Jicanghai

On the bustling street, Yu Jinfeng's gentle and brisk voice passed through the crowd and accurately penetrated into Mingran's ears, as if he met an old friend on the street and greeted him casually.Mingran frowned slightly, who said that his five senses have not recovered yet, why can he see so clearly and hear so clearly.He disgusted himself deeply, and he turned and left.

Yu Jinfeng watched him go, managed to control his legs so as not to chase after him, just stared at his back reluctantly, unable to restrain his thoughts for a moment.

Thinking back to the first time we met, Mingran was dressed in a soldier's costume but handsome and handsome, he didn't look like a soldier in any way.Although he was full of resentment at the time, after the punching, a faint amazement suddenly emerged.But the present him, even though he was dressed in a light fur coat, couldn't hide his body. When the guards followed him, even his back was covered and appeared and disappeared, and finally he was completely submerged in the crowd.

When Mingran returned to Jutao Palace, he suddenly felt hot for no reason in the middle of the night, which shocked a whole group of people to come to see him.Ming Qinglan always felt that his illness was inseparable from this trip to Xizhou, so she was very annoyed, and served the decoction in a disheveled manner. When he took the medicine and fell asleep, she still refused to rest for a while, and only stayed in the Ming Dynasty. Dye was in a daze with tears around her.

Mingran had already fallen asleep, but was woken up by Ming Qinglan's uncontrollable sobs. She barely opened her eyes to look at her, and comforted her in a hoarse voice: "Don't cry, I will be fine, and I will be the same as before."

Ming Qinglan cried even more sadly when she heard the words.

The next day Jin Duanyang heard the news and sent two more imperial doctors to see him. Xie Jue said that a little cold would not be a serious problem, and politely sent the two imperial doctors out.

Mingran lay sick on the couch for two days, but fortunately, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, he got better and could barely get up.In the early morning of the [-]th day, Jin Duanyang sent another person to greet him, but Mingran only said that he had recovered, and that he would go to Yingwei Palace for a banquet with some energy.After he fell ill, he could see his complexion, but his voice became hoarse and he could only speak as little as possible.

Jin Duanyang wore a bright yellow dragon robe, and took Mingran and others in at the head of the main hall gate.Although it is winter in this main hall, it is as warm as spring, and the fire dragon wants to come underground.There is a thick tufted carpet under the feet, and there are dozens of low tables, and the wine vessels and fruits on the tables have been laid out.Mingran looked around, and suddenly felt that this place was vaguely familiar, Ming Qinglan said in a low voice: "Brother, this place is a bit like Tianlan Sacred Palace."

Mingran smiled and nodded, and took a seat at the designated guest seat. On Jin Duanyang's right sat a chubby boy of [-] or [-] years old. Judging by his attire, he should be a prince of Cangpei Kingdom.Ming Ran was placed very close to his left.Ming Yulan and Ming Zhuohua sat under him, and the two accompanying ministers and Xie Jue sat behind him.Mingran removed the cloak and handed it to Ming Zhuohua. The black gold dragon-pattern uniform was covered with a layer of dark gold organdy-wing gauze, which seemed very casual.

Jin Duanyang smiled and said: "This time I invited my virtuous brother to come here, but Brother Yu tried his best to let you go, no matter what, you and I need to be more affectionate, and please don't blame your brother for being passionate. "

There was some ambiguity in his words, Ming Ran nodded in response, and said: "Later, the country will also send congratulatory gifts, I hope Your Majesty will not despise carelessness."

His voice was so hoarse that it was almost inaudible, Jin Duanyang said: "What's wrong with my brother's voice?"

Mingran said: "Not too good." Behind him, Xie Zaifu hurriedly explained for him that the Lord of the Kingdom of Despicable had a bad voice, but now he has just recovered from the wind and cold, so it is difficult for him to speak.

Jin Duanyang was very surprised: "Huh? But it was caused by being force-fed poison that year?"

