Chapter 836

The presence of Constantius II quieted the conference hall until he took his family and bodyguards to the high platform, and the noise reappeared.

Wang Meng can speak some Roman, but the scene is really too noisy. Even if he is proficient in Roman, he can't hear what the Roman parliamentarians are muttering. He has only one feeling now, and the Romans seem to be too casual. Even if the supreme ruler is absent, Constantius II has come, but he is still blind.

Constantius II did not sit down for the first time. On the contrary, all the men and women who came with him sat down, and the bodyguard also formed a cordon near the high platform. He looked at Wang Meng with interested eyes.

Wang Meng was watched by at least a thousand pairs of eyes. It must be false to say that he was not nervous in his heart, but even if he was nervous, he didn't have much. His face wore a reserved smile, his waist was straight, his arm holding the emperor's Day was still strong, and his other hand was held on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Seriously speaking, the service of the state of Han has been improved on the basis of the former Han Dynasty, especially the official robe. It is also divided into two styles: Civil and military. The clothes of martial artists are naturally close to the body, while the literati are more elegant.

Wang Meng is now wearing a warrior style. His clothes are mainly red. There is a phoenix pattern embroidered with gold on his chest. There are yellow edges on the left and right sides. There are no long sleeves to dance. There are wrist guards on his small arms, a jade belt to close his belly, and long hard soled cow leather boots on his feet. As a whole, they are close to the body and full of beauty, So that it looks heroic and extraordinary.

Constantius II looked curiously at the cloth bag on Wang Meng's chest, as if to guess what was in it. He was more curious about the emperor's day in Wang Meng's hand. It looked like a weapon, but it was obviously a ceremonial Scepter because of the existence of animal fur, tail, plume and bell.

In fact, Rome also has its own characteristic scepter, which is a walking stick very similar to a short stick. However, this thing is not a weapon for fighting. The scepter will be made very beautifully. It will be inlaid with gold and silver, gemstones, diamonds and other jewelry.

In the early days, the scepter of Rome was an honor for the consul. Later, members of Parliament competed to imitate it. Up to now, it has become the head of each army. It is also a hand. It will also be specially designed to be used as a token of the command Corps. Therefore, both ends of their scepters will be carved with various types of patterns, which is equivalent to a seal.

As long as we carefully observe the distinguished people in Rome, they will also wear a different number of rings, and seals are usually engraved on the rings.

In fact, the ring was really invented by the Romans. At the beginning, it was only used as a seal. There was a new development in the cultivation of aesthetics, and gradually pursued beauty and became a kind of jewelry.

Later, when the Romans got married, they even had the folk custom of exchanging rings. They believed that the ring finger of their left hand was connected with the heart. Wearing the ring not only attached the artistic conception of "heart to heart", but also felt that it was good for the heart. (it seems that it has been scientifically proved to be effective?)

The voice of the conference hall was slowly decreasing, and the Roman parliamentarians who had been standing sat down in twos and threes. They did not gather in this Parliament hall because of major events. They were originally informed that they would welcome envoys from the Han Empire here.

In fact, what to greet is only a form. The parliamentarians are concerned about the sea routes, and they also look forward to the inevitable trade between Rome and the Han Empire.

The welcome ceremony of Gallus became a bloody fight. When the news reached the parliament hall, any Roman member had only one attitude. The Persians who entered Constantinople with arms must die, and the Han people should also be punished. As for Archbishop Peter, the culprit, who should not have this person from now on, Gallus will also be punished.

Roman parliamentarians have reached a consensus on how to punish the Han people. It is obviously impossible to kill envoys from the Han Empire, or even there is no detention at all. They will issue a fine of up to 20000 gold coins to the envoys of the Han Empire. At the same time, they will ask the envoys of the Han Empire to present the drawings of Shanghai's air route. If possible, they even have quite a lot to want. Anyway, the lion has a big mouth. What they can get is what they can get more. After they get the things, they can distribute them internally.

