is also sad and sighs and drunk, and sings and laughs and sails in an endless battle.

After a six-day trek, Song Zheng and others arrived at Fengjie. Since the beginning of Wushan City, Song Zheng, Zu Jie and others have been "protected" by Shu ** soldiers. With a team of more than 200 people, Shu used a full 1,000 troops and four large ships, which made Zu Jie and the Qi army very nervous. On the contrary, it was Song Zheng who changed his declining color and became radiant.

Fengjie was known as the "Millennium Poetry City" in later generations, and the scenery of the Three Gorges made countless literati and ink writers leave many moving poems. Among them, Li Bai and Du Fu, two top masters, both used wanton brushwork to depict the magnificent and picturesque rivers and mountains here.

"The morning clouds enter nowhere, and the water does not flow in the sky."

"Boundless falling trees and Xiao Xiao, endless Yangtze River rolling."

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The pride in the poem made Song Zheng also rejuvenate his poetry, personally composed several poems, and asked Su Chan to compose a tune and play and sing it all night on the boat. The wine, which had been unused, was also delivered to the bow of the ship. Song Zheng kept his wine and sang while drinking, and his arrogance made the Shu army dumbfounded.

Not only the Shu army, but even Zujie was also confused, and he couldn't figure out why Song Zheng became a crazy scribe as if he had changed as if he had changed as if he had changed into a different person. It hurt him to quietly ask Zhang Chong about the details, where did Zhang Chong know. Zu Jie only secretly guessed whether Brother Zheng was under too much pressure, so he became like this.

Fortunately, Su Chan likes Song Zheng's current state, and the poems he sings casually, as long as he composes a tune, it is a good piece of poetry.

Su Chan's favorite is the bamboo branch words, which was originally a folk song with a strong charm in Kuizhou. In the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yuxi served as the assassin of Kuizhou, and he sorted out the bamboo branch words, and imitated and created some, which became a popular literary and artistic form among the literati, and there were many excellent works. Song Zheng was not keen on this kind of tone with a charming flavor, but this time he was also interested, and the sentence "The sun rises in the east and rains in the west, and the road is sunny but sunny", which gave him a little more ambiguous atmosphere between him and Su Chan.

Passing through Qutang Gorge and crossing the White Emperor City, the river gradually widened, and the water level also calmed down. Although the scenery is still beautiful, it does not have the thrilling thrill of "waves curbing the flying boat".

When he was about to land, Song Zheng freshened up, changed into his official envoy uniform, and still held a wine jug in his hand and stood on the bow of the boat.

At the mouth of the Yangtze River under Fengjie City, a young Shu official wearing a curly head and a broad green robe stood at the forefront. The man was about 20 years old, with a broad and stiff forehead, slightly protruding cheekbones, thin lips and a short bearded chin, which made him look quite angular.

Song Zheng said secretly, this person should be Xue Qimeng, who went to the imperial examination of the Shu Kingdom. He was notified by Shu in Wushan City, and this time he was greeted by a talented man who was well-known in Shu, Xue Qimeng, a scholar of Hanlin. Although Xue Qimeng went to the Shu Kingdom to explore Hualang, his talent is the most famous, especially poetry.

The institution in charge of Shu's diplomacy is also called the ceremonial room, but it is directly under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. In order to welcome Song Zheng, Xue Qimeng was appointed as the official of the sixth grade in the rite room. Most of the official system of Shu adhered to the Song system, and officials above the fifth rank wore Zhu clothes, and the seventh rank and above wore green clothes.

Song Zheng shook his head secretly, the Shu people are too arrogant? To greet the envoys of the Great Qi, even if it is not so grand, at least an equivalent official such as Langzhong should be sent. Sending Xue Qi Meng to come, it did not mean that he was aimed at Zizheng, and the Shu people wanted to use their talents to suppress Song Zheng's prestige first.

Of course, the reason why Shu is like this is also related to the size of the Great Qi "mission". In the former Song Dynasty, the size of the envoy was generally about 100 people, with the main envoy, the deputy envoy and the three section people, collectively called the envoys, plus other attachés, the scale was mostly about 100 people. However, Daqi did not attach importance to diplomacy, and even if it sent an embassy, the scale was not large. This time it was even more absolute, Song Zheng only took Zhang Chong's personal guard and entered Shu alone. The people of Shu must have thought that Daqi was deliberately despised, so they sent such a figure, whose level was lower than that of Song Zheng, but his fame was not small, implying humiliation.

