Chapter 205: Walking around the city
Faced with Yu Zhongqing's official answer so lightly, Han Jian finally understood why Nanqi sent him to meet him. The feeling is to send a smiling Buddha, no matter what you ask, you will respond to it with the official clichΓ©, and then ask a question and don't know, and finally make you feel like a spring breeze and feel at home.
Han Jian was not angry when he faced such an answer, but asked with a smile: "I don't know if Master Yu is closer to Master Zhu, or closer to Xie Xiang?" β
Rao is Yu Zhongqing is smiling Buddha, and he was also stunned by Han Jian's question, and then he smiled again: "Dongwang said a joke, haha......"
said it was a joke, but he couldn't help touching a cold sweat, this question was quite sensitive, he didn't expect Han Jian to really ask.
Han Jian also smiled, and went to explain the rest to Sima Yi and Zhang Xing, pretending not to see Yu Zhongqing's embarrassment.
In fact, before Han Jian asked this question, he had already expected that Yu Zhongqing and Su Jin should be neither the Queen Mother's Party nor the Xie Party's people. This is a very simple truth, both sides have to balance the relationship, and it is natural to send neutral officials to meet it. But it is also possible that these two are from the faction of other auxiliary ministers, but they are not too much of an eyesore.
That night, Han Jian had already settled down at the National Post House in Jinling.
The room arranged for Han Jian by the Qi Dynasty was also very luxurious, according to Yu Zhongqing, this was the place where Yang Xi lived when he first arrived. At that time, Yu Zhongqing said casually, Han Jian didn't know whether it was true or not, but he knew that Yang Xi's life should not be easy now, and he might be detained in a dark place.
In addition to some of the guards of the East Prince's Mansion being placed in the State Post House, some of them were placed in the inn not far from the State Post House. Originally, the Qi Dynasty was going to place Han Jian's guards in the nearby military camp. But the nearest military camp was also in the outer city, and Han Jian naturally felt uneasy. decided to let them find an inn to live in, so that they could be taken care of at any time.
In the evening. The guards on the periphery of the National Post House were done by the Nanqi people. There are only ten or eight soldiers in Nanqi who are responsible for guarding the national post house, and they can sit back and relax once the door is closed on weekdays, but now that the envoys of the Wei Dynasty are here, and Han Jian will send someone to contact the guards who live in the inn not far away at any time, so the door cannot be closed. These Qi Dynasty guards went listlessly to sit down at the door of the State Post House, and spent the long night with spears in their hands.
ββ¦β¦ Young boy, I looked, this country post house has a front door and a back door, and there are nine cubs of Qi in front of it. There are only four back doors, but the back doors are closed. We've armed it up a bit inside, and safety should be guaranteed. Sima arranged the affairs of the guards with Zhang Xing, and came to report to Han Jian.
"We have to be careful at all times when we are in enemy territory." Han Jian said, "After arranging, go and rest first." β
Sima Yi nodded, after all, he had just arrived at the place, and this trip was a bit hasty, and Han Jian didn't bring many people. And the guards have no sentinels to help investigate the matter, even if they want to investigate Yang Xi's whereabouts and try to rescue him, they will have to wait until the next day to prepare.
But who knows that night. As soon as Han Jian fell asleep, he woke up to a rapid gong sound. I only heard the sound of gongs outside the main entrance of the National Post House, and the voices of people were not small, and it seemed to be very chaotic.
At this time, whether it was Sima Yi and Zhang Xing and the guards. or the soldiers in charge of guarding the door in Nanqi, they couldn't sleep.
Han Jian put on his clothes and walked out. Wen'er rubbed her eyes and followed behind, Sima Yi just got up. Zhang Xing had just come back from outside after checking the situation.
"What's going on out there?" Han Jian asked.
"Back to the young man, a courtyard outside is flooded, and it seems to be fighting a fire." Zhang Xing said with a puzzled expression.
"Walking on the water?" Han Jian frowned and looked at the direction where the gong sounded, where was there a little fire?
Zhang Xing added: "But we didn't find the fire, but we just saw a large number of people banging gongs, and there were also people from the fire dragon team walking around......"
Han Jian smiled coldly, obviously there was a conspiracy. What is on fire to fight the fire is false, to spoil their dreams is true.
"Send people, be careful, in short, we have nothing to do with the water to fight the fire." Han Jian ordered.
"Yes, young boy." Zhang Xing saluted and immediately went out to make arrangements.
Han Jian's meaning is very simple, let them make trouble outside, and it is impossible to let them allocate people to help, in case there is a small night will take advantage of the chaos to assassinate. Han Jian knew that his value was not as great as Yang Xi, and the people of Southern Qi might try their best to beat him back to the Wei Dynasty to restore his life, or they might detain him, but they might also secretly find someone to kill him.
Now the internal affairs of the Southern Qi court are also very complicated, if the factions send assassins to assassinate for the sake of power struggle, and then plant the blame on other factions, then he Han Jian will become the wronged leader. Han Jian wants to prevent himself from being used by others, first stay neutral for the time being, preserve his own strength, and then think long-term.
On the first day Han Jian arrived in Jinling, he couldn't sleep all night, and there was a lot of commotion outside all night. Han Jian is better, after all, he can achieve the effect of rest through guΓ² meditation, but the guards below are not so good concentration, and at the end of the night, whether they are patrolling the night or not, they are all panda-eyed, and they look a little tired.