I don't know how long later, Wang Meng, who had been standing, found that the parliament hall was quiet. He glanced at the scene and kept a reserved smile, but he didn't intend to speak first. He also found a very special phenomenon, that is, among the three women who came with Constantius II, the two young women have been pointing at themselves and whispering to each other. One is full of expectation, and the other is a tangled face.

Constantius II stood on the high platform and nodded fiercely to the king from a distance, but he turned his head and said a word to the tangled woman.

From the dialogue, Wang Meng knew that the tangled woman's name was Helena, and remembered some words Julian had said, that is, the princess Constantius II might choose to marry the Han state.

Helena stood up slowly. She walked forward a few steps and came to the edge of the platform. When she walked, her long skirt was really too soft. While the skirt was swinging all the time, maybe her underpants were higher, and a pair of snow-white long legs were exposed all the time, which made Wang frown fiercely.

"Angels from the distant kingdom of cyris, Rome welcomes you." Helena's voice was very clear. She spoke Chinese with an accent. She turned her head and looked at Constantius II. Then she looked at Wang Meng again and continued: "I will be the interpreter of this meeting.", It's OK. It's a strange etiquette.

Wang Meng was a little stunned in his heart. If he didn't read it wrong, should Helena's etiquette be the court ceremony of the Han state? Is to attach your hands to your lower abdomen, stand with your legs and bow to greet you. But it was the salute of female officials in the court, not folk etiquette, let alone the etiquette of noble women.

"Thank you, princess." Wang Meng also bowed back: "excuse me, princess."

There is no fault in his address. There is no title for his royal highness. If you want to address him, it is the right way to call the princess directly. Your royal highness now refers to a prince or prince who owns a palace. They claim to be "the palace" and also call themselves the "Palace".

"This palace" is not what the queen, Queen or concubine can claim. At the same time, there is no claim of "minister and concubine". Only the concubines in the harem who have a grade can claim to be "minister". For example, the empress and concubines claim to be "minister" to the emperor, which is definitely not a "Concubine", nor can they claim to be "minister and concubine". The wives of officials with enough grades are qualified to call themselves "concubines" to the emperor. Their claim is not really the emperor's concubine. In fact, it is a very high etiquette.

Only one group would call themselves "ministers and concubines" to the emperor of Zhuxia, that is, the heads of various countries in the tribute system of Zhuxia. Whether they talked to the emperor of Zhuxia or claimed to be "ministers and concubines" in the form of national credentials, they had the old practice of border and barren countries scrambling to be ministers and concubines of the Han family in the pre Han period. At the same time, the qualification to call themselves "ministers and concubines" was limited to the heads of state, The rest are not qualified.

The origin of the word "concubines" came from the first emperor. All countries outside the Qin Empire after unification were concubines, but this was really achieved when Liu Xun, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, was in power. "All the sun and moon shine and rivers come are concubines of the Great Han Dynasty", which really happened in the known world of the Western Han Dynasty.

Wang Meng calls Helena the princess. It is also an orthodox habit nowadays. There are "Pavilions" for noble women in the Han country, and marriage is also called "leaving the Pavilions". The residence of the princess is the pavilion. On formal occasions, the full name is "your princess", which means that you can't call anyone other than the princess "Your Excellency" in any formal field except the princess.

In addition, there is a honorific title of "Weng Zhu", but Liu Yan has no sisters and brothers, and there are no princes and kings in the state of Han. Therefore, there is no "Weng Zhu" in the whole state of Han.

Of course, with the development of time, many titles have opened up their boundaries. For example, in ancient times, "Gongsun" was not for everyone, It must be the descendants of princes (Dukes). However, the annexation of various countries is too frequent, and a considerable number of Dukes perish. However, there is a custom of endless descendants in Zhuxia. The perished Dukes still have descendants to inherit incense. At the beginning, they did not take Gongsun as their surname, but showed that their ancestors were also developed, and later they became their surname.

