Cao Song, the idle king of the Northern Song Dynasty, warned Zhao Yan not to enter the city during this time, the reason is that the Liao delegation is coming, and those Liao people have always been arrogant, Zhao Yan's identity as the county king does not work for the Liao people, so in case Zhao Yan has a conflict with the other party, it is likely to rise to the high level of diplomatic relations between the two countries, for the sake of safety, Cao Song advised Zhao Yan to stay honestly in the courtyard outside the city.

For Cao Song's kindness, Zhao Yan also understood, but he didn't take it to heart, firstly, he didn't pay attention to those Liao envoys at all, and secondly, he didn't plan to enter the city, he stayed in the courtyard outside the city every day to accompany Princess Bao'an to recuperate, draw two strokes in his spare time, or play with the little bean sprouts, this kind of leisurely day made him feel comfortable, so if it wasn't necessary, he would never have stepped into the vanity fair of Tokyo.

A few days later, Zhao Yan learned from Cao Song that the Liao delegation finally arrived in Tokyo City, but what aroused his interest was that the reception of the Liao delegation was the old general Yang Guang, for Zhao Yan, who grew up listening to the story of the Yang general, he had an indescribable good impression of Yang Guang, the veteran, before he knew from Cao Ying that the old general was serving in Qin Feng, which made him a little regretful, but he didn't expect the other party to escort the Liao delegation back to Tokyo this time, and he must visit when he has time.

However, on the day when the Liao delegation arrived in Tokyo City, Zhao Yan received a message that made him have to go to the city, because he had promised Zhao Shu that he would go to the imperial city to see the growth of those corn and sweet potatoes, but then he forgot about it, fortunately Zhao Shu still remembered that he specially sent someone to inform him to go into the city today, and there seemed to be something wrong with the corn planted in the palace.

Since he had promised Zhao Shu, Zhao Yan couldn't shirk it, so after receiving Zhao Shu's notice, he immediately asked people to prepare a carriage and say goodbye to Cao Ying and Princess Bao'an, and then came to Kaifeng City.

Zhao Yan is in the courtyard outside the old Caomen in Kaifeng City, every time he enters the city, he needs to pass through the bustling old Caomen Street and East Cross Street, both sides of the street are full of various shops and teahouses and restaurants, pedestrians come and go, every time Zhao Yan passes by here, he has a feeling of rushing to the temple fair in later generations.

Today is no exception, when the carriage passed by East Cross Street, Zhao Yan opened the window to look at the bustling scene outside, and when he saw delicious snacks, he would also ask the coachman to stop and buy some, there are so many women at home, and they are not very old, they are at the age when they like to eat snacks the most, especially the small bean sprouts, when the small mouth almost does not stop, and it is not enough for them to buy more.

Just when Zhao Yan's carriage was full of all kinds of snacks and snacks, he suddenly saw that the street in front of him was in turmoil, many pedestrians dodged to both sides, and even some women hid directly in the store, which made Zhao Yan feel a little strange, and was wondering which one of the gentlemen on the street had such great power, but he saw a crowd of people, and then more than a dozen Khitan people swaggered over from the front, although these Khitan people did not have any appearance of bullying and dominating the market, but all of them were full of arrogance, Especially when he saw the surname Da Song who was dodging in both directions, it made these people laugh.

"King Jun, the Khitan warriors who came ahead are all carrying weapons, it should be the Liao delegation that came to Tokyo a few days ago, should we avoid it?" At this time, Lin Hu, the head of the guard of the county king's mansion, came to the window and asked in a low voice, he was not afraid of these Khitans, but considering Zhao Yan's identity, it would be troublesome if he clashed with the other party.

"Why hide? Sue the brothers to show the momentum when they went to the battlefield, so as not to let these Khitans think that I have no one in the Great Song Dynasty! "Zhao Yan is angry when he looks at those arrogant Khitans, and he is a county king, if he sees a few Khitans and has to hide, then what face will he have to meet people in the future?

Lin Hu was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhao Yan's words, and then immediately said excitedly: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

Lin Hu's guards all survived from the pile of living people on the battlefield, so naturally they would not be afraid of these Khitans, and now that Zhao Yan was behind them to support them, they immediately put on a battle formation, escorting Zhao Yan's carriage step by step, when they met the Khitans in front, Lin Hu shouted loudly: "The king of Guangyang County is here, and no one else is out of the way!" ”

The group of Khitans had also noticed Zhao Yan's carriage before, and when they saw that the other party came to them without dodging, and even asked them to dodge, these Khitans were also angry, after they came to the Great Song Dynasty, no one had ever dared to be so arrogant in front of them, although they also saw that Lin Hu's guards were not easy to mess with, but they were not afraid at all, and there was a Khitan warrior who wanted to jump out and scold angrily.

