The dungeon was deep, the sound of chains, and the sound of speaking passed through the long passage to the outside of the door with only a buzzing sound.

An official who was inspecting stopped, frowned and looked at him. Without waiting for him to ask, the two guards at the door grabbed the iron gate and said, "Sir, do you want to go in and take a look?"

Go in and take a look... forget it.

He didn't really want to face Qin Tan Gong.

Although no matter how big the prisoner is, he is in a low position and embarrassed when he arrives at the Imperial City Department, Qin Tan Gong's aura is really nervous. Others may not feel anything. He who is guarding the Imperial City Department all day long can feel the terrible pressure even through the iron gates.

The official looked at the iron gate. This was the most solid dungeon of the Imperial City Department. There were many chains in the cell. Qin Tan Gong could not escape. As for clamoring and pulling chains inside, let him go.

"Don't let him harm himself, so as not to make people think he is wronged." The official said, "His Royal Highness has an order to let those soldiers and generals in doubt come to see Duke Tan of Qin and listen to his crimes with their own ears."

Qin Tan Gong's crimes have been announced to the world, and officers and soldiers from all walks of life were in an uproar. Countless generals wrote letters to inquire. Although they were in a state of unstable mood, there was no chaos. They just asked for conclusive evidence. Emperor Baozhang allowed some generals to come to Beijing to see the evidence in person to stabilize people's hearts.

The guard responded to the sound of it.

The official looked at the iron door and a dark passage again and turned away. He walked out of the cell after layer and came to the ground. The wind in mid-February blew over his face and made people feel relieved, and the bitter wind was warmer than the cell.

The official climbed up to the city wall and suddenly saw a group of people walking around in the imperial city.

"Who entered the palace at this time?" he asked with a squinted look, seeing that many of them were dressed differently than those of the court officials.

The imperial guard at the palace gate said, "It was Xiliang Prince Suo Shengxuan who met His Royal Highness the Emperor."

The official said oh, almost forgot about the Prince of Xiliang. Because of the great event of the return of the princess to the court, Prince of Xiliang and his group were locked up in the inn and were not allowed to go out. The New Year was passed, and the capital had been lifted. The prince of Xiliang was locked up and the prince of Xiliang would come to ask for people if he was locked up.

It's time to let him go.

"Your Highness, the first time we met."

Song Ying met Suo Shengxuan in the study. He looked at the girl in the prince's dress in front of him, and Suo Shengxuan bowed, then raised his head and looked at it seriously.

Song Ying did not get angry at the young man's sight because of her identity or scars on her face. She is the emperor's princess, not a woman. As for the scar, it is the glory of being the emperor's princess, and she is not ashamed of it.

The ministers Chen Sheng and other nearby were also calm.

"Your Highness Suo Shengxuan, it's not actually." Song Ying said with a smile.

Suo Shengxuan looked at her in confusion.

"I also went to Huangsha Road." Song Ying said.

Suo Shengxuan understood that she was referring to the gentleman. The gentleman was still very glorious when he tried to try Xiliang people. He often went out and saw him many people. There were peeping everywhere in the inns, restaurants and tea shops on the street. He looked at the girl in front of him. Was she one of them at that time? A brilliant smile: "It's a pity that I didn't know that Your Highness was not the chance to meet him."

Song Ying smiled and said, "It may not be."

Not necessarily? That's because I've seen each other and met her. Suo Shengxuan was even more puzzled. He wanted to ask again. Song Ying had already reached out to invite her, and the officials on both sides also exchanged greetings and politeness to each other, interrupting the topic.

The two sat down separately, and the accompanying officials also took their seats.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is the first person to enter my Great Zhou imperial city twenty years later." Song Ying said.

The two countries had been in conflict with each other for ten years, and were on guard against each other for ten years. Although the commerce was opened, there was no contact between the royal family, let alone the prince of a country came.

"This is a grand event for both of you and me. I should have treated each other with a big banquet, but it happened to kill the traitors and evil and put them in trouble. I would like to forgive my highness." Song Ying picked up the wine glass and said, and after that, he drank it all.

Suo Shengxuan also picked up the wine glass and smiled and said, "It's so honorable to personally investigate and arrest the Qin Tan Gong's great crime of killing the monarch, the Emperor Baozhang returned to the court."

This kind of words sounds... Chen Sheng and others frowned.

"This is actually an old case from my Great Zhou ten years ago. At that time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still young and was in Xiliang, so he was not a personal experience." Chen Sheng said, "It was seven years ago that Prince Hanlu of Xiliang went to the palace to assassinate the birthday of King Xiliang. That night, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have seen it with his own eyes."

Suo Shengxuan laughed loudly, and the wine glass hit Chen Sheng with a look of eyebrows and said, "Yes, yes, I saw it with my own eyes, blood splattered my face. It's a great honor to see me for the first time I've seen it like this."

This prince... Chen Sheng and others were stunned.

Song Ying smiled, raised his wine glass again, and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is very brave."

Suo Shengxuan drank the wine and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm not as good as Qi Niang. Qi Niang chopped several people with his own hands at that time."

Qi Niang... Chen Sheng and others' expressions changed slightly again.

Song Ying still nodded with a smile and said, "Qin Mei was not very big at that time, and it was indeed very powerful to be able to do this. Speaking of Qin Mei, the first emperor sent him to Xiliang to show our sincerity in the Great Zhou truce. Now Qin Tan Gong is in prison for killing the monarch, so please tell the King of Xiliang that the Qin clan convicted him, and Qin Mei is already the criminal of my Great Zhou Qin."

Suo Shengxuan nodded and said, "Okay, I will tell my father." Zhan Yan smiled, "Don't worry, Your Highness."

