Because of the paper ball that received this reminder, for the sake of prudence, Zheng Heng did not leave the embassy, but continued to stay by Pei Ding's side to wait for a more appropriate time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Subsequently, Pei Ding sent a message to Ji Zui and others, on the one hand, to investigate the inside story of the Nanguan Zhou family, and on the other hand, to investigate the situation of the Nanjing royal family.

At the same time, the duties of the Great Xuan Mission to visit Nanjing were also launched. Pei Ding, who was inspecting hundreds of officials, gradually became busy. Therefore, Pei Ding and Zheng Heng were able to leave the embassy and spend a lot of time outside.

This time, Daxuan visited Nanjing, secretly to search for Wei Junxiang, but on the surface, it was for good-neighborliness and friendship. The so-called good-neighborliness and friendship, that is, mutual communication and contact, is that there are still a few serious things to do.

The most important thing is to consolidate the alliance of Yancheng. The alliance of Yancheng has been set for more than ten years, when Daxuan defeated Nanjing, so in addition to agreeing never to invade, the two sides also stipulated that Nanjing needs to pay Daxuan every year to pay horses, food and silver and other materials in exchange for Nanjing's prisoners of war and compensate for Daxuan's losses.

At that time, Daxuan was tough, and Empress Dowager Zheng and Ning Ju knew that Nanjing would not be so obedient, and for the sake of safety in the future, they insisted that Nanjing pay off the materials for eight years at once, mostly for food and silver.

The defeat and the tribute were enough to greatly hurt Nanjing's vitality, so that he could not recover for a long time.

But Mu Xingxiong was only strategic, and even in such a difficult situation, he still survived with Nanjing, and gradually became stronger. Over the years, Nanjing's annual tribute has either decreased or been delayed. The meaning of consolidating the alliance of Yancheng is, to put it bluntly, that Daxuan collects debts from Nanjing.

But how could Nanjing be willing to give away so much food and money for nothing? With the restoration of Nanjing's national strength, they not only wanted to be in arrears, but also wanted to make these tributes disappear forever. Now that the Nanjing Dynasty has such remarks as "paying tribute to the year is an insult to the country", the courtier Tai Ban intends not to admit it.

Before leaving, Gu Feng had discussed with officials such as the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, and Wang Dongzhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, repeatedly emphasized that the annual tribute must be implemented, otherwise the treasury will become more and more empty.

It's just two mouths up and down, but it's not easy to really urge Nanjing to pay the annual tribute. Gu Feng was also ready to grind his mouth, but there was an indescribable sadness in his heart.

If Daxuan is still as strong as ever, how dare Nanjing delay like this? If the country is weak, how can other countries still be the same as before? There is just no sharpening of the knife.

Of course, things are not so bad now, Nanjing doesn't want to tear up his face with Daxuan for the time being, so Gu Feng and Lu Shaocun led their subordinates to fight in the Nanjing Protocol Courtyard for a few days, and the matter was preliminarily settled.

Both sides took a step back and agreed with each other to reduce the amount of supplies for Nanjing's tribute, but before next autumn, Nanjing must pay off these materials.

After this covenant was signed, Gu Feng and Lu Shaocun were relieved to each other. As courtiers who obeyed the king's orders, they were also afraid that they would mess things up, but now it seems that things are going well.

So Lu Shaocun smiled and said, "Master Gu, this matter has been decided. Next, the official took Mr. Gu to look around, and Mr. Gu also felt the customs of the southern scene. ”

Gu Feng smiled honestly, saying that he was tired of Lord Lu, and that he would definitely appreciate the beautiful scenery and people of Nanjing, and so on.

In fact, the mission has other serious matters, such as the exchange of trade routes, the exchange of sergeants, etc., but these no longer need Gu Feng and Lu Shaocun to come forward, and there will naturally be relevant officials to follow up and promote all this.

After another two or three days, the details of the Yancheng Alliance were completed, and the rest of the things were carried out in an orderly manner. For most of the envoys, the next formation in the south scene is: play, eat, eat!

Of course, no matter where these Great Xuan envoys go, they will be accompanied by Nanjing officials not far away, in case anything happens to the Great Xuan Envoys, and even more so in case the Great Xuan Envoys do anything.

Pei Ding, a petty official from the eighth grade, is also the same as others. or follow other officials of the mission, or make appointments with Liu Deyan, Qiu Xianggong, and Zhao Qinhe to play in the capital.

As Pei Ding's little servant, Zheng Heng also went to many places in the capital city of Nanjing, including bustling streets and secluded alleys. She watched invisibly all the way, trying to spot the mark of the Dark Guard or the teacher's traces.

Sadly, nothing was found. There was no trace of the secret guards she used to have under the South View.

Although there wasn't much left of the secret guard in her hand, there was no trace of it, which was too unusual. This situation is the same as that of Daxuan Jingzhao. In addition to the secret agents of Cuihua Pavilion, all the secret guards she had mastered before had disappeared in Jingzhao, and even she couldn't find out.

She Bin Tian handed over the dark guard to the cloud before, and she didn't know how the cloud was disposed of, let alone what happened in it, so that all the dark guards disappeared.

After several days of nothing, Rao felt a little impatient no matter how calm she was. Her lips were always pursed, and her eyes were growing anxious.

Seeing her like this, Pei Ding wanted to comfort many times, but he knew that comfort was useless. As long as Wei Junxiang does not appear for a day, Ah Heng's heart will not be stable for a day.

Still, this anxiety can be alleviated.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the figure that always appeared around him, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he whispered to Zheng Heng: "After brewing for so many days, the time is almost ripe." ”

There is no beginning and no end to a sentence, and only Zheng Heng can understand it, and his mind has returned to this. This was her plan, and it was a little more crude but usable in the current situation.

She knew that the person Pei Ding said had been following them, so she didn't look around, just nodded, and continued to follow Pei Ding's wandering, in addition to Liu Deyan and others. There are more than 10 people in the group, and they are quite eye-catching on the streets of Nanjing.

At this time, not far from them, Zhou Mugu, the head of the Intertextual Institute, was also talking and laughing with other officials, his eyes were looking at Pei Ding and the others from time to time, but he had some doubts in his heart.

Strange, Pei Ding has been walking around the city for several days, and he hasn't made any other moves, could it be that he doesn't know where Wei Junxiang is? Or is Pei Ding taking the opportunity to investigate?

He couldn't figure it out, so he wanted to get closer to Pei Ding so that he could see it more clearly.

Just as he was walking forward with the other officials, a horse suddenly rushed out of a nearby alley, and some people shouted hoarsely: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! This horse is crazy, get out of the way!"

Hearing these words, the flow of people on the street suddenly surged, especially the officials around Zhou Mugu, who rushed up when they saw the horse, and hurriedly scattered and fled.

They were shocked, and no one noticed that Zhou Mugu disappeared all of a sudden. (To be continued.) )