Chapter 226: The Breach (16)
At the head of the city of Kiev, a middle-aged man in his early thirties, with a hemp pit in his mouth, watched as the group immediately got on the boat at the dock, with the flag of Eastern Rome fluttering on the ship, as well as the flag unique to the envoy. With a whistle, the boat started slowly, and the paddlewheel made a bright splash and flew away.
When the ship disappeared from view, the middle-aged man was already full of tears. When he was taken to a nearby room to untie himself and take out the hemp pit, the man first retched and then cried.
When his mood calmed down a little, Hao Rui, who was sitting on the main seat, said with a smile: "This brother, I respect you as a man, and you haven't revealed your tone for several months." But by now, you should also understand how much weight you have in the eyes of King Boyan. I don't love to be embarrassed, believe it or not, I have said it in my head. As long as you make the matter public in our Yuan court, and the people who come to inquire about you tell the truth, I will let you go. ”
When the man heard this, he was sad again, and he couldn't help choking. He came to Kyiv a few months ago on the order of Boyan to tell Hao Gui about Hao Kang's origins. Of course, Boyan chose his future son-in-law, and he should help. Unexpectedly, Hao Gui died unexpectedly not long after learning about this, and the messenger was kidnapped by the people who burst in. Later, I learned that it was the third prince Hao Rui who kidnapped him.
The envoy was firmly loyal to Boyan and would never reveal the news. After being tortured several times, he couldn't help but say nothing. Fortunately, Hao Rui didn't dare to kill the messenger, so he locked him up. A few days ago, an envoy from Western Rome came to inquire about the whereabouts of Hao Rui's last envoy. Hao Rui talked to them about Hao Rui's willingness to fully cooperate with the Western Roman Empire. The more the two sides talked, the more speculative and harmonious they became. In the end, Hao Rui said that the previous envoy was missing, and when the war was in chaos, he was only afraid of more evil and less auspicious, and asked Boyan for forgiveness.
The Western Roman mission could only sigh at this, and did not rage at the death of the emissary. On the contrary, we should continue to talk to Hao Rui about the possibility of cooperation. But they did not know that the messenger they inquired about was in the secret room next door, with a strong bundle and a tightly gagged mouth, listening to their conversation.
In the next few meetings, Hao Rui mentioned the possibility that the envoy might return to heaven unfortunately, and the Western Roman envoy all sighed that 'the world is impermanent, and life is like a dream'. Seeing that the second wave of emissaries had gone, and the first emissary knew that it was completely impossible for him to be rescued by Boyan Augustus of the Western Roman Empire, this despair was really like falling into the abyss.
Seeing that the messenger was emotional, Hao Rui asked someone to pour him a glass of wine. The messenger drank it dry, and Hao Rui ordered someone to pour another glass, and then continued: "Don't worry, I won't kill you if I let you show up again." What's more, I just want to be the lord of the Yuan country to let you tell you a few truths. After I become the lord of the Yuan Kingdom, you don't have to worry that I won't let you go. King Boyan is an extremely smart person, how could he not know that you have been wronged. And the national quality inspection is a big deal, and I won't turn my face for this little thing like you. You take a break, think about it, you can figure it out. ”
After saying that, Hao Rui stood up and asked the people below to entertain the envoy, and he strode out of the house and went straight to the palace.
Back in the palace, the maid came to report, and the queen mother asked Hao Rui to see him. Hao Rui tidied up his clothes and wiped his face with a towel before going to his mother's bedroom. After seeing his mother, Hao Rui stepped forward and saluted, "Mother is fine." ”
"San Lang, you can't fight with your eldest brother." Bao Xiweak said with a pale face.
Hao Rui stood up and took the teapot from the maid and poured a cup of tea for Bao Xiqiao, and then said gently: "Mother is too worried, I just want to succeed the lord of the country, why do I have to fight for life and death with my eldest brother." The eldest brother has been very good to his brothers since he was a child, and in the days when the eldest brother left, my mother also said that I cried more fiercely than you at that time, and took the eldest brother's hand and resolutely refused to let him go. In the end, it was my mother who picked me up. ”
When Bao Xiwan heard this, his eyes couldn't help but turn red. She vaguely remembered what it looked like at that time, Hao Kang and Hao Rui looked very similar, and when she saw Hao Rui, she recalled her eldest son Hao Kanglai. But the eyes of the two are not the same, the reason why Hao Kang is said to be a copy of Bao Xiqiao is because Hao Kang's eyes are exactly the same as Bao Xiweak. Those were the big bright eyes of the Han people. Although Hao Rui's face shape is like Bao Xi's weakness, his eyes inherit the Mongolian Hao Ren. Slender and sharp-eyed.
Later, Bao Xiweak also tried to persuade his sons to have a good talk, Hao Rui smiled: "In this case, it is good for my mother to ask my eldest brother to come back to Kyiv." He is my eldest brother, and I will never harm my eldest brother's life. ”
Bao Xiqiao wanted to believe the words of her third son, but she still couldn't fully believe it. She was well aware of her third son's determination to ascend to the throne. He was even able to ask Bao Xiweak to come forward to kill Jiang Guangtou, and the wheelchair with a lot of firearms was carefully prepared by Hao Rui. Bao Xixiao hopes that her sons will not fight each other, and that she can disobey her life creed for the sake of her sons. But the third son can do anything for the throne.
When Hao Ren decided to break away from the Mongolian Golden Horde and establish his own Yuan Kingdom, this was the kind of gaze, and the same light flashed in Hao Ren's eyes.
After appeasing his mother, Hao Rui returned to the palace where his father Hao Ren used to work, and first put incense on his father's spiritual seat, Hao Rui bowed his head and silently prayed for his father's spirit in heaven to bless him. Then he began to convene his ministers to discuss state affairs. Perhaps because his mother is Han, Hao Rui is much taller than the Mongols. It reached the height of ordinary Northern Han Han people.
The civil officials were all liberated from Jiang Guangtou by Hao Rui, so they enthusiastically began to give advice to their benefactors. However, it is a Han tradition for Han people to be a cultural official, and no one mentioned the news that has begun to circulate, and Shang Shang said: "King, we can't be too anxious at this time. It had to be understood by the people themselves. It is true that all of us are Han Chinese, but we all refused to defect to the Song Kingdom, so we followed King Hao Ren all the way here. The new Mongols, the Marzas, were loyal to the king and naturally knew what was important. So don't rush. ”
The other ministers followed up with the same thing, and everyone felt that the matter had to be postponed. Hao Rui listened for a while and asked, "Everyone, I'm worried that Wei Jingwang dog jumped off the wall in a hurry." What if he instigates war? ”
Immediately, Xi Chongbai, the trusted acting privy envoy, said: "The king doesn't have to worry, it is already the ninth month of the Western calendar, and it will be dark early after this month, which is not suitable for war." ”
Xi Chongbai's words reminded Hao Rui of the morning and dusk line that his eldest brother Hao Kang taught him, that was when Hao Kang had just returned from studying abroad, and the two brothers had endless words. Seeing that the eldest brother yawned early, Hao Rui laughed at the eldest brother for being lazy. The eldest brother said to Hao Rui about the morning and dusk line.