Xu Zizhen never expected that the two friends he met by chance when he first arrived in Suzhou were actually the princes and princesses of Dali. In terms of status, they were the prince and the princess. Thinking of this, another face appeared in his mind.
Come.
Rong Xi, wasn’t that former female snitch also a princess? And she was a princess of the Song Dynasty.
Xu Zizhen became increasingly busy in the next few days. He didn't even have time to accompany Duan Yan around Yingtian Mansion. It was good to be able to find time to have a meal together.
The day when the emperor came to the academy in person came suddenly.
Early that morning, Dean Jiang, Mr. Gu Yi and other disciples were waiting outside the gate of the college. Xu Zizhen was now the envoy of Dianxue, and his status was only lower than that of Dean Jiang, so he had to wait respectfully.
As soon as we arrived at Chenshi, the guard who was watching from a distance rushed over: "Come on, come on, the Holy Driver is here!"
Everyone from Dean Jiang on down knelt on the ground, extremely respectful. Soon, a long ceremonial guard slowly arrived. At the head was a golden chariot with dragon patterns carved on the walls. The horses pulling the chariot
They were pure white Ili horses. Xu Zizhen was secretly looking at the car, wondering when he would ask Zhao Huan for such a horse.
Suddenly, I heard the eunuch beside the car shouting loudly: "The Holy One is here!"
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
The chorus of shouts from everyone in the academy woke Xu Zizhen up. As soon as he raised his head, he saw Zhao Huan stepping out of the car with a smile. A young eunuch next to him helped him out of the car with his waist bent.
Zhao Huan saw Xu Zizhen at the first sight, and immediately winked at him without leaving any trace. Xu Zizhen didn't have such a deep understanding with him, so he couldn't understand what he meant, but he was the emperor now, so at least he gave him some face, so
He also winked, but Zhao Huan immediately looked happy, as if he understood what Xu Zizhen meant.
Xu Zizhen was a little confused. He didn't know what he wanted to express. When did Zhao Huan become such a genius and be able to understand it?
Following Zhao Huan's dragon chariot came a dozen large cars with red roofs and black walls. Officials got off one after another. The first few cars got off all envoys from other countries. Some of them wore fur hats and fox tails hanging from the back of their heads.
There are golden people, including Xixia people wearing high leather boots with a shaved head in the middle, Korean people wearing high hats like lightning rods, and Japanese people wearing loose robes and wearing wooden clogs at their feet.
Xu Zizhen saw several acquaintances. The Xixia envoy was led by Privy Councilor Mou Xianting, the Dali envoy was naturally Duan Chen and Duan Yan, and the Tubo envoy was a strange dark and thin middle-aged man with sharp and gloomy eyes. At first glance, he was not a good guy.
The Liao envoy was a bit unexpected to him. He turned out to be Yelufu who had protected him all the way. He also knew the Jin envoy. He was Wanyan, the deputy commander of the Jin Zuo Route Army whom he had met in the Zhending Jin Army Camp.
Chang, Xu Zizhen still remembered that this fat man didn't seem to be a powerful person. He was good at eating, drinking, having fun and finding women. He didn't know what the purpose of Jin Guo's sending him this time was.
As for the remaining envoys from Korea, Japan, Uighurs and other countries, he just took a look at them and didn't even bother to remember what they looked like.
Those who greeted the guests in front of the college were headed by local officials of Yingtian Mansion. The person standing at the front was naturally Zhao Gou. Behind him were the rest of the people arranged by rank, and then Dean Jiang, Xu Zizhen and other people from the college.
Zhao Gou greeted Zhao Huan respectfully and then led the way to the courtyard. Everyone in the academy still bowed on both sides of the door. When Zhao Huan passed by Xu Zizhen, he suddenly stopped and said with a smile: "Everyone, Jiang Qing, Xu Qing
, you two will go with me."
"Thank you, Guanjia!"
Jiang Ji and Xu Zizhen thanked each other in unison and stood up, followed by Zhao Huan half a step behind on both sides. Xu Zizhen took advantage of standing up and quickly glanced behind him, briefly touching everyone's eyes.
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Everyone's eyes were different. Mou Xianting's eyes showed the care and kindness of the elders looking at the younger ones, Duan Chen and Duan Yan's eyes were obviously looking forward to it, and Yelufu was still as cold as ever, but still showed a smile at the moment of eye contact. Completely
Yan Chang was slightly startled when he saw Xu Zizhen, but it soon turned into a sneer and disdain. The Tubo envoy did not change at all. He glanced at Xu Zizhen as if he were a passerby, but Xu Zizhen felt a strong feeling.
hostility.
The Korean, Japanese and Uighur envoys obviously didn't know who Xu Zizhen was, so they jumped over to him after just a brief glance and extended towards the courtyard gate.
Behind the envoys were a group of officials from the Song Dynasty. Xu Zizhen had not dealt with many people in the court, so most of the officials in front of him did not know him. However, he met Lord Yong, met Qin Hui, and found among a group of people.
Wang Shiyong.
In addition, he also found an acquaintance, Li Gang, the former magistrate of Daming Prefecture. After the destruction of Daming Prefecture, Xu Zizhen once doubted whether the old man had been abducted by the Jin people. Now that he saw him, he finally made up his mind. This would be the future.
Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty.
Xu Zizhen and Yongye Li Gang also secretly greeted each other with their eyes. As soon as they turned around and saw a familiar face, his eyes suddenly darkened.
King Jing Zhao Qi!
Bastard, you're here too?
"What a shame! The Holy Emperor has arrived, why is the courtyard door still closed?"
A low shout woke Xu Zizhen up. He raised his head and found that there was an official beside him. His face was as black as iron but not angry, and his eyes were filled with anger. Seeing that the supplement he had on him was of the third grade, Xu Zizhen was stunned and looked at that picture.
The black face blurted out: "Master Bao?"
"What Master Bao?" The official was obviously stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "My surname is not Bao!"
Zhao Huan actually came over in person to smooth things over, and said with a smile: "Senior Xu Dian, this is Master Ma Chunlin, the minister of Dali Temple and the bachelor of Zizheng Palace. He was also the most talented person in Yingtian Academy in the past. You should get closer to me."
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What does "also" mean? I am a bachelor, but I am nothing but a bachelor...
Xu Zizhen felt a rare moment of embarrassment, and he was a little embarrassed because he had just mistakenly identified him as Mr. Bao. In addition, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have been involved in the interrogation of the old thief Wang Fu in the three halls last time.
This is a good official! Xu Zizhen quickly greeted him: "Master Ma, hello, hello."
Ma Chunlin was still angry, but he stretched out his hand to stop hitting the smiling man. Xu Zizhen was so polite that he completely lost his temper. In addition, the emperor was also beside him, so he had to suppress his anger and return the salute: "Xu Dian, I have long admired you!" He paused.
After a while, he still whispered, "Why is the courtyard gate still not open? The official family has arrived. This is extremely disrespectful!"
Xu Zizhen smiled at him, looked back at Zhao Huan, and then said: "It's just because the officials are here, so we have to do this properly. Please see." After saying that, he waved his hand towards someone unknown.