The convoy was driving on the way to Jinling City, Han Jian and Zhu Tongjing were riding in a carriage together, and Zhu Tongjing was basically talking about "Fengyue" along the way, and deliberately did not mention the national politics of the two dynasties.

“…… In the land south of the Yangtze River, the beautiful color of the wind and moon is different from that of the north, if the king of the east is interested, he can go to the carved fence painting boat to visit, but it is also interesting......"

What he said was serious, but what he listened to was that the left ear went in and the right ear went out, Han Jian was not interested in Jiangnan Fengyue at all, he preferred to look at the scenery along the way. Riding in a carriage with such a "little white face" as Zhu Tongjing made him feel uncomfortable. Han Jian had long suspected that Zhu Tongjing was a fake eunuch and the head of the Empress Dowager of Southern Qi.

Zhu Tongjing didn't seem to be aware of Han Jian's disgust, and kept saying all the way: "...... The East King stayed in the National Post House, and it should not be tempting to disturb him on weekdays. ”

Hearing the question of "staying on the bed", Han Jian withdrew his gaze from the window of the carriage, looked at Zhu Tongjing and asked, "Then I don't know when we can enter the national book?" ”

The envoy represents the country, and the most important thing is to submit the credentials to express his intentions, which is also the most important part of the envoy's work.

Zhu Tongjing smiled when he heard this: "The matter of the national letter is not in a hurry, the East King is tired from the journey, and he should rest for a few more days." When the time comes, His Majesty and the Queen Mother will meet and entertain the East King with a state banquet. ”

As soon as Han Jian heard this, he knew that the people of Nanqi were procrastinating. Originally, Han Jian would also be in a hurry to complete the mission and leave earlier, but this time he promised the empress that he would take Yang Xi back safely, so his mission was fake. It's true to take back the prince. Therefore, he didn't care too much about when he would enter the national book, but he didn't want to delay it for too long. Because he himself may also become a hostage of Nanqi.

The carriage was not slow until sunset. The group has arrived at the northwest gate of Jinling City.

Jinling City is located in the rich land of Jiangnan, and Han Jian has not been clear about whether Jiangnan has been developed until now, but when he sees the scale of the villages and fields along the way and Jinling City, he feels the prosperity of Jiangnan.

After entering the city, Han Jian knew that he was about to arrive at the National Post House, and there were some things that he had to clarify his position earlier.

Han Jian asked, "My Royal Highness the Crown Prince, can I be in the National Post House now?" ”

Zhu Tongjing shook his head with a smile and said, "No." ”

"And where is the prince now?" Han Jian asked.

"This ......," Zhu Tongjing continued to laugh and said, "The king of the East should be a smart person, so he naturally knows what is at stake. You might as well speak up below. It is not my majesty and the queen mother who want to keep the crown prince of your country, but ......"

As he was talking, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Han Jian was caught off guard and almost stumbled.

"What?" Zhu Tongjing snorted coldly.

"Back to the master, someone in front of me stopped the car, like someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion." The coachman replied.

Because the incident was in front of the carriage, and the carriage covered the front with a curtain, Han Jian could not see the situation in front of the convoy from the window.

With the coachman's reply, Zhu Tongjing and Han Jian walked out of the carriage together. As soon as he came out, Han Jian saw that under the inner gate of Jinling City, a group of cavalry soldiers blocked the way, and the first few were all wearing armor. It doesn't look like an ordinary city defense soldier.

Han Jianxin said that this time he had to use knives and guns, and the people of Nanqi were inevitably too composed.

