Guo Xingjia stood on the official road, looking calm and breezy, but the bloodshot eyes still revealed that in the past day, his life was not easy.

In fact, even if the money was full of money to send Jiang Kui's news back to Jiangning, there was still a long time to argue about what etiquette to use to greet the Shu envoy, many people insisted on using the principle of reciprocity, and asked to send a ceremonial room Lang to the point, and sent a waiter to the sky, and some people thought that Song Zheng had been announced as a Chengxuan envoy, and sent a forbidden army, so there was no need to send someone to greet it, just let the forbidden army escort it to the post house.

What's more, it is believed that Shu sent Jiang Kui's head to harbor evil intentions, for example, when Jing Ke assassinated Qin, he took Fan Yuzhi's head with him.

It's such a simple matter, the court actually quarreled for a day, and in the end, the little emperor got angry and said that he would personally go to greet Song Zheng, when Song Zheng left, it was Xiao Ying who personally sent him out of Jiangning City.

The little emperor, as the prince, will officially take charge next year, at this time, the little emperor naturally can't go out in person, many opponents saw that the emperor was anxious, so they made concessions, and Guo Xingjia, who was originally on the emperor's side, was able to get out of the city. [

Because the time was wasted on the controversy, the preparations for the reception were naturally delayed, and there was no need to think about what loess mats, clean water splashed streets, etc., and there were not even many officials convened.

Behind Guo Xingjia, more than a dozen officials and entourages of the Ministry of Rites were crowded, and then, they were watching the lively people, and there were not many officials to maintain order.

Seeing this scene, Song Zheng's joy gradually disappeared, and after a little thought, Song Zheng immediately asked Han Kui to be called, whispered a few words, and soon, the two hundred people in the escort forbidden army came out of the crowd, quickly moved forward, and ran behind Guo Xingjia to help the officials maintain order.

Tang Zhengsu and Xue Qimeng were both a little short-sighted, and they didn't see the real scene in the distance, they only felt that there were a lot of people greeting them, and they were quite happy, and Xue Qimeng next to them also asked in a low voice: "Xiaolang, who is greeting us in front."

Song Zheng smiled without changing his face: "It's my Lord Guo Xingjia, the secretary of the Great Qi Rite Department, who welcomes the Shu envoy in person."

"It's really embarrassing for Lord Lao Guo to greet him personally." Xue Qimeng was quite happy, and Tang Zhengsu was also happy.

Song Zheng echoed twice, but secretly sneered in his heart, Daqi is preparing in such a hurry, I'm afraid that Xiao Ying's pressure is not small, if no one moves behind this matter, Song Zheng won't believe it if he is killed, everyone knows that Song Zheng is a cronie of the little emperor, and the grace is so generous, two at a time, and Xiao Ying will take the throne next year, these people don't mess with Song Zheng, but make a stumbling block, I really don't know what to think.

After the tea, the two groups of people met, Tang Zhengsu and Song Zheng and others dismounted early and walked forward in small steps.

"Guo Xingjia, the secretary of the Great Qi Rite Department, welcomes the envoys of Xishu." Guo Xingjia was the first to bow his hand and preach loudly.

"Shu envoys Tang Zhengsu and Xue Qimeng visited Lord Guo." Tang and Xue took a few steps forward, bowed deeply, and their attitudes were very respectful.

Guo Xingjia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward to help Tang Zhengsu: "The two adults have welcomed you for a long time."

Song Zheng first saluted Guo Xingjia next to him, and then introduced the official positions and fame of Tang and Xue, and the two sides were naturally polite.

Tang and Xue are both gentle and elegant, Guo Xingjia was also quite happy, and deliberately spoke for a while, and then, Guo Xingjia got into the sedan chair and led the Shu envoy all the way to Jiangning.

Because it was late, Tang and Xue were arranged to rest in the post house first, and after being sent to the post house, Guo Xingjia left first, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he did not accompany him when necessary.

Because he knew that the Shu envoy was coming, the post house had made some arrangements in advance, although it was not luxurious, but it was passable, which also made Song Zheng breathe a sigh of relief.

Everything was arranged, Song Zheng left the post house, and Han Kuite sent a hundred households to escort Song Zheng.

"Childe, Childe." At the door of the post house, a young man in Tsing Yi desperately greeted Song Zheng, Song Zheng looked up, and saw that Qingshan, a member of the Song Mansion, was waving to him, and next to him, a fair-skinned girl with a high nose was looking at herself with tears in her eyes, and it turned out to be Se'er.

Song Zheng was overjoyed and stepped forward in a few steps: "Why are you here?"

"Can't I come?" Se'er wiped the corners of her eyes and said in a low voice: "You ruthless thief, you haven't heard from you for more than half a year, you're really worried about the dead." [

Hearing the resentment in Se'er's words, Song Zheng was also saddened, but he quickly stabilized his mood: "You go back first, and I will go home after entering the palace to resume my life."

Ser also knew that this was not a place to talk, but she just hummed softly, and a pair of beautiful eyes welled up with tears, ten months of lovesickness actually made this pungent northern princess become sentimental.

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"Master Song, you're finally back." Standing at the door of Xizhai, Xiao Ying was overjoyed, and without waiting for Song Zheng to kneel down, he grabbed his arm: "No courtesy, no courtesy, hurry, come in quickly."

Song Zheng was moved in his heart, and said a few words of modesty, and then let Xiao Ying drag him into the hall, and when he looked up inadvertently, he saw the jealousy in the eyes of the money cabinet flashing.

As soon as I entered the hall, a different kind of sandalwood aroma spread, with a hint of sweetness, raise my eyes to see, only to see a stick of chopsticks thick incense burning in the corner of the wall, green smoke curling, refreshing.

