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"How is this a short wait? He has clearly made this ambassador wait for nearly four hours already. If he didn't come, this ambassador's waist would have been standing straight!" After hearing the soldier's words, it was as if he was adding oil to the fire, and the hand that was holding onto the collar of his shirt tightened.

"Lord — —" At this moment, a petite and gentle voice suddenly sounded out from the side. Hearing the voice, Thief immediately realized that he had lost his identity, so he had no choice but to obediently release his hand.

Of course, this was the voice that Jing Ke had been assigned by the Military Advisor Gong Zhuong. These words from Gong Zhuang Rong had long ago been written in front of Jing Ke, so he did not dare disobey.

Although he had loosened his grip on the soldier's collar, he still complained to Gongsheng Rong, "Miss Gongsheng, the monarch of Chu is really too much. I have no other choice. If I knew this would happen, I wouldn't have agreed to such a troublesome task."

"Hey, my lord, you called me wrongly again. Right now, I'm not some young lady who has a public loss, but your servant. You just need to instruct me." How could Gong Huorong listen to his complaints, she just seized on his mistake and reminded him again.

Only now did Thief Sheng realize that he had said something wrong. He immediately assumed his identity and corrected himself, "Oh, right, servant. This envoy is a bit tired right now. Hurry up and pinch my shoulders."

"Okay." The servant replied in a low voice. Indeed, he went up and pinched Thief Sheng's shoulder.

Seeing the scene in front of him, this Thief was secretly delighted in his heart. Although the country of Chu had encountered such a troublesome matter, to be able to enjoy the massage provided by Gong Zhuang Rong was a very pleasant thing to do.

But what he didn't know was that this good news came quickly and also quickly. Just as this Gongsheng Rong's slender hand was placed on Thief's shoulder, he heard someone shout from above: "That person below the city is the Special Envoy of Yan Guo, Jing Ke?!"

When Thief Sheng and Gong Zhuang Rong heard someone shouting above the city walls, they raised their heads to look. They saw a man wearing an embroidered suit and an official's hat carefully observing everything that was happening below the city walls. Then, Gong Huorong took the opportunity to see the hand that was originally on Thief's shoulder retract.

The person who interrupted Thief Sheng's original plan to enjoy the blessings was unhappily replying, "I'm Yan Guo's envoy, Jing Ke. Who are you?"

"I am the leader of the Chu Country. Today, upon hearing of your visit, I have come under the orders of my King to receive you." When the people on the tower heard of this question, they also answered his question.

When Thief Sheng heard that Lord Chu had sent someone to welcome him, he was overjoyed. He thought that Lord Chu knew some etiquette and wanted to send someone to welcome him. But that came a little too late, and of course he was dissatisfied. Therefore, he pretended to be arrogant and shouted towards the city gate: "Since it's sent by your highness to welcome me, why aren't you opening the gate quickly and ordering everyone to stand on both sides of the road to welcome me?"

"About this —" Jin who was standing on top of the city gate hesitated intentionally for a moment, then said, "I am truly sorry, Envoy Jing, our country's King has given orders, due to the recent war, Chu Ying is the capital of the Chu Country, he has a very important position. In order to prevent enemy spies from infiltrating the city, Chu Ying has temporarily closed the city gate for a few days, and if the envoy wants to enter the city, he can enter through a small door at the side."

While talking, Jin Shang pointed at the small door on top of the tower.

Thief Sheng followed the direction of Jin Shang's finger and looked in that direction carefully. He saw a stone gate not more than three feet tall, and barely a foot in height by the side of the city gate. From this size, it could be said to be a stone cave rather than a door. Although he was only five feet tall, if he wanted to pass through this door, he would have to bow his head.

Of course, he was well aware of the origins of such caves. Normally, in order to make it easier for their dogs to get in and out, there would be a small hole on the side of their front door, which was called a dog hole.

Thief Sheng had always considered himself as the envoy chosen by Jing Ke, but now with the Chu Country using this sort of method to deal with him, it was obvious that they wanted to humiliate him. In addition, his current identity was the son of the Mo family, Jing Ke. If he were to lose face for his son here, how would he explain himself to Jing Ke when he returned?

