King of Song

Chapter 512 Porcelain and the Princess

When Lin Zhao returned to Bianjing, it was already the beginning of the twelfth lunar month!
From Daming Mansion all the way to the south, like Han Qi, they all crossed the Yellow River through Chanzhou.Naturally, Lin Zhao also felt a lot of emotion. His grandfather Emperor Zhenzong and the famous minister Kou Zhun once blocked the Liao army here. Although they succeeded, there was always the shame of the Chanyuan Alliance.

It has been more than half a century, but I have not been able to avenge my shame. What a pity!
Now that I have come to Chanzhou and the Song Dynasty, it is my duty to avenge my shame, and I have to do it sooner or later.

The weather is still warm, wintersweet has already bloomed, and this warm winter is even more gorgeous, and even has a bit of spring.As the end of the year approaches, the city of Bianjing is very lively, and the joy of the New Year has begun.

Looking at the people looking forward to the New Year, Lin Zhao couldn't help shaking his head slightly.You might never have looked forward to the New Year if you had known what would happen in a few months!
Don't care about so much, let's talk about the New Year first!

The group of them entered the city from Chenzhou Gate. Generally speaking, most of them entered the city from the north, and this place was a fixed route for envoys from the Liao Kingdom.

When they arrived at the outskirts of Bianjing, Di Qing and Jiang Leiting left, and Lin Shilang received too much attention.Di Qing's identity is too sensitive, so she must keep a low profile to reduce unnecessary troubles.

When passing by Chenzhou Gate, Lin Zhao saw the officers and soldiers guarding the gate, and suddenly his heart moved, and he called Li Cheng and said, "Check out Zheng Xia who came to the gate of Jian'an for me, and see how he is now?"

"Yes!" Li Cheng didn't know why the young master suddenly became interested in a door official, but since the young master can give orders, it must be useful, so he should do his best.

Lin Zhao didn't inform anyone when he came back, and because Di Qing and others accompanied him along the way, and they didn't stay at the official inn, no one knew the specific itinerary.This can avoid ushering and sending, and less trouble.Although Lin Zhao hopes to make more contacts, he also hopes to keep a low profile, at least on the surface.

Because of this, many privileges are missing!
Just as the new year is approaching, there are suddenly more thieves and robbers in Bianjing City, so the guards in the city are strengthened, and the checks at the gates of the city are strengthened.

If Lin Zhao reveals his identity as Marquis of Weiyuan, then naturally he can take priority, but Lin Shilang doesn't want to make publicity, so let's keep a low profile when we go to the city!So he suppressed his longing for his wife and daughter and became a commoner in line.

Ever since, Lin Houye's car also lined up far behind, and after two quarters of an hour, it moved to the gate of the city little by little, waiting for the guards to check.

Originally, everything was going well, but at this moment, there was a commotion in the city, and two carriages came galloping, as if they were in a hurry to get out of the city.It's just that the gate of the city was already chaotic, and it became even more chaotic and blocked.

"Get out of the way, let everyone back, let the carriage go out of the city first!" Immediately, a soldier defending the city shouted loudly, ordering many people entering the city to back off and make way for the carriage.

"Mr. Jun, can you wait a moment, we are transporting porcelain in the car, and it's blocked here, so it's not easy to return..."

It turned out that due to the slow speed of the interrogation at the gate of the city, the jammed vehicles and pedestrians were very dense, and the distances between them were very close, so it was difficult to retreat one by one.In particular, two of the cars are loaded with porcelain, and moving them backwards forcibly may cause the porcelain to shatter.

"No, get out of the way quickly, it will be broken if it breaks!" The guarding soldiers didn't care at all and kept pushing and shoving.

"Master Jun is in trouble!" The merchant transporting porcelain was very anxious, looking at the carriage inside, he shouted: "Can you wait a moment, sir, step aside, and let the porcelain cart I'm waiting for pass first!"

"Get out of the way quickly, don't get in the way!" There was a woman's voice in the carriage, with a very strong tone.

"excuse me……"

"Where did the lunatic come from, you actually blocked the way, didn't you feel sorry for your porcelain, you smashed it!" The woman in the carriage was extremely arrogant, and she wanted to smash it with her hands when she said something that didn't suit her.

"This girl is so unreasonable, she just asked you to give way, and she actually wanted to smash our porcelain... It was shipped from Juntai in Yuzhou after a lot of hard work..." The vendor suddenly became a little angry.

"Yuzhou Juntai?" Lin Zhao muttered to himself after hearing this, why is this place so familiar?
"Bastard, how dare you be rude to the princess!" Hearing the unreasonable words, the servants and guarding soldiers in front of the carriage shouted loudly, and the horsewhip in the driver's hand was already slapped on the merchant's face.

"Princess?"

"Asshole, didn't you see that this is the car of the eldest princess of Shu?"

"Ah!" The merchants and the people at the gate of the city were startled, the eldest princess and the others couldn't afford it.

After hearing this, Lin Zhao knew that this was Zhao Baoan, the younger sister of the official Zhao Xu, the daughter of Empress Dowager Gao Taotao, and the former Princess of Shu.Later, she was renamed the eldest princess of the Kingdom of Shu, and married Wang Mian, the general of the left guard.

It turned out to be this one, no wonder he was so imposing!
"Get out of here quickly, don't get in the way of this princess!"