If Xue Qimeng can defeat Song Zheng, the Shu people will naturally be happy, if they can't win, they won't lose their share, our champion and the leader are not out of the horse? Song Zheng had already expected that this road would not be peaceful.

After making the boat dock, Song Zheng handed the wine jug to Zhang Chong, and hugged his fists from afar, but did not speak. Xue Qimeng also returned the salute and looked Song Zheng up and down.

The two did not speak for a long time, causing people on both sides to look at each other. Zu Jie and Zhang Chong unconsciously pressed the handle of the knife, and the sergeant behind Xue Qimeng also became nervous. The two sides are gradually becoming more and more tense.

Song Zheng was not in a hurry at all, he looked at Xue Qimeng from head to foot with interest, and then looked around again, the corners of his mouth turned up, and he looked like he didn't take the other party to heart. He took the initiative to surrender his hand to Xue Qimeng just now, and he had already expressed his friendship first. If the other party knows the measure, speak first, so that it is a good fit. I didn't expect that the other party was in a hurry to give himself a horse, and it was too much to treat himself completely as a subordinate official.

The two sides worked on a cup of tea, and Song Zheng simply looked up at the sky and admired the clouds rolling up. Xue Qimeng's face gradually became gloomy, and he wanted to hang the envoys of Daqi here, first of all, it was rude for Shu to be rude, but he took the initiative to greet the other party, but he was unwilling.

Xue Qimeng deserved to be the Tanhualang of the Shu Kingdom, and quickly came up with a way to deal with it, he laughed loudly and said, "Where are the golden scales dyed in the grass mandarin fish in the pond?" It means that Song Zheng was originally a grass carp and mandarin fish in the pond, how did he turn into golden scales that can turn into dragons.

Song Zheng smiled softly and quickly responded, "Luan Feng on the branch, come and ride the east wind!" ”

Xue Qimeng's face was shocked, he didn't expect Song Zheng to respond so quickly. However, it is absolutely impossible for Xue Qimeng to be impressed by such a response.

"The wind and clouds are not strong, and it is difficult for the golden scales to turn into a dragon."

"The smoke and haze will meet, and Jinfeng is the time to indulge."

"The grass mandarin fish enters the water, and it is messy among the stones."

"Luan Feng Xiang Shu Land, Traveling to Emei Peak"

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The two of them spoke very quickly, and they couldn't talk about it, and everyone was dumbfounded. Xue Qimeng uttered more than fifty sentences in a row, sweat broke out on his forehead, but Song Zheng still didn't change his face. He even had time to beckon Zhang Chong to come over, re-grab the wine jug, and take a sip of it, which was not only extremely neat, but also calm.

Xue Qimeng was already difficult to ride the tiger, and his face became more and more ugly. From the perspective of the situation, Song Zheng was at ease, but Xue Qimeng felt that his talents were gradually drying up.

This is completely an encounter, Xue Qimeng has already been instructed from above, and the alignment envoy must not be rude, but also have to fold the other party's face. And when Song Zheng took the initiative to give it up just now, Xue Qimeng was still secretly proud, but he didn't expect that Song Zheng only saluted and didn't speak, so that Xue Qimeng temporarily made up his mind and first used his own strengths to frustrate Song Zheng's limelight.

What made Xue Qimeng embarrassed was that the poetic talent he was proud of had the potential to resist the other party, which made Xue Qimeng both ashamed and annoyed. In the end, he turned his heart sideways and took out his rather proud sentence, "In the deep mountains of the two apes, how dare the little monkey see (sentence)".

