Serena smiled and clapped her hands: "The situation was too urgent at that time, so my maid changed clothes with me and was surrounded by people. I took the opportunity to escape."
"But what you didn't expect is that you can't restore your true identity." Ximen Qing suddenly said: "If that were not the case, you could have returned to the Manichaean main altar. Why would you commit yourself to marrying Zou Hong?"
Xueer was stunned when she heard this: "Sister Serena, are all these things my master said true?"
"That's pretty much it." Serena did not deny it.
Ximen Qing chuckled: "I'm afraid the more important thing is that Manichaeism will choose a saint?"
As soon as these words came out, even with a veil, Ximen Qing could see Serena's surprise.
"Saint? What is a saint?" Xueer was confused.
Serena suddenly sighed: "Sir Ximen, how come you know everything? I was originally a light envoy in the church, and my position was not low. Of course, I was also one of the candidates for the saint. Once I became a saint, I would not be able to get married for life.
, this matter is also an opportunity.”[
"I see, that makes everything right." Ximen Qing chuckled and said, "I also want to pry into your private affairs, but since you were once an envoy of light, I may need your help with something in the future."
"As long as I help, Lord Ximen won't tell the truth?" Serena said in amusement, "I, Serena, am actually being threatened by that person?"
The words were a bit stiff, and Xueer was anxious and said hurriedly: "Sister Serena, my master didn't mean this."
Ximen Qing smiled slightly: "As an envoy of light, your skills are naturally not bad. I can tell this from the reaction of Hun Jianglong Li Jun. You are Brother Zou's wife, how can you threaten me? I will keep your secret naturally
I won’t mention it to others, even in front of Brother Zou.”
Immediately afterwards, Ximen Qing whispered about Fang La: "This man is already the leader of the Middle Earth Ming Cult. He has great ambitions. Maybe he has started recruiting troops now.
I am preparing to cause "chaos", although it will not cause a big "chaos" in a short time, but I have to pay attention."
Serena suddenly understood and smiled: "When Li Jun was working as a guard, he once showed off in front of others. I haven't done anything with anyone for a long time, so I couldn't hold back. Although the Mingjiao of Middle-earth came from Persia, it has no direct relationship.
, maybe I can’t help you with this.”
"It doesn't matter." Ximen Qing shook his head slightly and said, "As long as Serena nods, I will have my own idea."
Serena smiled: "That also means that Sir Ximen can just bring a message when the time comes."
Everyone drank some more wine. Seeing that the night was getting late and the sea breeze was getting stronger, they all went back to their rooms to rest. As soon as they left, the lights in a room over there were turned off. Ximen Qing's sharp eyes saw that it was arranged for Sang San during the day.
He walked into his mother's room and smiled slightly. Knowing that Sang Sanniang had been paying attention to this place just now, he turned off the lights.
"Master Ximen is so beautiful, I wonder which room we are going to tonight?" Serena did not forget to tease: "Is it still like yesterday?"
Ximen Qing chuckled and said, "There are still many days at sea, so don't rush for a while." After saying that, he hugged Xue'er and went back to the room.
Serena stood there, watching Ximen Qing and Xue'er go in. Then she lifted her veil and sighed, and whispered regretfully: "There is such a strange man in Middle-earth?"
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The following days were uneventful, and the sea was calm. The wind was smooth and the water was smooth. On about the twentieth day, Shi Qian climbed up to the observation deck and looked far into the distance. The horizon was already faintly visible.
Suddenly the shadow of land appeared.
During this period of time, Sang Sanniang went from being bored in her room all day, to eating with everyone, and privately chatting with Ximen Qing about Baihua Tower and the Japanese Style Museum.
Of course, what happened in private was definitely more than just chatting. Ximen Qing still spent three to five nights in Sang Sanniang's room.
Women in this era are still relatively independent, closer to the Tang Dynasty. Anyway, it is a happy thing between men and women. If it happens for the first time, of course there will be a second and third time.
Sang Sanniang seriously enjoyed this kind of joy, but she was only limited to enjoying this kind of joy, and did not make the first step to Ximen Qing.
Sang Sanniang had always been in the shadow of Cai You before, but then she suddenly realized that she was so stupid that she was tied up alive.
The story of what happened to Sang Sanniang that night was the envy of those maids in the first few days. Of course, she was even more envious. If they knew that this lucky "maid" was actually the chief shopkeeper of Baihua House, they would probably be upset.
All will fall to the ground.
Ximen Qing also wanted to uncover Sang Sanniang's identity. In fact, Sang Sanniang's identity was a secret before returning to Bianliang.
Soon, these maids discovered that instead of envying them, it was better to do it themselves.
Because there are actually many feasible targets on the ship, strong sailors, and soldiers who have just returned from the battlefield, why should they stand and watch?
Within a few days, many maids took the initiative to attack their chosen targets.
Unlike Bianliang or Mingzhou, there doesn’t seem to be much to do when it gets dark.
