Tuoba Shen stood by the window, listening to the sound of pulp coming from outside the boat, looking out the window at the scenery on the river and the lush mountains on the south bank in the distance.

June and July is the time when there is a lot of rain, and the water that gathers into the Yangtze River is much more than usual, and the wind and waves on the river today are a little big, even the large building boat that is now on can not suppress the surging water, and the hull of the boat keeps shaking from side to side while driving.

The Yangtze River is indeed one of the two major rivers in China, the prosperity of the water is not comparable to the Huaishui, when the boat is sailing in Huaisi, the hull is only slightly shaking, and the Yangtze River is not only shaking a lot more. Because Guabu is located in the north of Jiankang, and Langyadu is in the northwest of Jiankang City, this line is an anti-epidemic boat, and it is the peak season of water, so the speed of travel is very slow, and the hull needs to be constantly adjusted on the way, and the rapid water potential will make the ship deviate from the course.

This is the Yangtze River moat, the power of restricting the north and south, if there is no elite navy, if you want to compete with the Southern Dynasties in the Yangtze River basin and then cross the river, it is simply to open the difficulty of the game to a high difficulty mode. Unless there is good luck and good chance.

"Pei Gong, is this the mountain where Emperor Jin and Yuan crossed the river at the beginning of the past?" Tuoba Shen pointed to a green tree on the south bank of the river, and asked as high as a cliff dozens of meters high. If the heart is not mistaken, the high cliff near the river is the swallow rock known as "the first rock of the Yangtze River" in later generations.

"Exactly, the later Shishu are called the Shogunate Mountain. In the twenty-seventh year of Yuanjia, Emperor Wen of Song also climbed here to look at Jiangbei. ”

Tuoba Shen smiled when he heard this, but did not speak. This Shogunate Mountain is exactly opposite to Guabu Mountain, and Liu Yilong's mountaineering is of course to check the situation of the Wei army in Jiangbei. Is Pei Zhaoming accusing the DPRK of invading?

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After Xiao Changmao, the prince of Southern Qi, came out of Jiankang Palace, he and the prince Zhan Shen Wenji, the prince Zuowei led Hu Huanzhi (the previous chapter said that it became Shen Wenji) back to the Yong'an Palace, about a quarter of an hour later, he went out of the palace again with the prince's honor guard book, and Hu Huanzhi led the East Palace armor guards to take the road to the north, bypassing Guangmomen, and going to the Guishan Temple after going up and down the old road.

When the car arrived at the foot of Langya City, Wang Qiandao, the Taishou of Nanlangya, had already led all his subordinates to wait outside the city, and after Xiao Changmao's car stopped steadily, they came forward to worship together.

"Does Wang Qing know about the matter of the Northern Envoy?"

"The officials have already reported this matter in person, and they all know about it if they want to come to Jingyi."

Xiao Changmao nodded and said: "In previous years, the northern envoys came to the capital, inside and outside Jiankang, the spectators filled the road, and there was something to trample on. Today, the northern envoy arrives, although there are many soldiers in the Gudong Palace, they are not the army close to the people. Qing Ke can lead the internal and external subordinates to admonish the scholars. ”

"Your Highness ordered!"

Xiao Changmao nodded, motioned for Hu Huanzhi's guide to drive into the city, and went straight to the north gate.

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Jilong Mountain, Xiao Ziliang West Residence

In the Huixin Monastery, four middle-aged monks in robes sat side by side on the left side of the retreat, and in front of them, on the couch, sat more than a dozen guests with neat crowns, young and old, all holding tea, juice, and honey that had just been brought up by the maid of the West Mansion, and in front of them there were also chilled melons and fruits for consumption.

Twenty maids dressed in silk veils stood under the pillars around these well-dressed men, and they were in groups of two, holding large long-handled feather fans and fanning the wind continuously. Because of the heat and long movements, the maids did not dare to knead their wrists with soreness, and the sweat stains on their foreheads could not be wiped off, and the sweat also soaked through their clothes, and the clothes that stuck to their bodies did not dare to writhe and pull even if they were uncomfortable.

Xiao Ziliang, the owner of the West Mansion, was wearing a long robe and a scarf, inserted the tail in his hand into the jade belt on his waist, took the jade pot from the hand of the maid of the mansion, poured the four tea cups arranged in the sandalwood plate on the table in turn, put down the jade pot, and slowly walked to the four middle-aged monks sitting on their knees with a pious and respectful expression.

"Ziliang has recently received the new tea from Huiji Mountain given by the Supreme, and the four mages can taste one or two."

The four monks put their palms together, said Nan Wu, and then took the tea cup and slowly moistened their mouthpieces. They preached the scriptures and the Buddha for two quarters of an hour, and their mouths were dry, and they did not care to be polite to the other listeners present.

Xiao Ziliang handed the wooden plate to the maid, took the tail in his hand again, and then turned around and walked to his seat in the middle and sat down to drink tea. To his right, there were more than a dozen guests, all of whom were famous scholars from Jiankang and frequent visitors to the West Mansion. He usually presided over the sermons in which the monks and lay people debated and preached, so he did not sit with the scholars.

