On May 25, the Jin Dynasty mission set off for China.

Pei Shengqin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, represented the Great Qin court and saw off the Jin Dynasty mission.

Originally, as a parting place since ancient times, Baqiao should be the most ideal place to say goodbye, but after all, the Qin and Jin dynasties had very unpleasant memories on Baqiao. Huan Wen of the Jin Dynasty entered the Qin Dynasty that year, and he was a soldier on the Ba, and he also shot the prince of mourning; Later, the first emperor rode into the Huan camp alone, broke 3,000 armor on the ba, and also built a Beijing view with the head of the Jin soldiers. Although these are decades ago, no one wants to touch that mold.

So the place of send-off was set in the northern suburbs of Chang'an, that is, the garrison of the Six Thousand Heavenly Ce Army. Anyway, the Jin Dynasty mission needs to travel thousands of miles south to return to the country, and it doesn't care about going around Chang'an City for half a circle, and it is the same which city gate it goes to.

Except for Wang Ningzhi and his wife, who were going to stay in the Qin Dynasty, all the members of the Jin Dynasty mission had arrived, including Ji Kuang, the Marquis of Yiyang, who was supposed to continue to be in prison.

Pei Shengqin looked at Ji Kuang curiously, this guy has been squatting in prison for a few months, and he has obviously lost a lot of weight, and it is not an exaggeration to call him skinny. The gray hair, which used to look very high, now looks dull and scattered, and it is stained with some colorful colors, which should be some stains that cannot be washed off in the prison.

On that day, Ji Kuang was tied out of Honglu Temple, and he was beaten severely, and his blood dragon suit was torn into a pile of rags in the chaos. It was a gift from the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and each Yiyang Marquis only gave one piece, but there was no extra for him to change it. So Ji Kuang only wore an ordinary white coat today, with his white hair, like a white-haired monster. But the purple Ji Qin on his back is still there, and this should be the only thing that is a little higher grade on Ji Kuang's body now.

Pei Shengqin smiled and said to Ji Kuang: "The Ji family is worthy of being the dragon protection family of the Jin Dynasty, and it is really favored by the King of Jin, this time the King of Jin actually used ten thousand taels of gold in exchange for the early release of the Marquis Ji from prison, the monarch and the ministers are deeply affectionate!" ”

Ji Kuang experienced the devastation of prison, and the whole person was much more honest, and he didn't dare to raise the bar with Pei Shengqin, so he replied honestly: "Thanks to my love for the king of heaven, and the forgiveness of the emperor of Qin's pilgrimage, Pei Hou is generous, regardless of the crime, and the gratitude is gone." ”

That's right, the reason why Ji Kuang was able to get out of prison early was because Sima Yao, the king of Jintian, paid the money. As early as when Ji Kuang was imprisoned, the Jin Dynasty mission sent people to transmit the relevant news back to the Jin Dynasty. A few days ago, the messenger happened to return to the Qin Dynasty from the Jin Dynasty again, and brought Sima Yao's words, willing to bail Ji Kuang with 10,000 taels of gold, and let him return with the Jin Dynasty mission.

10,000 taels of gold, converted into hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, in this era when copper coins and silk silk were still used as the main currency, this is a huge amount of money. Originally, Emperor Qin sent Ji Kuang to prison in order to make Pei Shengqin angry, but now Sima Yao wants to be the wronged leader, and Emperor Qin has no reason to disagree. So Ji Kuang was successfully released from prison, of course, as compensation, Emperor Qin privately ordered Gonggong Zhang to send five hundred taels of gold to the Zitong Mansion.

Pei Shengqin got the money, so he was naturally in a good mood, and he didn't bother to care about Ji Kuang's assassination of him in the first place.

"In the past, there were a total of 109 officials and gentry of the Jin Dynasty who entered Qin, and now 63 people are willing to return to the Jin Dynasty, and all of them have been handed over to your mission. The rest of them all voluntarily kept our dynasty, and according to the provisions of the "Treaty of Weishui", the Jin Dynasty could not forcibly ask for people. The above population numbers, Shi Zheng can make sure that they are correct? ”

"Error, error." Shi San nodded with a smile, but his smile was somewhat awkward.

