Tokyo city.
"Have a nice trip, everyone!"
Tong Guan looked at Cheng Wanli and others with a smile and said that the mission to the Kingdom of Jin has been selected.
Wuyi doctor Ma Zheng was the chief envoy, Zhongsan doctor Zhao Liangsi and Privy Council Cheng Wanli were deputy envoys, and Bohai natives Gao Shiyao and Lang Rong were the vanguard.
In Tong Guan's plan, Zhao Liangsi was the most suitable official envoy, but many things in the court could not be decided by him alone. He recommended Zhao Liangsi, and others naturally had to recommend others. In the end, many parties compromised, and Zhengzhi became Wuyi doctor Ma Zheng.
"Don't worry, Mr. Tong, we will do our best!"
Ma Zheng, Zhao Liangsi and others spoke in unison. Only Cheng Wanli looked bitter. Going to the Kingdom of Jin as an envoy was nothing, but this time he was sending his daughter to that bitter and cold place. This was unacceptable to him, but the imperial edict had been At the end of the day, the holy mandate is like a mountain, and he is unable to resist.
The envoy team slowly left Tokyo City and headed all the way to Huazhou.
Cheng Waner was sitting in the carriage, with a smile on her face. She was not at all sad about going to a bitter cold place to get married, just like she was going on a trip.
"Master Cheng, we are on a mission to another country this time, how can we be so sad?"
Ma Zheng looked at Cheng Wanli and said, since receiving the order, as long as he is not in front of outsiders, Cheng Wanli always sighs, which makes Ma Zheng frown. What the envoy wants is to be graceful and greet everyone with a smile. How can he be harmonious with this sad face? Interracial negotiation?
"Mr. Cheng, what's going on with you, father and daughter? Logically speaking, Miss Cheng should be sighing, but are you feeling sad on behalf of your daughter?"
Zhao Liangsi kept frowning. He had many thoughts and had always wondered about the abnormality of the Cheng family's father and daughter. Logically speaking, Cheng Waner should be crying now, and Cheng Wanli should keep comforting his daughter. But now Cheng Waner has a happy smile on his face, but Cheng Wanli looks like he is about to cry. He couldn't figure it out no matter how much he thought about it.
"It's bitter cold in Liaodong, my poor daughter!"
Cheng Wanli's eyes turned red and tears flowed down. This scene made Ma Zheng and Zhao Liangsi look dark. Cheng Wanli was also a scholar, and showing such a womanly attitude was really hard for them to stand.
"Miss Cheng, your father is so sad, why don't you give him some advice?"
Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of Cheng Wanli, Zhao Liangsi could only think of Cheng Wan'er. In his opinion, Cheng Wanli might be scheming and deliberately used this method to fool them.
But Cheng Wan'er is just a little girl, he can coax her with just a few words, and you will know why this happens when the time comes.
"Father can't let go of me! I can't let go of father either! But the imperial edict has been issued, and there's nothing I can do!"
Cheng Wan'er sighed and said.
"Miss Cheng, don't you have any other ideas?"
Zhao Liangsi frowned and looked at Cheng Waner and asked.
"What can I, a little girl, do? Resist the childlike figure? Or resist the emperor?"
Cheng Wan'er looked at Zhao Liangsi and asked.
"Miss Cheng devoted herself to the Song Dynasty, I admire her!"
Zhao Liangsi cupped his fists and said to Cheng Wan'er.
"Master Zhao, there are millions of troops in the Song Dynasty, and there are also Huanghuang Dukes in the court. People say that if the sky falls, there will be someone tall to hold it up, but why do you want me, a little girl, to hold up the sky now?"
Cheng Waner looked at Zhao Liangsi and asked, although everyone has the responsibility to protect the family and the country, these responsibilities also have a priority. It seems that it is not her turn now.
"This... Miss Cheng sacrificed herself for the country, Zhao Liangsi admires her!"
Zhao Liangsi didn't know how to answer, so he had to hold his fists and leave.
"How's it going? Didn't you ask?"
