The Yuze mission was about to leave for Yuze, and the issue that the two had been avoiding for a while was finally unavoidable.
"I will go to Yuze with Huai Ruyu, and I will bring five hundred elites and newly developed firearms with me. It should be safe."
Although Xiao Zhige didn't say it clearly these days, seeing him sleepless at night these days, An Changqing had already guessed his decision.
Xiao Zhige was really silent, staring at him with deep eyes, and said slowly: "You must go on the trip to Yuze, but you can't go alone. I am with you."
An Changqing frowned, disapproving: "If you go too, who will handle all the political affairs? In case of trouble, far water can't save near fire."
"I have a proper way of doing this." Xiao Zhige raised his hand and said in a low voice, "If you don't go to Yuze, I'm afraid it will be difficult to feel at ease in the next few decades. But if you go alone, I won't let you go. Don't worry. I've been thinking about it for a long time, only I can go with you to get the best of both worlds."
Seeing that An Changqing had something to say, he raised his hand to hold his lips, and continued: "I know your worries. However, everything above the court has already established regulations. Wen has Ji Anmin and others, and Wu has Qi Wei Tiehu. This year is a good year, and there should be no natural disasters. I can't make a big mess when I'm gone for a few months. "
After he finished speaking, An Changqing was blocked with all his words, so he could only say helplessly: "You don't sleep at night these days, just thinking about this?"
"Um."
Xiao Zhige sat down on the edge of the couch, pulled him into his arms and hugged him, buried his head on the back of his neck and sighed, and said in a low voice, "I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I'm finally worried."
If he puts people out of his reach, let alone dealing with political affairs, he is afraid that he will not be able to sleep at night.
An Changqing is his life, he can lose everything, but he cannot lose him.
With a wet kiss on the back of his neck, Xiao Zhige said fiercely: "You can fight again when the river is gone, but if you..."
He didn't think it was auspicious and refused to finish speaking. He only took a bite on the back of his neck, leaving a clear bite mark, and said, "I will go with you on this trip, and I will arrange the affairs of the court."
He was so determined, An Changqing stopped talking and could only answer.
***
The day before Yuze left, Xiao Zhige invited Huai Ruyu to the palace. When Huai Ruyu heard that An Changqing agreed to go to Yuze, he was unsurprisingly affectionate. It was only when he heard that Xiao Zhige was going to accompany him and asked him to stay in Yejing for another half a month, then he showed a look of surprise.
Then it felt right again. He has heard a lot of the deeds of the two of them these days, and the hearsay inevitably feels exaggerated, and the touch is not very real.
It was only at this moment that I felt a touch. The relationship between these two is truly admirable. If his grandfather could have half of Xiao Zhige's responsibility and sincerity, the Yuze royal family would not have been reduced to this.
The three negotiated that the Yuze mission would stay in Yejing for another half a month, while Xiao Zhige and An Changqing started to prepare for the long trip.
Xiao Zhige first called Ji Anmin, Zhou Helan, Qi Wei and other confidants into the palace.
When Ji Anmin heard that he was going to Yuze with An Changqing, he naturally disagreed.
However, Xiao Zhige has always been a king with an idea. He did not say anything about the merpeople, but revealed that this act concerned the safety of King Yan, and he had made up his mind.
Ji Anmin saw his expression, and he was more determined than when he was in Yanzhou. He knew that persuasion was useless, so he bowed silently and said, "I understand, and obey Your Majesty's arrangement."
Xiao Zhige nodded with satisfaction and arranged them one by one: "When I am not in Yejing, the early court will be temporarily suspended, and all matters in the court will be discussed and dealt with by the imperial censor, the minister of the Taifu Temple, the minister of the Dali Temple, and the minister of the Taifu Temple. Tomorrow morning, I will announce this matter at the time and order the courtiers to submit the book to the side hall of Chongzheng Hall, and you will handle government affairs in the side hall every day. I will hand over three blank imperial decrees to Han Zhang for safekeeping, in case of major state affairs. , the four of you can go to Han Zhang to get the imperial edict together. All patrol matters are handed over to the concubine Cai Cong, and the 30,000-strong camp outside the city is led by Qi Wei and Tiehu.
He arranges it one by one, every detail and every aspect. Seeing this, the four of them objected again. After he finished speaking, he took the order. Han Zhang was ordered to send them away, and when Zhou Helan passed by his side, he gave him a look.
Zhou Helan understood, and walked with the other three to the gate of the palace, and turned back while others were not paying attention.
In front of the side hall, Han Zhang was waiting, and when he saw him coming, he bowed and led him in.
Xiao Zhige and An Changqing were still waiting inside.
Zhou Helan saluted, "Your Majesty and the lord still have something to order?"
An Changqing called him up and said, "What His Majesty just said was about state affairs, but now what I want to tell you is about family affairs."
He briefly told him about the tomb of the merman, and then said bluntly: "We have no way of knowing what the tomb of the merman is. Just in case, before leaving, I will entrust the funeral to you."
"Since you are engaged to Xianyu, you belong to the An family. The crown prince and princess are still young. If your Majesty and I cannot come back, after half a year, you will support the crown prince as the auxiliary minister with your will. I will stay. I'll give you a token, if there is an accident, you can mobilize the camp outside the city and the troops from Yanzhou..."
Compared to just now, they obviously arranged for the two children more comprehensively. The more Zhou Helan listened, the more frightened he became. He knelt down and leaned over and said, "Helan will live up to his trust. His Majesty Wan Wang and the Prince will take care of themselves, so that the minister will never have the chance to express his will."
An Changqing handed him the will written in advance and said, "Don't worry too much, this is just in case."
