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 over after the relations between the two countries eased twenty years ago. At that time, there were still merchant ships trading with each other. However, with the Seven Years of War between Hong and De, the ferry was destroyed.
What is left now can only be said to be ruins.
When Shen Yi and Zhang Jian sent Li Mu to the ferry, there were already several large boats with people waiting at the ferry. On the deck of the big boat, 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 speak, the middle-aged man looked at Li Mu from a distance, cupped his hands and said, "I dare to ask, but it's Prince Li of Nanchen."
Li Mu took a step forward slightly and nodded lightly: "Jiankang Li Mu."
In front of his own people, Li Mu might still use the humble title of "I, I" to call himself, but the relationship between the two countries is very tense. In front of the people of Qi, if he is so humble anymore, he will only make the people of Qi laugh.
The middle-aged man raised his hands and said: "Zhou Shizhong, the conquering army of the South, was ordered to welcome Prince Li across the Huaihe River."
Hearing this today, he turned to look at Shen Yi beside him, and said with a smile: "So this is the general from the Yanhuai River in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Has Ziheng seen him?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "I've only beaten him, never seen him."
Zhou Shizhong on the deck heard the conversation between the two clearly. He was not angry. He looked at Shen Yi and said, "This should be Shen Yi and Shen Ziheng?"
General Zhou clasped his fists lightly: "We have been friends for a long time."
Mr. Shen looked calm, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and said with a smile: "General Zhou is quite good at learning Chinese. He even knows how to use it after having been friends with him for a long time."
Zhou Shizhong suddenly looked a little unnatural.
He is a Han Chinese, and Shen Yi's words were a secret scolding of him, and the scolding was quite sinister.
He snorted: "Shen Ziheng, the Japanese general is here today, not to greet you, but you don't have to worry, there will be a day when you will be taken to Yandu to face charges."
Mr. Shen put his hands in his sleeves and said with a smile: "That's good. Shen has always wanted to go north to see what the old capital looks like now."
Zhou Shizhong said expressionlessly: "If Mr. Shen wants to see it, you might as well jump on the boat. I will take you to see it now."
The smile on Shen Yi's face faded.
He was now wearing a scholar's uniform, a wide robe and long sleeves. He had his hands clasped 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, now you This is on the south bank of the Huaihe River, how dare you talk to me like this?"
Zhou Shizhong's eyelids twitched, but he could not let go of his momentum. He said coldly: "This is an order for peace talks from your emperor. What, you want to resist the will of the Southern Dynasty?"
"If it is not the will, Shen has not received it."
Mr. Shen said with a cold face: "Shen only knows that you, Zhou Shizhong, brought people to the south bank to provoke our Grand Master Chen. Shen will immediately send people on your boat to kill all of you."
"Then there is no need to talk about this peace negotiation."
Zhou Shizhong was also frightened by Shen Yi's words.
It's not that he is 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 through daily interactions, but if they are opponents on the battlefield and two people fight several times, you can get a good idea of each other's character.
Zhou Shizhong knew better than anyone else that Shen Yi could do such a thing.
He snorted, clasped his fists at Li Mu behind Shen Yi and said: "Prince Li, your officials in the Southern Dynasty are too unruly. You, the prince, have not spoken yet, and he dares to be so presumptuous! If in our Daqi, Ten heads also fell to the ground!"
Naturally, Li Mu would not fall for such a clumsy provocation. He took two steps forward and smiled faintly: "General Zhou, don't be angry. Minister Shen is just worried that I will be in danger when I go to Yanzhou, so he stopped me."
"Moreover…"
Li Mu said with a smile: "Nowadays, anyone who comes to Huai'an has to obey the orders of his imperial envoy, and I am no exception. How can I be said to have no rules?"
He looked at Zhou Shizhong with a smile on his face: "By the way, General Zhou, do you think anything will happen to me when I arrive in Yandu?"
