After the cold winter, there will be spring.

Suffering, like peace, will cease one day.

On both sides of the Hanjiang River after dawn, there is no longer gunsmoke everywhere, and there are no longer war drums shaking the sky, only the rushing river water, which is gone and rushes to the south.

Surrounded by Liu Mingyan and Qiu Yueshi, Zhu Zhitong moored the Kuntou ship on the south bank of Binzhou, and entered Binzhou Mansion in person. There, Lu Qiusheng had changed into the official uniform of Bihai and greeted him on the ground. The prefect of Binzhou once again followed behind him with sincere fear, thinking in his heart that the last time he sent someone to send Zhu Zhitong from Binzhou Mansion to Taiye City, he lost people, and in a blink of an eye, the princess became the emperor, and the war was settled, I just hope that Zhu Zhitong will not think of the old accounts before.

Zhu Zhitong obviously forgot about the Binzhou prefect for a long time, and only cared about talking to Lu Qiusheng.

Loyal ministers, wise ministers, good ministers.

Lu Qiusheng is worthy of any of the above titles, Zhu Zhitong is not only praised repeatedly, but is more curious about how the mother emperor ordered him to secretly ambush under Wen Lan's nose. It must be known that in the days of the coronation in Taiye City, Zhu Zhitong did not see any explanation between the mother emperor and Lu Qiusheng, on the contrary, the mother emperor deliberately made it clear in the palace that the Qianshou Pavilion that crushed the blood smoke cavalry was from Lu Qiusheng's hand, causing Qi Lie to almost strangle him.

Lu Qiusheng just smiled and responded: "His Majesty the First Emperor really didn't tell the ministers anything, and the ministers didn't say anything to His Majesty the First Emperor. However, His Majesty the Emperor glanced at the minister, and the minister believed that the minister was loyal, and that glance was enough to make His Majesty the Emperor tacitly understand. ”

Zhu Zhitong was greatly moved, and sometimes the trust between monarchs and ministers really doesn't need to be said. What's more, my mother said before that contemplating the mind with the heart is the best way to contemplate the mind. A person like Lu Qiusheng, who does not speak but reveals his heart, can believe it with just a glance.

Qiu Yue really sighed on the side: "I heard Your Majesty mention Lord Lu's genius before, and then I saw the serpentine ship imitated by Lord Lu, which is really impressive. I have built this serpentine ship for nearly a hundred years, and Lord Kelu has been able to improve it into a ship for various purposes in such a short period of time, and the craftsmanship of this shipbuilding is really far better than that of my Liuxia. To be honest, there are still many shipbuilders of the Qiuyue clan on the island of Namei Longyu, and I just hope that I will be fortunate to have Lord Lu's guidance in the future. ”

Lu Qiusheng looked at Zhu Zhitong's face sensitively, and replied: "It's too much to say that the guidance is too high-minded, what I, Lu Qiusheng, do or don't do, everything is only up to Your Majesty." As long as Your Majesty allows it, I will go to Meilongyu to live for ten days and a half months, so what's the matter? ”

Liu Mingyan said with a smile: "What's so good about Meilongyu, why don't you call the craftsmen of Liuxia to my governor's mansion, there are still some shipwrights in the governor's mansion, so that they can also be taught by Lord Lu, wouldn't it be two?" As he spoke, he approached Lu Qiusheng and said softly, "I still want to ask Master Lu to build a boat for me when I go back." ”

Lu Qiusheng thought she was referring to a new type of warship, and nodded: "It's easy to say, it happened that I also realized some good ideas when I imitated the serpentine ship before, and I also re-branded Governor Liu's Kuntou ship when I turned around, and it will definitely be called a new look." ”

Liu Mingyan pursed her lips and chuckled, and whispered: "What I want is not a warship, but that kind of ...... Interesting boats. ”

Lu Qiusheng was stunned: "Interesting boat? ”

Liu Mingyan didn't notice the pink, and said shamefully: "It's a boat used by the two of them...... Let's go back and talk to Master Lu in detail. Lu Qiusheng suddenly realized, and couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Zhu Zhitong happened not to hear the two of them talking, but because she heard Qiu Yueshi talking about Meilongyu, she couldn't help but ask, "Do you still plan to stay on that desert island in the far sea?" ”

Qiu Yueshi hesitated: "Otherwise, I can't think of where to go." ”

"Meilongyu is too desolate after all...... I just thought about it, and the northeast of the capital of Bihai Taiye is Jingzhou. The Jingzhou Festival envoy Que Chao has passed away, and the military and political affairs were originally in the hands of his wife, Wu Qing, the general of Heze, but now Wu Qing died in the battle of Linzhou, and the post of governing Jingzhou has become vacant. I pondered that if you are willing, you can take your clansmen to Jingzhou to settle down, and your clan uncle will take over the Jingzhou Jiedu envoy, and let Eagle Tail take the post of General Heze, which will not only protect the peace of the people in Jingzhou, but also protect your people......"

Qiu Yueshi originally wanted to be satisfied with having a place to live and work in peace and contentment in the Bihai Country, but Zhu Zhitong actually supported each other with a state, and couldn't help but be surprised and happy. He knew that the small and medium-sized states in Bihai Prefecture only had Fuxingtai directly under the prefect, and only the big states had temperance envoys, and there were many large and small affairs in the state that could be independent.

Of course, he understood Zhu Zhitong's intentions, the Liuxia people are people of foreign races, and no matter how they follow the customs, there will inevitably be disagreements. However, if the clan uncle Qiuyue Zong can be the envoy of the Yizhou Festival, he will be able to have full authority and grasp the situation to protect the clansmen, not to mention that he will also entrust the military power of Jingzhou to the eagle tail firefly, which shows the trust in the Liuxia people.