Thinking up to here, he could not help but exclaim angrily: "This is not some small stone door, it is obviously a dog hole, your Lord Chu purposely wants me to pass through this dog hole, is it to where my stately Yan Nation is?!"

When Jin Shang heard these words, he could not help but feel secretly pleased, but he still pretended not to know what was going on, and shouted loudly: "Aiya, Envoy Jing, you misunderstand, our monarch did not intend to do so, but was actually forced by the current situation, I hope that you can forgive me."

And at this time, Jin was still pretending to shout, which made the people behind him very happy. This was the person who had been conspiring with Jin Shang for a long time, King Chukoulie. Seeing that Li Yuan and Jin had set up this scheme to humiliate the envoy from Yan Country, King Chuquelei had unconsciously raised his prestige. This was definitely a good chance from his appointed position, so at this moment, he was naturally secretly overjoyed, secretly thinking of giving Li Garden and Jin Shang a good reward when he returned.

"You-!" Just as he was about to curse out loud, his face suddenly changed, the anger instantly disappeared, and instead, he grinned and said: "Fine, since that's the case, this envoy can only let it go this time, through this dog hole." However, after passing through this hole, the Chu Country would become the laughingstock of all the countries in the world. "

While laughing, he shook his head and bent down to pretend that he was going to drill a hole.

At this time, Jin who was at the top of the city, upon hearing these words, saw that he was not angry, but instead happy, and immediately became alert, thus loudly shouting: "Envoy, please wait!"

Once he heard the people on the city shouting, he stood up straight again, pretended not to understand and asked: "What orders do you have for me? Could it be that there's something special about Chu entering this dog hole? "

When Jin Shang heard this, he explained again and again, "I dare not, but what did the envoy say just now that I don't know how to explain it?"

"Hehe, actually, letting me dig a dog hole this time is nothing," After hearing Jin Shang's words, Thief Sheng intentionally laughed, "However, please think about it, since your city's main gate is a dog hole, wouldn't your country be no different from a dog country? When that time comes, all the marquis under the heavens will know that the country of Chu, which has a dog hole in it, is visited by our Yan Country's envoy. As he spoke, he bent over and prepared to pass through the small cave.

"This —" Jin was still at the top of the city when he heard Thief Sheng's words. He immediately looked awkward, lowering his head to glance at Lord Chu, who was hiding behind him. Lord Chu was so angry that his face turned purple, but he did not dare to speak directly. Seeing Lord Chu's expression, Jin was already scared out of his wits, and anxiously shouted to stop Hui Sheng: "Please wait! I can only blame my carelessness for forgetting that the rules for entering the city a few days ago have been changed: envoys and officials from other countries can open the door to welcome me. "Please wait a moment, envoy. This subordinate will immediately order the guards to open the gates and welcome you into the city!"

Sure enough, a moment later, Chu Ying's city gate was opened. Standing on the other side of the gate was the lord of Chu, and there were two rows of guards standing at the entrance. It was a noble greeting.

Seeing this scene, Thief Sheng was secretly pleased. However, his expression remained unchanged as he walked in with a strut.

Jin, who had yet to arrive at the scene, immediately stepped forward to greet him. After they were three meters away, Jin bowed and said, "The order of the Chu Country. By the orders of our King, we have come to welcome the noble envoys of the Yan Nation."

Thief Sheng deliberately pretended to glance at Jin Shang, and then said, "I have to trouble Lord Yin to meet me at the city gate for so long."

Upon hearing these words, Jin Shang's face and ears immediately turned red, "Honorable envoy, if you are harmed, it is all my fault. Please forgive me."

Seeing Jin Shang's appearance, Thief's heart finally felt a lot better, so he casually said, "Forget it, this sovereign has never bothered with petty matters."

"Very good," Jin Shang heard this, although his heart was very unhappy, but he restrained his temper and maintained his courtesy, "Please follow me, envoy. My king is already waiting in the imperial court."

Previously, King Chu had been secretly watching over the Yan State envoy, but now, he had said that he had been waiting in the imperial court for a long time. Why was that so? As it turns out, when your Lord Chu saw that he was not able to gain any advantage when he entered the city, and was instead teased by that Thief until he was unable to speak, he secretly snuck back into the palace, and gathered the important officials of the Li Garden and Chu, planning a plot to take back the face he lost today at the city gates.