It has been less than a year since these Gui Gui gentry were captured, but only half of the generals are willing to return to the country, and this is not the Qin Dynasty's moves, Shi San has visited those Gui Gui gentry one by one, and those who refuse to return to the country really want to belong to the Qin Dynasty. This result was very embarrassing for the Jin Dynasty mission.

Mainly because when the gentry were escorted to Xiangcheng with the Tiance army, due to the lack of civil officials and scribes in Xiangcheng, the imperial court promoted some lower-level officials from this group of captives. People such as Huan Bucai, Wang Mazhi and others were all able to Shi Qin at that time. These gentry who were able to serve as officials in the Qin Dynasty were basically unwilling to return to the Jin Dynasty. Even if they were also officials in the Jin Dynasty in the past, how can being an official of a small country compare to being an official of a big country?

In addition, there are some people who dare not go back because they wrote an essay scolding Sima Yao at the beginning, and they are afraid to go back after settling accounts after the autumn; Or because the Tiance army packed and took away the belongings of these officials and gentry before withdrawing from Huiji, they felt that even if they returned to Jiangzuo Xiaoguo, their property would be cleared, and it would be better to stay in the Heavenly Empire to seek development, at least Honglu Temple would not charge money for food and lodging.

In short, because of all kinds of willingness, there were only about sixty officials and gentry who were willing to return to China with the Jin Dynasty mission.

Pei Shengqin handed Shi San another paperwork, and then pointed behind him: "These are the gifts I gave to King Jin Tian from His Majesty, the gift list is here, Shi Zheng can make it verify." ”

Behind Pei Shengqin, there were servants escorting several carts full of goods. When the Jin Dynasty envoy entered Beijing, he brought gifts to the Qin Emperor, and the Qin Emperor naturally had to return the gift, not caring about the value, which was a courtesy between countries. The Jin Dynasty is not a vassal now, so this is an exchange of gifts; If the Jin Dynasty is a vassal, it will be renamed "tribute" and "gift".

Pei Shengqin was just polite, Shi San naturally couldn't really check it, no one was so bold that he dared to do anything about diplomatic gifts, and it was not a valuable thing. Shi San laughed and said: "Pei Hou is doing things, Shi is naturally relieved, there is no need to check it, Shi will definitely convey the heart of the emperor of the Qin Dynasty to the king of Chaotian." ”

After that, there were servants from the Jin Dynasty mission to take over the carts of gifts.

Pei Shengqin approached again and said goodbye to several envoys one by one.

First of all, Shi San, Shi San looked at Pei Shengqin and said in a low voice: "Pei Hou said to Shi that day that the Qin Dynasty will have great changes in the second half of this year, and Shi wrote it down. has secretly explained to Magu and ordered all rudders to prepare, once there is a change, Shi will definitely try to profit from it and live up to Pei Hou's wishes. ”

Pei Shengqin looked at Shi San blankly, speechless for a while. There is a big change in Mao, I just didn't want Shi San to be entangled in the matter of the female general in Xiangyang, so I changed the topic with a casual sentence, but I didn't expect this guy to take it seriously, when did Magu secretly meet with Shi San again?

When he arrived at Tao Yuanming, he saw Tao Yuanming actually holding Pei Shengqin's hand and saying: "Pei Hou is only eight buckets tall, he is really a handsome man in the world, and a literati is a black bone. Tao hated to sleep with Pei Hou, chanting poems every day, writing and writing words, wouldn't it be beautiful! ”

"Hehe, there will be a chance in the future, there will be a chance." Pei Shengqin's smile stiffened, and he only felt that goosebumps were about to rise, so he quickly pulled his hand out of Tao Yuanming's hand. Go to Nima's feet and sleep, and I don't do it.

When it came to Wang Man, Wang Manzhi also whispered: "Pei Hou, can you tell the truth, has Huan Xuan decided to join Qin?" ”

"Eh, where did Village Chief Wang start with this...... "Pei Shengqin was a little confused, does Huan Xuan want to join Qin, why don't I know." According to the trend of history, shouldn't this guy slowly take power in the Jin Dynasty, and finally usurp the Jin Dynasty and establish the Chu Dynasty.

