In the palace of the king of Chu, the king of Chu took Zhao Yao's hand and repeatedly told him to be cautious and pay attention to safety outside.

Zhao Yao saw that King Chu was so worried about him, and his heart was naturally very moved. However, he always felt that the fourth brother treated him like a three-year-old child.

"Fourth brother, I'm going to visit Mr. Meng, not to fight in Jiangnan, you don't have to worry about me so much." The fourth brother's posture is as if he is going to the battlefield. "Also, fourth brother, I'm twelve years old, not a three-year-old child, and I don't know anything, you don't have to be so nervous about me." He felt that when the fourth brother went to Shu to fight, he was not as nervous and worried as he is now.

"You've never been far away, this is your first time going far away, and I don't worry about you." If he could, the King of Chu couldn't wait to accompany Zhao Yao to Jiangnan to visit Mr. Meng.

"Although this is my first time going far away, haven't you all arranged it for me, fourth brother, what are you worried about?" Zhao Yao deliberately said in a strange tone, "Fourth brother, I'm an adult, not a child, you can rest assured." ”

The King of Chu was amused by Zhao Yao's tone that he didn't know where, and reached out to rub his head: "In the eyes of the fourth brother, you are just a child." "Don't look at Zhao Yao is twelve years old this year, but in the heart of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, he is no different from his son who is a few years old.

Zhao Yao was afraid that the King of Chu would have to tell some things again, so he quickly changed the topic: "Fourth brother, do you have a letter to Mr. Meng, and I will bring it for you?" ”

The king of Chu was successfully diverted and said, "Yes, I will give it to you now." King Chu took out a letter from the drawer of his desk and handed it to Zhao Yao, "Help me transfer this letter to Mr. Meng." ”

Zhao Yao took the letter and held it in his arms without looking at it. Then, he patted his chest and assured the King of Chu: "Fourth brother, don't worry, in addition to this letter, as well as the medicinal materials you gave to Mr. Meng, I will help you hand it over." "Zhao Yao went to Jiangnan this time, the main purpose was to visit Mr. Meng on behalf of the emperor, and the ministers and princes of the court and the central government naturally wanted to send some medicinal materials or supplements to Mr. Meng to talk about their hearts.

It is no exaggeration to say that there was a whole official ship full of things for Mr. Meng. Of course, it's basically all herbs and supplements.

The King of Chu knew that Zhao Yao was going to say goodbye to the King of Wei, so he didn't say anything more, but just told Zhao Yao not to forget to write to him.

After saying goodbye to the King of Chu, Zhao Yao went to the Wei Palace. The Wei Wangfu is not far from the Chu Wangfu, and it will take a short walk to arrive.

Yu Hai had been waiting for Zhao Yao at the gate of King Wei's mansion for a long time. Seeing that Zhao Yao finally came, he hurriedly stepped forward and welcomed Zhao Yao into the house.

King Wei had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Zhao Yao coming so late, he felt a little apprehensive.

"What did you say to the fourth child, and what did you say for so long?"

Hearing this sour tone, Zhao Yao laughed very loudly in his heart. Of course, he didn't dare. He said very seriously: "The fourth brother treats me as a three-year-old child, and he nagged and talked a lot. ”

King Wei mocked unceremoniously: "He is his mother-in-law." ”

"Starling, then you definitely won't nag like the fourth brother."

King Wei, who was just about to make a tirade, was choked by Zhao Yao's words. He was stunned for a while, then raised his hand and knocked on the head of the tenth brother, and said angrily: "I haven't said anything yet, you think I'm nagging." ”

"No, starling, you must not be verbose." Zhao Yao's expression looked innocent and well-behaved.

King Wei didn't know Zhao Yao's careful thoughts, smiled helplessly, and immediately took out something from his arms and handed it to Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao reached out and took it and found an iron token. The token is pitch black, with a "捌" character engraved on the front and intricate and beautiful patterns carved on the edges. He didn't know what kind of flower it looked like, after all, he didn't have any research on flowers.

"Starling, what kind of token is this?"

"This is a token customized for me by my eldest brother, with this token, you can ask for help in some big pharmacies, cloth villages, inns or money villages, and pawnshops in Jiangnan, and people in these places will help you when they see the token in your hand."

