Ten days later, Chang'an.

The news spread from the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to Chang'an for ten days, of course, this is not military intelligence, and it is naturally impossible to use the eight hundred miles of Pegasus Express. In the Tang Dynasty, it usually took nearly a month for the news to reach Chang'an from Yangzhou, and Lu Qiao, as the governor of Yangzhou, could naturally use the government's 200-mile post delivery, so that the news reached Chang'an within ten days.

"Japan's Chao Heng resigned from the imperial capital, and the sails were wrapped around the tent."

"The bright moon does not return to the blue sea, and the white clouds are full of sorrow."

After Li Bai heard the news that Abe Zhongmaru may have been killed at sea, he was very sad, and immediately wrote the famous poem "Crying Chao Qingheng" with tears, expressing the sincere friendship between the two.

For a time, many literati officials who were good friends with Abe Zhongmaro wrote poems to mourn this former friend, and at the same time, the stories and poems about Abe Zhongmaro were also recited by countless people, such as Wang Wei's "Sending the Secretary Chao to Return to Japan", Bao Ji's "Sending the Japanese State to Hire Congratulations to Envoy Chao Juqing to Return to the East" and other poems were printed in large quantities and spread rapidly.

The news also spread quickly to the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites Lang Da Xixun was shocked when he heard this, and Shi Luqiao, the governor of Yangzhou, did not have any music to hand over to the Ministry of Rites, but there were rumors in Chang'an that the Tang envoys were killed in a storm when they returned to China, how not to shock Da Xixun.

Immediately Abe Zhongmalu's friend, the current official Langzhong, and Wang Wei in the matter came over to inquire about the matter, and when he learned that this matter was just an inference of Shi Luqiao, the governor of Yangzhou, he let out a long breath and said: "Groundless wind is not enough? ”

Although Wang Wei didn't want to believe that Abe Zhongmaro was dead, he encountered a storm at sea, which was a matter of nine deaths, and although there was a glimmer of life, there was little hope.

"Da Shiro! Although what you said is good, Mizhou has already discovered the survivors of the maritime merchants who sent the Tang envoy back to China this time, and the official does not want to believe that this matter is true, but the hope is too slim! ”

Da Xixun didn't know this truth, but as a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, if this kind of thing happened, he had to report it to the emperor, and then issue a decree to appease the officials who were killed, but if the person didn't die, the joke would be small, and the face of the court would be big, and this matter should not be sloppy.

"This official knows Wang Langzhong's current feelings very well, but even Shi Luqiao, the governor of Yangzhou, has not sent an official document, which means that there is still a glimmer of life in this matter?"

Of course, Wang Wei knew this, so he didn't find the Ministry of Rites after hearing the news, and when he sent the Tang envoy back to China, the Tang Dynasty would send some greeting envoys to follow, but most of the greeting envoys did not leave the Tang Dynasty and returned, and there was no habit of sending the Tang envoys back to the Wa Kingdom, but this time it was different, because this time the greeting envoy was Abe Zhong Malu, who returned to the Wa Kingdom with the Tang Dynasty letter, and the meaning was naturally completely different.

Wang Wei said gloomily: "Da Shilang is reasonable, but it should be true that the Tang envoy was sent back to China and encountered a storm, and he asked Da Shilang to send someone to investigate this matter as soon as possible?" ”

"Of course! This matter must be personally supervised by the official? ”

Da Xixun was just worried that after some of Abe's former friends heard the bad news, they pressured the Ministry of Rites to ask for an explanation for the posthumous seal after his death, if the person really died, it naturally didn't matter, but if there were any survivors, things couldn't be so hasty.

Hengzhou Zhending City Zhen Fuzhong.

Zhen Qian was awarded the head of the Ministry of Rites and the Qing Officials Division, and sent the matter of the Japanese State, the Zhen family had already received the news of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, for which the Zhen family also opened an ancestral hall and told the ancestors of the Zhen family about the incense, and at the same time made the status of the Zhen family in Hengzhou rise a lot, and the scenery was unlimited for a while.

But when the news came from the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion that Zhen Qian might be killed in the storm, the entire Zhen Mansion was dumbfounded, and the Xing family had mixed feelings in his heart.

As the mother of the second room of the Zhen family, the criminal family used to have many festivals with Zhen Qian, but when Zhen Qian split up, Zhen Qian's threat to the criminal family and his children did not exist, although it was impossible for the two sides to release their previous suspicions, they could also maintain superficial respect, especially after hearing that Zhen Qian became the head of the Ministry of Rites, the Xing family was already thinking about how to reconcile with Zhen Qian.

"How could such a thing happen? …… Quick, send someone to inform the patriarch and husband? ”

The Xing clan was completely panicked at this time, as if the whole sky had fallen, after all, the Xing clan was born in a big family, and knew what it meant for someone in the family to be an official in the court, and since Zhen Qian became an official, the Xing clan's status in the circle of noblewomen has become good, and many people who were not eye-to-eye before have also begun to curry favor with the Xing clan, all because of Zhen Qian.

Waiting for Zhen Song, the patriarch of the Zhen family, to arrive, the whole person of the Xing family was confused, and when he saw Zhen Song, he seemed to see a life-saving straw, and his spirit collapsed all of a sudden, crying bitterly and said: "It's over, it's all over!" Patriarch, think of a way! ”

"A woman's opinion!" Zhen Song already knew the whole story on the way here, what he needed at this time was calm, and he also needed a person who could preside over the overall situation, but the head of the second room of the Zhen family was an official outside, and now the sister-in-law in the family was young, and the Xing family could still arrange everything when he was fine, but when something big happened, he could see the weakness of the Xing family.

"What's the panic? The sky hasn't fallen yet, isn't there still a second brother? ”

After all, it was the patriarch of the Zhen family, and Zhen Song was also flustered, but there was a calm expression on his face, and he asked about what happened, and he already had a plan in his heart.

"Before the second brother gets the news, I will be in charge of this house, let everyone in the Zhen Mansion keep their mouths shut, and whoever talks nonsense outside will be killed by the family law!"

When the Xing clan saw that Zhen Song had a backbone, her tears were also put away, she was not crying for Zhen Qian's death, and immediately said: "Patriarch, this matter has hit the Zhen family too hard, the concubine panicked, thinking that Zhen Qian was young, he had just embarked on a career, and he was about to marry the daughter of the Langya Wang family, and when he thought of Zhen Qian's mother, who died early, I couldn't help but feel very sad in my heart, hard-working child!" ”

Zhen Song listened to the Xing clan's babbling words, and couldn't help frowning, and the sharp mang in his eyes flashed: "What nonsense? Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, Zhen Qian, the child died young, the Zhen family is not sad or crying, but the living people have to continue to live...... What you said is right, Zhen Qian, this kid is hard-working, he just set this good family business for him, who would have thought that something would happen, our Zhen family can't harm the daughter of the Wang family, while the marriage has not yet been decided, we quickly sent someone to inform the second brother and postponed this marriage! ”

Five days later, Wang Bo of Fei County was still at home, and suddenly heard a letter from Cangzhou, and after reading it, he couldn't help but be angry and said: "Impossible, how did the Zhen family get the news of Zhen Qian's death, and they still want to postpone the marriage, absolutely impossible!" ”