Xiao Ziliang looked at everyone present, and his heart was very satisfied, only to feel that the world was in the palm of his hand, and there was a smile on his face. The reason why he held a literary meeting in the West Mansion and invited monks and lay celebrities inside and outside Jiankang to be guests to discuss the Tao was not because he had any ambitions, but because he liked the scene of celebrities and celebrities.

After a few eminent monks drank tea, Xiao Ziliang was about to speak and start a new topic, when he heard a faint noise in the distance, as if there was vocal music mixed in it. Xiao Ziliang frowned, got up and was about to order the servants to go out to have a look, when he saw the royal palace family coming over, Xiao Ziliang greeted the family leader, and the family man stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Your Royal Highness, it is rumored that His Royal Highness the prince will drive the northern envoy in person and will return to the palace through the west mansion." ”

Xiao Ziliang's brows were slightly soothed, knowing that this noisy sound was Jiankang Shimin watching the excitement!

The news that the northern envoy was going to Jiankang spread all over the capital in the past few days, because it had nothing to do with Xiao Ziliang, so he didn't care about it, but he didn't expect it to arrive now. However, now that the prince is driving through the West Mansion, he can no longer sit in the palace and talk about it.

Xiao Ziliang stood up and said to the four senior monks: "The prince is coming to the house, Ziliang will go to greet him first, can a few mages go with him?" ”

"Good!"

Xiao Changmao is also as good a Buddha as Xiao Ziliang, and several monks know Xiao Changmao, so they should come down without thinking about it.

Xiao Ziliang also bowed, turned back to a young man in green gauze among the scholars on the right and said, "Fan Qing, you saw the northern envoy in Pingcheng last year, and you can go out with Gu to greet the prince and meet the northern envoy." ”

"Your Highness has an order, and you should obey it!" The one who answered was Fan Jin, who followed Pei Zhaoming to Pingcheng last year. Fan Jin, as one of the "Eight Friends of Jingling" named Gai Jiankang, is a frequent visitor to Xiao Ziliang's mansion, although he is slightly disliked by Xiao Ziliang because of his insistence on "godlessness", but Xiao Ziliang may not want to damage his reputation as a "good man", and did not expel Fan Zhen from the list of scholars in the West Mansion, so Fan Zhen is still in and out of the West Mansion.

The host was going out to greet the prince, and of course the guests had no reason to stay alone. For the rest, they didn't dare not go. So the remaining dozen or so people stood up in one fell swoop and walked out of the house behind Xiao Ziliang and the others. The maids who fanned them didn't notice that they had left the ashram, and the long-handled feather fans in their hands seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, hanging on the floor one after another, and the maids looked at each other, their eyes revealing relaxation and exhaustion.

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Tuoba Shen and his entourage arrived at Langyadu for more than an hour before and after going ashore, rested for a while after going ashore, and then took the carriage prepared by the officials to Langya City, but did not expect that Xiao Zhen would send the prince Xiao Changmao to meet him in person. He originally thought that the Southern Dynasty would send a Jiuqing-level figure to pick him up at most, but he didn't expect it to be Xiao Changmao.

Xiao Changmao had been waiting in Langya City for a long time and just wanted to go back to the palace as soon as possible to take a good breath, so after a few polite words with Tuoba Shen, he invited Tuoba Shen to ride with him, and because he was not familiar with Tuoba Shen, he forced Pei Zhaoming to ride with him. Tuoba Shen did not refuse Xiao Changmao's invitation, the Southern Dynasty gave face, he carried it, this is not only the face of the Southern Dynasty, but also his face, in fact, they have always been envoys, in fact, they have shouldered this very important hidden task, that is, to fight for face in the enemy country, and to build the reputation of this dynasty. In other words, it's pretending. So Tuoba Shen directly agreed to Xiao Changmao's request. And Pei Zhaoming was forced to ride together, and there was no room for refusal, Xiao Changmao was not very good-tempered, and he liked to keep other people's small accounts.

After leaving Langya City, after going to the old road of Baixia, there are more and more Jiankang men and women who visit "Suolu" along the way, fortunately, there are Hu Huanzhi and Wang Daoqian and others who try their best to open the way, and the road is quite smooth, and soon they arrive at the main center area of Jiankang.

Along the way, because Pei Zhaoming was the middleman to enliven the atmosphere, the exchange between Tuoba Shen and Xiao Changmao was quite friendly, and Tuoba Shen talked with Xiao Changmao in Luoyang dialect while watching the style of Jiankang Shishu. It's just that the people on the side of the road speak Wu language, except for the sound of "Nong", which Tuoba Shen understands, and the others don't understand. The Wu language of this era is not much different from his previous life, he has been to Suzhou several times in his previous life, Wu language is slow, he can still understand some, fast words are as dazed as listening to Cantonese, and now he has no fold when he encounters this ancient Wu language.

