The duty of the general envoy is to deal with the local officials or folk village sages to the emperor, and also to deal with some Ming vassals and the power to communicate with foreign countries.

Li Xin, the envoy of Dashun, came to Nanjing on the orders of Li Laixiang, the emperor of Dashun State, and did not talk about what he wanted to do, and this hostile attitude between the officials of the two countries almost killed Li Xin.

In order to be able to cross the Yangtze River defense line of the Ming army safely, Li Xin did not dare to play the identity of an envoy, pretended to be a merchant and mixed in with the merchant ship, and a group of five people quietly entered the city of Nanjing, without attracting the attention of the Ming court and Wang Lanping at all.

It wasn't until they entered the city that they suddenly raised the banner, saying that there was an envoy from the Dashun Dynasty who came, and did not give the Ming court time to react at all, the purpose was to let the raw rice cook and mature, according to the unwritten regulations of the previous dynasties, the two countries competed with each other, and if they did not cut the envoy, at least their lives could not be lost, and the practice must be shameless.

Li Laixiang arranged this, he had no choice, he knew that it was impossible for the Ming court to accept the envoy sent by the Shun Dynasty, and it would definitely not recognize the legitimacy of the Great Shun State in terms of expression, even the Great Shun State was not legal, how could this envoy enter the territory of the Ming Dynasty, if he couldn't enter, everything would be in vain.

The sudden appearance of the envoy in Nanjing City surprised the envoy of the general government, and together with Li Dingguo, the commander of the Nanjing garrison who was in charge of patrolling the city yamen, they secretly scolded the puppet Shun Dynasty for being too grandson, and what was this garrison camp for.

When Li Xin asked to hand over his self-proclaimed credentials to the Tongzheng Envoy to convey to Emperor Hongguang, Yintai (another name for the chief official of the Tongzheng Envoy) Zhou Yong was not in the yamen, and after he received the report from the subordinate officials, he didn't even bother to sit in the sedan chair, and ran to the yamen of the Tongzheng Department on horseback, and just arrived at the yamen. It was too late to find out, and the Jinyi guard sent by the prime minister had already taken the people away, and after inquiring, five messengers were taken to the Jinyi Wei Yamen, although they were not thrown into the edict, but they also lost their freedom of movement.

And then not for a while. Li Dingguo also heard the news and hurriedly ran to Jinyiwei with several city patrol envoys, and as soon as he entered the gate, he saw Zhang Mingzhen about to go out, so Li Dingguo asked carefully, "Commander Zhang, how did this person enter the city?" ”

Zhang Mingzhen, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, knew what Li Dingguo was worried about, and the enemy envoy slipped into Nanjing City quietly, no matter how it was said that this was a dereliction of duty on the part of Li Dingguo, the commander of the garrison.

Zhang Mingzhen waved his hand, "Don't be too careful, the people are controlled." The prime minister didn't mention this matter, you hurry up and let your people disperse, it's not a big deal, but if you make a fuss with the garrison yamen, it's really going to happen."

Li Dingguo asked again, "I'll go in and have a look, ask if these people are still in the same party, don't sneak in a group of assassins"

Zhang Mingzhen stopped him. "Don't, Master Hou. It's not that the lower officials don't understand things, it's just that the prime minister confesses that no one is allowed to approach them, so don't embarrass me."

Li Dingguo was also not easy to break into Jinyiwei, and when he saw that he couldn't find anything here, he retreated uneasily. While walking, he instructed the city patrol officers around him to send more people to secretly search and arrest the whole city. In addition, he personally led a team of people to inspect outside the prime minister's yamen, and sent people to the prime minister's mansion to guard the name, looking like a great enemy, hoping that there would be no trouble.

Wang Lanping was so disturbed by the Shunting envoy, he didn't go back to live at night, his heart was also happy and angry, happy that he was just about to doze off when someone sent a pillow, Wang Lanping wanted to go west, in addition to appeasing the governors of all parts of the Yangtze River, but also had to let the Dashun army not take the opportunity to make trouble, but never found a suitable opportunity to contact both sides, but this obedient envoy just came out at this time, which saved a lot of trouble.

In addition to joy, there is also anger, Wang Lanping had no choice but to leave Huaining, and he had no choice but to take Du Ningning away, but he didn't expect this Li Laixiang to want to take Ning Ning as his own, this tone is unbearable even for a man.

As for whether you Li Laixiang is the emperor or not, it's nothing, the world is in chaos, which of the heroes in the troubled times doesn't want to reign in the world, anyway, sooner or later we will meet again on the battlefield, and when the time comes, it depends on the ability.

