Chapter 20: The Song Army is Exhausted
Murong Xu Xian: "Qingqing is unwell and needs time to recuperate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info We'd better go back to the inn as soon as possible to retrieve our things and rush back to Swallow Dock so that Qingqing can recuperate. β
Bai Suzhen reminded: "Miss Xia is in poor health, if you change to a carriage and rush all the way, it will inevitably be bumpy. β
Murong Xu Xian: "I have a way to solve the bumpy carriage, you can wait and see." β
At that moment, everyone returned to the Hangzhou Inn and packed their belongings. Everyone got into the carriage and left the inn, and Murong Xu Xian drove straight to the Murong Family Chamber of Commerce. When he arrived at the Chamber of Commerce, Murong Xu Xian abandoned the original carriage and got a carriage with five horses and four wheels.
This carriage is as big as a hall, almost comparable to the car of the Son of Heaven. If it weren't for the fear of attracting criticism and extraneous branches, Murong Xu Xian would have already ignored the number of six for the Son of Heaven, and he would have to use horses with more than six numbers. Inside the car, there is a large bed, which is made of agarwood to bagua town evil couch, on which is paved with white goose feathers, and the goose feathers are cushioned with gold silk and jade wisps, which are soft and cool.
These five troika in Hangzhou, is not the first time, the chamber of commerce caters to the luxury of the nobles, the grand psychology, designed the five troika, called the agarwood treasure drive. Agarwood treasure travels, must be a large ticket entourage in front of the back of the cluster, in order to stop the passers-by who watch the good things, otherwise the carriage itself occupies the road, and the people who do good things are congested.
When Murong Xu Xian was told of this problem, Murong Xu Xian expected that the Chamber of Commerce would not be far from the east gate of the city, so hurry up and hurry up, maybe it would not be congested.
As a result, Murong Xu Xian ignored his own problems. The car was full of female dependents, and the work of driving was undertaken by Murong Xu Xian. But Murong Xu Xian was born beautiful and handsome, like a celestial driving an agarwood treasure, swaggering across the street step by step, attracting the attention of many young passers-by. The onlookers of female passers-by attracted more congestion, and it was difficult to walk an inch when they reached less than 50 steps from the city gate.
Murong Xu Xian was annoyed: Alas, this car is a big move, and this person is also a big move, and he was negligent for a while, causing an ancient version of the traffic jam... That's how it can be good.
"The gate of the capital division is heavy, idle people, etc., quickly avoid!"
There are Song soldiers shouting to the crowd, holding spears, using guns to open passers-by, Murong Xu Xian raised his eyes to look behind the crowd, it was the defenders of the city gate, running down from the battlements, constantly drinking back the crowd, opening a small road.
Murong Xu Xian: Presumably the housekeeper of the Chamber of Commerce was careful and informed the defenders of the city gate, alas, this is really a joy and sorrow, the city gate is a heavy place, but the soldiers will leave their posts without permission, although it is to open the way for me...
As soon as the captain of the gate came closer, Murong Xu Xian recognized this person, who was the captain Liu he met when he entered Hangzhou the day before.
When Captain Liu saw Murong Xu Xian, he was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Murong Gongzi, Liu Mou has already been instructed to send troops to escort Gongzi and his party out of the city." β
Murong Xu Xian: "There is Captain Liu, if it weren't for Captain Liu to lead the army, I don't know what to do if I was stuck here." β
Captain Liu: "Don't dare to be, Liu's responsibility lies." β
Murong Xu Xian saw that Captain Liu couldn't smile well, so he couldn't help but ask more: "I watched Captain Liu overjoyed, but I don't know what kind of spring breeze Captain Liu has blown recently? What kind of happy event has happened to the family?"
Captain Liu's eyes lit up, and he said: "Master Murong has a good eye, Liu's family has encountered a happy event, and he listened to Liu. β
It turned out that this Liu Xiaowei recently had a fellow villager with the same surname, and asked him to vote for red stickers to the father-in-law in the palace. It just so happened that one of the guards of each gate of the Beijing Division was ready to return to his hometown, so the fathers-in-law were all together, and received the filial piety of Liu Xiaowei's fellow villagers, and were ready to first praise their loyalty and confer the post of general, and then transfer to the Beijing Division as a guard general.