But seeing Wang Fuzhi squinting at Shi San, he snorted coldly: "No one in the Great Jin Dynasty knows that this Shi San was promoted by the Huan clan, and he is Tietie's Huan clan's henchmen. That night, Shi Sanmi met Pei Hou, but I am afraid that he was ordered by Huan Xuan to surrender to the Qin Dynasty! ”

Seeing Wang Fuzhi's expression of "seeing through everything" on his face, Pei Shengqin was shocked. It's the same as the truth, how can this old thing have such a rich imagination.

Of course, Wang Fuzhi is willing to think nonsense, and Pei Shengqin naturally will not tell him the truth. just looked at Wang Fuzhi indifferently and said in a low voice: "Village Chief Wang, don't talk nonsense!" ”

The more Pei Shengqin had this expression, the more convinced Wang Fuzhi became that his guess was true. Thinking that the Huan clan was already one step ahead, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious: "My Langya Wang clan really wants to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, and the old man only took the risk to contact Pei Hou at the beginning." It's just that the matter is big, and the old man really doesn't dare to make his own opinions, so after returning to Jin, he will discuss with his clansmen. As soon as there is a result, I will send someone to secretly report to Pei Hou that I will never lose to the Huan family with the sincerity of the Langya Wang family! ”

Pei Shengqin couldn't help but smile and pretended to be calm: "Pei is waiting for good news." ”

As for Ji Kuang, Pei Shengqin didn't bother to say goodbye, anyway, the relationship was not good, and if he didn't look for his bad luck, it was already for the sake of the five hundred taels of gold.

"Haha, it's not too early, then I'll leave later."

After Pei Shengqin said goodbye to a few people, Shi San began to officially resign.

The Jin Dynasty mission set off, but someone behind Pei Shengqin cried. Pei Shengqin looked back and saw that it was three men in prison uniforms.

After all, the Jin Dynasty mission lived in Chang'an for a few months, and many people in the mission made friends in Chang'an, and there were many people who came to see them off, and Pei Shengqin couldn't recognize them all. Immediately asked curiously, "Who are the three of you and why are you crying?" ”

The three of them replied in unison: "Good to teach Pei Hou to know that we are all natives of Chang'an, and we are only imprisoned for being traitors." Later, he was selected as Ji Kuang's prison companion and lived with Ji Kuang for several months, and his love was very deep. When Ji Kuang left today, the cell boss felt the deep friendship of our roommate, and specially gave me permission to see him off. I saw Ji Kuang leave just now, and I didn't know if I could meet again in this life, so I cried. ”

Pei Shengqin took a look, next to the three men in prison uniforms, there were indeed a few jailers who were eyeing them, preventing them from taking the opportunity to escape.

I remembered what the jailer said when I saw Ji Kuang in the prison - "After all, it is a foreign friend, so we cleaned up this cell a little before he moved in, and said that our Great Qin Dynasty is also kind to foreign guests!" It's just that this room is relatively large, and it is a bit wasteful to live in one of his prisoners, and the boss is considering whether to arrange three more people to live in and be his prison companions. (See Chapter 138 of Dragon Nuwei)

I thought it was just for fun, but I didn't expect that the prison of the Criminal Department actually arranged three prison companions for him. Pei Shengqin complained frantically in his heart, the managers of the prison of the Criminal Department are really talents, if they are placed in two thousand years, they can properly go to Shandong University to apply for a position as the president!

The Jin Dynasty delegation gradually moved away, and the people who saw them off also dispersed. The three prison companions were very close to Ji Kuangji, and they were still crying there, and they were forcibly dragged back by the jailers.

Shunqiang went to Zhangye County, and Pei Shengqin had only one male dog by his side, and the male dog stepped forward and asked, "Master Hou, let's come to the northern suburbs once, do you want to go to the barracks to have a look?" ”

Pei Shengqin hadn't been to the Tiance military camp for some time, so he nodded and said, "I've come here, so naturally I'm going to take a look." ”