Taking advantage of the arrival of the Shun envoy, Wang Lanping had to quickly deploy the battle and defense strategy with the Shun Court, and this opportunity could not be missed.

It was already dark, Wang Lanping sat alone in the Prime Minister's Yamen, this kind of conspiracy with Shun Ting could not let anyone know, Lianshun was equivalent to collaborating with the enemy, Shun army forced the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to death in Beijing, who dared to blatantly Lianshun.

The Shun army is stationed in Jiangbei, and there are more than 60,000 Shun troops who confront Huang Degong of the Ming army in Wuwei, Hezhou, and Xijiangkou alone, and they can't fight and can't drive away, these Shun troops are only four or five days away from Nanjing City, and they are there, and they want to go west, and Wang Lanping can't rest assured.

If you can't fight, then you can only appease, the best way is Lianshun, but Lianshun is the Ming Dynasty and no one dares to mention it, although the Great Shun State was founded and called the emperor, but in the eyes of the Ming Court, it is still rebellious.

The four-grade sword guard method is not far from the left and right, and the blade on the waist stands outside the door.

A light and subtle footsteps came, and the method looked for the sound, only to see that the person who came was Yun Niang.

A few months of comfortable and comfortable life, Yun Niang, who was originally like a small jasper, was extraordinarily pure and beautiful, and Li Dingguo's wife Li Xiangjun also came to talk to them every once in a while, and under Li Xiangjun's dress, the three of them added a bit of softness and unique temperament.

Today, Yun Niang carefully selected a set of clothes, she thought about it and hadn't seen Brother Lan Ping for more than 20 days, he didn't go back to the house, and there was no woman in the yamen, whether she ate well or not, and slept peacefully, she couldn't rest assured.

The method greeted him, "Why did Miss Yun come here?"

Yun Niang was followed by a maid, she squatted down and gave a salute to the method, "Fang Guard has worked hard, I stewed some chicken soup that the prime minister loves to drink, and it is still hot" As she spoke, she pointed to the food box that the maid was carrying.

The method glanced back at the house where the prime minister was still lit, "Miss Yun is so careful, the prime minister has really suffered a little bit these days, and everyone has lost weight."

Yun Niang's face was reluctant, "He also lives here at night?" ”

Method nodded, "Well, I live in the study, sometimes I lean on the chair for a while, I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are in his position, and people outside only see the prestige and power of the prime minister." Who knew that the prime minister was so hard, hey, what are you talking about, Miss Yun wait, wait for me to report it"

The method turned away and did not take a moment. He came back, along with Wang Lanping.

Wang Lanping was overjoyed about Yun Niang's arrival, especially when she heard that she also brought chicken soup, which shows that Yun Niang has figured it out, a good thing, a good thing.

Wang Lanping only wore a single coat and a cloak on his shoulders, and the night in Nanjing in the past May was still a little chilly.

"Quick. Come into the house quickly, it's a big night, why are you running here, it's so dark, you're not afraid of falling" Wang Lanping took off the cloak on his body, draped it on Yun Niang, and helped her to the house.

With the light of the lantern in the hand of the servant on the side, Yun Niang couldn't help but look at him. At first glance, I felt distressed. The cheeks that were originally energetic, round and resolute can now be seen with some raised cheekbones, and in just one month, Brother Lan Ping seems to have aged more than ten years all of a sudden.

After entering the house, the maid put down the food box, and then withdrew with interest, and took the door with him.

Candles flickered in the house. Reflecting the tears in Yun Niang's eyes, she reached out and gently stroked his face, her hands trembled a little, and her cloak slid to the floor.

"Brother Lan Ping, you. Why are you treating yourself so badly, look, Yun Niang doesn't dare to admit it"

Wang Lanping didn't feel anything, weight loss is certain, in the past month or so, how many things have happened, he has to personally inquire about everything in the court, the officials selected by Enke are still slowly adapting, and they can't help him, and he doesn't trust the officials of the court, and he can only tire himself into a dog if he does it himself.

"Think about what you think" Wang Lanping hugged Yun Niang in his arms, took a deep breath, and the long-lost fragrance made him feel refreshed.

Yun Niang's pear blossom brought rain, crying and wanting to laugh, "You talk and coax me again, this time I realized the fate of no woman around me, come, sit down"

Yun Niang took him to the table, opened the food box, the first layer was a plate of fried food and a pot of wine, and the lower layer was a porcelain urn.

Yun Niang took out a small soup spoon, scooped some chicken soup and tasted it, smacking her lips and said happily, "Well, the taste hasn't dissipated yet, thanks to that girl's care, not a drop has been spilled, come, Brother Lan Ping, sit here"

While saying that, she took out a small bowl from the food box, took out the chicken soup, and put it in front of Wang Lanping, then took the wine jug, filled a glass, and then sat on the side with her chin and watched Wang Lanping drink a glass of wine.

