Chapter 1369 Old Department
Mrs. Hou tightly grasped the Buddhist beads in her hand, calmed down and said: "No matter whether there is any communication or not, the visitor is a guest..."
Soon word spread in the capital city that the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty came in person to express his condolences to Marquis Dingyong. Many nobles and nobles who had planned to come again in the afternoon to express their condolences came one after another.
Even King Hancheng, who usually had no contact with Dingyong Hou Mansion, came unexpectedly.
As soon as King Hancheng received the secret message from Dongyi Kingdom, he heard that Bai Qingyan was here. After thinking for a moment, he asked someone to hitch a ride to Dingyong Hou Mansion. Not that he was also on the way like the others. Since he had established a friendship with the Marquis Dingyong, he had something serious to discuss with Bai Qing.
When King Hancheng put up incense and was invited to the back hall, he saw Bai Qingyan and the masked Ninth Prince sitting together and talking about something. The partition was open, and Wei Zhong, Chuntao and Chunzhi were guarding the door, but there was no one there. If he dared to step forward to inquire without being discerning, King Hancheng could not come forward, so he could only call Wei Zhong and tell Wei Zhong that he had something important to say to His Majesty.
Wei Zhong turned back and glanced at Bai Qingyan. He had a rough idea in his mind and said to King Han Cheng: "I estimate that His Majesty will be gone within half a cup of tea at most. If King Han Cheng is really in a hurry, you might as well feel sorry for him." Wait by the carriage and you will be sure to see His Majesty soon."
"Thank you Eunuch Wei for your suggestion!" King Hancheng saluted with a bow, turned and left.
In the hall, Bai Qingyan was sitting on the front seat, holding a teacup in his hand, and said to Xiao Rongyan, "You may bring a lot of rumors to Dingyonghou's house today if you come to Dingyonghou's house."
"I guessed that you would come, so I couldn't bear it and came..." Xiao Rongyan looked at Bai Qingyan with his deep eyes, "It's my fault, but I didn't think about it that much. I just thought about... coming here to see you. .”
After saying that, Xiao Rongyan put down the tea cup in his hand: "I just saw that King Hancheng seemed to have something urgent to do with you. I will wait for you outside the city..."
"Outside the city?" Bai Qingyan was quite surprised.
"In the next few days, the matter of gambling between the two countries will be decided, and I will leave for Yandu by then." Xiao Rongyan stood up and saluted Bai Qingyan seriously, which looked like a farewell to others, " It’s rare for you to put aside government affairs and leave the palace, so we, husband and wife, can go out for a walk.”
"I have already appeared at Dingyong Hou Mansion. I am afraid that if I go out of the city with you, someone will find out something." Bai Qingyan also stood up, "Before you leave, I will make sure to take time to accompany you. In order to ensure that you and I It’s better for both of you to go back separately.”
Xiao Rongyan knew that Bai Qingyan's concerns were reasonable, but he was still a little disappointed.
Bai Qingyan took a step forward and whispered to Xiao Rongyan: "Ayan, as long as the gambling on the country is over and the two countries merge into one country, we have a lot of time, so there is no rush."
Xiao Rongyan wanted to step forward, hold Bai Qingyan's hand, and hold her in his arms, but he restrained himself: "Okay, then let's go out together..."
Bai Qingyan nodded, and when the two of them walked out together, they heard Xiao Rongyan say: "A Li and Xie Xun have sent letters, saying that Tianfeng Kingdom has no intention of sending envoys to Yan Kingdom, so... I guess you can guess it. Yes, Tianfeng Kingdom is here for Yu Chan."
"I guess there is also a disciple of the great witch from the Tianfeng Kingdom. The disciple of the great witch was arrested in Hanwen Mountain. If the Tianfeng Kingdom is very concerned about this person, they may try to get the disciple of the great witch back. ." Bai Qingyan picked up the hem of her dress and stepped out of the hall threshold with Xiao Rongyan, "If it was just for Yu Chan, when the envoys from the Tianfeng Kingdom come, they will definitely see people like this in the streets and alleys of Dazhou. Like Yuchan, if they were smart they would know... I'm already on guard."
"Tianfeng Kingdom is still a little weird. If you count the time, I will definitely have left by the time they come to the capital city. You should deal with it carefully." Xiao Rongyan followed closely and walked out of the hall.
"Thank you for your concern, Ninth Prince. This matter... I have my own sense of discretion." Bai Qingyan was still very polite to Xiao Rongyan in front of outsiders.
The two of them were escorted out of the mansion gate by people from Dingyonghou Mansion and watched Bai Qingyan get on the carriage.
When Wei Zhong helped Bai Qingyan out, he had already told Bai Qingyan that King Han Cheng was on the carriage. As soon as Bai Qingyan got on the carriage, he saw King Han Cheng kneeling in the carriage.
Bai Qingyan sat down calmly. After the carriage started moving, he said to King Han Cheng, "Get up! What made you rush to Dingyong Hou's house in such a hurry?"
But King Hancheng didn't get up. He just kowtowed to Bai Qingyan and spoke.
"Your Majesty, there is a secret report from the Dongyi Kingdom. The Dongyi Kingdom has begun to mobilize its navy. Although the purpose is unknown, it... also indicates that the border residents who make a living by fishing may be in danger. The Great Zhou Dynasty established its own country. Since then, they have been marching south to Xiliang and fighting against the Tianfeng Kingdom. The former Daliang Navy was not taken seriously after being taken over!" King Hancheng looked worried, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you have to step up your training, otherwise... if the Dongyi Kingdom If you beat us in front of our house, the only people who will be hurt are our own people."
Bai Qingyan knew that King Hancheng actually cared about the people, so she helped King Hancheng up: "On that day you came to tell me that after Yan State sent an envoy to Dongyi State, I had asked Wei Zhong to write to the Minister of War Mr. Zhang has sent the letter, don’t worry..."
There is a reason why Zhang Duanning did not pay attention to the navy before. Because there was no sea area in the Jin Kingdom, there were no capable people to train the navy. Therefore, they could not get involved in the navy, and they could not use it. They were all the generals of Daliang at the time, but it was useless to send people there later, even if they had high official positions... The people below said that you don't understand the matter of training the navy, and if you leave it to the subordinates, they have no temper.
Zhang Duanning intended to suppress the navy, so after Zhou Dynasty took over Daliang, he reduced the expenses of the navy and laid off the navy personnel. Naturally, Zhang Duanning's idea was to reduce the navy first and get rid of the old Daliang naval generals who were loyal to Daliang and did not obey orders. Then the people from Dazhou were slowly replaced, but now that Dongyi Kingdom has suddenly made some moves, I am afraid that they can't wait for Zhang Duanning to take action slowly.
This matter was reported by Zhang Duanning and Lieutenant Lu, and what was approved by Lieutenant Lu was not reported to Bai Qingyan. After all, after conquering a country, this method has always been used to gather troops from other countries. It is a very routine operation. There is no need to report to Bai Qingyan.
King Han Cheng looked at the current situation and was really afraid that the border people would suffer if a fight really broke out. He couldn't help but tell Bai Qingyan about Zhang Duanning's reduction of naval expenses and reduction of naval personnel.
"Your Majesty has your own ideas in mind, so I can rest assured. But now that the navy has been reduced too much, your majesty still needs to send someone with high authority and reliability to take charge of the overall situation and recruit back the old navy!"