Zhu Tongjing stepped out of the carriage. Leng Leng faced the general on the opposite side and said in a loud voice: "General Ning." What do you mean by that? ”

The current general was still on a horse, holding a long-handled blade. He shouted: "Routine inspection." ”

"Presumptuous!" Zhu Tongjing replied in a tough tone, "This master greeted the envoys of the Wei Dynasty on the orders of the Empress Dowager, could it be that you, a patrol general, said that he would inspect and inspect?" Get out of the way! ”

The other side replied: "Originally, it would be on the order of the Prime Minister to inspect a vehicle entering the city, Master Zhu wouldn't want to go against the order, right?" ”

Zhu Tongjing's face was not very good-looking, but he did not have a seizure. Han Jian took a look at this scene, it was quite lively, it turned out that these soldiers were not here to forcibly take him hostage, but to "inspect"? Han Jian was a little puzzled, what was there to inspect the convoy, did he suspect that there were any illegal elements mixed in? In other words, who else would be more "illegal" entrant than him, the king of the Northern Dynasty and the East?

After the other side reported the origin, they did not immediately send someone to search, and the door was blocked so that the two sides were deadlocked. At this time, Zhang Xing, Sima Yi and others had already stepped forward to Han Jian, and Han Jian smiled, this was probably the result of the internal fighting in the Qi Dynasty's court.

Each is bigger.

After the death of the previous emperor, Emperor Ming, three years ago, the Southern Qi also suffered the same situation as the Wei Dynasty, and the crown prince was young. Unlike the Wei Dynasty, where the throne passed to the eldest princess, Nanqi chose to ascend the throne as a five-year-old young emperor, and while supervising the country as the empress dowager, he also appointed several auxiliary ministers. Among the auxiliary ministers, Wen was headed by Xiangguo Xie Rumo, and Wu was respected by Fu Siqi, the commander of the palace. All of a sudden, a three-legged situation was formed in the Southern Qi court.

However, Fu Siqi staged a coup d'état to make King Min emperor, but the coup was quickly quelled, and in this battle, the Empress Dowager Party and the National Prime Minister Party had their own merits, so after quelling the coup d'état, the armed forces responsible for the Gyeonggi garrison were divided between the Empress Dowager Party and the National Prime Minister Party. These two factions are now the largest factions in the Qi court, but in addition, there are three other auxiliary ministers' henchmen, and they are also forces to be reckoned with.

Han Jian didn't expect that he would encounter trouble as soon as he came up, and the Queen Mother sent someone to greet him as an envoy of the Wei Dynasty, but Minister Xie Rumo didn't seem to be very satisfied, so he asked people to come over to "make trouble".

Zhu Tongjing, as the backbone of the Queen Mother's party, should be very experienced in the struggle with the Kuomintang Party in the past few years, and he knows that he cannot face the enemy head-on. After encountering the ground's unreasonable request, he was only a little angry, and turned to look at Han Jian with a smile and said, "King Dong, I'm afraid it's going to be a little troublesome, and it takes some simple procedures to enter the city." ”

Han Jianxin said a simple procedure, are you throwing the hatred of the prime minister and the party on yourself?

Han Jian also smiled and said, "That's okay, I'm not afraid to investigate." ”

Zhu Tongjing and Han Jian looked at each other and smiled, both of them saw each other's cunning, one wanted to transfer hatred, and the other pretended not to know. Both parties agreed to inspect the inspection, and Zhu Tongjing did not say more, and directly asked people to go over and notify the generals and soldiers on the opposite side, asking them to come to the convoy to believe in the inspection.

During the inspection, Han Jian had been standing by the side, Sima Yi and Zhang Xingze were guarding, and Zhu Tongjing walked away as if he was explaining something to his subordinates.

Sima Yi watched Nanqi's people search the convoy, and said in an unkind tone: "Young boy, why did you come out like this?" They came out to greet us, and they didn't discuss it in advance? ”

"It's not that it's not negotiable, it's that it's not negotiable." Han Jian said intentionally or unintentionally.

Originally, there were only a few carriages in the convoy, except for the trucks loaded with pot stove food, which were carrying people, and there was no way to check, and the only ones who were not in the detailed list of envoys were the six maids that Han Jian brought from Yangzhou City. The general who was in charge of searching the surnamed Ning was not very polite, and went up directly to ask about the origin of the six women, at this time Sima Yi wanted to step forward, but Han Jian stopped him, because Han Jian saw that Li Ling, the deputy general of Yangzhou, had already gone over to explain the situation.

