Chapter 34: The Envoy Arrives

The long night is not over, before dawn.

The swaying fleet of boats went down the river from the Qingjiang River, with the first and last boats carrying the escort team, and in the middle were the Beiliang official ships, all of which were students from afar.

The young talents who can go to other countries with the imperial court envoys are not from bad backgrounds, even if they are from humble backgrounds, they are indispensable to appreciate nobles when they come to this position.

If you don't bring servants, scholars, bodyguards, etc., you may even have a problem with your daily life, so everyone has a retinue or even elders around you.

There are not many young talents from all walks of life combined, but counting the retinue and officials of the Northern Liang court, the entire fleet looks quite large, followed by a large number of Northern Liang caravans, and the end of the fleet is not visible as far as the eye can see.

Before dawn, most of the people on the ship were resting, and only a few Northern Liang soldiers were routinely patrolling the ships.

On the official ship in the center, Li Si, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, walked out of the shipbuilding alone and stood on the deck looking at the riverbank, with a faint envy in his eyes.

People who have lived in Yunzhou all the year round don't think this place is very special, but Li Si is on the opposite side, but he understands the domineering of this place in Yunzhou.

The Yunze Plain is almost surrounded by mountains on three sides, no matter which direction it is fought, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the only flaw is in the south, but the geographical environment of Tiannan is too poor, and it cannot set off the wind and waves at all. Moreover, there is no shortage of rain on the plains, the land is fertile, and it is self-sufficient without relying on other states, so it can be said that as long as there are no internal problems, it is impossible to be attacked from the outside by enemy countries.

The depth of the Northern Liang is greater than that of the Southern Dynasty, but the terrain is too good, most of the places are a plain of Pingchuan, once the Great Wei Iron Cavalry rushes in, it can only fight and retreat, and defend the city.

For this reason, the north has always been more anxious than the south in history, especially when a fierce man suddenly appeared in the southern dynasty.

As a disciple of the Northern Liang Sect, Li Si knew very well how terrible the Night Terror Hall would be if it grew up. Not to mention personal martial arts or grudges, just twisting the Xihai tribes into a rope is enough to make Beiliang's scalp tingle.

After all, after the reconstruction of the Northwest Royal Court, in order to fill the stomach, it must be expanded, and it is meaningless to fight Shazhou in Liangzhou, where you can only harvest birds and not lay eggs, to the south.

And to the east, after Tianlang Lake, you will arrive at the east of the lake, which is the land of fish and rice in Beiliang, and the northwest royal court has a normal brain, and they all know that they should fight there.

Li Si knew that he had to get rid of the Night Terrors, but he had no clue how to get rid of them, and just as he was blowing the cold wind and secretly thinking about countermeasures, the water on the river trembled slightly.

Bobo~

A figure came from the riverside, jumped on the boat silently, landed not far away, and arched his hand:

"Master Lee."

Li Si turned his eyes and saw that it was Jia Shengzi who was wearing a hat to dress up the rivers and lakes, and he asked:

"But there's news?"

Jia Shengzi has a very high status under the account of King Zuoxian, and is treated by Li Si as an errand runner, and he is quite dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything, just took out a piece of paper:

"The people under the old man's men have inquired about some information in the past two days and came over to show Master Li."

Li Si respects King Zuo Xian, but for these people in the rivers and lakes who spend money to raise, just like the Hubu Shangshu of the Great Wei, looking at the group of gold-swallowing beasts in Heiya, he really doesn't have much good feelings, let alone treat them as his own.

Li Si raised his hand to take the paper, looked at it slightly, and it could be seen that what was written on the paper was the news of Yun'an City.

For example, the Night Terror Hall was awarded the title of Duke of the State and was designated as the courtier of this reception; In the afternoon, I will go to the foreign embassy for a banquet, and I may take a car to pass by Zhuji Street, etc.

The content on the paper is very detailed, and the schedule of the Night Terror Hall in the past two days is speculated, and it can be seen between the lines that the people who inquire about the news are very familiar with the streets and alleys of Yun'an City, and even the time when the officialdom is open and dispersed.

