In a small building with a single courtyard in Qiantang Station, Lian Xixian stood in front of the open window, looking at the lakes and mountains in the distance and muttering silently. This was the residence of him and several of the subordinate officers of the mission, and in another compound where the guards and retinues were on the side, the Song people did not neglect them because they were enemy countries, and all the materials were compared with the standards of their neighbors, so that they could not find the slightest mistake.

Because every time you travel, you have to go to the Guò post station to report to the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, and the Song people have to send people to follow, saying that it is to protect them, but in fact, there are many means of surveillance. So after living for so many days, Lim rarely went out to play, even though the city was more lively than the ones he had ever seen.

Counting the days, it has been almost five days since they came here, and three days have passed since they handed over their credentials, but they have been hanging here since then, and every time they go to ask, they can't hear a positive answer. In this regard, Lian Xixian was not surprised, and even he felt that the Song people were too polite, if he changed the capital, he was afraid that no one would treat the enemy's envoy so politely.

As far as he could see in his limited time, the completion of the capital city of the Song people was not affected by the war, and the ordinary people were all at ease. As he saw at the moment, those scholars who traveled in groups were all spoiled to heaven in this city, but they were just useless scholars.

It's not that he looks down on scholars, but he looks down on these people who can't do anything but recognize a few words and talk rhetorically. He wondered what would become of them when the soldiers came to the city one day, and that such a country would have a greater sense of accomplishment to conquer than the uncivilized tribes of the West.

It's a pity that he didn't submit a letter of persuasion this time, otherwise why would he be left out in the cold here, he sighed secretly in his heart, Song Ren is definitely not unwilling to talk, but he hasn't decided how to talk about it. But in case of bad luck, just like the last time the messenger Hao Jing was detained in the south for more than ten years, Lian Xixian smiled bitterly and shook his head, this is not something that has never happened.

There was a "kicking" sound behind him, which was the sound of shoes stepping on the wooden stairs, and then there was a knock on the door and an inquiry, and he responded casually, this is Yan Zhongfan, who had entered the city before, returned. When the person walked in, he turned around and looked, and from his expression he couldn't tell whether things were going well or not.

"When we went to the Ministry of Rites, the chief officer still talked about it left and right, telling us to be patient and wait. People are locked up in Lin'an Mansion, those scribes dare to collect money, but people are not allowed to see it, and they can't, so they have to take care of it more, listen to their words, people are okay, they have not been sentenced or arraigned, but now there is no chief official in the house, and there is no way to find someone to dredge. ”

Yan Zhongfan was not polite to him after he came in, he sat directly at the table and poured himself a cup of teapot, these are herbal teas, and it seems that the heat on his body is much less after drinking it. Lian Xixian listened to what he said, did not speak, he thought that they would be locked up in Dali Temple, but he didn't expect that it was in the prison of the government office, there was no one there, and the environment would definitely not be better.

It's just that he didn't think too much about this, the captured people were already lucky that they weren't pulled to sacrifice the flag, not to mention that they weren't beaten and did hard labor, since they couldn't find a way out now, then they didn't have to worry about it anymore, anyway, they would go to talk to the Song people in the end, as long as the people were alive at that time.

"The person you said lives in an inn in the city, and it is not easy to look for it rashly if you don't know the details, and you can only find your own people to do it, and the news has already spread, and they will find a way to come to us as soon as there is a result." Yan Zhongfan said that his own people are spies planted in the city, they have different identities, some have been here for several years, and the Song people are not strict in this regard, so no one has been caught until now.

Lian Xixian listened and didn't speak, and when he finished speaking, he stood up again and walked to the window, which was facing the direction of the north, and it seemed to be the capital through the clouds, which was too far away, and it was last month to go back and forth with manpower, which was no way to do it, so he now had a certain degree of arbitrariness, unless it involved something that had to be nodded by the Great Khan.

"No matter what, you have to enter the city every day, go to the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, and tomorrow run to a few Prime Ministers' Mansions of the Song people, and hand over a certain post, whether you see it or not. I will write a letter about the situation here, send someone back to Dadu, and be sure to tell the Great Khan, I don't want to move troops until the negotiation is completed, and it doesn't hurt to give the Song people some time, they are useless at all. ”

The sudden sound made Yan Zhongfan nervous, and then he listened carefully to the order, memorized it in his heart, and immediately got up and said goodbye and went out to handle it. This situation made him very unaccustomed to it, and Lian Xixian entrusted him with all the things to enter the city, just because he was a Han and was not so conspicuous in the city, and he did not like the city, although it was full of people like him.

Baominfang Wang's house, Wang Entropy returned home from the political hall early, and now Chen Yizhong is in hot demand, most of the important affairs have been sent to his room, Wang Entropy is already extremely tired of those cookie-cutter civil, lawsuits, and Ruibao all day long, and simply pushed back home.

It was still early, and he didn't enter his study, so he sat in the pavilion in the garden of the house, lying on the rocking chair made of fine-grained bamboo, and let the maid play the fan gently, and his spirit was extremely relaxed.

