Chapter 3: The Hajj

At the moment, Lu Yuanzhi was already waiting at the gate of the small courtyard, followed by a simple carriage, two servants in green clothes, Lu Yuanzhi himself put on his helmet and armor, dressed as a military attaché, and obviously wanted to follow the court. In fact, this official position in the DPRK is not low, Sun Nansong is the secretary of the military department, and he is a squire.

can let a squire come to open the way for him to drive a horse, Tang Dou's face is not small.

Since Tang Dou became the head of Yaoding, he has less and less time to sleep, and he only needs to rest for an hour or two every day to be completely refreshed, coupled with the cultivation of the Taiyi Mantra Forging Technique, his body is getting stronger and stronger, and it is not a problem to wait for three or five days without sleeping.

Last night he was the same, not only did he not sleep, but he also sneaked out to the palace for a walk - it is estimated that the palace guards are still communicating with the inexplicable cat on the wind yesterday.

"Mr. Di, Sand Girl, please!" Lu Yuanzhi didn't wait long, the courtyard door opened, and Tang Dou and Sha Yunyue went out in formal clothes. The soft girl is on the side.

"Bai Yue, keep watch at home!" Tang Dou winked at the soft girl.

This conspiracy theorist will never trust people outside his side, so he has long made up for the invasion of the courtyard by various forces during the time he and Sha Yunyue were in the court, and made various preparations for these situations, including the most ruthless move - thousands of catties of explosives have been buried under the entire courtyard, no matter who comes, as long as it is detonated, it can make him disgraced.

But obviously Sun Nansong has some understanding of Tang Dou, or he also has the same concerns as Tang Dou, hearing Tang Dou's explanation to the soft girl, Lu Yuanzhi said: "Mr. Di, rest assured, Dashuai has arranged for his henchmen to wait around, and no one will come to disturb the two girls!" ”

Tang Dou smiled: "I see, it's very good!" Very good! ”

After that, he got into the carriage with Sha Yunyue, Lu Yuanzhi personally drove the horse, and the carriage headed towards the inner city.

In about half an hour, the carriage came to the front of the palace, slowed down, and slowly drove into the grand gate, through the alley-shaped doorway, and into the square in front of the main hall.

There are military halls on both sides of the gate, and two battalions of troops are stationed, commanded by Sima Wei, and after asking questions according to the routine, the twelve horsemen escort the carriage before and after, and gallop to the inner palace.

In terms of the imperial palace, the setting pattern of the Three Kingdoms is relatively similar, all of them are "front and back" layout, the outer court is the place where the emperor handles government affairs and holds court meetings, and the inner court is the bedroom of the emperor and the concubines - of course, the current Zhengde does not even have a wife, so there is no one else there except for the concubines of the previous emperor.

As for the ancestor "Xue", the position of her seclusion is only known to the god of war who protects the country, and even Zhengde is not clear.

The three main halls of the front court are majestic and magnificent, located in the central axis of the front and rear palace gates, and the two sides are the Xiangguo Hall and various official offices; The back court is dominated by the three palaces of the emperor and the future empress, and the left and right sides are the east six palaces and the west six palaces, which are the palaces of the queen mother, concubines, concubines and princes.

Tang Dou watched along the way, only to see the palace, pavilions, pavilions, terraces, corridors and so on in the garden, all of them were strict and solemn, and the atmosphere was solemn, and it was really in line with the serious and efficient style of the Tianwu people, and although he had traveled around the Three Kingdoms and had also been to the Zijin Palace, it was murderous to go there, so this time it was really the first time to visit the palace, so the interest was extremely high.

The elf beauty seemed to be a little nervous, and she didn't know what she was nervous about, and she subconsciously grabbed the corner of Tang Dou's clothes, like a little girl who had been abandoned.

"Don't worry, there's nothing! I'm here too! Tang Dou patted her hand lightly and comforted her softly.

Sha Yunyue adjusted her breathing and tried to make herself look normal, but the effect was not obvious, at least with Tang Dou's familiarity with her, she could see at a glance that she was extremely nervous.

The palace has a variety of architectural forms, a compact layout, each group of buildings into its own courtyard, surrounded by courtyard walls, and separated by tall palace walls in different sections. Tang Dou got lost last night, but was discovered by the palace guards, but fortunately, what the guards saw was only a lost cat, not a lost person. Otherwise, how could Xianyang Palace be so quiet?

The carriage was about to stop when it arrived at the Imperial Front Road, Tang Dou and Sha Yunyue got down from the carriage and could see the kilometer-long Imperial Front Road, surrounded by military attachés who came by carriage or directly on horseback, and none of them rode in a sedan chair.