Song Zheng sniffed deeply, and his face suddenly changed.

"Come, quickly give Song Zheng a seat and tea." Xiao Ying commanded, while still holding Song Zheng's arm, and when she turned around, she saw that Song Zheng's face was not very good-looking, and hurriedly said, "What's the matter, Master Song."

Song Zheng hurriedly coughed: "Xu is in a hurry today, and he is a little tired."

"Oh, sit down, then." Xiao Ying sighed: "Master Song, this time you let you go to Shu alone, for ten months, the mountains are far away, and you are thousands of miles away, it really hurts you."

"It is the duty of a minister to run for the saint." Song Zheng quickly adjusted.

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back, and you won't encounter any difficulties in Shu." Xiao Ying let go of Song Zheng's hand and returned to the dragon chair, but her eyes were still staring at Song Zheng.

"There were some twists and turns, but everything was fine."

Although Song Zheng said it easily, but Xiao Ying is no longer a child, and he can imagine the difficulties, when he entered Shu last year, Song Zheng was forced to leave, and many people were not optimistic about Song Zheng at that time.

"When I heard that you were assassinated in Zigui, I was worried, and I asked Shui Ding to send more people to Zigui, but I heard that you had already entered Shu, and you didn't meet any assassins in Shu again."

Song Zheng pondered for a while, then smiled bitterly: "I met, more than once, once, the minister almost died in Qingcheng Mountain."

"Ahh Xiao Ying was shocked: "How can this be."

"Why, I haven't heard anything from the saint?" This time it was Song Zheng's turn to be surprised, he and Lang Bochuan were attacked on Qingcheng Mountain that day, which caused a sensation in the entire Shu Kingdom, even if Qi and Shu were closed again, there should be rumors coming back.

Xiao Ying shook her head: "I have heard that the prince of Shu was assassinated in Qingcheng Mountain, and no one told me that you were also assassinated!"

Song Zheng thought about it for a while, and then understood, because Chengdu is really far away from Jiangning, the news will become blurry when it comes back, and probably what Xiao Ying heard is only the news that Lang Bochuan is in distress, and the rest of the details are unknown.

"The trip of the micro-minister is very long, and when the saint has time, the minister will tell the saint one by one."

Xiao Ying patted her head: "I forgot, if you leave Jiangning for ten months, Mr. Song and the mansion will definitely be worried, or not, Master Song will go back immediately, tomorrow morning, it will not be too late for you and me to talk again." [

"Then thank you." Song Zheng really misses his family.

Xiao Ying was about to let Song Zheng go back first, when suddenly he remembered something: "Oh, there is one thing I want to ask clearly, you really brought Jiang Kui's head back."

Song Zheng nodded: "Jiang Kui's head has been treated with quicklime, it is in the hands of the Shu envoy, and it will be presented to the palace tomorrow."

"Then why didn't you show any news before?"

"It must be that the Shu envoy can be friendly with my Daqi, and I have doubts, so I will look at our attitude first, if it is not for Lord Guo to welcome today, I am afraid that the Shu envoy will not willingly sacrifice his head tomorrow, after all, Jiang Kui is really a Shu minister, and he will be humiliated if he dedicates his head to the saint, and the minister does not know about it, but because of his friendship with the two Shu envoys, one of them lost his mouth after drinking, and this was heard by the minister."

Song Zheng didn't lie, this news was indeed learned from his mouth when he was drinking with Xue Qimeng, Tang Zhengsu happened to be unwell at that time and left the table early, only Xue Qimeng and Song Zheng were drinking, and even Song Zheng didn't expect Lang Zhengchun and his son to have this backhand.

Xiao Ying sighed: "Lang Zhengchun can behead Jiang Kui, it can be regarded as very sincere, I really didn't expect them to have such courage, they are not afraid of losing their hearts."

"There is another reason for this."

"Oh, why." Xiao Ying asked curiously.

Without waiting for Song Zheng to answer, the money cabinet next to him suddenly knelt down and said, "Holy Lord, the time is almost here."

"It's going to be locked again, look at me, I almost forgot the time when I spoke, so let's go, Master Song, you go back first, and take the Shu envoy to the court tomorrow, and then talk after the court discussion."

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The night was dark, and the road from Xizhai to the palace gate was very quiet, and on the way, Song Zheng asked with a smile: "Your father-in-law, what does the lock mean by the saint, isn't the palace gate locked on time?" In the palace, Song Zheng would not call Qian Manjie Brother Qian, so as to save the crime of befriending the internal officials.

"Oh, Lord Song doesn't know." The title of the full cabinet of money is also very formal: "The saint sleeps at night, is diligent in the government, always summons the minister in the middle of the night, the queen mother is afraid that the saint is busy with the body, so she asks the saint not to criticize the fold after the time, and then the saint said to the queen mother, so the time is postponed for half an hour, and the palace lock is dropped at the beginning of the hour, and no one is allowed to enter and leave the palace gate, and the saint also promised the queen mother that the courtiers will not be summoned after the time."

Song Zheng nodded, Xiao Ying is not lazy when he is the emperor, he almost stays up all night, this is the blessing of Great Qi.

When he was about to walk to the gate of the palace, Song Zheng suddenly asked: "When I went to Xizhai today, I smelled a fragrance, and it smelled good, and it didn't seem to be pure sandalwood."

"Lord Song really has good eyesight, this is a new system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a precious medicinal herb is added to the sandalwood, the effect is excellent, every time the saint smells it, he is shocked, and even the slave maid is also stained with the benefits of this fragrance, and he serves the saint at night, and he also has the spirit."

Song Zheng took a closer look at the money cabinet, and didn't see anything unusual, and couldn't help but secretly wonder, this money cabinet really didn't know the small amount of A Hibiscus in the incense.