secretly praise this person's demeanor.

Boyan put down the chopsticks and said to Yang Siwei: "Andai is so kind. Boyan must give me something back. I will give me ten kilograms of Mongolian meat and ten kilograms of horse milk and wine. There is nothing good in the bitter and cold place in the north of the desert. Please tell Andai and please accept it with a smile."

Boyan understood his meaning very well. He meant that since you like to eat our jerky meat and drink our horse milk wine, I will give it to you. When our army staves the south of the Yangtze River, all the people of the Southern Dynasty eat our Mongolian jerky meat and drink our horse milk wine.

"You are really dreaming. As long as the emperor is there, your conspiracy will not succeed." Yang Siwei understood Boyan's intention in his heart, and did not call him a slap, and said, "The emperor said that during this festival, he does not want to see the warriors resurrected. He intends to enter into a gentleman agreement with the Prime Minister. I wonder if the Prime Minister allows it?"

Banning massacres and bribing the hearts of the people in Jiangnan is Kublai Khan's will to Boyan. It is also a good buying action for the people in Jiangnan to have a safe Spring Festival. Boyan happily agreed and said, "Since An Da has this heart, how could I not have the beauty of adulthood."

"Thank you, Prime Minister." Yang Siwei continued: "The emperor means that after the Spring Festival comes, the two sides will be on standby for three days and will not kill and injure each other's personnel. If anyone wants to take the opportunity to cause trouble, he can take it temporarily. Once the three-day period is over, he will exchange it back."

The last sentence is to tell Boyan, don’t try to do anything during these three days. I am waiting for it. If you violate the regulations, I will not be polite. Boyan will not understand and smiled and said, “Just do as An Da said.”

"I heard that the Prime Minister admired Han culture and read more poems and books in our court, but he was still aware of Spring Festival couplets. The emperor recently took a fancy to a place and planned to build a camp. He wanted to post a pair of Spring Festival couplets, but there were only the first couplets, but no second couplets. The emperor meant that he wanted the Prime Minister to read the second couplets in terms of Anhui's feelings, and fulfill the emperor's wish."

In Chinese history, there is a very strange phenomenon, which amazed many scholars: the Chinese have always had the ability to assimilate conquerors. The reason is that Chinese culture is profound and longed for by ethnic minorities. The Later Zhao emperor Shi Le was cruel and bloodthirsty, which was not inferior to the Mongols. However, he had one advantage, that is, he liked Han culture and read it at night with candles. This is the allusion of "Shi Le reads Han books" that is famous for its legend.

The Mongols also yearned for Han culture. Kublai Khan was the pioneer among them. Boyan did not read much Chinese books and had an extraordinary understanding of the Chinese version of literature. Boyan understood that there was no shortage of literati in the Song Dynasty, and Wen Tianxiang was a literary saint with extremely quick thinking. Even if Li Jun had a pair that he could not match, he could find him. He did this to make things difficult for him and should not show weakness. He said, "I don't know what the first couplet of An Da?"

Yang Siwei took out a piece of gold-patterned paper and spread it on the table. The two eunuchs hurriedly served the pen and ink. It was obvious that Li Jun had already decided that he would not postpone it, and the preparations had been done long ago.

"The first couplet of the emperor is: Ancient countries have been prosperous for thousands of years." Yang Siwei said: "Please ask the Prime Minister and the second couplet."

Boyan knew what Li Jun meant without thinking, which means that under his governance, the sick camel in the Southern Song Dynasty was rejuvenated and China had new hope. Not to mention the threats that followed, everyone understood.

Boyan thought that he could not show weakness. After a moment of contemplation, he immediately had an idea. He drank thick ink and wrote on the red paper of gold: "The Great Wall is magnificent and updated with ten thousand miles." After writing, he said to Yang Siwei: "How about this sentence?"

"Okay, okay, very good." Yang Siwei was admiring on the surface, and greeted all the ancestors of Boyan in his heart.

The Great Wall has always been a symbol of the Chinese nation, but it occupied the Mongols at that time. Boyan’s meaning was very clear, that is, we occupied your Great Wall and became a new atmosphere under our governance. This is indeed a good tit-for-tat word, and thanks to Boyan’s talent and thought of it instantly.

Yang Siwei looked at Boyan with ulterior motives and said, "The Prime Minister's sentence is grand and has extraordinary momentum. The emperor will give you a great gift. Prime Minister, say goodbye." Without waiting for Boyan to ask what the gift it was, he strode out.

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Boyan kept paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking anxious, as if something was difficult to decide.

Alahan said dissatisfiedly: "Prime Minister, what's wrong with you? I've never seen you so anxious." Boyan has always been calm and calm, and it was the first time he was so uneasy. Alahan couldn't help but be surprised.

"No, no, definitely not. He will not come to give me a gift for no reason, there must be a conspiracy." Boyan slapped his forehead and said in contemplation: "When Yang Siwei left, he said he wanted to give me a big gift, but he left without giving it. What is this big gift?"

"Can this be his conspiracy?" Alahan was also confused.

Boyan stopped, thought for a while, and said, "I can't figure it out, so I won't think about him anymore. I ordered all battalions to guard them closely to prevent the traitor from sneaking in."

Alahan disagreed with his words and said, "Prime Minister, what you said is wrong. In my opinion, he is still a person who keeps his promises. Since he has agreed to a truce, he will not cause trouble."

"I also see this, but I always feel something is wrong." As soon as Boyan finished speaking, a banging sound came from the camp. The sound came from all directions, and the whole Songjiang was boiling.

Alahan was shocked and said, "Come?"

When the matter came, Boyan calmed down and said, "Come on, what happened?"

The captain of the personal soldiers went out after Boyan agreed. After a while, he returned with anger and reported to Boyan: "Report to the Prime Minister, someone is sending firecrackers in the camp."

"This is a gift." Boyan understood instantly. As soon as his heart was gone, he felt much more happy. He smiled and said to Alahan: "It's a good thing he thought of it. He made such a big noise just to set off firecrackers for me. He ordered all battalions not to panic, guard all passages, and greet me well with these people who came to give gifts."

Thinking that if he took the person sent by Li Jun to deliver firecrackers and then bargained with Li Jun, it would be a very glorious thing, and both Boyan and Alahan laughed.

The captain of the personal soldiers still looked bitter and said, "Prime Minister, we have killed a lot of people, and the heads are hung at the gate of the city."

"Is there such a thing?" Boyan's eyes were so surprised that he had a sharp eye. Then he thought that the special forces were elusive and sneaked into the camp to kill some people. He immediately felt relieved and said, "Go and go and have a look."

Accompanied by Alahan, Boyan came down to the city gate with his personal soldiers and saw a row of heads hanging high above the city head from afar, no less than 180.

"He violated the agreement, and we don't have to comply with it. He is too slap in his teeth." Alahan said gritting his teeth.

Boyan looked up at the stars in the sky and said, "No, he abides by the agreement. He said that after the Spring Festival comes, it is not yet midnight. It is New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival has not yet arrived."

Alahan said this to Boyan, thinking that this is the case. According to the tradition of the Han people, the Spring Festival is the first day of the Lunar New Year, not the thirty years of New Year. Li Jun did not break his promise without the midnight period. Suddenly, he pointed to the city gate and said in extreme surprise: "Look, he also sent us Spring Festival couplets."
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