marquis of jingan

Chapter 891 Big Baby

The next day, Shen Yi and Zhang Jian sent Li Mu out of Huai'an City, and all the way to the ferry in Xiangshui County.

This ferry was left after the easing of relations between the two countries 20 years ago. At that time, there were still merchant ships trading with each other. However, with the seven-year war in Hongde, the ferry was destroyed.

What remains now can only be said to be ruins.

When Shen Yi and Zhang Jian sent Li Mu to this ferry, there were already several large ships from the Qi people waiting at the ferry. On the deck of the large ship, a middle-aged man stood quietly with his hands behind his back.

When Shen Yi walked to the shore, he could already see the middle-aged man's face clearly.

Before Shen Yi could open his mouth, the middle-aged man looked at Li Mu from a distance, cupped his hands and said, "If you dare to ask, it's Nan Chen Li Shizi."

Li Mu stepped forward slightly, nodded lightly: "Jiankang Li Mu."

In front of the people of his own country, Li Mu may still use this humble title to call himself, but the relationship between the two countries is very stiff. In front of the people of Qi, being so modest will only make the people of Qi laugh.

The middle-aged man clasped his hands and said: "Zhou Shizhong, the Southern Army, was ordered to welcome Li Shizi across the Huaihe River."

Hearing the words today, he turned his head to look at Shen Yi at the side, and said with a smile: "So this is the great general of Yanhuai in the Northern Qi Dynasty, has Ziheng seen him?"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "I've only fought, but I've never seen it before."

Zhou Shizhong on the deck heard the conversation between the two clearly, he was not angry, he looked at Shen Yi again, and said, "This should be Shen Yi and Shen Ziheng?"

General Zhou lightly clasped his fists together: "It's been a long time since I've had a good relationship with you."

Master Shen looked calm, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and said with a smile: "General Zhou is good at learning Chinese, and he can even use it for a long time."

Zhou Shizhong's expression suddenly became a little unnatural.

He was originally a Han Chinese, and Shen Yi's words were secretly scolding him, and the scolding was quite sinister.

He snorted: "Shen Ziheng, the Japanese general is not here to greet you today, but you don't have to worry, there will always be a day when you will be taken to Yandu for questioning."

Master Shen folded his hands in his sleeves, and said with a smile: "That's kind, Mr. Shen has always wanted to go to the north to see what the capital looks like now."

Zhou Shizhong was expressionless: "If Shen Shilang wants to see it, you might as well jump on the boat, I will take you to see it right now."

The smile on Shen Yi's face faded.

He was wearing a scholar's uniform at the moment, with a wide robe and big sleeves, and he put his hands together in front of him like an old farmer. He took two steps forward, then slowly raised his head to look at Zhou Shizhong, and said, "General Zhou, what are you doing right now?" This is on the south bank of the Huaihe River, how dare you talk to me like that?"

Zhou Shizhong's eyelids twitched, but he could not lose his momentum, and said coldly: "This is an order from the emperor of your country for peace talks. Why, do you want to resist the will of the Southern Dynasty?"

"If the will is not will, Shen has not received it."

Master Shen said with a cold face: "Shen only knows that you, Zhou Shizhong, brought people to the south bank to provoke my Grand Master Chen, and Shen immediately sent people on your boat to kill all of you."

"Then there is no need to talk about this peace talk."

Zhou Shizhong was also startled by Shen Yi's words.

Not that he was timid.

It's because he has been in contact with Shen Yi for almost a year now.

If you want to truly understand a person's character, you may not be able to see it when you get along with each other in daily life, but if you are opponents on the battlefield, and the two fight against each other a few times, you will be able to touch each other's character.

Zhou Shizhong knew better than anyone that Shen Yi could do such a thing.

He let out a muffled snort, clasped his fists at Li Mu behind Shen Yi, and said, "Li Shizi, your officials in the Southern Dynasty are too unruly. You, the prince's son, dare to be so presumptuous before you speak! If you are in Daqi, Ten heads also fell to the ground!"

Naturally, Li Mu would not fall for this kind of clumsy provocation. He took two steps forward and smiled lightly: "General Zhou, don't be angry, Shen Shilang is just worried that I will be in danger if I go to Yan, so stop me."

