The first thousand two hundred and seventy-six chapters diplomatic relations are no trivial matter
Several officials were immediately overjoyed.
"Oh, if that's the case, Master Lao Zhou will be here!"
"Master Zhou is in the Ministry of Rites, and I heard that he is highly regarded by Master Chen. Given time, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Rites will be just around the corner."
"I'll leave everything to Master Zhou!"
Everyone complimented Zhou Tong one after another.
Zhou Tongtong sat in the center and said happily: "Easy to say, everyone is doing it for the great... The world has been suffering for a long time, I just did something that many people wanted to do but couldn't do, hahaha... Ga
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Zhou Tong's laughter stopped abruptly.
Boom boom boom.
For a moment, the ground shook.
Loud noises kept coming.
"ah……"
There were occasional screams from people.
Zhou Tong and others looked shocked and stood up one after another.
Zhou Tong asked loudly: "What's going on?"
boom.
The door was knocked open, and a guard broke in, bowing and saying: "Master Zhou, something bad happened. The post station collapsed."
Swish.
Zhou Tong's face suddenly turned extremely pale.
His body swayed, he held on to the table before he stood still, and then ran out in a panic: "Quick, go, go see Ambassador Cui!"
Everyone lit torches and walked out of the yard.
I saw a building not far away that had been razed to the ground, leaving only a pile of ruins.
Someone is already searching and rescuing.
In a short time, all the people buried underneath were found.
Fortunately, this building was made of wood. When it collapsed, there were large gaps between the pillars. The Goguryeo envoys living inside were only injured, but there were no casualties.
The Goguryeo envoy, whose surname was Cui, served as an ambassador to the Tang Dynasty.
Ambassador Cui of Goguryeo, wearing a gorgeous robe and looking disgraced, was supported by others and came to Zhou Tong.
Zhou Tong hurried forward, dusted off Ambassador Cui's clothes, and kept saying: "Ambassador Cui, I'm really sorry for frightening you. Datang will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation for this matter."
of……"
Ambassador Cui took a sip, spit out the dirt in his mouth, and said unhappily: "A satisfactory explanation? You are committing murder. You want to kill the envoy. There is an old saying in the Tang Dynasty that the two countries will not kill the envoy when they are at war. But now
Goguryeo and Tang Dynasty brothers are worthy of each other. It is unreasonable for you to do such despicable and shameless things. It is unreasonable. I almost died in it just now. You must be responsible... you must be responsible. Tomorrow, I will report this matter
Report it to the Emperor of Tang, and I will prepare a letter and send people to send it back to Goguryeo as fast as possible. Our Emperor will definitely not give up. Just wait for Goguryeo's credentials."
"Yes, yes, we were wrong in this matter. Don't worry, Ambassador Cui, we will definitely find out the reason..."
"I don't need any reason, Datang just wants to murder me."
Ambassador Cui is fat and has a arrogant attitude.
Zhou Tong could only be cautious and said: "Ambassador Cui, look, how about I arrange for you to stay at a nearby restaurant for one night, and I will come to the restaurant early tomorrow morning to give you an explanation. What do you think?"
Ambassador Cui flicked his sleeves: "I'm not going anywhere! I'm right here, and I'm afraid you will try to kill me again!"
Zhou Tong's face was dark, but there was nothing he could do.
Ambassador Cui is clearly looking for trouble.
The Goguryeo envoy came to Chang'an this time to discuss the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Goguryeo never acknowledged Li Er's request for Goguryeo to pay tribute every year and recognize the Tang Dynasty's status as a sovereign state. Instead, Goguryeo believed that it and the Tang Dynasty were on equal footing and could be called brothers.
The two parties quarreled over this matter to no avail.
Now that something like this has happened, Datang has no confidence when negotiating.
Zhou Tong couldn't help but cursed in his heart, bastard, bastard, if I can get this done, I will definitely be reused. Who knew that something like this happened, how could it be unreasonable...
As long as this matter is revealed, it is difficult to say whether he, the host and guest official, can be saved.
For a moment, Zhou Tongxin felt as if he was dead.
At this moment, an official came over and said, "Sir Zhou, the city management team has arrived."
Zhou Tong raised his eyebrows: "Guancheng Brigade? Don't these guys sleep at night? They are just people from Jingzhao Mansion. Do they still want to interfere in the affairs of the Ministry of Rites? They are too courageous. Stop them and tell them to get out!"
Zhou Tong has a very bad temper.
The official said: "Sir, not only the city management team, but also Du's consort is here."
Zhou Tong was shocked: "What does he want to do?"
Before he finished speaking, he heard a voice behind him: "Master Zhou, long time no see!"
Zhou Tong turned around and saw Du He, surrounded by several Guancheng officials, approaching him.
Zhou Tongpi responded with a smile: "Consort Du, it's been a long time since I last saw you. Except for things like this, the post makes you laugh. It's so late, Prince Consort, it's better to go back early and rest. Disaster relief is also quite tiring."
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This is to drive away Du He.
Du He chuckled: "Master Zhou, what do you mean? If a family doesn't speak the same language, you will become a stranger if you say this. I'm not here to laugh at you, I'm here to deal with this matter."
Zhou Tong's heart was beating wildly: "You...what do you want to do?"
His instinct told him to stay away from Du He.
However, Du He had already walked up, pulled his sleeve, and said: "Master Zhou, you have worked hard for the country and the people. Unexpectedly, this post station collapsed. It happened in Chang'an City and in the Guancheng Brigade.
Leave this matter to me in the jurisdiction of the territory."
Swish.
Zhou Tong shook his sleeves, broke away from Du He's hand, and said angrily: "Du Ma, this matter is a matter of the Ministry of Rites and has nothing to do with you. You'd better take the people away quickly. Do you know that there is a distinguished guest living in the inn?"
, it is Ambassador Cui, the Goguryeo envoy who is on a mission to the Tang Dynasty. Ambassador Cui was frightened and is now very emotional. You showed up with the Guancheng Brigade. If you offend him, can you bear the responsibility?"
Du He couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't he just a small Goguryeo envoy? Why should Mr. Zhou be so nervous? Even if he is smashed to death, so what?"
The Tang Dynasty was the giant of this era, and Goguryeo was just a small country.
But Zhou Tong seemed to be very afraid of Ambassador Cui.
It shouldn’t be!
Zhou Tong said with a black face: "What do you know? Diplomatic relations are no small matter."
"Shit..."
"you……"
Zhou Tong was speechless in retorting.
At this moment, there was a loud noise not far away.
"Where is Mr. Zhou!"
"Call Master Zhou over here quickly!"
"As an envoy of Goguryeo, is this how the Tang Dynasty treated envoys? How dare you plot to kill me? Now that you can't kill me, you just throw me here. It's simply unreasonable!"
"I'm going to see Emperor Tang!"
It was the angry voice of Ambassador Choi of Goguryeo.
After Zhou Tong heard this, he was confused for a moment.
Du He chuckled: "Ambassador Cui has quite a temper. Let me go meet him. I will take care of this matter!"
"Consort, don't..."
Zhou Tong quickly went to pull Du He's sleeve, but unfortunately it was already a step too late.
Du He stepped forward, walked up to the Goguryeo envoy and his party, and said displeasedly: "Who is making a noise here in the middle of the night? Don't you know the rules of Chang'an City not to make noise after dark and disturb the people?"
Zhou Tong caught up with him and saw Du He reprimanding the Goguryeo envoy. He was so frightened that his eyes darkened and he almost fainted.