After Tang Dou and Sha Yunyue got out of the carriage, they also attracted the attention of many people, obviously a little curious about these two unfamiliar faces.

"Please, two!" Lu Yuanzhi led the two of them along the royal road and went to the main hall.

At this time, the door of the temple has not yet opened, a group of three people just arrived in front of the temple gate to see a person walking over, Tang Dou looked carefully, saw that this person is thicker than ordinary people regardless of body size and siblings, about forty years old, born with a square face and big ears, looks like a wit, only a pair of eyes are a little slender, but the eyes are shining, giving people a deep and powerful feeling, it looks like a martial artist, but he is dressed as a civil official, and it is also the dress of the prime minister.

He wears a high silk crown on his head, and a bird feather hairpin is inserted on it, and the bird feathers shake back and forth when he comes, which increases his majesty.

The person who came was the prime minister who had a relationship with Tang Dou when the army entered the city, and dared to drag back to the palace with Zhengde's mouth, Li Wei.

Li Wei is the first emperor of the dragon funeral commissioned by the humerus minister, but also the ancestor of the prime minister, looks more than forty years old, in fact, has already been over a hundred, early years from the military, he was the marshal of the martial arts, Sun Nansong, the god of the army has not yet been born, and then abandoned the martial arts, from the servant, at the end of the first dynasty, was the ancestor personally appointed as the prime minister, three years later, the first emperor returned to the sky, Zhengde is an unreliable, Li Wei to the prime minister, often the national military government, can be said to be the right to the sky.

But no one doubted Li Wei's loyalty, the reason was simple, he was a personal disciple of the old ancestor.

Although the ancestor has not cared about the political affairs of the DPRK and China for many years, he will occasionally come out to breathe. One hundred years ago, Li Wei was accepted as a disciple is one of the things, Li Wei spent 20 years to become a teacher, made countless achievements in the army, sat in the position of marshal of the three armies, and then the ancestor said a word, immediately abandoned the military and followed the literature, and everything started from scratch.

Now that he is the prime minister, he is still conscientious, dedicated, and after his death, he can be said to have made a model for loyal and capable ministers. No one would doubt his loyalty to the Tianwu Imperial Family, just as no one would ask the Old Ancestor if he would do something unfavorable to the Tianwu Imperial Family.

"Li Xiang!" Lu Yuanzhi was afraid that Tang Dou didn't know Li Wei, so he hurriedly saluted first.

The entire Thousand Souls Spirit Realm did not kneel, which was good news for Tang Dou. He and Sha Yunyue gave Li Wei a chest salute together: "I've seen Li Xiang!" ”

"Are you Di Renjie?" Li Wei glanced at Tang Dou with a pair of tiger eyes, as if he wanted to see through Tang Dou.

But for such a gaze, Tang Dou had long been immune, and met Li Wei's gaze with a smile, with a relaxed face.

"Yes, that's good!" Li Wei retracted his gaze and nodded. Then he turned his head to look at Sha Yunyue: "You are Sha ...... Forget it, that name is really insulting to you. I'll call you Sand Girl! ”

Another person who complained about Tang Dou's ability to take a name.

"I've seen Li Xiang, and a humble name is not enough to stain Li Xiang's ears. Brother Di's name is enough. In the next place, it is now called Sha Tuozhong! "It's still my own sister-in-law who supports Tang Dou.

Tang Dou smiled even brighter.

Hahaha, it's still my sister's high level, you don't understand this stalk at all!

Tang Dou raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Wei with a smug expression.

Li Wei smiled dumbly: "Okay, since that's the case, I'll still call you Sha Tuozhong." Let me ask you, would you like to meet that person? ”

Sha Yunyue was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and then subconsciously looked at Tang Dou.

Tang Dou didn't know what was going on, but this guy's brain had always been extremely big, and after thinking about it, he knew who Li Wei was referring to, and said with a smile: "Shasha, you can do it yourself, anyway, I don't think that person will eat you." Or I'll go with you? Maybe that one will let the two of us go for the sake of such a handsome guy as me? ”

Li Wei had a black line on his head, looking at Tang Dou and hesitating whether to slap this guy to death.

"Brother Di, don't talk nonsense." The elf beauty was a little angry. You could see that she was full of respect for that person.

"Sister Dongfang, I was wrong! Please forgive me! "Tang Dou's attitude of admitting mistakes is excellent. But it was impossible for him to correct it.