When his son-in-law came all the way here, he saw his father's appearance, and he took the fan to take the place of the maid. Maybe it was because he was old and slept shallowly, or he dreamed about something, and after a while, Wang Entropy woke up, and when he saw his son's appearance, his heart was still very useful, and his words were no longer as strict as usual.

"Sit down, where are you from?" Seeing that his son found that he was awake and stood up to salute, he waved his hand to signal, his son has a wide range of friends, and he often goes to Yanjie Willow Lane and the like on weekdays, just because the family education is very strict, he believes that he will not do anything humiliating.

"I took a break from class, and I went to the lake with a few classmates, all of whom were serious students, and I didn't invite anyone to drink and sing, and I asked my father to rest assured." Wang Gongzi explained lightly, and Wang Entropy nodded, knowing that he should have some news to say, and did not teach him much of a lesson.

"There is a student surnamed Zuo who is from Jiankang Mansion, according to him, his whole family fled from Fucheng before the siege of the Tartars, and the chief official in the city at that time was that Liu Zhige, who not only forcibly occupied the school palace, but also demolished the property of many people, and his family was also one of them." Wang Gongzi told him the news he had accidentally obtained.

"In wartime, you can be right, this alone doesn't mean anything, but well, it's not all worthless, you ask that person to write a statement, hand it over to you directly, don't go to delivery. How did you inquire about the last time I told you? Wang Entropy didn't move much when he heard this, which made Wang Gongzi a little depressed.

"Father is talking about Zhao and Jian? This man has been spared the pain of imprisonment and now lives in the city. I have looked for him a few times, but each time he either avoids him, or he just doesn't know, which is very difficult. After thinking about it in his mind, Wang Gongzi saved what he was asking.

"Oh, by the way, the house he lives in now is the original Wang Mansion, where Dingminfang is." Then, Wang Gongzi thought of another thing, so he added.

"Wang's house? You mean Wang Lixin's family. Wang Entropy was surprised and asked, is there a relationship between these two people?

"Exactly, I also inquired, the house has not been sold, I don't know whether it is borrowed or rented, in short, he is not in the oil and salt now, and I don't know if he really doesn't know or pretends to be confused, but he is not an ordinary person, and ordinary methods are only afraid that they will cause trouble."

Wang Entropy didn't speak immediately after hearing this, although Zhao Youjian now has no official status, and he will never be used, but he is also a serious sect on the sect. It's okay in normal times, but once something happens, it's the entire royal family standing behind, and this trouble can't be moved.

Besides, they are all scholars, and there is no room for using obscene means, and he is a little helpless for a while. Behind Zhao Youjian's pardon, there is also the shadow of the Empress Dowager, people love the old when they are old, these are all relatives, so even if they know that he may be hiding something, there is no way to force it.

"That's it, don't move there for the time being, now that the envoy of the Yuan people is also here, if you have a fortune, you might as well contact one or two secretly to find out their intentions, just remember that you must not go out by yourself."

The envoys sent by the Yuan people are roughly a kind of peace talks, and now the court is quite angry, and no one dares to take the lead in saying this, so although everyone knows that it is inevitable to talk in the end, they are all tacitly dragging it out, and only when there is a suitable opportunity can they openly put it forward.

He is a little confused now, judging from the news that Chen Jingxing found in Jiankang City, this Liu Yu should have nothing to do with Chen Yizhong, otherwise he wouldn't have to contradict Huang Zhengzhi first, and then save people on the river, who is this for? Could it be that this young man wants to find a backer in the DPRK and China, and intends to catch up with Chen Yizhong? Wang Entropy was alert for a moment.

In the Privy Council, which is not too far from here, because all the chief officials in the palace are absent, Chen Yizhong, who is nominally a member of the Privy Council, has to come to the court in person.

Unlike Wang Entropy, who can be lazy, he has been working for almost a day today, until the sky is getting dark, and then he moved his somewhat sore arm, ready to stand up and go home. At that moment, a scribe came up to the hall with a sealed paper, bowed respectfully, and handed it to him.

"This is? Well, people, please come up quickly. Glancing at the paperwork in his hand, Chen Yizhong urged two sentences, and the scribe immediately turned around and went down, and after a while, he led a tall soldier up.

"Ren Zhong, when did you arrive in Beijing?" Chen Yizhong called his words, walked down and looked up and down.

"Qi Qi Xianggong, I just entered the city, fortunately the city gate has not been closed, otherwise I will spend the night outside the city." Su Liuyi smiled and replied to him.

"You came just in time, let them accept this paperwork, and report it tomorrow, now go back home with me, you haven't eaten yet, let's talk about it at the dinner table in a while." Chen Yizhong casually handed over the document to the scribe, gave him a few words, and then dragged Su Liuyi down, his honor guard was already waiting outside the gate, and the two of them got on the sedan chair and horses respectively, and walked in the direction of Qinghefang. R1058