But he didn't say that he would definitely return the person.

Are you pretending to be stupid? Chen Sheng directly pointed out that he would return Qin Mei to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Suo Shengxuan said, "It's not that I don't want to hand over it. Even your country's soldiers can't catch him. How can I catch him?" He also looked solemn, "Don't worry, as long as I can catch him, you can do whatever you want."

What else Chen Sheng wanted to say? Song Ying first said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has said one word."

Suo Shengxuan happily raised his wine glass and said, "It's hard to chase after all."

The two of them drank it all in one go.

Song Ying said: "From now on, it's hard to meet."

Suo Shengxuan smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true."

Wang Lieyang also smiled and said, "Then we look forward to a banquet for Your Highness again."

The officials in Xiliang also smiled and said, "It's the so-called exchange of etiquette. Next time, our crown prince will be hosting His Royal Highness the Emperor."

There was a joke in the study, but the atmosphere was a bit weird.

Song Ying called someone to interrupt the jokes and jokes between the two sides.

A palace maid came forward with a long gift box.

"This is my little intention." Song Ying said.

Suo Shengxuan stood up and thanked him. An official from Xiliang took it from the palace maids. The two of them exchanged a few more greetings and said goodbye.

Seeing Suo Shengxuan and his group leave, Chen Sheng said, "Is this Suo Shengxuan really stupid or fake? He was a joke on the palace rebellion, but he told His Highness to meet again. You will be the kings of the two countries in the future. How can you meet each other? He was defeated and captured or captured my Great Zhou imperial city? It's really a verbal provocation."

Song Ying smiled, looked outside the hall gate, and said, "No, he just has no heart. Because he has no heart, everyone thinks that it is stupid or provocative, or he doesn't care. He really enjoys the palace coup. For him, he is the winner. This is not a shame, but he is proud."

Is this how?

Song Yuan said: "Barish." This barbarian is a small matter, and the most important thing now...

"Your Highness, then Xue..." he said.

Song Ying raised his hand and said, "I want to go to see the Four Masters, and I will postpone everything else."

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"Give me this."

Suo Shengxuan, who was still walking in the palace, suddenly took the gift box from the officials beside him.

"Let me see what it is."

The gift officers and eunuchs who were seeing off were stunned. The officials of Xiliang were also a little embarrassed and advised: "Why go back and see again."

How could Suo Shengxuan listen to them? He had already taken it and opened it. It turned out to be a painting.

"Is it a treasure of the country?" he said happily, "I like calligraphy and painting very much."

The gift officer and the eunuchs couldn't answer, because there was no such step in the original process, and it should have been prepared by Song Ying himself. Suo Shengxuan had already unfolded the scroll here.

"It's so good to draw, I've never seen it before... yeah!" He said while walking, suddenly stopped and looked surprised, "I've seen it! It's her!"

Who? Suo Shengxuan had heard a lot of famous paintings, and people on both sides looked at them curiously.

"Shredden, gentleman is the third most skilled in calligraphy, which is better than what I painted." Suo Shengxuan said, and his eyebrows were very excited. "I saw her paintings when I was in Xiliang. I kept asking for it and searching to see it with my own eyes, but I never found her trace. Your Highness actually found it. Your Highness actually knew me... Alas, it wasn't right."

The people next to him looked at Suo Shengxuan thoughtfully, then turned around and looked at the palace.

"It's not the first time we met, she's been to Huangsha Road..." He murmured, his eyes flashing, as if he was quickly straightening out something, "I didn't know that your highness had no chance to get to know him at that time... it might not be... it's known, I've seen... I've never seen anyone, I've seen..." His eyes retracted and fell on the scroll of painting, "Draw..." he suddenly shocked again, "So she is the thin man?"

The eunuchs couldn't understand, and several officials could understand. The Shouweng was a new person in recent years. His paintings were good and very popular, but he had never appeared in mystery.

Who is she? Suo Shengxuan recognizes it? The ritual officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were curious, while the officials of Xiliang were a little uneasy. Suo Shengxuan was particularly fond of making friends with people he admired. This thin man had always wanted to see him but had not seen him, so he was afraid that he would go back to find Emperor Baozhang immediately...

After all, they are the crown princes of the two countries, and they can't be seen by just seeing each other, but Suo Shengxuan and the others can't persuade them, and it will be troublesome later.

"I know all the first three." Suo Shengxuan said, looking happy, "It's not bad, it's okay, and you can compare again."

Look, it's really a matter of comparison again.

"Your Highness, this is an extraordinary time..." An official from Xiliang gritted his teeth and persuaded him to stop him. As soon as he spoke, he saw Suo Shengxuan put away the painting and turned around.

"Let's go." Suo Shengxuan said, stuffed the box to the officials and continued to strode outward.

The officials of Xiliang still did not react until they were urging by the eunuchs of the Great Zhou Dynasty that they were convinced that Su Shengxuan did not really go back to see Emperor Baozhang. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not act recklessly. It seemed that he had been in the Great Zhou Dynasty for a long time and had subtly turned his politeness and obedience.

This is not good either. The officials of Xiliang are a little worried. Their prince should be like a tiger, and a gentle sheep cannot do it.

Fortunately, they went back soon and they accelerated to keep up.

The imperial guards on both sides were majestic and dignified, and their eyes were cold.

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The car of Emperor Baozhang quickly passed through the city gate and headed out of the capital. Compared with the last time when all officials followed the ceremonial guards, only a dozen important officials followed this time, and they were also in the opposite direction from the last time. This is the direction shown in the hexagram before traveling.
To be continued...