Captain Liu foamed at the mouth and continued: "Childe Mo looks at Liu's bright armor, in fact, everyone knows very well in their hearts, if you don't like it, that is, it is useless, and you don't have any real skills in your hands. However, Liu's fellow townsman is different, when it comes to kung fu, he can be a first-class master of the Hengshan faction!"
Murong Xu Xian: "The master of the Hengshan faction?!The same surname and fellow villager?Liu surname, isn't that Liu Zhengfeng?"
Captain Liu: "The son is well-informed, and what he is talking about is Liu Zhengfeng of the Hengshan faction. It's really a coincidence, Liu is called Liu Dongfeng, and there is only a word difference between this fellow, because he is a few years old, Liu Zhengfeng also calls me big brother, hehe, in the future, with this hard brother, my face as a big brother will also increase face. β
Murong Xu Xian: ...... Liu Zhengfeng wants to wash his hands in a golden basin?
Murong Xu Xian: "I have a question, I don't know when Liu Zhengfeng will be promoted to general?"
Captain Liu: "I calculate, the guard at the main gate is leaving in the month of this year, and it is now late August, so it is arranged thoughtfully in advance, if it is fast, there will be a holy decree at the beginning of spring next year at the earliest." β
Murong Xu Xian: "Holy Decree?!"
Captain Liu lowered his voice and said, "It's a holy decree, that's right. Recently, a Manchurian prince Bao came to the north, crossed the river to collect the New Year's coin, and it is said that the amount is much more than in previous years, and the saint is still building a new garden, and the treasury is a little tight, so he peddles a few official positions. β
Murong Xu Xian: Bastard, the faint king, appoint this eunuch in charge of the seal, follow the example of the Eastern Han Dynasty to sell the throne, and ask for it, one is to satisfy one's own luxury, and the other is to curry favor with the Manchurian tartars.
Captain Liu said again: "Liu has heard about it, don't say that he is a general, as long as he has money, he can buy a book order." Liu has no other skills, and he is still doing his job of running errands for his father-in-law. One day, if Murong Gongzi is interested in officialdom, he only needs to ask someone from the Chamber of Commerce to give Liu a message to ensure that things are in order. β
Murong Xu Xian was silent and glanced at the Song Army sergeants around him. Skimming off the armor and looking carefully, these sergeants walked frivolously, their arms were loose, and their waists were bent and their stomachs were relaxed, thinking that in such a prosperous place, they had already worn out their sharpness, in Guan Yu's words: I regard it as a chicken and a dog's ears. It doesn't make a difference whether this kind of sergeant leaves his post without permission, anyway, it is the other party's charge, and he turns into a bird and beast and escapes.
Murong Xu Xian: No wonder Jiangnan has always heard recently that the Manchurian Tatars have fought across the river in a few years, and I also said that the Yangtze River is dangerous, and I can support it, but I can see with my own eyes that these sergeants are so... It's a fool's dream to say that you will keep it for a few years, and I think it's a bit hanging for a year. The Manchurian Bao Prince Hongli, this time he crossed to the south, I am afraid that he not only urged the New Year's coin, but also had the intention of spying on the reality of the Southern Army. Otherwise, it's just for the New Year's coin, just send an envoy to Manchuria casually, and forgive the faint monarch Zhao Gou and don't dare to slack off, why do you need the prince to be...
Murong Xu Xian took out five hundred taels of silver tickets, handed them to Captain Liu, and said: "Captain Liu, on this hot day, it is noon on the day of integrity, and it is not easy for me to see the brothers. β
Lieutenant Liu excused himself and said: "It is my duty to defend the city gate and maintain the smooth road, how dare I ask for credit with this?"
Murong Xu Xian overturned the bitter water in his heart, and wanted to be disgusted, but his face was normal on the surface, and he said: "Captain Liu, the so-called strong generals have no weak soldiers, if it weren't for Captain Liu to lead the troops well, how could there be such a strict military appearance." In the future, if I have time, I will definitely visit the door, in addition to asking Captain Liu for advice on how to lead the troops, there are also some mundane things that will bother Captain Liu. β
Captain Liu understood, and said in his heart that this Murong Xu Immortal really intends to be officialdom, so the money will be collected.