I don't know if these people are scolding me! Tuoba thought cautiously

"His Royal Highness came to Jiangzuo for the first time, and I can't quickly adapt to Jiangzuo's customs and life. His Royal Highness lives in Jiangbei, wears fox fur, steps on long boots, eats cattle and sheep, and drinks buttermilk. Jiangzuo's customs are more light clothes, tiptoeing, eating fish soup, and drinking soup and tea. If His Royal Highness is unsatisfactory in his clothes, he can send someone to complain to the host of the book, Cao Bureau. If the host and guest can't be prepared, they can send someone to the East Palace, and everything in the Lonely Palace Treasury is ready, and they can be used by His Royal Highness. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Royal Highness the Prince, if you have any requests, please come to the door carefully."

Xiao Changmao nodded, he still treats Tuoba Shen as a child, and feels that he is taking care of other people's children now, so he tells him what he can think of now, thinks about it and says: "My father opened a museum for your country in the east corner of Jiankang Palace, and one mile north of this place is the province of foreign guests, and His Royal Highness should pay more attention to this place." Please also bring more people to escort you. ”

Tuoba Shen nodded, replied casually, looking at the distance on the left side of the road, a large villa area built on the mountain, full of palaces and pavilions, at first glance it looks more than two miles wide from left to right, when it comes to this scale and style, it is definitely the mansion of the king of Zong, I am afraid it may not be inferior to Xiao Changmao's East Palace.

Before Tuoba Shen came, he learned from Li Biao about some of the situation in the hotel area of the foreign envoys of the Southern Qi Dynasty. The state guesthouse of this dynasty in Jiankang is called Qingyi Hall, located in the northeast corner of Jiankang Palace, and is listed as the main guest of the Southern Dynasty Office Cao and Dahonglu management.

In addition, there are also internal and foreign guest provinces, and the outer guest provinces are used to house foreign envoys who are stranded in Jiankang for some reason, and the deceased who defected to the Southern Dynasty or the states and counties sent to Jiankang to pay tribute or report to the envoys. Neike Province is located on the side of Hualin Garden, which can be used to house the envoys of the kings, and can also be used for the officials of the palace to stay overnight, and some envoys who may be summoned at any time will also be placed in it.

The reason why Xiao Changmao instructed him to travel with more people was because there were people in the Waike Province who fled from the present dynasty to the Southern Dynasty for various reasons and were placed there, and these people had more or less hatred for the dynasty, so it cannot be ruled out that some of them took risks and did reckless things.

Xiao Changmao saw Tuoba Shen looking at the west mansion on the side of the road, and explained: "The name of this mountain is called Jilong Mountain, and this house built on the mountain is the residence of my brother Jingling Wang Ziliang, and the west residence of the Kangshi woman is built. My brother respects the virtuous and virtuous, and he specializes in literature here, and has written many books. ”

Xiao Changmao was talking, and when he turned around, he saw Xiao Ziliang, the king of Jingling, and his subordinates and monks, and the guests were standing outside the door of the West Mansion and looking at this side.

"It seems that my brother heard the news and came out to wait for His Highness."

Tuoba Shen smiled and said, "I think I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince passed through here, so he came out to greet him."

Tuoba Shen thought to himself that he didn't have any reputation for Xiao Ziliang to come to greet him, and if he wanted to see him, maybe he did, but he didn't want to wait for him on the side of the road.

Waiting for the car to stop in front of Xiao Ziliang, Xiao Ziliang and the others stepped forward and saluted: "Brothers, wait for His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Xiao Changmao was no longer lazy in the car, and got out of the car with Tuoba Shen and Pei Zhaoming. Li Biao, Yu Zhong, Zheng Daozhao and others who were sitting in the auxiliary car also got out of the car in turn and stood on Tuoba Shen's side.

"I heard that Brother Wang gathered in the mansion today, and invited Zhizang, Zhicheng, Seng You, and Huici to explain "Vimo" and "Ten Lands". said that Tuoba Shen introduced: "This is the lonely brother Jingling Wang Ziliang, the word Yunying." ”

Tuoba Shen looked at Xiao Ziliang, who had a white face and long beard, and arched his hand: "Be cautious in Jiangbei for a long time, I have heard the name of King Jingling in Jiangnan, and I have admired it for a long time, and I don't want to see it today." ”

Xiao Ziliang also returned the courtesy: "Last year, Pei Gong returned to Jiankang, Ziliang heard the prestige of His Royal Highness, and he saw it today, and Ziliang was lucky!" ”

Xiao Changmao pointed to an elder with a mustache: "This is Chen Jun Xie Jun, the word Xuanhui." Xuanhui's father is the former Song Zhongshu Ling Xie (Jin Zi) Guanglu (doctor). ”

Xie Hao stepped forward to salute, and Tuoba Shen also bowed slightly.

"This is Wu Jun Lu Qi, the word Zuogong."

"This is Wu Xing Shen Yue, the word Xiuwen."

"These two are orphans, Xiao Yan, Zi Shuda, Xiao Chen, and Zi Yanyu."

Tuoba Shen listened to Xiao Changmao's introduction, looked up and looked at the person with a short goatee in front of him, about 1.8 meters tall, with a face like a crown of jade, wearing a long shirt, and a rather clear temperament.

Is he Monk Xiao?