Helena can understand "Princess", but she doesn't understand what "Sir" means. It's not suitable to ask questions on the current occasion. It's just a courtesy title, which is in line with the original intention. She stepped down from the high platform, stood near Wang Meng, reopened and said, "did the angel come with war?"

"Ben had silk in one hand and a sword in the other." Wang Meng found Helen very tall and almost like herself. At the same time, he found that Helena's hair was not pure black, and even her eyes were not black but blue. While observing, he didn't forget to say: "it's up to the people of the Qin Dynasty to choose whether to deliver silk or hold a sword."

Helena frowned and translated Wang Meng's words. The noise of parliamentarians followed, but Constantius II still kept smiling.

"When I first arrived, I felt the enthusiasm of the people of Daqin and thanked the grand welcome from Daqin. When I was full of joy, I heard the declaration of war." Wang Meng put away his smile, but his face was not stiff or ugly, or there was no expression at all, and did not deliberately raise his voice: "if Archbishop Peter could represent Daqin, the envoy could only understand that Daqin chose the sword."

Helena and Wang Meng were supposed to translate when they finished. When they were about to translate, she looked at Wang Meng and asked with a confused expression, "I don't understand some words of angels. What is Daqin?"

"The Han Dynasty is thousands of miles away from your country. All countries with a long way to go, and all the powerful countries in the world are located in the west of the Han Dynasty..." Wang Meng is right, but he did not say the real connotation. For example, whether a country is named Daxia or Daqin, it is listed in the list that must be annexed: "it can be called 'Daqin'."

"Then I can understand that all the great powers in the world recognized by the state of cyris can call 'Daqin'?" Helena was recognized by Wang Meng and translated her words, which attracted the laughter of all Romans, including Constantius II. She waited for Constantius II on the high platform to say something before continuing to say to Wang Meng: "Augustus, excuse me, angel, since your country recognizes the strength of Rome, why do you want to break out of war. Don't you worry about your own safety? After all, the land you are standing on is the land of Rome."

"The emperor is not disrespectful. Any man is willing to go thousands of miles away just to defend the emperor." Wang Meng raised his head, and a proud expression appeared on his face for the first time: "ah San peeped into the southwest of the Han Dynasty, and the Han heavenly soldiers appeared in the a San continent. Ah San is being punished."

Helena's expression became very strange. She continued to translate Wang Meng's words. This time, there were bursts of angry roars, especially those parliamentarians who suffered from trade damage with the Gupta Dynasty.

"As for the safety of the envoy..." Wang Meng continued to hold his chin high and looked around, especially for those who roared loud enough, said sonorously and forcefully: "in the early years of Yuanshuo, Murong hu man killed the Han envoy, and the country built by Murong in the sixth year of Yuanshuo was destroyed."

"Excuse me, what is the territory and army of the country called Murong?" Helena asked herself. After being corrected by Wang Meng, she asked with interest, "can the angel tell?"

"Equivalent to the three countries of Afghanistan?" Wang Meng can still see that Helena asked herself, but he doesn't mind answering, "when Hu man's troops were at their peak, they supported more than 500000 troops."

Helena subconsciously covered her mouth, and the man stepped back without exclamation. With deep doubt, she asked, "should the loss of cyris army be great?"

"No." Wang Meng told the truth: "in the war to destroy the country, more than 10000 Han people were killed and more than 300000 puppet Yan main forces were annihilated."

Helena didn't know whether to believe it or not. A young boy asked what he was talking about, and she translated it. As a result, the Romans were stunned first, but then they laughed, probably thinking that Wang Meng was bragging.

Wang Meng did not refute. He told the truth. The Romans believed it or not.

Helena listened to some words of Constantius II and turned to translate: "is it true that five years ago, the cyris destroyed a country with a population of more than one million, the Jie nationality was destroyed, and more than three million people died in that racial war?"

Wang Meng nodded and said, "it's true."

Helena, of course, translated it. At that moment, the whole Parliament hall was so quiet that the needle could be heard falling on the ground.