After hearing this, Zhao Yao was taken aback, his eyes widened, and he opened his mouth wide and said, "This ...... Are tokens so powerful?! "I'm afraid that this token is not given to Starling by Brother Prince, but by Starling himself. The pharmacies and cloth villages mentioned by the starling brother are probably the industries of the Southern Wei people. I didn't expect that the Southern Wei people still had so many industries in Jiangnan. In this way, the Southern Wei people have completely infiltrated the south of the Yangtze River. Sure enough, the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty should not be underestimated!

"Don't lose this token." King Wei instructed very seriously, "This token is very useful, you have to hold it well." ”

Zhao Yao nodded obediently, and immediately put the token into his arms.

"Starling, don't worry, the cards are here, the cards are not there, and I am not there......"

Before he could say anything, Zhao Yao's head was knocked down. King Wei deliberately said with a tiger face: "What nonsense." This token is important, but it is not as important as you. ”

"Hey, hey, I just said something funny."

King Wei looked at Zhao Yao helplessly, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but say a few words.

Although the words of King Wei were the same as those of King Chu, Zhao Yao did not dislike it, and still listened to it seriously.

King Wei saw that it was not too early, so he didn't leave Zhao Yao for dinner.

As soon as Zhao Yao returned to the palace, he was called to the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Chengguang Palace.

The emperor was busy, and when he saw Zhao Yao coming back, he asked him to have dinner with him.

At dinner, the emperor also said something.

Zhao Yao did not ask the emperor about the imperial examination. Since the imperial examination was proposed, the whole capital has become very lively, and everyone is talking about it. Even the eunuchs and maids in the palace were quietly discussing this matter. Before the start of the county examination, the sensation caused by the imperial examination will not subside for the time being. When the county test starts, there will be another wave. It is estimated that there will be no peace until the end of the children's test.

"Stinky boy, if you see something in Jiangnan, or encounter something, don't be reckless." The Emperor said, "Write to me, and I will arrange for someone to do it." ”

Zhao Yao felt that something was wrong with the emperor's words. He frowned slightly, and said, "Father, listen to what you mean, I will definitely encounter something when I go to Jiangnan this time, and it is not a trivial matter." "What's wrong with Jiangnan, someone is doing moths again?

"Yangzhou is fine, but there are some things in Jinling and Suzhou." The emperor didn't plan to talk to Zhao Yao about the affairs of these two places, "You go to Jinling, take a good look at Mr. Meng, and don't get involved in other things." ”

Zhao Yao thought to himself that he was not a nosy person, nor was he a person who roared when he saw injustice.

"I'm not that idle." He was busy and didn't have time for anything else. Even if he wasn't busy, he wouldn't take the initiative to do anything.

The emperor still had something to do, so he didn't say anything to Zhao Yao, waved his hand at him, signaling that he could retreat.

Zhao Yao originally wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he forgot it. He saluted the emperor and immediately withdrew from the Dongnuan Pavilion.

Back at Xingde Palace, Zhao Yao checked his luggage again, and after confirming that it was correct, he washed and fell asleep.

The next day, as soon as it was dawn, Zhao Yao was woken up by Tongxi. After washing, he went to the Kunde Hall and had breakfast with Concubine Liang.

The poppy beauties made some worries about Zhao Yao and asked him to take them to eat on the road.

After breakfast, Zhao Yao left the palace and went to the dock. As for the emperor, he was still in the upper court, and Zhao Yao couldn't go to bid him farewell.

He didn't go to see He Lianfang, and went directly to the dock. Liang Run and his four conspicuous bag brothers were already waiting for him at the docks.

Seeing Zhao Yao coming, Song Jicai and the four of them hurriedly ran over.

This time, Zhao Yao went to Jiangnan and deliberately took Zhang He and the four of them. He originally thought that General Zhang and they would not agree, but he didn't expect them to agree, and they were very happy to pack them up.

As soon as the auspicious time arrived, Zhao Yao and the official ship they carried drove away.

The King of Chu and the King of Wei were still in the upper court, and they couldn't send Zhao Yao if they wanted to send them in person. At this time, they were a little distracted in the court, because they knew that Zhao Yao had already boarded the boat and left the capital at this time.

Zhao Yao went out to Jiangnan this time, and the people who were most worried about him were not the emperor, but the kings of Chu and Wei. They were also very reluctant, especially for King Wei, this was the first time that Zhao Yao had been separated from him for a long time, which made him a little unaccustomed.

Zhao Yao, who got on the boat, and his four conspicuous Bao brothers felt that the boat was very fresh, and a group of people walked around the boat hand in hand.

After shopping, a few people sat on the deck basking in the sun and blowing the river breeze, which was very comfortable.

