From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 441

Nothing happened that night, but Zhou Yuan didn't sleep much. He kept thinking about how to solve the situation in Yuehai, whether the generation gap between the fire line gun and the Dajin fire gun could be solved with the current technological means, and... how to save Luo Ruanzhi.

Each problem is closely linked and difficult to solve, but these things have to be done.

Thinking of the end, Zhou Yuan finally fell asleep.

Before dawn, he suddenly woke up again. He looked around and found nothing, but he couldn't fall asleep again.

He simply got up and walked slowly in the yard.

It was soon dawn, and Zhuang Xuansu found Zhou Yuan in the yard.

She came over and asked softly: "What are the arrangements for today?"

Under the current circumstances, this bodyguard has almost become Zhou Yuan's deputy.

"Two hundred soldiers from Zhaoqing Prefecture are coming, and we need to find a place to stay. This is the first."

"The second is to visit the King of the Southern Tour, strive to get his cooperation, and organize a counterattack against the Portuguese."

"The third is to wait for news from the Jianghu Suicide Squad to see how many guns they can get. I need to study it carefully."

Zhou Yuan paused slightly and continued: "The most critical one is the King of the Southern Tour. Without his thousands of soldiers, we will be unable to fight back."

Zhuang Xuansu thought for a moment before saying: "He is a county prince. No one can directly order him except Your Majesty."

"Even if you are an imperial envoy, you must carry the imperial edict and seal."

Zhou Yuan said: "In an emergency, I have no time to deal with him. You need to cooperate with me when the time comes."

Zhuang Xuansu curled her lips. This time she rarely sang against Zhou Yuan. Perhaps she also knew that Zhou Yuan's help was too little this time, and she couldn't do without her again.

Guan Caixi and others woke up one after another. After breakfast, they got on the carriage and set out to visit the Southern Tour Palace.

Guan Lu said: "The Portuguese are here again, still the same as yesterday, just changed the area, and it has not affected this side yet."

"The guards on the side of the Xunnan King are tight, I gave a heads-up in advance, but I am not sure about this person's attitude."

Zhou Yuan nodded and looked to the south. The death squad should also take action at this moment.

Guan Lu led the way in front, showing the waist badge of the Xunnan King's mansion, and led the carriage all the way.

Finally arriving at the gate of the government office, Zhou Yuan and others walked in without hesitation.

When in Yunzhou, Zhou Yuan had not seen the Xunnan King, but only knew that he was a prince of Chengjue. His father had fought for the country, recovered Xining Prefecture and Gansu Town, and then guarded Ningxia Town. He had made great military achievements and was therefore crowned king.

Of course, this is not enough. The generals of the Great Jin Dynasty can only be crowned as dukes at most. After all, Song Shanao, the Duke of Zhenguo, is the ceiling.

There is another reason why the father of the King of Xunnan was granted the title of a county king. After recovering Xining Prefecture and Gansu Town, the Jin Dynasty and the Khoshut Khanate signed a non-aggression pact, which involved marriage.

The father of the King of Xunnan married a princess of the Khoshut Khanate and became the bond of diplomatic peace between the Jin Dynasty and the Khoshut Khanate. In order to make the two sides equal, he was granted the title of king.

The second generation of the King of Xunnan, as the son of a foreign princess, inherited the title.

The historical reasons are complicated, and Zhou Yuan did not study it much. Anyway, the general meaning is that the current King of Xunnan has a high title, but almost no real power.

The only fiefdom was also stabbed into a sieve.

After entering the hall, the Southern Tour King also strode out with a hearty laugh: "Girl Caixi, I haven't seen you for so many years, you have grown up so much, time flies!"

Guan Caixi bowed and said: "Hello, Uncle Luo, it's been more than ten years since we last met in Shenjing, but Uncle Wang is still as charming as ever."

Luo Yunhe waved his hand, sighed and laughed: "Oh, how can he still be as charming as ever? Look at Xiangzhou now, it's full of holes, your uncle Wang is not having a good time."

After saying that, he was slightly stunned , then widened his eyes and said: "Qinshui? Why are you here too!"

Princess Qinshui smiled and said: "I thought Uncle Luo had forgotten me."

Luo Yunhe hurriedly said: "Of course I can't forget it. What happened to you back then still had a huge impact on me."