Captain Liu: "That is the case, Murong Gongzi Gaoyi, I have thanked the brothers." β
Captain Liu put away the three silver tickets, turned around, danced the other two, and said, "Murong Gongzi invited everyone to drink tea, cheer me up, work hard, and widen this road." β
"Roarβ"
The sergeant of the Song army burst out with a momentum of joyful wealth, and in an instant, he shouted and made efforts to drive away passers-by, and the people complained. In any case, the Song sergeants managed to secure a wide passage, large enough for five horses to cross. Under the guidance of passers-by, Murong Xu Xian had a gloomy face, drove out of the city gate, and left Hangzhou.
After driving most of the way, Bai Suzhen poked her head out of it and called Murong Xu Xiandao: "Childe!"
Murong Xu Xian: "......"
Bai Suzhen: "Childe-!"
Murong Xu Xian stopped the carriage: "What did Zhen'er call me for?"
Bai Suzhen: "The son's eyebrows are deep, and his troubles linger in Yutang, but he went out of the city gate before he was upset?"
Murong Xu Xian sighed: "Alas, I am indeed troubled, this Song army soldier urgently needs to be rectified by the fierce generals and good ministers, although there is a way now, but I am only one person, how can I achieve great things? I don't know where my fierce generals and good ministers are now..."
Bai Suzhen persuaded: "Worry about the world, think hard about the virtuous ability, this is the heart of the master; Childe is only six out of ten this year, and what he has done is less than a thousand miles, and Childe still doesn't know the situation in the world, so why do you let everyone in the world know Childe?"
Murong Xu Xian: "It's me who is so ambitious, but the whole army is imminent, can Zhen'er have a good way to teach me?"
Bai Suzhen said with a smile: "The so-called good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles." Childe has been given the name of cherishing the playboy by the saint today, and the name of cherishing flowers is well known to everyone in the world. β
Murong Xu Xian: "Zhen'er, don't make fun of me." β
Bai Suzhen: "It's not a joke, it's a trick." People in the world have long known the name of the playboy, but they do not know the sage of the playboy. Childe only needs to uphold benevolence and righteousness, do a few big things to punish evil and promote good, and do chivalrous righteousness, which is a sensation, so that the world can know the sage of Childe, and at that time, Childe will be in a high position again, raise his arms and shout, why worry that the righteous people from all over the world will not come to meet each other?"
Murong Xu Xian: "I know the name of the playboy, but I don't know the sage of the playboy!" β
Bai Suzhen: "It's good that the son has no worries." Childe is in a hurry, and now it is almost late, since noon to now, Childe has not entered a drop of water, why not park the carriage on the side of the road now, rest for a day or two, wait until dawn, and then go on the road?"
Murong Xu Xian: "Hey, don't you say I forgot, Qingqing, Qingqing, except for when she came out in the morning, she ate something, and she has been asleep since then, and I don't know how she is now?!"
Murong Xu Xian was in a hurry, lifted the curtain, and suddenly broke into the car room, startling Ah Bi and Nie Xiaoqian. Murong Xu Xian confessed several times, hurriedly ran to Xia Qingqing's side, picked up Xia Qingqing's wrist, and checked the pulse.
Murong Xu Xian: "Fortunately, the Qingqing veins are steady, not like hungry." β
Bai Suzhen: "Don't worry, son, I've been watching Miss Xia." Miss Xia was unconscious, it was not suitable to chew, and it was difficult to make soup on the way, so Zhen'er fed her a nine-turn bear snake pill, which melted in her mouth, and helped her to perform exercises to replenish the physical strength consumed. β
Murong Xu Xian: "Thanks to you, Zhen'er, I have you, it's hard to thank you for three lives." β
Bai Suzhen: "Don't thank you anymore, Miss Xia is here, I have the responsibility to take care of her..."
Ah Bi: "Sister, brother-in-law, it's actually not that serious, it's a waste of a Nine-Turn Bear Snake Pill in vain." That's the healing elixir of our free sect, my sister and I only got ten pills each, and without that prescription, one pill is one less. β
Bai Suzhen: "Abi, you still say! Medicine is to save people, and it is useless to leave it empty." β
Abi: "I just want to say, look at this bed, it's so comfortable, just sitting on it, you don't feel bumpy." If only I could lie on it and go to Gusu like Miss Xia did. I don't feel tired at all, so why rest?!"
