Two days later, Prince Hong Zhenji of Qiancheng Kingdom came to Yuhai City to greet Princess Yuyao.
Hong Zhenji led an army of 300 honor guards. These 300 honor guards were not ordinary sergeants. They usually did not drill or fight. Each sergeant was over eight feet one and no more than eight feet two in length. They had handsome appearance and strong physiques.
With a tall and straight figure, he is a professional guard of honor carefully selected from Qiancheng Academy.
Each person held a long sword in his right hand and held a sword in his left hand. They stood in three rows for two hours without moving.
Hong Zhenji called General Jinwu Lei Xiaozhong and warned: "We will wait for the Xuanguo ship to arrive in a while. The sergeants are not allowed to call out without my order."
Lei Xiaozhong was startled: "Your Majesty, you said earlier that you would call out when the Xuan ship docked."
This was Lei Xiaozhong's preparation in advance. After Liang Yuyao disembarked, the honor guard shouted in unison: "Qiancheng Daxuan, good luck in everlasting alliance!"
The honor guard is professional and shouts loudly and neatly. This is the time to show Qiancheng's momentum.
But Hong Zhenji shook his head and said: "How can a delicate daughter listen to the roar of dragons and tigers? That princess of Xuan Kingdom was frightened half to death by the foreign camp. Now she got off the ship and finally escaped from the tiger's mouth. She is afraid that her three souls and seven souls will be unstable.
The sergeants shouted in unison, wouldn't they scare her out of courage?
After all, this is the envoy of Xuan Guo. He is really frightened. It is hard for me to explain to the king. You can order people to investigate again in the city. There must be no mistakes in the banquet. This princess has suffered all the way, so let her eat her fill first.
Let her cry for a while, and don’t wait until her face is full of tears when she goes on the road, making people laugh!”
Lei Xiaozhong responded: "Yes!"
Hong Zhenji frowned and said, "When you meet Princess Xuanguo, be sure to keep your voice down. If you really scare her, I won't spare you!"
Lei Xiaozhong quickly lowered his voice and said, "Yes." He asked someone to go to the city to check on the banquet.
After another half an hour, three warships appeared on the sea.
On the warship, the great propaganda flag was fluttering.
Hong Zhenji was stunned and called Lei Xiaozhong: "Didn't we agree that Xuan Guo would only come with one ship?"
Lei Xiaozhong frowned: "I'm afraid that the foreign camp is causing trouble again and has brought three ships from the Xuan Kingdom in an attempt to extort some silver."
Hong Zhenji waved his hand and said: "Go and get three hundred taels of silver and send them away first! Don't let us lose our aura on such an occasion."
Lei Xiaozhong hurried to find the money. Today there was a favorable wind, and the three ships, with sails fully opened, arrived at the shore in a short time.
When the sampan was set down from the ship, Lei Xiaozhong had not returned yet.
Hong Zhenji frowned, turned around and said to the attendant: "Go and see where Lei Xiaozhong is? Get some money, spend so much effort, and tell him that if the Tunu people cause trouble later, I will be severely punished...
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Before he finished speaking, Yu Shan led a hundred Wuwei troops and stepped off the warship first.
With spears and iron armor, his steps were sonorous and powerful, his eyes glowing with cold light, and his whole body was full of murderous aura.
The mighty army, which has experienced hundreds of battles, does not need to shout and march forward in formation, but it can crush people and make them breathless.
"What, what are you doing?" Hong Zhenji couldn't help but take a few steps back and bumped into an honor guard.
The guard of honor softened and fell to the ground.
But I asked him why he fell? He stood motionless for two hours, so why did he fall when he was bumped?
This is an honor guard army and has never fought a war.
Seeing the murderous real sergeant, the honor guard was so frightened that his legs went weak.
Yu Shan stood at the head of the team and fired his spear into the ground.
The sergeants fired their spears to the ground to tell the people on board that they could get off the ship.
This muffled sound was like thunder, which made Hong Zhenji tremble again.
Liang Yuyao stepped off the sampan from the flagship. On the left was the envoy in green and on the right was the envoy in red.
Two rows of female officials followed behind. Liang Yuyao came to Hong Zhenji with a stern expression and asked: "Who is King Shu?"
When Hong Zhenji heard this, he stood up straight and saluted: "I am the King of Thousand Vehicles, Hong Zhenji!"