Zhou Helan took the imperial decree and planned with them for a while before leaving the palace again.
***
After many things in the DPRK have been arranged, the half-month period has arrived. Although many ministers in the DPRK objected to Xiao Zhige's risk of taking his own life, they were unable to recover. The trip to Yuze is scheduled for July 19.
The fact that Xiao Zhige went to Yuze was not widely publicized, but the manpower transfer in Yejing could not be concealed. Well-informed people are more or less aware of this.
The day before An Changqing and the others set off, Xue Wuyi came to bid farewell.
Xue Wuyi stayed in Yejing for half a year. In half a year, the situation in Xiji changed. First, the general Huo Zheng murdered the queen mother, held the king of Xiji to control the government, and then used the hands of the king to purge the courtiers who opposed him. . Not long after that, the Xiji royal family started a war with Huo Zheng under the banner of slaughtering the chaotic party.
When the Xiji court was surging, the Xiji tribe took advantage of the situation, and under the leadership of the new Xiji patriarch, they bravely rushed into Zaiguo. The nearly fifteen-year-old King Xizhang died in the melee. The revolted Xiji tribe occupied Zaiguo, and the head of the Xiji clan became king in the Zaigu royal court, abolishing the law of buying and selling Xiji people in Xiji for hundreds of years.
It was only when the whole country of Xiji knew that the patriarch of Xiji was actually the former leader of the Beihu Army, Shang Que.
Shang Que became the new king of Xiqi, and the power of Xiqi court was also purged, only Xue Wuyi's prime minister remained. The mission of Xifeng, who had been stranded in Yejing for half a year, was finally recalled to Zaiguo.
On the tenth day of the seventh lunar month, except for Xue Wuyi and the two envoys who had dissent, everyone else had already set off for Zaiguo.
After counting the time, it was almost time to return to Zaiguo.
An Changqing said: "Shang Que became king, you really don't want to go back?"
"I won't go back." Xue Wuyi covered his mouth with a low cough, and put the blood-stained handkerchief back into his sleeves.
"I wrote a letter and asked someone to send it back. I promised to do it anyway."
An Changqing nodded: "Then where are you going? If you are not in good health, why don't you stay in Yejing to recuperate, so you don't get tired of running around."
Xue Wuyi coughed again, closed the cloak and said: "If I don't go back, he will definitely send someone to pick him up. I don't have much time at this time, so it's better not to see each other. I told him in the letter that I am the same. Ji Xue went to travel around the world, and when she was tired, she would go back."
In July, he was wrapped in a thick cloak, but his face was still pale and his lips were black. An Changqing looked at his appearance and sighed in a low voice: "Then take care of you."
"Let's say goodbye today, maybe we won't see you again, you also take care." Xue Wuyi bowed, and then slowly turned to leave.
Even though he was terminally ill, he still refused to show a hint of weakness, and his posture was always as straight as a green bamboo. Ji Xue followed behind him without saying a word, and the two slowly left An Changqing's sight.
July nineteen. The people from Daye went out of the city together with the Yuze envoy. After they left, an inconspicuous carriage also followed out of the city, heading in the opposite direction to them.
***
Yejing and Fuliang, one south and one north, are far apart. In addition, the many carriages and horses slowed down the journey. By the time they arrived at Fuliang, the capital of Yuze, it was already mid-August.
August is hot, especially in the South. The inside of the carriage was suffocating and sultry, and An Changqing did not want to stay in the carriage any longer, so he simply rode along with Xiao Zhige.
Seeing that he was wiping away sweat, Huai Ruyu pointed to a city not far away and said, "There is Zai Guo. There is an ice mirror in the palace, and it won't be so hot after that."
After getting along for a month on the road, the relationship between the two sides is no longer unfamiliar at the beginning. Although An Changqing still can't treat him as a cousin, it can be regarded as a peaceful relationship. He raised his hand and built a pergola in front of his forehead to look out, and said, "Yuze is hotter than I thought."
Huai Ruyu said: "Zai Guo is not near the sea. If you go further south and reach the South China Sea, with the sea breeze blowing, it will not be so hot."
An Changqing's eyes wandered around, although after entering Yuze, he has seen a lot of Yuze's style. But seeing you again is still a novelty. Due to the hot climate and no winter, Yuze is roasted by the Golden Crow all the year round, so most of the people in Yuze have dark skin and are very bold and unrestrained in dress. He thought that Daye was already a country with open folk customs, but when he arrived in Yuze, he knew that there were mountains beyond the mountains.
However, the people of Yuze are obviously more afraid of the royal family. Wherever they pass, the people kneel down to greet them.
Seeing his gaze swept across the kneeling people, Huai Ruyu took the initiative to explain: "At the beginning of Yuze's founding, this place was still a barren land, and both men and women were naked and had no food to eat. Later, the late king brought grain and seeds. , teach the common people to plant crops, go out to sea to fish...they have the abundance they have today. They are grateful for the education of the past kings and respect the royal family. Today there are many statues of the past kings in Fuliang, all of which were cast and worshipped by the common people."
An Changqing did not expect such a story, and said in amazement: "The late king of Yuze is a person who cares about the people."
Then Huai Ruyu shook his head and said with a complicated expression: "This is not necessarily the case. The human and material resources for the construction of the tomb of the merman all came from the people of Yuze."
The tomb of the merman is at sea, and the human and financial resources to build it are immeasurable. Now that hundreds of years have passed, no one can tell whether the former king Huai Shu'an educated the people for the purpose of building the tomb of the merman, or whether he really just loved the people.
The author has something to say: Cowardly: You deserve to have public-funded tourism in the South China Sea.
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