After Zhao Yan and his fleet left Liuqiuzhou, they finally arrived at the coast of Guangzhou after more than ten days of sailing. Zhao Yan stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the land in the distance. Although Guangzhou is one of the largest harbors in the Song Dynasty, there is actually no way to see Guangzhou City on the sea surface. Because Guangzhou mainly docks at the estuary of the Pearl River and connects with the outer sea, Zhao Yan stood on the boat and could only see the Pearl River Estuary with a large belly and a small mouth. On both sides of the Pearl River Estuary are Macau and Hong Kong, which were famous in the later generations. Unfortunately, they are still deserted now.

Zhao Yan and his fleet entered the estuary of the Pearl River from the outer sea, and only then could they see the extremely prosperous Guangzhou Port. The sea ships coming and going kept shuttled through the port, and the docks were covered with coolies carrying goods with shirtlessness. There were also many merchants and port officials walking through them. The former was looking for business opportunities, while the latter was busy calculating goods and collecting taxes.

Looking at the busy Guangzhou Port in front of him, Zhao Yan suddenly thought of the information he had received from Yu Niang and the others before. He did not expect that the person who is now the governor of Guangzhou was the famous Cai Jing in history. Although this guy is young now, he is known as the number one treacherous prime minister in Chinese history in later generations and is also the leader of the six thieves. Many people even attached the reasons for the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty on him. Of course, this must be a bit unfair to Cai Jing, but it can be seen from this that this person has had such a great influence in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In fact, if Zhao Yan had not heard Cai Jing's name from Yu Niang and the others, he would have forgotten that Cai Jing was actually a member of the reformist faction and an important figure among them. In addition, Cai Jing's younger brother Cai Bian. Cai Bian is not only Wang Anshi's son-in-law, but also Wang Anshi's important assistant. His influence in the new party is far above that of Wang Shen. Although Cai Jing is not as good as his younger brother, he is also a senior member of the new party. This can be known from the fact that he can be sent to a place as a magistrate in such an important place in Guangzhou.

Cai Jing was called the number one treacherous prime minister in history by later generations, of course he was not a simple person. In fact, he was once the prime minister four times, and it was very rare to rise and fall. This shows how powerful this person is. However, Cai Jing is still only a young man in his twenties. Although he is a little scheming, he is still much worse in other aspects. For example, this conflict with Yu Niang and the others seemed to be too impulsive. If it were him more than ten years later, Yu Niang would have been eaten by him for a long time.

Zhao Yan and his wife naturally had already informed the officials in Guangzhou. Princess Chen and his wife also received a private message from Zhao Yan. Therefore, when Zhao Yan and his wife stopped at the port, the dock was filled with people to greet them. Princess Chen and his wife naturally stood in the front, and behind them was a group of officials, led by a young official. Needless to ask, this person must be Cai Jing.

Zhao Yan looked at Cai Jing while getting off the boat. After all, he was very curious about this legendary figure in history. Whenever he appeared in later operas, he must have dressed up as a traitor. However, the Cai Jing that Zhao Yan saw now was completely different from the one in opera. He saw that the other person was tall, white-faced, and had no beards, and he looked quite handsome, but his eyes were a little narrow, which added a bit gloomy.

When Zhao Yan got off the boat, Princess Chen and Master Wang made an appointment to meet him first. Zhao Yan missed the elder sister very much and walked forward with a smile. But what he didn't expect was that Princess Chen ran over next to him with tears on his face, not caring about his younger brother at all. Then he hugged a boy beside Zhao Yan and burst into tears. The boy was naturally Shu'er who followed Zhao Yan. Speaking of which, he and Princess Chen and his son had been separated for several years. Shu'er also grew from a boy with a height of thigh to a young man. However, no matter how much he changed, Princess Chen, as a mother, still recognized his son at a glance.

"Third brother, your elder sister and Shu'er have been separated for so many years, and they talk about him every day. Now I can't help but see him. Don't be surprised!" Seeing Zhao Yan being cold aside by his wife, Master Wang asked to come forward and smile.

"Haha, where did my brother-in-law say? My elder sister and Shuer are naturally innate. After meeting, they naturally reveal their true feelings. However, although Shuer has been separated from you for several years, he has learned a lot. If he had not been too young, I would have transferred him to the School of Geology and Physical Science to serve as a professor!" Zhao Yan also laughed and said. When Shuer and Princess Chen were separated, he would also have to bear certain responsibilities. Now he is very happy to see their mother and son reunite.

Princess Chen hugged her son and intimate for a while, then she remembered Zhao Yan and others. Then she took Shu'er's hand and said a few words to Zhao Yan, and then asked Master Wang to make an appointment to receive Zhao Yan on her behalf. She and Shu'er got on the boat to find Cao Ying and Shu'er's wife. After all, these women are not convenient to meet outsiders, and they happen to be received by Princess Chen.