"Qi Chaoren's own affairs, we can leave it alone." Han Jian instructed.

Soon, all the qiē checks were completed, and there was no problem. The convoy was allowed into the inner city.

At this time, Zhu Tongjing walked back and made a "please" gesture to Han Jian with a smile, meaning to let Han Jian ride in the same carriage with him. Han Jian smiled and said, "The matter of Fengyue, what Master Zhu said is similar, I don't think there is any need to listen to it carefully." ”

Zhu Tongjing also seemed to sense that Han Jian didn't want to get too close to him at this time, so as not to arouse the suspicion of Xiangguo and his party. He laughed and said a few kind words, as if he wanted to go back to the carriage. But after seeing those generals disperse, he leaned over and whispered in front of Han Jian: "You might as well say it bluntly, the detention of the prince of your country is also the work of the Xie Party......

Xie Dang. This is the first time Han Jian has heard the Nanqi people themselves call Xie Rumo and his party.

"Oh." Han Jian smiled and nodded, noncommittal, and then he turned around and walked towards his carriage.

The convoy set off again, and not long after, the convoy arrived at the National Post House. The national post house of the Qi Dynasty is in the east of the inner city of Jinling City, not far from the palace of the Qi Dynasty, Han Jian got off the carriage and first looked at the gate of the national post house, it is very spacious, the street is also spacious and tidy, there is a market on the next street, the flow of people is a little more complicated, but the national post house is guarded by the officers and soldiers of the Qi Dynasty, and the gate is also strict.

"Please." Zhu Tongjing had already greeted him and said with a smile.

"Courteous." Han Jian smiled and arched his hands and jumped down from the carriage. At this time, the door of the National Post House has also been opened.

"In the next greeting to the king of the east here, it's time to go back to your majesty and the queen mother to report and say goodbye." Zhu Tongjing did not send Han Jian into the door, but directly saluted and said goodbye.

Han Jian returned the salute with a smile, and seeing that Zhu Tongjing was gone, Han Jian felt that this Zhu Tongjing was still so disgusting. This person gave Han Jian the feeling that he was very good at playing tricks, he came out to greet the envoy on the order of the Queen Mother this time, but the feeling to Han Jian was that he took the initiative to provoke trouble and provoke some unnecessary disputes.

When Zhu Tongjing left, the imperial court originally sent two envoys to greet him, Yu Zhongqing, a scholar of Tonghuaguan University in the Qi Dynasty, and Su Jincai, a waiter from the Ministry of Works, came over, meaning to receive Han Jian in, and was responsible for helping Han Jian arrange a good night's sleep.

When he arrived in the courtyard of the Guoyi Pavilion, Han Jian felt that it was very narrow, and the layout inside was not as spacious as the outside at all, which means that this place also pays attention to the façade rather than the interior. As a state guesthouse for entertaining foreign envoys and local tribute envoys, the Qi Dynasty State Post House is not even as big as Han Jian's Dongwangfu Annex in the capital, and Han Jian himself brought more than 200 guards, so he couldn't live at all.

Su Jin was responsible for arranging the accommodation of the envoys of the Wei Dynasty, while Yu Zhongqing was responsible for accompanying Han Jian, and he didn't say a word with a smile.

When Han Jian arrived at the State Post House, he was most concerned about the place where Yang Xi and his entourage who had arrived before, and it stands to reason that Yang Xi and some accompanying ministers should also live in the State Post House of the Qi Dynasty, but at this time, the State Post House was empty, and there were no guests at all.

"Master Yu, I don't know...... I am the first to come to the envoys, where do I settle now? Han Jian asked Yu Zhong lightly.

Yu Zhongqing faced such a question, and still replied with a smile: "Your Majesty has other arrangements......" (to be continued......)