"Moreover…"

Li Mu said with a smile: "Nowadays, anyone who comes to Huai'an has to be dispatched by his imperial envoy, and I am no exception. How can it be considered that there are no rules?"

He looked at Zhou Shizhong with a smile on his face: "By the way, General Zhou, you said that I will be okay when I arrive in Yandu?"

Zhou Shizhong was silent for a long time, then shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is an envoy, if the two countries do not send troops to fight, let alone peace talks, Yandu will definitely treat you with courtesy."

"That's good."

Li Mu turned his head and said with a smile: "Okay, Ziheng, send someone thousands of miles away, and you have to say goodbye at the end, so you can go back to Huai'an."

Shen Yi thought for a while, shook his head slightly, stepped forward, looked directly at Zhou Shizhong, and said in a low voice, "Zhou Shizhong, take your boat back to the north bank!"

"Later, my Da Chen's warship will escort the prince across the river!"

He said loudly: "I will give you a stick of incense time!"

Zhou Shizhong frowned, but he still couldn't take Shen Yi's threat seriously, so he glanced at Shen Yi coldly, and said angrily: "Young people, don't be too arrogant!"

These words made Master Shen amused.

However, he didn't answer the stalk, but looked at Zhou Shizhong indifferently: "General Zhou, I have already found out where your Zhou family's ancestor's grave is."

"You take care of yourself."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Xue Wei who was accompanying him, and said in a deep voice, "Go adjust the big boat and send the son across the river."

Xue Wei immediately cupped his fists and said, "Yes!"

This guy learned to be smart, because there were outsiders, he didn't say the word Shen Gong.

Soon, Zhou Shizhong's boat was forced to leave the north bank by Xue Wei and others' boats. General Zhou returned to the cabin full of anger.

In the cabin, a young man was drinking tea with his head bowed. Seeing Zhou Shizhong coming in angrily, he reached out and poured a cup of tea for Zhou Shizhong, and said with a smile: "General, calm down, that man was born as a Jinshi in the Southern Dynasty. Li, it's not surprising that you can't beat him."

"Your Highness."

Zhou Shizhong sat on the chair, took a sip of tea, and still couldn't calm down: "That guy is so annoying, if one day it falls into my hands, I will have to concoct him!"

"Okay, okay, general calm down."

Wei Wang Zhao Kai said with a smile: "This battle has been fought for more than a year. Although it was not very good, it finally forced the people of the Southern Dynasty to send a prince to Yandu to ask for peace. .”

Zhao Kai put down his teacup and said, "This time, I will go back to Yandu together with this son of the Southern Dynasty, and bring a son who seeks peace back to see my father. It is reasonable to go back to the court."

"Even if I have failed this trip, I have failed."

At this moment, in the eyes of Zhou Shizhong and Zhao Kai, Nan Chen sent his son to seek peace, and this war that lasted for more than a year was considered to be over.

At least for a short time, there will be no more fights.

Although Yandu first sent envoys to Jiankang, Yandu did not publicize it too much. Now that the Southern Dynasty sent a prince to Yandu, the court has an explanation.

Although His Royal Highness King Wei's errand was not going well, but with such a son of the Southern Dynasty as the finishing touch, he was barely able to return to Yandu to pay the order.

Of course, it was impossible for His Royal Highness King Wei to imagine what kind of "big baby" he brought back to Yandu to pay the order.

………………

Soon after Zhou Shizhong's ship left the south bank, Xue Wei's warship was ready and stopped at the port. Shen Yi sent today to the deck, and the two said goodbye: "After the son arrives in Yandu, be careful. , or feel unsafe to come back, remember..."

"Be sure not to leave Yandu half a step!"

Li Mu bowed his hand to return the salute, and said with a smile: "Okay, if there is such a time, I will wait for Ziheng to rescue me."

After the two said goodbye, the warship slowly left the south bank and headed for the north bank.

When the boat was far away, Zhang Jian still had lingering fears: "Zi Heng, were you scaring those Qi people just now or were you telling the truth? Why do I feel that you really want to kill that Zhou Shizhong..."

Master Shen glanced at the south side and clenched his fists.

"It's not that the court is holding back, I've already raised my sword and dropped it!"

(End of this chapter)