Liang Yuyao cupped her fists and said, "I am the envoy of Daxuan, Liang Yuyao, the order of internal history!"
This was very different from the meeting process that Hong Jinji expected.
In his imagination, Liang Yuyao should be unkempt and disheveled, and she would cry and scream as soon as she got off the boat. If the sergeant's voice was even slightly louder, she would be scared to death.
Under such circumstances, Liang Yuyao must be filled with gratitude and obey Hong Zhenji's advice with good food, good drinks and warm hospitality.
Teach her the ancient etiquette first, and then teach her the overall situation, let her know dignity, respect, gains and losses, advance and retreat, and let Xuan Guo have a good experience of Qiancheng's style.
Now Liang Yuyao stood in front of him with a majestic look on his face, which was so different from the scene he had imagined that Hong Zhenji couldn't even speak.
How did Hong Zuchang do this?
Why did he send false news?
Where have they gone?
Anyway, he didn’t know what to say, so Hong Zhenji asked carefully:
"Where is Hong Zuchang, the Guanglu doctor?"
Liang Yuyao said calmly: "I was about to talk to King Shu about this matter. When I came here, I met a group of Tunu thieves on the sea and asked us for gold, silver, weapons and food and drink expenses.
Dr. Guanglu Hong Zuchang tried to persuade him with good words, but unexpectedly, the bandits were so tyrannical. Not only did they not listen to the advice, they even killed Dr. Hong and his party.
We have spent a lot of time with Doctor Hong and respect him very much as a person. Seeing how cruel and domineering these bandits are, we can't help but feel angry and kill them all to avenge Doctor Hong."
Hong Zhenji's body was shaking and he was a little unsteady on his feet.
Hong Zuchang was killed?
In the outer camp, all seven Tunu warships were wiped out?
Hong Zhenji looked at Liang Yuyao and the Wuwei Army behind her, feeling a chill in his heart.
In the panic, Lei Xiaozhong ran over and whispered in a low voice: "I got the silver."
If it weren't for his incompetent hands and feet, Hong Zhenji would really want to slap Lei Xiaozhong, so why bother with money now!
When he was embarrassed, Hong Zhenji hurriedly said: "Your Highness has been tired of traveling and traveling all the way. I will prepare a small amount of wine and invite Your Highness to talk in the city."
"No need," Liang Yuyao shook her head and said, "I had dinner on the ship, let's get on our way quickly."
"This is not appropriate. I should show my kindness as a landlord and ask Your Highness to speak to you in the city."
Seeing his humble attitude, Liang Yuyao did not refuse and entered the city together with Hong Zhenji.
Along the way, a red carpet was spread on the ground, and villagers on both sides held flower baskets and cheered to welcome them.
The people of Qiancheng country are very enthusiastic!
Seeing the smiles on the faces of the villagers, they shouted loudly: "Qiancheng Daxuan, good luck in everlasting alliance!"
Liang Yuyao felt strange and asked: "Who are these people?"
Hong Zhenji arranged this scene to let Liang Yuyao feel the magnanimity of the state. When Liang Yuyao asked about it, he quickly explained: "These are the villagers of Yuhai City. When they heard that the friendly envoys were coming, everyone came spontaneously to greet them.
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Come spontaneously to welcome the friendly envoys?
Do they know about Daxuan?
If we were to look at Wanganjing and pick out ten people at random, nine of them would probably not know about Qiancheng Kingdom.
It seems that the people of Qiancheng Kingdom are well-informed.
Liang Yuyao felt more and more surprised. Seeing her puzzled expression, Hong Zhenji thought she was quite shocked, so he laughed and said:
"I have thousands of people who have studied ancient etiquette since childhood. From the oldest to the youngest, no one knows the etiquette of hospitality."
After showing off a few words, and seeing that Liang Yuyao had no special reaction, Hong Zhenji laughed and asked, "I wonder where Marquis Yun is?"
Hong Zhenji had read Hong Zuchang's secret report before and knew that Xu Zhiqiong, the Marquis of Fortune, was a difficult person. He repeatedly warned that Xu Zhiqiong must be left at sea, but the foreign camp had been annihilated. Xu Zhiqiong must have followed Liang Yuyao.
Already.
