【Ancient Country iQue】 Act 34
Yun Fan, who returned, left Mingyue City again on August 14, and arrived at Tianqiong City at noon on September 27, and left with Wang Miaozhou and Situ Zhongai late that night.
After seven days of frightening drift at sea, he arrived at Guanlan City in Luoguo on October 4 and headed for the imperial capital "Jingguang" located in Luoguo.
When Meng Jian left the country of Yan on September 29, because on the way to avoid the pursuers and spies from the country of Yan, he arrived at Mingyue City in the country of Shu on the evening of October 6. On that day, the Qi Temple suffered a fire, and the Frost Sword Forbidden Attendant was busy all night without rest.
On October 9, Meng Jian and Lian Mu met for the first time at the Heartfelt Restaurant in the evening.
On October 10th, in the early morning, Bright Moon City ushered in the first snow. On the same day, Meng Jian got up early in the morning, arrived at the gate of Guangqi Courtyard in the east of Mingyue City, and waited for Lian Mu to take him to report. Meng Jian didn't know that in fact, Lian Mu lived in this Guang Closed Courtyard.
At this time, the temple is no longer as desolate as it was more than a month ago. Not long after the Chiyan warriors arrived in Mingyue City, the Frost Sword Guard, who was originally in charge of the garrison of the royal city, began to hand over matters related to the city's defense with Gu Yina, which took more than a month to complete due to the cumbersome and complicated procedures.
During this period, Frost Sword gave up the original office mansion to Gu Yina and others as a base, and they themselves moved back to their former office location, which had been abandoned Guang Yuan.
If it weren't for the fact that Lian Mu had been appointed as the new Frost Sword Forbidden Commander, he would have been kicked out by now. The Mingguang Armor and the Cold Armor Army were the predecessors of the Frost Sword Forbidden Guard. Pu Jia and Mo Yan were forbidden troops who joined during the Ming Guang Armor period, and they were regarded as the old troops of Lian Mu. And Xia Hui and Han Wei, who were born in a family, were colleagues of Lian Mu when he was reorganized into the Hanjia Army.
There are a total of four deputy commanders of the Frost Sword Guard, Pu Jia guards the west of Mingyue City, Xia Hui guards the south of Mingyue City, Han Wei guards the east of Mingyue City, and Mo Yan, who has just been reinstated not long ago, guards the north of Mingyue City. Lian Mu is the great commander and sits in the Guang Yuan.
At present, the main affairs of the frost sword are all in charge of Pu Jia, the logistics are arranged by Xia Hui, Han Wei is mainly responsible for the training of personnel, and Mo Yan is responsible for the collection and analysis of intelligence.
When the snow is coming, the frost and wind are blowing.
On the night Meng Jian arrived in Mingyue City, he bought a warm mink fur to put on. For him, who grew up in the south, it was too cold.
Before the winter, every household has prepared a warm lamp to ward off the cold in advance, which is a kind of burning the unique flame wood of Jibei, once ignited, it will emit a large range of heat, so it was found by the people of Jibei and placed in a specific iron box as a warm lamp to ward off the cold. It can bring both light and warmth, and it can be used for a long time at a time.
Before leaving, Meng Jian asked the shopkeeper of the Heartfelt Restaurant about the route to Guangqi Courtyard, and the shopkeeper said that if Meng Jian set off on foot, it was estimated that it would be noon when he arrived, and he was afraid that it would be too late and he would make a mistake, so he asked Xiao Er, who was just going to the Chengdong Market, to take Meng Jian on the way, which made Meng Jian's heart warm. With the squeak of the wheels, in the cold morning breeze, Meng Jian stepped on the road to Guang Closed Courtyard.
At this time, the Guangyuan is no longer the dilapidated appearance of a month ago. At present, there are a total of 30,000 Frost Sword Guards in Bright Moon City, and after vacating the original office mansion, it took them less than a month to restore the long-abandoned Guangqi Courtyard to its former appearance.
The broken bricks and tiles have been rebuilt, the overgrown weeds have been uprooted, and the atrium of the Guangqi Courtyard, which had been turned into ruins when Lian Mu and Liu Fengchen clashed, is now paved with new bluestone slabs.
