It has been more than a month since Maori Zhenchang arrived in Beijing, and he has hardly accomplished anything except to attend the banquet of the Ministry of Rites and deliver tribute gifts.

Fortunately, the court of the Ming Kingdom used the etiquette of foreign envoys to receive Maoli, and there was no sign of settling accounts with him. He probably doesn't have to worry anymore, he will become one of the scapegoats for Qian Xili's death. It is estimated that the people in the Kyoto waiter will have to be unlucky.

The life of the Jingshi of the Ming Kingdom was very stable and rich, and it is said that some of the kings and leaders of the small southern countries who came to pay tribute lived here, ate and drank, and were reluctant to go back.

But Mori Sadacho couldn't sit still, and he wanted to return to Japan as soon as possible. After the Battle of Hakata Bay, the situation of the daimyo forces in Japan and the Ouchi family changed, and Mori no longer worried about his life, but thought that he could win his rightful place in the Ouchi family.

Maori wrote the recitals, of course, in Chinese. He showed it to the Autumn Moon clan, hoping that she would check it for avoidance words and revise the polish. Akizuki grew up in a temple and received a better cultural education than Maori.

The Akizuki clan read the piece and revised it slightly. Maori sat down in a chair again and copied, and could not kneel in the room of the guild hall because the floor was made of brick and stone, and there were no mats.

"Shall I go back together?" Akizuki asked in Japanese.

Maori said: "Of course I want to go back." It's been so long, if the Daming Palace would give you a title, it would have been given a long time ago. ”

Qiu Yue asked again: "I go back to the ancient mountain city?" ”

While copying, Mao Li replied: "First follow me to the mountain pass castle of Zhou Fangguo, and then send someone to the ancient mountain castle to see Qiuyue as the lord." The marriage between our two families can continue. ”

Akizuki nodded in agreement. She had never met the eldest of the Maori sons, but her marriage was a matter of two families; No matter what kind of Maori children were, she could only obey.

Mori finished copying, checked it, and waited for the ink to dry before putting it on the cover of the chapter. He asked, "Where is the cantata?" ”

Qiu Yue shook his head and said, "I don't know, the previous recital was handed over to the officials who greeted us, right?" ”

Maori thought for a moment and said, "The official of the Ministry of Rites." We sent it to the Ministry of Rites. ”

Qiu Yue suddenly said, "Wait for me." ”

Maori said: "You don't have to go. ”

Qiu Yue repeated again, and walked quickly to the wing room where she lived, because the steps were urgent, and the sound of clogs was very loud.

She took out the embroidered belt from a cloth bag and smoothed it for a while. She was stunned for a moment, then no longer hesitated, and folded it neatly and put it in a wooden box. Then wrap it in cloth and rope.

She walked back to the living room with her things in her arms and said to Maori, "Lord Wang Shan has helped me, and I should thank him." There was no chance in the future, so I gave him some gifts in return. ”

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"What?" Maori asked.

Qiuyue said: "A paperweight, a pen, and an inkstone." ”

Maori glanced at the contents of her arms and nodded, "Give it to me." ”

Qiu Yue's family hugged it and said, "I'll go with you." ”

Maori's small eyes looked at Akizuki's face, and Akizuki met his gaze, showing a calm and polite smile on his simple and beautiful face.

"Then let's go." Maori Road.

The two walked into the courtyard, greeted the two entourage, and walked outside the hall. The men sent by the Ming government did not embarrass them, but just bowed to them. They crossed the river by the Huitong Bridge in the south, then along Chang'an Avenue to the right gate of Chang'an, and after showing the official document and the letter, the defenders let them in.

After a few people walked for a while, they saw a wide thousand-step corridor. The simple and elegant houses on both sides of the street are where many central offices of the Ming Kingdom are located.

Maori turned around and said in Japanese: "That Wang Shan's identity may be fake, he must look like a martial artist." I guess most of them are military generals, or relatives of powerful people in the Ming Kingdom, in short, there are people who know each other in the government, otherwise they really can't do those things; Ask the official to check the thieves, and let the palace eunuchs take you into the palace for a walk. ”

Qiu Yue said: "Why did he lie to us? ”

"I don't know, maybe I don't want to show my real identity." Maori Road.