Qiu Yueshi immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty is so convinced of my Liuxia clan, my Qiu Yue clan swears to be loyal to Bihai from generation to generation, and never slack off!" ”

Zhu Zhitong stretched out her hand to help him up, and whispered: "Don't you wonder why I didn't ask you to be the envoy of Jingzhou Festival?" ”

"This ......" Qiu Yue thought that the safety of the clan had been settled, and she was already relieved, but she really didn't care about what reward she had.

"Qiu Yuejun, if I transfer you to Jingzhou, what will Governor Liu do......" Zhu Zhitong's eyebrows were full of smiles, and there was a bit of banter, and Qiu Yueshi said that his face was flushed.

It happened that Liu Mingyan and Lu Qiusheng had been muttering for a long time and finished speaking, and when they saw Zhu Zhitong talking about Qiu Yueshi, their faces were flushed, and they were curious: "What did Your Majesty say, why did Qiu Yuejun's face turn red like a peach." ”

"I'm just asking Qiu Yue-kun where he plans to live in the future. He said...... "Zhu Zhitong deliberately slowed down her tone, which made Liu Mingyan itch for a while.

"What does Qiu Yue-kun say?"

Zhu Zhitong glanced at Qiu Yueshi and said with a smile: "He said that Governor Liu's house is very chic, and he agrees with it......"

Liu Mingyan was secretly happy in her heart, but she pretended to be sour and said, "It turns out that the house is in line with your heart." Qiu Yueshi looked embarrassed.

"Governor Liu is in a high position, and he is a blood relative of the royal family......" Qiu Yueshi of course knew Zhu Zhitong's intention to marry, and felt that some words were better than saying them directly.

He does have a secret love for Zhu Zhitong, but he also knows that Zhu Zhitong has a heart. As for Liu Mingyan, although her temper is bigger, her temperament is very straightforward, and when they got along before, they admired each other very much.

Originally, because he was a member of the Liuxia royal family, he could not be arrogant or humble when he got along with Liu Mingyan, but since he was broken by Lin Tongsheng, he felt a little uneasy and inferior, and always felt that there was something unspeakable in his life experience.

However, where did Liu Mingyan know his thoughts, seeing that his words seemed to be daunting, he was anxious, and said: "What is high or not, you only say that my governor's mansion is better than that of Mei Longyu." ”

"This ......"

Zhu Zhitong looked at Qiu Yueshi with his mind contemplation technique, and he could clearly feel that he felt a little inferior, and only guessed that he was still minding that he was just a displaced person in a dead country, so he opened his mouth to persuade: "Qiu Yuejun, when you return to Taiye after leaving Binzhou, I will announce to the world and seal you the position of the prince of the country." First, it is to show your contribution to helping me regain the blue sea this time, and secondly, it is also to correct your name. ”

Liu Mingyan was stunned and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Doesn't Governor Liu know yet? He is one of the twelve royal families of Liuxia, the great-grandson of Queen Liuxia back then, Queen Liuxia and my great-grandmother, the Founding Emperor Ming, are half-sisters, so he also has the blood of my Zhu family, which is the same as you. ”

When Liu Mingyan heard the words "half-father", she chuckled in her heart.

It turned out that his ancestors were also concubines.

Liu Mingyan naturally knew that there was a difference between the concubines, and her mother suffered enough because she was a side branch of the royal family, and even let Liu Mingyan change her surname.

She can comprehend Zhu Zhitong's kindness and give her the position of the Duke of the Kingdom, which is enough to match her identity, which is matchmaking for her.

When Qiu Yueshi heard this, she was so grateful. This contemplation technique can even perceive these unspeakable difficulties of his own, Zhu Zhitong can feel very little, if he has good intentions, wouldn't it be too faceless?

After Liuxia sank into the sea, he always felt a feeling of being adrift, and his clan was only 6,000, and he was not guaranteed day and night. Now that I was reminded by Zhu Zhitong, I realized that there were so many people in this world who were related to my blood. Even the two children left by Princess Zhu Zhijie of Qingle have a relationship with themselves, and their eyes turned red at the moment, and they bowed down to thank them.

Zhu Zhitong whispered to Liu Mingyan: "After Sister Liu turned around and accompanied me back to Taiye City, she went to the northwest grid to take a good turn, and if she saw any house she liked, tell me." It is expected that those dignitaries who have fled from the capital will not dare to come back to see me, so Sister Liu can just take it to pick up the whole thing and make it a new house. Oh, by the way, if you don't have enough gold, you can take it from the Kuntou ship, and this money is left by my eldest sister, I don't know how much. ”

Liu Mingyan's heart was full of joy, she giggled, and Qiu Yueshi's face became redder and redder with a smile.

At this moment, Eagletail was standing in the shadows, listening to every word that everyone said and laughed with each other.

She heard that Zhu Zhitong wanted her to go to Jingzhou with Master Zongzhi, so she was not sad.

Jingzhou ...... I don't know how far it will be from the Taiye Country.

In fact, she would rather not go anywhere than do anything to General Kawazawa, as long as she stayed quietly by his side, occasionally played a song for him, or ordered a bowl of tea for him, and there was nothing else to ask for.

From time to time, Washio would think about the days after he escaped from the Imurin Merchant House. At that time, he was dormant in a small inn near Luoxia Bay to recuperate, while she cooked fresh fish for him every day. One day, the innkeeper mistakenly thought they were an eloped couple and asked her how her husband's injuries were. She listened to it in her ears, shamed it on her face, and happy it in her heart.

Messire...... Looking back now, maybe those days were the happiest days of my life.