Chenliu is located thirty miles east of Kaifeng. It is a small county town. In the history of the Central Plains, Chenliu was established as a county and country several times. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Chenliu County was even more of a place for Cao Cao to raise an army. It is precisely because of this that Emperor Xian of Han was imprisoned in Chenliu, which also opened the history of Chenliu imprisonment and abolishing emperors. However, by the Tang Dynasty, Chenliu County was completely abolished. Since then, there has been only Chenliu County and no Chenliu County.

The capital of the Song Dynasty was established in Kaifeng, which made the jurisdiction of Kaifeng City very large. Chenliu County is naturally one of the jurisdictions of Kaifeng. However, it is precisely because Chenliu is too close to Kaifeng that the place is not very prosperous. This is like Beijing and Hebei in later generations. Too many political and economic conditions have been artificially gathered on the capital, like a vampire, absorbing the surrounding population and resources into the capital. Although the surrounding areas are backed by the capital, they cannot develop.

This is the case with Chenliu. Originally, this county was still a central county in Kaifeng, but as Kaifeng became more and more prosperous, the population in the county rushed to the capital to find work, and even the people who farmed were a little short of people. Now Chenliu County has fallen to a level and has become a low county. Even so, the population is still in constant loss. It is estimated that in a few decades, the entire county will probably disappear.

However, this situation improved a few years ago. Because the Song Dynasty destroyed the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Emperor Yelu Jun led his troops to surrender. In order to resettle the Liao nobles such as Yelu Jun, according to the conditions that the Song Dynasty promised them before, Yelu Jun was named King of Chenliu. Almost all of him and those important Liao nobles were moved to Chenliu. These people and their families combined had more than 2,000 people, which made the whole Chenliu suddenly lively.

In order to guard these nobles of the Liao Kingdom, especially the King of Chenliu Yelu Jun, the Song Dynasty arranged heavy troops around Chenliu. In addition, many garrisons were arranged in Chenliu, and to some extent, Chenliu had more troops than the imperial palace in Tokyo. Unfortunately, although these troops were usually responsible for protecting Yelu Jun's safety, if there was any critical situation, they would kill Yelu Jun as soon as possible so that no one would rescue Yelu Jun from causing trouble.

With the arrival of Yelu Jun and other survivors of the Liao Kingdom, Chenliu, a small county town that was already somewhat declining, began to flourish again. First, the court began to pay attention to Chenliu. For example, all the main roads were replaced with cement roads, and the court even prepared to wait for a railway from Kaifeng to here. Of course, these were all for the convenience of monitoring the movements of Chenliu.

In addition, although the Liao nobles were destroyed, even the capital was occupied by the Jin Kingdom. Although they were later taken back by the Song Dynasty, they also abandoned most of their belongings when they escaped. However, even so, they were still much richer than ordinary people. What's more, in order to calm the hearts of these Liao nobles, the Song Dynasty once rewarded them with a lot of wealth when Yelu Jun surrendered. Therefore, after these Liao nobles came to Chenliu, many merchants immediately came to hear about the news and opened shops in the city. For a time, the entire Chenliu seemed to be in a second spring, and there were more pedestrians on the streets.

Zhao Jia took Yelu Chun's family to Chenliu County in a carriage. Because there were too many Liao people in Chenliu, no one could guarantee whether there were still people among these people who hated the Song Dynasty. Therefore, for his own safety, Zhao Yan specially brought a guard of thousands of people. When his team came to the gate of Chenliu County in a mighty manner, it also attracted a lot of attention.

"Chenliu County!" Yelu Chun, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw the name on the city gate. He finally understood the arrangements of the Song Dynasty for him. It turned out that he wanted to keep him and his cousin Yelu Jun together. Speaking of which, it was he who first surrendered to the Song Dynasty, which led to the fact that there was no city to defend in the south of the Liao Kingdom and eventually ended up in defeat. So if Yelu Jun did not hate him, he might not believe it.

Zhao Yan and his group had just arrived at the county gate. They immediately saw an official leading a group of documents. The yamen runners stepped forward to greet him and said, "Zhao Xun, the magistrate of Chenliu, pay homage to His Highness the King of Yue!"

"The Zhao County Magistrate doesn't have to be too polite!" Zhao Yan smiled and said when he saw the county magistrate of his age. Zhao Xun not only had the same surname as him, but also a member of the royal family. However, he was already a subordinate of the royal family and his family had no titles. However, this Zhao County Magistrate is a scholar with a strong personality. He started taking the imperial examinations in his teens and was not until he passed the exam in his thirties. Yelu Jun happened to be named Chenliu and needed an innocent official to manage Chenliu's affairs. So Zhao Xun entrusted his fortune to become Chenliu's county magistrate. Now Chenliu has barely reached the level of going to the county, and an ordinary Jinshi can only serve as the county magistrate of Zhongxian at most.