The entire Guang Courtyard has been renovated by the Frost Sword Forbidden in the past month. This speed made Lian Mu startled. It's like when you go out in the morning, you obviously live in a beggar's nest, and when you come back at night, it suddenly becomes a family mansion.
Lian Mu wondered if he had gone to the wrong place several times, until the four commanders of the Frost Sword held torches and swore allegiance to him in the night. Only then did Lian Mu realize: "me, don't deceive me!"
In the past, anyone could enter and leave at will, since the day the four commanders swore allegiance to Lian Mu, it has become a new base for the Frost Sword Forbidden Army, and it is guarded day and night.
After the renovation, the temple retains the plaque with the three characters "Guang Yuan", and named it after the base of the frost sword. This is what Yun Ji means. After Lian Mu learned about this, he was grateful to this female lord from the bottom of his heart.
As the commander of the former Mingguang Armor, Lian Mu saw respect and respect from Yun Ji's small gesture. When everyone didn't want to talk about "Mingguang Armor" and "Guang Yuan" anymore. It was Yun Ji who made the three big characters of "Guang Yuan" appear in Mingyue City again in a bright and bright way.
This is also why, in the end, Lian Mu will gladly accept Yun Ji's appointment, even if he is a nominal commander of the forbidden army, Lian Mu has never regretted it.
I have to admit that Yun Ji understands people's hearts very well.
Of course, Lian Mu will not be the commander of the forbidden army for the rest of his life.
In the future, he will be a famous general of Megatron.
......
When Meng Jian arrived at the Guangqi Courtyard, frost and snow gradually began to rise in the wind.
This year's early winter was even colder than usual.
Meng Jian, who came from afar, just caught up.
has lived in the south since childhood, even if he wears a thick robe, he will inevitably be frozen and shiver in the wind. Before coming to Mingyue City, Meng Jian thought about how the Lian Gongzi, who was named by the senior sister, would arrange his life in Mingyue City in the future.
For example, subsidize yourself to open a medical center, or you don't have to do anything, just eat and drink spicy. As a result, after Meng Jian met Lian Mu, he found out that this Lian Gongzi was only called Gongzi, and in fact, his life was more embarrassing than his own.
Because of this, when Lian Mu arranged for Meng Jian to come to Frost Sword to take office, Meng Jian wanted to shirk it. He felt that Lian Mu had to bargain and even pay credit to buy a few pots of wine, and it must be very unreliable to do things. But after thinking about it, it was also an opportunity to get a meal for yourself, and there was nothing to do when you were idle anyway, so it was better to come over and take a look and pass the time.
Meng Jian couldn't remember how long he had been standing in the cold wind that day. From time to time, curious eyes would look towards the gate of the Optical Courtyard, but there would be no response. The two frost sword guards standing at the door are the same as the stone beasts in front of the door, they all look like statues, the difference is that the stone statues are fake and have no color, while the guards are alive and dressed in frost armor.
If it weren't for the fact that Pu Jia, who was in Chaqi Temple, happened to go back to the Guangyuan to do business, he happened to see Meng Jian who was sneaky at the door, and it was estimated that when Lian Mu came to pick him up, it would be afternoon. By that time, Bright Moon City was already full of snow, and Meng Jian estimated that he had become a snowman outside the Guangqi Courtyard at that time.
When Meng Jian first saw Pu Jia, she was quite scared. Because of Meng Jian's trembling figure wandering outside the Guang Courtyard in the cold wind, Pu Jia almost arrested him directly as a spy of another country.
Pu Jia has always been rigorous and meticulous.
The perennial frost armor does not leave the body, and the frost sword does not leave the hand.
is obviously a daughter, but she is always better and harder than men, and the more critical she is, the more she rushes ahead. You wake up earlier than the chickens and sleep later than the cats. If the Mingguang armor back then was like her, where would there be any bad things in the future.
In the frost and snow, Meng Jian trembled and looked at Pu Jia who came forward to stop him, and after Pu Jia revealed his identity, Meng Jian explained his intention.
Pu Jia remembered that Lian Mu, who returned last night, did explain that a young man named Meng Jian might come to Guangqi to report today, so that she could pay attention to it when she was free. Pu Jia thought at the time, where would she be free when she was so busy.
As a result, this Meng Jian came by a coincidence.