At the moment, he didn't know why, but he had listened to Jin Shang's words and followed him to the palace in Chu.

When both of them arrived at the Chu Country's imperial court, one of the attendants shouted at the top of his lungs, "We have an audience with the Yan Kingdom's special envoy!" This shout resounded throughout the royal palaces of Chu, and was heard clearly by all the officials who were plotting in the imperial court.

After listening to the servant's report, King Chukoulie knew that it was a secret message from the attendant. Thus, he gave a look to the servants that he had arranged. Seeing the look in King Chu's eyes, the other ministers nodded their heads, indicating that they had made their preparations. They just waited for the Yan Kingdom's ambassador to enter his urn.

Seeing the reaction of the crowd of officials, King Chukoulie's heart settled down. He then spoke to the attendant beside him in a low voice, "Proclamation."

Hearing Lord Chu's command, the servant immediately shouted towards the outside of the hall, "Xuan —!"

Jin still heard the attendant's voice and knew that Lord Chu was ready. He then turned to the man beside him, "Honored envoy, please follow me into the hall." After that, he led Thief Sheng and Gong Zhuang Rong into the hall.

Arriving at the great hall, he saw that the civil and military officials of the imperial court were divided into two groups. One was from the left and the other was from the right. The officials all looked frivolous. They were all squinting their eyes and looking at him, as if they didn't put him in their eyes at all.

Seeing that he was about to ascend to the throne, King Chukoulie intentionally asked, "What do you think of my official job, the envoy of Yan Country?"

With Lord Chu's words, the two rows of staff stood up, and looked towards Thief Sheng in unison.

When he saw these two lines of ministers, he realized that each of them was more than seven feet tall and had a tall and sturdy stature. They looked down at him condescendingly. Hence, he replied, "From what I see, all the subjects of Chu are tall and sturdy, able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of Chu for your majesty."

When Lord Chu heard this, he smiled and said to Thief, "Hehe, you're too kind, Special Envoy. I wonder why the king of Yan Nation sent a man like you, who's not even five feet long and has a very important appearance, to come to my Chu. Could it be that all the officials of Yan Nation are as ugly as you?"

When the officials heard Lord Chu's words, they all began to laugh heartily.

When he heard this, he immediately understood that Lord Chu had arranged for so many burly men to be his ministers. He had obviously set up a trap for him to ask such a difficult question.

He suddenly thought of the scene at the city gate and was immediately enlightened, "Hey, you've misunderstood, King Yan. If we were to talk about a handsome talent, it could be said that raising one of our sleeves would cover the entire sky above Chu Ying's capital. With just a casual sprinkle of sweat, we would be able to flatten Chu Ying's entire being."

"Oh?" Lord Chu obviously did not believe Kukulo's words, but he smiled and asked, "Are you bragging? Since you have so many talents in your country, why are you acting like a noble envoy, yet you can also become the elder of this alliance? Aren't you going to be laughed at by all the countries in the world? The oligarchs really do not know how your envoys sent out Han, Zhao, and Wei Sanjin. "

"My words are not the least bit false. In fact, I did not want to come to your country, but my king has said something. Han, Zhao, and Wei had already chosen a completely different kind of virtuous man to come visit, and for a person of my stature like him, I am only worthy of your name, Chu Ying."

You — — "When Lord Chu heard these words, his heart immediately burned with anger. He wanted to get angry, but suddenly realized that he was the king of a country and could not easily be angered, falling into the ambassadors' trap. Thus, he suppressed the anger in his heart and slowly said," Your country is sending such a delegation, are you not intentionally looking down on me, Chu, then why are you pretending to be sincere and come to my Chu to discuss the plan?

"Your Majesty, I don't agree with your words. Actually, my king did not send me here on purpose to look down on your country. As the saying goes, even though the weight was small, it could still hold a thousand pounds. Even though the paddle was long, it could only paddle in the water. Doing things didn't necessarily require a lot of effort. "Although I am a short man, my wisdom is the brightest amongst all of your envoys. The ruler of your country has always spoken wisely and the ruler has always been wise, which is why he sent me to your country as an envoy." Thief's sudden words were reasonable, causing Lord Chu to be stunned. The anger he had just shown had dissipated by more than half.