"Well, the wine of the old Song Tou's house on West Street, I haven't drunk it for a few days, okay" Wang Lanping really hasn't touched wine for a long time, although he is not good at this thing, but wine has an indescribable attraction to men, just like rouge feels like a woman.

Drinking the delicious chicken soup, tasting the self-brewed wine of the old Song Tou family on Ding Street, which he used to frequent, and having beautiful women by his side, Wang Lanping was relaxed for a while.

Yun Niang didn't say much, just watched from the sidelines, and added wine and chicken soup to him from time to time.

Wang Lanping pressed her hand holding the spoon and said with a smile, "You're not angry with me?" ”

Yun Niang knew what he was talking about, the two of them have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and you and I have long been nong, if it weren't for Brother Lan Ping who won the martial arts, I'm afraid that the two would have married a long time ago, but now he married another woman, a woman he has never seen, Yun Niang is somewhat dissatisfied, but now she also admits it.

"Why should I be mad at you?" Of course, Yun Niang can't say that she is angry, doesn't that mean that she cares about him very much, a woman must have a reserved side, and some words can't be spoken.

Wang Lanping smiled and pinched her flushed face, "The three of you, join forces to snub me, but it's still my Yun Niang who understands me, and she even came to bring me chicken soup at night."

Yun Niang smacked her mouth, "You still say, I won't go back to the house for a month, you don't know that everyone is worried about you, these days, that Fang Ling is standing at the gate of the house every day, waiting for two hours, but I can't wait for you when I am old."

Wang Lanping heard it in his heart, "It's me who is wrong, I am not right, this is not busy, do you know that the two of them are here?" ”

Yun Niang smiled, "You want to ask if they are still angry with you?"

Wang Lanping smiled embarrassedly, "Then tell me, how are they now?"

Yun Niang said, "What can you do, you are not married, the girl of the Zheng family is not married, one is the prime minister of the dynasty, the other is the daughter of the Zheng family, a talented woman and a match made in heaven, when the prime minister's wife enters the door, the three of us will serve her every day, what other ideas"

Wang Lanping heard that the smell of gunpowder was still very strong, so he said, "Listen, listen, this mouthful of vinegar."

"How can I be jealous, no"

"Not yet, come, come, I'll smell it"

After that, Wang Lanping pulled Yun Niang over, pressed it on her thigh, and rubbed her ears and cheeks, making Yun Niang giggle and tremble.

After making a fuss, Wang Lanping turned her body, looked directly at her face that couldn't be seen enough, and whispered, "Really, Yun Niang, there are some things you don't understand, and I can't explain them to you, you just need to remember my words, no matter how many women there are around me, no one can replace your position in my heart, no one can either, do you believe me?" ”

Yun Niang's eyes were full of affection, she believed in him since she was a child, no matter what he said, she was convinced, "I believe, Brother Lan Ping is the best person in the world to treat Yun Niang, don't blame me for being careful, I'm really afraid of losing you, I'm afraid that you don't want me, I want to stay by your side for the rest of my life, serve you, take care of you"

Wang Lanping didn't have any good words, just slowly lowered his head to kiss her rosy lips, and the long-lost feeling came to his heart.

That night, Yun Niang didn't go home, Wang Lanping didn't touch a woman for nearly a month, this night really tossed her around, and she couldn't even get out of bed when she got up in the morning.

The dawn is rising.

Wang Lanping, who was asleep, woke up when he heard the movement in the room, and when he opened his eyes, he found that Yun Niang had already gotten up and put on his clothes, but this was his study, there was no mirror, he couldn't dress up well, and the black green silk was a little fluffy, but it also added a bit of charm.

Wang Lanping lifted the quilt, but he was naked, and when he got out of bed, he looked around for clothes, who knows how crazy he was last night, and he didn't know where the clothes were thrown.

Yun Niang turned her head when she heard the voice, and when she saw his body, her face turned red, and she hurriedly turned around, but soon turned around again, and the clothes were in her hand.

Wang Lanping liked to see her shy, stretched out her arms, and let Yun Niang put clothes on her one by one.

Yun Niang said while dressing, "Are you going back home today?" Ning Ning didn't say it, but I could see that she missed you very much."

"Look at it again, I have to go to a few places in a while, and I have to go to Jiangning County (Jingying Family City), I am going to go west, soldiers, horses, grain, grass and ordnance, and the families of the soldiers to be appeased, and I can't be sloppy, if you come back too late, you won't go back to the house, and I'll ask the Fang guards to send someone to send you back" (To be continued.) )