Pu Jia: "Come with me." ”
Meng Jian: "There is a ...... of labor"
Finally, under the leadership of the deputy commander of the Frost Sword, Meng Jian was able to enter the Guang Closed Courtyard, which made him extremely curious, and did not have to continue to endure the torment of waiting in the cold wind.
The new vermilion whitewashed wall can vaguely see the mottled past of the past, and the new snow on the glazed tiles, falling with the cold wind, is piled up in various places in the courtyard, and it melts when it lands, and it continues to accumulate when it melts.
Under the leadership of Pu Jia, Meng Jian passed through the quaint courtyard gates, and finally came to the Yao Pavilion where Lian Mu was sleeping soundly at this time. If it weren't for Pu Jia telling Meng Jian that in fact, Lian Mu had always lived in the Guang Closed Courtyard, it is estimated that Meng Jian would still think that Lian Mu lived near here and would come to take him into the Guang Closed Courtyard before noon.
Along the way, Pu Jia would secretly look at this little brother from the south from time to time. As the four major commanders of the Frost Sword today, Pu Jia is only a few years older than Meng Jian, and she is very curious about how the little brother in front of her, who is a little weak, met the Lian Da Commander, who has always had a strange temper, and took him under his command and became a member of the Frost Sword today.
Pu Jia: "By the way, I haven't asked for advice on calling my brother Gao's name." ”
Meng Jian: "In the lower Meng Jian, Meng is the son of Meng, and the Jian is the bamboo Jane." ”
Pu Jia: "Meng Jian, a good name." ”
Meng Jian: "Thank you for the compliment." ”
Pu Jia: "Listen to the accent, are you from the south?"
Meng Jian: "I grew up in Autumn Leaf City, Yan Country, and I am an authentic southerner. ”
Pu Jia: "Why did you suddenly think of coming to Mingyue City?"
Meng Jian was suddenly stunned when Pu Jia asked this. He didn't know how to answer, he couldn't tell the deputy commander of the Frost Sword that he was wanted by the Wild Goose Kingdom, right?
Because this question was so sudden, Meng Jian really didn't think about how to answer Pu Jia's question, so the little brother from the south became very slow. And this also made Pu Jia suspicious of him.
Pu Jia: "What's the matter, Meng Jian?"
Meng Jian: "No, no..."
Pu Jia: "I'll just ask casually, we will be colleagues in the future, so I want to take the opportunity to learn more." Don't worry too much about it. ”
Meng Jian: "Actually, I came to Mingyue City to join my cousin. ”
Pu Jia: "Cousin?"
Meng Jian: "Yes... Something happened at home, and some of them couldn't open the pot, so I asked me to go to my cousin to see if I could eat!"
Pu Jia was surprised, could it be that the cousin he said was Lian Mu?
Meng Jian suddenly said this mainly out of urgency. But he didn't think that it was a lie in such a hurry that directly turned him into a relational in Pu Jia's eyes.
Regarding Meng Jian's answer, Pu Jia didn't continue to ask, no matter whether the cousin Meng Jian said was Lian Mu or not, it didn't have much to do with her, but if there was anything particularly important in the future, Pu Jia would never look for Meng Jian.
There's nothing more frustrating than a related household.
Soon, the two stepped on the frost and snow to come to the martial arts arena.
Passing through the martial arts arena is the Yao Pavilion where Lian Mu stays.
At this time, in the martial arts arena, a group of soldiers wearing light armor were waving the frost sword in their hands under the roar of a swordsman wearing red plum pattern armor. The swordsman has a disheveled hair, and he has a more debauched temperament than Lian Mu, but the difference is that he should be similar to Meng Jian in terms of age. Judging from his face, he was angular and angular, and his eyes flashed with a ruthlessness that was colder than this frost and snow, especially when he walked in front of all the soldiers holding frost swords. The temperament of a famous general of the family is exposed here.
Meng Jian looked at the scene in front of her curiously and asked Pu Jia, "Who is that?"
Pu Jia glanced at the swordsman: "That is the deputy commander of Han Jihan, who is in charge of patrolling the east of Mingyue City and guarding the Guangqi Courtyard. The only son of the Han family, one of the four great families in Bright Moon City, is decisive, maverick, and arrogant, and when you officially become a member of the Frost Sword, he will take you for a period of time and be responsible for training newcomers like you. ”
Meng Jian: "Okay..."