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of the people in Jihai Kingdom suddenly changed, they only kept their expressions in a state of perplexity, and Xie Zaifu could only say: "That's right, but it's gradually getting better."

Jin Duanyang looked annoyed, and hurriedly said: "It's my fault. I accidentally mentioned the sad things about my brother in the past. You should be punished. But you should not talk too much, just listen to brother Yu." Let the servant Pour the wine and fine yourself three cups.

The birthday gifts of Jihai Kingdom are indeed a bit rough. There is a box of gold, a box of pearls, a box of gemstones of various colors, and more than a dozen pieces of huge water essence raw ore. There is nothing novelty, only affordable. The congratulatory gift didn't seem to be prepared very carefully, but Jin Duanyang happily accepted it.The rest of the counties and counties presented all kinds of rare treasures, and some presented large-scale songs and dances. After a feast, it was very lively.

While the strings and pipes were sounding together, Jin Duanyang slowly approached Ming Ran, and said with a smile: "My dear brother, there is my third son, who is honest and filial by nature, and is about the same age as your younger sister. Maybe they can talk and let you How about sitting over there, little girl? Brother Yu wants to sit next to you and discuss important matters with you."

Ever since Jin Duanyang said that unpleasant sentence, Ming Yulan has a pretty face and doesn't even want to watch singing and dancing. When she saw Jin Duanyang pushing her away, she looked at the fat white man over there for a moment, and she knew Jin Duanyang in her heart. Duan Yang came up with some idea, but unexpectedly, he didn't evade it with reasons such as incompatibility between men and women, got up and sat down next to Fatty Bai.

The third prince was so frightened that he staggered back slightly, and then looked at her awkwardly, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, pushed over a plate of fresh fruits that were rare in this season, and said in a low voice: "Sister, please use it!" some fruit."

Ming Yulan said indifferently: "Your Majesty's emperor called me Emperor Brother, but he is a good brother. Your Highness should call me Little Aunt. Don't mess with your seniority."

The third prince paused for a moment, with a slight blush on his face. Seeing that Ming Qinglan just looked at the center of the hall with a sullen face, he mustered up the courage to continue the conversation after a while: "Do you know that my father is talking to your brother?" What are you discussing?"

Ming Qinglan looked at Jin Duanyang on the opposite side, seeing that Jin Duanyang was talking endlessly, Mingran was only responsible for nodding or shaking her head, but she was quite relieved, she smiled and said: "The left is just to discuss the waterway of the Beidou Strait, Isn't that why you called us here?"

The third prince sighed: "This matter of mutual benefit should not have been delayed until now, but I don't know why your country has shirked it for so long. I just listened to the government with my father in the imperial study, and I heard the ministers of the household department and my father. When I mentioned this matter for the first time, my father only said that no matter how patient I am, I have to wait until the other party's attitude changes. You are not short of this money, but you must know that people's livelihood is not easy. Since the two countries are neighbors, we must be considerate of each other. That's good."

Ming Qinglan: "Hearing what your Highness said, could it be that you instructed someone to compile the "Poyunjing" we saw in Xizhou a few days ago? It is also reciprocal and mutually beneficial, and everyone is happy. Your Cangpei people's lives are not easy, It's none of our business. Our Donghai territory was brought down bit by bit by my imperial brother and the Ming Xiang Army. We eat and drink our own. We are upright and righteous. Who else needs to be considerate! Do you want to be considerate of your poor man? Citizens of the Pei Kingdom, why don’t you dig up the four corners of the land of the Cang Pei Kingdom and give it to the Jihai Kingdom? We will be more considerate.”

The third prince said angrily: "I'm discussing with you seriously, why are your words so mean? You are a distant visitor and I don't care about you, but please restrain yourself."

