The most unlucky crossing in history

That day after Emperor Fengzheng asked his father-in-law to give Xie Wenyuan and Linghu Qing a message, the next morning, when Emperor Fengzheng raised the matter of being cautious about going out as an envoy, the sage of the court came up to him, and there was a commotion group.

The timing of Shendu's invitation was too "coincidental". Daqian had just lost to the Uighurs, and the third prince Tan Yuance was imprisoned for treason. As a result, the power in the southeast was greatly reduced, and the prince's condition became more and more serious. For a period of time, I couldn't hide it anymore. The prince hadn't been to court for many days since the Mid-Autumn Festival.

They all heard that he could not eat and swallowed, and was unconscious every day.

The third prince's faction had exhausted its strength, and the first faction headed by Zhongshuling Fan Qingxuan lost ground again.

Now that the situation is changing, everyone has a lot of thoughts in their hearts. The second prince, who was originally close to Wei Hechao, has gotten closer to Wei Cheng recently.

Those who can stand above the court are all foxes who have been in the officialdom for many years. More people pretend to be stupid than really stupid. How could they not know that if the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace is really so sick... ....

Thoughts were together, although the words were not said, some green grass on the wall walked with the second prince in private and gradually became more frequent.

However, it was the time for all parties to compete for power. As soon as Feng Zhengdi's words fell, the second prince Tan Yuanjin, who was supposed to be sent as an envoy last year, would have to stay away for half a year.

How could the Second Prince's faction agree?

Repeatedly stepped forward to talk to Emperor Feng Zheng about "eventful autumn", "it is not the time to be cautious about this request", "I'm afraid there may be fraud" and so on.

But this time, Emperor Feng Zheng not only recruited the second prince, but also Xie Wenyuan, Minister of Shangshu, Xie Wenyuan, but, the day before yesterday, Xie Wenyuan reminded his group of people at night, so although the officials under him today are puzzled , but did not come forward to say one or two.

Emperor Feng Zheng had already guessed that such a situation would happen, he carefully looked at those who spoke one by one, and after they had had enough trouble, he asked Xie Wenyuan what he thought.

Xie Wenyuan naturally put the overall situation first, showing that friendship with Shendu is better than that of the country. Since he accepted this errand at the beginning, no matter whether he is the Minister of Rites today or not, he needs to make the promise in front of the Holy Majesty that day.

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Feng Zheng was very satisfied, after greatly admiring Xie Wenyuan, he verbally reprimanded those few courtiers who were not noisy, and made a final decision on the mission.

In this way, even if Tan Yuanjin is unwilling in every possible way at the moment, he has to go to Shendu together.

However, it was beyond Xie Wenyuan's expectation. After the court came down that morning, before Xie Wenyuan came to the door to ask Tan Yuanjin for instructions

Regarding the mission, Tan Yuanjin brought his staff to his residence first.

Yanyan Yanyan, how can there be such a cloudy appearance above the court?

Tan Yuanjin was different from the third prince Tan Yuance in that he was indeed a deep-minded person. Xie Wenyuan knew that this mission would not be safe, and seeing him like this made him even more sure.

It is not a trivial matter for the prince to lead a team on a mission. Not only must the task be completed satisfactorily, but more importantly, it is necessary to act cautiously to ensure its safety. For the past two days, Xie Wenyuan and the Ministry of Rites have been discussing day and night, but the result is still the same.

too late.

In fact, Xie Wenyuan knew from the very beginning that it is impossible to reach Shendu before February, but there may be some hope of taking the sea route, but he did not mention this. It is still dangerous and frightening for people, he is not the second prince's faction, if he encounters any accident at sea, then he really can't get it out, of course he won't go into this muddy water.

When he was at a loss, it was the second prince's aide, Pei Zhuo, who was born in the Pei family, and said: "Perhaps it is feasible to go by sea, if the wind is smooth, the sea travel can be more than twice as fast as the fast horse on land. I arrived at Shendu a month ago, I'm afraid this is the only way now."

Tan Yuanjin was noncommittal when he heard the words, and only looked at Xie Wenyuan, who had been silent all this time, and said, "What does Xie Shilang think about this matter of going to sea?"

Xie Wenyuan thought for a moment before replying: "I thought, sailing the sea is fast, but the sea is dangerous and unpredictable. Now I don't have any sailors in the court, so I'm afraid it's not a good plan...... "

Hearing this, the staff member said: "Master Xie, you have been in the court for many years without knowing something. Now there is a man who can sail the sea along the coast. It is this man who created the Chengfeng Station and the Zhong family's fleet that have been widely rumored in Beijing recently. When I went to Pei's house the day before yesterday, I heard that the fleet led by this man has traveled from north to south no less than a hundred times, but there has never been any problem. Calculated, it is safer than on land."

Xie Wenyuan pretended not to hear the contempt in Pei Zhuo's words, and only smiled in his heart, but his face showed a dazed expression.

After that, it was logical to decide on the trip to the sea. Since the prince led the mission, it was considered a secret. For the sake of safety, after all, Tan Yuanjin listened to the words of his staff. Identity, in order to avoid people with ulterior motives.

As for the rest, Xie Wenyuan led the Ministry of Rites to complete all the tasks.

So, now as Consul Guo Yuchuan of the Pei family, Zhong Qiyun had something to ask, so he naturally followed Zhong Qiyun all the way to his home.

In the main hall of the house, Xie Wenyuan leisurely drank the West Lake Longjing tea sent by Zhong Qiyun's servants, looked at Zhong Qiyun who was wandering back and forth, but Zhong Qiyun who had never spoken, Xie Wenyuan sighed indistinctly, and said : "I don't know if Boss Zhong called me here today, what is he going to discuss with me?"

