Shu Yan knew that he had today's derogation, and it was not unrelated to Jia Mi. But he is a servant, and he inherits Jia Chong's title, and fighting him by himself is tantamount to an ant shaking a tree. But you always have to ask clearly: "Dawan did not sacrifice his sweat and blood to Da Jin, which is really incomprehensible." However, the envoy to Dawan has traveled thousands of miles, and the imperial court has had envoys before, they have experience and understand the Dawan language, and it is convenient and safe to communicate. I have no experience as an envoy and I don't know how to speak, so why did you send me? ”

Jia Mi glanced at Shu Yan and sneered: "Since the Han Dynasty and Siyi, it has always been Siyi who sent envoys to the Central Plains to make a pilgrimage, learn Chinese, and learn Hanyi, and the Celestial Dynasty rarely sent envoys to Siyi, especially Yuanyi like Dawan, and there are very few people who are proficient in its language. As a horseman, it is your full-time job to raise horses for the imperial court, and the lack of sweat and blood in His Majesty's stables is not also your responsibility? ”

Faced with Jia Mi's aggressive question, Shu Yan scolded in his heart: There has been no sweat and blood in the stable of the imperial court for many years, and I have only been in office on the first day, so it has become my responsibility? Although it was unreasonable, Shu Yan couldn't use this to excuse himself, but asked the previous words: "The countries of the Western Regions and the Great Jin Dynasty have continuous exchanges and exchanges, and the trade of goods is prosperous, and there are many Dawan merchants in Luoyang alone, and there are not a few Chinese who are proficient in the Dawan language in Luoyang City. How can you say no? ”

"So what? The Chinese who are proficient in the Dawan language are all merchants. And the envoy represents the face of a country, if the Great Jin Dynasty sends a merchant to the envoy, will it not be laughed at by the Dawan people? As a court official, are you really ignorant or deliberately shirk and don't want to serve the court? ”

A merchant is not an official, and it is indeed not safe to represent an envoy to the imperial court. But as long as he is appointed as an envoy, he will naturally become an official, and there are many such cases in history, will the other party still investigate the details of each envoy? Serving the imperial court, Shu Yan has never discounted at any time. Of course, he is not afraid of the long distance, but he really doesn't understand Dawan, if he is sent there, it is nothing for him to suffer some twists and turns, and he is afraid that he will delay the official affairs of the court.

Shu Yan knew that this was Jia Mi's sincere intention to harm himself, and there was no need to say anything in vain, it was better to accept it happily and be more generous. So he asked Jia Mi directly: "It's okay for me to go on an envoy, but I don't know what the current situation is on Dawan's side, if I can come back smoothly with sweat and blood, of course everyone will be happy, if not?" ”

"What's not to do? Dawan has always been a vassal state of the Celestial Empire, and if he doesn't send people to pay tribute, it doesn't matter, the envoy of the suzerain's country personally came to the door to envoy him, does he dare not give face? ”

"It is true that Dawan is a vassal country of the Great Jin, but it is thousands of miles away, although the Great Jin has the power of heaven, I am afraid that the whip will not be able to reach it. This is one of them; Second, Dawan is located in an important place in the Western Regions, and neighboring powers are eyeing it, and it is not known what difficulties it may really have in the country; Third......"

"One, two, three, how can there be so many nonsense words?" Jia Mi interrupted Shu Yan's words, took an edict from the case, and said sharply, "I don't care what the situation is on his side, I must see the sweat and blood." If you can't get it, don't come back! This is an edict from His Majesty to King Dawan, take the edict and retreat. ”

It was originally a summons from the emperor, and it was originally a major event for foreign envoys, but the emperor didn't talk much from beginning to end, and Jia Mi was always pointing fingers. It can be seen that Sima Zhenzhi's puppet and Jia Mi's arbitrariness are overbearing.

Shu Yan returned to Taifu Temple and met Shi Chong. Shi Chong listened to the original situation and knew that this was still the idea of Jia Mina and others, it was fake to let Shu Yan go to Dawan, and it was true to drive Shu Yan out of Luoyang. Although Shi Chong is reluctant to give up such a capable subordinate as Shu Yan, when it comes to his backer Jia Mi, others have already given him a face, what else can he say? 33

"So, do it yourself. I just don't know how long it will take to come back? ”

"Dawanxi is 13,300 miles away from Luoyang, and most of them are vast deserts, and the return date is unpredictable. For this position, the prince should find someone else to sit on. ”

"What are you talking about? No matter when you come back, the place of this Hua Liucheng will always be reserved for you. ”

"I've already figured out that even if I can come back smoothly, I have no intention of being an official again." Shu Yan said very calmly.

"What?" Shi Chong was quite surprised when he heard this, "How can you have such an idea?" Are you still young and willing to give up your career? ”

"I can see it through, there is nothing unwilling."

"However, in the years you have been in Luoyang, you have only held a meager income of 400 stones, and you must not have saved any money, so you went back to your hometown like this, how can you live?"

Shu Yan smiled heartily: "The prince is a huge rich man in the world, and he spends money like land, so he can't do it without money." And I was born in cloth, and I grew up in the countryside since I was a child, and I am used to living a poor life. I used to have to support my grandfather, but now I am left alone, and I have no burden, a spoonful of food and drink, and I am at ease. I still have a few acres of land, what can't I live on? ”

In reality, there are many people who suffer from poverty in "a spoonful of food and a scoop of drink", but in addition to Yan Hui, how many people can there be in ancient and modern times?