The Akizuki clan said, "Let's go to the Ministry of Rites and ask, don't we know?" ”

Maori nodded yes.

When it came to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, it happened that Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was sitting in the hall, so he invited the envoys and the Qiu Yue clan to drink tea in the living room at the back through the hall. And the official who presided over the banquet was not Shangshu.

The group talked in the living room for a while, and Maori explained his intention and sent the piece to him. As a result, Qiu Yue and the others knew at this time that the sending and receiving of the concert was a matter for the General Administration Department and not the Ministry of Etiquette, but Hu Hu still left the concert and promised to help them submit it.

The Akizuki clan asked, "Is Lord Wang Shan here in the Ministry of Rites?" ”

Hu Hui said: "It's really unfortunate that Wang Shan sent out." ”

Qiuyue and Maori glanced at each other, as if to say: Listen, Wang Shan is not lying, right?

She put the thing down and said, "I'm tired of Lord Hu, transfer this thing to Wang Shanlangzhong, this is our thank you gift." ”

Hu Hui said: "Don't be jewelry, gold and silver, my officials are not allowed to take bribes." ”

Akizuki shook his head and smiled in return.

After talking for a while, Maori took his leave. The Lord Shangshu didn't keep much, but kindly reminded them: After the imperial court approves the chapter, there will be "

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dismount the horse banquet", and only after the banquet will someone be arranged to send them back to China.

…… There is really an official named Wang Shan in the Ministry of Rites, and the official position is Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, and he is in charge of the Department of Fine Diet and Qing Officials. However, he is a veritable image of a middle-aged literati, with a thin face and high cheekbones.

After Wang Shan returned to the Yamen, his colleagues gave him things and said that they were a thank you gift from the Japanese woman Akizuki. Of course, colleagues also consciously didn't ask much, and generally inquired behind their backs to find out if there was any after-dinner conversation.

Holding this thing, Wang Shan was very confused, because he didn't know the Japanese at all. The person in charge of receiving Maori and Qiuyue is the official arranged by the Host and Guest Qing Officials, and there is also a nobleman from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Wang Shan looked at the package on the case, pondered for a while, and then simply opened it to take a look. There was a strip of silk in the wooden box, but there was nothing else, and no note was found.

Wang Shan put it back on, and asked a clerk to pay attention to Hu Butang and when to go to the detention room. When it was close to noon, Wang Shan took the things to the signing room and explained the strange situation.

"Hu Butang can allow it, and the lower officials will send someone to the Huitong Pavilion and return it?" Wang Shan asked.

Hu Hu took a look and said, "Since it was sent, did you deliberately let you go to see them?" The thing is given to the North Office of the Imperial Division. ”

Wang Shanzuo bowed and said, "The lower officials obey the order." ”

The Northern Office of the Imperial Division had already received news from Hakata Bay, and was sure that the two Japanese were fine, but they couldn't figure out what was going on for a while. Those officials felt that the Qiuyue clan should be a show girl for the emperor, so they handed over the things directly to Cao Fu, the young eunuch of the celebrant and the celebrant of ceremonies.

So the embroidered belt finally reached the hands of the real "Wang Shan" after several tosses.

Zhu Gaoxu took out something and recognized it at a glance. He looked at the silk belt in front of him, and felt very strange; I don't know whether to be happy or angry.

But think about it, the matter of the Autumn Moon Clan's entry into the palace is just a kind of "duty" similar to the alliance; And she has some good feelings for the "Wang Shan" she has seen with her own eyes, which is a personal emotion. In his previous life, he really didn't realize that it was so simple to get close to a beauty. However, he really didn't have a fine silk scarf robe like Armani's clothing before, and he couldn't help women solve problems, and without that identity, I am afraid that there is a big gap in temperament.

Zhu Gaoxu smiled, took out his belt and stuffed it into his arms, and the wooden box was thrown on the edge of the table. He said in his heart: What should I do with the light yellow silk belt? The emperor's various styles of uniforms have special belt specifications, and if you wear a scarf robe, who will wrap a yellow belt?

He thought about it, only to get tangled in his clothes.

A few days ago, because of Liu Ming's matter, the Yang family's "aftermath" and other matters, Zhu Gaoxu accidentally forgot about the Japanese woman again, and he was reminded at this time.

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