"My father had not died yet, and I had not yet taken charge of the family. I heard that you had abducted Concubine Qiu out of the palace. The late emperor was furious and wanted to lock you up in the clan house."

The smile on Princess Qinshui's face gradually solidified, and the atmosphere became awkward.

"Oh, look at my mouth."

Luo Yunhe said: "Let's not talk about the past. Sit down quickly. I haven't seen you girls for a long time. It's really not easy to see you in the south now."

After speaking, he couldn't help but roared: "Luo Zhiyuan, where have you been, you little brat? Come out and see your sisters!"

Everyone sat down, the maid served tea, and at the same time a boy about fourteen or fifteen years old came out.

Dressed in brocade clothes, with a handsome face,He was tall and straight, almost as tall as Zhou Yuan.

He walked out, without saying hello, and stood next to Luo Yunhe, frowning and looking at everyone.

Luo Yunhe said: "What? You can't recognize me? Haha!"

"This is your sister Caixi, have you forgotten that she held you at that time?"

"This is your sister Qinshui, the one who slapped you twice, don't you always call her a shrew!"

After saying that, he turned around and said: "Qinshui, don't mind, I'm not targeting you, I'm just helping this brat recall, after all, he was only four years old when he left Beijing."

"Hehe!"

Princess Qinshui smiled with a fake smile, and couldn't help but glance at Zhou Yuan, expressing grievance.

Zhou Yuan didn't say anything, just sat steadily, watching everything indifferently.

Luo Zhiyuan seemed to be introverted, just looked around at everyone, then saluted Guan Caixi and Princess Qinshui, and didn't say anything.

"Alas!"

Luo Yunhe sat down, and forced Luo Zhiyuan to sit down as well, sighing: "This child has been spoiled since childhood, he doesn't talk much when he sees people, he is very introverted, and he is always stubborn when doing things."

"As sisters, it would be best if you could teach him."

Here, he suddenly froze, because he saw Princess Qinshui handing the tea to Zhou Yuan.

"This is... Are you Yang Changguan?"

Luo Yunhe said: "That's not right, how come you have changed, and you are not so young!"

Princess Qinshui couldn't help it: "Uncle Luo, can you speak more reliably, what Yang Changguan?"

She hated it most when someone mentioned Yang Changguan in front of Zhou Yuan, after all, he was her husband, and she was worried that Zhou Yuan would feel uncomfortable.

"Oh, I see."

Luo Yunhe looked at Zhou Yuan, thinking that maybe he was a member of the royal family, so he asked, "Whose son is this young man?"

Zhou Yuan said lightly, "My surname is Zhou."

"Surname Zhou?"

Luo Yunhe was confused. He scratched his head but couldn't remember which princess's consort was surnamed Zhou, or which high-ranking official's son was surnamed Zhou?

None of them!

He couldn't help but ask, "Zhou what?"

Zhou Yuan laughed and said softly, "Zhou Yuan, a native of Yunzhou, husband of Zhao Jianjia."

The room suddenly became quiet.

Luo Zhiyuan looked up at him and stared at him.

Luo Yunhe stood up suddenly and glared, "Zhou Yuan! Zhao Cheng's son-in-law? The great hero of the snowy king, the great marshal who recovered the Central Plains? Is it you?"

Zhou Yuan looked at him and smiled slowly, "Or the wanted criminal who assassinated the Holy Lord."

Luo Yunhe rubbed his eyes hard, and then slowly sat down.

He murmured, "I've heard of you a long time ago. When you were in Yunzhou, your poems were famous in the literary world, and Ruan Zhi has mentioned you to me more than once."

"I didn't think much of it at the time, but I didn't expect you to go to Shenjing for no reason, become the commander of the North City Military Department, and then make various contributions, and finally recover the Central Plains and become a world-famous military god."

"At that time, I envied Zhao Cheng for his good vision. He found a son-in-law who was granted a title at a young age. No one in the younger generation of Dajin can compare to you."

Zhou Yuan said, "These praises from Prince Luo don't seem to be suitable for a traitor!"

Luo Yunhe laughed and said, "The head of the Inner Court Department is with you, and Cai Xi and Qin Shui are also there. This shows that there is another hidden story behind the so-called regicide. I'm not very worried."

As soon as the voice fell, Luo Zhiyuan couldn't help but stand up and shouted, "Zhou Yuan, save my sister, you go save my sister!"