Chapter Eighty-Five: Entering Beijing
It was late at night, and the two guards had already gone back to their rooms to rest, but the hall of the Ma Mansion was still brightly lit. After these days of recuperation, Mr. Ma's body has fully recovered, and the whole person shows a kind of vitality that only young people can have.
At this moment, he was sitting on the upper seat, and below him sat the old butler, the Liu steward, the three daughters of the Ma family, and the seven maids Nishang and Wei Dong.
Ma Yunlu and Nishang told in detail in front of everyone about the distress: On that day, after the three of them entered the jewelry pavilion drunk, the young man brought tea and sobered up everyone. The three of them drank a few cups unprepared, and after a short time they didn't wake up. Later, I vaguely heard the sound of fighting, and then woke up to see Liu Wu lying beside him, already exhausted. Later, it was Wei Dong who came to the rescue.
Wei Dong also opened his mouth to tell some of the situation that night, but he concealed Dongfang Tian's help, and went to rescue him how to find the location, and pushed it to the secret method of the 'Giant Spirit Sect', and passed it off.
Only then did everyone in the hall understand the whole story of this incident in detail, and shook their heads and sighed at the danger.
Master Ma came to Wei Dong's side again and bent down to thank him. Wei Dong hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and then hugged his fists at the Liu steward below and apologized, "Uncle Liu, this time I was negligent, I failed to take care of the five Liu brothers, please ......"
Before he finished speaking, Steward Liu hurriedly got up and saluted: "How can you blame Wei Gongzi for this? This time, the eldest lady and Ni Sheng can return safely, but it all depends on your righteousness! Alas, it's the little five sons' lives that are not good, they are all fates."
This is the weakness of strength, not fate! Just like Li Yun'er back then. The weak are bullied, and the strong bully. Wei Dong had a desire in his heart to become strong quickly, and he didn't want to follow in their footsteps.
Since he was going to enter Beijing tomorrow morning, Master Ma asked everyone in the hall to go back and rest quickly. This time, it was decided to let Ma Yunlu and the maid Nishang accompany Wei Dong to the capital, and when Master Ma finished burying Liu Wu's body, he would also go to Beijing to meet Wei Dong and others, and the rest would stay in the mansion to take care of many businesses.
After everyone said goodbye, they slowly left. "Master Wei, please stay for a moment. ”
"Master Ma, is there something?" Wei Dong looked puzzled.
"Well, didn't you write a letter to the 'Giant Spirit Sect' last time, and they replied. Master Ma took out a letter and said to Wei Dong with a smile.
"Oh!, thank you, Master Ma. Wei Dong was pleasantly surprised.
"I'm still outside, I just said, our Ma Mansion wants to follow Wei Gongzi, you just call me an old horse. ”
"That's okay, then I'll pay you back, Uncle Ma. ”
Wei Dong took the letter and returned to the room that Master Ma had specially prepared for him. After entering the house, I couldn't wait to open the envelope and read the letter.
"Oh, my sister is pregnant and is going to give birth to a baby, then, I'm going to be a father!" Haha...... Wei Dong suddenly danced excitedly.
Next, Wei Dong couldn't help but sigh again, he couldn't be with his senior sister during this time, taking care of one or two, he was really ashamed of her. It was night, Wei Dong twisted and turned in bed, unable to sleep.
In the early morning of the next day, Han Garrison also ordered 200 auxiliary soldiers, with a dry load of baggage, and ordered them to follow Jiang Tao's cavalry to escort Wei Dong and others into Beijing.
Ma Yunlu and the maid Nishang also followed the army to the capital in a carriage to cheer and cheer for Wei Dong.
The team of more than 700 people traveled all the way north, day and night. Because of the large number of people, when they came to the edge of the city, they did not enter the city to disturb, but only camped outside the city. In this way, after passing through four or five big cities, after more than ten days of travel, we finally arrived at Xijing, Shaming, the capital of the Great Qiang State in the afternoon of this day.
The soldiers camped in the suburbs outside the city, and the Jiang brothers led the way into the capital with Wei Dong and the others.
This is the southern gate of the capital. Wei Dong knew at a glance that the prosperity of the capital was not comparable to Wild Sand and Windy City. Just outside the city gates, the crowds of people waiting to enter the city and queuing up were bustling.
Outside the castle, there is a street market formed by restaurants and shops, and even before you enter the castle gate, you can already show the bustle of Kyoto.
When the five of them came to the city gate, the soldier on duty was about to open his mouth to reprimand angrily, only to see Jiang Tao take out a sign from his waist and hand it to the soldier, the soldier took it, took a closer look, and was so frightened that he knelt down on the spot to greet them.
The Jiang brothers were not polite, and with a flick of their hands, they directly led Wei Dong and the three of them into the city from the empty space on the right side of the city gate.
When he entered the city, Wei Dong was very surprised, because the architectural style of this city was completely different from the style of the two cities of Wild Sand and Wind, but it was similar to the architectural style of the Jin Kingdom.
Walking on both sides of the road, Wei Dong seemed to have returned to the Kingdom of Jin, the hometown where he grew up. When I was younger, I had a lot of resistance to Jin Guo's feelings, but now I miss it very much - I miss the bits and pieces of the past.
"Alas!" Wei Dong Wei Dong sighed slightly. Unexpectedly, it aroused Ma Yunlu's curiosity, "Master Wei, why are you sighing for no reason?"
