Shao Xi's answer made Feng Xianpei a little embarrassed. The person who rushed back to deliver the news had already told him about the attack on the mission, and he was just polite, but he didn't expect Shao Xi to be so direct.

can be embarrassing and embarrassing, after all, people are guests when they come, not to mention that the attack is indeed true, even if people express some dissatisfaction, it is reasonable. I came to your house as a guest, but as soon as I entered your yard, I was bitten by a dog, and I complained about what's wrong? Reasonable, right?

"Hehe, this official has also heard about this, I really can't imagine that such a thing will happen on the road, we really can't take care of it, please forgive Master Shao. I will definitely investigate this matter strictly, and we will definitely find out the assassin, and I hope that this matter will not affect the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and we will definitely make corresponding compensation for what happened to Lord Shao and the mission, and please do not worry about Lord Shao. ”

Shao Xi waved his hand indifferently and said to Feng Xianpei: "I personally don't care, but these people from the mission and me have been disturbed, and some of them have been injured, I just hope that you can guarantee their safety, this request shouldn't be too much, right?" I don't think it's a good thing for you that anything happens to any one of the missions. ”

Feng Xianpei hurriedly replied: "Not too much, not too much!" Ensuring your safety is the most important thing for me at the moment, Lord Shao, please rest assured, I will immediately enter the palace to transfer the forbidden army to come over, strengthen the protection of the embassy's station, and ensure that the same thing will not happen again, especially to strengthen the protection of Lord Shao. ”

Shao Xi was laughed at by Feng Xianpei's attitude, obviously one grade higher than his official rank, but he was very humble when he spoke, which made Shao Xi feel a little embarrassed about his bad attitude towards his previous speech.

It is said that he will not hit the smiling person with his hand, since the other party's attitude is already so sincere, Shao Xi can't say anything more.

The mission moved into the arranged inn, and it wasn't long before a group of forbidden troops arrived and cleared the streets around the mission's quarters.

This kind of protection made Shao Xi feel as if he was under house arrest, but Feng Xianpei repeatedly explained that this was just for the safety of the mission, and if Shao Xi and the others wanted to go out shopping, they were completely free, and if necessary, they could also send some guards to follow.

Escort Shao Xi is naturally not needed, at this time, Shao Xi thought in his heart, if it will take two days to enter the Hajj, then should he take advantage of his free time to visit those who need to visit? After all, if you know each other in advance, it is convenient to say anything when you enter the Hajj.

The first person to visit was naturally Xiangguo Han Zeng, Shao Xi asked Xu Maocheng to select some classics written by everyone in the Central Plains from the gifts carried by the mission, plus a copy of the outline of "Governing the World" co-authored by Bai Jinggong and Liu Xingzhai Plan, and take them to visit Han Zeng.

Because he may be summoned to the palace for an audience at any time, Shao Xi must hurry up and go through all the people he wants to visit before entering the Hajj, so he did not wait until the next day, but directly found Zhang Shou.

It happened that Zhang Shou also planned to go to Xiangguo Mansion for an errand, so Zhang Shou led the way and took Shao Xi and Lao Wu to Xiangguo Mansion together.

Xiangguo Mansion is not big, as Shao Xi imagined, it seems that the place of Nanzhao is small, and there is not much land available, so the houses built here will not be as tall and spacious as the Central Plains, but it is good to be able to live enough, but it is economical.

After being informed, I saw Han Zeng hurrying outside the door from the house, and he was overjoyed to see Shao Xi visiting in person. In his eyes, the envoy of the Jingyuan Empire had just entered the city and came to his house to pay a visit, which was to give him a lot of face.

"Oops! What an honor! Unexpectedly, the envoys came to the humble house as soon as they entered the city, making the humble house shine! Lord Shao is worthy of being an envoy to the Central Plains, and it is really a very important courtesy, which seems to be a little rude. It stands to reason that the old man should go to the meeting, what a rudeness! The old man was ashamed and asked Lord Shao for forgiveness. ”

Shao Xi felt a little awkward when he saw Han Zeng being so polite. The fact that the minister of a country respected himself so much as a foreign envoy really made Shao Xi feel a little uncomfortable.

"What did Sangkoku-sama say? You are the face of a country, how noble is your status? Besides, you are older than me, you are my elder, so naturally you should be the younger generation to come to visit, how can you let Lord Xiangguo deign to go to see the junior? ”

Han Zeng was surprised to find that the young envoy in front of him was not only extraordinary, but also humble and courteous, respecting the old and respecting the elderly, and couldn't help but feel a little more like it in his heart, and hurriedly let Shao Xi and the others into the mansion.

Shao Xi took the prepared gift from Lao Wu and handed it to Han Zeng, who took it and showed surprise.

These precious classics and historical classics are all things that he has never collected, especially the "Theory of Governing the World" co-authored by Bai and Liu, two famous scholars, made him feel amazed, and called it really a classic of governing the world.

After entering the mansion and taking their seats, everyone was polite again, and then talked about the itinerary of the mission after entering the country, and naturally talked about the attack on the mission. Han Zeng's face sank like water, and he questioned Zhang Shou.

"Zhang Shou, at the beginning, the Holy Lord and the old man thought that you acted steadily and cautiously on weekdays, so they decided to let you go to receive the mission, why did this happen? Do you know that the mission of the Jingyuan Empire came to my Nanzhao this time to discuss the diplomatic relations between the two countries? If there is any accident on the road, how can I, the Southern Zhao Kingdom, explain to the Jingyuan Dynasty? When it comes to relations between the two countries, how can you be so careless? ”

Zhang Shou was reprimanded by Han Zeng so silently, his face flushed, and he lowered his head, as if he had really messed things up.

