It was almost noon the next day, Qian Qianyi woke up, lying on the soft bed, and the familiar smell let him know that he was back in his house.

Last night's experience was like a dream, and he pinched himself hard with his hand.

Without any strength in his body, Qian Qianyi drank a few sips of the bowl of ginseng soup sent by the maid, and he couldn't drink it anymore.

In front of him was the cold, fierce eyes of the young man in white.

By the way, there are also people who believe in the king, that is, the second senior brother of the young man in white and those people in black, what are they doing in Jinling?

A burst of music came, and the aftermath lingered, which reminded him of Liu Ruyi, and his heart seemed to be much more comfortable.

"My lord! There were people outside who asked to see him, saying that he was a believer in the king. ”

"Whoever believes in the king, please come in quickly."

Qian Qianyi had already gotten up and stood on the ground, but he didn't know where his shoes were.

In the hall, a middle-aged man in black sat on a chair and sipped tea, Qian Qianyi walked in quickly, and the person didn't raise his head.

"Qian Qianyi has seen adults!"

"Tanhualang's dignified waiter, why should I be so humble, I'm just a messenger who delivers letters."

As he spoke, the man in black raised his head slightly and glanced at Qian Qianyi.

"Xia Guan is already a concubine, Jingshi has been an official for many years but he is also tired, I want to go back to Jiangnan to make a cloth clothes, yesterday I have sent a handwritten resignation to Jingshi."

Qian Qianyi arched his hand and said, still standing there, very humble.

"Don't say these official words of prevarication, Tanhualang was an official in the three dynasties, and he had to be rained and dewed by the court, if you are employing people today, it's not that you won't do it if you say it."

The middle-aged man in black was already a little cold, and he raised his head to look at Qian Qianyi, and his eyes were like blades.

Qian Qianyi was shocked in his heart, he didn't dare to look at the eyes of the man in black, lowered his head, arched his trembling hands again, and whispered: "What your lord said is extremely true, everything is according to orders, but according to the orders of His Royal Highness the King."

"After the unitary hour in the evening, you go to the Qinhuai River outside Tongji Gate, where someone will pick you up and get you on the boat."

After the middle-aged man in black finished speaking, he stood up and walked out, Qian Qianyi trotted all the way to the outside of the gate, and was about to say another polite word, but the middle-aged man in black was gone.

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As soon as Youshi arrived, Qian Qianyi got into a small sedan chair, and his entourage ran all the way to the innermost urn city in the inner city of Tongji Gate.

"You guys are waiting for me here, and I'll walk to the river myself."

Qian Qianyi got off the sedan chair, passed through the three urn cities, and walked out of Tongji Gate.

The Qinhuai River outside the Tongji Gate is not as noisy as before, and a long row of soldiers on the riverbank is standing with their backs to the Qinhuai River, which is actually the people of the Admiral's Mansion.

There was a boat moored on the bank of the river, and the side of the boat was full of men in black.

It was still the middle-aged man in black who had come at noon, leading the way in front, and Qian Qianyi followed closely to the boat.

Climbing to the third floor of the ship, Qian Qianyi was already sweating, and his heart was also beating non-stop, nervous and excited, which made his head dizzy.

At the end of the cabin, a young man wearing a crown and a brocade robe sat in a precarious position, the young man's face was expressionless, and his eyes were so deep that people did not dare to look directly.

Next to the young man, there was still a person standing, who was the sturdy man he had seen last night who was called "Second Senior Brother".

Qian Qianyi walked a few steps quickly, knelt on the ground and bowed: "Qian Qianyi knocks to see His Royal Highness King Xin Chitose!"

After a few consecutive sounds of his forehead tapping on the plank, Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, spoke: "Get up, take a seat."

Qian Qianyi held the deck with his hands, quickly stood up, leaned to the side, and the chair was behind him, but he didn't dare to sit down, nor did he dare to look at King Xin.

"We have met several times in Beijing, don't be so restrained, Tanhualang Qian is also a three-year-old product, after three dynasties since the old emperor of Wanli, poetry and books are full of Beijing, and the talent is unparalleled in the south of the Yangtze River, you can't say that you will resign, which is also disrespectful to today's saints."

King Xin is only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he is old and serious, and his words are even sharper and more affectionate.

Qian Qianyi was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down again and said: "His Royal Highness King Xin said this, Qian Qianyi is guilty of bullying the king, and the life and death of my family are all in the hands of King Xin, but with the instructions of His Royal Highness King Xin Chitose."

"Get up, get up, I know that you and Wei Zhongxian have a gap, but everyone is just an official in the same dynasty, reporting the kindness of the Son of Heaven, and educating and appeasing the people, it always depends on the big festival."

