Halfway through the Xu period, at the home of Guan Pengfei, the left Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.
After dinner, Guan Pengfei would make a pot of hot tea, then sit on the porch outside the house, while drinking tea, he would question his eight-year-old son about the lessons he had learned that day.
Guan Pengfei crossed his legs and listened to his son recite the text, while slowly shaking his head. Whenever he heard his son recited the text incorrectly, he would immediately point it out and explain it. His son would always listen carefully, and then repeat the wrong part again.
Pass.
After his son had memorized everything he had learned that day, Guan Pengfei put down his tea bowl, nodded and encouraged: "Yes, today is much better than yesterday. I only made two or three mistakes. I will keep working hard tomorrow. Do you understand?"
The son happily said: "I know daddy. I will work hard tomorrow and make sure I don't memorize anything wrong."
"Well, dad will wait and see!" Guan Pengfei smiled and touched his son's head.
At this moment, the old housekeeper suddenly ran in with a hurried look and shouted: "Master, master, there are many people outside, saying they want to see you!"
Guan Pengfei frowned and asked: "What time is it now? Who is coming to see me?"
The old housekeeper said: "It's... it's a mission from the country of Pitz..."
"What? The envoy from Pitz!" Guan Pengfei was startled and immediately sat upright.
Guan Pengfei was very puzzled. He didn't understand why the people from the Pitz mission came home at this hour.
After thinking about it, Guan Pengfei felt that something big must have happened!
"Let's go out and take a look."
Guan Pengfei quickly stood up, motioned to his son to go back to the house, and walked towards the door.
When he came to the gate and took a look, Guan Pengfei's heart tightened.
At this time, the scene in front of the door was quite scary. About thirty or forty Pitzers had blocked the door of his home. Many of them were armed and looked very fierce.
Although Guan Pengfei felt a little scared in his heart, he still tried to keep calm on his face.
"Get out of the way, I'll go out and take a look." Guan Pengfei said to a few timid servants at the door.
The old housekeeper worriedly said: "Master, why don't you ask us what's going on before we go out..."
Guan Pengfei said: "This is the land of the capital, at the feet of the emperor. As a court official, why am I still afraid of a bunch of Pitzers? Get out of the way!"
With that said, Guan Pengfei pushed aside the two servants in front of him and walked out of the house.
Guan Pengfei knew very well that he couldn't be cowardly at this time. If he was too scared to go out, it would be a huge laughing stock if word spread.
"It turns out to be the two great envoys, Ambassador Ronchebois and Deputy Ambassador Hengsal."
As soon as he went out, Guan Pengfei saw the two of them, and he bowed his hands politely, but there was no smile at all.
Ronchebois said with an apologetic expression: "Master Guan, I'm very sorry. There is really a reason for coming here at this time..."
Guan Pengfei asked unhappily: "What happened? That the two ambassadors worked so hard to bring so many people here?"
Heng Saer immediately said: "Master Guan, Chai Yan kidnapped our people and maliciously imprisoned them in his home. Please ask Master Guan to go with us to rescue people!"
"What did you say?" Guan Pengfei was shocked and asked in astonishment: "Who did you say...who kidnapped your people?"
Heng Saer frowned and said seriously: "Chai Yan!"
"Wu...that Chai Yan from Wude Division?" Guan Pengfei didn't quite believe it, for fear of getting the wrong person.
Heng Saer said angrily: "Besides that Chai Yan, do you have anyone else named Chai Yan?"
Guan Pengfei hurriedly said: "Two ambassadors, are you mistaken? How could Mr. Chai kidnap your people? He has no reason to do this!"
"Lord Guan!" Heng Saer suddenly burst out with aura, stared at Guan Pengfei and said: "If you don't believe it, come with us to Chai Yan's house now. If we lie and make false accusations, you can do whatever you want!"
As soon as Hengsal finished speaking, a group of Piz people behind him started making noise.
"That's right! Go now!"
"Go quickly, don't waste time!"
It's just that these words were all said in Piz Mandarin, and Guan Pengfei couldn't understand the meaning, but he could still understand the general meaning.