Shu Yan didn't know if Shi Chong could understand the joy of poverty. Bid farewell to him, returned to his lower house, and simply packed his bags. Now he doesn't care about anything, but is calm. I went to the Dragon Stable to find the Ruan Shan brothers and sisters, and I didn't say what I planned to do in the future, but only told the truth about today's changes, saying that I was going to send Dawan to ask their brothers and sisters to help take care of their own house. In fact, there is nothing to take care of in his residence, only a treasure bow and a sword given to him by Xiao Mo are not ordinary things, but these two things are self-defense things, and they are all to be prepared to carry with them. The only thing I need to take care of is the orchid in front of my window, and nothing else.

After saying goodbye to the Ruan Shan brothers and sisters, he went straight to the Food Department to find Xiao Mo.

Although the Treasure and Cuisine Department is outside the Forbidden Palace, it is also an important place for the imperial kitchen, and idle people are not allowed to enter. However, Xiao Mo once instructed the people in the department: even if the three princes and nine ministers come, they are still forbidden to enter, with one exception, that is, Shu Yan, who is not allowed to stop him at any time. She always hoped that Shu Yan would take the initiative to come to her, but Shu Yan rarely came.

As the official of the main hall, Xiao Mo could have sat in the main hall and did not have to do everything himself. But she didn't like to pretend to be that kind of style, and rarely sat in the main hall.

At this time, she was watching Ah Bing make a soup in the kitchen, and urged while instructing: "You need to use snacks, in case I am not here one day, you have to be busy." ”

Ah Bing knew that Zhen Yuling, as the chief of the Cuisine Department, was responsible for coordinating and managing the whole department, and he didn't need to cook himself at all, or even know how to cook at all. Xiao Mo is on the top as a special case, different from the others, and does not take an official position. Every time you make a meal, even if you don't do it yourself, you have to watch from the side, so it is also an imperial chef, and the imperial chef of the Cuisine Department is much more skilled than the imperial chef of the Taiguan Department. As the foreman of the Imperial Kitchen of the Treasure Department, Ah Bing has learned a lot of Xiao Mo's true abilities in the past few years.

"What did the Decree say, how could you not be here?"

"What are you talking about? Do I have to make this delicacies for the rest of my life? ”

When Ah Bing heard this, he thought that Xiao Mo would have some higher pursuits, and couldn't help but laugh at him secretly - a Qiang man who was not born on the right path, it was already good to be able to make this treasure order, not to mention that he had already purified himself, could he still be a minister? I thought so in my heart, but I didn't dare to say it in my mouth. In fact, in his heart, he really didn't want Xiao Mo to go, and after changing other delicacies, no one was impatient to share these trivial things for him, and he might not even want to come to the kitchen, let alone instruct him on his cooking skills.

"Don't blame me, such a good errand, how can you not cherish it!"

"I've never left, aren't you just a chef for the rest of your life?" Xiao Mo asked half-jokingly.

"Me?" Ah Bing shook his head a few times, "I, Ah Bing, am not only from a poor family, but I haven't read much books, so it's good to be able to be this imperial chef with peace of mind, as for the official of this department, don't even think about it." With all due respect, I would also like to advise a few words of the decree, the order has always been a proud person around the emperor, and others do not need to be as pure as you to make this order, but it is a real beauty. I don't know how many people are thinking about your position. You have to think twice about signing the order. ”

Ah Bing's words were sincere, but Xiao Mo didn't want to explain more to him. At this time, Ah Bing, under the supervision of Xiao Mo, had already made this soup and handed it to the waiter who was already waiting for the queen here.

The meal was finished, Xiao Mo asked Ah Bing to take someone here to prepare the ingredients for supper, and he went out of the kitchen to go back to his room. When I turned my head, I saw Shu Yan standing outside the door.

No one in the entire imperial court, the entire palace, and the entire Luoyang could surprise Xiao Mo at first sight, except for the person in front of him.

"What kind of wind is this today, which can blow my brother Shu here!" Xiao Mo stretched out his hand into the air, feeling the direction of the wind with care.

"I've come to say goodbye to you." Shu Yan was straightforward.

In the interaction between the two people, it was always Xiao Mo who went to Shangshutai or the Chefu Department to find Shu Yan, and Shu Yan rarely took the initiative to go to the Zhenyu Department to find Xiao Mo. Xiao Mo knew that there must be a reason for this.

Sure enough, the surprise was only for a moment, and then the surprise followed: "Resign? What are you going to do? ”

"Go to Dawan."

"Dawan, which Dawan?"

"Which other Dawan? Your grandmother's Dawan, of course. ”

This sudden change is not small, Xiao Mo felt that he couldn't say a word or two clearly standing here, so he let Shu Yan go to the back hall. It is a suite, the outer room is used for receiving guests, and the inner room is used as a temporary rest for the administrator.

Xiao Mo didn't have time to pour tea for Shu Yan, and asked when he entered the door: "Okay, why did you suddenly become a messenger and go so far to Dawan?" ”

Shu Yan told Xiao Mo the truth of the matter.

Some people died, but not completely......