Abi's voice suddenly mentioned very loudly, and in the carriage room, there was a buzzing echo, and the people in the room looked at Abi in shock.
Bai Suzhen: "Shhh β
Abi pouted and said, "Quiet recuperation doesn't have to be quiet, I can play a song on the piano to help Miss Xia calm down." β
Murong Xu Xianqi said: "Abi can play the qin?"
Abi took out a cloth wrapped in the guqin from her bag and said: "Those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, my uncle is known as the piano, I am a niece, and I have been cultivated for many years, and I am also a little piano, don't look down on me." β
Abi took off the cloth wrap of the guqin, showing the true appearance of this qin, this qin is decorated with jade, such as the inkstone is placed with jade Yao, quite the ancient fairy style, is the Yaoqin.
Murong Xu Xian praised: "What a yaoqin, but it's a pity that it's a nine-stringed qin." Song Taizong wanted to stabilize the world, and expanded the seven strings to nine strings, the nine strings, the king, the minister, the literature, the military, the ceremony, the music, the righteousness, the people, the heart, such a decent key, Abi sister may be inconvenient..."
Bai Suzhen: "Don't underestimate Abi, childe. My sister, just because she is a teacher of the free school, her heart is unrestrained, and she secretly fits the meaning of the free school. But the word "carefree" is not arrogant and self-satisfied, but a view of heaven and earth and the analysis of all learnings in the world. Such as medicine, astrology, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, mechanical handyman, trade and planting, fighting wine and singing, ordering riddles, the free school is all-encompassing, and it is said that there is no confusion in the world, and heaven and earth are called free. β
Ah Bi: "My uncle has a wide range of friends and wants to know a friend, so he has to be the master of Xuanku of Shaolin Temple, and the master of Danyangzi Ma Yu is in charge of Quanzhen. This song "Fresh Moon" was obtained by my uncle in order to reward his bosom friend. β
Abi straightened the piano and gently plucked it with her fingertips to try to tune the good note. The slight finger shift and the real tone are alternated, and the melody is hidden and appearing from time to time. Murong Xu Xian's hearing was cloudy and uncertain, and he knew that what Abi said was true.
Abi: "Break the fast." Covetousness will be a curse. Lingming, what's the matter, don't three. Stealing peaches, not stopping two or three times, because of the fall, out of Penglai. It's better than a pillar. Immortal quality is buried in the dust. Da Luo is a good arrangement in the sky. Alchemy Pill, Nine Turns of Success, Go Again, Free from Reincarnation"
Murong Xu Xian: Its rhyme is melodious, like flowing water. Abiqin has been working hard for no less than ten years!
Murong Xu Xian: "The bamboo courtyard is a new sunny night, when the pine window is not lying." Gongqin is the wife, and the moon has an autumn period. The jade has been in the wind for a long time, and the golden wave is late in the fog. The quiet sound is waiting for the scenery to be clear, only I know it. β
Abi: It's not that Abi doesn't want to marry, but she just wants to make her own life decisions... It turns out that my brother-in-law knows my mind and doesn't blame me, Abi is really lucky to be my brother-in-law's bosom friend.
On the side of the road, another carriage drove slowly, and the people on the car heard the sound of the piano flute and the harmony, and poked out a heart-warming female voice: "Brother Xiaoyi, it smells so elegant, it's better to come forward and talk about it." β
A hearty male voice replied: "Well, such a good voice, I also have a heart." However, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and people's hearts are unpredictable. Master, you put on a veil, and I'll come forward to find out a thing or two. β
The man stopped the carriage, jumped down from the carriage, stepped forward to take a look, and couldn't help but wonder, thinking about how these five troikas were traveling, why didn't they see the bodyguards escorting them?
When the man thought of this, his vigilance decreased slightly, and he said in a loud voice: "In the prodigal son Yanqing, I can smell the piano flute of the two gentlemen, and I want to admire the high mountains in my heart, I don't know if the two gentlemen are abrupt?"