Han Jian even felt that this might be a trick of the Nanqi people, so that they could not rest well, so they had no intention of caring about Yang Xi's affairs. After all, people are not beaten by iron, and they have no help, so they can only rely on these more than 200 guards to inquire about some things, and under the supervision of the Nanqi people, it is difficult to do it everywhere.
"Young boy...... Today, how is it arranged? Sima walked out with a yawn, looked at Han Jian, and asked a little depressed, "Are you going to enter the palace to meet the emperor of the Qi Dynasty?" β
"The emperor of the Qi Dynasty didn't summon him, where did we see each other?" Han Jian was in good spirits, and said while eating breakfast, "Let's go for a walk in the city today." β
When Sima heard this, he was surprised: "What? Young boy, this is the Jinling City of the Qi Dynasty, not Luoyang, let alone our Jiangdu, there will definitely be trouble when you go outside......"
"What are you afraid of, we are here to send an envoy, not to go to prison, if the people of the Qi Dynasty restrict our movements, they will not place us here and ignore it." Han Jian put down the dishes and chopsticks and said, "If you are tired, take a rest for a day, and then go out with me tomorrow, and I will go out alone today." β
Sima Yi heard that Han Jian wanted to go out alone, and said with a wry smile: "Where does the young boy say, if you don't go out for a walk, I'm okay." β
Han Jian glanced at Sima Yi and knew that this kid was holding on. He estimated that Sima Yi was thinking that he would find a restaurant to sit in all day, just like in Luoyang City, and he could lie on the table to make up for sleep.
Han Jian went out for a walk this time, and he didn't bring many people, except for Sima Yi, there were also four guards, and he hadn't brought Zhang Xing yet.
Han Jian walked out of the National Post House, and he didn't even come over to say hello, as if it was his own door, it was easy to enter and exit. But Han Jian knew that when he walked out, there would be at least a few waves of people staring at his every move, and what he did would be under the noses of the Nanqi people.
The people of Nanqi would definitely think that he was going out to find out about Yang Xi's whereabouts, but Han Jian didn't think so, he didn't have to do the investigation himself, he came out this time mainly to appreciate the customs of Jiangnan, and by the way, to paralyze the people of Nanqi.
Han Jian, Sima Yi and others walked out, but before they could reach the street, they saw a person coming in a hurry, but it was Yu Zhongqing, the "smiling Buddha" who greeted them across the river. Yu Zhongqing was a little surprised to see Han Jian traveling in his usual clothes, and said, "Why doesn't the East King wait for my emperor to summon him in the post house?" β
Han Jian smiled and said, "It will feel boring to stay in one place all the time, and you can walk around casually when you come out below." β
Because Yu finally spoke politely, Han Jian no longer spoke alone, so he was used to it.
"So." Yu Zhong chuckled and said, "Then why don't you accompany the East King around?" β
Han Jian thought about it, he was likely to get lost when he came out and walked around, anyway, he didn't have any purpose when he came out, it would be better to have one more guide.
"I'm tired." Han Jian thanked him.
"The king of the east is polite, and it is also the duty to accompany the king of the east to accompany the king of the east to go out for a walk."
Yu Zhongqing spoke very politely.
In this way, a group of seven people walked out of the street of the National Post House and walked casually on the streets of Jinling City.
After Han Jian walked for a while, he felt that the street layout of Jinling City was very different from that of Luoyang City. Luoyang is based on streets as the main urban framework, while Jinling City is based on waterways, and city streets are the foil of waterways. In Jinling City, you can see river boat ferries everywhere, and there are many more warehouses on both sides of the river than on land, but when it comes to shops and storefronts, there are still many land streets. Because Han Jian was already old when he came out, he didn't see the scene of the morning market, so Han Jian didn't know what the grand event of the street market in Jinling City was for the time being.
"Oh, the East King should be the first time to go south, right?" Yu finally saw that Han Jian was walking around all the way, and couldn't help but ask with a smile.
"Not really." Han Jian said, "In the next birth in Jiangdu, Jiangdu City and Jinling City have many similarities. β
Yu Zhong thought about it lightly, and then patted his forehead with a smile and said: "Look at this memory, I forget that the East King is the lord of the southeast territory of the Wei Dynasty, and I always think that the East King is from Luoyang City." β
Han Jian didn't say anything, but looked at a place where the crowd was gathering not far away. There were quite a few ordinary people gathered around, as if they were watching something lively.
"Go up and have a look." Han Jian didn't discuss anything with Yu Zhongqing, and said softly as if telling Yu Zhongqing as he walked.
"King Dong, in such a market, it is normal for the people to have onlookers, what if something happens to the king of Dong?" Yu Zhongqing said a little nervously.
Han Jian smiled and said, "Listening to what Master Yu meant, is it saying that the security of your Jinling City is not very good, and it is dangerous to walk on the road?" β
"That's not what I mean." Yu Zhong said hurriedly.
Han Jian said: "What are you afraid of, they are all ordinary and kind people, how can they do rude things?" β
Yu Zhongqing was suddenly surprised, he didn't expect Han Jian to be so "close to the people". In Yu Zhongqing, Dong Wang was born with a golden key, even if he was not a gentleman, he would inevitably be out of touch with the market class, but he didn't expect Han Jian to be able to integrate into the thinking of ordinary people. (To be continued......)