Glancing at Tang Dou helplessly, Sha Yunyue said to Li Wei: "Li Xiang, forgive me." That's how Brother Di and I have always communicated. If it is the order of that person, Sha Tuozhong will definitely go, but if it is not, please forgive Sha Tuozhong for being rude and do not want to go and disturb him! After hesitating for a moment, she took out the original identity jade plate from her arms and handed it to Li Wei: "Please also ask Li Xiang to give this thing to that person, and ask for another word, the road she walked back then, now I also plan to go!" ”

Li Wei obviously knew a lot of inside information, and when he heard Sha Yunyue's words, he took a deep look at Tang Dou: "Just him?" ”

Sha Yunyue smiled slightly: "That's right! ”

"I don't think so!" Li Wei shook his head, with a look of disgust.

"Hey, Li Xiang, what do you and my family want to do when they look at me like pork on the butcher's shop? What does it mean to be 'just him'? Even if it's lump pork, I'm also a pick! Tang Dou said with a glare.

This is the one who dares to talk to the prime minister of a country like this.

"I can say that I am pork, and I am ashamed to say that I am a selection. The true appearance can be regarded as an increase in knowledge! Li Wei smiled dumbly, shook his head, and carefully put away Sha Yunyue's jade plate: "I will bring your words to that person, as for your choice, I am not qualified to say anything, but if you have any difficulties, you can come to me at any time!" ”

"Thank you Lee!" Sha Yunyue nodded.

Li Wei smiled indifferently and turned away. Tang Dou rubbed his chin and began to think about something again, and the expression on his face was as cheap as he was.

"Brother Di, can you be serious?" Sha Yunyue looked at Tang Dou helplessly.

"Sister Dongfang, you don't seem to be nervous!" Tang Dou talked about him on the left.

Sha Yunyue was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Is your way of comforting people always so embarrassing?" ”

"Aren't you used to it?" Tang Dou shrugged.

Sha Yunyue remembered her decision just now, her little face was a little feverish, she really didn't know if her decision was right or wrong, and pulled up the corner of Tang Dou's clothes: "Don't be naughty anymore, come here and stand up!" ”

Tang Dou obediently followed the elf beauty and stood up, shut up, and pretended to be a puppet.

Lu Yuanzhi felt a little tired, just in the short conversation with Li Wei just now, he was so frightened by Tang Dou's words and deeds that his heart almost stopped, but when he thought of this person who was virtuous to Sun Nansong and Zhengde, he was relieved. At this time, seeing that Tang Dou was honest, he was also relieved, and he could only pray in his heart that Tang Dou would not make any more trouble.

After waiting for a while, the door of the main hall finally opened slowly, and the royal forest army in full armor stood on both sides, vacating the door of the main hall facing the royal front road, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty began to enter the hall.

Tang Dou and Sha Yunyue were arranged in the ranks of military attachés, because on the surface their promoter was Sun Nansong, so naturally they could only go to the ranks of military attachés.

Tang Dou's eyesight is very good, and he saw Li Wei and Sun Nansong at the front at a glance through hundreds of people, the two of them are the head of a civil official and a military attaché, if these two don't plan to kill the wonderful Zhengde and become the emperor themselves, they can be regarded as reaching the peak of their lives.

"The Hajj begins, and the ministers and workers meet you!" The big chamberlain roared at the top of his voice. This is the "eunuch" of the Thousand Souls Spirit Realm, castrated with exercises or drugs, as long as you don't do it, you still have a chance to recover - of course, there are not many opportunities to not do it, and there are not many opportunities to recover.

In short, no matter what the name is, there is only one word difference between the Ouchi and the Ouchi guard, but the difference is big.

In Tang Dou's view, the Hajj Dynasty was a conference. The main function is not to discuss the dynasty, but to meet with the leaders and show their closeness to the ministers - at least that's how the Tang sluts understand it.

There are almost 2,000 people in the Hajj Dynasty, and the people at the back are all out of the hall, not to mention talking about the government, and those with bad eyes may not even be able to see clearly whether the person sitting in the emperor's position is a person. As for hearing clearly what the big guys in front of me are saying, it can only be a joke.

Like Li Wei and Sun Nansong, those who are the real people of the dynasty, and those behind are just humanoid backgrounds.

There was a lot of chaos in the hall, and those with identities had a place, and the Taishi chair sat down, and it was very leisurely. If you have a bad identity, you can only sit on the cushion on the ground. If you don't even have the qualifications to enter the main hall, I'm sorry, then you have to stand. And one stop is four or five hours – Hajj is simply a matter of individual effort.

Tang Dou and Sha Yunyue received special preferential treatment and were arranged in the main hall, although they were at the back, but they had a cushion to sit on. The two of them sat down in the designated position, looking at their noses and noses, looking at their hearts, looking like an old god was there.

After ten minutes of confusion, everyone fell silent at the same time.

Zhengde finally came out. (To be continued.) )