Seeing this, Li Si had a high opinion of Jia Shengzi and the others, but the team had not yet arrived, and he couldn't verify the falsity of the news, so he just nodded and said:

"Yes, continue to investigate, if this matter is done, this official will definitely ask for a reward for Jia Lao and even his subordinates."

Jia Shengzi didn't say much when he saw this, and after bowing his hand, he flew away

At this time, the sky also lit up with the white of the fish's belly, and the outline of Yutan Mountain appeared at the end of the field of vision.

Li Si turned around and said, "It's time to get up, let everyone get up and pack their things and prepare to land." ”

"Whoa."

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Thousands of sails converged in the main port outside the city, and the sky was already crowded with people as soon as it was light, and the white mist exhaled by pedestrians, mules and horses could be seen everywhere.

"Bun ......"

"Selling Coal ......"

The noise of the dock market came into the teahouse from the cold wind of the early morning.

Night Terror Hall stood at the window on the second floor, dressed as a ranger, holding two large meat buns in his hands: the sleepy-eyed bird bird was eating the steamed bun with his eyes closed. More than a dozen people in the black government were also disguised as peddlers and pawns, and they were all in place when they went back and forth in various parts of the dock.

Yesterday morning, I went to Jingwang's mansion, originally to make a schedule, but somehow I went to talk about poetry and calligraphy, and I hugged Da Ben and touched it for a day, and when I was done with business, I sent the information to the morgue to put it, and it was already late at night.

Judging from the speed of the Beiliang fleet, it will be able to reach Yun'an this morning.

Night Terror Hall doesn't need to go to the reception, just need to attend today's dinner, but knowing that Hua Ling and other masters may lurk in it to assassinate him, he can't sleep peacefully, at four o'clock in the morning, he got up from Sanniang's arms and changed his clothes, went to Heiya to order people, and came to Xicheng Port to wait.

The purpose of this trip is to observe in the shadows to see if we can lock on to suspicious targets in advance from the passing team.

Xicheng Port is the main port of Yun'an, and most of the ships that come here are official ships or fleets, and the empress's luxurious treasure ships are moored in the port, and there are sailors to guard and patrol.

Because of the reception of the Northern Liang people, the imperial court naturally had to show the heritage of the great country, and the wharf was completely new, not only the ships were moored in an orderly manner, but even the streets were wiped clean, and the Great Wei Dragon Flag was also hung along the coast.

Bird Bird was shaken up to work before he woke up, looking wilted, squatting on his arm and eating steamed bun filling, and kept muttering, probably complaining about the night terrors and going back more and more.

After all, in previous years in Honghe Town, as long as the road was closed by heavy snow in winter, it began to take annual leave, and slept until three poles on the sun every day, and it would not be restarted until the beginning of spring.

Night Terror Hall carefully watched the fleet of ships gradually approaching, and did not pay attention to what the bird was complaining about, and after waiting for a while, he saw Chen Hezhi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, appearing in the harbor with officials and a uniform forbidden army.

And the ships of Beiliang also sailed into Xicheng Port one after another, and the faces of countless men, women and children were revealed on the ship, and a group of people in official robes appeared on the central treasure ship.

When the foreign envoys of the two dynasties go to each other's capital, the first priority is to show the image of a great country, and they cannot let the other side look down on each other; Whether it is the selection of the escort team, or the ships, armor, etc., they all belong to the level of the empress's honor guard, and they look spectacular.

For this reason, there are also a lot of people who come to Yun'an City to see the excitement, and the riverside is almost overcrowded.

Because there were too many people, the scene was a bit complicated, and the Night Terror Hall watched for a long time, but did not find any suspicious characters in the envoys' ranks, but saw a Taoist figure on the street below the teahouse.

The figure was dressed in a snow-white dress, wearing a hood, and carrying a snow-white sword, strolling through the crowd, looking at the windows on both sides from time to time, obviously looking for someone.

Birdie saw it too, but turned his back to him, not wanting to bother.

The night terror hall was stunned, put the bird at the window to keep an eye on it, he hurried downstairs, and called at the door:

"Fairy Lu, why are you here?"