Ming Yulan looked him up and down, her eyes were bright and her eyes were bright and she said with a smile: "You think I'm mean? Your Highness, you are right not to care about me. You are so kind to others, no wonder you are so kind..." She paused, and then Quietly looking at the third prince, he frowned slightly, as if he had already noticed what words he had swallowed.

The purpose of Jin Duanyang asking her to sit here is self-evident, presumably there is a meaning of marriage.It's just that this man is not the eldest son of the emperor. After testing his words, he found that he is not a very intelligent person. If he wanted to marry him, he would use such a fat man. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and I decided to be more vicious and offend this person completely, so I leaned slightly closer to the third prince, and said in a low voice: "Actually, the third prince has another advantage that I don't think others know. If you come to summer, you will definitely not have mosquitoes Anxiety."

The third prince was surprised: "What do you mean by that?"

Ming Qinglan sighed softly: "Oh, that mosquito pierced its mouth, and its mouth was full of fat and oil. Why didn't the mouth be covered, and it couldn't suck any blood. Which mosquito will be patient to bite you in the future?"

Sure enough, Jin Duanyang was discussing with Mingran about the opening of the Beidou Strait, and promised that if he would agree, he would bring Mingyun to meet him. If the interests could be compromised, then it seemed possible to discuss the return of his second uncle.Mingran didn't want to open the waterway on the north side of Twin Islands at this time. Because of the large territory of Jihai Kingdom, the north side of Beidou Strait is Beisan Island, and the Tianmi people who were expelled from Twin Islands lived on it. be on guard.However, the current strength of the Mingxiang Army is barely sufficient. At present, it seems a bit stretched to redistribute the troops to the Beidou Strait.But this reason cannot be stated clearly to Jin Duanyang, so he said: "Businessmen can all take the commercial road of Bailu Island."

Jin Duanyang sighed: "It's not impossible to take the Bailu Island commercial road, but the merchants transported the goods from the north to the south, and then passed through Yuhou's territory, and then went to Bailu Island. After layers of exploitation, the benefits will inevitably be greatly reduced. It really hurt their confidence." He squinted at Mingran, then moved closer, and said sincerely: "You know the bottom line better than me, Yuhou, he wants to chop off a mosquito's leg, not to mention these family properties Wanguan’s big businessman, after a while, he must be skinned alive.”

He unscrupulously spoke bad things about Yu Jinfeng, feeling very happy in his heart. Mingran weighed the pros and cons back and forth. If it was a matter of mutual benefit, he didn't intend to get angry with Jin Duanyang on this. .He secretly planned in his mind how to dispatch and distribute the troops. If Yi Tan can be obedient this time, he can go to the northern towns to lead the troops, so he finally said: "Your Majesty asks you to draw up a document, and compare everything. Bailu Island. I’ll go back and discuss with them, and I’ll reply tomorrow.”

Mingran had just finished speaking, but suddenly heard the third prince over there roaring: "You...you were bitten by mosquitoes...bitten..." His white and round face was flushed, and the corners of his mouth were flattened as if As if he wanted to cry, even the wine cup in front of him was overturned by his excitement, and the wine dripped on his clothes.

Ming Jinlan seemed to be quite frightened as well, she covered her face with her sleeves, revealing only a pair of dark eyes full of panic: "Third Prince, what's wrong with you? Where did these mosquitoes come from in the nine cold days? "

Jin Duanyang didn't know why the two clashed, so he could only frowned and said, "San Er, don't be rude!"

Ming Ran waved to Ming Yanlan, telling her to come to her side, Ming Yanlan flicked her sleeves, and left the third prince there, expecting that he would not have the face to learn what she mocked him to others.

Jin Duanyang only looked at her with a smile, and reminded casually: "My father arrived yesterday. If there is no accident, I will let him look for you tomorrow night." It was prepared early.

Ming Yulan also immediately suppressed her anger and looked at Jin Duanyang respectfully: "Thank you so much, Your Majesty, the young girl just now... I made a mistake in my words, but fortunately the Third Highness did not blame me, the young lady is very grateful."

