Han Du, Zhu Biao, and Tang Ding hid in the cabin again. Since it would take time to replenish fresh water and food and wait for the transactions from Fu Yong and others, the three of them passed the time by playing chess in the cabin.
But this time, no matter how warmly Zhu Biao invited Han Du, Han Du was not fooled. No matter how Zhu Biao coerced and lured, Han Du refused to play chess with him.
In the end, Zhu Biao had no choice but to fight with Tang Ding.
Tang Ding's chess ability was not as weak as Han Du's, and was even slightly higher than Zhu Biao's. He had only played four or five moves at the beginning, and the red and black sides on the chessboard fell into a bloody fight.
Now, it was Zhu Biao's turn to hold the chess pieces and frown.
Han Du sat between the two of them, holding a tea cup and looking left and right with a smile on his face. He was in a good mood and it was definitely very interesting.
Zhu Biao was dissatisfied with Han Du's attitude and contradicted him, "You are watching from the side, can you understand?"
Han Du looked at Zhu Biao with a smile and said, "I can't understand, but I just need to see who loses and who wins." He stared at Zhu Biao with his eyes wide open, and the meaning was self-evident.
Just watching the two of them play chess made Han Du very satisfied. It would be even better if he could also see Zhu Biao lose miserably!
Zhu Biao was a little choked by Han Du's understatement. After coming over for a while, he said angrily: "So, do you think Guhui lost?"
Han Du nodded with a smile on his face, "Who makes you so happy when you win? Don't you allow me to have fun next to you?"
Zhu Biao smiled and nodded, "Then just watch and get hit three times!"
Zhu Biao focused on the chessboard and fought with Tang Ding attentively. However, in the middle game, Zhu Biao made a mistake, causing Tang Ding to seize the opportunity to pursue the victory and was beaten.
Just when Zhu Biao was about to give up, there was a knock on the door. Before Han Du could ask questions, Yu Da's voice came from outside the door, "I'll ask you to see Da in the end."
Han Du saw Zhu Biao and Tang Ding both staring at the chessboard with sweat on their foreheads. It was obvious that the fighting had entered its most intense stage.
So he turned back towards the door and said, "Come in."
Yu Da pushed open the door and stepped in, then closed the door and bowed, saying: "I will finally pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the two Marquises."
After finishing speaking, Yu Da straightened up and saw His Royal Highness the Prince and Tang Ding fighting fiercely on the chessboard. He had no time to pay attention to him and was stunned for a moment.
Han Du smiled and waved his hands and said: "They don't have time to care about you now. What do you want?"
Report it, just say it."
Yu Da quickly came to his senses. It was not a big deal anyway, and the report to North Korea and South Korea was the same. He said: "After the King of Mount Xilan heard that our Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty was here, he wanted to come to see him.
The envoy who has been sent has arrived and is waiting to be summoned below."
Since it was a summons, it was not Han Du's business. He looked back at Zhu Biao. He was also wondering why the king of Ceylon Mountain sent people here? Han Du had no intention of staying in Ceylon from the beginning, he just wanted to
After replenishing fresh water and some food, we continued to Horumus.
At this time, Zhu Biao also came back to his senses and heard Yu Da's words. He touched the chessboard casually and asked Yu Da in a pretentious manner: "Is the envoy from the State of Ceylon here?"
"It's our chess!" Tang Ding suddenly burst out with an earth-shattering cry. Looking at the chessboard that had been messed up, Tang Ding was heartbroken, "We are going to win, we are going to win."
He couldn't care less about the etiquette of the king and his ministers. He suddenly grabbed Zhu Biao's arm and asked eagerly: "Your Highness, did you do it on purpose? You deliberately messed up the chessboard. Are you afraid of losing to me?"
Zhu Biao was indeed at a disadvantage in the chess game just now, and he knew it, and was about to be defeated by Tang Ding. If the chessboard was still there, Zhu Biao would have to admit that he lost anyway.
But now that the chessboard is gone, winning or losing depends entirely on your voice. The public is justified and the mother-in-law is justified.
Zhu Biao got rid of Tang Ding's hand with a backhand and denied it: "What do you mean you almost won? This game of chess was obviously won by Gu Kuai, okay? I just turned around and accidentally touched the chessboard. It's such a pity, what a pity~"
"Nonsense, we are obviously about to win." Tang Ding grabbed Zhu Biao's wrist again and held on, "You deliberately messed up the chess game. You wiped your palm back and forth on the chessboard three times. Is that called an accident?"
After being exposed by Tang Ding, Zhu Biao was able to keep his face calm and his heart not beating. Not to mention anything else, just because of this shameless skill, Zhu Biao's growth was really rapid when he was in the capital compared to now.
Seeing Han Du looking at him with a strange smile, Zhu Biao ducked his eyes for a moment, coughed, and turned to look at Yu Da. He asked seriously: "Where is the envoy from Ceylon?"