On the small street, Xuanji Zhenren hung a vermilion wine gourd behind his waist, and he was also looking at the boats on the river from afar, and when he heard the sound, he slowly came to the teahouse:

"This Dao is the emperor of the dynasty, can you come and watch the thieves sneak in, I can't?"

Night Terror felt that Shui Er was unhappy again, so he came to him and walked with him:

"This kind of chores, I and the yamen just need to come quickly. So what...... These two days have been a bit hectic indeed......"

Xuanji Zhenren didn't think that the Night Terror Hall could be busy, and after snatching her little pants, she didn't even have time to come to the door for a day or two nights.

"You can't be a man of your word, what did you say the night before, do you remember?"

Night Terror Hall blinked: "Practice your words well?" I carefully studied the next ...... yesterday"

Xuanji Zhenren raised his right hand to stop the words, and snorted lightly:

"Nightboy is quite forgetful. You said the night before yesterday that you had soiled my clothes, and that she was going to buy me a new one yesterday. Bendao waited for a day yesterday, where's the thing? ”

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Night Terror's expression froze, and he secretly said that it was not good-he was pointed at by Shui Er with a sword, and in order to keep the little cloth, he hurriedly said a word, and then there were too many things, and he really forgot to ask Sanniang to buy it......

Night Terror Hall knows that it is wrong, and sincerely apologizes:

"It was my negligence, alas...... I'll buy two new ones for Fairy Lu when I go back later......"

Xuanji Zhenren is not so easy to coax, and he tilted his head slightly to look at the riverside:

"I'll keep an eye on it for you here, and you can buy it now."

"Now?"

"Yes, what you promised is that you will buy it, and you have to do what you say. Don't tell the maid or Sanniang, I only wear what you bought with your own hands, if I can't buy it back, I'll go back to Yuxu Mountain, and I'll see you next year. ”

"Uh......"

Night Terror's expression stiffened slightlyβ€”buy it yourself? He is a big man, and he is still a contemporary Wu Kui and Wu Angong, and he personally went to Fan's shop to find Fan Jiuniang's daughter to buy such lustful pants......

Isn't this a ruin?

Night Terror Hall didn't want to lose his words, but this matter was more difficult than letting him provoke Fengguan City, so he could only say euphemistically:

"I'm a big man......"

Xuanji Zhenren stretched out his right hand and hooked it:

"Give me back the old one."

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It seems more difficult to accept returning the souvenirs you have than buying a new one......

Night Terror opened his mouth and said with a pleasant face again:

"I don't know what style Fairy Lu likes, what good things can a big man buy back? Otherwise, I'll accompany Fairy Lu over later, you can pick whatever you want, and I'll pay the silver after you've picked it, how about it? ”

Xuanji Zhenren came out on this trip because Qinghe wanted to prepare for war, and he needed to buy some herbs to configure various antidotes and pull her along.

She remembered what happened the night before, so she volunteered to take the errand work down, and specially came to the Night Terror Hall to hang out together, where would she really let a big man in the Night Terror Hall buy underwear.

Seeing that Night Terror Hall said this, Xuanji Zhenren naturally nodded in agreement, and then asked:

"Night Terror, what are you doing with my clothes?"

Night Terror Hall was slightly puzzled: "What to do?" ”

Through the gauze curtains, Xuanji Zhenren glanced at the righteous night terror hall:

"It's just to smell it on your face, hey, hey, hey, hey Uh-huh~ Is there any? ”

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Night Terror stood a few straightens and said solemnly:

"How could I possibly do such a thing?"

"You won't say yes to the outside world if you do, right?"

Night Terror Hall really couldn't resist the water, and raised his hand slightly:

"I'll just tease you, take it back and put it away, I really didn't do anything else."

Xuanji Zhenren didn't believe it at all, but he didn't ridicule anymore, and instead hugged the Hehuan Sword with his arms around his chest:

"Not as an example. The day before yesterday, the Queen Mother suddenly came over to save you once, count you lucky. If you do anything wrong to your teacher again, I have a hundred ways to make you regret it. ”

Night Terror Hall knew that Fairy Lu had this ability, although he had no regrets, but he still nodded:

"I understand, I'll try my best to be measured in the future."