After Mingran took the documents to discuss with the two prime ministers and Xie Jue that night, he formally signed the contract with Jin Duanyang the next day.The two discussed for a long time about the rest of the matters. Except for the land, as long as the people's livelihood of the two countries were involved, Ming Ran was more tolerant, and did not intend to make things difficult. They all negotiated with him and came to a result.

Jin Duanyang was overjoyed, and he sent a group of guards to send Mingyun to Jutao Palace that night.

Ming Yun has been in Pingjing for four years with that servant, and when he left, he was a serious and rigid middle-aged man, but when he came back, he became an old man with full hair. Gong Hujia's ruthlessness caused mixed feelings in his heart for a moment, and he was hesitating on the sidelines. When Mingyun saw Mingran who was welcoming him, his face suddenly darkened, and he said angrily: "You don't want to stay in Jiehai City, What are you doing here?"

Ming Ran was used to being reprimanded by him, so she just smiled and didn't refute, but Ming Yulan jumped anxiously: "Father, brother, isn't it because His Majesty Cang Peiguo said that we would dig up our Ming family's ancestral grave and move it to Pingping?" Go to Beijing, I came here out of desperation! I followed you because I wanted to know your whereabouts, why do you scold people as soon as we meet?"

Ming Yun sternly said: "What do you know? Emperor Cangpei threatened you with this, and in the future he will push you further to force you to agree to something else. Xiaoran, you carry a heavy burden, how can you be blackmailed by him so easily? Look at those five On the mausoleum, there are several emperors’ tombs that have been preserved intact to this day, not to mention the tombs of my ancestors of the Ming family! He dug and moved as much as he wanted, so what if he moved to Pingjing? There are pure lands all over the world. , the ancestors will definitely not blame it. If there is a guilt to come, as your elders, I will bear it."

Mingran stared at him dumbfounded, then went to shake his hand and said, "Second Uncle's lesson is that the contract has been signed today, and my nephew will never make such a mistake in the future."

Ming Yun looked at him for a while, and finally sighed: "It's no wonder you, you have never been the head of a country before, and you don't have many people to help you. I heard that you are now weak and can't hurt your mind. Don't worry about my safety, take Lan Lan back to Jihai Kingdom earlier."

Mingran was slightly taken aback: "Second Uncle won't go back with me? I specially prepared a painting boat for Jin Duanyang. If he promises that Second Uncle will go with me, I can give it to him. I think he won't be embarrassed by this matter. "Although the painting boat is small in size, the materials used are precious and the workmanship is exquisite, and it cost several 10 taels of silver. For His Majesty Jin, who is open to money, it must be no problem to replace an insignificant surrender.

Ming Yun stared at him gloomyly with a serious look on his face, rather resenting iron and steel: "You can just take me back, can you take the former king of Zhuluan Kingdom? If you don't want him, just me , how people in the world will criticize you, have you ever thought about it?"

Ming Ran smiled and said: "Who cares what they say, I can't hear you. Second Uncle, I was actually a little worried just now. I was afraid that you would force me to welcome back the Lord's cousin. Then I really don't know what to do."

Mingyun frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about..."

Suddenly there was a vague noise outside the door, as if someone wanted to see Mingran, Mingyun's face changed slightly, he held Mingran's hand tightly, and said in a low voice: "Zhu Luan Kingdom has become a passing cloud, and the second uncle will live forever." Fulfill your duties, and you will be loyal to the lord until your death. The Ming family is very pleased to have your second uncle, you can relax and go back to the country quickly, and don't think about me in the future."

Xie Jue arrived at the gate of the palace and said in a low voice: "My lord, that...then...he is following, he wants to see you."

Ming Yun hurriedly said: "Yes... it is the former king. You have a high status now. Don't see him easily. The second uncle will deal with it for you." Yun has been a decent person all his life, and even if he dies, he can't say it.