Changping City on the seventh day of the third month was shrouded in joy, but Su Lan, who was sitting in the chariot outside the city, had a bad face. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info She accompanied the fifth prince Nalan Heng to Fufeng County, one of the three counties of Jingzhao, the night before, as an advance envoy to welcome Situ Yanruo and his party who arrived in Beijing.

Seeing Su Lan's hesitation, Nalan Heng, who was sitting opposite him, smiled and said, "You smile, this looks like it's not like a greeting, but like waiting to report the funeral." ”

"Well, I know. "Su Lan and Nalan Heng have a good personal relationship, and they also have a good impression of this prince who is dedicated to following Nalan Rui, "It's just that I didn't sleep well last night." ”

"When will that Qi Guo arrive?" Nalan Heng saw that she was no longer talking, so he had to find a random topic to continue chatting with her.

"Yesterday said that it was the ninth day of the first month, and it is estimated that the sixth master should also go to Yongzhou today. Su Lan said slowly, "Speaking of which, Honglu Temple is afraid that it is ready at the moment. ”

Nalan Heng looked at Su Lan's good-looking and somewhat unreal face, and moved his mouth, but he still didn't speak.

"Your Highness is worried about me?" Su Lan's ability to observe words and expressions is perfect, how can he not know what Nalan Heng did not say when he hesitated, "The Lu of eating the monarch is naturally loyal to the king." As for how my heart turns a thousand times, it doesn't matter. ”

"Hidden. Nalan Heng also sighed, smiled slightly, and looked at Su Lan with a little more unconscious pity in his eyes.

Su Lan looked at his expression, but felt funny, waved his hand at him, and said, "Quickly put away your eyes, it really makes me uncomfortable." ”

"Report! The car is ten miles away!" The scout in the distance waved his flag and shouted, interrupting Nalan Heng's words, and the two stopped chatting, just straightened out the smooth cuffs and necklines, stepped out of the chariot, and stood under the curtain that had been set up a long time ago.

"What kind of person is Situ Yan?" Nalan Heng saw the purple and gold royal flag of the Zhou Kingdom from a distance, and asked Su Lan in a low voice.

"Femme fatale. Su Lan's eyes also fell on the dust raised in the distance, and there was a little smile in her words, "Beautiful as a spring garden, unruly, but actually ruthless." ”

Nalan Heng sighed almost inaudibly, but Su Lan smiled a little and said, "You can see the real person, but you are worried, it's really redundant." This person won't embarrass you, rest assured. ”

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It is a kind of person who makes himself stand in a beautiful place. Seeing Situ Yanruo emerge from behind the heavy curtain of the chariot, Nalan Heng's mind immediately swirled with this thought.

The Zhou people are still purple, and the royal costumes are all bright yellow as the base, decorated with purple ornaments. Situ Yanruo is wearing a brocade robe, and the wide sleeves of the long robe are embroidered with moire, and the purple moire moves when walking, and the prince's robe inside, the flying dragon on his chest hovers, as if walking on the clouds.

Because of half of the Hu blood, Situ Yanruo was born with white skin, even if he has led the army for many years, he still has a jade face, his lips are like Zhu, his eyes are like spring water, and his clear amber color is like the sun, and he is radiant. His hair was tied with a golden crown on the top of his head, and his figure became more and more erect and erect. The morning light fell on him, shattering his eyes, but he fell like a god falling into the world, confusing people's souls.

Su Lan smiled and watched him walk slowly in the company of Shao Hui, she smiled lightly at Shao Hui, and when she touched Shao Hui's soft eyes, she couldn't help but reveal a little warmth from the bottom of her heart, and her smile was much more vivid.

"His Royal Highness King Rui, I have come from afar, and I have worked hard. Although Nalan Heng was dazzled by Situ Yanruo's appearance at that moment, he never lost his soul, and only smiled and took Su Lan and the people of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple to come forward to greet Situ Yanruo.

"The King of Laoyu is here to greet you. "Situ Yan is also smiling and polite, his posture is windy and flowing, but he has all the unruly colors, and his demeanor is square, he is really like a good son in the turbid world.

"Hide, don't come unharmed. If Situ Yan exchanged a few words with Nalan Heng, he looked at Su Lan with a pair of smiling eyes, and the corners of his mouth were soft and confused.

"Your Highness. Su Lan didn't want to pay attention to this guy, but just bowed with a flat expression, and returned to Nalan Heng's side without saying a word.

Situ Yanruo refused to let her go, and still said with a gentle and almost courteous expression: "I saw you in December, but today is not as good as April, so you changed into an official uniform and wore it, and I really want to say congratulations." ”

"Don't dare. Su Lan still cherished words like gold, but she glanced at him a few times without a trace. If Situ Yan was familiar with her, he couldn't see that she was already impatient in her heart, so he stopped joking with her.

Nalan Heng smiled slightly, and said: "King Rui came from afar, there are still dozens of miles away from the capital, so it is better to start here, and it is better to enter the capital early to rest." ”

"Thank you. Situ Yanruo smiled slightly, nodded in agreement, and his face was like a peach blossom on a spring day.