Between the words, Meng Jian secretly glanced at Han Ji, who was training recruits in the martial arts arena, but he didn't expect to meet Han Ji's gaze here, which frightened Meng Jian to hurriedly gather his curiosity and focus on the road under his feet.
Han Jian coldly looked at Meng Jian, who was rubbing shoulders with him, making Meng Jian feel as if he had been pierced by a thousand needles. But when this cold look touched the gaze of Meng Jian's companion, it was like snow falling on the spring river, and it melted into the eyebrows and fingers in an instant.
Pu Jia is the person Han Ji respects the most.
This is not only due to Pu Jia's resolute and meticulous attitude, but also because over the years, in order to take care of the frost sword, Pu Jia has made too many compromises and sacrifices that ordinary people can't do. The internal structure of the frost sword is actually very complex, there are children of the family, the humerus of the cold armor army, and the old department of the Mingguang armor.
Its complexity determines its unavoidable controversy in the current internal turmoil in the country. As the forbidden army of the royal city, Frost Sword is responsible for maintaining the stability of the royal city, but also subject to the supervision and malice of various voices from the outside world.
Although Pu Jia doesn't regard herself as a woman, this doesn't mean that others won't treat her as a daughter, and it is precisely because of this that Han Jian pulled Xia Hui to join the frost sword as a representative of the family to convey the support of the Shuguo family for this reconstituted forbidden army, but in Yun Ji's view, it is undoubtedly the Zong clan infiltrating the forbidden army.
In the cold wind, the blade slashed through the frost and snow.
Han Yu walked back and forth in front of everyone with his hands in his hands, his waist was as straight as a gun, and his loud voice was like a sword throwing to the ground: "When swinging a sword, the wrist and arm must exert force at the same time, and none of them have eaten enough?"
"Drink!" The soldiers waved the sword in their hands again under Han Ji's reprimand, and the frost and snow in the sky were cut into ice chips by brute force under the sword wind of the frost sword, Han Ji was very dissatisfied with this and continued: "Come again!"
"Drink!" On the martial arts arena, hundreds of frost swords broke through the frost wind in the sound of scolding, repeating the same action over and over again. Han Yu was still not satisfied: "Come again!"
"Drink!" the soldiers shouted and waved the frost sword in their hands again, and when Meng Jian passed in front of them, he accidentally caught a glimpse of falling snowflakes in his warm eyes, which were split in two by the tip of the frost sword. Compared to the snowflakes that were previously slashed into ice chips by brute force, the blade of the Frost Sword this time was more precise and sharper.
"It's too slow, come again!"
Meng Jian, who was passing by, did not experience the taste of satisfaction from Han Yu's tone, as if the commander would not say anything else except shouting "come again". After leaving the martial arts arena for the last time, Meng Jian looked at Han Jian behind him again.
At this time, Han Yu was already a little angry.
He didn't pull out the long sword with the red plum family emblem on his waist, but snatched the frost sword from the hand of a frost sword guard, and in front of everyone, he personally went to the field to show the group of frost sword recruits how to make a sword.
"You are the worst batch of all the frost swords I have ever brought, with the speed of this sword, how can you kill the enemy in the future? How can you defend your home and country? You are giving people away!" Han Yu clenched the frost sword in his hand and said to the soldiers: "Show me all of them! I will only demonstrate them once! If you can't swing the sword in your hand again, don't eat at noon today, let me stand here and swing the sword until I am satisfied!"
In the snow, the deputy commander of the frost sword, dressed in red plum patterned armor, clenched the blade in his hand. The wind does not stop, the snow does not stop, and the sword roars. With a sudden cold wind, Han Ji's arms instantly flourished, and he completed the sword drawing and closing at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye.
All the frost and snow that fell here were split in two under this sword. Meng Jian in the distance stopped because of Han Ji's sword. From Han Ji's sword, he saw a swordsman's strict requirements for swordsmanship and the pursuit of swordsmanship!
"What a fast sword!" Meng Jian sighed in his heart, "Not only fast, but also accurate!"
Pu Jia on the side said lightly: "This is the Han family's unique swordsmanship, called Frost Cut, since Han Jian became the head of the Frost Sword Sect, this swordsmanship has also become the enlistment course of Frost Sword." ”
Meng Jian was surprised: "Putting aside the view of the portal to teach his own swordsmanship, this courage is really admirable!"
