Someone was waiting for him in the village.
It’s Prince Yun.
Zhang Shixun jumped off his horse, came forward and asked, "Your Highness, why are you here?"
"No one comes to see you for no reason. Of course, I came to see you for something."
Prince Yun pointed at Zhang Shixun's small building and said with a smile, "Your small building is well built and very unique."
"This was a sudden inspiration of mine. I asked the craftsmen to build it according to my idea...Oh! Please come in, Prince Yun." Zhang Shixun pushed open the gate and invited Prince Yun into the living room.
Xiaomei came in with a tea tray and poured tea for the two of them.
Prince Yun glanced at Xiaomei and asked Zhang Shixun with a smile, "Did she come from the palace?"
"Yes, last time the emperor rewarded me with five palace maids. This one is called Xiaomei."
"Where are the other four?"
"They are learning cooking skills from the chef in the restaurant."
"oh!"
Prince Yun chatted with Zhang Shixun for a while.
Zhang Shixun was too impatient to chat with him, so he asked, "Your Highness, why are you here this time...?"
"It's like this." Prince Yun coughed lightly, "My father asked me to ask you, why are you buying so much grain?"
"Of course, it's to prepare for war," Zhang Shixun said without hiding anything. "I've repeatedly warned the emperor that the Jin Kingdom is about to launch a large-scale invasion. Isn't the court prepared?"
"This..." Prince Yun scratched his head and stammered, "My father and the ministers in the court still have reservations about your prophecy."
"Haha! You don't believe it, right?" Zhang Shixun sneered and said, "As a commoner, I..."
"Shixun, you are not a commoner. You are the chief envoy of the Imperial Music Bureau, and you are on equal footing with me, the chief envoy of the Imperial City Bureau."
"Not any time soon. I'm just about to resign."
Prince Yun was surprised and asked, "Why do you want to resign?"
"I resigned to return home to escape the war. Your Excellency wants to know why I bought so much grain. Tell him that I was afraid that I would not be able to buy grain after the Jin invaders, so I bought some extra to store it to avoid starvation during the chaos."
Zhang Shixun felt resentful, and there was a hint of impatience in his tone.
Damn it!
I originally wanted to save your Zhao family, but you were on guard against me everywhere. Since you want to die, then go ahead. I won't play with you.
Prince Yun's face was sullen. He continued, "Father also asked me to ask why you and your cousin built such high and thick walls around your estate."
A trace of anger flashed across Zhang Shixun's face. "This question is easy to answer. Just like the first reason, building the village wall is also to prevent war and disaster."
Prince Yun questioned: "Although your village walls are thick, it seems that they are not enough to resist the Jin soldiers. Just a few catapults can destroy your village walls."
"It's okay. I'll hold out as long as I can. If I can't, I can hide in the tunnel... Oh! Your Highness, you don't know yet? There's a tunnel under my manor."
Zhang Shixun knew that as the court's key target of defense, the secrets of the tunnel could not be hidden from them.
Sure enough, Prince Yun was not surprised at all when he heard this. He smiled and shook his head, saying, "Going into the tunnel is just a temporary solution. If I were the enemy leader, I would trap you in the tunnel and starve you to death."
Zhang Shixun retorted, "If I were the leader of the Jin army, I wouldn't have spent so much effort on a nobody like me. It's unnecessary."
"Shixun, you are not a nobody. In the entire Song Dynasty, you are the only living immortal."
"Prince Yun, since you call me a living immortal, why don't you believe what I say?"
"Are you referring to the Jin attack on the Song?"
"yes."
"The Emperor has also made arrangements for this matter. He has already sent Tong Guan to Yanjing to prepare for war."
"You put the heavy responsibility of resisting the Jin invasion on a eunuch?"
"Of course not. Father has other plans... Shixun, no matter how fierce the Jin people are, they only have 100,000 troops. Compared to the millions of soldiers and armor of the Song Dynasty, even if we are weak, we can still defend ourselves."
Zhang Shixun looked at him with pity, "Prince Yun, are you so confident?"
Prince Yun nodded.
Zhang Shixun sighed and was too lazy to say anything more.
There's no point in saying more.
Prince Yun didn't want to talk about this topic anymore. After a while of bland talk, he suddenly asked, "Shixun, can you help me calculate whether the crown prince can inherit the throne?"
Zhang Shixun was stunned.
The dispute over the throne between Prince Yun and Crown Prince Zhao Huan was almost universally known. However, this was a royal matter, and it seemed a bit inappropriate to ask an outsider such a sensitive question.
"Prince Yun, I never tell fortunes." Zhang Shixun flatly refused Prince Yun.
Prince Yun was not disappointed, as if he had expected it.
"Alright! I've asked everything I need to ask." Prince Yun stood up. "It's getting late. I should go back."
"Goodbye, Prince Yun." Zhang Shixun stood up to see him off and politely accompanied him all the way to the gate of the manor.
"Alright! Don't see me off." Prince Yun stopped and said with a smile, "I've been going to the Earthly Paradise quite often lately. I've almost finished watching that Romance of the Three Kingdoms. When will you bring down a new one from the Heavenly Palace?"
"Let's talk about it later." Zhang Shixun didn't want to deal with them father and son anymore.
After Prince Yun left, Zhang Shixun came to Yue Fei's house.
Yue Fei was talking to his mother when he saw Zhang Shixun coming and quickly stood up.
Zhang Shixun greeted his mother-in-law and turned to ask Yue Fei, "Pengju, when will you return to the Tianwu Army?"
"I'll be back soon." Yue Fei brought a small stool and asked him to sit down.
Zhang Shixun sat down and said, "The matter of the conscienceless cannon must be kept secret. Don't tell anyone."
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