After this small "accident" in the early morning, everyone was more cautious about this trip, and wrapped the carriage tightly and impermeable, Mei Yuning selected several sergeants from Nanzhen Fusi, so they had more experience in this special errand, in order to prevent these captives from dishonest on the road to regenerate incidents, the water they drank was mixed with some mandala flower path grinding powder, which is commonly known as Meng's sweat medicine. Ji Yan and Mei Yuning led the way with the first carriage, and the rest of the people either drove or watched in the car, so they were ready and went on the road.

At this time, Japan has ended the war-torn period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties for nearly 20 years, which is considered a stage of peaceful development, especially in the area from Osaka to Heiankyo, which belongs to the core sphere of influence of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, so although the journey of more than 100 miles is a mountain road, the road is wide and easy to travel, and there is an endless stream of travelers, merchants, and samurai monks along the way.

Ji Yan took the map left by Wang Jinghong and pulled the four carriages all the way, and on the way, he was stopped by Japanese officers and soldiers and asked, and replied that it was a food gift purchased by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty. Although the Japanese soldiers were suspicious, they had already received a strict order from Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to treat the relevant activities of the Ming Dynasty envoys with respect and respect, so when they saw Ji Yan showing the relevant tokens of the Ming Dynasty envoys, they did not dare to say much.

In this way, everyone went all the way unimpeded, and successfully caught up with Zheng He's chariot and horse team and baggage team at dusk.

Zheng He and other more than 200 members of the envoy group and casual gifts and baggage countless settled in the post house outside Heianjing, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in order to welcome Zheng He's mission, specially cleaned the post house outside Heianjing and prepared in advance to conform to the Ming Dynasty people's habitual food.

That night, Ji Yan and others drove the prisoners out of the carriage and were dragged by the sergeants into the post house, like a river flowing into the sea.

This trick is not very clever in repairing the plank road in the dark, and the Japanese officers and soldiers along the way have long been aware of it, but they have not taken any action to stop it. Originally, the envoys of the Ming Dynasty were guests, they were the masters, and they should be guests as they pleased, but this time, they were born as guests as guests as they pleased, as long as these guests from the Ming Dynasty were not too excessive, the Japanese side turned a blind eye to what they did.

Ji Yan and Mei Yuning first handed over a mission to Zheng He, Wang Jinghong came forward and gave Ji Yan a new dress, saying that the main members of the Ming Dynasty envoy group would officially enter Heianjing tomorrow, and there would be a ceremony to officially enter Beijing, and they would go to the palace to meet the Japanese emperor, so the appearance should be neat and tidy.

Ji Yan had a little doubt, because when he listened and watched this trip, when discussing the Japanese side, he only said that the general Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but on the first day of tomorrow, we met to visit the emperor, what is the relationship between the emperor and the general?

Wang Jinghong solved the confusion of Ji Yan with just one sentence.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is now "holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes".

On the second day, more than 100 members of the envoy group got up early, prepared the gifts brought by the carriages and horses, changed into brocade clothes, and dressed the carriages and horses with exquisite canopies, and drove into Heianjing, the capital of Japan.

As soon as the caravan entered Heianjing, they seemed to have collectively come to a time and space crossing, and in a trance, these people returned to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

It's no wonder that they have this feeling, because the planning of the urban layout of ancient Kyoto is basically a complete copycat of Chang'an, especially the same street layout of the city square system, with the imperial palace where the emperor lives as the center, and the two sides of the imperial palace are inhabited by dignitaries and dignitaries, and the whole city is like a huge chessboard, and the rectangular districts and squares of the same size are lined up neatly and uniformly, which should be in line with the typical Oriental imperial city management thinking.

The name of the road is also very easy to remember, from north to south, all the east-west roads are one main road, the two main roads go down in this order until the nine main roads, from east to west in the middle is the Suzaku main road that leads directly to the Imperial Palace, and then the two sides are the same name, one square of the main road, and the second square of the main road in order.

The envoys of the Ming Dynasty are walking on the Suzaku Road at this moment, and the destination is also the focus of this road, the Taiji Palace, the imperial palace of Japan.

In order to show respect for the Ming envoys, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu demanded that when the envoys' chariots and horses entered the city, all the residents of Heiankyo on the side of the road should bow their heads and bow down, and were not even allowed to look up directly.

Ji Yan walked in the middle of the envoy procession, and it was the first time he saw people kneeling in patches on both sides, and then he marched proudly in the middle of the procession.

He was a little excited, and slowly moved to the vicinity of Mei Yuning, who was also in the team, and said, "These Japanese are still very reasonable. ”

Mei Yuning obviously didn't agree with this statement, snorted, and said disgustedly: "Mu monkey and crown." ”

Entering the Imperial Palace, although Ji Yan has not yet entered the Daming Palace in Nanjing, he has come from modern times, and the images of the Forbidden City have still been seen, so the Emperor's Taiji Palace is not very unusual. The emperor now has no power and prestige, although he looks like a middle-aged man, but his actions are trembling and his words are not very neat, so Zheng He and others also hastily ended this symbolic visit.

On the second day, the group went to Rokuen Temple on the northern outskirts of Heiankyo, where Ashikaga Yoshimitsu lived in a temple specially built for him in order to control the powerful Japanese monastic power, and arrived at the gate of the temple. The Ming Dynasty guards stayed outside the temple and waited, and Zheng He, Wang Jinghong, Wang Xi, Ji Yan, an official of the Ministry of Rites and a general soldier, a total of six people, entered this special temple.

In front, the Japanese attendants and officials led the way, Zheng He was in front, and the rest of the people followed according to the size of the official rank, walking in this luxurious temple.

Leisurely and elegant, mirrors of mountains, forests and lakes. There is a three-storey attic like building in this Luming Temple, called the Relic Palace, not to mention the chic and quiet elegance, the peculiar thing is that the three floors are respectively using different architectural styles, the first floor is the ancient Japanese style called "Fa Shui Yuan", the second floor is the Japanese contemporary style called "Chaoyin Cave", and the third floor is also the top is the Chinese Tang Dynasty style "the final top". What's more special is that the four walls of this relics hall are wrapped with gold leaf of Zhenzhen'er, the sun shines, and the mirror pond lake next to it is set off again, it is really called a dazzling light, and only one word should be - golden splendor, so there is a more widely spread name here, Kinkakuji Temple.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is slightly chubby, although he is sitting, he can also be seen to be not tall, with a mustache, dressed in a golden brocade kimono, wearing a black high hat on his head, and is sitting in the Hosui Temple on the first floor of Kinkakuji Temple at the moment.

Ji Yanluo sat on Zheng He's right hand side, and everyone in the Ming Dynasty was sitting upright, each with a small square table in front of him, and a cup of tea was placed on the table. Facing the six representatives of the Japanese side on the opposite side.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, as the host, bowed slightly, and spoke first: "The king of Japan, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, is here to welcome the envoy Zheng Zheng, the chief envoy of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zheng He's trip was with a mission, he groaned slightly, and as soon as he came up, he first gave Ashikaga Yoshimitsu a dismount, and he said with a straight face: "Your Excellency the General calls himself the king of Japan, can you have the edict and seal of my Son of Heaven?" ”