In the Sifang Pavilion, counting the past and present lives, Xia Hongsheng sat face to face with the Japanese for the first time.

The two people in front of them didn't look as shabby as they imagined, they were dressed quite well, their skin was white, their skin was fine, and their skin was tender. Therefore, it is regarded as the beginning of formal exchanges, so the main envoy and deputy envoy on the opposite side are wearing court clothes, which are very similar to the Tang Dynasty, and they should have been learned by the previous Sui envoys. If you don't speak, you just look like this, and it's no different from the Tang people.

Xia Hongsheng was observing these envoys to the Tang Dynasty, and the people on the other side were also observing Xia Hongsheng.

Seeing that Xia Hongsheng was not very old, but the bearing of sitting there was definitely not something that such a young person would have, and he couldn't help but be curious.

Xia Hongsheng lifted the kettle, poured a cup of tea from the kettle into the cup in front of the envoy of the Japanese Kingdom, put down the kettle, and said with a smile: "Your country has never had this method of brewing tea, so why don't you try it first." ”

"Thank you Xiahou Ye for giving tea, my country is barren and far away, tea is a cherished thing, let me taste it." The envoy of the Japanese kingdom named Inougami Mita first bowed his head and thanked Xia Hongsheng for pouring tea, and then while speaking, he picked up the teacup with his hands together, put it under his nose and sniffed it gently, he couldn't help but look surprised, and took another sip and swallowed it gently, and his face was even more surprised: "This tea ......"

"Now there is no one in Datang who uses salt and pepper to make sencha." Xia Hongsheng smiled and said, "After the tea leaves are picked, after some means of concoction, they have such a flavor. ”

"I see!" Inougami Mita said suddenly: "I haven't been in contact for many years, and Datang has changed a lot now!" ”

"Yes, today's Tang Dynasty is far from being comparable to the Sui Dynasty in the past." Xia Hongsheng nodded, said, and then smiled again: "Your envoy's Chinese is very good. ”

Inugami Mita smiled and said: "Don't dare, I just admire the Tang culture, and dream that one day I can reproduce the prosperity of exchanges between the two countries, so I studied the classics of the Central Plains with Mr. Ono Girl." ”

"How is Mr. Ono?" Xia Hongsheng asked.

But seeing Inougami Mita's face sad, he lamented: "My husband has passed away for five years, and now I haven't seen each other in my dreams." ”

"Your envoy mourns the change." Xia Hongsheng pretended to persuade with warm words: "Your Excellency Ono Sister has made a lot of contributions to my **** exchanges with the Japanese country, and if Your Excellency can follow his will and rebuild the two countries, it will be enough to comfort his soul in heaven." ”

"Thank you, Master Xia." Inougami Mita saluted Xia Hongsheng and said: "Since I landed, as for Chang'an, what I saw along the way can't help but make me sigh. Heaven is biased in favor of the Tang Dynasty, giving the Tang Dynasty endless land and wealth, loyal courtiers and subjects. The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is even more than imagined. His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is worthy of being the Heavenly Khan with all corners of the world! ”

Xia Hongsheng smiled, not moved by his sycophancy, but just knocked on the table with his knuckles, and said: "I can't hide it, do you know why Your Majesty sent Ben Hou to see you after such a long time?" ”

"Please also ask Lord Xiahou for advice!" Inougami Mita is a color road.

Xia Hongsheng also said with a straight face: "Datang respects the heavens, and does not dare to call the number of days in vain, and claims to be the sky." Therefore, although the Tang Dynasty has a territory of thousands of miles, countless people, and prosperity, the Tang Emperor only called himself the Son of Heaven to show his awe of God. There are only a few islands and no more than a million people, so why does the lord of the country dare to claim the emperor? Where did you put my Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty? Dissatisfied with your envoy, His Majesty saw the letter of state presented by the lord of the country, and when he saw that the beginning was called the 'Emperor of the East', he was immediately furious, and among the courtiers, there were also many ministers who were indignant, thinking that there was no one in the country to pay respects, and his letter should be burned, his contributions should be destroyed, his people should be expelled, and he should not be allowed to enter my Tang Dynasty. ”