Mr. Wang had been trained for a long time. He brought the officials behind him to Zhao Yan and introduced them to each other. However, when he introduced Cai Jing, Mr. Wang was very cold. It seemed that he was also resentful of Cai Jing's failure to sell him face last time. In addition, Cai Jing did too much before, so he had no good feelings for Cai Jing.

However, although Cai Jing is so cruel to Yu Niang and the others, he smiled when he saw Zhao Yan, and went forward to bow deeply and said, "The emperor Cai Jing paid homage to His Highness King Yue. When the emperor was in the capital, he also went to the Gewu Academy to listen to His Highness's lectures. He is also a student of His Highness. Today, he is a great honor to see His Highness again in Guangzhou, which is thousands of miles away from the capital!"

As the saying goes, "Not slapping a smile on people, although Zhao Yan has some prejudice against Cai Jing, it is not convenient to show it at this time, so he smiled and said a few words to him. Then he used the excuse that he was tired and wanted to rest early. Cai Jing, who was tactful, immediately said that he had arranged his place to live and took them there in person.

But at this moment, Cai Jing suddenly discovered that among the crowd behind Zhao Yan, the evil ghost and Yu Niang were also mixed together, which means that they came back with Zhao Yan. Thinking of Xu Yuan, the princess of Shu Kingdom behind Zhao Yan just now, the former leader of the Rakshasa Army, his face became gloomy.

Zhao Yan paid attention to Cai Jing from the beginning, and naturally saw the change of expression on his face, but he didn't say anything. He took people to the arranged residence on his own. Master Wang made an appointment with Princess Chen as a landlord, so he naturally had to fulfill his friendship with the landlords. Therefore, a sumptuous banquet was set up long ago. Men such as Zhao Yan and others were accompanied by Master Wang made an appointment with Cai Jing and others, and Princess Chen went to entertain Cao Ying and other women. The reception banquet lasted from the afternoon to the evening. Zhao Yan and the others also returned drunk.

However, although Zhao Yan and the others were drunk, Cai Jing couldn't drink it. Especially when he saw Xu Yuan and the evil ghost and Yu Niang sitting together at the banquet, the three of them were talking and laughing. In addition, Zhao Yan toasted Xu Yuan and the other two from time to time, which shows that Zhao Yan attached great importance to them, which made Cai Jing even more restless, and he even wanted to finish the banquet and go back to discuss countermeasures immediately.

After finally reaching the end of the banquet, Cai Jing immediately stood up and returned to his prefecture after seeing the drunk Zhao Yan and others being helped down, and then sent someone to quickly find Qian Feng, the governor of Guangzhou. Tongzong was the deputy of the governor. However, the original governor was transferred with the original governor because he opposed the new law. The current governor Qian Feng and Cai Jing took office together. Both of them were from the new party. Moreover, Qian Feng knew that Cai Jing's younger brother was Wang Anshi's son-in-law, so he was particularly flattering to him. The governor had the power to monitor the governor, but when he came to him, he let everything Cai Jing did and had no intention of surveillance.

"Brother Yuan, what happened to make you so anxious to call me?" Qian Feng asked immediately as soon as he saw Cai Jing. He went out today because of the promotion of the new law, so he was unable to welcome Zhao Yan. Naturally, he didn't know that the evil ghost and Yu Niang were also back with Zhao Yan.

"It's a big deal. Today I went to welcome Your Highness King Yue, but I didn't expect to meet two people..." Cai Jing said and told him about meeting Yu Niang and the evil ghost today. He also introduced that Xu Yuan was back and had a very good relationship with Zhao Yan. From this we can see that Zhao Yan must have known about his previous bullying Yu Niang and others. Maybe he will come forward for them, and he may be difficult for Zhao Yan at that time.

Qian Feng couldn't help frowning after hearing Cai Jing's words. After a long time, he slowly spoke: "According to the news from Beijing, the King of Yue came to take over all maritime trade matters. Our Guangzhou mainly relies on maritime trade, and naturally it is controlled by the prince. If he really wants to ask about this matter, I'm afraid your situation is very bad."

"I naturally know these, so I want to invite Brother Qian to come and discuss a countermeasure!" Cai Jing said anxiously at this time. He didn't know that Xu Yuan was coming, and he didn't expect that Yu Niang and the others could join Zhao Yan. In his opinion, the Luosha Army was just a surrendered pirate. He was already polite to be able to take a fancy to Yu Niang, but since she didn't know how to politely, don't blame him for being rude. However, he never expected that because of this incident, he would offend Zhao Yan, the most popular King of Yue in the Song Dynasty.

Qian Feng frowned again when he heard this, and pondered for a while before he said again: "Magistrate, this matter is not easy to deal with. If King Yue insisted on interfering in this matter, even the Prince of the Court would not be able to help you, but there is no way. The subordinate has a suggestion that if the Magistrate is willing to do it, this matter may be resolved."

"Oh? What's the suggestion?" Cai Jing asked anxiously. He didn't want to get into a feud with Zhao Yan because of such a 'small thing', so it would be the best if it could be resolved. (To be continued)
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