Starting from the capital to go to Jiangnan, you need to pass through several rivers, after all, the Great Zhou is not like Zhao Yao in his dream, and the world has the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. If there is a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it will become very convenient to take a boat from the capital to Jiangnan.

As for the digging and construction of the canal, the emperor had this intention several years ago. However, at that time, because he was too poor, he could only put this matter aside for the time being. Now that the treasury has money, the emperor intends to spend the next two years digging canals, as well as repairing rivers elsewhere, especially the Yellow River and several rivers near it.

The Yellow River has been a gold-swallowing beast since ancient times, as long as there is a big flood, the nearby cities will be submerged, and once it is flooded, it will be a large area, displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Regardless of the dynasty, a lot of money was spent on the construction of the Yellow River.

When the Great Zhou Dynasty was first established, it spent a lot of money to build and strengthen the dikes of the Yellow River. This made the Yellow River honest for more than ten or twenty years.

The Yellow River cannot always be well-behaved, and the dikes built before it cannot always withstand the power of the Yellow River. The emperor calculated that the embankment of the Yellow River needed to be rebuilt, otherwise the Yellow River would be angry again.

Originally, the emperor planned to start digging and building the canal this year, but after Zhao Yao proposed the imperial examination, the emperor could only hold the imperial examination first, and then dig and build the canal and repair other rivers.

Leaving the capital and leaving his parents, Zhao Yao and the others originally planned to play like wild horses without the reins, but in the afternoon of the same day, the four conspicuous bags became seasick and vomited.

The four conspicuous bags always thought that they would not be seasick, and insisted on not taking seasickness medicine before getting on the boat, but they became seasick, and they were very dizzy.

The four good brothers were seasick and dizzy, and Zhao Yao was not good enough to play anymore.

Zhao Yao thought that they would have to go to sea in the future, and it was not good for the four good brothers to be seasick so severely. He advised the four of them to get used to seasickness quickly. If you are still seasick when you arrive in Jinling, then take the boat several times until you are no seasick.

Four conspicuous bags of seasickness: "......" kill them directly.

After Zhao Yao talked to the four conspicuous Bao brothers for a while, he returned to his room and began to eat a whole fish feast. Sitting on the boat, it is most convenient to eat fish, and it is freshly caught. Boiled fish fillet, sauerkraut fish, sweet and sour fish, crucian carp soup, grilled fish are really delicious.

After dinner, Zhao Yao began to write letters to He Lianfang. He promised to write to He Lianfang every day.

Xiao Jin was a little reluctant, until Zhao Yao took out a fish and gave it to him, and then he obediently went to deliver the letter.

In the next few days, Song Jicai and the four of them finally recovered from seasickness.

Because they were worried about Mr. Meng's health, Zhao Yao and the others did not delay too much on the way to Jinling, but they would go ashore every few days to buy some things on the shore. At this time, Zhao Yao and Song Jicai and they would go ashore to play for a while.

Since each docking time was not long, Zhao Yao and the others walked around the dock and did not go deep into the city to play.

That night, Zhao Yao and the others sat on the deck to admire the moon and the scenery on the river at night.

Shen Sen suddenly asked, "Boss, we have now reached the boundary of Jiangnan, right?" ”

"I'll be here this morning, and I'll be in Jinling in a few days." Zhao Yao misunderstood what Shen Sen meant, thinking that he was impatient to take the boat, "You can endure it for a few more days." ”

"Boss, I'm not talking about that." Shen Sen looked at the river again, his face became strange, "Boss, didn't you notice that there are only a few of us on the river now." "Before they reached the Jiangnan River, they could encounter many boats during the day and at night, but after arriving at the Jiangnan River today, they encountered some boats during the day, but they couldn't see a single boat at night, which is so strange." Could it be that there is a curfew on the river in Jiangnan at night, and boats are not allowed to go out at night? ”

Chu Huan said: "It should be unlikely, maybe the officials in Jiangnan knew that the boss was coming to Jinling to visit Mr. Meng, and they were afraid that they would collide with the boss, so they forbade the boat to sail at night." ”

"Ah, is that so?" Shen Sen looked incredulous, "Then why didn't the officials in Jiangnan come to see the boss during the day?" ”

Zhang He said angrily: "These Jiangnan officials don't take the boss as a prince in their eyes, it's really too arrogant. ”

Song Jicai was also full of resentment: "These officials look down on people. ”

Zhao Yao looked at Shen Sen with some surprise: "Wood, I didn't expect you to be so keen." ”

As soon as Shen Sen heard this, he immediately showed a somewhat excited look on his face. He lowered his voice and said, "Boss, it's really weird, isn't it?" ”

Zhao Yao bowed slightly: "Well, since this morning, since we entered the river in the south of the Yangtze River, some people have been secretly staring at us. "There was more than one group of people staring at them. Among them must be the second uncle and the starling and their people, and their people are secretly protecting them. The other groups were clearly on their guard.