"Humph......"

Xuanji real people chatted along the way, teaching the juniors who were not right-minded, and their eyes were looking at the crowd at the dock.

It's a pity that ordinary martial artists can tell with the naked eye whether they are practicing family or not, but when the grandmaster goes up and deliberately hides it without revealing the mountain dew, it is difficult to see how deep the hiding is from the outside.

The two of them saw from early morning that it was close to noon, until the envoys all left Hong Kong, and the vanguard team had entered the capital, and still no trace of Hua Ling and other top masters was found.

Night Terror Hall had to go to the dinner party in the evening, and in the afternoon he had to go back to pack up and go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to meet with the officials......

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Gollum~

The swaying convoy drove from Dongzheng Street to Xicheng.

On both sides of the street are onlookers, mostly scholars, after all, the envoys are followed by the contemporary heroes of Beiliang, and the reputation of some people is not small in Dawei; The scene is like the Night Terror Hall suddenly taking the team to Yanjing, and the young people of Yanjing must have to come to see what it looks like.

There are not many female students in the accompanying students, and there are more than 30 of them, although the atmosphere of the Northern and Southern Dynasties is relatively open, but the daughter's family is more reserved after all, they all sit in the sedan car, and they rarely see their appearances, and the scholar Lang is riding a horse and a sword to walk outside.

The carriage of the officials of the Northern Liang was at the forefront, and some of the back were the best among the students, among which there were two carriages, with the emblem of Wanbaolou, and two guards on horseback beside them.

In order to keep a low profile, the original decoration of the carriage with the pearl and jade have been picked, in addition to the wide can not see the special, at this time the curtain is raised, revealing a book fragrance of the girl's cheeks, is curious to look at the cloth village on the street:

"Huaning, what's going on with this cloth village?"

Huaning outside the carriage, the figure is quite tall, but the dress is the appearance of an ordinary family, hearing the words and scanning the cloth village, it can be seen that most of the cloth village is intact, but the stone lion was knocked off the head, and a hole was pierced out of the pillar, which was deliberately left unrepaired, and there were lines written next to the traces - the true handiwork of the knife kui.

These traces were left by the night terror hall when he accidentally smashed Buzhuang when he beat Xu Bailin.

After the boss of the cloth village was compensated, he thought that he was unlucky and repaired it himself, but he didn't expect that the night terror hall would soar into the sky, and he directly became a heroic man who shocked the Great Wei.

Such a good gimmick, there is no need to use it in vain, so the boss of the cloth village picked up the broken stone lion from the garbage heap and put it on display at the door.

I have to say that this method is extremely useful, and as the name of the Night Terror Hall grows bigger and bigger, the threshold of the boss of the cloth village is about to be broken.

Hua Ning is a master in Hua Taishi's mansion, his eyesight is not bad, and after a few glances, he opened his mouth to explain:

"The Night Terror Hall of the Southern Dynasty has clashed with masters here before, and deliberately left traces. However, it seems that the strength of Night Terror Hall is not as invincible as rumored......"

The maid said to this: "There is no vanity under the fame, and such a big name should not be too bad." I heard that Night Terror Hall is very handsome, is he in Yun'an City? Can we see it this time? ”

A soft word came from the carriage:

"Night Terror Hall is a martial artist, and it is rumored that he is ruthless and ambitious, and he has a grudge against me and Daliang to destroy the country. If so, don't run to the front to get in the way, he may not dare to kill the foreign envoy, but there is nothing you can do about it. ”

"I know, Miss, I'll just talk about it."

The maid put away her thoughts, looked at the street a few more times, and asked:

"Hua Ning, you go and inquire where Old Doctor Wang lives. I heard that Dr. Wang Shen's shelf is big, and the students from the hospital will go to the hospital in a few days, so they must be busy, so it's better for us to visit early. ”

Hua Ning didn't say much when he heard this, and went to the ranks of officials to report to him, and then left the team and joined the market......

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Less today, see if you can rewind your routine or2!

(End of chapter)