Liang Yuyao turned around and told Pang Jiafen: "Invite Marquis Yun."
Pang Jiafen agreed and came to the end of the line.
Xu Zhiqiong walked silently at the end of the team.
He was not surprised when he saw the people greeting him in the streets.
He had seen Hong Zuchang's crimes and knew that this was a common operation in Qiancheng Kingdom.
Hearing Liang Yuyao's call, Xu Zhiqiong walked quickly to the front line. On the way, he suddenly saw a child falling on the roadside.
This is a girl about ten years old. She must have been too happy and accidentally fell down while jumping.
Yuchilan quickly stepped forward to help the child up. Looking at the child's face, Yuchilan realized that she was not happy.
There was no blood on the child's face, his eyes were lifeless, he was holding a flower basket, and his hands were shaking.
When she was studying in the academy, Yuchilan had suffered hardships and been punished, so she was no stranger to this kind of situation.
The child was hungry, so hungry that she couldn't stand still. She was about to faint from hunger.
Yuchi Lan took out a few pieces of pastry from his arms and put them into the girl's hands: "Take them and eat them."
The girl looked panicked and shook her head repeatedly, wanting to return the cake.
Yuchilan stuffed the cake into the girl's clothes: "My sister gave it to you, just eat it!"
After saying that, Yuchi Lan got up and left.
The girl wanted to return the cakes, but her feet were too weak to chase Captain Chi Lan.
She quietly retreated into the crowd, held up a flower basket, and continued shouting.
She was really hungry, so hungry that she couldn't bear it anymore.
When 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 she didn't see anyone, but not far away, a tall man wearing brocade picked up a pen and wrote down her name on the paper.
broken!
When Xu Zhiqiong saw this scene, his heart tightened and he took out a picture from his fingertips.
The picture flew quietly into the girl's lapel, and no one around noticed it.
Xu Zhiqiong walked up to Hong Zhenji, and the two exchanged a few words. Xu Zhiqiong asked directly: "What are those men in brocade on the roadside doing?"
Hong Zhenji said: "They are Qiancheng's Jinxiu pen officials, who specialize in recording my Qiancheng's Jinxiu poems. Today, your country is visiting, and they are indispensable for such a big event."
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "What rank is the official of Jinxiu Pen?"
Hong Zhenji looked at the men and said: "There is an eighth-grade pen clerk, and the remaining three are ninth-grade."
The person who just wrote down the girl's name was a ninth-grade pen clerk.
Hong Zhenji led everyone into Yuhai City and held a banquet in the city.
The cooks were very busy. They only wanted to prepare a banquet, but they found Liang Yuyao. Who knew that more than a hundred 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 was the first to raise a glass to welcome Liang Yuyao and his party.
There are animals in the mountains and swallows in the clouds, cattle and sheep on land and fresh food from the sea. Even in the Daxuan Palace, such a banquet is considered a luxury.
Liang Yuyao had indeed eaten, but 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.
Changing clothes means going to the toilet.
Hong Zhenji quickly ordered his attendants to take Xu Zhiqiong to the toilet.
Entering the toilet, Xu Zhiqiong opened his eyes again. This was not a common dry toilet in Daxuan. This was a beautifully furnished room. In the middle of the room, there was a chair made of fine wood. There was a hole in the middle of the chair.
Below the cave is a porcelain vat, with a thick layer of incense ashes on the bottom of the vat. If you sit on this chair and relieve yourself, the things will fall on the incense ashes, but there will be no smell.
Beside the chair, there were two maids serving him.
Xu Zhiqiong is very curious, what can they serve?
"You two, please wait outside the door."
The maid did not dare to leave. Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "I can't figure it out while you are here."
The maids looked at each other and still didn't dare to leave.
Xu Zhiqiong lowered his face and said, "Don't you understand the rules?"
The maid 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 the courtyard of Zhonglang. Seeing Xu Zhiqiong coming, Xia Hu stepped forward to greet him and said, "Are we going to set off now?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "You first go outside Yuhai City of Yelang Kingdom and look for a girl about ten years old. The child's life is in danger."
Xia Hu frowned and said, "You just said you were about ten years old, but where can I find it?"
Xu Zhiqiong said to Yang Wudao: "There is a painting on that child. You will definitely be able to find it. Let's take a look at the background of this beautiful penman."