Zhong Qiyun stopped when he heard this, and looked at Xie Wenyuan, "Did you set me up for this incident?" These words sounded like gnashing of teeth.

Xie Wenyuan put down the teacup, raised his eyebrows slightly, "Boss Zhong's words are a bit serious, this time, it's just a business with you."

Zhong Qiyun clicked his tongue, walked to the empty chair beside Xie Wenyuan and sat down, "Business? Do you do business like this?"

"I'll give you the silver, and you'll be responsible for the delivery. Isn't that what you do at Chengfeng Station? Isn't it right?"

"Yo, Mr. Xie also knows about Chengfeng Station." Zhong Qiyun looked at the person in front of him with a smile, "That's right, but what you did was forced to buy and sell, which forced me to accept this order."

"Oh?"

Looking at Xie Wenyuan's brows and eyes, Zhong Qiyun said again: "Forget it, brother Xie is out of touch after all, you and I have such a relationship, why bother to make such a twists and turns? If you want me to send you to Shendu , to put it bluntly, how can I not answer?"

The words were intimate, Xie Wenyuan only glanced at Zhong Qiyun, and said: "It's because it's inappropriate to contact, that's why I did this."

Tan Yuanjin must have known about his acquaintance with Zhong Qiyun in the Hu family back then, and Tan Yuanjin must have known about it. The discussion that day was just pretending to be ignorant, pretending to be dumbfounded and just watching the other party's actions.It was also based on this that he could not mention some things at that time, nor could he contact Zhong Qiyun.

Thinking of this, Xie Wenyuan asked: "How much do Brother Zhong guess about the current situation?"

"I didn't guess anything, but that Yuan Jin, a distant relative of the Pei family, should be the second prince Tan Yuanjin, right?"

The corners of Xie Wenyuan's lips twitched slightly when he heard the words, this person is quite astute.

"anything else?"

"Gone."

Xie Wenyuan shook his head when he heard this, and said, "You know he is the prince, so you dare to take the order? You are not afraid of trouble."

Zhong Qiyun looked at Xie Wenyuan and smiled: "Compared to that person, I'm more afraid of you."

"..."

"Ahem, I'm joking, I'm not afraid," Zhong Qiyun said, "If I hadn't met you today, I would have thought of countless ways to get rid of this order."

"Think the Pei family is targeting you?"

"That's not true." Zhong Qiyun said with a smile

: "People say that a big tree attracts the wind. Seeing that my tree is getting taller and taller, it is inevitable that there will be jealous people."

"You are not humble at all."

Zhong Qiyun became happy again when he heard the words, "Okay, since I know it's you, then I won't ask any more questions." Standing up, Zhong Qiyun bowed his hands to Xie Wenyuan knowingly: "Then in the days to come, Mr. Xie How much care do you need?"

Xie Wenyuan couldn't help but smiled and nodded.

"Brother Xie, why don't we just stay in the house and have a light meal tonight?"

"No need, there's something else to do later..." Xie Wenyuan stood up, looked at Zhong Qiyun, and he said something more: "When you come out of this door, you'd better pretend that you don't know anything Well, this encounter is to use the help of your fleet to go through it carefully, and it will not have any impact on you."

Having said that, he is ready to leave.

Seeing this, Zhong Qiyun wanted to stop him, but he didn't know what to say, so he waved his hand and said, "I'll take you out."

The house that Zhong Qiyun bought was originally the private residence of the former governor of Hangzhou City. It is not big, but it can be said to be exquisite. There are some light and elegant landscapes painted on the bridge corridor, which looks very elegant.

The two walked on the bridge corridor, Xie Wenyuan looked around the house, and then asked, "When did you buy the house?"

"At the end of May," Zhong Qiyun responded, "I bought it shortly after you left Hangzhou."

"I thought that with your personality, you should like big houses."

"How big is it to live alone? If the room is mostly empty, it's useless. Brother Xie, I..."

It's just that before Zhong Qiyun finished speaking, the two had already walked to the gate of the house, Xie Wenyuan interrupted him, "Brother Zhong, come back now, there is no need to send it off."

"..." After giving it away for only 2 minutes, without saying a word, he walked through the house, and Zhong Qiyun, who had bought the house for only four or five months, suddenly thought, "This house is really Too small' thought.

Xie Wenyuan had something to do, Zhong Qiyun didn't keep any more people, and he didn't stay in the house too long when they left, and went back to the Qiantang River port to direct the loading matters.

Three big treasure ships with a capacity of [-] people were separately loaded with silk garments, fireworks, and Zhang's furniture to be sent to foreign countries, and six big ships were loaded with silk to be sent to Zhu's house in Maojiang.

It was late at night when everything was arranged properly, Zhong Qiyun changed out of the cumbersome clothes, put on simple casual clothes and went straight to the boat loaded with fireworks.Fireworks are too special, so he was really worried, so he personally led the way.

Early the next morning, more than 170 people from the Pei family and [-] people from the Zhang family

The rest of the people came separately, because the treasure ship carrying the fireworks kept away all open flames and kept fires at night as little as possible, so Zhong Qiyun arranged those sons and young masters on the other two ships.

After everyone has made arrangements, the sun is in the middle, the north wind is blowing, and the sky is blue and the air is clear. It is a good day.

Zhong Qiyun got off the boat and explained to He Minqing, Guanshi Sun and others about the transportation at various post stations after he left.

After all the leaders reported that the preparations were ready, Zhong Qiyun returned to the ship, stood at the bow as usual when going out to sea, and said in a loud voice: "Anchor! Yang Fan——"

The treasure ship left the shore, thousands of waves, boatmen yelling one after another, very lively.

The author has something to say: After reading the comments, why did everyone share the feeling of sharing the same bed for 70 days (doubts)