Pu Jia listened, thoughtful: "Maybe." ”
With a cold gaze scanning all the frost sword recruits in the martial arts arena, Han Yu threw the frost sword in his hand to its original owner, and said coldly, "Have you seen it all clearly?"
"See clearly!" all the soldiers said in unison.
"Go on!" Han Yu took off the sword at his waist and stood in the wind and snow, like an emotionless stone statue. In his gaze, it was the back of Pu Jia and the young man who were far away.
"Drink!" the soldiers swung their swords and slashed the frost and snow, and everyone's face was frozen to iron blue by the cold wind. Han Ji's face did not change, and continued: "Come again!"
At this moment, Pu Jia had already led Meng Jian through the layers of Guang Closed Courtyard Gate and the open-air martial arts arena, and came to the Yao Pavilion where Lian Mu was staying. The two frost sword guards guarding the door saw Pu Jia leading Meng Jian to appear, so one of them went to the pavilion to report, and the other stopped Pu Jia and Meng Jian, informing them that the Grand Commander was discussing with the other two leaders in the Pavilion, and asked Pu Jia and Meng Jian to wait for a while.
While waiting, Meng Jian looked up at the magnificent tower and pavilion in front of him, and thought to himself Is this Yao Pavilion? The cold wind and snow blew Meng Jian couldn't open his eyes, but in the end he still saw the plaque engraved with the word Yao Pavilion hanging on the courtyard, but looking at the color, it seemed to be a little dim, as if it had been carved by the years, and the color had faded......
The Frost Sword Forbidden Attendant, who was in charge of the report, came out of the pavilion and conveyed the meaning of permission to pass. Pu Jia led Meng Jian through the deep corridor in front of the inner courtyard of Yao Pavilion to the military aircraft on the eighth floor.
Today's Yao Pavilion, since the relocation of all the frost swords to the Guang Yuan, has not only undergone a thorough renovation, but also rebuilt on the original basis. In the past, it was really just a place for Lian Mu to sleep, but now it has become an eight-story pavilion tower.
The first layer is mainly used for internal logistics arrangements, the overall distribution of materials and armor, and the second layer is used to store important materials. The third floor is the office of Shuangjian in the east of the city under Han Wei, the fourth floor is the office in the south of the city under Xia Hui, the fifth floor is the office base in the west of Pujia City, the sixth floor is the meeting hall in the north of the city, the seventh floor is where Lian Mu sleeps, and the eighth floor is the military aircraft office.
At this moment, Lian Mu is discussing important matters with Mo Yan and Xia Hui, who have just been reinstated from their undercover status, in the military aircraft department on the eighth floor. It stands to reason that Pu Jia should take Meng Jian to wait on the second floor of Yao Pavilion, but Lian Mu asked the summoned guards to call the two up directly.
After all, Pu Jia is the deputy commander, so it is understandable that she can enter the military aircraft department to discuss matters, but why can Meng Jian? It seems that Lian Mu really doesn't treat Meng Jian as an outsider, does Lian Mu have other arrangements for Meng Jian?
With doubts in his heart, Pu Jia pushed open the door of the military aircraft on the eighth floor of the Yao Pavilion. There were no guards guarding the door, as there was a long staircase to reach the eighth floor, with the guards standing at the bottom and the door at the end.
At this moment, Pu Jia's eyes faintly flashed with a trace of anger. She didn't know what the origin of Meng Jian who had followed her to the present day was, but she knew that Lian Mu had let a stranger who had not officially joined the Frost Sword enter the eighth layer of the Yao Pavilion's military aircraft like this, which was really a bit of a wanton trampling on the rules and regulations.
Pu Jia understands that Lian Mu is used to being casual, but he must also distinguish the occasion, the timing, and the situation clearly. When the squeaky door was pushed open, the perennial black-clothed Mo Yan in the pavilion turned his head when he heard the sound, Xia Hui, who was carrying notes, slowly raised his eyes at the same time, and Lian Mu, who had always been casual, changed his previous appearance and looked solemn. After seeing Meng Jian and Pu Jia, Lian Mu suddenly said, "It's just right, everyone is together!"