Wei Dong shook his head and did not respond. Not long after, Wei Dong and the others were led by Jiang Tao to the door of an inn, which was so magnificent, just like a big mansion. Nine in and nine out, if it weren't for the plaque that said 'Yakeju Inn', everyone would really think that they had come to the door of a minister's residence.
After entering, Jiang Tao took out his waist card to register the next roster and stayed in the third small building of Tianzihao. Then he said to Wei Dong and the others: "Everyone, this is the best inn in the entire capital, and I have registered. This fee is still paid by Miss Ma. ”
Ma Yunlu was stunned for a moment, but immediately said: "There is Lord Laojiang, this is how it should be." Do you live here too?"
The Jiang brothers glanced at each other, laughed, and Jiang Qing said: "Of course we live here, but now we have important things to handle, and we may move in tomorrow, anyway, there are quite a lot of rooms in the small building, and there are no problems for the five of us to move in." ”
"The cost of staying here is quite expensive, you need five taels of gold a day, and these fifty martial arts fights will take more than ten or twenty days, but it will cost Miss Ma a lot. Jiang Tao's words at this time were very hypocritical, and Wei Dong couldn't help but shake his head beside him.
"As the saying goes, eat big households, use big households, and don't slaughter big households, how can this be reasonable!' Ma Yunlu also knows that these two brothers are good at everything, even the level of fighting the autumn breeze is also extremely high. "Break the bank, break the bank, who will let themselves have money! This time, the gambling on Wei Dong alone will make a lot of money. ’
Ma Yunlu glanced at Jiang Tao, although he didn't care about those small money, he couldn't be regarded as a big wronged person by others.
At the moment, the five of them were led by the guys of the inn to the place where the small building was located. It was a small two-story building, and behind the whole small building was a bamboo forest, and there was an open space in front of it planted with some ordinary flowers and plants. In the middle of the first floor of the small building is the living room, on the left is two wings, on the right is the dining room, and on the second floor there are four main rooms - one for Ma Yunlu and the maid Nishang, one for the Jiang brothers, one for Wei Dong, and the remaining one is empty, which is kept for Master Ma to move in later.
After choosing a room, the Jiang brothers clenched their fists and left. Leaving Wei Dong and the three of them to rest, just that the Jiang brothers, after leaving the 'Yakeju Inn', rode their horses and galloped away in the direction of the palace.
In fact, the identity of the Jiang brothers, Master Ma knows: they have blood relatives of relatives. The younger sister of the emperor's biological mother was their mother, that is, their brother and His Majesty the emperor were aunts and cousins. And Jiang Tao has been the attendant and accompanying martial artist of the current saint who was still His Royal Highness the Prince at that time since he was a child.
The early dynasty has long ended, and at this time, Liu Yun, the emperor of the Qiang State, was giving instructions in the Yangxin Palace, and suddenly heard someone talking outside the palace gate, so he asked casually and loudly: "Who is speaking outside?" ”
The eunuch on duty in front of the palace gate hurriedly ran in, knelt down and said, "Back to the emperor, it was Jiang Tao and his younger brother who asked to see him outside." ”
"Oh, it's Jiang Tao's kid here, hehe, and his naughty brother Jiang Qing?"
"Exactly!"
"Let them come in quickly. ”
"Yes, yes!"
Jiang Tao and Jiang Qing straightened their clothes outside the palace gate, and then walked quickly into the hall and came to Liu Yun's side, "Minister, Tempest City Garrison, Jiang Tao, see Your Majesty!" (Minister, Yun Cavalry Captain, Jiang Qing, see Your Majesty!)
"Get up!" Liu Yun looked at the two brothers in front of him with a smile, "Why did you suddenly come to the capital, is there something wrong?"
The Jiang brothers got up and stood aside. When Jiang Tao heard Liu Yun's question, he replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has something to do, so he came to the capital." ”
"Oh, what's the matter?
"It's not too important, it was someone who won 50 consecutive battles in the two cities of Wild Sand and Wind, so we escorted him into Beijing. Jiang Tao stood solemnly beside him and replied respectfully.
"Fifty wins in a row, but a hero. How is the martial arts, how is the person? Tell me about it. Liu Yun was very amused and asked anxiously.
Jiang Tao swept Jiang Qing with his eyes, Jiang Qing understood, and stepped forward to speak. Starting from hearing about the deeds of killing the bandit Feilong, and talking about the martial arts fight with Zhao Shan in Tempest City, until his companion was kidnapped, he rushed to rescue him overnight, and finally let the gambling boss be deflated. Hearing and seeing, all of them were told to Liu Yun.
"What's his name?" asked Liu Yun with his palm stroking after hearing this.
"Back to Your Majesty, this person's name is Wei Dong. Jiang Tao interjected.
"Wei Dong, okay! This person is brave and strategic, I remember him. Liu Yun was still recalling the words just now.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister still has something to say. Jiang Tao stood up again to speak.
"Let's talk about it. ”
Jiang Tao stood up and relayed the words about Wei Dong's identity that he heard from Master Ma that night to Liu Yun.
After Liu Yun heard this, his face was shocked, and he didn't say anything at the moment, looked at Jiang Tao, and asked, "You mean to send someone to the barbarian country to investigate carefully." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. This person is talented, if you want to use it, you must find out your identity and origin, otherwise you ......" Before Jiang Tao's words fell, he heard Liu Yun interrupt: "Yes, I will send someone to verify it immediately." I really need people now. ”