On the second day of the palace banquet, the Ministry of Rites arranged for the envoys of the Northern Dynasty to meet with the court.

Emperor Nanxing agreed that Ji Ruxuan, the eldest son of the emperor of the Northern Dynasty, would be used as a hostage to 'mortgage' the Southern Dynasty in order to promote peaceful diplomatic relations between the two countries and achieve the purpose of a truce.

Ji Ruxuan's proton identity is established.

It was night, and the clouds covered the moon.

Ji Ruxuan sat on the windowsill, raised his finger and whistled, his wings accompanied by a gust of wind, swept down, and a peregrine falcon landed firmly on his arm.

He untied the letter box from the peregrine falcon's feet and took a note from it, on which was written in small letters:

The route has been confirmed!

After just one glance, Ji Ruxuan held the note in his palm, twisted it into powder, and then stuffed another note into the paper tube and released the peregrine falcon.

The peregrine falcon flapped its wings and skimmed through the deep night.

In the blink of an eye, it blends in with the night.

"Lord," the people who come are separated from the darkness as one, "the Ministry of Officials, together with the Ministry of Rites, will be promoted to the position of Qian Yu of Honglu Temple, and the position of Right Shaoqing, officially take over the affairs of Jiang Shaoqing, and at the same time be responsible for communication and liaison with Proton. ”

Honglu Temple set up a temple Cheng person, Zuo Honglu Temple affairs, is an envoy, from the five grades, the grade is not high, but in the Honglu Temple has real power.

This time, Honglu Temple dismissed many officials, and matters related to protons had to be taken over by people who were familiar with the affairs of Honglu Temple, which gave Qian Yu the opportunity to take the position, and let Qian Yu be promoted to three levels in a row.

Ji Ruxuan played with the Caixia Frozen Stone in his hand and did not speak.

"Qian Yu, I want to come to Beiyuan to meet the Lord."

"No need," in the dark, Ji Ruxuan's voice was extremely low, "Proton first came to the Southern Dynasty, and his connection with Honglu Temple is very close, but it is conspicuous, let him act according to the rules of Honglu Temple, don't expose it." ”

How to place the protons, Honglu Temple has corresponding regulations, and with the cover of Qian Yu, there is no need to be restrained.

"Yes!"

The night was calm again.

After a while, Ji Ruxuan bent her lips and smiled: "The behavior of the Cheng'en Mansion in vain trying to achieve meritorious service and praise virtue and suppress the Taiwei Mansion by humiliating the proton has annoyed Her Royal Highness the most noble princess of the Southern Dynasty?" ”

Otherwise, how could Her Royal Highness the Honorable Princess notice that he, a proton of the Northern Dynasty who was humbled in the mud?

He stroked the Caixia Frozen Stone in his hand, a little in love.

"Good show," in the dark night, Ji Ruxuan sneered very low in her throat, her eyes seemed to be soaked in the night, and she couldn't see the bottom, "It's over!" ”

……

After the proton diplomatic relations were agreed, the news had already been sent to the Northern Dynasty first, and the officials of the Northern Dynasty had been in the Southern Dynasty for a few days before returning to the DPRK.

Emperor Nanxing ordered Lin Xianzhao, the prince of Chengen, to cooperate with Captain Li of the Tiger Ben Army to lead a hundred Tiger Ben troops to escort the envoys of the Northern Dynasty back to the court.

The group arrived at the Beiyan Pass, outside the pass is the junction of the two countries, and before that is the territory of the Northern Dynasties.

Approaching the exit, Zhang Chengxian, the envoy of the Northern Dynasty, suddenly turned around and looked at the direction of Shangjing in the south.

He thought that the day before leaving for the Southern Dynasty, the officials of the Northern Dynasty should go to the "North Garden" to bid farewell to the eldest son of the emperor to show their respect.

But his colleagues were blinded by the prosperity of the Southern Dynasty, and they were busy going out to have fun, and they didn't want to go, so they even made insulting remarks and insults to the emperor's eldest son.

In the end, he was the only one who went.

The old house can be described as a house with four walls, and the house exudes a faint smell of haze, and there is a kind of gloom that the sun can't penetrate.

The eldest son of the emperor in a dark robe stood in front of the window, his figure seemed to be trapped in the darkness, and only the dappled sunlight that penetrated through the window reflected his deep outline.

"Old minister, Zhang Chengxian, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, meet His Royal Highness the Prince." Zhang Chengxian took off his robe and knelt on the ground, and sincerely performed a courtesy.

The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin dropping.

Half an hour!

The eldest son of the emperor, who was dressed in a dark robe, finally spoke: "Zhang Chengxian, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, a native of Jinzhou, Liaodong County, when he was twelve years old, his father was a merchant in the border city, and was robbed and killed by the Qiang people. ”

Zhang Chengxian raised his head suddenly, and his eyes were shaken.

"When I was seventeen years old, General Yu happened to learn that you were keen and studious, so he looked for local officials and recommended your talents to the imperial court.

"Because of your humble background, you were ostracized in Taixue, it was General Yu who secretly entrusted someone to take care of you, and because you were an official and diligent, you gradually emerged in the court, all the way to the official department of etiquette."

"The Taiwei Mansion asked for the crime of copying the family, and the family was exiled, at that time, you were a small official, and the Yu family entrusted the Yu Shitai to secretly remove the fold of your pleading for the Yu family, and erased all your ties with the Yu family."

"However, you know that for many years, you have been secretly helping the people of the Yu clan who were exiled in the wilderness, and taking care of the waste prince who has lived in the cold palace for a long time, so that he has a clean breeze on his sleeves, his life is embarrassing, his underwear is patched, and he is in his forties and does not even have a wife's room."

When Zhang Chengxian heard this, his eyes were already hot and red, and his hands on his knees were clenched into fists, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

After a long time, a soft sigh sounded in the room.

The young man in the dark clothes was all regretful.

"This time you sent Proton to the Southern Dynasty, you were not on the roster of the imperial court to arrange the appointment, it was you who took the initiative to go to the fold and asked to send the envoy to the Southern Dynasty."

After a pause, he slowly turned around and looked down at Zhang Chengxian, who was still kneeling on the ground.

"Lonely, I have ordered someone to remove your request for life, why don't you give up, and you are above the court meeting, openly asking for orders to send an envoy to the Southern Dynasty."

Zhang Chengxian was already in tears, his face was excited, and he slowly kowtowed: "The grace of the ancestors, the lower officials still dare not forget, but the lower officials are shallow, they have done nothing for many years, and they have never redressed the grievances of the Yu family. ”

Ji Ruxuan was silent for a long time: "There will be a day, but unfortunately you can't see it." ”

Zhang Chengxian was stunned for a moment, reacted suddenly, and desperately suppressed his excitement and trembling mood, as if he realized something, and his face showed regret, relief, and relief.

Half an hour!

His emotions finally calmed down, and he said in a trembling voice: "Minister, Zhang Chengxian, even if he dies, he will not regret it." ”

Ji Ruxuan said in a low voice: "Lonely, with the Yu family, I will remember you." ”

and all the heroic souls who sacrificed their lives for the Yu family.

Zhang Chengxian said goodbye to the emperor's eldest son, he knew that this farewell would be a catastrophe.

It wasn't until his calm and firm back disappeared into the room that Ji Ruxuan muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "Your blood will not be shed in vain." ”