Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 612
Two days later, Hong Zhenji, Prince Shu of Qiancheng Kingdom, came to Yuhai City to welcome Princess Yuyao.

Hong Zhenji led an army of [-] guards of honor. These [-] guards of honor were not ordinary soldiers. They usually did not practice or fight. Tall and straight, he is a professional guard of honor carefully selected by Qiancheng Junior High School.

Each person holds a spear in his right hand and a sword in his left hand. They stand in three rows and stand motionless for two full hours.

Hong Zhenji called General Jinwu, Lei Xiaozhong, and said: "Wait for the Xuanguo ship to arrive later, and the sergeants are not allowed to call signs without orders from the widow."

Lei Xiaozhong was stunned: "My lord, you said earlier that when the Xuan boat docks, you will call."

This was Lei Xiaozhong's preparation in advance. After Liang Yuyao disembarked, the guard of honor shouted in unison: "Thousand Cheng Daxuan, Yongxiu alliance is good!"

The guard of honor is professional, and the shouts are loud and tidy, which is the time to show the momentum of Qiancheng.

But Hong Zhenji shook his head and said: "A delicate and weak daughter, how can you listen to the chants of dragons and tigers? The princess of Xuanguo was frightened to death by the foreign camp, and now she got off the boat and finally escaped from the tiger's mouth. The sergeants shouted in unison, wouldn't they scare her to death?

At any rate, this is an envoy of the Xuan Kingdom. I was really frightened. It is not easy for the widow to explain to the gods. You can order people to investigate in the city. There must be nothing wrong with the banquet. This princess has suffered all the way. Let her be full first. Let her cry for a while, don't wait until she is on the road with tears all over her face, it will make people see a joke! "

Lei Xiaozhong responded, "Decree!"

Hong Zhenji frowned and said: "When you meet that Princess Xuanguo, please keep your voice down. If you really scare me to death, I will not spare you!"

Lei Xiaozhong hurriedly lowered his voice and said: "Yes." He asked someone to go to the city to check the banquet.

Another half an hour later, three warships appeared on the sea.

On the warship, the banners of the Daxuan were waving.

Hong Zhenji was taken aback, and called Lei Xiaozhong and said, "Didn't it be agreed that Xuanguo will only come with one ship?"

Lei Xiaozhong frowned: "I'm afraid it's the foreigner camp making trouble again, bringing all three ships from Xuanguo, trying to blackmail some money."

Hong Zhenji waved his hand and said: "Go and get 300 taels of silver, and send them away first! On such occasions, we must not lose our aura."

Lei Xiaozhong hurried to find Yinzi, today was a favorable wind, and the three boats, with full sails, arrived at the shore not long after.

When the sampan was set up on the boat, Lei Xiaozhong hadn't come back yet.

Hong Zhenji frowned, turned back and said to the attendant: "Go and see where Lei Xiaozhong is? It took so much effort to get some money, and tell him that if the Tunu people make trouble later, I will punish you severely... ..."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Shan led a hundred Wuwei troops and got off the warship first.

Armored with long spears, clanging and powerful at every step, glaring with cold light, and full of murderous aura.

The Wuwei Army, which has experienced hundreds of battles, does not need to call signs, and marches in line, but it can overwhelm people.

"What, what is this going to do?" Hong Zhenji couldn't help taking a few steps back, bumping into a guard of honor.

The guard of honor went limp and fell to the ground.

But asked him why he fell down?After standing for two hours, he couldn't move a muscle, why did he fall down when he bumped into it?

This is the guard of honor, never fought a war.

Seeing the murderous real sergeant, the guard of honor was so frightened that his legs went limp.

Yu Shan stood at the head of the team and shot the ground with his spear.

The sergeants shot the ground with their spears one after another, telling the people on board that they could disembark.

This muffled sound, like thunder, made Hong Zhenji tremble again.

Liang Yuyao walked off the sampan from the flagship, with the envoy in green on the left and the envoy in red on the right.

Two rows of female officials followed behind, Liang Yuyao came to Hong Zhenji with a stern expression, and asked, "Which one is King Shu?"

Hearing the words, Hong Zhenji stood up straight and saluted: "I am the king of Qianchengshu, Hong Zhenji!"

Liang Yuyao clasped her fists and said, "I am the envoy of the Great Propaganda, the Internal History Order Liang Yuyao!"

This is very different from Hong Zhenji's expected meeting process.