But at this moment, I suddenly saw a young man from the Khitan people walking out and said with a smile: "It turned out that the king of Guangyang County had arrived, and Zhang Renxian, the deputy envoy of the mission of the Lower Liao State, met His Royal Highness the king of the county!" ”

Zhao Yan didn't expect that there was a deputy envoy among this group of Khitans, and he also came out to salute him, which made him not feel too cold, and immediately opened the car door and walked out and said: "It turned out to be Deputy Envoy Zhang, this king has something to go to the palace, but he is in a hurry, the guard's words just now are a little rushed, I hope your envoy will not blame!" ”

Seeing Zhao Yan come out, Zhang Renxian on the opposite side looked at him seriously, and suddenly showed a smile and said: "Zhang has just come to Tokyo City for a few days, and all I heard is about His Royal Highness the King of the County, especially when I heard that His Royal Highness the King of the County is good at painting, Zhang is also yearning for it, and I will go to the house to pay a visit another day, and I hope that the King of the County will not think that Zhang is too abrupt." ”

"Calligraphy and painting are just a small way, and Deputy Envoy Zhang is responsible for the diplomatic relations between the two countries, so it is still important to pay attention to state affairs, and the painting skills are really not worth mentioning!" When Zhao Yan heard this, he was warned in his heart, no matter how political he was, he was an idiot, but he also knew how sensitive it was to contact the envoys of the Liao State in his own capacity, so he opened his mouth and refused.

Seeing Zhao Yan's refusal, the smile on Zhang Renxian's face remained unchanged at all, and he saluted again at the moment: "That's really a pity, since the county king has something important to enter the palace, Zhang Mou will get out of the way!" ”

Zhang Renxian said, really ordered those Khitan warriors to let him, but although those Khitan warriors were full of disobedience, they did not dare to disobey Zhang Renxian's order, which can also be seen that although Zhang Renxian is Han and very young, but in the Khitan mission, he has prestige, otherwise those unruly Khitan warriors will not be obedient.

Seeing the other party, Zhao Yan also returned to the carriage, but when his carriage passed by Zhang Renxian and others, a gust of wind blew a corner of the curtain of the car, and just saw Zhang Renxian standing outside the window and looking at him, when the two looked at each other, Zhang Renxian smiled again and bowed, all of them looked like an elegant and humble taxi, no one could find anything wrong, but Zhao Yan always felt that the other party was definitely not as simple as it seemed.

After crossing the East Cross Street, he turned a corner, and finally Zhao Yan's carriage entered the imperial city from the Donghua Gate, and went to Zhao Shu to visit him first, but now Zhao Shu is still sick, but compared with the previous few days, there has been some improvement, and the spirit is much better, it seems that it will not be long before he can be pro-government, but Zhao Yan is a little worried, because after Zhao Shu is pro-government, there will be a dispute in history, which lasted for a year and a half, and even the normal government has been delayed.

Zhao Shu was also very happy to see Zhao Yan, and also asked about Princess Bao'an, when he heard that Princess Bao'an's body had almost recovered, he was also relieved, and then chatted with Zhao Yan about the matter of the weapons supervisor, as well as the matter of Wang Xu's reconciliation with Princess Bao'an, but this matter is very involved, Zhao Shu can only slowly figure it out, although Zhao Yan is anxious about this, but he can't help much.

Zhao Yan entered the palace to see the growth of corn and sweet potatoes, and Zhao Shu also attached great importance to this, so he didn't delay Zhao Yan, and after chatting a few words, he asked people to take him to the back garden in the northwest corner of the imperial city. The so-called back garden is actually the imperial garden of the imperial city, which is planted with rare plants and flowers from all over the world, and even an area used to breed various rare animals, which can be said to be the general name of the Royal Botanical Garden and the Royal Zoo.

Zhao Yan was taken to the back garden by an attendant, while walking to enjoy the scenery of this royal garden, it is now the end of summer, although the flowering season of many plants has passed, but all kinds of plants are very lush, some have been carefully pruned, it can be seen that the attendant in charge of this place must be very attentive.

In the end, Zhao Yan came to a courtyard in the northernmost part of the back garden, and immediately a rickety old eunuch came out, and then the waiter who led Zhao Yan to help Zhao Yan introduced: "His Royal Highness the King of the County, this is Cui Nei who is in charge of the planting of plants in the back garden, and now he is in charge of the cultivation of corn and sweet potatoes, and then he will take you to inspect!" ”

"Well, there's a lautrine!" Zhao Yan nodded and said, although he doesn't like the prison, but it is not particularly discriminatory, except for the Ming Dynasty, many prisons in other dynasties are forced to make a living and have no choice to be a prisoner, and the prison of the Song Dynasty is very constrained, and there is rarely a situation of autocracy, and only when Song Weizong appeared Tong Guan and others.

"Your Highness is polite, please come in with the old slave, this courtyard is planted with corn and sweet potatoes!" This Cui Nei Shi is not young, not only can he not stand up straight, but his face is full of wrinkles, generally speaking, the prison will age faster than ordinary people, and looking at the appearance of this Cui Nei Shi, it is estimated that he must be at least fifty or sixty years old.

Zhao Yan followed the old eunuch to the courtyard where corn and sweet potatoes were planted, but as soon as he entered the door, Zhao Yan was startled by the spectacular scene in front of him, he never expected that in order to plant corn and sweet potatoes, Zhao Shu would put so much effort into it.

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