Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Fang Zheng muttered curses under his breath as he went out.

Never would he have thought that his old father-in-law was still a cut above!

The little tricks he came up with were quickly put to use by him, and even on himself.

Being the grandmaster of this was too much of a failure.

At the entrance, Li Yuanzhao was still waiting, bored.

Seeing Fang Zheng's appearance, he immediately rushed forward impatiently and asked: "Did Father hit you?"

Fang Zheng glanced at him sideways.

"He did, almost beat me to death. He flew up and kicked me, the official robe was kicked open."

Li Yuanzhao immediately beamed: "Good! Good! So you have this day too, now you know what kind of days we live?"

"Your Highness, I am preparing to go on a long trip. His Majesty wants me to go to the Jin Kingdom for a friendly visit. I have to go to the Honglu Temple first to ask if there is any useful information there."

"What's so good about that broken place if there's no war?" Li Yuanzhao asked.

"Never mind, His Majesty has designated me to go, so I'll just take a trip. Anyway, it's only a matter of a few months. I'll go to the Honglu Temple first to ask about the situation."

....

Inside the Honglu Temple, Chen Hong, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, greeted Fang Zheng's visit with a warm face.

He was now terrified of seeing Fang Zheng.

Before, when Zhang Shi was overthrown, he didn't fare much better... he almost lost his life, which was also thanks to Fang Zheng.

Moreover, yesterday's invitation to the officials to eat the full moon wine was equivalent to openly accepting bribes!

Such a madman... he really didn't dare to provoke.

"It's rare for Lord Fang to come, is there anything important today?"

Fang Zheng went straight to the point: "Yes, the Jin Kingdom delegation is visiting. According to the rules, my Jinyiwei must also welcome them in addition to the Honglu Temple. I'm here to ask Lord Chen about the Second Prince, what kind of person he is, and what his character is like. I can also make arrangements in advance to avoid inadequate reception at that time."

"In addition, His Majesty has also decided that after the Second Prince's visit, I will accompany him back to the Jin Kingdom to return the courtesy."

"Oh, I heard His Majesty mention this matter before, you also agreed to go to the Jin Kingdom?"

"Oh, don't mention it..."

Chen Hong nodded and said: "Congratulations, Lord Fang, this is a rare opportunity, please come with me."

Afterwards, Fang Zheng followed Chen Hong to a library.

Inside, there were many documents piled up in different categories. Chen Hong flipped through them for a moment and pulled out a book.

Quickly flipping through a few pages, he handed the book to Fang Zheng and said: "This is the information we have collected about the Jin Kingdom's royal family."

"This Second Prince is named Ali Bai, and was born when Utu had just taken over the Wuliangha tribe."

"Utu is a strong man. Every time he has a son, he will let the son personally lead troops to fight or drill when he grows up, so those princes can be said to be good at fighting."

"But this Ali Bai is different. He is not good at leading troops to fight. He has never had any battle achievements when Utu commanded the twenty-six tribes, but he has a good reputation in the tribe. It is said that he is kind-hearted and soft-tempered, but Utu does not like him."

"The information we have learned is only this much. To put it simply, this person is just an ordinary and honest person, and it should not be difficult to deal with."

Fang Zheng touched his chin and said gloomily: "Isn't that a waste? Sending a waste to visit us, and replacing me with him is unfair, I'm at a loss!"

Chen Hong's heart tightened: "Lord Fang, be careful, he is still a prince after all, how can you say he is a waste? You are not at a loss!"

"As a prince, his resources are unlimited, and his father doesn't like him. A soft-hearted and kind person can only be trampled on by his brothers... You say such a person... is also good!" Fang Zheng paused as he spoke, and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Honest people... what I love to play with the most are honest people!"

I don't know what the Jin Kingdom was thinking, sending an honest person to handle affairs.

Isn't that just right? If you want to understand some news or do something, it's best to find an honest person.

Chen Hong shuddered: "Lord Fang, what do you want to do, don't mess around... this is not a trivial matter, who has the honest person offended?"

What's wrong with honest people? I'll play with them anyway, my Fang Zheng's main focus is on values!

"Hey~ I'm not doing anything, just chatting with him more to promote friendship between the two countries." Fang Zheng said with a smile.

"By the way, how long will it take for their delegation to arrive in the capital?"

"Soon, the letter of credence was actually sent by the delegation's people on horseback in advance, so they should be coming soon. But it's strange to say, this time they came to visit, they seem to be very anxious... this is not the usual procedure." Chen Hong wondered.

Fang Zheng also always felt that something was wrong, especially since Paba specifically named himself to be invited, but after thinking about it, he couldn't find any clues, so he could only give up.

"Never mind, we don't need to be anxious if they are anxious to come. That's it. Thank you, Lord Chen, I'll go back and make arrangements first."

.....

Ten days later.

The Jinyiwei and a group of officials from the Honglu Temple were waiting outside the city early in the morning.

According to the post station's report, the Jin Kingdom delegation was entering the capital today.

Fang Zheng had his hands in his sleeves, staring blankly ahead.

He had been waiting for half an hour, and the people hadn't arrived yet....

He had prepared a lot in these ten days, and the Banshan Daily had been simply revised.

He said a lot of good things about the Jin Kingdom, as well as news.

In the past, he released negative news about the Northern Rong every day, and constantly shot himself in the foot.

The feet of the Northern Rong were smashed into minced meat, and the stones were almost not enough.

Now that the envoys are visiting, it's not appropriate to do this anymore, what if they see it?

Wouldn't that lead to a fight? Even honest people can't be provoked like this!

The people have changed their mindset a lot after ten days of news bombardment, at least they won't laugh when foreigners come.

Finally, he carefully prepared a batch of tea for return gifts, special 'diamonds', bicycles and other special products of the Great Jing....

After another half an hour, a long line appeared in the distance.

The leader was riding a tall horse, dressed in white, with a rather thin figure. His appearance was that of a Jin Kingdom person, but in terms of temperament, he had a bit of a scholar's air.

When they were still one or two hundred zhang away from the city gate, an attendant beside the man in white pointed and said: "Second Prince, look at that tall young man at the front, he is Fang Zheng."

Ali Bai frowned and looked over, and said softly: "Are you sure? Are you not mistaken?"

"That's right, Fang Zheng is taller than ordinary people, and he is very young in the officialdom of the Great Jing. This subordinate remembers very clearly when he accompanied the National Teacher last time."

"Second Prince, be careful, the National Teacher repeatedly told you that Fang Zheng is a very strange person..."

"I know these things, you don't need to say more."

Ali Bai nodded slightly, and the hand holding the horse's rein could not help but tighten a little.

Although he didn't know why his father, who had always looked down on him, would suddenly send him to visit the Jing Kingdom, the National Teacher had taught him repeatedly before the trip to be careful of Fang Zheng.

This person is unusual and does not follow common sense.

No matter what he says, you must consider it carefully and not believe it lightly. The rest is just to honestly get along with him and take him back to the Jin Kingdom.

Now that Fang Zheng is in front of him, he must not relax his vigilance...