Guan Pengfei said hurriedly: "Ambassadors, don't be anxious. As Zuo Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, Guan Pengfei is responsible for the affairs of foreign missions in Beijing, but this matter is important. Can you please inform Honglu Temple of this matter?"
, and then..."
"Master Guan, we can't wait any longer!"
Heng Saer interrupted Guan Pengfei before he could finish his words.
Immediately afterwards, Heng Saer said: "Master Guan, now my people have been kidnapped and imprisoned by Chai Yan, and their life and death are unknown. If we delay further and don't go, can you be responsible for anything that happens?"
"I...I..." Guan Pengfei suddenly couldn't answer the question.
Guan Pengfei knew very well that he could not bear this responsibility. If an envoy from a small country died, he would not be too afraid. But if a Pitzer died now, would he be able to keep his black gauze hat?
Seeing that Guan Pengfei was stammering and unable to speak, Heng Saer said loudly: "Here comes Mr. Guan, please get in the car!"
"Yes, General." Bangluo responded immediately.
Then he led a man forward, and the two of them held Guan Pengfei on the left and right, and forced him onto the carriage.
"Master, Master..."
The old housekeeper was shocked and rushed out to stop him.
However, there were too many people from the Pitz country, and the old housekeeper was weak, so he was directly blocked by this large group of people.
After Guan Pengfei was pushed into the carriage, he quickly poked his head out of the window and shouted to the old housekeeper through the crowd: "Quickly inform Mr. Zhao and ask him to bring someone to Chai Yan's house!"
"I understand, Master, please be careful!"
The old housekeeper immediately nodded in agreement, and then arranged for someone to send a message to Mr. Zhao, the minister of Honglu Temple.
Afterwards, Hengsal and Ronchebois also got on the carriage, and the carriage started to move slowly and drove towards the end of the street.
At this time, the old housekeeper quickly ordered four clever servants and ordered: "You guys must follow me quickly. You must be careful about the master and don't let anything happen to him. Do you hear me?"
The four servants quickly agreed, ran out of the house quickly, and followed the team of Pitzers.
"Master...... Where is master? Where has he gone?"
As soon as the four servants followed her out, Mrs. Guan, who looked anxious, ran out in a hurry.
The old housekeeper quickly stopped Madam and said gently: "Madam, don't be impatient. The master is just going out to handle official business. The four servants in the family are following him. It's okay..."
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Chai Yan's house, in the main hall.
Chai Yan was discussing tomorrow's itinerary with Ge Hong and the others when he suddenly heard Shangguan Peining's voice.
"Chai Yan, there is a strong smell of blood outside the door!"
Chai Yan was stunned for a moment. When he raised his head to look at the gate, there were noisy noises and knocks on the door.
"Bah bang bang... open the door, open the door quickly! Bang bang bang..."
Uncle Cai, who heard the sound, was about to open the door to see what was going on, but was stopped by Chai Yan: "Don't go, Uncle Cai!"
Uncle Cai turned around and saw that Chai Yan's face was very serious. He immediately realized that the situation might not be simple, and it probably had something to do with the Pitzer who had been kidnapped just now.
Ge Hong frowned, suppressed his voice and said, "Sir, the people outside must be here for Hamoda!"
Chai Yan nodded and ordered: "Uncle Cai, take Xiaokui and Aunt Yun to the back room and wait. If I don't call you, you must not come out."
Uncle Cai nodded quickly, called Cuiyun and Xiaokui and went inside.
At the same time, Ge Hong also asked his brothers to get ready. They were copying knives and lifting hammers. In an instant, everyone was mentally prepared for the battle.
"Bang bang bang... open the door. If you don't open the door, it will be smashed. Bang bang bang..."
The calls at the door became louder and louder.
Chai Yan thought quickly and then said to Ge Hong and the others: "You go and deal with it first, I'll go pee."
After saying that, Chai Yan went in the direction of the latrine.
Ge Hong did not hesitate, and immediately shouted to the four brothers: "Everyone, remember, if anyone outside dares to step in, they will be thrown out immediately!"
"good!"
As soon as the words came out, Cheng Jiu and four others raised their hands at the same time and responded in unison.