Qian Qianyi only responded, believing in the king's means and bearing, he had known it for many years in Beijing, how dare he say more, just blindly listen to what the king said.

"I've said so much, you should experience it with your heart, okay, I also said I'm tired, why don't you sit down, sit down."

King Xin's tone eased slightly at this time, Qian Qianyi slowly raised his head, and when he saw King Xin's eyes, he was still sharp, so he quickly lowered his head again, and retreated to the chair while responding.

"I am also a reader, everything is inferior, but reading is high. When I think of what Lord Wanli taught us, it seems that it was still yesterday, but I can only sigh that the old emperor has been gone for four or five years, the heavenly fairy world, the underground world, and it is very cruel. ”

After King Xin finished speaking, he was a little emotional, and his blank eyes seemed to have passed through thousands of rivers and mountains, and arrived at the Jingshi Tianshou Mountain thousands of miles away, where was the imperial tomb of the Ming Dynasty, and Wanli Ye was naturally buried in that hundreds of years of feng shui treasure.

Qian Qianyi didn't know how to answer the words of the king, and he couldn't figure out the intention of the king to summon him, so he had to lean down and bow his head in response.

"Since you don't want to be an official, let's rest for a while, I see that your health is not very good, you will be raised in Jiangnan, and when you get better, it is not too late to do things for the court and the country."

Qian Qianyi hurriedly got up and thanked him.

"The dispute between the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian, although it is for the country and the people, there will always be a day when the mountains and rivers will grow, and at that time, you will have a bigger faction."

King Xin said, a trace of murder flashed in his eyes, and then he disappeared, and the expression on his face was more full of ambition.

Qian Qianyi was covered in sweat, and hurriedly stood up and responded: "His Royal Highness King Xin's mind, Qian Qianyi has already known six or seven percent, from now on, his subordinates will be in Jiangnan for a long time, but if there is something, I will definitely send someone to report to King Xinwang Chitose."

Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, laughed when he heard this, and after laughing, he said: "The Jiangnan Caoyun Envoy supervises the grain supply of the Jingshi and the border pass, are you familiar with Chen Qingyang, the director?"

"Chen Qingyang and Xia Guan are both from Suzhou Prefecture, and they are also fellow villagers, so they are more familiar, he comes and goes to Jinling, and sometimes he has occasional small gatherings with me when he arrives in Beijing."

Qian Qianyi leaned over and said, and vaguely heard footsteps coming from under the cabin, as if someone had walked up.

"That's good, Chen Qingyang is here."

At this time, the footsteps had already reached the cabin, and through the window, I saw two or three figures standing at the door, and a man in black walked in and bowed down and said: "Reply to His Royal Highness, Chen Qingyang, the envoy of Jiangnan Caoyun, has arrived, and he also has an entourage who came with him, saying that His Highness is old."

"Please come in with them."

Shin Oh frowned and looked at the door of the cabin.

The hatch opened, and Chen Qingyang, the envoy of Jiangnan Caoyun, entered suddenly, followed by a coarse cloth boy.

Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, ignored Chen Qingyang, who walked in first, but his eyes were staring straight at the coarse cloth boy, who didn't dare to raise his head, just looked down, and followed Chen Qingyang step by step.

After a while, King Shin stepped down from his seat and ran straight to the coarse cloth boy.

"Why are you, Chu Liufeng? It's only been two years since I saw you, and you've grown a lot taller. ”

Qian Qianyi was a little surprised, and when he went to see the coarse cloth boy again, he was about to kneel down and kowtow with Chen Qingyang, but he was pulled up by King Xin and walked over holding hands.

Who is this person who has such a friendship with His Royal Highness King Xin?

"Chen Qingyang, you also sit down and drink tea first, and I'll talk to Chu Liufeng first."

Someone had already moved over the chair and placed it next to King Xin, and the coarse cloth boy Chu Liufeng was a little nervous and sat down carefully.

Qian Qianyi greeted Chen Qingyang with his eyes, and went to secretly look at King Naxin and Chu Liufeng.

A prince in brocade, a coarse cloth boy, the same age, the expression is very different, under the domineering spirit of the king of letters, and then look at the thick and simple of the coarse cloth boy Chu Liufeng, there is a special feeling.

"Did you go down to Mingyue Mountain and Master Mao asked you to come to Jinling?"

King Xin grabbed Chu Liufeng's hand and asked.

"Master said that I am not young, and when I grow up, it is time to serve the country, so why don't I go to Jinling to help first, there are many things in the Caoyun Envoy Division, and Master Chen is an old friend, so I just came."

Chu Liufeng was a little restrained.