Seeing Zhao Liangsi coming over with a gloomy look, Ma Zheng asked.
"That's strange. Does that woman have anything to rely on?"
Zhao Liangsi shook his head and said.
"What can we rely on? As long as the Jin people are satisfied and we successfully complete the mission, she will be the hero of the Song Dynasty!"
Ma Zheng said.
"I just hope she is like this, if..."
Zhao Liangsi shook his head. If Cheng Waner really cared about the Song Dynasty, it would be good to help the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom form an alliance. However, there were exceptions to the marriages in history. For example, the princess who made the marriage was resentful and encouraged the two countries to go to war. This was Often.
"Don't worry about it so much. Her identity is just a child-like daughter. She has no contact with the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom and can't decide anything."
Ma Zheng said that Cheng Waner was just a bargaining chip for the alliance between the two countries. The Kingdom of Jin wanted a talented and learned woman, and he did not say that Cheng Waner would be a princess.
Cheng Wan'er was smiling with her hands on her chin in the carriage. She was not worried about the future at all, because Sun Lei appeared in Huazhou after seizing the dragon flag of the palace, and Huazhou was the only way from Tokyo to Liaodong.
"I knew you meant what you said!"
Cheng Wan'er thought in her heart that she thought Sun Lei appeared in Huazhou just to save her.
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"Brother, can we wait for the mission here?"
Ruan Xiaoqi looked at Sun Lei and said, he already knew Sun Lei's plan, but the road was tens of thousands, and waiting for the enemy to happen was not an option for them.
“There are two roads from Tokyo to Yanyun, one is from Kaifeng, Chenqiao, Changyuan, Chanzhou, Daming, Hejian to Xiongzhou, which is called the East Road; the other is from Kaifeng, Chenqiao, Huazhou, Xiangzhou, The road from Luozhou, Shenzhou to Xiongzhou is called the West Road."
"Now that Bohai County is in our hands, the second half of the west road is almost cut off. Even if we give them two courages, they dare not leave. In this case, they can only take the east road, and the east road must Cross the Yellow River and come to Xiangzhou."
Sun Lei smiled and shook his head and said, they are now in Xiangzhou on the north bank of the Yellow River, and on the opposite bank is Baimajin in Huazhou.
"Brother, why don't I go directly to the Yellow River to guard it? If we encounter it, we will rob it."
Zhang Shun said, this robbery does not have to be done on land, it is better to do it on water.
"No need. If you keep guard, you will scare them. They can't run away! It's better to stay farther away."
Sun Lei shook his head and said, the noise he made this time was already very big. After the battle in Huazhou, he pretended to have returned to Liangshanbo. If he appeared again, the envoys would not dare to cross the river. So far, there are still people on the Yellow River. Many officers and soldiers were searching and patrolling.
"This mountain range is nice, let's do our job here!"
Sun Lei pointed at a high mountain and said with a smile. The profession he was referring to was naturally cutting trails and robbing roads. Liangshanbo was originally a den of mountain bandits in the eyes of outsiders. Shouldn't mountain bandits cut trails and rob roads?
Not long after walking, a broken stone tablet stood on the side of the road with the words "Centipede Ridge" written on it.
The stone monument is very short. Fortunately, spring has not yet begun, otherwise this dilapidated stone monument would have been covered by weeds.
"What's this name? Does this mountain look like a centipede?"
Li Yan looked at the stone tablet and laughed.
"Centipede Ridge?"
Sun Lei touched his chin and looked at the dilapidated stone tablet. Isn't this the same Centipede Ridge where Wu Song walked at night in the original novel?
"Let's go and have a look on the ridge!"
Sun Lei looked at the mountains and said, Taoist Wang has not appeared since he was released by Hua Rong, and he doesn't know if he will meet him here.
Although Centipede Ridge is large, there is only one road, and soon you will see a trail going up the mountain.
"Huh? Why is there a row of graves! Bad luck!"
Sun Xin was leading the way, and when he turned at the end of the path, he saw seven or eight graves, with tombstones standing in front of each grave.
(End of chapter)