The Liang Yuyao he imagined should be disheveled and ragged, crying and shouting when she got off the boat, and the sergeant's voice was a little louder, which would scare her to death.

Under such circumstances, Liang Yuyao must be full of gratitude to eat and drink, and treat each other with hospitality, and obey Hong Zhenji's words.

Teach her the ancient etiquette first, and then teach her the overall situation, let her know the superiority and inferiority, know the awe, know the gains and losses, know how to advance and retreat, and let Xuan Guo have a good experience of Qiancheng's demeanor.

Now Liang Yuyao was standing in front of him with a majestic face, the scene was far from what he had imagined, and Hong Zhenji couldn't even speak.

How did Hong Zuchang do this?

Why did he send fake news?

Where did he go?
Not knowing what to say anyway, Hong Zhenji asked carefully:
"Where is Hong Zuchang, Doctor Guanglu?"

Liang Yuyao said calmly: "I'm going to talk about this matter with King Shu. When I came, I met a group of Tunu habitual robbers on the sea, asking us for gold and silver, armaments and food and drink.
Hong Zuchang, the doctor of Guanglu, persuaded him well, but the bandits were so tyrannical, not only refused to listen to the dissuasion, but even killed Doctor Hong and his party.
We have spent quite a lot of time with Doctor Hong, and we respect him very much. Seeing this bandit is cruel and domineering, I couldn't help but feel angry, and wiped out all of them to avenge Doctor Hong. "

Hong Zhenji's body swayed, and he couldn't stand still.

Hong Zuchang was killed?
Outer battalion, seven Tunu warships were wiped out?
Hong Zhenji looked at Liang Yuyao and the Wuwei Army behind her, feeling chills in his heart.

In a panic, Lei Xiaozhong ran over and whispered in a low voice: "I got the money."

If it weren't for his disobedient hands and feet, Hong Zhenji really wanted to slap Lei Xiaozhong in the face, what money is he talking about now!
In embarrassment, Hong Zhenji hurriedly said: "Your Highness has been exhausted all the way, and I prepare some thin wine. Please talk to your Highness in the city."

"No need," Liang Yuyao shook her head and said, "I had dinner on the boat, let's hurry on our way."

"This is inappropriate. I should show some kindness as a landlord, and I would like to ask Your Highness to tell you about it in the city."

Seeing his modest attitude, Liang Yuyao didn't refuse any more, and went into the city together with Hong Zhenji.

Along the way, the red carpet was laid on the ground, and the villagers on both sides held flower baskets and cheered.

The people of Qiancheng are very enthusiastic!

Looking at the smiling faces of the villagers, they shouted loudly: "Qiancheng Daxuan, Yongxiu League is good!"

Liang Yuyao felt strange and asked, "Who are these people?"

Hong Zhenji arranged this scene to let Liang Yuyao feel the grace of the state, and when Liang Yuyao asked, he quickly explained: "These are the villagers of Yuhai City. They heard that the envoys of the Allies came here, and they came along the road to greet each other. "

Come here spontaneously?Greet the envoys of allies?
Do they know Daxuan?
If this is in Wang'an Jing, if you pick out ten people at random, I'm afraid nine of them don't know about Qiancheng Kingdom.

It seems that the people of Qiancheng Kingdom have a lot of knowledge and knowledge.

Liang Yuyao felt more and more surprised. Looking at her puzzled expression, Hong Zhenji thought she was quite shocked, and laughed and said:

"I have thousands of people who have studied ancient etiquette since childhood. From the very old to the young, no one knows the etiquette of hospitality."

After showing off a few words, seeing that Liang Yuyao had no special reaction, Hong Zhenji laughed dryly and asked, "I don't know where the fate is?"

Hong Zhenji had read Hong Zuchang's secret report before, and knew that Yunhou Xu Zhiqiong was a difficult person, and he repeatedly urged Xu Zhiqiong to stay at sea, but the foreign camp had been wiped out, so Xu Zhiqiong must have come with Liang Yuyao up.

Liang Yuyao turned around and told Pang Jiafen: "Bring Yunhou here."

Pang Jiafen agreed and came to the end of the line.

Xu Zhiqiong walked silently at the end of the line.

He was not surprised when he saw the common people lining the road to greet him.

He has seen Hong Zuchang's criminal karma, and knows that this is a common operation of Qiancheng Kingdom.