When Zhu Biao and Tang Ding were fighting just now, Yu Da wanted to bury his head in the plank of the ship and didn't dare to raise his head. Now when Zhu Biao asked him, he quickly replied: "That's right.
Below, we are waiting for His Highness’s summons.”
Zhu Biao nodded slowly, glanced at Tang Ding first, and said: "Obviously Gu has won, but you are calling a deer a horse. But now the Ceylon envoy's matter is important, Gu will not care about you now. After Gu has finished handling the matter, we will
One more round, I want you to be convinced!"
"Come on, come on, who is afraid of whom?" Tang Ding saw that Zhu Biao had said this, so he had to expose it angrily. However, he was still unconvinced and wanted to fight Zhu Biao in the chess game again.
Seeing that Tang Ding had been comforted, Zhu Biao raised his hands and said, "Let's go out with Gu to see this Ceylon envoy."
Zhu Biao walked in front, leading Han Du and others out of the boat and onto the bow.
Yu Da immediately pointed at a group of people in strange clothes on the beach below, "Your Highness, those are the envoys of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom."
Zhu Biao raised his head and took a look. Because he was a little far away, he couldn't see clearly. He picked up the telescope and took a look, then said in deep thought: "Call them up."
"Yes." Yu Da answered simply.
Han Du stood on the bow of the ship and saw a group of pro-soldiers coming forward to carefully inspect the envoys from the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom inside and out, and then let them take a small boat to the vicinity of the flagship and lifted them in a hanging basket.
Lift onto the deck.
The leader of the envoys from the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom was also a man with two moustache, short stature and dark skin. He was also wearing some clothes. However, their clothes were very different from those of the Ming Dynasty. They said they were clothes, but in fact they were just covering their lower bodies.
It's just a circle of cloth, and the upper body is also wrapped in a piece of cloth. It just depends on whether it is wrapped on the right shoulder or the left shoulder.
As for clothes as complicated as those of the Ming Dynasty, sorry, no! They couldn't have them either. They didn't even have tailoring skills, so how could they have clothes? They could use the cloth in the most primitive and simplest way, which was pretty good.
Hader trotted all the way and came to Han Du with his head bowed.
Han Du glanced at him, gestured to the Ceylon envoy, and asked, "What's going on?"
Hard quickly replied softly: "Master Marquis, Hard doesn't know what's going on."
Han Du's eyes widened and he looked straight at him, "Hader brought this person here, how dare you say you don't know what's going on?"
Seeing that Handu was angry, Harder quickly explained: "Isn't Harder sending a message to Fu Yong and the others to facilitate their trade with the Ceylonese people? These people came suddenly, out of nowhere, all of a sudden
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Han Du narrowed his eyes and asked meaningfully: "Have they blocked your transaction?"
"That's not true." Harder shook his head, "But they claim to be the subjects of the King of Ceylon Mountain, and the Ceylonese people we trade with do know them and are very respectful to them. Harder doesn't think they are
It seemed fake, so I brought them here."
Han Du looked at Hade and was silent. After a long time, when Hade was looking at Han Du and flinched a little, Han Du said: "Doesn't it look fake? It's true or false. You can do whatever you want.
Can you tell?"
Hader realized that Han Du was dissatisfied with his reckless behavior, and smiled awkwardly. He suddenly realized and asked eagerly: "Are they fake?"
How would Han Du know if it was true or false? After all, Han Du had never even met these people. But now, whether it is true or false is no longer important.
Zhu Biao looked at several Ceylonese people who came forward. When these people came to a place two feet away from Zhu Biao, they were directly stopped by pro-army troops.
The actions of the pro-troops immediately aroused dissatisfaction among the Ceylonese people, who started chattering to the pro-troops.
However, the pro-army only obeyed Zhu Biao's orders and ensured Zhu Biao's absolute safety. They did not understand and did not want to listen to what the Ceylonese people said. No matter whether Ceylon was dissatisfied or angry, they would not be put aside by the pro-army.
In eyes.
One of the pro-soldiers saw that the Ceylonese people did not kneel before His Highness the Crown Prince, and immediately shouted: "Bold, if you don't kneel down before His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you are committing a crime of deceiving the emperor. Are you looking for death?"
After saying that, he was about to go up and arrest the Ceylon envoy.
Zhu Biao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Forget it, those who don't know are not guilty." After all, the person who came was an envoy from Ceylon. Although Ceylon is only a small island country, since people heard the news and came to worship, it was not at all polite.
However, Zhu Biao was still able to forgive them generously.
Han Du glared at Hader, raised his chin and said, "Go and tell them what to do when meeting His Highness."
Seeing that Handu did not blame him for his recklessness, Hard quickly smiled and bowed and agreed, then turned around and ran to talk to the Ceylon envoy.
I don’t know how Harder communicated, but in the end the envoy from the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom understood. He knelt down and crawled on the ground like Harder did.
Hader said solemnly: "Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Empire. His Highness is a thousand years old."
Naturally, the Ceylon envoy and others could not speak Chinese, so they followed Hader's movements without saying a word and bowed respectfully.