Zhou Nan followed the chamberlain and came to the Xuande Gate, where the chamberlain showed a waist card, and the guards of the forbidden army guarding the door let the two enter.

After entering from the Xuande Gate, the two turned left to a slightly smaller palace gate and the right Changqing Gate, and after entering, they walked along a long, narrow, north-south straight aisle until they walked to the east-west horizontal street in front of the Zichen Palace. This time, he did not enter the Zichen Gate, but entered through the vertical arch on the west side of the Zichen Gate, crossed the wide square in front of the main hall, and came to the side hall on the west side of the vertical arch hall.

There was a close attendant guarding the door of the side hall, and the attendant who led Zhou Nan in whispered to the attendant at the door, "The Liao people have brought the horses, please come in and report to Your Majesty." ”

A close attendant immediately went in to report, and after coming out, he asked Zhou Nan to enter the temple to meet the saint.

Zhou Nan came to see Zhao Ji alone for the first time, and after entering the hall, he saw that the hall was arranged like a small living room, but the guests who came here were afraid that they were not on an equal footing with the host.

On the south side of the side hall is a large bed, in front of the bed is a table, the four sides of the table and the legs are carved with clouds and dragons, and there are a number of things on the table. And Zhao Ji was sitting upright on the bed, looking at Zhou Nan who walked into the hall. Zhou Nan is lightly dressed in a robe, his hair is simply tied together, and the whole person looks radiant and radiant, where is there a half-aggrieved and dirty appearance?

Zhao Ji saw Zhou Nan's elegant demeanor, and first liked it in his heart, and said, "Give General Zhou a seat." ”

The chamberlain on the side immediately handed Zhou Nan a brocade stool, Zhou Nan thanked Zhao Ji first, and then naturally sat down and asked Zhao Ji, "I don't know what happened to His Majesty the Emperor?" ”

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "General Zhou, it must be the first time to come to my Great Song Dynasty, right?" I don't know if you can still live in the inn? ”

Zhou Nan replied, "Dutingyi is grand and profound, comparable to Yanjing Palace, and the things that should be eaten and applied are a hundred times stronger than Liao, and they can live well!" ”

Zhao Ji listened to Zhou Nan's praise of the Duting Station, and compared the Duting Station with the Yanjing Palace, and his face naturally had brilliance. Zhou Nan said again: "This is not the first time I have come to the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Oh? General Zhou was already a general who commanded the Wansheng Army at a young age, could it be that when General Zhou was younger, he was outstanding and came to my Great Song Dynasty? Zhao Ji asked in disbelief. Perhaps it was Zhou Nan who followed the previous Liao envoy and came to the Great Song Dynasty, but it is not known.

"Your Majesty the Emperor guessed wrong." Zhou Nan was not as afraid of Zhao Ji as the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, but regarded Zhao Ji as an elder, and said calmly, "When I was young, I should be a person from Xingzhou, Xinde Prefecture, but I was taken away by the Liao people who invaded the border at that time, and since then I have been wandering around, and then I grew up, and after a day of heavy rain and lightning strike, I actually appeared in the mountains of Yizhou, and was rescued by the hunters of Gaojiazhai, and since then I have settled down in Gaojiazhai." In the second year, he met Yang Keshi Yang who fled into the mountains, and hated that the Liao officer sent officials and troops to encircle and suppress the cottage repeatedly, and he had no choice but to turn against the old Liao. ”

Zhou Nan said in one breath, and Zhao Ji said casually, "I didn't expect that General Zhou's background was like duckweed, without roots and foundations, but fortunately I met many hunters, so I took root." ”

"Exactly." Zhou Nan continued, "The next thing, His Majesty the Emperor must have known, in Xia and those brothers deceived Yizhou, seized Zhuozhou, drove the Liao soldiers and Liao generals such as the king of the four armies, and then captured Yanjing City, just in time for Emperor Maode to go north to Yanjing City, and then he sacrificed Yanjing City and led his troops to leave. Later, the Liao people mainly guarded Yanjing with Zaixia, resisted the Jin people in the north, and Shun the Great Song Dynasty in the south. His Majesty the Emperor Enshi Frontier, Ze was Yanjing, did not forget the people of Yandi, and promised to accept the name of the domain, which led to the trip to Bianjing today. ”

"Although General Zhou is a Liao general, he is actually a Han Chinese, and he is loyal, brave, benevolent, and righteous, and he protects my Yan land, which makes me happy." Zhao Ji praised first, and then asked, "Has General Zhou been in Bianjing for the past two days?" ”

"I haven't played yet, but after the feast, I went to the lively place outside Donghua Gate to linger." Hearing Zhao Ji ask where he had been playing, Zhou Nan's heart tightened, and he said in his heart, isn't this emperor caught some trick for stealing into the palace? I had to vaguely say that I went to play outside Donghua Gate.

Outside the Donghua Gate is indeed the most prosperous and lively place in Bianjing City, there are Panjialou and Sweet Water Lane in the south, Fan Lou and Yang Lou in the north, and there is a ghost market that is open at night in the middle, saying that he has played outside the Donghua Gate, the scope is large, and he indulges someone to see him walking on Mahang Street early this morning, and it can be said that he is staying overnight.

To lie, of course, there must be truth and falsehood.

"Young and romantic, you should be like this." As the Merry Emperor, Zhao Ji naturally looked at Zhou Nan's answer to Liuxiang in Flower Street.

The curtain on one side was suddenly lifted, and a man walked out, stood between Zhao Ji and Zhou Nan, and bowed to Zhao Ji and said, "Father, the son has something to ask General Zhou." Zhou Nan looked at it, but it was the third prince Zhao Kai.

Zhao Ji nodded, what he asked Zhou Nan just now was also proposed by Zhao Kai. He had already asked, and Zhou Nan had already answered, but the third prince Zhao Kai still didn't give up. Zhao Ji had no choice but to let Zhao Kai interrogate Zhou Nan.

"May I ask General Zhou, what about your entourage? Why not? Zhao Kai came up and asked about Xiao Jiu's whereabouts.

Zhou Nan naturally said, "A few days ago, in the Zichen Palace, I have promised His Majesty the Emperor and Emperor Maode to mobilize craftsmen to come to Bianjing to make carriages for His Majesty the Emperor and Emperor Ji, which use a lot of materials, and naturally ask people to go to the market to find the materials they need." Hehe, is it possible that the third prince fell in love with my little guy and wanted to invite my little guy to eat and drink? ”

Zhao Kai glared at Zhou Nan fiercely, but in front of Zhao Ji, he didn't dare to attack, so he had to ask again, "What color clothes is your little guy wearing?" ”

Zhou Nan rolled his eyes, but said to Zhao Kai, "Dare to ask the third prince, when you get up today, when your servant comes in to serve you, which foot will you take first when you enter the door?" ”

Zhao Kai rushed and said, "Who will remember this?!" ”

"You don't remember, so how do I remember what my little guy was wearing?" Zhou Nan replied.

"General Zhou, just now you said that you lingered outside the Donghua Gate, I don't know where it is?" Zhao Kai endured the anger in his heart and asked again. He felt that he had caught this thief who had stolen into the palace, and today in front of his father, he would definitely let this thief be exposed.

"When you wake up, you only sit in front of the flowers, and when you get drunk, you get drunk in exchange for the flowers to sleep. Since you forget about the flowers, why bother with other things? Zhou Nan said to him left and right.

At this time, he couldn't care less, and read out the poems of the famous Tang Bohu.

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