Hearing Liang Yuyao's call, Xu Zhiqiong walked quickly to the front. On the way, he suddenly saw a child fall down on the side of the road.

This is a girl about ten years old, presumably she was so happy that she accidentally fell while jumping.

Yu Chilan hurried forward to help the child up, seeing the child's face, Yu Chilan found that she was not happy.

The child had no blood on his face, his eyes were dull, and he was holding a flower basket, his hands trembling.

When she was studying art in the academy, Yu Chilan also suffered and was punished, so she is no stranger to this kind of situation.

The child was so hungry that she couldn't stand up anymore. She was about to faint from hunger.

Yu Chilan took out a few cakes from her bosom and stuffed them into the girl's hand: "Take it and eat it."

The girl panicked and shook her head repeatedly, trying to return the pastry.

Yu Chilan stuffed the pastry into the girl's clothes: "My sister gave it to you, just eat it!"

After speaking, Yu Chilan got up and left.

The girl wanted to return the pastry, but her feet were weak and she couldn't catch up with Captain Chi Lan.

She quietly retreated into the crowd, holding a flower basket, and continued to shout.

She was so hungry that she couldn't bear it anymore.

While no one was paying attention, she took out a piece of pastry, stuffed it into her mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed it.

She thought no one saw it, but not far away, a tall man dressed in brocade picked up a pen and wrote down her name on a piece of paper.

broken!

When Xu Zhiqiong saw this scene, his heart tightened, and he took out a picture from his fingertips.

The painting flew into the girl's skirt without a sound, and no one around noticed it.

Xu Zhiqiong walked up to Hong Zhenji, and the two exchanged some pleasantries, Xu Zhiqiong asked directly: "What are those men in brocade by the road doing?"

Hong Zhenji said: "They are Qiancheng's Jinxiu writers, and they specialize in recording my Qiancheng's Jinxiu poems. Today, your country is visiting. Such a big event, they are indispensable."

Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "How many grades are Jinxiu pen officials?"

Hong Zhenji looked at those men and said, "There is one eight-rank pen official, and the remaining three are nine-rank officials."

The person who wrote down the girl's name just now was the official of Jiupin.

Hong Zhenji led everyone into Yuhai City together, and there was a big banquet in the city.

The cooks were too busy, they only said to prepare a banquet, and they found Liang Yuyao, who knew that more than 100 people suddenly came.

I have to admire the efficiency of these cooks. In less than half an hour, they prepared twenty tables of banquets. Hong Zhenji took the lead in toasting to welcome Liang Yuyao and his party.

Animals roaming in the mountains, swallows in the clouds, cattle and sheep on the land, seafood under the sea, even in the Daxuan Palace, such a banquet can be called a luxury.

Liang Yuyao had indeed had a meal, and she had no appetite, so she barely ate a few mouthfuls.

Xu Zhiqiong ate and drank for a while, then got up and changed his clothes.

To change clothes is to go to the toilet.

Hong Zhenji quickly ordered his attendants to take Xu Zhiqiong to the toilet.

After entering the latrine, Xu Zhiqiong opened his eyes again. This is not the dry toilet that Daxuan often sees. This is a room with exquisite furnishings. In the middle of the room, there is a chair made of high-quality wood. There is a hole in the middle of the chair. Below the hole is a porcelain jar, the bottom of which is covered with a thick layer of incense ash. Sitting on this chair to relieve oneself, things fall on the incense ash and there is no smell.

Next to the chair, there are two maidservants serving.

Xu Zhiqiong was very curious, what could they serve?
"Two, please wait outside the door."

The maid did not dare to leave, Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "You are here, I can't solve it."

The servants glanced at each other, but still didn't dare to leave.

Xu Zhiqiong lowered his face and said, "Don't you guys understand the rules?"

The servant girl left in a hurry and waited at the door. Xu Zhiqiong touched the Zhonglang seal and went to the Zhonglang courtyard.

Xia Hu, Yang Wu, and Chang Decai were all waiting in Zhonglang's courtyard. Seeing Xu Zhiqiong approaching, Xia Hu went up to meet him and said, "Is this the way to go?"

Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "You first go to the city of Yuhai in Yelang Kingdom and look for a girl who is about ten years old. That child's life is in danger."

Xia Hu frowned and said, "You only said you were about ten years old, but where can I find it?"

Xu Zhiqiong said to Yang Wu: "The child has a painting on his body, you can definitely find it, and let's see what the origin of this splendid pen official is."

(End of this chapter)