Rebirth of the eldest daughter

Chapter 870 The envoy is fake!
Bai Mingwei was speechless and looked at these envoys with sharp eyes.

The leader of the Beiyan envoy was furious: "When the two countries are at war, don't kill the envoy. Is this your Dongling way of hospitality? What kind of face do you have, claiming to be a country of etiquette?!"

Bai Mingwei was unmoved and continued to order: "General Lu, if these people make any move, they will be killed without mercy!"

At this time, the expressions of Dongling officials could no longer be described as surprised.

As for the people in the city who were eagerly watching, they were in an uproar.

Everyone thought that Bai Mingwei deliberately humiliated the Beiyan envoys to show the prestige of Dongling.

However, the next moment, Bai Ming slightly raised his voice and ordered: "Close the city gate immediately, and prepare the city guards and archers!"

Since Bai Mingwei was responsible for the welcoming ceremony, no matter how ridiculous the order was, the people below would not dare to disobey it.

The sound of "rumbling" was deafening, the city gate slowly closed, and the city wall was filled with archers.

The sword is drawn, and it is on the verge of fire.

When the envoy of Beiyan saw this, he was also a little panicked, and immediately asked angrily: "General Dongling, what do you mean?!"

Tangling officials couldn't help but ask: "What's going on..."

Bai Ming slightly drew his sword and pointed it at the leading envoy: "These people are not envoys from Beiyan, but fakes!"

As soon as this statement came out, a stone stirred up a thousand waves.

The sound of shocked gasps was ups and downs, overwhelming.

The leader of the envoy was extremely angry: "General Dongling, what kind of joke are you talking about? The seal on the seal is true, and the accompanying deputy envoy is true. How come we are fake?"

"You, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, have already recorded our information in a book and submitted it to the court. If you have any doubts, you can verify it!"

After a pause, the envoy stared angrily and sounded like a roar:
"Or is it that Dongling does not want to reconcile with Beiyan, so you deliberately humiliate us? Can this be interpreted as Dongling deliberately provoking disputes?!"

At this time, a man dressed as a Daqin official hurriedly came to Bai Mingwei and said repeatedly: "General Zhenbei, this official is the deputy envoy appointed directly by the Ministry of Rites."

"Xiaguan will escort the envoys all the way from the border to Beijing. Xiaguan can prove the identities of the envoys."

"I also ask General Zhenbei not to be impulsive, so as not to destroy the will of reconciliation between the two countries. If His Majesty blames him, General Zhenbei will not be able to bear it."

The so-called accompanying deputy envoys are the officials who specially escort foreign envoys to the capital after they leave the prefectures and counties in the Tangling Kingdom.

This method of appointing full-time personnel to accompany envoys to Beijing is not only a diplomatic courtesy, but also a management and restriction for foreign envoys.

These deputy envoys are temporary officials who escort envoys from other countries to Beijing from the place of entry. They are directly dispatched and appointed by the Ministry of Rites, or temporarily selected locally.

Of course, there will also be corresponding accompanying officers responsible for escorting envoys out of the country, and the original escorting officers will generally continue to serve.

Therefore, the words that accompany the deputy envoy are the most credible.

If there is proof of the deputy envoy's strength, then what Bai Mingwei said that the envoy of Beiyan was a fake would not be true.

The leader of the Northern Yan envoy suddenly became arrogant: "General Dongling, are you just avenging a private vendetta?"

"Are you holding a grudge that your father and brother died on the battlefield with Beiyan? If so, General Dongling, you are too narrow-minded!"

"Or maybe you, the powerful master, have already taken the position of speaking for His Majesty Emperor Dongling, so you treat us and other envoys as you please?!"

The officials in Dongling were as anxious as ants on a hot pot: "General Zhenbei, don't be ridiculous, this is no small matter."

"Once the diplomatic relations between the two countries are destroyed, not only the people of the world will suffer, but also those who are responsible for welcoming us, etc. You can't just drag everyone into the water on a whim!"

Amidst the questioning, Bai Mingwei finally spoke. "My lords, please be patient. Watches and seals can be faked, and envoys accompanying people can be bribed. This cannot be true, nor can it be true."

Yu Jianling opened the album of portraits and compared them one by one. He was confused: "General, what do you mean by this? The portraits are completely matched, so why do you say that the envoy is fake?"

Naturally, the list of envoys sent to various officials today was different from the one sent by her own people.

For such an important event as welcoming an envoy, she must have made adequate preparations in every detail.

Otherwise, if you are not careful, you will be shattered into pieces.

Fortunately, she was well prepared, otherwise she would not have been able to see through the true face of these people.

But she couldn't say it directly, lest she be suspected of having ulterior motives.

As for the envoys in front of them, no matter in terms of appearance, dress, behavior, accent, or other aspects, there was nothing wrong with them.

It is difficult to suspect that they are fakes.

But these are no reasons to hide it from Bai Mingwei.

Bai Mingwei put his finger to his lips and whistled.

The horses in the envoy's team suddenly appeared strange.

Most of them were unmoved, but a few were attracted by Bai Mingwei's whistle and started commotion one after another.

Everyone still didn't understand what this meant.

Bai Mingwei's eyes fell on the commotion of the horses and he explained loudly: "The instructions for horse training are different in each place."

"The action that General Ben made just now was a command to call horses in the area near the capital. Horses born in Beiyan or imported from prefectures and counties cannot possibly understand such commands."

"Just now, however, three horses rioted in response to my general's instructions. This commotion caused uneasiness in the rest of the horses and made the groom almost unable to control it."

"It can be seen that these horses are horses that joined the cavalry nearby. Tanglin has extremely strict regulations on the entry of foreign envoys."

"Envoys are not allowed to purchase or rent horses on their way to Beijing without authorization. All necessary needs shall be provided by local officials in Dongling in the prefecture and county where the envoy first enters."

"If there are not enough horses, they can be replenished when entering Tanglin. Why is there such a situation in the horse team? Doesn't this explain something?"

The accompanying deputy immediately responded: "General Zhenbei, don't make a fuss. Even if a few horses are newly purchased, so what?"

"The carriages and horses are tired. These horses have pulled things for thousands of miles. Under the combination of fatigue, their abilities will have declined. Is it strange to add new horses?"

Bai Mingwei asked back: "Since we are adding new horses, why didn't you report it immediately? If it's not false, it's your dereliction of duty as the accompanying deputy envoy!"

While Tangling treated foreign envoys with great courtesy, he was also always on guard against them being detrimental to his country.

Therefore, envoys were not allowed to rent or buy horses on their way to Beijing, which reflected Dongling's wariness towards foreign countries.

Changing horses would be a trivial matter in normal times.

However, when such a situation occurred among the envoys, the accompanying deputy envoy failed to report it. This is not just a matter of dereliction of duty.

Seeing that the officials in Dongling were already vigilant, the deputy envoy who accompanied him quickly said: "This is indeed a dereliction of duty by the lower official. However, General Zhenbei cannot conclude that the envoy is a fake because of this!"

Bai Mingwei continued: "Whether it's counterfeit or not! You'll know with one test! If you want evidence, I will give it to you, general."

(End of this chapter)