At that moment, Zhao Yan entered the county town under the reception of Zhao County Magistrate. He saw people coming and going on the streets of the county town, including Han people, but there were also many Khitans walking on the streets. These were the Liao nobles and their family servants imprisoned here. Speaking of which, although they were nominally imprisoned here, they would not pay attention to them as long as they did not leave the county town. There was a white line in front of the county town gate, which was the forbidden line of the Liao nobles. Once someone approached, they would be driven back by the defenders of the city gate. If someone dared to force himself to break through, if any Liao nobles dared to disguise themselves, then what was waiting for them would be wanted nationwide. If they were caught again, they would be a death sentence.

"Zhao County Magistrate Zhao, Chenliu County is quite lively. How is the situation in the city during this period? Is there anything unusual happening?" Zhao Yan asked Zhao County Magistrate Zhao to get on his carriage, and then asked casually while looking at the situation on the street. In addition to managing the affairs of the entire county, Zhao Xunshen, the Chenliu County Magistrate, is the most important thing to monitor the movements of the Liao nobles like Yelu Jun. After all, he is the county magistrate, and it is very convenient to do such things.

"Your Highness, everything is normal in the county town. Two hundred and thirty-seven Liao nobles are registered and stay at home honestly. At most, I will walk around the county town. No one dares to make any abnormal movements, but..." At the end of the day, Zhao Xun seemed to suddenly think of something, and his face also showed a look of embarrassment.

"What's wrong? Just tell me if you have anything!" Zhao Yan saw the embarrassed look on Zhao Xun's face and spoke again.

"Your Highness, it's not a big deal. But since King Chenliu came to Chenliu, he began to like to plant flowers and grass. Some time ago, he personally came to the county government office and asked the lower officials, hoping that I could help him find some seeds of strange flowers and plants to send them to his mansion. In addition, after the secret observation of the lower officials during this period, King Chenliu was indeed planting flowers and plants in the mansion every day, and he personally watered the flowers and plants by himself every day. Although this seemed normal, it was very different from his previous temper, so the lower officials felt a little strange." Zhao Xun said cautiously at this time. It was normal to like flowers and plants, but this was not like what people like Yelu Jun did.

Zhao Yan was also a little surprised when he heard Zhao Xun's report. He also knew Yelu Jun better. As far as he knew, Yelu Jun was not like a man who was fiddling with flowers and plants. Instead, he was very interested in drinking and seeking pleasure. Otherwise, he would not have left all the government to Yelu Yixin for treatment. However, this cannot be said to be impossible. Perhaps Yelu Jun was hit by the destruction of the country and suddenly became interested and began to transfer all his energy to the flowers and plants.

While talking, the carriage had already passed through half a county town and finally came to the gate of a newly-launched house. I saw that the house occupied a large area, which was not inferior to Zhao Yan's Yue Palace. It was just a much worse construction. However, it was a first-class mansion. The plaque on the door of the mansion contained four big characters "Chenliu Palace". After all, Yelu Jun was a prince no matter what, so the Song Dynasty could not be too slow to treat the other party. This mansion was also built by the Song Dynasty in Chenliu County after Yelu Jun surrendered.

When Zhao Yan walked out of the carriage, Yelu Chun also got off the carriage behind him. When he looked up and saw the huge mansion, he smiled bitterly again. The person he was most reluctant to see was Yelu Jun, but unfortunately it seems that he can't hide it now. I just don't know if his cousin will go crazy when he sees him?

Although Yelu Jun was a prisoner of war in the Song Dynasty, he was also the prince of the Song Dynasty and Zhao Yan's brother-in-law, so he could not break in directly without politeness. Instead, he asked someone to send his name to him. Guards were arranged in front of the royal palace gate. Moreover, these guards were not arranged by the Song Dynasty, but the Liao court guards who surrendered with Yelu Jun. They were all loyalists of the Liao Kingdom. So even though Yelu Jun was no longer the emperor, they still served as guards of Yelu Jun. However, their number was not large. There were only fifty guards in the entire mansion, and the rest were all disbanded and became civilians of the Song Dynasty.

As soon as Zhao Yan's famous post was sent in, he heard a burst of rapid footsteps inside. Then the door of the mansion was opened, and Yelu Jun, dressed in casual clothes, also walked out of the mansion with great strides. He had not seen each other for several years. Yelu Jun seemed to have not changed much compared to that year. At this time, his face was rosy, and he walked with great briskness, and he seemed to be a few years younger than before.
Chapter completed!