Inugami Mita's face changed slightly, and he was about to speak, but he heard the deputy envoy beside him say first: "The title of the emperor is that the people of our country respect the lord of the country, so there is this title, and this is just my people calling our lord, but I don't know what it has to do with His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it is worth making a big fuss about it?" The people of our country call the lord of the country the emperor, just as the people of your country call your majesty the emperor, and that's it, so why can't the emperor of the east be the emperor of the west? ”

As soon as these words came out, Inugami Mita's face changed again, and he immediately pulled the deputy envoy by the hand, and said in a loud voice: "It's really a misunderstanding about this title!" The people of our country, grateful for the grace of the lord of the country, so they respect the emperor, and there is no intention to insult His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. When I wrote this letter that day, it was really the negligence of the internal officials, and I only thought of the words that the people of our country called the lord of the country and the people of your country called His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but I did not think deeply. This is a misunderstanding, not intentional, and I also ask Xiahou Ye to convey it to His Majesty on his behalf, and if His Majesty allows it, he will explain and make amends for His Majesty in the future. ”

However, Xia Hongsheng didn't seem to hear Inugami Mita's words, he just raised his eyes and stared directly at the deputy envoy beside him, with a hint of a sly smile in his eyes, which was unsettling.

"This is probably the deputy envoy of the Tang envoy sent by the Japanese State this time, Your Excellency Pharmacist Huiri." Xia Hongsheng's heart-wrenching eyes stared at the envoy for a long time, and then he suddenly asked.

"Exactly down there." The pharmacist Hui Ri straightened his waist as if he was very proud.

Xia Hongsheng smiled again and said lightly: "In the Han Dynasty, the lord of the country called himself a doctor, and sent an envoy to the court to pay tribute to my country of China. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was sincere, so he melted the gold and cast the seal, gave the seal a delay, and was canonized as the king, and the lord of Xu'er was the king of the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Wei Ming, he once named the king of Yamatai as the king of Wei Wei, and added a gold seal and purple slow. Your Excellency the Deputy Envoy must not know these things, right? Since the country of Er is a subject country of our China, Xu Er is the king, which is already a great gift. But I don't know when did you dare to call yourself the emperor? ”

"Hou Ye's words are inevitably laughing, although my country has been friendly with the Central Plains for hundreds of years, it is not a subordinate. As for the past events that Hou Ye just said, they have also lasted a long time and are difficult to study, but our country does not dare to admit it. Yakushi Huiri tried his best, and even Inugami Mita pulled him several times, but he couldn't stop him.

Listening to Pharmacist Huiri's words, the smile on Xia Hongsheng's face gradually disappeared, and then another smile slowly appeared, which was a sneer with a sense of danger.

After the pharmacist Huiri finished speaking, Inugami Mida was about to speak, but was stopped by Xia Hongsheng as soon as he raised his hand, stared at the pharmacist Huiri and said: "If your envoy still does not change such an arrogant attitude, I am afraid that Benhou will not be able to teach you to meet Your Majesty in person...... Your Excellency Inougami doesn't have to say much, this move is for the sake of waiting. Benhou originally thought that the Wa State was a subject state of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty, as the suzerain, should have allowed it at the request of the Wa State. Today, it seems that there is more to be said in the middle. Ben Hou admired the actions of His Excellency Ono Sister, and wanted to promote this matter. However, looking at the words of your deputy envoy today, I am afraid that I will not dare to let Your Majesty see you. ”

"If everything you say below is true, why don't you dare?" Pharmacist Huiri seemed to be very hard-boned, looked at Xia Hongsheng with his neck stalked, and asked rhetorically.

Xia Hongsheng's face flashed with a sneer, stared at his eyes tightly, and said softly, "Hehe...... Didn't your envoy hear that the Son of Heaven was angry, ambushed millions of corpses, and bled for thousands of miles? ”

Inugami Mita was shocked when he heard this, his face changed greatly, and he instantly soaked his clothes with sweat, and when he gritted his teeth, he stood up suddenly, and kicked Yakushi Huiri in the face. (To be continued.) )