The energy that was vented during the day was released at night, and the giggles of the maids could be faintly heard everywhere on the ship.
Ximen Qing was very satisfied with this situation, because this was more or less his purpose of raising the standards when recruiting maids.
In his plan, which is the Japanese strategy in Ximen Qing's mind, this is also an indispensable part.
After the fleet saw land, they did not move forward at full speed, but moved forward in an orderly manner as planned, and appeared in Hakata Port on the afternoon of the next day.
Even in Hakata, a fleet of this size is not common, and the tall hull attracted Japanese people to come to watch, and the port became lively for a while.
After receiving the news, the officials of Hakatazu Dazaifu hurriedly sent people to greet them. From the style of the ships and various signs, they could recognize that this fleet came from the Song Dynasty.
The leading official has lost count of how many years the Song Dynasty has not had a fleet of this size come to Bodo.
Especially the leading ship was the largest ship he had ever seen in his life.
"Which giant merchant from the Song Dynasty is here? He actually has such a large fleet?"
While sighing, the official looked towards the ship. Unknowingly, his hat quietly fell to the ground. He only came to his senses when he was reminded by his colleagues next to him.
"Go to that hillside!"
The official pointed with his hand and quickly walked towards the hillside, regardless of whether others followed him.
It wasn't until we reached the top of the slope that the entire fleet could be seen completely. While the official was sighing, he also saw a huge flag rising slowly from the bow of the ship.
Song!
The official couldn't help but be moved. He never expected that this fleet was actually sent by the Song Dynasty and not by some wealthy merchants.
"No wonder! No wonder!" The official raised his hand to his forehead and muttered to himself: "Is it the Song Dynasty envoy?"
Being able to use this Song flag on the bow of the ship means that the identity of the person coming is self-evident.
This official was trembling with joy. Although Song businessmen occasionally sent ultimatums over the decades, they were unwilling to establish normal contacts with the Song Dynasty because they were disgusted with the words "return" and other words in the ultimatums. Instead, they only used Dazaifu.
It's just a back-and-forth ultimatum in the name.
But he knew that establishing national-level exchanges with the Song Dynasty would have obvious benefits to Japan and trade.
As far as he knew, the emperor did not send envoys to the Song Dynasty. Now the fleet of the Song Dynasty envoys took the initiative to come to Hakata. The significance of this was extraordinary. It showed that the Song Dynasty extended a hand to Japan to represent friendship.
hand.
If this official knew the truth now, he would probably vomit three liters of blood and die in depression.
"Kojiro! Send someone to Dazaifu immediately to tell you the news!" The official couldn't help shouting: "Let me greet you with the highest level of courtesy!"
"The highest level?"
Kojiro obviously hadn't figured out what happened, so he hesitated for a moment and was immediately hit twice on the head by his elder.
"This is the envoy to the Song Dynasty!" The official was obviously already speaking coherently: "Hurry up and go!"
Kojiro got hit on the butt and disappeared quickly.
The official carefully arranged his uniform and shouted in a deep voice to the other people under his command: "Let's go! Let's go and greet him first!"
"Dazaifu Shaojian?" Ximen Qing got the news on the ship and couldn't help but smile: "This official name is quite interesting."
After the fleet arrived in Hakata, Ximen Qing did not rush to order everyone to disembark, but continued to wait on the ship to let the shock of the fleet's arrival spread a little more.
Sure enough, within an hour, Dazaifu sent someone to greet him.
"There is nothing surprising about this official name." Zou Hong seems to be familiar with Dazaifu. He may have had contact with him when doing business in previous years. Of course, Zou Hong has obviously not been here for several years, otherwise this iconic
The big ship is easy to recognize.
"The position of junior eunuch is not too high, there are senior eunuchs above."
"What's the eunuch above?" Ximen Qing answered.
Serena couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Of course not, but the official names above are a bit interesting. Above the chief supervisor is the junior second, and above that is the sophomore."
"You're still in your junior and senior years." Ximen Qing couldn't help laughing: "I think it's Shinji."
Everyone burst out laughing, and Zou Hong chuckled and said, "It's nothing at first, but when Master Ximen said this, it was a bit embarrassing."
"Who is the highest officer of Dazaifu?" Ximen Qing asked.
Zou Hong said: "That is the commander-in-chief of Dazaifu, and his deputy is called Commander Quan."
"Well, it seems that the rank of the young prisoner is not high enough." Ximen Qing thought for a while: "Scarfaced Tiger, you bring two people and invite the young prisoner to come up and have a chat."
"Yes." Scar-faced Tiger brought two blood-blowing soldiers, and within half a quarter of an hour, he invited the delighted Dazaifu young prisoner over.
After identifying each other, the young eunuch said in fluent Chinese: "It is not easy for Mr. Ximen to come from afar. I have already informed the commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief will come to greet you in person soon!"