Song Zheng wondered, how could Xue Qimeng be a very famous pair in later generations? He couldn't help frowning slightly, and glanced at Xue Qimeng deeply. After a little hesitation, he still resolutely put the next sentence right, "When a horse falls into the mud, how dare the old beast come out of the hoof." ”

Without waiting for Xue Qimeng to be dizzy, Song Zheng laughed loudly, "Lord Xue's talent, Song admires." Song Mou had heard that the Bashu people were outstanding and soothing, and now he saw Lord Xue, and he knew that this was true. As he spoke, he gave another deep salute.

was scolded as an "old brute", Xue Qimeng's head was covered and he almost vomited blood. Unexpectedly, Song Zheng's face changed very quickly, and he picked up Xue Qimeng's ravaged face and gave him the stairs down.

Xue Qimeng dared to have half a bit of pride, he immediately took a deep breath, bent down deeply and returned the salute, "Lord Song is famous and spreads the world." Xue is also very fortunate to be able to meet adults. Lord Song, please! ”

The sky was full of dark clouds, and they dispersed in an instant, and the sergeants on both sides also looked relieved.

After Song Zheng exchanged a few words with Xue Qimeng, he called Su Chan out and introduced him to Xue Qimeng. Xue Qimeng had heard that Song Zheng was sending a prostitute, and he was a little unbelieving at first, but when he saw that Su Chan really came out of the cabin, he was secretly envious.

In the former Song Dynasty, there were many talents in Shu, and the three Sus were even more famous all over the world. At the end of the Song Dynasty, the war was chaotic, and Shu was not affected, and the literati were more prosperous. The rich cultural atmosphere and beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers have given birth to many romantic, amorous and talented literati and artists.

This makes a very strange phenomenon appear in Shu: the etiquette here is the most antique and the most complete, while the literati here are proud of the informal etiquette, and people like Song Zheng who bring prostitutes to envoys will be considered inconceivable in Daqi, Dajin and Western Xia. But in Shu, it has a very popular romantic atmosphere.

Xue Qimeng is a representative of this kind of literati, and he is indeed a champion talent, but it is only because of his wild personality and unabashed speech that he is condescended to the position of Tanhua.

Before Song Zheng arrived in Shu, he did everything possible to collect a lot of information, although it was not very detailed, but he was also familiar with the characteristics of the Shu people. This Xue Qimeng, he has also heard that this person actually proposed to open a school in the harem of Shu in the palace examination to improve the knowledge of the harem concubines, and to give the Shu Emperor a good cultural atmosphere through the pillow people.

What is strange is that Xue Qimeng can actually be a tanhua. If it were in Daqi, where science was prevalent, it would be good if Xue Qimeng would not be imprisoned. The matter between the emperor and his wife can be criticized by a small move?

The founding emperor of Shu was Lang Yucheng, the former Song Dynasty of the Great Song Dynasty. After Lang Yucheng's death, his son Lang Yu died of illness after only two years as Emperor Shu, and Lang Dekun ascended the throne, that is, the previous generation of Emperor Shu. Lang Dekun had no children, and succeeded his brother's son Lang Zhengchun. The current Shu Emperor Lang Zhengchun is forty-eight years old this year and has five sons and three daughters. The eldest son Lang Bochuan is the crown prince, and the second son Lang Boyan is a fief of Kuizhou, and concurrently serves as the governor of Kuizhou, commanding the military.

Lang Bochuan's generation has a good cultural accomplishment. Especially Lang Bochuan, he has the reputation of "champion prince". A few years ago, during the imperial examination, Lang Bochuan secretly inquired about the examination questions, and then made an answer sheet according to the imperial examination topics. He then used a pseudonym to recommend it to the examiner at the time. The examiner was shocked, thinking that it was the best talent, and reported it to Lang Zhengchun. Emperor Shu asked the prince to recommend this talent, and after asking about it, he learned that Lang Bochuan answered it himself.

After this incident, the name of "Champion Prince" was spread to Shu.

Unlike his elder brother, Lang Boyan is the only prince among the brothers who specializes in martial arts. Seven years ago, the Great Qi used troops to Shu and suffered a crushing defeat. It is rumored that the behind-the-scenes commander was Lang Boyan, who was only 21 years old at the time.

Lang Zhengchun is very satisfied with the two sons of Lang Bochuan and Lang Boyan, and often boasts that "my family has two horses for thousands of miles".

When Song Zheng arrived in Fengjie City, the first thing he visited was the second prince Lang Boyan.