There are many rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and the water transportation is developed. Whether it is during the day or at night, there will be many boats on the river, and it is impossible to have no other boats than theirs as it is now.

Hearing Zhao Yao say this, Song Jicai's face changed instantly, and they were all wary.

Chu Huan hurriedly asked, "Boss, what's going on?" ”

Zhao Yao glanced around, and said in a meaningful tone: "No wonder before I left, my father and fourth brother repeatedly told me not to act recklessly, let alone meddle in things, now it seems that there are a lot of things hidden here in Jiangnan." ”

Shen Sen asked worriedly, "Boss, what's the matter?" ”

Zhang He asked nervously, "Boss, we won't be in danger, right?" ”

"Let's go back to our room first." It's not safe to say things on deck.

Song Jicai and the others hurriedly followed Zhao Yao back to the room. Zhao Yao asked Tongxi to guard at the door.

Seeing Shen Sen's uneasy face, Zhao Yao smiled at them comfortingly: "We won't be in danger, of course, the premise is that we don't find anything." ”

Song Jicai was a little confused when he said this: "Boss, what do you mean?" ”

Zhao Yao's index finger of his right hand tapped lightly on the tabletop, and said with a thoughtful expression: "I guess the people who are staring at us should be the people of the crown prince and the acting king." ”

Shen Sen exclaimed in a low voice, "The crown prince and the people acting for the king? ”

Chu Huan was the smartest of the four of them. After he heard Zhao Yao say this, he immediately thought of something.

"Boss, the crown prince and the acting king did something unspeakable in Jiangnan, right?"

As soon as he said this, Zhang He's face changed in fright.

Zhao Yao said calmly: "Jiangnan has been rich since ancient times, and it is normal for the prince and the acting king to want to make money in Jiangnan. In order to make money, it is natural to do something that cannot be known to outsiders. "However, the crown prince and the acting king are not too cautious. He came to Jiangnan as a straw bag prince, and he would definitely not find out what they were doing.

Chu Huan and the others were shocked when they heard this: "Boss, then what are we going to do?" ”

"Pretend you don't know anything, you don't find anything." Zhao Yao smiled and said, "Besides, we really didn't find anything. ”

Chu Huan asked, "Boss, don't we investigate?" ”

"We don't need to investigate." Zhao Yao said, "My father should know, otherwise he wouldn't tell me not to do it." ”

Song Jicai made up a big drama in their brains. All of them were full of shock.

"Boss, how do I feel that our coming to Jiangnan this time will not be peaceful."

"As long as we don't do anything superfluous, we'll be fine." What the crown prince and the acting king did in Jiangnan, Zhao Yao could probably guess what it was, but he didn't plan to interfere in doing anything. "We only came to Jiangnan for two purposes, one is to visit Mr. Meng, and the other is to play, don't worry about other things."

"Listen to the boss." With the boss here, they don't need to be afraid.

Zhao Yao didn't say anything about it anymore, and played Monopoly with the four brothers.

Afraid of being bored on the boat, Zhao Yao made a lot of fun things before setting off, such as Monopoly games, checkers, building blocks, etc.

After playing for a while, Song Jicai and the others went back to their room to rest.

After Zhao Yao washed up, he lay on the bed, not in a hurry to sleep, but shouted at the dark room: "Is the dark guard there?" ”

Soon, someone in the darkness responded to him.

"The minister is here."

Zhao Yao didn't face the direction of the voice coming from the dark guard, and asked, "Is it the crown prince and the person acting for the king?" ”

The question sounded like a no-end question, but the dark guard understood what Zhao Yao meant.

"Yes."

He added: "They were worried that the Forbidden Army would find something unusual, so they ordered that they should not go out of the ship at night. ”

After hearing this, Zhao Yao sighed: "Sure enough, that's the case. Then he asked the Dark Guard, "What are they doing on the river?" ”

The Dark Guard replied respectfully, "Do anything." ”

During this time, I always have insomnia and can't sleep well, my mental state is not good during the day, and when it's hot, it's very uncomfortable.

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