. The golden autumn sun gradually turned to the west, pulling the shadows of people and horses long, and from a distance, the city wall of Lin'an in front of it was paced with a layer of golden color.

Yang Yan and his entourage approached the city gate of Lin'an, he rode his horse and walked in the front of the team, and in the long pavilion five miles away from the city gate, he saw Han Yanzhi, the secretary of the Privy Council, and Zhang Gongdan, the Zhengqing of Honglu Temple, waiting in the long pavilion. Among the ministers in the court, Yang Yan is most familiar with Han Yanzhi, except for Yu Yunwen. Therefore, as soon as Yang Yan saw Han Yanzhi, he hurriedly dismounted, came to the long pavilion, saluted Han Yanzhi, and said, "Lord Han, why did you come to pick us up." ”

Han Yan hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "Zihao, don't be polite." I'm here to wait for Zhaojing and Wenzhu to take them back. But take a look at you with me, this time you have made great achievements in Quang Nam, the future is terrible, the future is terrible, it seems that we people are indeed old. ”

Yang Yan was just about to speak, but Han Zhaojing had already dismounted and ran into the long pavilion, and said, "Dad, are you here to pick me up?" ”

Zhang Wenzhu also followed up to salute Han Yan directly, and said, "Uncle, you are here." ”

Han Yanzhi patted Han Zhaojing's head lovingly, and said with a smile: "Yes, you two have been away from home for so long, and I heard that you are coming back, and even the old lady came from the countryside to take a look at you, so I came to pick you up and go to my side first." ”

Yang Yan knew that the old lady was Han Yanzhi's mother, the famous Yang Guo's wife Liang Hongyu. is also Han Zhaojing's grandmother and Zhang Wenzhu's maternal grandmother, Han and Zhang's two families are each other's in-laws and have a very close relationship.

Han Yanzhi smiled and said to Yang Yan: "Zihao, this time I went to Guangnan, these two girls didn't cause you any trouble." ”

Yang Yan hurriedly said: "Lord Han said that, Miss Han and Miss Zhang both behaved very well this time, but they helped a lot." ”

Han Zhiyan laughed and said, "I know what these two girls look like, and I can't help with the plan, as long as I don't make trouble for you, it's good." Then he introduced Yang Yan to Zhang Gongdan, the Zhengqing of Honglu Temple, in fact, Yang Yan and Zhang Gongdan had not met at all, but on this occasion, the two also said a few words.

At this time, Zhao Qianru's chariot and the Dali mission also arrived, Han Yanzhi and Zhang Gongdan gave Zhao Qianru a salute again, and Zhao Qianru also said a few words modestly. Then Dali's envoys Gan Hua and Liu Renxian also came to meet. Han Yanzhi and Zhang Gongdan gave the princess of Dali a salute again. Although Han Yanzhi was nominally here to greet his daughter, he was the Privy Councillor after all, equivalent to the prime minister, so his appearance here also flattered Gan Hua and Liu Renxian.

In fact, in order to welcome Dali's mission, Zhao? It is also painstaking, although the current Dali is only a government that almost exists in name, but after all, it is also orthodox in Dali in name, for the state of etiquette and the orthodoxy of the Central Plains for the Song Dynasty, if you deny the orthodoxy of Dali, it is tantamount to denying your own status, so Zhao? I don't want to be too simple in the reception etiquette. The reception of envoys from other countries was originally the responsibility of Honglu Temple, but since the other party's envoy to the Great Song Dynasty was the prime minister, then only sending a Honglu Temple Zhengqing to receive the Dali delegation would inevitably make people feel that they were too contemptuous of Dali.

However, after all, the Great Song Dynasty has not yet made a final decision on whether to send troops to rescue Dali, and the Manichaean rebellion in Guangnan has not been completely quelled, so Zhao? I don't want to be too fanfare, so as not to provoke Jiaojiao. So Zhao? After thinking about it for a while, it was decided to let Han Yanzhi go out of the city together to wait for Yang Yan's brigade and the Dali delegation in the name of picking up his daughter. In this way, it is only the Honglu Temple that is nominally welcoming the Dali Mission, but no matter what the reason, knowing that the Privy Council is present will not make the Dali Mission feel underestimated.

After everyone finished saluting each other, Gan Hua, Liu Renxian and Duan Yanzhu said goodbye to Yang Yan, Zhao Qianru and others, and followed Zhang Gongdan to the pavilion to rest. Then Zhao Qianru also said goodbye and went back to the palace. Yang Yan also instructed Wu Xi to take the men and horses back to the military camp of the front division of the palace to rest.

Han Yan said straightly: "Zihao, you have also worked hard for a day, maybe tomorrow the emperor will see you and ask about Guangnan?" It's better to go back and rest early. I'll go back to the house another day to thank you for taking care of these two girls during this time. ”

Yang Yan hurriedly said: "There, Han Shumi is too polite, starting from my grandfather and King Han Qi, I am also a junior, it should be that I will go to the adult's mansion another day to meet the adult and Mrs. Liang." As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his arms, handed it to Han Yanzhi, and said, "Han Shumi, please wait a moment, this is for you." ”

Han Yan went directly into his hand and said, "What is this?" ”

Yang Yan said: "Since the Dali delegation arrived in Jingjiang Mansion, I sent people to Dali to inquire about the current situation in Dali. At noon today, Jingjiang Mansion sent it to me with an expedited delivery of 800 miles, and I have read all these materials, and I think it is still useful for the imperial court to make decisions. So I gave it to the Privy Councillor, and asked the Privy Counsellor to forward it to the Imperial Court. ”

Han Yanzhi was slightly stunned and said, "When the emperor sees you, you can present it to the emperor yourself." ”

Yang Yan shook his head and said, "I don't know when the emperor will see me, and I also ask Han Shumi to present it to the emperor and the ministers of the Chinese book for me tomorrow, so as not to make a mistake." ”

Han Yanzhi smiled bitterly, and he didn't know whether Yang Yan was smart or confused. Wouldn't it be fearful that you would take credit for taking this information that is now extremely useful to yourself? Although thinking like this, Han Yanzhi didn't say anything, put away the booklet, led Han Zhaojing and Zhang Wenzhu, and said goodbye to Yang Yan and left.

Chen Liang did not have a residence in Lin'an, and although he was now Yang Yan's staff, he actually had no official position, so he could not live in the pavilion. Therefore, when Yang Yan invited Chen Liang to live in his mansion, Chen Liang did not refuse.

So Yang Yan and Chen Liang took Tie Chenglin, Gu Xueping and two tigers back to the house together. Although the two tigers wore neck rings and were led by ropes, pedestrians on the road were still frightened to avoid them, and livestock such as cats, dogs, pigs and sheep were even more frightened. Yang Yan couldn't cry or laugh when he saw it, but fortunately, he arrived at the house after watching it.