Zhou Shizhong was silent for a while, then shook his head and said: "The prince is an envoy. If the two countries are at war, the envoy will not be killed, let alone the peace talks. The capital of Yan will definitely treat the prince politely."
"That's good."
Li Mu turned around and said with a smile: "Well, Zi Heng, I'll send you off thousands of miles away. We have to say goodbye eventually, so you can go back to Huai'an."
Shen Yi thought for a while, shook his head slightly, took a step forward, looked directly at Zhou Shizhong, and shouted: "Zhou Shizhong, take your boat back to the north bank!"
"Later, my warship, Da Chen, will escort the crown prince across the river!"
He loudly said: "I'll give you a stick of incense time!"
Zhou Shizhong frowned, but he still couldn't help but take Shen Yi's threat seriously, so he glanced at Shen Yi coldly and said angrily: "Young man, don't be too arrogant!"
This sentence made Master Shen laugh.
However, he did not pick up the joke, but looked at Zhou Shizhong calmly: "General Zhou, I have already found out the location of your Zhou family's ancestral grave."
"Be careful."
After saying that, he looked at Xue Wei who was accompanying him, and said in a deep voice: "Go and adjust the big boat to send the prince across the river."
Xue Wei immediately clasped his fists and said, "Yes!"
This guy was smart. Because there were outsiders around, he didn't say the word "Mr. Shen".
Soon, Zhou Shizhong's ship was forced away from the north bank by the ships of Xue Wei and others. General Zhou returned to the cabin with anger on his face.
In the cabin, a young man was drinking tea with his head down. When he saw Zhou Shizhong walking 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 a Jinshi in the Southern Dynasties and has a sharp mouth. Li, it’s not surprising that you can’t quarrel with him.”
"Your Highness."
Zhou Shizhong sat on the chair and took a sip of tea. He was still depressed: "That guy is really annoying. If he falls into my hands one day, I will have to manipulate him!"
"Okay, okay, General, calm down."
Wei Wang Zhao Kai said with a smile: "This war has been going on for more than a year. Although the fight was not very good, it finally forced the Southern Dynasties to send a prince as an envoy to the Yan capital to sue for peace. Our face is still good.
."
Zhao Kai put down his teacup and said, "This time, I will go back to Yandu with the Crown Prince of the Southern Dynasty, and bring the Crown Prince who is asking for peace back to see my father. It will make sense if I return to the court."
"Even if my trip is fruitless, it will be a success."
At this moment, in the eyes of Zhou Shizhong and Zhao Kai, Nanchen sent his son to seek peace, and the war that had lasted for more than a year was considered to have come to an end.
At least there won't be another fight in the short term.
Although Yandu sent an envoy to Jiankang first, Yandu did not publicize it too much. Now that the Southern Dynasty sent a prince to Yandu, the imperial court had an explanation.
Although His Royal Highness Prince Wei's mission did not go smoothly, with such a prince of the Southern Dynasty as the finishing touch, he could barely return to Yandu to pay the decree.
Of course, it was impossible for His Highness King Wei to imagine what kind of "big treasure" he had brought back to Yandu to pay the decree.
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After Zhou Shizhong's ship left the south bank, Xue Wei's warship was soon ready and parked at the port. Shen Yi sent Jin Tian to the deck, and the two of them said goodbye: "After the prince arrives in Yandu, be careful. If you feel something is wrong,
, or you feel it’s not safe to come back, please remember…”
"You must never leave Yandu!"
Li Mu returned the salute and said with a smile: "Okay, if that time comes, I will wait for Zi Heng to come and save me."
After the two people said goodbye, the warship slowly left the south bank and sailed towards the north bank.
When the boat was far away, Zhang Jian still had lingering fears: "Ziheng, were you trying to scare those Qi people just now, or were you serious? Why do I feel that you really want to kill that Zhou Shizhong..."
Mr. Shen glanced to the south and shook his fist.
"If it weren't for the imperial court's constraints, I would have raised the knife and dropped it!"