"Your Highness, the eldest princess, forgive me, grassroots... I should... please forgive me, your highness, the car really cannot go back, otherwise the porcelain will be broken, please forgive me..." The vendors were very contradictory, because the eldest princess was something they could not offend .But under such circumstances, I was reluctant to part with a cart of exquisite porcelain, so I took the risk to request it.

"Dare to stand in the way of this princess for the sake of a few pieces of broken porcelain? You really have taken the courage of a leopard!" Zhao Baoan in the car was very domineering, and said angrily: "The car can't move, can it? You smashed the porcelain for me? Let's see if he lets it go..."

"His Royal Highness, forgive me, these porcelains are the painstaking efforts of craftsmen for several months, no..."

How could the slaves in the princess' mansion care about the pleadings of a trader, and immediately stepped forward to smash it, and the guards, in order to curry favor with the princess, even stepped forward to smash it together.

The sound of porcelain shattering suddenly sounded at the gate of the city, and the merchants screamed and mourned, and almost fainted immediately.Those exquisite porcelains are their painstaking efforts, as if they were their own children, how can they bear to be destroyed like this?The people present couldn't bear it too, but who would provoke the eldest princess?So no one dares to meddle in their own business.

Lin Zhao frowned, why is this Zhao Baoan so domineering?Gao Taotao dotes on his daughter too much, right?But it's better to ignore such trivial matters, but when he looked down, he saw the broken porcelain on the ground, purple red flower glaze, sky blue, sky blue, moon white glaze, Yuzhou Juntai...

Thanks to many treasure-appreciating programs in later generations, when these keywords were connected in series, a flash of light flashed in his mind, and Lin Zhao subconsciously shouted: "Stop!"

He has to take care of this matter, not for anything else, just for the broken or unbroken porcelain, these should be Jun porcelain!When talking about Song Dynasty porcelain in later generations, there is a saying that "Ru Guan Ge Jun Ding", Jun porcelain is the best among them, and it is extremely exquisite.Since the Song Dynasty, it has enjoyed the reputation of "gold is priceless and jun porcelain is priceless", and even has the reputation of "even if you have a family property, it is not as good as a piece of jun porcelain".

In later generations, Jun porcelain is even rarer in the world, and it can be said to be a priceless treasure.At this moment, Lin Zhao saw someone destroying many Jun kiln porcelains in front of him, so he had a subconscious reaction.

Not to mention, Lin Shilang's roar was really effective, the gate of the city was suddenly silent, both the slaves and the guarding soldiers stopped.

"Who is making noise? Are you impatient?" The city guard wanted to flatter the princess, but when he realized it, he raised his saber and shouted loudly.

It's just that before the words landed, a figure flashed in front of him suddenly, and he was already knocked down to the ground. A warrior in full costume stood proudly, extremely stern, with a gleaming sharp knife aimed at his chest.

No matter what the young master's purpose is, anyway, he has already intervened, so Li Cheng also did it unceremoniously. Disrespecting the young master is simply courting death.

A gentleman in Chinese clothes came slowly from behind, and said coldly: "As a soldier of the Great Song Dynasty, I gave you a knife to deal with murderers and enemy soldiers, not for you to smash porcelain and scare people!"

"who are you?"

"Who am I?" Lin Zhao said coldly, "You have no right to know!"

"Who is presumptuous?" In the carriage, Princess Zhao Bao'an of the Kingdom of Shu was a little angry. Someone blocked her, and she was so arrogant. She poked her head out and snorted coldly, "Does this princess have the right to know?"

"Meet Your Highness the Eldest Princess!" Lin Zhao had no choice but to salute this niece due to the different identities of the ruler and minister.

"Lin Zhao?!" After seeing Lin Zhao's face clearly, Zhao Baoan suddenly sneered, "I don't know who is meddling in other people's business and still has such an aura, so it's Marquis Weiyuan!"

Marquis of Weiyuan?
The people present were shocked again, no wonder they dared to meddle in their own business, it turned out to be a Marquis!It's just how can Lord Hou be older than the princess?However, there are also those who are well-informed and have a lot of experience, and they immediately asked in surprise: "Is it Lin Shilang who controls the river and the Yellow River?"

The reputation of Lin Shilang is now resounding on both sides of the Yellow River, and people in Bianjing have heard of it for a long time.Harnessing the Yellow River is a century-old feat, and the people along the river have benefited, so they are very grateful.Seeing people at this moment is even more awe-inspiring!
A well-known Marquis and an arrogant and domineering princess are confronting each other at this moment, and the people present are immediately biased in their hearts.

Lin Zhao turned around and looked at the two carts of porcelain, which were already shattered. Thanks to his timely shouting, the cart behind was saved.Well, for this piece of porcelain, I have to meddle in my own business and cause some trouble.

Either way!

"Is this porcelain from Juntai in Yuzhou? Did you make it?"

Lin Zhao picked up a porcelain vase, smooth glaze, bright colors, slight ice cracks, it looked so perfect.In future generations, if I have such a piece of porcelain, I will be a rich man no matter what...

"Yes, Yuzhou Juntai!" The porcelain merchant looked at Lin Zhao tremblingly. This Lord Hou temporarily saved the remaining porcelain, so he was very grateful.I just offended a powerful princess, and I don't know how it will end today?
"Lin Zhao, you are too arrogant to ignore the existence of this princess?" Lin Zhao was admiring the exquisite Jun porcelain, while Zhao Baoan, the eldest princess of the Kingdom of Shu, was furious.

(End of this chapter)