Shao Xi saw that Han Zeng seemed to be really angry, and hurriedly explained for Zhang Shou: "Lord Xiangguo, you can't blame Lord Zhang for this matter. Lord Zhang took care of him very well along the way, and he was cautious in everything, and this attack was done by someone with intention, and it was not the fault of Lord Zhang. Besides, in the Jiakou Valley, Lord Zhang also reminded the juniors that it was the juniors who insisted on entering the valley for the night, and they did not suffer any losses in this attack, and there were no casualties, but instead caught a few live mouths and asked the mastermind behind the scenes. In fact, in this way, Lord Zhang not only has no fault, but has merit, so Lord Xiangguo should not be too harsh. ”

Han Zeng was relieved to hear that the mission had not suffered any losses, and immediately asked Shao Xi: "Lord Shao just mentioned that he caught some assassins alive, and also asked the master behind the scenes, if the old man guessed correctly, the master behind the scenes is the general Fu Zuoliang?" ”

Shao Xi was a little surprised when he heard this, he hadn't said it yet, this Xiangguo Lord had already guessed eight or nine, it seemed that he and the general Fu Zuoliang had worked together for many years, and they knew each other very well, and he could think of each other as soon as this matter came out.

"Lord Xiangguo guessed well, and the one who caught the live mouth confessed to the general Fu Zuoliang, but the juniors didn't understand why the generals were so hostile to the juniors and the envoys of my Jingyuan Dynasty? Why do you want to sabotage this mission of the younger generation? Supposedly, isn't it beneficial for both countries to establish friendly relations of friendship between the two countries? ”

Han Zeng snorted coldly unconsciously, and said with sarcasm in his tone: "Where will he care about the interests of the two countries, he only thinks about his own interests. Now that the Holy Lord has grown up, it is natural for him to start his own government, but it is no secret that as an auxiliary minister, he is greedy for power and does not want to return power to my pilgrimage master, so he wants to continue to control the government while he is fighting foreign countries by setting up foreign enemies. Therefore, the old man might as well say bluntly to Lord Shao that he sent someone to assassinate the two countries to sabotage the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and at the same time, the mission was attacked in our Nanzhao territory, which is very likely to damage the relationship between the two countries, and even the two sides will Chen Soldier on the border, and the formation of an extremely tense relationship with Jing Yuanguo is exactly what he needs. ”

Shao Xi showed a gossipy look, and asked Han Zeng with some curiosity: "The younger generation has also heard about it before, I heard that when the lord of your pilgrimage ascended the throne at a young age, it was Lord Xiangguo and the general who assisted the government, Lord Xiangguo was in charge of internal and foreign affairs, and the general was in charge of military power and was responsible for defending the territory and opening up the territory. Now, according to Lord Xiangguo, your pilgrim should have some control over internal and foreign affairs at the moment, but this military power is still in the hands of the general, I don't know if that's the case? ”

Han Zeng raised his hand and stroked his beard, nodded and replied: "What Lord Shao said is exactly, now the affairs of the court are assisted by the old man, and the Holy Lord must be invited to play everything, and the old man no longer makes his own decisions, but after all, the Holy Lord is in charge of the government for the first time, and the old man still has to assist and remind him from the side." It's just that at present, the matter of the transfer of troops and horses is still in the hands of Fu Zuoliang, and this person is arrogant, unruly, and very disrespectful to the Holy Lord. ”

"Lord Xiangguo, this is a matter of your Southern Zhao Dynasty, the juniors may not ask more, but the juniors are a little curious, is there no soldiers and horses in the hands of Lord Xiangguo? It is said that even if you have military power in your hands, it is not easy to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the whole country, and now according to what the Lord Xiangguo said, if the general controls the government must be in control of the soldiers and horses in the capital, and the Lord Xiangguo can compete with the general, if there is no hole card in the hand, I am afraid that the words are not hard, right? ”

At this time, Han Zeng had the same feeling as Zhang Shou at the beginning, and the young man in front of him was not simple.

seems to be asking a question, but in fact he is using words to point out himself, obviously in the capital, he and Fu Zuoliang each hold half of the soldiers and horses, and now he accuses Fu Zuoliang of holding military power and controlling the government, it is indeed that some crows fall on the black pig, only saying that others are black, and they can't see their own black.

"Lord Shao doesn't know, if it weren't for the old man holding two of the four banners in the capital, I'm afraid he Fu Zuoliang would have led troops into the palace to kill the king and usurp the throne, and now fortunately the old man has soldiers in his hands, if not, the matter of diplomatic relations between Jingyuan and Nanzhao is probably just empty talk." m.

Shao Xi frowned, and asked tentatively, "I don't know if Lord Xiangguo has thought of any way to deal with it?" After all, it is not a long-term solution to continue like this. ”

Han Zeng said with some indignation: "I don't hide it from Lord Shao, he colluded with some people in your Jingyuan Dynasty and wanted to cooperate with each other to seek power in their respective courts, he thought that no one would find out, the old man just had no evidence in his hands now." ”

Shao Xi was shocked.

"Lord Xiangguo is saying that there are also people in my Jingyuan Dynasty who want to seek power and usurp the throne?"

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