"Great, just a few days later, I will return to Jingshi, you will go to Jingshi with me to play for a few days."

King Xin changed his rigor just now, and actually laughed with Chu Liufeng.

"I still went to Beijing with the Caoyun fleet, I heard Lord Chen say that there are thieves watching the fleet, and I can help on the ship."

Chu Liufeng's voice was not high, but it was clear and pleasant, which was a little different from his dress.

"Lord Chen, when will the Caoyun fleet depart? I summoned you this time to remind you of the precautions on the road, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have sent people to send spy reports to me, and there are indeed thieves watching our supplies. ”

"Reply to His Royal Highness the King Chitose, and the last few batches of grain and grass to Huizhou Mansion, most of them have been loaded to Jinling, and some are afraid of delays, so they will be transported by land and then loaded, if everything goes well, it is expected to set off on September 20, about a month and a half on the road, so that at the beginning of November to the Beijing Tongzhou wharf, at that time the Northern Grand Canal has not been frozen, leave some, and most of them will be transferred to the northeast border pass."

Chen Qingyang stood up and said.

"Then we have to arrange someone to go to Huizhou to urge it, and don't make any mess when you transport it by land."

King Xin coughed, looked at Chen Qingyang after speaking, and then looked at Qian Qianyi.

"Xia Guan once did an errand in Huizhou Mansion ten years ago, and I am familiar with the personnel over there, or I will dare to help Lord Chen run."

Qian Qianyi knew that King Xin must have a purpose when he looked at him, so he quickly got up and said.

"It's best for Lord Qian to go to Huizhou to supervise the luck, or I'm still thinking about who to let go with Chu Liufeng."

Chen Qingyang's face was overjoyed, and he and Qian Qianyi arched their hands.

"You go, Chu Liufeng, I'm waiting for you in Jingshi."

After speaking, King Xin got up from his seat, took Chu Liufeng's hand, and sent him out of the cabin.

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The night is already deep, and the continuous croaking of frogs and the music from afar come and go, one after another, making people feel that this is the Qinhuai River at night.

Qian Qianyi and Chu Liufeng and Chen Qingyang had just walked to the shore, and the bell suddenly rang on the boat of Xinwanglou behind them.

Half of the soldiers standing on the shore turned around, their blades already in their hands, and some of them drew their bows and crossbows, searching everywhere.

The bell was hurried again, and a figure had already jumped on the third floor of the Xinwanglou ship, the person with red hair was the old man who Qian Qianyi had seen yesterday, and had fought with the young man in white and the "second senior brother".

The "second senior brother" on the boat protected King Xin, slapped his palm at the red-haired old man, and the black-clothed man and the gold-armored warrior also surrounded him.

At this time, Chu Liufeng and Chen Qingyang beside Qian Qianyi were gone.

Another swift figure jumped up to the third floor of the ship, and grabbed Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, who was a little distracted, in mid-air.

The "second senior brother" next to him was fighting viciously with the red-haired old man, and several black-clothed people around King Xin were also swept into the Qinhuai River by the later person, seeing that King Xin was about to be caught, two strong forces came from the left and right, it was Chu Liufeng and Chen Qingyang who arrived on the boat.

The man retreated and grabbed King Xin's palm, and struck Chu Liufeng and Chen Qingyang with both hands.

The strength of the three intersected, and Chu Liufeng and Chen Qingyang were unstable and fell to the deck.

Chu Liufeng and Chen Qingyang both had their faces discolored, and they wanted to attack the incoming person again.

Suddenly, someone had already flown up from the cabin below and met the man behind him.

It was not clear whether it was smoky or rainy and foggy, and the night.

Chu Liufeng only heard someone snort, and the "second senior brother" who was fighting next to him Teng Teng took a few steps back, and the red-haired old man and the later person disappeared all at once.

On the deck, however, there was a short old eunuch, half-hunched by King Shin's side.

"Chu Liufeng, Chen Qingyang. You go and get busy, and urge the grain and grass to Jinling as soon as possible, with the prince and Haisheng by my side, the thief will have no work to do again. ”

The old eunuch Wang Gonggong's eyes were half-closed, and then a sharp voice said: "The heir of the old man of Bliss has appeared in the rivers and lakes again, but it is in the south of the Yangtze River, which is a little strange."

After the prince finished speaking, he coughed again, and Chu Liufeng swept through the gap in his eyes, and his expression was a little strange, but everyone didn't notice it.

Chu Liufeng and Chen Qingyang got off the boat, still thinking about the prince next to King Xin, who was so skilled and one of the few people in the sea, but they didn't know who he was.

Qian Qianyi was born as a literati, and he knows a little about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, where can he understand these.