The forbidden army led the way, Nalan Heng's prince honor guard took the lead, and the Zhou envoy was behind it, and the team was several miles long. If Situ Yan ordered his men to go down to the several heavy curtains hanging on the chariot, he was equipped with martial arts, and he was not afraid of the cold, so he only left a layer of gold wire hanging tents, and he sat in the carriage unabashedly and looked at the scenery of the capital of the Chu State.

At this time, it is the spring ploughing season, the Jingzhao of Chu State is surrounded by plains and fertile fields, rich in products, the wind and rain are smooth, and the word "Changping" is in harmony. The official road is flat and wide, and there are farmlands on both sides, and the farmer does not panic when he sees this car, but he is a few miles away from this official road and cultivates freely. If Situ Yan saw this scene, his heart was full of twists and turns, and he had to sigh, such as the countries of today, the heroes of the Chu country, it is indeed not to be underestimated.

Changping City, the capital of Chu State, was the Zhongjing of the Shangqing Dynasty hundreds of years ago, and its status was only inferior to Chang'an, the old capital of the Shangqing Dynasty, which was destroyed in the war, and was far from being comparable to Wanping in Nanjing occupied by Qi and Beijing Yedu in Zhou. Situ Yanruo, who was sitting in the car, couldn't help but pick up the curtain to look at the towering walls of Changping City.

Foreign envoys entered the city, in order to show solemnity and self-exaltation, all entered Beijing from the Mingde Gate. Mingde Gate by the 14th generation of the Qing Dynasty monarch built, it took several years, the stones used are all bluestone and granite produced by Yandi, transported here by waterway, it is this stone that costs a lot, but it also makes this city wall very strong, can reach the power of ten thousand jun, so the Taizu of Chu conquered the battle of Changping, it is also very tragic, after capturing this city, Chu Taizu is the capital of the country here, since then there is Chu.

Mingde's subordinates relied on more solemnity, Xuan Ang and Zheng Duo two heads of the family went to greet the Son of Heaven in person, and the Shence army set up a post on the Vermilion Bird Street in the city, and there was a fully armed armor soldier in five steps, blocking the boiling crowd behind him.

The relationship between Chu and Zhou is delicate, and there have been frequent confrontations for a hundred years, the most recent of which was the confrontation between the two countries in Yunguan City of Chu in September last year, Jiang Yuan sat in Gaozhou, and Su Lan and Situ Yanruo fought fiercely under Yunguan City for more than a month, and Li Bin, the overseer of Gaozhou, also died in this battle. After this war, the two countries negotiated peace and wanted to reopen the field, but it led to Jiang Yuan's collusion with Situ Yan to kill Li Bin, and the peace talks were stopped. In December, Su Lan escorted Jiang Yuan back to Beijing, and the wind blowing from the north sent Nalan Rui to the throne, and now it has not been completely calmed. Therefore, in the state of Chu, Situ Yanruo is indeed not a welcome guest, but the capital has always been a place where the wind and clouds meet, and everyone is also curious about this beautiful Zhou prince, and this contradiction poured into the streets, just to see the true face.

Situ Yan seemed to feel something, stretched out a hand, and slowly picked up the golden wire hanging tent in front of him. His movements were deliberately gentle, the fingers of the hand were long and the bones were distinct, and the index finger was covered with an emerald ring, which lined the back of the hand like jade, but it was not half feminine, but it made people feel luxurious. As soon as this hand was revealed, the onlookers were amazed. The national style of Chu is open, and the status of women is not low, there is no taboo to walk on the street or show their faces, at this time there are many women in the crowd, and seeing Situ Yan's face slowly revealing in the looming is even more excited, he has long forgotten the hatred of the national enemy who was still angry in the back of his mind, and he doesn't remember that he smelled the words of cursing Situ Yanruo when he started a war, and threw the sachets and fan pendants on his chariot together, which made the Zhou Guo guards around the chariot very nervous. Situ Yanruo himself was stunned for a moment before he said in a low voice: "It's okay." ”

He had heard of the custom of Chu State, and his daughter's family often threw such tokens on the handsome Erlang car, and when he saw it today, it was really an eye-opener, this Chu State was indeed strong, and between the Three Kingdoms, Zhou State was known for its bravery, compared with the two, he was a little weak-hearted.

In the chariot ahead, Nalan Heng naturally heard the bustle outside, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said to Su Lan: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to get to the post house at noon." ”

Su Lan was also helpless, sighed, and said a little viciously: "He thinks this is Goolan Courtyard, hmph, I want to throw him into Xiaowan." ”

"You seem to be very familiar with him, and you don't seem to be an enemy. Nalan Heng withdrew his eyes from the hustle and bustle outside, only looked at Su Lan, and said slowly.

Su Lan also looked calm, smiled, and said, "I am a young friend with him, and I have known him since I was twelve years old. At that time, he was still a small prince of Zhou Guoyi, and he did not have the power he has now. ”

But in this world, there are people like him, no matter where they are, they have their own thousands of winds and flows. Su Lan sighed, "It's just that now I and him are also national enemies." ”

"Family hatred?" Nalan Heng was stunned for a moment and asked.

Su Lan turned cold and stopped talking.